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PAGE 2 THE DECREE TUESDAY, NOV. 11, 1969 Letters To The Editor Editorial Food Reform Mismanaged Having been subjected to the supposed “evils"ofthe cafeteria for nearly as long as anyone else in the Wesleyan community, we too agree that many changes are in order. We also agree that reform can be accomplished most effectively by legiti mate and organized complaints. We were in agreement with the SGA’s and, indeed, the major ity of the school’s complaints concerning Wesleyan’s food sys tem, However, it would seem that such a justified complaint would merit a more organized reform effort. The idea of a “Hap pening” in the cafeteria at a strategic hour appealed to us. It was the way the “happening” was handled that almost defeat ed the noble purpose. Some of the complaints were made out of ig norance of the total situation and thus they appeared a bit petty. Likewise, the promises made by the SGA to guarantee reform were reminiscent of a I9th century spell, and were as nearly unreal. We would hope that some of the recommendations would be followed and that efforts would be made to rectify the food ser vices complaints, in spite of the ill-handled “happening”. We would also hope that any and all such reforms in the future will be organized, and that they will concern themselves with grie vances that can at least be termed legitimate. WCT Play Delightful (Continued from Page 1) acting in the entire play, as he pantomined his dilemna be tween staying with Barbara or finding his friends again. Entering in a whirlwind, Ei leen O’Grady, playing the role of Barbara, quicklywon the love of the audience, primarily thr ough her stage presence. Com pletely at home on the stage, Eileen delivered her lines quite adroitly, despite a cold first act. Strait-jacketed by a score below her range, Miss O’Grady fought her way through the songs in the first act until she could do proper justice to herself with songs that were a little more comfortable. All in all, Miss O’Grady created a mem orable performance. Comfort O’Connell, played by Miriam Leyda, is the per sonification of the American tourist in Paris. Miriam’s in terpretation of Comfort is an endearing yet pitiful one. The viewer can do little but laugh with her when she is happy and cry with her when she is sad, and enjoy her portrayal in its entirety Rob Smith, a newcomer to Wesleyan Theatre, exhibits a stage presence that Is on a par with the veteran Thespians in the cast. His portrayal of the French photographer, Luc, is a thoroughly enjoyable one that has the audience laughing at his predicament with two girls. His facial expressions are extremely effective and his lines are delivered so well that he raises the performances of the leads by his sophisticat ed acting techniques. Jeanie Johnson deserves spe cial recognition for her excell ent portrayal of Jeannette and in spite of the fact that all of her lines are in French, few people in the audience could misinterpret their meaning. Her dance with Luc and her song “La, La, La” are some of the best dancing and staging In the entire show. In a cameo role Rick Houck, as Louis, portrays the reser ved French gentleman, or as he sings, “The Man Who Has Everything”. Although his act ing is a little stiff and he lacks the stage presence of some of the other members of the cast, his performance is still a be lievable one. Although not a walk-on role, Barbara Koehnlein played a im pressive role asGabrielle Ber- tin, using just enough cynicism to be effective. Helen Steiner provided the light side of the musical in her role as Molly Plummer, dropping cliches here and there cutting humour ously with her abundant sar casm. Considering his late ad dition to the cast, Larry Gil- martin does a commendable job in playing the part of Mike Robbins. With only four nights of rehearsal, Larry creates therole of a gigolo with more aplomb than would be ex pected. A lithe and supple chorus provided more than enough sup port to the talented performers portraying the leads. With the staging of Mr. Dingman and their own ability, they created some of the most beautiful sce nes in the entire show. But they must commended even more strongly for the totally believ able interpretations of the walk- on parts. Especially good were; Bill Neale, as Marcello Agno- lotti, Johnny Wilson, as the cig ar-smoking businessman, Bar bara Epps, as the flower wo man, Russ Shoop, as the pic ture-taking tourist, Linda Fel ton, as the saucy French tart, and Will Thompson, as the ma gazine vendor. No Strings wag a very nice ly produced musical and a great deal of credit goes to the ac tors, Mr. Dingman, the techni cal crew, to Mr. Dill, to Mr. Davis, and to Mr. Grind- staff. Due to these people. No Strings provided a memorable evening of entertainment and was well worth the time spent on it. My congratulations to everyone involved. Dear Editor, For some unknown reason, the guiding light of Wesleyan does not understand that money is not the only valuable thing which someone can invest. A wife of any student is in fact investing the hopes and fears of her future life and her hus band’s into his pursuit of a col lege degree. These are as val uable as money to any young married couple. The wife is al so sharing her husband’s life-- what affects him, affects her. Yet, in spite of this, the ad ministration feels free to total ly disregard the presence of any student’s wife in favor of his parents. They even go to the ex tent of omitting her from any of the mailing lists the college uses. When asked why, the ans wer is, “that the parents us ually pay for the tuition.” It appears that money, notreason, decides the decisions. Let’s accept, for a moment, that this point of view is good - though it is not - and exa mine what is done in the case where the wife works and pays the tuition. The answer again is NOTHING! The student is not even questioned as to who pays the bills. Furthermore, when the student goes to the public relations office to correct area, he is met with a deaf ear. If the student pushes hard enough, he can have his wife added to the lists; but this is done with the idea of a second or second ary role status being placed upon the wife. The reason being it is an administrative decis ion and directive. I wonder if the meii:’ ors of the administration were in the same position they would con done such an attitude toward their wives. After all, there are the women with whom they de cided to share their lives. Some respect must be felt for her. Or is it that when they become administrators a new set of rul es and feelings are granted to them. Perhaps I have been mis guided in believing a student has the same relationship with and respect towards his wife as does an administrator and his wife. I would be very interested in hearing or reading the reasons for these oversights. Person ally, these attitudes toward fe males, which seemingly places them in a secondary status, vex es me. The housewive’s folk lore that people are inherently inferior because they are fe males, blacks, or oriental is just that--a housewife’s folk lore. This folklore belongs in the dark ages and not on a col lege campus where intelligence supposedly prevails. Let me clarify one point be fore 1 end this discussion. This is not an attack against any individual administrator, nor the system. Academically, Wesleyan is very good; and this is the main reason each stu dent is here. This letter is, however, trying to point out that the customs and traditions of old are dead. We must not de cide traditionally (using the presumption of the existence of a man’s world with a coun terpart whose onlypossible fun ction is to produce offspring; cook the man’s meals; clean his house; and satisfy his needs but from a more knowledge po sition that she is indeed an equal in the family and the world. A wife is extremely interest ed in what is happening in, to, and with the college. For here lies the future course of her life. Under these circumstances I do not believe it is to much to ask the administration to re cognize the wives as being an important part of a married stu dent’s family and his life. Of course, the same argument holds true for husbands of Wes leyan students. Glen A. Taylor O Editor, Sent as a casual observer by THE DECREE, 1 attended the meeting of the Senate on the evening of November 3, 1969. The image projected by the event was, to me, one of humorous incompetence. Though it conflicted with my intuited suspicions, I was will ing to accept this foolishness as an isolated incident and not representative of the essential nature of the Senate. However, the published edi tion of the Senate Minutes pre sents so false an impression of the caucus that, in the interest of journalism accuracy, I must expose a few neglected facts. The Minutes refers to a ten- minute recess but offers no explanation for the withdrawal. The reason was that because a quorum of ten senators could John, The major concern of the November 3 Senate meetingwas constitutional change. Carolyn Dabney brought two questions to the attention of the Senate. The first matter of review was Article 6, Section 2, paragraph B-1, sub-section 2 of the SGA constitution. It was moved, se conded, and passed that this portion of the constitution should be amended to read: to appoint temporary officers with Senate approval, to fill vacan cies in the Student Govern ment Association who shall serve for a period not to ex ceed one month, during which time the vacancy shall be fill ed by the original electing agency prescribed in the Con stitution. As a second pro posed amendment, it was mov ed, seconded, and passed that Article 5, Section 2, paragraph B of the SGA constitution be changed to read: be carrying at least a minimum load of acade mic work as stated in the cur rent academic catalogue during the term in which elected and subsequent terms in which of fice is held. Further consti tutional question was brought before the Senate for discus sion regarding Senate repre sentation for Infirmary resi dents. Carolyn Dabney report ed that the students now living not be met, the members were sent out to find another dele gate. The Junior Class report on its proposed “Bed Race” was handled quickly and competently by Jim Price. The Minutes, however, does not report the extended discussion following Price’s sunimary. Actually at least thirty minutes were con sumed by a barrage of ques tions directed by negligent se nators who either refused to listen or lacked the intelligence to interpret the original pre sentation. What is completely omitted by the Minutes is an account of the heated debate over the fact that ARC’S should not be allowed to serve in the court system. After almost an hour it was finally decided to formu late a motion that the Consti tution Committee study the mat ter. About fifteen minutes la ter it was discovered by Brjice Wright that the Bishop’s Law already provided for the omis sion of ARC’S from the court system. I offer these observations as evidence that, for the most part, our Senate is a poorly run conglomeration of apathe tic no-minds which attempts to project a false image through shading and omitting facts in the reports of both the Secre tary and the President. _ Elkonoklastes are written not for sterile cynicism but in the spirit of constructlve^cbnfront- ation and change. Thus' I hope to Inspire opposition to - my point of view as well as to in crease serious participation on the part of the senators. That we students are respon sible for fostering such a haven of inefficiency and ignorance is not to be hidden but altered. If arguments exist for the illegi timacy of the doctrine of stu dent power our Senate would support the precepts of them all. In utmost sincerity, Dan Davis in the Infirmary were con tent to allow their class offi cers to represent them in the Senate. In view of this fact. Miss Dabney as chairman of the Constitution Committee, re commended that Infirmary re presentation be dropped from Senate business. The Senate respected the recommendation. The Food Services Commit tee, chaired by Roger Taylor, reported that it had met and had drawn up a list of grievances to be presented to Mrs. Bat chelor. The Senate eagerly awaits comment by Mrs. Bat chelor in regard to the grie vances. In order that the base of action may be broadened, the Grievance Committee, headed by JohnKordulak, offer ed its assistance • As a matter of new busi ness, the Senate nominated fif teen students to stand for elec tion to the Primary Court. The names will not be submitted to the Elections Commission un less the Commission fails to receive the necessary petitions called for by the SGA constitu tion. I urge interested students to submit such petitions in all haste in order that the Supreme Court may be relieved of unnec essary burdens. Respectfully, Bill Brantley President of the Senate %\\t ttxtt OFFTCTAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE EDITOR Julie Robinson ASSISTANT EDITOR Jim Van Laan BUSINESS MANAGER Tom Mowbray ADVERTISING MANAGER John Himiant CIRCULATION MANAGER John Hinnant OFFICE MANAGER Marshall Old PHOTOGRAPHER J. H. Grumpier Business Address: Box 3146, Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount^ North Carolina PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY WESLEYAN STUDENTS Opinions Published Do Not Necessarily Represent Those Of Wesleyan College. Senate Argues Changes
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