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Vol. 3
Wednesday, November 15, 1967
No. 10
Controversy Over
Board Action Grows
Dr. Dan Mori^ signs petition protesting the recent decision of the Publications Board con
cerning alcoholic beverage advertisements in student publications.
Black Friars Present Firebug’s
Scorching, Satirical Comedy
The Black Friars plan a scor
ching performance of its first
play of the 1967-1968 season at
8:30 p.m. on the evenings of
Nov. 16, 17, and 18, in C 200.
The play selected is “The
Firebugs” by Max Firsch, a
Swiss playwright. With a title like
that, one might expect some
startling technical effects. How
ever, the Fine Arts Department
here will be somewhat limited.
The technical crew won’t be able
to produce the smoke called for,
but they will have a realistic
soundtrack with crackling fires
and sirens. And the lighing will
add to the realism.
The play is a satirical comedy.
The playw^ht calls it a learn
ing play without a lesson. “The
Firebugs” has been well received
in Europe, where it is viewed
asn an allegory on the German
acceptance of Hitler’s rise to
power.
In the playacautiousbusiness-
man, Gottlieb Biedermann, des
pite the warnings of firemen,
allows two clever arsonists to
move into his home and pro
ceed with their ne&rious
schemes.
The play is somewhat like a
Greek drama in that there is a
chorus of firemen which com
ments on the play and warns
the characters in the play of
coming events.
Chief Walter Black of the Char
lotte Fire Department has co
operated with the Fin Arts De
partment and the Blackfriars,
the campus drama club, in pro
viding firemen’s uniforms, fire
hose, and fire extinguishers.
The production is directed
by Dr. Catherine Nicholson,
assisted by Miss Beatrice
Nugent, both of the Fine Arts
Department.
Members of the cast are AUon
Thompson of New London, Sus-
zane Gilliland of 3531 Johnny
Cake Lane, Paul Atwell, UNC-C
English instructor. Bill Kinsey
of 2631 Shamrock Dr., JaynCon-
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BY RON FOSTER
Not since Rick Dancy’s edi
torial entitled “Dear Mr.
Moore” has this campus under
gone such controversy as the
recent decision by the Publica
tions Board to prohibit liquor
and beer ads from student publi
cations.
The Publications Board con
sists of Dr. Darryl McCall,
chairman. Dr. Julian Mason, an
nual editor Candy Kimbrell,
Barnstormer editor Jerry Han
cock, Journal editor Gayle Watts,
Patsy Hansel, Bill Bumgardner,
Mike Carmichael, and various
other non-voting members.
Dr. Bonnie Cone, who is not
a member of the Publications
Board, but often sits in on the
meetins, was present at this
meeting. Dr. Cone related that
there seemed to be discontent
on the part of some Patrons
and Trustees over the appear
ance of full page beer ads in
last year’s annual and a 4 column
inch Budweiser ad in the Octo
ber 25 issue of the Journal. It
is Miss Cone’s feeling that beer
and liquor advertisements will
be injurious to this university
and its image.
After some discussion, a so-
called “gentleman’s agreement”
was made to the effect that there
would be no beer and liquor ad
vertisements in student publica
tions.
In the course of the discus
sion preceding the agreement,
it was pointed out that only sec
ond rate newspapers run such
ads. This category would encom
pass the Charlotte Observer and
The New York Times as well
as many other well-known news
papers throughout the country.
There has been some confusion
on campus, heightened by the
Charlotte Observer article of
November 10, as to whether the
Publications Board voted on this
controversial issue. There was
no vote taken. The decision was
merely a “consensus of opinion”
of those members present. The
gentleman’s agreement decided
upon at this meeting is nothing
more than an endorsement of the
policy standing previous to the
meeting.
After some consideration many
of the board members began to
change their stands taken in the
November 2 meeting. As result
of this, a petition, drawn up by
concerned students and faculty
members, has been circulated
throughout the student body.
The petition, which is very
mildly worded, is stated “We,
the undersigned, respectfully
protest the limitations placed by
the Publications Board on beer
and liquor advertisements in stu
dent publications and request that
the decision on whether to accept
such advertisements be left to
the editorial staff of the publi
cations involved.”
Many student leaders as well
as faculty members have en
dorsed this petition. Dwayne
Spitzer, Union chairman, Freddie
Setzer, president of the sopho
more class, Mike Robertson,
president of the freshman class
Candy Kimbrell, editor of the
annual, Gayle Watts, editor of
the newspaper and John Gaither,
president of the student body, are
some of the student leaders who
have signed. Faculty members
who have endorsed the petition
include Dr. Dan Morrill, Vic
tor Lopez, Miss Pat Harris and
Brenton Steele, Union director,
to name only a few.
Other student leaders who have
refused to sign the petition in
clude Larry Gamer, president
of the senior class and Bill
Billups, vice president of the
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In this scene from ‘The Firebugs’, Biederman receives warn
ing from the chorus of firemen.
Garrett, Culp Fulbright
Nominee Announced
Peace Symposium Speaker Announces
U.S. Has No Legal Basis In Vietnam
BY FRANK COLEY
Dr. R. W. Rieke, chairman of
the Fulbright Scholarship Com
mittee on this campus, has an
nounced the names of the nomi -
nees for this year’s scholarship
award. The nominees from here
are Sue Garrett and Charles
Frederick Culp.
The Fulbright Award is a
scholarship granted to deserv
ing students wishing to study
their related majors abroad. Dr.
Rieke stressed academic excel
lence as a prime factor in the
processing of students for the
award; however, being nominated
by the committee on this campus
does not in any way mean that
the nominees will be granted the
award. Names fmm various col
leges and universities are sub
mitted to a state board for
screening. The state board then
transfers the names of candi
dates to a national board which
chooses the winners.
Mrs. Sue Garrett is a former
native of Albemarle who is
majoring in history and minor-
ing in German. Sue, if she re
ceives a Fulbright scholarship,
plans to attend the Institute fur
Zeitgenossische Geschite (the In
stitute for Contemporary His
tory) in Munich, Germany. There
she intends to study late 19th
and 20th Century German His
tory and Literature of the same
period. Sue has hopes of attend
ing the University of Pennsyl
vania to do graduate work in
modem European History with
special emphasis on German His
tory.
Although working part time at
Fredrickson Motor Express, Sue
has been a very active person
in campus and community affairs.
During her stay atthe university.
Sue has served as senior class
secretary, senior class repre
sentative, a member of the
Freshman Advisory Council, a
member of the Black Friars
(drama guild) where she served
as stage manager for last
spring’s production of The Amer
ican Dream and this year’s
coming production of The Fire
bugs, a member of the Chancel
lor’s Committee on Commence
ment, a member of the Chancel
lor’s Committee for Honors and
Awards, Student Body Treasurer
(1966-1967), legislative repre
sentative (1965-1966), and as
Secretary of the Luther League
of America (Youth group of the
Lutheran Church in America).
The other candidate, Charles
Frederick Culp (Freddy) is a
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BY RON ROSTER
Vietnam, Cuba and China were
the main topics of discussion at
the recent symposium for peace
sponsored by UNC-C Students
for ACTION.
In conjunction with the sym
posium the ACTION group in
vited repiesentatives from the
Southern Student Organizing
Committee, which is currently
presenting a peace tour which
is scheduled to visit eighteen
college campuses in North Caro
lina.
Nancy Hodes, who lived in
Peking from 1955 to 1960, spoke
on “The Myth of Chinese Ag
gression”. Miss Hodes, who at
tended Radcliffe College, is a
member of the Southern Con
ference Educational Foundation.
She informed the students atten
ding the symposium that it is
wrong to base our destruction
of Vietnam on threats set down
by what she describes as “Belli
gerent Chinese leaders.”
Also speaking to the group
was Tom Gardner, chairman of
SSOC, who has just returned
from a meeting where other
American peace workers met
representatives of North Vietnam
and the National Liberation
Front.
Speaking on “Why Vietnam?”
Mr. Gardner contends that the
U. S. government has no legal
basis to be in Vietnam. He rather
sees the situation as a civil war
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Tom Gardner speaks at Peace Symposium held on campus by Students for ACTION last Wed
nesday ,November 8.