TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1974
THE DECREE
PAGE 5
Musical Season Begins
What’s Happening
Or
What Should Be
This year’s annual Pop
Concert was another great
success. The Pops Concert
gives musically Talented stu
dents a chance to perform.
Several groups performed to a
crowd composed of students
and Rocky Mount citizens.
Among the highlights of this
year’s concert was the direction
of Wesleyan’s concert band,
under the guic’c.nce of Ms.
Sharon Lockwood. Ms. Lock
wood directed the band
through the “March of the
Spanish Guard.” Bill Dawson a
sophomore, performed a diffi
cult baritone solo with amazing
agility. It was one of the best
concerts the band has given in
three years.
Next among the performers
was the Wesleyan Singers
under the direction of Noel
Lovelace. While the group is
comparitively small they per
form as well as any large choir.
The balance between sections is
something that is hard to attain
but Lovelaces group does so
admirably.
Among Wesleyans more ta
lented musicians is Rodney
Wade. Rod exhibuted his fine
NEWS BUREAU—The Rev.
James H. Bailey, pastor, of
Jarvis Memorial United Me
thodist Church, Greenville,
recently delivered the featured
address at N. C. Wesleyan
College’s Eighteenth Founders’
Day Convocation on Friday,
Oct. 25.
Wesleyan President Thomas
A. Collins presided over the
celebration, which began at 11
a.m. in Everett Gymnasium on
campus.
Also on the prog^ram was R.
Vann Massey of Norfolk, Va., a
member of Wesleyan’s first
graduating class, the Class of
’64, representing his classmates
on the occasion of the tenth
anniversary year. Massey, vice
president of the Alpert Cor
poration, a national shopping
center and land development
firm, presented ambitions for
Wesleyan during its next
ten-year period.
Special choral music was
presented by the Wesleyan
Singers, under the direction of
Noel Lovelace, instructor of
music at Wesleyan. Dr. William
G. Sasser, Chairman of the
Music Department, also pre
sented an organ prelude and
postlude.
Honored guests were Wes
leyan’s Board of Trustees, met
in the board’s semi-annual ses
sion which followed a buffet
lunch in the College Cafeteria.
Board Chairman J. Phil Carl
ton, chief district judge of the
Seventh Judicial District, pre
sided over the trustee meeting.
The college awarded Certi
ficates of Merit to long-term
employees. Dr. Collins and Ray
Bandy, prominent local busi
nessman and a founding father
of Wesleyan both received
15-year awards. College per
sonnel who received certifi
cates were: George E. Harper,
night supervisor of the gym
nasium; Mance Hargfrove, cafe
teria; James Knight, mainte
nance; Dr. Allen S. Johnson,
Chairman of the Social Sciences
Division; Dr. Ralph James, as
sistant professor of religion;
Dr. Sim 0. Wilde Jr., Chairman
of the Education Division;
Lorene B. Murchison, admini
strative assistant, admissions;
talent with his trumpet solos in
both the concert band and the
Wesleyan Jazz Band. Arthur
McCoy is the director and
trombonist in the Jazz Band.
One thing was noticed and that
was that of the seven members
in this group only three were
from Wesleyan’s student body.
At the head, of Wesleyan’s
musical format is one of the
most talented, versitile groups
to be found in Rocky Mount.
These people are usually
referred to as the Chambers
Singers. The group is com
posed of 11 members who meet
twice weekly. They offer a
totally new concept in music
enjoyment utilizing theatrical
blocking with new arrange
ments of contemporary and
traditional music. The Cham
bers singers are the genius of
Dr. John Davis who creates and
arranges about 90 per cent of
the blocking and music. The
only complaint that most people
have is that the Chambers
singers are not seen as much on
campus as they are off. It is
hoped that the Chamber Sin
gers will arrange for a concert
of their own later in the year.
Mack H. Sturgill, assistant
profesor of Romance Lang
uages; Edward J. Wiltrakis,
assistant professor of mathe
matics; Elizabeth B. Ackiss,
secretary, sciences division;
and Margie S. Hagins, resi
dence counselor and director of
housing.
The guest speaker. Rev. Mr.
Bailey, is a native of Dar
lington, S. C., and was
graduated from Wofford Col
lege. He received his B.D.
degree from Duke University
and later studied in the
graduate schools at Syracuse
University, Southern Lutheran
Seminary and Yale Divinity
School. Early in his career, he
taught religion here at Wesley
an.
13 Wesleyan
Students Named
To Who's Who
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and a member of Omicron Delta
Kappa Honor Society. Gray
hopes to attend graduate school
next year.
Gregory W. WilUams, who
serves as V-Pres. of the SGA, is
a senior History major, from
Dover, Delaware. His other
activities include membership
is Omicron Delta Kappa, Nu
Gamma Phi and IFC. Greg, who
would like to further his
education at the Duke Law
School, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Cary T. Williams.
Douglas Elder, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Elder, of Yard-
ley, Penn., is a senior Theatre
major. He is President of
Wesleyan Players and serves
as Secretary of Sig^a Omeg^
Fraternity. In addition, he has
been a member of the Fresh
man Orientation Committee
and is a Theatre Teaching
Assistant. Doug hopes to
attend graduate school in
Theatre.
John Julian Griffin is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Griffin of
Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
He is a senior Economics major.
(Not pictured are Grant
Mann and John Griffin.)
By KEVIN KICKOY
Robert Askew told me that I
should call this column
“WHAT’S HAPPENING OR
WHAT SHOULD BE” since
I’ve been taking his advice for a
few years another one couldn’t
hurt.
Will someone tell me what it
is about this campus that makes
it so different from any other
campus in the nation? Well I’ll
tell you why, it’s because we
don’t care about this school. No
really think about it for a
minute. Why don’t we do
something on weekends? There
are so many things going on in
this school that socially it is
enough to put you in bed at nine
on Friday night.
It looks like things are
looking up though, the Frosh
class is in the midst of
sponsoring a beer/softball
game. Sounds like people at
this school are beginning to
party. Everybody knows that
all work and no play make Jack
a dull twerp, right? So the
question is how do we all find
something to do to keep us
entertained through these long
semester weeks. I’ve been
thinking about it and I’ve come
up with some good ideas, I
think.
What would everybody think
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insult our intelligence by telling
us that a contract was
non-existant.
At this contract conference
several things were decided.
Firstly, the quantity of food has
been increased by the allow
ance of unlimited seconds. This
is a first to many of us who have
been here for at least three
years. Secondly, the amount of
beverage allowed has no limit,
this includes milk. It is asked
that those students who drink
milk not take milk from the
cafetertia, but take the amount
needed to satisfy them at meal.
By doing this we can still keep
the amount of wasted milk low
unto we are able to receive milk
at a bulk rate again.
On Tuesday of the same
week Mary Anne Brinser, Greg
Williams and SGA president
Jimmy Smith met with the top
Slater Officials. The meeting
turned into a general discussion
of gprievences concerning food,
and gave the officals an idea of
what we would like to have.
With the exit of Eckler a new
man comes to the scene; this
man is Mr. John Packer. With
the emergence of a younger
manager we see the coming of
new ideas. Mr. Packer is still in
his early 20’s and was formerly
assistant manager at Meridith
College. When asked about the
new program he replied
“There’s going to be new food,
and plenty of it.” He also
mentioned that this Sunday
there would be a buffett and he
would personally stand out
there and carve the roast. This
is also a new trend at NCW
and looked forward to with
great and eager anticipation.
if the social commission con
tracted a fairly decent band and
gave a concert in the Pines?
This hasn’t been done in the
past and if we had a band that
get us all rocking it would be a
blast. We could make it open so
that anybody could come, which
might be a hassle, or we could
close it to ourselves and have a
good time, party together and
raise some hell. This would be a
pretty big job and everybody
would have to help soinehow.
We would have to build a
stage and take it down again
but I don’t think it’s anything
we couldn’t handle. Now when I
talk about a band I don’t mean
somebody like the Tams, I
mean someone like a band that
you would find at the Attic in
Greenville on a Saturday night.
The weather would have to be
just right and we would have to
have an alternate building if we
get ripped off and it rains. It
could be something that every
body would enjoy, no matter
what you like to do . . . Just an
idea. What do you think?
Next we could arrange a
beautiful moonlight tour of the
senic rural regions of Rocky
Mount via hayride. Pure
nostalgia right? We could add a
new twist to it though. We
could have a special wagon just
for those of you who would like
to be together and a wagon for
It looks like Wesleyan stu
dents are about to receive VIP
treatment in the dining room
and after what we have been
through it’s about time. So
cheer up and hold on to your
pants. All that Slater asks is
that we g^ve them a little time
to get themselves set up and
restaffed. There is one thing
though that everyone should be
interested in and that is that
instead of telling us that there
those of you who just want to
have a good time and raise hell.
We could stop somewhere in a
wooded region and take a
break. Suppose we also had a
car parked in this place and in
the car we had an iced chest
(cooler for all you veterans)
with hot dogs. Then we could
eat hot dogs, but first we would
have to cook them over a
campfire. How about if we had
a portable generator in the car
also, and a movie projector and
a screen. We could show a
horror picture in the woods, at
night, while we were eating hot
dogs over a campfire. Then we
could pack up and come home
drunk as hell and stuffed to the
gill. These were just a couple of
ideas I’ve got plenty more
where they came from. Why
don’t you do me a favor if you
like these ideas, drop a note
under the Decree door. Tell me
what you’d like to do, and if you
have any ideas, I promise I’ll
write about them every issue
the paper comes out. If you’re
as tired of doing nothing as I am
maybe we can go to the social
commission with some new
ideas. Since I’m one of the
people on the commission
there’s a good chance that they
might listen to us, well like I
said it’s all up to you. I’m asking
your help.
would be a change soon we
were told that there would be a
change effective immediately.
Special thanks should be
awarded all those who champ
ioned the cause for better food,
espeically to Sigma Phi Delta
who plastered the halls with
sig^s complaining about the
food. The students have
triumphed with a major victory
for the first time, lets up it isn’t
the last.
Wake Up ^^Super Trooper
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