The Ridgerunner
The Students^ Right to Information and Expression
VOL. 2 NO. 10
Asheville-Biltmore College, Asheville, North Carolina
FEBRUARY 10, 1967
1967 Homecoming Queen—Miss Lynda Reighard and Miss Sandy Mastin—1966 Queen
A-B’s Homecoming
Success Story In ’67
Asheville-Biltmore’s first full-scale Homecoming -was about as
perfect as the script writers had planned.
It may well go down in history as beginning of true school spirit.
Key events in the celebration included:
The crowning of Lynda Reighard, senior psychology major, as
Homecoming queen and the presentation of her court, Janet Kath
leen Farmer, Suzanne Woody, Anna Torian, and Leigh Stevens.
Display winner. Sigma Lambda Chi, with the 18 foot tall Bull
dog.
Sigma Lambda Chi also copped top honors in the coed capers
held on the soccer field.
The alumni reception on Saturday afternoon could have been
better attended, but It was a start.
The dance was jam-packed, the entertainment was sensational,
but there may have been too many non-A-B guests.
Miss Mary Miller and Dean Joseph M. Parsons were honored
throughout the festivities.
A horn-hlnklng downtown parade was the starting signal of the
'67 homecoming.
And an almost capacity crowd saw the Bulldogs blast the Mary
ville Scots, 94-76, with scoring leader Guy Batsel having his best
night as he pumped in 39 points.
See related pictures, page four.
Latest M
Exhibition
Is Praised
By ELSIE KRONENFELD
February’s art exhibition has
been executed by a 25 year old
Atlanta, Ga. artist, Ben Smith.
His works are bold, massive,
simple In appearance, but com
plex In execution. At first glance
they appear to all be of one style.
On closer observation they show
several influences. Smith has
taken classipal and Biblical
themes and treated them In con
temporary fashion.
Eugene F. Bunker Jr., chair
man of the A-B art department
has this comment to make “With
his present obvious involvement
with form In two dimensional
space Smith may very well tran
scend the bounds of past and
current stereotypes and join the
precious few who make up the
circle of avant gard thinkers In
the graphic arts. Mr. Smith's
prints are outstanding and in
some cases superior examples
of block type prlntmaklng.”
Jack Schulman, a night stu
dent at A-B and resident of Hen
dersonville, has offered to do
nate to the college any print
chosen by Dr. Highsmlth to start
a permanent collection of Art
for the college.
From the standpoint of mount
ing, presentation and execution
this is one of the best shows
hung this year. It is attract
ing much favorable student com
ment.
Students 0. K.
Activity Fee
Hike Of $2.00
Asheville - Biltmore students
voted to increase the student
activity fee to ten dollars next
year.
The two dollar Increase pro
posed by the Student Government
Association, passed by a vote
of 191-75. One dollar of the In
crease will go Into the athletic
fund and the other will go into
the General Treasury oftheSGA,
The 1966-67 student activity Is
broken down as follows:
$2.00 Summit
2,00 Athletics
.75 Ridgerunner
.40 Images
2.85 General
Treasury of SGA
$8.00 Total
Changes In the 1967-68 budget
will be $3.00 for athletics and
$3.85 for the General Treasury
of the SGA. All other alloca
tions will remain the same, SGA
President Jim Day said, but there
may be a reshuffling of publica
tion funds.
The two dollar increase will be
used to build a stronger athletic
program and to provide more
activities for the students.
N. C. State Physicist
Will Be Guest Lecturer
Dr. Jasper D. Memory, of the
Department of Physics at North
Carolina State University, Ra
leigh, North Carolina, will serve
as a visiting lecturer at Ashe-
ville-Biltmore College, North
Carolina, Wednesday and Thurs
day, Feb. 16 and 17.
He will visit under the auspices
of the American Association of
Physics Teachers and the Amer
ican Institute of Physics as part
of a broad, nationwide program
to stimulate Interest In physics.
The program is now In Its tenth
year and Is supported by the
National Science Foundation.
Lectures, informal discussion,
assistance to faculty members
concerning curriculum and re
search problems in physics, and
talks with students will feature
Dr. Memory’s visit. Dr. James
E. Wills, chairman of the De
partment of Physics at A-B, Is
in charge of arrangements for
Dr. Memory's visit.
JUAN SERRANO, Flamenco guitarist, will appear in concert at
Asheville-Biltmore College, Feb. 18. Juan Serrano came to the
United States with a company of Flamenco dancers, but never
returned to Spain. Student tickets for the performance are $1.00
and can be obtained from the Student Government Office.