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i n —^ /“ \ / \ ^ , P \ u Published by the students of Fontreat-Anderson College Monday, 28 September 1970 t 1 ik I K staff Fraiik Austin, Mditor-in-Chief' j Pichard T.ahce, Assistant Mditor Gene Hines, Montreat Hditor A. len Ceitner, Hational/lnternational Hditor Fatri'cia Butler, Business Manager ,Jan,nt Ctdne, Facu.l.tv Adviser A CHUCIAL YF.AR '' Reality—the tormented j^et -strangely ex hilarating reality of the campuses'of" the ■',960's—is coming to Montreat^^Anderson Col lege. Me have already beg’on to enact on of th-a c.la.ssic confrontations of the leot^ decade--the conflict bot-w'-en a^^ministiratlor; povre r and st ude nt r i ght s. This editcripj .could be devot.ed to' up- ■hdl ding' 'the cohton$7 on that "made. ..picture lidu'or'.--ad;v‘ertisement's, and ' symbois-'probably more political o^' faddish than racist neip ther violate th# spirit of Christianity nOr automatically produce sex criminals, alco-^., holies, or racial' bigot s. It'xvill not be, ' Such a contention, although. supportable, is not the is-sue at hand. .The issue is Yrhether a college adminis tration, having rented its dormitorjr prop erty, has,■the right to any further control over that property, exclusive of cases of-, plu.’-sical dama.ge and violations of civil law The issue ig vrhether a col lege. admi.nls- ■ tration,. no matter ho-w Christian its. in tentions or tim great its politicaMr^bvrer' relative to student s,-has the moral or^le-'- gal right to control the fnou^hts of ilio-se students, as .indirectly expressed in „th^e ;iecor of theiryn^oms. ^' The issue is-whether a college adminis-- tretion, no ma'tter"how,’- expert or wrell-- meaning its menbers mav 'be, any. 1 ongep..,ha,s the ri.cht to exercise d-ireot■■focial'J^'l-tr.bl over a part of the most -mature and ih-Pi-- ligent generation of co''lege studentAf-b-ver. seen in the United States. % The administration of l.»ntreat-4nderson College feels, deeply and sincerely,'*that -A-, ib the responsibility and maturity of it sh'ould have the three '-Vights of cont'rol'lthose students. The foundst.).'on of its seated above* This position ,is ba'ged.^ ;%e believe, on the adirdnistr^t ■■-■pn’ s vie-vv'of its function a.s ,jan agent of the Churchy on its desire to’-maintain a special ^fmo's- phore' at Montreat—an atmosphere in w|^>i The’-’-Q-p'^ypn's presented here represent only The vie-wb- of the cohtributor.s, and not neae s,sar iiy.-the view;-s of the College or the ,Stu'dent-:.G.qvernment /-ssociation* Itt, given presdaf-..conditions, hov; can a FIontreat-f-Anderson- graduate be fully ed- ,/ucated, ,'so long as it is the practice of the administra'tion to exclude certain ^"distasteful" elements from 'nis exp^ience? Finally,', ve see the administration's position as'^'damaging to -tvhat must be the essence of any college, its sense of com munity. is granted that the Student .lovsrhment Association has the po-wer to revie-w a decision of the administration, after it h^s ^econie working policy of the 3clle£_e. Hci-:ever, -what real po-wer do stuis ■(tents havg ,.in. the planning stages cf policy-making; Specifically, h'ow many - st-jdsnts were consulted -t;hile the admin- is-^rat.-^.on's position's position on room -decorations I'Cs being formulated? .And, if such student participation -was minimal, is montreat-Anderson a true cc-rmunity, or-.is it a collection of stedents and faculty under the c»ntrol of the colle.ge administration? These-may seem, to some, harsh words, divisive i-jords. They need not be. The foundation of -this ne-ii:spaper' s belief in the rights of M.ontreat-j--nderson. students . belief that something can be do.ne to make this 3 lietter institution is the open- r-iiindedness. of its administrators and their receptivity to chaiige. The .founda tion of its belief in tnis college is the the. administration has, in t?ie,, last., analysis tolerance-and essential decency of its effective oontrol pvar all affairs refiirinK [members,. he are confronted, as President Davis , said in his convoca-tion adoress, by a "crucial year." If, and only if, we all •act as the civilized human beings we clain ■ to be, making full use of our responsi bility, open-mindedness, and decency, to ward one another—unless, we act we act as to the operation of't'hefool lege „ Th.is nfe-wspaper cannot, in good consc'is'hcs, support the administration's posit.'ion. Mcn- treat-Ander,scn is,' of course, a ChurchUfe- lated college. But Cn-urch-reldtedness is .not s>Tionymous -'.'v-itti Christ-relatedpess.-A'-^l] •: too often, the environment of -the''"Church y.’ , college is a restricted one. The environ- M-C^;ristains—can this year be passed ment of the Christian colfege,. on-'t.he other .successfully* n-'nd, must be^-thbt of the vv-orl-d, not the ,‘.u ■ Austin clois ter. The founders of Christienity realized that the arena for their activi ties was the wor.!.d, not some iso''ated, pro^ Longhairs and other corresponding types tected .part of it... Is it too-much to ask f constitute a substantial portion cf this that -the .student mejibers of the Montreat ;‘year's ifontreat-Anderson College popula-tiai. community jbe ^'JM.oaged to experience the This is a good sign; the student body ^nas more variety, is composed of large groups of people v'ith marked differences in ap- - pearance and beliefs* yua r..i '.uvvyu r,o experience the v.hole I'/orld, insidfe as -vrell as >utside of this valley-? The atterript to .-isolate students from-iheir larger environment is also educe, tion-'lly damaging. It is’the' purpose of the colle'geva^ikyl .0 produce educated, Christian citizens. 'However, conflict sometimes results from In light 01 this, the goal cf each stu- d.ent shcald be to consider the dude be-
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