The Ridgesruimer
UNO’s Be-In Has Been-And How!
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Segregation, A-B Style
A visitor looks upon a neat,
•well-lajidscaped campus dotted
with new and almost-finished
buildings. He is impressed by
the scene, thinking that here in
deed he has discovered a pro
gressive Institution of highei'
learning, whose primary aim is
the Drouer. education of its stu
dents. Could he penetrate thi£
facade, lie would realize the ex-
isteiM^ otan onaamutea ana con
troversial purpose: segregation.
If this purpose were publicly
recognized. It would be con
demned as un-American, at the'
very least. However, this much
can be said for It: it is not the
usual brand of segregation. The
type here discussed refers to the
separation of the faculty from
the students, the professors from
the instructors, the administra
tion from the faculty, both the '
administration and the faculty,
from the stall, and even some \
members of the staff from each
other.
In the first Instance, the seg
regation of faculty and students.
the fault lies neither with the',
students nor with the faculty.!
After all, how can the lettered
man be expected to communi
cate ably with anyone below his:
Intellectual capability? It is'
only his purpose to present facts
and Ideas, not to relate these
facts and ideas to the lives of his i
students. A professor is more
than a mortal being, and there
fore cannot afford to bend on any
given principle set forth by Him-
self.
The problem Is further com
plicated by the Intrusion of those
Individuals known as instructors,
who travel a zig-zag pathway
between students and their su
periors, the professors. Most
of the Instructors are still young
enough to understand the prob
lems of their students, but I
pursuit of the crown of profes
sorship sometimes necessarily
cross over into the dominating
attitude of their superiors. If
they are successful neither in
attracting their students por in
pleasing their superiors, it is
time for them to write a book
about It all.
The Ridgerunneri
The Rldgenmner is the official student publication of AsheviUe-
Biltmore College.
Founded In 1965, the Rldgerunner Is a member of the Collegiate
Press' Association.
The Rldgerunner is published twice monthly by the Canton
Enterprise of Canton, North Carolina.
The news office is located on the second floor of the student
Center — telephone 2S4-7415, extension 24. Business and feature
offices are located on the second floor of the Humanities Building
— telephone 254-1026.
Subscription rates are $2.75 per year. Mailing address is The
Rldgerunner, Ashevllle-Blltmore College, Asheville, North Caro-
llilk 28801.
Editor Ginger Kln{
BUSINESS MANAGER j . . bAUER i
Cartoonist Mike Blaine .
Photographer .George Macatu |
Faculty Advisor Dr. Roy A.'Riggs
(ACP) — The Be-in has been.
It “has been” at many univer
sities across the country but
perhaps was never quite as "In”
as at the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill.
There, reports the DAILY TAR
HEEL, the One-Eyed Jacks start
ed it off, the Jug Band picked it
up, and several thousand people
carried It through.
It looked like a giant masque
rade party, with medieval cos
tumes, Indian mini-skirts, Ro-
While A-B students are fa
miliar with the first two types
of segregation on their campus,
they may catch onlypassinghints
3f the conflict between adminis-
cration and faculty. A memo
nere, a sly remark there — it
Is not difficult to realize that
even a professor is not his own
boss. He may settle questions,
of world affairs for his classes,
but he cannot buy a dozen pen
cils without writing a detalleci
requisition and obtaining a series;
of hieroglyphic signatures on It.j
The one consolation is that bids!
are required only enlarge items,
so that with luck a dozen pencils!
may be received a mere monthj
after the initial request.
If the administration makes life
hard on the faculty, or vice-
versa, they both can take it out
jn the members of the staff.
Their methods of torturing the
“hired help” befit their titles;
they do not beat them or give
them inordinate amounts of work
to do, in general. They simply
emit a well-worded phrase (some
would not be printable) if a steno
is caught not looking busy, or '
cast a warning glance in her
direction. The supervisors are
skilled in waiting as long as pos
sible to criticize, so that a mis
take may be fully apparent. One
can understand that they do not
really care to bother with petty
matters (or persons of no con
sequence) unless a glaring error
Is evident.
To make the confusion com
plete and Intercommunication all
but impossible, cooperation
among the staff members them
selves is limited. It seems that
each office or area of work is
the only authority to each work
er, and some of the offices are
not willing to admit that work
ing together is the only solution
to the problem.
Lack of cooperation exists in
nearly all of the Asheville-Bilt- i
more relationships. The only
group who submerges their un
cooperativeness is the students,
whose main purpose is to learn
something to help them earn a j
living in our modern world, j
There is no denying that they;
certainly are learning about how
people work with each other to- ]
day. ■
Editorials
Pseudonym vs. Nonym
We keep getting anonymous
editorials in the mail.
These editorials are from
members of the faculty.
We can tell because all the
words are spelled right, even
words like “obbligato” and “im
presario” and foreign phrases
like “coup d’etat.”
Anyway, we translated the edi
torials as best we could and
came to the conclusion that the
faculty is going to stage a revo
lution because revolt is neces
sary.
Further, like Nero, they’re go
ing to sing as the old institution
burns. What’s more they’re
gonna blame it on the adminis
tration and persecute them to
death in the arena while the stu
dents look on.
Or something like that. We
can’t always understand those big
words.
We don’t even care too much
what they mean.
We’d just like to know why
the faculty members are afraid
to sign their editorial comments.
Does anyone know why the fac
ulty is too scared to 'fess up?
The Lost Ones
Thirty-five occupational preferences were listed by students
who completed the student questionnaire. Journalism ranked
seventh.
Ye t the Rldgerunner liasn’t had much traffic from 26 of the stu
dents who listed journalism. Except for the 27th student. That’s
Ginger King, the editor. An unknown number of students named
public relations.
It would Interest the editor to laiow when these people plan to
start tlieir careers and how tliey are preparing themselves for
journalism at a school which offers no journalism.
Has anyone considered practical application of his talents?
Evidently, no one has given it much thought.
Receiving an H from Gulllckson and landing a reporter’s job
at tlie Cltlzen-Tlmes are both serious undertakings. But it would
be less frustrating to get a G fbr a literature course than to be
refused for tliat firs( job.
You need the experience working on a college newspaper can
give you as much as the newspaper needs you.
Ifs a reciprocal relationship.
You can gain experience and relieve your tensions. You can
wring your liands over an elusive lead and learn the joy of patience.
You can stand before the President and learn the price of recog
nition. The language of birds will be second nature to you. After
all, you’ll lie accused of getting most of your information from
birds.
And these are only fringe benefits.
Think it over. Ginger needs your help next year.
man togas, clowns, flsh-netbras,
dogs wearing paisley ties, alu
minum foil dresses, and every
thing else the college mind could
conjure.
There were paint-lns, chalk-
ins, sing-lns, dress-ins, cllmb-
ins, and even a laugh-in. The lat
ter occurred when some 20 stu
dents lay on each other In various
positions and just laughed.
There was Adolph Hitler on
tape and Hitler personified from
a second-floor window, shouting
“Sieg Hell” while extending.his
arm. A dead pine tree was
erected and decorated with bal
loons and dogwood blossoms. In
the quad a lawn chess game
was played using humans as
pawns and other figures in the
chess hierarchy. The odor of
incense wafted through the air
and a student named Fritz ate
dog biscuits.
A group of students sitting in
a boat was asked to explain its
behavior. Observed one; “Every
one else has missed the point.
This is supposed to be a Be-
in and we have something to be
in.”
There was more watching than
Being early in the afternoon, but
by 2 o’clock everytxKly was doing
something — playing hopscotch,
jumping rope, climbing trees,
juggling oranges, eating bananas,
smearing the statue of Silent
Sam with shaving cream, or just
running around in circles holding
hands. Models sat on tubs while
instant artists meticulously
painted their noses, legs, and bel
ly buttons. Pyramids were big
for a while, until blanket tossing
took over.
Flowers and fruit were every
where. Daisies led the field but’
occasional luarels were seen.
Bananas had little competition
among the fruit. Slogans were
carried on sweaters, buttons and
signs. They read; “Polymor
phous Perverse at the Univer
sity, ” “Support Your Local
Fuzz,” "Sex Before Final Ex
ams,” and "Do ft to,The Spring.”
But perhaps most characteris
tic of the mood of the Be-to was
the pretty blonde in snug slacks
who looked over the shoulder of
the DAILY TAR HEEL reporter
as he was taking notes. "What
are you doing?” aisked the re
porter.
“I’m watching you write a
poem,” replied the girl. It was
like that.
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I’TFEN^]
If you don’t
help your
school officials
open
recreation areas
nights, weekends
and during
the summer,
nobody else will.
Message From SGA
The year 1967-1968 provides every student at AshevUle-Blltmore
College a challenge unique In the history of the school. As all of i
us know, the advent of dormitory life will be an Important step
toward becoming a fully developed college campus — intellectually
and socially. Ashevllle-Blltmore will move from a “commuttag”
college to a resident one. The length of that step will depend
upon the efforts of every individual student.
It is the goal of your Student Government Association to allow
the student every opportunity to take an active part In “college
life.” Next year the S.G.A. will expand social and scholastic
programs to fit the growing campus. The S.G.A. Commissioners
and special committees are already at work preparing for Orienta
tion Week, regular movie showings, special programs, concerts,
student services, and other activities projected throughout the
school year.
Work is being done, but the real success achieved here at
Ashevllle-Blltmore next year depends on you. We, theS.G,A.,
are asking every student to Involve himself In Its affairs, be
concerned with problem areas, and be willing to work for a better
college. If all of us contribute this much, then great things will
happen In 1967-1968.
Sincerely,
Guy Batsel, 1967-68 President
Student Government Association