Vd.4.No. 30
North Carolina School of the Arts
May 27.1970
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TO THE 1970 GRADUiffllHG CLASS
NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OP THE ARTS
You gradmte at a tine >rtien established institutions and
ideas are being questioned they have never been ques
tioned before in o\ir history. Much of this questioning
is being done by the members of your generation, and it
is your generation iirtiich ultimately vill have to provide
most of the answers to those questions.
I hope that as you look for those answers, you will
remember the obligation of every educated man and
voaaan to draw careful distinctions between those ideas
lAich must be readjusted and those which should be pre
served. The fact that many accepted ways of thinking
seem artificial and unjust does not warrant the rejection
8-11 estsblished standards • Nor should our proper re
spect for the past and our legitimate desire for stability
lead us to defend thoughtlessly that which is oiitmoded
and obsolete.
Your challenge will be that of reconciling continuity and
change^ of glvisg new applications and fresh expressions
to our traditional values — especially our concern for
the dignity and integrity of every individual. By meeting
that challenge you can make this time of rapid change a
time of substantial growth and fulfillment — for your
selves, for your coomunity and for your nation.
As I extend to you my personal congratulations and best
wishes, I look to the future with greater confidence be
cause I know of the exceptional qualifications you bring
to the exceptional demands of our time.
STUDENT COUNCIL
ELECTION RESULTS
The results of Monday’s Student CouncU elec
tions are as follows
President - Tommy Williams
Vice-President - Stanley Bernstein
Secretary - Kathy Fitzgerald
N.C. Essay Editor - Mike Ferguson
Judicial Board Chairman - Joyce Reehling
Lower Division Rep. - LesUe Spotz
Middle Divison Rep. - Annette Kamienski
Upper Division Rep. - Marilyn McIntyre
Dance Rep. - Becky Slifkin
Drama Rep. - Gene Johnson
Design & Production Re. - Randy Henderson
Music Rep. - Phillip Wachowski
Out of the entire student body 253 students
voted. Thank you. Elections will be held in
the fall of next year for the other representa
tives needed to complete the Council.
INDIFFERENT
PROPOSAL
A News Analysis by Kathleen Fitzgerald
In a short article last week I made reference
to the lack of concern about the Student Coun
cil elections on the part of the student body
as evidenced by the lack of candidates for
many of the offices. Fortunately, before that
article was published a few individuals did reg
ister. Of course most of them are running with
out any one to oppose them but, by gollies, 15
or so out of close to 500 isn’t bad is it?
Actually, it is not a lack of opposition that I
am concerned with, it is a complete lack of
support for a student government organization
on this campus. How many of you have talked
to a candidate? How many of you thought to
find out who your candidate was? How many
of you will take time to vote?
I’m sure that these questions have captured
the interest of students everywhere on the cam
pus and that there will soon be a great surge of
awareness and a massive, unified effort put
forth to support the S.C.A. and
No, huh? Ah well, it hardly matters, does
it? After aU, we have never had a functional
student government and in spite of all the grip
ing about lack of student voice and a heavy-
handed Administration, we apparently neither
want nor need one.
COMMENCEMENT REHEARSAL
Friday. May 29, at 1:30 p.m. in the Main
Auditorium. All High School and CoUege grad
uating seniors must attend. IMPORTANT!!!