The Ridgerunner
The Students' Right to Information and Expression
VOL. 2 — NO. 7 Asheville-Biltmore College, Asheville, North Carolina December 15,1966
Bulldogs Meet Mars Hill Tonight
DRIVING FOR A TWO-POINTER is^lteve Lucas,
30, a junior forward. The action took place in the
recent Tip-Off Tourney championship game with
Shorter College, other A-B players in the action
are Larry Arrick (33), Jim McElhaney (20) and
Guy Batsel (22),
Fuller Interview
He Speaks Of Universe, Learning
At times he speaks haltingly.
With a slight stammer he gropes
for the right word to express
his thoughts.
Then a few moments later
the words come tumbling out
as if a dam has broken in his
brain. He must deliver his in
spired thoughts before they are
lost.
That he is a brillant man, a
genius perhaps in many fields,
is a fact often dwelled upon by
those who attempt to describe
him. That he is a man with such
complete detachment that he can
look at himself objectively, make
fun of his own folly with such
humor that everyone must take
time out to laugh, is a fact
that may be too often overlook
ed b^ those who try to describe
him. But it is a fact important
in his makeup, and one that
certainly endears him to his
audience.
He is a speaker who doesn’t
speak but merely talks and ram
bles out his thoughts. He is one
of the great thinkers of our time
but unashamedly admits that
when speaking to an audience
he deliberately makes a point
of never thinking of what he is
going to say.
When addressing an audience
of world distinguished scien
tists in Russia year before last
he told them that they were im
portant: They speak of the beau
tiful setting sun when they — of
all people -- should know that
the sun doesn’t really set.
The man, Buckminister Ful
ler, is indeed an intellectual
giant - a genius - but he carries
his genius beautifully. His gentle
manner portrays kindness.
There seems to be a touch of
hui.iility in his make-up.
In his lectures he frequently
speaks of the way things are in
nature. He admits that his use
of the triangle both in its plane
and solid state was copied by him
from nature. Nature knows how
to build things with “structural
integrity,” he says.
In a special interview he said
that the college student learns
best when there is a close and
personal relationship between
student and instructor. In his lec
ture the next day he spoke of the
learning process of young child
ren.
He pointed out that by the time
a child is seventeen years of
age he has reached the peek of
his ability to learn. He then,
with a touch of ironical humor,
pointed out that most of the
money granted the government
for education goes to students
over that age.
Toward the end of his lecture
he pantomimed stretching a rope.
He then explained that the ener
gy used in an expansion also
produces a contraction, in this
particular case, a contraction
of the tissues of the hands that
stretch the rope.
Using this principle of expand
ing and contracting forces he thus
reasons the following: — Since
the physical universe — that
which we can see — is ex
panding in a disorderly man
ner, the metaphysical universe
— that which we cannot see
-- is contracting in an orderly
manner.
That Mr.' Fuller is in such
A-B Seeks 4th Win
BY BOB KYER
Fresh from what coach. Bob Hartman terms a successful road
trip into Georgia, the Asheville-Biltmore cagers host the Mars
Hill Lions tonight at 8 o’clock in the A-B gymnasium.
Described as probably the most exciting team to wear the
blue and white, the Bulldogs will travel to Wilmington for a game’
Dec. 17, then to Newberry for tilts with Newberry and Presby
terian, Dec. 30-31.
The Bulldog mentor commented that Mars Hill is a “good out
fit” although the Lions have an impressive 0-4 record. The Lions
dropped a 92-85 verdict to Mulligan, a team Asheville-Biltmore
trounced, 96-66.
Lion coach Harrell Wood describes his team as “a balanced
scoring attack with Bob Gibson, Bill Kenny, and Don Suggs, but
we don’t have a playmaker.”
Hartman said Mai Blankenship, who has improved tremendously
since adjusting to A-B’s style of basketball, will get his first
starting assignment for the Bulldogs against Mars Hill. The for
mer North Buncombe High School eager will be filling in for
Tom Lindley who sustained a knee Injury In the Pembroke game.
Although Blankenship has been used In a reserve role this
season, he has emerged as the team’s second leading rebounder
with 39, and teamed with Arrick, a 6-8 center, should give the
Bulldogs an excellent duo to control the offensive and defensive
boards.
Blankenship’s field goal percentage Is also tops for the Bull
dogs. He has hit 14 of 24 for 58 percent, and has also dropped In
11 of 12 charity tosses for 91 percent. Blankenship has scored 39
points in six games.
Batsel continues to lead the Bulldogs with a 20.1 scoring average,
garnered on 49 field goals and 23 foul shots. MacElhaney fol
lows closely with an 18.5 average while Lucas and Arrick bo ;h
are averaging 10.5 points per game.
Arrick is the leading rebounder with 60 and has established a
new A-B single game rebounding mark with 18 against Milligan.
As a team, the Bulldogs have outscored their opponents 492-
456. , ’
Alumni To Meet Sunday
awe of the universe, tiiat his
feelings seemingly border on re
verence is evidenced throughout
his lecture. He speaks again
and again of the unseen forces.
He speaks of mental telepathy,
the destiny of man, the rele
vance of all things — every
where. He believes that man not
only inhabits the earth. In fact,
there may be many planets in
the universe where man lives.
But man does not really look
into the future, says Fuller, no,
not really. He spends most of his
time looking backward. That’s
why his civilization Is sliding
backward into the future.
The lecture by Fuller could
be described as humorous,
thought provoking, educational
and above all. Inspiring.
Asheville - Blltmore College
Alumni will hold their first meet
ing since A-B received senior
college status when they gather
at 3 p.m. Sunday in A-B’s Oli
ver C. Carmiciiael Humanities
Lecture Hall.
Recently Incorporated as a
non-profit institution, the §un-
day meeting will vote on proposed
by-laws of the reorganized group
and elect officers for the coming
year.
Speakers for the occasion will
be Congressman Roy A. Taylor,
one of A-B’s first alumni In the
junior college days, and Dr. Wil
liam E. Hlghsmlth, president of
the college. Congressman Tay
lor will speak on the college’s
early development and Dr. Hlgh-
smlth will discuss the present
statxis and future plans.
Prior to the meeting,at2p.m.,
alumni will be given refresh
ments and tours of the campus
with student guides.
Working on the reorganization
of the college’s alumni has been
a committee with George Bryan
Jr. as chairman. Other mem
bers include Dr. Joseph Schand-
ler, Tom Walton, Ray Elingburg,
Mrs. Doris Sanders and Miss
Carole Carson.
All members of the earlier
alumni association as well as
members of the first senior col
lege class, which received de
grees last June, are ur^ed to at
tend.
A-B Biologists
800 Mile Field Trip Is Taken
Grand Dad used to boast of
his 10-12 mile hikes to school.
But even he might blink at
Asheville-Biltmore College bio
logy majors and professors who
regularly seek out Isolated
mountains as the A-B biologists
proved the other day when they
jouTneyed a total of 800 or so
miles.
The destination: Duke Univer
sity’s Marine Laboratory at
Beaufort on the North Carolina
coast.
The reason: There's a lot of
difference between the field study
opportunities offered by the
mountains and the ecology of
the shore line.
Taking part in the field trip
were Dr. Richard M, John
son, chairman of A-B’s Division
of Science and Mathematics; Dr.
John J. McCoy, head of the Bio
logy Department; Steve Smith,
a senior biology major and Ro
ger Lankford, a junior biology
major.
The four-day trip meant two
of those days on the road. They
stayed at the Marine Lab dor
mitories as guests of Dr. C. G.
Bookhout, the lab’s director. Lab
facilities Include five research
buildings, three classrooms and
three dormitories, with the fa
cility affording specific research
and training for field work in
marine biology and biologic
oceanography as well as gra
duate courses In botany and zoo
logy.
The A-B quartet concentrated
on the study of shoreblrd migra
tions in the fall and Dr. Johnson
indicated a return spring trip
would be necessary to round out
the study. Dr. McCoy is a spec
ialist in the ornithology area
while Dr. Johnson leans toward
reptiles and amphibians.
Both they and the students
found full opportunity to imple
ment their mountain specimens
with additions from the coastal
plain-