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VOLUME Xn, NUMBER 8
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C,
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1970
Senate Proposes Revision
Of Student Constitution
Dennis Yost and the Classics IV, a rock music group from
Atlanta, Georgia, appear hereonNovember 21, at8:30 p.m. Tic
kets will cost $2.50 per person. The group’s first record,
Spooky was followed by three successive hits. These were
Stormy, Everyday With You Girl, and Traces. Formerly known
as just the Classics IV, they became known by their present
name when Dennis Yost gave up his drumming chores to con
centrate mainly on singing.
Composed mainly by Buddy Buie and J. R. Cobb and ranging
from blues to ballads, their music is considered to be unique
and different from other groups. It has been described as
ranging from a raving James Brown to a mellow Johnny Ma
this style.
Editor’s Note:
The following is a draft of
the proposed constitutional
amendments that will be voted
upon tonight at 7:00 in the
Senate meeting.
Recommended Constitutional
Revision of Article Vlll-Judici-
ary
Section 1: No change.
Section 2; The Student Su
preme Court shall be the high
est student judicial agency, A.
Manner of selection and ap
pointment of Supreme Court
justices shall be: 1. Applicants
must file application with the
S. G, A, President. 2, The
S. G. A. President will review
each individual applicant. Ap
plicants will be elected by a
two-thirds majority vote of the
student senate (Note: If propos
ed Section 2A is adopted, then
By Laws Article IV, Section
3, must be stricken or changed.)
B. Membership on the Su
preme Court shall terminate
only upon resignation, im
peachment, or failure to main
tain prime office require
ments. However, one person
may retain the office of Su
preme Court Justice for a pe
riod not to exceed three succes
sive academic years. 1. There
shall be a maximum number of
seven justices. Vacancies oc
curring shall be filled with all
possible speed in accordance
with procedures described in
Section 2A. The Court may
be convened and act with less
than seven justices at any time
during which a vacancy is in
process of being filled. There
must be a minimum of five jus
tices present for the court to
convene. 2, The Chief Jus
tice shall be elected by and
from among the Supreme Court
Justices, and shall serve in the
capacity until replaced, 3.
The Chief Justice shall pre
side at all Court sessions and
shall have a vote only in the
case of a tie decision. C. No
change.
Section 3: No change.
Section 4: No change.
Section 5: Judicial processes
of the Courts. A. Supreme
Court 1. The student who is
brought for trial before the
Supreme Court shall hear the
charge against him and shall
plead guilty or not guilty to the
charge. If his plea is g^uilty,
he shall be tried at that time
by the Supreme Court. If his
plea is not guilty, he may choose
to be tried by the Supreme
Court, by the administration of
the college, or by the jury. 2.
No change. 3, No change, 4,
No change. 5. Sentences shall
be of six types or any combin
ation of the six: (a) explusion;
(b) suspension; (c) suspended
suspension; (d) social proba
tion; (e) Fines--to be left to
the discretion of the court with
consideration of the individual’s
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Senate Elects Students
On Trustee Board Today
By ALLEN WINTER
Wesleyan’s Senate today will
at 7 o’clock conduct an elec
tion for representation on the
Board of Trustees of Wesley
an College. The action of re
presentation of the Board of
Trustees is a priviledge few
French Representative
Speaks At 5:00 Today
A representative of the
French Embassy will speak to
day at a dinner meeting in the
private dining room at 5:00
p.m. The meeting is sponsor
ed by the Economics Club and
Wiltrakis; ‘Thomas More:
Truly For All Seasons’
By xMARY WILTRAKIS
Of all the saints who have won
their charter
Holy man, hero, hermit, mar
tyr.
Mystic, missioner, sage orwit,
Thomas More is my fa\orite.
These famous words of Phy
llis McGinley expressauniver-
sal feeling concerning the I6th
century “martyr to consci
ence” - “patron of lawyers”
- creator of “Utopia” - the
Lord Chancellor Thomas More,
truly “A Man For All Sea
sons.”
The old liistory books came
magically to life as we watch
ed the Wesleyan Players pre
sent a superb rendition of the
life of the renowned English
Don and his contemporaries.
Were the characters advanced
in time, the drama could be
re-enacted in modern life. The
theme is universal - a man of
iron unwilling to compromise
his beliefs to conform with the
self-indulgence and corruption
of other meml>ers of a fallen
human race, even thougli such
be his leaders,
Roland Shaw was the chan
cellor, his native talent util
ized to the fullest under the
inspired direction of Mr, An
thony Dingman. At first, he
seemed to lack some of the fire
and wit of the great man, but
as the drama proceeded he vi
sibly relaxed, and the author
ity became manifest in voice
and action. His accent was
a delight as he gave bite to
the words.
This reviewer Celt that the
execution scene was too grim.
Historically, Thomas went to
his death joking and laughing
with the executioners. Had
some of this been introduced,
audience tension would have
been relieved.
Physically nimble, Daniel
Shephard’s role as the com
mon man was reminiscent of
his Sancho Panza. His gift
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all interested students, and
faculty members are urged to
attend. His topic will be the
proposed entrance of Great
Britain into the European Eco
nomic Community (Common
Market),
The French representative is
the second in a series of di
plomats being brought to the
Wesleyan campus to discuss
pertinent topics of world eco
nomic concern. The first guest
speaker was Mr, Arnold Clift,
First Secretary for the Trea
sury of the British Embassy,
His presentation in support
of Great Britain’s acceptance
into the Common Market was
both fascinating and informa
tive.
Future plans call for a visit
by a representative from the
German embassy who will dis
cuss the same topic, Bruce
Wright, interim president of
the club, commented, “We are
trying to provide the student
body with a lecture series that
will be both interesting and
stimulating. However, we must
have the support of the stu
dent body, faculty, and admini
stration, to warrant the contin
uance of the program,”
college's in the nation’POSses,
Last summer our President
of the Senate was present at a
meeting of SUSGA, The pro
minence of this representation
on the Board of Trustees was
pointed out- to Mr, Gunter by
the interest these schools gave
him over this point. Our stu
dent presentation beganwiththe
ideas of the 1969-70 Senate and
the fact of election tonight will
complete a long and sincere
with on our student govern
ments part to present the stu
dent in another honest manner.
Our manner of representa
tion shall be a no-vote, yet
heard member of the three
committees that the Board of
Trustees divide into for re
search dur ng the year. The
Build'ng and Grounds Com
mittee with the faculty repre
sented by Dr, Davis is con
cerned with future improve
ments to the college as well as
the continuing improvement of
the existing structures, A Pub
lic Relations Committee with
the faculty representation on the
part of Mr, Rushing is con
cerned with the image of Wes
leyan in the eyes of Rocky
Mount, the state of North Car
olina, The Education Commit
tee with the faculty represen
tation of Dr. Kilgore deals
specifically with the methods
and practices of Wesleyan. The
summation of these commit
tee’s into one sentence is quite
inadepuate to distinguish the ac
tual meaning of these com
mittee’s into one sentence is
quite inadepuate to distinguish
the actual meaning of these
committees.
The Senate meeting tonight
and a Student Government Con
vocations on December 3 will
.present tlie committees to the
Student Body.