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The Collegiate ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLI Fr;p p WEEKLY it EBRUARY 12, 1970 NUMBER FOURTEEN Lectures Jim Abbott »*,rN“hfr«eTv^" from the University of r Carolina, and in 1965 Mr. "'-el •» <■- 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 Bc.r'l nJ‘fJiiMn LIBRAR J FEB 12 186 ATLANTI CHRISimN O 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. See SOUTH Page 4 ACC To Host Poets m caus liberties, Donna Adams is prepared for ‘''isyouim I ^ *^'ght beset her. By the way, has anyone seen 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.
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