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VOLUME XI, NUMBER 9
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C,
Non-Profit Organization
TUESDAY, NOV. 4, 1969
Nader To Speak Here Strings’ OpCnS
Editor’s Note: Ralph Nader Will many of the changes in the auto- i
This Thursday Nite
Editor’s Note: Ralph Nader will
be the speaker at the December
4 convocations.
An outstanding lawyer, an
outspoken critic of auto-safety
legislation, RALPH NADER is
instrumental in bringing about
Ralph Nader, pictured above,
is to speak at the December
4 convocation program.
Science Frat
Elects Rogers
Officers for Chi Beta Phi, an
honory scientific fraternity,
have been elected for the 1969-
1970 term. Peggy Rogers, a
senior chemistry major, will
serve a President. Ken Carter
a biology major and a new mem
ber this year, and Shirly Clay
a math major will serve as
Vice President and Secretary
respectively. Jim Price, a math
major will be Treasurer, and
Larry Guilmartin, a chemistry
major will serve as Librarian.
Chi Beta Phi is an honorary
scientific fraternity whose
purpose is to promote interest
in science and to give recogni
tion to scholarly attainment in
■ science. The fraternity includ
es all areas of science: biology,
chemistry, physics, psycho
logy, and mathmatics.
Students may join the frater
nity as provisionary members
during the second semester of
their freshman year. Provi
sional members may become
regular members during the se
cond semester of their sopho
more year. If the member has
completed 20 semester hours in
the natural sciences and math
ematics by the end of the term,
and if he maintains a 2.01 qua
lity point average on all college
work completed.
many of the changes in the auto
mobile industry to produce sa
fer cars and reduce highway
death. He has worked on legal
problems and policies, both le
gislative and judicial, of high
way safety and automobile de
sign and has served as a con
sultant and contributor to many
leading legal publications.
With the recognition that
we’ve had the technological po
tential and economic capability
to build safer cars for decades,
he was appalled at the tolerance
of needless highway slaughter
and mainingof hundreds of thou
sands of people annually. Mr.
Nader belives that unsafe autos
pose a profound professional
challenge to the legal, medi
cal and engineering profes
sions, who have the responsibi
lity not just to apply their opti
mum skills to the problems
but. to work for the elimina
tion of those very problems
whenever possible. His best
seller, UNSAFE AT ANY
SPEED, illustrates his think
ing on this subject.
RALPH NADER received his
A. B. from Princeton Univer
sity in_ 1955 and his L.L.B.
in 1958 from Harvard Law Sc
hool. He served as a Research
Assistant in Harvard Law Sc
hool from 1958-59, and af
ter serving the U. S.Army, he
began the practice of law. His
articles have appeared in the
ATLANTIC MONTHLY, THE
NATION, NEW REPUBLIC,
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONI
TOR.
“Auto Safety; A strategy for
Life and Limb”
“Corporate Responsibility and
Consumer Protection”
“Environmental Hazards; Man
Made and Man Remedied”
Circle K Helps
Red Cross Drive
The Circle K and the Red
Cross will sponsor a blood
drive on Wednesday and Thurs
day, November 13 and 14, This
will provide a chance for Wes
leyan students to help with a
very valuable service to the
Rocky Mount community. On
November 13 the Bloodmobile
will be at Abbott Laboratories
from 1:00 to 6:00, and the fol
lowing day students may give
blood at the First Presbyterian
Church between 10:00 and 4:00.
Rides will be furnished by
Circle K for all persons in need
of transportation. Wesleyan has
always been a participant in the
Red Cross Blood Drives, and
our support is greatly apprecia
ted.
All donors under 21 must have
a parental permission slip,
available from any Circle K
member.
Contest
Talented and Creative with
words and music? Enter Wes-
leyan’s Alma Mater contest.
To be judged, the entry must
consist ofbothwords and music.
All entries must be in to the
School Spirit Committee by
November 26, 1969.
ISews Summary
By DONNHENCHEL
International
The Mid-East situation be
gan to flair up again last week
as Egypt, Syria and Libya an
nounced their support of the
Arab Commandos operating
from bases in Lebanon. The
Beirut Government has begun a
crackdown on the guerril
las might lead to harsh guer
rilla retaliation. Later in the
week, the United Arab Republic
announced that it would under
take full seals mediation be
tween the Arab guerrillas and
the Lebanon government.
Who’s Who Students Elected
Recently the Student Life and
Services Committee selected
twelve students to nominate for
Who’s Who Among Students.
This committee, made up of
six faculty members and six
students, compiled a list of all
eligable students. The com
mittee took three ballots to de
termine the twelve nominees.
To become nominated for Who’s
Who Among Students, quali
ties of scholarship, leadership,
and service are measured.
The Student Life and Ser
vice Committee has submit
ted these names into nomina
tion: Donna Bradham, Tom Fre
dericks, Jim Gill, John Kordu-
lak, Connie Murray, Eileen
O’Grady, Ellen Parsley, John
Roberts, Bill Brantley, Ken
Carter, Don Papke, and Jean
Roberts.
Further developments in the
conflict occurred as Israel lau
nched its most intensive air
assault since the 1967 Mid Eas
tern War. Attacks against
Egyptian positions on the Suez
Canal and against the Jordan
ian side of the Jordan River.
The same day, the voters of
Isreal generally supported the
hawkish candidates. The right
wing hawkish party, the Gahal
Party, picked up 3 seats as the
present ruling government, a
coalition of 4 labor parties
headed by Goldo Meir appears
to have lost their majority in the
Israel Knesset or Parli-
ment.
Two earthquakes within a 17
hour period struck Yegoslavia
Tuesday. . Over 600 persons
were killed or injured as sco
res of thousands were left
homeless.
National
Margaret Mead, the formost
cultural anthropologist in the
United States, testifies before
a Senate panel that marijuana
is less dangerous than alcohol
and should be legalized with 16
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“No Strings,” Wesleyan’s
fall musical production opens
its three night run Thursday,
November 6. The production
will be held in Wesleyan’s Eve
rett Gymnasium. The play,
written by Samual Taylor and
set to music by Richard Ro
gers, takes place in Paris,
Monte Carlo, Homfleur, and St.
Tropez Beach. The plot is tlie
classic boy meets girlsituation
where they find that things can
not work out between each otlier
and part.
The main characters are
Barbara Woodruff and Dave
Jordan, portrayed by vetrans
Eileen O’Grady and Roland
Shaw, respectively. New faces
will appearwith Rob Smith play
ing Luc Delbert and Bill Neale
portraying Marcello Agnolotti.
Freshmen in the ensemble are
Linda Felton, Sarah Shumach-
er, Will Thomsonand BerlGar-
rett. Senior Richard Houck will
make his first appearance on
stage portraying Louis de Pour-
tal. Other cast members are
Danny Shepherd playing Mike
Robinson, Jeannie Johnson as
Jeannette, Miriam Leyda as
Comfort O’Connell, Helen
Steiner as Molly Poummer, and
John Hornaday portraying the
croupier.
Director Tony Dingman is op
timistic about “No Strings.”
He says it places more act
ing derhands on the performers
than “Little Mary Sunshine”
which was produced last year.
Says Mr. Dingman, “It is a
more sophisticated musical
than we have done in the past
so the production is hopefully
preparing the cast, crew, and
audience for the even more dif
ficult drama yet to come.” He
also hopes that it will pave the
way for the May Term Music
Project, “Man of La Mancha.”
Michael Grindstaff, techni
cal director and scenic design- '
er of the play says that the
scenery enhances the dream
quality. He is using transparent
materials to create the sensa-
The chorus of “No Strings”
takes a break and poses for a
publicity picture.
tion of the dream and fog.
Because there are many light
abstractions and variables,
there is no way to plan all the
lighting technicalities in ad
vance. Sam Morris is assisting
Grindstaff with lighting, Rick
House is working on the design
of projected scenery and the
theatre lab is building the
props and scenery and making
the costumes.
He feels that “Little Mary
Sunshine” was easier to design
because it was mere of a car
toon-type love play and did not
require the making of a dream
illusion. “No Strings” shows
a soft, human love which “Lit
tle Mary Sunshine” did not pos
sess.
The music for “No Strings”
will be provided by a small
dance band under the direction
of Richard Dill, conductor. Al
though the musical was written
originally for a large orches
tra, it was adapted by the pub
lisher for smaller bands. Mr.
Dill points out the uniqueness
of “No Strings” in the fact that
no violins, cellos or other strin
ged instruments are used, hence
the name.
Dr. John S. Davis, vocal dir
ector, has changed portions of
the vocal aspects of the play
by adding a chorus to some of the
solos.
Rich Houk, Eileen O’Grady,
are the main characters of “
and Roland Shaw,
No Strings.”
pictured above