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THE DECREE
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1978
Misinformed?
Recently, Bill Garlow was
interviewed in an attempt to
discover what has and hasn’t
occurred. There has been
numerous rumors and con
siderable speculation on the
issue, much of which has been
based upon faulty information
according to Mr. Garlow.
Therefore, he tried to clarify
as much as possible with as
much factual information as
possible.
His initial comment was
that Coach Scalf had received
a new contract and as it now
stands he will maintain his
present position indefinitely.
Ben Gregory, Jean Edge, and
Debbie Allison also have
planned to continue in
definitely, as far as he knows.
Dean Horne’s decision to
leave Wesleyan’s Athletic
Department has been based
Religion at Wesleyan
upon his decision to join the
ministry. Only Dr. Bower is
not to continue in his original
position. It has been decided
by the Administration that, as
a result of his evaluation
session. Dr. Bower will
become a regular part of the
faculty.
Therefore, it seems that
the issue was not what it
appeared, and Coach Mc
Carthy wasn’t directly in
volved as was assumed.
Furthermore, Coach Mc
Carthy will not solely be in
terviewing with prospective
replacements for Soccer
Coach. Mr. Garlow and select
members of the Soccer team
will participate as well. The
Soccer players opinion will be
taken in consideration when
the final decision is made.
Monica Best
Other opinioii
Wrong Emphasis?
What is the purpose of
athletics at Wesleyan? The
Athletic Recruiting pamphlet
states that the primary
concern of athletics is to
provide the students with a
“meaningful and enjoyable
part of his or her college
experience.” Is that what is
being done?
Throughout the years the
emphasis of the coaching staff
has been on developing young
men and women who are
better people because of this
involvement in athletics at
Wesleyan. You were taught to
continually strive to win
ballgames but in doing so you
retained your dignity and
sportsman like manner. It
was a good feeling to know
that most Wesleyan teams
were respected because of
their attitude on the field and
in the gym. You learned to be
a gentleman because you
were being led by a gentleman
who coached for the bet
terment of his players, not the
improvement of his own
career.
What is wrong with this
type of athletic emphasis?
Apparently the ad
ministration feels something
is wrong with it. They have
stated that they want to
upgrade the athletic depart
ment. This is fine. Everyone
in the school wants to win
more ballgames, but what
pride should we pay for this?
Should we throw all this work
and all of the outstanding
qualities of the old athletic
department out of the win
dow?
People participating in
athletics at Wesleyan for the
fun of participation and
because they hope to gain
something from this
association with men of high
standards and integrity.
Athletes are not on scholar
ship to play for Wesleyan.
Athletics are not a big
business at Wesleyan, yet it
seems as if we want to project
the image of a big time
athletics institution. This is
not what we are at this school
for and I feel very few people
want to develop this type of
situation.
The administration seems
to believe that by developing
winning athletic teams the
school will be pulled out of
financial trouble by loading
the campus with students.
This would be great but is the
administration more worried
about the quality of students
wandering the halls or the
quality of young people that
this institution produces?
Athletics are an integral
part of the entire educational
process. It effects in some
manner all of the students in
the college community. Much
can be learned through
participation in athletics that
cannot be learned in a
classroom. Changing the
athletic department in the
manner the administration
wants to will destroy this
aspect of education. It will be
a sin to do such a thing and the
administration will have to
live with that thought.
Gary L. Myers
Wesleyan College
strongly affirms the
traditional Methodist op
position to enforced or
coerced religious life. But we
also recognize the importance
of religion in the life of the
individual and the College
community and try to provide
an opportunity for all mem
bers of the community to
express their religious beliefs.
This semester there are more
religious activities available
to students than ever at
Wesleyan.
Cathy Wells, our Weekend
Chaplain from Duke, will be
with us again this semester,
living in 103 North and
available to you for counseling
and program direction. She
will be leading Informal
Worship every Sunday at 11
a.m. in the Interfaith Lounge.
Three other ministers will
be living on campus for week-
long periods in our Minister-
in-Residence program. John
White, who made quite a hit
with his informal style when
he was with us last year, will
be on campus February 20-24.
John pastors the Rose Hill
United Methodist Church and
is a Wesleyan Trustee.
Charles Morrison, a
Wesleyan alumnus and who
now serves as Associate
Pastor of Trinity United
Methodist Church in Durham,
is Minister-in-Residence
March 13-17. Bob Storrs,
Associate Pastor of First
Methodist in Rocky Mount,
will join us April 24-28.
Our campus will be
honored to host the Staley
Lectures on March 1-2. The
lecturer this year is Timothy
Smith, Professor of History at
Johns Hopkins University. He
will give three lecturesq. The
lectures will be at 8 p.m.
Wednesday and Thursday and
11 a.m. Thursday. Dr. Smith
will also lead a luncheon
seminar on Thursday. This is
a great opportunity to hear
from a distinguished Christian
scholar.
Of a much less formal
nature is the Wesleyan
Christian Fellowship Sprihg
Retreat, March 10-11-12.
Camp Carolwood in the
mountains near Lenoir will be
our locatiqn, and John White
will lead the retreat. The
weekend including food and
lodging, will cost only $15.
The Datine Game
There have been many
changes in dating since my
mother’s time. Recently she
told me about the sort of
things they did in those days.
In think that most of the kids
today would have found their
entertainment a real bore.
Some of the things they
did were the Sadie Hawkins
Dance that she and her
cousins had in an old barn.
They put corn meal on the
floor to make it slick, played
Glenn Miller and Tommy
Dorsey records on the vic-
trola, and had Pepsi, cookies
and potato chips for refresh
ments. This is quite a change
from today’s dances with the
beer and Bachman-Turner.
On the other hand, the
teenagers of the 1970’s and the
teenagers of the 1940’s did
some of the same things. In
1940, the couples would go to
the “picture show,” the
bowling alley and maybe a
baseball game. The teenagers
of today do the same things. In
the 1940’s, the teenagers
really thought they were going
somewhere if they got a
chance to go to the beach for a
day. Today, a couple will go to
the beach almost anytime and
spend the weekend.
The dress code for a date
was also different. In the
1940’s, the girls wore their
saddle shoes, bobbie socks,
skirts and sweaters. I can see
myself in that outfit. I had
much rather wear my
Wallabees and Levis.
In the 1940’s, two or three
couples would go out together.
They would meet other
couples in the ice cream
parlor or on the street and
stop to talk. They very seldom
went out alone. Today the
The W.C.F. is also
sponsoring two other major
campus events: On Tuesday
March 7 at 7:30 the fantastic
Christian rock band The
Bridge will appear in Garber
Chapel. On Tuesday April 4 at
7:30 in Everett Gym we will
show the feature motion
picture “The Hiding Place.”
Weekly Bible study and
sharing sessions occur each
Tuesday at 7:00 in the In
terfaith Lounge, and Daily
Devotionals are held at 12:30
in the Interfaith Lounge.
Once a month, at 11 a.m.
on the first Monday, the entire
campus meets for worship.
These services have been well
attended and supported by the
faculty and students. On
March 5 the preacher will be
the Rev. Wallace Kirby of
Edenton Street Church in
Raleigh. Native American the
Rev. Simeon Cummings takes
the pulpit on April 3, and
Wesleyan alumnus Scott
Wilkinson on May 1.
Let is not be said by
anyone that religion is dead at
Wesleyan. If you think so, you
haven’t looked around.
teenagers go out alone and
have more privacy.
When the teenage couples
got home in the 1940’s, they
would sit on the front porch if
it was warm or in the parlor if
it was cold until 11:00 or 11:30
at the latest. Today, couples
come home anytime between
midnight and dawn. Most
likely, the couples of today
have not been sittinn on the
front porch or in the parlor.
After looking at the style
of dating of the 1940’s and the
style of today, I have decided
that I like today’s style better.
I have more freedom and
responsibility, more things to
do and places to go, and more
excitement and variety than
my mother did. Dating in the
1940’s might have been fun for
a short tme, but I’d rather
date in the 1970’s anyday.
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