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and the truth shall make you free'
Vol. 1 No. 2
East Carolina University, P.O. Box 2516, Greenville, N.C.
September 16, 169
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condemns national Guard during riots
see page 2
Woodstock: Tranquility
despite the thousands
see pages 8,9
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Fountainhead
September 16, 1969
A & T University editor
lashes National Guard
RALEIGH - The editor of
the newspaper at A & T
University at Greensboro told
Gov Robert Scott last week that
the students at A & T were
alienated toward the
administration because of the
"heinous way the National
Guard acted when they were on
our campus during the riots last
spring
He made the statement last
Tuesday at a meeting of all the
newspaper editors and Student
Government Association
presidents at the governor's
mansion. Scott called the
meeting.
The editor said guardsmen
stole clothes, books, record
players and other items which
belonged to the students
the SGA at East Carolina, and they wanted to talk over.
Chip Callaway, editor-in-chief of Schofield said he thought he
the Fountainhead, were at the most important outcome of the
meeting. meeting was the tentative plans
One student editor told Scott for forming some kind of
that faculty members were beiny organization including students
dismissed from his university for and members of theStateBoard
"viewpoints that conflicted to of Higher Education,
those of the university
administration
Lack of communication
between the student body and
student leaders was also
discussed.
Schofield said students
needed respect for the SGA so
they would come to the SGA
with problems.
Other problems discussed at
the meeting were the high cost
of books and tuition, the food
service, lack of parking space on
He also said the guardsmen campus, and students' objection
were "unnecessarily destructive
when looking for firearms in the
dormitories.
He said many students were
not able to return to school
because they could not afford to
buy new clothes and pay tuition
at the same time.
John Schofield, president of
to the school having authority
which they feel only their
parents should have.
Callaway said after the
meeting that the governor was
attentive to what the students
had to say. He said Scott invited
the students to his office
"whenever they had problems
SGA passes policy
on faculty admissions
�" as adopted new
�cies for faculty
The SGA
admission pc
and staff members to campus
activities.
ID cards for faculty members
and their families will be made
Wednesday through Friday from
9 a m. to 6 p.m. in Wright
Auditorium.
The cards will admit holders
to both the popular and
international films, the lecture
series and the travel-adventure
film series.
Staff members will use N.C.
retirement cards instead of ID
cards. ID cards will not be
available for staff members.
Facuiiy and staff card holders
will be charged $1 under the
public price for popular
entertainment and $2 more than
the student service charge for
the artists series. There will be
alimit of two tickets per family.
Tickets
Season tickets for the artists
series will cost $10. Staff
members can buy season tickets
to popular and international
films for $1.
Lecture series tickets for staff
members will be $1.50 per
lecture or $3.50 for a season
ticket. Travel-adventure film
tickets are 75 cents per film or
$2.50 for a season ticket.
There is also a $10 package
plan for staff members.
SGA
The SGA last week approved
$40,000 to continue the campus
bus system and named the
members of the honor and
judiciary councils.
The meeting Wednesday was
the last meeting of the 1968-69
SGA. New members will be
elected this month.
Honor Council
Members of the Men's Honor
Council are Brian VanDercook,
Steve Owens, Tim Kesler, Jens
Bang, Tom Leinbach, Jim Hicks,
and Franklin Adams. Alternates
are Gary B. Williams and Steele
Trail.
Members of the Men's
Judiciary Council are Lee Lewis,
Nathan Weavil, John Craig
Souza, Gary King, George
Marijuana
charge sticks
Fountainhead City Bureau
Two East Carolina students
who were charged this summer
with tending a patch of
marijuana in a wooded area near
Greenville were bound over to
Superior Court after a hearing
last Friday.
They are Richard Day of
Winston-Salem and Thomas
Cramer of Long Island, N.Y.
The two had been arrested on
a misdeamor charge July 22.
Officers said they had observed
them tending a marijuana patch
for some time.
They had also been charged
with possessing marijuana.
A report read at the hearing
said they had 5.8 grams of
marijuana. Their warrants were
chanqed from a misdemeanor
charge to a felony charge.
Judge Herbert Phillips, who
presided at the hearing, did not
set a date for the trial.
Day and Cramer are free on
$500 bond.
THE CAMPUS CHIME system will soon be installed
permanently.
Chimes will ring
atop New Austin
The electronic chime system
installed this summer on the
Physics building has passed its
trial period.
It will be installed
permanently on New Austin
within the next two weeks, said
Bill Eyerman, director of the
Alumni Association.
The senior class of 1969 gave
$1,000 as their class gift to help
pay for the chime system. The
alumni association contributed
$500.
The SGA will vote Sept. 29
on whether to appropriate
$2,500 for the system.
Originally, the senior class
had considered getting a brass
bell for Ficklen Stadium, but
decided the chimes would be
more feasible.
The chime system is similar
to a stereo tape player. There is
a control unit housing the timer,
the tapes, and connections for
the six loud speakers.
Special tapes can be played,
such as Christmas carols, victory
songs, a death knoll, or the Alma
Mater.
The Alma Mater plays at
noon daily. There are
Westminster Chimes every hour
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Campus
exceeds
construction
$7 million
Four new buildings costing
more than seven million dollars
are now under construction on
Georghiou, Bill Shaw, and Tracy campus, and five other buildings
and projects are planned.
About three-fourths of the
new Biology and Physics
buiiding is already being used.
F.D. Duncan, vice president
in charge of business, said the
last wing of the new building
will open in two or three weeks.
The building cost $3 million.
The new men's dormitory,
which opened for the firt time
this fail, houses 500 students. It
cost $1,680,000.
Hill.
Members of the Women's
Honor Council are Chere
Randall, Virginia Lanam, Caroi
Mabe, Lynn Quisenberry,
Susann Brown, Nancy Sheppard,
and Wanda Wentz. Alternates are
Ann Breeze and Stephanie
Standafer.
Members of the Review
Board are Steve Sharpe, Rex
Meade, Edna Cascioli and Paul
Breitman.
The new ten-story women's
dorm houses 400 students and
cost $1,305,000.
On U.S. 264 Bypass near Pitt
Plaza, a clinic for handicapped
children is being built. It will
cost $292,770.
A soda shop is being built on
campus between the nursing
building and the music building.
It will cost $237,000.
Construction will begin early
next year on a new elementary
education laboratory school. It
will cost $1,150,000.
A new student union will be
built near Eighth Street.
Ayers joins administration
as new special assistant
Construction is expected to start
early next year. This building
will cost 2,940,000.
A new building for the
School of Health Professions is
being designed. It will cost
373.000. Construction will
begin next spring.
Plans are being made to put
the campus electrical wiring
underground. This project will
cost $525,000.
Air conditioning is planned
for the Graham Building. This
will cost $90,000.
Within the next three weeks,
renovation of the underground
storm drainage system will
begin. This will cost about
$216,000.
All-weather tennis courts will
be ready next spring. They will
be built just south of Minges
Coliseum. The tennis courts will
cost $55,000.
John Ayers, who is Dr. Leo
Jenkins's new special assistant,
got a parking ticket last week -
for parking an unregistered car
in a staff parking area.
"I guess I'll have to pay the
ticket because they were right
Ayers said.
"I couldn't get the old sticker
scraped off, so I hadn't put the
new one on yet
Ayers has been assistant to
the president of the university Assembly when they visit Nov.
for three months. 1 �
Before coming here, he Ayers said that since his job
taught adult courser, at Camp has just been created, he does
Lejeune, Cherry Point and not know exactly what he can
Goldsboro. He also taught one expect his job to become or how
quarter here. closely he will work with the
Ayers duties i nclude students,
researching Jenkins's speeches He said he would like to be
and raising money. He will also able to help students with
make plans to entertain the problems such as registration,
members of the General drop-add and parking.
"The streets of our
country are in turmoil. The
universities are filled with
students rebelling and
rioting. Communists are
seeking to destroy our
country. Russia is
threatening us with her
might, and the republic is in
danger. Yes, danger from
within and without. We
need law and order or our
nation cannot survive
Adolf Hitler
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Fire destroys warehouse
late yesterday evening
by Sam Beasley and Al Dean
Fountainhead City Bureau
A fire late last night destroyed
Cannon's Warehouse in
downtown Greenville, injured
two firemen, threatened
petroleum tanks across the street
and caused what may amount to
several million dollars in damage.
The fire was brought under
control about 3 a.m. The fire
was still burning but police said
there was little danger that it
would spread to heatiri"g fuel and
bottled gas storage tanks and
gasoline stations near the
warehouse.
Nurses aides at Pitt County
Hospital said they had been
asked to prepare for a large
number of casualties while there
was danger the tanks would
explode.
Police said if the fire had
reached the gasoline station,
they felt they would have had to
evacuate the area.
The sky all over Greenville
was lit bright orange by the fire
which began shortly after 11
p.m. Fire department spokesmen
said several hours later the fire
was still out of control. Flames
were still shooting more than a
hundred feet into the air at
Fountainhead deadline last
night.
Wilbert Manning, who runs a
service station less than a
hundred feet from the
warehouse, saw the fire begin.
He said a truck was driving into
the warehouse when it hit an
electrical line.
"One damned water hose
could have put it out Manning
said.
He said the fire department
arrived quickly but was slow in
setting up.
The streets near the
warehouse were so hot they
were forming steam. The
aluminum siding on the
warehouse was completly melted
down and the steel girders
supporting the building were
buckled.
There were natural gas storage
tanks near the warehouse.
Fireman were releasing the gas
slowly and allowing it to burn
off to prevent an explosion.
There were also large tanks of
oil in at Atlantic Oil Co.
distributing center across the
street. One small fire broke out
near there, but firemen kept it
away from the tanks.
Manning said the warehouse
was fiiied nearly to capacity
because the first sale was to be
held there today. No estimate of
the value of the buildings,
contents or lost petroleum could
be found last night.
At 12:20 a.m. this morning,
when the fire was still far from
under control, two firemen were
taken to Pitt County hospital in
fire department rescue squad
trucks.
The nursing supervisor at the
hospital said both had been
overcome by heat and smoke.
She said they might be admitted
to the hospital.
She identified the two
firemen as R. P. Rogers Jr 26,
and James K. Hathaway, about
35, both of Greenville.
Several thousand people stood
around the warehouse watching
the fire.
Policemen drove by with
loudspeakers and told the
spectators to stand back. Most
of them appeared to be
university students. They jeered
and applauded the firemen and
policemen.
About a hundred university
men were helping fight the fire.
A member of the Alpha
Epsilon Pi fraternity said they
had gone to the fire and offered
their help.
Greenville citizens were also
helping with the fire. They had
no protective clothing.
A fire department spokesman
'Where Is Vietnam?'
Where Is Vietnam? American
Poets Respond. Edited by Walter
Lowenfels, Garden City, New
York, 1967. Doubleday &
Company, Inc. $1.25.
The Writing on the Wall. 108
American Poems of Protest.
Edited by Walter Lowenfels,
Garden City, New York, 1969.
Doubleday & Company, Inc.
$1.95.
A nation
That does not invite rebellion among
her poets has already destroyed
them. I swear
that every tree
is top secret, green with shady clues
That will inevitably suggest a
subversive line of inquiry, N, there
is never a society
that is doomed before its poets choose
To accept doom.
Eveline Bates
Eveline Bates has supplied a
fitting invocation to Walter
Lowenfels' anthologies of
American protest poems.
It is the spirit and vitality of
the poets, the living verse, that
rejects the pentagons
fabrications, that abhors the
statistical fascinations of the
petty and the powerful, that
discovers the lie of the big
numbers and small humanity.
Where Is Vietnam?and The
Writing on the Wall are divergent
(continued on page 6)
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said shortly before midnight that
there were only five units at the
fire.
i The firemen had set up hoses
to spray down the units closer to
the fire because of the intense
heat.
The streets were cluttered
with fire hoses and there were
frequently flashes of light from
power lines burned out by the
fire.
A thermometer on a fence less
than a hundred feet from the
fire was registering the
maximum.
House mother becomes
friend and advisor
The traditional image of the the room check. Miss Fulghum
house mother - warden, law
enforcement officer, or mother -
is going to change this year, said
Miss Carolyn Fulghum, Dean of
Women.
"The new image of being a
friend, counselor and advisor has
been caused by the changing
times said Miss Fulghum.
Enforcing regulations will be
left to the house councils and
hall procters, she said.
An example of the change is
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said.
The house counselor will
check the room only for
damages. If a woman wants to
live in filth, that will be her
problem, Miss fulghum said.
Thirteen of the university's
18 house counselors now have
master's degrees in guidance and
counseling, Miss Fulghum said,
so the counsellors are qualified
for their new role.
"I believe that if the cities arc permitted to deteriorate, then the aca-
demic institutions in those cities must inevitably suffer
BOSTON MAYOR KEVIN WHITE
Everyone freaks when you sa1 confrontation. Currently their image
is Columbia: boom, smash, rubble. But the matter's more subtle than
that. For confrontation is the open expression of conflict of interests
HEKKELEY VETERAN MICHAEL ROSSMAN
"This is the danger of education, that it be so tightly planned that it
becomes terminal �terminal in number of years and courses of study,
and even more dangerously, terminal in the limits on the student's
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ONFEBERAT
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book on South
Dr. Charles P. Cullop, an
associate professor of history,
has just published a book called
' 'Confederate Propaganda in
Europe- 1861-1866!
The book covers the
establishment of the
Confederate newspaper, the
efforts of the South to
discourage the immigration of
Europeans to the North, and the
work of the most active English
propagandists.
Cullop received his Ph.D.
from the University of Virginia.
He has also done post-doctoral
study at Harvard University.
September 16, 1969
Long hair on young men has
probably caused more family quarrels
during the past years than any other
single subject, and while father may
still scream about the length of
his son's locks, the old man has been
letting his own grow a bit on top
and discovered that longer sideburns
are really quite becoming
FRANCES MOFFAT
"What the Hippies Gave Us"
San Francisco Chronicle,
in order to awaken, a combina-
tion of efforts is needed. It is
necessary that somebody should look
after the man who wakes him; it is
necessary to have alarm clocks and
it is also necessary continually to
invent new alarm clocks.
"But in order to achieve all this and
to obtain results, a certain number of
people must work together.
"One man can do nothing
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One of the most exclusive
societies in the world cares
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standing or ancestry of its
members. To join, you don't
need an odd occupation or an
offbeat hobby, or even a rare
blood type. You can be quite
average in every respect �
except one.
Upper 98
To be welcomed into the
organization which calls itself
Mensa, you must prove by an
I.Q. test that you are smarter
than 98 per cent o. the
population.
Last year a chapter of Mensa
was started here with one
faculty and one student
member. By the end of the year
the membership had grown to
16 students and faculty.
Activities expanded
Dr. William White, Assistant
Professor of History, the faculty
member from last year and a
long time member of Mensa,
forsees an expanded range of
activities for the group this year.
"We didn't get started until
late last term and most of the
time was spent on organization.
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decision-makers.
Spread like crabgrass
Since then, Mensa has spread
like crabgrass to some fifty
countries and now has
approximately 13,000 members
in North America.
The group takes its name
from the Latin word for "table
signifying a round table of
equals. There is perhaps a
glancing pun on the Latin word
for mind, mens.
Why do they join? Some do it
for status: "It appealed to my
ego said one secretary who
applied for membership.
Some like its novelty: "I'm
attracted to the offbeat a
professor-member confessed.
Red-bearded, jovial Voctor
Serebriakoff, International
Secretary of Mensa said, "When
I joined Mensa I thought, 'Now I
am joining a bunch of very
bright people; therefore,
everyone will agree with me.
Alas, this turned out not to be
so. Then I married a member
and began to learn the full
extent, breadth and profundity
of human disagreement
How do you join? The only
requirement for membership is
evidence of scoring in the top
two it of any standard
intelligence test.
Would-be Mensas who lack
proof of their I.Q. level can be
tested by Mensa.
"Provisions have been made
for taking the test at ECU said
White. "We can now offer
prospective members the chance
to complete the entire procedure
on ramnnc "
The local chapter will have its
first meeting at 7p.m. next
Tuesday in room 136, New
Austin building.
Fountainhead solicits letters
to the editor. Any student,
faculty member or administrator
who wishes to express himself in
a letter to the editor should mail
it to Box 2516, ECU Station,
Greenville, N.C.
Letters should be brief. The
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all letters to conform with
journalistic style.
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The role of a university
a univBiaiiy ill
Bill of Rights protects students
. �:� onH hptiAPPn anv presented to the SGA and
In the first column of this obvious. A student cannot
series, this definition of the role function at his peak in an
of a university was given: The atmosphere in which his right
role of a university in general is and freedoms are in doubt or
to provide its students with a change from day to day.
liberal and practical education Free inquiry and free
improve the society through the expression are indispensable to
innovation of new ideas and the attainment of the goal of a
better methods of accomplishing university. Critical judgment and
its aims In light of this goal, the independent thought are vital to
university must provide an the search for truth in an
atmosphere which is conducive academic community, standards
to learning and to expanding for the protection of these rights
cultural horizons of the must be instituted at every
students as well as the university in the nation. East
community'itself. Carolina University is fortunate
Since this idea was develoDed in having a document which
in the first column, there is no undertakes a minumun
need to elaborate on the general guarantee of these rights,
definition. Instead, this column The present SGA Bill of
will focus on the Student Bill of Rights is the end product of the
Rights, a document which is work of a campus group entitled
intended to be the guardian of simply: GAP. The name signifies
the rights of all students in an the fact that there is a gap in the
academic environment. The communications between the
relation of a Student Bill of students and faculty, between
Rights to this definition is the faculty and the
adminstration, and between any
given campus group and any
other campus group.
The student-faculty group
began work on its project in
July, 1968. The national interest
in student rights at the time and
certain campus disorders were
the sparks that kindled the
action on the ECU campus. At
the time, and even now, very
few schools in the nation had a
written guarantee of student
rights because the institution of
such a document was hindered
by the adminstrations and the
student government associations.
The Bill was drawn up by
students and underwent six
revisions before they were
satisfied. Constitutional lawyers
were consulted and the final
document was presented to the
students. A petition was begun
and 2600 students signed to
show their support of the bill.
The petition and the bill were
presented to the SGA and the
bill was altered only slightly
before it was passed into lav
With the passaj of this
Student Bill of Rights, the SGA
recognizes and guarantees
sixteen rights of students. This
by WAYNE EADS
Bill can be found as Article IX
of the SGA constitution.
The GAP document was based
on the AAUP Statement on the
Rights and Freedoms of
Students and the Bill of Rights
of the University of Michigan.
I 'When Is Vietnam?'
(continued from page 3)
in theme and subject matter.
Where Is Vietnam? benef its from
narrowness of focus; it contains
a particular set of poems aimed
at a "particular" war. This sinyle
purpose gives the book an
internal strength and a unity
that is lacking in The Writing on
the Wall because of divergent
subject matter.
Where Is Vie am? is a moral
testiment on America's greatest
atrocity. The book strikes out at
the blindness manifested by
America's apathetic masses; We
are prosecuting a "genocidal"
war, the book tells us the
jungles of Vietnam are being
purposefully depopulated; we
are fighting an "imperialistic"
war � the natural resources of
Southeast Asia are the actual
object of our attack, and we are
fighting an "immoral insane,
and utterly despicable war to
keep the tyrants in Asia
there is no longer the pretense of
popular elections because the
regime we support cannot
survive the implementation of
democracy.
The failure of The Writing on
the Wall comes from a deviation
from this standard.
11 is not a particular
memorable anthology, The
authors, for the most part, are
obscure. The themes are
redundant.
There is no ostensible
purpose in the process of
selection, except a desire to
collect a cross section of the
currents of American protest.
One of the most eloquent
pieces in the book is Chief
Joseph's "Surrender Speech a
moving statement of the plight
of the American Indian
defeated, scorned, outcast from
the land which was his
birthright.
The faces of America's
dispossessed often form the
subjects of protest. The
conditions of the Negro, the
poor white, the Indian, and the
immigrant laborers give lie to the
"American dream
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By A. Olsen
Boring Burt Lancaster,
complete with a genuine John
("True Grit") Wayne black eye
patch is fighting the Germans to
his death in an art filled
fairyland castle out at the Plaza
Cinema this week.
I can't recommend the waste
of time or cash for this
trumped-up mistake of a film.
In trying to reveal the
rossness of war, etc etc etc
only makes it more attractive
or the Piltdown people in the
rowd, which was beautifully
mall when I visited the theater
riday night.
The few well-done (an almost
eaningful) scenes just don't
effort involved in
the aisles of the
scribble a note of protest and
take it to the office. It'll find my
eyes someday, I promise.
This column may not get into
every issue because of several
reasons. The most likely reason
is that the Greenville theaters
don't have an eye for good films
unless they also happen to be
good at the box office. We'll see
how it works out.
Cheets.
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arrant the
joing down
theater.
Hopefully this column will be
found in the majority of the
following issues of
Fountainhead. It will be only
my opinion on the films I have
seen and bothered to pass
judgment.
If you, the reader, find the
review agreeable, fine. If you
agree or disagree with any or all
of my pronouncements, please
a new spirit is abroad to meet
the challenge of a new era in the
history of the world. Our method of
establishing the probable existence
of an 'awaker.ed' state will not be
exclusively religious, or esoteric, or
poetic or scientific, but will be a blend
of all these and in contradiction to
all the disciplines. That is what we
call a Renaissance: a soup contain-
ing a mixture of the methods of
theologians, scientists, magicians,
and children
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AND JACQUES BERGIER
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By WAYNE EADS
Staff Reporter
Th� iact wpet-scented wisps of marijuana smoke dissipated in
?����?� � e Catski" ntain, T e few
remaining nakeds sadly put on their clodies - all but one
voung man whom police found hiking homeward in the buff. Cars
campers. microbusW. U-Haul trucks and columns of plodding
gangster clooged the roadsThe halt-moon hillside of Max
vVsaur's dairy farm lay under a miry blanket of Coke cans. Gallo
ki� sandwh wrappers, mud-stiffened pants and blankets and
SinTbaThe detritus left behind by 400 000 of the rock
gene at on after their biggest turn-on ever. An electric pot
dreamnot only had come true but survived to a more or less happy
ending
This was Newsweek summation of the end of the Woodstock Mu.c and Arts
Fair held in Bethel. N.Y. But it could well apply to any of the many pop
RICHIE HAVENS OPENS Woodstock Pop.
festivals of summer, 1969. Only the setting would change.
Travel, traffic jams, massive crowds, drugs and music day and night.
These are some of the sights and sounds of the pop festival - a relatively new
invention that seems to be an outgrowth of a cultural revolution among the
youth of America.
Since the Monterrey Pop Festival in California, the events have spread to the
East Coast. The first of the big ones on this side of the country was the Miami
Pop Festival last December.
That was the spark.
This summer the fire spread far away from its most enthusiastic founders.
Atlanta, Ga Prairieville, La Tenino, Wash Lewisviile, Tex Newport, R.I and
Atlantic City, N.J. got into the act with a few of the many festivals this summer.
The rage even crossed the Atlantic to the Isle of Wight, where Bob Dylan - no
introduction needed - drew a crowd of 220,000 hip Britishers.
Atlanta had the first big concert of the summer. Beginning on July 4, the
JAMS JOPLIN
show ran for two days of peace, music, and happiness.
The only big problem was the heat. The temperature reached 105 degrees in
the shade on Saturday. But despite the heat, the show went on.
The police were asked to remain outside the gates by the show's producers,
and there was no trouble. The crowd was inexplicably peaceful for its size.
At all the pop festivals, the locals were hesitant to allow all those hippy
degenerates" to congregate in that particular location, but in most cases, the end
of the festival brought a new realization to those people.
The critics cried that there would be violence if such a crowd were brougm
together, but there was seldom violence - especially if the police stayed out ana
left the kids alone. . ,
Even then, while drugs were seldom hard to find, there were relatively tpw
cases of people treated for drug abuse. Peace and brotherhood were
watch-words.
Then came Woodstock.
Woodstock was a turning point for a lot of things. How can one describe iu
The consequences will not be known until historians look back and try
discover what really happened at Woodstock.
But let us look at the events as best we can.
Mike Lang, 24, one of four producers of the event, had originally planned x
hold the festival somewhere else. However, complications arose, mostly dreame
up by irate townspeople, and the event had to be relocated.
It was finally scheduled to be a three-day event at Bethel, N.Y. It was bi
as "An Aquarian Exposition" - three days of peace and music.
The 600 acre dairy farm of Max Yasgur, near White Lake, was rented tor
occasion.
There were few sanitation facilities, but there was plenty of open space
there were streams to bathe in.
Camping was to be done on the farm and on the concert grounds close
The preparations were more than adequate for the 150,000 people the produce.
expected.
Everything seemed to be fine. ,
The performers at Woodstock included some of the biggest names in roc?
music: The Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, men
Havens, The Incredible String Bank. Ravi Shankar, Sweetwater, The Joshu
Light Show, The Canned Heat, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Who, am
Crosby, Stills and Nash. j
Also there were Sly and the Family Stone he Jefferson Airplane, The Ban
Country Joe and
Blood, Sweat, and
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opened.
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the news of the it
The organizers
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continued and be
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ned 105 degrees in
show's producers,
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,plin. The Who, art
Airplane, The Ban
Country Joe and the Fish. Jimi Hendrix, the Iron Butterfly. Johnny Winter, and
BIO�h;SpToducTrs wTre'totally unprepared for what happened after the show
0PThe magic of the event had spread far across the United States and Canada -
the news of the music, the people, the drugs, the fun
The organizers were not prepared for the response. Everyth.ng was fragile, the
toJn was small and food and water were scarce. But somehow the festival
continued and became the chaotic spectacle that many feared ,t would.
L earlv Friday, even before the festival opened, the producers announced to
the public that the rest of the events would be free. The size of the crowds made
t impo sbe to sell tickets at the door. Only the tickets that were sold in
advance were collected. After a while, no attempt was made to stop anyone who
trl ThpTSuSed over radio and television, asking anyone who was on
the way to he festival to turn around and go home.
Tr'itnty miles long and cars had to be abondoned. Still they
oo On foot on bicycles, on motorcycles.
When Hined on Friday and Saturday, the incoming lines were only
"ToT'tonSl we, procession toward the .arm. and those already there
huddled n cLkets and under improvised shelters unt� the ram stopped. The
entire concert field had become a sea of mud. but the show wen, on.
ThP situation often came close to disaster.
Food and water ran short, bu, the people of nearby Mont.cello and 100
than 15 000 people Saturday morning.
The free meal included crushed oats, raisins, honey, sugar, and dried fru.t.
That was oniar, of the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair. There are some
rSSreESS. a million people gathered in Bethel
FREAKS LOOK ON at Atlanta.
"rwhlrd largest city in New York and the eighth larges, city in ,he
nation. , �0�:tatinn and food problems.
� was a city, with births and deaths and ��� �� � crime rate was
There were other problems, but tor a cixy u
shocking. . t
It was shocking because it almost d.dn ex s . weekend the policemen
There were no fights or even arguments during the weeKen
who headed the security force said. few for a
There were no arrests for violence and the drug arrests
gathering of that size. permissive attitude toward drugs
It is true that the festival-goe had J vioations except on the New
and that the police did not try to stop che drug
Jersey turnpike. . 1.
Some think that indicates that the nation's drug laws are obsolete.
Time will tell. nrmPH that people could
A lot of people refuse to believe that the young,ersproved � . P P
live together as brothers, that love could prevail, and that
least a basis in reality. . rpx0utionary ideas, a bus
Despite ,he long ZZ�E & �� had ever
company employee said they were xne mu
had as customers. . , in those they treated.
Medical people said ,here were no J JmorMt, and
"I found no correlation betweenclea- Joe Kimble,the
there's no correlation between long hair and immora
FIREMEN COOL CROWDS in 105 " heat.
police chief of Beverly Hills, Calif who wen, to observe.
If, hard for the older generation to judge the Woodstock festival
Allen Ginsberg sees it as "a major planetary happening W-TJ
Abbie Hoffman sees it as "the birth of the Woodstock nation and the death of
the American dinosaur
�T�� J5X -s that there are "lots and
lots and lots of Ts more than anybody ever though, before. We used to think of
ouLTvest Utde'clumps of weirdo, But now we're a whole new minority
group .
un-Establishment v.ew . .g M, of ohvious
festiva tamed outto be mn . yed rtrength ea
r'pUtirmly'weuCt as one of the significant political and sociological
"Tor" one thing the Bethel scene demonstrated more c.ear.y than �W batons
the �SJL. a national subcufrure -JgJJ
rousing the crowd to "ostidy pohoe mad,tmm � on that all
charges. By and large, the U.S. has W�mw' " universal
narcotics are dangerous -JJSJS. Ution of how
r:jlZX caVn rein in force without seemin9
as wr rss sssz� -�M .
V�"ngifwPasVato a demonstration to the adult world that young people could
the kind envisioned by Chicago's Mayor Daley.
This was the beginning institutions that they are
They0U�9ahou, and Ten hey will find new problems ,ha, they need to
� co0:ec,rPWsbt�ocUk sTowstatyoudtbasmore wisdom than many adults wan, to
give them credit for.
PHOTO CREDITS
Hendrix & Havens
- Elliot Landy
Others - Ozzie Sweet
Technical assistance
- Kelly Adams
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Fill
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Supply store justifies
prices on their way up
by Ozzie Sweet
The Student Supply Store has
been widely criticized by the
student body recently.
The store has been accused of
incompetency and exploitation.
Since a student's purchases
are very likely to put a large hole
in his pocket (the initial outlay
for one art student this quartet
was S75), and since he is
sometimes forced to deal with a
bookstore monopoly, the
CQmnjgintc �jrg likply In ronTinilP
with or without .eason.
Joseph Clark, executive
man if the Student Supply
Store, describes the bookstore as
a fellow victim of circumstances
e the student.
Mark up
One major accusation from
students is that book prices are
marked up from publishers
suggested retail prices.
Clark said that publishers are
constantly raising the prices of
books, often without printing
new jackets to advertise the
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Instead, "suspicious" stickets
are placed over the price mark
by the publisher and never by
the bookstore, Clark said.
Formerly, it was the policy of
the store to return books with
such mark up stickers or to
charge the publisher the
difference between the old and
new prices.
Unfortunately, the present
nomic situation favors the
publisher, and they need not
heed university complaints so
much.
Scholarship funds
The Student Supply Store
does not deny that it is out to
make money, but the
justification for this is the 75
minimum of the profits which
goes into scholarship funds.
' 'Without them (the
scholarships) hundreds of
students would never have been
able to attend the University
the freshman orientation folio
says.
Neverthei
C 3 J ,
f the
responsibility for high prices at
the bookstore is to fall on
scholarships, then it follows that
there may be some poorer
students applying for financial
aid or even dropping out.
The other 25 profit goes to
activities "for the benefit of the
students (for example, the new
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machines).
The univeisities' voice in
dealing with publishing
companies is the National
Association of College Stores
which, Claik says, has often
exchanged harsh words with
these companies. Yet, regardless
of potential power, the
association has had little success
in lowering prices foi students.
One alternative might be the
German publishing company
Reclam, which specializes in
inexpensive paperback books.
Assured of a constant market,
Reclam can afford to buy rights
to quality books and print them
in editions costing only a few
cents each. This requires
motivation beyond greed - too
much to ask of American
publishers?
Profit small
The bookstore's share in the
profit is comparatively small
three cents out of a dollar while
the publisher gets 7.8 cents.
When operating expenses are
considered, the profit is less -
1.7 cents per duilar.
Publishing and supply
companies are generally to
blame for prices at the Student
Supply Store, but there are
alternatives.
Some of the alternatives
could pass on more of the 20 per
cent discount the stores get from
too rii r ifknfp
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this Thursday)
Noted film director
speaks to students
Susami Ham, who has been Award and the Golden Ducat
called one of Japan's best movie Award.
directors, was here yesterday to Nanami Inferno of First
speak to members of the drama Love, Hani's new film, has
department alread" won the best film award
One critic has described his at the Berlin Film Festival late
style as reflecting today's youth
and their stumbling entry into
the perverse adult world,
rejecting the traditional ancestor
worship of the Japanese.
His work has been compared
to that of Sweden's Ingmar
Bergman and Italy's Federico
Fellini.
Hani's first awards came in
1951 with his first film, "Pupils
in the Classroom Awards since
then include the London Critic's
this spring.
When shown to members of
the United Nations, Nanami
received a standing ovation. The
auditorium at Brandeis
University was filled the three
nights it played.
This story of the love affair
between a 17 year-old boy and
girl is set in modern Tokyo. The
score consists primarily of recent
Japanese pop music.
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crumbling, and the new one
which is burgeoning. Living
between both, we are
confronted by both
"Consequently, we live in
frustration, afraid to leap into
the depths of ourselves, content
to see merely our outer image, as
in a mirror. In this film, I want
to look straightly, fearlessly into
the depths, into that part of a
human being which is most
personally his
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State Theater Sunday.
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Udall speaks
Stewart L. Udall, former
Secretary of the Interior, will
begin this year's lecture series
Thuisday with a lecture on "The
Value Revolution: Changing
America's Priorities
The lecture will be at 8 p.m.
in Wright Auditorium.
Udall was appoint ed
Secretary of the Interior in 1961
when he was serving his fourth
term as U.S. Representative
from Arizona's Second District
He recently published a book,
1976: Agenda for Tomorrow.
His book calls for changes in
government to deal with racial
tension, student unrest and the
decay of American cities.
Udall is a native of Tucson,
Ariz. He is a graduate of the
University of Ariona and served
in the Air Force during World
War II.
Students and faculty will be
admitted free with their ID
cards. Admission price for staff
members is S1.5C and for the
public, S2.
Tickets are on sale in the
Central Ticket Office in the
Wright Building.
Portaits taken
Photographers began making
portraits yesterday for the
1969 70 Buccaneer.
The portraits arp being made
from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. daily on
the third floor of the student
union.
Miss Donna Dixon, editor of
the Buccaneer, said men are
required to wear white shirts,
dark ties and dark coats.
Women are required to wear
white blouses with round collars.
Miss Dixon said that all
students should have theit
portrait made as soon as
possible.
Playhouse opens
The East Carolina Playhouse
will open its season in October
"Finian's Rainbow" was first
produced in New York in 1948.
It is considered the first musical
with an integrated cast to deal
comically with race relations.
John Sneden will design
scenery, Andrew Gilfillan will
plan the lighting and Margaret
Gilfillan will design the
costumes.
The musical will be presented
at 8:15 p.m. Oct. 22-25 in
McGinnis Audotorium.
Music committees
Music majors may soon help
decide on matters such as
curriculum, course content, and
degree requirements for the
School of Music.
Dean Thomas W. Miller of the
School of Music discusses plans
for including student
representatives as voting
members of formerly all-faculty
committees at a meeting of
music majors Thursday.
The newly created policies
committee and the remaining
members of the student forum
will be working with Miller to
determine the number of
student representatives which
committees should have students
on them, and how these students
should be chosen.
Grants made
Dr. Robert C. lamb,
chairman of the chemistry
department, hac received a
$20,100 grant for research on
organic derivatives of hydrogen
peroxide. He received the grant
from the National Science
Foundation.
The school of nursing has
received a $12,400 grant which
will be used for financial aid for
students who want to become
protessional nurses. The six
students who receive the grant
will get a monthly stipend for
living expenses, and tuition and
fees for a year.
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Poetry needed
"Finian's Rainbow
Try outs for roles in the
musical began last night and will
continue tonight. The tryouts
will run from 7:30 to 10 p.m.
tonight in McGinnis Auditorium.
The cast is large, and includes
white and Negro singers, actors
and dancers.
The Rebel, the university's
literary magazine, is now
accepting manuscripts in room
215 in the student union
The magazine publishes
poetry, short stories, essays and
reviews.
Film changed
A substitution has been made
in the International Film
schedule.
"Bell, Book, and Candle" was
schedules for Sept. 16. Rudolph
Alexander, assistant dean of
student affairs, said the film has
been damaged and cannot be
shown.
"Sergeant York" will be
shown instead.
band visits
The U.S. Army Field Band
and Soldiers' Chorus will gi"e a
concert at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday
in Wright Auditorium.
Students who did not get
tickets last week will be
admitted free at the door.
The band travels up to
40,000 miles a year and has
given concerts in London,
Edinburgh, Paris and
Amsterdam
Courses offered
Education this fail will offer
courses in shorthand, typing,
office procedures, drawing,
painting and investing. All are
non-credit courses. Registration
has already begun.
Political science
meets
Faculty and students in the
political science department will
meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the
Nursing Building auditorium,
room 101.
Political science majors are
required to attend.
Candidates chosen
The University Party last
Thursday chose candidates for
1969 70classofficers.
Senior candidates are David
Guilford, who is running for
president, and Stephanie
Standafer, vice president.
Junior candidates are John
Cooper, president; Suzanne
Jenkins, vice president; Mary
Clark, treasurer; and Dede Clegg,
secretary.
Sophomore candidates are
Marsha Brooks, secretary; and
Tommy Autry, treasurer.
Freshman candidates are Lila
Daugherty, president; Susan
Hunt, vice president; and
Beverly Cotten, secretary.
The election will be Sept. 23.
Baha'i Faith
A new religious group on
campus, the Baha'i Faith, began
a series of weekly fireside
meetings last night.
Cammi Thomas, a
sophomore, is leading the
meetings. The group meets in
room 206 of the student union
at 7 p.m. each Monday night.
Miss Thomas said the Baha'i
Faith believes there is only one
God, and that He has revealed
himself progressively throughout
history in such people as Jesus,
Moses, and Baha'u'llah, the
founder of the religion.
She said the religion believes
in "the oneness of mankind"
and the elimination of all
prejudice.
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Kershaw exhibits
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Rock Kershaw, a graduate
student in the art department, is
exhibiting portraits in a
three-man exhibition at the
Asheville Art Museum.
The portraits are of ECU
students and popular musicians
including Jimi Hendrix and the
Jefferson Airplane.
The exhibit ends Sept. 28.
Kim travels
to Miami
Dr. Jung-Gun Kirn, associate
professor of political science,
will attend a meeting Nov. 6-8 of
the Southern Political Science
Association. The meeting will be
held in Miami.
Judicial position
open
Anyone interested in
applying for the offices of
attorney general or public
defender of the Women's
Judicial Council, has been asked
to contact the Dean of Women
before Friday.
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September 16, 19
Pirates will open on road Saturday
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NEW PIRATE CAPTAINS � Coach Clarence Stasavich, ieft, is shown with
football captains for 1969 soon after their election by teammates. In the center is alternate captain
Mike Boaz, senior defensive rover back, and at right is Rober Bost, senior defensive end. Boaz is
from Fairmont and Bost is from Statesville.
Defensive pair
to lead Pirates
A pair of defensive aces who
have had outstanding careers
here, have been named captain
and alternate of the football
team.
End Roger Bost, who was
named outstanding freshman
(his first year with the football
program) was named captain.
Mike Eoaz, who has been a
starter for two years was named
alternate captain.
After playing one full season
at rover back and moving to
defensive halfback last year and
starting the first nine games,
Boaz missed the last game of the
season with a broken collarbone.
Boaz, 5 10, 176 pounds, went
out for the freshman team and
despite his size, his coaches
were impressed with his ability
from the start.
As a sophomore he was twice
named 'knocker of the week
an award given the player who
does the hardest hitting during
the game.
Bost put on weight during the
summer and seems prepared for
an outstanding season. After
being named the top player on
the undefeated 1966 freshman
team, he was sidelined because
of injuries as a sophomore, but
came back last season with
consistantly good performances
as defensive end.
He had an outstanding spring
practice and came back in good
condition for the campaign this
fall.
"Our squad members have
made excellent choices for their
captains in 1969. Both players
are not only proven performers
at their respective positions but
they are good on and off the
field leaders as well Stasavich
said.
Athletic department
names two coaches
The athletic department has transferring to the University of
named two new coaches. Indiana where he won three
John Lovstedt, a native of varsity letters in diving.
Detroit, will be diving and soccer Dickens received his
coach. He will also advise the bachelor's degree from East
lacrosse club. Carolina in 1967. He received his
Bill Dickens, a native of master's degree in physical
Wilson, will be tennis coach and education in 1968.
assistant football coach. He became an instructor in
Lovstedt has eight and a half the physical education
years of diving experience. He department last year and was
attended Ohio University before advisor to the lacrosse club.
The Pirates open their 1969
season Saturday in the same
place they closed the 1968
season, but they hope to change
the script a little.
The Pirates will travel Friday
to Johnson City, Tenn to take
on the East Tennessee
Buccaneers and besides wanting
to have a winning start in this
campaign, they hope to erase the
memory of the closing defeat in
the previous season.
Stasavich pleased
Coach Clarence Stasavich, as
he headed into the final week of
pre season practice, appeared to
be pleased with the results of the
first two weeks of woik, but said
there was still some
improvement needed and that
more lineup changes might be
made.
A f t (,m last Saturday's
scrimmage, there were no less
than 14 players who have missed
woik out because of injuries, but
most of them are expected to be
ready for the opener, according
to trainer Terry Wills.
"We've had more contact
work during preseason practice
than we have had in the past
Stasavich said, "and this is the
chief reason for the large
number of players being injured.
'The increase in contact
work is due largely to the
number of sophomores who will
be playing. And, in the process
of preparation, this contact
work has rpsiiltprl in more
injuries than would normally
occur
Wills, after checking over the
injury list Sunday, said he felt
that all but one of the players
would be able to suit up in the
opener. Gerald Wrenn, a split
end who has a knee injury,
definitely will not make it.
'Saturday's scrimmage
showed that there may be some
additional shifting of
personnel Stasavich said,
"particularly on offense
"George Whitley has been
very outstanding at safety in
practice and Stu Garrett at
defensive left half has also been
a standout Stasavich said.
The Pirate offensive backfield
against East Tennessee will be in
the hands of veterans. Heading
the list is senior fullback Butch
Colson, who as a sophomore set
the Southern Conference rushing
record with 1,135 yards. Billy
Wightman, senior tailback who
was the total offense leader last
season, will also return. David
Brill who assumed starting status
at mid season last year, is the
blocking back.
Dwight Flanagan, a defensive
specialist last year who was
injured in the opener and missed
the remainder of the reason, will
be at wingback. Richard
Corrada, who claimed starting
duties at mid season last year,
has moved to split end and is the
chief target of Wightman and
Colson when it comes to passes.
Good defense
Defensively, the Pirates have
looked best in the secondary
Besides Whitley and Garrett,
Tommy Bullock at right half and
Mike Boaz as alternate captain at
rover, make up the starters.
"They have been particularly
tough against our passing
Stasavich said. "That could
mean, however, that our passing
attack isn't too strong
Other defenders who have
looked good include Walter
Adams and George Wheeler as
tackles and captain Roger Bost
at end. When asked to take a
long view on the season,
Stasavich said: "It's hard to say
just how we'll be because right
now we are comparing our
offense and defense against each
other. We can't tell if either one
is strong enough.
"It will be necessary to play a
couple of games to find out just
how good we are
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'Uphill fight' needed for title
� . two starting halfback spots, heroes of foe
By GEORGE BURBELLA
starting berths in the front five
will be Roger Bost, 205 pounds,
It looks like an uphill fight and Don jyson 230 pounds; at
for the football team in its quest
for the 1969 Southern
Conference title.
The Pirate defensive unit
must show great improvement
over last year's squad which lost
231 points to opponents. The
most humiliating defeat was the
65 0 loss to Southern
Mississippi. To help correct some
of last year's mistakes, Stasavich
has changed his defensive
formation from the six-one
alignment to the five two with a
rover back.
Defensive starters
The return of 10 defensive
starters from last season will
undoubtedly help strengthen the
lineup. Top contenders for
ends, Tim Tyler at tackle
weighing 252 pounds and Steve
Davis and George Wheeler at
guards, both weighing more than
230 pounds.
New linebacker
The linebacker jobs should go
to Paul Weathersbee, a starter
from a year ago and Monty
Kierman, a rising sophomore
with much promise.
The important position of
rover back has Mike Boaz as the
top candidate.
The backfield in the 5-2
defense will include George
Whitley, Tommy Bullock, Rich
Elliott, Chuck McClintock,
Gerald Wren and Matt Walker
trying to nail down one of the
two starting halfback spots.
Experienced players Stu Garrett
and Mike Mills are competing for
the starting safety position.
The offensive team has its
entire starting backfield back
from last year Billy Whightman
at tailback, Butch Colson at
fullback, David Brill at blocking
back and Rich Corrada at
vvingback.
Single wing
To get Stasavich's single wing
attack moving, there needs to be
a marked improvement in
passing. Billy Whightman threw
only 55 times last year while
ECU averaged just 18.7 points
per game, well below Stasavich's
standards. Sophomore Jack
Patterson should boost the
passing game.
The offensive linemen,
commonly known as the unsung
heroes of football, stack up with
veterans Dave Roberts and Phil
Bilodeau at tackles, Terry
Edmondson at center and Butch
Britton and Stuart Laney as
guards. Their ability to open up
holes in opposing lines will
determine how well the Pirates
do their running attack.
Some sophomores who may
break into the start' g lineup
other than those already
mentioned are Bill Wallace,
fullback; Willie Mitchell,
wingback; John Hollingsworth,
tackle; Fred Harris and Eddie
Greene, ends; Grover Truslow,
Garland Ballerd, Don
Mollenhaver, Ted Salmon and
Tom Gammache all on the
defensive line.
Toughtest schedule
East Carolina's 1969 football
schedule could be the toughest
in years. It includes such
outstanding teams as Louisiana
Tech, Southern Mississippi and
Richmond. If the offense can
live up to expectations and if the
defensive unit can adjust to its
new alignment, the Pirates could
have some interesting surprises
for their opponents this season.
'Same' team
expected
The football team can expect
to see virtually the same team
Saturday night in the opener
that caused a 17-7 upset in the
final game of the 1968 season.
Vansant, who watched the East
Tennessee team in their 18-16
victory over Appalachian State
University Saturday night, says
that all but three starters from
the 1968 team are back this
year. "They are missing a
fullback, a tackle and an
All-America safety Vansant
said, "but they appear to have a
strong club
Good recievers
Vansant appeared to be
particularly impressed with
receivers Ron Causey and John
Gibson, a pair of ends. Gibson
caught four passes for 54 yards
in the game against Appalachian.
Mike Young, a senior tailback
at 178 pounds, is the chief
runner for the East Tennessee
team. He picked up 117 yards in
18 carries and scored one
touchdown. Fullback Mike
Roberts, a sophomore, scored
once and netted 32 yeards on
the ground, and fullback Andy
Brooks, another sophomore,
scored the third touchdown
while also netting 32 yards.
No quaterback
"They appeared to be
unsettled on who they wanted at
quarterback Vansant said.
' 'They started with a
ennhnmnrp Richard McGlothin.
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but it was Larry Graham, who
was last year's starter, who came
on in the fourth quarter to bring
them from behind to beat
Appalachian Graham
completed six of 16 passes for
102 yards after McGlothin had
completed all but two of five
passes for 13 yards, and had one
interception.
As a team, East Tennessee
rolled up 168 yards rushing and
picked up 120 through the air.
Defensively, East Tennessee
has a line anchored by a rugged
middle guard, Butch Buchannan
and a pair of mobile linebackers,
Bubba Timms and Doug
Lineberger. They also have a fine
end Ron Mendheim. The
defensive backfield is headed up
by Al Guy, a returning starter.
Eight players injured
in football scrimage
.NTERCEPT.ON. - DEFENSIVE HALFBACK John Brothers is hauled down from beh.nd after
pulling in interception during Saturday's scrimmage.
Coach Clarence Stasavich sent
his troops through a full game
scrimmage Saturday afternoon
that was so intense eight piayers
were injured.
"The overall performance was
much better than last weekend's
scrimmage Stasavich said, "We
made wonderful progress in
carrying out techniques. For the
first time this season we had
some very fine contact during
the game
There was so much contact
that sophomore tailback
-fullback Billy Wallace was
carried to the hospital late in the
fourth quarter with a neck
injury, and second string
tailback Jack Patterson had to
leave in the second quarter with
a knee injury.
The Pirates now have 14 on
the injured list.
"In the first quarter the
offense had trouble blocking but
as the game progressed they
seemed to get the proper
technique to execute their
blocking Stasavich said. "The
kicking game looked good but
our coverage on kickoffs wasn't
quite what we expected but it
was fairly good
This will be the last big
scrimmage before the Pirates
travel to Johnson City, Tenn to
meet East Tennessee in the
opening game Saturday.

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September 16, 1969
September 16, H
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Pirates could be in store
for banner season
As the East Carolina teams Durjng (he pgs1 twQ yegrs g
begin their fall season, it's time fjerce tva(.y has deve)oped
between the Citadel and East
to compare last year s teams
with what can be expected this
year.
Last yeai, East Carolina
teams completely dominated
athletics in the Southern
Conference.
if the Southern Conference
had made an award foi
yeai round athletic supremacy as
the Atlantic Coast Conference
does with its Carmichael Cup,
East Carolina would have taken
top honors
This ear's athletic activities
will gel then start with the three
fall sports football,
cross-country, and soccei.
Carolina. Two years ago East
Carolina was coasting along on a
6 0 record when the Citadel
Bulldogs came to Greenville for
East Carolina's homecoming
game.
Everyone was shocked when
the Citadel beat East Carolina
21 19, causing East Carolina to
lose the conference title,
destroying an undefeated season
and ruining homecoming
weekend for alumni and
students.
Last year it was the Pirate's
turn to be the spoilers.
East Carolina beat the Citadel
All three are expecting toOQ1� � n .
2314 in the Citadels
homecoming game and knocked
them out of the conference title.
This year's game with the
Citadel is not on homecoming
but it is a vital game for both
teams in their quest for the
conference title.
The Richmond game is
another must for the Pirates,
because the Richmond Spiders
are the overwhelming favorite to
win the conference
championship and a trip to the
Tangerine Bowl.
Twenty-nine lettermen return
from last year and an
outstanding crop of sophomores
improve on their records from
last year
The football team should be
vastly improved over last
season's squad which compiled a
4 6 record
It will be hard to increase the
winning percentage, however,
because the Pirate's schedule this
year will be the toughest ever.
Louisiana Tech and Southern
Mississippi are expected to have
one of their best seasons, as are
Richmond and the Citadel.
The two must important
games of the season will be Oct.
4 against the Citadel and Oct. 18
against Richmond.
should help boost the lineup.
The defensive and offensive
line ne&. improvement for East
Carolina to have a successful
season.
This year's crosscountry
team could be the best ever at
East Carolina and possibly the
best in the state and conference.
Coach Carson has three of his
top five runners returning from
last year in addition to a fine
group of freshmen and other
returning lettermen.
A veiy demanding schedule is
in store foi East Carolina's
harriers
Teams from such schools as
Penn State, West Virginia, N.C.
State, the University of North
Carolina, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and William and Mary
head the dual meet schedule
along with the state, conference,
NCAA regional and NCAA
national championship meets.
East Carolina's soccer team
finished with a 36 1 record last
year.
It was the best season ever by
a Pirate soccer team and there is
hope of improving their showing
this season.
If East Carolina's athletic
teams cam improve on their
performances of last year, this
should be a banner year foi the
Pirates in the Southern
Conference.
Photo by Richard Ram,
BULLOCK SNARES PASS � Tommy Bullock, who usually is a
defensive speaicalist, plucks a pass during a spell at offensive
wingback during Saturday's scrimmage at Ficklen Stadium
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By BENCURRENCE
When it all boils down, what's left is nothing but
good old Christian ethic. You can't respect a man who
doesn't practice what he preaches.
To get to the point, our flag-waving
cham pion-agai nst-evil white liberals and
"revolutionaries" should consider re-analyzing their
programs. Philosophy and rhetoric are both good, but
for very limited uses. Convincing one's personal
acquaintances, unless you're a mighty good convincer
with a lot of friends, makes only a minute dent in the
masses of people to be dealt with.
Those of the new "liheral elite" who consider
themselves politically together, humanistically
conscious, and prepared to take care of business must
realize that mass participation, not useless rhetoric, will
bring about a revolution.
Hiding behind drugs, long hair and such slogans as
love and brotherhood belies the fact that these are the
necessary ingredients that can supercede the reality they
are criticizing.
Aware of the fact that our society failed because it so
loosely used the words "love and brotherhood the
super-liberal is nevertheless falling into the same pit of
illusions.
The endless repetition of such terms day after day
renders them meaningless mirages. To break it down,
the super-liberal is advocating it so hard he doesn't have
time to practice it.
To avoid becoming a part of the New Establishment,
the super-liberal must turn his attention to that which
he has been criticizing yet practicing himself.
If the "super-liberal" is really uptight about
economic exploitation, crass materialism, avaricious
imperialism, and blatant institutional racism, he has to
refrain from letting these things pass by.
His only alternative is to turn toward economic
honesty, a life style filled with something more than
money and possessions, and a love and brotherhood
with meaning.
Our white liberal has removed himself from the goals
of revolutionary political thought. In effect he has been
a part of the "established" middle class bureaucracy,
not so much because he has committed a revolutionary
sin but because he left out the real meaning in what he
is doing.
To paraphrase Brother Huey Newton, a principal
founder of the Black Panther Party, the mother country
radical or the white liberal (depending on where your
head is) has a definite role in the movement. He must
first choose his friends and define his enemies.
Then he must not only regain his moral standard and
align himself with humanity, but also put this into
practice by attacking the protectors of the institutions.
Christian ethic, leaving out the mysticism of religion,
is the obvious alternative to the contradictions and
failing points of the society the white liberal is
concerned with.
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viole ice and bloodshed.
Rather, it is best described as a social revolution
bringing about sweeping and far reaching changes in the
social relationship of one man to another.
The revolution is the challenge to authority that we
experience today.
This change can be seen in almost all phases of man's
life in the schools, colleges, factories, offices and in
the home. Women are demanding equal rights. Students
are rejecting their servile role in the classroom. The
"subculture" is challenging the authority of the
"establishment Workers no longer look upon their
boss as a towering father figure meting out rewards and
punishments.
People at all levels and stations in life are demanding
equality:
The authority of the professor is being challenged
in the classroom. No longer do students accept what the
professor says as infallible.
No longer do many young people in society follow
the values that society says are "qood Witness the
Woodstock Folk Festival last month. The 400.000
people who attended the festival rejected many
established values by ignoring laws, using drugs and
co-habitating.
- No longer do housewives look upon the husband as
their soul support. Many have become independent and
could get along as well without him.
All around, people are finding the old
"superior subordinate" relationship fading.
This "right of authortiy" revolution will bring about
any far-reaching changes in the political and social
nature of man. Whether all of them will be beneficial or
not is debatable.
One thing is certain about the revolution. The
towering dominance of some people based on false
statutes and shakey hierarchies will be dimmshed if not
totally abolished.
Registration system
demands revamping
The administration needs to be complimented for
one improvement, however. There was only one
emergency locator card to be filled out this year. Last
year there were six.
This fortifies our faith in the bureaucratic machine.
It shows that someone has finally done something to
answer thousands of student and faculty complaints
over the past four years.
Many students have recommended that schedules be
mailed to the students before they get here. This would
alleviate much of the misery.
But this plea has fallen on deaf ears. Here, again, the
student newspaper asks the administration to study this
proposal and tell us why this has not been done in the
past. If it is the question of the money involved in
mailing the class schedules, we feel sure the students
would gladly pay the postage involved to avoid those
lines.
Registration must be revamped. Improvements must
be made before the students and faculty members are
subjected to registration again.
Paul F ICh.l Callaway
Phyllis Bndgeman
Robert Thorn
David Daltoi
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Consultant
E ditor in Chief
Managing Editor
Business Manager
Assoi late E ditor
Gail Burton
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By Bill Owens
I stand here with my garbage sack and
wonder why these dormitories seem to
grow younger but stronger and wiser each
year. They all stand there and seem to
absorb the knowledge that the carefree
students pursue. Eachbuilding molds itself
into the hill and they never seem to stop
thinking, and they never seem to stop
looking at me. I keep their front lawns
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wash the window through which they see
me. No matter where I am, they see me. I
clean their walkways over which the
thousands of idiots of knowledge pass
everyday. I clean these dormitories; Jones,
Aycock, Scott, Belk.
But did I always pick up the paper and
scrub the halls and wash the comodes?
No, not always. For I helped raise the
hammers that pounded life into the first
dormitory years ago. I helped to tote the
bricks, to mix the cement, to lay the
pipelines of the first of these dungeons.
And when the first form was finished, I
took care of it. And the other dorms
followed and I took care of them. The big
white boss said "Keep 'em clean" and I
said "yessir, and thank you sir That was
years ago.
A bag and a stick
Come rain or shine, I keep the lawns
clean, me and my bag and my stick. In
summer the sun scorches my clothes and
blisters my back and dries my eyes. I pick
up the drinking cups, and gum wrappers,
and thousands of other chips of paper. I
pick up love letters sometimes and I read
them. People in love never have problems,
just love. I pick up school papers with F
marks on them and papers with no marks.
In winter, I move the snow and ice. I haul
dirt for the sidewalks and move it again
the next day when the ice melts. When
the freezing rains come down, I must
work fast so that the water will not rot
the paper and cause me to stop and bend
my back. Because, you see, the sun makes
my skin tight and the cold makes my
joints stiff. The wrinkles on my face are
the wrinkles carved by rheumatism and
sickdays. I must work because people hate
filth. I must clean up the filth that they
spread. And I must keep the grounds
clean.
I think my job will .ever get easier. I
see another building going up, and I see
much more paper to pick up. I see more
bathrooms to clean, comodes to scrub,
beer cans to tote. I feel my bones reject
the thought of one more year.
All cleanup men are black, and black
men cannot be bosses, I think. For no one
knows more about cleaning than I, yet I
am no one's boss, not even my own. I
have to tell mv white boss man how the
cleaning should be done because he does
not know. ! am 60 and he is 33. ! have
cleaned and worked here at this school for
33 years and he has never cleaned. I
wonder why white men are always thi
boss.
"I am a slave"
But I must work for my family
though my pay is the pay of a child. My
children are smart; I must make them
bosses They must not be the slave that I
am. I am a slave. Years ago, I could have
boarded the progress express and ridden it
into many other fields and gone many
other places. But, I jumped the train that
moved in one small circle just because it
was moving. And now, no matter how fast
I go, I still move in that same small circle
which neither contracts nor expands. I am
where I was 33 years ago. I have ridden
this train through hard times. I have
picked up tons of paper and seen the
temperature drop so that I have to pry the
paper up from the ground with my hands.
I have caught volleys of snowballs from
ignorant fools whose pursuit or
knowledge has taught them that a freezing
janitor is fun to harass. I have seen the
temperature rise so that I had to cany
water to keept the plants from dying. I
have worked all day in the blistering sun
and heard the crowds pass and say that I
smelled. I have taken with the ears of a
deaf man the curses and have been called
names by students who themselves were
not worth the breath it took to utter
these curses. I have forced myself to reply
"good morning" to the words that meant
good morning and the tone that meant
"go to hell I have been the slave to ten
thousand masters.
I keep my job because no one eise will
have it, and because no one will have me.
I take orders because I cannot give them. !
take the pay because I must live. I think
maybe I shall make it.
Vol. 1 No. 3
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