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BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., MARCH 7, 1969
Number 20
fotner Heads
panBl On
Drinking
Tir Wayne WoiU'er, Executive
Director of the Virginia Coun
cil on Narcotics and Alcohol
Ication, was on campus
?ee days last week to tos
Jigs and drinking with the
Womer sipoke in ch^l
Wednesday night on the d^er-
cnce between a dnnker and an
alcohofe. He explored some
the reasons people drink
owcssively and what can be
it. The highlight^
Womer’s speech was his
review of the various stands on
drinking, including that of the
Methodist Church and the col-
After chapel Dt. Womer
spoke to SGA memfoers on
itheir responsihility reigarding
drinking on campus.
Thursday afternoon Dr. Wo-
mer showed a movie on LSD
entitled Trip to Where?. The
movie was an ofificial U. S.
Navy film and it traced three
young sailors as they procured
and used LSD, and the results
they experienced. The two most
important points made in the
movie were that LSD users can
have flashibacks up to eighteen
months later, and that LSD can
break chromosome chains,
causing malformations in ba
bies.
Thursday evening Dr. Womer
showed a film on the effects
of alcohol in the body.
Dr. Womer was the honor
guest of a panel discussion on
drugs and alcohol held in
Jones Parlor. Also on the pan
el were Mr. Louis Godey, Bre
vard College biology instructor,
and Mr. Gil Coan, trustee of
Brevard College.
Plyler Religious Emphasis
Week Begins This Sunday
Negro Heads
State Student
Legislature
RiALEIGH — The State Stud
ent Legislature elected its first
Negro president in 33 years
here, Calvin McSwain of A&T
University in Greensboro.
McSwain’s election followed
a refusal by the A&T delega
tion to share with East Caro
lina University an aiward for
the'best, large delegation at the
conference. Willie Drake, chair
man of the A&T group, said
the joint award represented
“tokenism.”
Several controversial bills
were adopted at the legislature’s
closing session, including one
sponsored by A&T which would
establish an Afro ■ American
studies program in the second
ary school system.
Others which passed includ
ed:
A bill to legalize liquor by
the drink.
A bill to legalize the sale and^
consumption of alcoholic bev
erages on state - supported
campuses.
A bill to set up regulatious
for transplanting vital organs.
A bill to provide for presi
dential primaries in North
Carolina.
REV. YOUNG
Antioch College Gains Veto
Over Trustee Decisions
Yellow Springs, Ohio-(I.P.)
Antioch College’s top gov
erning body under the board of
trustees recently gave veto pow
er over its decisions to the stu
dents and faculty who eleioted
it.
The college’s Administrative
Council of five faculty, three
students, president and dean of
faculty were responding to pres
sure here, as on campuses
throughout the country, from
those who wish to control, ra
ther than be cotnrolled by,
their governments.
It also met head on what
Antioch President James P.
Dixon called “one of the prin-
opal evils in our culture and
in our community — the evil
mistrust.” Dr. Dixon said
new referendum procedures
Wopted” should help us here
t® be more sensitive to human
Deeds (tf people and to allow us
,* ®ntinue to be a small exper-
jnient on behalf of larger prolb-
i6ms“ abroad in the country.
Antiocii set a precedent a
quarter . century ago when it
«ed to elect students to Ad-
“^trative Council, which
deals with such matter as ten
ure and budget.
The council acted after sev
eral heavily attended meetings,
during which some students
and teachers questioned the
council’s representation and
challenged its right to make de.
cisions that a significant mi
nority might oppose.
Opponents were concerned
about such recent specific is
sues as curtailment of the An
tioch experimental elementary
education program and a pro
posal to start a field study cen
ter in Columbia, Maryland.
Under new procedures adopt
ed, the Antioch community can
in the future force reconsidera_
tion and even withdrawal of
council action through a system
of oetition and full debate, fol
lowed by a referendum.
Rules require council to re
consider an action if more than
one-sixth of total eligible vot
ers oppose it in a referendum.
If a majority of eligible voters
oppose an action, it is rescind
ed and council may not repass
it. Amended action to deal
with the topic also may be
challenged by the process.
VISTA
Volunteers Talk
With Students
Last Sunday Night two Vista
workers from Brevard appear
ed on the B.C. campus. Their
main interest was to inform
the students of how they could
help and become a part of this
program.
They met in the cafeteria at
5:30. After eating they pro
ceeded to Dunham Auditorium
for a brief discussion period.
After bringing up the question,
“What can we do as college
students?” they reviewed the
present problem of our com
munity. The workers encourag
ed the students to engage part-
time in the tutoring program
at the neighboring schools.
They also suggested a few ideas
for recreation for the poverty
stricken children iti our areas.
Those who helped in making
this a suocesrful representa
tion were Rae Whiclcer and
Wayne Lottinville, social chair
men of the S.G.A.
For further information on
this program please contact
Tim Ruttenberg or Tony Gal
van.
Rev. Robert Young
Will Deliver Sermons
The tenth annual Plyler Religious Emphasis
Week is scheduled for next week, beginning with
Chapel on Sunday evening.
The resource leader for this week will be Rev.
Robert Terry Young, Minister of Boone United Meth
odist Church. His schedule theme will be, “You
Can Exist-Or You Can Live.”
No classes will be held during the scheduled
morning hours.
iMr. Young was born in Ashe
ville in 1935, and he is an alum
nus of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dur
ing the years 1956 - 57 he was
President of the U.N.C. student
body. After receiving his A.B.
degree from Duke University,
he went to Europe as a spec
ial student at the University of
Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland. He
married Miss Jean Aldridge of
Winston - Salem, and they have
four children.
Services are scheduled as
follows: Sunday - 6:30 p. m.
“God’s World in Today’s Folk
Songs.” ((Chapel), Monday -
10:00 a. m. “Born to Raise
Hell.” Tuesday - 10:00 a. m.
“The Curch-A Living Body”,
Wednesday - 9:00 a. m. “Thank
”God for Life - Thank God.”
and Thursday - 7:00 a. m. (Hol
ly Communion).
CSAM View: No
College Affiliation
After several meetings with
the administrative deans and
faculty members, the Execu
tive Board of the Concerned
Students Activist Movement,
Rabbi Task
Visits Campus
Rabbi Arnold S. Task spoke
in chapel Wednesday night.
He also met with the re
ligion classes held 9:00, 11:00,
12:00, and 2:00 on Wednesday;
and 8:00, 9:00, and 11:00 on
Thursday.
The Rabbi lectures on col
lege campuses under auspices
of the Jewish Chautauqua S(>
ciety, an organization which
creates better understanding of
Jews and Judaism through edu
cation. The Jewish Chautauqua
Society is sponsored by toe Na
tional Federation of Tmple
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Step One
Completed By
Committee
The Social Behavior Commit
tee completed its work on the
social conduct of the students
of Brevard College and the
complete copy has been sent to
the Presidential Council for
observance.
The Presidential Council has
restricted itself from any pow
ers to change any parts of the
document without the favorable
vote of the six members of the
committee.
The Council will meet with
the committee to discuss the
complete work on Tuesday.
Open meetings with the stud
ents and the faculty will be
held later. Then, the students
and the faculty will vote on the
proposals. In order for the
recommendations to go into ef
fect. both the faculty and the
students have to pass it by a
majorty vote.
Member of the committee are
Mr. David Holcombe, chair
man, Mrs. Doris Potts, Miss
Gayle Anderson, Mr. Richard
Wilson, Bill Rankin, Sally Eng
lish, Bonnie Brewbaker, and
Kenny Eaton.
(CS)AM) elected Monday night
to reject proposals to affiliate
the group with the college.
The board members of CSAM
are Tim Ruttenberg, Ron Du-
guid, Tony Galvan, Hugh Walk
er, John Copes Van Hasselt
and Dave Wendelin.
CSAM members report that
considerable pressure has been
exerted on the group to for
feit their independence and
become part of the college.
“It’s not that we don’t recog
nize certain advantages of be
coming incorporated into the
College system,” said Tim Rut*
tenberg. “But as official rep
resentatives of the College,
our free expression would
have to be inhibited. This is
not in the interest of CSAM or
our objectives,” concluded Rut
tenberg.
I support the group,” said
Dean Roberts, ‘'but their inde
pendence presents problems.
They cannot function as a group
separate from the college fa
cilities.”
Dave Wendelin replied, “We
do not recognize our indepen
dence as a valid reason to deny
us the use of facilities. “The
college is the students. Accord
ingly, we are entitled to the
use of facilities and the right
to assemble.”
‘besides, commented Tony
Galvan. “Our purpose is rap
idly becoming distorted. The
scope of CSAM does not include
the compromise of principle
either in theory or practice.
We do not intend to barter
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