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VOLUME Xn, NUMBER 13
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C,
TUESDAY. JANUARY 12, 1971
Jim Van Laan Announces
2nd Aspects Deadlines
ASPECTS editor, Jim Van
Laan, has announced the dead
lines for the second edition of
the magazine. All material for
publication must be submitted
by February 1.
Jim stated that art pieces
will not be accepted only to
complement or illustrate ano
ther piece of copy, but rather
as individual item of copy. In
the upcoming edition each item
will be given single attention.
“By keeping each piece of
writing or art or music inde
pendent, we are able to keep
ASPECTS artistically pure and
uncompromising.”
Copy for the second edition of
ASPECTS may Include art, pho
tography, poetry, essay, short
stories, or music. The first
edition of 1970 which went on
sale yesterday at 50? per copy,
included music for the first
time in the history of the pub
lication.
The second edition will not
be restricted to members of
the college, but open to the gen
eral community. “We hope to
receive copy from persons out
side the college.”
South Hall Ransacked
During Holiday Break
Sometime between December
24 and December 27 South Hall,
a men’s dormitory on the cam
pus of N. C. Wesleyan was
robbed of well over $1,835 worth
of personal property which was
left in the dorm over Christ
mas break. Authorities have
no ideas as yet as to what per
son or persons were respons
ible for the thefts.
The culprits, according to
Galen Heaps, N. C. Wesleyan’s
Attorney General, who is head
ing up the college investiga
tion, must have had some ideas
as to the lay-out of the dorm
since they entered the building
through Mrs, White’s window,
the dorm Resident Counselor.
Mrs, White’s apartment con
tained duplicate keys for all
rooms. The keyboard was re
moved and keys used to enter
almost all rooms on the first
and second floor. A few rooms
Convocations Criticized; ‘Students
Have Concluded That It Is A Bore’
By MARSHALL R. OLD
‘‘Once a week,” begins the
1970-71 academic catalog,
. , all students are requir
ed to meet in convocation.”
From this simple statement a
program springs that is regard
ed on one hand as a needful
evil and on the other hand as a
wasteful bore. Without placing
blame or finding fault with ad
ministrators or students for
their program participation,
one may justify a searching look
into the program to discover
its origins and evolution.
Traditionally, the small,
church-related college has
come together regularly for a
program centered in religious
worship. Earlier In this cen
tury, such programs were held
daily and attendance was strict
ly regulated, Wesleyan be
gan with a weekly chapel pro
gram which featured music by
the chapel choir, simple wor
ship ritual, and a sermon. At
tendance at these programs was
required but could be substitu
ted with attendance at a Sunday
evening verpers service or by
payment of fine. Such pro
grams were not generally popu
lar and were discarded in fa
vor of the present convocations
program In the fall of 1968.
Dr. James, a present co
ordinator with Mr. Rushing of
convocations, described the
change as an evolution beyond
required chapel to a program
designed as an academic forum
for local and outside discus
sion by the total community.
As stated on page eleven of'
the catalog, the intention of
convocations is . . to make
the student aware of world is
sues. By involving every mem
ber and all disciplines in the
college community, the pro
gram seeks to present world
Moran, Shephard, Glover Named
Directors For One Act Dramas
The N. C. Wesleyan Theater
department recently named
Danny Shephard, Sheila Glover;
and Sean Moran to direct its
bell of one act plays. The
series is entitled “Three By
Three”. Each play was cast
before Christmas vacation by
their respective directors. Re
hearsals have already begun for
the performances scheduled on
February 4, 5, and 6 at 8:30
p.m, in the Experimental Thea
tre,
The evening will begin with
Lucille Fletcher’s suspense
ful Sorry, Wrong Number with
Sean Moran as its director. Mr.
Moran brings with him not only
his great experience as an ac
tor but also a cast of the first
order. An all-time favorite of
Wesleyan audiences, Jeannle
Johnson, takes the lead as Mrs,
Stevenson. As a bedridden in
valid, she maintains contact
with the outside world only
through her telephone. One
evening, through a coincidence
of crossed wires, she over
hears a murder being planned.
With Jeannie’s acknowledged
skills and those of Berl Gar
rett, Carl Harris, Will Thom
son, Katie McFarland, Don Wil
liams, Ed Tripp, Charles Ro
gers, and Celia Singhas, Wes
leyan will rediscover a taste
of the Alfred Hitchcock.
Danny Shephard has chosen
to present The Rook, a dra
ma by the new American play
wright Lawrence Osgood. The
plot involves a sinister do
mestic quadrangle which is pla
yed out over a chess game in
New York’s seamy Washing
ton Square, Jim Keeter as Alf,
Maria Gargano as Edna, Ann
Lauchner as Adele, and Bob
Thompson as Rico have colla
borated to create a mystical
mood from which Mr, Shep
hard, also recognized as one
of Wesleyan’s foremost actors
will shape a triumph. By his
choice of such a talented and
experienced cast. The Rook
promises tobe anexcltlngshow,
Sheila Glover, director of last
year’s The Sandbox will return
with a delightful comedy bvA.A.
Milne entitled The Ugly Duck
ling, This whimsical tale of
royal shenanigans includes a
hen-pecked king and his do
mineering queen. The title role
is given to their daughter and
the action follows their efforts
to marry her off. Deception
and disguise complicate their
attempts. Both new faces and
familiar ones will be present
in this production. Cast mem
bers include Gary Christopher,
Beverly Petty, Steve Williams,
Betty Lee, Gene Wood, Scott
Wilkinson, and Pat McLean,
All the directors have re
quested that anyone interested
in working on a crew present
themselves to the director. Ab
solutely no experience is re
quired and the time that will
be spend will not be excessive
since the productions require
very little scenery. This is an
excellent opportunity for all
those who wish to get backstage
and create a performance. All
interested people should go to
Room 231 and sign up.
problems inabroadcontextwith
as extensive a dialogue as pos
sible.”
These ideas are fine on pa
per, but the application of such
ideals involves overcoming se
veral obstacles. Paramount
among the problems is the ques
tion of money. Originally the
plan was to seek funds for a
permanent director. The funds
have not arrived and neither has
the director. Without a pro
gram director with a program
council, one Individual must as
sert his authority and decide
what the program will be. This
decision will be unpopular to
some; some who are interest
ed and feel that their voices
were not heard. Among many
students this attitude is gen
erally held.
This year’s series is entit
led “Human Engineering”, and
has discussed human social be
havior including educational and
correctional work and prison
reform to be discussed in the
current semester.
From a student’s viewpoint,
the weekly meetings evolved
into a discussion and/or de
bate over trends In higher edu
cation by various faculty mem
bers, The result of the past
semester’s convocations was
some frantic discussion spawn
ed by speeches of Dr, Wilde
and Mr, Brackett followed by
a feeling that what had been
said, had been said on into in
finity, Such a semester in
clined students to comment that
convocations did not fulfill its
purpose or involve all the mem
bers of the college community.
Less analytical members of the
college community concluded
that convocation was a bore.
But to simply conclude that
the weekly convocations pro
gram is a bore is to ignore its
past highlights. This program
has contributed educational
progress on occasions. With
the theme of “Crisis in Ame-
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on the fraternity floor were
entered. Many rooms were
left untouchedwhile others were
pilfered thoroughly. Steros and
musical equipment were the
most sought after items. A
partial list of $1,280 worth of
electronic equipment has been
compiled by Heaps on behalf
of the students.
Heaps reported that in talk
ing to the Dean of Students,
Dr, Allen Cordts, he was told
that the school has no policy
on the theft of personal pro
perty and takes no responsi
bility except in case of fire or
flood. The school is
not insured for theft, Whenask-
ed if Dr, Cordts was disturb
ed by the robbery. Heaps an
swered, “What could he say?
He is disturbed.”
The robbery was discovered
by various basketball players
and athletic staff members on
December 28th when the team
assembled for practice but was
not reported to Administration
officials until January 3, The
Nash County Sheriff’s depart
ment was called but fingerprints
were not taken because of the
delay. Moisture in the air dis
solves fingerprints after a few
days. Steps are being taken at
present by Student Senators and
Heaps to see that robbery of
this sort does not happen again.
Better police protection and the
removal of all keys has been
suggested thus far,
A more complete list of sto
len articles and their worth
will be given to Dean Cordts
by Heaps as soon as it is com
piled, Many rooms were ran
sacked and students could hot
quickly discover their missing
property.
Audio-Visual Aids
Wesleyan College Library
resources include filmstrips,
film loops, and pictures as well
as books and periodicals.
Audio-visual materials co
vering all subject areas are
housed in the Curriculum Ma
terials Center located in the
northwest wing of the library.
A major part of the Center’s
holdings consist of filmstrips,
transparencies, picture loops,
slides, and recordings in the
Encyclopedia Britannica Edu
cational Corporation audio-vis
ual package.
Other Center resources in
clude publications of the U.S.
Office of Education, National
Education Association, N. C.
Department of Public Instruc-
son, secondary school text
books and teachers’ guides, and
publishers catalogs.
Several hundred pamphlets
relating to all asi)ects of iiri-
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