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PAGE 2 THE DECREE MONDAY, MARCH 18,1974 To Streak • •. Or j||^ Corofina & Gos Not To Streak To streak or not to streak? This seems to be the new question among college students today. Personally this paper is in favor of it... if it is not taken to an extreme or if it will endanger anyone. The streaking festivities of last Tuesday night (Pictures on page five) was an all out effort on the part of the Wesleyan Community. We had at least 100 male streakers with at least 85 percent of the remaining student body, some faculty and administrators, and a few townies, not to mention the press looking on. The streak of Tuesday night was something that this campus has needed for a long long time. For the first time since I’ve been at good ol’ Wesleyan everybody showed up for a performance and it wasn’t for Convocation credit. Now I really don’t think anyone was offended and as far as the alcohol was concerned, I think the student body proved something to the college administrators and the Board of Trustees. It can be on this campus, the students can have a good time without getting out of hand, and they can clean up the mess, i.e. bottles. On the other hand, the students at Wesleyan have got to learn not to push a point past its limit, especially if it is going to hurt them. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday nights sporadic streaking resulted in several Townies, most of them older drunk re-neck types; a motor cycle gang, and members of the county Sheriffs Department as well as the North Carolina State Patrol. Despite all of these conflicting personalities appearing on campus at nearly the same time, nothing happened. To this the student-body should be thankful. Maybe the next question is well what do we do now? This paper doesn’t reaUy have an answer, although there are a few possibilities in a Fresh Look with a few conse quences concerning streaking. Maybe we could do something to set a record with all those pine trees we have. Who knows maybe we already have!!!!!!!!!!!I!!!!!!!l Next shortage: public patience... EMEfWY' p TAX gHo«r»6egREFpRM % cxca |^'-CAHPA»6N V MATIONAt HEAUTM INSU iMANCtN OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE Editor-in-Chief CharUe Rogers Associate Editor Tom Hardison Business MGR CharUe Rogers Circulation MGR Bob Lauranzon Sports Writer “Smokey” Cameron Typist Peggy Verkler Photographer Van Hoose Adviser Mr. Bruce Van Blarcom Columnists: Tom Hardison ;jUqqii Reporter: Donald Williams Business Address: Box 3056, Wesleyan College Rocky Mount, North Carolina 27801 PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY WESLEYAN STUDENTS Opinions Published Do Not Necessarily Represent Those Of Wesleyan CoUffge WASHINGTON, D. C.- Doubts and uncertainty are well expressed by the old saying “I’m from Missouri”. Unfortunately, many, many people are “from Missouri” today on our critical energy situation, especially the gaso- Une shortage. People all over the State and in many other places through out the nation have experienc ed the terrible reality of being unable to find enough gasoline to get them to and from work, or to operate their farm machinery, or to keep their businesses going at full steam. If you compare North Carolina’s present gasoline supply with present demand, you find that about one out of every three gallons is missing. Due to urban growth in many areas, the actual supply avail able locally to the motoring public probably has fallen to near the 50% level. Regrettably, the people in the Federal Energy Office—a part of the Executive Office of the President—have just not taken control of the situation as they should. Consequently, last week I called a meeting of the entire North Carolina Delegation to discuss with top FEO officials the critical gasoline situation in our State and to impress upon them how serious North Caro lina’s problems are. The FEO officials, including John Sawhill and John Weber, listened closely to what I and other members of the Delega tion had to say and promised to “take another look” at North Carolina and to promptly take steps to resolve both the Arco and BP problems. These two companies have pulled out of North Carolina, depriving us of millions of gallons of gasoline. Subsequently, both compan ies were ordered by FEO to immediately comply with Fede ral law, and, the BP problem has, hopefully, been resolved by means of an agreement for the American Petrofina Com pany to serve all former BP affiliates in North Carolina. Our meeting successfully laid the groundwork for several developments later in the week, which hopefully will help, including the American Petrofina agreement, the size able additional allocation to the state gasoline set aside and the sending of an FEO survey team to North Carolina. What the State needs—es pecially our part of North Carolina—is not only a return of Arco (or a swap arrange ment), but also drastic increas es in the gasoline we’re now getting from Texas City, Mur phy, Onco, Colonial and Tenneco, in addition to increas es by all the major oil companies. To bring this about, there must be a sense of urgency among the top Federal Energy Office people and at the highest echelons in the White House—a sense of urgency equal to that of the early days of President Roosevelt’s first term during the depths of the depression, or during the beginning of World War II. Unfortunately, it’s now lacking. If it takes another thousand or two-thousand or even three- thousand dedicated bureau crats, on the job, to do the job, then let’s have them. If they must work three shifts a day, around the clock, seven days a week, then the White House should say the word: do it. This nation is big enough to commit the people and the re sources to at least ensure that all states share and share alike. Of course, we’ve got to allow sufficient time to see if the present program is going to work, before moving on to what we are told is the next logical step—rationing. If mandatory allocation does n’t give us the right answers, the next step ought to be taken. Noonedse can give us what you can. (JoinUs. neasep Nobody else in the world can give us what you can. Apintof your blood. And your gift has never been more important. 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