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l.OnSF^l RG COI.LKCE, LOl'ISlil'RC, N. C., MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1967
No. I
Students Protest Suspension
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Students Express Support of Statement made by Herman Hall at special S.G.A. Meeting.
Noted Churchman To Speak April 19
Joseph W, Mathews, dean of
the faculty of the Ecumenical
Institute in Chicago and an ob
server in Rome at the Vatican
Council II In October 1965, will
speak here Wednesday, April
19. Dr. Mathews, the third
guest speaker of the 180th An
niversary program, will speak
on the “Changing Patterns In
the Practical Revolution of the
Post-Modern Church.”
A native of Pennsylvania and
a Methodist minister. Dr. Mat-
Plans For
New Dormitory
Plans are now being made for
a new girls dormitory at Louis-
burg College. Mr. Harliss is the
architect designing the dorm.
The site of the dorm is between
Wright Dormitory and the Cafe
teria. It is hoped that it will be
completed by August of 1968.
At this time the name of the
dormitory has not been decided.
The dormitory will be financed
by a self-liquidating plan. The
money that the girls pay to room
there will go towards the cost
of the dormitory. This dorm has
been needed at Loulsburg for
quite some time, and it will
enable more girls to attend
the College.
The dormitory will be quite
similar to Merritt Dorm, and
it will accomodate approxi
mately the same number of girls
that are now living in Merritt.
There will be a few changes
made in this dorm. The ground
floor will be a new infirmary.
There will be room in the in
firmary for twelve males and
twelve females.
hews has traveled throughout
Africa, the Far East, Europe,
and the United States, lecturing
on and studying the renewal of
the Christian Church through
Its laymen and women. Prior
to accepting his present position
at the Ecumenical Institute in
1962, he was director of stud
ies for the Christian Faith-and-
Life Community in Austin, Tex
as. While in Austin, he estab
lished courses in theology and
culture designed to familarize
churchmen and women with
their responsibilities as Chris
tians today.
Mathews has also taught phil
osophy and religion at the Per
kins School of Theology, South
ern Methodist University, and
at Colgate University, Hamil
ton, New York. During World
War II, he served as an Army
chaplain in the Central Pacific
and has served pastorates in
New York City and Connecticut.
Dr. Mathews’ personal educa
tion consists of undergraduate
work in philosophy and litera
ture at Asbury College and Lin
coln Memorial University, and
the receiving of a Bachelor
of Divinity degree from Drew
Theological Seminary, Madi
son, New Jersey. In addition, he
has done graduate work in the
fields of contemporary theology
and theological ethics at Union
Theological Seminary, New
York City and Yale University.
Interested In the involvement
of the laity In Church affairs.
Dr. Mathews has written num
erous articles in ecumenical
and Methodist publications and
Is a member of the Southwest
Conference of the Methodist
Church.
MATHEWS
On the night of April 10th,
about 150 students converged on
front campus, in what could have
becoms a very unruly situation.
The movement was sparked by
the Women’s Judicial Board’s
decision to suspend two women
students for com'ng on campus
April 8th “under the influence”
of alcohol. The actions of the
students that night produced the
greatest degree of emotional
ism and student unity that has
been seen on this campus for
at least two years.
The entire incident beganSat-
urday, April 8, when the two
coeds were “turned-in” for
drinking and told to appear
before the Women’s Judicial
Board on Monday night, April
10. At this meeting, both wo
men were suspended until the
fall semester for violation of
the rule concerning drinking.
As word of these convictions
gradually spread over the cam
pus, emotions rose and students
began to gather on front cam
pus. As the crowd grew to lar
ger numbers, their already a-
roiised emotions besran to take
on mora-hostile airs. Fed by a
feeling of injustice done to the
two coeds, students began mill
ing around and dem'inding that
some action be taken in re
sponse to this situation.
Dean Patterson was called
from his office, where the Board
was meeting, by John Pike and
Jim Donahue, being told that
“There is quite a disturbance
on front campus” that he should
see. When Mr. Patterson tried
to persuade the students to re
turn to their room?;, the students
held their ground. Several con
versations were held between
Dean Patterson and Pike and
j Donahue, who were speaking for
I the students. These conversa-
I tions resulted in an appointment
World University Service
Drive Begins
By Brenda Dunn
American students as mem
bers of the World University
Community must be aware of
needs in other parts of the
world. The relationship between
the needs, the response, and the
future of each country Is Im
portant for peace In our time.
Students have responsibility to
help alleviate these needs. It
can be done through World Uni
versity Service—WUS.
WUS Committees are active In
our sixty countries of Africa,
Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin
America, as well as North
America.
In many countries students
literally have no place to live.
In a number of countries stu
dents are working at building
their own housing with the help
of WUS. Where?—Sudan, the
Phllllplnes and Guatemala. In
other places students have no
place to buy clean food or to
eat. They are working and being
helped by WUS to build modern
eating facilities In Hong Kong,
Pakistan, Vietnam and Chile.
In eleven countries students
badly need health services.
Health clinics are being estab
lished at Chinese University In
Hong Kong and the University of
Delhi In India. Thousands of
students do not have any books.
Bookbanks are being estab
lished In different countries. In
order to complete these vital
projects, one million dollars
( See WUS - Page 4)
with Dean Patterson and Dean
York for the two student rep
resentatives the next morning.
The two Deans were to give final
approval to the convictions at
that m.esting. With the meeting
set, the crowd broke up and re
turned to the dorms.
A petition calling for an im
mediate S. G. A. meetlngtodls-
cuss the case was drawn-up and
circulated during the night. It
was endorsed by more than 300
students and taken to the meet
ing as proof of the student’s
feelings. Also, during the night
a rock was thrown, breaking a
window in Mr. Patterson’s
home. This was the only out
ward act of violence during the
entire incident.
Tuesday morning, the meeting
was held in Dean York’s office,
with Bill Harles, President of
Men’s Council, also in attend
ance. Pike and Donahue ex
plained w'.iat the general stu
dent feeling appeared to be and
asked if the Deans would con
sider holding their final decis
ions until an S. G. A, Cabinet
meeting was called to further
discuss the case. The two men
were told that this would provide
an excellent opportunity for the
students to voice their feelings
and also to channel their emo
tional energy, generated by the
case, into constructive work
ings in the sagging Student Gov
ernment Association.
Deans York and Patterson a-
greed to the meeting provided
the S. G. A. Cabinet would call
it. It was understood by all par
ties involved that the purpose of
the meeting was tohear the stu
dents’ feelings. The Women’s
Judicial Board would decide
whether the cases merited a re-
i trial in light of what was said by
I the student body. Pike and Don-
! ahue gave their assurances that
i whatever the outcome may be, it
would be adhered to by the stu
dents. Thus the meeting was
called for 6:00 p. m. that night.
The main point that the stu
dent leaders built their discus
sion around for the upcoming
S. G. A. meeting was the clause
In the rule, “under the Influence
of alcohol.” What constitutes
being “under the Influence” was
the major question. There Is no
definite statement in the rule
which clarifies this clause.
“The S. G. A. Meeting of the
year” was presided over by Sam
Perry, President of the Cabinet
and Women’s Council, with the
other cabinet members seated
on stage. The meeting was at
tended by 400 or more students,
whose feelings on the subject
became very obvious as the
meeting progressed. Many per
tinent remarks and questions
were directed to Perry, who
handled them calmly and at
some length but In a manner
which some students conslder-
(See PROTEST - page three)