Bulldogs To Open Season November 25
The Bulldogs begin the 1966-
67 basketball campaign by host
ing a tournament on the 25th and
26th of November.
The tourney, sponsorea oy the
Optimist Club of Asheville, will
be made up of the Jaguars of
Augusta College, the Wilmington
Seahawks and the Hawks of Short
er in addition to the A-B Bull
dogs.
The first night pairings will
include Wilmington vs Shorter
at 7:30. The night cap will pit
the Wilmington Seahawks against
the Bulldogs.
The tournament promises to
be well balanced with all four
teams expected to be stronger
than last year’s editions. For
the ’65 - ’66 season the teams’
composite record was 69 wins -
35 losses. Shorter compiled the
best record, winning 24 of 30
encounters.
The Seahawks, a tall team,
led by 6-5 Jimmy Chastain, a
NAIA all-American choice last
year, drilled the nets with a 24
point average. An addition to
this year’s team is Dennis Child
ress, a 6-1 back court candidate
from Mt. Airy, North Carolina.
Childress was a prep all-Ameri
can.
Augusta will be led by Bill
Domen who also averaged 24
points per game while leading
the Jaeuars 16 to 10 season.
Bill Kinchen, a 6-10 pivot man,
will be the biggest man in the
tourney. He is expected to see
a lot of action for Augusta.
The Seahawks of Wilmington
College were 14-11 last year and
are expected to be stronger this
season as six veterans returned
from last year’s squad.
Jim Braxton, a 6-6 senior
center, and James Budd, a 6-4
forward, are expected to be
strong performers for the Sea
hawks,
Coach Hartman feels that this
year’s cagers will be the most
exciting team he has had at A-B.
The '66 Bulldogs will feature
the tallest player ever to per
form for A-B, Larry Arrick,
6-8 junior center. At the pre
sent time Coach Hartman has not
decided on a starting five. The
starters are expected to come
from Larry Arrick, Guy Batsel,
6 foot junior guard; Mai Blan
kenship, 6-4 freshman forward;
Jim McHaney, a 5-9 freshman
guard; and Steve Lucas, a 6-1
junior forward.
All students are urged to pur
chase their tickets for the tip-
off tourney in the Business Of
fice. The tickets will be 50 cents
each if bought at the school.
They will be $1.75 at the gate.
Activity cards are not in affect
for the tourney.
The Ridgerunner
The Students' Right to Information and Expression
Vol. 2 No. S'
Asheville-Biltmore College, Asheville, North
November 18, 1966
DENISE DIAMOND
LENDA EDWARDS
SANDY LEDBETTER
LEIGH STEVENS
NUP Adds Members; States Aims
(Editor’s note; The following
article was prepared by mem
bers of the National Union Par
ty. It is a policy of the RIDGE
RUNNER not to endorse articles
;by individuals who are not mem-
i^rs of the staff).
According to National Union
Party members Billy Edwards
and Randy Drupiewski “the
party has increased in total
membership in the past month
by one hundred and thirty per
cent with another whole sale
rush for membership expected
this month.*’
The immediate goal of the
National Union Party, said Dru
piewski, is to create and stim
ulate interest among students
for political, moral, and Chris
tian participation. Edwards sta
ted that the long range goal
is the presidency in 1984.
There are now chapters of the
party in Way Cross and Atlan
ta, Georgia; four members are
in Viet Nam, and one is in
Lenoir. When asked where and
when meetings are held, Dru
piewski stated that, ‘‘Due to
the uniqueness of organization
and purpose, no central meet
ing, has been established. The
organization centers around in
dividual discussion.”
One of the new party members,
Hal Mason, a Junior Economics
major, gave this reason for join
ing the NUP: “The National
Union Party stands for the basic
ideals which are in the Con
stitution of the United States.*’
The primary spokesman, Billy
Edwards, gave these as the ma
jor objectives:
1. A complete, total, uncom
promising destruction of World
Communism.
2. A ring-wing solution to the
race question .
3. To return America to the
same moral standards which
have been evident throughout the
history in our great country.
ACT To Present
'Marriage' Play
The Asheville Community
Theatre will present “Marriage
Proposal” by Chekov, Wednes
day, November 23.
Featuring Fred Branch, who
has appeared extensively inTan-
glewood Children’s Theatre,
ACT, and who portrayed Vasya
in “Squaring the Circle” at A-B
last spring, the one-act play
will be staged at 10 a. m. in
the Student Center auditorium.
Sandy Hewitt, a retired Army
colonel who appeared in “Light
up the Sky” with the Brandy
wine players, and Bess Owens
complete the cast.
4. To save America from this
lawlessness dnd disorder being
carried on by Communist in
spired Civil Rights and Peace
Creep groups.
5. To stop wasting Amer
ican money by giving financial
support to Communist countries
in our foreign aid program but
to give foreign aid to decent
anti-Communist nations such as
Rhodesia, South Africa, and In
donesia.
6. To protect Am^ican pro
perty from Communist Race Ri
oters and insure protection of life
for every American citizen .
Randy Drupiewski stated four
additional objectives:
1. To dissipate the apathy
of the students towards local,
state, and national problems.
2. To return the basic rules
of morality to the nation.
3. To support any discussion
on problems concerning our role
on campus.
4. To spearhead a drive to
elect a hard-core conservative
candidate for president with em
phasis on George Wallace, gov
ernor of Alabama.
The last point of discussion
was the 1964 presidential Elec
tion with attention focused on
Barry Goldwatr'r Republican
Presidential candidate. Drup
iewski offfered these reasons for
See NUP, page 4
Runnin'
The Ridge
BY TOM HARBIN
The other day Jim Day appoint
ed a committee to plan the Miss
A-B dance and ceremonies. The
committee decided that four sen
ior women, three junior women
and three freshmen women would
comprise the court. Miss A-
B would be chosen from the sen
ior women.
Doesn’t make sense to me.
Miss A-B is supposedly the sen
ior who has looks, personality and
has shown her devotion to the
school by taking part in its ac
tivities. Figuring, I suppose
that seniors would have had an
opportunity to take part in more
school affairs than her junior and
freshman schoolmate^; there
fore, more seniors shovild be on
the court than underclassnien.
I believe they deserve it too.
By the same logic there should
be more juniors than freshmen.
Hence the 4-3-2 ratio.
* Id t I|C
Did anyone notice the girls tak
ing down the flag during the rain
storm several weeks back?
The administration and all
male students have flunked pa
triotism and manhood. No in-
completes or probation will be
given either.
Our hats are off to the young
ladles who care enough about
our flag to take it down in such
lousy weather.
See RIDGE, page 4
Miss A-B
Candidates
Selected
BY PETE GILPIN
Politics over?
Not at Asheville-Biltmore Col
lege, but the political consid
erations are decidedly different
in the race that got underway
this week.
The sought-after post: Miss
Asheville-Biltmore College.
The candidates; Ten lovely
coeds, four of them seniors and
three each from the junior and
freshman classes. (Under A-B’s
three-year program, there is no
sophomore class).
Winner of the title will be
crowned at the Miss A-B Christ-
mass Prom Dec. 16 by Miss
Carole Carson, 1965’s Queen.
Senior nominees include Len-
da Gayle Edwards, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Ed
wards of Dula Springs Road,
Weaverville; Denise Ilayna Dia
mond, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred L. Diamond, 22 Jarnaul
St.; Sandy Ledbetter, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Everette Led
better, 38 Duke St., and Leigh
Stevens, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles E. Stevens, 45
Grindstaff Dr,
Junior nominees are Barbara
Anne Burgin, daughter of Mrs,
Emily Burgin, 63 Vermont Ave.;
Katherine Ann Degenhardt,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ard K. Degenhardt, 1 Orchid
Lane, and Bobbie Ann Moore,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julian
Moore, 9 Mt. Vernon Circle.
Representing the freshmen
are Donna Marie Goodwin, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hall V,
Goodwin, 72 Montview Dr.; Car
olyn Louise Buckiier, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Everette T.
Buckner of Asheville Rt. 1 and
Janet Kathleen Farmer, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
A. Farmer, 105 Bull Mountain
Rd.
RIDGERUNNER CALL
MEETING, SUNDAY,
1 P. M.
NOV. 20, IN THE
' STUDENT CENTER.