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THE DECREE
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 1970
Editorial
With the increase in Wesleyan’s tuition, together with educa
tors, students, and parents of students all over the country,
we are led to the question that inevitably is raised concerning
the cost of education in a small, private, liberal arts col
lege. The question we raise is not a protest of the tuition
increase merely for the sake of protest. The financial situa
tion of our college is a pretty well understood fact making dis
sent over that fact alone rather ridiculous.
However, we can challenge the Board of Trustees and the
Administration by asking of them what we can expect to receive
in turn for our increased tuition. In other words, just what are
we to receive for our tuition dollar? Many prospective stu
dents are turning away from the small liberal arts college be
cause dollar for dollar they are not receiving comparable re
imbursement for the high fees being charged in private insti
tutions. The costs here is several times that at the state uni
versity, and yet can we say that we are receiving an education
that is many times more valuable? Probably not.
Therefore, we challenge our administration to defend not only
the rise with more than a statement that blames Mr. Nixon’s
economics, but one that also defends the validity of private
colleges that apparently cannot offer education that is parallel
dollar for dollar to that which is offered in institutions that are
state supported.
Over Troubled Water
By BRUCE WRIGHT
Letters
Dear Editor:
It has come to the atten
tion of the Consumer Protec
tion Division of the Attorney
General’s office that at least
one questionable organization
is now making solicitations for
magazine subscriptions in col
lege dormitories across the
State. Young people are ap
proaching students in their dor
mitory rooms, representing
that they need a number of
Fraternity Sponsors
Larimer Scholarship
The Brotherhood of Alpha
Delta Chi recently awarded the
William Larimer Memorial
Scholarship to freshman, Wil
lie Mitchell of Palatka Florida.
The award was made by Pre
sident Collins in the fraternity
lounge November 2.
The Scholarship is a memo
rial to William Larimer, an
Alpha ttelta Chi pledge of last
year, who was killed in an auto
mobile accident last spring. The
basis of the award is financial
need and participation in extra
curricular activities. Also,
students from the State of Flo
rida are given special consi
deration.
N. C. Wesleyan FinancialAid
officiers administer the $200
scholarship.
Brantley To
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at Wesleyan, and the current
drive to raise funds for a $23,-
000 elevator installation in
Braswell Administration Build
ing.
SAAB members have spear
headed elevator fund efforts,
raising over $6,500; Wesleyan
Trustee Thomas S. White, Jr,
of Durham, is also soliciting in
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scription sales in order to ob
tain scholarship funds. These
solicitors then ask for payment
by check, made payable to the
individual solicitor. In some
instances the student is advis
ed that if he wishes to cancel
the order, or stop payment on
the check, the solicitor will
still get his “points” and the
student will have helped him
to get his scholarship funds.
their behalf and has raised
over $800; and contributions
from foundations including the
Mary Duke Biddle Foundation,
amount to $5,000.
Brantley, who is a senior
economics major and last year
served as vice-president of
Wesleyan’s SGA, stated, “Many
classrooms are on the second
floor in the Braswell Building,
and are not easily accessible
to our physically handicapped
students. The college trustees
have approved the installation
of the elevator providingwe can
raise the necessary funds.”
Kozlowsky To Present
Chemistry Paper
News Bureau—Douglas Koz-
lowski, a junior chemistry ma
jor from Cambridge, Md., has
(Editor’s note: Portion of
article below reprinted from
TIME magazine.)
Freedom of the press has al
ways been a fundamental prin
ciple in any democratic socie
ty. The question has again be
come a matter of national con
cern due to Vice-President Ag-
new’s verbal attacks on the
television news media. Three
weeks ago, in a speech deliv
ered in Chicago, Agnew sugges
ted that all television news
commentators be examined by a
panel of government officials
concerning their “underlying
philosophy.” The next even
ing Eric Sevareid, the distin
guished veteran commentator
for CBS News, made a reply
Editor
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tely.
We hope you will respond to
this announcement by warning
all your students to beware of
solicitations from strangers
which request immediate pay
ment of money. We hope your
students will not be victimized
by such frauds. Many institu
tions of higher learning in this
State require administration
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been invited to present a paper
at the combined Southeastern-
Southwestern regional meeting
of the American Chemical So-
>ciety to be held in New Orleans
on December 3.
Kozlowski’s invitation came
as the result of an abstrct on
born chemistry submitted to the
society. His paper will be based
on chemical reactions and re
search he did during the sum
mer session here, and on analy
tical research he is doing this
term.
Kozlowski was the recipient
of one of two research scholar
ships granted to the chemistry
department last year by Ab
bott Laboratories, a pharma
ceutical firm which operates
two plants near Rocky Mount.
Abbott awards the two scho
larships specifically for sum-
which I consider to be a state
ment of utmost wisdom and
reason. I have chosen to re
print the text of Mr. Seva-
reid’s commentary here, as
it appeared in the November
2 issue of TIME. The unques
tionable importance of the free
dom of the press is express
ed by Mr. Sevareid in such a
way that any true American
must take pause, and think for
a while on the powers of Gov
ernment.
“^^'hat really hurts is the
thought that maybe nobody’s
been listening all this time.
If, after some 30 years and
thousands of broadcasts, hund
reds of articles and a few
books, one’s general cast of
mind, warts and all, remains a
mystery, then we’re licked and
we fail to see how a few more
minutes of examination of Go
vernment types would solve
the supposed riddle.
“Mr. Agnew wants to know
where we stand. We stand—
or rather sit—right here, in
the full glare, at a disadvant
age as against politicians. We
can’t cast one vote in com
mittee, an opposite vote on the
floor; can’t say one thing in
the North, and opposite thing
in the South. We hold no te
nure, four years or other
wise, and can be voted out with
a twist of the dial.
Miscellaneous items all of
the surveys have been compil
ed, so be on the lookout for a
proposal as to changes in dorm
rules and regulations! The Pa
tio Committee has hopes of ac
quiring help on the patio pro
ject from the architectural de
partments of either N. C. State,
Duke or East Carolina and
help in brick-laying from Nash
Technical Institute. Our new
day-student senator, Barbara
Brown, has been placed on the
Grievance Committee which
will be working toward the pos
sible opening of the Snack Bar
by 8:00 a.m. Having contin
ued its examination of Wes
leyan’s laws, the Constitution-
mer research by Wesleyan che
mistry students.
Rhodes And Robinson
To Attend Convention
Two N. C. Wesleyan students,
Julie Robinson and Glenn Rho
des, attended the state confer
ence of the Southern Univer
sity Student Government As
sociation Nov. 20-21 at the Sir
Walter Hotel in Raleigh.
The two Wesleyan delegates
were appointed by SGA Presi
dent Robert Leyda to repre
sent the college. Julie, a ju
nior English major from Wash
ington, D. C., is editor of the
student newspaper, THE DE
CREE.
Rhodes, a junior religion ma
jor from New Bern, is a mem
ber of Wesleyan’s student se
nate.
“We can’t use invective and
epithets, can’t even dream of
impugning the patriotism of
leading citizens, can’t reduce
every complicated issue to yes
or no, black or white, and
would rather go to jail than do
bodily injury to the English
language. We can’t comedown
on this side or that side of
each disputed public issue be
cause we’re trying to explain
far more than advocate and be
cause some issues don’t have
two sides; some have three,
four or half a dozen and in
these matters we’re damned if
we know the right answer. This
may be why most of us look a ■
bit frazzled while Mr. Agnew
looks serene.
“Nobody in this business ex
pects for a moment that the
full truth of anything will be
contained in any one account or
commentary, but that through
free reporting and discussion,
as Mr. Walter Lippmann put it,
the truth will emerge. The
central point about the free
press is not that it be accur-,
ate, though it must try to be;
not that it even be fair, though
it must try to be that; but that
it be free. And that means
freedom from any and all at
tempts by the power of Govern
ment to coerce it or intimi
date it or police it in anyway.”
al Revision Committee has once
again proposed changes. These
changes, accepted by the Se
nate, will be presented to the
student body for ratification in
the December 3 Convocation
program, and are printed within_
this issue. Please take note of
them.
Representing the Library Fi
nance Sub-Committee, Roland
Shaw was introduced to the Se
nate, informing this body of this
committee’s task as to deter
mining how much the student
are actually using the library.
Asking for the opinion of the
Senate, he proposed that the
students would be given a form
when registering for Winter
Term Classes. The Senate
urges that everyone take these
forms seriously; this informa
tion is valuable in determining
library expenses.
Next Dean Cordts announced
that the Attorney General of
North Carolina had sent a let-
ter of warning to Wesleyan
College pertaining to the pre
sence of solicitors in this area.
Any information of such person
should be reported to the Dean’s
office. He also issued a word
of caution concerning shoplift
ing in the vicinity of Rocky
Mount. Anyone violating this
law will be arrested and con
victed. Finally, students should
be prepared for making their
nominations for the honor of
Who’s Who in American Col
leges and Universities. Juniors
and Seniors are eligible and
nominations must be sent in
soon. Don’t throw away the
sheets found in your boxes;
make nominations and return
them to the office of the Dean
of Students. The meeting was
adjourned.
TUoVnTCM.
What do you mean “Not paid for.”? Isn’t all this included
in the Tuition?
Appear In Behalf Of Elevator
Senate News Review