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VOLUME XI, NUMBER 19
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C,
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1970
Dean W ilde Announces
Tightening Of Policy
By MARY GETLEIN
"It may be fitting that there
are so few a numl)er of students
here today,” said Dean Wilde
to the approximately 25 stu
dents who showed up for the as
sembly Tuesday. He then went
to express the administration’s
concern about campus attitudes
apparent, most disturbing being
apathy, negligence of rules and
■regulations, and absence of stu
dent activities, on campus.
Dean Wilde and Dean Alex
ander then went on to explain
the legal foundation that small,
religious-based colleges rest
on, the responsibility taken by
the students in the motto of
“freedom with responsibility”
in regards to behavior on
campus.
Dean Wilde listed the
strengths and weaknesses of
Wesleyan. “The basic streng
th of Wesleyan,” he said, “is
academic,” We have excellent'
professors, and small class
es that result in personal con-'
tact with the professors. Said
Dean Wilde, “the absence of
traditions at Wesleyan makes
for a unique education for the
student who is interested.”
The weaknesses of Wesleyan,
Dean Wilde continued, are the
identity struggle and the crisis-
ridden financial problem. The
financial problem is an over
riding moral factor for the fa
culty, staff, and the students.
The problem of identity he ex
plained is because of the ab
sence of traditions; nobody
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North Hall Dorm Council is
officially opposed to the Ad
ministrative policy of question
ing the amount and accuracy of
the information on special leave
cards. We feel it is up to the
discretion of each individual to
decide what is sufficient infor
mation. Parents have signed
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Student Rep. Ousted
In Faculty Meeting
By JULIA ROBINSON
Dan Davis, Student Represen
tative on the faculty committee
was denied presence at the Fa-
Taylor Breaks Record;
East Mennonite Falls
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A victorious Roger Taylor cuts the net from the hoop from
atop of the shoulders of the crowd after scoring a record
breaking 40 points to lead the Bishops to victory over East
ern Me.inonite,
Decree-APO Talent Benefit
Yields Funds For R. M. Youths
By MARSHALL OLD
A benefit talent show spon
sored jointly by the DECREE
and Alpha Phi Omega frater
nity was held on Friday even
ing in the cafeteria. The pro
ceeds from the talent show were
donated to two area youths for
whom funds had been already
Tom Garlo'w and Joiin Reid perform at Wesleyan\s Dec^.c^
APO spon.'?ored talent-shw La?t Fridiy’s ben'sfit yield $50
for the two youths in Ro'iky Mount.
established by the Rocky Mount
community.
Johnny Porch and Michael
Brennan Griffin, the youths for
whom the DECREE-APO bene
fit was held, were both recent
victims of personal tragedies.
Johnny Porch was shot in the
neck during a service station
hold-up in which his father was
killed. Johnny mu.st now under
go surgery which will hopefully
restore him to a normal life
and free him from the paraly
sis which he now endures. Mi
chael Griffin is the three-year-
old child of a fireman who wa,3
killed while on duty. This money
will be contributed to the edu
cational fund in his behalf.
Performers in the talent show
included Pete Page, Steve Gor
don and Beth Whitley, Nancy
Tonkens, Tom Gar low. and John
Reid The Shadows of Night,
and the Consorts Llniited Dave
Siple of WRMT emceed the
show
A total of $50 75 was raised
for the boys. The DECR.SE
and Alpha Phi Omega extend
their thanks to all who made
this success pos.sible.
By JOHN HINNANT
Thursday: 8:00 PM--Everet-
te Gymnasium: Playing his last
college varsity home game, Ro
ger Taylor set a record for
points made in Everette Gym
nasium as he connected for 40
against the Courtiers of East
ern Mennonite College. Taylor
scored 18 points in the first
half and 22 in the second. As
sisting Taylor in the 91-65
win over Eastern Mennonite
were Mike Lynchwith 13 points,
Tom Leggett with 12, NlckLau-
renson with 11, and Jake Bar
nes with 8. The Bishops com
pletely dominated the boards
against the taller Courtiers.
Led again by Taylor, with 19,
they pulled down 67 rebounds
compared to a meager 30 for
Eastern Mennonite. The Bis
hops completed 36 of 98 shots
for about 38% while the Court
iers attempted 75 and complet
ed 27 of those for 35%. From
the foul line, Wesleyan again
dominated, comp.leting 19
against only 11 for Eastern
Mennonite.
The first half wa.s charac
terized by a close score and
scrappy play. Wesleyan con
trolled tjie tip off and Nick was
fouled seconds later. He com
pleted the shot. In the first 7
minutes Taylor completed 5
buckets for 10 points, gaining
for Wesleyan a 14 to 11 point
lead. As the first half drew to
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culty Meeting of February 10,
1970 when the meeting was dis
solved into executive session.
According to Dan, he had re
ceived a notice announcing the
regularly scheduled faculty
meeting Monday, February 9.
Dan also said that he had re
ceived verbal confirmation that
he should attend from Dean Jack
Moore, who called and chaired
the meeting. According to the
notice Dan received, the pur
pose of the meeting was to hear
the reports of the faculty repre
sentatives to the Board of
Trustees.
The meeting was called to
order by Dean Moore and as
soon as the floor was opened,
a motion was made by Mr.
Lowenthal that the meeting be
declared executive session. The
motion w.as seconded and dis
cussion followed. The vote was
taken: it was fourteen votes
against and fifteen votes to go
into executive session. The mo
tion carried and the meeting
was then declared an executive
session. Executive session
means that only full time fa
culty memlxirs are allowed to be
p.resent. According to Mr. Lo
wenthal the reason for his mo
tion was that the purpose of
the meeting was to be a mat
ter that didn’t concern the
students.
In the case of the meeting
last Tuesday, Dr. Allen Cordts,
Vice President for Develop
ments and Dan. student repre
sentative were the only twowho
had to leave the meeting. Dr.
Cordts declined to comment.
The upset over this declara
tion to go into executive ses
sion, Dan Davis said, was due
to the fact that it was the se
cond time the student repre
sentative had been denied ad
mission, and that he felt it was
in danger of becoming a prede-
dence to open the meeting and
declare executive session to
deny the student representative
admission to meetings.
Tom Weisenger Declared
‘Ugliest Man On Campus’
By KATHY YATES
Tom Weisinger was declared
the Ugliest Man On Campus in
the contest sponsored by the
Omlcron Rho chapter of Alpha
Phi Omega last week. Donn
Henchel came in second place.
Weisinger, sponsored by Cir
cle-K. accumulated the highest
number of votes, 2.738, while
Hencliel pulled 2,328.
Competition between the two
has been fierce. Trailing at
first, Weisinger took a substan
tial lead Tuesday and again
Thursday. On Friday Henchel
narrowed the ga;). bu‘ could not
gain enough votes to win
The Wesleyan Singers spon
sored Dr, Sasser, director of
the singers, who placed third
with 1,093 votes. Nu Gamma
Phi’s Bob Leyda had 731 votes
and Pi Epsilon’s Baby Bippy
Scalf 248 votes, and Bill Wat
son sponsored by the Mono
gram Club and the Cheerlead
ers trailed last with 201 votes.
The L'gly Man On Campus
has l>ecome a tradition at Wes
leyan since the Omicron Rho
Cha!)ter of Alpha Phi Omega
wa.s chartered It is held an
nually to raise money for the
fraternity’s service projects.