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FREE CAR
A 1961 Corvair Monza 900,
will be raffled off at noon
Friday, Oct. 20 in the Stu
dent Center Auditorium.
A donation of $1.00 to the
freshman class will provide
one chance on the car.
Vol. 3 — No. 4
The Ridgerunner
The Students^ Right to Information and Expression
Asheville-Biitmore College, Asheville, North Carolina
COMICS
g INTRODUCING in this Is-
sue,. the madcap antics of
’ TAD, created and drawn by
Countenay Slider, and
GEORGE, a new cartoon
g strip by Dwight Hall. Both
i'.;: new features in TheRidge-
runner. Page 3.
OCTOBER 1.3, 1967
Ten Students Named
To ‘Who’s Who’ List
Ten students have been named
to the national Who’s Who in
American Colleges and Univer
sities, announced H. Pettus Ran
dall, editor of the directory.
The students were selected
by a student-faculty committee
headed by Dr. Roy Riggs, acting
dean of the College. Committee
members were Mr. John Burn-
hart of the science department,
Mr. Bruce Greenawalt ofthehis-
tory department, and Mr. Don
McCrimmon of the psychology
department. Student members
were selected at random from
the junior class and were Su
zanne Woody, Bill Kamp and
Doug Norton. ^
The committee compiled a list
of eligible students and graded
them according to academic
achievement, school leadership,
civic responsibility to campus
and community and future
promise.
Criteria for the list were 75
or more hours of credit, and
scheduled June graduation.
There were seventeen posi
tions available from Asheville-
Biitmore for the directory, but
only ten were selected.
The ten were Guy Batsel, an
economics major and president
of the Student Government As
sociation; Kenneth R. Drupiew-
ski, a government major from
Waycross, Ga.; Fredric J. Kress,
an economics major from Ashe
ville; Gordon Collins McCall, a
science major from Asheville;
Mrs. Jean Lipinsky Moore, an
education major from Asheville;
Charles Henry Medd, president
of the senior class; Mrs. Linda
Lewis Nelms, a literature ma
jor from Asheville; Lynda Lee
Reighard, a psychology major
from Asheville; Sandra Lynn
Sluder, a literature major and
editor of the Summit yearbook;
and Robert Allen Templeton, a
government major from Ashe
ville.
PHOTO ON PAGE 3
TROUBLE
“Up With People’’ runs into
trouble at Berkley High,
Page 3.
Director Plans
Student Play
A-D students will present'-The
Conversion of Buster Drum-
wriglit", a soutiiern drama by
Jesse Hill Ford on November
29, 30 and December 1 ajid 2.
The production will be di
rected by Mack Travis, formerly
of the Avenue Players, and cur
rently employed by Asheville-
Biitmore to “stage a major pro
duction and stimulate interest
in drama among the student and
faculty."
Mr. Travis, who has a M. A.
in drama from the University
of Connecticut, will spend two
months on campus. Tryouts
for t)ie play will be held next
Monday and Tuesday from three
to five-thirty in the student cen
ter auditorium. A cast of at
Mack Travis, left and right (as The Old Man from The Playboy of the Western
World.
Fifth Annual Health Careers Conference
To Convene Saturday In Student Center
Byron Warner, Florence Warner and Tom Porter,
.southern musicians who will play at A-B on October 20.
They replace the scheduled Mk. Ill Trio.
Warner, Porter And Warner,
Southern-Folk Concert Set
Warner, Porter and Warner, a
contemporary southern folk-
style singing group, will appear
in A-B’s Student Center at 11:00
a. m. on October 20.
The Program Committee
brings the trio to the campus
for an all-student assembly.
They replace the previously
scheduled Mk. ni Trio, who were
forced to cancel their tour. All
members of the Mk. HI teach,
and could not get permission for
a leave of absence from their
duties.
Science
Building
Dedicated
Asheville - Biltmore College’s
Science Building, one of the first
buildings on the present A-B
campus, will be named for nat
uralist Verne Rhoades.
The announcement was made
today by Dr. William E, High-
smith, A-B president, following
action of the Board of Trustees.
Rhoades is one of the first
developers of scientific forestry
in Western North Carolina.
The move to name the struc
ture, opened in 1961, came as
plans were unveiled for a major
expansion of the building.
Dr. Harry H. Johnston, chair
man of the Division of Sciences
and Mathematics, said Six As
sociates, a local architectural
firm, is drawing up plans for a
five-story, steel - and - glass
tower which will house advanced
and research laboratories as well
as an underground teaching
The group, all from Georgia,
have just finished cutting an al
bum for RCA Victor. Byron and
Florence Warner, brother and
sister, do the arranging and lend
vocal emphasis to the team. Tom
Porter, who writes most of the
songs, plays guitar and har-
songs, plays guitar and har
monica.
After a performance at Gerde’s
Folk City in New York they re
ceived this review;
“A beautiful sound. . .they
are more than a group - they’re
a chord that moves. . .”
The Program Committee’s last
presentation was pianist Theo
dore Ullmann.
“It was,” said program Chair
man James Carmichael, “a high
ly successful program.”
Four hundred high school stu
dents from 20 Western North
Carolina counties will be at Ashe-
ville-Biltmore College Saturday,
Oct. 14.
The occasion is the fifth an
nual District I Health Careers
Congress in A-B’s Student Cen
ter Auditorium. Dr. Roger Mor
rison, Asheville pathologist, is
chairman of the congress and
Don C. Morgan, administrator of
Sylva’s C, J. Harris Community
Hospital, is chairman of the spon
soring District I Advisory Com
mittee.
Six workshops (each conducting
two sessions) and guided tours
of six area hospitals are sched
uled in addition to general ses
sions and more than a score of
professional exiiibits.
Registration is set for 8:30
a. m. in the lobby of the Student
Center with the General Assem
bly convening at 9:30 a. m. for
a welcome by Dr. Morrison and
a program entitled “Health Ca
reers Expo ’67,” directed byDr.
William H. Burch of Lake Lure.
Workshops, at 10:30 and 11:20
a. m. in the Social Sciences Wing
of the Administration building,
will deal with the following areas:
Nursing, Medicine, Medical Lab
oratory Careers, Physical Ther
apy, Dental Health Careers and
Mental Health Careers.
Participating in the workshops
will be:
Nursing -- Miss Frances
Farthing of the Lenoir-Rhyne
College - Grace Hospital (Mor-
ganton) School of Nursing; Mrs.
Grace C. Lee of the Gardner-
Webb College Scjiool of Nursing;
Gaylord Snyder, director of nurs
es at Memorial Mission Hospital
in Asheville, and Mrs. Ruth W,
Geddings, director of the Ashe
ville School of Practical Nurs
ing.
Medicine — Dr. J. E. Oliver
of Sylva.
Medical Laboratory Careers -
Charles Thompson, medical
technologist at C. J. Harris Com
munity Hospital, Sylva.
Physical Therapy — James
Graves, registered physical
therwpist at the Haywood County
Hospital in Waynesville.
Dental Health -- Dr. W. S.
Prevost Jr. of Waynesville and
Miss Susan Prevost, dental hy-
gienist.
Mental Health -- Dr. Jim White,
clinical psychologist for the
Western Carolina Center in Mor-
ganton, and Allen Fullwood, so
cial worker at Broughton Hos
pital in Morganton.
Tours to Oteen VA Hospital,
Memorial Mission Hospital, St.
Joseph’s Hospital, a local animal
hospital and Highland Hospital
are slated for 2 p. m.
After returning from the tour,
the students will hear Dr. Wil
liam E. Highsmith, president of
Aslieville-Biltmore.
least 20 people is needed.
“Banjo pickers and s>'t Innl'.’*
ers will be particularily wel
comed,” says Travis.
“The drama, which lias only
been produced twice forthc
and once for CBS Television
• Workshop, has a revenge plot,
and I think this kind of uni()iie
play will appeal to the students.”
Ford, author of the play, has
been invited to attend A-B*s open
ing production. The movie rights
to Ford’s latest book, “The Lib
eration of Lord Byron Jones.”
have recently been sold.
Travis will be in his offtce
on the first floor of the Human
ities Building from 10 to 12
a. m. and from 2 p. m. on today
to talk with interested students
and give out try-out forms.
The cast list for the play will
be posted next Thursday. Re
hearsals will be in the eveninc*-.
and on weekends.
“No experience is necess^j-y
for try-outs,” says Travl,'^ “and
we will need people in almost t'v-
ery area. I can promise every
one a lot of hard work :'nd
good time.”
42 Attend Supper
For Dorm Students
In reply to a letter published
in the September 15 issue of the
Ridgerunner, a free supper was
given by Mr. John Bernhardt on
Sunday, September 17. Bern
hardt is a biology professor here
at A-B.
Bernhardt said, “I started out
expecting one or two people and
ended up with 42.” This number
included some faculty and neigh
bors of Bernhardt’s.
Bernhardt, Mary Jane Winford,
secretary to the science divi
sion, and Virginia Taylor, a
Only tower on. left will be constructed by 1969.
planetarium.
The tower eventually will be
joined by two others to change
the entire appearance of the pres
ent building. They will face
toward College Heights.
Work on the first tower re
ceived the go-ahead when the
General Assembly allocated
$500,000 for this purpose dur
ing its last session.
Construction is scheduled to
begin in the late spring of 1968
with completion due in time for
the first term of the 1969-1970
academic year.
A corridor will join the first
■ floor of the present Science
Building with the second floor
of the Science Tower.
Eventually, upon completion of
the remaining towers, the pres
ent Science Building will be used
for faculty offices, storage and
special projects while the Tow
ers would house the regular cur
riculum of the division.
U. s. Official
Lectures Here
Harry A. Sylvester, foreign
service officer with the U. S.
State Department, was on camp
us Thursday to speak to history,
political science, and interna
tional relations classes.
Sylvester, presently assigned
to an academic exchange pro
gram in the Caribbean and Cen
tral America, has been with the
State Department since 1960.
He spoke to classes on ‘U,
S. Political Thought.”
A graduate of the University
of Notre Dame, Sylvester worked
as a journalist on several New
York newspapers following grad
uation. He joined the Voice of
America staff in 1955, and was
assigned chief of the Latin Amer
ica division. Detailed to the
State Department in 1960, he was
assigned to Mexico City as re
search officer.
Newspaper
This issue of The Ridge
runner signals a change from
its previous tabloid size to
a “Broadsheet” eight col
umn, 21 inch page. The paper
will continue to public on a
bi-weekly basis. The size
change is designed to aili-
veate forced ommission of
news and feature copy, a
frequent occurence in the
tabloid type paper.
A 10 per-cent commission
on all Ridgerunner ad sales
is now being offered. Inte
rested students should re
port’ to our Student Center
office.
A staff meeting of all re
porters will be held in the
Ridgerunner office at 2 p.m.
on Tuesday, October 17.
Those wishing to join the
staff are welcomed.
neighbor of Bernhardt’s worked
to have the supper.
Charlie Medd summed up the
supper by saying ‘^he students
ate it up.”
Due to the success of this
supper, another one was held the
following Sunday at the Botani
cal Gardens. This time “D”
dorm was in charge of preparing
the meal. About 40 to 50 stu
dents and members of the faculty
attended.
Last Sunday, October 8, “E”
dorm sponsored a supper. It
was held in the Center Building
of the Dorm Village with about
40 or 50 students attending.
Many students hope that in the
future these suppers will be con
tinued. It brings the students
closer together and lets the fac
ulty have a better relationship
with the students, said Bern
hardt,
A dorm council meeting will
be held in the near future to
discuss the possibility of con
tinuing the supper.
Exams
Scheduled
The following exam schte-
dule for first term has beon
announced by Dr. Roy A,
Riggs, Acting Deanof Fac\il-
ty:
TUESDAY, OCT. 24;
8 a.m. -- All B a.m.
classes.
II a.m. -- All I p.m.
classes. Humanities I.
2 p.m. All 3 p.m.
classes.
WEDNESDAY, 0(pT. 20:
a a.m. — All ^10 a.m.
classes.
11 a.m. -- All 12 noon
classes.
2 p.m. -- All 2 p.m.
classes.
THURSDAY, OCT. 26;
8 a.m. -- All 9 a.rn.
classes.
11 a.m. -- All 11 a.m.
classes.
All Tuesday and Thursday
evening classes will liave
exams at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday,
Oct. 24 and all Monday and
Wednesday evening classes
will have exams at 6:45p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 25.
Black Mountain College Was Unique Experiment
Mark Hopkins, the 19th cen
tury American educator, des
cribed the ideal college as arstu-
dent on one end of a log and a
teacher on the other.
And while his idea was alter
nately embraced and discredited,
it has a lasting value.
Black Mountain College, just
outside of the present day town
of Black Mountain was an at
tempt, from 1933 to 1956, to put
into living terms, the philosophy
of Mark Hopkins and its found
er, John Andrew Rice.
Rice, a Rhodes scholar, was
a graduate of Tulane and a genu
ine American educational rebel.
His outspoken ideas amounted
to a rebellion against American
colleges and universities In the
• Coca - Cola era ot the *20s.
Generally speaking, American
higher education then was cen
tered around the German Uni
versity ideal . . . that is, in
Rice’s words, “stuffing the head
full of facts,” but not possess
ing self - toowledge. The Euro
pean tradition stressed the in-
te'llect, and emotional develop
ment was neglected.
Rice and the founders of Black
Mountain College were seeking
a balance between the emotion
and the intellect. Seeking intelli
gence, by which Rice meant “a
subtle balance between the intel
lect and the emotions.’’
Rice, a close friend of John
Dewey, eminent American edu
cational innovator and reshaper
sought to found a college that
would embrace the search for
intelligence and the Mark Hop-
kin^ notion of what constituted
a good education.
At Black Mountain, Rice ga
thered around him nine close
teaching associates from Rol
lins College in Winter Park,
Fla., and 19 students. Rice had
been fired from Rollins by the
then president, Hamilton Holt,
on what now appear to be trump
ed up charges of an incredibly
petty nature.
Rice described the fight at
Rollins as “a liberal college
in an illiberal town, with tiie
inevitable conflict when the col
lege has to decide not to be
liberal” so as not to offend
potential wealthy donors to the
college.
Professor Rice left Rollins
and several faculty friends there
follov/ed him, not so much out of
sympathy, but because they had
been fired for supporting him in
the quarrel. But they were, al
most without exception, willing
to take on the adventure and chore
of founding a new college in the
most horrible years of the De
pression.
Thus it was that Rice and the
Rollins professors ended up at
Black Mountain at the suggestion
of Robert Wunsch, former drama
instructor in tiie Asheville City
Schools and later faculty member
at Rollins and Black Mountain.
Explaining to a friend in 1933,
what he was seeking by the found
ing of a college of an untried
concept, Rice said “Now look
at Mark Hopkins* log. Between
the teacher and the student sit,
as a minimum requirement of all
academic logs, a president, a
dean of the college, a dean of
men and women, and a regis
trar, all of whom are more or
less subject to the board of
trustees of regents.” '
Rice and his associates fought
to eliminate as many as possible
of those “Impediments that or
dinarily stand between the teach-’
er and the student.”
And to that end. Black Mountain
College had no non - teaching
president, no trustees, no deans,
no fraternities or sororities, no
imposed rules and regulations,
no required courses and no foot-
sports of any kind.
In the absence of deans, pres
idents ujid trustees, Rice and the
college's founders turned to the
idea o f a participatory demo
cracy for the administration of
the college.
Black Mountain was governed
entirely by the members of the
academic community, students
and faculty included. More speci
fically, a board of six faculty
members and a chief student
officer elected by the students
as their policy making voice on
the college’s board of fellows,
as the governing faculty group
was called.
Each year the faculty would
elect an administrative head,
called Rector. The post involv
ed being primarily the titular
head of the college, functioning
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Among the many famous artists associated with Black
Mountain College was Jean Chariot, one of the found'
ers of the Mexican art movement. During the summer
of 1944, Chariot painted two frescoes on concrete py
lons supporting the Studies Building. The ma.ssive
frescoes are done in the blunt, stylized manner typical
of contemporary Mexican art. Photo courtesy Citizen