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The Ridgemnner
The Students' Right to Information and Expression
Vol. 2 — No. 12
Asheville-Biltmore College, Asheville, North Carolina
May 1, 1967
Election Issues
SGA Candidates Slate
Dorm-Day Student Rift
As Tougliest Problem
Even on demonstration-torn campuses across the na
tion, a scene like this is seldom witnessed. FBI Sergeant
Joe Zimmerman (top) is teaching Asheville Patrolman
Charles Jones a course in ’’copology.”
Two candidates are running
for each of the three student
Government offices, promising
heated competition in today’s
elections.
The silver-colored thread that
wove itself into the majority of
campaign speeches delivered
Wednesday was the changing face
of the college. The physical
changes will be interwoven with
an underlying change in student
spirit and goals, requiring spe
cial attention as Asheville-Bilt
more becomes a full-time col
lege, the candidates feel.
Candidates pointed out that
many of A-B's student problems,
such as ineffective commiuiica-
tion among SGA, the student body
and the administration, would be
solved when a “core” of students
become full-time residents of the
college with the opening of The
Dormitory Village next August.
Perhaps the biggest task for
SGA next year will be to unify
dorm and day students, Doug
Lackey, junior candidate for
vice-president declared. Guy
**Batman*’ Batsel, a former stu
dent at Stetson University(Flori-
da) and member of the Intor-
dorm Council there, observed
that the advent of dormitories
“will eliminate many of our pres
ent problems while creating at
the same time, many new prob
lems.”
Only a handful of students
turned out for the campaign
speeches, punctuating the simple
declration of Chris Cline, candi
date for secretary: “I have no
interest which takes precedence
see ELECTION ISSUES, Page 4
De Ciaulles Antics: Cest la vie?
FAF Speaker To Reveal
(Hher Side Of De Gaulle
Rhine To Unwind On E S P
Dr. J. B. Rhine, internation
ally-known authority on extra
sensory perception and founder
of the Listitute for Parapsycho
logy, will speak at Asheville -
Biltmore College on Thursday
night. May 4.
Dr. Rhine, who will speak at
8:15 p.m. In the Student Center
Auditorium, retired from the fa
culty of Duke University In 1965
after 38 years at that institu
tion of higher learning.
His visit to Asheville - BUt-
more is sponsored by the col
lege’s faculty cultural affairs
committee.
A native of Juniata County,
Pennsylvania, Dr. Rhine was
educated at Ohio Northern Uni
versity, the College of Wooster
and the University of Chicago.
He was married to the former
Louisa Ella Weckesser in 1920
following World War I service
with the Marines and both en
rolled at Chicago for their Ph.
D's.
Prior to Joining the Duke facul
ty, the two were with West Vir
ginia University from 1924 -
26 and Harvard 1926 - 27.
After moving to Duke', they
began work on a research pro
gram that later established the
famed Parapsychology Labora
tory.
Among Dr. Rhine’s written
works are “Extrasensory Per
ception,” “N^w Frontiers of the
Mind,” “New World of the Mind”
and “Parapsychology, Frontier
Science of the Mind.”
Highsmith And Moses:
A Touch Of Resemblance
The Egyptians were charged to
find and gather the straw to make
the Pharoah’s bricks.
The architects who drew the
plans for Ashevllle-Blltmore's
Dormitory Village were charged
to find a solution to the problem
of “high-rise, barracks type”
dormitories characteristic of
most colleges and universities.
Using Ingenuity and determi
nation, both the Egyptians and
the architects succeeded In over
coming their problems.
To draw another parallel, Mo
ses and President Highsmith had
the same thought in mind when
they looked out upon their “child
ren.”
“Let my people go,” was the
thought.
But President Highsmlth’s
meaning Is subtle. He meant,
“Free my students from the hor
rors of losing their Identity In
the masses. Give them the chance
to develop Into Individuals. Let
them be Intellectually and spi
ritually free. Let me not be guilty
of becoming a “loco parentis.’
May the faculty lead the students
to the ^'Dromised land” of indi
vidual achievement.” _
See HIGHSMrrH, Page 4
The much-discussed -- And
sometimes cussed -- policies of
Gen. Charles de Gaulle are ex
pected to receive support from
one of de Gaulle’s official spokes
men at Asheville - Biltmore Col
lege Monday night.
The speaker at the^ 8 p. m.
Foreign Affairs Forum session
In Carmichael Humanities Lec
ture Hall will be Jean Bellard,
director of the French Press
and Information Service In New
York and a former Free French
intelligence agent under de
Gaulle.
Born in Colmar, France, In
1919, Bellard attended law
schools of the Universities of
Paris and Strasbourg and the
Ecole des Sciences Politiques In
Paris. He. also holds diplomas
for advanced administrative
studies and economics.
Bellard joined General de
Gaulle’s forces in 1940, was cap
tured by the Germans while serv
ing as an intelligence agent and
was sentenced to life at ha^d
labor. Escaping after 25 months,
he made his way through Spain
to North Africa. After the land
ing In Southern France, he fought
with an American reconnaissance
unit, serving as French intel
ligence officer.
Bellard began his diplomatic
career as attache to the French
Embassy in Washington In 1945.
He became first secretary of the
-French Delegation to NATO In
1949 and deputy director of the
Press and Information Service
of NATO In 1951.
From 1953 to 1955, he was
French Consul General In De
troit, then returned to Paris to
serve as deputy director of the
French Foreign Affairs Ministry
Press Services until 1957 when
he was appointed French Consul
General in Chicago. During his
years in the U.S., Bellard served
in 1960 as one of two inter
preters accompanying General
de Gaulle on the general’s official
visit to this country. Bellard
has also lectured from coast to
coast.
Bellard was president of Radio
Monte Carlo from 1964 to 1966
when he assumed his present
post as Director of the French
Press and Information Service.
An officer of the Legion of
Hono^ Bellard holds the Croix
de Guerre with three citations,
the Medal of the Resistance and
the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf
Cluster. He is the author of
the book, “Vertige en eau Pro-
fonde,” which won the 1964 Prix
du Quai des Orfevres.
See FAF SPEAKER, Page 4
LIttle-Bitties Have
Big, Hopeful Dreams
Little Myra Sluder, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Slu
der of Weaverville Rt. 2, re
turned from the Weaverville Pri
mary pre-school session full of
ambition.
“And what’s more. Pm going
to make all Gs,” she told the
family.
Which may have baffled every
one except big sister Sandy, a
junior at Asheville - Biltmore
College. A-B*s grading system,
instead of the usual A-B-C-D-F,
is H-G-P-F.
The H Is for “high pass,” the
G for “good” (corresponding to
the B), the P for “pass and the
F for . . . well, everyone In
school knows that meaning.