The Ridgerunner
The Students' Right to Information and Expression
Asheville-Biltmore College,- Asheville, North Carolina October 21, 1966
A-B Near Victim Of Draft
Board Misunderstanding
Self-Study
Program Begins
In the following months Ashe
ville-Biltmore will undergo an
extensive self-study program
that will concern two programs
of utmost importance to the en
tire school.
Committees composed of mem
bers of the faculty and adminis
trative staff will examine in depth
all the major facets of the school.
The results of this self-study
program will go first to the
Southern Association and con
cern accreditation in that or
ganization. It then goes to the
State Board of Higher Education
to determine the role Asheville-
Biltmore will play in the field
of education in the future.
Continuing students will recall
that considerable effort has al
ready been put into accreditation.
The next necessary step is a
self-evaluation in eight stand
ards; 1. A statement of the gen
eral purpose of the college and
the degree to which these re
quirements are met at present.
2. Satisfactory organization and
administration. 3. The degree
to which the education program
fulfills the purposes of the col
lege. 4. Faculty qualification..
5. Adequacy of library. 6. Stu
dent personnel and organiza
tions. 7. Adequacy of facilities.
8. The financial arrangements.
A team from the Southern As
sociation composed of experts
from each field will judge the
self-evaluation according to the
way they see the requirements
fulfilled. The evaluating team
is composed of faculty and ad
ministrators from out-of-state
colleges that already belong to
the association.
At present A-B is accredited
as a junior college. If accredi
tation is achieved according to
schedule (1967) all classes grad
uated before this time will be
accredited.
Of equal or more importance
is a ten year study of all state-
financed colleges undertaken by
the State Board of Higher Edu
cation. Essentially the self-
evaluation required in this pro
gram is the same as that re
quired by the Southern Associ-
See SELF STUDY, Page 8—
Registration
Begins Nov. 4
Registration f6r the second
term at Asheville-Pi» -more Col
lege will be hel.^ Friday, Nov.
4, Dr. Thomas C. Dula, dean of
students, has announced.
All first-day registration will
be held in the Physical Educa
tion Building, with late regis
tration through Wednesday, Nov.
9, in the Registrar's office at
the Administration Building.
Seniors will register at 8:30
a. m., juniors at 9 a. m. and
freshmen whose last names be
gin with the letters A through
F will register from 10:15 a. m.
to noon.
Special students, post-graduates
and freshmen whose last names
begin with the letters G through
Z will register from 1 to 4 p. m.
All evening class students will
register from 6:45 to 8 p. ni.
DR. IVAN PARKINS-
Dean Kaempfer
Named Temporary
S. S. Cliairman
Dr. W. W. Kaempfer, Dean ol
the Faculty, has taken over the
duties of Chairman of the Social
Science Department following the
resignation of Dr. Ivan Parkins,
professor of government, ac
cording to a recent release from
the administration.
Dr. Parkins stated that his
reasons for resigning were to
spend more time with his teach
ing duties.
Dean Kaempfer will handle the
duties of Division Chairman until
a successor for Dr. Parkins is
named.
Summit Needs
Ad Salesmen
The Summit, due to a late
start in its advertising cam
paign, has need of people will
ing to work. These people will
sell ads for a 10% commission.
Contact Bob Jones “Summit”
business manager to help the
annual. i
Final Exam
Schedule Set
The final examination schedule
for the first term at Asheville-
Biltmore College has been an
nounced by Dr. W, W. Kaempfer,
dean of the faculty.
On Friday, Oct. 28, finals
will be held from 8 to 10 a. m.
for all Humanities I sections
and for all Guided Studies sec
tions. All 8 a. m. classes will
have exams from 11 a. m. to
1 p. m. and all 10 a. m. classes
will be tested from 2 to 4 p. m.
On Monday, Oct. 31, all II
a. m. classes will have exams
from 8 to 10 a. m., all 9 a. m.
classes from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m.
and all 2 p. m. classes from 2
to 4 p. m. Students in Mathe
matics 13A.3 will be tested be
tween 8 and 10 a. m., Tuesday,
Nov. 1.
The Evening Class schedule:
All Monday-Wednesday classes
will have exams from 6:45 to
8:45 p. m. Monday, Oct. 31, and
all Tuesday-Thursday classes
will be tested from 6;45 yo 8:45
p. m. Tuesday, Nov. L
Asheville-Biltmore gents can
breathe a little easier since the
draft board has been straightened
out. It was all just a big mis
understanding, but what apology
can be offered to a guy who was
already feeding rice shoots to
his nightmares?
“Confusion arose about re
ceiving and continuing draft de
ferments for A-B students be
cause the State Selective Serv
ice System did not under stand
the three-year, four quarter sys
tem used here," President High-
smith explained to selective
service candidates at an assem
bly Oct. 14.
Of the 230 routine student
reports filed by the college, thirty
boys were reclassified. Sev
eral received notices of 1-A
standing.
The misunderstjfliding stemmed
from the fact that sophomore
status is nonexistent at A-B.
Other colleges throughout the
state operate on a four-year
basis, subsequently Asheville-
Biltmore cannot be considered
under the same deferment sys
tem. Hypothetically, A-B must
assume a four-year undergrad
uate program in the future in
order to meet deferment speci
fications.
A student must complete 40
credit-hours of work satisfac
torily to be classified as a junior
here. Under A-B's accelerated
program, many students espe
cially freshmen who are re
quired to take non-credit courses
are unable to accumulate forty
hours in one academic year.
Therefore, many students are
still freshmen with 35 hours,
while at other colleges in the
state a student with 35 hours is
classified as a sophomore. Un
aware of how A-B’s program
operates, the State headquarters
in Raleigh concluded that any
student who had not achieved
sophomore status at the end of
one academic year was making
very little progress.
As a result ^of last week's
confusion, Asheville-Biltmore
will use “paper classifications"
to side-step the technicality of
being a three-year college. In
the future, any student who has
accumulated 29 credit-hours will
be classified as a sophomore by
the draft board. However, he
82 Attend
“Last Summer”
On Wednesday night, October
12, 8? hardy souls braved the
crisp fall air to view the third
film sponsored by the Student
Government. »‘This was proof
that the students wish the series
to continue and they will,” stated
SGA Vice-President Sam Ship
man. An attendance of 100 or
more is anticipated for the next
movie which will be shown on
November 16.
will still be a freishman, aca
demically speaking.
This is the basis for the state’s
classification:
0-28 hours - freshman
29-62 hours - sophomore
63-96 hours - junior
97 or over - senior
As long as a student meets
the above requirements, he may
be deferred for four years. How
ever, he must attend college full
time and pass a minimum of
seven hours per quarter. Al-
It is suggested by A-B's coffee
drinkers that some enterprising
chemistry major analyze the cof
fee served in the cafeteria. Some
people say that, as a stimulant,
this coffee could well be put to
better uses. I’m a hot tea
drinker personally.
Some people would like to see
the manager of the student union
give a closer scrultlny to some
of the signs posted around the
building such as the one posted
several weeks back by a candi
date for a freshman class office
who mlspailed varsity.
Speaking of posters, the one’s
announcing the days the photog
rapher would be on campus to
take the individual SUMMIT pho
tographs have drawn quite a bit
of criticism. It seems that a
number of our students were
offended by being called “boys
and girls”, could be that they
were justified.
Congratulations are due to the
city of Asheville public works
department. They finally patched
the parking area adjacent to the
student union. If you had to
drive over It this fall you will
probably agree with me that It
was long overdue. I got so ex
cited when I saw the patchwork
I almost chipped' a couple of
A-B cross-country runners who
were taking a shortcut In their
match against Brevard last week.
If they weren’t taking a short-
though a student may accumu
late 29 hours In only three terms,
he must remain In school the
fourth term and carry a load of
at least seven hours.
Selective service classifica
tions are now being amended.
Those students who have re
ceived 1-A classifications should
write their local draft board,
explain the situation, and ask
them to hold up their records
until their classifications can
be amended.
cut maybe they should have the
way they were manhandled by a
topflight Brevard college team.
My editor says that I must not
use my column juSt to criticise
people and things around the
campus, that I must also compli
ment that which deserves com
plimenting. He might try that
sometime himself.
I feel that the students who
stayed sober enjoyed the first
SGA dance this fall. Chief crit
icisms overheard were that It
was much too crowded and too
many high school “Harrys” were
there. The Social Commissioner
told me that this was the larg
est non-Christmas crowd at a
SGA dance to date and she was
just caught off guard by such a
big turnout. Several members
of the SGA executive council have
stated they feel future dances
should be closed to non A-B
students. Others say we need
the extra money outside students
would bring In. Since both have
strong arguments why don’t we
have Invitations only dances
where outside couples must come
as guests of A-B couples? This
way we could maintain a sem
blance of order and make a buck
at the same time. Just a sug
gestion. Any one who would like
to comment on this should either
see Denise Diamond, social com
missioner or they could write a
letter to the editor.
Billy Edd Wheeler Sings
“Folk” In Classic Styje
BY GINGER KING
Bom in a West Virginia coal mining town, Billy Edd Wheeler
crawled out of the coal rtiines in order to walk onto the stage at
Carnegie Hall.
Yesterday, performing before the largest audience assembled
this year at A-B, Wheeler and his group of folk singers presented
a repertoire which projected the zest, the sorrow and loneliness
of the mountain folk. “The Reverend Mr. Black” walked through
lonesome valleys and everybody kept trying to tear that Little
Brown Building down. Diversity, in a word, described the program
which included the funny, the sad; the high and common elements
found in American culture.
Billy’s group includes Ewell Cornett, originally of Black Mountain,
Alex Harvey and Danny Dillon. Danny Dillon twice sang “Denver”
to a spell-bound audience.
Billy attended Warren Wilson College, received a degree at
Berea, and has completed a year at graduate work in Yale’s School
at Drama. A serious, yet whimsical fellow, Billy lives the words
of every song he sings.
His songs are considered classics by his peers. A mountain boy
^from way back, Billy identllied with his audience by presenting
, a classlc-Xblk concert.
Runnin’ The Ridge
BY TOM HARBIN