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®it0nal fag? PAGE TWO THE CLARION October 24, 1969 MISTER BREGER Inflation: Up, Up And Away In a local newspaper recently there was a story concerning the .5 per cent rise in the cost of living Sr this month of September. This was not surpns- ing, since for more than the last year the co living in the United States has been on a steady up- ris6. • ♦ ’ Inflation has been a major topic for discussion among the political leaders of the nation for years .and President Nixon made strong mention ot the tact l!in his successful bid for the Presidency a little over a year ago. He said that, if elected, he would stem the tide of inflation. j i. Little has been done, as is evidenced by tne steady-rise during the past several months. What does the future hold in store for America if the inflationary tactics are followed? Of course, only time will tell the true answer. It was 40 years ago this month that the nation was also caught up in “booming” society. Every- where ther-e was prosperity. People played the stock market and many of them made it rich. Money seemed to flow like wine in Nero’s palace and it seems that the idea was to live for today and worry little about the future. . . Then came that fateful day that the inflation reached its peak and then fell, and fell hard and fast. It took the nation decades to come anywhere close to recovery. It happened once, and it could happen again. We suggest that all heed the calls that are trying to curb inflation; it may be for our own good. Communication Gap In a meeting held last week, the Board of Trus tees made a major step in reducing the communica tion gap between the Board and the students of Bre vard College. In a proposal made by Student Gov ernment Association president, Ken Eaton, and pass ed by the Board, a position was created to include a student member to the Board. Although it was not decided as to what role the student delegate would play on the Board, we feel that the move was definitely as major step forward in bridging the lack of understanding that often emerges between the two different age groups. We hope that the Board of Trustees will not use this appointment as just a publicity stunt to say that they have made some effort to communicate with the student. We challenge them to make good use of this excellent opportunity to get on a personal basis with the students. Also the challenge extends to the student body. As students, we must make a conscientious effort to name a representative that will give the true views of the students and one who will act in a dedicated and sincere manner. Synd,c.,.. Inc.. 1968. Wo,Id ngh,. HB-ELEC SENATC “Because I’m not going to vote for him— that’s why . ., ” New Gymnasium To Open Soon The latest building accomp. lishment for the Brevard camp us. the new addition to the gymnasium, will open in the near future. The gymnasium facilities in- elude an audio - visual room, a lined court for handball, ten nis and basketball, one class room. An extra dressing room has been added for visiting teams and spring sports. , The gym floor when complet. ed will be used for gymnas tics, wrestling, tunribling, hand ball, tennis, and basketball. Af ter class activities will be re served for the Women’s Physi cal Education Department. The seating arrangements will ac commodate three hundred peo ple, and women varsity games will be held in the new gym nasium. cjCetterd ^Le (^dit Dear Editor: These are indeed exciting times 111 which to live, especial ly when one can pursi; such 11‘tp.r'rig exaniples of logic as evidenced in articles such as ‘ To Pot or Not to Pot.” li this article was wrUten to conycrt Cannabis smokers to 'iO straight Wow! If it was written tc prevent students from smoking, it in ;uHs the intellige ice. First the author of the ar- The CLARION The VOICE of Brevard College Ronnie Smith Editor-in-Chief Bill Sizemore Advertising Larry Lanier News Reporter Laura Speights News Reporter Mark Todd News Reporter Ed Williams Cartoonist Mrs. Ena K. Sigmon Advisor Published weekly during the college session, with the exception of holidays and examination periods, by stud ents of Brevard College. The opinions expressed in this periodical are those of the editorial board and not neces sarily those of the College. Printed by The Transylvania Times, North Broad Street, Brevard, North Carolina. tick is obviously no*: an au thority on marijuana. C ’ what does hr base his conclusion, “Pot IS one of the mc»?t poten tially harmful options the twertleth century has to of fer.’ T’^e entire atmosphere ol the i,vticle is highly subjective. He is either naive or thii is a {ut-on. Before an intelligent person is going to buy these conclu sions, he is going to have to put up more than opinions from his “experience.” Let’s have some facts. Second, I have never heard an argument proposed with two more preposterous assump tions. “Young people are bio logically set like tiny little pills,” he says. An assumption of a supposedly logical argu ment based on Madison Ave nue phrase and supposing a scientfic basis, is a obvious fallacy. The revolution is not just among the young people, but among people of all ages who see the establish ment . working against the good of the nation and of man- . kind. His second assumption is more preposterous than the first. Here we resort to the puritan ethic that pleasure is a sin and therefore must be paid for by pain. Wow! if there is one thing that has led to the hang-ups of this nation it is the puritan ethic. It haS' resulted in an alcoholic; sexually repres sive society. Ironically, .it is the cause of the drug problem itself. The puritan ethic has spawned our industrial com plex which together with the puritan missionary zeal to make everybody do things our way, now threatens the security of the entire world. The pleasure- pain principle is more a threat to the human race today than over-the-counter LSD. Thirdly, I don’t think “them hippie addicts” feel that pot is a panacea to anything. At most it is a symbol of the anti - es tablishment. A harmful, non- narcotic, non-toxic, little bit of fun that in many states draws a penalty stiffer than that for violent rape, armed robbery, and murder. Lastly, I don’t see how the author logically related his as sumptions to his conclusions that grass is “a threat to the very foundation of society. I agree with him that smok ing dope is bad. It is bad be cause of the danger of impris onment and the social stigma that results from getting caught. It is bad just as are cigarettes, coffee, alcohol, diet pills, tranquilizers, and chew ing your fingernails, because it encourages escapism. But es capism is not the result of these psychological addictions; i^ is the result of a society that has become so complex that the in dividual has trouble defining his role. The solution is not to condemn man’s escape me chanisms but to make society compatible to his needs biolog ically and psychologically. Man does not exist for so ciety, society exists for man. This is a worn out phrase but it is none-the-less true. Many aspects of our culture have lost sight of this. Ideally, we should or mold a society that a man can exist in without needing to es cape. “To Pot or Not to Pot” is irrelevant to the survival of life as we know it. Our ability to adapt our society to us is the question. Sincerely, (Name withheld upon request) Dear Editor; I don’t know of any other way of expressing my feelings for Brevard and you than by writing a letter to your newspa per. I visited your school for on ly three days and found you all to be the friendliest stud ents I have ever met. Everyone was extremely considerate of me and my welfare. I thmk your school is a beautiful one and a credit to North Carolma. I only hope that I might come down again and experience some of the warm friendly hos pitality that I received last weekend. Please keep up your reputation as being one of the friendliest schools in the South. Thank-you again for every thing. It was a privilege to be a guest on your campus. Sincerely, Karen Clark George Mason College Fairfax, Virginia erspective .BY RONNIE SMITH EDITOR Boy, this sure has been a busy Vad It seemed that all of the tests, „ ^11 de- been previously dangling above me a •picked cended upon me like vultures this wee me clean of every thing that I learned, things tljat I did not even know that ommonly To clarify this vast destruction, it is coi called mid-term exams. as they It is the first milestone for the fres embark upon careers in higher i„g+ lap sophomores it is the first quarter oi around the Brevard academic year. _ „^„,nrds for On the individual student level it is , „ a job well done, a shout of warning for o > the setting of new goals for everyone As I write this, I still have two niuxc exams to study for and take so I’ll bring talk to a screeching halt. I’ll see you next week.
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