EDITORIAL PAGE
PAGE TWO THE CLARION January 26, 1968
Mini-Poll
Picks Nixon
For Pres.
The Legality Of Conscience
(ACP) Aiding young men to avoid the draft
is against the law. The Rev. Robert Branconnier, a
Catholic chaplain at the University of North Dakota,
Grand Forks, says he will disobey the law m order
to obey his conscience. , ,
His action, the Dakota Student_ commented m
an editorial, is in the American tradition:
—two hundred years ago, 20 drunken colonists
boarded a British frigate and dumped her cargo into
the Boston harbor;
-one hundred and ten years ago, white yankees
■■ in direct
1968 is of C'ooirse election
year in the United States. From
now until November our senses
will ibe inundated beneath a
flood of campaign stickers, slo
gans, and jingles. The Ameri
can demiocraitic Machine will
swing into action, as the num
ber one government on earth—
the citizens of the United States
—choose the men who will
guide the nation for the next
four years.
Although it is still many
months until the casting of bal
Dean's List, Honor Roll
For Fall Are Released
DEAN’S LIST
FALL SEMESTER, 1967 - 68
operated an “underground railroad’ and, in direc curious to find
defiance of the Federal Fugitive Slave Act, helpea ■ potential presi-
Negro slaves to escape to the North, sometimfis to
Canada; . a
—five years ago, northern whites, acting in de
fiance of the South’s segregation laws, rode into Mis
sissippi.
Today we revere them.
To these men certain situations were so intol
erable, certain actions so monstrous, that public po
sition was necessary. Some were fortunate enough
to find a new life; some succeeded in changing the
dential and vice - presidential
candidates were faring on cam
pus. We asked a small segment
of BC students whom they
would vote for in the 1968 Pres
idential Election, if they were
eligible.
Of the situdents polled, over
60% were in favor of a Re
publican due in ’68. Only 20%
were for a Democratic one. The
Arrowood, Patricia
Blythe, Malinda
Buck, Williams
Cortner, Deborah
Hendrix, Paul
Holtzclaw, Donys
Hooks, Aubrey
Jones, Roger
Ledford, Larry
Monteith, Sylvia
Moore, Douglas
Oates, Janice
Page, Patricia
Gastonia
Hendersonville
Brevard
Belmont
Belton, South Carolina
Penrose
Mullins, South Carolina
Piedmont, South Carolina
Bryson City
Brevard
Brevard
Hendersonville
Gastonia
HONOR ROLL
favorite sons, and we might add
that George Wallace received a
goodly share of the percentage.
Republican Richard Nixon
led the “balloting” for presi-
conditions or laws they opposed. Others paid with ' other 20% was compos^^ of
their lives, with jail, or with ridicule. ' ‘
Father Branconnier is willing to take that chance
today. He, with thousands of other Americans, finds
the Vietnam war intolerable, the draft laws an ab
ridgement of freedom. ^ _ . dent Fellow party member Ron-
Unlike most Americans, his conscience will not Reagan was tops in the
let him stand in silence. vice - presidential category.
Some demonstrators have broken the law to ex- strongest Democratic con-
ercise their conscience. Some of them have gone to , tender for president was incum-
jail for a democratic society recognizes the majesty' bent President Johnson. Sec-
of the law and the rule of the majority. ^ ond was Robert Kennedy.
But a democratic society must also recognize,
that the concepts which foster laws are more precious
than the laws themselves. When a law contradicts
the concept which fostered it, a man’s first allegiance
must be to the concept. That is the princi!ple of civil
disobedience.
A man’s conscience is more precious than man’s
laws.
Editorial Anathema
Yoon, Yung H wan
Writes Students
! From Korea
Dear Sponsors,
It is now the season of cool
Ashworth, Lynn
Baggett, Robert
Barr, Rudolph
Broome, William
Garrick, Dennis
Cazel, Susan
Collins, Jacquelyn
Cunningham, Cynthia
Earl, Patricia
Garren, June
Glass, Patricia
Harney, James
Henry, Cecelia
Horry, Lynn
Hough, Patricia
Hudgins, Joe
Jinnette, Susan
Johnson, Dianne
Jones, Larry
Lyles, Brenda
Lyles, Linda
McNeil, Barry
Marvin, Richard
Morgan, Ronald
Mullis, David
Pace, Jo Ann
Parker, Sharon
Severet, Nancy
Sherrill, Terry
Stuart, David
Sumijiey, Barbara
Sweeney, Michael
Tinsley, John
Trotter, Gary
Welsh, Kay
Whitehead, Diane
Williams, Holly
Wilson, Sheila
Yarns, Robert
When things become slow-moving on campus,, ^ , v,
and students begin to feel the lateral pressure of the Sue'^and tHe moun-
daily rut, almost invariably they will pounce upon colorful maple
something to criticize or gripe about. ' leaves. How are you and yours
The same is true of editorial writing. When boil- of late? Here we are all fine,
ing campus issues have been reduced to a feeble sim-; and I am attending school well
mer, the editoralist looks about for some new issue. in good health,
or development or incident on campus which he can On Oct. 12, our school went. January 12, 1968
opinionize uipon. i ^ picnic to the old place.
And, as is so often the case, if he unearths noth-
ing novel, then he is tempted to create an issue, to
magnify some tiny problem.
Anger, suspicion, and general chaos can result.
A good editorialist does not rely upon deceit to
hearken readers to his word. Nor does he create
sensation for sensation’s sake.
last one for my junior high
school life. By this time every
year, the beauty of the clear
sky would faoinate the foreign
tourists. I would love toi see
how you spend this lovely sea
son, and guess your campus is
The editorial writer should express a clear-cut pretty flowers^ and
opinion on an important issue of the day — whether
of coutry or of campus. And he should express his
view in a way which is both informative and unique.
Informative in that it deals strictly with the facts,! schoor^ en exam
and unique in the sense that the reader is presented 1 which will be held in February
with a view different from his own. '
sweet smell of cosmo>S or chrys
anthemum.
I am now engrossed in study-
i ing in readiness for the senior
Brevard
Ormond Beach, Florida
Easley, South Carolina
Gastonia
Denton
Burlington
Hickory
Fletcher
Homestead, Florida
Pisgah Forest
Spruce Pine
Richmond, Virginia
Franklin
Ridgeland, South,Carolina
College Point, New York
Pisgah Forest
Greensboro
Jacksonville, Florida
Cedar Mountain
Seneca, South Carolina
Seneca, South Carolina
Jacgsonville, Florida
Gastonia
Rosman
Gastonia
Brevard
Brevard
West Jefferson
Statesville
Wilmington, Delaware
Brevard
Jacksonville, Florida
Brevard
Brevard
Charlotte
Hyattsville, Maryland
Hollywood, California
Asheville
Brevard
Brona N. Roy (Mrs. C. E.)
Recorder
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EDITOR Steve Huggins
NEWS EDITOR Wayne Morton
FEATURE EDITORS Jackie Griffith, Peggy Mizzell
SPORTS EDITORS Mike Bumgardner, Bill Payton
PHOTOGRAPHER Don Kirkendall
ILLUSTRATOR Norris Wheldon
BUSINESS MANAGERS Rod Binkley, Jo Ann Pace
REPORTERS : Bruce Armes, Linda Benson,
Susan Zehrung
SPONSOR Ena Kate Sigmon
^ next year. I will study hard to
pass it with good marks. May
God bless and keep you and
yours fine and healthy in this
lovely season.
Sincerely yours,
YOON, Yung Hwan
Accepts Post
(Continued from Page One)
Community Action, Inc. and is
a member of the Board of Di
rectors, having served as Chair
man in 1966 - 67.
No sucoessor to Dr. Harris
1 has been named, but RreMdent
(Editor’s note: The following
is extracted from the December
8 issue of the Congressional
Record. It is an excerpt from
Senator Sam Ervin’s speech en
titled “A Decade of Peaceful
Revolution: A Senator’s Reflec
tion On Federal Participation
In the Drive For Better Educa
tion.”)
“Mr. President, the objective
of education is the maximum
development of the mind and
spirit of m,an. Consequently,
' the educator does not perform
his entire obligation to society
by implanting in the minds of
his students the fundamentals
McLarty indicated that several
prospects are being considered
and that an announcement con
cerning the filling of fflie va
cancy will be made at a later
date.
t of knoweldge, as important ®
that is. He must go further than
this and endeavor to ittstUl in
them a desire to emulate Ul^‘
ses and follow knowledge lis®
a sinking star beyond the ut
most bound of human thougnt.
The educator achieves the great
est success in his calling when
he inculcates 'in his student the
abiding purpose to pursue learn
ing as long as life lasts, ano
be able to say this in modesty
and in truth at sunset each day.
I am wiser today than I ^
yesterday.”
The Anglo - Cate have gotten
a few heads together to Wi
you another ZEN DEN
ger, better, and more ecst
than ever before.
This Saturday night,
ary 27, following the j
ZEN DiEN- will open * W
expanding doors for
contact with good vib«s.
band, light show,
permint, etc. Esotatic dre
be expected.
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