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Mockery
Atlantic Christian College students went to the polls
again last week—but this time for a different type of
election. Approximately 420 voted for their first, second
and third choices for United States president and North
Carolina governor in a national campus mock election,
"Choice 68 “
We at'e not so concerned with the result of the
mock election as we are with the number that turned
out to cast their ballots. It is indeed a comforting
thought to believe that nearly 25 percent of our total
student body found time within two days to vote.
Compare that 420 figure with the number voting for
Student Government Associotiotn officers a few weeks
ago.
Approximately 159 students voted in the second ballot
ing for SGA vice-president; 155 for leaders of campus
publications, cheerleader's and Campus Christian Assoc
iation; 140 for Day Student officers; 115 for rising
senior class officers; 97 for rising junior class officers;
and 73 for rising sophomore class officers.
Averaging the totals for voters in the SGA elections,
the "Choice 68" turnout represents nearly a 400 per
cent increase in student voters—a very impressive gain.
Perhaps, someday, 420 ACC students will find equoi
time to vote in a genuine election for the SGA; but
without being dragged from the doors of Hines Hall to
do it.
Forum
Fellow Students and Faculty:
This is an attempt to express
niiv feelings concerning the inci
dents of April 24th which caused
the damage to the Student Union^
We realize that most of y
find the acts taken by us to
be of the most serious nature.
Thi= feelins is justified.
we only hope in this state
ment to help all of you realize
that what we did wasn t done
for malice, retaliation, or any
act of violence toward ACC. We
have no ill feelings for the school
for the action taken.
We do truly regret this inci
dent to the utmost and offer
no alibis. What we did uas
wrong and extremely dangerous,
this we all realize now. Our
concern now is the effect this
has had 'On the school and our
parents.
We ask your understanding in
this matter for we expect no
sympathy. We only want each
of you to know that we meant
no harm to the school or to any
of our fellow students.
Thank you,
Rick Chappel
Charlie Norfleet
Ken Banks
An Open Letter of Dismay
Once again many of us have
been shocked and dismayed by
what seems to be a senseless
assassination. This time the al
leged assasin has struck close
to home. There has been an
attack upon the character and
integrity of one of atlantic Chris
tian College's most beloved and
loyal professors. I am convinced,
however, that the attempt was
doomed to failure before it was
ever contrived. I have enough
faith in the honesty, intelligence
and good judgment of our Board
of Trustees, Administration, Fa
culty and Student Body as to
be certain that they would never
act in sympathy with such an
unnecessary attack.
J shall not attempt to defend
the honesty, character, bravery
and dedication of the victim, for
these qualities are known so
well by most of those who have
worked and studied with him.
1 must say, however, that if
.America is in such a condition
that attacks of this kind must
be made on men of this caliber,
and if these attacks are con
doned, the America that I have
known and loved so well is
doomed.
GOD SAVE AMERICA
Thomas E. Marshall
Mirror Of Opinion
Alfred Barrs, a 71-year-old
Briton, got so fed up with anti-
American talk in his country
that he decided to cast his
dissenting vote. He took the
slogan, “I’m backing America”
and sent the U. S. embassy
to help out.
“I just couldn’t stand it any
longer,” declared Barrs, “every
where you go. people have it in
for Americans — and after all
they’ve done for us. People have
got to understand that backing
America isn’t doing well, we’re
in real trouble, too.”
“We’re touched,” said a
spokesman for the U. S. em
bassy. “We are going to see
how' best the money can be
used.”
The embassy people in Lon
don aren't the only Americans
who are touched by Barrs' ges
ture. We have not received
much tangible help from our
British cousins in recent years.
We have received a great deal
of criticism, second-guessing and
denunciation which, coming at
a t^ime when this „
hard pressed i, » ,
many Americans. l!
J^ut if Barrs’ i-ma. .
works to remind the %
what Americans have
hem, perhaps it ,vili > i
to remind Americans >:
the favors have not £ ^
one .side of the book S*'
long ago, Britain stood A ®«
and alone against th '1
of agsressior ti' “I** i
hastily built up its owl
defenses, in the latfo i
tte centeVt', '*•
British fleet maintained the
dom of the seas, which all,
he commerce and indu*
this cyoung country to
despite our lack of „
standing navy. *
Uur disagreement with i
British today is a famH® J'
ment, not an eternal
It may be that Barrs' gift ;
cool tempers by remind „
b'Uh sides of they!
tic of that fact.-Dallas
News.
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A ll-Campus
This past weekend was "All-Campus" weekend for
North Carolina State University, and from the look of
the school's paper, "The Technician," the weekend was
everything but dull.
The event included Greek dinners, open-air con
certs and a floating race down the Neuse River, in
which students were invited to race down the stream
in anything and everything that would float.
An "All-Campus" weekend seems to be a great idea
It affords the students, who by mid-April are chock-full
of spring fever, an opportunity to let off steam and have
furi In addition, if the events were well-planned and
wel publicized, the project would tend to keep more
students on campus.
Our Homecoming is in the early fall, and students
on the ACC campus hove no very special events in the
spring, save Easter vacation, a weekend reserved for
Greeks and finally the end of school. Perhaps we should
investigate the possibilities of such an undertakmq to
take place sometinie during the spring. It would be a
great re lef from the never-ending cycle of classes and
examinations. And it would offer on excellent ooonr
tunity to bring the student body together in a single pro'
Race Driver,
Theologian
On Schedule
Upcoming conversations have
been announced by Chaplain
Dan Hensley, Ned Jarret, NAS-
racing driver, will be on
hand Thursday, May 9. The 11:00
a.m. session will concern driv
ing safety and a film on the
subject will be presented. The
conversation will be held in room
212 of Hines Hall.
Ur. Ralph James will be on
campus at 11 a.m. Mav 16 for
a conversation entitled, “Radical
Theology in Our Time”, The
program will also be held in
2!2 of iHines,
'Adults Faulted
BANGALORE, India
Education Minister Triguna Sen
has blamed the older generation
for growing lack of discipline
among students,
“The elders have failed to bring
them up to be useful citizens.” he
told an engineers' conference.
J
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