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NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE
Rocky Mount, N. C,
VOL X NO. XXVI
Students, Administration
Discuss College Future
FRIDAY. APRIL 18, 1969
ROBERTS PLANS
FOR 1969- 70 YEAR
Wesleyan students and
the administrative offi
cials of the college met
last Thursday night in a
three-hour special con
vocations meeting. Ap
proximately 300 students
and President Collins,
Dean Wilde. Dean Alex
ander, Dr. Cordts (Di
rector for Development)
and Mr. Sawyer (Comp
troller) vi^ere present.
Student Government
President Jesse Black
man opened the forum,
Dr„ Collins, attempted to
establish the purpose of
the meeting saying, “ ...
where we have the an
swers you want, we will
try to give them to you,
if it doesn't require re
vealing confidential in
formation. The best ap
proach to any problem is
free exchange of ideas;
I ve never been afraid of
the truth ■— even when it
hurts.” Dr. Collins also
said that he felt that the
idea of an open forum
discussion between ad
ministration and stu
dents, was “a good one”,
Md further stated “It’s
impressing when students
try to find the answers
to improve an institu
tion.”
In an effoi't to clarify
the controversy about Mr
Gregory Hall’s dism iss-
al, Dr„ Collins said, “It’s
impressing when nearly
half of a student body
signs a petition request
ing that a faculty mem
ber be kept on” — but,
going into the actual me
chanics of the situation,
he said, ‘'Nothing could
be done now — all the
faculty positions are fill
ed now.” He explained
the procedures of review
and gave the dates by
which contracts were ei
ther renewed or not. At
this point. Dr. Collins at
tempted to lay down the
criteria behind the deci
sion to renew or not to
renew a faculty member’s
contract,” ....we have an
excellent faculty now —■
by Marsha White
“Making the student
government relevant to
students” was the theme
of John Roberts’ cam
paign for the office of
SGA President. If his gen
eral goals for the SGA
during the 1969-’70 year
are reached. President -
elect Roberts should be
able to fulfill this de
sire. As he stated during
his campaign, he will
strive to improve condi
tions for students. John
plans to encourage fur
ther study of the prob
lems which arise in food
services and maintenance.
Work pertaining to these
problems has initiated
several changes already
this year, he said. Per
iodic assemblies are
planned to give students
opportunities to voice
complaints with con
structive suggestions to
the administration for
solutions. A lack of know
ledge of the existing sit
uations no longer pre
vents problems from be
ing solved, John asserted.
All existing channel of
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COLLINS
no
boast - just fact, and
the guidelines we use for
determining a profess-
or’s_ capability are: the
quality of his instruc
tion, interest in his stu
dents, the number of stu
dents taking his non-re-
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DR. DAVIS SPEAKS AT
69 CONVOCATIONS
Biology
Volumes
Are Moved
Appi-oximately 175 vol
umes in the field of biol
ogy have recently been
moved from the Science
Library to the Main Li
brary, librarian A. W.
Stewart announced this
week. All of these vol
umes will eventually be
shelved in the stacks of
the Main Library and will
circulate for two weeks.
The move of these
books to the Main Li
brary was suggested by
librarian Stewart and ap
proved by faculty mem
bers in biology. Princi
pal reason for the move
was to limit biology books
in the Science Library to
volumes of a reference
character. All books
moved to the Main Li
brary were non-refer
ence in nature.
A new acquisition in
the Science Library is
Biological Abstracts, a
semi-monthly journal
which abstracts articles
published in more than
5,000 periodicals pub
lished in ninety differnt
nations. Back issues of
approximately thirty
journals in biology,
chemistry, and physics
are kept in the Science
Library for several
years, then moved to the
Main Library.
SUMMER SCHOOL
IS ANNOUNCED
Wesleyan’s 1969 sum
mer sessions were re
cently announced. They
will run from early June
to mid-July (first ses
sion) and from mid-July
to late August (second
session).
The cost for students
attending summer school
will be $25 per semes
ter hour with other fees
bringing the total per ses
sion to $310.
According to the Wes
leyan Admissions Office,
response so far to the
summer school offering
has been very good.
Courses to be offered
include upper-level and
lower-level studies in
English, Economics, Po
litical Science, Psychol-
ogy> Religion, History,
Education, Philosophy,and
Dr. John S. Davis,
speaking at Wesleyan’s
1969 Honors Convocation
here last Thursday, told
the college community
that, as far as others’
opinions of one are con
cerned, the only benefit
that one gets from at
tending college is his di
ploma. While emphasiz
ing the importance of stu
dents’ committing time to
academics and expanding
their mental capacities.
Dr. Davis analyzed all of
the individual’s activities
as efforts to gain satis-
foreign languages.
The summer school fa
culty, said Dean Moore,
will number about 27.
Summer school classes
will be held daily, with
one Saturday class each
session. The regular
class period will be one
hour and twenty minutes.
Wayfarers Stun Crowd
in
Appearing at Wesley
an last Friday night
their 702nd college ap
pearance, The Wayfarers
made themselves known
here as truly profession
al and artistic folk group.
Appreciating the virtue
of being able to act as
well as to sing. The
Wayfarers displayed
great virtuosity. They
mixed comic routines
and rambling introduc
tions with lean, effective
commentaries on the
works they performed.
Unafraid of sentimen
tality and yet chary of
fashionable, too wide
spread protests. The
Wayfarers do a balanced
program incorporating
many styles. They have.
by Ed Smith
however, an individual
style of compelling force,
this style was best seen
in “One Red Rose” and
their medley of Civil War
songs.
The Civil War medley
was perhaps the most
powerful part of their
performance. Showing
great understanding of
their material and using
imaginative combinations
of interpretations. The
Wayfarers managed the
audience’s mood with
great skill, making the
medley finally a contra
puntal expression of the
pain and ironies of war.
The Wayfarers’ final
encore was their own
ballad, expressing clear
ly the contrasting joys
and sorrows ot a per
former’s life. If, how
ever, they have sorrows
to enumerate, they can
confidently count on the
superb quality of their
performances to be one of
their greatest joys. The
power of their style is
the power of understate
ment, one of the most
difficult to manage, and
they understand and man
age it perfectly. The
strength of their per
formance is in their in
dividuality as human be
ing and as a group, for
in their performance they
combine personal artis
try without losing any of
the force that they have as
a group.
faction in himself, “To
satisfy yourself the best
you can, you must do the
best you can,” he said.
One’s own satisfaction is
the only true reward —
and the best reward —
for what he does. That,
Dr, Davis, said, is what
honors are for.
James Knight, a Wes
leyan employee, thanked
the students, faculty,and
administration, for their
help following the recent
destruction of his house
by fire,
John Porter, Senior
Class President, pre- y
sented the SGA with a
new sound system for the
school, the class present
to Wesleyan.
Dean Wilde presented
students with the follow
ing awards: Andrew Har
rell, Wall Street Jour
nal Award; Jackie Fritts,
Math Award; William
Thompson and Fred Wi-
mer. Chemistry Award;
Ralph Thomas, Outstand
ing Soccer Player (for
the 3rd time); Donna
Bradham, Outstanding
Music Achievement A-
ward; Sony Lecuona,
Freshman Writing A-
ward; Bryan Stearns,
Wesleyan Players Award;
Brian Richardson, Out
standing Athlete of the
Year; Mrs. Ann William
son, Phariss - Strickland
French Award; Joyce
Barbary and Jim Policy,
John Paul Jones History
Award; Mrs, Barbara
Taylor, Outstanding Aca
demic Achievement A-
ward; Marilyn Schoon,
Leadership and Service
Award for Women; Jess
Blackman, Leadership
and Service Award for
Men and the President’s
Cup Award,
Circlc-K was prcsent-
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