north CAROLINA
ESLEYAN
COLLEGE
Rocky Mount, N.C
THE
ECREE
VOL. 14, NO. 11
''Wesleyan's Student Voice Since 1984''
KATHY WINSLOW C'.IVES BLOOD DURING CAMPAIGN.
Blood drive on campus
has disappointing total
Staley lecturer
Wesleyan this
By BETTY ANNE WHLSNANT
Even though there were door
prizes, freebies, and lots of good
food, North Carolina Wesleyan
College’s response to the Spring
Blood Drive on March 2 was a
little disappointing.
There were several factors
which may have affected the turn
out. Many of the students had
been suffering from cold and flu
symptoms which prevent people
from donating. The Red Cross is
very particular about the health
of the donors. They won’t even
take blood from people who have
been tattooed or pierced in the
Isst 12 months, which is another
factor that eliminates many col
lege students.
Also, attendance in the Fall had
been bolstered by the support of
faculty and staff who encouraged
classes and teams to donate. This
was really effective since almost
^0 units of blood was collected.
Even though the various resi
dence halls and student organiza-
■ions were encouraged to com
mie for a pizza party as a reward
•or the highest percentage of vol
unteers, the total donation for this
was only 29 units.
The Gospel Choir had the
highest percentage of volunteers
of all the student organizations
and they have already enjoyed a
Pizza Hut feast.
The Wellness Center will con
tinue to work with the local chap
ter of the American Red Cross
and the Wesleyan community can
look for more blood drives next
Fall and Spring.
Nurse Holly Fairley said that
"this is not just a good deed, it
might be the difference in whether
someone lives or dies. We (at the
Wellness Center) appreciate ev
eryone who donated or tried to
donate or who volunteered to
help.”
On Feb. 25, when the Student
Government Association Senate
met to decide on the Spring bud
get, they also decided to approve
a proposal from Pam Gourley for
$1,200.
The proposal from Gourley,
inadvertently left out of last
issue’s article, was a request for
funds for Wesleyan community
The Staley lecturer for this
year is Dr. Linda McKinnish
Bridges, associate professor of
New Testament and Greek at the
Baptist Theological Seminary at
Richmond.
She will be speaking on the
topic of “The Contours of Celtic
Christianity” in the Powers Re
cital Hall at the Dunn Center at 8
p.m. this Wednesday, March 24.
She will also be preaching at a
Celtic Chapel ser\ ice Wednesday
at noon. Her sermon will be en
titled “The Pilgnni Way.”
Bridges received her degrees
from Meredith College and
Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary. She has taught at sev
eral seminaries and colleges. She
is an ordained Southern Baptist
minister.
She is the author of The
Church's Portraits of Jesus and
she has contributed articles to
various publications including
Perspectives in Religious Stud
ies, Interpretation, and Review
and Expositor
Bridges has served as a mis
sionary in Taiwan and has been a
minister to youth and minister of
music in churches in North Caro
lina and Kentucky.
She spent a year on sabbatical
in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
Her current research interests and
writing projects include the role
of women in the ancient Celtic
tradition and the influence of the
Fourth Gospel on the Cehic Chris-
members to attend the Southern
Regional Orientation Workshop.
The funds allow Gourley and
four students to attend the work
shop. As the proposal states, “by
attending, they (the attendees) can
bring back orientation ideas from
which future Wesleyan students
can benefit.”
She said the request for SGA
tian movement. OAicr interests
include narrative and sociologi
cal studies of Biblical Literature,
with special focus on the Gospel
of John.
The Staley Distinguished
Christian Scholar Lecture Pro
gram is a project of the Thomas
F. Staley Foundation of New
York.
This Lectureship was estab
lished in the Fall of 1969 by .Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas F. Staley of
Rye. New York, in memory of
their parents. Dr. and Mrs. Tho-
ma.s F. Staley and Judge and Mrs
H.H. Haynes.
The Thomas F. Staley Foun
dation is firmly persuaded that
the message of the Christian Gos
pel, when proclaimed in its his
torical fullness, is alw'ays contem
porary, relevant, and meaningful
in any generation. To this end,
the Foundation seeks to bring to
the college and university cam
puses of America distinguished
scholars/artists who truly believe
and can clearly communicate the
Christian gospel to students.
Thomas F. Staley was a grand
son of Major D. Reynolds, elder
brother R. J. Reynolds. Major
Reynolds was a convinced evan
gelical who, as a young man, un
derwent a conversion experience
that led him to leave the tobacco
business.
Both of Staley’s parents were
evangelicals, especially interested
in the foreign missionar>' move-
funding of a Student Life activity
was unusual but became neces
sary because of the recent freeze
on administrative/staff funding.
In more recent SGA Senate
news, the Senate met on March 8
and March 15 but were able to
conduct any business as quorum
was not reached in either case.
Agenda business that has been
visits
week
iiient. His mother particularly
urged him to become a minister
of the gospel. As a senior in col
lege he persuaded her that he
could do more for the Lord as a
businessman.
Staley went on to become a
founding member (if the broker
age lirm Reynolds and Company,
which c\'entiially merged with
Dean Witter to form Dean Witter
Reynolds.
Faithful to his heritage. Mr.
Staley suppoiled his church and
various philanthropic enterpri.ses.
Yet he lelt ihciv was much more
he could do if only he could lo
cus his resources. In 1967, after
consultations with religious lead
ers such as Norman Vincent Peale
and Billy Graham, he decided that
one of the greatest needs of (he
day was the strengthening of the
small Christian college. Thus was
launched the Staley Distinguished
Christian Scholar Lecture Pro
gram.
The Thomas F. Staley Foun
dation is a private, nonprofit or
ganization, established to admin
ister funds to further the evan
gelical witness of the Christian
church, with a particular concern
for college students. Deeming the
cause worthy and the need great,
the trustees of this Foundation will
support men and women who
truly believe, cordially love and
effectively propagate the Gospel
of Jesus Christ in the historical
and scriptural fullness.
postponed includes requests for
funds from Sisters of Distinction
for SI.425 and Club Dramatica
for $2,154 as well as discussion
about the proposed Constitutional
revisions.
The next scheduled SGA Sen
ate meeting was held this morn
ing in the Browsing Room in the
Library.
SGA approves funding request