TODAY INSIDE. TODAY EDITORIALLY * KRESKIN REVIEWED * ADMISSIONS * FRATERNITIES POLICY ANALYZED * OPEN FORUMS \ ul I \ Ill Wake Forest University, Winston-salem, North Carolina, Friday September 27, 1974 No. 4 European Trip Hits Snag By DAVID ELLIO'IT Managing F.dltor the overseas courses. cannot enlist enotJgh students for Wake Forest can determine how Gene Lucas, vice president in the program and has to cancel eleven-week courses which were The four-week term travel the other schools' registrations not listed in the original schedule charge of business and finance, the flight after the ninety-day have fared, the university may be courses to Europe hit another said the travel agent who period has ended. booklet. Shorter said a new snag this week when the able to contract for a smaller listing was being compiled which arranged the flight had told the The matter is further plane. university discovered that it university "as late as last complicated because St. Andrews he hoped would be out before the could not withdraw from its Friday" that it could ·withdraw Shorter also announced this deadline for final payment. College, which is traveling on the past week that Salem College has chartered flight any later than 90 from the flight as late as 60 days same flight, does not enroll Shorter also said that if any or days before the scheduled flight before the day of flight. Dr. entered into the . charter all courses were cancelled that students for its four-week term arrangement with Wake Forest. without penalty. Robert Shorter, director of the until today. Elon College and refunds on payments would be The university had planned to Spring Curriculum Committee, He said Salem presently has made in full. Lenoir Rhyne College are also twenty-six commitals for the make a payment of $9800 toward was not aware of the discrepency traveling on the same flight. One Shorter expressed a fear that the flight on Wednesday in order until yesterday. flight. Approximately sixteen the price of overseas courses school alone cannot cancel the more students are needed to to hold its reservation and buy Lucas said the university will flight. may be a great deal higher next more time to enlist students for face a ten percent penalty if it bring the total to eighty-two. year than their current price. "I Lucas said, ho\Yever, that if Elon College, St. Andrews think next year we will have College, and Lenior Rhyne trouble with cost," he said. "I College are also planning to have would not be surprised if Wake groups traveling on the same Forest did not get involved in a Curriculum Plans Polled charter flight as the group from charter next year." · __ By KURT BERON Wake Forest. Shorter said if Shorter also said that the Civil Staff Writer they had had similar problems in Aeronautics Board was for the 4-week overseas courses have been this past week, has finding enough students to go that considei:ing eliminating the type at this time indicates that been extended until the survey is . the'whole flight may have to be Mortar Board and Omicron interest may have waned. of charter flights on which Wake completed. The curriculum cancelled. Forest will be traveling because' Delta Kappa distributed surveys Ms. Menscer also said the to all students Tuesday revision should be finished very On the other hand, if these they are cutting into the business survey would study what each quickly, Ms. Menscer said. schools have over-registered, concerning the present 4-week student now plans for the 4-week of large commercial airlines. He and spring curriculum, in hopes Ms. Menscer is planning to hold Wake Forest may be able to sell said that even if they are allowed. term and what specific problems hall and dorm meetings to some of its seats to them. - there may be a twenty to of identifying and correcting each student now faces in \i ~;~ •..... ·..... · .. · problems in those terms. discuss the 11- and lS.week Schedule Changes thirty per cent increase in their .:.;·/ ..: liRBF IN flrtl revolving his schedule around the courses. An open forum, cost. He further said that a These surveys are to be turned existing 15- and 11-week courses . in today and tabulated on Sunday involving faculty and Shorter also said that several commercial flight from Folks Jn Cbapel Hill mJgbt call tbem stuck up, but Joe Bowman and Trevor Ferger would sJmply administration people, is also changes have been made in the Greensboro to London presently rather be in heU than Chapel HiD. What more can we say? . Photo by Duin by Mortar Board and ODK. The spring schedule and that a lot of results will be given to the Dean's Deaus' Support being planned. costs about one hundred dollars Office Monday. departments will be offering more than a chartered flight. Mortar Board and ODK, the Ms. Menscer said she had the women's and men's leadership complete support of the deans in organizations, have chosen to using these surveys to help form work on the curriculum as one of new courses and to switch 927 Students Enroll their projects for ~e y~~r. courses already being offered, where there appears to be a need By LESLIE HERD business, law, education, the candidate in a less Staff Writer medicine, or science, Starling 4-1-4 Survey to do so. She said many students superficial, non-academic way, are not able to take the 4-week said. clueing the committee into what The 927 incoming students terms, because of a certain Ninety percent of those makes this person who he is, Accotding to Darlyne Menscer, enrolled in the university this enrolle!l came to the university requirement which is only Starling said. · student chairwoman of Mortar offered as a 15-week course. She year were admitted because they from stable family situations "We hope that the letters and were "the very best students" Board, the purpose of the survey is hoping to change this so that if where both parents are living and the essay... will convey to the was to determine whether the that applied, not because they together. In one third of the a course is a requirement which admissions committee special concern the students expressed must be met, the student would matched a preconceived image of homes, both parents are working interests, talents, and unusual the ideal Wake Forest student, last year for keeping the 4-1-4 have the choice of taking it as a and in one half of these, both have characteristics that this system is still present. She cited 15- or an 11-week course. according to William Starling, college degrees, he said. particular applicant may have," director of admissions. the large support for it last year, The deadline for the January Starling explained that the he said. but the very minimal registration Of the 3,570 applicants, the university's system is not one of. overseas courses, which was to university admitted 1,600 and computerized analysis, but of eventually enrolled 616 men and taking time to place a value 311 women, Starling said. The judgment on a person, 'Challenge' to Concentrate· I . university received 2,170 · determining who will add to the applications from men and 1,400 university life and thus benefit all from women. Only 24 black students. ,. ·' l students were admitted in the The most important of the undergraduate program, which several factors aiding the On Religious Perspectives brings the total number of black committee in its judgment is an students at Wake to 95, Starling applicant's secondary school said. By JEAN ANN GORDON Tenative plans also include a Senator Mark Hatfield of record including his grade point Staff Writer -- Starling said the number of average, class rank, course College Union multi -media Oregon will present a laymen's women adnlitted is more greatly presentation, an art show, a view of religion on February 20 at selection as well as the reputation In answer to the revival of limited than that of men because of the individual secondary musical presentation and a 8 p.m. in Wait Chapel. The of available space in the women's American interest in religion, theater produ~tion. school, according to Starling. Challenge has chosen American dorms. This raises the standartls Tesr scores and school senator is noted for his religious ...---·-- for the acceptance of women religious perspectives as the .nvolvement including his recommendations add depth to theme for its activities to pe held Mr. J.A. Martin, Jr., an students. this investigation, along with the participation in Senate prayer The men's average SAT.score February 19-23, according ta, alumnus, will be the moderator breakfasts. applicant's records of ··~:: for the class of 1978 was around ·Babs Terrell, Challenge co_. for the activities, according to _.......,._ contributions to school · and •director. ·Ms. Terrell. He is a member of 1150, while the average for community, he said. Ms. Marty Lentz Is the recently elected coordfnator of the National Organization of Women's local women was slightly greater than chapter. She emphasizes that the organization's goals of eliminating sexual dJscrimination will Starling said if an applicant Challenge, a "student the Department of Theology at On February 22 at 2 p.m. Dr. ultJmately benefit men and women equally. 1200, Starling said. All the women was . interviewed, the Columbia University and is James Core of Union Theological were in the top 10 percent of their coordinated biennial symposium "information exchange" allows on contemporary American presently a member of the Board Seminary in New York will speak graduating class, while only 85 the school to "get some feeling" of Visitors at Wake Forest L t percent of the men were in the top affairs," will explore the "search on Black theology.