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EBRUARY 12, 1970
NUMBER FOURTEEN
Lectures
Jim Abbott
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campus on Tuesday and in his
invocation address informed
those in attendance of the
programs and activities that the
\CL.U. and its affiliate
itapters engage in. “The sole
pise of the ACLU” said
Lambeth, “is to defend the cause
ofcivilliberties.” He went on to
say that it is the only non
partisan organization which
defends the civil liberties of
everyone even extremist groups
iuchasthe K.K.K. and the John
Birch Society. Lambeth noted
that it is the consistency with
which the ACLU defense even
the most hated groups, that is
(lie trademark of the
organization.
The work of the Civil Liberties
Union is centered around three
basic activities stated Lambeth.
The first are the legal activities,
in which the ACLU acts as a
"friend of the court,” and the
. attorneys working for the ACLU
are not given any compensation
for their services. The second
activity is that of educating the
American people about their
tasic freedoms. Thirdly, the
ACLU lobbies in the halls of
Congress and in the state
legislatures. In North Carolina
for example the NCCLU
presents at each legislative
session a list of reforms and bills
they would like to see in
corporated into law. These in
clude such things as the abolition
of the death penalty;
nullification of statutes regar
ding restrictions based on race
religion; adoption of fair
housing laws; and reform
concerning the involuntary
committment of alleged men
tally ill.
Mr, Lambeth pointed out that
i” recent years in N.C. the
NCCLU has been involved in the
Speaker Ban case; censorship
®es; cases involving the ad
mission of Negroes to the N.C.
Association; and most
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Catbird Teiser and Jim Abbott, co-chairmen of ACC’s Bloodmobile Committee, enact a scene which
wil be pa,inful but rewardmg durmg ACC’s annual blood drive next Thursday and Friday at Hackney
Hall. Lets come on out and give a little. (Photo by Ed Harris)
Blood Drive Underway
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will make its annual visit to the
recently in the Marie Hill death
penalty case.
The ACLU National Board
periodically issues statements of
poUcy regarding certain issues.
For example regarding campus
freedoms, the ACLU feels that
college newspapers need to be
financially separated from the
college, however, if this is im
possible, then there should at
least be an absence of cen
sorship of the news by ad
ministration officials. The ACLU
also feels that student rooms and
lockers should not be searched
unless officials have obtained
proper search warrants. In the
case of college disciplinary
action, the ACLU feels the
student has a right to be
represented by legal counsel.
Finally, concerning the draft,
the ACLU has stated that the
draft is unconstitutional unless
the country is in emminent
danger of being invaded.
In closing, Mr. Lambeth
submitted that in essence, the
goal of the ACLU and its affiliate
chapters is to ensure that the
U.S. provides equal op
portunities for each of its
citizens to develop their unequal
talents.
Atlantic Christian campus on
February 19th and 20th. The AC.
Bloodmobile Committee headed
by Jim Abbott with Catbird
Tizer as co-chairman has set the
goal for this school at 300 pints.
Last Week packets went out to
all A.C. students asking for their
assistance in making this years
Blood drive successful. The
packets included information
concerning the Red Cross and
the Bloodmobile program, a
pledge card, and a parental
permission form, which, if the
student is under 21, must be
signed by a parent or guardian.
“This year it is particularly
important that we give all blood
we possibly can.” explained
Abbott. Because the Red Cross
has threatened to withdraw its
free blood program from the
community. This would mean
that students or citizens in need
of blood would either have to
supply their own donors or pay a
minimum fee of $25.00 per pint.
To encourage participation
among the Greek organizations,
a competition will be established
between the fraternities and
sororities to see which
organization has the largest
percentage of its membership
volunteer to donate blood. A
plaque will be awarded to the
winning
division.
organization in each
be
The Bloodmobile will
located at Hackney Hall on
Thursday February 19 from
11:30 to 5:00p.m. and on Friday,
February 20th from 10: to 2:00
p.m.
The South
Discussed
By JIM ABBOTT
“To live in the South and be
opposed to racial integration, is
like living in Alaska and being
opposed to snow,” said Dr.
David Smiley referring to
William Faulkner’s twentieth
century analogy. Dr, Smiley,
currently a professor of History
at Wake Forest University was
on campus Monday as a guest of
the Pi Gamma Mu social science
honor fraternity. Over fifty
students and faculty members
turned out to hear Dr. Smiley’s
lecture entitled, “Romanticism
and Realism in the Contempwr-
rary South.”
At the outset of his talk, Dr.
Smiley addressed himself to the
problems of defining and at
tempting to geographically
locate the “South.” It was soon
evident that this was impossible.
Dr. Smiley submitted that the
term “South” came into exist
ence in our society because it
was centered around certain
beliefs which people were
willing to die for, consequently
the term became a factual part
of U.S. history.
In tracing the history of the
concept the term “South” Dr.
Smiley noted that in 1865 the idea
of the “South” was strong
enough to affect reconstruction
and by the twentieth century this
idea had grown even stronger
but it is presently coming under
attack.
In discussing the concept of
Romanticism in the South, Dr.
Smiley established two extreme
categories. The first was the
concept of the South as a place
where “nigger-killing” and
night-riding is legal and com
monplace. The other is the
concept of the South as a land of
plantations, white linen suits.
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ACC To Host Poets
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caus liberties, Donna Adams is prepared for
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Hanis) * mean game of basketball. (Photo by Ed
Competition
Now Open
“Crucible,” a magazine of
creative ideas published by the
departments of English and Art
at Atlantic Christian College, is
currently sponsoring its second
competition for North Carolina
writers.
The competition is open to all
North Carolina writers who
ciu'rently reside in the state
(including college students from
other states) or who have lived
in the state for a period of at
least four years.
Writers should not enter work
currently involved in other
competitions. “Crucible” will
receive first publication rights to
winning entries as an integral
part of the competition, after
which all rights will revert to the
author.
The two categories in the
competition are poetry and
fiction. There will be a $150.00
first prize and a $100.00 second
prize in each category. Fiction
must be limited to 10,000 words
or less. All unaccepted
manuscripts will be returned as
soon as possible after judging
has been completed.
Entries should be sent to Dr.
Mildred E. Hartsock, Chairman,
Department of English, Atlantic
Christian College, Wilson, N.C.
27893.
Atlantic Christian College has
been chosen as one of the college
campuses on which the North
Carolina Arts Council will
sponsor Poetry Fairs.
Three well-known North
Carohna poets, Sam Ragan,
Thad Stem, Jr., and Mrs.
Juanita Tobin, will come to the
Atlantic Christian College
campus on Friday, Feb. 20, for
readings from their own poetry.
They will be joined by a student-
poet, Mrs. Becke Jenkins
Roughton, chosen by the ACC
Department of English.
Ragan, formerly managing
editor of “The News and Ob
server” and present editor and
publisher of “The Pilot” in
Southern Pines, has published
several volumes of poetry and
has conducted workshops for
writers in the state.
Stem, a resident of Oxford, has
written fiction, poems and
essays on historical and critical
subjects. His tenth published
book, “Journey Proud,” will
appear this spring.
Mrs. Tobin of Smithfield, is a
psychiatric nurse who has
contributed poetry to a number
of journals. She was a first-place
winner in the 1969 Crucible
contest for writers.
Mrs. Roughton is a senior art
major at Atlantic Christian
College. She was a winner in the
“Crucible” contest in 1969 and
received the Denny Award for
Creative Writing at Atlantic
Christian.
The four poets will read from
their work in the Choral Room of
the Roma and Willis Hackney
Music Building, beginning at 8
p.m. Dr. Mildred Hartsock,
chairman of the ACC Depart
ment of English, will preside.
The Poetry Fairs are one of
the many projects of the North
Carohna Arts Council to en
courage the arts in the state. The
public is invited.
Play Dates
Announced
ROBBIE KOELLING
Stage and Script has set its
second performance of the year,
“We Bombed in New Haven,”
for March 12, 13 and 14 at 8:15
p.m. in Howard Chapel. Written
by Joseph Heller, author of
Catch-22, this play promises to
be a hard-hitting anti-war
statement.
This production will feature
Qiarlotte Franklin as Ruth, Bob
Noble as Captain Starkey, Steve
Bassette as the Major, and AJ
Ckx)ke as Sgt. Henderson.
Other parts will be played by
Robert Thompson as Corporal
Sinclair, Robby Koelling as PFC
Joe Carson, Larry Stovers as
Private Fisher, Mike Warren as
Corporal Bailey, Dana Kaiser as
the Hunter, Bill Proctor as the
Golfer, Larry James as
Starkey’s son and Bob Dipple,
John Eastwood and Keth
Langston as Idiots.