sire 'Betttt
NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE
Rocky Mount, N. C,
VOL. X NO.XXIII
FRIDAY, MARCH 28,1969
PETITION GAINS
285 SIGNATURES
Hall Dispute Grows
Robin Rawlings, a Wes
leyan freshman, an
nounced at press tims
that a petition contain
ing the names of almost
300 Wesleyan students
had been submitted to
Dean MoorCo The petition,
he said, indicates con
fidence in Mr. Hall as a
professor and requests
that he be retained on the
faculty for the next aca
demic year.
The petition, Robin
said, includes the names
of more than 25 English
majors and the names of
a great number of Mr.
Hall’s students, past and
present.
According to organ
izers of the petition, its
object is to determine
for exactly what reasons
Mr. Hall’s contract was
not renewed for the next
academic year (see lead
story) as well as to keep
Mr, Hall on the faculty.
Said one, “It seems,from
what we can find out, to
be a question of the ad
ministration’s present
ing faculty and students
alike with a fait, accom
pli which the administra
tion disdains even to ex
plain clearly,” Com
mented another, “Even
though Mr, Hall probably
will not agree to stay on,
after what has happened,
I believe that the rea
sons for which he was
dismissed are not legiti
mate, And we all need
to find out why.”
WESLEYAN GIVEN
BELL CARILLION
Mr, Gregory Hall, pre
sently an Assistant Pro
fessor of English at Wes
leyan, has not had his
contract renewed for the
coming academic year.
Questioned as to why
he thought his contract
had not been renewed, Mr,
Hall said, “1 have never
been sent a formal list
of reasons for my dis
missal, so all I have to go
on is my being advised
officially by Dean Moore
to discontinue my asso
ciation with the boycott
and unofficially by Dr,
Teagarden of the results
in the community of my
work with the boycott.”
Mr, Hall told us that he
had received the letter of
official warning from
Dean Moore shortly after
Oct. 18, 1968. The letter,
which he showed us, read
in part: “I do think that
your activity with the stu-
PROF. GREGORY HALL
dents in lending your in
fluence and judgement to
them in the economic boy
cott of a strong friend of
the College, puts you in
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E,
Brown of Richmond, Va.,
have made another major
gift to Wesleyan, a 75-
bell Americana Carillon,
which will be dedicated in
special ceremonies here
during Commencement,
May 24-25.
The instrument will be
formally accepted and
consecrated at Com-
m encem ent, at which tim e
a guest carilloneer will
present a concert on the
Americana, Temporarily
the carillon will be in
stalled in the Braswell
Administration Building,
and will be played from
a special keyboard con
sole located in Garber
Chapel in the Pearsall
Building.
Advance arrangements
have been made to trans
fer the carillon and its
equipment from these lo
cations to Wesleyan’s
proposed Fine Arts Cen
ter when this building is
completed. The architect
is considering an appro
priate tower arrange
ment to house the equip
ment.
President Honored
On 10th Year Here
“Look what’s
emerging
rfrom that egg!”
Dr. Thomas A. Collins,
president of Wesleyan
College, was honored at
a joint civic club lunch
eon on the occasion of his
tenth anniversary as
president of Wesleyan.
Approximately 150
Nash - Edgecombe busi
ness and civic leaders
attended the luncheon at
Buck Overton’s Barbe
cue. Most civic clubs
switched their regular
meeting dates to attend
the event, sponsored by
the Rocky Mount Kiwanis
Club of which Dr. Collins
has been an active mem
ber since moving from
Raleigh in 1959 to head
the new college.
Dr. James Ralph
Scales, president of Wake
Forest University, was
the guest speaker. Dr,
Scales paid tribute to Dr,
Collins, praising Wesley
an’s growth, community
relationship, and poten
tial. Dr, Allen Johnson,
Chairman of Wesleyan’s
Social Science Division,
acted as mater of cere
monies and introduced the
speaker. The meeting was
covered by two local tele
vision stations.
Crucible Opens He re
Arthur
Ann Blande as Mary Warr
en , and Michael Dwyer as
John Proctor in “The Cruc
ible.”
Miller’s The,
was brought to
life last night by the m em -
bers of the Wesleyan Col
lege Theatre,
Although the play was
scheduled to begin at 8:30,
it actually began at 8:00
with ingenious staging by
the director, Anthony
Dingman, which permit
ted the audience for the
first time to view the pro
duction preparation prior
to the performance.
The director was ex
tremely successful in his
attempt to make the au
dience aware of the act
ors as actors both before
the performance and dur
ing it. The audience be
came conscious of the
actors “assuming” their
roles as characters in
the drama. By means of
this staging technique,two
important and distinct
factors were achieved;
first, a greater empathy
between the audience and
the characters of the play,
and secondly, a greater
understanding by the au
dience of the contem
porary relevancy as mere
‘past history.”
A limited number of
tickets at $1,00 each are
still available for the re
maining two nights at ei
ther the Bookstore or at
the door.
“Money doesn’t buy happi
ness, but it pays for the
illusion.”
SINGERS
TO GIVE
CONCERT
The seventy voice Wes
leyan Singers will pre
sent a Biblical oratorla,
“King David”, on Tues
day, April 8, at 8:15 p.m
in Everett Gymnasium.
Directed by Dr. William
Sasser, the performance
will be accompanied by
the eighteen piece Wes
leyan , Chamber Ensem
ble, an instrumental
group under the direction
of Richard Dill.
Guest soloists will be
Dr. James Cobb, tenor,
who is chairman of the
(Continued on page 4)
a gray zone of doubtful
behavior as a profession
al member of the College
Faculty.” Mr. Hall said
that when he received this
letter he asked the Dean
what would happen if he
continued to work with the
boycott. The Dean’s re
sponse, according to Mr.
Hall, was that he would
“have to send you another
letter.” Thus Mr, Hall
continued to work with the
boycott.
Then, said Mr. Hall, in
mid-December he re
ceived a letter from
President Collins in
forming him that his con
tract would not be renew
ed for the following year.
This letter, stated Mr,
Hall, gave no reasons for
the non-renewal of his
contract.
When asked about Mr.
Hall’s not having his con
tract renewed for next
academic year. Dean
Moore told us, ‘ Mr. Hall
was not fired or dismiss
ed from the staff. His con
tract was not renewed,”
He went on to explain that
a one-year contract was
given to Mr. Hall when
he came to Wesleyan, It
was renewed last year and
was not renewed this year.
(Continued on Page 2)
CARNIVAL TO BE
THIS WEEKEND
This weekend and the
next one promise to be
busy ones at Wesleyan,
according to the sche
dule, Saturday, March 29
beginning at noon is the
date of the annual Spring
Carnival, This year the
carnival is sponsored by
the class of 1972, Ah en
try fee of five dollars
was charged to each or
ganization who expressed
its desire to operate a
booth.
Cash prizes will be a-
warded to the best two
booths in the carnival.
A week later on Satur
day, April 5, approxi
mately 300 spectators are
expected to attend the
Monogram Club’s annual
horse show at the north
side of the campus.
An estimate 100 to 120
horses are anticipated to
participate in the 21-
class Western Timed E-
vents and English show.
Entry fee is two doll
ars and Champion Class
Fee is three dollars. The
twenty-one classes in
clude: Model Pony: Model
Horses: Pony Pleasure
Driving Class; Lead Line
Open Costumes, 6 years
and under; Horse Race,
(Continued on page 3'