The Ridgerunner
The Students^ Right to Information and Expression
Vol. 2—No. 3
Asiieville-Biltmore College, Asheville, North Carolina
October 7, 1966
National Union Party Speaks Out
20 Countries Represented At WMO
A-B Is Local
Headquarters
(Editor’s note: The following
is a story on the students who
have organized an anti-commu
nist party. Over the past sev
eral weeks signs have been
placed on campus attacking act
ivities which the NUP feels are
communist inspired.)
A strong feeling against com
munism and likely participation
by communists in the recent race
riots are among the reasons for
the creation of the heretofore
secret National Union Party, re
lated one of its student leaders
in a recent Interview with the
RR.
Billy Edwards, a freshman
history major and spokesman
for the group, called the party
,an “experiment in politics.”
He cites a common feeling;
against communism as the rea-_
son for the party being formed..
At the present there only two
members of this party accord
ing to Edwards, and there is no
plan at the present to enter
campus politics. The other
member has been identified as
Ken Dupriewski, a junior gov
ernment major.
Edwards stated that the party
felt that the annonymous notes
around campus were put up as
the best way to stimulate inter
est. It was later brought to
the party's attention that these
unsigned notes by unauthorized
organizations were against
school policy.
The John Birch Society is fa-,
favored by the National Union
Party, but accprding to Edwards,
“Robert Welch is not active en
ough."
Edwards expressed a program
for the Viet Nam war. He
See HEADQUARTERS, Page 8-^
Standing in the lobby of the Battery Park Hotel,
four of Regional Association IV’s leading dele
gates pause for a moment before opening the
first plenary session in the Carmichael lecture
hall. Keeping track of changing weather con
ditions and exchanging data with member nations
are two of the functions of the World Mete
orological Organization. Seemingly discussing
serious matters (maybe rampaging Inez) are Dr.
J. Herbert Holloman, Undersecretary of Com
merce for science and technology; Dr. Elliot
Coen of Costa Rica, president of Regional Asso
ciation IV; D. A. Davies of England, secretary-
general of the WMO; and Dr. Robert M. White,
Chief U. S. meteorologist.
Affiliation Witli UNO Subject Of
Eiglit-Montli Study At A-B Collegb
Asheville-Biltmore College Sat
urday asked the trustees of the
Consolidated University of North
Carolina and the State Board of
Higher Education for a study
of higher education needs in the
West.
Insufficient Publicity
Miss locl(wooii Upbraids SGA
By Cher Griffin
A junior Literature major
delivered a steam-heated re
buke to student government for
what she terms as SGA's fail
ure to properly publicize camp
us activities.
Louise Lockwood, speaking to
SGA session September 27, cited
as examples of this “failure to
publicizerecent events, tR6
Fall Convocation and student
elections.” she also urged SGA
to start the college movies half
an hour later in the evenings.
“I’ni concerned about tBfe ! tk
of publicity for school events,”
Mtss Lockwood is quoted. “For
example, most flagrant which put
the school in bad light was the
total lack of publicityfor the ded
ication of the Oliver Cromwell
see MBS LOCKWOOD, Page 8—
MBS LOUBE LOCKWOOD
If needs for expansion of the
Ccmsolidated University are-
found, the resolution from Ashe-
ville-Biltmore's Board of Trus
tees expressed the hope that ad
visability of converting A-B into
a campus of the Consolidated
University be considered.
The resolution - was adopted
unanimously by the A-B Board
and annoimced by Manly E.
Wright, chairman. Copies we^e
sent to Governor Moore, Dr.
WiUiam C. Friday, UNC presi
dent, and Watts Hill, Jr,, chair
man of the State Board of Higher
Education.
The resolution reads;
“The Board of Trustees of
Asheville - Biltmore College,
convinced of the need in West
ern North Carolina for a cam
pus of the Consolidated Univer
sity of North Carolina, does, by
this resolution, request the Board.
of Trustees of the Consolidated
University of North Carolina and
the State Board of Higher Edu
cation to examine the need for
continued expansion of higher
education facilities in Western
North Carolina and to consider
the advisability of converting
Asheville - BUtmore into a cam
pus of the Consolidated Univer
sity, which campus would be
named The University of North
Carolina at Asheville.”
The board’s action follows the
annual report of Dr ^^^llliam E.
Highsmith, ,\-B presj*ent. '..ie
Board in which Dr. Hignsmith
called for a set of long-range
goals for A-B and asked if
Western North Carolina, and
the state, would be well served
See AFFILIATION, Page 8—
“We truly live in one
world, and it is clear that the
atmosphere belongs to not only
one but to all of us,’* was the
premise which Dr. J. Herbert
Holloman, Undersecretary of
Commerce for Science and Tech
nology, used in starting the Re
gional IV meeting of the World -
Meteorological Organization.
Delegates from twenty countries
are attending the nine-day con
ference which will be of a highly
technical nature.
Whether or not man will leam
to control weather scientifically
will be one of the topics of
general discussion. However,
secretary-general of the WMO,
D. A. Davies, warned that “when
playing with the world’s weather,
we have to be rather careful.”
The fact that you can’t please
everybody may prove a hindrance
even if weather could be con
trolled scientifically. A weather
change that would be beneficial
to some people might be annoy
ing or even disastrous to other
people.
Recent scientific devel
opments such as the weather
satellites, high speed computers,
and prognastic weather maps are
pacers for an international wea
ther satellite system with World
Weather Watch, a program of
WMO which will be approved
at the WMO Congress in April
next year in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Watch will include an in
tensive research program and
other vital weather predicting
functions such as abetter system
of disaster warnings. Some of
the delegates left their posts to
attend the WMO meeting as hur
ricane Inez moved toward
Florida.
English and Spanish trans
lators will be present at the
meetings which are being held
in the Humanities lecture hall.
President William E. Highsmith,
See WMO, Page 6 —
Computer Service
IB nil IMinute Is Expensive
By John Moore
Computer service, starting
early in January, will be avail
able to Ashevi}le-Biltmore Col
lege.
The computer (I.B.M. 360,
Model 75) is being installed in
the Research Triangle Park and
is owned by TUCC (Triangle Uni
versities Computation Center).
Many of the colleges In North
Carolina, including A-B, will be
linked to this computer by tele
type.
The use of the computer will
be free for the first year. If,
after that time, the college wishes
to continue the service. It will
be charged a fee of approxi
mately $200 a month. For this
$200, the college will get access
to the computer for about 15 min
utes a month.
If the figure $200 for 15 min
utes seems high, remember that
this computer can perform ap
proximately 5 million operations
a second, while a man can only
do 1 operation a second. What
this amounts to Is that A-B will
have the equivalent of 10,000 peo
ple available all the time to help
do the tedious work.
Dr. Remington, A-B Professor
of Chemistry, In preparing for his
doctorate, used 40 minutes of
computer time. Without a com
puter, It would' have taken him
3 or 4 years to do the necessary
calculations.
When asked who would program
the computer here at the college.
Professor Wills, Chalrm^ofthe
See IBM, Page 8—