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Volume 3 — Number 5
The Ridgerunner
The Students' Right to Information and Expression
Asheville-Biltmore College, Asheville, North Carolina
DANCE
Spyder Turner, the Tams
and Tamettes at tlie National
Guard Armory on Patton
Ave. 8:00 p.m. Open to the
public, admission $3.00 per
couple. Sponsored by the
freshman class.
Fridaw November 17, 1967
'.■nm
, Freshman Class Needs Over SI 000
: To Pay Off Raffle, Dance Expenses
Saturday nights dance at the
National Guard Armory is an
important event for the fresh
men class. They need to have
400 paid couples attend the event
to satisify their present debts.
The class debt was incurred
in several ways. They still owe
$200 on a car that was raf-
feled off first term. The auto
mobile cost “$380 originally,
but it sorta turned out to be
$434 towards the end,’’ said one
Freshman class officer.
Dr. Phillip Walker, professor
of history, won the car and loan
ed $200 to the freshmen to pay
for the vehicle.
Highsmlth Announces
Name Of Building
Tom Gardner, left, of the Southern Student
Organizing Committee and Dr. Farzana-
gen, SSOC’s on - campus sponsor.
Anti-War Speakers Visit A-B
Vietnam, Ciiina Are Subjects
Six members of the Southern
Students Organizing Committee
spoke to student audiences at
Asheville - Biltmore numbering
at times up to 350, Nov. 7.
The six had earlier been es
corted from the Appalachian State
University Campus at Boone on
Friday, Nov. 3, after a student
mob jeered them and destroyed
their literature.
Speaking in the Social Science
auditorium. the group addressed
classes In political theory, an
thropology, sociology and hum
anities class divisions.
The group, all in their late
teens and early twenties, had
been described as “bearded de
monstrators” after the ASU in
cident.
Tom Gardner, chairman of
SSOC, commented that if he had
know he was expected to have a
beard, he would have grown one
for the occassion.
The clean - shaven men in
the group, Tom Gardner, Randy
Shannon and Bruce Smith were
dressed in coats and ties and
the women, Lynn Wells, Nancy
Hodes and Ann Johnson were
dressed in jumpers and low heel
ed shoes.
Gardner spoke to three classes
on the Vietnamese war, saying
that the communism of Ho Chi
Minh, of North Vietnam was pri
marily nationalistic in character
and as such did not constitute
a threat to the United States or
its allies.
He characterized the National
Liberation Front’s action in South
Vietnam as being aimed at the
explusion of “foreign aggress
ors” listing first the Chinese
of ancient times, the pre - World
War II French, the Japanese oc
cupation troops in WW II, and
the postwar French and finally
the Americans, as occupation
troops from external countries.
“The Vietnamese would like
to be left alone to run their
own country without outside in
terference,” Gardner said. He
said that in Ho Chi Minh’s for
mative years as a national in
dependence leader, he sought aid
from the French people, but the
only response was from the
French Socialist and Communist
parties.
Gardner advocated the with
drawal of U. S. military forces,
but urged U. S. economic aid to
be continued to forestall re
petition of the chaos caused by
the French total withdrawal after
their 1954 defeat at Dienbien
Phu.
He said an international
agency, such as the United Na
tions, should be given jurisdic
tion in the Vietnamese war.
Miss Nancy Hodes, who spent
five years in Peking while with
her family, spoke on what she
termed “The Myth of Chinese
Aggression.”
She maintained that the U. S,
has totally exaggerated the dan
ger from Communist China,say
ing that their public pronounce
ments both to the international
community and internally, do not
bear out western hemispher
fears of an aggressive Com
munist China.
She said that China, as con
trasted to the U. S., has no
troops actively engaged in com
bat outside its borders.
When questioned about the pre
sence of Chinese troops in Tibet,
she said that traditionally Tibet
has been considered a part of
China, even by the Nationalist
Chinese leader Chiang Kai Shek
of Taiwan.
■ At the beglnnirig of her address.
Miss Hodes apologized for the
sketchiness of her presentation,
saying “my notes were grabbed
and destroyed by the ASU kids.”
A round of applause from a small
group seated in the front of the
auditorium greeted her state
ment.
The other members, with the
exception of Bruce Smith, did
not address the several classes
during the six hour discussion
and question and answer peiod
that began at 9 a.m.
Smith assisted Miss Hodes and
Gardner in answering questions
from the floor.
During the day, the SSOC group
showed two movies, “The Magi
cian” a Polish allegory showing
how children are led into “mili
tarism” and afilmbytheAmeri
can Friends Service Committee
entitled “Alternatives” which
outlined legal alternatives to
military service, including con
scientious objection to war. A
slide show of scenes from North
Vietnam, taken by Felix Greene,
a British journalist in 1965 was
included in the film presentation.
Following the sessions in the
Social Sciences auditorium, 10
A-B students met with Miss Ann
Johnson, Miss Hodes and Smith
to consider the possibility of
forming a peace discussion group
at the college.
Gardner recently attended a
conference of American peace
activists and representatives of
the National Liberation Front in
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
Smith spent a month in Cuba
during the summer of 1967 after
working with the American
Friends Service Committee in
Mexico.
The SSOC group headquart
ered in Nashville, Tenn., and fi
nanced “primarly through found
ations such as the Field Founda--
tion and Kaplan Foundation,” is
currently touring colleges in
North Carolina, On their sche
dule is UNC - C, Belmont Abbey,
Queens, St. Andrews, Pembroke,
Methodist, Atlantic Christian,
ECU, NSu, Guilford, UNC- at
Greensboro and Western Caro
lina University.
A-B College will name its
Student Center for the late Louis
Lipinsky Sr., business and civic
leader who headed up the bond
drive to secure Asheville - Bilt-
more’s present campus site.
The announcement was made
Wednesday by Dr. William High-
smith, A-B President, before an
all - college assembly. It fol
lows action by the board of trus
tees.
Mr. Lipinskyserved as a mem
ber of the board of trustees and
director of the Asheville - Bilt
more Foundation until his death
in 1966.
“Mr. Lipinsky was the first to
see the importance of a quality
institute of higher learning if the
Asheville areas growth w'as to be
continued” commented a college
spokesmen.
Lipinsky has assisted A- B
in the donation of equipment ,
several scholarships, and bool-^
to strengthen the collection of
Ramsey library.
Louis Lipinsky, Sr.
New N. C. Draft Ruling
May Affect A-B Students
Just what is going on in the
draft deferment dept? No one at
A-B seems to know.
On November 9 State Selective
Service Director William H. Mc-
Cachren told representatives of
11 North Carolina colleges and
universities that an agreement to
relax draft agreement require
ments for certain undergraduate
students in the state had been
made.
Exactly how the students on
A-B's campus will be affected
remains in doubt. Dr. Highsmith
has promised to “look into the
I
matter.”
McCadhren, in the Raleigh
meeting said the deferment re
quirements are being relaxed
because some colleges have rules
which do not allow students to
fulfill provisions of the defer
ment law passed last June 30.
Under the law now in effect
a student must complete 25 per
cent of the total requirement for
graduation by the end of his
freshman year, 50 per cent of
the end of the sophomore year,
75 per cent by the end of jun
ior year and must graduate in
four years.
The problem has been, Mc-
Cachren said, that some schools
do not allow students to take
the required percentage of hours.
In the case of transfer stu
dents may are not allowed cre
dit for all hoiirs taken at other
schools and often fail to meet
the minimum requirements.
Local draft boards will be
Academic Calendar
Revisions Studied
Greatest Pumpkin?
Our candidate fcr the most original jack-
o-lantern of the year was this fine example
left glowing in front window cf! D dorm
Haloween Eve. It’s^ imaginable that trick-
or-treaters may have gotten their hopes up
before discovering tiie occupants or tne
room were ‘not at home’.
Two new academic calendars,
one almost entirely eliminating
the traditional exam period, are
presently under study by the A-B
ad hoc Calendar Committee for
next year.
The committee, headed by Dr.
Kenneth Nickerson, Social
Schienc Chairman was form
ed to study the present calen
dar and purpose changes for the
next year. The committee met
Tuesday.
New features in the two cal
endars include:
1--A 60 - minute class per
iod, with the usual 10-minute
break, which would put class
es meeting at 8, 9:10, 10:20,
11:40, etc.
2—A full day of pre-regis-
tration advising in the first three
terms to provide for more
leisurely and undisturbed aca
demic advising, rather than
“He will be paid back,’’ said
class president Danny Kienker,
“with money earned on the
dance."
$700 is needed to pay for the
band at this dance, in addition
to a $7," building rental, $45
for concessions, $3". for posters
and $25 for police crowd con
trol.
$1080 will have to be made
on the dance to break even, and
another $100 will be needed as
an down-payment for the next
dance planned by the class.
The contract for the Satur
day nigiit event was signed in
late August by the freshmen.
Social Chairman. A contract for
the second dance has not been
signed. Admission will be $3.00
per couple and will be open to
the public.
A spokesman for the fresh
man class commented on pos
sible courses of action if the
dance does not solve their pro
blems. “Acessing the freshmen
has been considered, but a dec
ision on it will be put off ‘till
we hit bottom,” he said.
“We are selling tickets for
$2.00 that will entitle the hold
er to half price admission to
any of our next five dances.”
SGA president Guy Batsel em
phasized that “this was the first
attempt at providing costly en
tertainment for students by any
group other than the SGA. The
freshmen’s experience should set
a trend for what organizations can
do in the future.”
Out-Of-State Tuition Hike
Dr. William Highsmitli has an
nounced two cost hikes for A-B
students.
The first i s an out of state
tuition increase, from its pre
sent $420 to $600 in September
of 19G8. The change is part of
an equalization of out - of -
state tuition for state supported
colleges and universities.
Out - of - state tuition at
the consolidated universities has
been raised to $700 and all regio
nal schools, including UNC - G
have been elevated to $600. Other
members of the state system have
been rasied to $500.
A second increase of $2.50
per term in student activity fee
was announced. Its purpose is
to help liquidate the expense of
expanding the Student Center caf
eteria. The 1967 General As
sembly voted $70,000 to help en
large the Student Center.
The expansion is necessarybe-
cause of the addition of on -
campus housing. Trustees of the
school are hopeful that the acti
vity fee increase will be offset
by a decrease in in - state tui
tion fees in the future.
This move also becomes ef
fective in September of 1968.
advised to consider giving stu
dent deferment ot any student
meeting “meeting current cri
teria or standards” of his col
lege, McCachren said. Such stu
dents must apply in writing, he
added.
Other requirements for defer
ment must be met however.
These include a provisions that
a student must fininsh four or
five year academic programs
within the alloted time.
McCachren said also the stu
dent must meet one of the fol
lowing requirements:
1. He must not be more than
six semester hours or nine qua-
ter hours short of the percent
age required under the law un
less the school says the short
age is because it did not allow
a greater number of hours.
2. The school certifies that
the student has progressed to
the next higher class.
squeezing advising in v/ith re
gistration as at present. No
classes or meeting would be
held on this day.
3--Three days of orientation
at the start of the first term
to provide for extended student
and faculty orientation, including
at least one day for faculty ad
vising, expecially for freshmen.
4-- A de-emphasis of exams,
and the elimination of an exam
period at the end of each term.
In the place of exams, tests
would be spread throughout the
term, with no one test deter
mining a large part of the final
grade.
The first calendar, which in
cludes the 60-minute class per
iod, full day of pre-registration
advising and extended first term
orientation, also includes a five-
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Jesse Hill Ford autographs his latest book in Nashvlle.
(Photo courtsey Nashville - Tennessean)
Production Progressing;
Ford To Lecture At A-B
“The Conversion of Buster
Drumwright”, this year’s major
production on campus is “going
fabulously” according to Mack
Travis, director.
“The publicity campaign is
going by leaps and bounds, we
have secured TV coverage and
500 free invitations will be sent
to prominent people in and from
Western North Carolina,” he
continued.
The set for the production is
reported to be “abouttwo thirds”
complete.
Jesse Hill Ford, author of the
play, will be on the A-B campus
on the Monday after Thanksgiv
ing, He will lecture in Humani
ties and Literature Classes and
there will be a reception In his
honor at 8:00 p.m. in the Student
Center.
Mr. Ford will give a public
lecture proceeding the opening
night’s performance. The lec
ture is at 7:30 p.m. and curtain
time is 8:30,
His latest book, “Fishes,
Birds, and Sons of Men”, a col
lection of short stories, will be
on sale in the .bookstore and he
will autograph copies Tuesday
in the Student Center.
Admission to the play, which
is scheduled to run the last two
days of November and the first
two days of December, is 75?
for students and $2.00 for adults.
It will be open to the public.