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PAGE 2 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1970 Letters To The Editor Editorial Editor’s Note: In order to fulfill our policy 0/ covering campus news, wt; at- templed to investigafe the inci dent of the pass-key that wa'? stolen froni CaHipn.s ARC, Tom Fredricks, Here are the re sults of our investigation of the incident. Dear Miss Robinson, I received a telephom^ re quest from John Hinnant in re gard to an inci'ient concerning the master key wliichbelongs to our Campus ARC, Mr Tom Fredricks. It was his under standing that the key had t>een gone from Tom’s possession for quite a period of time and that this might con-stitute an unauthorized possession of a college key. I spoke to Tom aV)out it. Ap parently, the key was on a ring of keys which belonged ro Tom, The entire ring was taken from his room wUhout his knowledge as a prank by some of the pledge class. It is my opinion thah they were unaware of the fact that the ma.ster key was on it. The key and the key ring were out of Tom’s possession for ap proximately 15-20 minutes. Since there were no damages resulting from ‘.his and since it appears that it was a prank which did not result in any pro blems, I have dismissed the matter. I did speak to Tom about the seriousness of the key being gone for even a short period of time. He understands this and will make every attempt to see that the key is not out of his possession. If you or any of your staff have any questions about the matter, I will be happy to discuss it. Sim Wilde The Viva-Section This column represents the points of view of Jim Van Laan and Dave Sipler and in no way reflects the opinions of THE DECREE, its staff, or the stu dent body. It is our sincere hope that the columi/ will be read objectively and opinions be sent to the editor of THE DE CREE for publication. The controversy over EN LOCO PARENTIS regulations is neither a new phenomena nor unique to the Wesleyan cam pus. Student circumnavigation of rules of conduct isaproblem on ALL campuses and existed before Sir Thomas More drop ped out of Oxford The arguments of both ad ministrators and students are too well known for me to enu merate them, but I would ob serve tha‘ neither side is com pletely right nor totally wrong. To dispense with all rules of conduct would perhaps result in confusion and consternation. But to attempt to enforce ad mittedly archaic rules of con duct by excessively harsh pun ishments would result in the complete destruction of admin istrative authority (respect for which long ago reached the cru cial Iwv point). Reform is needed. Everyone consulted agrees with that statement--radical or conser vative, student or faculty, even administrative officials and at least one member of the Board of Trustees. Why then isn’t any action taken? The same old pro blem--lack of agreement over methods and procedures, mis trust and distrust, appearance age. The result is that we “make do” withwhat now exists until it collapses. Stupid isn’t It? It is however the traditional method through wliich changes are implemented--“necessity is the mother of invention” and all that. But why the hell must we wait when even the most unenlightened individual can see where the present course of action is leading us. Each time the machine breaks the parts Tightening Of Policy (Continued from Page 1) really knows what kind of col lege Wesleyan is. The result of young colleges everywhere. Dean Wilde noted, is the factor of constantly questing the pur pose of the college, A basic problem of Wesleyan students. Dean Wilde said, is the over-whelming lack of aca demic concern The expec tations of the faculty are much higher than the performances of the students, resulting in fee lings of inferiority, frustration, unrest, and tension In trying to better the stu dent moral, the administra tion sees only one way and that is to tighten up on the po licy of Wesleyan, with dis cussion and consideration from both points of view Some of the policies mention ed included a tighter policy toward “drunks” on campus, a policy of opposition to drugs on campus, harder lines on the conditions of buildings and dormitories, conduct and be havior of students, and a har der demand on student acti vities to build up their effec tiveness. Students will now have a more influential role on campus, sha ring responsibility with the ad ministration creating the poli cies of Wesleyan, Dean Wilde said. OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF NORTH CAROUNA WESLEYAN COLLEGE EDITOR Julia Robinson ASSISTANT EDITOR Jim Van Laan BUSINESS MANAGER John Hinnant ADVERTISING MANAGER Chuck Martin CIRCULATION MANAGER Para Rodenhizer LAYOUT MANAGEiR Marshall Old PHOTOGRAPHERS Baxter Smith Gary Christopher^ Para Rodenhizer PRODUCTION MANAGER Gail Mabe Business Address: Box 3146, Wesleyan CoUege, Rocliy Mount, North Carolina PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY WESLEYAN STUDENTS Opinions Published Do Not Necessarily Represent Those Of Wesleyan College. become harder to find and re assemble. The^next time the machine breaks may well be the last. Why chance it? We can (Continued on Page 3) Precedence And Prejudice We qjestion the motivation tiehlnd the faculty motion to go into executive session at last Tuesday’s scheduled faculty meet ing. Genarally, the fold into executive session is indicative of a meeting to be held without the presence o' some m'?mi:ors of the group who are not on the teaihing faculty. Ho'A'ever, we feel that in this fold, the student representative Dan Davis, w?i3 the one member whose presense was not wanted At the meeting last week, the first meeting in which the stu dent representative was excluded, our fears w,ere that the denial of attendance would set a precedence for future exclusion. It appears that this is what has h.appened It has been reported that the motion was m.3de to go into executive session before the agen da had even bean introduced. It has also been reported th.it the faculty vote stood at a narraw 15-14. We were as encouraged by the 14 votes of the faculty as we were discouraged by the 15 that excluded Dan Davis. We hope that last Tuesday’s will be that last meeting that Is disso,’.ved into executive session on the motion of a faculty m.?m^.er who has admitted that he is per sonally p.rejuiiced agaiast the student represantive. We command those members oi the faiiulty who were open- minded enough to refrain from voting for the exclusion of our representative before the agenda of the mooting had tx?en an nounced. Senate Allocates Money For Decree John. The February 9 Senate meet ing opened with a motion from the Constitution Committee which provided a constitution al amendment allowing a rising junior or senior to run for the presidency of the SGA. As stat ed in BISHOP’S LAW, before any constitutional amendment can be submitted to the student body for a vote the amendment must be passed by the Senate by at least a two-thirds vote of approval. When the above-men tioned amendment was placed on the floor for a vote, it re ceived seven affirmative votes as against four negative votes with one abstentation. Falling one vote short of the required eight, the motion for amendment was thus defeated. The consti tution Committee further moved to table a previously passed motion concerning Article IX, Section 1 of the SGA consti tution The committee wished to see the results of the pend ing constitutional amendment dealing with the composition of the Constitution Comm’ttee be fore considering Article IX, Section 1 of the SGA consti tution. The motion was second ed and passed, John Kordulak, chairman of the Grievance Committee, re ported tha‘ he had taken a list of grievances to Mr. Sawyer. The grievances dealt with cam pus lights, the letter ‘L’ at the campus entrance and the chimes system, Kordulak stated that Sawyer would act toward remedying the.se grievances. The Grievance Committee has spent much time and effort on the question of additional te- Activists Tapped It was announced at the Tues day assembly by John Ktxlulak, that the six new meml>ers of “The Activists” were Dan Davis. John Hinnant. Bill Brant ley. Jim Gill, Ken Carter, and John Hornaday. “The Activists’’ is the ho norary male society at Wes leyan whose requirements a^e to be in the top 35% of their class and excell in two fields of interest. lephone service in the dorms. During the week, I received a memo from Dean Wilde which stated that the financial situa tion of the college made any additional telephones in the dorms an impossibility. I hope this is not the last word. When the floor was opened to old business, the Senate pass ed a motion of approval for the allocation of $670,00 to the DECREE from the SGA match ing fund As a further matter of old business, the Senate pass ed a motion of approval con cerning the questionnaire cir culated by Ken Carter. The questionnaire sought student opinion on the questions of exam schedules. Approximately 62% of the questionnaires were re turned to Carter with a ma jority of students being in favor of a system whereby a profes sor will set up two or three different exam dates. The mo tion of approval stipulated that the results of the questionnaire be taken to the faculty meeting by student representative Dan Davis. The Senate Committee on the Capital Funds Camp aign reported that it met with Circle K and plans have been made for a dinner and xalent show to raise funds for the campaign. New business brought a dis cussion between Sarah Askew and several senators regarding the affairs of the Social Com mission Except for the fact that the Senate was Informed of the restrictive budget of the commission, little was re solved. In furtherance of new business, I reported to the Se mite that I had received during the week a request from Pre sident Collins to seek out Se nate thought on the possibility of establishing a chapter of the Gamma Beta Phi Society on campus. The society is de dicated to academic ac complishment and service. Se nate opinion was unfavorable to the establishment of such a so ciety. As reported tiefore, Ibe- lieve the Senate praises without qualification your proposal to deal with the food situation on campus. I believe Ned Hill will prove to be a most competent member of the Board of Direc tors as the representative from the Senate. Respectfully, Bill Brantley President of the Senate OF wesigA\^'mM:nms icodxs o ZWSCUS3/0M • "ceMourH.{t' rAPE cjrbi wet Twse orfJHe. cuff o/nmeArn )0i/o(fSameK neAis
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