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VOLUME Xn, NUMBER 3
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C,
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1970
Annual Parents Weekend
In Final Planning Stage
October 2, 3, and 4 are dates
for the third annual Parents
Weekend here at Wesleyan Col
lege. The weekend has been
planned to give parents a chance'
to see the college in opera
tion and gain a better under
standing of the institution to
which they have sent their chil
dren. They will be able to
mingle with faculty and admin
istration in a series of meet
ings and receptions. The
schedule of events will be as
follows:
Oct. 2 1:00- 5:00— Registra
tion in lobby of Administra
tion Building; 5:00-6:15—Din
ner; 8:15-Ravi Shankar-gymn-
asium
Oct. 3 9:00-1:00—Registra
tion in lobby of Administration
Building; 9:00-12:00— Open
house in all departments,Con
ference with faculty advisers
if desired; 12:00-1:30—Buf
fet lunch in cafeteria; 12:00-
2:00--0pen house-all dorms &
fraternity lounges; 2:00-3:30
--Fashion show (for women &
men) in gym; 4:00-5:30—Pre
sident’s reception for parents
President Collins’ home; 7:00-
8."SO—Banquet for all parents
(students are welcome) Buck
Overton’s; 9:00-11:00--Infor
mal reception at home of Fa
culty & Administration officers
Oct. 4 10:00—Worship ser
vice for all parents & stud
ents in gymnasium; 12:00--
Lunch in cafeteria
Parents weekend is planned
by students with close cooper
ation from the faculty and ad
ministration. Further inform
ation may be obtained by con
tacting Professor Lowenthal,
Jimmy Dixon or Ken Carter.
Ravi Shankar To Be
On Campus Oct. 2
Ravi Shankar, India’s vir-
tuese of the Sitar and the per
son who is largely responsible
for the great surge in the pop
ularity of Indian music In the
West, will appear at Everett
Gymnasium, on October 2, at
8:15 p.m. He will be accom
panied by Alla Rakha playing
the Tabla, the double drums
which provide percussive ac
companiment, and supported by
Kamala Chakravarty on the
Tamboura, stringed drone in
strument which provides hyp
notic background for the Sitar.
Shankar has found a broad-
based audience for Indian mu
sic in Europe, the Far East and
particularly the U. S., where
his ‘‘Festival From India,” a
troupe of over 20 musicians
from North and South India,
appeared at major music fest
ivals in the summer of 1968.
He has inspired such music
ians as John Coltrane, Sandy
Bull, Yehudi Menuhin and the
Beatles’ George Harrison.
Also a composer, Shankar
has scored the films of Sat
yajit Ray and more recently the
feature film “Charly” starring
Cliff Robertson and Claire
Bloom. He is the subject of
the soon-to-be released “Mes
senger Qit of the East,” a fea
ture film about Indian music and
its impact on the West.
Prompted by a desire to give
serious students of Indian music
first-hand training and know
ledge, Ravi established in Los
Angeles (5882 West Pice Blvd.)
his Kinnara School of Indian Mu
sic; and he has written “My
Music, My Life” recently pub
lished by Simon & Schuster.
Capital Fund Drive:
Where Is It Now?
By BRUCE WRIGHT
(Ed. note- - Last year, the col
lege community was exposed to
Dr. Thomas A. Collins
President
seemingly endless news con
cerning the Capital Funds Cam
paign. In an attempt to ex
amine the present financial sta
tus of the college, and to answer
the questions of many concerned
persons, the DECREE talked
with Dr. Collins, president of
the college, concerning the
campaign.)
DECREE—Dr. Collins, could
you give me some ideas as to
the accomplishments of Phase I
of the capital campaign?
COLLINS—Of the anticipated
goal of $2000,000, approximate
ly $860,000 has been raised to
date according to the last re
port made to the Board of
Trustees.
DECREE—To what factors do
you attribute this apparent lack
of success?
Shaw, Shepard, Moran
Chosen For WCT Roles
Ravi Shankar, master of the sitar, will appear on the Wes-
lej^n campus October 2,
Anthony Dingman recently
announced the cast for this fall’s
production of Robert Bolt’s “A
Man For All Seasons.” Mr.
Dingman, Director of Theatre
here, stated that the always dif
ficult task of casting was made
more so by the large number of
talented students who sought
parts in the play.
From what one student saw as
“the most challenging and com
petitive auditions in my three
years at Wesleyan,” the fol
lowing students have been cast.
Playing Sir Thomas More will
be Roland Shaw, a senior mus
ic major from Portsmouth, Va.
Mr. Shaw has distinguished
himself in prior Wesleyan pro
ductions such as “No Strings”
and “A Thurber Carnival” with
onstage roles and in the or
chestra for “Man of La
Mancha.” He was also in “The
Lost Colony” this summer.
The Common Manwill be act
ed by Daniel Shephard, a Vin
ton, Va., junior theatre major.
He, too, has excelled in many
Wesleyan productions but is
best remembered for his out
standing Sancho Panza in “Man
of La Mancha.”
More’s arch-rival Thomas
Cromwell will be portrayed by
Sean Moran. A senior threatre-
English major from Washing
ton, D. C., he most recently
appeared here in “The Cruci
ble” and “Man of La Mancha.”
“The Lost Colony” alsoutilized
his acting talents this summer.
The wife of Thomas More
will be played by Maria Gar-
gano of Kinston, N. C. Miss
Gargano is a senior theatre
major who, in addition to nu
merous roles at Wesleyan, ap
peared in professional summer
theatre in Woodstock, N. Y.
More’s daughter, Margaret,
will be Jeannie Johnson and her
husband, Will Roper, will be
John Hornaday. Miss Johnson
was Antonia in “Man of La Man
cha” and is a junior theatre
major from Havelock, N. C. Mr.
Hornaday, a religion major
from Clifton Heights, Pa., has
acted in several Wesleyan pro-
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COLLINS—I think that there
are many contributing factors.
The most important of these is
the economic recession which
has affected the nation through
out this year. A period of
generally tight money is hard
ly the most opportune time to
be asking for contributions.
DEC REE--What is the overall
reaction of the community to
the college?
COLLINS--1 have found that the
community as a whole Is very
proud of Wesleyan and is will
ing to help in any way possi
ble. I have discovered a neg
ative attitude in only a few in
stances. One must admit, how
ever, that the relationship be
tween colleges and their com
munities in this nation has be
come increasing strained in the
last five years.
DECREE—Does the fact that
Rocky Mount Is an agricultural
center have any bearing on the
timing of the campaign?
COLLINS--Yes, this is de
finitely of some short-run con
sequence. Many persons across
Eastern North Carolina have in
dicated that the fall of the year
would be the better time to be
gin serious discussion with
them. This is due to the har
vest season as well as the pro
spect of general economic up
turn for the Nation as a whole.
DECREE--Many students have
noticed that they can now use
the front center entrance to
the Administration Building.
Does this mean that we are no
longer utilizing the full-time
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Convocations Devoted
To The 1971 Term
By RUSTY KELLY
Convocations on Thursday
October 1 will be devoted to
discussion of the 1971 May
Term. Requests to the facul
ty resulted in this forum to
allow students to participate
in the planning of minimester.
The student body will be di
vided into four groups on Thurs
day: The Science Division,
the Humanities Division, the So
cial Science Division, and the
Education and Special Projects
Division. Aft^r a brief as
sembly each division will di
vide into departments and to
go to assigned rooms for a
thirty-minute dialogue between
professors and students.
The Science Division will
meet in Room 105, the Hu
manities Division In Garber
Chapel, the Social Science Di
vision in the gymnasium, and
the Division of Education and
Special Projects in the exper
imental theater (Room 233).
The departments will divide
up and go to these rooms: Bio
logy (105), Chemistry and Phy
sics (101), Math (238B), Psy
chology (238), English (Garber
Chapel), Humanities and Art
(279), French (278), German
(277), Spanish (276), Music
(187), Religion and Philosophy
(274), Theatre and Speech (280),
History (S. E. corner gym),
Sociology (S. W. corner, gym).
Political studies (N.E. corner,
gym). Education (233), Physi
cal Education (240).
All students will be informed
via announcement in Convo
cations of the above procedure.
Students will receive attend
ance credit.