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THE RIDGERUNNER
CXrrOBER 11, 1965
The Ridgerunner
Martha Dula Editor
Ray Elingburg Business Manager
Allan Pierce Photography Editor
Stephen Swearingen News Editor
Sandy Ledbetter Social and Features Editor
Bob Jones Lay-out Editor
Our Letter Policy
Letters to the Editor and submissions for guest editorials
should be left at the office of The Ridgerunner or put in the
intracampus box in the Student Union Building. All submis
sions must be signed. The Ridgerunner will withhold names
upon request.
We welcome both letters and longer more comprehensive
articles of opinion from students, faculty, administration, and
from any citizens of the community whose contribution is di
rected toward the educational interests of the college. All
submissions should be typed and doublespaced. In order to
be published in the next issue, all submissions must be in the
office by the Wednesday before our Monday deadline.
Retrospect ^^etters To The Editor
Dr. W. W. Kaempfer
Responsibilities of
The first issue of The Ridge
runner has made a promising im
pression on the Asheville-Biltmore
College campus. An initial prece
dent has been set.
Printed below is the administra
tion’s statement on college news
paper policy. The following is an
excerpt from the "Preliminary
Statement — Concerning Policy of
Smdent Newspaper” as approved by
the SGA meeting in special session
August 5, 1965: "The newspaper
can be made to contribute an im
portant part of the over-all aware
ness of a liberal arts graduate as
long as it maintains a forum for ±e
free and intelligent expression and
discussion of ideas.”
A good student newspaper can be
an asset to our education, providing
a place for the free exchange of in
formation and ideas. But freedom
of expression demands responsibil
ity. The first responsibility is to
make sure that we have something
intelligent and informative to say.
We should have sound reasons for
expressing our opinions and we
should use discretion in voicing our
point of view. There are ethical
standards of taste and discrimina
tion which cannot be ignored.
Therefore, the editor reserves the
right of review — the responsibil
ity to be sensitive to the publica
tion of material which could be ob
jectionable or damaging to the po
sition of the college.
But this is not the only responsi
bility facing the newspaper staff.
The Ridgerunner cannot, and fur-
The purpose of a good college
newspaper is to provide students
and faculty with an instrument
whereby they can give expression
to their views. The only way the
goals of such a newspaper can be
reached is by adhering to the prin
ciples of freedom of expression.
Freedom of expression is the high
est manifestation of free men in a
free society. But freedom of ex
pression carries with it an equally
high and important responsibility.
This is particularly true in the case
of a college newspaper. Colleges
and universities are places which
are unique in our society — in that
they arc, as institutions, dedicated
to the pursuit of truth rather than
the advancement of specific causes.
The Ridgerunner
ther more will not, continue on the
basis of the simation surrounding
the publication of these first issues.
A few smdents cannot maintain the
publication of the smdent newspa
per and still remain students in
good standing. Too many students
on our campus want to receive the
benefits of a newspaper without the
effort, or to criticize the efforts of
others, without experience.
The Ridgerunner needs students
who will take the initiative — to
be responsible for finding news and
reporting it and reporting it accur
ately. The editorial staff is too
small to be in touch with things
comprehensively enough to contin
uously make specific assignments.
With a large responsible staff, the
time involved will not be all-con
suming for the individual.
The newspaper needs help in the
advertising department. We are
having little difficulty in obtaining
the co-operation of local business
concerns. But we need responsible
persons to "sell” the college. One
person does not have time to inter
view representatives of all the in
terested business concerns.
The establishment of the news
paper was not undertaken for any
personal glorification of the editors,
but rather with the hope that it
could become an important, influ
ential organ of the college. Ashe
ville-Biltmore has been without a
student newspaper for several years.
Now we have one. We may not
have one next term or the next.
M. D.
A college newspaper should be con
sistent with the stated purposes of
the instimtion of which it is a part.
It should be a vehicle whereby free
dom of expression is encouraged.
It should also accept the restraints
which are oft-ignored adjuncts of
freedom. Among these restraints
are: respect for reasonable stand
ards of language, respect for view
points of others, recognition of the
difference between fact and opin
ion, and willingness to hold view
points that are subject to change
when confronted with superior reas
on or additional evidence.
In short, a college newspaper
should represent, in miscrocosm, the
spirit of the college itself.
Between two and one-half and
three years ago, when I first came
to Asheville, Asheville - Biltmore
College was concluding its many
years as a Junior College. That
seems like a very long time ago,
for time is not a constant quality to
anyone, but a function of all the
events and changes that are pressed
into any given unit of it. All con
cerned have worked very hard dur
ing that period and the dianges and
progress are beyond easy measure
ment. The College has a new cur
riculum, calendar, and, substantial
ly, a new faculty, new smdent body,
and new orientation to its task, and
it now has, by formal dedication to
day, ±e new D. Hiden Ramsey Li
brary Building.
It is trite to observe that the li
brary is the workshop of a college,
that without a good library a first-
rate learning enterprise is scarcely
possible. But this truth needs to be
underscored; a fine building, hold
ing a fine collection, is essential to
an excellent college. Asheville-
Biltmore College has a fine build
ing now, and the nucleus of a fine
collection.
I would like, on behalf of the
faculty, to express appreciation for
this beautiful building, to all here
and elsewhere who have made it
possible. The faculty, solemnly but
joyfully, pledge themselves to use
it effectively for the greater good
of each individual and that of our
society as a whole, and look for
ward to participation in its constant
extension and improvement. Thank
you.
Fall Convocation
Asheville-Biltmore College
September 27, 1965
Art Review
by Elsie Kronenfeld
The judgment of art is a highly
subjective thing. The personal likes
and dislikes of the reviewer play a
big part in reviewing a show.
Therefore, this review reflects the
thinking as well as the emotions of
the reviewer.
Frances Wolfson has presented a
very uneven show. Some of the
work is trite, some imitative — a
few show real promise and ability.
Fewer pictures, framed simpler, and
chosen with care would have pre
sented a much more impressive
show., Mrs. Wolfson has a great
deal of talent. She has been paint
ing only three years; the progress
of these years is amazing. She has
tried a variety of styles and media.
Her use of color and her brush work
show adaptability and imagination.
A couple of the hangings are un
forgettable. One, "Action,” a char
coal study, has a calm monumental
ness about it that acmally haunts.
It has subtle movement, good bal
ance and values. The use of the
medium is also very good. The
other work, "Fireworks,” can hold
its own in any show. The technique
is excellent. Use of color and de
sign show talent combined with
taste. It is this reviewer’s favorite
painting in the show. Mrs. Wolf
son had her own inspired vision
when she executed it.
Both "Aruba Tree’s” show a sen
sitivity, good use of medium, and
interesting line work. "Mt. Baker”
is startling in its mono-cromatic
sharpness. It will be interesting to
see how Mrs. Wolfson develops in
these directions.
Some of the flower pictures,
"Birthday Flowers” and "Composi
tion of Flowers” for instance, are
just not our "cup of tea,” as the
Dear Editor:
"Try to remember . . .” and a
few of us "old pros” do remember
when A-B was housed in the Or
phan’s Home at the corner of Mer-
rimon and Gracelyn. 'Die ram-
shackled old building had character.
The library was small and had that
distinctive smell of well-worn vol
umes. The restroom contained what
could now be termed a collector’s
item — lovely old bathmbs on
clawed-feet! The study tables were
worn and scratched. The smdents
were sixty in number then, and, at
first, not so willing to graciously
accept the "older student” trying to
come back. Then the great edifice
on "the mountain.” This castle in
the Land of The Sky looked down
on barren ground which was to,
evenmally, be the final home of
Asheville-Biltmore College. Now
we have only to gaze upward to see
the magnificent buildings rising
here in the same sky. The pomp
and ceremony of the dedication of
the NEW UBRARY is proof of
growth and pride in the establish
ment that we now have as perma
nent something that was once only
in the minds of a few. Amid the
rush of the NEW Order there is a
feeling of nostalgia in being able
to remember the Old. 'This looking
into the past is fleeting. It was
there. This is THE PRESENT.
Those of us who are privileged to
be here now wish to pay tribute to
the grandeur of the accomplish
ment of a "dream” that resulted in
reality. We glory in die fine pro
fessors who give us the oppormnity
to leam. Studying and learning is
not easy for the "old soldiers” who
have to run like mad to keep up
with the pace. The challenge is tre
mendous. The excitement stimu
lating and provocative. We who
are "about to die” salute Asheville-
Biltmore College.”
Helen S. Stanley
What’s Wrong With
Our New Library
the dedicated beauty
stark . . . white . . . regal
Abounding with knowledge
all potentially ours
Quiet . . . peaceful
soft and clean
Aesthetically pleasing
but also COLD.
Goosebumps Galore
Numb toes
Shivering everywhere
except . . .
"Go upstairs . . . way to the right”
I did . . . Brrr.
Wandering, wandering—
cubicles cold
main floor cold
lounges cold. . . .
The problem, of course,
is the big "thing”
Silver, omnipotent
Sucks you up if you don’t run.
I wonder if it "likes”
Frozen Peoples?
Linda Lee
saying goes. They are just too, too
sweet. As wallpaper designs, a
couple of these paintings would do
very well.
Money brought in by the sale of
the paintings goes into a fund to
create art scholarships. Mrs. Wolf
son has created three such scholar
ships to date. We predict many
more will be established from re
sources earned by her work, for
Mrs. Wolfson has covered a lot of
ground in the short time that she
has been painting. She can look
forward to much growth as an art
ist. And we feel that her work will
have a wide appeal.
The Ridgerunner
Dear Editor:
I think that you and your staff
are to be commended for the very
creditable first issue of the campus
newspaper. I have an idea that it
represents die extensive labors of a
small group of dedicated students.
I trust that your excellent first ef
fort will attract many capable sm
dents who will agree to work with
you in support of this new endeav
or.
Jesse L. McDaniel
Director of
Smdent Services
Dear Editor
HOW COME:
The bookstore cannot stock a se
lection of paperbacks.
There are no "bull sessions” be
tween faculty and smdents.
The library cannot be opened
Friday night, Samrday afternoon,
and some time on Sunday.
Someone doesn’t write a weekly
column about Asheville - Biltmore
for the local newspaper to stimulate
community interest.
The smdent center isn’t open
evenings and weekends — this in
cludes the snack bar area.
Smdents can’t bus their own
trays in the lunchroom.
The treasurer of ±e SGA is not
made an elective office widi the
condition that he or she serve as
chairman of the Finance Commis
sion.
Members of the senior class were
not consulted as to what type of
dress they would prefer for annual
pictures.
The school doesn’t provide mats
outside of the buildings on which
smdents can wipe their feet before
entering the building.
Qassrooms are not soundproofed.
Many students still have not
picked up their activity cards.
The SGA doesn’t print a smdent
directory and handbook.
The Humanities Staff does not
post a schedule of humanities’ lec
tures and invite any interested sm
dents to attend.
A person is allowed to serve as
both a class officer and chairman
of one of the standing commissions
of SGA.
The lunchroom is not equipped
with shelves on which students can
set their books while eating.
Cheerleaders don t consult the
student body as to the uniforms
they chose?
There wasn’t a set board used to
choose the new cheerleaders?
Students want a newspaper hut
aren’t willing to work for it.
I’m wasting my time writing
this?
SS
Asheville - Biltmore
Alma Mater
Hail to thee, our Alma Mater,
Raise thy banners high.
We shall ever sing diy praises
College in the sky.
Asheville-Biltmore
Let us bring honor unto thee.
Greater still shall rise the choms
Through eternity.
Firm upon the rugged hilltop.
May she ever stand.
Sending forth her sons and daugh
ters
Known throughout the land.
Statement of Administration On Policy of
College Newspaper