THE WHY RINGS 'N THINGS OF AT HUNRGYd (See Page ; Three ®te Buvlbsunlatx ■ See Page Four) Published Weekly By Students Lvni DAVIDSON DAVIDSON, N. C. 28036, SEPTEMBER. 28, 19(59 COLLEGE. FKIDAV. MMBER TWENTY-NINE 277Freshmen liiiifl Begin Catharsis Anderson Leaves Amidst the awe at theVe the importance of a to'al juvenated freshman dorn-.i body and soul sexual reuv lories and the confusion of lionship. class schedules. 277 fri"sn During all talks. Ward- struggled ,t Co-Editor's men through sex Post law critized "distorted week of orientation before ualty" and the image of Boh Dunham has become beginning their academic "the Marlboro male." which Mile editor in chief of TilK Catharsis this week. he said were false attempts DAVJDSONIAN as' a result Awaiting them when they at realization of the Ameri- McEver Resigns Hi tin- resignation during the arrived was a revamped can dream male. month of August of co editor orientation schedule, which Citing manliness as an ad Franklin Anderson. mirable included ;i mandatory fres:> trail. Wardlnw call Anderson notified Dunham man camp and other assart ed fcr more -sensitivity in Commission Post ol his decision by letter, and males adhering the ed introductions m campu3 to r>hU By DAVID GRISSETT Klmb,rough lurnn-r!) ser then relayed the information osbphy of "loving people life and Asst. Managing Editor I'd to Hi,- remainder of the pa usin;4 things." \ i!MM'l-llt!\ fl\ I'll til' According 1967, per staff. to Director ol The s board from l!i">!> to Administrations H. Edmunds The first week's activities trntor tn'ember of the IK' said that the resigns off Davidson Town Hoard ot says will White. 20 percent of this were capped Saturday McEver In' have tion came for "personal tea ' Commissioners, year's [reshmen evening with a jntwr with Gene Mr a desk at Ihe town hall and are from Ever, sons" and was not the resull outside the South a notable Queens College. Tomorrow resigned late in An ihimgii he will spend much of any conflicts within THE evening, girls (Staff Dinidson) gust, and was replaced by outside increase over past years. from Converse Photos by time the office main HAVIDSONIAN staff or of come taining 29 states and Canada are iv will for another mixer WEARIED ATTENTION SPAN Davidson mathematics pro liason with the town any 'outside pressure". with the presented. Davidson freshmen. Freshman prefers news over orientation talk. fessor Johji T Ktmbrough, crews, he hopes to establish Dunham, senior a who scr ANDERSON For the first this fall. some sort ot regular office news time UcEver, who was first e ved as editor and perional the sponsored Fresh hours schedule. He says he . . . reaiom YMCA lectcd to the board in 1949. sports editor before becom man Camp at Camp Thund will continue lo work part editor, resigned to accept a part ingco will serve alone missed." erbird in South Carolina was time as assistant fm>tball "However, Freshmen time as public in the editorship until his the paper, like Majority post works made mandatory. In the coach at Davidson College superintendent for the town. term of office expires in Feb the college, is in the midst of past, the camp provided an and maintain a few of his ruary. change, and that renewal optional opportunity to rn^et Mayor Tom Sadler said. larger accounts as a service Dunham and Anderson will not cease because of the other freshmen. "The town is very fortunate station supply agent. were elected co-editors resignation." Dunham said. Criticism had mounted last ROTC to have Mr. McKver accept McKver, who was formerly February by vote of the Dunham said that Ander- however, saying Ranks that much Joins position. this He has inval no son to work past a running back at the'Uni IHiblications Board when would continue of orientation in years By DAVIDSWEATT this term, said the number used for. Johnson said. "If uable experience and know for the paper but added that overlapped what was said versity pf Tennessee and other candidates entered the Aiwcialt Editor enrolled "will make a very you don't agree with tne ledge of the needs of the race for editor. at Anderson's request, he at camp, earned a place on the all time and done freshman fine unit as far as I'm con military, Idon't see how you town. He is also well would position. so this year it was made an Over SO percent of David known all American football roster, Anderson had served as hold no staff cerned." can justify being in ROTC." to and has worked closely managing prior The newspaper also integral part of the orien- son's new freshmen have en came to Davidson as head editor to was Army Registration pre Asked about revisions in with the men who handle his election as coeditor. He hampered by the'transfer of tation program. rolled in the ROTC's followed the ROTC curriculum. Fos coach of the Davidson foot basic course. Formerly com M'litatinn of a program on the business of maintaining team, received the D. Grier Mar news editor Mark Hodges to Keynote speaker at the ter said. "Yes. we're going ball serving from liKhi pulsory, the two-year ba.sic the advantages and disad our street, water and light tin Award for reporting as a Furman University. Accord camp this year was Dr. D " ■ ' Sri K? I graduating seniors received lid siiiB&V^*T«*-&'5iHUj5JsisTW .. mi graduate delays. Kincajd spoke on the prac tical alternatives to ROTC War Moratorium at request of Dean of the By BOB DUNHAM The nationwide call is lor1 Students RiChard C. Burls Edilorln-Chlef a day of solemn protest in Jr. He discussed officer Student Body President awareness ol the, men who. programs in the o t her Peter Hobble vmII request have in Vietnam. The services, possible changi s dud next week that the faculty protests, therefore, will ! be in tie world situation. <'nd and students of Davidson low keyed possible changes in the rather than active mill College join in their support The day, Recording tary draft. to the ofi .i nationwide morn of the program. Johnson was asked to pn. wui coordinators torium sent his views on moral Oct. 15. would he the beginning ol n ob .)(HI factions to enrollment in Hobble is one ol over widespreadstudent protest of ROTC. He discussed the em national campus leader^ the war. which would Include ployment of the United helping to organize the Viet iin enlarged and lengthened States military in recent nam moratorium, which was moratorium In November DR. SAMUEL D. PROCTOR years. Disagreeing with the effort ol a student group ii there is no firm commil Will speak at Monday's convocation. much the military has been in demonstrate to the Nixon incut to American withdraw administration the traged) al or negotiated settlement of the Vietnam war. by Oct. 15, Convocation, Luncheon The student call for a Viet The student call for mor A BRAND NEW IDEA FOR RIPLEYS nam moratorium was issued Rtbrjum has been joined by a Belk Dorm shows results of last year's lobbying. on July 4, and has gained similar faculty call, and they the support of numerous col are being joined !>y calls To Honor Senior Class leges and universities, and professional and community has the endorsement of the groups. SummerDormRenovations Looking much, like the sity, will deliver remarks at since '1947. In 191)3 he was National for Dem An editorial in this week's Americans ' scholars their parents en the luncheon. given the Korean govern oeratic Action and the Na New Republic' gives front visioned them to be. seniors During tlie convocation it ment's highest civilian lional Student Association. paXE support to the moraJor Adhere ToRHA Guidelines will don the caps and gowns self, honorary degrees will award, the Order of Cultural The moratorium calls for ium. saying "Richard Nixon A "$140,000 dormitory ce spring and out of a meeting and curtains. of Monday morn- be given by the college to Merit National Medal fin- students, faculty lias Iwd' eight academia member* month!* in project carried on between KHA officials Han Two experimental projects ing celebrate the first Proctor. Terrell and Dr. Paul working 'unceasingly to imv and concerned citizens to which to pry loose from nosfltion to the during the summer produced Coble and Tom Opie with in Watts included the instal- opening convocation in Dap S. Crane, a medical mission prove the health conditions 15 trap has stop work on Oct. and in Vietnam and not welcome surprises for botii Dr. Samuel If. Spencer Jr.. lation of wall to-Wall carpet- years. ary to Korea. of people" pro 1 idson's recent the in South Ko spend the entire day in done it.' freshmen and upperclassmen president of the opllogo. ing in some of the rooms in regality of a The procession itself will rea. contemplation of magazine urges Decked the test and The na arriving at for the Funds for the project were and telephone con Audi at near Davidson flU'LtTI" formal program. Love form 11:10 Phi Hall. He is a graduate of David the Vietnam war. lional leaders to "seize" the fall term. allocated by the trustees at throughout the dorm. Opie convoca All other students and par " torium will hostthe son and Johns Hopkins Hobbie said that th Dav opportunity presented by the According to Tom Op'" their meeting last spring. said phones should be in by tion,' which h s been called ents will be seated 11:15. School or Medicine. idson effort would consist ol tfroup. president of the Residence Improvements through the stalled in the near future. by President SamuelR. Spen- with the procession to begin three main parts a morn Faculty action on the call Hall Association the project dorms included new beds Much of the work involv- graduated cer Jr.. in honor of the col at 11:25 a. m. Terrell from ing speaker, an alternoon is expected here early next grew out of recommends everywhere except Duke and ed in the renovation project, 1942, leges Seniof Class. Seniors were reminded by Davidson in and re faculty forum and a worship ueek. tions from the RHA last Richardson, new lounges ior had to be done relatively late Dr. Samuel Proctor, pro Senior Class President Jim ceived advanced degrees service in the evening. the freshmen dorms, the in the summer as some of fessor of education at Rut Hinshaw to pick up their from Florida State Univer Other campuses havemuch redecorating ot existing the dorms were occupied sity gers University, will deliver caps and gowns by this after and the Unversity of more elaborate plans scheel EarnhardtSeeks Alumni lounges with new carpeting most of the time. Iowa. has and furniture, several keynote address to offic- noon in the basement of He taught psy uli'd. but Hobbie said thai n. w Davidson Business Manae'- the choloRy .coolers, ially highlight the openinu Chambers. at Florida State, the the day at Davidson would Votes For Trustee Seat water and a new er Robert Currie. who hop-\s University system. of tlie new academic year. Proctor,'prior to joiningthe of Colorado and be primarily a day lor soul lire alarm to continue the renovation of faculty the Illinois, Torn Earnhardt, past ore after they graduate. Color television sets were East and He will speak to seniors, par at Ruters. served as University of searching. Cannon next sum of Virginia where he -ident of the Davidson placed In t Ii e "everybody faculty and all Inter president Union served as dean or "We are not so much boy From this board Barn freshmen mer. stated did ents. the faculties. . dent body, has been engaged lounges and new paint ap a very job ested students. University and North Caro Cottlng classes." Hobble not hardt was nominated to Ihe fine in such a in an effort to become 'he plied in several of the dormv short period of and Spencer said that the con ina A & T. cri. "Rather, we are asking alumni trustee ballot by a time" also associate youngest man ever to serve committee "Also the shower plumbing in all the dorms were re idy "symbolize the He was an ■-'■■■"'--■■■■■ joint nominating which vocation will for faculty and student on Davidson's Board nf the freshmen dorms was for the we begin director of the Peace Corps THE suspension of met over the alumni we?k opening of school. community "-as DAVIDSONIAN support for -Trustees. altered to help prevent an The College 1962 to 195.3. and ser- will end last June 13-15. The Davidson Pres another year. from hold its first reg- (lasses." Earnhardt, who graduated rupt changes in water teni bylerian Church, ved as an associate general ular staff committee is appointed b\ included in There will be a formal'aca- meeting Sun- "Instead of regular classes from Davidson in 1968. Ik.cI jirmtiire jn the showers. the dorm plans, secretary for 4he National day evening in national alumni president B allocation demic procession in cap and the news- we can hold discussions and already been serving on the Perhaps the most specta has also receiving Council of Churches in 1964. paper office. Staff Gales. ilcClintock. been ex gown for faculty and seniors. mem- forums on Vietnam." h:" said. Board of Directors of 'he cular evidence of the reno- improvements. Fjr have bers tensive and a luncheon will follow Crane and his.^wife and Interested "Causing people to face the Aiumni Association which Tho ballots for this elec- vation projects can be sepn repair freshmen the duration of, the for seniors and their parents. been medical missionaries are urgedl issue Vietnam head-on includes among other mem tion were mailed to alumni .in Watts Hall. The dorm work, congregation to attend. or re- the lias Dr. Glenn Terrell president at the -Presbyterian Medical will certainly outvalue the hers the presidents of the on Aug. 15. but election rv ceived a paint job and new been meeting in Chonju. Love Audi- of Washington State Univer in Korea. loss of a day of classes." s'.udent body for five years suits are not yet official. furniture. doors. screen. torium. " Sljr Dauidannian "Anything Much Happen While We Were Gone?" "THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO INEVITABILITY AS LONG AS THERE IS A WILL- The Trouble INGNESS TO CONTEMPLATE WHAT IS HAPPENING." -Marshall McLuhau BOB DUNHAM, Editor-in-Chief JACK WELLMAN, Business Manager With Alice' Published weekly at Davidson, N. C. 2D036 by students of Davidson College during the school year. Second class postage paid at Davidson. N. C. 28036. Address all cor- respondence to THE DAVIDSONIAN. Box 218. Davidson, N. C. 28036. A REVIEW church (in Great Barring- Mass. PAGE TWO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1969 By BILL SIEVERT ton. I and turns it into a, College Press Service a communt for hip friends. Alice also starts a restaurant Be prepared. You cant get nearby. But even with lots anything yuu want at Alices of friends, music, Restaurant. and eicite- A Preface ment their unhappiness to- All thi.' Arlo Guthrie Tans s.-ther and Ihoir fears show. Jamming premiere who are Guthrie himself is more has begun in recent theaters tu his film ver- For the sake of clarification and DAVIDSONIAN see of an observer of lerhaps for interest of the new- years. sion of "Alice's Restaurant" all these the happenings rhc star oi its own Irrele- finding than of omers to THE DAVIDSONIAN read- A realization are the mpvie isn't 'he movie. "ship, it seems worthwhile to re-state vance has led the paper in recent at ,i!l what they came tu see. lew basic foundations on which years m reconsider some of its appro- His per/orming "Alice"! Restaurant*" bias moments lis editorship bases its policy. 'dies to college news. It has led to ■ ome :n telling Ihe of comment, : an . very popular and tale This summer's resignation oi half overview, to analysis a:itl to ' gap, addition to the factual report- funny song "The Alice's the. editorial "we" lias tell a all in Vlassaeree," id it will produce a leu changes in Ing which lias long characterized Ui taurant is And wi! tal< i nes off "oceSure am! attitude which such the paper. not verj funny. !t doesn'l ■i l'it better on tiii record ■ necessitate. But it ajpd e\ i n "■;■ to b for thi mosl Ing. Tin lim !ron the song, epartures will \ serious sense of influence ' ot alter the growth which Till-; Cespojisibility has led to a new ;;.lrl. '"'■ l!:c mosl part", are fun- on; accuracy ■ nier when check on authenticity ami Ves, [I:.-- from cai use his in reporting. Imagination'. New Look news the song "a h i .4 ( casual ritical comments and con- storj "I Ai-in'.- being arrest When theatrical!; -poken versatlons led to Rave an evaluation t tl for dumpfng garbage and in ;i technicolor movie Board commentary. In with For The of the role of these his failing the draft physical nothing lea to the imagina- [though it is unlikely that will TIIK he and other areas DAVIDSONIAN because of his "criminal" tion the lines sound a bit the race he's running, Tom Earn- i.s changing to meet the needs of a record, It has made a significant step to- changing college. lI the placement of a recent stu- We maintaina right to dissent anil Hut tlw humor is secon Take the garbage dumping : on the Board of Trustees. to criticize, but we otter our criticism clary to the serious, sad, and scene. Officer Obic calls Arlo nly alumni were aware of the only as opinion and regardit as such. often depressing side uf Arlo and says, "I found your mce, because it came in the form We make no pretense to authority. Outline's adventures as a namecon . piece of paper ballot for the voting in the alum- We solicit the support of all Dav- college drop out folk artist under half a ton of garbage." rustee election, but it is worthy idson students and faculty as we at- trying to pick up where his Image. In the film, where 11 students' notice, tempt together to make Davidson father left off. the image is drawn out for elected, Earnhardt will be the the school it would like to be. Like The movie is very bio- you, it wasn't really very ngest trustee on the board. But the college, we know we can not af- graphical, and it appears ridiculous at all. "e than that, his election would ford to remain static for an instant, - that Arlo no longer has the The garbage pile wasn't ;e in office a voice which has and for that reason we seek your 'Monterey Pop' The New carefree attitude.toward life so big. and there wasnothing Iserved the interest of the David- criticism, your letters and your ta- and the trials life brings difficult about finding Arlo's students, lent. that he had when he penned name. [e image is a person of ideas, and his We don't like the of a worn- the song. There are poignant Officer Obie, playea by the ;rest out newspaper, one which serves in Davidson did not cease Oldies-But-GoodiesOnFilm scenes in the movie as Arlo ofiicer who actually arrest- ....in he graduated in 1968. As Stu- neither the school nor its students, dying father, A made it happen. Applause again for this dead thinks of his ed Guthrie on the dumping dent Body President he paved the anymore than anyone else. We REVIEW folk singer Woody Guthrie, energies, College Preu Service A cool chick, waiting for master. charge,gives one of the most ( way for significant advances in voic are now mustering up our and as he later visits his feeling. to The people came and listened the "show, says, "We heard Instantly again, this time refreshing touches to the student new approaches and new ideas parents with Pete Seeger. ;ilm. Many alumni will regard his age became an accurate and responsible Some of them came and a lot ...all together ...it's Jimi Hendrix, Wild Thing. Ia negative perspective, and such news voice for Davidson College. played just gonna be too much ... He somersaults holding his There are also serious To see a real cop portray- perspective does injury both to This is not a new idea of a new Others gave flowers away the virbrations ... you guitar, humps the amp, scenes involving a friend of ing himself as a fat, dopey- rnhardt and the college. A hard editorship. It is the reaffirmation Yes they did know." She was right, and squeezes out lighter fluid on- Arlo's who is hooked on her- cop is a delight. "rker with a wealthy resource of of the "willingness to contemplate Down in Monterey- . you know. to the ax, lights it. oin, attempts to kick his ad- The movie attempts to cre- :as- and imagination, he would what is happening" which we have -The Animals Here is Mama Cass, the fat Inthe crowd, you fee peo- diction, and ends up dead ate for the scri-en Arlo's "ve Davidson well. advocated for so long. The Monterey Pop Festival Mama Cass is no more, look- ple you know, or think you from anoverdose. true life experiences as ac- was a high in the on- ing like an overweight Tiny know, or would like to know. There is no indictment of curately as possible, while El going history of hard rock Tim in drag; whatta nose. The Shanker set ends-, and grass, by the way, as Arlo still providing enough meat that, considering the Miami The set was shot at night; with it crlga fur "more, more and his friends frequently tu sell tickets to a general New Dorms, New Habits Doorsa indecency and the the colors are OUtasight. Cut . . ." And the film ends, pass the joint. audience (not just Arlo Guth- Palm. Springs riot, may ifornia Dreamln' .... and with cries nf "more, There is somewhat of an rie fans.) , never lie achieved Hgaln. "Once you enter, you can more ..." indictment - - or a question- Unfortunately for those of On return from a summer's brings the residence halls at long Monterey was a sort of not leave," drones ilic ticket- Some film critics would say ing at any rate - - of the us who had expectedjt. "Al- acation. most students find them- last into the present era. and Newport West, with beautiful taker. Who would want to? that the work leaves some- "beautiful people" life which ice's Restaurant" is not a Heat, elves hung with the "How was yotir insures at least a slight decrease in people grooving "h the grass On siam- is Canned thing to be desired as a docu- Alice and her husband Ray slapstick, hilarious''sequel to ummer?" mode of conversation the depression which tends to grip In what tiny kne'v was an then s .ii'in and Garfunkel mentary, hut it says more Brock try to live. the song. vhen they greet classmates or fra- the freshman at Davidson each fall. important happening, the be bathed in red light Feeling ahout young people and their The couple becomes less It is instead a presentation ernity' brothers. It usually grows old ginning of "> cultural revolu- prbovy . "life is lovely, music, their style, happy sure as of both the happiness Along with the fond remembrances . . life than and of itself and after the first hour. tion. all is groovj ." ■my Hollywood flick has the film progresses and more unhappineia in the lives of of the old Watts and the awe of the puur This year, for the first time since new Watts Hilton, however, comes D. A. Pennebaker's mast Light show effects ever said. worried over the futures of the people it presents, and 906. the students found the dormi- the necessity of an admonition. erful, hand held camera from t'ne screen during See it. Youdon't even have friends. the unhappy, serious, and ories a fitting substitute for that technique captured that ex Hugh Masakela's instrument- to.be stoned to dig it. The couple buys an old concerned sirte dominates. conversation; least, the Lest we judge ourselves more ma- perierice to renew the me al*. Grade Slick and the Jef nitial at for ture previous irst time the tone was one of amaze- than in years, we iiitiry for those who wore ferson Airplane and then ' nent rather than depression. should stop to remember the water there and to make those who Janis again. fights and the senseless destruction weren't wish they had been. This is vintage Janis, with The collegeis to be commended for t>f campus property which occurred group. an The Real film is currently making Already Would The the old lese welcome changes, and along during past years in the dorms. the circuit of campus and oldie but goodie; she's got ' "ith congratulations those go similar Such acts cannot be tolerated this bigcity avant garde film a mama janis. The camera reetings to the Residence Hall The appreciation which has bringing in close, her Council, houses out the zooms face which spent most of last been often expressed by upperdass- and straights quivers. DavidsonPlease freaks alike. year lobbying- for such changes. By ANDERSON question. Second, even if Granted, the...college has men and freshmen this fall should As the theatre lights dim, Cut to her feet, stomping FRANKLIN not consist .merely of words. identity were the question, it gone deeper than tbe self- When the Board of Trustees ap- Monterey Pop explodes on against the stage "like be more unhap- The observance of restraintin the ... Little can hasn't really been consider- study report or the blue sky- proved some $200,000 for dormitory the screen with Janis Joplin a ball and chain." The audi py a person than to feel dorms should not only apply to fresh- — for ed, probably because it's too ing, but it has yet to say and church renovation last spring, doing 'Combination of the ence around you in the unneeded, irrelevant or gen- — few people men, but also to upperclaismen, some ' basic and scarry. that it is ready to accept envisioned the broad Two, a musical background theatre— joins the crowd on erally out of place. The feel- changes aged of whom have been weanedon water third, vague if this be the case— that the which the structures for the titles spread over a film in applause. ing at uncomfortable, And the ap- undergo. raids and shaving cream fights. is best liberal arts college has seen wtere to collage of colors and scenes. The late Otis Redding, one walling proximations of the question We always said Watts had the best and canlead to a out its day or that religious af- The intro fades out, to shots of the film's high points. reality that have been proposed The new atmosphere of Davidson rooms. .. of the that reminds filiation has to go. of preparations for the fes- "Everybody gotototo shake" person disjointed- have been in the hands of the of his commissions, tival, a chronicle of what ... I've Been Lovin' You." ness with the enriroment. five separate What Davidson will lack as who deliver their findings a result of its haJXway con- problem Such is the that over to an outside agency sideration of its identity College is A False Start Davidson faces. It which can then play psy- the assurance that the iden- Nixon Promises isn't just the question of co- choanalyist to a tity five sided is worthwhile, that or church relation education schizophrenic. Davidson can function as a several years students have procedure was duplicated ship or social patterns, or For and and This disjoined semi con- Christian, liberal arts been yelling for an alteration in the that the process was too drawn out. any specifics school To of the other sideration of identity hurts and accomplish something. School's orientation process, say- Now, after one week of concentra- ReformDraft which scores of committees college ing that much of the orientation, the the because therehas The irony of the situation too information ted some feel that iod of uncertainty that now and commissions have con- to a willingness to go as better, A NEWS ANALYSIS " be is that Davidson College old way was or at least that hangs over the lives of mil- sidered. far as necessary, to find and changes again Now that students are once would come through some must be made. lions of our young people." The real question at the accept the facts no matter such more filling the halls of analysis with its identity un- A Coach It largest problem to the Pres- bottom is identity, which is what the facts are, before a seems that the American colleges and uni- Sources close scathed, although with much was once again the Freshman Camp. ident say proposal unfortunate for three rea- really thorough reexaminn- versities, the Nixon admini- that his criticism of the- expression At Last wasn't that it was too long or bor- end the present policy of sons: First, it is the wrong tion can proceed. It stration is making new ef- will of that identity. This is why ing, and it wasn't that facts were drafting eligible The complexities the Larry forts to reform one of stu- the oldest identity is the wrong ques- of duplicated there, as the charge has — and 26 years Brown resignation are puzzling and dent radicals' prime i.ugets men. those 25 tion. What is at issue is beenin past years. Instead it will call for the still unclarified; but out of the storm the Selective Service System. old. Readers' Forum expression of 'the identity: that blew in Davidson in July came Through no fault of a very capable drafting the youngest, the 19- the action, not the essence. The administration's Draft year olds, Thus a nine- the assurance that Davidson would camp staff, the camp has simply first. The college's full accept- its place the orien- Reform Bill has been de- teen year old who is not still have a top-notch coach. lost in Davidson layed in Congress. So Nixon ance of itself is a step along tation. This year the travel to Camp drafed would likely miss the expression No matter happened Larry aides are reportedly work- the road to of it- what to Thunderbird was a burden rather draft altogether, except in self freely Brown, Davidson basketball will not ing on an executive order emergency. and effectively. than a pleasure.Most of the activities case of national but the problem suffer long, for intohis place and into which would institute draft However, en is that could have been carried out at David- students who This spaci- is reserved commissions, the big shoes of Brown's predecessor loss perspective. reforms without waiting for college would committees son with no of joy deferments for your letter. and college as a whole walked a man who can fill the job Congressional action. a one year period of are (if face hung up on giving identity a not the shoes). The point was especially made President Nixon eligibility with attempt to register stressed high draft after half-way consideration, Terry knows of the the fresh- tu's concern over present in- graduation. and Holland all the ins men at the camp. Professors express- mistaking this half-way con- equities in the draft when he and outs of Davidson basketball; he ed displeasure with the pressure and Nixon's Draft Reform Bill sideration for the real thing. complexities spoke to the National Gov- knows the that accom- poor conditions under which fresh- also calls for a national lot- The effect of this will cer- pany the efforts to recruit around placed they to ernors' Conference Sept. 1. tery which would draft stu- tainly not structure; men were as tried be disastrous by Davidson's strict academic figure out their class schedules. He said he attached "spe- dents at random. This meas- any means, but.it will lease and hehas the respect andthe friend- cial priority as a matter of ure require Congression- college willing " will THE DAV1DSON1AN welcomes letters to the with a nagging ship of every one with whom he The fact whichno one is to high principle to draft re- al approval since the 1967 a hurried-up the editor on any subject, regardless of the insecurity about itself when works. admitisthat in orienta- form and added, "Until draft law specifically forbade it dealing tion Freshman Camp has no place. views expressed. should be with tbe While everyone in the South is spirit peacetime conditions make such a system. Letters should not exceed 250 words in problems of the outside The whole of relaxationand the an all-volunteer On 19, Nixon questioningHolland'sfuture and won- ability contemporaries armed force September length, and we reserve the right to condense world. to meet one's possible— while the draft re- that November dering about the fate of Wildcat bas- by to cram announced letters which are longer, and to correct for The college is not an eiu ketball, is cut off trying everything mains necessary style. we feel confident that he is into two nights and one day. The -it is im- and December draft calls grammar and to itself but is meant to man for job. perative that we as canceled, and that never serve, the best the We felt whole purpose of the old freshman make it would be THE DAVIDSONIAN has in recent and the sooner it can that way before the storm in July, camp is lost in the new process. nearly fair as possible, and the October call for 30,000 years refused to print a letter which was in get over its overdone intr> utd Holland himself has confirmed that wereduce to aminimum men would be stretched over good taste and whose author could be con spection and get on with our confidence. And it was too cold, too. tbe unnecessarily long" per- the remainder of the year. firmed. things, the better. 9bt JBftuiftaatrictt September 26, 1969 Page Three Cats' Hightower, Experienced Defense Tracks I I Challenge Davidson Aerial Circus By DON PARMAN Nine starters and several let Smih registered disappoint ingly good Quaker pass de- By RUSS MERRITT Asst Sports Editor termen return this year. The ment over the Davidson per fense as the key in stopping Sports Editor This is a year for outstand- defensive secondary returns iorniance. "No one was the Davidson offense. "They by Palmer, I ing quarterbacks in the Sou intact led Mark pleased with the way we ni.ide us give up the pa-sses Conference, who intercepted five passes played." he said. He was and gu to,the running game them and Fur year. however, man's signal caller has the last quick to add. that and then handled that." Larry Brown: Why? "dispite the dissap'-ointment Wildcat defensive team wor Dick coaching job Immel. a versatile no one connected with the A new team at Davidson, A head at a college with a prestigious ried. 180 pound senior, may go basketballprogram has long burning ambition football pragram is discour th<- H M|iiad. opens its cam been a at both riming and de for Larry Brown, a desire that has possessed him Tomorrow night .it Green . hack aged." p.ncn thi< afternoon against ever Furfnan pit fensive halfback for the Pala- Gardrier-Webb. The squad is since he was a collegiate star at North Carolina. ville will the Davidson movici the lull It seemed that was runningol junior Cleve High dins, Immel and three year comprised primarily of up- he on his way to realizing his Tommy well through the air in the goal when he tower and .i rugged, veteran starter Broadwell l it classmen who would not became afi assistant under first half .is Gordon Slade at L'XC upon graduation. that defense against the D.iv idson are the Furman en i-aptains. nofmall) see action in the. Very few" had doubts he connected for three touch - passing Httack In what Dav \ainlv uim was on his way up, -■"' Leading the 1). down passes, two to idson hiud coach Homer unison de Mike Then, taking for years lead len.-c in its bid to stop High Kelley and onu to Mike Mik A i|di at ioa< lies look after time out two to the Smith prcdic I.will be ,i real Oakland Oaks tower will be olanunas, ■ of the American Basketball Association NEW WILDCAT SPOKESMAN battle. Nick Dumlch T"*—^ on a* .in excellent the league title, becoming ;in guard .md Robert Non-is, singled Guilford effectively stop opportunity for the players to all-star In the assumes head coach's post. process, he finally hit the jackpot, landing a collcrg- Hightouer has replaced the out by Smith as ibe lop Wild ped the 'Cat running pimi. « the coai he* thing* iate coaching position thai .scores of other basketball gradual I ( : U< iwll .\l ( .it prrforrner.ii in the 21 t) tli<> object of considerabli h the) don't h.r for, i-ictorj ■ mentors would have given their eye-teeth Holland* Sot quartei I n Paladins' over Guiirofd last .iing spring prac : mitj to do In I Assistants ■ In- . >■ 'ii c:i surpris It was in early May thai Brown was chosen by llie and iformam in Pur Smitl powers-that-be after weeks of delay to sue (Jon man'-- npinil £ nin ov< r l'iv< | Davidson To tinue Successes S.mml.iv [ ceed the very successful as' Wildcat Interior last has head coach. Winning. tj !J, Including the Hi ti frosh had Sr jis defense This one word seems be.it squad that Included Mike all wei It was a dreamcome true for Brown. Not only did in describing the goals ol Miiloy, Jerrj Kroll, and Hightower he have the controls over one of the most success- new Da\ Idson head basket Doug Cook. Smith calls "a Terry very dangerous runner whom ful basketball programs in the country at a school ball coach Holland and The records ol Holland's that somehow draws the best of the high his equally new assistant we lo control, lie doesn't Welcome school bas- >. .i-sist.ints as ep have talent, leading Bo Brickels Me are almost run tin option «s much as In- ketball but he also had the three scor- and NciU viable, ' returning from one of Geachy, McGeachy, a former just rnns the ball. Itightov ers ' the best teams in the fthyne nation. "I don't feel that there will standout at Lenoir er has ,ilso shown a fine. BACK TO be any let up at all in the where lie led the Bears to pnssint; touch, SCHOOL And yet today Brown is once again looking for that two regular season present successful Davidson and tour £^M coaching position , Prlmarj responsibility ideal he desires. basketball program' Hoi nnmenl titles, had been B for i will Ix1 Why? The question has arisen again and again. land said recently. "David successful high school coach containing Miditower 1 DAVIDSONIANS >.! In joining givento ends Ricky |^B Just what did happen? Why did Brown quit? son has the reputation for Statesville before defensive turning out some of the very the Davidson start. He will Snipes and Jim Buchanan What did happen is this: Brown quickly became coach, best basketball teams in the the freshman team The Paladin ground game disillusioned with Davidson basketball when he dis- and help with the recruiting nation, and we intend to keep not given as sup covered that the Wildcat program and the North Car- " in the East. has much Come See our it that way. port Ilightower's ■ V olina program weren't the same. to heroics i^ fe^. Ever since Holland became Bo Brickels. who came to as the Furman coaches had fine selections /jl It is to the credit of Davidson and Lefty that the associated with Wildcat has Davidson with Larry Brown hoped. Fullback is where the IIT Wildcats, operating on a limited budget (in com- ketball. Davidson has never last spring, was very instru Paladins center their running of Campus wear parison with that of UNC, UCLA, and other powers), had a losing season. He join mental in the signing of the strength with two strong per ■ have finished with such enviable won-lost records ed the varsity as a sopho five freshmen scholarship formers. George Vaughn and j and in the past being by Sports few years, once chosen more in the 196162 season winners. His high sehoi.l Joe Street. — Illustrated as the best team in the nation before the and began immediately help teams have won 81 games On the receiving ' remember season startedand last year finishing two points away ing Lefty Driesell turn Dav while losing just 34. His du end of ll Ilightower'spasses are a pair from a trip to the NCAA play-offs. idson into a national power. ties will be to help with the You have an Of junior ends and sopho fl A Holland's senior year saw varsity and freshmen teams a a Brown, however, was.under the Impression that speedster, the Wildcats finish tenth and to recruit in the Mid more Pat Carroll automatic charge Davidson had obtained its success by going big time na Byron ■ tionally as west, where his work as an and Trotterreturn for in basketball in the same sense that North Carolina Holland captain years big shocking of the ed the team and led the na assistant at Rice was note their junior after snar account. « K,^fl had gone time. The realization ing (il passes tion in percentage. worthy. between them truth quickly drained Brown's enthusiasm. The truth year. at our is that UNC's recruiting budget is four times greater Upon graduation Holland Even though some critics last Flanker Mike Fab store '£■« iir than Davidson's. decided to remain with have already started count i.in has been tabbed for star Driesell as an assistant ing the days before Davidson (loin by coaches after H Recruiting, however, only strong performance was not the area that Coach, and during the yenrs basketball "deflates, the new on last ( ( )mi served to damper his enthusiasm. According to i rov\ si win i n3| cer- when he helped direct the coaches nave adopted as year's freshman squad. mr tain sports writers who have been close to the David Wildcats, slogan scene, high standards of Davidson recorded their "Davidson Col The Paladin defense is con YOUR FRIENDS son basketball Davidson's wins against only admission, the limitedover-all basketball budget, and 175 til los lette Where Top Ten is a sidercd the real strength oi H F several minor incidents all combined to give Brown es. His freshmen teams were Tradition." the team by Coach Boh King. the impression that the Wildcats' priorities were dif- ferent from those of UNC. leading Patterson, Sophomores Bill Cate, one of the Southern basketball CLOTHING FOR THE PACK SETTING writers, talked withBrown just hours after thepromis- TRADITIONALIST ing Wildcat mentor had resigned. According to Gate, Brown felt that he had been led to believe that the Davidson program was similar to the UNC program. Lead Optimistic Booters "Brown thought." Cate later wrote, "that the school's lofty academic requirements would be softened for By BILL BERRY year's team is one of his on September 18 in prepaf Asst. Sports Editor Better squads years. game, prospective recruits. . . .and also that the recruiting ' of recent ation fur the first — We have real good person- be at on budget wouldbe raised." The Davidson Wildcat soc which will Duke MOORESVILLE ONLY 6 MILES NORTH nel and spirit." says Fogle Oct. 1. cer team has begun prepara- Incidents concerning the Davidson basketball camp, man. and as a result he ex tion for its 1969 season, and office carpeting, and his temporary residence in the pects a successful season. guest house also miffedBrown. Coach Harry Fogleman is very optimistic about the The team is led by Cliff was temporary Brown sent the bills for his David- teams chances. Patterson, a senior who son residence and the office carpeting, and, although be the college later paid the bills, it disillusioned him Fogleman feels that this should a strong candidate further. for post season honors if he escapes the injuries which The incident concerning the basketball camp arose hampered him last season. when the college gave Driesell a large amount of Ruggers, Netfers Fogleman feels that Patter money to take the camp from under Lefty's control. son would have been select Driesell had operated the camp for several years, Start Action ed to the All-South team if "Lefty Camp." - calling it the Driesell Basketball Last Davidson's one year ■ old he had not missed the last year, before Driesell finally decided to go to Mary- three games of last year due applicants rugby team will open its land, the majority of for the camp had Sunday to an injury to his leg. already accepted plans schedule afternoon at been and Driesell had made 2 on practice Other returning to once again be at the helm. Therefore, when the the football Iettermen profits field in hopes of bettering its are Dick Allison. Frank college gave some of the to Lefty, Brown Carter, suffered. initial 25 1 record. Ball. Randy Bill Hor ton. Cam MaoNair. John Mobley, team cap Apparently it was Brown's earlier association with Zack Bruner, Brian Tarr, Charles tain, said that the team fully that caused his downfall. It is very Heiner, Mike Taylor. Rich North Carolina expects to improve now doubtful that any UNC head coach has been billed that Cowart. and Steve Culbert it has a year of experience. for office carpeting or temporary housing or that son. has a Tar Heel mentor had to worry about the likes Also, head tennis coach are basically recruiting budgets The Wildcats of and strict academics. Harry , Fogleman has an a sophomore team, and Fop Driesell had the temperment and ability to handle nounced that fall tennis prac leman feels that the year of the type problems that Davidson's head basketball tice will begin Monday after- experience the sophomores coach faces. Brown also had motivation, but not like noon. Anyone interested in have obtained will help them Driesell's.Driesell had his way, and Brown often did playing tennis should see tremendously. not. Fogleman. The team started practice In short, it appears that the position of headbasket Space age ball coach at Davidson and Larry Brown were not wrench^^H suited for each other. So now. Brown is once again waitingfor that ideal job at the big-time basketball power to become avail- WE WELCOME YOU STUDENTS Inspace and youneed to tighten way-down here , able. Supposeyou're up £00^ engin€er.ng gradua e and And Davidson has another coach. 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