COLLEGE UNION STAGES TWO WEEKEND DANCES 'See Page Three) The News And Editorial Voice Of The Davidson College Student Body VOL. LVI DAVIDSON COLLEGE, DAVIDSON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1966 NUMBER FOUR Activists Attempt To Merge Forces Guest Column Makes Students To Voice Davidsonian Debut Liberal Position With this Issue THE will give guests writers a I ■ i I A /m il DAVIDSONIAN ventures forum for sounding off. A new student organization designed to create a out of the ivory tower in- Anyone interested in writ- liberal student voice on campus" begancollecting names to the world of issues. ing for the column- -should of both students and professors this week in a prelude A new editorial-page col- contact Editor in Chief to seekinga charter from the Student Council. umn, entitled Quo Vadis, Louis Lesesne or Manag- Leaders of the group, called the Committee for Stu- will focus on Issues ol na- ing Editor Bob Travers. dent Action (CSA). expect to submit their membership tional and international Sophomore Rick Lonon list and statement of purpose to the council sometime importance and will be kicks this column off this this month, perhaps in time for consideration at Mon- written by interested stu- week on page two with a day's meeting. dents and faculty. Primari- plea for more student in- Council approval of charters is routine, according to ly an opinion column, it volvement in social issues. President Chuck Matthews, and the chartering of the CSA is virtuallyassured. The CSA. uhich organizer Dan Mombren cills "simply .i fed eration of four liberal mow- Memorial Services ments on campus," will direc: Worship IU attention to both campus and national issues. Its fourpronged statement of purpose includes Conducted For Eidson st.inds on academic freedom. QUEENS PICKETS PICKET civil rights, poverty, and mili- Queens College girls protested a union picket line blocking the performance was a professional exhibition which gave Services Memorial services were heldI Lutrick. Eid-Min tu traveling tarism, including ROTC. the unloading of equipment for a performance of the National them the right to work the show. Queens girls contended that Wednesday in Lingle Chapel for 1 north in h - foreign iauU car Already professors—Phil- Ballet Company Tuesday by forming a picket line of their the program was only for the benefit of the college as it Hol.ind Eidson. when he ran off the left shoul five ip B. Secor. own. Local 322 of the International Association of Theatrical opened the new Charles A. Oana Auditorium. The performance der of the highway. The car Norman Johnson. and Motion Picture Operators contended that was given a bare platform with rehearsal costumes. (Staff Begin He was fatally injured early Hansford Epes. Max Policy, and Stage Employees on To then swerved back onto the road — by Olson) Sunday morning when his car Anthony Abbott have signed Photo * into the path of an oncoming car Worship services aimed pri collided with another on Route the petition, thereby agreeing to ■ driven by a Huntersville man. marlly at the college commu 21. a few miles south of David serve on a board of faculty ad He said that the point of lm lity have returned to Davidson1 minutes after the visers. Library ToRemain son. He died pact appeared be n a voluntary form. accident. to about five Faculty Adopts Rules feet from the shoulder in the The CSA is. according to it- Open On Sunday In its meeting yesterday after Eidson was a junior philosophy lane of the oncoming car. statement of purpose, "an or noon, the Religious Life Com ■ major from Ward, S. C. He was The driver of the other car es- ganization of Davidson student< The library quietly opened mlttee decided to institute i-i a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon caped with minor injuries. who believe that reai progress its doors to students all Sun- iwo month series of experlmen and the Young RepublicansClub, Funeral services for Eidson will anticipated Approved not come to the South un is By day night in what Council services, al worship with thii According to Mecklenburg were held in Ward Monday af- less those who are currently in to be a permanent move. - By BRUCE WEIHE first service set for 7 p.m. Wed County Police Patrolman D. G. ternoon. college begin to deal with the Before the current year, the Staff Writer ie»day In Lingle Chapel. fundamental contradictions of library at 5 opened closed and At the of the two-month our society in a way which i< again at p. m., in defer- New regulations ap- dean of students, and ent f.ning system with certain end 8:30 traffic sistant the Religious Life Com genuine and lasting." ence to the now defunct ves- proved by the Student Council gave their approval. The poll favorable proposals. wriod. LESS MONEY ASKED nlttee will evaluate the success pers service. Monday night have been adopt was taken Wednesday about the It will be broken down into The faculty suggested a grad >f Its proposal and decide agitation began sever- ed almost fully by the faculty decisions reached at Monday four autonomous committee-. Student uated ticket scale of a $1 fine whether or not to continue It as ago keep the build Traffic Committee. night's Student Council meeting. eachone dealing with one of the al weeks to for the first offense. 13 for the i means of fulfilling the col the The regulations include a $10 Bill Watson, reporting for a four specific tenets expressedin ing open for student use for second. $5 for the third. $7 for age's religious commitment. For Tutors Athletes the statement fine for speeding, an envelope Student Council traffic commit- of purpose: entire night. Last week the Stu the fourth, and the car would be payment system for fines, and tee, said that the faculty showed According to the Rev. Will dent Council voted to support impounded with the fifth of- —"To increase student aca keep library open. impounding of a car on the fifth little enthusiasm over the com- rerry, pastor of the College a move to the fense. The scale would be set demic freedomandcontribute to opening came as violation during a semester. plicated point system forwarded :hurch, the services will last ap- Last week's up on a one semester b.i-i Normal Policy an intellectual atmosphere on year. troximately one half hour. They Called students, Although the faculty did not by the council last In- a surprise to most campus." According to Mom- formally, they polled stead, the faculty countered with faculty «ill continue on Wednesday Department ha<[ is thinking with no advance notice or pub meet were Also included in the The Athletic cern it?" that this brea. this committee would aim individually by Terry. a< program similar to pres lights during October and then,1 licity from the library staff. J:m 3 the suggestions was a proposal that ' been providing tutors for athlete*I practice was familiar to David for "more dialogue" through luring November, will be held difficulties, a -on iMMwn money raised the fines with academic t students. He then left for student and faculty and perhaps >n Sunday nights. would be turned over to the So practice that is several yearsI ,i nsMBUl to speak with John another independent student lit- rial Council, but this was not Terry indicated that attempt! -i old. Athletic Director Tom Scotit K!li?D. <ports information direc erary publication. approved by the faculty when will be made to incorporate mu told THE DAVIDSONIAN . s tor. Forces promote Anti-Anti-'Dixie' returned. week. the the plan was The fac- lie, the arts, and possibly drama i After his return Fagg stat- —"To civil rights movement by ulty further proposed an ■aw nto the services. Local clergyi i Tho practice came to Ut'x1 ed that tutoring p.i.d f n- by the group encourage- player ' ment and individual involve lope system, giving violators an ind faculty will fill the pulpitI when a football MMkinf itbjatie department is an csta opportunity t0 Pav without hav- or most of the services, buti a tutor in French asked the pro blished practice. He added that ment." "I doubt that would in- Offense to —the time Petition ing traffic court dur- to clude demonstration Mount attend 'two outside he himself provided tutori men" are also ( was that exclusion, you approve of the dropping of ing Friday chapel period. peak. al aid as a student at David- for ha- passed." Mombre.i By FRANKLIN ANDERSON he had received four "It would be letters, one favoring move 'Dixie" by the Wildcat Band in The keeping of court records Editorial son. said. more in the Staff Writer the See Paue Two line of practical application of three opposing it. response to Athletic Department is tobe handled by students and Scott provided particulars and " that already "What's wrong with "Dixie'?" not tell them (the requests? not the bursar's office as in the 1 concerning tutorial aid. He said laws have been "We did passed, such reg:- demands a petition on a door in band) not to play it. There has "Northerners cheer just as past, according to the faculty Square i|K'ct:ve tutor to see Dave Fagg. that it has "dropped off in past a* :n voter Dance . tration." East Dormitory, and 22-1 studems been no edict." emphasized Dr. much for "Dixie" as Southern- proposals. assistant football coach. TheI years" and that "both coaches have agreed " / with its answer Scott when the dropping of ers," said Dan Vinson.