Wood Operates Local Motel
Problem Procedure Reviewed
Dr. Frederic Wood and wife in motel office.
Dr. Frederic Wood, Humani
ties and Latin Professor, owns
and manages the Asheville Court,
a Merrimon Avenue mot^l.
Wood, a full time instructor
at A-B for the first time this
year, has run the 14 unit court
for six years.
••Most of tiie work" says Wood,
•'•is done by my wife and Miss
Margaret Irwin, my sister-in-
Ia\v.“
•■‘We have two months of tou
rist boom,” he continues, “but
7r>‘'( of our business comes from
commercial travelers. College
age people make up only about
lO'',' of our trade, and most of
them are service men."
They (the servicemen) give
us no trouble. In fact, v,e liave
very little trouble ;it all. This
is because we are snuill and
cater to a n;iddle-a ;e tr;ido. wiu-
are loo ins> for s.inio peace aiui
quier."
When asked about procedures
regarding ^‘questionable cou
ples*' and the practice of doub
ling up in a room. Dr. Wood
replied, “There are two sides
of tlie fence to the 'questionable
couples’ pro-'lem. Kids resent
our questioning of them when
they're on legitimate business,
there's no doubt about tliat. But
there is a certain irreduceable
minimum who are up to no good.-’
••We then liave two choices;
we can ignore it, whicli for a
small motel isn't good for busi
ness, or we can take one of sev
eral cmirses.''
••We ilon't rent tu i>eoi>le witli
no lu;',!',a‘’:e or a loc'al ad(iress.
This mi,',ht turn av.ay some Ic,ul
timate business, lait its s:',fer.
Single ,\ouii|', men wiio are in
town to isit a youa ■ la(i\ arc
.ilso a iiro'tik'ui. ',\o raise the
! rico on a si-s; icimis couj io and
if al! e'lse I'aii.;. liu". are U)l(i
that we don’t want their busi
ness.”
''Let me say a word to young
men. Whatever your intentions,
don’t stay in a motel room
with a young lady for any length
of time. Tlie implication will
always be that you are up to no
good.”
“On tlie questioning of 'doub
ling up‘: we have had almost no
experience with it. We charge
by the nature of the room we
rent, rather than the number of
people. Within reason, v/e don’t
much care who is in the room.*’
W hen asked about trouble in-
vi'iviny; the police. Dr. Woo d
said, •• V. e liave infrequently call
ed I'.ie Vice Squad. They have
worked efl'i.-iently and with a mi
nimum of fu.ss in removing peo
ple from their I’ootns."
••In tiie future we are hoping,’*
a('.-ied It. V, ood, ••to sell tiie
motel."
The Ridgerunner
The Students^ Right to Information and Expression
Vol. 3 — No. 3
Asheville-Biltmore College, Asheville, North Carolina
SeptemIxT 29, 1967
Coffee-House
Planned For
A-B Students
A coffee house for Asheville-
Biltmore College students and
other area college students,
which has been in the planning
stages since early summer may
come to fruition within the next
few months.
The site for the coffee house
has been tentatively picked, he
said, but formal announcement
of the location was being with
held pending closing of the deal
with the property owner.
The Rev. Robert S. Busey,
pastor of Grace Presbyterian
Church, who has been spear
heading the Aslieville Ministe
rial Association’s planning com
mittee (project sponsors), said
the needed moneyhas been pledg
ed, but an actual opening date
hasn’t been announced.
Rev. Busey said the operation
of the coffee house will be un
der student leadership and con
trol with a student committee
appointed by the Student Gov
ernment Association doing most
of the actual program planning.
The minister said he has been
working closely with SGA Presi
dent Guy Batsel during the pre
liminary planning.
Batsel recently appointed
Ridgerunner Managing Editor
Thom Mount chairman of the
student committee.
Immediately after opening,
Rev. Busey said, the coffee house
w'ill be operating only on week
ends.
He said the programing will
include folk sigers, debates,
art shows, poetic readings, and
dramatic presentations.
joining Art Department Has New Home
:>• s. G. A. Dance, Moose %
g' Lodge, 9:00-1:00, Shaydzg
Royal Primes,
show ID’S.
jij SUNDAY, OCT. 1: Supper, all ;$
students, Botanical Gar-
j:-; dens. $.40, Faculty in- $;
vited.
§: SUNDAY, OCT. 1: Road S
Rallye, 1:00 PM, Library
Parking lot. Sponsored by
Sigma Delta Upsilon.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 4: %
;•:] Theodore Ullman, con-
cert pianist. 8;15 p.m.,
« Student Center Aud.
Meeting, Alpha Nu Lam- ‘.v
vi bda 3:00 PM, H129« S
FRIDAY, OCT. 6: S. G. A.g
>:] Dance, Brown Derby, Ro-X;
binson Brothers, 9:00 -;|;j
1:00. Show ED’S. .•:•:
WEDNESDAY, OCT. II:g
Meeting, Alpha Nu Lamb-v.
da, 3:00 pm, H129. g
Refreshments will lie of a light
snack type with several varie
ties of coffee including expres-
SG'served, Rev. Busey said.
He stressed tfiat while the
Ministerial Association is spon
soring the project it will not l>e
a “revival” type atmosphere.
The minister said any dis
cussion of religion will be ini- '
tiated by the students and not
by the sponsors.
“We hope it will be the kind
of place any college student will
feel at home and relax,” he
said.
A name for the coffee house
has not been chosen and Rev,
Busey said he felt sure A-B
students were inventive and crea
tive enough to come up with a
good tag for the house.
By JIM PERRY
A-B’s Art Department has re
cently been granted the use of a
building on the corner of Barnard
and Edgewood Street,
The building, which is owned
by the college, lias previously
been rented to an Asheville fami
ly, The house will be an annex
to the present studio in the Hum
anities Building.
It was given to the Art De
partment for several reasons.
Most important is the fact that
the growing Art Department was
running out of space. “There
would be students painting and
others stone carving at the same
time,” stated instructor Tucker
Cooke. “Painting and drawing
require as much silence as {)os-
^ible. Sculpture can be a loud
art.”
This feeling was shared by
many teachers and students who
had classes near the studio. The
sounds of creativity apparently
do not enhance history lectures.
President Higlismith, Dr.
Riggs and the Art faculty decid
ed that the house would aleviate
some of these conflicts, and would
relieve the “cluttered” condition
the studio is often in.
The new house will serve sev
eral other purix)ses. Art students
feel they need' a place where
they can work without the severe
restrictions the Humanities
Building now imposes upon them.
They need a “home” where they
can work evenings and on week
ends, which is now prohibited in
the Humanities Building.
In the building there will be
a large painting studio, a gra
phics studio and four private and
one semi-private studios for sen
ior s and advanced students.
MEL JUSTUS REPAIRS ceiling in new art department
house. He and other students participated in Saturday
Photo by Macatee
paint-ins.
There will also be a student
gallery where the Art student
will 1)6 given the opportunity
to exhibit and sell their work.
The gallery will be open to the
public periodically. The build
ing will also serve as the meet-
place for Kappa Pi (Honorary
Art Fraternity).
For the last three weeks, the
house has been the scene of
Several “paint-ins”. “When we
first saw the house, we were
all pretty discouraged,” said Mr.
Cooke. “The walls were painted
three different colors in some
places, the plaster was full of
cracks and holes, and the en
tire house was filthy”. Since
then, a volunteer painting crew,
made up of Art students and in
terested non - Art students, have
pjit in long Saturday hours. In
structor Cooke stated, “The in
side of the house is almost com
pletely repainted. It should be
finished this Saturday.”
Plans for the future include
improvement on the outside of
the house, and a sculpture gar
den.