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PAGE 2 THE DECREE TUESDAY, NOV. 4, 1969 Letters To The Editor Dear Editor, When Dr. Raymond Dawson spoke at our convocation on Thursday, October 30, I be came thoroughly disgusted with the juvenile conduct of the au dience during the last 15 or 20 minutes of the program. This was the period when Dr. Daw son was available for question ing. During this time, the stu dents did not show the speaker any respect whatsoever, nor did they respect the wishes of some members of the audience who were interested in the ques tions and Dr. Dawson’s replies. It seems to me that by the time a person is of college age and supposedly of college maturity, he should be able to sit pat iently and wait for the close of a program he does not enjoy nor care to listen to. Granted there is much oppo sition to the required convo cations program, but to show disrespect to a visiting speak er is not the way to rid it from the required courses. Sincerely, Para Rodenhizer Dear Editor: Student government should be the most ideal, just, fair, and equally efficient organizations in America. If a community of above average intellectuals cannot live the “golden Rule” philosophy what do you think your future will present when you leave your society of like age, interests, culture, and Similarities and join the world of older, younger, ambitious, lazy, uneducated, and the whole of reality? Your forefathers didn’t discover a paradise of modern technology at James town. Be reminded that every thing you now enjoy was BUILT by great people who cared enough to plan for your future, mistake or not? I have great faith that the vast majority will continue to build and pro vide for the next generation. But, unfortunately a few imma ture, spoiled brats want to throw away the rules, and lower the standards, to accommodate their ownselfish, neuroticegos. Successful people have fol lowed a philosophy not to cri ticize unless they have a better idea or plan to improve upon the present. If you don’t like the system you agreed to sup port and cooperate upon your acceptance, I am sure the col lege will relieve you of your commitment and you can go start a new CULT. Remember Castro, Hitler, and Ho Chi Minh. Thank God for responsible stu dents. Respectfully, Bernard Lee Dear Julie, You may use this letter or not as you see fit, but I want at least to place it and the opi nions it states in your hands. In my letter of resignation as DECREE Editor to John Roberts, SGA President, I re commended your appointment as interim Editor. The body of the letter was composed of two sentences, and the obvious im plication is that I not only ap prove ofyour being interim Edi tor but also hope that you will be elected as my replacement. My reasons for supporting you in the election for DECREE Editor are clearly not political, for we have many differences in our individual political beliefs and practices; rather, Isupport your candidacy for Editor be cause you are the only other true journalist that I know on this campus. Not only do you know the me chanics of putting a weekly pa per out, you know what a good paper is and how to make it good. Thus I don’t care whether you are conservative, middle- class, or whatever; you are a newspaperwoman, and that is what counts in this election. And thus I offer your candi dacy for Editor my fervent en dorsement and strong support. Thank you very much. Sincerely, Ed Smith To; Editor, THE DECREE Carefully considering the reasoning behind the dorm rules in effect at Wesleyan, it seems there is a double set of stand ards. Someone or some group apparently feels that the femin ine members of our student body do not deserve an equal status with the males. There is an old saying that ‘If all of man’s knowledge is contained in books, one wonders how many volumes his common sense would fill.’ “it takes two to tango”--or anything else—or a particular something else that would be declared punishable under the BISHOP’S LAW. ait if a male or female member of the stu dent body violate this particu lar something- together xif course—only the female faces the dutiful attorney general and the respectable judges. The male partner in crime is free and clear to roam at wilL THIS IS THE LAW!” The constitution of the U.S.A. states that no one shall be dis- (Continued on Page 5) i ii ^^The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich” Will be shown in a 3 part sequence Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - At 1:30 P. M. in room 105 - Gravely. Brantley Reports Senate Action John, The October 27 senate meet ing opened with reports from the standing committees. John Kordulak, chairman of the Grievance Committee, stated that an inter-campus telephone system was practically impos sible. From the economic standpoint, the system would be too prohibitive. As a matter of simple privacy, such a phone system would be undesirable. However, Kordulak did report that Dean Wilde had suggested the possibility of private phones in each room. Such phones would cost approximately $8.00 per month at the expense of the individual student. From the Constitution Com mittee, chaired by Carolyn Dab ney, came the suggestion that Article 4, Section 4, paragraph D of the By- Laws be changed to read that elections for the Primary Court be conducted on the last Friday of October. The suggestion was put in the form of a motion and was se conded and passed. The propos ed constitutional change was then sent to the Supreme Court for review. If the review is positive the amendment will be put before a student assembly after a period of two weeks^and if met with two-thirds appro val it will be law. It is my de- Horoscope People born from October 23rd to November 22nd are un der the astrological sign of Scorpio. This is the sign that some of the most mysterious and complicated personalities of the Zodiac fall under. Scorpio is a water sign with many under-currents to their surface personalities with the resistless force of the ocean tides. The Scorpio usually ob tains what he wants, but some times what he wants is not best for him. Some famous Scorpios are Richard Burton, Johnny Car son, Anthony Dingman, Eileen O’Grady, and Dr. Armstrong. Blood Drive The American Ited Cross is holding a blood drive in the Rocky Mount area. The Blood- mobile will be at the Abbotts Laboratory from 9a.m.to6p.m on November 14th. The Blood donated will be used by the Red Cross for both military and civilian purposes. Persons under 21 years of age must ob tain parental permission to give blood. Permission forms may be obtained in the Student Union Building. sire that the amendment will be met with favor in order that in future years the Supreme Court will not be burdened with unnecessary responsibilities - as is the case this year. The Constitution Committee also brought before the Senate two suggestions as to student representation for the Infirm ary residences. Both sugges tions were put in the form of motions, and both met with de feat. One motion would have provided the Infirmary stu dents with one senator who would exercise one-half of one vote. The other motion would have annexed the Infirmary to one of the campus residence halls. As chairman of the Con stitution Committee, Carolyn Dabney is going to the Infirm ary students and ask for their opinions as to student repre sentation in the Senate. Miss Dabney will report to the Se nate during the November 3 meeting. It is my impression that definite and positive ac tion will follow. Included in the Senate busi ness of October 27 were the nominations of three persons to stand for Supreme Court election. John Hinnant, Frank Shields, and Dan Turner were the three nominees. Carolyn Dabney and Betty Lee reported that they had talk ed with Dean Alexander con cerning the petitions for later hours in the girls’ dorms. Be cause the petitions presented conflicting requests. Dean Ale xander ruled them invalid. Con sequently, North Hall and Nash Hall drew up their own indivi dual proposals for later hours. Such proposals will be pre sented to Dean Alexander. The Senate voted its voice of ap proval to the actions being ta ken by the two dormitories. After a brief recess the floor was opened to new business. Junior class president Ken Car ter introduced Jay Barr to the Senate. Barr familarized the Senate with the idea of a “Bed Race” to be held on the day of Homecoming. The race is de signed to arouse campus in terest and participation during the homecoming proceedings. The Senate was intrigued with the idea - to say the least - and voted its voice of approval to Carter, Barr and the Junior class in their efforts to coordi nate such a happening. As part of the new business, the Senate approved John Robert’s ap pointment of Dan Davis to serve j as student representative in the ' faculty meetings. The Senate J is generally pleased with the " reality of student participation in the faculty meetings. It is my personal opinion that such participation will be a positive approach toward dealing with the many faceted affairs of the North Carolina Wesleyan camp us. Respectfully, Bill Brantley President of the Senate NOTICE On Monday, the 27th of October, 1969, Senior Daniel C. Davis was ap pointed by the S. G. A. Senate to serve as representative on the Facul ty Committee. ttxtt OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE EDITOR Julie Robinson ASSISTANT EDITOR Jim Van Laan BUSINESS MANAGER Tom Mowbray ADVERTISING MANAGER John Hinnant CIRCULATION MANAGER John Hinnant OFFICE MANAGER MarshaU Old PHOTOGRAPHER J. H. Crumpler Business Addtess: Box 3146, Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, North Carolina PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY WESLEYAN STUDENTS Opinions Published Do Not Necessarily Represent Those Of Wesleyan College.
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