THE RIDGERUNNER
There Is Absolutely No Inevitability As Long As There Is A Willingness To Contemplate What Is Happening—Marshall McLuhan.
VOL. 3—No. 7 ASHEVILLE-BILTMORE COLLEGE FKIUAV, FEB. 9, 1968
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Israel’s Consul General
Says People ‘‘Want Peace
Tuesday the Honorable Zeey
Boneh, the Counsul General of
Israel, spoke at Asheville-Bilt-
more College, first to Interna
tional Relations 23F, and then
to social science students in the
Social Science Auditorium. The
second meeting consisted of
questions from the floor and Fellowship for more study in his
answers by Mr. Boneh. field of administration and in
Mr. Boneh holds a master’s the training of Civil Service em-
degree in law from the Hebrew ployees. After serving as Assis-
University in Jerusalem. Joining tant Director of the Training and
the Israel Civil Service, Mr.
Boneh was sent to England and
Holland on a United Nations
Education Division of the Civil
Service Commission, he gained
his present position of Consul
President Cancels
Report Says ^^As Is”
Co-eds In Tug-of-War
A-B COEDS DEMONSTRATE their collective strength
In a tug-of-war during Coed Capers, January, 12, part
of the Homecoming festivities.
Proposed Grading Change Tabled
For Second Time At Meeting
Asheville-Blltmore’s faculty
and administration tabled for a
second time a move to adopt a
revised grading system, one that
■would allow students to erase
work previously failed by mak
ing a satisfactory grade on the
second go-round.
The move came at a January
15 faculty meeting. Recom
mendation of the proposed sys
tem was made by the ad hoc
Calendar Committee.
-Other proposals submitted by
the committee, headed by Dr.
Kenneth Nickerson, chairman of
the social sciences division, in
cluded a pass-fail option, a dean’s
list and proficiency examin
ations.
Under the proposed plan, the
present method of grading would
be replaced by letter grading
ranging from ‘A’ for excellent
through ‘F’ for failure.
Two additional grades would be
available to indicate incomplete
classwork and withdrawal from
either the class or the college.
‘I’ would indicate an incomple
te, and ‘W’ would indicate a with
drawal.
The committee also recom
mended a pass-fail option for one
elective per term providing stu
dents have completed "the great
er portion of the General Election
Curriculum requirements.”
Consent of the student’s ad-
Recruiters
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visor and the course instructor
would be required for the pass-
fail option.
The pass-fail option would be
limited to one course per term
not to exceed a total of six cour
ses.
Grades of ‘P* in such courses
would not be considered in eval
uations for dean’s list or grad-
ucation honors, but grades of 'F'
would be considered, and would
contribute toward action concern
ing advising, testing and counsel
ing, course load restrictions and
suspension, in the same manner
as an ‘F* in a course graded in
the conventional manner, the
committee said.
The committee recommended
the establishment of a dean's list
for “a small number of students
who demonstrate outstanding ach
ievement.** The dean of the at the discretion of his advisor,
faculty. Dr. Roy A. Riggs, and a
committee appointed by him ^
would consider candidates for t>etter, the ^ o^ D origin^ly
inclusion on the lists.
received would not be counted
Proficiency examinations, un- toward suspension or related re-
der the new plan, could be re- Quirements.
quested by the student at any time „ x,. ...
for any course. If the examin- ex^ination
ation is passed with a grade of S^ade is a C or ^tter, ^e
or better, and pending com- ^ would not count to-
pletion of any additional assign- suspensions or related re-
ed work, the student would re
ceive full credit for the course.
A $10 fee would be charged for
the testing.
In the grading system proposal,
the committee recommended that
courses in which a 'D’ or 'F’
have been received, the student
be permitted to retake the course
quirements.
A grade of ‘D’ would not nor
mally receive credit in terms
of hours, and the committee re
commended that with the consent
of the instructor, the student
would be permitted to take a
special examination and do such
other work as the instructor as
signs.
WASHINGTON (CPS) - The
Presidential commission study
ing last summer’s riots will de
liver its final report several
months ahead of its original dead
line, with much of its research
incomplete, because its re
searchers’ findings didn’t jibe
with the kind of report the Ad
ministration wanted.
AS IS, a newsletter on civil
rights and community action ed
ited by Dave Steinberg of the
National Student Association,
says the commission’s adminis
trative staff supressed much of
what the researchers had found.
As an example, AS IS says the
researchers found in one city
that “there was no question that
the police - not Negroes - were
the rioters, bringing a bloodbath
to an innocent Negro commun
ity.”
AS IS says that, faced with
these reports, the Administrative
staff of the commission, in con
sultation with the White House,
decided that this information had
to be supressed because:
It "would embarras too many
people in an election year.”
- “There would be too fewkind
words for local police, or for
local political leaders.”
- The report "could only sup
port an outcry for radically in
creased federal expenditure,”
,, the PreRidpnt is cutting
domestic programs to meet the
expenses of the Vietnam war.
So the final deadline for the com
mission report was moved up.
This is what happened, according
to AS IS;
"The executive director (of
the Commission), presumably in
consultation with Governor Otto
Kerner of Illinois, chairman of
the Commission, informed Com
mission members that they were
to reach their conclusions sooner
than expected, to meet the Pres
ident’s wishes. With the appar
ent assurance that research
would continue beyond the date of
the Commission’s initial report,
the members agreed to the Pres
ident’s request.
"The administrative staff im
mediately requested a final doc
ument from the researchers in a
matter of a few days. Thex
produced a document of nearly
200 pages, only to be told that
it is totally unacceptable. A new
points. When the modified re
port of the research staff still
proved unacceptable, all docu
ments were channeled through
the administrative staff lawyers
who were to describe the resear
ch findings in a politically ac
ceptable document which would
then be presented to the Com
mission members.”
The major question is how much
information will be available to
other researchers. AS IS says
some of the most damning in
formation may go into the Na
tional Archieves for five years,
where it will be available only
to selected researchers. The
commission staff may make
information available to some
other groups, such as the Am
erican Sociological Association
but observers have speculated
that this merely means there
will be two sets of reports.
Coming
Up
Friday, Feb. 9 — SGA
Dance; Grove Park Inn
9-11 p.m. “Swinging Me
dallions,” $3 per couple.
Saturday, Feb. 10—Bas
ketball (Pembroke-there)
Mon., Feb. 12—Movie:
“Suddenly Last Sum
mer”; student Center
Auditorium, 8 p.m. 25c.
Saturday, Feb. 24 —
Alumni Day; 10 a.m.
meeting; 3 p.m. alumni
tea in Ramsey Library;
7:30 p. m. basketball
Kame, A-B vs. Maryville;
9:30 SGA Dance Greek
Community Center on
Cumberland Ave.
R)ll of Campus Leaders
Shows McCarthy Ahead
WASHINGTON (CPS) -Student to. In Texas, despite the state-
body presidents and editorsfrom ment’s characterization ofPresi-
lES colleees and universities dent Johrsco’s war policies as
have signed a statement support “increasingly bankrupt,” all
ing the Presidential candidacy three of the schools-Rice Uni-
of Senator Eugene McCarthy (D- versity, Austin College, and
Minn.) "and other realistic po- Southern Methodist University-
litical alternatives.” from Johnson’s home state who
In the statement 128 presi- were asked signed the statement,
dents and 40 editors said, “we Those who did not sign felt
are singularly Impressed bySen- that little could be done to change
ator Eugene McCarthy’s forth- the war through elections, or that
right position on the immorality as student body presidents they
of U. S. Involvement in Viet- shouldn’t take political positions,
nam and his courageous deci- or iivored Republican candi-
sion to challenge President John- date. “No one rejected the
son.” They added that they statement because he supported jfeel unqualified to act.
General of Israel serving in the
Southeastern portion of the United
States.
Questions tliat were sent to him
from the floor of the auditor
ium concerned, for the most
part, the Arab-lsraeli conflict-or
as he called it, “the six-days
war.” He was adamant In that
it had been a surprise to every
one involved.
In later discussion in the en
tire history (”it depends on how
far back in history you go.”) of
the State of Israel there have
been problems with the neigh».
boring Arab counties. Mr. Bo
neh said that he was confi
dent he could speak for all of
his countrymen in saying "all
the Israeli people want peace.”
According to Mr, Boneh, every
thing possible was done to pre
vent any bloodshed in the re
cent war—except direct commun
ication with the Jordanese gov
ernment; and that his people
had had enough war.
“There is no question about
who started this war,” Mr. Boneh
said, “We just want to be able
to live in peaceful coexistence
with our neighbors.”
Residents
Choose
Home Rule
An administrative committee of
four gave disciplinary control to
the residents of the respective
dorms on January 19.
Representatives from Scott
Dorm submitted and had approved
the proposal for peer control by
Deans Dula, Riggs, Wutchell and
President William Highsmith.
Each residence has compiled
personal rules to be coupled with
A-B*s Skelton house rules. Pun-
pr'V'vf'.^Mre for tn+'rins-
ment of dorm rules is also de
vised by each dorm.
Disciplinary cases are han
dled by the House Council in
most dorms, with the adminis
tration acting as the final auth
ority.
In Scott Dormitory cases are
ruled on by a chan^ng commit
tee choosen from all of It^s res
idents. When asked, however, the
administration will take over in
cases where the dorm residents
Johnson," Brown said. He also
doubted that as many student
body presidents would have
supported Senator Kennedy.
The signers include schools
of wide variance in size, amount
of campus activism, and radical-
Gitical Stage For Peace Corps
Camp
us
During the months of Feb
ruary and March a number of
Organizations will be on cam
pus to recruit prospective grad
uates. Below you will find the
name, time and place for each
group. If you are interested in
talking with any of these groups,
see ED HARRIS, SS 217, to sign
up for an interview.
Friday, Feb. 23, Navy Officer
Selection Team, SC Lobby,
9:00.
Monday, Feb. 26, W.T. Grant
Company ^219, 9-2
Wednesday, Feb. 28, U.S. Mar
ine Corp, SC Lobby, 9-1
Friday, March 15, N.C. State
Dept. Personnel, SS 219, 9-2
Thursday, March 28, Aetna
Life, SS 219 9-1
Thursday, March 28, U.S.
Forest Service, SS 219, 1-5
Friday, March 29, Wachovia
Bank, SS 219 9-2
By WALTER GRANT
College Press Service
WASHINGTON — The Peace
Corps, once the Mecca of many
student idealists, is on the
threshhold of what could be the
most crucial period in its seven-
year history.
Few will deny that the Peace
Corps has been one of the most
successful and popular of the
New Frontier programs initiated
during the Kennedy Administra
tion. But the Peace Corps now
faces many new and delicate
problems, most of them a direct
result of the war in Vietnam.
The tactfulness with which
these problems are solved with
in the next few years may well
determine whether or not the
Peace Corps can survive on a
large scale, and if it can, how
effective it will be in accom*
plishing its original mission.
Peace Corps officials—^who in
the past have had little trouble
convincing young people to give
up two years of their lie to
work in an underdeveloped
country — now find themselves
on the defensive for the first
time. The major problem is the
Peace Corps’ close association
with the federal government at
a time when the government is
unpopular among young people.
are hopeful that this example
pf principal and integrity will
not only lead to a change in
our government’s policies anc
leaders but will inspire our gen.
eration to renewed sense of ded
ication and purpose.”
Sam Brown, a Harvard' divin- ism among student government
Uy student who led the effort to said student newspapers. “We
gather signatures for the state- have people from Our Lady of
ment, said the phase about sup- the Elms College in Chikapee,
porting other alternative was • Mass., to Berkeley and fl*om the
aimed at those who might wisl University of Alabama to Reed,”
version was to be written around to siqjport other war exponents, says Brown, who has been head-
the President’s specific requests such as Senators George Me- ing a student “dump Johnson”
for information on fourteen Govern (D- S. D. ) and Stephen movement known as the Alter-
Young (D. Ohio) , who may run native Condidate Taskforce (ACT
as favorite sons, as well as those
"Wtio might sifljport Senator Rob
ert F. Kennedy (D—N.Y) or a
Republican dove.
He said that about 70 or 80
percent of those who were asked
to sign the statement agreed
The idea for gathering the
signatures began at the Confer
ence of Concerned Democrats,
which endorsed McCarthy inChi-
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Recruiting figures alone indi
cate the Peace Corps has less
appeal now than it had a year
ago. In November, 1966, the
Peace Corps received 7,097 ap-
Dlications from college seniors.
Last November, applications
were filed by only 3,768 seniors,
nearly a 50 per cent reduction.
least equal last year’s figures,*’
Vaughn says.
now there’s a lot of rivalry,
and it’s harder to get that con
versation for a half hour.”
How Many
Cards Burned?
NEW YORK (CPS) ~ Selective
Service Director Lewis Hershey
and draft resisters are at odds
again, this time over the number
of draft cards turned in by draft
resisters.
Hershey says 618 draft cards
have been turned in since draft
resisters started sending the
cards in on October 16. Hershey
claims that a number of the
cards were actually drivers lic
enses or other cards, not draft
cards.
The Resistance, the group which
has been organizing the turning
in of cards, says Hershey is ly
ing and the total of cards turn
ed in and burned is over 2,000.
Peace Corps officials, includ
ing Agency Director Jack
Vaughn, are not ready to admit
the corps has problems. But
some other high-ranking govern
ment officials have confirmed
privately the corps may be in
trouble.
Overall, the Peace Corps re
ceived 9,661 applications last
November, compared with 12,-
411 in November of 1966. Re
cruiting also was down in De
cember, with the corps receiv
ing 7,095 apphcations last De
cember, compared with 8,288 in
1966.
Peace Corps officials, how
ever, claim these figures should
not be interpreted as meaning
the corps is losing its appeal to
students. “The decrease is at
tributable to the style of re
cruiting in the fall of 1J966 com
pared to that in 1967,” one of
ficial explain^. “In late 1966,
we put on a major recruiting
drive which hit its peak in No
vember. In 1967, however, we
visited 25 per cent fewer schools
in the fall- During the current
academic year, we will have our
major recruiting effort in the
spring.”
Since most Peace Corps volun
teers come directly from the
campus, the corps’ recruiting,
figures are based on the aca
demic year. So far, applications
this year are running about 4,-
000 behind last year.“But with
our major recruiting drive still
ahead of us, we expect to at
Despite efforts by corps offi- Although the Peace Corps is
cials ito convince the public that associated with the “Establish-
it is not losing its appeal, offi
cials admit the corps is more
controversial on the campus to
day than at any other time in
its history.
Sculpture Is ‘‘Hard Work^^
ment,” there have been no prob
lems between recruiters and
student radicals, Vaughn said.
“Words have been exchanged on
occasion, but nothing to consid
er a confrontation.”
The main reason for this,
Vaughn said, “is a feeling that
we are an official part of the
establishment.” One govern
ment official explained, “Be
fore the United ^ates became
deeply involved in Vietnam,
young people did not mind so
much being associated with the
government, but now they do.”
However, Vaughn says the
expanding group of student rad
icals who want to be completely
disassociated with the govern
ment is not affecting the Peace
Corps. “We don’t in any sense,
or never have, tried to tailor
a message for the activist.
Our message is more to the con
cerned, and the concerned can
be of almost any political
stripe,” he said in an inter
view.
But Vaughn admits Peace
Corps recruiting on campuses
is more difficult now than it was
several years ago. “Most camp
uses are boiling,” he said.
“There is more noise and more
turmoil, which makes it much
harder for us to get our mes
sage through.” A few years ago
it was easy for a recruiter to
talk with students, he said. “But
The major problem for corps
recruiters comes when a col
lege or university gives them
space in their placement office
rather than in a prominent open
area on campus, such as in the
StudentrTnion Building, Vaughn
said. “We don’t seek respect
ability. All we seek is a chance
to talk, and if nobody knows
where you are, your exposure is
so limited you don’t have a
chance to talk.”
When Vaughn talks about the
present status of the Peace
Corps, he emphasizes that the
total number of volunteers over
seas—now about 15,000—is high
er than ever before, and the
corps is expanding at the rate
of about eight new countries a
year.
Whether this expansion can
continue or not, however, is un
certain. “In the past,” Vaughn
admits, “the only thing holding
us back has be^ the lack of
enough candidates to serve as
volunteers.” Since the corps
now must app>eal to young peo-
Dle who as a group are becom
ing more and more anti-govern
ment. this problem may be just
beginning.
By JIM PERRY
While the Art Lab in the Human
ities Building remains relatively
quiet and clean, the new Art
Annex is the scene of the noisy
and messy process of stone and
wood sculpture.
Michelangelo, the Renaissance
sculptor, felt that “sculpture”
was accomplished by the removal
of material from a whole, as in
wood and stone, not by adding,
as in clay and plaster. The lat
ter he described as “molding.”
The A^B art students, are,
in the true sense of the word,
sculpting, and are using tools no
more advanced than those used
by Michelangelo.
“It’s really hard work, phy
sically as well as mentally,”
said Lani Campbell, sitting be
side her half-sculpted block of
marble. “While you’re swing
ing a two-pound hammer, and
chiRjing away at the stone, you
have to keep a lot of things in
mind.
“First you have to hit it hard
enough to chip off enou^ rock
so that you can finish it in a
reasonable amount of time, but,
if you hit it too hard, you’ll
end up with two blocks of mar
ble instead of one. Also, as
you’re chiseling and hammering
and rasping and sanding, you have
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ELOISE DOWNS works on a piece of marble with a
hammer and chisel as part of A-B’s art program. The
newly opened art annex is the sculpting lab.