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November 23, 1968
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ALL THIS YEAR»S CHEERLEADERS ASK IS STUDENT SUPPORT. THEY DESERVE IT!
COME TO THE GAMES!
Who's Who
Outstanding Seniors Selected
Although they perhaps should have
made ”What*s That Doing Among Students
in American Colleges and Universities,"
fourteen Asheville-Biltmore students
have been elected by a student«facuity
committee to Who’s Who Among Students
in American Colleges and Universities.
Among those seniors successfully
meeting both academic and leadership
requirements are:
Mrs. Rosamond Braly, Mrs. Mary Brendell
Clevenger, Miss Vera Star Culbreth, Mrs.
Marcia Davis, Miss Donna Goodwin,
Phillip Orlando Hawkins, Lawrence T,
Jones, Mrs, Wanda Belle Lea, James W.
Lloyd, Miss Kathleen King MacNeill,
Miss Therese Anne Merriman, Alan Parker
Rickards, Miss Anna Catherine Torian,
and Miss Suzanne Woody,
Mrs. Braly, the first evening student
to be listed in Who’s Who, is managing
editor of the McDowell County News,
A member of Kappa Delta Tau Sorority,
Miss Brendell is a literature major.
Miss Culbreth, a history major, is
President of K-ettes and is also
involved with Homecoming plans.
Mrs. Davis, past President and current
Vice President of Alpha Nu Lambda
Sorority, is a psychology major.
Miss Goodwin, a psychology major, has
been a class officer for two years and
a representative in the Miss Asheville-
Biltmore and Homecoming Courts. She is
also a member of the AAUP-SGA Committee
and Vice President of Alpha Sigma
Sigma, a service organization she
helped begin.
Hawkins is a student member of the
American Chemical Society and a lab
assistant in the Chemistry Department.
A political science major, Jones
is the business manager for The Ridge-
runner and has been active in campus
theater productions.
Mrs, Lea, who is majoring in both
psychology and art, has been active in
the Art Department.
In addition to being a member of
Sigma Delta Upsilon, Lloyd is President
of the SGA.
Mfss MacNeill, an international rela
tions major, has been active in the
tutoring program A-B sponsors for under-
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Lynn-Baby, the House Mother, is
gone. With her departure, the Gov
ernors* Dormitory Village has trans
formed into six individual self-
governine bodi es- '
Coordinator
Representative of this transition
is the appointment of Mrs. Mary Gil
pin as the Coordinator of Dormitory
Services. A native Texan, Mrs. Gil
pin brings in a wide range of ex
perience from an executive secretary
of the Civic Arts Council to a pub
lic relations consultant to the of
fice manager of the 1967 tax refer
endum vote sponsored by the Citizens
Committee for Better Schools of Ashe
ville and Buncombe County. Mrs.
Gilpin, wife of A-B’s director of
public relations, Pete Gilpin, has
been unofficially involved in acti
vities concerning A-B for quite some
time. Driving the cheerleaders to
all the away basketball games, an
active participator in the A-B Boos
ter Club and publicity chairman for
Asheville-Biltmore College Women’s
Club, Mrs. Gilpin is finally on the
payroll.
Final Exams
Cause Chaos
In contrast to terms past, first term
of 1968 was distinctive in that it did
not conclude with the usual final exami
nation period. This is not to 6ay, how
ever, that it did not conclude with
final examinations.
Herein lies the conflict which was
responsible for a considerable degree
of student and perhaps even faculty dis
pleasure.
In December of 1967 the Ad Hoc Calen
dar Committee circulated a memo discus
sing a revised calendar for the 1968-
1969 year which provided for no exami
nation period. This calendar was
approved by the Executive Committee and
eventually by the general faculty and
put into effect this year.
Originally the no examination period
policy was introduced so that the
number of class hours per term coQld be
increased.
However, such action also implied
that comprehensive, heavily weighted
final examinations such as many profes
sors were accustomed to administering
would no longer be feasible.
The committee memo stated:
"Examination periods were invented to
take care of the pressure that resulted
when the students were expected to give
an elaborate indication of their learn
ing in a course when the course was
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The duties of the coordinator in
clude student social, educational,
and athletic programs, not to men
tion the routine office management
such as the mail, keys, room assign
ment and changes and the supervision
of the maintenance. One glaring omis
sion in the realm of her duties is
the responsibility of the management
of the derm students. This responsi
bility rests entirely on the dorm
students themselves, in their House
Councils and with their proctors.
Discipline
All the paper work concerning the
dorm students has been transferred
from the former position of the House
Mother to the proctors. Similarly,
any discipline measures that must be
enforced will be imposed by the House
Council. Mrs. Gilpin will not be in
volved in any disciplinary actions.
In fact, the Administration will be
involved only in extreme cases.
Providing better security for the
dorms is a guard whose sole duty is
to patrol the dorms. On duty from
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Dormitory Living
Reforms Initiated