November 15, 1
Read your newspaper;
an informed citizen
panics more intelligently.
— Unknown
November 26, 1969
Slowed By Recent Defeat,
SGA Plows Into New Business
by Jim Ewart
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rs Hill people who participated in the Washington Moratorium a*e, from from left to right, Rick Garrison, Charles Lang, Ben Cochran,
ny Jane Peery, George Peery, Elaine. Hearn, Tillie Taylor, Boh Parker, Jack Richards and Hayes Goodrum. The group braved Icy roads
I snow to reach Washington and express their views concerning the war in Viet Nam.
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by Sammy Wallace
On Nov. 14 eight Mars Hill Col-
le students and Political Science
Jfessor George Peery and his
e journeyed to Washington to
rticipate in the Moratorium. The
^ylADQ 1411 1^^ were among an esti-
MAno nmted quarter of a million pro-
itors who came to Washington to
ice their opinion of the Viet Nam
tr. The basic problem in ques-
n was “How do we get out of
it Nam?”.
The following are comments from
discussion held by the Mars Hill
'liege participants:
Hayes Goodrum: “I would like to
iphasize that the people at the
Issting Oils iratorium were a cross section of
Bred Deliveries"®'^'^^" society. They ranged from
Brea ueiiverie&sinessmen to hippies.”
George Peery: “I believe that the
ess has distorted what was actual-
^ going on at the Moratorium. The
^otestors were very peaceable. We
ire a people in unity with only
rpp C '® purpose in mind.”
lEilxO Cochran: "I have been asked
|%wT ’y ' '^''snt to the Moratorium. I
[\Y unpatriotic or a radical. I
int because I was concerned. I
int to know how my peers — a
irt of the future generation — feel
'Out the war. Radicals such as a
r o-Viet Cong speaker were re
sted. But speakers who pro-
oted nonviolent solution were ap-
n'ng about yol^uded. Veterans from World War
Korea and Viet Nam were present
id advocated withdrawal.”
When asked what they hoped to
N icomplish by going to the Mora-
rium, the participants gave the
llowing responses:
Jack Richards: “We know Nixon
«s formed his own policy and over-
at *0 change
P icy. But we were concerned
rongly that we wanted to ex-
foelings as strongly as
Jssible in a peaceful manner.”
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a J Y''®* Gregory said.
4t a protestors are
a bunch of radicals but dedi
cated people who believe in a
cause. When a quarter of a million
people assemble to discuss the war,
Nixon has to listen.
Hayes Goodrum: “Only a small
group of people run this country.
Somtimes they only get a limited
view of the opinions of the run of
the American people. I feel this
Moratorium helped voice the
opinions of many classes of people.
All different types of people were
represented at the Moratorium.”
Charles Lang: “I feel we have a
valid reason for protesting the war.
What have we to accomplish over
there if we win the war? In order
to win a guerilla war we must have
the hearts and minds of the people.
The Vietnamese think of us as only
an extension of the French; only as
intruders.”
When asked how we could get out
of the war, the participants gave
the following responses:
George Peery: “Set up a time
table to get out. Nixon during his
campaign said he had a specific
plan to get us out of Viet Nam. He
has not voiced this plan and no
one knows it. He is sounding like
Johnson in 1964.”
Bob Parker: “Nixon is calling
on the silent majority for support
but the silent majority is a challenge
to democracy. The majority should
not be silent in a war as critical
as the Viet-Nam War.”
Rick Garrison: “So many veterans
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The Standing Faculty Committee
question loomed into an issue brief
ly at the Nov. 13 Student Govern
ment Association Senate meeting
after Sen. Ed Griffin proposed that
Senate conduct studies on the
faculty committees on plans and
policies, curriculum, athletics and
traffic.
The issue, which has nagged stu
dents, SGA officials and school ad
ministration officials for the past
several weeks was snuffed out when
the senate body voted down the
measure.
Essentially the proposal called for
the senate body to be divided into
four separate groups for the pur
pose of conducting studies on each
of the standing faculty committees.
The studies proposed would have
included looking for reasons for
students to serve on these faculty
groups plus ways in which students
might help aid in the betterment
of their respective functions and
operations.
Griffin felt the areas of traffic,
plans and policies, athletics and
curriculum are the ones which more
directly affect daily student life than
any of the other standing faculty
committees. His proposal also
stated that each senate group chair
man be furnished with copies of the
Constitutional bylaws that pertain
to this respective committee his
group was appointed to study.
Sen. Jim Wikle made a proposal
calling for revising the board of di-
re6tors of the campus radio station.
This move was made in light of
staff resignations and requests for
changes in station personnel. The
proposal called for appointment of
board members from such campus
organizations as Phi Mu Alpha, SGA
officials and from radio staff per
sonnel.
After some brief debate Senate
members decided to table the
measure for futher study.
A proposal to enlarge the present
SGA cabinet to include members
of the SGA Commission plus a com
muting student was sent to the Sen
ate legislative review committee as
passage of the measure would re
quire a change in the Student Con
stitution. Those making the pro
posal claimed that this would give
the commission and the commuters
greater representation. The stated
purpose was to allow both these
groups to help plan the agendas of
future SGA Senate meetings.
A recommendation was made to
convert the present Student Govern
ment Association into a unicameral
system. The recommendation called
for studies to be made on the bene
fits of such a conversion, which if
approved, would require a com
plete overhauling of the present
Constitution.
Several alternatives to this ques
tion were made by the senators.
One way would be for both com
mission and senate to be per
manently disbanded and a new elec
tion to be held to select member
representatives to one single body.
The second would be for both com
mission and senate members to
meet at the same time at the same
place to vote on various issues of
the greatest importance.
Griffin tendered his resignation as
SGA defense attorney from the stu
dent court contending that holding
this office created a conflict with
his point load. He said he would
remain available to assist in the
handling of cases by the office of
the defense attorney. David Douglas
was appointed to succeed him in
that post.
Texas Gale Blows Into Town
ICES
by Gary Singleton
This year’s charming and viva
cious addition to the English depart
ment, Miss Gale Gooch, finds in
Mars Hill College an educational in
stitution with a personal touch. “I’ve
never before been in a classroom
situation that I’ve enjoyed more than
what I’ve found here at Mars Hill
College. Here, I’m perfectly at
ease.” Miss Gooch likes the moun
tains and the small college atmo
sphere where there is more oppor
tunity to relate to the students other
than in the classroom. She favors
personalized education and conse
quently MHC appeals to her be
cause it has none of the computer
ized education one finds at large
universities. She also enjoys the
rustic environment which Mars Hill
abundantly provides.
Miss Gooch spent her childhood
in Garland, Texas. There she at
tended Garland High School which
she describes as a “football crazy”
school which won the state cham
pionship two years while she was
there. In high school she was on
the debating team; in fact, she and
her debating partner won the Texas
State Debating Championship two
years running and represented Texas
at two national debate tournaments.
Miss Gooch received her BA and
MA from North Texas State Univer
sity where she majored in English
and Speech. While at Texas State
she continued her debating, worked
in the student government and sang
in the college choir. With a ukelele-
playing friend, she sang at parties,
banquets, and other functions. While
doing her graduate work she taught
a class of all boys at North Texas.
During this time she was also the
only woman sponsor of a group of
96 college students who spent a
week in Mexico. She also taught
drama and coached the debating
team at Waco High School before
receiving her MA in August.
She enjoys music and loves to
sing. She is attracted by the out
doors and all activities associated
with it. New places and new things
appeal to her; in fact, she and Miss
Williams of the Foreign Language
Department are planning a trip to
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