CHRISTMAS
DANCE
DECEMBER 18
The Ridgeninner
The Students^ Right to Information and Expression
HOLIDAY
TOURNAMENT
STARTS
THURSDAY
Vol. 1 No. 4
Asheville-Biltmore College, Asheville, North Carolina
December 6, 1965
SOCIAL
COMMISSION
PLANS
It seems now that the plans
for the annual Asheville-Biltmore
Christmas Dance have been fin
alized. The dance will be semi-
formal and will be held in the
main hall of the Greek Center in
Asheville. The Date will be
Saturday night, December 18,
from nine-to-one. Music will be
furnished by the famous “Mau
rice Williams and The Zodiacs.”
Watch for details in the next
issue of The Ridgerunner.
Other news from the Social
Commission comes in the form
of the release of plans by the
SGA film committee, headed up
by Joe Lanford. The plans for
a series of popular late release
feature-length films to be shown
on the A-B campus are now com
plete. This program of films
will be presented on week-end
nights throughout the school year
at no charge to A-B students.
The film committee, working
with the administration, has ac
quired a new Cinemascope screen
for the Student Center auditori
um and will commence with its
feature presentation on Satur
day night, January 15. The list
of what film will be shown on
what nights is still forthcoming,
but such films as The Longest
Day, Seven Days in May, The
Unsinkable Molly Brown, and
others are being &chcdjlcd.
NATIONAL SERVICE
FRATERNITY ORGANIZED
A new fraternity has been or
ganized on the campus of Ashe
ville-Biltmore. ALPHA PHI
OMEGA, a National Service
Fraternity, was formally recog
nized at the October 2 meeting
of the Executive Council of the
S. G. A.
ALPHA PHI OMEGA was
first organized on the campus of
Lafayette College, Easton Penn,
in 1925. It grew with amazing
speed and is now the largest
Service Fraternity in the Nation
with nearly 400 chapters and an
active membership of over 88,000
men.
The only stipulation for mem
bership is an earnest desire to
take part in iservice projects to
the college and community and
to be or have been connected
with Scouting. However, A.P.O.
is not controlled by, financially
supported by, or governed by
Scouting.
“Our goal” says Roy Shipman,
Temporary President of the A.-
B. Chapter, “is to serve the
Campus and Community through
a series of year round service
projects which are being set up
at this time.”
The A. B. Chapter must com
plete a series of projects and
forms before it can make ap
plication for a National Charter.
When the Petition is received in
the National A.P.O. Office, the
information concerning it is
transmitted to all chapters and
executive board members for ap
proval. This process of voting
requires about 60 days. “We
continued on page 3
READY FOR
BUSINESS IN NEW
SURROUNDINGS
SOCIAL
SCIENCE
FACILITIES
OPENED
After a long wait, the work
done on remodeling the old li
brary section of the Asheville-
Biltmore administration building
is finally complete enough to per
mit occupancy by the Depart
ment of Social Sciences. This
newly converted section contains
the offices for the Government,
Education, Psychology, Sociolo
gy, and Economics sub-divisions.
Two seminar rooms, however,
are being used as temporary of
fices for the Humanities section.
The individual professors of
the Social Science Department
have their personal offices in the
new facility with a general office
and a secretary for each sub
division. A classroom occupies
the former periodical room and
will be put into use as soon as
draperies are installed shielding
the glass partitioning. There is
a lounge, as yet unfurnished, for
the use of Social Science majors
and their instructors. It will
contain a small kitchen area,
bookshelves, magazine racks, and
a bulletin board. It is hoped that
this area will provide more im
petus for the individual study
and the close, informal contact
between instructor and student
that is so important to the aims
of a good liberal arts education.
Needless to say, the Social
Science majors are looking for
ward to extensive use of this
area in the future.
ALMA MATER
INTRODUCEO
On November 22 an all-camp
us Student Government assembly
was held in the auditorium of the
A-B Student Union. The pro
gram presented included an in
troduction to the student body
the music for the Asheville-Bilt
more Alma Mater. The new tune,
as composed by Dr. Edwin of
A-B received a mixed reception
from some individuals, but
never-the-less was unanimously
adopted by those who voted on
its being henceforth the official
song at A-B. Dr. Edwin explain
ed how he arrived at the theme
for the alma mater through a
process of elimination. He simply
dug up every other college alma
continued on page 4
A-B’s
OFFICIAL
SPEAKER
POLICY
(Editor’s Note: The following
statement was adopted unani
mously by the Asheville-Biltmore
College Board of Trustees at
their meeting of November 8. It
is notable that A-B was the first
school in the state to adopt this
policy. Subsequently, after a
revision of the “gag rule” in a
special session of the state legis
lature, the Southern Association
rescinded its threat ito revoke
accreditation of N. C. colleges.)
The Trustees recognize that
this Institution, and every part
thereof, is owned by the people
of North Carolina; that it is
operated by duly tselected repre
sentatives and personnel for the
benefit of the people of our state.
The Trustees of this Institu
tion are unalterably opposed to
communism and any other ideo
logy or form of government
which has as its goal the destruc
tion of our basic democratic in
stitutions.
We recognize that the total
program of a college or univer
sity is committed to an orderly
process of inquiry and discussion,
ethical and moral excellence, ob
jective instruction, and respect
for law. An essential part of the
education of each student at this
Institution is the opportunity to
hear diverse viewpoints expres
sed by speakers properly invited
to the campus. It is highly de
sirable that students have the
opportunity to question, review
and discuss the opinions of
speakers representing a wide
range of viewpoints.
It is vital to our success in
supporting our free society a-
gainst all forms of totalitarianism
that institutions remain free to
examine these ideologies to any
extent that will serve the educa
tional purposes of our institutions
and not the purposes of the
enemies of our free society.
We feel that the appearance
as a visiting speaker on our
campus of one who was prohibit
ed under Chapter 1207 of the
1963 Session Laws (The Speaker
Ban Law) or who advocates any
ideology or form of government
which is wholly alien to our basic
democratic institutions should be
infrequent and then only when
it would clearly serve the advan
tage of education; and on such
rare occasions reasonable and
proper care should be exercised
by the institution. The campuses
shall not be exploited as conven
ient outlets of discord and strife.
We therefore provide that we
the Trustees together with the
administration of this Institution
shall be held responsible and ac
countable for visiting speakers on
our campuses. And to that end
the administration will adopt
rules and precautionary measures
consistent with the policy herein
set forth regarding the invitations
to and appearance of visiting
speakers. These rules and pre
cautionary measures shall be
subject to the approval of the
Trustees.
BULLDOGS FOR
1965-66
Name
No.
Ht.
Wt.
Pos. Yr.
BAKER, Jim
21
5’11”
150
G
3
Fletcher, N. C.
BRADSHAW, Morris -
5’11”
145
G
1
Asheville, N. C.
CHAPMAN, Bill
23
5’9”
140
G
1
North'Cove, N.(
GARVIN, Joe
20
6’0”
145
G
2
Jacksonville, Fla
GREEN, Jerry
31
6’3”
175
F
4
Inman, S. C.
HALL, Ronnie
24
6’ 4”
170
F
1
Asheville, N. C.
HEARN, Jim
-
6’3”
185
F
1
Asheville, N. C.
LINDLEY, Tom
25
5’9”
170
G
3
Kokomo, Ind.
ROWLAND, Larry
-
6’2”
180
F
1
Asheville, N. C.
SAWYER, Bob
-
6’ 0”
175
G
1
AsheviUe, N. C.
WHITE, Bill
32
6’ 5”
180
C
4
Morganton, N. C
WHITENER, Gary
22
6’1”
150
G
1
Nappanee, Ind.
ZENTZ, Jim
30
6’6”
185
C
1
Kokomo, Ind.
CAMDEN, Denny
-
6’4”
195
C
1
Jacksonville, Fla
COLORS -
BLUE AND WHITE
BULLDOGS
OFF TO
GOOD START
Friday night, Dec. 26, saw the
Mars Hill Lions and the Ashe
ville-Biltmore Bulldogs play host
to the St. Andrews Knights and
the Wilmington Sea Hawks. The
first game pitted the Lions a-
gainst the powerful Sea Hawks
as the Holiday tournament start
ed. This first game resembled
an intersquad battle between the
Sandy Mush JV’s. Both teams
were definitely off balance and
showed it in the crude style of
play. However, height in the
form of 6’ 6” Jim Baxton was
the deciding factor as the Sea-
hawks crushed Mars Hill 87-68.
In the second game on friday
night, the Bulldogs played a
scrappy St. Andrews team. The
Knights were definitely the bet
ter ball handlers and made the
A-B squad look very poor as
they kept the lead for most of
the first quarter. However, the
Bulldogs would not be denied as
sparkplug Jim Baker, scoring 28
points, and rebounder Bill White
got the team in high gear trounc
ing the Presbyterians 82-68.
Saturday night saw the Mars
Hill squad take a slim margin
over the St. Andrews team in the
early moments and and extend
it slowly but surely. At the half.
Mars Hill had opened the gap
39-30. The Lions couldn’t seem
to do anything wrong the second
half as they trounced the luckless
Knights 77-60. High scorer for
the Lions was Pat Sams with 15
points. Larry Taylor, the
Knights’ fantastic sparkplug and
ball handler, took the squad and
game honors with 28 points.
The second game proved to be
the battle of the giants as both
undefeated teams met to decide
the winner of the Holiday Tourn
ament. From the “grapevine”
Wilmington was picked as the
winner. However word must
have gotten into the Bulldogs
dressing room as they put on a
tremendous team effort for the
estimated crowd of 1,(XX). Wilm
ington took a lead early but A-B
remained close on the tail feath
ers of the Seahawks. With 10
minutes left in the first half the
Bulldogs began to work their
kinks out. At 6:15 left, White
tied the game 23-23 with a foul
shot. The Bulldogs led for a
moment at 5:20 with a jump shot
by Baker. However, Jay Neary,
a previous A-B draft candidate,
and big Jim Baxton began to
click so that the Sea Hawks led
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