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ASHEVILLE-BBLTMORE COLLEGE
Volume XV-Rl
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER, 1961
Number 2
Annual Wins First Honors At Scholastic Press Meet
Escalante
Wins Election |
Mike Escalante and Roy Stewart
head the slate of officers selected in
the class elections held Oct. 16.
Escalante, a Texas product, was
presented in nomination by Jerry
Warren at the assembly program on
Oct. 12. His successful platform
won out over Howard Williams as
President of the Sophomore Class.
Dave Wolfe was victorious in de
feating Diane Ricker for the vice
presidency, as was Emilie Alexander
over Ellen Winston in the bid for
the office of secretary-treasurer.
Also serving with these officers
will be the three elected representa
tives, Ellis Holcombe, Linda Pacione,
and Nancy Jolly.
Roy Stewart was successful in his
bid for the Freshman class presidency
against Fred Heath. Stewart, who
attended the Asheville public schools,
was placed into nomination by Lee
Roy Griffin.
Gene Ponder will serve with him
as vice-president. Ponder defeated
Vivian Ragan for this office. Lynn
Herron successfully defeated Jo Ann
Perkins to become secretary-treasurer.
The Freshman class representatives
will be Charles Medd, Alice Rogers,
and Bob Beal.
YDC Meets
The Asheville-Biltmore Young
Democratic Club held its first meet
ing of the year Wednesday night,
Oct. 25, to elect officers and plan
activities.
Miss Lee Hawkins was elected
president of the club to succeed Boyce
Ford who organized and served as
president of the first A-B YDC.
Other officers elected include
David Bryson and Gene Ponders,
vice presidents; Joyce Taylor, secre
tary; and Ellen Winston, treasurer.
The club is an affiliate of the
North Carolina Young Democratic
Clubs under the direction of State
College President, Charlie Smith of
Asheville.
Bryan Harrison, Western District
YDC officer, told the group of the
importance of good organization.
Miss Hawkins suggested several
projects to aid in the success of the
upcoming bond vote and appointed
several committees to work with
these ideas.
Asheville-Biltmore will work close
ly with the Western Carolina Col
lege club since the two are the only
active YDCs in Western North
Carolina in the college division. The
group will also aid in projects of
Teen-Dem clubs at St. Genevieve
of the Pines and Lee Edwards.
Delegrates from the Asheville-
Biltmore club attended the State
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Annual staff boards train for New York press meeting and first honors for their annual at Columbia.
Pictured left to right, they are Howard Williams, editor, Linda Pacione, Phyllis Hampton, Miss Mary
Miller, advisor, and Tom Doe.
Faculty Trip
President Glenn L. Bushey, Dean
Joseph Parsons, Miss Emily Porter,
aand Mrs. Cornelia Serota recently
attended a series of educational
meetings at Raleigh. Dr. Bushey
and Dean Parsons attended the 41st
Annual Conference of North Caro
lina Colleges. Miss Porter attended
those meetings devoted especially to
the problems of registrars. Dean
Parsons and Mrs. Serota, instructor
of biology, also attended a Bio-
Mathematics conference at N. C.
State College in Raleigh.
Holiday Dance Planned
The annual Thanksgiving dance
for A-B students will be held on
Wednesday Evening, November 22,
from 9 o’clock till 1:00. The place
will be the Community Center on
Charlotte Street, and dress will be
semi-formal.
This vacation dance is open to
all area students home for the
Thanksgiving recess.
The “Down Beat” orchestra has
been engaged for this function. Fac
ulty chaperons include Mrs. Lois
Huggett, Colonel William Quarter-
man, and Miss Flora McGhee.
YDC Convention Nov. 9, 10, 11 in
the Jack Tar Hotel in Durham. The
number or votes the club will have
has not been revealed as of yet.
Several projects have been under
taken for the club as well as social
functions and a membership drive is
now underway.
Smith and Harrison, veteran
YD Corganizers, said the AB club
has a possibility of becoming the
largest junior college club in the
state.
Social Committee Sponsors
Halloween Carnival And Dance
On October 28 Asheville-Biltmore
Social Committee gave a Carnival
and Dance to celebrate Halloween.
The booths were set up by the dif
ferent clubs and run by the members.
The Soscal Committee appointed
Ellen Winston as chairman and she
selected members to help organize the
different booths, the raffle, publicity,
and the dance.
Mrs. Huggett, Coach Yelverton,
and Mrs. Forney, the advisors, vol
unteered the faculty to run the House
of Horrors. Coach Yelverton and
Mr. Bradley offered themselves for
the Water Balloon Booth.
Other booths were the Penny
Pitching, Fortune Telling, Dart
Throwing, Car Bash, Fishing, and
Cakewalk.
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Thursday before the Carnival
Ellen Winston, Tom Brown, and
Lee Hawkins went to the dog pound
and purchased Domino and Bingo.
The dogs lived at A-B until the
night of the dance, then a student
nurse and a Lee Edwards student
gave them a permanent home.
JFK At Chapel Hill
“Peace and freedom do not come
cheap, and we are destined ... to
live out most if not all of our lives
in uncertainty and challenge and
peril. . . . This is a time of national
maturity, understanding, and willing
ness to face issues as they are, and
understanding not as we would like
them to be. It is a test of our ability
to be far-seeing and calm, as well
as resolute; to keep an eye on both
our dangers and our opportunities.”
President John F. Kennedy
Speech at Chapel Hill, N. C.
The decorations for the Dance
were planned by James Barker and
Kaye Hudson. Tom Brown and
James Barker went and collected the
corn cobs and placed them around
the columns in the Snack Shop.
At 9:00 the dance started with
music by the Downbeats. Many were
dressed in costumes and Mrs. Hug
gett was the Halloween Witch.
S.C. Plans Social Year
The Social Committee has planned
the Semester activities. Chairman,
Fred Heath, has set up committees
to plan the events.
The Carnival and Dance was the
first function on the committee.
Ellen Winston was appointed head
of the Carnival and Dance.
Lee Hawkins is chairman of the
publicity for all functions. Members
of the publicity staff are Sandra
Cook, Glenda Duckett, Jo Ann
Perkins, Kaye Hudson, James Bar
ker, Vivian Reagan, and Tom Brown.
Secretary of the Social Committee
is Aileen Owen.
Other functions to be held are a
Thanksgiving Dance on November
22. It will be semi-formal.
December 16 will be the Annual
Christmas Dance.
Plans are being made and any
suggestion would be appreciated.
The 1961 Edition of The Summit
won first place in the medalist compe
tition at the recent Scholastic Press
Association meeting at Columbia
University. This is the first time in
two years that our annual has won
this honor.
The theme of last year’s Summit
was “One Last Long Look.” The
Annual was dedicated to the mem
ory of the buildings, grounds and
campus which housed our college
during the years from 1949 to the
fall of 1961. The purpose of the
annual was two-fold. First, it
showed the school year with all the
activities, studies and honors of the
school year. Second, it portrayed
via pictures and words a history of
Seely Castle from construction to
completion.
The purpose of the annual meet
ing is to offer short courses in year
book production and to judge the
annuals of the past year. Since four
people attended the meeting they
were able to attend more lectures
on different phases of yearbook pro
duction.
Not all of the time was spent for
studies. The group was able to visit
the United Nations, and Radio City
Music Hall. Sometime was also al
lowed in Washington, D. C., where
they made a tour of the city.
Howard Williams, editor of The
Summit, and staff members Linda
Pacione, Phyllis Hampton, and Tom
Doe made the trip to enter the an
nual in competition.
Miss Mary Miller, faculty ad
visor for The Summit, said the staff
spent most of the time they were
traveling on making plans for the
1962 Edition of The Summit.
Chamber Music
Presented Here
Asheville-Biltmore students, along
with students of other colleges in
the area, will have the opportunity
to attend concerts of the Asheville
Chamber Music Series free of charge.
Mrs. Lutrelle Wishart, Dean of
Women, is able to secure tickets to
the Winter Series, which will be
held in David Millard High School,
for students who are interested in
chamber music.
Four concerts scheduled for the
winter season are the Pasquer Trio
from Paris, Nov. 3; two from the
United States, the Alberney group,
Dec. 1, and the Budapest Quartet,
Feb. 26; and last, the Drolc Quartet
from Germany.
This series is part of a program
sponsored by Avsheville Chamber
Music to bring some of the best
ensembles from all over the world
to the Asheville area.