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m Slje Published Weakly By Wesleyan Students U. S. POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 217 Rocky Mount, N. C. Noa-Profit Organization N. C. VOLUME xm, NUMBER 9 ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1971 Student Representative Given Vote With Faculty Dave Forrest, GSEP instructor, reviews the grammar hand book with Mike Long (left). In two major decisions, the faculty decided Tuesday to re instate Mr. Mottershead’s vot ing privileges on the faculty and to give the student rep resentative the power to vote, Mr. Mottershead, a member of the History Department faculty, had been informed sev eral weeks ago that his right to vote on the faculty had been challenged and was being sus pended by the administration. The challenge was based on the argument that Mr. Motters head’s work load forced him to be classified as a part-time instructor. According to his contract, he is designated as a 5/8 part-time teacher, Mr, Mottershead asked the faculty to overrule the administration’s decision and reinstate his vote on the grounds that he still serves on faculty committees and his vote has not previously been questioned. He asked that the faculty either change the Student Discussion Leaders Add Vitality To Freshmen English English 11, Wesleyan’s fresh man writing course, has been affected in the past semester by the efforts of Dr, Teagar den, Mr, Mizellfi and 10 stu dent instructors to enliven the traditional studies of grammar and writing styles and to re lieve freshmen students from the tedium which the study of grammar presupposes. Assist ing in the English 11 program was not the original intent of the student instructors; theil' program "Group Studies; Eng- Sassers To Play Tonight; Junior Recital Scheduled NEWS BUREAU—William and Thelma Sasser, well-known duo-pianists, will present their ninth annual concert tonight in Garber Chapel at 8:15 p.m. The public is cordially invited to attend free of charge. Dr, Sasser, chairman of the Music Department, Is director of the college’s largest choral group, the Wesleyan Singers, in addition to his teaching and ad ministrative duties. He is also choir director of the local Church of the Good Shepherd, EpiscopaL Mrs, Sasser teaches piano privately and is organist at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Both Dr, and Mrs, Sasser have performed throughout the South as soloists and as a team. The program here will fea ture a variety of selections in cluding a work written especial ly for them by Dr, John Da vis, also a member of Wes leyan’s music faculty, “Fugue/ canon and Toccata for Two Pianos,” Other selections on the pro gram are “Sonata in F Ma jor for Two Pianos” by Bach, “Six Etudes in the Form of Canons” by Schuman-Debus- sy, “Fantasy for Two Pianos” by Alexander Scriabin; and ’’concerto in D Minor for Two Pianos” by Francis Poulenc, Steve Williams (left) and Debbie Pifer rehearse for upcoming recital. Debbie Pifer and Steve Wil liams will give a joint stu dent music recital Tuesday, November 30, at 8:15 p,m, in Garber Chapel. Debbie, a junior from Dur ham, North Carolina, has per formed in “Man of La Mancha”, “Scenes from Famous Op eras,” and the Opera Workshop, She is also a member of the Chamber Singers and Wesleyan Singers, of which she is cur rently president. In the recital Debbie will be singing “Adiey” by Faure; “When I Bring to You Colour’d Toys” by Car penter; two selections by Dr, John Davis, “Enough” and “I- cy Feet”; “Donde Uete” from La Bohem by Puccini; “Voi lo sapete” from Cavallire Rustl- cane by Masquini; and “Adele’s Laughing Song” from Fleider- maus by Strauss, Steve, a junior from New Castle, Delaware, has also ap peared In “Man of La Mancha” and “Scenes from Famous Operas” as well as “Thurber Carnival” and “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum,” He, is also a member of Sigma Omega fraternity, the Wesleyan Concert Band and Wesleyan Singers, In the re cital Steve will be playing “Pre lude in B Minor” and “Fugue in G Major” from the Well- Tempered Clavier by Bach; “Sonata In A Major” by Schu bert; “Prelude in B Minor No, 10” by Rachmaninoff: and “To- caata” by Khatachurian, lish for Preceptors,” was de veloped with the idea of creat ing a core of tutors who would be given college credit for as sisting other students recog nized as deficient in their know ledge of the English language, A shift in direction came a- bout at mid-term for the pre ceptors when Dr, Teagarden proposed that they devote their efforts to a section of English 11 which would contain 6-8 stu dents. Under the direction of Dr, Teagarden and Mr, Mizelle, these preceptors lead discus sions of prose styles with their small groups during one half of the semester’s class meet ings while the professors lec ture on correct usage before the entire 81 freshmen. Two-thirds of the papers are graded by the student Instructors who act as tutors when needed. Though such an arrangement may seem to violate the Wesleyan tradi tion of the small student- faculty ratio and though this course sounds much like the graduate assistantsMpprogram seen at many large universi ties, English for Preceptors combines the professional skills of the English depart ment with a peer group rela tionship between students and their student instructors to cre ate a more natural learning experience. This learning ex perience is more natural due to the availability of student instructors in the dormatories, student union, and library—the places where students usually are when they need help. There are a few problems with Group Studies and English IL Some of the students have complained that the large gram mar sessions are boring and dull. The primary cause for this accusation is that the ma jority of college students have been taught since they entered „ school that English grammar is a hateful thing Invented by (Continued On Page 3) rule as it is presently stated or make an exception in his case. The motion was made to re-lnstate his vote, and the de cision in his favor was almost unanimous. Later in the meeting. Dr. Cordts asked the faculty to act • on the question of whether or not the student representative should have a vote. Consid- erble discussion followed con cerning the responsibility and the nature of this action. Fol lowing the discussion, the mo tion was passed by a vote of 23-15. The student representa tive to the faculty now has the power to vote except when the faculty calls for an executive session, during which only full time faculty members may vote. Section 8 of the Educational Committee’s grading system report was turned to since the matter was still subject to a- mendment according to pre vious faculty action. Discussion included the dropping of the D and the plus. The student rep resentative was questioned and replied that, although he had no quantitative measure of stu dent sentiment, those students which had approached himwere generally in favor of Section 8 except on the points of the D and the plus. At time of adjournment those questions of the grading sys tem were still open befora the facu Ity, 90% Support Retention Of ‘Plus’ Grade After conside t able debate a- mong students and faculty over whether the plus and the “D” should be dropped, severalstu- dents under the guidance of Doug Kozlowski, student representa tive to the faculty, ran a ref erendum on two questions: whether or not the plus should be dropped and 2) whether or not the D should be dropped. Under the direction of Wayne Souza, Steve Pierce, Chris Pol lack, and Ed Taylor, balloting was open 9-3 Thursday, The results on question one, whe ther or not the plus should be dropped, show that 90 per cent of the students favor re taining the plus while 9 percent favor dropping it. The actual vote was 33 against retention, 334 for retention, and 3 ab- sentatlons. On the question of dropping the D, 65 percent fa vor keeping the D while 34per cent favor dropping the D. The actual count showed 126 students voted to drop the D, and 241 voted to keep the D (3 people abstained). The total vote turn out was 370,
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