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COLLEGE, OCTOBER 21, 1971
Amnesty For War
Resisters Urged
NUMBER SIX
Amnesty for all offenses
related to the War in Vietnam
was urged recently by a group of
sixteen lawyers, writers, and
academicians, among them
Kenneth B. Clark, president of
the American Psychological
Association; Robert Coles, the
Harvard psychiatrist; Erik
Erikson, the renowned
psychoanalyst and writer;
Benjamin Mays, president of the
Atlanta, Georgia, Board of
Education and former president
of the Morehouse College;
Joseph Rauh, Jr., labor and civil
rights lawyer; Charles Silber-
man, author of major studies in
race relations and education;
and Andrew Young, former
associate of the late Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., who is now
chairman of the Atlanta, Gergia,
Human Relations Commission.
In a statement released in
New York and Washington, the
group proposed that “there be no
legal recriminations among
ourselves for the fighting and
refusing to fight this war.” it
pleaded “Let go those who
ACC To Host
College Day
An esitmated 2,000 high school
students will converge on the
campus of Atlantic Christian
College Wed. Oct. 27 to par
ticipate in the 1971 College Day
program. For the first time ACC
will be hosting this event for the
Wilson city, Wilson county
students.
Over 65 colleges form N. C.
and surrounding states,
technical institutes and nursing
schools will be represented at
the program.
ACC students are encouraged
to be friendly and courteous to
these guests and to assist in
making this a successful
program.
Female Student Is
Busted” In Caldwell Dorm
refused to fight a war that we as
a nation have come to digest and
to believe wrongly fought. Let go
those who ran afoul of military
law during a war which many
think is itself illegal.”
The petition for amnesty was
addressed to the Congress, the
executive branch, the various
presidential aspirants, the
public at large, and “especially
to the young men whose lives
have been dominated by this
war, in the confidence that they,
wherever they are, are already
concerned with the making of a
better America.”
The group of signers of the
amnesty statement emphasized
that they were not constituting
themselves into an organization,
nor were they seeking formal
endorsement of financial sup
port.
According to several reliable
sources a female student was
accused of allegedly possessing
marijuana last Friday in
SGA Fails To
Get Quorum
The SGA Executive Board
held an all male session Monday
night which lasted only eight
minutes. Due to the fact that
every one of the female mem
bers of the board was absent
(only two were excused) the
board did not have a quorum and
consequently could not take any
action. Following the meeting
SGA president Bob Baucom told
the Collegiate that Womens
Inter-dorm president, Martha
Morgan has had five unexcused
absences from Executive Board
meetings. The SGA constitution
states that no members shall
miss more than three meetings
without written permission
from the president. Baucom said
a written notice of Morgan’s
absences will be given to the
board at their next meeting and
action will be taken then.
Birnbaum Cites
Job Trend
"Few people believe that
college recruitment will reach
the “boom” proportions of three
or four years ago—in fact, it
may never reach that stage. Too
much depends on may factors
which influence employment—
the state of the nation’s
economy, new trends in business
and industry, new modes of
living, etc.” That is what ACC
director of placement, Vivian
Birnbaum states in the
Placement Bulletin released by
her office Oct. 15, 1971.
Mrs. Birnbaum, whose task is
to assist the hundreds of ACC
students and alumni registered
with the Placement Service in
finding jobs, is not altogether
optimistic about the current job
market. In her report Birnbaum
points to several key factors
which influence the job market.
First of all she says, college
graduates are competing with
skilled scientists, technicians,
unemployed executives and
managers, Vietnam veterans
and other experienced workers
who have been fired or laid off
during the current recession.
Secondly, she says the overall
economic situation of the
country in recent years has not
been conducive to high em
ployment possibilities.
A reflection of this situation
may be the fact that last year six
firms cancelled their recruiting
engagements here at ACC. So
far this year according to Birn
baum, only two firms have
cancelled altogether but a
number have reduced their
visits from two visits to only one
visit.
Last year 77 per cent of those
registered with the Placement
Service found jobs, this year
Mrs. Birnbaum hopes the figure
will be higher.
SGA Constitution
Hearing Set
There will be a special
meeting of the SGA Constitution
Committee, Monday, October 25,
at 7 p.m. in Hardy Alumni Hall.
The purpose of this meeting is to
conduct hearings to provide
opportunities for expression of
ideas on sections of the present
constitution. Various portions of
the constitution will be openly
discussed. All students are
encouraged to attend and ex
press their thoughts and the
changes they believe will im
prove the constitution.
TV
John ( herry plays the lead role in the Stage and Script production of
Dracula. This performance will be the first for Stage and Script this
year. It will run Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. (I’hoto b\
Fran Mercer)
Education Groups
Join Forces On Aid
WASHINGTON (WCNS) — A
score of education groups —
from the College Entrance
Examination Board to the
National Student Association —
have banded together in support
of federal aid to the neediest
students.
The group is attempting to
solicit support among college
students and various organi
zations for a proposal to en
sure that poor students retain
first access to federal grants,
regardless of where they study.
The proposal is expected to be
made in the form of an amend
ment to H. R. 7248, “The Higher
Education Act of 1971,” when
that bill reaches the floor of the
House in the next week or so.
President Nixon also proposed
a new student aid program in his
higher education message to
Congress last February. With
new legislation he hoped that
more than 1 million more
students would receive aid. It
would assure that federal funds
go first, and in the largest
amounts, to the neediest
students in order to place them
on an equal footing with students
from higher-income families. It
would mean that (high school
students’) choice of a college
would be based on their
educational goals rather than
upon their families’ financial
circumstances.
“The most emotional issue
Congress faced this year in the
area of higher education cen
tered on institutional grants,”
Representative Albert H. Quie
(R-Minn.) told the group at a
recent meeting. “But no one
stood up for students.”
Under H. R. 7248 as it was
passed by the House Education
and Labor Committee, higher
ClassOf 75
Elects Leaders
The freshmen class recently
elected their officers for the
1971-72 school year. Those
elected were: Jimmy Adams,
president; Peter Baker,
senator; Steve Emmons, vice-
president; Susan McDowell,
secretary; and Tim Corbett,
treasurer.
income students could have
access to these grants, through
their colleges, even before poor
students. A student could not
receive more than $4,000 in four
years, but his grant would not be
automatically renewed from
year to year as is presently the
case under the Education Op
portunity Grant (EOG)
program; and financial aid
officers would have authority to
determine a family's ''con
tribution” and decide who was
eligible.
“A serious problem in this bill
is the increased power given to
financial aid officers,” Quie
said. “There is a 28 per cent
turnover of aid directors an
nually, which means many
directors have little experience.
Under our bipartisan proposal,
they would follow standard
guidelines less susceptible to
mischief.”
“Students from families of
middle and upper incomes would
still have access to federal work-
study and loan programs.” Quie
said. “In fact, under the EOG
proposal, families with incomes
of $12,000 and above would
qualify — but the student would
not receive an EOG as large as
those in greater need"
Hep. Auie said student leaders
and student editors should make
thier views known by writing to
their Congressmen and sending
copies to him for possible
publication in the Congressional
Record. “My colleagues in the
House do not know the wishes of
students. Only this eleventh hour
effort will turn the tide in favor
of the students who need
financial aid the most”
Stuclen t Park ing
A No! No!
According to one reliable
source, a number of ACC
students have allegedly been
seen “parking" late at night
behind Moye science building.
There are no regulations
prohibiting this action and one
school official said “it's better
that they do it here than at
Toisnot or other places in
violation of city ordinances"
Caldwell Hall The student,
whose name has been withheld,
was said to have been
“smoking " some grass in the
dorm and was reported to the
housemother A subsequent
search by college officials led to
the discovery of some marijuana
in the girl's dorn room When
questioned about this matter,
one school official told the
Collegiate that he was not at
liberty to discuss the matter as
yet, but did not deny the
allegation.
The Collegiate has since
learned that the girl was
pressured by administration
officials into disclosing the
identity of the person who sold
her the grass; promising her
that if she cooperated she
would not be expelled but would
be put on probation.
Early Tuesday afternoon the
Collegiate was told that the boy
the girl named as having sold
her the grass has been sum
moned to appear before the
discipline committee for
punitive action.
Hlood-Sucking
Thriller To
Be Presented
Theatre-goers who enjoy a
quick-fire procession of super
quality thrills. surprises,
shudders and sen.sations cannot
afford to miss seeing "Dracula. "
the mystery of mysteries, that
Director Paul II. Crouch has
selected as the first sproduction
of the season. This thriller is a
diamalization of Bram Stoker's
novel of the same name,
originally published in England
many years ago, “Dracula.” is a
real thriller that, speaking
lilerally, has raised hair on
millions of scalps since the date
of its original production in
England.
Lucy Seward, daughter of the
physician in charge of a
sanatorium near London, is
mysteriously anaemic. Doctor
Van Helsing. a specialist in
obscire diseases. sus[x-cts a
vampire which, according to
legend, is any ugly soul that,
grave-i)ound by day, roams the
earth at night, and sustains its
earthly life by sucking the blood
of approachable victims. The
suspense mounts as Van Helsing
institutes a search in order to
save the solo of Lucy.
Trustees
To Meet
The Board of Trustees of
Atlantic Christian College will
hold their annual fall meeting on
the college campus Oct. 27. 1971.
During the meeting which will
last only one day. the trustees
will consider such matters as the
recently passed Statement on
Student Rights and Respon
sibilities and reconsideration of
the dormitory visitation
program.
During the lunchtime recess
the members of the Board will
be dining in the college
cafeteria and students are
encouraged to sit with the
trustees and openly discuss
matters of campus interest.