Good
Evening!
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' jeaiminaHwtion of
Luna, A recent report by
jju government finds stiff
palties do not limit use. See
*"TOrNEWS OF THE DAY
On the national scene:
nooding in six southeastern
s^tes has left 23,000 people
homeless and 19 dead
coupled with the 69 dead as a
result of the crash of a hail-
laitered jetliner Tuesday the
total number of weather-
related deaths for the past
Uireedays is UO ... the Carter
administration has announced
il will start a program to
iitnuniEe 20 million children
!aiiainst common childhood
: iliseases by the fall of 1979 ...
(tie federal government is
! jlanning a new consumer
interest agency to represent
consumer interests in court
ind throughout government it
was announced yesterday ...
illegal guns wi->re seized in a
dawn raid yesterday at four
Hanafi Moslem homes;
Hammas Abdul Khallis,
leader of last months’ seige of
iSashington is now in jail
pending trial... a bill to create
$i billion worth of public
works jobs is deadlocked in
Congress... Tom Bradley, the
first black mayor of Los
Angeles, swamped 11 white
opponents to win reelection to
that post yesterday ... On the
international scene; Fidel
Castro is in Moscow to meet
with Leonid Brezhnev 05 the
subject of stronger Soviet-
Cuban relations ... the
Canadian government has
decreed that English and
French will be the official
languages in Quebec; Quebec
which claims 80 per cent of its’
populace speaks French has
said “no way” ... fierce
fighting continues in Lebanon;
Palestinian guerillas and
Tightest Christians are
shelling each other with ar
tillery trying to gain control of
important strip along the
Israeli iwrder ...
VARIETY SHOW
The MENC (Music
Educators National Con
ference) will sponsor a variety
show at the fountain tonight
fro® 7 to 10 p.m. Admission
wll be free and refreshments
*ill be sold.
SPECIAL OLYMPICS
A large number of ACC
■iaycees are needed to assist in
tliis event tomorrow at Fike
®gh School. See Mr. Tingle in
the Student Personnel Office
soon as possible.
HITCHCOCK FESTIVAL
CONTINUES
Psycho” will be shown
'Xt Tuesday night at 7:30
in Hardy Alumni Hall
Nighthawks
Almost hidden, two students find a quiet place to talk by the Student Center at nlKht. (Photo by
Jimmy Cobb-The Pine Knot)
Frazier Named Department Head
Dr. Robert C. Frazier,
professor of mathematics, has
been named as chairman of the
Atlantic Christian College
Department of Mathematics,
according to an announcement
by Milton L. Adams, acting
president of the college.
He will succeed Dr. E. D.
Winstead, whose resignation as
chairman of the department of
mathematics will become ef
fective at the end of the current
academic year.
Born in Guilford County, Dr.
Frazier earned the A.B. degree
at Atlantic Christian College, the
M.A. degree at East Carolina
University, the M.S. degree at
the University of Illinois, and the
Ed.D degree at Florida State
University.
A member of the Atlantic
Christian College faculty since
1959, he earlier taught in the
North Carolina public schools.
Dr. Frazier is a member of Phi
Delta Kappa, the Mathematical
Association of America, the
National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics (NCTM), and the
North Carolina Council of
Teachers of Mathematics
(NCCTM). He has served as
president for NCCTM on several
occasions.
Dr. Frazier is a member of the
Evening Optimist Club of Wilson
and is currently serving his
second term as treasurer of the
organization. He is a former
president of the club and served
as a member of its board of
directors for four years.
He is married to the former
Elizabeth Bissette of Bailey.
They have three children. The
Fraziers are members of the
West Nash Methodist Church
where he has served as chair
man of the Administrative
Board, chairman of the Council
on Ministeries, charge lay
leader, Sunday School teacher
and superintendent.
On the district level he has
served as a Wilson sub-district
lay leader. He has served the
N.C. Conference of The United
Methodist Church as a member
of the Division of Lay Life and
Work, Division of Education,
and member of Methodist
Foundations, Inc.
Dr. Frazier will assume his
duties as department chairman
at the beginning of the 1977-78
academic year.
Penalties Don^t Stop Grass Use
Harsh penalties don’t keep
people from smoking marijuana
and moderate use probably
poses no substantial health
hazard, says a new government-
financed report.
The 375-page report, issued
today by the National Governors
Conference, also says states that
have decriminializ^ marijuana
possession have shown a
“substantial” savings of tax
dollars.
The report, prepared for the
governors by a Washington
research firm under a grant
from the federal Law Enfor
cement Assistance
Administration says reducing
criminal penalties for pot
possession does “not generally
lead to an immediate increase in
total marijuana use, although
the long-term effects of penalty
reductions are less clear.”
The report said its findings on
marijuana use in relation to
penalty reductions “implies that
harsh penalty structures do not
in themselves deter personal
possession and private use of the
drug.”
The study was based on a
survey of previous data, visits to
nine states in which a law
decriminalizing marijuana
possession has been enacted or
attempted and on interviews
with state officials, the gover
nors association said.
“Statewide data were used
when available," the report
said. “When such data did not
exist, local data and the sub
jective estimates of knowledge
able political, criminal justice
and other officials were used.
Care was taken to interview
individuals with differing views
on the issue,”
“Data from Oregon since its
decriminalization showed no
increase in use during the first
two years,” the report said.
-News in Brief
SNCAE Members Honored by State
The Atlantic Christian College chapter of the Student North
Carolina Association of Educators and three members of the
chapter were honored at the state North Carolina Association of
educators (NCEA) convention held in Asheville during the past
weekend.
The ACC chapter was awarded a certificate for having the
largest membership among all colleges and universities in the
state. This was the second time the college was so honored. A
silver certificate was also presented to the chapter by the
Student NEA for its increase in membership during the past
year.
Cathy Hux, an English major from Roanoke Rapids, was
elected to the Executive committee as coordinator of Cluster
One. She will coordinate the activities of five northeastern
colleges and universities during the 1977-78 academic year.
Casts Selected for One-Act Plays
student directors have selected their casts for four comic
one-acts which will be presented April 21 and 22 in Howard
Chapel,
“Clevinger’s Trial,” co-directed by Walter Knight and Ray
Connell, will star John Stone, Randy Fagan, Joe Thompson, Bill
Bennett, Bobby Traylor, and Kathi Beilstein,
Jimmy Ward directs “The Footsteps of Doves,” starring
Qiff Blowe, Donna Perrin, Robin Moore, and Ray Connell,
Donna Perrin will direct Cathy Sue Edwards and Carl
Frazier in “I’m Herbert,” and Cliff Blowe is directing Susan
Williams and Jimmy Ward in “Postcards,”
Art Majors to Exhibit in Gallery
Atlantic Christian College art majors will display the t>est
work they have produced during the year at the annual Art
Students Exhibit to be shown in Case Art Gallery, on the college
campus, April 6-15,
The student exhibit will be shown in two parts. The senior
group will be displayed April 6-15, then a general student show
from April 18 to May 3,
Ten graduating seniors participating in the show are: Janet
Copeland of Edenton, Melissa Green of Roanoke Rapids, and
Mark Mosierof Raleigh, commercial art majors ; Paul Boyd of
Greenville, Duane Creech of Greensboro, Robert Daniels of New
Bern, Marilyn Sorrell of Benson, and Gloria Hasselbach of
Goldsboro, painting majors; Becky Weinheimer of Wilson,
printmaker; and Lynn Morrow of Battleboro, potter,
‘Saints and Sinners” to be Performed
John W, Morrow Jr,, artistic director of Carolina Regional
Theatre (CRT), returns to Carolina stages again in the up
coming production of CRT’s “Saints and Sinners,” which will be
presented at Atlantic Christian College, Wednesday, April 20, at
8 p,m,, in Hardy Alumni Hall,
Morrow, who served for four years as director for the Little
Theatre of Charlotte, is well known to many North Carolinians
for his work with “Unto These Hills” in Cherokee, He has been
associated with the popular outdoor drama since 1963 and has
played virtually every major role in the show including Major
James Davis and Tsali, the man Davis ordered shot by a firing
squad. From 1971 to 1975, Morrow was assistant director of the
drama, and for the 1976 season was director of the production.