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I JLw 1 JL> IV IV 1 The C^ia:egiate ^ CHBISTIA^OLLEGE ; ,p. I<;HED weekly ATLANTIC CHRTSt^TUrCEW'''SRCHT"iq7n pUBL^ fc/ MAKtH 5, 1970 NUMBER SEVENTE^ —-— proposal Meets Final Defeat .i f- . - . a Board Permits Student, Faculty Ex -Officio Status On Committee ^ Tir r»n 1 H The Alantic Christian College Board of Trustees, at its mid year meeting held here Feb. 25, took action to approve a ten tative operating budget in ex cess of $2.7 million, rejected a bid for liberalization of the college’s existing regulations concerning use of intoxicants, and expressed deep concern over the gronmg crisis faced by private church-related colleges with regards to enrollment and federal financial assistance. The board nominated four new persons for membership to its body, voted to award an honorary doctorate at the college’s May commencement, and approved a change in college bylaws to permit student and faculty representation on a non-voting basis at meetings of the board’s Education Com mittee as well as plenary sessions of the board. The trustees approved a tentative operating budget of $2,701,000 for the 1970-71 academic year which reflects an overall increase of some $179,500 over the current year’s budget. The board will take final action on the budget at its regular October meeting. I ll'sspring (almost) and the young girl’s fancy turns to thoughts I «f..,Libby Castelloe seems to reflect the carefree attitude that ' kas captured the campus in the past few gloriously beautiful I days, (Photo by Ed Harris) Executive Board Finally Ends Struggle Over SSL Delegation ~ ' ■" —Hav the orieinal was written in a sarcastic vein ...V Executive Board heard 1«final appeal over the SSL Megation and approved a ' rased edition of the tentative iget for 1971. Sophomore President Jim ■ttott renewed the SSL issue nith a request to the chair that le action taken by the board to Konsider the delegation be ieclared invalid. SGA President teWilkins overruled the appeal Uhe opinion that Abbott was , ijing to declare the meeting in I »kich the reconsideration was ' Hade invalid. After various ftmpts to straighten out the ■lisiinderstanding, the board ftieid the chair. t responded by moving Rescind the action taken at the *4 meeting. He argued that motion to reconsider the Ration had been out of order. 5*h a motion could be made Convocations ^scheduled Two dates in the Spring Convocation Listing have been i due to conflicts in the ipjearing artists’ schedules, tlie convocation slated for ^Pril 28 has been moved to 11 *'®., March 17 in Wilson Gynv- ®siurn,Mr. AWin Toffler, social whose latest articles appearing in the February nil March issues of this year’s %l)oy,remains as the speaker * March 17. tkeconcert,“Music of India,” set tor April 1 has rescheduled for April Sat in Howard Chapel. Wease make thse changes on coOTocation listing; move W 28 to March 17 and April 1 “ ^xW 5, only on the same day the original motion is passed. A reference was made by Abbott to the letter written by Kenneth O’Connell in the Feb. 26 edition of the Collegiate. In this letter O’Connell remarked on many previously unmentioned omissions from the delegation such as independents, women and business majors. Abbott used this letter to point out the fact that no independent from the delegation will be on campus next year. O’Connell retailiated by pointing out that the article Candidates For SGA Announced The deadline for filing for Stu dent Government Association offices was midnight, March 2. The following is the official list of candidates; filing for president, Joe Harwood; for the office of vice-president, Kathy Anderson and Imogene Thomas; for the office of secretary, Joyce ff)T was written in a sarcastic vein and taunted Abbott for “not understanding the meaning of the word ‘no’.” When the question was called, four people voted in favor of rescinding the action as the motion was defeated. Treasurer Kenneth O’Connell presented the board with the tentative budget for next year. This budget specifically omitted any appropriation for con vocations. Wilkins explained that this was due to current actions in the Convocation Coor- dinting Committee. He also informed the board that the appropriation of student funds for required convocations could be a matter of debate. Most of the money that would have gone to convocations was delegated to the Entertainment Committee. No appropriation was made for the Student Center Com mittee due to the simple fact that they had not spent any of the $240 allotted to them for this year. Dean Whitehurst explained to the board that the committee did not know it had an allocation. Panhellenic President Julie Artz moved that the allocation to the - '^^Arnmittee be There will «e no mcrease in tuition at Atlantic Christian College for the 1970-71 academic year. The board, upon recom mendation of its Finance Committee, took action to in crease its student activity fee $3 for the 1970-71 academic year. The present activity fee is $40 per nine-month term. The new fee will be $43 per nine-month term. The board ruled there would be no change in the college’s present regulations concerning the possession or use of in toxicants on the college campus, on premises under its control, or at any college functions. The ruling came following a report given by an ad hoc committee comprised of students, faculty, administrators and trustees. The regulations had been under careful study for a number of months. The study came as result of a request by the ACC Student Government Association that the college lift its ban on drinking alcoholic beverages at all off-campus college sponsored events and at events held in the college alumni hall.The SGA request did stipulate that the events in question be under strict college supervision. Following the board’s ruling, students and committee members were commended by the board for their interest and extensive study on the matter. In a separate action, the board ruled that possession or use of illegal drugs would be prohibited. Four persons were nominated for election to the ACC Board of Trustees. They were John M. M. Gregory of Wilson, president of Imperial Tobacco Co.; Vance T. Forbes of Wilson, president of Forbes Transfer Co.; Dr. Ray Silverthorne of Washington(N. C.), gynecologist; and Thomas L. Law of Ra,eigh, minister of St. Paul’s Christian Church. Members nominated for re- election for three-year terms were E. J. Wimberly of Colum bia, S. C.; Paul Southard of Stokesdale; T. J. Hackney Jr., of Wilson; George H. Adams of Wilson; Carl L. Stewart of Winston-Salem; William D. Schubert of New York, N. Y.; and R. P. Watson Jr., of Wilson. Retiring from the board were David L. Alexander of Kinston (ministers serving on the board are ineligible to succeed themselves), Zeb E. Brinson of Tarboro, John W. Cowell of Bayboro, and Elbert S. Peel of Williamston. Cowell and Peel were recommended for election as “Trustees Emeritus” at the annual meeting of the board in October, 1970. All nominations are to be submitted to the General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in North Carolina meeting in Raleigh, April 24-26, 1970, for election. See PROPOSAL Page 2 Mythmakers Is Topic Of Fulcher’s Address mnWprs and science fictione for tne oince , a on ycock and student Center Committee be reinstated and that his allocation be taken from the Executive tentative Jim Reaser. Also Ricky Stewart and Joyce Copeland are vying for the editorship of the Collegiate. As of the deadline no one had filed for the editor’s position on the Pine Knot or for business manager for either the Colleigate or Pine Knot Board budget. The tentative budget was approved with this amendment. This budget will be used as a guideline for next year’s board. A motion by Jeff Chase to request to the City of Wilson that ‘ j;-o^Honal signs at the IClllCJgCA - olleigate or Pine Knot. the street directional signs at the wi begm Monday, March 9 and Roundtree and Wood- will run through Tuesday, Wood- have through street was tUA u. Q — March 17. Election dates have been set for Wednesday and Thursday, March 18-19. Winning candidates will be installed at the April 7 convocation. ard a througn channeled to the administrative council. See BOARD Page 4 By JIM ABBOTT Dr. Rodney Fulcher is a Professor in the Department of Christianity and Culture at St. Andrews College. Dr, Fulcher visited our campus on Tuesday and in a very provocative presentation entitled, “The Mythmakers,” confronted those in attendance with some updated thoughts on contemporary culture. At the outset of his talk, Dr. Fulcher noted that the “new sound” in pop music was initiated into society with the production of the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper” album. It was at this juncture in music said Fulcher that the dancing audience sat down and began to listen to the lyrics of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. This was the stage, observed Fulcher in which music was transformed into poetry and the’‘singing poets” began to take on *he image of “Mythmakers.” In pursuing his reference to the Beatles, Fulcher played for the audience one of the songs from their most recent album, “Abbey Road.” The song entitled, “Here Comes The Sun,” in which Fulcher pointed out, the Beatles using the Sun as a prevalent myth image were trying to plug us back into that cosmic power that lies behind the process of creation and renewal. In elaborating on the function of a myth, Fulcher noted that he felt it was to bring order out of chaos. He went on to say that the various singing poets, movie makers, and science fictioneers are merely trying to construct new myths to give meaning to our generation, and that they are able to achieve this by looking at life in a “large and whole way.” “The Bible,” said Fulcher through the myths of the creation, the fall, and the in carnation tries to bring order out-of the larger chaos of the human experience. Judy Collins, a contemporary folk singer provided the next example of Fulcher’s myth- maker. In her song, “Both Sides Now” Fulcher claimed that Collins was posing illusion as an alternative to reality. The concept of the fairytale love versus cool disillusionment and the ups and downs of life all combined to substantiate this claim. Fulcher’s final observation pertained to the odyssey theme which belongs to the myth of many cultures and was so prevalent in the popular musicals of the 1960s in which the myth doesn’t tell us what is happening but rather what can happen. He cited the musical, “Man of LaMancha” in which the Quioxtic or odyssey myth projects the notion of the quest as sending man beyond the realities of his immediate ex perience. Dr. Fulcher concluded by appealing to the audience to turn and listen again to the Myth makers and learn how to di'eam the impossible dreams for our time.
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