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VOLUME XI, NUMBER 24
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C,
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1970
Roger Taylor Chosen
NAIA All-American
By MARSHA WHITE
Ptoger Taylor, 6-2 senior
from Nashville, N. C., was
recently notified of his selec
tion as honorable mention for
ward on the NAIA All-Ameri
can basketball team.
Speaking of Roger’s selec
tion, Coach Neal Chancey de
clared, “Roger is verydeserv-
ing of this honor. He is certain
ly a great offensive player.”
Undoubtedly, this recognition
is the most eminent of the ho
nors he has received this year.
In addition to attaining All-
American stutus, the cage star
‘Creation’ Reviewed
By SEAN MORAN
On Sunday night at 7:00 in
Everett the Wesleyan Singers
began “warming up” before re
hearsing Haydn’s THE CREA
TION. Soloists Cobb, Karns,
and Ishee, were seated in front
of the Singers. Approximately
7:07 Mr. Ishee opened the ora
tor ia with “In the Beginning”
displaying his baritonal talents.
Tenor Dr. Cobb entered after
the Singers brought a climax
to Mr. Ishee’s solo. Dr. Cobb
with vocal depth giving a pleas
ing, comfortable tone to his
voice, sang to Mrs. Sasser’s
skillful piano accompaniment.
Dr. Cobb was singing one of the
more exciting passages entit-
tled “New Created World.”
Occasionally the group of
singers seemed off-balanced.
The number of fine-sounding
sopranos is larger than ever
before. Consequently, they
stand out sometimes. The bass
es outweigh the unfortunately
small number of corresponding
altos. However, Dr. Sasser is
competent in his ability to guide
and balance the parts of the
chorus equally.
Haydn’s solos for the bari
tone in his CREATION may be
challenging to the singer, but
they are less interesting than
the solos for tenor and soprano.
Fortunately, Mr. Ishee’s ef
fective baritone is oustanding.
Mrs. Karns’ soprano voice is
highly striking. The fact that
the performance is not Mrs.
Karn’s first is noticeable. The
soprano is well-equipped, well-
prepared, and well-trained.
Mrs. Karns’ delivery and a-
wareness of material make her
performance enjoyable and
entertaining.
“The Heavens Are Telling”
is by far the most accomplish
ed performance by the Sing
ers. To hear the group sing
this one selection alone is ex
cellent reason for attending the
performance.
The Singers, soloists, and ac
companists seemed well-re
hearsed; their attention to the
dynamics of Haydn’s work is
admirable for it increases the
value of the interpretation of
the work.
Haydn has supplied the ora
torio with so many soloist pas
sages that the listener finds
the entrance of the chorus to be
a refreshing change.
Under Dr. Sasser’s direction
the chorus, soloists, and ac
companists will perform
Haydn’s THE CREATION Tues
day night, the seventh of April.
In the interest of musical
endeavors at Wesleyan, this
performance by the Wesleyan
Singers may be considered ma
jor.
was selected All-Dixie Con
ference and All-NAIA District
29. During this season he set
the pace for the conference
contenders in scoring with his
average of over 27 points per
game. The season ended; Roger
was No. 1 pointmaker in District
29. He achieved 78% accuracy
from the foul line and 48%
accuracy from the floor. Pre
sently, he can claim the Wes
leyan individual single game
scoring record of 42 points.
During his two years here he
has poured in more points than
any previous Wesleyan eager.
Roger’s merit of his most
recent honor is quite obvious
as indicated by the aggregate of
statistics he had managed to
accumulate during his perfor
mance as a Bishop. Yet, the
statistics do not tell the en
tire story. For Wesleyan stu
dents who have watched Roger
perform during the past two
years, Roger Taylor and
basketball at Wesleyan will be
synonymous in their talk about
the sport.
News Summary
By JOHN HINNANT
Last Saturday a crowd of
15,000 marchers was on hand in
the nation’s capital for a “Win
the War” rally. They carried
signs and banners which read
“In God We Trust,” “Win the
War” and “Wallace for Presi
dent”. A few anti-war protest
er passed out flowers to the
marchers, but most marchers
responded by either ignoring the
Education Grant
Presented College
N. C. Wesleyan College has
again been selected as one of the
privately-financed colleges in
the United States to receive
unrestricted grants under
the Aid-to-Education Program
of Texaco, Inc.j it was announ
ced today by ' Dr. Thomas A.
Collins, president of Wesleyan.
The grant of $1,500 award
ed for the 1969-70 academic
year is the third such grant
awarded to Wesleyan by Texaco.
The young Methodist liberal
arts college is one of 300 col
leges and universities included
in Texaco’s program of educa
tional support.
In addition to providing di
rect financial support of 150
privately-financed schools, the
program includes scholarship
and fellowship assistance to 90
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flowers or throwing them down
and stepping on them.
The Air Controllers strike
is continuing despite attempts
by the Government in ordering
the controllers back to work.
The controllers still call it
sick day, thus claiming that it is
not a strike.
The Viet-Nam war’s pace was
stepped up last week as shelling
of U. S, bases and the highest
casualty figures in months were
reported.
The outcome of the Presi
dent’s nomination of Judge Ha
rold Carswell to the U. S. Su
preme Court was still in ques
tion during the week as sever
al senators showed how they
would vote. Apparently the vote
will be extremely close.
The Government has made an
offer to increase Postal sala
ries by 12%. The “conditional
offer” has neither been ac
cepted or rejected as of this
date. President Nixon also
called for an increase in Pos
tal rates, presumably as a me
thod of raising revenue for the
increased salaries of the post
men.
Geologic structures repre
senting a potential source of
oil and gas have been discov
ered in the areas of the Bering
Sea near Alaska. The sur
veys were conducted by the U.S.
Geological Survey and the U.S.
Coast and Geodetic Survey
teams.
Corbitt Rushing Speaks
At Honors Convocation
The 1969-70 Honors Convo
cation will be held Thursday,
April 9, at 11 a.m. in Everett
Gymnasium with Corbitt B. P{u-
shing, assistant professor of
political science, delivering the
featured address, “The Sub
versive Science.”
Dr. Sim O. Wilde, Jr., Dean
of Students, will present 16
awards to students or organi
zations for outstanding achieve
ments in varied fields of en
deavor.
The Class of 1970 has announ
ced that in lieu of a class gift,
which is customarily present
ed at Honors Convocation, this
year’s seniors are directing
their funds to the college’s Cap
ital Campaign.
Awards to be given at the
Convocation and their donors
are: Outstanding Achievement
in Music, the Music Review
Club of Rocky Mount; Fresh
man Writing Award, the Rocky
Mount Rotary Club; Wesleyan
Players Award (dramatics) gi
ven anonymously; Outstanding
Athlete of the Year, Rocky
Mount Civitan Club; Phariss-
Strickland French Award, gi
ven anonymously: John Paul
Jones History Award, the Nash
County Committee of Colo
nial Dames; Outstanding Aca
demic Achievement, Rocky
Mount Kiwanis Club; Dean of
Students Award, to an out
standing student organiza
tion, given by the Dean; Lead
ership and Service Award for
Women, the PilotClub of Rocky
Mount; Leadership and Ser
vice Award for Men, given by
the college chaplain: Best
Teaching Faculty Award, Nu
Gamma Phi; and the President’s
Cup Award to the outstanding
senior.
Library Collection
Donated To NCWC
Mrs. Joe W. Watson, chair
man of the Friends of the N. C.
Wesleyan College Library, has
announced the donation of a
valuable book collection to the
library from the estate of the
late Methodist Bishop Edgar
Blake.
Given by his widow, Mrs.
Mary Jane Eaton Blake, now
of Coral Gables, Florida, the
books comprise the largest sin
gle collection ever given to
Wesleyan’s library. Approxi
mately half of the 800 volumes
have pubhcations dates in the
I920’s, and almost all of the
volumes are now out of print
and would be hard to obtain
through regular channels.
The book collection is a mis
cellaneous assortment, includ
ing religion, theology, church
history, Methodist history and
doctrine, sociology, interna
tional politics, history, travel
and some fiction. All of the
books are in English except
about 40, which are printed in
the French language.
The late Bishop Blake served
in Paris for eight years from
1920-28, where he directed the
expenditure of millions of dol
lars given by the Methodist Chu
rch to rebuild war-torn areas.
Re-assigned to Indianapolis,
and later Detroit, Bishop Blake
joined a committee for Civil
Rights in the Automobile In
dustry, and became nationally
known for his interest in the
economic and political affairs of
the country.
Convocation Series Ends
With ‘Bulldozed America ’
By MARY GETLEIN
“Bulldozed America is a film
on the rage of the environment,”
Mr. Corbett Rushing said as he
opened the Thursday, April 2nd
convocations and eco-in held in
the cafeteria. The eco-in was
conducted by Dr. Sharer, head
of the Science department and
his student representative.
“Bulldozed America’s” sub
ject was the mutilation of the
ideal of natural beauty in Ame
rica. Demonstrations of this
were shown in the strip mining
process, lumber camps, the de
struction of red wood forests,
and example of pollution in
streams and rivers through
out America.
The procedure of contrast
ing shots of a beautiful natur
al site, and then the view of
the site completely demo
lished by bulldozers was effec
tive in illustratir^ their thesis.
Bulldozers are the sub
stance of our society, a society
which has been built up without
a plan. The film showed that
there is now a limit to unplan
ned expansion.
One example of people’s dis
interest in conservation, (which
is the only way future genera
tion can live) was a case where
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