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THURSDAY, DEC. 28, 1967 NUMBER SEVENTEEN
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Scene From Top O’ The Hill
By: Jack Kelly
The New Year is upon us.
We can drcp our old worries and
wrap ourselves in the new ones
which will surely appear. We
can and will resolve many pro
mses with much thought and
conversation. Yet, all the time
we will wondar what the New
Y’ear will bring. Brace yourself
because it probably will be a
whlng-ding. Since the upcoming
one is a Presdential year, you
can rest assured that the pap
ers, magazines, radios, and T-V
stations will pour pol tics at you
until it comes out of your ears.
Miami and Chicago with their
respective Republican and De
mocratic Conventions wll sur
feit the airwaves with the
greatness of the'r respective
Cit'es.
If a hurricane strikes Miami
during the Republican Conven
t'on, that Town will be forever
through as a Convention City
because of the National coverage
that particular hurricane would
have on the Nat : onwide T-V
tubes. Possibly the delegates
could count themselves fortunate
if they were blown out of Town
before they made a nomination
cf the “Dark Horse” rumored
about Washington to be General
Westmoreland. One story has it
that there is a book ready for
release that will blitz the Dele
gates into that action. I do not
know that such a book w'll ap
pear. 1 only heard about it. How
ever. there will be one book
come out that I know a little bit
ab-ut, This book, I assure you,
wll ha ,r e lots of big-t ; me politi
cians hitting the ceiling and
scream ng. It will break un alli
ances and new ones. It will
hit the best seller lists and pos
sibly drive the Viet Nam War
off the front napes of mayhap a
week. If : t isn’t cut. it will be
a lulu. The public will get an in
side view of po«?t ! cs as it is
practiced and the view is not
pretty. In fact, 't is uily.
Everything that happens this
year will affect the political
scene. Certain deaths could ra
d.cally change the picture. Riots
in the Cities will be not only
news but grist in the pol.tical
mills. Already new names are
being made to call the riots. In*
cum bants in off ce prefer such
names as disturbances, discord,
non-harmonious relations, any
thing and everyth'ng except the
definite word: Rict. Naturally,
the War and how it is conducted
wll cause waves in the pond.
Keep it going or shut K off. No
matter which choice is made,
the pol tical pond will be ruffled.
The coming year has to be a
great one because, under our
system of Government, we vote
every fourth year for a National
Leader. If the "ins” win, then
the "cuts” who may have been
srronnvng about th ngs for the
past eoup'e of years will have
to shut up and make a reallign
mer.t. Conversely, if the "outs”
win, the “ ns” have to take it
in stride and then for at least
a coup’e of years, everyone has
to work together for the good of
the Country. It is a wonderful
system.
The coming year wll doubt
less see the President of the
United States be pelted by idiots
in mobo as he tiavels about on
the eampa gn. The Secret Ser
vice men will go crazy trying
to keep crowds in hand. The
Lord alone knows what m ght
happen to the opposition nomi
nee. If LBJ decides to accept
the nominat’on in Chicago and
if Mavor Dai’ey can keep the
lunatics in the various crowds
from any physical attack up-»n
him, then the Mav'r should be
given the post to be vacated by
Hoover in the FBI. When you
consider all of the crazy white
peop’e and the crazv cHored
people who warred in Chicago
and its env'rons not too long
ago. Mayor Dailey has what ao
pears to be an impossible task
on his hands.
On the p.easant s'de of the
picture for the coming year is
the fact that adolescents vyill be
c.me adults. Pejple will tail in
love. People will marry. Babies
will be bom. In other words,
people younger and less jaded
than us will see 1968 as the be
g nning of a bright new year.
They will not view witn alarm,
as we are prone to do, the tem
pestcus changes upon which we
verge. Instead, they will v'ew
with pride the oncoming tidal
wave of the future. Each of
them wll ride it out on his own
surf board, knowing that not all
of them will make the trip but
that those who do so successfully
will emerge into the greatest
show this old world has ever
produced.
We don’t have to wish them a
Happy New Year. They know
it is out there just for the grab
bing. You don’t have to feei
sorry for than and what they
face. They glory in the challenge
and feel sorry for us, if they
think about us at all. It’s all out
there in front of them and they
race toward it. Caution comes
wth age, and that is awav off
in the future ta them . Thank
God that ! t is. It wculd be dread
ful if the k'ds crm'ng along were
endowed with the caution of age
because if that happened noth
ing would happen. Everyone
would stop and ncthngness
would take over. Such was nev
er the intention of the Almighty
That’s why kids are brash, and
unafraid. They have their m's
sioi. Diev have to keep this "Id
world SD : nnin«». They w'll whirl
It until they, like us. in turn get
Cred. Then they will lev* with
trepidation upon the advent of
a New Year, just as we do now.
New Year’s Dav offers us on
alternative to this projected
take-over. We can join them.
That's an old pol it cal axiom. "If
you can’t whip them join
them." That’s what we will have
to do. Why not? Who better than
our own could we join?
Happy New Year! And I hope
your Candidates wn.
Our hats are off to you in
’sß! May this New Year
ring out with the joy of
health and good fortune
for you and yours.
editorials Praise Actions Os
AS.U. Students
BOONE Letters and dip
ped editorials, still pouring in
from throughout the nation,
have overwhelmingly praised
the calm but stern actions of
Appalachian State University
students when they out-protested
anti-war peaceniks who came
to the Boone campus a few
weeks ago.
The mild, but most unusual
event received nationwide cov
erage, prompting a barrage of
written opinions. With only a
couple of exceptions, tre com
ments have been almost unani
mous in support of Appalachian’s
response to the traveling de
monstrators.
A few of the comments re
ceived are as follows:
THE PALM BEACH (FLA.)
TIMES "From time-totime,
it seems as though the world
has gone off its rocker; but just
as one is about to concede that
mankind is past redemption, we
are reminded that the misfits
are still a minority, and that
sensible people are still in con
trol. . . . Anyone looking for a
good solid American university
where common sense prevails
need look no farther tran Appa
lachian State University in
Boone, N. C. M
THE WILSON DAILY TIMES
. . . “A recent demonstration
at Appalachian was so note
worthy it deserved special at
tentioh. For it was a demonstra
tion which worked in reverse.
Appalachian students had their
own ideas when anti-war pro
testors appeared on campus.
They did not need any outside
agitators to tell trem how they
felt about Vietnam ... or any
thing else. The demon stra tore
were invited to leave. They did.
Possibly some of them were im
pressed with the patriotism of
the Appalachian students. It was
the most effective manner of
handling such a situation we
rave heard of to date. The stu
dents themselves took care of
the situation; there were no ar
rests. no disorder. It was all so
sensible, and handled so expert
ly. die same should be tried
elsewhere. The students at Ap
palachian know where they
stand; tfiey recognize the rights
involved, and they exercised
these ritftts to prove the point
that freedom is a two-way street.
Hurrah! for Appalachian State
University.”
MRS. BETTY CORNEJO.
TRACY, CALIFORNIA. . . ‘1
have children of my own, and
want them to grow up to be good
citizens. I would be very glad
if they would choose Appalach
ian for their further education.
The educators at Appalachian
are teaching respect of oneself
as well as pride of one’s coun
try."
THE FOREST CITY COUR
IER. . . “News releases from
hither and yon usually get the
FHe IS treatment when they
have nothing directly to do with
this area. But one release from
Appalachian State University so
wanned our cynical old heart
that we must reprint it in its
entirety, . . . HOW SWEET IT
IS. Kind of reaffirms your faith
in today’s collage students,
doesn’t R?”
THE NEWTON OBSERVER k
NEWS-ENTERPRISE. . . "Foul!
Foul; This is an encantatkm
you’ll likely soon hear vented
by the pacifists, the pinkos, die
left wingers, outright commies
and other assortments of un
shaven oddball groups. They’ll
yap their unhappiness on the
students at Appalachian State
University who demonstrated,
rediculed and Jeered a group of
anti-war weirdos off the campus
last Friday.
"You see, the right to demon
strate has been reserved for
years by minority groups. It
just never occurred to any of
these groups that the right to
demonstrate is also a right of
the majority. The "peaceniks”
were serenaded by the college
students. The song? 'God Bleu
America.'
"You’re gonna hear soma
loudmouth foulball claim that
everybody has a rid* to bo
beard. What he won’t say la
that every student at Appalacr
ian has the right NOT to read
a free press, NOT to vote, NOT
to go to church, and NOT ttt
listen to some smelly bum sell
his 1-hate-America propaganda.
“The next time someone tells
y»u tile younger generation
going to rell, remind them of the
students at Appalachian State '
University. Those kids have a
message for all of us."
MRS. JUDY PARSONS, of
Hickory. . , . “We are obligated
to stand behind our country. If
anyone should protest the war.
we, the wives of men in Viet
nam, have more than the rigrt.
Our husbands have obeyed* the
decisions of our government and
we stand firmly behind them.
I would like to commend the
student body of Appalachian '
State University for standing
behind our men in Vietnam." f
THE DURHAM HERALD. . .
"In refusing to listen to a Viet
nam war protest group, several
hundred Appalachian State Uni
versity students have given those
critical of certain campus atti
tudes something to cheer about.
It shows that students still
think for themselves and can
become disgusted with outside
influences trying to peddle caus
es foreign to the nations well
being.”
CONGRESSMAN BASIL L.
WIIITNER, speaking on the
floor of the U. S. House of Re
presentatives. . . , "The actions
of the Appalachian State Univer
sity students were concrete
proof that patriotism and loyal
ty are still in existance in the
hearts and minds of college
youth. Die actions were charac
teristic of the students and fac
ulty of their great university.
No institution of higher learn
ing in our nation has a finer
record of stabil-'ty and patriot
ism. The nomadic troublemak
ers were given the firm opposi
ton at Anpalachian that all loy
al Americans sh'xild aopiaud.”
THE NEW BERN SUN-JOTTR.
NAL. ... "A group oil protes
tors against the Vietnam war
passed out literature and con
versation on the campus of Ap
paiacrian State Un»versity. The
ASU students tore up the liter
ature and suggested that the
visitors go back where they
came from, but fast. This way,
v.si tors are free to cone. Hosts
are free to urge them to leave.
Visitors are free to go. There’s
freedom for everybody. And not
nearly so much commotion as
when demonstrators mug for the
camera.”
CLAUDE D. SMOOT, of Week
Palm Beach, Fla. . . . "My son,
now in Vietnam, is looking for
ward to attending Appalachian
when he returns from service.
After the recent incident there,
I am sure he has made a good
choice.”
GUY McINTOSH, of Stanley. .
"Anyone is welcome in my
heuse, including salesmen, but
when they force the’r products
on me, he is no longer welcome.
I applaud the students at Appa
lachian State.”
THE PALM BEACH (FLA.)
POST. . . . It’s too bad that a
recent occurance in Boone, N. C.,
couldn’t have been given full
scale attention, television cam
eras and all, that most protest
demonstrations receive. What
happened was that a group of
protestors against the war in
Vietnam showed upon the cam
pus of Appalachian State Univer
sity to design the fact of life.
The Appalach’an students didn’t
but it, and surrounded the anti
war group, suggesting that the
uninvited v’sltore get the heck
off the campus. There was no
violence, no shooting or stabbing
or rock throw ng. There wee
just a nice, loud, energetic,
clear-cut difference of opinion.
Th’n seems so simple and sensi
ble.”
THE GREENVILLE (S. C.)
PIEDMONT. . . . "This demon
stration just petered -out and
went away because it was out
protested and outdemonstrated.
This is such a sens’ble way to
handle such situations that you
wonder whv it doesn’t happen
more oftin."