The Ridgerunner
The Students^ Right to Information and Expression
VOt. 2 — NO. 8
Asheville-Biltmore College, Asheville, North Carolina
JANUARY 13, 1967
Modified Caiendar Approved;
Fourtli Term Siiortened 1 Weei(
Yesterday Asheville - Bilt-
more adopted a modified calen
dar which provides for a shor
tened fourth term and one day
off each term before examina
tions.
Aptly dubbed “ThePresident's
Calendar, ” the new 1967-68
No Pistol Packin’ Mamas
schedule supercedes the “Squibb
Calendar" which was approved
by the faculty before Christmas
recess. The “Squibb Calendar”,
engineered by Dr. Dexter Squibb,
chairman of the chemistry de
partment, proposed five nine-
week terms. Upon further study
Dorm Policies Are Imaginative
BY ROGER WICKER
Although the new Asheville -
Blltmore dormitories will not
enjoy Antioch College-type free
dom, i. e., complete freedom,
the house mothers won’t be jail
ors and there won't be a list of
stringent regulations.
When Asheville - Biltmore's
first dormitory students move in
next August they will represent
years of planning that have gone
into converting A-B into an aca
demically sound liberal arts col
lege.
And their dormitory experi
ence will be closely watched and
analyzed by administration offi
cials who have taken an imagina
tive approach to dormitory life.
For example, Dr. William
Highsmith, college president,
says “We are not going to have
a “laundry list” of do's and
don'ts, rather, we will expect
dormitory students to behave
as civilized adults."
This attitude of Highsmith's
is reflected throughout the ad
ministration and the planning that
went into A-B's dormitory com
plex of eight-student suites which
has been built around the idea
of small groupings of students
rather than what Highsmith char
acterized as the “barracks" high
rise housing prevalent at many
colleges and universities.
The A-B dorms will consist
of six suites for eight students.
Each suite will have four bed
rooms, two baths and a central
living-lounging area.
There will be one housing di
rector for the entire complex,
who will be responsible for help
ing maintain the personalized
character of the dormitory com
plex, “and to insure that each
student retains his own sense of
identity," says Highsmith.
In reference to women's hours
and other regulations governing
the complex, Dr. Dula, dean of
students, commented that he had
had a meeting with a panel of
three students who offered sug
gestions and ideas concerning
the administration of the new
complex. Dr. Dula declined to
comment on the group’s sug
gestions and conclusions, saying
that the final plans are as yet
indefinite, “it would be prema
ture at this time to say just what
the actual policies are going to
Continued to page two
the Squibb Calendar was reject
ed in favor of Dr. Highsmith’s
proposed calendar.
The new calendar provides
for four day exam periods, pre
ceded by one day off for study
ing.
Classes for the '67 - ’68 aca
demic year will resume August
23; graduation is scheduled for
June 15. This means that classes
will end one week earlier. The
first three terms will each be
ten weeks long.
Squibb's calendar consisted of
five nine-week terms, four re
gular terms and an equally long
summer session. Each term
would have consisted of 40 class
days and 5 days for exams.
Compression of a 10-week
term into a 9-week term would
have been accomplished by len
gthening each class from 50 to
55 minutes. The adopted calen
dar calls for regular 50 minute
classes.
The six-week summer school
schedule will not undergo any
changes.
A shortened fourth term of
fers at least two advantages.
The longer summer vacation will
allow students to attend summer
school at a college or university.
Summer school at many other
colleges start around June 15,
and under the old calendar it
was impossible for A-B stu
dents to attend another sum
mer school because Fourth Term
was still in session.
The longer summer vacation
will also enable students to com
pete for summer jobs. Getting
into the labor market a week
earlier could possibly mean the
difference between landing a good
job and not getting a job at all.
THE JON GI.EUiX'S --- Billy Smith, Dane Freeman, and Cissy Smith
Assembly To Feature
Folk Group, Jon Gleurs
The February assembly will
feature the jon Gleurs, a folk
group who will sing at tlie New
port Folk Festival next July.
Formed in 19G5, the Jon Gleurs
(Troubadours) are a fast rising
college trio. Dane Freeman, a
senior atWoffordCollege,organ
ized the group which now boasts
a new female vocalist.
The original group included
Dane Freeman, Billy Smith, and
Sally Lesesne. In the fall of ’66
Cissy Smith joined the group
which has since played at vari
ous clubs and colleges including
Wofford, Presbyterian, Erskine,
Continued to page three
Winter’s Nympii Froiics In Botanical Gardens
,
Winter's nymph takes a peek
at wlnter^s world. The trees
stand gaunt and barren, the
ground is hard and cold, but
Winter's nymph is not dis
heartened. She is life in a dead
world. She balances herself pre
cariously on the rocks and in
an icy stream. Beside a split-
rail fence she frolics, racingbe>
fore the nagging worries of ex
aminations. Inside the Botanical
cabin, she still hears winter's
frosty summons. An afternoon
in the botanical gardens ... an
hour of relaxation . . . being
young, alive, and completely na
tural . . . this is spending time
wisely. George Macatu, the
Ridgerunner's new photogra
pher, found freshman Suzanne
Woody to be an excellent subject
for winter photography.
(Sta^f Photo)