Wf- She U. s. POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 217 Rocky Mount, N. C. Non-Profit Organization By Charlie And Tom VOLUME IV, NUMBER 2 ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1972 Aspects Announces Creative Art Contest The staff of Aspects, Wes- leyan’s magazine of the arts, is pleased to announce that As pects is sponsoring a Creative Arts Contest, The contest is open to all students and faculty of Wesleyan and the Rocky Mo unt community. Entries will be judged in three categories: art (etchings, drawings, and photography), poetry, and poise. Entries in either the poetry or poise division must be typed. $150 was made available for prize money through a grant by the North Carolina Arts Co uncil, The poise division and the art division will have a first prize of $25 and a second prize of $15. The Poetry division will also have a $25 first and a $15 second prize. However, because of the volume of qua lity poetry submitted in the past, there will also be three $10 ho norable mention prizes awar ded. The Aspects staff, whichwel- comes anyone who is interested in working this year, is now re ceiving entries to the contest. All entries must be in the As pects office or mailed to As pects, Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, North Carolina by No vember 15 to be eligible for competition. All material will be judged by the faculty of Wesleyan’s En glish department, Winnerswill be announced and prize money awarded during the first week in December. This year there will be one expanded issue of Aspects re leased in early March, This issue will include all the con test winners as well as the other material that is chosen. The staff sincerely hopes that all those interested will sub mit his or her work and help to make this the most represen tative and best Aspects ever. Wesleyan Student In Beauty Contest Martha Scott Hemingway, a junior at N, C, Wesleyan Col lege, will appear as a beauty contestant in the National To- baccoland Festival pageant in Richmond, Va,, scheduled for Oct, 21-28, Miss Hemingway, daughter of Mrs, Harold Hemingway of Montpelier, Va,, won the title of “Miss Hanover County” over 24 candidates during the sum mer pageant in Ashland, Va. The event was Hanover Co unty’s 17th annual Tobaccoland pageant, sponsored by the Ash land Kiwanis Club, and thewin- ner represents the county at the National Tobaccoland Festival, Climaxing the Richmond festival, a week-long series of special events, is the coro nation of the Tobaccoland Que en, held during halftime at the Tobacco Bowl football game be- (Continued on Page 2) Nevins And Watson Join NCWC Faculty MR. ROBERT MAXWELL Maxwell New Dean News Bureau—N, C, Wesleyan College President Thomas A, Collins recently announced the appointment of Robert Allison Maxwell as dean of students. Maxwell, formerly of Boca Ra ton, Fla,, has served as Wes- leyans director of development for the past year, Mrs. Sarah Cole Alexander, who has served as acting dean of students since Aug. 1, has been promoted to associate dean of students. Maxwell, son of an Ohio col lege professor, has an exten sive background in college ad ministration, He served as as sistant to the vice - president for Planning and Institutional Studies at Duke University, Durham, from 1961-65, Dr, Collins stated, “Mr. » Maxwell brings to his new post considerable experience in working with students, as he has served as director of admis sions here at Wesleyan from 1965-68, at Hiram College, Hi ram, Ohio, 1968-69, and at Flo rida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, from 1969 until he re turned to Wesleyan in 1971 to accept the development posi tion. He and Mrs. Alexander will make an excellent team in the direction of student life activities,” Maxwell received his B. A. degree from Ohio Wesleyan U- niversity, Delaware, Ohio, and his M.A.T. degree from Duke University, He holds member ships inanumber ofprofession- al organizations, and served as a representative to Florida’s State University System Com mittee on Admissions and Re cords, and chairman of the Common Application Subcom mittee while in Florida. He is a member of the Rocky Mount Kiwanis Club; Omicron Delta Kappa, a men’s honorary fraternity; Psi Chi, a psycho logy fraternity: and Phi Delta Theta social fraternity; and is a local Boy Scout Commission er, Maxwell is married to the former Dorothy Ann Beckerman of St, Petersburg, Fla,, and the couple have two sons. The fa mily attends the Presbyterian Church. News Bureau—Madeline M, Ne vins joined the language depart ment faculty at N, C, Wesleyan on Sept. 1, as assistant profes sor of French, according to an announcement by Dr. R. E, Bau er, acting academic dean. Miss Nevins, a native of Marlboro, Mass., graduated from St, Ann’s Academy there. Haggard Gets Ph.D News Bureau — Frank Powell Haggard, assistant professor of religion here at Wesleyan, has received his Ph.D, degree in historical theology from Drew University, Madison, New Jer sey. Dr. Haggard, who joined the Wesleyan faculty in 1967, is al so pastor of both the Hollister and Bethesda United Methodist Churches in Halifax County. He received his B. A. de gree from Williams College, Williamston, Mass., his B. D. degree from Andover - Newton Theological School, Newton Centre, Mass., and attended the University of Edinburgh, Scot land in 1960-61. He completed his doctoral work at Drew with a dissertation on Thomas Aqui nas. His teaching specialities are medieval history and thought, and nineteenth century philosophy and theology. A native of West Hartford, Connecticut, Dr. Haggard is married to the former Dora Walston Weaver of Rocky Mo unt. The couple have five chil dren and reside in Rocky Mount, Davis Composes Work News Bureau—Dr. John S. Davis, associate professor of music at N. C. Wesleyan Col lege, has composed a religious choral work which was publish ed recently by Gould-Stuart Mu sic. The text, Agnus Dei, was ta ken from the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer and Dr. Da vis’ musical score was design ed for this text to be sung by a large choral group with guitar and bass accompaniment. The work man be adapted to small groups composed of soprano, alto and baritone voices, and is also suitable for piano or organ accompaniment, Agnus Dei was published from a work, Folk Masss #1, writ ten by Dr. Davis especially for religious emphasis week held each winter on the Wesleyan campus. Dr. Davis has composed a number of works including o- peras, a cantata comission ed by the N, C. Music Teach ers Association and music for Psalm 57, which was publish ed in Sept. 1971, His teaching specialities at Wesleyan are composition and Theory, voice and music app reciation. Dr, Davis directs the B-voice Chamber Singers, a group of select voices which frequently performs at civic events in this area. 15 DR. JOHN DAVIS and entered Regis College, Weston, Mass,, where she re ceived the B, A. degree with concentration in French lit erature, and studies in Latin and Spanish as her related fi elds. She attended Tufts Uni versity in Medford and was a- warded the M. A. degree in French literature in 1966, re ceiving a Tufts Honor Scholar ship, Miss Nevins was a- warded a Fulbright Research Grant enabling her to study at the Sorbonne in Parish, Fran ce, and to do research at the Bibliotheque Nationale there. She has completed her doc toral studies at Tufts Univer sity and is expecting to receive her Ph.D, in February. Included in her teaching ex perience are positions in ele mentary and secondary schools both full-time and part- time while completing her un dergraduate degree. She tau ght at Regis College in French language and literature. In 1969-70 and again in 1971-72 she was a teaching assistant at Tufts University in French language, literature and culture and served as co-chaplain of the Newman Chapter there from 1970 to Aug. 1972. Her teaching specialities o- ther than comprehensive stu dies in French include elemen tary Spanish, theatre—medie val, 17th and 20th century — and the I9th and 20th century noveL Miss Nevins is a member of the Roman Catholic Church and is residing in Whitakers. News Bureau—Dr. R. E, Bauer, acting academic dean at N, C. Wesleyan College, has announ ced the appointment of Richard L. Watson, ni, as instructor in history, effective Sept, 1. Watson, a former resident of Durham, received his B. A. de gree in history from Duke Uni versity in 1967. From 1968- 70, he held a teaching fellow ship at Boston University and was granted his M, A, degree there in history. From 1970 until spring of 1972, Watson was a lecturer at Boston Uni versity. His teaching specialities are African and European history. Watson has completed his doc toral studies and is now work ing on his dissertation for the Ph.D. degree in African his tory at Boston University, He is married to the former Eileen-Philippa Baschler of Hamburg, West Germany, and they are members of the Epis copal Church. The Watsons re side at 1305 Gay St. here.

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