PUBLISHED WEEKLY The Collegiate ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, OCTOBER 9, 1964 NUMBER THREE NDEA Is Expected To Be Expanded By LAURA GODOFSKY Collegiate Press Service WASHINGTON (CPS) - A three- year extension and expansion of the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) was approved by a House- Senate Conference Conimittee re cently and was expected to be rati fied by Congress before adjourn ment. The compromise NDEA bill, which includes an extension of the impact ed areas public school aid program, is closer to the broader Senate bill than to the House bill. House Republicans, objecting to the enlarged scope of the NDEA, have indicated that they would try to defeat the bill on the floor. None theless, the popularity of the im pacted area program, which pours federal funds into over 40000 school districts which have large numbers of federal employees, is expected to pull the NDEA measure through Peter Nero Here Popular television and recording artist Peter Nero will headline the 1964-65 Community Concert series in Wilson. His performance will be at Fiice High School on October 26. Admission to this concert is by membership only. Memberships can be, obtained at the Music Building through Tuesday, October 13. Also included in this concert se ries are Mildred Miller, Metropoli tan Opera mezzo - soprano, the Tuc son Boys Choir, and one concert be announced. 'rhe regular membership fee is $7,50. Acc students membership at the Music Building is $3.00. with it. The committee resolved differ ences in the length of the exten sion, the amounts authorized for stu dent loans, increases in the number of graduate fellowships, and the ex pansion of categories elligible for teacher institutes and for the acqui sition of equipment for public schools. The conference committee’s bill in creases the yearly limit on loans to graduate and professional students from $1000 to $2500. It doubles the total a student may borrow in his undergraduate and graduate years from $5000 to $10,000. It also increases the funds avail able for loans from the present $135 million to $163.3 ■ mUlion in fiscal 1965, $179.3 million in 1966, $190 mil lion in 1937, and $195 million in 1968. Eligibility for loans is extended to part-time students who are carrying at least half of a normal academic course load. Forgiveness of up to 50 per cent of future public schoo’ teachers’ loans is extended to stu dents planning to teach in colleges and universities or in private schools. The $800,000 ceiling on the amount of loan funds any one institution can request is removed. This ceil ing dates only from last December, when $250,000 ceiling was raised. The number of graduate fellow ships supported by the NDEA is in creased from the present 1500 a year to 3000 in fiscal 1965, 6000 in 1966, and 7500 in 1967 and 1968. The conference report contains several provisions aimed at broad ening the NDEA’s academic focus beyond its original limits of mathe matics, science, and modern foreign language emphasis. In awarding college student loans, special consideration no longer need be given to prospective elementary school teachers and to students with superior preparation in science or languages, Instead, priority is to be given merely to “students with su perior academic backgrounds.” Although the House voted against providing funds to purchase equip ment and support teacher institutes in English and history, the confer ences committee agreed to support these fields. Both the House and Senate originally agreed to support ‘i-emedial readipg and geography in- i stitutes and equipment. Freshmen Class Elections Are Declared Void By Exec Board; Decision Is Result Of Protest The Freshmen Class, elections held last week were declared void iast Monday night by the Executive Board of the Cooperative Associa tion at its regular meeting. The action came as a result of a protest lodged by Charles Wolfe, candidate for Freshman president, who charged that the elections were held under rules of procedure which UN-ELECrKD BY BOARD—Shown above (left to right) are Tommy Beaman, Bill Deans and David Marshburn who were un-elected as representatives to the Executive Board from the Freshmen Class at the Board’s meeting Monday night. The action was a result of a protest filed by Charles Wolfe (below). Notice The Science and Mathematics Club will hold its first meeting on Wednesday, October 14 at 7:30 p,m. in the science lecture room. , The nominating committee has se lected candidates to run for offices for the coming year. Nominations wOl be accepted from the floor, and officers will be elected. The members vwll also discuss programs for the year. Everyone who is interested is urged to attend! Refreshments will be serVed. Student Political Groups Protest U.C. Decision BERKELEY (CPS) — A decision by University of California officials barring the distribution of “direct ly persuasive” political material at an entrance to the Berkeley campus has drawn heavy fire from twenty student political groups and the stu dent government. The decision prohibits partisan po litical activity at the Bancroft Way and Telegraph Ave. entrance adja cent to the Cal student union. The area had previously been used by alstudent political groups wishing to set up stands and booths to dis tribute literature and solicit dona- MOST POFULAR freshman GIRI^The Most Popular Girl Dance will be held from 8 p.m. until 11:30 P Saturday, Octo ber 10 in they Cherry Hotel Ballroom. The Jetta Purcell, Patty Williford, Betsy Milligan, Joan Bal^r Vma Tonn, Kay Sorrell and Dianne Quick. Admission ^ ^ and S51.50 per couple. Music will be furnished by haraams. London Orchestra To Be In Raleigh Inaugurating the 1964-65 Friends of the College series is the London Symphony Orchestra which will appear at the WiUiam Neal Rey nolds Coliseum in Raleigh on Octo ber 10, 11. The program wiU be the same each night. Only season membership holders will be admit ted Conducting the orchestra in Ra leigh will be George Solti, recently appointed to the post of musical di rector of the Royal Opera House. Born in Budapest in 1913, he at one time served as musical director of the Budapest Opera and was assis tant to Toacanini at the 1937 Salz burg Festival. He has served as musical direc tor of the Zurich Opera, the Munich State Opera and the Frankfort Op era, and has often served as guest conductor of the Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic. tions. Protesting groups included the Young Republicans, the Young Socialist League, the Inter collegiate Society of Individualists, CORE, SNCC, and many other campus political organizations. The Cal student senate passed a resolution urging the university’s board of regents “to allow free po litical and social action to be ef fected by students” at the entrance. The group also asked that student political organizations be allowed to solicit funds on-campus for off- campus political activity, which is also prohibited under the ban. Senate debate indicated that if the request is rejected, the student government would try to buy the area and donate it either to the City of Berkeley or to a student group as a free speech area. Both liberal and conservative cam pus political groups greeted the ban with picketing, negotiations with uni versity officials, and other forms of protest activity. Over 300 students staged an all-night vigil in opposi tion to the ban. Some organizations resorted to civ il disobedience, setting up tables and handing out literature and bum per stickers despite the ban. Others were reported considering the possi bility of operating their stands on an eight foot strip of land in front of the Bancroft entrance but not on university property. University of California Dean of Students Kathrine A. Towle said that by establishing the ban the uni versity was enforcing “the policy long ago set down by the regents.” She said only the leniency of the See POLITICAL GROUPS Page 3 had not been adopted officially by the Executive Board. It was dis covered that the rules used in the election had been proposed last year but had never been adopted. Tlie protest noted that the pro posed rules did limit the voting for officers to one day with the runoff (if necessary) to be held the follow ing day. The elections were held under these rules and not the offi cial rules which stipulated tliat the elections be held for two days with a runoff to be held on the following day, if necessary. A motion by Corkie Ecklin, chair man of the Elections Committee, to declre the elections void, passed. Dean of Students Robert Bennett moved that all off-campus groups desiring to use student organiza tions or groups of students for va rious campaigns must obtain the approval of the Executive Board. The motion was defeated on the grounds that the Board did not have the authority to make such a ruling involving student organizations. These organizations would have in cluded fraternities, sororities and similar groups. Gina Allen, senior senator, sub mitted a protest that had been giv en her by two student teachers. The protest noted that student teachers have to buy too many meal books for the amount of time they spend on campus. An investigation was ordered on the matter. First Play Set Oct. 20,21, 22 In ACC Chapel Stage and Script’s first production this year will be Oliver Goldsmith’s SHE STOOP TO CONQUER. The play is a romantic comedy in two acts. The leads are: George F'arr, Mar- reen Ryan, Jack Tobin, Rae Torrey, and Penny Kirk. This production will be sponsored by the Wilson Kiwanis Club, who in past years have sponsored the Caro lina Playmakers. The play will run.October 20, 21, 22 at Howard Chapel. Students may pick up their season tickets at the Administration Building next wek. YRC Meets The Young Republican Club held its organizational meeting Tuesday afternoon, October 6. President Larry Carroll called the meeting to order with 40 students attending. A tentative yearly plan for the Y. R. C. was introduced. The highlight of the meeting came when the film “A Choice-Not An Echo” was shown by Mrs. Edward Long of the local Republican party. The next meeting vdll be held on Tuesday, October 13, and nomina tions for yearly officers will be held at that time. Newman Club Robert M. Ryan, Sr. was recently elected president of the newly form ed Atlantic Christian College New man (31ub. At its first meeting, Mon day, October 5, Dottie Wyman was elected Sec. - Tres. and Paul Donaly and Maureen Ryan were elected representames of the Roman Cath olic Newman Club to the Campus Chri.stian Assoc. Rev. Father Keenan of St. There sa’s Church, Wilson, will be the clubs spiritual advisor and John Marshal of the A. C. art department vrill be the faculty advisor.

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