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PAGE 2 THE DECREE TUESDAY. OCT. 21, 19«9 - L^HLE MAN ON CAMPUS ^ ‘Call-Downs’ Senate President Attacks Attendance SRAOeo HOupc $At THERE! pipn't he Editorial The ‘Call-Down’ System “The “call-down” system has gotten out of hand,"was the comment of a Nash upperclass resident, concerning late returns to the dorm at night. The “call-down” system is designed to penalize women stu dents for coming back to the dorm after curfew hours. After five “call-downs”, a girl is confined to the campus for a week. The Nash Hall resident said, “The purpose of the ‘call-down’ sys tem is supposed to teach girls responsibility and that’s about all it was supposed to be for.” She stated, “A petition to do away with ‘call-downs’ for Nash Hall has been started. We’ve gotten 61 people to sign it and we’re just going to get people of Nash Dorm to sign it.” Concerning the response to the petition, she said, “We’ve gotten two kinds of comments: comments from the Freshmen and comments from the Upperclassmen. But many students don’t think it will do any good.” “We set it up for a high goaL The high goal is to get rid of “call-downs’, but if we don’t get the high goal, we have a set of other goals. We’ll take these to Dean Wilde and Dean Alexan der,” the student commented. In conclusion of her comment, the student said, “We wrote It up on Tuesday, October 14, but we’ve been thinking about it all year. This ‘call-down’ system is just too ridiculous.” Icebergs Of Insanity In an age where people are practically living on each other’s back porches, two codes of ethics become mandatory. With each person so busy that he has little time to think, we must not forget the terms tolerance and cooperation. It is necessary in this modern age of mechanization that we remember the humanity of others and not let them be come merely the supervisors of machines. We must learn to consider them as fellow men with the same faults and weak nesses as ourselves. Without cooperation we find ourselves isolated on an ice berg of loneliness, where everything we see is a reflec tion of ourselves. Men need the atmosphere of friendship and concern that cooperation renders. We all can remem ber the parable of the bundles of sticks. Each stick could be easily broken individually, but they could not be broken if they were put in a bundle. Individuality is a common term and is truly a goal to be achieved, but we must learn and remember that individuality can only be purchased for the price of helping others. We can never be truly individuals with out concern for our fellow men, for our individuality rests so lely on our comprehension of ourselves and we can never understand ourselves without observing our attitude towards others. At this point in the discussion we now return to the idea of to lerance. In a community the size of Wesleyan, survival as sane, concerned individuals is Impossible unless we learn to be tolerant of those whose ideas and beliefs differ from our own. If we are indeed in tolerant, we find ourselves sta tus or portraits of a fear- commanding god who punishes all who do not follow his way. When the dress, habits, or ideas of other people are to tally different from ours, we must learn to say, “That’s fine for him, but I couldn’t do it.” This is exactly the attitude that we need to adopt on this campus as the “esprit d’corps” of Wes leyan for only by adopting this attitude can we maintain the idea of academic freedom and scholastic challenge that is in dicative of the college campus. Going on the assumption of the administration that Fresh men women absolutely need a' penal system, it is inconceiv able that the present “call- down” system is the best solu tion. Under this system, little consideration is given either for the individual or the circum stances of the violation. Inter preted - there is a black and a white - leaving very little space for a shade of gray. One instance recently point ed out the impracticality and in- effeciency of the situation. A girl was given a large number of “call downs” for arriving on the scene 45 minutes after clo sing. Without considering the circumstances of her late ar- (Continued on Page 3) War Protest (Continued from Page 1) have more to offer than their lives on an Asian battlefield; 2), as a former soldier who saw how useless the Korean conflict was, he wants to stop another useless conflict in Vietnam; and 3), as Mayor of a small town, he wants to see Federal money spent to cure domestic ills ra ther than wasted on a foreign war. “Because of the war in Viet nam,” Lee said, “I cannot of fer much hope to the people of my town, either my black bro thers or my white brothers.” “It’s time for this country to get its own house in order before it starts telling someone else how it is done,” he said. “Bring our boys home from Vietnam, not by 1973, but now!” The moratorium’s opponents, Lee said, “preach democracy on the one hand and damn those who exercise it on the other.” “Those of us who protest against the Vietnam war are not anti-American; they just happen to believe this particular war to be wrong,” Lee said. As for withdrawal from Viet nam, Lee commented, “Some times the greatest honor is in admitting it when one is wrong and in acting accordingly.” Dr. Howard Levy emphasized the point that the war in Viet nam “was not a mistake in for eign policy, but a natural con comitant of that foreign policy.” Said Levy, “We have milita rized democracy. The G.I. is isolated in a land of veterans. The G.I, isn’t the enemy of the peace movement; the people that give them orders are the enemy. And we’re going to take care of them.” 4 One-Eyed Observation By PARA RODENHIZER While they were watching and waiting there were People all around laughing and wondering •why they were there making deals and crying for the dead. The dead are gone now. But they will be followed by those who watched and waited and laughed and wondered why or how they were there. John, The October 13 Senate meet ing was nothing more than glor ified bull session. The num ber of senators necessary to constitute a quorum was not at hand. There may have been some valid excuses for absence, however I urge the students to- request that the people they elected as their spokesmen act as such. Since business could not be carried forth, the floor was opened to general discussion. Eileen O’Grady discussed with the eight senators present the status of.the ASPECTS office. It was learned that the office is shared with the Bruits Li terary Club. On Monday, Wed nesday, and Friday the Bruits may use the office space ex clusively. During the remain ing days of the week, the AS PECTS staff has access to the office. In regard to student body comment on the general atmos phere surrounding the office, the Senate could take no definite action because of the lack of the quorum. However, the at tending Senate members decid ed that Dean Wilde could bet ter answer student complaints than the Senate body. Hugh Cross answered ques tions of the different senators on the subject of the poolroom. The discussion centered around the possible improvement of the condition of the pool room. Again no positive action could be taken by the Senate. How ever, it was suggested that the campus service clubs could possibly paint and rede corate the room in a joint effort. The maintenance of the cam pus floral gardens and the pos sibility of an inter-campus te lephone system was discussed informally. It is my desire that a quorum of senators will be present at the October 20 Se nate meeting in order that we may attack these problems with a positive approach. In order that the Senate may conduct its business with reduced ambi guity, Dean Wilde has been in vited to the October 20 Senate meeting. Furthermore, as a matter of accommodation the’ Senate meetings will hereafter convene at 6:15 P.M. rather than 7:00 P.M. on Monday eve nings. Respectfully, Bill Brantley President of the Senate One pre-march activity at U.N.C. - Chapel Hill consisted of anti-war songs and talks at “The Pit” on the day of the Mora torium. Letters To The Editor Dear Sir: The Wesleyan community should be proud of last Satur day night’s “Faculty Frolics.” Those faculty and administra tive officials who participated were really great sports--ab- solutely talented and true hams! I just wish more students could have seen the show. The most important result, however, is that through this event the SMENC took the initiative in beginning a much needed music scholarship at Wesleyan. SMENC, you did a great job! This example of strengthening the organization from within and at the same time providing a service for our community is one that other clubs and or ganizations will, hopefully, choose to follow. Sincerely, C. B. tcxtt OFFICIAL STUDENT NE\re?APER OF NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE EDITOR Ed Smith ASSISTANT EDITOR Julie Robinson BUSINESS MANAGER Tom Mowbray ADVERTISING MANAGER John Hiimaut CIRCULATION MANAGER John Hinnant OFFICE MANAGER MarshaU Old PHOTOGRAPHER J. H. Ormnpler Business Address: Box 3146, Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount^ North Carolina PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY WESLEYAN STUDENTS Opinions Published Do Not Nece/sarily Represent Those Of Wesleyan College.
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