THE VOL. UI1
ROTUNDA
LONG WOOD COLLEGE, FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24,1978
NO. 13
Exhibit Opens Sunday
Two Week Program Focusing On "Thomas Sully" By MARGARET HAMMERSLEY The opening of "Thomas Sully and His Contempories" in Bedford Gallery nexi Sunday. •January 29, ai 2:00 p.m. initiates a special I wo week program focusing on contemporary American art. American literature, and music The exhibit, sponsored by the Friends of i he Thomas Sully Gallery and he Longwood An Department, is the second of its kind to be displayed at the college. More ihan 30 nineteenth century American artists will be represented. Among them are I astman Johnson. Thomas Cole. Conrad Wise Chapman, and A.B Durand. Also represented is Henry Tanner, a black artist of he century noted for his portrayal of North Carolina black
mountaineers. "Coming to the Parson," the exhibit's only sculpture entry represents John Rogers. Contributions include the college's private collection, which now totals 24 pieces, and pieces on loan from the Valentine Museum, the Mariners Museum, National Academy of Design, National Portrait Gallery. Art Institute of Chicago. Reynolds House, and various Virginia colleges and private collections. On hand for the opening will be Miss Barbara Bishop, chairman of the longwood Art Department. Mr Robert Mayo, curator for the Thomas Sully Gallery, and several members of the executive committee of the Friends of the Thomas Sully Gallery. Following the exhibit's opening
Sunday, a unique program of American literature and music. Pioneers, A Frontier Suite." will be presented by the Virginia Museum at 4:15 p.m., in the Molnar Recital Hall. Wygal Building. Featured in three sections, the readings of excerpts of American literature will be accompanied by guitar. A Sea Symphony" includes the prose and poetry of Herman Melville, Edgar Allen Poe, Emily Dickinson and others. Works by Thomas Jefferson. John Steinbeck, and Robert Frost are represented in "An Insular Sextet." Urban Cantanla." the concluding section, features the works by Carl Sandburg. Stephen Crane, E. E. Cummings, and others. Following the next two weeks, in conjunction with the Sully exhibit are an art symposium and the Sixth Annual Thomas Sully Benefit Dinner Featured in the symposium "The American Contemporaries of Thomas Sully," Friday. February 3. !Âť:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.. is Dr. Peter Mooz. Director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and five guest historians. Topics of reflection and discussion include Thomas
Thomas Sully's "Country Girl" highlights Gallery exhibit opening Sunday Photo: Courtesy Art Department Sully's The Passage of the Delaware, and other Representations of George Washington in Nineteenth Century American History Painting." The Early Works of Henry 0 Tanner." "Musical Analogy in the Art and Criticism of James McNeil Whistler," Animal Painting in Nineteenth Century American Art," and Mary Cassatt and Thomas Sully." The symposium is free and open to the public
Concluding the two weeks of special events will be the Sixth Annual Thomas Sully Benefit Dinner. Friday. February 10, in the Mackwell Dining Hall Banquet Room. Reservations are required and may be obtained In calling 392-0216. ' Thomas Sully and His Contempories" will remain on display in the Bedford Gallery through March 12. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 12 noon Monday through Friday, and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Weatherley Researching Cheating
Photo: Neil Sullivan Geist member Karen Kimbrough tapps Mary Louise Parriss.
New Members Tapped For Geist Kampfmueller for her work on Judicial Board and her major; By DEBBIE NORTHERN Thursday, January 19, in Therees Tkach for her work on Jarman Auditorium, deist college committees and with the lapped 13 Juniors and Seniors as music department; and Jody new members. These new Custer for her class and major members embodied the spirit of activities and as President of Geist. which consists of Kappa Omicron Phi. The Juniors lapped were Ann scholarship and involvement in Johnson for her work with Ihe college affairs. Dr. Rosemary Sprague, Student Union; Linda Kulp for Distinguished Professor of her work in the drama English, gave the address prior department and Judicial Board; to the lapping. She discussed the Dianne Harwood for her merits by which a student participation in sports and color becomes a member of this activities; Rosalind Crenshaw for her work with Legislative honorary leadership society. The seniors lapped were Donna Board and Colleagues; I,ee Wann Lowe for participation in sports, for academic excellence and her color and class activities; Cathy work as class treasurer; Donna I .owe for participation in sports, Connally for work in her major color and class activities and and in Residence Board; and Orientation; Mary Ionise Parris Petie Grigg for her work with for academic excellence and Judicial Board and as a Resident work with The Rotunda; Gay Advisor.
By DONNA S1ZEMORE The deafening silence of quiet hour is broken by a soft knock at the door. In walks your best friend with her English textbook and assignment. She gives you a quick glance, and you know why she is there. You are aware that your friend is failing Fnglish, anil you feel caught in a sticky bind. You realize that if you do her work for her. you will be in violation of the Honor Code. But. you ponder on whether or not refusing to do her paper is in violation of the code of friendship. Situations similar to the preceding one are everyday occurences in college. Moral and ethical values are constantly being put to the test. If cheating were a disease, it would be in epidemic proportions. Dr. Mark G. Weatherly, a professor in adolescent psychology at longwood College, has engaged in extensive research in the field of cheating His findings are astonishing. According to his research, cheating is most rampant in high school. Interviews with a number of college students seem to support his theory. Dr. Weatherly obtained much of his information from a recent survey of three hundred Longwood students, and he followed it up with a commentary on the subject which appeared recently in the Richmond Times Dispatch. His article prompted a
number of requests from schools to come and speak to the students on cheating He stated that many of the letters he received were from parents and teachers, thankinu him for waking people up lo the reality of cheating, and urging them to do something about it. Dr. Weatherly was asked to comment on the Honor Code at Longwood. He slated that he felt that the Honor ('(Hie was more effective at longwood than at any other school he had ever seen. He also staled that he has noi been able lo detect any cases of cheating in his classes ai Longwood. He did state that he had had several cases of plagarism. He called each student into conference and gave them the option of doing the paper over or taking a zero Several students at longwood were asked their views on cheating and the Honor (.'ode. A student from New York replied, "When I was in high school almost all the kids cheated. I recall one incident when every kid in the class obtained the same grade because of cheating. All the teachers knew that this cheating was going on. One teacher was even known to ask for an essay from her students on ways to cheat. When I visited longwood College, and attended a class where a professor was administering a test, I witnessed something very astonishing. The professor left
the room, and not a single person cheated I feel proud lo attend a school where the Honor Code has such effectiveness " Another student commented: I feel that the Honor Code is a very good idea." She staled that. In high school cheating occurred in a monopoly form." Here ai longwood, she feels that the students have more pride in themselves than to cheat Still another student at longwood commented "I feel that cheating is primarily a bid for acceptance, whether it be for social status from peers or whether it be lo obtain praise from parenis. I also feel that the Honor Code at longwood is an effective weapon in combating cheating " Dr. Weatherly and the majority of students interviewed were highly praiseworthy of longwood's Honor Code. From the interviews with Dr. Weatherly and the three students interviewed, the Longwood Honor Code has withstood the cheating commonplace in high schools.
PRESS CONFERENCE JANUARY 26th 12:45 PM GOLD ROOM