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TIIK JOKOIJ.EGIATE
Published once a year by a clique, or a special
few, of over-opinionated anti-jrecians, attending
Atlantic Christian College
-Member of the Communist left-winu association of the
John-John Birch Society, NAACT-Minutemen, and the ADA-DAR
The views expressed on all pages but this page
are not the views of anyone.
^^it«r. lJumt Hell, Assistant Kditor, Pudge Ilagner; Business
Manager, Kam Khompson; Special Assistant, Dickie Squirrels.
Reportorial Staff; .Almost anyone with wrong ideas, and a love
for alcohol served with Burp Hardy Oining }Iall food.
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APRIL 1, I9f»
^^Jokollegiute^^
Since fditorial;., if read at all, are usually read last we feel
that by Ihi.i time the reader should realize that this particular
edition was wholly intended to be a “JokoUegiate.”
Kuthermorc this week certainly has been, and promises to be,
one of thi more newsworthy periods this year. Consequently, we
Would like to comment on some of the events that already have,
and will, be taking place.
The Colle;-,e Cafeteria Advi.sory Committee made its first re
port to the Executive Board last Monday night. It w'as noted that
certain chan;;er have been made in the menu and that a rear-
ranr ^ment has been made in the cafeteria itself.
A It Ui.r to the Board of Trustees expressing the Executive
Board a total di.sappointment on the Trustees’ decision regarding
Ni ;;ro athU les was read to the Exec Board by Co-Op President
Lt'e Horne. The lett'/r is printed in a separate article below.
A motion to amend the Co-Op Constitution passed the Exec
rd. The motion, if passed by the Co-Op and the Board of
Trustees, would changc the campus government's name to “Stu
dent Government Association,” and would amend the Constitu
tion making,’ the faculty representative and the Dean of Students
on thi? Exi'c Board acting only in an advisory capacity without
voting privileges.
A motion to establish tuition scholarships for Exec Board cabi
net officers was tabled.
Other events this week include the annual Greek Week with
a v.i’ekend of festive activities.
It has been announced that the Campus Christian Association
will present on campus ‘Campus Christian Morality Conference.”
Tile conference will consist of a week of lectures lasting one-hour
daily. Students will be dismissed from classes at this time. The
Uieme for the week will involve a look at the present moral and
ethical situation on campus as well as the other segments of
society. Along with the daily lectures, there will be nightly dis
cussions, numerous dinners involving the particular denominations
repre;,.;nted on campus, meetings with the faculty and adminis
tration. Devotions will be held in Harper Hall.
Letter To Trustees
Editor’s Note; The following is a letter written by Co-Op
President Lee Horne on behalf of the Executive Board.)
Dear Board of Trustees;
It has been pas.-;ed by the Executive Board of the Cooperative
Association at Atlantic Christion College that the President be
rnanda!‘ d to write a letter to the Board of Trustees express
ing their dissatisfaction of the motion passed by the Trustees on
February 24, 1965, refusing to give grants-in-aid for recruiting Ne
gro athletes. Other campus organizations such as the Campus
Chri.stian Association, the Young Democrats Club, and the United
Campus Christian Fellowship have also expressed their discontent
of this motion passed by the Trustees. Many students began to
circulate a petition to raise funds to recruit Negro athletes, but the
petition was stopped when it was learnc'd that such a petition was
in violation of the Carolinas Conference rulings.
After having talked with Dr. Wenger and other administrative
Ix>rsonnel and members of the faculty, I have learned the reasons
for the refusal; however, 1 personally feel that this action is not
in keeping with the resolution adopted by the North Carolina Con
vention of Christian Churches on April 25, 1964.
I am fully aware that your decision was based on solid rea-
-soning. I do feel that the students have shown their voice in the
matter and that the majority have favored recruiting Negro ath
letes in a campus-wide referendum by a vote of 455 in favor, 161
against, and 107 having no opinion.
I thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Elmer Lee Horne, Jr.
President of the Student Body
iVo Campaign Speeches
Monday night at the Executive Board meeting an announce
ment was made stating that campaign speeches of nominees for
class offices would not be given on Thursday as originally sched
uled. These speeches were to be given in class meetings by can
didates running for president and senator. It was reported that
conflicts in the Qiapel programs had forced the deletion of the
class meetings.
As a result of this deletion the election of the most important
class offices will be decided by popularity contests. However,
popularity contests do not always provide the best qualified lead
ers, and the fact that the candidates will not be able to speak
their views hardly contributes to the creation of better govern
ment.
Largely responsible for the striking of the class meetings is
the Administration. It is felt by the Adminstration that the Co-Op
has received more Chapel periods than usual this year and that
another period at this time could not be granted. \^ile it is true
that extra Chapiel periods have been granted to the Co-Op, aU of
them have been used for very important purposes such as, the
completion of the new constitution, and the election of Cabinet
officers. Certainly, none of them have been wasted.
It is our belief that Chajjel periods should be used for the great
est benefit of the student body. We further believe that deletion
of class meetings on this occasion is not in the students’ best in
terest. There are few things that affect the students more than
good student government, and steps to insure the creation of the
best government possible should never be disregarded.
JUST A DREAM
By T.O.D. JOHNSTOX
A silent spring wind rippled the
water
And the grass and reeds quivered
and green
Small new things swam and flew
up and sang
In the yelicw of the green the sun
was sewing
And there she lay on the bushy
bank
And she croacked the gutteral bub
ble sound
Of an undigested bullfrog, dying
pie-eyed
Her being wavered and withered
and broke
Lying there skjwly
Sighing sweeter grass sounds dy
ing
Gently a smile on that black
beak, red-
WhitefeaLhers on dew trimmed
reeds that
Whistled or moaned about noth
ing at all.
Readers’ Forum
Mr. Brent Hill
Editor, THE COLEGIATE
Dear Editor:
I would greatly appreciate your
printing this letter in its entirety
in the next edition of the THE
COLEGIATE.
Dear Co-op Members:
I would like to take this opportuni
ty to thank those members of the
Cooperative Association who partici
pated in the past election. The large
turn out at the voting polls proved
that each candidate campaigned vi
gorously, and (in the words of
Mrs. Wenger) that the Student body,
faculty, and administiiation did care.
I sincerely hope that the enthusi
asm win prevail tbrou^out the com
ing election and next year.
I would like to extend a special
thanks to those memlbers and
friends who supported and voted for
me. I take such interest with ex
treme confidence and promise to
hold this trust securely and extend
each member fair representation.
‘Many students have asked if they
could serve on committees next
year. To those of you who do Want
to heJp and have not inquired, I
encourage you to do so immediate
ly. In order to have a fulfilling
year, your assistance is needed.
Sincerely,
David Webb
President-elect
Spindled
AUSTIN, Texas (CPS) — Students
at the University of California at
Berkeley are not the only ones tired
of being told not to fold, bend, sta
ple or mutilate.
Those entering the University of
Texas must fill out 19 different
forms before the doors to the grove
of academe are officially opened.
Not too surprisingly, there is no
central office where a total profile
of student information is available.
A special project headed by the
university’s director of counseling
and testing research has been set up
to solve this problem.
Meanwhile, some solace can be
had in the fact that re-entering stu
dents only have to fill out 16 cards
every semester.
Football
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at the site of tihe present athletic
field.
OommeHting on the prospeictive
season the Religion Dept, here stat
ed that plans were imderway for
a ten game schedule to be played
between Sept. 1 and Sept. 20. (Don-
sequently, the football season will
be completed before basketibaJi prac
tice begins on Sept. 21.
Possible opponents mentioned are
UCLA, King’s &isiness College,
Navy, Duke, Wilson Tech, and
Coach Parsegian’s old alumnus No
tre Dame.
The Fly-Swatter
By JACK REDMOND
By now, those of you who design
to remain awake while reading this
epitome of collegiate journalism
should be able to detect that a
certain air is noticeable in the motif
of the copy. The date gives us, nor
mally a rather sober and business
like bunch, all the license we feel
necessary to turn out a spoof edi
tion to pay homage to the date.
Like its better-known winter felow
holidiay, April Wunth comes but
once a year, and we intend to make
the most of it while we may. While
everyone else stretches the seams
of credulity, I figgered (with help)
that this might be a good time for
me to do a little earnest research
into the me^ffliods and ori^ns of this
moich-ignored day of festivity. For
tunately, .1 was able to barnesis a
source of labor which was much
more capiable of staying aWake
through the hours necessary tx) pur-
use the many esoteric volumes
which bore the necessary info, so I
can’t take credit for much work
even now.
Seems as how AM Fools” Day, as
April Fools’ Day is suppo'sed to
have otice been called, is quite a
tradition in societies diverse both in
structure and in time. Geared to
correspond roughly with the verhal
equinox, the day is apparently one
in which all should be able to cele-
bilate the imminenjt approach of
Spring with no reservations forth
coming from overly joyful celebra
tion. The Various holidays which
equafly various sources credit as
being “the” precursor of A.F.D. al
fall pretty dose to the equinox:
Rome’s festival, redundantly caled
“Hilaria” (and less redundantly call
ed Cerefalda, ostensibly indicating
emergence of the first grasses (rf
spring), feilil on the 25th of Man*.
India’s Huh festival (Lord know
what that o^ensilbly indicates) falls
on the last day of March; those
more versed in matters Biblical
can ascribe some date to Noah’s
rdease of the dove from the ark,
also a suppo'sed reason for the
founding of the d&y.
Whatever the reaiSon(s) for
A. F. D., suffice it to say that it
coincides so wel With the astron-
nomioal signs of the advent of
Spring that it is almost ceit^y
a day v/hich several cultures have
seen fit to set apart to release
those rising emotions which Spring
always seemis to bring forth.
Our 0(wn A. F. D. is heavily
wei^ted with English tradition,
jokes being the high order of the
day.
Sending the gullible on false er
rands was what it took to split
(he s'turdy sides of our Medieval
ancestors — searches for hens’
teeth and such being fair examples.
I expect the seanch for the left-
handed monkey wrench to be a
purely American contribution,
though.
In Old Mexico, the day, although
faffing pretty far off calendar -wise,
nevertheJeiss has a particularly prac
tical 'bent: items borrowed then
need not ever be returned. Instead,
one mereily sends one’s victim a
gift of sweets accompanied with a
poem letting him know he’s been
“tooken.” I imiagine one needs a
pretty hefty sense of humor to get
along under such circumstances.
“Sorry albout your lamwwer,
Jose! Ha, ha!”
By DWIGHT WAGNER
The request made by President
Johnson last week that the Klu
Klux Klan be investigated by the
House Un-American Activities Com
mittee is, in the opinion of many,
long overdue. This particular re
quest came on the heels of the mur
der of Mrs. Viola Liuzzo, a civil
rights campiadgner from Detroit,
whi<ii indicated that some members
of the Klan may have been re
sponsible for this savage act.
Over the past few years the Kl'an
has been amused of commiljting oth
er murders of notable Negroes and
Civil Rights people, but a white
jury in the South has yet to find
guilty men accused of such crimes.
In gome oases the evidence againslt
the defendants has been overwhelm
ing. It is hoped that a tborou^ in
vestigation of the Klian will inable
our laiw makers to gain enou^ in-
fomiation that can be used to oo»-
trol this group.
In the past the House Un-Ameri
can Activities Committee has mlain-
ly concentrated its work on investi
gating left-wing groups, but the
scene is now siwitlching to the in
vestigation of certain right-wiag
groups, one (Jf which would be the
Kiu Klux Klan. The investigation of
the right wiag groups is more tlian
necessary, since many aictivities of
these groups are detriments to the
United States. The Klan which
screams so loudly about protecting
and seeking to insure the rights
gnanted by the Oon^tution hias ob
viously violated many times indi-
vidiMs’ alttempte to praieitive these
rights.
In a free society sudi actions
cannot be tolenalted if we are to
remain a free society and an ex
ample for all men to foEow. "Rie
extreme ri^t-iwing groups in
country are wiling to take any ac
tion that will give them their
If such atets became intensified the
eiEfect is the Same as Ctommuni^
domination, the total surpression o(
the rights of the individual. V/hd
better exampJe ctf this is there than
Hilter and his Nazi Party? Also,
it may be noted that all too fre-
quenMy the actions of the Klu Klux
Klan have Ibeen grefatly similar ^
those of Hitler’s Storm Troopers.