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' I XL east Carolina college, greenville, n. c, friday, September 11, 1964 number 2 East Carolina Medical School Finds Favor Throughout State &S&ks&S rno men entertained the incoming freshmen and upper- Wednesday night at Ficklen Stadium. Their humor and folk- to be a success with a large crowd coming out to see them. Journeymen Performance Brings Orientation To Close A proposal to establish a two- year medical school at East Caro- linaan idea sketched before the State Advisory Budget Commission less than two months agoappears to be finding favor with a widening circle of Eastern North Carolinians. To date, it has been presented to two doctors' organizations and has received formal sanction. Several newspapers have published editorial arguments in behalf of the proposal. Letters to EC's president, Dr. Leo Buccaneer Portraits Appointments are now being made for annual pictures to be taken Monday from 9:00 to 5:00. Members of the Buccaneer staff will be in the College Union each day afterward to make appointments for the follow- ing day. Cards will be given stat- ing the' time of the appointment, the place, and the correct dress for the pictures. Male sudents are asked to wear white shirts, dark ties, and dark coats. Women students are asked to wear white shirts with Bermuda collars and dark blue or black sweaters. The faculty and administration are also urged to have pictures tak- en. Appointments for faculty and administration pictures wiU not be necessary. Photographs will be made by Smith of Raleigh in the IFC Room, Wright Building, third floor. By HENRY HOWARD W. Jenkins, have offered encourage- ment: some have come from ranking medical educators. College officials say they know of no published opposition to the proposal except for suggestions by two newspaper editorials that the idea is too ambitious. In summary, this is what Presi- dent Jenkins has proposed at East Carolina: Facilities already in use at EC, such as the four-year School of Nursing, would form a foundation lor a two-year medical school to produce candidates for vacancies left bv dropouts in the third- and fourth-year c, asses of four-year medical schools. Latest formal support for tbnt pro- posal came last week from the five- county Pamlico-Albemarle Medical Sociefv. That group of doctors, repre- senting Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Ty- rrell and Washington Counties, adop- ted a resolution of support for the two-year program at its Wednes- day night meeting in Washington. In August, the Pitt Countv Medi- cal and Dental Society beer me the first organization of doctors to of- ficially endorse the idea. Eastern newspaper editors have voiced support. One editorial de- clared the two-year medical school proposal 'an idea of great - tential" and it called on Eastern Tar Heels to "help in nourishing the idea to reality Another editor envisioned the idea's "profound impact" on the state in future years, declared the proposal "makes good common sense" and charged his readers: "It is up to us now to get on the idea and see it carried through to sucess- ful realization The reception for the idea at this point leads officials o" the college io believe more support will b- forth- coming. More medical societies the East are expected to consider official comment on the proposal in near-future weeks. Dr. Jenkins, who developed the idea, has replied to favorable re- action by re-stating his views of the proposed school. A statement he issued Thursday upon learning of the endorsement by the Pamlico- Albemarle Medical Society follows: "The two-year school of medicine is a greatly-needed facility for all of our state, but particularly for Eastern North Carolina. It is my un- e rstanding that here are over 3.000 empy places in the junior and sen- : r years of our nation's four-year medical schools. The two-year pro- gram may well do much to fill these places very economically. Many of the facilities for a two- year program already exist on the campus of East Carolina and can be expanded to complete the two-year program. "This facility will assist the peo- ple of Eastern North Carolina in bringing in many medical specialists who will divide their time between teaching and private medical prac- tice. Tt should also do much to supple- ment the three four-year medical schools in the state by recruiting talented people for places in their junior classes left by dropouts ped and the skies ay night to let the ominately freshmen, rally that orig- mafl and proceeded . im. Foil owing the the new students ales and learned the upcoming season, n was brought e folksinging New performed here go have disbanded - r of the original remains. He has ' rsha Brickman man. , sidenl otf the SGA. g up who led off Jesus Met a Wom- usk ranged from the morphosis" to the k Kingdom E delayed 15 min- rt due to the num- who were arriving way. the program i. songs separated by Brickman. the singers was th male members of Mi Brickman displayed : talent by playing the and guitar with equal Phillips, on the other trouble with guitar, bugs 'um lights. The crowd that was quick to catch the more suggestive comments was a little slower to responding to the invitation to sing-along on "The Whistling Gypsy Rover This could have been due to the unfamilaarity with the song. Some groups have a tendency to select lesser known songs for audience participation. The concert was sponsored by the Student Government .Association as part of the freshman orientation en- fcertainmeiit. The next program in the SGA Entertainment Series wall be the Four Freshmen on October Librarian Leaves Mrs. A. B. Frankie Cubbedge of Greenville, special collections librarian at East Carolina, has been appointed state chairman of the Li- brary Committee of the North Caro- lina Branch of the American As- sociation of University Women. She succeeds Dr. Patty Simmons Dowel! of Williamston a former pro- fessor of elementary education at East Carolina who retired in 1958. The new state chairman will serve two-year term. Mrs Cubbedge. a native of Gran- iteviile. S. C, has been special col- lections librarian at EC since the spring of 1962. Theater Backers Attend Planning Session For 1965 Summer Theater Several hundred backers of the successful 1964 premiere season of the professional East Carolina Sum- mer Theater are expected to attend an advance planning session for 1965 here Sunday. Called to begin framing a specific 'blueprint for the 1965 season, the Sunday dinner meeting will begin at 5 p.m. in South Cafeteria. Persons throughout Eastern North Carolina who constitute a loosely-knit advis- ory committee have been invited. Dr. Leo W. Jenkins, originator of the summer theater idea, will con- duct the meeting. He plans to col- lect specific ideas about next sum- mer's schedule from committee members attenddng. Edgar R. Loessin, producer-di- rector of the 1964 season, and other persons connected with the theater project are scheduled to attend the Sunday meeting .j discuss plans and arrangements 1 r next sum- mer's shows. Dr. Jenkins said the meeting will serve the purpose of pooling the ideas of the "people whose efforts made this project possible to be- gin with The ideas, he said, will serve as general guideposts in lay- ing concrete plans for the 1965 sea- son. One of the most serious problems ;ncountered in the 1964 season was a shortage of time for advance plan- ning and cast recruitment. The drive to establish the theater did not begin until mid-January. Though its rapid materialization and the high quality of its produc- tions, as noted by its critics, have been generally described as phe- nomenal, officials are eager to start much earlier in shaping the 1965 season. Preliminary plans call for a long- er and more elaborate season in 1965. Loessin has said that casting will be stronger, though more ex- pensive, and that the season may be lengthened from six to eight weeks by adding perhaps two serious dramas to the six musicals contem- plated. Should the season be extended, the season ticket price would be advanced from $15 to $20, accord- ing to tentative plans. Single-ticket admission prices would remain about the same. A review of tentative plans will be presented to the committee mem- bers attending the Sunday meeting and they will be asked for their ap- pra;sal and suggestions. The 1964 season, presented July 6 to August 15, produced six top Broadway musicals whose weekly runs drew audiences totaling about 24.000. Critics hailed its artistic cali- ber. One veteran reviewer for a Piedmont daily newspaper said it displayed "the best musicals this writer has seen produced by a resi- dent company in North Carolina Season Tickets For Entertainment Programs Go On Sale To Public odred season tickets for the p -ram of concerts lectures theater productions at East roUna have been offered for sale neral public of the area four-series program sponsored Student Government Associa- ineiudes a total of 23 events iled from October 1 until mid- Season tickets for the entire program are available at a special iae-$20 for adults and $15 for children. Season tickets are also available for either of the four se-6115? the program-4he Fine Arts Concert Series ($8 for adults, $4 for child- ren) the Popular Concert Series ($12'and $10), the College Theater Series $6 and $3 and the Lecture Series r$4 and $2). Rudolph Alexander, assistant dean of student affairs at the college and manager of the Central Ticket Office, has reported that advance season ticket sales have already equalled last year's total. He in- vited interested persons to contact the Central Ticket Ofifice (Green- rifte P. O. Box 2726 on the cam- pus for further ticket information. He said tickets ordered by sud- jxrribers will be mailed to them dur- ing September. Have no fear, BiU wiU be here. Ttie injured finger wfll prevent our Bill Cline from participating in the first of the Pirate football games this year. , 2east Carolinianfriday, September 11, 1964 I Delay Elections? One of the first things that we encountered upon our re- turn was the difficulties that face the SGA. Elections are to be held soon. Not only will freshmen of- ficers be elected, but also elected will be a Treasurer for the SGA, and several Day Student Legislators. The most logical thing to do would be to hold off elec- tions until the beginning of the second quater. In recent years, several elected freshmen officers have flunked out or (more often) have not gained the required average for holding of- fice Elections then become necessary again. In such a case, there is no reason for not holding elections the second quarter. In the case of the Treasurer, someone should be appointed, and appointment which would be made simpler if it were for one quarter rather than some vague, unspecified date. We need a Treasurer now. The Budget Committee needs a chair- man and the many campus organizations need to have their budgets sent to the Budget Committee. Then, too, there is a possibility that some changes will again be made in the apportionment of the Legislature. If this is so, then we should allow a quarter for the Legisla- ture to see that its problems are worked out before sending further legislators. In all, there are several good reasons for holding off elections until the second quarter. Those mentioned above are merelv reasons of expediency. What of the freshman who knows no one? What of the talented person that we have missed in the past because no one knew him? Our frosh will not know each other well enough to elect anyone in six weeks. It is a great deal fairer to give them more of an opportunity to meet each other. It's nice to know some of the people running, anyway. Welcome Addition We are happy to see so many new staff members here. Our faculty is constantly growing and improving in stature and quality. As the size grows larger, the individual teach- ers become better and more specialized. As the teachers become more expert, the education here becomes of a better, more-rcunded quality. We notice, too, that there are several new general staff members. This too is an indication of our rapid growth. We also cannot help but see that the general educational level of our administratiove staff is much higher than one would expect it to be. Finally, we would like to point out the addition of several new dormitory counselors. These ladies are a welcome ad- dition, and we wish them well. EC is growing at a rather amazing rate, a rate that has worried many people, faculty and students alike. Yet. the growth is necessary, and when one looks at the quality of the persons being brought in, he sees that everything is being done competently and well. Future In Your Hands We extend a welcome to the freshmen who now grace our campus. While here, you will encounter situations which will be new to you. You will run head on into people set in their ways. You will find areas in which change is needed areas hallowed by tradition, areas where people dont want to change. We tend to be set in our ways. We will fight attempts to change the ways we do things. And any changes that come will come slowly. But there are things here that need to be changed. We see some of them, but we cannot see them all. As you go through four years here, you will stumble across many of the areas where the changes are needed. We hope that, by the time you're in a position to improve things