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THE DECREE
MONDAY, MARCH 18,1974
Women’s Awareness Brackctt Appointed
ORUM
By DR. JOHN S. DAVIS
Something To Do In Your Spare Time!
Once again, I’m writing a
faculty forum column. Once
again I’m harping on the same
old subject. Once again nobody
is going to read it. Once again .
. . I’m starting to sound like a
broken record.
In brief. I’m saying “Get
Involved!” To quote an eminent
faculty member, R. G. Kagey
III, “I can teach a student who
streaks. I can’t teach a student
who sits in his dorm and stares
at the wall!”
The major complaint I hear
from students is, “There isn’t
anything to do on the Wesleyan
campus!” The students who
voice this complaint are easy to
spot. They’re the ones who are
not doing anything. Now . . .
exercise your brains and look at
the preceding two sentences.
Note the circular logic, the
convoluted reasoning, the
Worm Ouroboros (the mytho
logical worm who circles the
universe with his tail in his
mouth) philosophy. If a person
does nothing, then there’s
nothing to do. If there’s nothing
to do, then a person does
nothing. If a person . . .1 don’t
think I have to continue. You
see the problem. Well. . . (Are
you ready for this?)... I have a
solution!
Do something! I’d like to put
that sentence all in capital
letters, all in boldface type, in
italics, underlined twice, with
fifteen exclamation points after
it. In the interests of time and
space however, I won’t. Or I
didn’t. Let me explain.
You ask, “What’s some
thing?” Shall I explain? Yes! In
the context in which I used
“something” I mean an action, a
doing, a positive physical or
mental movement, a creation, a
participation, or an exertion.
Explaining further, I will
first comment on the many
opportunities for action, par
ticipation, etc., on the Wesley
an campus. Among the activi
ties to which I refer are many
which should appeal to all. By
this I don’t mean that all
activities I mention will inter
est all students, but there
should be one that will interest
each student. I’ll break them
down into categories.
Sports. Sure, I know at least
200 of you attended one
basketball game this year. Big
deal. What about our winning
teams? What about our con
ference champions? Do you
even know who they are? Have
you ever watched a tennis
match, a bowling match, or a
golf match? Have you ever
watched the soccer team, the
baseball team, the girls’ volley
ball team, the girls’ basketball
team? Have you watched 3rd
Floor South do their thing
P. J/S
“We have party supplies, mixes, glasses, napkins, swizel
sticks, sliced deli meat and cheese, as well as beer and the
finest wine selection in the area. / Planning a get together
for a small group or a large crowd. / Before you work
yourself into a sweat, come into P. J.’s and let them help you
plan the food for the party. / Let us prepare your holiday or
party trays. / Call us to inquire. / Open Tuesday thru
Saturday until 11:00 P.M. / Ph. 443-3996.
yi
PLANTERS
against First Floor North?
(Smart comments not needed
here.) The way the TV
networks push sports I know
they must be popular, but the
way Wesleyan students attend
makes me feel as if something’s
wrong here.
Performing activities.
They’re limitless. All the
Theatre department activities
(two pages right there) should
interest someone besides Thea
tre Majors. Not just acting . . .
you can design, build . . . it’s up
to you. Music department acti
vities . . . just as many . . . not
just singing, not just playing.
What about helping on the
paper? The yearbook? Aspects?
What about getting off your .. .
the Editor tells me I’ve used
enough space. But I’m not
through talking. Watch this
space with bated breath! Soon
there will be more deathless
prose from your resident
Uterary and musical genius!
Hepler
(Continued from Page 3)
thoughts and works during
Hepler’s university days, and
the two met later at a univer
sity lecture series. Hepler was
given permission to collect and
edit a number of Weiman’s
essays.
Hepler joined the Wesleyan
staff in September 1973 after
completing requirements for
his M.S.L.S. degree at UNC-
Chapel Hill. He is also a
graduate of Stetson University
and Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary, where
he received his B.D. and his
Th.M. degrees. In addition to
Hepler’s library specialty, his
research areas are American
philosophy, theology and philo
sophy of the social sciences.
As most of you remember, at
the final Convocations before
Spring Break, the Commission
for Women’s Awareness hand
ed out questionnaires con
cerning women’s roles in
college administration. We
were trying to discover where
the majority of the student
body feels qualified women are
needed and/or acceptable.
We received a total of 135
completed questionnaires. Per
centages do not total 100%,
because several surveys were
invalid, due to duplications and
incompletions. The results are
as follows:
1. Should there be a Dean of
Women? 66.7% yes, 25.9% no.
2. Should there be a woman
as Admissions Counselor?
63.7% yes, 21.5% no
3. Should there be a woman
Chaplain? 42.2% yes 43.7% no
4. Should there be a woman
Counselor? 77.8% yes, 14.7%
no
5. Should there be a woman
doctor or gynecologist among
those doctors who service
students on campus? 80.7% yes
10.4% no
H. Ray Brackett, assistant
professor of psychology at N.
C. Wesleyan College, has been
appointed a District Governor
for volunteer work with
Parents and Professionals for
Handicapped Children (PPHC).
Brackett will serve as convenor
for the seventh judicial district
composed of Nash, Edgecombe
and Wilson counties.
A statewide organization,
PPHC will form a network
throughout North Carolina
with one person specified by
the Board of Directors for each
judicial district. In turn, that
district convenor will appoint
county and city convenors who
will work with appropriate
agencies at the local level. The
purpose of PPHC’s network is
to stay in close touch with state
and national legislators in order
to implement legislation which
will prove beneficial to handi
capped children.
Brackett, a graduate of the
University of Virginia, joined
the N. C. Wesleyan faculty in
1963.
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