The Ridgerunner
The Students^ Right to Information and Expression
Vol. 3—No. 2
Asheville-Biltmore College, Asheville, North Carolina
September 15, 1967
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SASC Team Here September 26;
Accreditation Word Nov. 29tli
D Doilm. studenits gasp in the cold night; air as the
first fire drill of the year is called. This one took place
at 11:30 p.m.' Tuesday night. Most of the residents were
not aware that a drill was planned. lit took a little aver
tenl minutes for all four dorms* to empty; Students have
been alerted as !to means of escape ar d! procedure in case
of a real fire.
Culturai Committee
To Bring St. Marie
Asheville - Biltmore’s Cultu
ral Committee and the Chamber
Music Series have a tentative
schedule of 12 events planned for
the 67-68 season.
The committee, consisting of
Mr. James Carmichael, Dr. Sid
ney Mathews, Mr. Don McCrim-
mon, Mr. Dean Cadle, Vera Cul-
breth, Linda Nelms, Ken Snell-
ing and John Fury, anticipates
spending $6,100.00 on four day
assemblies and four evening per
formances during the school
year.
Operating on a limited budget
of $3,000.00, an admission will
be charged for students and pub
lic at several of the shows.
Scheduled for first term is the
Mk. ni Trio, a jazz group, on
October 20 in the Student Cen
ter. A poetry reading will be
included in the free performance,
which will get underway at noon.
Pianist Theodore Ulhman is
tentatively slated to appear on
October 4, In an evening recital.
Chief Hall Says
A-B No Problem
Asheville Police Chief J. C.
Hall commenting on the re
opening of A-B College for the
fall term complimented the stu
dent body for their record in
the past of causing his depart
ment “very little trouble."
“We have no accurate statis
tics, but experience has taught
us that the students at Asheville-
Biltmore College have created
few problems for this depart
ment,” he said.
Hall said there are always
a few flagrant traffic violators.
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Buffy St. Marie, a noted folk-
singer, will perform in the gym
nasium during January, “pro
bably the Thursday before home
coming,” says Mr. McCrimmon.
Admission will be two dollars
per student and three fifty for
the general public.
Planned for third and fourth
terms are lectures by Loren
Eseley, physical anthropologist
and author of The Immense Jour
ney and Asheley Montague, also
a well - known anthropologist.
Both evening lectures are free
for students and three dollars
for the public.
Mr. McCrimmon, a psychology
professor, stated, “We hope to
present a number of programs
of the highest possible quality.
We will need the support of
90% of the student boy in order
to continue to be able to afford
performances over and above our
budget.”
The Chamber Music Series, in
its sixteenth year of bringing
American and European musical
groups to Asheville, will sponsor
four performances in the Student
Center.
From London, on Tuesday,
October 31, comes the Amadeurs
Quartet, followed by the Italian
Chigiapo Sextet on February 7;
the Checkoslovakian Prague
Quartet on March 10, and the
Alma Trio, from California, on
April 19.
The performances are all set-
for 8 o’clock p.m. and reserve
season tickets are $10.00. Regu
lar tickets are $8.50. 124 seats
will be reserved on a “first
come, first served” basis for
high school and college students
in the area.
A special visitation committee
of the Southern Association of
Schools and Colleges will be
on the A-B campus from Sept
ember 26 to 29 as the first
step in application for accredi
tation by the Association.
“Our goal,” says President
William Highsmith, “is to
create a quality liberal arts Col
lege, with an experimental pos
ture. The committee will judge
us how well we are fulfilling
that aim.”
“To receive accreditation, we
must meet the minimum require
ments set by the Association.”
The standards on which the
school will be graded are: pur
pose of the institution, organi-
Dodd Postponed
Lamar Dodd, internationally
known artist, cancelled his sche
duled lecture to the Humanities
class on September 13, 1967. Mr.
Dodd is the head of the Art
Department of the University
of Georgia. The subject of his
lecture was “Art in Nature.”
The artist expressed “sincere
regret” for the cancellation and
plans are now being formulated
for him to speak in the spring of
1967.
Drama Group
Ends Summer
“Theater that sets up electric
moments of humor and under
standing . , . moments that touch
everyone . . .’’
This is a quotation from the
creed of the Avenue Players
who, this summer, have been
appearing at the Thomas Wolfe
Playhouse. From dedication to
this creed and the talents of the
actors has come a seson with a
variety of plays.
The Company itself had its
beginning at Yale University, with
the purpose of bringing together
the “best organizational and
artistic talent that could be
found.” Auditions were held,
and out of 150 peopje, 15 accept
ed. All together, there were
25 people from all over the coun
try in the company; 15 profes
sionals and 10 apprentices.
A stroke of luck for the Play
ers found the Thomas Wolfe Play
house empty this summer. They
leased it, but before any plays
could go into production, they had
to repair and fix the building.
Finally, the rehearsals started.
Although the season got off to
a slow start, word of their work
spread, and the audiences slow
ly grew. There were eight plays
this season each different from
the other, each calling for dif
ferent characters, each making
new demands on the talents of
every actor.
Now the Avenue Players are
at the end of their season, but
there is more to come. The
Players are returning again
next year, and eventually hope to
establish a regular summer thea
tre here.
zation and administration, edu
cational program, financial re
sources, faculty, library, stu
dent personel, physical plant,
and research.
Serving on the Visitation Com
mittee are, Lewis Webb, Presi
dent of Old Dominion College;
Dr. John Teal, Dean of Georgia
doming
:|:j FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15:
Gathering in Central $•
$; Dorm 7:30 P.M. All dorm ;$
;$ students are invited.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15:
3:00 P.M. Homecoming
Committee meeting,Stu- $•
$• dent Government Con-
ference Room. |:J:
|:5 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17: i|::
jj; 1:00 P.M. Hiking Club
•$ will leave for Craggy §;
|i Mountain.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22:
Movie, "GENGHIS
jjjl KHAN” 8:00 P.M. Stu- ilf:
dent Center Auditorium, jil;
Southwestern College; Dr.
George C. Branam, Dean of Aca
demic Affairs at Louisiana State
University; Dr. Lee S. Anthony
of Roanoke College; Mr. Dudly
Fulton of Northwestern State Col
lege of Louisiana; Mr. C. P.
Snelgroye of Tennessee Techno
logical University; arid Mrs. L.F.
Mallory of Mississippi State
University.
Members ofthe Committee will
interview faculty, administrative
officers, student government
members and others. They will
report their evaluation to the
Admissions Committee of the
Southern Association, it will, in
turn, make a recommendation.
If favorable, it will come up for
a vote of approval and, if this is
affirmative, A-B will become
fully accreditated.
If Asheville-Biltmore receives
accreditation, it will have done
so in the two year minimun
requirement, and the status will
become retroactive.
“This means,” says High-
smith, “that members of the
class of 1966 will be graduates
of a fully accreditated institu
tion.”
CLASS OFFICER ELECTIONS were held September 7. Donna
Goodwin, elected Vice - President of the Junior Class, casts
her vote (left). Manning the polls are George Macatee and Khris
Kline.
Light Balloting Elects
Medd-Speed-Kieriker
Charles Medd, Tony Andrew
Speed and Daniel Kienker were
elcted president of the senior,
junior, and^ freshmen classes
respectively on September 7,
1967.
Medd was elected by a 26 vote
margin. He is from Henderson
ville N. C. and has served in
the Navy.
The Junior Class President
Tony Andrew Speed was elected
by an eight vote margin and is
a member of Signa Lambda Chi.
Kienker, President of the
Freshman class was elected by a
39 vote margin. He is from
Hendersonville and a graduate of
Kentucky Military Institute.
This year the voting turned
out light with only 259 students
casting ballots. 117 Freshmen
voted, 65 juniors and 77 seniors
visited the polls.