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VOLUME Xn, NUMBER 4
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C,
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1970
Supreme Court: When
Shall We Revise It?
Rain drops keep falling, please
(The first rain at Wesleyan - a midnight impression.) (Photo
by Christopher)
VanLaan: “Two Aspects
By BOB O'KEEF
Jim VanLann, acting editor
of the Aspects, the North Car
olina Wesleyan literary maga
zine, hopes that two editions
of the magazine will be print
ed this year.
Van Lann reported that stu
dent support is needed so that
the first magazine will be out
before December, Students who
would like a short story, poe
try, art work photography, or
essay in the Aspects should
hand the article in before Oct
ober 20 if they would like it
in the December issue.
Professors
Under
Students
Study
By
VanLann named the following
people of the Division Editors:
Poetry: Phyllis Patterson, Art:
Baxter Smith III, Essay; Da
vid Sipie, Short Story: Sean
Moran, and assistant overall
editor; Charles Waters.
All material which is hand
ed in to be printed should be
typed if possible and must have
the author’s name on it. The
magazine will sell for 25? an
issue this year.
"We will stress creativity in
all of the things that are put
into the book,” VanLann said.
“This is the first year that
we have had photography and
we hope that this will spread
student participation."
Any student or faculty mem
ber may submit articles or
drawings, or pictures to the
Aspects staff. All students
are reminded that the magazine
cannot be printed unless art
icles are handed in.
By ALLEN WINTER
How well do you know your
Student Court System?
The Supreme Court is com
posed of seven justices, but
did you know that only one of
those seven has ever served on
Supreme Court prior to this
year? The nomination of jus
tices is handled by the Senate
each year and the implication
is that the justice must be a
politician to retain his office.
A sub-committee of last year’s
senate proposed that applicants.
for justices: 1. must file an
application for nomination. 2.
Applications be reviewed by the
S. G. A. President and must
meet with individual, two-thirds
majority Senate approval. 3.
Membership on the Supreme
Court shall terminate upon re
signation or failure to main
tain prime office requirements.
4. Term of office shall not
exceed three years.
The Constitution of the S.
G. A. mentions that the Su
preme Court has jurisdiction
over eleven types of crime yet
no mention is made by the con
stitution of the sentencing for
these crimes. Should sentenc
ing be limited and defined for
president? Last year’s Senate
proposed: Sentencing 1. ex
pulsion 2. suspension 3. sus
pended suspension 4. social
SMENC To Present
Faculty Frolics Soon
The administration of North
Carolina Wesleyan College is
now evaluating its faculty to in
sure that a relative level of
efficiency is maintained. The
administration is reviewing op
inions of staff members, other
faculty members, students, and
college records and will use
this information as a basis for
measuring each professor’s
value.
Items such as an instruc
tor’s availability to his stu
dents, his knowledge of current
events within his field, the num
ber of students following up
his courses with majors or
graduate work, are used in
determining his value as a pro
fessor. The administration is
attempting to determine whe
ther or not a faculty member
is fulfilling his duties as an
instructor and that he works in
co-operation and not in conflict
with his students and fellow in
structors.
The evaluation finally is
based upon student evaluation
of the professors. This is giv
ing the student body a voice
in determining the quality of
the professor’s instruction.
More information on the ev
aluation of the faculty will be
available at a later date.
On Friday, 8:15 p.m. Octo
ber 9, 1970, Student Music Ed
ucators of North Carolina will
present Wesleyan Faculty Fro
lics in Everett Gymnasium. Fa
culty Frolics was first present
ed last year in order to raise
money for a music scholarship.
This year’s performance will
feature songs, dances, skits,
and impersonations.
A favorite from last year
was Dr. Thomas Collins’ im
personation of Jack Benny, Al_
October Dates Set For
Graduate Record Exams
so, coaches Scalf and Chancey,
Mr, Mizelle and Dr. Davis in
trigued the audience with their
quartet.
The year’s program will fea
ture President Collins, Assis
tant Alexander, Dean Moore,
Dean Cordts, Mr. Mizelle, Dr.
Davis, and Mrs. Harrison, A
complete cast is not available
at this time.
The Faculty Frolics program
has in the past provided good
entertainment for a good cause.
Tickets may be bought from
any SMENC member or if re
servations are desired see the
Dean of Students. A limited
number of tickets will be sold
at the door. The cost per
tickets is $1.00.
probation 5. fines 6. repri
mand.
Last year this writer defend
ed in Supreme Court two girls
that were given notice just eight
hours prior to the meeting of
the Court they were to appear
stating the charges and the
fact that they must appear be
fore the court. Should a de
finite night for Supreme Court
.meetings be set? Should atime
limit be set on how soon an
accused person must appear be
fore the court? The propos
al of last year’s senate is;
A definite night shall be set
aside as a permanent meeting
time for the Supreme Court.
1. Attendance at meetings of
the court shall be compulsory
except in extreme cases. 2.
Absences must be cleared with
the chief justice. 3. Unex
cused absences are subject to
impeachment by the Senate.
Time limit; 1. All trials must
be held no less than five days
following, and no more than ten
days following, the filing of
accusation.
A proposal was also made
concerning written accusations;
1. All accusations must be
filed within two days after the
incident involved. 2. All ac
cusations must be filed in writ
ten form by the Attorney Ge
neral to the Chief Justice. 3.
The accused must be notified
within two days after charges
have been brought against hirn.
These proposals are sign
ificant to point out the weak
nesses of our court system.
The strength of the Wesleyan
Supreme Court history is that
many distinguished justices
have acted in a fair manner.
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Educational Testing Service
has announced that undergrad
uates and others preparing to
go to graduate school may take
the Graduate Record Examin
ations on any of six different
test dates during the current
academic year.
The first testing date for
the GRE is October 24, 1970.
Scores from this administration
will be reported to the grad
uate schools around December
1. Students planning to regis
ter for the October test date
are advised that applications
received by ETS after October
6 will incur a $3.00 late re
gistration fee. After October
9, there is no guarantee that
applications for the October test
date can be processed.
The other five test dates are
December 12, 1970, January 16,
February 27, April 24 and June
19, 1971, Equivalent late fee
and registration deadlines ap
ply to these dates. Choice of
test dates should be determined
by the requirements of grad
uate schools or fellowships to
which one is applying. Scores
are usually reported to grad
uate schools five weeks after
a test date.
The Graduate Record Exam
inations include an Aptitude
Test of general scholastic ab
ility and Advanced Tests mea
suring achievement in 20 major
fields of study. Full details
and registration forms for the
GRE are contained in the 1970-
71 GRE Information Bulletin.
The Bulletin also . contains
forms and instructions tor re
questing transcript service on
GRE scores already on file
with ETS. This booklet is avail
able on most campuses or may
be ordered from: Educational
Testing Service, Box 955,
Princeton, New Jersey 08540;
Educational Testing Service,
1947 Center Street, Berkeley,
Cahfornia 94704: Educational
Testing Service, 960 Grove
Street, Evanston! Illinois 60201.
Parents Weekend
Declared Success
Wesleyan’s Third Annual Pa
rent’s Week End was held Oct.
2, 3, and 4 on campus. The
attending parents gained new
insights into the Wesleyan com
munity as well as an idea of
what their offspring were do
ing. The week end was con
sidered a success by some
authorities.
The Friday schedule began
with registration in the Ad
ministration Building. That
evening outstanding entertain
ment was provided by Ravi
Shankar who appeared in Wes
leyan’s first Concert series
program.
On Saturday registration was
reopened and continued all
morning. Lunch was preceded
by an open house in all de
partments, and followed by a
dormitory open house. Later
in the afternoon a fashion show
was presented in the gymnas
ium, President Thomas Col
lins held a reception in his home
for the new students and their
parents. Saturday evenings fes
tivities were crowned with a
banquet at Buck Overtons fol
lowed by informal receptions at
the homes of various faculty
members.
The program was concluded
Sunday with a Morning Worship
Service conducted in the gymn
asium by the Inter-Faith Com
mission.