North Carolina Wesleyan College - Dissenter Yearbook (Rocky Mount, NC)

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Jones History award I U lm X Allen S. Johnson Professor of l-lrstory Wllllarn E. Kung, Assistant Professor of Hrstory The Dlvlslon of Social Srni-rttjrils, under the leadershlp of Dr. Allen S, Johnson, I5 the nrt. ond largest UIVISIOH at Wesleyrln lt lnr lurlrts such subjects as: Economlcs, Hr-story, Erltlrfr tlon, Physlcal Educatlon, Polltlcal Science, and Psychology. Thlsyear Soclology has been added to the currlculurn, BA. degrees are offered ln the frelds of Hlstory, Economlcs. and Psychology, 'i .l The Hlstory department strlves to prepare Its rnagors to teach or to branch out unto other flelds whlch use hlstory as a background. Thus year lVlr. Wllllam E, Kung has been added to the hlstory staff, and Mr. Davld W, Southern wall leave Wesleyan to contlnue hrs educatuon at Emory University. Davld W Southern, Instructor of l-lrstory

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Ronnie Arrington wins the John Paul ff lm Wesleyan requires all its students to have two years of physical education before they can graduate. Although no degree is offered in physical education, students are prepared to transfer their credits to another college by lVlrs. Jean B. Edge, lVlr. William O. Music and lVlr. Donald L. Scalf. Prospective majors may gain a basic background of physical education through such courses as: coaching, first aid, and athletic organizations. Next year the physical education department plans to broaden its program, possibly offering a minor in its curriculum. William O. Music, Jr., Instructor of Physical Education Donald L. Scalf, Assistant Professor of Physical Education Jean Brake Edge, Instructor of Physical Education Z-' +'a..+' X, Q-

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Wesleyan students score high on the l l l ll l T l I David R, Batcheller, Associate Professor of Theatre and Speech l l l . l l .l F Llewellyn Brown Rabby, Assistant Professor of Theatre and Speech 'ol The Theatre and Speech Department, under the direction of Mr. Llewellyn B. Rabby and Dr. David R. Batcheller, offers a Bachelor of Arts Degree. A prospective major in this field may gain an over-all understanding of the theatre through a wide variety of theatrical courses. As part of the Play Direction course, each student directs a play during his senior year. Students studying Speech learn everything from the proper techniques of speech making to the technicalities of broadcasting. This year Wesleyan will lose both lVlr. Rabby and Dr. Batcheller. Dr. Batcheller will teach in Greensboro at Woman's College of the University of North Carolina and lVlr. Rabby will teach at Wesleyan of Ohio. The fall play of the Wesleyan College Theatre was The Trojan Women by the Greek playwright Euripides. It was the first time a play of this type had been staged here. James Clark would advocate saying it with flowers. Z X K ,I ff' ' 1 I 6 5 4 fl A N V I, l V I? f ' ,1.. A ' Y , fp T, . ff-f ,,f,f.1, 5 A . If ffij-,375-4 A . -V ' il... , l za l l 5 ,f lun'