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NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE U. S. POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 217 Rocky Mount, N. C. VOLUME XI, NUMBER 11 ROCKY MOUNT, N. C, Non-Profit Organization TUESDAY, NOV. 18, 1969 Washington March Termed ‘Beautiful’ Wilde Prohibits Pets By JIM VAN LAAN North Carolina Wesleyan College was represented by ap proximately 20 students at the November Moratorium and the March on Washington, Com ments were mixed, but the one word to describe the experience was “beautiful”, or so the par ticipants said. One student stated, “If I had to die, I’d like to die right now NCW Compass Club Receives Charter, Installs Officers Wesleyan’s chapter of The Compass Club, an affiliate of Pilot International received its Charter and had their officers installed on Sunday, November 16. Mrs. Corbett, a member of the Rocky Mount Pilot Club, made the presentation of the charter. Officers for the 1969-1970 academic year are: Sarah As kew, president; Barbara Jack son, first vice president, Lorrie Thompson, second vice pre sident; Jill Jenkinson, secre tary; Margaret Underwood, treasurer; Phyllis Webb, par liamentarian. The three mem bers of the Board of Direc tors are Johnnie Coughlin, Ju lie Robinson, and Meg Howard, The installation ceremony and the reception that followed was held at the home of Mrs. Marguerite Cobb, a member of the Rocky Mount Pilot Interna tiona. when everything is so beauti ful.” Another student said, “Everybody was in the march, it was nonviolent. It was a cold day but it was still warm de spite the weather.” John Hinnant, a senior who attended the March, describ ed the Cathedral service as the most impressive event of the March. His comment was, “It was an hour and a half liturgy and Pete Seeger led the songs “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” and “Give Peace a Chance”. Another song was led by someone else. Flowers were passed out during the collec tion and the money was to go to some children’s fund. Hinnant continued and ex- (Continued on Page 2) By JIM VAN LAAN Resident students of North Carolina Wesleyan College re ceived a letter from Dean of Students Sim O. Wilde on Thurs day, concerning animals in dor mitory rooms. Effective, Jan uary 2, no animals will be al lowed in rooms and the rule concerning pets will be strictly enforced. Dean Wilde’s letter also provided for this rule to include all the campus, with the exception of President Collins’s house, creating a precedent for the Administration. Dr. Wilde vehemently pro hibited the presence of stray dogs on any part of the campus. He wrote that all dogs must be removed from the campus by Monday, Nov. 17, or his office would call the dog catch- Convocations On Sex er to have them removed. When questioned on the cause of this proclamation, the Dean responded, “We’ve had a sort of loose enforcement of the ani mal rule because we had hoped that people would use common sense. But each year we’ve had more and more problems with it.” He continued, “The recent issue with the digs has in creased the problem. We’ve at tracted more dogs and they in timidate the wheelchair stu dents, get in the cafeteria, turn over garbage cans, defecate in the dormitory bathrooms, and, in general, are a pain in the neck.” Many students have com plained that the new rule is ri diculous, because they fail to see the danger in keeping gold fish in the rooms. Many also think that the dog catchers are unnecessarily cruel when they come to remove the dogs. In response to these criti cisms, Dean Wilde commented that in the past some fish have died during vacations and have created a dangerous situation as well as an unpleasant odor in the dorms. He stated that the dog catchers can never know when a dog will be rabid, and that their seemingly inhuman treatment of the animals is merely a pre caution. Explaining the sudden hard line enforcement of the rule concerning pets. Dr. Wilde said, “We decided that there was only oneway to enforce the rule and that was to make it fair and consistent,” “Since the letter was is sued I’ve had the ‘goldfish de legation’ come to see me. Their point was that goldfish were not a sanitation risk,” Wilde con tinued “At present some 15 (Continued on Page 3) Ethel Nash, Editor of MA GAZINE COUNSELING AND MEDICAL PRACTICE, spoke at Thursday’s Convocations program on the topic of “Sex, Marriage and Population.” Her talk ranged from facts and sta tistics to personal experi ences and humorous anecdotes and succeeded in keeping most of the audience’s attention. Prefacing her talk with an acknowledgement of today’s at titude towards sex, Miss Nash said, “We are experiencing a sexual renaissance.” It’s clear that the search for informa tion about sex is of great con cern.” Miss Nash then commented on families and raising child ren. Her statistics depicted the increasing number of di vorces today. She stated that one out of every nine child ren is a step-child, but also said that she didn’t think that parents should endure a bad marriage simply because of the children. The major body of her speech centered upon the idea of the burgeoning population and the need for planned parenthood, or as she said, “. . . as many children up to 2.5” She left the student body with the gentle chiding, “Just don’t get fla grant.” "^Swords Into Plowshares’ Presented By Inter-Faith Weekly News Review By JOHN HINNANT National As the November Moratorium approached, the latest Louis Harris Poll indicated that a nar row 45% to 39% were not in sympathy with the October 15th Moratorium. 81% of those sur veyed indicated that “the anti war demonstrations may not be entirely right, but they are raising real questions which ought to be discussed and ans wered, ” The “silent majority” of the nation remained comparitively silent on Veteran’s Day last week. Despite the urging of several anti-protest groups, there were few who turned on their automobile lights to show their support of the admini strations policy in Viet Nam, though many displayed Ameri can flags from their homes and businesses. After a hour-long meeting, senators advocating a broad draft reform agreed to drop their efforts this year in re turn for a promise that hear ings and possible legislative action would take place in 1970. By this move. President Nixon’s draft lottery plan cleared one of its major hurdles. As of late Thursday night, all systems were go after a leaky fuel tank was replaced on the Saturn Rocket that will lift Apollo 12 to the moon. The target of Apollo 12 is the Ocean of Storms that Sirveyor Three landed at in 1967, It is hoped the astronauts will be able to photograph Surveyer Three in order to determine the effect of the lunar environ ment upon the spacecraft. Health, Education and Wel fare Secretary Robert H. Finch announced Wednesday that the banning of DDT, one of the most common pesticides, over a two- year period will begin. The pes ticide (dicholoro - diphenyl- trichoro-ethane) has been used for over thirty years. Labro- tory animals have contract ed cancer when fed with food that contained layeral residues of DDT, International The United Nations reject ed for the nineteenth time Red China’s attempt to join that or ganization. The vote was 56 to 48 with 21 absentees. This vote marked the first time that the Soviet Union did not actively campaign for Red China’s ad mittance to the U. N. By JIM VAN LAAN The Wesleyan Inter-Faith Commission sponsored a lit urgy entiled “Swords into Plow shares” on Thursday night in conjunction with Moratorium events throughout the nation. The liturgy, designed to aid in achieving peacefulco-exist- ence, attracted approximately 25 persons. Gary Christopher, Chairman of the Inter-Faith Commis sion, explained, “The purpose was to provide a basis of re flection on the November Mora torium other than a simple bull session,” The program consisted of se veral responses and prayers with the highlight of the ser vice focusing on a message by Dr. Arlin Armstrong and the Mann Views Murray And Boone Moon Shot Given Scholarship Connie Murray, and Bess Boone have recently been nam ed CO-recipients of The First United Methodist Church Scho larship, for 1969-1970. This scholarship, which is sponsored by the Women’s society of Christian Service, awards a total of $650 for use towards college expenses. Eachgirlwill receive $325 which will go to wards their second semester expenses. Connie and Bess were chosen to receive the scholar ship on the basis of scholarship and need. Prior to this year, the WSCS scholarship has been awarded to an alumni of the Methodist Home in Raleigh. This year there were no students from the home attending Wesleyan. Bill Mann, a Freshman at North Carolina Wesleyan Col lege, attended the Apollo 12 launch at Cape Kennedy on No vember 13 and 14 at the ex pense of the 4-H Development Fund, Staying with the fami lies of NASA employees, Mann described the experience as “an excellent time.” The trip included a tour of the facilities at Cape Kennedy including the Gemini room where the students were clear ed by the security guards for possible security risks. Dur ing the launch the entire group of students were the personal guests of President Nixon, who watched the launch from the ground with the students. Mann said the opportunity of meet ing the President was, “It was (Continued on Page 2) passing of the light of peace. “It was,” Gary said, “es sentially a proclamation of a belief that all of us had in common - peace.” One of the only regrets was that some peo ple were upset by the idea that it was going to be a religious program. It wasn’t meant to be religious, but merely an atmosphere of unity and broth erhood in a common goal.” In answer to the question of its success, Gary commented, “I would say it was a suc cess on a small scale because only 25 students showed up. The students that were there came away, I think, with a better idea of what peace is all about and were better able to evaluate their position on the Moratorium.” . Library Purchases Coronostat Copier Mr. Alva Stewart announced this week that a SCM Corona- stat 110 will be installed in the Wesleyan Library on Monday, November 24. Stewart also sta ted that this copier will be the first of its style to be installed in any library in North Caro lina. The Coronastat will be simi lar to the former Coronastat 55 which was broken this past October and will replace this defective copier. Mr. Stewart continued, saying that the new Coronastat will be for student use and the only charge will be ten cents per exposure. Any book, periodical, or other manuscript can be copied with the Coronastat 110 and be done faster than the previous copier. Stewart completed his state ment by inviting all Wesleyan students to use this copier at their convenience during the hours that the library is open ed.
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