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.ECE STUDENTS
Volume 46
OCTOBER 17,1978
Edition 3
“Andrew Jackson ”
To Appear Tonight
Mountain view from the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Gilland Reviews Women^s Role Marshall To
Reverend Jim Gilland, pastor
of the Brevard First United
Methodist Church, spoke last
Wednesday before a capacity
crowd in Dunham Auditorium.
Rev. Gilland’s appearance was
third program of this year’s
Culture and Life series.
Dean Wray opened the
assembly with a prayer, and
President Martinson followed
with the introduction of the
speaker. Rev. Gilland put
students at ease with his casual
and humorous manner, and his
un-sermon-like approach. He
centered his talk on women and
their role and purpose in the
world. “Never underestimate the
power of a woman,” Rev. Gilland
kept stressing in his effort to
show women equal to men.
Security Lends A
“Helping Hand”
Lost your keys? Can’t get into
your room? Car trouble? Need
help? Have a question on
parking, securing valuables,
noise pollution, campus policy, or
visitor’s privileges? Ask your
security officer.
The Director of Security, of
ficer O’Hara, is available
Monday, through Friday from 2-5
pm. in MG. If you have
questions, need help, or have
suggestions, feel free to visit the
office. On occasion certain duties
will require the officer to “skip
ce hours,” such as an in-
''Sstigation or helping someone
® campus. Please leave a
message or try to come back
later.
The security officers are not,
judges” but merely ad
ministrators of campus policy
and regulations.
Although parking is a problem,
'‘6a ly is only a very small part
campus security’s overall
'sponsibility. Directing traffic,
nlockmg or locking various
facilities, assisting
^°'^'^seling or helping
«ients, watching for fire or
vi^it ^ keeping unwanted
bill campus are
few of these duties.
When you are stopped at the
main gate after dusk and asked
for your I. D., you’ll find that the
officer is courteous and friendly,
and that there is a minimum of
delay. The next car the officer
encounters may not be so
friendly. Local cruisers looking
for who knows what are con
stantly coming on campus, and
this sorting process goes on
simply to protect the student
body and facilities.
Unfortunately, there is an
element already on campus
among the student body that
possesses an even greater threat
- theft. Your money, articles of
clothing and valuables are
disappearing daily. If you have a
camera, stereo, or an expensive
piece of jewelry or other
possessions that you hold dearly,
you can register them with
security. An identification
system will be established to aid
in the recovery of items that
disappear. If you help yourself by
taking steps to protect these
items, someone else may not
“help themselves” to your
possessions.
Speak Tonight
Tonight from 5:30 to 6:30 the
Reverend Peter Marshall Jr. will
speak in the Rotary Room of the
cafeteria.
Marshall is the son of the late
Peter Marshall Senior who was a
well known Presbyterian
minister and chaplain to the
Senate. His mother is Catherine
Marshall, a well known author
whose works include A Man
Called Peter and Christy.
the younger Marshall is also
an ordained Presbyterian
minister, but in recent years he
has moved to Florida and begun
inter-denominational evangelist-
ical work there.
Chaplain Roy says, “We would
like to see one hundred or more
students at this meeting.”
PTK Member
Named To Board
A member of the B.C. chapter
of PTK, Sandra Wilson, was
recently named to the Western
Carolina Community Action
Board. PTK is one of four groups
chosen from the private sector to
have a representative on the
board, which consists of Federal
Social workers, representatives
from the poor and no more than
one representative from the four
different organizations.
The board controls Federal
monies and determines how they
will be used for the benefit of the
poor. In order for a private
organization to be on this board,
it must have exhibited a concern
for the poor. PTK came to the
notice of the board because of
their headstart tutoring
programs and their efforts to
winterize homes for the elderly.
The life and times of Andrew
Jackson comes to life when
Franklin Conley re-creates the
seventh President of the United
States in “Andrew Jackson — A
Man for His Time.”
Conley spent more than a year
researching the life of Jackson to
write and dramatize the one-man
show.
“I hope to re-create the life of
Andrew Jackson in the style of
Hal Holbrook’s ‘Mark Twain
Tonight’ and James Whitmore’s
‘Give ‘Em Hell, Harry’,” said
Conley.
Conley presents a
psychological study of Jackson in
the two-act show. The picture he
paints is neither one of complete
admiration or one of con
demnation.
“To study Andrew Jackson, I
think you have to look at him in
the perspective of his time,”
Conley explains. “You can’t look
at him in terms of the twentieth
century, for Andrew Jackson was
a man for this times.”
Jackson was a tenacious man
of action, Conley said. “He was
an extremely emotional man,”
he explained. “He had strong
loves and intense hatreds.”
“He considered those who
opposed him to be his enemies,”
Conley said. “Jackson hated his
enemies. He once said that two of
his mistakes were not hanging
Henry Clay and shooting John C.
Calhoun.”
Andrew Jackson believed he
was pre-destined to be a leader.
Because of this, he was a man of
quick action, Conley explained.
What he lacked in intellect, he
made up for in action. Today,
many people would consider
Jackson egotistical, emotional
and crude.
“Andrew Jackson was the first
populist,” Conley said. “He was
the choice of the working people,
and being uneducated, he spoke
for the frontier people with great
force. He was an outspoken hero
and leader of the common man. ”
The one-man show is divided
into two parts. The first act
depicts Jackson as he is
preparing to assume his first
term as President. The second
portion deals with Jackson as an
old man reflecting on his years in
the White House.
Much of the script for the play
comes from Jackson’s letters.
“Jackson was a prolific letter
writer,” Conley said. “He wrote
thousands of letters which have
been preserved over the years.”
Much of the dialogue is taken
directly from Jackson’s words
with Conley adding and com
bining some thoughts for
dramatic purposes.
Conley earned a degree in
speech and drama from
Georgetown College in Kentucky,
where he studied with Rena
Calhoun and Orlin Corey. He also
holds advanced degrees from
George Peabody College in
Nashville and from Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary in
Louisville, Ky. He has taught
both drama and psychology on
the college level. (Courtesy of
Alkahest Agency.)
Student Government
Representitives
Elected
The elections of the dorm and Emberey. Taylor V. P. is Rob
day students to serve in the Ottley and the representatives
Student Government Association are Bill Henry and Mark Arm-
have been finalized. strong. Mike Fox is the new
The 1978-79 SGA members are president for West Beam and
as follows: Day Student Tom Dehn is second in command.
Organization: Pam Coan, West’s reps are Gary Angel and
President, Jane Williams, Vice Bill Austin. East Beam president
President, David Siniard and for 1978-79 is Vanessa Davis.
Bonnie Palmer, representatives, julie Ramseur will serve as VP
Jones Dormitory; Carol Miles, for East. The East Beam reps are
and Margaret Gosnell Vice Jenny Holladay and Nancy Ellis.
Presidents, Lorna Prien and
Cheryl Miller, Presidents. Jones Frank Beatty is the SGA
representatives are Pam Aiken, president this year. Bob Kivett is
Dawn Mullins. Donna Harriaen vice president and head of the
and Debi Crane. Green Dor- Social Board. After a month of
mitory President is Gary Berkle, meetings, Kivett stated,: “It’s
Lamar Roberts, Vice President, working a lot better than lit did
Freshmen,reps are Baker Heard last year and as soon as vi^e get
and Dan McLeroy. This year’s organized it’s going to be smooth
president for Taylor Hall is Mike sailine~’»
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