Qawh&miiun NMUMJ WMUT •» DmUmi CoOtg* May 15.1975 Vol. T.XTV. No Twontv-oicht Davidson College. Davidson. N. C. 28036 Means nominates Butner '75 for Board of Trustees post

By MARK DEATON ted a concern abonr Davidson. I "Faculty and students arc Editor think we need that kind of per- every bit as much the college as son, and I think I could fill that the board and the ad- Former SGA President Blain need." said FJiitner. Butner has been nominated for ministration. While the trustees Director of Alumni Relations and the administrators are of a position on the Davidson Col- Howard B. Arbuckle III ex- lege Board of Trustees. course making policy decisions, pressed interest in electing a these decisions affect the Melvin Means '40 of Concord slate who would not only faculty and students fundamen- nominated Butner from the represent alumni interests but tally as well. floor of the Alumni business who could not be elected "The new governance system meeting to fill a position elected through other election bv the Alumni Association. being implemented is built on procedures such as presbytery trust and intercommunication The Alumni Association elections. elects 2 members to the board among all factions of the "We want to be sure we college. We must all be willing each year for four year terms. present a slate ^whereby the Other candidates. all to communicate with one talents of that slate wili sup- another, and I feel that with my nominated by the Alumni plement those already on the Nominating Committee, are strong ties with students, facul- board." said Arbuckle. ty, and administrators—and to John T. Ferguson. J. Mc- He added. "I think there's a Chesney Jeffries. Larry J. a lesser degree Trustees—! need for younger represen- could facilitate the kind of in- Dagenhart. and E.Craig Wall. tation." The youngest trustee at Ballots listing the 5 can- teraction we need to make this present is 40 years old. The —Leon Venable didates will be mailed this sum- system work," Butner added. most recent alumnus on the Keeping communication lines open mer to all members of the board graduated in 1958. Butner serves as a member of Alumni Association. The Alum- Butner expressed concern the Trustee Governance Com- Former SG 1 President Blain Fiuiner stresses his f)lat- ni Association consists of all a- that faculty and students were mittee, and as chairman of the form of inter-facet communications. lumni of the college and wilf in- not communicating as closely subcommittee drafting the clude all members of the class with the board as possible. Student Statement of Rights. of 1975 Butner has expressed con- cern that there are no recent students onythe board. Trustees ignore Goals'Committeeplea "I think the board would benefit from having a very young alumnus who has seen the campus at first hand as a for permanent long-range planning body student." said Butner. "Considering the fun- By CHARLIE SHEPHERD ment Committee of the coeducational, residential com- revisions of the master plan." damental changes in Staff Writer Trustees. After studying the munity with a commitment to As yet the Trustees have not academics. social life, "We were labeled a 'rubber report, the Trustees asked education within the Christian appointed such a committee, athletics, and other areas right stamp' committee; there were College President Samuel R. tradition." opportunities for however concernng the down the line, a verv recent a- manifestations of tension and Spencer Jr, to bring his plans learning and service outside the Trustees' appointment of Spen- lumnus would he an invaluable frustration both within the com- for 1967 to the Fall meeting for classroom both on and off cam- cer to summarize plans and member of the Board of mittee and on campus regar- consideration. pus, and a "strong independent bring them to the Fall Board Trustees." ding the committee's assigned Vice-President for Develop- college." meeting, Williams commented, Not one member of the board responsibilities and the way the ment Craven Williams com- The Committee suggested "I think it's proper for the has been on campus as a committee when about mented, "I don't think that any strongly that a permanent Trustees to deal with the student since the im- discharging them.'' of the recommendations that group "charged with the College through the President." plementation of the new came out of the Goals Com- responsibility for continuous, Williams expects that Spencer This statement incorporated mittee report were unexpected academic programs, the into the Goals Committee final long-range, educational plan- will consult widely throughout denationalized fraternity or dramatic." However, if not ning be created." The report the community during the sum- report that was completed on dramatic, the results were quite system, desubsidized football May 1st, expresses the self- added, "It became apparent mer. program or coeducation. specific for a committee that that the college does not have a The Goals Committee realization of the problem ex- admitted being ladened with "I think the board needs the perienced in the last four formal procedure whereby a suggested that new programs added dimension and per- "manifestations of tension and group of students , faculty and be created only when they have months of meetings and study. frustration." spective of someone who has Upon completion of the final administrators can formulate a been funded in initial and in The Committee believes that been active here as a student, report, the Committee's work long-range, educational plan for continuing operational costs. by 1987 the College's profile will during these changes, who has ended, and their analysis of the college and can monitor They also suggested that the include "a strong faculty com- been involved in campus af- priorities for 1967 at Davidson continuously all planning and College construct physical mitted to the highest quality of fairs, and who has demonstra- was delivered to the Develop- decisions with the view of facilities only when they have undergraduate education in the keeping within the master plan funds both for the initial costs arts and sciences," "a or making appropriate andfor maintenance thereafter. Parade begins active The Committee suggested that Davidson place more em- phasis on its liberal arts Town Day festivities program as preparation for A carnival, a parade, I^ollipop toss, tic-tac-toe. nuttv "solid vocational employment" exhibits, and entertainment buttons, a treasure hunt, and a and that Davidson's emphasis will highlight Davidson Town cake walk with cakes supplied on preparing people for Day this Saturdav. Mav 17. by the Davidson College graduate and professional from 12:30 to^:30p.m. Presbvterian Church. schools be set in a more balan- According to Student Scheduled to man the dunking ced perspective. Organizer KenhV> Eiler. "Town booth this vear are town and Further recommendations by Day is an occasion to bring college celebrities including the Committee included careful students and the other town Dean of Students Will H. Terrv. pencil evaluations to strengthen worth- members together. I feel there John Bird. Laura Jackson. while educational programs. should be more opportunities Larry Horowitz. Joe Duncan. Craven Williams to reduce over-expanded ones, for this kind of interaction to oc- Ron Scott. Ralph Quackenbush. releases Goals Com- Zach Long, and Eric Vernon. (See COMMITTEE, page 14) cur." he said. mittee tensions. This year's festivities include Any monev raised from the a Main Street parade beginning college booths will be ear- at 11:30 a.m.. assorted booths, marked for the YM/YWCA. displays, and vending stands at "Last year was the first time Ceasing the carnival on the Village we'd had a carnival in many Green, and a free movie years." said Eiler. "T would "Claudirje" to be shown at the guess we. had well in excess of Publication Davidson Communitv Center at 2000 people turn out for the 7p.m. event. The Davidsonian editors and The college will run nine "I think it was verv suc- staff wish everyone a pleasant booths at the carnival including cessful in bringing out a lot of summer vacation. a dunking booth, a make-up enthusiasm in the communitv. booth run bv the Drama Depart - especially among students." The Davidsonian Will resume ; publications on,September 1L met. a baJl toss. Pepsi toss; said Eiler. —LeopiVenaWe May 15,1975 Two Sly* B«tri daossian Senate lacks power By MARK GERGEN student life, an area in which the Lawyers were contracted to Copy Editor Senate should exercise power. find out the liability to the College should someone ever The Senate, through its ac- The actual discussion about get injured because of a lack of tions this year has shown itself the locks was quite impressive, action by the college. The effec' to be consistently unable to ac- with the Senate considering of Title Nine was also discussed complish much. This can best both points of view, the ad- in some depth. be seen in the issue of locks on ministration's and the stu- Watts. dents'. Three points The Senate spent three meetings considering the The Senate made an effort By the end of the three problem, and somewhere in the to discover how those who lived meetings a few points were neighborhood of six hours. The in Watts this year and last year clear. First a massive per- SG.4 President John Munre question was important; there felt about the question, more ponderance of those living in 'The most important part of student government is for were interested students than the administration ever Watts don't want the locks, studentsto be involved." present, and it concerned tried to do. second, the screens in Watts are a safety hazard; third, the College except in extreme cir- cumstances would not be liable; Munce encourages students to lobby four. Title Nine would make commenserate security measures necessary on all dormitories. for constitutional human rights The first major complaint about the Senate comes in these By JOHN MUNCE Get involved! Jeez, haven't I The governance shift of the asked for nor received discussions. Time was wasted heard that before? Sure, but past five years has forged some unlimited freedom, only liber- in useless procedure. In the Influence, process and pur- maybe not with this twist. I changes and codified a lot of ties worthy of the name. Stu- final meeting the Senate went suit are the key words in don't mean that every student tradition. It has had one definite dents ask no more. through some masochistic student government in Spring should run to the nearest elec- affect: the trustees play a We must be vigilant, per- parliamentary maneuver for an suasive and aggressive in pur- 1975. tion or join up at the closest larger role in the ad- hour and a half which entailed Influence has been exerted organization meeting. ministration of the college. suing the guarantee of liberty with responsibility. Students removing and replacing a few and felt; this continues. Pro- All you ntfed to do is talk with The Board of Trustees has passages a number of times. jects are in the works; the pro- the people you see every day, decided to determine them- cannot afford to simply drop cess continues. with maybe a special visit to selves what constitutes good the issue. Lack of power Pursuit is undertaken to en- some of the,big names. Lob- taste within the community, for At stake is the position and sure that these projects are bying is basically the function example. Is there such respect accorded them as Finally after much con- carried through to a decision of the Senate. Senators try to disagreement that the deter- adujts, as members of a com- sideration the Senate passed a and that students are heard get the information, formulate miniation should rest in trustee munity dedicated to growth, as resolution calling for no locks, throughout the process. Pursuit a program and then push. approval? the only constituency paying to and equal treatment in all and vigilance continue. Administrators are affected This action and its context af- be here and for whom the in- future episodes! What! No long list of ac- by the responses of students. fect the status of students in the stitution exists. As far as I can tell, the effect of the resolution was zero. The complishments? A project list But students must be there to be community. Students may not Student constituency is not an evaluation. The record heard and they must have their be assured that they did not locks are going back up on Wat- stands by itself; the evaluation facts straight and when this leave behind their con- The unique nature of the ts this summer, barring legal should help us look forward. happens, you have impact. stitutional freedoms when they student constituency forces problems. This then is the But this is only the first step. entered Davidson. them to be concerned with Senate's largest problem; they But there is a list. In The second step is the pursuit. Although they have asked for almost every area of the college. don't have that much power. February an agenda was Once impact is made it must be responsibility and freedoms It also makes tbem very in- If the administration wants published and adopted by the reinforced again and again. which form the foundation of terested in the direction and to they have no obligation to Senate. The projects listed on it Changing people the Judeo-Christian tradition goals of the institution. listen to the Senate, so in any are the ones in process now. The People will change when it and the form of government for The Goals Committee has case in which the desires of the Statement of Student Rights becomes too uncomfortable to which Davidson men have died reported. The sentiment of the students differ from those of the and Responsibilities, ad- remain the same. People will to protect, it appears that committee was that a long administration the net result missions, food services, the change when shows that the students are not considered a range plan and some system of will be zero. union, etc. are still around and arguments will not cease. responsible constituency. monitoring decisions is The next incident highlights kicking. People will change when they It is understandable that the desparately needed. The another problem of the Senate, The mere fact of their con- recognize that we know when Trustees of a private institution Trustees have charged the militant apathy. At the begin- tinuation and pursuit owes they are right and wrong and are concerned about the image president to produce such a ning of the year the Senate much to all the people who have will follow it up. of that college. It is not un- plan, while swallowing the rest passed a resolution on sub- worked with the Senate and the This takes more energy than derstandable that rational men of the committee report. Now standard housing by a large other agencies and committees we sometimes have. Four years support a system of respon- students must pursue the issue majority. In December a sur- of the college throughout the isn't very long, so we must con- sibility without giving com- to ensure that they are in the vey was needed to discover year, to all senators, and toSGA centrate our efforts to the things mensurate liberties. formulation process. what the problem was exactly, officers, from the union to the going now. Even if we realize Rights and freedoms are It is necessary that the to make the town eligible for a Y. They have done their work that something won't be given within the context of a college maintain flexibility. The government loan. and that is the important thing. community, thus ensuring that punches will be hitting us har- changed for five years, we can't Three senators No, this is not an exhortation afford to wait that long. the responsibilities are der and more often in the next for the protestant work ethic. It is our job to push. recognized. The Davidson few years. But flexibility must Only three senators showed Davidson student style. It sim- Platitudes are great, but what Faculty has certain guarantees not be used as an excuse for up to help with that survey, and ply says that the most im- about specifics? The Goals Com- in the new constitution which piecemeal decisions. \this dramatizes the third are placed within certain portant part of student govern- mittee proceedings and the We can afford to plan as we go problem. It is generally agreed ment is for students to be in- restrictions. Statement of Student Rights are when there is plenty of money. that a large part of what the volved. easy to grab. This constituency neither There is no longer such an Senate accomplishes is due to abundance of the commodity, the work of individual senators so we had bettor make sonic outside the Senate. hard decisions now-and with the students. But some of the senators ap- pear to be on the Senate just to Bauffoonfatt In large measure, who makes the plan is irrelevant. What is come to enough meetings not to News Editor: Copy Editors: Business Manager: important is that it be a com- be mentioned in the paper, and then vote. It's true that not MATTHEW COVINGTON BILL BARNES JEFFSICH munity plan and that the whole many other students helped in Sports Editor: MARK GERGEN Advertising Manager: community have a chance to CHUCK KENNON Staff Artists: engage it its formulation and that survey, but senators ask DAVID TRADER for the position and therefore Assistant Features Editors: KEVIN BRODE implemetation. Circulation Managers: have some obligation to do STEVE JOHNSON PAUL MITCHELL RICKY BELL This is the point at which PATTISMISS' )N something extra. ANNE PELFREY JEFFNEIKIRK students must pursue the issues BETHWIER ask the difficult questions dotting involved VAN WILLIAMSON Contributing Editors: Photography Editor: Associate Editors: bring up the messy facts and This inactivity is not true for DON BENSON BRUCECORSER LEONVENABLE argue their case vehemently. the entire Senate, in particular BILLELLETV JOE DUNCAN Much of the homework have Assistant Production Manager: areas a single senator, or ANNE FICKLEN GREG DUNN been done. The effort now must maybe two have gotten in- WILLIAM KENNON CHUCK HARMON LILLIAN GASCOIGNE be made to bring the planning Typists: volved. Particularly in the area THOM NICOLL BOB HOWELL and decision into line with the of P.E. requirements, the SABRA FAIRES GUSSUCCOP JOE MCMILLAN rational evaluation of the in- Union. ARA. and the housing PEGGYJETTON ERIC WALKER VINCE RABIL formation. problem. CARRIE WILSON MARK WILENSKY GORDON WIDENHOUSE Student government is a lob- The power of appropriating a bying group which must chase limited amount of funds each Contributors: Scott Buell, Russell Carter. Bob Ennght. Cliff Gardner. Ernest Glenn. Pete down the decisions and be con- year is often pointed out as the Goodman, Dave Kitchen, John Lemmon. Bill Llovd. Laura Moses. Mark Postove. Mike Russ. Carl stantly alert. The effectiveness Senate's main function. This is Schwartz, Charlie Shepherd. Mike Sneed. Frank Stiefel. Carol Watkins. John Wood and Mark You of any such group still comes down to one thing: Believing true in that students had an e$- Published weekly during the school year bv students of Davidson College. Second class postage that you can do something tra day of counseling this year paid at Davidson. N.C. 28036 Address all correspondence to The Dnvirisnninn. Box 218. Davidson makes all the difference in the because of it. Some , 38036. 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By CH ARJLIE SHEPHERD Wood explained, "It was helpful for Staff Writer them to know whether they were in- Two Life-Experience Planning troverts or extroverts (in their own Workshops were conducted by the Ex- eyes)." periential Program Office in April; "All this data was then massaged," he these workshops mark the beginning of continued. "It gave a student a clearer an important new thrust for experiential sense of who he is. It was really sur- learning experiences at Davidson. prising to me to find how liberating it Director of Experiential Learning Ken was for the students," Wood added. The Wood explained the reason for the self-evaluations and the group workshops. "They were begun in discussions of them gave each par- response to a problem that seemed to ticipant a chance to view himself from a appear as students came down and wan- new angle. ted to have an off-campus experience, He or she could gain a clearer un- but weren't sure how it fit into their derstanding of his character, talents lives." and goals by projecting them off of other Wood contacted Dr. Edward Golden, a people. Also, the workshop gave par- friend he met at Princeton Seminary, to ticipants a chance to realize similar direct the workshops. Golden received talents, questions, problems and goals his PHD from Columbia University and in fellow participants. works with a group called Organizational Renewal Associates. Mr. Gnlden's methods When Wood contacted Golden, he Terry commented about his ex- discovered that Golden was a graduate periences in the workshop, "In light of from Davidson in the class of 1947. my own previous experiences and the Two groups participated in the experiences of some students. I liked workshops held at Erwin lodge on two particularly the way Mr. Golden and weekends in April-the freshman class perhaps his method interpreted the of North Carolina Fellows and a later tests." group of interested students. The dean of students added that the Also, a number of administrators and workshop was based on the positive, faculty participated, including Dean of stressing strengths instead of Students Will H. Terry, Professor of weaknesses. Terry concluded that such a procedure helps people be less, defen- Religion Sam D. Maloney, Professor of —Leon Venable Economics Randall R. Kincaid, sive about being tested and therefore Wood working Professor of Psychology John D. Kelton allows the tests to be more useful to and Secretary of Experiential them. Students who participated in the first that they could help with future Programs Suzie Summers. Because of the success of these two workshops found them to be workshops, but he believes that the Golden sent three tests for par- workshops, Wood plans to sponsor them valuable experiences. Wood said that program can be valuable on a personal ticipants to take before the workshops regularly in the future. "We plan to offer the freshmen and sophomores level.also. began. These were scored and placed in this kind of thing at least once each especially thought that the workshops Long-Range Planning Committee the participants hands during the term," he said. The workshops will be came at a crucial time in their lives. workshops. optional, but Wood thinks that an in- Participants agreed that the workshops Terry commented, "It was successful for me personally; it gave me some in- Personality tests tensive program for freshmen and should be made available to other sophomores would be particularly worth- students. sights into myself. I just sat there and felt that if more faculty and particularly The tests were geared "not so much to while. Effective planning find problems as they were to find "It's our philosophy down here (in the administrators could get the benefit of strengths," according to Wood. Experiential Programs Office in Cham- Terry believes that the workshops the personality inventory, we could be In addition to data from the tests, par- bers) that students ought to grasp and provide a means for students to plan more helpful to one another in our ticipants generated data about them- maintain initiative (in selecting their years at Davidson more effectively strengths." selves in other areas; by the end of this vocational experiences). and to receive help with their own Terry added that workshops like the data gathering stage, they had explored vocational struggles. life experience planning program would about 15 areas, including questions and Needs and wants Both Wood and Terry think that the be valuable for task oriented groups. He ideas concerning personality, needs, "They should be helped by the college workshops are just as potentially useful mentioned the Long-Range Planning roles, values, interests, types of to know enough about themselves and for faculty members and administrators Committee as an example. vocational preference, talents, traits, their world so that they can pursue what as they are for students. Wood com- Woods planstomeet once a term with the ambitions options and norms. they want and what they need," Wood mented. "I think that this may be the participants of the initial twoworkshops These data largely were indications commented. kind of thing that would enhance the in order to track their progress, about how participants saw themselves "I see this kind of self analysis leading total functioning of the College." reassesss life-plans, and to help them rather than how they were viewed by to carefully planned off-campus ex- He had asked faculty and ad- constantly make new projections about the rest of the group. periences," he added. ministrators to participate initially so their needs. Connors accepts post in development office

By JOHN WOOD and preparation. Unlike the office of assistant Staff Writer Connors, a psychology major, to the president this office is a had applied to the now- filled permanent position. The There is a new office on cam- position of Assistant to the assistant to the president's of- pus and graduating senior Mark President. fice traditionally changes every Connors has been selected to fill "The day I had heard I was year. it. turned down (as assistant to the The office. Assistant to the president) I heard about this The office would also involve Vice President for Develop- job." remarked Connors. extensive travel for preparing ment, has no stringent the proposals and "marketing" The office was created by them. prerequisites but does Williams and finalized through necessitate a general ability to the office of the President of the Connors, who heard of his write, an interest in staying College Samuel R. Spencer Jr. selection to this office ap- around Davidson and a toleran- "I feel very comfortable proximately a month ago, will ce for some detailed and doing that sort of work (ad- assume the position July first. seemingly trivial work. ministrative)," commented His stay is at this point in- Vice President for Develop- Connors who has worked with definite but he would like to stay ment Craven Williams told Con- the president and Dean of at least three to four years he nors that the job would include Students Will H. Terry. He has said. ' him in the preparation com- also worked as hall counselor ponent of the three component and freshman advisor. "I really like him —Leon Venable developm/ent program. This Connors is excited about this (Williams)," Connors sajd Track record will involve basic research and position but "nebulous" about and added that he will be a good writing funding proposals for its ramifications. He feels that man to work for. Mark Connors fills neiv office. Assistant to the college. this will be cleared up as his Connors has an interest in The three components include role in the office is determined i pursuing a career in college ad- the Vice President for Development. . . solicitation, acknowledgment on the job. ministration. May 15. 1975 Four Bmrt fc««tf«w Most trpfl-known in field Smith sparks college union association By BR AD SWALWELL Smith's duties as president Staff Writer are stated only as "carrying on "The right program creates a House of Serendipity. That Director of the College Union the business of the association " C. Shaw Smith has recently This brief, simple statement is. people should discover things at the Union which they finished his term of office as of duties, however, is very President of the Association of misleading. Smith has worked did not mean to disanwr..." __a Sh(JW Smith College Unions-International. extremely hard this last year in According to an association his position as president. publication, the purpose of the Smith (in his capacity as constantly reflected this "The first is atmosphere. The are going to do more for stu- association "...is to provide an president) has attended many dedication during his vear as building and what's inside the dents just as soon as...well,right opportunity for unions to join in conferences during this past president." building must communicate after we've.. Iater.yeah.later." with people. It must say Smith's term as president of studying and improving their year, held in such places as: Paying lip service organizations. services, Greensboro. Kearney. something: it must say. 'This is the association has. not been programs, facilities, and per- Nebraska: Texas A & M: Marilyn Lipsius.an association a different kind of place Come without benefits for Davidson: sonnel and to assist in the Oregon: Denver: Philadelphia: colleague of Smith's and a in and be vourself.'" said it has undoubtedly helped put development of new college Terra Haute. Indiana; and San professional entertainment Smith. the name of Davidson College in unions." Luis Obispo. California. He has manager in New York, com- "The second component is ac- front of people. The association (founded in participated in the dedication of mented: "If any person con- tivities, or what kind of 'Without a doubt he (Smith) is 1914) views the union as a center college unions at East Carolina. nected with the business end of speakers, shows, programs, the most well-known person in for all members of the college Toledo, and California State entertainment wants to talk to a and activites the union offers. the field." commented Assistant community: students, faculty, University at Los Angeles. solid, reliable, knowledgable We have the greatest op- Director of the Union Russ administration, alumni, and Naturally. Smith's duties person in the college union field, portunity in the union to help Kushigian guests. To the association, "the have kept him away from the the first name they think of is C. improve student-faculty Lipsius also commented that union is part of the educational college a great deal of the time. Shaw Smith." relationships. "Shaw's contributions to the en- Both Smith and the college tertainment industry via the program of the college" and Chester Berry, executive House of Serendipity tries to "serve as a unifying for- knew this when Smith accepted secretary of the association at college are immeasurable. The ce in the life of the college.'' the post. the association offices in "The right program creates a sophistication of Davidson Davidson's union is just one of "I never thought I would be Staford, Caifornia. said: House of Serendipity. That is. College in regards to en- over 800 member unions from president of the association, "Shaw's unique qualities ser- people should discover things at tertainment are due in large such countries as the United simply because I didn't have ved the association very well the union which they did not measure to Shaw Smith.' States, Canada, Great Britain, enough time, considering my during his year as president. He mean to discover, simply During his years with the Australia. New Zealand. Japan. duties here at Davidson." com- worked himself nearly to because there is so much in the association. Smith set up the Taiwan, the Philippines, and mented Smith. exhaustion, visiting 14 of out 15 union." Coffee House Circuit. This is an Puerto Rico. Top-notch assistant regions during the year." "For example, we come to association of college unions set Smith has served the "Shaw is fiscally a very the union for a cup of coffee, but up to introduce new talent on a association in many capacities. "But the college has sup- responsible person; this notice a painting which excites shoe-string budget. The per- He has served on numerous (too ported me beautifully in this probably comes from his ex- our minds and hearts. That's formers make a name through numerous to list) panels and venture. First of all. they peiences in a small college serendipity repeated performances at such committees. He served as Host brought in a top-notch assistant where dollars are hard to come "The third component is at- things as Davidson's Hungry Director for the 1959 Conference % director in Russ Kushigian. by. He insists on getting the titude. The union is for the d-. of the association and gave the Russ is an experienced union most for the union's money: student: it is to help the student. Performers like DonMcLean. keynote address at the 1967 Con- programmer, so I could afford to Shaw feels an ethical respon- "The basic hope that we hold Brewer and Shipley. John Den- ference in Philadelphia be away from Davidson. sibility for how the union's as first priority is to help ver, and McKendree Spring "Secondly, the college did not money is spent." students discover what is most Butts Whiting Award were at one time part of the Cof- cut the secretarial help here at Berry also commented about important to themselves per- fee House Circuit. the union when the Placement the personal qualities which sonally . The complex and In 1972. the association awar- department was moved toCham- .Smith also helped organize ded Smith its highest award- Shaw brought to the varied backgrounds and in- bers. I still have two association. terests of our people are the National Entertainment the Butts Whiting Award. Smith secretaries. The correspon- Conference.This is a huge group is one of only 7 receipients of brought together to make a dence I do for the association Personableness people union." of people: there are almost 800 the award, and having received could not have gotten done with "Shaw is a very personal member unions, plus many en- it before he was elected just one secretary." Smith feels that the people fellow. He really personalized are the most important part of tertainers. The group isset up to president of the association, is Smith served the association the association. He saw to it help college unions with the only person to receive the the union. well as its president according that people were taken care of. He remarked at the programming by learning how award without being president to many in the association. This even if it wasn't the most ef- to deal with professional en- first. association's 1974 Conference: reporter conducted phone in- ficient thing for the association "We want to do such great tertainers. The conference does Smith was elected President terviews with several of Smith's to do. Shaw cares about peole." block bookings of acts for many of the association in 1973 and things and we plan to do them, colleagues in the association. This personableness of but somehowx>ther things which schools. took over the chair of the Howard Henry, director of Smith's can be seen in his views are important too. but maybe "The purpose of the NEC is to association in April, 1974. He the Union at the University of and ideas on unions and their not as important as they seem, help us get good acts, to get will now continue to serve on North Carolina at Chapel Hill, purpose. keep getting in the way. We them cheaply through block the executive board of the said "I have never met a man "There are three main com- want to help the student, but we booking, and to help us make association for another one year as dedicated as Shaw Smith is ponents of a union." stated have to build the building first. sure the acts show up," said as immediate past president. to the college union cause. Shaw Shaw. "Our priorities are hazy. We Smith.

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The Davidson Public Interest Shoppers at numerous super- Research Group completed markets in the North Mecklen- Update advertisement work on its prescription drug burg area were surveyed as to and returnable bottle projects their attitudes on returnable this term. The interest group and throwaway beverage con- plans to continue its efforts in tainers. combating brown lung disease "An overwhelming per- next year. centage of the consumers "We will also do some work preferred the use of returnable connected with the brown lung bottles." said Kirby. To the Editor: project this summer. Through "Because the costs to society Now I know that for the past hundred- the efforts of Biff Kirby we will in increased litter, solid waste, odd years Davidson has been the all- produce a television special for energy consumption, and fewer male haven of the South, at times to its WTVI of Charlotte, to be shown jobs far outweigh the factors of benefit and at times to its detriment. during the evening of July 17, on convenience and increased But when co-education finally became brown lung. profits for the beverage in- reality at Davidson, did the Alumni Of- "Also, several students will dustry, PIRG has endorsed the fice, The Davidson Update, Quips and return to Davidson during early Beverage Container Act that Cranks, and various other College August in order to make was introduced in March in the publications have to ballyhoo it as an preparations for the project ef- N.C. Legislature. "attraction" to Davidson quite so fort during the fall." said PIRG "Sponsored by Represen- quickly? chairman Andrew Lamas. tative Charles Webb (Guilford) I refer to certain advertisements, Working in conjunction with and Senator Charles Vichery photographical essays, and specials in the Textile Workers Union of (Orange), the legislation would which the "Davidson woman" is America, twelve students from require a minimum five-cents exalted. Lets face it, no matter how Davidson have leafletted cotton deposit to be placed on all soft many pictures of darling coeds in sexy mills in Kannapolis and Con- drink and beer containers," poses are published, there are still a cord about the dangers of brown said one PIRG source. limited number of females in relation to lung disease. The legislation would also males here. Thousands of workers will be allow for the establishment of Davidson is not the place to come to covered by this effort. "Cannon redemption centers to facilitate find your future wife (and a smart one at Mills Plant No. 1, alone, em- the return and re-use of that!!!). ploys well over 10,000 textile beverage containers. Much of the advertising is downright workers. After distributing in- "We are pleased with our ef- sexist and I believe I speak for the formation to the workers, we forts during this term. We owe majority of our limited number of plan to aid the employees who much of our success to female students when I assert that we have the disease in receiving graduating seniors Erwin deplore this debasement of our workman's compensation Barron and Mac McKeithen "image." benefits," said co-organizer of who helped us lay the solid foun- Patti Smisson '77 the brown lung project John dations of this organization," Davidson College Alexander. said Lamas.

Exam Procedure The college calender calls for exams to be taken May 19, 20, 21, 22. Not all professors use the self- scheduled procedures described here, so each student should determine definitely the exam arrangements for each course. If self-scheduled procedures are used then the following instructions apply. DON'T DESERT YOUR The examination envelopes turned in earlier in the week will be available to you during each examination session on May 19, 20, 21, 22. You do not need to specify in ad- vance when you will write a particular exam. PIEDMONT BANK Go to Chambers Banquet Hall between 8:40 and 9:15 for morning sessions and 1:40 and 2:15 for afternoon sessions and ask for the envelope containing the exam you want to take at that time. The envelopes will be arranged CHECKING ACCOUNT alphabetically by the student's name. 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The honor plege must be signed at the count simply with a deposit. examination center table as you turn in the exam envelope. -Your remaining personalized The yellow bordered card, now receipted by the checks will be good- No need examination center, will be given you; hold that card until to buy new ones. a grade for the course is received; in case of any irregularity It is your evidence that you turned in the -Carry your Piedmont Bank exam envelope containing exam materials. Master Charge Card with you The college will continue to use the Student Instruction this summer. Report as an instrument of course evaluation. You will -Apply now if you don't have receive one from each of your professors. Please com- plete it and remember that you must turn it in when you one. get your exam envelope at the Examination Center in Chambers Banquet Hall (or at the Registrar's Office if you have a professor-administered exam). in the past a good many evaluations have been invalid because of inadequate course identification. To aid there you are requested to see to it that full identification of department, course number, and section are entered on the upper right corner of each sheet. Professor's name PIEDMONT BANK and student's name are not needed. Registrar Richard C. Burts said,"Our continuing con- AND TRUST COMPANY cern for the Honor System and the attendant strains on it MEMBERFDIC occasioned by self-scheduled exams justify our...soliciting continuing student support for the Honor System." Meredith Pragmatism obstructs "Thp meaning of a messruip is the chants? which it produces in the image. vision for tomorrow —Kenneth BouIHin^ The South Vietnamese were fighting Pragmatism •> %r<= 'j''1-'-'*''1"' ^'- Mark Deaton. FAu,,r Vf3 ri>v against something and the Viet Cong for today's politicians E " " ' '*••" something Our present brand of Andrew Lamas Larry Mimms detest Richard Nixor seem -hnnxjehlv pragmatism does not have the flavor of impressed with 'he v:r-j»e of -be;ne 1 being for something Executive Editor " Manmiim: Editnr realistic and oractica This seems to me ••- he another Sam Ravburn's pragmatism grew situation where human be-r.ss do not ac- from the life experience of a very sen- SIX MAY 15.1975 curately rasp a process 'rev appreciate sitive idealistic person. It was a stvle and wish to imitate 'hat was individual not imitative 0 1 The lWO's and l ^" - abounded with \j>\Irr ID the Editor pragmatic leaders Men !:ke General Georee Marshall and Sam. Rayburn were able to get 'h'r.2> done Thev Student orientation for helped lead the cxir.'r. -hroush verv Mafia thanks tr\ing tinges the Board of Trustees In doing so the', were 1 i ed like Lyndon J^r.sor. an Rvhard hapless victims \ixon Bu* " !S no> •-;>• 'ha' Sam The candidacy of graduating senior and former SGA, President Rayburn and Frank!'r. Riv To the Fditor: Blain Butner for a position on the Board of Trustees is cause to !wa\ - We the members of the Pie Mafia born praama'is's Thev -.u--re would like to cordially thank the reexamine the composition of the present Davidson College more concerned wh h><\ ,u a*" 1 following individuals, who by their *han wha Board. something pas>ed ra'her patience and good humor helped to raise passed At present, various members of the trustees are elected by the approximately SI.TO for CARE to be used A subtle change ha- con--,. I.vndon : n relief of world hunger • supporting presbyteries, the Alumni Association, and the trustees Johnson made his rer>u\r"->r. 'P. th<- themselves. The composition of the board reflects the interests of United States Senate a- a "on do" Rob Hong Steve Bovd these groups. leader. Richard Nixon seem< m have Chris Manglesdorf never developed a s'eadv -e!f :mage or Unfortunately, there is no provision for student membership on Ruth Brown set of ideals the board. RillKehr The individual members of the present board have directed Leadership became a rather narrow PhilCaine many of their talents toward Davidson. Virtually all are leaders in enterprise with him He \>. as pragmatic Bill Vaughn business, education, church or community. However, we remain to the point of blindness Steve Pharr uneasy at the minimal contact the majority of the trustees have Many politicians decrv 'he ^tvle of the DaveSkibbens last years of leadership Rut thev main- Professor Sam Maloney with the campus community. tain pride in their pragmatism Mv fear nf course we also appreciate the in- The most recent graduate of Davidson serving on the board was is that thev are too concerned v. "h tndav di\ iduals and groups of individuals who last a student here over 15 years ago. No member of the board has to have vision for tomorrow took out and paid for contracts on these They do nor seem >|. that witnessed as a student the very fundamental changes in pragmatism must be fu ed nd /l>nv unfortunate ^ouN academics, athlecics. and social life which have occured on cam- ted from the energy of idea lism 'The Don' pus in recent years With the great majority of the information Todays im;'atnr< • >! p Davidson College communicated to the trustees coming from the administration, a politics see 'he beaut'.- arid ni v nf I.«;n_'• r lu the Kditor being realistic but the'. ha\ not har- student perspective on life at Davidson and student evaluation of nessed this approach to the dreams that the current programs can be all too easily overlooked. stirred men like Ravburn. .Jefferson. Although the trustees have been for the most part fairly respon- and Truman Canterbury wins sive to students, we feel that communication there wouid be bet- Our befuddlement over Vietnam ter facilitated if there were a place on the Board of Trustees for seems to demonstrate this We sup- ported and efficientlv [' S style Phi distinction younger members who have very recently graduated from David- developed as army to fight against To the Editor: son. people who believed in what thev were At the request of the recipient, the As Davidson continues to face major decisions in the areas of fighting for Philanthropic Literary Society of David- campus planning, student life, and academic programming, the son College would like to publicly an- nounce that Steven IX Canterbury has Board of Trustees needs to be as fully informed as possible about been awarded the 1975 Arthur Crumbly contemporary Davidson. LETTERS Jackson "Flaming " Award. The We believe that a graduating student would be an asset to the Philanthropic Society humbly Board of Trustees in dealing with these areas of concern in the The Davidsonian solicits let- apologizes to Mr Canterbury for failing 1970's. We further believe that Blain Butner would serve the ters to the editor on any sub- to provide tangible recognition of this Board with enthusiasm and dedication ject All letters for publication award. must be typed and signed We The Society would suggest that Mr. His tenure as Student Body President, his service on the Trustee reserve the right to edit letters Canterbury employs the use of a pair of Governance Committee, his chairing of the Self-Study Committee over :W) words in length scissors to viscerate the essence of this of Students and a variety of other activities certainly sub- Letters received in The pronouncement and to satisfy his quest stantiates his interest in and his concern for Davidson. We believe I)a\ idsonian offices by Sunday for notoriety. that the capable leadership he has exhibited as a student is in- night will ordinarily be printed that week William L. Smith Jr. "76 dicative of the service he would continue to provide as a trustee President. Philanthropic Society We wholeheartedly support his candidacy Davidson College

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"We think by feeling. What is there to know? I hear my being dance from ear to ear." -Theodore Roethke. "The Waking" Four years of Davidson are fast fading. Time now to speculate on exac- tly what happened before switching for- ward momentum back on. Oh Highways 21 and 77, here I come one last time. What did I bring to Davidson? What do I take away? I came with questions, only I'm just now realizing what they were. After a 36-course feast. I've sneaked a few private conclusions in a doggie bag if you don't mind. What is there to know? That was the basic question four years back. We (or maybe just I-so it must be this last time down the page (descended on Davidson to check out what it had to offer. Here maybe things would fall into place, an- swers appear, a way of life come clear. That Great Conclusion never came. Or at least it never hit me over the head, never came striding in with 76 trom- bones, never kept marching day after day in my head. Perhaps the biggest unanswered question around Davidson is how do you know when you do stumble on the Answer? Will someone please define conviction? Davidson is a thinking place. What is there to know? How do we know? We Water under the bridge ponder these things at 8 in the morning and way on past midnight. If we're Chip Rarksdale. Eric Walker and Jeff Chandler alter perceptions. committed to anything, we're com- Thinking can be dull, alas. Feeling from Davidson. What's my battle plan? backwards through one line of poetry: mitted to making this search with our your thinking makes all the difference. Simple. All this line of thought came "We think by feeling. What is there to minds. What bothers me is that I'm un- I submit as evidence a certain preoc- together in a line from a friend's letter: know?" That's the sum of four years of certain my mind would recognize the cupation with drugs here and among us. "and we know that poetry is the finest thinking at Davidson and four years of Great Conclusion if it stared me right in Conviction seems a little closer in form of altered perception." Exactlv. feeling at Davidson. the eye. smokey rooms where some retreat to Poetry? Well it works for me better I may have looked it over already. I feel themselves think. (Careful, im- than anything else I've found. A high There have been moments, bright don't know. But since four-year personal pronouns only.) It's good exer- school English teacher once asked our moments, when I've felt my thinking. veterans of supervised thinking are sup- cise, ladies and gentlemen, but have you class to define poetry. We hemmed and They all seem to fade, though. Will they posed to have some conclusions, ok., ever tried to fathom some of those three hawed, but I sure as hell didn't know til ever string together? Maybe I'm a here's one: thinking isn't enough. Man word statements of life's Purpose the lately. Poetry is the finest form of hopeless victim of the pain and pleasure took a tumble so I'm told,we're a mix- next morning? altered perception. principle. ture of mind and matter, there's a little Altered perception has fascinated Poetry is a way of seeing, a field for One other poem helps keep me going. beast in the best of us. Simply, we feel many I've known. Altered perception is cultivating visions that defy plodding Someone here at Davidson steered me to as much as think. feeling your thinking, no more, no less. mind alone. It's a synthesizing process. it and that if nothing else has nude it So much of our thinking is determined Kick it off with a little help from friends, It's a way of asking question after worthwhile. (For the sake of by gut rumblings. Conviction, I ten- it comes, and it goes too for sure. question for the sake of asking without bibliography, it's Sylvia Plath's "Black tatively propose, is feeling your Cultivate it on your own, it comes and it ever demanding a final answer. Enough Rook in Rainy Weather"). I'll murmur thinking. I'm pretty much convinced still goes. But it just might stick around. answers come along the way to keep me the last lines leaving Davidson, and I that if I ever have the pleasure to shake The Great Conclusion, right? going. suspect they would do for others: "The hands with the Great Conclusion the Cultivate it on your own, did he say? Poetry is where I feel my thinking wait's begun again,/ The long wait for meeting will be orchestrated in my head That's right, that's what I plan to be most. In four years at Davidson I've the angel,/ For, that rare, random with a kazoo band Hallelujah Chorus. doing rolling on down the asphalt exits basically managed to work my way descent." Faculty Guest Column Quiz tests world economic productivity

By CHARLES E. RATLIFF 8. Grants by private voluntary agencies amount to ? nercent of the net flow of of- Professor of Economics ficial and private financial resources from DAC countries to low-income contries and multilateral agnecies: (a) 1 percent; (b) 5 percent; (c) 15 percent. The faculty guest column this week is in the form of a quiz on some facts. This is 9. Annual grain consumption (direct and indirect) per person in South Asia is in keeping with the season (see academic calendar in case you are a senior who about: (a) 350pounds; (b) 1,200pounds; (c) 2,000pounds. has arranged a no-exam spring term) and is in good company (commence reading 10. Annual grain consumption (direct and indirect) per person in the USA and columnist Sydney Harris in case you are not acquainted with the company). Canada is about: (a) 350pounds; (b) l,200pounds; (c) 2,000pounds. If you are not satisfied with your performance on this test, you might check 11. The approximate amounts of land required to produce a meat and milk cen- various publications of the Overseas Development Council, the United Nations, or tered diet for one person and diet based on plant protein for one person are ? and ? the World Council of Churches. acres, respectively: (a) 3M». 1/5; (b) 1,»£; (c) 5,1. 1. The gross planetary product (GPP) per capita, or the total value of final goods 12. Twenty-five years ago the annual increase in global demand for cereals was and services produced in the world per person, in 1973 was: (a) $700; (b) $1,000: about 12 million tons; now it is about? million tons per year: (a) 15; (b)25: (c)35. •c) $1,300. 13. In Japan the application of fertilizer per acre of land in agricultureis about ? 2. The GPP is globally distributed so that the 30 percent of us living in the high- times that in India: (a) 10; (b) 25; (c) 50. income regions receives the following percent of the world's income: (a) 30 per- 14. The 1972-1974 price rises for petroleum, fertilizer, and grain caused the cost of cent; (b) SOpercent; (c) 85percent. these essential imports for low-income countries to increase by an amount equal to 3. The 5.4 percent of the world's population living in the USA receives the ? of their exports: (a) 1/10; (b) 1/5; (O1/3. following percent of the world's income: (a) 14 percent; (b) 26 percent; (c) 41 per- 15. Energy consumption per capita is more than ? times greater in the USA than cent. in India: (a) 10; (b) 35; (c) 60. 16. Total military spending in billions of USA dollars in the world is ap- 4. The 20 percent of the world's population living in South Asia receives the proximately: (a) 100: (b) 250; c) 500. following percent of the world's income: (a) 3 percent; (b) 6 percent; (c) 9 per- 17. The nation-state is now as militarily obsolete as the city-state because of: (a> cent. the nuclear warhead and the ICBM: (b) the manganese nodules: (c) the telecom- 5. The largest single source (80 percent of the total) of foreign exchange for the munications satellite. low-income countries is : (a) trade; (b) official development assistance; (c) 18. A UN Declaration on the Establishment of a New International Economic Or- private transfers. der: (a) was adopted in 1947: (b) was adopted in 1974; (c) has been considered but 6. Among the sixteen Development Assistance Committee (DAC) countries, the not adopted. I USA ranks ? in terms of the relative amount of official development assistance to low-income countries (official development assistance as a percent of GNP): (a) first, or highest; (b) fifth; (c) fourteenth. 7. Expenditures on tobacco products in the USA in relation to the country's net 81 " LI '-(<\) 91 '.( Si :(D) gl :(a) z\ '. official development assistance, are: (a) half as much; (b) four times as much; 01 '-P) $ "(q) '8 H O) -9HB) S " £ ' Z -Wl ^ (c) six times as much. if #*. •" . -a -

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•I .iIi .w t* ' Mav 15.1975 Ten Schweitzer explores music of spheres Fugue in C-Major (BWV 564) the organ registration is and the Fantasy and Fugue in Romantic French, Schweitzer's By CARL SCHWARTZ G-Minor(BWV542) phrasing, particularly in the A- Staff Writer In addition to these purely in- Minor Fugue is ludicrous at strumental works, the recor- times, but does not reach his "There is no essence of being, ding includes the Chorale- playing at all. but only infinite being in infinite Prelude on "I call to thee, Lord Therefore any potential manifestations. Only an in- listener needs to be warned: finitely small part of infinite Jesus Christ" (BWV 639). "O being comes within my range. Man, thy grievous sin bemoan" these performances are not The rest of it passes me by, like (BWV 622). "Priase be to thee. Baroque in style, and dashing in distant ships to which I make Jesus Christ" (BWV 604). "My tempo, but rather cautious signals they do not understand. >iassica heart is ever yearning" BWV readings, filled with awe for Bach's genius, and animated by "But by devoting myself to 727), "Now Come Saviour of the Gentiles" (BWV 659) and a sincere if often misguided that which comes within my musical feeling. sphere of influence and needs In addition to many essays on (Mono 32-26-0003). The organ Bach's last composition, writ- me, I make spiritual inward music and organ building. Sch- used is located at the Parish ten on his deathbed: the This is a chance to hear the devotions to infinite being a weitzer wrote a biography of Church of Gunsbach in Alsace- not as slow as they seem. The playing of the great Albert Sch- reality, and thereby give my Johann Sebastian Bach and Lorraine and was rebuilt under sound of the organ is in fault weitzer so often referred to by own poor existence meaning recorded a considerable quan- Schweitzer's direction. here, much too much rever- modem performers as if their and richness. The river has tity of his organ music. It was beration was recorded and the style of playing were identical found its sea. through his writing, recording The Bach works featured on resulting sound is muddy. to his. thereby justifying their Philosopher, theologian. and performing that Schweitzer this recording are: The Aside from this problem the practices. I believe any such Medical Missionary, financed his mission hospital in Preludes in C-Ma.jor (BWV 531) playing comes across as claim will be discredited in biographer and Nobel Peace Africa. and D-Major (BWV 532). the straightforward, neatly light of this recording. Prize winner, Albert Schweitzer Columbia records has re- Fugue in A-Minor (BWV 543), phrased and filled with un- Schweitzer's playing is an un- (1875-1965) was also a brilliant released some of his Bach the Canzona in D-Minor (BWV derstanding. There are forgettable listening • ex- musicologist and organist. recordings on its Odyssey label- 588). the Toecata. Adagio and problems in the interpretation: perience, and a strange one too. C.A.&Y.B. Crazy dream recaps 4 infamous years

Ladies and gentlemen we have graciously been love. Oh man, if you're gonna lock the door, Sid. do CA becomes manic depressive while YB plays coach allowed this space for what we will call our last flush. something in there. Water Bed!! New ways to instant with Schmode and Beach. Pinto sees Hollywood Blvd. For those of you who have seen the light, merely nod relief. Phone bills? More coeds. Are you sure they go here? What language your head and laugh; for you who have not heard the Water fights with broken bones, backstabbing (CA do they speak? Wet. monsoons, bleah. cries of warning, sorry; try to listen as we relate the cheats) a general water wetness. New rush. Rolling Spring: following. Rock bottles against dorm hall. Lex Veazy has "In the shuffling madness We both had the strangest dream last night...Sep- Hawaiin disease started. YB teases fish with water of the locomotive breath tember 6th, 1971,aday of infamy. Itwasfall (itusually gun. CA diagnoses artifically induced paranoia in fish runs the all time loser is in September. tank. Dope?. headlong to his death" -JethroTull We were nowhere and did not know it. Purpose: to YB meets Max the Axe. CA says I will return to be oriented. Why: Why not? Place: a southern plan- Catholicism if I can go to Notre Dame. Final score: The parties start, Hatties outrageous. The Spring tation lawn looking at the others in our cruise ship; a MaxlO-YBO. No contest. YB calls for rematch. Som- rolls faster every week, the weather improving. special deal on a oneway, four years (five for YB) mer: CA poly sci YB English out of convenience. Metz- Quasar goes beserk. Giving the rightfielder shit. voyage. Destination: oblivion without end (how eco(rat) Sid-eco (nuts) Golden wheels and his nut squad. Phardinia. Rays, fatalistic). Year 3. You're still in Humes? Oh yeah. The curse Lays and Jays. Max Vol.. Max Rays, Max. Dealing Coachy things struck for 3 out of 3 with CA. How can you do this to me Twenty-seven kegs CA. I've heard it all before. Mo questions please. Duke Tunes. "No it won't slow down" Beer. Everyone and Terry Holland in my dorm, dealing coachy things, dorm across from. Dupont heir kidnapping for ran- som considered but unuh. his brother throws a party. Hatties goes down in what's a "Bo"? Who's the funny looking kid with short flames. Yet the Spring keeps rolling. Rays. Frolics and arms. Who cares, he looks lost too. Hall counselors... CA till humming Notre Dame fight song. Grims runs twenty-seven kegs, beer ball. The Browns vs. the oh boy this is going to be a hell of a fun fun camp. starting to erode intestines. Funny looking faces and Gozinyas. Stripper on the roof of Duke? Free beer Where's the Lake Campus? Across the tracks. Oh all. Wetzel's head says "Exit stage left." Lloyd Batts again. Rays. lives in Silver. Okay. What do you mean there are no girls Hey...its almost over. No really. I got to split. CA? here?...Queens?...20 miles away? We got a Mixer What a lemon play some ball or be a law student (a what?) Wetzel? Saturday? A mixer? Ruff! Ruff! down. Spot, down. Pinto arrives.. .what a lemon. Wis co runs: trv to pick only he knows for sure. YB? ain't no telling but it won't They're gonna lower the rope. Panic in Detroit on 150 be good. Through; finished;.. finally. girls faces I can't believe this...who are these girls? date of return. Wetzel turns down collect call from YB. Man I gotta do something. Does anybody know Dixie YB threatens revenge on Max. What are those things in Reflections? Naaaa, I don't think so. Can't look back La belle. We're gonna take our shoes off? skirts? What's a skirt? Girls Basketball? ahh come on on the mistakes or the good things y'know. Just ain't Ann give me a break. You'll do what to me if I too practical. Gotta be unstuck in time, so it goes is the I do gotta do something. Maybe put on a red white only way. and blue outfit and look for honor code violations? Dan don't?...alright. Rhodes does look like Abe Lincoln. Jimi Hendrix lives in Bruno. Falcon as Jaegger. Pin To leave? a pleasure. YB takes the road without his Hello I'm Rah Rah Friars and I can say in 2 hours ball, YB takes apart machines. Machines rape him in piece of paper. CA wishes, he didn't get his here But what anybody else can say in 5 minutes. YB finds out return. that's over, isn't it? the truth about Humes. Let's go to Winthrop... The Ho Krshna and the Fireman on a wierd. wierd night. "If we shadows have offended Barn, an accurate name. Phil Latio and the Staten Thursday night at Hatties becomes an institution. Think but this and all is mended Island Fairies. YB tells Abbo to sit on it and rotate. Beachball making socks in Mooresville. Beating the That you have but slumbered here (Thanks Matheny). Cockls. quite a rush. While these visions did appear Year IV. Sometimes I feel so uninspired. New foot- And this weak and idle theme Crazy endeavors ball coach infects athletic dept with M.T. disease- No more yielding but a dream." spreads extremely fast. Thursday night study for T- -Shakespeare Meanwhile YB gets Dear Buck letters, CA tactfully May you always match. plays "Oh Lonesome Me" to console him! YB appears Bird parties. St. Patricks Day to aid CA in his crazy endeavors. Mice Lai. Calley Tweedy convicted. Arnold K. Moose eulogized by Che . Jones, Tweedy and Lazaros try for Tripple Ripple. All three learn death hurts real quick. Laz's room becomes a fallout disaster from tossed Commencement 1975 cookies. Winthrop mixer... Che... do you always carry your underwear in your pants' pockets ? Davidson College Well, YB says "later DC". Goodbye was sad but you know he loved it. One way out andd gotta take it. CA is Saturday, May 24 gonna go down under to play hoops. Bring me a Koala bear or Olivia Newton-John says the tricky YB (gets 6:00 p.m. Baccalaureate Service. DCPC. Tho- neither). mas A. langford Jr., Dean, Duke Divinity What-A-Lvnn School preaching. Where we gonna live says us. I don't know but we got- 7:00 p.m.Supper, Richardson Plaza. Hosts: Presi- ta make room for the W.B., my wife says CA. OK per- dent and Mrs. Spencer. vert you got it will take you to What-A-Lynn. Arggh. Gnort Gnort. Summer finally wooshes us off. 8:30 p.m. Concert, Love Auditorium. Male Cho- They say it gets easier after sophomore year, ok, rus performs. j who is they, damn it? YB returns no bread, gotta play the games. You mean you're still in Humes. (Insane Sunday, May 25 laughter). 10:15 a.m. Commencement Service, Front 3rd Belk now with Rodge. Witz, Wetzel, Dwight and Campus. others. A zoo man! Becomes Winthrop North very ill. CA varsity. YB plays "kick-a-touchdown" . Witz in H. iiJii Ut4i{ hiul"' •. -I'I, Mav 15,1975 ftaosstot Eleven Letter to the Editor Police photo prompts pride, not punishment

To the Editor: The Police force has one of the most About two months ago the David- admirable rapports with college stu- sonian ran a cover Story on the Davidson dents I've ever seen; exchanges be- police force-or better, its efficiency. tween police and students at the Seven- Among the statistics and salutations Eleven are as common as the high there stands one issue seriously misin- prices. terpreted by the members of the town The cooperation between the two is »*•*>«*, hall. Emblazoned on the cover, and later blatantly obvious, and you wonder why. characterized in the editorial section, The police have been banned from was the now nostalgic scene; three Seven-Eleven, and it doesn't make police cars at Seven-Eleven. sense. By virtue of this photograph, the town I am asking the Town Hall to reverse hall took it upon themselves to ban all their decision to ban the police from police from Seven-Eleven: their Seven-Eleven. From the contents of the rationale being that the photography article, it was obvious that the had caught them in the act of slacking- photograph was to be taken as a source off on duty. of pride, not punishment. Let me state right now, that I believe Thomas White'77 -Mike Snead the photograph was not intended as the Davidson College Ten four Seven-Eleven Town Hall interpreted it; in fact it presents to the Davidson student the op- (Ed. Note: Well.er...) questions intent of editors. posite perspective. It is common knowledge that our local Richard Wassen Seven-Eleven is the only such store in the area that has not been "hit"; and you wonder why. It has been my experience when en- Extra-curricular involvement yields tering an all night stop-and-go (such as the Seven-Eleven on NE. 21 in north Charlotte), of whether this time I'll be in the midst of a robbery; but this feeling is possibilities for resource tapping nonexistent in Davidson, and I wonder why. One of the most obvious charac- missions that students who are involved teristics of the Davidson experience is in every kind of extra-curricular ac- that it possesses two aspects: the tivity while in high school come to classroom and the outside-the- Davidson and end up doing nothing but classroom experience. studying. Obviously, they didn't un- What the classroom experience is, is I derstand what they were doing: they think quite clear to most people. Ex- only wanted an impressive record or perience outside the classroom is, were victims of peer pressure. however, something whose charac- I see more students than ever before teristics are less well defined. becoming involved in extra-curricular If it means a sort of unorganized, activites. One might suggest that two mixed, and varied compound of events reasons for this are an increasing which range from staring out a window awareness on the part of both students to throwing a frisbee, I think we are and faculty of the importance of these missing animportant area of experience. kinds of activites. Surely, relaxation of this type is something which everybody needs-but it does not provide a balance to our academic experience. These kinds of activites cannot be rewarding and satisfying enough. One of the paradoxes of the classroom experience is that the discipline we must adopt actually leaves us more free because it cuts away the weight of ignorance. But this type of discipline is certainly not limited to the classroom, but also applies to our experience out- side of class. Much of what we learn about living cannot be gotten in the classroom. I think, then, we have come close to what Larrv Ban- I might consider the essential type of There are still.however, some students outside-the-classroom experience in the and faculty who do not realize the value form of extra-curricular activities. of the extra-curricular experience, em- Extra-curricular activities in this phasizing the classroom time ex- sense provide an organized set of ex- Derience over the time spent outside of periences which use the same method as class, assuming that learning can only the classroom experience, but teach dif- take place in the classroom. This is —Leon Venable ferent things which complement and sup- wrong. Union Board President Richard Wasnen 0 plement your classroom experience. Not only would I encourage faculty not Most importantly, however, both the only to encourage their students to "classroom and the extra-curricular achieve academically, but to take part sphere provide a testing ground for the and achieve in the kind of extra- things we learn in the one which we then curricular activities which also seek to test in the other. This kind of interaction provide an enjoyable education ex- Pre-summer is invaluable. perience.If we have this kind of balance, I find very interesting Larry Barr's I think we'll be able to realize some comment in a recent issue of Th« DavM- of the potential in the college com- farewell sonian in an article relating to ad- munity which is not being tapped.

address There are stilL however, some students and After my first fun-filled year as a faculty who do not realize the value of the extra- columnist at Davidson college. I realize by the notices asking me to vacate my curricular experience, emphasizing the room that is is time for my idealistic, pre-summer farewell address. Here it classroom time experience over the time spent Farewell outside of class, assuming that learning can only P.O. Box 00.02 Davidson. N.C.. 28036 take place in the classroom. This is wrong. Anne Eicklen Mav 15.1975 Twelve Sip Neo-classical raft drifts on high seas

By VINCE RABIL I cannot write of the changes that have taken place duringjmy four years of study here and expect it to be more than a superficial listing of "official" decisions and changes which are obvious to us all. It will be years before we know what really happened here. The real "evolutions" that take place here are the in- visible revolutions in the attitudes of those who pass through this ritual of liberal education. "Evolution" occurs without our awareness. All of a sudden it is upon us. It involves the falling away from old traditions, and it witnesses the birth of new ones. I doubt very seriously that many members of my classs are going to leave here new men. Davidson's role is to preserve the spirit of the hard-working. Chrisitian. academics who come here. I do not believe the evolution of Davidson takes place independently of the rest of society. We believe we have an Ivory Tower here, but I am afraid we have only a neo-classical raft adrift in the same sea of un- we came. So we came and, I might say, have per- dergraduate education in the private sector that other formed exceedingly well our foreordained roles. It's no schools drift in. surprise who got what. Davidson fundamentally is not unique. It has only I have had a very colorful record here-to use the "KnowledgeabilitY is the symbolic distinctions that in reality make us no more words of my faculty advisor-and have had a range of than what we are individually. experience which I believe has given me several same as genuine knowledge. As As the years go by Davidson picks up more statistics unusual insights into what happened to me and us since of vitality with which to undergird the transcendant the summer of'71. long as you ran master the arts myth of the Davidson education. We've destroyed an It would be pointess to rehash what we all know, but old Union, built a new library, picked up a couple of for the benefit of those who are new here and still of persuasion, you will always new Rhodes Scholars, gone coed, and rekindled the want to make it as a Davidson man. I have decided to Fraternal fires. give a few do's and don't's to help out . These are the be right. Somehow I feel this column is meant to chronicle the things I've learned in four years at Davidson. ways I used to raise hell FYeshman year as opposed to Introspection is bad. The Davidson man must the ways I raise hell now. to be witty and cute; and to always be certain that he is in possession of a superior Be athletic. Get those P.E. credits early. Play in- either condone, condemn or cynicize. and play intellect, in a superior school, and by right, will be a tramurals. "remember when." great leader when he leaves. Be a lady's man. Remember, next to your education These things are not important. I believe the im- If you want to get along, you've got to go along. and future profession sex is the most important thing in portant things have not changed here: neither the Do the work, always do the work. Get that grade no life. school nor us. The guidance office could predict how matter what, and remember-brown-nosing is not an Never trust an atheist. Secularism is out to destroy we all would perform here when we came, even before honor violation. the world, and our job is to beat the hell out of those nihilist activists who are causing it. God did not die. Fred Nietzsche said he did, but he was wrong. Anyway Nietzsche went insane and Hitler used his "philosophy." There is nothing wrong with academia. The Ph.D. is not intelluctual castration. Grades and degrees are always refections of your knowledge and credibility. Pure intellectualism outside the walls of academia is subversive and not practical. Do not study anything you will not get credit for or which will cut into course work. Your goal is to lead a rich and prosperous life, tem- pered with a little service and "stewardship." Remember the world is changed in bits and pieces and if we all just did our part everything would work out. ' Modern art is real culture. But you have much more important things to do. After the peace movement, consumerism is the best activist thing to do. Nader would never rip-off a college student. Knowledgeabili.ty is the same as genuine knowledge. AsJong as you can master the arts of persuasion, you will be always right. The1 real question facing man is how to achieve jus- tice in the world, not to confront all the untruths with which we live-a partial listing of which mav be found above. Mitchem Opticians Fast & Accurate Service

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By BILLELLETT Spelunkers Explore Caves. They run it! Four years of life at David- I work on the lampoon. Sperm son. Four years of life on The Bank. You mean they let you Davidsonian. Is there really print that? any difference? I go to the print shop for the "The Davidsonian, a weekly first time. No one cuts their student newspaper, is edited, fingers off on the buzz saw. written, and managed by Tanner makes a headline on students. The Davidsonian has the Ludlow. Liquid lead spews received an Ail-American ra-,, out on my leg. ting by the Associated College My third lampoon. What do Press seventeen times since you mean my story isn't funny? 1951." I nurse a sick computer until 3 So I read in my brand new in the morning. The next day I college catalog during a spare sleep through a review. moment the third long night of freshman orientation. Boy. was The 1 Jfi mile retirement I impressed. Gee, do you sup- I decide to semi-retire for my pose I could work on something last term. The first week back, as good as that? I wondered. the computer goes out. and I put That Thursday they bring a 146 miles on my car from Wed- copy right to my door. 6 pages. nesday supper to Thursday Boy, was I impressed! breakfast going ba^k and forth Sunday I go to my firsj staff between Davidson and meeting. I meet one of the Mooresville. editors! My first meeting with We consider locations for the a REAL Davidson VIP. Boy, new union. Rich Wilson was I impressed. suggests the open space just Four years pass. The south of Johnston Gym. Associated College Press The week of my 100th issue, I ratings came today. We just open the paper and unex- missed Ail-American again. It pectedly find an edit about me figures. Well, at least Buck on page 4. On page 5, a stray won't have to re-write the piece of Bandwagon has fallen catalog next year. on the middle of the page. Someone says "Was there Earle writes a cutline for a really a paper last week? They picture of the retiring tennis never delivered it." It figures. coach. "Fogleman-to be I go to the office. Deaton replaced." Two days after the grunts a greeting as I walk in. paper comes out. Fogleman Someone else farts. It figures. dies suddenly. Virgin lovers Hawk. Snake, Gobble: is this" Orwell's Animal Farm? Between the two extremes Someone says one reason he's are four years. Much happens. glad he works on The David- The paper goes from 6 pages to sonian is that it gave him the op- 16. Our printer goes offset and portunity to know me. The next carries us with him. I go from week he quits the paper. one evening a week on the paper I.esbinn shot to every evening on the paper. The staff box goes from 2 to 3 "My copy read that Harvard columns wide. My GPA drops. was the last bastion, not But what will I remember lesbian. Who does your about The Davidsonian? proofreading?" I try my hand at headline A columnist complains in writing with a story on the mid- print that whoever wrote the winter's pop film, "Love headline on his last story is a Story". Money-Loving Com- complete fool. I carefully say mittee Looks for Lovers with nothing. 'Love Story'. That Thursday I The linotype operator sets look for my headline in the "shot" for "shit". In correc- paper. Somebody had changed tions, he makes it "shut". Then it. it comes out as "shoot". At last Technical The next week I write Virgins he leaves for the day and Assistant ISdifor Crawl On Stomachs As Taylor, the owner, takes over ter. Malingering Maloy, sleeps I let a female reporter's name through the entire evening. be mis-spelled and she almost "Gee, do you suppose I could work on something as good We mis-spell Erwin Lodge attacks me. "Ervin" on all the invitations to The good Shepherd runs the as that?" the staff banquet. exam regulations box twice in the same issue. The party's over the machine. "Shit" flies out of Lame-ass and Minims? the machine on his first try. The Davidsonian throws a The gung-ho new editor sleeps staff recruitment party, and not Gordon Widenhouse writes a through his first staff meeting. a single new face shows up. story. Hoon asks how long it is The light table breaks. and I reply "2>/4 yards." WE NEED WORKERS We carefully cover up part of I get to sleep early for once on Palm trees, the Gidget film our "streaker" picture. Then a Wednesday night and Wassen series, lead pages to carry to we see the Amherst paper. wakes me up at 4 in the morning the press, trips to Camden. all- They covered the eyes! to come fix the #?/!* machine. nighters, copy to read, We're taking applications for Sep- Hawk runs two full pages on Wilensky argues un- deadlines, misplaced story what a good job Sam Spencer is successfully for an edit op- lists, missed deadlines, proof to tember '75 for student employees. doing as president. posing college censorship of read, the Mecklenburg Gazette, Positions are open for waiters, bar The Davidsonian endorses student publications. Two pizzas from the Wildcat Den, Ralph Peeples for SGA weeks later, the college censors flat tires, Wally, the ACM 9000, maids, snack bar workers, sanitation president and swarms of Quips & Cranks. lazy editors, Grims runs, Beth, students protest. Peeples wins. Cholet. Chris. Mary Ann. engineers, and line servers. Copv green pens, printer's ink. Miz- The Davidsonian endorses pah, Burt's grandson, Com- Blain Butner for SGA President pugraphic. 892-8809, 892-8021. and three students protest. But- I have to interview represen- Apply at Richards House tatives of The Peace Corps 0230179319. 218, LXIV. Anne ner wins. Matthew,- Wilson, Parmon.. I drink three bottles of Lift because the freshman reporter before May 24. doesn't show up. I get my only Merritt, Thorn (with an h), simultaneously. Nicholls (with an h. 2 l's). the Four of us gather round the page 1 byline. The absentee reporter goes on to become Juno & the Paycock publicity. typist to translate the doctor's Student-faculty relations, an in- handwriting of the dynamic duo Editor Michael Tanner. We get an awful first story terview with a caterpiller. C.A.&Y.B. Earle, Sitterson-Widenhouse. ARA SLATER The national media focus on from a new freshman. It has to be re-written. The freshman Wilensky. Kennon. penguin do- Sam Ervin's speech at David- grows up to become Editor do. Such is the stuff of son, and The Davidsonian repor- Mark Deaton. memories. Fourteen Sip* Bmrfftrnmian May 15.1975 Committee highlights endowment

replacement of Physical Plant (Continued from page 1) items. and to eliminate those that no Williams believes that the longer give benefits. Also, the Committee confirmed the Committee strongly urged that prominent needs that have been some kind of cost accounting be expressed by the community initiated and closely tied in with and campus. He added that it is long-range planning. vitally important for the College Williams emphasized the im- to have determined what its portance of economic con- primary objectives are in order' siderations. He said that these to secure donors. considerations have a vital af- We (the Committee) created fect on such things as ex- an environment on campus panding programs, the size of which will be conducive to total enrollments, adequacy of institutional long-range plan- physical facilities, personnel, ning. At the heart of that kind of and the character of the com- planning are program needs." munity. he concluded. Tlie Committee specifically Willams said. "It is equaly highlighted the need for more important to the College that endowments for faculty the difficulties the Goals Com- salaries and for faculty and mittee confronted were a result Stair's way to Heaven -Leon Venable academic program develop- of a lack of direction in long- range planning...In behalf of ment. TTiey emphasized the The value of the Coals Committee's work will not he realized until vears in the future. need for endowment and capital that committee as individuals funds for special academic and as a group, we received a facilities, including a chemistry great deal of criticism from a r facility, an art facility, and a great many people. Most of the field house and additional" criticisms were accurately I physical education facilities. assigned. I think the Committee I Piedmont Insurance TTiey called on plans for more itself was aware of the ac- I endowments for student cusations it had received." I scholarships, to make sure the Williams added that he expects Agency, Inc. College does not "risk pricing several years to pass before the I itself out of the market for good value of the Goals Committee is I 137 N. MAIN ST. • DAVIDSON, N.C. 28036 students, especially those with realized. limited financial backkrounds. The Committee said that the Lately. Bayer Aspirin's advertising \ need for funds to improve has featured a blue book that contains student housing and food ser- some of the findings of a recent THE vices was pressing. They hinted American Medical Association drug that the existing system of evaluation. small eating clubs may have to Bayer's blue book reports there is DAVIDSON DINING CLUB give way to a central eating "no sound bash" for taking com- facility. bination pain relievers or buffered WELCOMES YOU Because student life depends preparations instead of plain aspirin. to a degree on the "focus which The obvious implication here is that TO JOIN US the arrangement of campus remedies like Cope (a combination of facilities gives to college ac- apsirin. caffeine, a buffer and an- tivities", the College must rjhistamine) and Vanquish (a com- 1975-1976 carefully consider the location bination of pain relievers) don't make of new structures on campus sense. and must budget in light of this Why then, you might ask. do the priority. makers of Bayer also make Cope and RICHARDS HOUSE BAILEY HOUSE Further, the Committee Vanquish. suggested improvements in the If 7Ou'd like to know, write the BREAKFAST LUNCH DINNER LUNCH DINNER fraternity house units to president of Sterling Drug. 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Mav 15.1975 Fifteen 65 fewer freshmen self-select Court He noted that last year many By BOB HUSBANDS campus make dating easier and largely as it has in the past." situation would have to be im- Staff Writer of the eating houses took large proved if the court is to attract numbers of new members and lessened the need for a social "Better food this year at This fall, much as the past outlet on Patterson Court." Slater." was the rational Union more people." years during which the self- were indifferent to the idea of a Wassen does not see the strong rush program this year. President Richard Wassen used select Patterson Court system "I do not think that frater- to explain the decline. He Union in a competitive position has been operating, freshmen This indifference was tran- with Patterson Court but rather smitted to the freshemen during nities are on the increase, but criticized the freshmen orien- walked through the fraternities that the situation will remain tation program saying "the that the relationship should be a and eating houses drinking beer the orientation period and con- complementary one. and meeting upperclassmen. sequently many freshmen were However this year was dif- not attracted. Hall Counselor Bill Reed at- ferent in that 65 fewer men He added that two eating tributed the drop to limited signed up for houses, even houses did make a concerted ef- openings in some of the very though this freshman class was fort to attract freshmen and in- popular eating houses. slightly larger than last year's creased their pledge classes He added. "I sensed fresh- class. relative to last year. men were more profaternity While the number of Pat- than when I was a freshman. terson Court signees decreased, "The fraternities always Some freshmen were intent on the national fatemities on cam- make a strong effort to lure joining a fraternity." pus increased their pledge num- people," he said, "and at- Many of the same sentiments bers in comparison with last tributed the slight increase to a were echoed by Hall Counselor year. good orientation program. Ed Willingham. 'Tin's was the The greatest decreases in Terry said. "The drop was year for fraternities." he said. signees come from the local caused by the overall state of Last year the eating houses at- eating clubs. the economy. He explained that tracted larger numbers of Dean of Students Will Terry he thought students unsure of freshmen than the fraternities stated, "I do not think this in- joining might be taking a more and this year did not have as crease in number of fraternity cautious approach, delaying a many openings. pledges is a trend back, to fra- final decision until next year. "Fraternities this year ternities. The number of fresh- Charlie Robinson. President needed new members-to keep men electing fraternities is not of the Patterson Court Council finances within reason and dramatic." said. "The drop was partially- therefore make a strong effort According to Terry the drop caused by the improved to attract new members. I don't was caused by two main fac- programs of the Union." think the slight rise in fraternity tors, first he said, "the court He added. "Increasingly pledges represents any needed to make a more con- people are finding a good social significant trend back to frater- life outside the court. The in- nities. Fraternities can only certed effort in attracting fresh- Doubles on Court —Leon Venable men." creased numbers of girls on satisfy the needs of about one third of the men here." orientation turn Willingham said. prospective club member Radw/haek By BOB HUSBANDS active social life outside the program only allows you to look Staff Writer fraternity system'."* at three fraternities." Freshmen gave many Half of the interviewed fresh- reasons as to why they had not Freshman Sammie Stead- men expressed serious reser- man, unsure of his decision, selected into the Patterson vations .about their decisions said he wanted to look over the Court system. not to join* These students in- Patterson Court houses more "It costs too much. Next year dicated that they might still be thoroughly before he joined. I can get by a lot cheaper. The interested in joining a Pat- N "Money," he said, "was a big Draft Evaders! ! food was not that great either. terson Court house next year. factor. It's a good place to meet people, These students expressed but if you are an aggresive per- feelings of being "left out" in "I did not know whether I'd Don't want to go to Cambodia? son or a person who likes to much of the social life at David- be wasting my money or not. If ... Then come to exciting Montreal, Canada! meet people you can do that son. I join. I'll join next year after I See the 1976 Olympics! anyway. I don't feel like I have 45% of this group or a quarter check it out more. The foodxis to join for a good social life," of the total sample interviewed better than at Slater. I think you Get a chance to use that French you learned in said freshman Banks Robinson. felt that the rush programs need the Court for a good social high school! Save your legs for skiing! Freshman Matthew Home were inadequate. They ex- life. The Union is not enough." For reservations and information expressed similar sentiments. pressed a desire for a more He added wistfully. "Fresh- see Keir Cutler. "I'm not a fraternity man, and I thorough look at the various men halls are always tight. It did not want to spend all that houses and suggested a protrac: does not matter this year, but money. Slater food is not that ted rush program. next vearit mav." bad. and you can buy Freshman Fritz Haberyan mealtickets at deflated prices." said. "I'd like to know a lot He commented that he only more before I join. I don't think used the court on big weekends. the rush program was set up "I don't feel left out. I most right. You have to make a definitely feel vou can have an decision too quickly. The rush

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ByMARKPOSTOVE We slow slightly to a 53:16 for 23rd mile under 5:00 (his other Starr Writer the seventh set of ten miles, and three were less than 5:11). and Ed. Note: From 2p.m. 54:52 for the eighth set then paces Zack on the 250th Friday until 2p.m. Saturday ten 10:00p.m. Cole walks the last mile. We record 58:18 for the Davidson men ran 254 miles in a five yards so he can record his 25th ten mile split. continuous relay. Their total eighth 5:19. Dick runs a 5:03 1:45p.m. Bell runs 4:51 on his broke the North Carolina state while Olivia Newton-John sings. 27th mile, which turns out to be record or 237 miles set here in That would make anybody run his fastest.' That shows what 1973, and earned over $700 for faster. Mark Connors continues crowd support can do. Lube the Ada Jenkins Community to run exceptionally well, con- follows with another good mile Center and other community sidering he's a sprinter-he's as Lautensack is forced to drop service projects. doing 5:30's. Our ninth ten mile out with leg problems after 26 The following is a log com- split is 53:45. miles. piled by one of the runners 11:00p.m. Zack Murrell runs during the relay. 5:19 for the 100th mile. We've The finish been running nine hours now, so 1 2p.m. Coach Martin fires the we're already an hour ahead of 2:00 Cole finfshes the 254th gun and Ricky Bell leads off as 240 mile pace. Two years ago mile as the entire team runs the "Whammer Jammer" plays, a we weren't an hour ahead until last half mile. "Hey man, let's repeat of the start two years 12 hours into the relay. go to bed." ago. 11:30p.m. There must be 50 to The entire team would like to 2:50p.m. Eighth man Coty thank those who contributed to 60 people here now, watching a -Pete Goodman Pinckney is first to go under 5 dog catch a frisbee, throwing a the relay. Without the many minutes with a 4:57, as all but football, and standing around people who timed, announced, 255 Handoffs one of the first ten miles are un- talking... paced, pledged, and provided Bob LautPnsnrk passes the baton to Rick der 5:35. First ten mile split is 12:30a.m. Our eleventh ten moral support the relay could 52:47. mile split is 54:45, but Bell goes not have b£en completed. Deal in 21 hour marathon. 3:00p.m. Bob Lautensack under 5:00 and Coty does so for just ran a 4:47, fastest mile yet. the twelfth consecutive, time to Hey, Bob, are you crazy? lower our twelfth split to 53:45. "Yeah," he truthfully replies. 1:30a.m. Three streakers run 3:45p.m. Of the first 20 miles, a 440 with Bozo Bill Cole and only three are over 5:30. Our liven up the coed crowd of 30 to second ten mile_split is 52:19 as 40. Chuck Sudetic continues to everyone starts to pick it up a run quiite well, especially con- little. sidering he has hardly trained " 4:30p.m. Coty Pinckney just for this thing. But he's crazy INTRODUCING ran 4:48, his third straight mile enough to do it. and that's what under five minutes, as we it takes. There are some guys The Endless Feast record 52:27 for the third set of out here doing a good job of ten miles. pacing us now, too. They're as Imagine all the Prime Ribs 5:30p.m. Dick Boehner crazy as we are. you can eat breezes to a 4:47, tied for best 2:30a.m. "Hasn't anybody mile, right after Coty's 4:48, as and gone over six minutes yet? all the cold foamy beer you can dfcjnk fourth set of ten miles takes Connors asks. "Well. I'm going 54:20. to do it." He runs 5:33. The first and 6:00p.m. Bill Cole runs his mile in over six minutes comes all the crisp green salad you can make fifth consecutive 5:19. I think a little later, after 138 straight the people timing are starting and to cheat and are giving him over the mark. all the piping hot french bread you can butter. 5:19 regardless of what he does. End in sight Served with baked Idaho potato 7:15p.m. Our sixth ten mile Coffee or tea spit is 52:43, better than the 11:30a.m. The last few ten $6.95 53:52 we had on the fifth set. mile splits have been a little Cole blows it with a 5:17. I slower ranging from 58:05 on guess they aren't cheating after • the 20th to 62:51 on the 23rd, the all. slowest yet. The end is in sight 9:00p.m. Ohno! Cole just did now, and there's no question another 5:19. Coty continues to that we'll break 250 if every- amaze everyone with his thing goes OK. Coty goes 4:57 seventh straight sub five min- for his 21st straight mile under ute mile. five minutes, an amazing per Jock run formance. STEAK PUB 12:18p.m. Connors completes 3:30a.m. Our 13th, 14th, and the 237th mile which breaks the LIMITED 15th ten mile splits are 55:06, old state record set by us two 3637 South Boulevard 523-9678 All major credit cards accepted 56:21, and 56:10, as everyone years ago. More people are except Coty is slowing down a starting to come to see the Open for lunch Monday-Friday 11:30 A.M. Open for dinner Monday-Sunday 4:30 P.M. little. Coty runs his 15th straight finish now, which gives us quite sub 5:00, running a 4:52 in the a lift. annual "jock run." 1:30p.m. Coty runs 4:52, his Present this coupon at Steak Pub Limited for $1.00 off your 4:30a.m. Fatigue, the dead of dinner check. night, and few spectators com- bine to slow things even more. Name_ Even so, we're still so far ahead . . .Senate of the pace we could average School just 6:00/mile and finish with power 255 miles. The 16th set of ten miles is on 60:55, the first over (Continued from patio 2) an hour. Zack tops Coty by run- organizations on campus have ning a 5:37 wearing only a hat been given limited assistance and a pair of spikes. He is through Senate funding, but on paced bv a fully nude pre-med. the whole, the effect is not that 5:15a.m. Only four people great. now helping out. Boehner has to drop out after 18 miles due to a John Munce said jokingly at leg injury. That means we have the end of the last meeting that D. C. POP FILMS PRESENTS: to run with five minutes less as long as Brad Swalwell kept rest each time now. Everyone typing the Senate could stop else seems to be holding up well meeting. Jack Nicholson and looking forward to daylight. Unfortunately Munce was lighter than he thought. It in 6:20a.m. Coty runs his 18th would be a mistake to say the straight sub 5:00 mile at dawn. Senate can't do anything, but it Our 17th ten mile split was wouldn't be too far off to say the 59:28, and the 18th was 59:05, Senate isn't doing anything. The Last Detail still under the 10 mile/hour Until the college lets the pace. Senate exercise some power, 8:30a.m. Ricky "the Lube" and until senators start Friday. May 16 Love Deal completes the 2O0th mile working, the Senate will not ac- Seniors free witlj, ID. and we stop for two minutes to complish as much as they 8 A 10-30 P.M. $100 hav« our pictures taken. should or could. the davidsonian may 15, 1975 inside art

editors: bob howell vol. I. no. 3 • lillian gascoigne

Professor Emeritus

I fear I've lost my touch with you (oh me) my books. You sag in my hands like pizza dough. So long you whirled! whizzing high, you kissed low on fingertips, my phrases light and crusty crumbled on their lips-they hummed like a bee color-drunk. Now in the evening I'll grow flowers, that's it, there in the weeds below this window I can putter, sprouts I'll see. Someone, sidewalking. ves. mieht wander by; will the colors perk their eve9 could thev care to linger? "coffee? I'll bet a piece of pie..." Oh why have a chef's secret not to share? Cookbooks don't do cooking. There von lie I fear I've thumbed vou drv at last, oh mv

R. P.'s Sonnet Eric Walker A Sincere Poem

You, R. P., are fat. When I met you five years ago You were afraid of your shadow Afraid of the day And you were white as the moon And thin. Now your laughter is honey. Smooth. Your future like you, well-endowed.

Only this: the worm is at work. Your connection is cut. You are as ice cold as sterility. And then the fat melts away. Drip drip drip. HAKIM HARI KISHANLAL

T. K. Nic-oll

REFRIGERAH.D COLD WATER

Jim Jernigan Cindv Stout

La Cite de Carcassone

At last, the great stone warrior sleeps And the prayers of chevaliers Through a thousand years of combat Are answered tonight As a cluster of marigolds grows Beneath an archer's window.

Onvid M. V\;u<1 from Last Summer & Cele. A Postpubescent Romance

Moon never ignores our need's unmasking Mother's adopted home, child of alimony, but leers sputtering from a pole at sundown's cue, gathers its allotted ivy, garland of the nouvelle riche. gilding sickly flpurescent her fondling arm, I've come to perjure me, bribed with wired cash. so what, but Cele stains the window gold-our bed with a view for the sake of this dollfaced woman, in a week of correct adds an enigmatic sun for the asking. manners phrase why my undiploma'd poverty she loves me & eggs sunnyside up. Honeymoon! is not on her account...Taxied to the scallopedged drive, bolts Lady Day. dawn spills again down the high white dune I tramp between stiff magnolias, rucksack & twilight in this place where we ring with love's alarm. in either hand. She'll be lounged in the gazebo, perfumed with scotch, stalking her shadow through a batch of novellas; there. Summoning wiles, I lift the mosquito net to greet her. wordlessly The screen door is nervous with flies, east wind she leans my ear to those fallen breasts flips bored through Dages of reread mags, which brought me to this pass, dreaming we're alive. T've gnawed raw quicks of all but one thumbnail: with hip rich surfers Cele's buzzed down Jamaica way to cop enough dope to lay Robert Hill Long us & the rest of July back lazy: icebergs sink ominously in my torn collins: today a pastel telegram cries NABBED MONTEGO BAY STOP UNDER JAMAICA JAIL.

Bill Kennon Thanatos: The Hidden Retreat

We are no longer desperate for ourselves: Sirens in the Night the quest has too quickly ended And vet. that which was sought is still When you hear sirens in the night. unfound- And unnamed terror fills you through. We asked Then dark is more than loss of light; .„ but did not receive. We knocked And fear you feel is more than fright. but it was not opened to us. Ask not for whom, they wail for you. And yet we When you hear sirens in the night. are to blame For we have lacked Search for switch to make it bright. courage to pursue. Tungsten filaments won't do. The dark is more than loss of light. Having only half-arrived being only half-born It matters little, fight or flight; We have settled, alas, too contentedly Coming from is going to into the rut out of which we were When you hear sirens in the night. struggling: The time is of business-as-usual. Reach for something, hold her tight. We are at rest on premature laurels. Flames of love that don't burn through. The dark is more than loss of light. Our eyes are no longer capable of the tears which once moved us. Fettered fall from dizzy height. Our hearts are hardened beyond grief. Dreams dissolve, the crash no clue Once we saw our hollowness: When you hear sirens in the night; we tried to fill our selves For Dark's no more than loss of Light. with ourselves And we strove, the vital strife to find ourselves. We had begun. But we have Anthonv Martin retreated into the shell-of-our-existence.

And now we refuse to see. It has taken much too little to assuage our grief While the griefs of others now go unnoticed in the slence. In the darkness the still small voice has been quenched

Mark Guver

Sally Stow