.DUST IN THE CORNER
Volume J, Number 9
“Patronize Our Advertisers”
April 2, 1976
Flu epidemic immobilizes campus
By JOE COMPTON
Everyone had a good Spring
Break - lots lots of rest,
relaxation, and maybe
something they hadn’t
counted on - the flu. A large
portion of the student body
became sick just a week after
classes had resumed. On
Saturday, March 20, tem
peratures began to rise and
spread like wildfire. At -one
point, all of 3rd floor Davis
was down-and-out with the flu.
This sudden burst of sickness
was characteristic of the flu
which is spreading quickly in
imany parts of the United
States.
Mrs. Harris and Mrs.
Massey, the infirmary nurses,
treated the infected patients
from Satimday through the
Ifollowing week, traveling
endlessly from dorm to dorm.
jMrs. Massey speculated that
:the flu could have been spread
jby the Sadie Hawkins dance,
with all the infected students
being so close together in one
place.
By Tuesday, the entire
school was being affected by
the sickness directly or in
directly. Most of the students
who were well at the time
were terribly scared of cat
ching it. Nevertheless, they all
banded together to combat the
flu and its effects. Many stood
by patients’ beds to keep their
fevers down with cold baths on
their foreheads. Others
brought food from the
cafeteria to the individual
dorms. At one point, 200
j students were in bed, sick,
according to Mrs. Massey.
The entire week of illness,
which lasted from March 20-
30, did not pass without its
humorous moments. High
temperatures were so com-
imon that jokes were being
passed around that “so-and-so
had just broken the record for
jthe highest fever.’’ Many of
Ithe students who were at the
“walking-sick” stage tried to
ichase the faculty around and
be overly affectionate with
them so that they would begin
felling “poorly.” With some it
.worked. We wonder who
jkissed Dr. Newton?
I The faculty, cafeteria staff.
infirmary, and the students
should commend each other
on a job well done in slowing
and finally stopping the
epidemic - the faculty for
I canceling all the tests and
Ipapers until the next week;
!Mrs. Bustle and the cafeteria
'staff for serving soups and
lallowing students to take food
to the dorms; our two nurses,
Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Massey,
for working hard at treating
the people infected; and the
student body for helping and
{looking after each other
{during the 10 days of sickness.
Constitution to be changed
THE APPALACHIAN CLOGGERS step out to the rhythm of
the Stoney Creek Boys.
Sadie Hawkins Dance
attracts capacity crowd
By LINDA FIELD
When it comes to girls
chasing guys. Montreat seems
to have no problem according
to the turnout for the Sadie
Hawkins Dance.
Mrs. Andrews, director of
Montreat’s activities com
mittee, does not have partial
feelings about the success of
any of the school dances. But
she says that “The Bam” was
filled to capacity on the nite of
March 20. “There were as
many as we could have had,
and the girls looked real
good,” she adds.
Music for the dance was
provided by the Stony Creek
Boys, and special dancing
performances were given by
the Southern Appalachian
Cloggers.
A fun highlight of the dance
was Marryin’ Sam, who
“hitched” couples till “dance
do you part.” Barry Sullivan
and Bill Iwinski prepared and
performed the ceremony. The
ceremony vows , went
something like this:
“Brethren we are gathered
here today to witness the join’
together of and
. Mix , do
you promise to faithfully love
and honor your husband and
change the sheets
Before the dance, several
girls took their fellows out for
a special dinner. Other guys
were treated at the Howerton
Hilton.
Many of the guys gave a
favorable response to the
Sadie Hawkins Dance. Most
would agree with what one
male student says, “The girls
can see what the guys go
through every time there is a
dance.” Another comments,
“And the guys see what the
girls go through.” Other
fellows say they feel freer at
square dances, than at the
more formal dances. One poor
lad added that he went home
for the weekend, because no
girl asked him to the dance.
Due to a full social calendar,
no more square dances are
planned for this school year.
“We may be able to sneak in
one more square dance for
fun,” Mrs. Andrews says,
“but it is not scheduled.” She
adds Ithat jthislwas. the first
Sadie Hawkins Dance that
Montreat has had for several
years. “We’re hoping to
revive it.”
By JOE COMPTON
A new constitution will be
drawn up in a couple of weeks
'by a special committee in the
SGA. Montreat - Anderson has
'or many years set its
^governmental procedures by
die present constitution which
:is now being reviewed by the
!sGA. According to Matt Wade,
{head of the reviewing com-
imittee the old constitution had
.“some rather blatant
mistakes in it.” There has
ibeen a great need for a new
constitution for the student
body. The present constitution
is 19 pages long, is very vague,
and needs to have many un-
lecessary clauses deleted
:rom it.
The most prominent change
will be that of election of
student officers. Although it is
not official, the committee has
/oted not to let sophomores
vote in the Spring elections.
The argument stands that the
'raduating sophomores
should not vote because they
will not be here next year -
they will not have anything to
do with the college except as
alumni and will not take part
in student affairs.
Matt stated that many of the
mandates put forth by the old
'constitution were superfluous
'and confusing. One such
example involved the election
sf freshman representatives
to the SGA. It stated in one
section that freshman
representatives were to be
nominated. This was a
requirement - yet, in another
section under the election of
officers, the offices of fresh
man representatives were not
listed as manditory positions.
It was a mistake that
definitely had to be corrected
Isince the constitution is
supposed to be followed as
closely as possible. More
examples of bad legislature
were the formation of com
mittees that never met, and
were never needed, for that
matter.
Basically, the new con
stitution wUl be clearer and
will endeaver to remove
needless clauses and laws
which never had any bearing
on the student body. It is in
teresting to note some of the
shortcomings which, as a
result of the old constitutional
junclarity and vagueness,
leaked into the SGA.
Whenever there is a judicial
case which involves two
dormitory councils, that case
i is to be heard before these
dorm councils, according to
.the constitution. But, it seems
that all of these type cases
Iwhich have come up this past
'year were sent to the Honor
Council instead. Jim Evans
.said that they will not accept
I any more such cases since the
told constitution states
otherwise.
I Those who helped review
the old constitution and draw
ip a revised form are to be
vjommended for their patience
and hard work. Matt Wade
summed up the work with the
following: “The new con
stitution will be much clearer
and concise than the old one.
But this is just one step in the
process. We are trying this
year to make the structure as
simple as possible, yet have as
much influence as possible.”
Any questions on the new
constitution can be answered
by Matt Wade or Alan Capps.
Ford, Carter lead in student poll
By JOE COMPTON
Most of the student body of
Montreat are sympathetic
towards President Ford as
best man to occupy the White
House for the next four years.
This was found by taking a
poll of candidate choices for
the North Carolina primary
and the November elections.
Although Ford is shown to be
popular on campus, he is not
as popular in North Carolina
m a whole. This poll was
taken before the N.C.
primary, showing Ford as a
popular candidate; yet,
Ronald Reagan, his
Republican opposition,
defeated Ford by 6 per cent of
ithe vote in the recent primary.
Reagan wound up with 52 per
cent of the ballet, while Ford
cleared with 46 per cent.
According to our poll, this did
appear strange. Out of 161
answers. Ford was marked as
a candidate by 50.3 percent of
the poll, while Reagan came in
third with only 12 percent.
Between these two, the
Democratic candidate,
Jimmy Carter, received 29
percent.
The majority of the
Democratic voters on campus
rallied for Jimmy Carter as
their top choice. This time,
this side of the poll agreed
with the primary results -
Carter won a 3 to 2 victory
over George C. Wallace in the
N.C. primary. On our poll,
Wallace came second on the
Democratic side with 5 per
cent of the vote. Henry
Jackson and Morris Udall
received relatively few
responses, with only 1.2
percent and .6 percent.
respectively.
Many students are choosing
not to vote this election-year.
When asked why, these were
the reactions:
“I can’t get an absentee
ballet.”
“It’s none of your business.”
“I think it’s rigged.”
“I’m not old enough.”
Incidently, for those of you
who put “Communist” as a
party you. intend to support,
the candidate this year on the
American Communist Party
ticket is Gus Hall, not “I.enin”
or “Brezhnev.”