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THE RIDGERUNNER
NOVEMBER 22, 1965
SGA REPORT
by George Brydn
A special session of the Executive
Council was held Oct. 18th for the
purpose of demonstrating the pro
cedures and purposes of the Execu
tive Council for observation by
Dean Gray from the visiting South
ern Association of Colleges. Dean
Gray announced his approval of
activities undertaken by the Coun
cil and the Student Body. He com
mended the Student Government
for showing the initative to start
programs on this campus that are
usually handled by the college ad
ministration. The intramural pro
gram and the proposed alumni pro
gram and the Who’s Who Among
Students in American Colleges, are
included in this catagory.
In regularly scheduled meetings,
Jim Day proposed that a committee
be appointed to investigate the pos
sibility of scholarships for basket
ball players and other sports. The
discussion was postponed by agree
ment until more information might
be obtained. A report on the pro
posed outside student telephone was
given by Ed Harris. Upon investi
gation it was learned that The Stu
dent Government would be finan
cially responsible for such a project
and the proposal was indefinitely
tabled because of the expense that
would be incurred.
It was proposed by Ed Harris
after conferring with President
Highsmith that a Student Center
Manager post be created. This po
sition is to be a paid job and is to
be given to a worthy and capable
student. The proposal was adopted
and Jim Day was unanimously
elected to the job. Jim will accept
responsibility immediately.
The Executive Council approved
a proposal to have the President
investigate the reasons for failure
of the Administration to reply to
various Executive Council propos-
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als. Foremost in the discussion was
the failure of the Library Commit
tee to answer the government’s re
quest for longer library hours. It
was noted by several members that
the attendance at the library was
large on the weekends during the
time the library was opened on a
trial basis. The library has since
been closed on 4 o’clock on Fridays,
at 12 o’clock on Saturdays and
closed all day on Sundays.
It was announced by Jim Day
that all Commissions and commit
tees should have their tentative
budgets submitted to the Finance
Commission immediately. Dean
Parsons submitted a proposal for
discussion that the classes should
also have a faculty advisor in keep
ing with the intent of the Consti
tution. Further consideration was
recommended for the next meeting
in order to present the proposal be
fore the separate classes.
Committee Formed
Young Republicans, Young Dem
ocrats, and Independents have come
together to form the new bit-parti-
san National Student Committee
for the Defense of Viemam in re
sponse to the criticism directed at
college-aged students in recent
months for their attitude toward the
Vietnam issue. This criticism has
resulted from the unfortunate wide
spread publicity given to the small,
noisy minority of students who have
been opposing the American de
fense of Vietnam.
This new smdent committee has
no association wi± any extra-party
political organization of either the
right or the left. Its sole purpose is
to mobilize college students in a
concerted program of responsible
action in support of American re
sistance to Communist aggression
in Southeast Asia.
Specifically, it will engage in a
number of activities on the campus
level. First, the committee intends
to distribute and collect petitions
supporting the United States de
fense of Vietnam. At the end of
November, it plans to announce
nationally, the total number of stu
dent signatures favoring the Amer
ican commitment to the people of
South Vietnam.
Secondly, it is urging college
campuses, especially during the pe
riod from November 22 to Decem
ber 10, to engage in a series of ral
lies supporting American policy in
Vietnam.
Thirdly, it plans to distribute
educational materials to college
campuses explaining this country’s
position in Vietnam.
Finally, it urges students on all
campuses to send Christmas cards
to our soldiers in Vietnam. You
can address these cards in care of
the World Affairs Forum, Brigham
Young University, Provo, Utah. The
cards must reach Brigham Young
by December 1, if our soldiers are
to receive them on Christmas Day.
The committee welcomes all co
operation and assistance in this bi
partisan, national program to show
the American people that the new
student radicals do not speak for the
entire generation in their irrespon
sible opposition to our country’s for
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Fraternity Initiation
continued from page 1
original, as their pledges were found
attired in coats and ties but also
with T-shirts, sneakers, Bermuda
shorts, and reversed sailor hats. This
latter item caused the nickname
"turtle” to be applied to its wearer.
Both fraternities made sure that
their respective initials were prom
inently emblazoned on any avail
able surface of their pledges cos
tumes. In addition the Sig Up boys
carried their individual "bomb shel
ters” around and were required to
take cover within them whenever
the words "air raid” were even
whispered. 'There was also the usual
selection of speeches, poems, and
songs with Lambda Chi’s aspirants
coming up with some new twists
on old favorites.
Aside from a few isolated cases,
the entire activity on both sides
seemed to be in surprisingly good
taste. What a far cry from the tra
ditional "hazing” of fraternity initi
ations at other schools in years gone
by.
Exchange Students
continued from page 1
parison of the relative merits of the
English and American forms of
government and the Common Mar
ket. On the whole the visiting
group was favorably impressed with
Asheville-Biltmore College as they
saw it. The students were enjoying
their year at Davidson and looking
forward to a coming cross-country
tour.
Asheville-Biltmore College was
very glad to welcome the visiting
students and we hope that there will
be other such groups visiting the
campus in the future.
Students
Participation
In School
Policy Urged
Pittsburgh, Pa. — (LP.) — A
strong role by students in the shap
ing of educational policy at all
American colleges and universities
was urged recently by President Ed
ward D. Eddy of Chatham College
at the annual meeting of the Amer
ican Council on Education.
Declaring that the time is "right
and ripe” for such action, President
Eddy said: "We need to move fast
to put the house of intellect in good
order before it becomes an unde
sirable slum. Genuine student in
volvement in the formation of edu
cational policy offers our best hope
of regaining the lost concept of an
academic community.
In stating that "every college and
university committee ought to in
clude voting student members,”
President Eddy recommended (1)
that students be excluded only from
committees engaged in personal dis
cussion of individual faculty mem
bers in matters of promotion and
tenure, and (2) that the student
role should not necessarily be equal
on all committees.
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Adams stated that twice as a
young man he had made wealth his
goal and guide to life; each time
he had met with major setbacks be
yond his control. Finally he recog
nized the folly of seeking only self
gain. He concludes that a person
can never become a success in the
true sense of the word as long as
he seeks only materialistic gain.
Concluding, Mr. Adams chal
lenged the student body: You, more
than anyone else, more than those
who were responsible for building
this college, more than the faculty,
will build the personality of the
college and determine die direction
of its philosophy.
He continued: "1 do believe that
this generation of students in par
ticular is deeply concerned with
areas of human endeavor which
hold meaning. Functional trivia has
no attraction. What, then, could or
should mean more to a smdent than
educational policy as it is shaped
by thousands of decisions which,
when collated, determine the pos
ture and policy of an institution.^”
The student’s fresh point of view,
he said, is highly desirable in cur
riculum planning, evaluation of
teaching and teachers and in form
ing degree requirements, grading
systems and calendars.
"Our neglect of student opinion
in faculty evaluation is one good
example,” President Eddy said.
"Most of us are scared to death of
it. We have nervously laughed it
off for years in the great majority
of colleges and universities. And in
the process we have lost valuable
time in fashioning among us some
fairly reliable ways of obtaining re
liable student reaction.
"I suggest that we ask the Amer
ican Council on Education to draw
material together on student eval
uation, study what has been done,
experiment with various methods,
and give us, as a result, an accept
able guide for students to use.”
NOTICE
ALL STUDENTS: PLEASE TAKE
NOTE: The college policy on
delivering messages is: Tele
phone messages will be delivered
to students personally only in
case of EMERGENCIES, and the
nature of the emergency must be
explained to the Receptionist
when she is called.
In all other cases (non-emer
gencies), messages will be taken
and delivered to the student mail
boxes in the Lounge of the Stu
dent Center at 10:00 a.m. and
12:00 noon. It is, therefore, each
student’s responsibility to check
his mail box each day for any
messages. PLEASE INFORM
your family, friends and employ
ers of this policy in order to save
them from calling needlessly.
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