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PAGE 2 THE DECREE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1970 Over Troubled Water Editorial By BRUCE WRIGHT By ALLEN WINTER “There is some word, one single word which is not in the language of men, but which has been. And this is the Unspeak able word, which no men may speak nor hear. But some times, and it is rare, some times, somewhere, one among men find that word. They find it upon scraps of old man uscripts or cut Into the frag ments of ancient stones. But when they speak it they are put to death. There is no crime punished by death in this world, save this one crime of speaking the Uaspeakable Word.” This paragraph is taken from Ann Rand’s Anthem and found on page 51 in the mldsts of controversy within one man’s mind as to whether he should assert himself. To assert val ues, questions and probably more touchy to the people of Wesleyan is the place of one man asserting answers. How many times have the people of Wesleyan found them selves in conversations distin guishing the atmosphere of ma jor foreign politics or actually relating the philosophy taught by Dr. James, the varieties of personality presented by Mr. Brackett or the fundamental lo gic presented by mathematics and the courses of Mr. Bishop; how often have the ideas been wrestled with and related to a relevant course of life In the minds of the people at Wes leyan? Compare this to the question asking how many times have the people just worried; just worried and talked of their Letters To The Editor Dear Editor, For the past two weeks the Senate has been dealing with constitutional revisions of Ar ticle VIII—Judiciary. The pro posed revisions up for student approval and ratification deal specifically with the Student Supreme Court. As the Supreme Court is set up now, the Senate nominates candidates for Supreme Court who are elected by the Stu dent Body in a general elec tion. The Senate approved proposal provides for appli cants for this office to be re- (Continufid On Page 6) ToPftvS imcmO Wr'H'Tj'i'l pn0SK0Te^ worry of the test and memor ization? Compare these thoughts and honestly pronounce Wesleyan an Academic Com- munity--seems a bit of a farce doesn’t it? This is not to say that the academics of Wesleyan is sour or stagnant--for as I entered as a freshman I learned that Wes leyan is ranked in the top 5 schools in North Carolina for excellence in education. The professors are here yet the students don’t use them. Oh maybe they use the professors too much. Instead of looking for answers and assurance within their own minds maybe the students of Wesleyan look to professors too much. If you haven’t guessed, this Is an attack on the intelligence of Wesleyan’s student body. And 1 include myself in that com munity. A communitywhichwas ques tioned by Dr. Wilde’s ideas for college education. Dr. Wilde stated 3 goals of higher ed ucation: To develop knowledge able and sensible students; to present a school that is rele vant to the student; and to place the responsibility of making education what it should be the responsibility of the stu dent. Yet not even the im mediate community Dr. Wilde spoke to really heard his words. For that day the rhetoric clam- mered high on the topic and even lingered as a few days passed yet the rhetoric died and time cured the evilness of our Dr. Wilde. Dr. Wilde does not stand alone in his effort. Dr. James pre sented a series of discourses (Continued On Page 6) OFFiaAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE EDITOR Julia Robinson ASSISTANT EDITOR Marshall Old BUSINESS MANAGER Chuck Martin ADVERTISING MANAGER Chuck Martin PHOTOGRAPHER Gary Cbrist(^er PRODUCTION MANAGER Gall Mabe ARTIST Will Thomson SPORTS WRITER Bob O’Keef CIRCULATION MANAGER Barbara Hughes Business Address: Box 3056, Wesleyan College Rodcy Mount, North Carolina 27801 PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY WESLEYAN STUDENTS Opinions Published Do Not Necessarily Represent Tbose of Wesleyan College Mrs. L. Carmichael N. C. Wesleyan College Rocky Mount, North Carolina Dear Mrs. Carmichael: After some discussion here in the office today, we de cided to air our feelings regarding the appearance of some of the students who come in to see us. One of the prerequisites of good health is cleanli ness and it seems to us that if the students expect good health care, that the least we could expect from them is that they come in to the office clean and wearing shoes. Most eating establishments do not allow anyone in without shoes and we feel that the same should be required here, for the well-being of our other pa tients, as well as the students, themselves. We will appreciate your help in carrying out these requests. Yours truly, Needham B. Carter, M. D. Dr. Carter’s letter deserves comment because it brings to light a problem that has at times split the Wesleyan community. Dr. Carter is not only concerned with the cleanliness of the students, but also with their appearance. The superficial preoccupation with an individual’s clothing has both angered and disgusted us whether the criticism has come from within our own ranks or from the outside community and we feel it our obligation to defend those students whom Dr. Carter has chastised. We cannot help but feel that his commen tary is based upon their unconventional dress as well as their alleged uncleanliness. Our sole purpose is presenting rebutal to Dr. Carter’s accusation is to establish the feet that unconven tional appearance is not synonymous with dirtiness. H as college students and professional people we devote a large portion of our time and energies with appearances, we will have little time remaining for those things that really matter. A representative of the French Em bassy will be on ciampus on Monday, November 9. He will speak at a din ner meeting sponsored by the Econo mics Club at 5:00 p. m. His topic will be the proposed entrance of Great Britain into the Common Market. The public is cordially invited. Patio Plans, Meal Tickets Dominate Senate Sessions I » ■■I ■ 1 MV muHkNCE ? OLD iNHkfiO OfCOORSe.WHVT With its October 19th meet ing, the Senate took a second step toward effecting the judi cial reforms previewed by last week’s article. As required by the Constitution, the propo sals were subjected to a week of review and clarification by the Constitution Committee before their formal presentation was made to the legislative body. These recommended constitu- ' tional revisions underwent fur ther examination and alteration by the senators. The Student Body will decide as to when these revisions should go into effect. Nothing more will be said of this issue here for, again ’ in accordance with the Consti tution, the proposed revisions shall be printed in the Decree; in addition dorm meetings shall be held during the week of No vember 2 for detailed discus sion of the proposals by the stu dent body. Therefore, the 3rd step toward constitutional change must be taken by the students through their vote. A second area of discussion was initiated when Ed Gunter explained the “patio” situa tion. First, as Gunter report ed for the Patio Committee, measurements had been taken (notice stakes behind S. U.). Explaining that the basic de sign of the patio and the amount of money which the Student Government Association would be willing to provide had to be presented to the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees on October 21, 1970 Gunter asked that funds be ap propriated that night. Tom Snyder then gave a fi nancial report stating that the matching funds had $3,139,00 in its account. The Patio Com mittee had requested $1,000 un der stipulation that money not used would be returned to the Matching Fund. Tom explain ed that the money spent would be replaced in “about five months” with the pool tables as a source of revenue. With further deliberation, the mo tion that this money be given was passed unanimously. It is to be understood that the en tire student body will express its voice in this matter once the Executive Board of Trus tees has expressed its opinion. Finally, Dennis Hayek re ported a much improved cafe- teria-tray situation; the pro blem of leaving trays appears now to be only isolated inci dents. As the cafeteria’s stu dent staff thanked the Senate for its action, the Senate thanks the students for their coopera tion. The Senate meeting on Octo ber 26 concerned itself mainly with discussion, proposal, and passage of a meal ticket plan for the cafeteria. Details of the system were explained by Glenn Rhodes and Beth Speake, co- chairman of the Food Services Committee. The proposed system is equi valent to the present contract board system, but it allows for transferability of meals. Meal tickets would be sold by the week to day students, faculty, and administrators, permitting them to lunch in the cafeteria Monday through Friday. The proposal approval by the Senate called for adoption of the meal ticket system on atrial basis during the coming winter term, after which a statistical analysis will be made. The Senate also elected Beth Speake to the office of presi dent Pro-tem. Rice For Repair Rice came to the United States by accident — as a result of a rice-carrying ship from Madascar. The ship was blown ashore dur ing a storm and landed on the Eastern shores of South Carolina in 1694. Colonists helped repair the ships and the governor of the colony was given some rice seeds in appreciation of the colonists’ help.
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