VOLUME XIX, NUMBER 2
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NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE, ROCKY MOUNT,, N.C.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, W80
FALL FESTIVAL 1980
By Martie Barbour
Decree Staff
Are you going to the pig
pickin’? Have you gotten
tickets for the dance? Have
you voted for Fall Festival
queen yet? Are you going to
the mud fest?
All of these questions
filled the air on the campus of
NO Wesleyan during the first
week of October as Fall
Festival week was upon us.
And what a week it was!
Suitcases were put on reserve
as students decided to stay for
all of the weekend festivities.
Earl Roberson and Debbie Libby-the King and Queen of the Mud
Fest.
In the past, this week of
fun has been designated as
Homecoming. Why the
change? The Alumni
Association decided that there
would be a bigger turnout of
NCWC graduates in the
spring, therefore, the October
gathering should not be
designatedasa
“Homecoming.”
The festivities began on
Tuesday night, Sept. 30, with
Wesleyan night at Zolly’s.
Many students took ad
vantage of the $1 admission
and started celebrating then.
Wednesday was
designated as Creek Day.
There was open house from 3-
5, and an IFC party that night
to get people revved up for the
w^end ahead.
A pie throw on the patio
highlighted Thursday’s ac
tivities. At 12:00 noon students
and faculty members alike,
gathered on the patio to join in
the fun. Those brave enough to
volunteer to have pies thrown
at them were Doug Frazier,
Jean Edge, Debbie Kilgore,
Richard “Tex”, Jam^s Potts,
and Jack Wimer. Terri
Gillette was the MC for the
event.
Friday’s Fall Festival
party took students to North
Green Country Club for a Pig
Pickin’. Most students
congregated under a shelter
for the firs tpart of the evening
as Mother Nature was being
Founder’s Day Convocation
The College celebrated its
24th birthday, Friday, Oc
tober 24. The annual Foun
der’s Day Convocation, held in
Everett Gymnasium, was
attended by students, faculty,
staff, and trustees.
Dr. William R. Cannon,
bishop of the Raleigh area of
The United Methodist Church,
delivered the keynote ad
dress. Emphasizing that we
need less pessimism and more
realism in today’s world, he
charged the students to
develop into leaders “who will
develop new schemes for new
times.”
Pointing out that, in spite
of its tribulations, America is
still the world’s greatest
nation, the Yale University
graduate urged the students to
“use these days and years of
study so that this Institution
can be proud of you and the
nation can prosper from your
contributions.”
“You are in a position to
create new resources,” said
Cannon, who was appointed
bishp of the Raleigh area in
July, 1980. “And how we use
resources is the hope of this
nation and perhaps the
deliverance of the world.”
Founder’s Day is
celebrated each year to
commemorate Wesleyan’s
creation in 1956. When the
Presbyterians rejected a bid
to build a college in Rocky
Mount, civic and church
leaders from the area formed
a delegation W'hich went to the
N.C. Annual Conference of
The United Methodist Church.
The delegation sought the
support of the church for the
establishment of a Methodist-
related, senior, liberal arts
college. The Southeastern
Jurisdiction, under the
leadership of Bishop Paul N.
Garber (from whom Garber
Chapel is named), accepted
the proposal. Wesleyan was
granted a charter by the state
of North Carolina in October
of 1956.
Construction was begun in
June, 1958, and in September,
1960, Wesleyan’s first fresh
man class of 92 students
enrolled for classes. Four
years later the first
graduating class (numbering
33) received degrees.
Members of the faculty,
staff, and board of trustees
who have served the college
for at least five years were
recognized during the con
vocation. Honored for 20 years
of service were: Raymond
Bauer, Jack Moore, William
Sasser, ARch Sharer, Willis
Silver, and Omer Williams.
For fifteen years service: Sim
Wilde, A.L. Brandon (trustee
emeritus). For ten years:
Edna Farmer, and trustees
Leonard Rawls and Grier
Garrick. For five years:
Richard Davis, Bruce Pet-
teway, James Wiliams, John
Ferebee, and Leon Dunn
(trustees).
The Distinguished
Alumnus Award was
presented to Helen Steiner
Smith, a member of the class
of 1972, Alumni President
Roger Taylor cited her ac
complishments as a student as
well as those achieved after
leaving Wesleyan. Smith
graduated magna cum laude
and won the college’s highest
honor, the President’s Cup,
her senior year. She com
pleted post-graduate studies
at Duke Divinity Shcool and
now serves as minister of
Dorsey Emmanuel United
Methodist Church in
Baltimore. She and her
husband, David (class of
1973), are the parents of three
small children, who gleefully
congratulated their mother
after she received her award.
Following the c-o-
nvocation, the Board of
Trustees had its quarterly
business meeting in the R.
Russell Braswell Trustees
Room.
Christyle Jackson is crowned 1980 Fall Festival Queen.
most uncooperative by
drizzling upon us-pig and all!
The rain didn’t stop
people from coming to “pig
out”, nor did it last very long.
By the time the food was
served, it had cleared up.
The Battling Bishops
played Guilford College at
2:00 on Saturday afternoon.
The nominees for Fall
Festival took their place on
the field at half time to be
introduced. Unfortunately the
Bishops took a loss, but they
still had the dance ahead to
revive them!
Josh Bullucks Restaurant
came alive at about 9 p.m. as
Wesleyan students began to
arrive. Chess provided music
to dance to and music to party
to.
The highlight of the
evening came at 10:30 (give or
take a few minutes) when the
Fall Festival queen was an
nounced. Christyle Jackson,
Black Awareness, was
crowned queen. Senior class
representative, Abby Barnes
was 1st runner up.
Other nominees were
Shari Macsuga, Nu Gamma
Phi; Laura Weimar, Pi Kappa
Omega; Margaret Mc-
Spadden, Alpha Delta Chi;
Joy Matthews, South dorm;
Evelyn Edmonds, North
dorm; Sybil Driggers, Pi
Epsilon; Susan Smith,
Christian Fellowship;
Madeline Alston, Sigma Phi
Delta; and Beth Hayes
representing the sophomore
class.
Seven couples competed
in the last Fall F^tival event
which was the Mud Fest. After
four grueling, muddy events
Earl Roberson and Debbie
Libby were named Mud King
and Queen.
FALL FESTIVAL POLL
N.C. Wesleyan’s Fall Festival was full of fun and sur
prises for nearly everyone involved. We took a poll recently
to see what the overall view of the campus was like. Here’s
how they responded:
Terry Dean - “I thought it went well. There should have
been more participation.”
Derby Thorpe - “I liked the Pig Pickin’.” '
Lea_ Ann Dove - “I felt the social commission had the
events well organized and planned. The participation was
good.” .
Ryan Rowson - “I didn’t go.”
Marie Hagen - “I thought it was really good. I had a blast.”
Wendy Kunz - "I thought it was very entertaining.”
Wanda Hunt - "It was o.k,”
Mark Washington - “It was alright, but I had to work
through most of it ”
Rocky Mount businessman John J.
Ferebee won the 1980 Algernon Sydney
Sullivan Award in recognition of his
conspicuous help to this community and
this college. President S. Bruce Petteway
presented the award during the 24th an
nual Founders’ Day Convocation Oct. 24.
Ferebee, who served for two consecutive
years as chairman of the college’s Our
Wesleyan Now campaign, was recognized
for his cheerful and optimistic nature, his
concern for his fellowman, and his
numerous contributions to the life of the
community, his church and Wesleyan
College. I