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AC Students
Turn Poets
Our Modern Times
These modern times require
that . ■ .each one must keep
abreast . . .of each and every
happening . . .to pass the hard
est test . . .if we are to find
happiness and days that are
sublime . . .Topsy turvy and
fantastic is the world in which
we dwell . . .making people
move much faster . . .in an
effort to excell . . .innovations
sets the pace for all that is
new . . .the human race is run
ning hard . . .to gain what
it is due . . .We are like nervous
squirrels running rampant in a
cage for we’re captured In the
turmoil. . .of this modem day
and age . . .
Grafitus
Ponderings
SGA On The Move
The old maxim “The People should not hove to al
ways go to the church, the church must go to the ^P^o-
ple," has apparently been tranliterated to mean "The
students should not hove to always go to the SGA, the
SGA must go to the students."
Last Thursday, our President, Doug Dexter, called a
special Student Government meeting in the Chapel in
an attempt to get the students okay on the SGA budget.
Much to his dismay, and the dismay of Ellis Kirkland,
SGA treasurer, 20 civic minded students appeared, or
straggled to the scene.
Now, as everyone knows, a quorum of some 500 stu
dents was needed to ratify the "corrected" budget, that
left our exalted rulers (sometimes referred to as student
leaders) some 480 short. But our crusading President, not
to be defeated, had the cleverness to take the budget to
the students' most revered sanctuary. Hardy Dining Hall.
There, he called for discussion and ultimately a vote;
and over the mounds of food and carelessly forgotten
trays, our budget was approved. Now, as an old southern
preacher would say, "There's a lesson in that for all of us."
We have denounced, damned, excoriated, repudiated, dis
owned, disavowed, renounced and disclaimed the Execu
tive Board because of its tardiness in doing things, in
meeting the student's need and for its failure to be a
voice for the student body. Yet, we could not pull our
selves from the dinner table long enough to attend an
abbreviated meeting to pass a budget.
If the Executive Board is to make any headway this
year, if it is to do any good for the students; then the
student body will have to meet the Board halfway. With
out support, the Exec. Board can do little. And without
the Board, the students' voice will be little.
An Ordinary Evening?
As another October rolls around, the inevitable true
nature of each of us slips out, and by the last night
of the month, we have all turned into veritable draculas,
fronkenstiens, witches, and goblins in general. This year,
however, a newer style has come upon the scene — Cap
tain Nice outfits. Batman capes, and anything and any
body who is strong, can fly, go zap and stands for every
thing good and nice in the world.
In the true tradition of the Collegiate and following
our age-worn (?) policy of fighting all evil and always
being nice, we offer some Halloween costumes that might
be worn by some of our notable campus characters.
For instance, Doug Dexter, president of our Student
Government, might well go from house-to-house and
dorm-to-dorm dressed os Lyndon Johnson, due to Dexter's
great popularity appeal and his unyielding efforts to bet
ter our student image.
Beth Best, secretary of the SGA, might go around
dressed as a female snowman (snowgirl?), because of
reasons known only to herself.
Dean Robert Washer could disguise himself as Cap
tain Hook, due to his undying efforts to always comfort
and console the men in Hackney Hall, Lee Street Annex
and Hackney House.
President Dexter's second lieutenant. Vice President
Tim Overman could don himself in a snail's shell to sym
bolize his eagerness to work on the Executive Board os
Parliamentarian.
Al Cooke, the crusader's crusader, could array him
self in papal vestments, his only problem would be getting
around the bull.
Rick Harrison, the great "orator" of the old North
State could play Jesse Helms for one night—he'd prob
ably find the characterization easier than might be ex
pected.
Former Collegiate Editor Charles Wolfe could go
around os Aristotle to eximplify his love for the Greek way
of life.
AC Chorus^
Brass Set
Concert Date
The Atlantic Christian College
Chorus and Brass Quintet will
present a concert at 8:15 p.m.,
Nov. 1, in Howard Chapel.
The concert, the first the
chorus has done on campus this
year, will feature selections pre
sented while the chorus was on
tour last week.
Selections will include William
Duckworth’s “Spring Dreams
and Autumn Questions,” a set
ting of poems from "The Pen
guin Book of Chinese Verse”
for brass quintet and chorus.
Also included on the program
are works by Michael Haydn,
Loyset Compere, Johann Bach,
Aaron Copeland, Randall Thomp
son, Ross Albert (assistant di
rector of the chorus) and por
tions of the “Gloria,” by An
tonio Vivaldi.
The group is made up of some
4a students. Directing the chor
us will be Dr. James Cobb,
chairman of the ACC Depart
ment of Music. Director of the
Brass Quintet is William Duck
worth, who heads the depart
ment’s division of instrumental
music.
By RICHARD HARRISON
“Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend
foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation'^
Americans — bom in this centry, tempered by war disciplijjj,
a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage — and
ing to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights
which this nation has always been committed, and to which we ■
committed today at home and around the world.” President jj
F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1%1.
Much has been written and said about the apathy of students
the college campus. Radicals on both sides of the fence
issue have cried out in despair that no one cares, that
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Ode To Red-Blooded
American Apathy
Fall down. Fall down
Break your damn neck
See if I care—
To hell with self-respect.
Tear Down your flag
Throw it on the ground
Stamp it, burn it
No one gonna frown.
The world’s on fire
It’s brother against brother
Go and get a gun
And go and kill your mother.
Don’t be afraid
Don’t be shy
Everybody knows
That we all got to die.
People start to yeU
We want to be free
I don’t care man
That don’t concern me.
Here come the Russians
What will we do
I don’t know Buddy
But I’ll leave it up to you.
People running round
Don’t know what to do
Don’t look at me, man
I'm apathetic too.
So here stands America
A land free and true
Our flag’s red and white
And apathetic blue
—Duke Whedbee and Paula Latta
going to be doomed by the folly of our inaction. I disagree. Itj
definite issue with these and similar statements.
Comparatively speaking, the campus of today is a hotbed
dissension and unrest, with protests and underground publicai
being the norm at many colleges. However, this was not thet
until a few years ago. In fact, there seems to have been veryi
unrest during the fifties, with the exception of a few who t
working for civil rights. That w£fs the era of complacency,
Eisenhower-Nixon days of feigned utopia.
What has happened to change that? Even as this is t*
written, 37,500 students from all over the eastem half of the w
are gathering in Washington to protest the war. Thousands of j(
Americans are serving in the Peace Corps. Many students are sp
ing their summers working with VISTA, Headstart, the Job 0
and similar programs. U-Cal. at Berkely is synonunous
protest. Why?
In looking over the news releases of the past 10 to 12 y
a gradual move towards activism can be seen in the latter;
of the fifties. However, one even in particular seems to stanc
as the breaking point with almost total apathy. This event wa
nomination and election of John Kennedy as President of the I
States. He was not satisfied with the status quo. He was not v
to see people being suffocated by poverty in a nation of unprec
ed wealth. He was not willing to sing “the land of the free"
a large portion of our population was under economic, educa
and political slavery.
His spirit of concem dissatisfaction spread throughout the ci
and students from California to Maine took up his challeng
AC has been slow in responding to the urgent cry of the social
mation. However, the feeble first steps of recent y«ars are bej
to take on the character of confident strides. The torch has
passed, to us.
Indigestion!!!
By JOYCE COPELAND
A quorum is defined as, “the
number who must be present in
order that business may be con
ducted legally.” A quorum is
necessary to successfully ap
prove the budget for Atlantic
Christian College. A quorum at
Atlantic Christian College con
sists of a little over four hun
dred students The Executive
Board of this school felt that
there was enough interested stu
dents at ACC to attend the spe
cially called meeting for budget
approval on October 19, 1967.
TTiey thought at least people
would come to see if another
flaw could be found. 'The biggest
flaw discovered was the student
body.
Each student at Atlantic
Christian College pays a student
fee at the beginning of each se
mester. Each student has a voice
in how this money is to be spent.
Their voice is a vote, the abili
ty to approve or disapprove the
budget. Yet in this institution
of slightly less than 1,50(1
dents, only about 20 app
at the convocation, and af
of them were late.
President Dexter had to
the meeting to the cafel
that is rather hard to (t
There are many compt
about the food around cs
(most justifiable), yet noti
many people left the tablet
to a meeting which would!
taken very little of their s
Hie meeting was called li:
der in Hardy Dining Hall bi
Dexter. Some considerate:
stander asked that a
count be made. The couilE
vealed the presence of oveii
gourmets. Mr. Rick Harrisoi;
fered a motion that the prof
budget for 1967-68 be app«
The motion being seco«
question was called for. !
budget met overwhelminS
proval. Once in a lifetin*
eryone has to agree with I
Dexter, “Amen, brother!" ■:
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