Merry Men
Upon waking from a restful
sleep, I poked my head out of
my window of MA-Hall to see a
small group of boys serenading
all the exquisite beauties in the
dorm. Their enthusiasm was so
great that at first I thought they
were all smashed or else com
pletely insane (as we tend to be
here). But upon watching them
more closely I observed they
were all sane (perhaps a Uttle
sotted) and enjoying themselves
greatly.
Of course, once the male starts
yowling the female naturally has
to see what’s going on (instinct
they call it). Heads flew out the
windows to hear the sweet
"homespun” music. Songs were
warbled by such talents as Steve
Stewert, Doug Plemmons, Danny
Plemmons, Danny Keylon and
other unknowns. In addition to
the music, Sergent Keylon
marched before his platoon, yell
ing orders and performing clev
er acts of humor (well, maybe
not exactly clever, but quaint).
More Ukely it was caused by the
frenzy of opening night on stage.
Once the girls started making
noise, the golden voices of Key-
Ion’s Merry Men were doomed.
The boys all stood in a dis
figured hne (looking more hke
a bobby pin run over by a wine
truck) and tried to harmonize
their favorite melody ‘The Old
Country Church” but alas, it was
hopeless. The girls were all
squaking so the Merry Men
decided to move on. However,
before leaving the guys sang
their finale, “Goodnight Ladies”,
then marched on down the
street, leaving a whole dorm
turned on and this writer crabby
(I tend to be that way when be
ing wakened. Maybe I was a
snapping turtle before I was re
incarnated to the state I’m in
now—that’s not much better).
No more than 15 minutes
later, half of MA Hall was sud
denly emptied and screaming,
maniacal demons surged off to
the boys dorms. Naturally I was
still up viewing the whole freaky
scene and somewhere in the
deep glades of Montreat stray
those rougish Merry Men whose
lives are bound to forever sing,
dance, and be very Merry.
—Andrea Setzer
sports
Boys basketball had a rough
season with a 4-23 record, but
they fought the odds till the end.
Basketball is one of the most
demanding sports. It requires
great stamina. Bold Guts, men
tal, and physical ability. Red
Auerback of the Boston Celtics
said “show me a good loser and
I’ll show you a loser.” Everyone
can say that there is more pain
in losing than in winning. There
should have been more support
from the students and faculty.
To Balance
The Budget
Recently, a local newspaper
has been commenting on Ph-esi-
dent Nixon’s “wise” decision to
cut back spending on education,
among other things, to “balance
the budget.”
It is the opinion of his news
paper columnist that there is a
better way to “balance the bud
get.” There are no federal in
come taxes on the interest of
most municipal bonds. An in
come tax could be started on the
interests of these tax exempt
bonds. If the next trip to the
moon were scrapped, $20,000,-
000,000 could be saved. Do not
these ideas sound more reason
able than to extend the sur-tax
to increase revenue?
like most tax bills, the sur
tax hurts the “little man” more
than the industrial tycoon. I
thank God that it is at least
phased out, but there was no
need for it in the first place.
There are numerous ways to
close the “tax gap” by removing
the loop holes. In my opinion, it
is time for the churches to start
paying taxes. When a church
owns a radio station, it is tax
exempt, but not so for the indivi
dual.
The individual with the least
is most hurt by Nixon’s plan to
‘'balance the budget”, that
meets with so much approval by
certain papers. Education, wel
fare, and food for the poor go
first while rockets to the moon
and tax-exemptions for the rich
must stay on. I presume that
some of the local editors are
either dumb or rich.
Whatever the case, they are
willing to let Nixon step on the
“little man”, with approval.
—Allen McNeill Ross
ALL THE KING'S MEN
Broderick Crawford, Joanne Dru, John Ireland,
Mercedes McCambridge, John Derek
Based on the Pulitzer Prize novel of Robert Penn Warren,
this widely acclaimed film has won many awards, including
the coveted Academy Award. Star Broderick Crawford
and supporting actress Mercedes McCambridge also won
“Oscars" for their powerful performances in this dynamic
drama of Willie Stark, ruthless, power-grabbing governor.
Here Is the “man of the people”, the man who made the
headlines—the man who inaugurated an administration of
violent, vicious and wreckiess corruption!... A drama that
will take its place among the great historical films that
have become the motion picture record of American history I
montreat-anderson college
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1970
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subjected to “the worst choice
of the century” by a President
who has had as much experience
in public life as Richard Mil-
house Nixon.
—Allen McNeill Ross
Politics
Carswell
Nomination
Judge G. Harrold Carswell is
totally imcompetent to serve on
the U. S. Supreme Court as an
Associate Justice. In what law
yers term as “judicial temper-
ment”, he has none. His sense of
fair play is that of a bigot’s. His
professional competence does
not meet the standards necessary
to serve on Montreat’s Honor
Council. In 1948, he publicly
went on record believing in “the
supremacy of the white race.”
As recently as 1969, he address
ed the Georgia Bar Association
with a racial joke.
Judge Carswell is, inde'ed,
somewhat of a joke. This is the
man President Nixon wants on
our most powerful judicial body.
The judicial system is based on a
fair and non-partial hearing.
Justice cannot be served when
a judge’s personal views invade
the judicial process. Those who
have worked with the judge
have stated that the black, the
poor, and the unpopular were
reated neither fairly nor equit
ably.
Carswell could not part his
personal prejudices from his
judicial functions. Judge Cars
well has repeatedly shown open
hostility to certain cases in the
courtroom. A lawyer who has
battled before the judge, Leroy
Clark, has said, “The most hos
tile Federal District Court judge
I have ever appeared before with
respect to civil rights matters ..”
Clark went on to explain how
the judge dehberately disrupt a
counselor’s arguement. He claim
ed the judge would often turn
his chair away from a lawyer
while presenting his side of the
case. Mr. Clark does not stand
alone in these matters and
opinions. Others have noted
Carswell’s using the bench to de
nounce a lawyer simply because
he was from the North.
Obviously, this is not proper
judicial temperment.
His “temperment” alone
should not be the only argument
agmnst him. Judge Carswell is
neither a man of professional
distinction nor is he a great in
tellectual.
Carswell is a mediocre man.
Dean Pollack of Yale testified
that the judge “has not demon
strated the professional skills
and the larger constitutional wis
dom which fits a lawyer for
elevation to our highest court.”
The Dean went on to state that
Carswell is the worst nominee
for the Supreme Court in this
century. Professor WilUam Van
Alatyne of the Duke University
Law Sshool, one of the most dis
tinguished legal scholars in the
South, testified for Judge
Haynesworth but opposed Judge
Carswell. He concluded his opin
ions before Senate Judiciary
Committee by saying that Judge
Carswell’s decisions reflected “a
lack of reasoning, care, or judi
cial sensitivity overall.” Dean
Bok of Harvard has stated the
problem (with Carswell is one
that has much less to do with
judicial philosophy than with
judicial competence; for extre
mely competent judges can be
found wiely varying attitudes
concerning the judicial funct
ion, let alone political or social
questions.”
Dean Bok has touched the
nerve center. Carswell is not a
competent judge. President
Nixon should take a second look
at his choice. I am grieved that:,
such an honored court would be