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THE COLLEGIATE
Published Weekly by Students Attending:
Atlantic Christian College, Wilson, N. C.
Members of United States Student Press Association News
and Features Services Leased from the Collegiate Press
Service.
The views expressed on this page are not necessarily those
of the faculty or administration at ACC.
Editor, Uwight Wagner; Business Manager, Charles Wolfe;
Sports Kditor, Larry Poore. Photographer, Gene Duncan.
Staff: Charles Wolfe, Fred Barber, Diane Tunnell, Martha
Hall, Susan Porreca, Anne Johnson, Brenda Cothern,
Cathy Pierce, Roger Sin, Jimmy Bussell.
Thursday, September 30, 1965
Ciirrent Affairs
Over the past few years, and at the present
time, there has been much progress made in the
effort to build better academic standards here at
ACC. This striving for excellence has keynoted
the development of ACC more than anything
else. Yet, there is still one area where more at
tention is needed, and this is in educating stu
dents in current affairs and contemporary prob
lems.
The importance of this area of education can
not be over emphasised. With the world becom
ing smaller everyday and vast social and econom
ical changes taking place in our own country,
there is the very difficult problem of gaining an
understanding of these things, much less trying
to find solutions. Obviously though, an effort
must be made to gain as much knowledge as
possible of events in our contemporary world.
This is a matter that particularly affects
those students in the social studies and religion
departments. These people must deal in a con
temporary atmosphere more so than students in
other departments.
Unfortunatley, the students in the political
science department have been sadly uninformed.
It has been thought that knowledge in this field
of study could be gained simply by sitting h). a
classroom for a certain number of prescribed
hours and that nothing more was needed. V/nat
they have failed to get is the understanding of
how to apply the information in the classroom to
everyday circumstances. This failure has mainly
been the fault of the students, who for some
reason are horrified by the idea that some ex
tensive reading on current affairs could be very
benefical. The result has been a very limited
knowledge of affairs in the U. S., and almost a
complete ignorance of international affairs.
While this problem is common not only to
political science students but to others as well, the
role of the faculty cannot go unnoticed. In the
past the faculty, as a whole, has not encouraged
students, in one form or another, to obtain know
ledge in contemporary affairs. However, it hjs
been noticed that a stronger move in this direction
has been taking place this year, and we would
hope that this efforf will be intensified.
It would also be of great value to begin a
series of discussions or seminars related to every
day affairs. This type of activity does much to
stimulate thought, and there is a great need for
ACC students to be stimulated.
Campus Development
The announcement concerning the planning
and development of a new student union and
cafeteria was well received by the Executive Board
Monday night. This news will be welcomed by
all ACC students, who realize only too well how
much these facilities are needed.
The proposed plans reveal that a great deal of
work has been done on estimating the future
needs of the college. These plans have been
developed so that expansion of the buildings
would be possible. Much credit must be given to
college officals and especially Mr. Atwood Skin
ner, the architect for the college, and Mr. Barry
Lamm, the assistant architect, for the excellent
campus development plans they have produced.
SDS Society
Is Retained
(CPS) — A voice vote of the
University of Kentucky’s Faculty
Senate successfully blocked my
attempt to withdraw the accredi
tation of the campus chapter of
the Students for a Democratic
Society (SDS).
The vote defeated a motion in
troduced by Thomas C. Maney,
3 professor of electrical engineer
ing, and by Dr. Wasley S. Krog-
dahl, professor of mathematics
and astronomy, who asked the
senate to revoke accreditation
for the local SDS chapter given
to it by the Faculty Committee
on Student Organizations.
Approval by the committee
means an organization can have
its meetings placed on the offi
cial university calendar and may
see university meeting halls. Ac
creditation is normally a routine
matter once an organization has
met the committee requirement
to present a constitution or pur
pose and a financial statement.
This was the first organiza
tion ever to have its accredita
tion questioned before the univer
sity’s faculty senate.
KogdahL who is also the fac
ulty senate.
Krogdahl, who is also the fac
ulty adviser for the campus
chapter of the Young Americans
for Freedom, and Maney said
the SDS chapter should not be
allowed to operate on the cam
pus since the group violated the
U. S. Espionage Act of 1917 by
planning protests on the war in
Vietnam, including its plans for
a nationwide student protest
against the war this fall.
The motion said the university
“cannot permit property owned
by the Commonwealth (of Ken
tucky) and under our care to be
used to aid in the possible open
defiance of federal law.”
Dr. W. Garret Flickinger, pro
fessor of law, defended the SDS
accreditation and asked for the
defeat of the motion. Flickinger
said he was not defending SDS
as an organization but didn’t be
lieve the university could afford
to refuse accreditation to an or
ganization and refuse it the
right to meet on campus just
because the beliefs of the group
are “contrary to the beliefs of
certain faculty members.”
As the vote was oral, no offi
cial count was recorded but Dr.
Flickinger later told reporters
the motion was rather “firmly
defeated.”
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Reader^s
Forum
Dear Editor,
I noticed that in your editorial
of September 23, you had an
article headed “Collegiate Poli
cy.” As you said it was not pos
sible to give a complete outline
of your policies and I am in
complete agreement. But there
is one policy that I feel all
newspapers do, and if not, should,
adhere to. This policy being, re
porting the news completely, so
as not to give false impressions
on any issues.
In your news article “Exec
Board Meets For First Time,”
you reported that I made a mo
tion for Atlantic Christian College
to become inactive in the Na
tional Student Association. This
was only half of the motion and
in so doing you took it out of
context. It should have read that
I move ACC become inactive in
NSA until a committee could be
appointed by the president to
make a more thorough investi
gation of the subject. By giving
the complete motion an entirely
new light is thrown on the intent
of this move.
I also noticed that you stated
my motion was made on the
basis of an editorial written by
William Buckley, editor of the
National Review. The motion was
not made on this basis. The arti
cle was read to the Exec Board
merely to create an air of ques
tion concerning NSA in order
that they rmght see the necessity
of a committee to make a more
thorough investigation of mem
bership in NSA. This committee
has been appointed and will be
gin research this week.
Sincerely,
John Gorham
Student Co-ordinator
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Released
Good Quality Teachers
A nationwide survey by Louis
Harris and Associates released
this week indicates the public
generally is high on the quality
of American public school teach
ers and more than 40 per cent,
the survey indicates, believe that
teachers should be paid more.
But the survey found people
thinking that the present share
of money now given to educa
tion is adequate. This indicates,
according to Harris’ summary,
that the public may feel teachers
should be paid more but that
there is an unwillingness to dip
any deeper into tax monies to
come up with more money for
teacher pay.
Residents of large cities, as
opposed to those from rural
areas, were most vehement
about the need for finding
more money for teachers sala
ries. This was found to be es
pecially true in cities where
iieachers, strikes have been
threatened.
The survey found that 82 per
cent of the people questioned in
a nationwide representative sam
ple rated public school teachers
as good or excellent. The break
down showed that 78 per cent of
the people in the cities rated
teachers as good or excellent,
81 per cent in the surburbs, 86
per cent in the towns and 81
per cent in the rural areas
On the matter of pay, the na
tionwide figures showed that 56
per cent thought teachers were
now paid “about right” while 42
per cent thought teachers were
paid “too little.” The breakdown
on the pay issue was: cities, 51
per cent thought pay was too lit
tle, 45 per cent said it was
about right; towns, 43 per cent
said pay was too little, 53 per
cent thought it was about right;
rural areas, 30 per cent said
pay was too little and 68 per
cent said pay was about right.
The nationwide figures showed
that 32 per cent thought too little
money was being spent on
schools and 56 per cent said
the amount was about right.
That breakdown was: cities, 43
per cent said the percentage
spent on education was too lit
tle, 48 per cent felt it was about
ri^t; suburbs, 27 per cent
said the percentage was too lit
tle, 61 per cent said it was
about right; towns, 26 per cent
said it was too little, 57 per
cent said it was about right;
and in rural areas, 26 per cent
said too little was spent on
schools and 61 per cent said
the amount was about right. The
remaining small percentages in
each category felt “too much’
was now being spent on schools.
By DWIGHT WAGNER
With the settlement of the steel
strike in Washington a few
weeks ago there has been cer
tain speculation as to whether
the days of collective bargain
ing are now beyond recall. The
reason for this speculation re
sults from the manner in which
the dispute was settled with the
government acting as a strict
mediator.
The change in the collective
bargaining process has changed
mainly for the reason that busi
ness has changed so much in re
cent years. Certain companies
have become so large and in
volved in our economy that the
country now finds these business’
health and productivity a neces
sity for economic stability. This
view has obviously been taken
by President Johnson, and he
has demonstrated this on two
occasions by entering into the
disputes with a strong hand.
While there has been some
argument over Johnson’s manner
of handling the steel and rail
road strikes, there can be no
argument that he has been very
effective. %ere is Uttle doubt
that he will act in a similar
manner if the need calls for it.
Some of the negotiators in the
major unions and businesses are
now wondering if it is even
worth trying to reach a settle
ment. This approach would seem
to be a negative attitude since
there is obviously much that can
be accomplished before a dead
line and maybe even a complete
settlement is possible with the
right attitude.
There is a clear need for those
people in both labor and business
to recognize the manner a
which changes have effected
the conditions now tolerated by
the American public for labor
disputes resulting in strikes. The
day has almost arrived when
strikes will be old fashion and
the main problem will be that of
automation.
Announcement
Students participating in u''"
supervised sports on the campus
of Atlantic Christian College
have been requested to caoitne
these activities to the athletic
fields, according to Robert
Bennett, dean of students.
The request was made in tM
interest of safety to both partici
pants and bystanders and to the
protection of college property.