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Join The Beauty Rebellion
MBS NORTH CAROLINA,
Nannette Minor, wears her Cone
corduroy daytime dress In am
ber jet with gold suede cloth trim.
This is created by Scene Maker.
On November 25th, the Tabor
City Jaycees will sponsor the
11th Annual Miss Columbus
County Beauty Pageant, to be held
in the Williams Township Audi
torium. The contest Is a pre
liminary Miss America Pageant
and based on the rules of the
Miss America Pageant.
All girls interested are urged
to complete an application form
and send It to the Tabor City
Jaycees. These forms may be
obtained in the Office of Student
Personnel Services or from the
Tabor City J.C.’s. Girls from
outside Columbus County are
eligible to compete if they are
full-time students of SCC.
Scholarships this year exceed
those of previous years. The
total amount in scholarships to
be awarded is $850. The winner
of the contest will receive the
$500 scholarship granted by wac-
camaw Bank and Trust Company.
A $250 scholarship will be award
ed to the first runner up and is
granted by the Pepsi Cola Bottling
Company of Lumberton. Leder
Brothers Department Store is of
fering a $100 scholarship to the
second runnerup. These scholar
ships go into effect Immediately.
They can be used for second
quarter at SCC, or second se
mester at a senior institution.
Girls interested in entering
competition must be 18 years
of age before September 1, 1967
and must not exceed the age limit
of 27.
Competition will consist of
three categories: (1) bathing
suit, (2) talent, and (3) evening
gown. Points scored in each
of these determine the winner
and runner-ups.
Nannette Minor, Miss North
Carolina of 1966 will appear,
as well as several former con
testants of the Miss North Caro
lina Pageant. They will enter
tain during intermission. Among
these will be Miss Myrtle Beach,
runner up in the Miss South
Carolina Pageant.
Master of Ceremonies will be
Art Bannon of WWAY-TV in
Wilmington.
Exchange Cornor
E
Several people have asked me to men
tion the “authorities” I referred to in
my previous article on LSD. Some
others wanted to know more about that
“special brain chemistry” of the LSD
experience. Consequently, here I am
committing another sin of plagiarism
by giving you almost the original text of my main source
of information.
This source is an article titled “LSD and the Third Eye,”
by John N. Bleitbreu, published in The Atlantic magazine. It
concerns the scientific uses of LSD and the drug’s role In
special states of mind.
Bleitbreu explains that the class of drugs to which LSD
belongs was at first called psychotomimetic (meaning imita
tive of psychosis), later hallucigenic, and lastly psychedelic
(or mind manifesting). These changes in name would sug
gest the past confusion as to the significance of LSD drugs.
Some confusion is still present, nowadays, with respect to
what really happens in the brain when psychedelic drugs are
taken. Intensive research is being done in this area of study.
I.«t’s begin by defining LSD. It is a relatively simple chemi
cal compound, lysergic acid diethylamide. It is easily synthe
sized from lysergic acid which comes from a parasitic fungus
that grows on rye heads.
Usually a 75 microgram dose of LSD is enough to make
the subject fly, but 150 meg doses are more commonly used
by the veterans. A dose of 2,000 micrograms is strong enough
to permit interesting research in the area of extrasensorial
perceptions.
It is with a high dose that an LSDer can experience the
“aura” state which I described with Dostoevsky’s words in
my last article. But, let’« not talk again about mysticism.
In a paper published in 1953, Dr. E. J. Gaddum, a professor
of pharmacologry at the University of Edinburgh, pointed out
that LSD-25 was a potent antagonist to serotonin which in
turn was connected to special mental states of being. This
intriguing relationship stimulated further research, and in
1958 a Yale Medical School professor of dermatology named
Aaron Lerner published a paper on the pineal gland which
placed serotonin in some vague kind of historical perspective
(related to melatonin) and provided for it a real functional
role in the brains of mammals.
Other researchers, the biochemist Julius Axelrod and
others, found that melatonin was instrumental in suppressing
physiological sexuality in mammals.
Judges Appointed
Six judges and one chief justice
were appointed by Phil William
son, President of SGA, last week.
The judges are Phil Ross, Randal
Rabon, Betty Johnson, Alton Len-
non, Ray Crabtree, and Jackie
Hinson, The chief justice is
Billy Clark.
The judges will serve during
this academic year. They must
maintain a minimum 2.0 over
all average.
This Supreme Court shall have
jurisdiction of questions arising
under the student constitution,
its by-laws, statutes and resolu
tions of the student senate. The
judges will also settle disputes
arising under student infraction
of established regulation or
standards of student conduct.
Social Security
Aid To Students
Several Southeastern students
may be eligible for benefits from
the Social Security Act which
will help them to complete their
college education.
The American Legion and its
Auxiliary initiated and support
ed legislation to extend benefits
for educational opportunities
through the Social Security Act
for 10,900 students living in
North Carolina.
These benefits are for students
who continue their education on a
full time basis beyond age 18.
This legislation provides for the
continuance of benefits while at
tending all schools and colleges
which are public or accredited.
Students may be eligible for
these benefits if their parents
are receiving Social Security
benefits and the student Is over
18 and attending college. For
further information interested
persons should see their guid
ance counselor or contact the
representative of the Social
Security Officer serving their
community.
Director Appointed
Southeastern Community Col
lege announces the appointment
of Clifton A. McClelland as di
rector of extension.
At Southeastern he will be
working with groups to develop
courses in agriculture, business,
industry and other areas.
McClelland received his B. S.
degree from the University of
Florida and his Masters degree
from Texas Technological Col
lege. He taught vocational agri
culture at Central High School,
Cumberland County and served
as associate professor of Air
Science, Texas Technological
College, Labbock, Texas. After
World War II he served as train
ing specialist with the vocational
rehabilitation program of the
Veterans Administration, Win
ston-Salem.
He recently retired from the
U. S. Air Force where served
as Director of Research and
Development with the AF Systems
Command at Electronic Systems
Division, Hanscom Field, Bed
ford, Massachusetts and earlier
at AF Eastern Test Range, Cape
Kennedy, Florida.
McClelland authored several
technical publications dealing
with socio-economic impact of
missile testing on the communi
ties surrounding Cape Kennedy,
Florida. He was a member of
Governor Bryant’s Committee
on Community Development.
He is married to the former
Kathleen Beasley of Bentonville
and they have two children, Clif
ton Jr.—a law student at the
University of Florida—and Jane,
a senior at Whiteville High
School.
Thus we see that two curious functions have been attributed
to the pineal gland: the production of a chemical which sup
presses functional sexuality; and, the production of a chemical
which, indirectly at least, is associated with psychedelic
states.
A third factor was discovered by Axelrod and his co
workers. The pineal gland produces its chemicals according
to a regular oscillating beat, somehow related to light con
ditions. The evidence is still not conclusive, but it seems that
light does penetrate the frontal bone and brain to reach the
pineal in significant amount. Hence, the relationship between
the pineal gland and the Third Eye.
The Third Eye, the inner eye or the eye of the mind, is
a concept found in the Hindu culture and particularly related
to the Sahasrara state of Kundilini Yoga. When this eye is
“opened” a new and completely foreign dimension of reality
is revealed to the practitioner of Yoga—the descriptions of
which coincide with those of the mystics and LSD users.
Concluding, I start my last and longest paraphrase. Strong
suspicion has fallen now on serotonin as being one of the
principle agents of the psychedelic experience, but whatever
ite role, it is certain^ that other neurohumors are additionally
involved in the chemical transactions which produce the state.
It is likely that LSD itself produces certain effects quite on
its own.
Studies made with tracer elements and the electron micro
scope now reveal that LSD strikes like a chemical gruerilla,
entering swiftly into receptor granules in brain cells and
then leaving swiftly after a very short time, perhaps ten or
twenty minutes (in animals).
This initial period coincides with the onset of the most
violent symptoms of the LSD state as it is observed in test
animals. But, when the twenty minutes are done, and the bulk
of the LSD has left the receptor granules, it is replaced by
what seems to be excessive, or supernormal, amounts of
serotonin. Since the LSD state lasts for some ten hours,
and during this time serotonin can be measured (by autopsy)
in supernormal amounts in receptor granules, it must be
considered one of the important participants of that chemical
transaction which produces the state.
The use of LSD in exploring strange dislocated states of
mind is most convenient because the effecte are invariably
reliable, and within certain limits quite predictable.
LSD is one of the keys in studying our own minds. Fasting
as a mean of altering body chemistry and so producing this
kind of psychedelic state is effective too, but only among
those who are marginally nourished in the first place. Sen
sory deprivation is another effective method of reaching the
psychedelic, or better, the sahasrara state. This sUte can be
obtained by thinking away all thoughts until only pure con
sciousness is left—that which cannot be thought away.
In my own words, I would suggest the following natural
method of recollection. Consider your mind to be a room
filled up with ideas. Take out all the ideas. The empty room
is left alone. Perceive the room. Perceive your own mind,
yourself. It is like listening when all is silent
Did You Know?
According to the files in the
Student Personnel Office there
are 380 full-time students en
rolled at SCC. Two hundred ten
of the students are boys, and 170
are girls.
Upon further investigation it
was discovered that there are 220
students in the College Parallel
program, 78 in the Technical pro
gram, 49 in the Vocational de
partment, 30 in the Associate De
gree Nursing Program, and 15
In the Practical Nursing pro
gram.
There are 19 men and 24 wom
en attending the college who are
married.
The following counties in North
Carolina are represented in the
student body: Columbus, Bladen,
New Hanover, Robeson, Durham,
Brunswick, Pender, Duplin,
Sampson, Onslow, Pitt, Pasquo
tank, Cumberland, and Carteret.
There are students from Horry,
Dillon, Marlboro, and Marion
counties in South Carolina, and
from Fairfax County in Virginia.
Summer Employment
If you’re interested in employ
ment with the Federal govern
ment next summer, it’s not too
early to begin doing something
about It.
The United States Civil Serv
ice Commission has announced
that those who are interested In
the summer jobs covered may
E^ply to take the test on or be
fore three filing dates—October
21, 1966, December 9, 1966, and
January 9, 1967. The test will
be given -at more than 1,000 cities
throughout the country on No
vember 26,1966, January 7,1967,
and February 4, 1967. If a
candidate fails to apply by the
first filing date, he may select
either of the two later ones,
but January 9, 1967, is the final
date for applying to take the
test and the closing date of the
examination. Applications filed
after that date cannot be ac
cepted.
Other Information can be re
ceived at your local post office
or from A. E. Penney, Examinor-:
in-Charge, U. S. Post Office
Building, Wilmington, N. C.
28401.
Our Wierdos
ToBeChosm
S. G. A. will sponsor a Hallo
ween dance on S^rday, October
22 in the college gym at 8 p. m.
The entertainment will be
provided by the Wlngtips from
Clarkton. Since this is a Hallo
ween dance, the S. G. A. urges
the students to dress in their
wlerdest costumes. The high
light of the evening will be the
crowning of “Male and Fe
male Campus Wierdos,” chosen
by the faculty.
New Programs Added
Since September the following
new programs have been added
in the PML: Engines, Basic
Electricity, Basic Electronics,
Basic Transistors, Logical Elec
tronics Troubleshooting, and The
Human Body and its Function..
For those interested, both in
troductory and advanced Slide
Rule programs are available.
New hours for the PML are:
Monday - Thursday (10:40-4:30)
^ ( 7-10 p. m.) Monday and
Wednesday.
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