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VOLUME Xm NUMBER 12
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1972
Homayoun “Homer” Bahadori adjusts to life at Wesleyan as he
prepares to dine in the school cafeteria.
Homayoun Bahadori
Arrives At NCWC
One of the most interesting
faces to cross the Wesleyan
campus this semester is that of
Homayoun Bahadori. Homayoun
from Hp is
planning to be a math major
and later transfering to Mas-
sachussetts Institute of Tech
nology, Berkley, or Harvard.
He is currently taking twelve
hours all of which are in the
math department.
“Homer,” as he is called
by his friends, likes Wesleyan
very much as says, “It is like
one big family,” He lives in
Edgecombe Hall,
Homer is very interested in
thp Socfor woexam here at
Wesleyan. In his home coun
try of Iran he has played the
sport for as long as he can
remember. Homer is capable
of playing all positions on the
team and will be an attribute
to the Wesleyan Booters.
Wesleyan is proud to have
Homayoun on campus.
Student Teachers
Assigned Schools
Twenty-six Wesleyan stu
dents have begun full-time pro
fessional training for a teach
ing career by enrolling in this
year’s teacher education block
program. These students spent
the first week of the term lear
ning general methods under the
supervision of Dr, Sim Wilde,
chairman of the Department of
Education, Until the spring re
cess, the students will con
tinue to study general methods
on Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays, On Tuesday and Thur
sday of each week, each stu
dent will journey to his teach
ing assignment and observe the
classroom procedures. Fol
lowing the spring recess, they
will take over full-time tea
ching duties until April 13, and
will spend the final day of the
semester in course evaluation
and final conferences.
The practice teachers have
received their teaching assign
ments, most of which are lo
cated in Nash or Edgecombe
counties, or Roanoke Rapids, N.
C. Those teaching In Roanoke
Rapids include Celia Burch,
history; Earnestine Dancy, his
tory; Dennis Hayek, history and
civics; Mike Kelso, history;
Marvin Pittman, mathematics;
Raye Suitt, history; and Randy
Tinsley, English; and Bruce
Wright, Spanish.
Five students have been as
signed to Southern Nash High.
They are Brenda Baker in sci
ence, Mrs, Nancy Bradshaw in
history, Tim Coggins in French
and English, Jim Gill in history,
and Kathy Lawson in English,
At Northern Nash High School,
Gail Mabe will teach Spanish,
Mrs. Sue Grissom will teach,
and George Robbins will be as
signed in history.
Pru Eatman, Myriam Leyda,
Vicky Sewell, and Kathy Thomp
son will teach at the West Ed
gecombe High School, Pru and
Kathy will be English instruc
tors, while Myriam and Vicky
will teach history.
Phyllis Sutton will teach mu
sic at the Chalomer Middle Sc
hool in Roanoke Rapids, while
Helen Steiner instructs his
tory at Weldon High.
Teaching social studies and
language arts at Inborden Sc
hool in Enfield will be Mrs.
Nancy Jones, Miriam Slach-
ta will teach the same courses
at Everetts School in Roanoke
Rapids, Linda Winston and
Martha Polley will also be
teaching language arts and so
cial studies in Halifax County,
N. C. and Alexandria, Va,, re
spectively.
Campus Greek Systems Plan
Week-Long Rush Activities
The two week rush period
begins January 24 for the five
Greek systems on the Wesley
an campus. The first week,
January 14 through 21, will in
volve the fraternities; the se
cond week, January 24 through
29, will involve the sororities.
Organization for the respec
tive one week rush periods be
gan January 4 and ended Janu
ary 9. During this week, each
fraternity and sorority esta
blished their formal rush pro
gram. No individual fraternity
member may entertain any pro
spective rushee outside of his
established rush program.
Each system has the right to
choose when they “go invita
tional” at which time the par
ties given are closed. A rush
ee may attend only with a per
sonal invitation. At the first
open house, which is usually
in the respective lounges, a ru
shee will sign his name to a
guest book. From this list
of rushees, the Brotherhood or
Sisterhood will select those that
will receive future Invitations.
As the week progresses, the
list will become more selec
tive. At 2:00 a.m. on Saturday,
January 23, for the fraternities
and Saturday, January 29, for
the sororities, silent period
will begin. This is a period
when members of a Greek sys- -
tem must refrain from any com
munication with the rushees.
During this time each potential
rushee will be voted on by the
Brotherhood or Sisterhood; bids
for pledging will be sent out to
the rushees on Monday, January
24, for the fraternities and
Monday, January 31, for the so
rorities by the IFC Faculty Re
presentative, Silent period will
last until 5:00 p.m. Tuesday,
the 25, and Tuesday, February
1, or until the bids are accept
ed. The purpose Is to allow
time for a prospective pledge
to decide whether or not any de
sires to affliate with a parti
cular fraternity or sorority,
Tuesday, January 25, marks the
first official day of pledging for
the fraternities; Tuesday, Fe
bruary 1, marks the first of
ficial day of pledging for the so-
rotity. Pledge period can last
a maximum of ten weeks and
usually lasts from six to eight
weeks. The pledges are vot
ed on again at the end of this
period, and, if they are passed
and they accept, they go through
an Initiation,
Alpha Delta Chi, the oldest
Greek system on campus, be
gins its Rush Week with an open
house in their lounge on third
floor, South Hall. They will
close rush for Tuesday night
and go Invitational, Allen Win
ter, president of Alpha Delta
Cm, uescrioea rush as “'a lof-'
mal Invitation to the campus to
(OcHitinued On Pggfe 3)
Annual Research Paper
Competition Announced of March
Play Jan. 14
The Friends of the Library
of North CaroUna Wesleyan
College has announced a re
search paper competition for
1971-1972.
Prizes are to be awarded in
two divisions: Junior-Senior
Division and Freshman-Sopho-
more Division. First place in
each division is $20.00 with
second place In either division
being $10.00.
Subjects representing any
discipline are eligible. All pa
pers must have been submitted
as a course requirement. They
must reflect extensive use of
the library’s resources.
Papers should not exceed
fifty (50) pages In length, In
cluding bibliography. Type
script must be clean copy (1.
e., no instructors’ markings).
double spaced, and paginated.
Foot-notes may be placed at
the bottom of the pages or at
the end of the essay.
Do not sign your name. An
Identifying number will be as
signed to each paper In or
der to preserve anonymity of
authorship for the judging pan
el. This panel of five pro
fessors will represent all di
visions of the college: humani
ties, social sciences, and sci
ences.
Deadline for the competition
Is March 1, 1972 with the a-
wards to be made Honors Day,
April 6, 1972. Turn in re
search papers to Mrs. Beatrice
Harrison, secretary, NorthCa-
rolina Wesleyan Library. No
papers will be returned.
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BUREAU—The Mes of March,
a six piece vocal-instru men
tal group who rose to national
prominence last year with their
million seller recording “Ve
hicle,” wlllappear at N.C. Wes
leyan College here on Friday,
Jan. 14. The concert, spon
sored by Wesleyan’s Social
Commission, Is set for 8 p.m.
in Everett Gymnasium on the
college campus. Tickets at
$2,50 each will be available
at the door.
Currently recording for War
ner Bros. Records, the Wes
of March have been playing
together for six years and are
basically known as a hard driv
ing brass group, although their
show consists of soft melodic
accoustical numbers, too. They
claim their goal In concert Is a
simple one—to entertain.
Reviewers have compared
them to The Who and Butter
field as musically equal, yet
state that the Mes have a uni
que quality that totally Involves
audiences. A review In the Ca
nada News Chronicle prais
ed the Ides concert In that re
gion as the finest ever heard,
reporting that personal rapport
established between musicians
and audience placed their per
formance above other rock
groups.
The N. C. Wesleyan Social
Commission has announced that
advance tickets for the
Ides Concert are available at
the Record Bar at Tarrytown
Mall, Rosenbloom - Levy In
downtown Rocky Mount, and at
the Wesleyan College book
store.