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AUGUSTA
SATURDAY
The Ridgerunner
The Students' Right to Information and Expression
REGISTRATION
FEBRUARY 1
Vol. 1 No. 6
Asheville-Biltmore College, Asheville, North Carolina
JANUARY 17, 1966
BONFIRE RALLY HELD
Humanities Nears Opening
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PUBLICITY
DIRECTOR
NAMED
With the start of the new year
Asheville-Biltmore saw the procur-
ment of Peter (Pete) Randall Gilpin
as the college’s new Publicity Direc
tor. He comes to A-B from the city
desk of the Asheville- Citizen where
he received the North Carolina
Medical Press Award or 1964.
Gilpin was born in Danville, Illi
nois and spent most of his life in
Texas. He was educated at Christ
School and the University of Hous
ton where he received his B.A. in
1950. He then took a position with
the Houston Chronicle starting out
on the police beat and left the paper
as assistant magazine editor. While
stopping through Asheville on the
way to a position with an Albany
(N.Y.) newspaper, Gilpin’s wife be
came ill. After staying over here for
a while he decided to take a job with
the Citizen as a convention reporter.
Gilpin resides in the Beech Com
munity in Weaverville on a 17 acre
farm with his wife Mary, his chil
dren Lisa 6 and Jeff 5, and his mother
Mrs. Gilpin. He is a member of the
Episcopal Church and Sigma Delta
Chi journalistic fraternity, and his
wife is a librarian for the Citizen-
Times,
Gilpin’s plans here at Asheville-
Biltmore include working with the
alumni, the speaker’s bureau, as well
as radio, television, and newspapers.
He will also endeavor to get A-B’s
name to the fore in higher education
publications. The Ridgerunner hopes
to work closely witli Mr. Gilpin in
the future.
MISS A-B
CROWNED
On the first Saturday of A-B’s
recent Christmas vacation the Social
Commission of the SGA staged its
annual Christmas Dance. The whole
affair was termed a total success by
Commissioner Ted Corcoran. Music
was furnished the estimated 450
persons who attended by the famous
Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs.
In addition to the dance, Maurice
and his group put on a brief stage
show climaxed with a rendition of
his national recording hit Stay!
Although seating space for the
affair was soon exhausted people kept
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Bulldog’s
Mascot
Presented
January, 6’s game with Milligan
College found A-B students gather
ing boxes from the local stores for a
bonfire and decorating cars for a
three mile parade which attracted
more than 30 cars and over 100 stu
dents. The parade was formed by
Jim Burke, Dennis O’Connor, and
George Horbert. The parade started
at six thirty on Woodfin Ave. then
to College St. and on into Merrimon
Ave. The cars, led by the Asheville
police department, were gaily decor
ated with signs and streamers. They
went straight to the bonfire after
arriving at the college where there
was a slight delay in lighting the
fire due to the late arrival of the fire
trucks and newsmen. It was finally
started and spirits ran high as the
head of Milligan’s coach went up in
the roaring flames. The activities
were sponsored by the Freshman
Class.
Other projects by the Freshman
Class include the selling of booster
plates, and booster pins. The plates
are fl.50 and are selling very well at
the present time. They are on sale
at the bookstore. The profits from
the sale of these plates will be used
for a dance in the near future. Lets
see everyone buy one in support of
your Freshman Class.
Hopes are to sponsor a bonfire
rally before the Augusta College
game and a small dance after the
game. The bonfire is hoped to be
a contest between the classes and
clubs to see who can bring in the
most burnable material. “We want
to start a tradition this year with the
bonfire and every year following see
who can build a bigger and better
one”, says Dennis Moore, vice-presi
dent of A-B’s Freshman class.
The Milligan game saw the in
troduction of A-B’s new mascot.
Asheville-Biltmore’s new bulldog
“Chug-a-lug” was donated by Jim
Beaver of Asheville for the use at
the ball games. He is a registered
English Bulldog and holds a degree
in obedience from obedience school.
His registered name is Ernella Lots-
a-Courage and nickname is Shad.
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A check of the new Humanities
Building at Asheville-Biltmore reveals
that work is rapidly progressing to
ward the opening of the facilities
sometime in February.
All that remains to be completed
in the building is minor finish work
by the paint crews and landscaping
primarily. Cabinet work in the new
art studio in the northend and glass
partitioning of the language lab con
trol room in the south end is now
complete, as is construction of stage
areas in the north seminar room and
the auditorium annex. Most of the
classrooms are now locked pending
arrival of equipment and many fac
ulty members are anticipating early
occupacy of their new offices.
Of particular interest in the new
building is the native stonework that
incorporates the entrance facade and
projection booth of the Humanities
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