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-ast Carolina University, P.O. Box 25i6, Greenville N.C
Oct. 21, 1969
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Vending machine
See page 2
oycott
has relaxation' period
See page 6
PROFESSOR TURIViS ELF when James Slaughter, a professor in the Drama
Department, plays the .eprechaun Og in the East Carolina Playhouse Production of
"Finian's Rainbow" which opens Wednesday plays through Saturday, Oct. 25 at
McGinnis Auditorium.
"Finian's Rainbow" is a blend of fantasy, hit-parade songs, lively dancing, and a
smattering of amusing social satire.
Tickets are available for all performances at the box office in McGinnis if you have
your ID card.
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Page 2, Fountainhead, Tuesday, October 20, 1969
Vending machine boycott relaxes
To he
ByGAIL RICH,vas sc -? ? ?
arH asated jnit auef
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in Belk, Scott, Aycc ??
Men's dormitories Has relaxedBruce Smit " ?
into a position -J .vatchfNevs Mer s Dorrr
waitingthat at 60 Der :ent r th
The boycott ;r ' si rea 1rJorm resioe - ?
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Oct. 6 Vher jsk ! :mmentrei tative frorr the ??a
on student su t,Dunn rep -3 n - l - ? -
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nobody 16 - ;arr. theact :
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' " "imer :ar ned ks were 15
m p v ' r a iot " ?;ents c a t of milk sold
5 rents Now, the drinks
jmped to 20 cents and the
: the milk cartons was
half-pints while
the 15 cent
boycott vas that - : mpa ?
monoi " s a
fford 3wei pi :es becaus
greased jme of trade
offset the oss f.fr thisview
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sed nst the ai i Compan .
the ' i :t that the machines
: returr change yvhen th -
- vere empt c
?- nes remain empty 1
at a : me and, according to r
Dunca V ce-president and
Bus ness Manager of the
,ersity, "Apparently, some of
the machines are out of order and
Mr. Ward doesn't know about
them as promptly as he should
"The students have a valid
complaint Duncan said.
Because the canteens are
closed at certain hours in the
Men's Dormitories, "Signswill be
University Party initiates
'Round Table Discussion'
res
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night ab t the "Round T
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rable, he said, will
about a b
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us Schofield said.
Schofield discussed the
possibility of getting a credit
course in student government.
This course would be oart of the
Political Science Department.
Schofield commended the
department for "having been
gracious, and having put a great
:f time in the effort
Severa , Dtes by faculty and
adrr r strat on will be required
before there is a definite
dec sion, he said. It .vas added
.hat a spokesman for the Political
Director of student teaching
named to state committee
tc a con ?? ttee of the State
Department of Public
Instructor
Dr Chambliss vil serve a
two-year t e r rr on the
t's coni ttee on
ider - teacr ing, an ad.
' - ?' h se purpose is to
d and promote
innovations in teacher
education.
He is a native of Prattville,
Ala and a graduate of Auburn
University (MEd degree). He
joined the faculty of ECU in
1963.
He has organized and
a e6 a number of
workshops for supervising
teacheis in Eastern North
Carolina, funded by the
Department of Public
Instruction; and has been active
ir state, regional and national
mits of the Association for
Student Teaching. He is
vice-president of the state unit.
Dr, Sam Hill, state supervisor
of student teaching notified Dr.
Chambliss of his appointment
and has announced Oct. 24 as
the first meeting of the new
committee.
Music professor Stevens
presents paper in Winston
Charles Stevens, associate
professor of music, will present a
paper at the fall meeting of the
Southeastern chapter of the
American Musicological Society
in Winston-Salem Oct. 25.
The title of his paper is
"Christian Latrobe and His
Pianoforte Sonatas
All papers presented at this
meeting will be related to
research done in the archives of
the Moravian Music Foundation
at Old Salem.
Christian Latrobe was an
English Moravian minister and
composer in the late 18th and
early 19th Centuries. His music
played an ,mportant part in the
early life of the Moravians in
America and is still preserved at
the Moravian Music Foundation.
Science Department expressed
ontimism at its passage.
Another issue demanding the
attention of the SGA, Schofield
juiu, is a uroaGer view o
student participation concerning
administrative policy In
mentioning this issue, however,
he reported no action on it other
than its preliminary discussion.
In other business, chairman
Gerald Robeson announced the
formation of several committees
concerning party operations.
One of these was a committee
formed to study the possibility
of placing a student on the Board
of Trustees of the University.
"It's time the University Party
took the initiative in suggesting a
student member of the Board of
Trustees of East Carolina
Robeson said.
High school seniors
assemble here
for weekend
Fifty-five high school seniors
from North Carolina and Virginia
will participate in the annual
"Scholarship Weekend" this
week.
The students, all National
Merit Scholarship semi-finalists,
? ?ill visit the campus Thursday
through Saturday, Oct. 23-25.
Scholarship Weekend is a
program designed to introduce
top students to ECU, and
includes a variety of activities
during the visit.
Activities Thursday include
campus tours, a banquet
sponsored by the SGA, a dance
dnc a conceit by the jazz
Ensemble.
Friday, student will have the
opportunity to visit classes. Dr
Leo Jenkins will speak to the
9rnup at a banquet Friday night.
Sessions on organizations and
scholarships will be conducted
Saturday by campus offii
painted and out up permanently.
-a- the beginning of school, signs
stecj tf ' n the hours, but
th? ? been removed
Duncan said.
Lass of money in the
- - er machines is as
rtant to the students as the
prices.
Alt n Medley, a freshman
. ; ?? aa v - said, "I'm not
going back. I lost my money. I
put the monev in the machines
and I pulled an five handles.
Nothing happened. I'm not going
back anymore
I n a telephone interview, Alton
Ward, Vice-president and General
Manager for Ward Vending
Company said he "had been put
into a bad situation because I
don't control the prices Ward
went on to explain that a contract
signed with the University sets
the prices for the period of the
contract Unless the contract is
broken or amended, the prices
must remain as written.
Ward was chosen to handle the
business by submitting bids to the
University. "We bid on business
every five years he said. The
contract which controlled the
prices through Summer School,
I969 had been in effect for three
years. Prices had not risen over
that period.
Because of this underselling
Ward was realizing tremendous
losses. They contacted the Uni-
versity in an effort to negotiate
but they found the University
"unwilling to adjust the prices"
Therefore, the contract was
cancelled and the University
accepted bids on a new five-year
contract.
Ward Company, with three
other firms, submitted bids on
August 14, I969, taking their
losses and the increase in oper-
ation costs into account. Ward's
expenses for goods rose as much
as I04 per cent (the canned
drinks).
When asked why some vending
machines were still selling canned
drinks for 15 cents (specifically
those at "The Shed"), Ward said
the cost of transporting them was
responsible for the price-hike. If
the University would come to the
company to pick them up, he
would be able to sell at 15 cents.
Last Monday, a price survey
was made in the Greenville area.
It was found that "sometimeswe
(Ward) were cheaper and some-
times more expensive" than
various other places. The compar-
ison of prices showed that Cokes
sold by the cup, as they are in the
women's dormitories, sell for 14
cents at Hardee's and 15 cents at
(Lontinued on page 5)
Automatic dormitory fines
cancelled at MRC meeting
The Mens Residence Council agencies of the State of North
announced Monday that there
will be no more automatic fines
levied for unsatisfactory dormi-
tory rooms.
The proposal had been pre-
sented and accepted by the
council at their regular meeting
on Oct. 9.
The floor manager will still
make weekly observation of the
rooms on his floor. This is
required by health and inspection
Carolina.
The floor manager will still
make reports of room damage.
His duty will now be to advise
dormitory students of an un-
satisfactory room when it seems
that it will be difficult for the
janitors to work.
When repeated untidiness is
noted by the floor manager, the
student in the room will be
referred to the head resident
advisor.
,2V . Sl,RVEYS the water damage caused by a
Man , V" thG Mushroom early last Friday morning,
hnn a Htntt expressed concern over the popular little
shop and the beautiful lady who runs it.
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Tuesday, October 20, 19C9, Fountainhead, Page 3
ECU graduate takes post
f ountamhead City Bureau
Charles Vincent, a former East
Carolina student, has been named
assistant recreation director for
the City of Greenville.
The Greenville Recreation
Commission announced his
appointment at its Oct. 13
meeting. Vincent was a Physical
Education major at East Carolina
before graduation in 1967. He
was also a member of Lambda Chi
Alpha fraternity where heplayed
all intra-mural sports.
Other recreation business
included a report from Dr. Ralph
Steels of ECU who told the
Commission that the University
has initiated a three phase
physical fitness-recreation
exercise program for all the men
in thecommunity.
The first phase is medically
oriented, he said; the second is
involved with familiarizing
participants with all sports; and
the third is an outgrowth of the
second-getting them to develop
recreational activities outside an
organized program.
Recreation Director Boyd Lee
also submitted ideas for broader
recreation programs with service
charges.
Lee said that presently activi-
ties such as an Arts and Crafts
class are free except for cost of
material.
He said that if there were a
service charge, the department
could have more programs like
karate, judo, and majorette
classes.
Capable people, like ECU
students, could conduct the
classes and what they charge
would be their pay, he said.
Lee, too, informed the com-
mission that he received com-
plaints from Greenville citizens
about college students using Elm
Street tennis courts.
The courts are not for the
University, he said. If the com-
plaints continue, Lee said he
would consider regulating their
use by possibly forming a club
where identification must be
presented before piaying.
The commission is sponsoring
a Collegium Oct. 23 for the public
at its building on Elm Street. The
Collegium is a group that plays
R ena issance ja ic . The
performance is a part of League
of Nations Week (Oct. 20-24).
Former '49'er wants Inn'
to be 'something different'
By BARBARA FUSSELL
Fountainhead City Bureau
Former San Fransisco 49'er
Woodrow (Woody) Safrit
opened the Stone Fox Inn in
Greenville last Friday.
Safrit said he wants his
establishment "to be something
different, with heavy sounds, of
course, but not so that they
blow you out
He is featuring silent movies
staning Charlie Chapman,
Laurel and Hardy, and the
Keystone Cops with jazz, rock,
and folk misic in the
background.
There is also a large area for
dancing. Combos and other
entertainment are provided on
the weekends.
Safrit said he does not want
to charge unnecessarily high
prices. He is selling draft beer
for 25cents and canned bear for
40 cents.
The new Stone Fox Inn is
patterned after the Stone Fox
Inn at Nags Head, North
Carolina, which Safrit operated
this past summer. The motif is
early 1800 offset by a red,
gold, and black color scheme.
Safrit reported "a booming
season at Nags Head" and said
he plans to continue scanning
the college circuits for more
business opportunities.
Safrit played for Atlanta's
farm team in 1965 after
graduating from Frederick
College in Virginia. At the same
time, he coached football and
tought a Savannah high school.
He later tried Continental
League Football with the
Hartford, Conn. Charter Oaks
and stayed until taxied by the
49'ers in 1968. The split end
and kicker left the 49'ers in
August to join the Chicago
Bears.
When he is not keeping in
shape as a pro-football player,
Safrit will be developing the
Stone Fox Inn which is located
at 519 Cotanche Street.
Bennett Cerf lectures soon
BENNETTCERF
? ?to speak here
Bennett Cerf, humorist,
publisher and lecturer, will be
at Wright Auditorium at 8 p.m.
Oct. 28 for "An Evening With
Bennett Cerf
Cerf has written ten best
selling collections of humor.
He had his beginning as editor
of his college humor magazine.
After graduation, Cerf
started in the publishing field
with the Modern Library
Series This series made it
possible for the public to
afford the classics of literature.
Pitt UF drive begins
The annual Pitt County
United Fund Campaign is being
hd this month.
'he SGA has been given the
responsibility of representing the
'tudent body in a campus-wide
drive for funds. The goal has been
ser for S500 before Oct. 31.
Fund raising will be
competitive among the students.
-????? m win be presented at the
homecoming football game to
three divisions of competition.
An award will be presented to
me fraternity and to the sorority
v'th the highest contribution.
be putintheUnion
'tudi nis who want to
I to be aiven
to the Men's Residence Council
or the Women's Residence
Council.
A box will be set up in the
Union lobby for the Day
Students who do not want to
enter the residence councils'
competition. Competition will
end Oct. 31.
Checks should be made out to
the Pitt County United Fund and
taken to the SGA office.
A few of the county agencies
served by the Pitt County United
Fund are the Pitt County
Association for Retarded
Children, American Red Cross,
the Mental Health Association,
and the Salvation Army
In I925, Cert started
Random House. Many of
America's greatest "thors
started their careers with Cerf.
It was Cerf's Random House
that gained legalization of
James Joyce's Ulysses.
After forty years, Cerf is an
expert in the trends of
American literature of the
times.
While involved with these
activities, Cerf became well
known as a panelist on
television and writing a daily
column for 600 newspapers.
When the spirit moves him,
and time will allow, Cerf goes
on the lecture circuit to speak
on a variety of topics.
Sanford Drive
parking area
now patrolled
Beginning Nov. 1, 1969 any
ctudent parking on Sanford Drive
(drive leading to Minges
Coliseum from Charles St.) must
display a campus automobile
registration sticker on his vehicle,
the campus police department
has announced.
Any student p rked on
Sanford Dr've after Nov. 1, 1969
who does not have his car
registered on campus will be
given a ticket
CHARLES VINCENT
has been named
recreation director
Nocturnal aid
given students
at U. of Ga.
ATHENS, Ga. (AP)-The
Universiy of Georgia is offering
its students help with personal
problems during the hours when
they seem most pressing?at
night.
Dr. John Curtis, director of
university health services, says
the campus' new evening mental
helth clinic will supplement the
daytime clinic, offering academic
and vocational training, and
psychotherapy, as well as
counseling for emotional
problems.
Fraternity member urges
graduate student committee
Sam Troy recommended last
week that a Graduate Student
Advisory Committee be formed.
Troy is an outgoing officer of
the Political Science Graduate
Colloquim.
Speaking to members of Pi
Sigma Alpha, the honorary
political science fraternity, Troy
said that graduate students here
are the "most unrepresented
body on the campus and should
take action to correct this
situation
The committee would
cooperate with department heads
and university officials to see that
the interest of graduate students
are represented.
They would also attempt to get
graduate student representation
on faculty committees and
faculty-student committees.
"This has not been done in the
past Troy said.
Troy asked the new members
of the colloquim to become
Q'student activist in the true
sense of the word. As political
scientist, we should participate
on the affairs of the university
and set an example for the
undergraduate to follow.
"The challenge is there and if
enough people are interested in
accepting it, then something can
be done
After the meeting, a study
committee was formed to look
into the matter of representation.
Graduate students are not
represented in the Student
Government Association, either.
According to John Schofield,
SGA oresident, "graduate
students are not represented in
the student legislature ar on SGA
committees He urged graduate
students to become involved in
SGA activities.
"Time is a valuable item for
students in grad school said
Schofield, "but I wish more
students would take an interest in
our activities
He pointed out that the SGA
Constitution does not prohibit
graduate students from running
for SGA offices: "The only
requirement is that candidates be
full-time students and have a
satisfacto-y grade-point average
One example ho cited was
UCLA, where they have two
student government
associations-one for the
undergraduates and ne for the
graduate students. But he made it
clear that this set-up would not be
feasibleat ECU.
Preregistration change
prompted by confusion
The administration has an-
nounced some changes in pre-
registration procedure.
Classes will no longer be re-
stricted. This means that a
student will probably be able to
get most of the classes that he
pre-registers for, although he
might not get the hours he signs
up for.
The new procedure came
about from the mass confusion
during registration and the large
number of students who were
forced to go through drop-add.
The number of students en-
rolled last fall was 9,600. of
thoes, only 9,200 are expected to
pre-register, and 3G0 of these
students will meet graduation
requirements. The 350 who will
leave will be replaced by transfer
students and readmissions.
Teddy has lonely eucalyptus
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-Take
one koala with love in his heart,
and one tree. You then have one
very unhappy koala named
Teddy up a tree.
The problem belongs to the
San Fransisco Zoo and Teddy,
because the button-eyed bachelor
is the sole survivor of a tiny
colony of the zoo's koalas.
Although he has the material
things in life-comfy eucalyptus
tree, seclusion-fate has dealt
Teddy some cruel blows.
The prospects for obtaining a
mate for Teddy appear dim. Zoo
Director Rona'd T. Reuther said
Australia, where koalas come
from, has clamped a tight lid on
the export of the animals.
"It's sad said Reuther. "He is
so healthy, yet unhappy
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Women in Community Service organize
against poverty in Greenville area
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n t e r e s t while awaiting
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Amer me girl receives her
assigi VICS helps her
re - Dthir ; ike travel
arrangements v h i c h are
finai I . Job Corps. Many
? the centers a e as fat a
as Orea: n and Texas
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the " tra r ng and
help them find employment
,vher -ne. complete the
program, she said. However,
;h said thaT most girls have
grown enough through the
WOMEN IN COMMUNITY Service, an organization to
help girls break from poverty, is directed locally by Mrs.
Jack VVilkerson.
(ran to find a job on their
The local WICS chapter
started m May, 1967 Since
then, as many as 25 women
have given their time free of
charge for the WICS work, Mrs
VVilkerson said. Presently
several ECU faculty wives are
working as volunteers. The
office is open Monday through
Friday mornings from 10 a m
until noon.
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Jazz Ensemble
The Jazz Ensemble will present
a concert Oct. 23 at 8:15 p.m. for
the Merit Scholars attending the
Scholarship Weekend. The
concert is aiso open to the general
public at no 3dn sion charge.
The Jazz Ensemble is a
19 - and d5, I ? Joe
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Foreign supper
The Baptist Student Union nas
n ted a Internationa students
- : orofessors to their center tor
supper Wednesda,
The Sipper ill be free, and
begin at 5 p.m.
After the supper then I be a
discussion on a state-wide
retreat.
Tne Baptist Student Union is
at 511 E. 10th. St
cents.
' lembers of the club ana na
Industrial and Technical
Education majors or minors who
have not yet joined the club, ?-
been invited to attend tl -
meeting.
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students who cannot returi
books during library hours. Th
book drop is a yellow mat! I
on the steps to the mail
entrance.
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Tuesday, October 20, 1969, Fountainhead, Page 5
Vending machine boycott is 'relaxed'
(continued from paqe ?)
bummerals. This is in comparison
to the 15 cents charged by Ward.
Canned drinks sell ober the
counter for 20 cents at Zip Mart,
and 19 cents at the QuikPik. Ward
matches them with 20 cents. Of
the six places surveyed, all sell
milk for 16 cents per half pint and
charge the penny tax on all
ton cent candy bars.
Duncan said in a brief inter-
view Friday morning, "I think it's
the shock of going up from 10
rents to 15 cents that caused the
unhappiness As concerns
in ices, as I said to the students (in
a meeting Thursday night,
Octobei 16), the prices in vending
machines are usually higher than
the counter because prices
have to be in multiples of a
nickle
Ward explained that the price
increase should have been re
fleeted over a period of time, but
because they are held to contract,
they can't adjust the prices when
necessary. After looking over the
situation last June, it was decided
that they couldn't continue at the
June rates, so the new prices went
into effect September 7 with the
ptance and approval of the
new contract.
Because of the University's
control of the problem, Mr. Ward
further states that he doesn't
t to feel like the culprit, even
though he may appear to be
responsible. The Ward Company
has gone to the Administration
three times thus far, he said.
Financial information is being
prepared which will show pro-
ducts and price differences as
compared to a year ago. Person
ally, Mr. Ward doesn't think that
the prices are exhorbitant. The
cigarettes sold in Ward machines
still sell for 30 cents with the
Company losing three cents per
pack. Also, student helpers in the
dorms vb being paid $1200 to
give change, fill the machines, etc.
Ward is primarily concerned
with the company's public image
and vandalism. They "certainly
aren't interested in $125,000
worth of equipment" if it isn't
going to pay off, he said. The
company charges that milk
machines were unplugged causing
the milk to sour, and that the
machines were defaced to the
point that they had to be
repainted.
But, regarding the milk
machines, Dunn said the choco-
late milk in the same machines
with the spoiled white milk was
not sour. Therefore, the machines
had not been unplugged, Dunn
said. This past summer in Scott
doi mitory, ants were found in the
chocolate bars, Dunn said.
The University is involved
through the Student Supply
Store which is the agency through
which the University controls
campus activities. A percentage
of the sales made by Ward is
turned over to the University in
payment for the monopoly
rights. This 10 to 15 per cent is
channeled into scholarships and
cultural events not supported by
the state. These include the
debate team, the contemporary
music festival and the poetry
forum, although the money is not
specifically appropriated for any
one of these.
Following a meeting held last
Thursday night between Duncan,
Joe Clark of the University
Supply Store, Ward and the
students involved in the boycott,
an MRC investigating committee
has been formed. This three-man
team will check on all sides of the
controversy to determine which
side the MRC will endorse. A
report will be available in about
three weeks, the committee says.
Duncan summed up the Uni-
versity's position: "We hope that
they (the students) have a better
understanding of the situation.
Thsy had some complaints, such
as the signs not being up, the
machines being empty and out-
of-order and no personnel on
duty to provide change, that were
valid and we hope to correct all of
them"
Bruce Smith was asked, "How
long will you continue to support
the boycott?" His answer,
"Indefinitely. Until thepricesare
lowered
It is the general concensus that
their cause is just and they are not
going to be put off with a
mouthful of pretty words. "Do
you still think the prices should
come down?" Answered J.
McCracken, "Hot Damn, they
should
"Many of the men on 'The Hill'
arc still 100 per cent behind the
boycott wrote Dunn. "Some
falter now and then, but buy
only half of what they would
ordinarily purchase were the
boycott cancelled due to positive
action by Ward Company
What usually is most often
on a person's mind is himself.
Pen salesmen say that in testing
new pens about 95 out of 100
persons sign their own names.
'Dirty Hands9
is tomorrow
Based on the play by
Jean-Paul Sartr ?, "Les Maines
Sa'es" (Dirty Hands) focuses
on the idealistic son of a
wealthy European industrialist
who joins an underground
Communist movement to fight
Nazism and social injustice.
The son, played by Daniel
Gelin, is eventually required to
assassinate a Party leader for
his apparent betrayal of Party
principles. The conflict around
the Party leader's destruction
by the idealistic Geiin buiids lu
the film's conclusion with his
release from prison and
doubtful reacceptance back
into the Party.
The French film starsPierre
Brasseur, Daniel Gelin, Claude
Nollier and Monique Autier.
"Le' Mains Sales" will be
shown in Wright Auditorium at
8 p.m. on Wednesday evening,
Oct. 22.
Whenar
? JL ?
going Id lega
Pot?
?
A lot of people these days are going around
vi) ing it's only a matter of months until
Acapulco Gold is available over the coumer in
menthol and king-sue lengths.
Which is an indication of how little people
know about marihuana The real (act of the
nwtter is that marihuana is a drug. Like all
ttrwttv it affev ts the human Knis and the human
brain. I ike art drugs, tthas side effects
Today, research scientists are sr Hiving
marihuana's effects on the brain, the rtcrvo?s
nvstem. on chromosomes, and on various organs
of the body. They're tring to find out vh
different people have different reactions to it.
They're stud) ing its effects after one or two
cigarettes, and they 're ti ing to find out what
fiappens w ith long term use.
Maybe it ill turn out that there's no reason
for it to be illegal Hut nobodv can be sure until
all the facts are in. ml until they all are. it's a
pretty bum risk
For mure facts about drugs, w rite for free
drug booklets to
National Institute of Mental Health.
Box 1080. Washington, D.C. 20013
P 1ft. n"
Page 6, Fountainhead, Tuesday, October 20, 1969
'Finian V Rainbow' opens here tomorrow
MARK RAMSEY PLAYS the pixyish Finian McLonergan with the celebrated pot of
gold which he has "borrowed" from the leprechauns of Ireland.
S, j-VESSLAUGHTER
1 With it
. .
I thai 'Finian's daughter Sharon are befriendi
-tear, by a singing set of poor,
mon ? rtt la than when sharecropping farmers who are
t .? as ; rst produced on imperilli the schemes of a
?
"947. It is loadi d pr e j andower and
as with s ihat have now
? me ne 11 - and
e ived ryv here, n ith
bi ht - haui
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nythica S the tate
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VICTORIA SUMMERS
portrays Sharon
McLonergan
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NANCY MELLICHAMP DANCES instead of speaks her role in
"Finian's Rainbow" because she ays a mute, Susan the Silent.
Only through the magic of a leprechaun's pot of gold does she
finally gam the power of speech.
pohticia BillBoard
Raw But th( magical pot of
: the ?p r i g h I y
leprechaun who have followed
the McLonergans from Ireland in
pursuit of the treasure, combine
to defeat the bigoted senator
and to bring great prosperity to
the tenant farmers.
In the current production,
Mark Ramsey and Victoria
Summers will have the leading
roles of Finian and his daughter
Shd m James Sla ighter, a
professor here, will be seen as
the capering, fickle leprechaun;
Nancy Mellichamp as the girl
vho is mute and so dances out
r il she has to say until a
? sh '? ees hei I ngue;
Jin re as her
farmer-b tl ??? no falls in love
. ? md New York
ac i il im Pollock as the
. i ei Rawkins.
Tickets are still available at
Ginnis Auditoriun ? h by
telephone at 758-6390.
GRAHAM POLLUCK, a New
York actor, plays the bigoted
Southern legislator.
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homecoming queen. On nday,
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Tuesday, October 20, 1969, Fountainhead, Page 7
ACLU forms local organization
By ROBERT McDOWELL
A temporary board of
directors was elected Thursday
to draft by-laws for a
Greenville chapter of the
American Civil Liberties
Union.
The board includes Dr.
Philip Adler, Charles J. Cain,
liss Patricia Daughtery, Wayne
and Jerry Paul.
Upon approval of the
laws by the state board of
r.tors of ACLU, about 30
ACLU members in the
eenville area will charter the
rsi ACLU chapter east of
R ileigh.
During the second
organizational meeting here
rhursday night, Jerry Paul, co-
erating attorney for ACLU,
explained the purposes of the
organization.
ACLU is a non-political
organization whose primary
ncern is representing those
individuals who, in one way or
.mother, come into conflict
ith the law in such a manner
thai their constitutional rights
ii endangered he said.
Recent ACLU action
Recent ACLU action in
North Carolina has included
the preparation of a brief
alleging that the "vagrancy"
laws in Charlotte are
unconstitutional. In Charlotte
the ACLU was instrumental in
getting court injunctions to
prevent the police from
"harrassing" a so-called "hippie
house
Layman's role essential
Other ACLU members
pointed out that, in the past,
ACLU has defended members
of the Ku Klux Klan, as well as
members of the Communist
Party, in cases where their
constitutional rights were
endangered.
Paul said that at the last
meeting of the state board of
directors there were three
requests for assistance from the
Ku Klux Klan, one from the
Black Panther Party, and one
from a labor group in Durham.
Explaining that the
organization takes a case only
upon request, Paul added: "We
never solicit a case We only
take cases that are approved by
the local board of directors in
each area
The layman's role in the
ACLU was described as
essential Laymen
participate in the ACLU's
activities as investigators, office
staff, publicity people,
?k?NCH J
It's the year of th; brogue
the time to bo bold in styling.
Colleqians have the look
that's "IN" this season
? ' iVi lft?"
Shoney's
Coffee Mei
advocates before town
councils, and as educational
laison between the
organization and local school
systems.
One of the organization's
acitivities is the establishment
of a speaker program on a local
level in which prominent
spokesmen on "civil liberties"
questions describe the ACLU's
activities to the community.
Charles Morgan, an attorney
who defended Muhammed Ali
and Capr. Howard Levy and
woiked in civil rights cases in
Mississippi, has been scheduled
in Greenville ;n the near future.
Statewide Convention
As part of its educational
program, the ACLU supports
the development of courses to
teach the Bill of Rights in the
public schools. It also helps
co-ordinate programs on the
Bill of Rights in the local
school system each spring on
the day set aside to honor the
principles of the Bill of Rights.
A statewide convention of
the North Carolina ACLU has
been scheduled for Nov. I in
Greencboro.
The foundation of the
ACLU in 1920 was spearheaded
by Roger N. Baldwin as an
outgrowth of the National Civil
Liberties Bureau, an
organization which handled
many war-tirr.2 cases involving
freedom of speech, press,
association, and conscience -
particularly conscientious
objector cases.
Since that time the ACLU
has grown to a national
organization of over 130,000
members with 45 affiliates in
42 states, including the District
of Columbia. Its activities
cover a broad spectrum of
litigation, legislative activity,
education and simply playing
a "watchdog" role.
Throughout all of its
acitvity, the ACLU remains
dedicated to a single purpose,
as stated in its constitution,
"to preserve and defend the
civil liberties of everyone
The ACLU's funds are
obtained through private
membership contributions and
through bequests. No
government subsidies or
foundation grants are given to
the ACLU.
Since the ACLU attempts to
exert its influence through
legislative activities,
contributions made to it are
not tax-deductible, although a
tax-exempt foundation, the
Roger Baldwin Foundation of
the ACLU was established as
the tax-exempt arm of the
Union which may receive
foundation grants.
Red Cross course
lins Oct.27
begi
The Red Cross Water Safety
Instructor re-training course will
be taught Oct. 27 at the
Memorial Gymn, room 201.
Class will begin at 7 p.m.
Miss Nell Stallings of the East
Carolina faculty will teach the
course.
The course is for currently
authorized water safety
instructors who have not had the
10-hour re-training course.
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Osipov Bolalaika Orchestra
Concert was 'one of best'
LiLY MOVGORODOVA, a Russian dancer, stands behind the
curtain waiting to come on.
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Everybody did an encore It
was that kind of concert
I ast Tuesday's concert by the
Osipov Balalaika Orchestra v
with out a doubt, one of the I
East Carolina has evei seen
The auditorium was full. I ne
audience was never bored
The orchestra finally ha
walk off the stage one by o
each aving as he left.
Backstage, things were hectic
The musicians arrived by bus only
about 10 minutes before
concert began. And they ha
ave almost immediately afti i H
wasovei
With only a few words of
English, vigorus hand motions,
and a little bit of Russian, one
enthusiastic boy tried to describe
his motercycle to his attentive
listener.
Members of the orchi
could blend easily into a crowd of
Americans. One boy wore a plad
shirt and "Wranglers Evei yone
casually smoked cigarettes,
chewed qum, and enjoyed i
familiar, international
"Coca Cola
'An is what we
expected said one i of
the troupi mostly because
we've read h about it
Because the ; i hestra's time is
so scan ? only part of the
United States they've seen is
"what . iusses
Whistles from the audience
disturbed some members of the
group. In Russia, the custom
whistlinq at a performer is like
Ami custom of "booing
' e Russi
?? An involvement in
Vietnan ber's opi
ply thai we think tl
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR Vitali Gmitov leads the orchestra as
Yuri Mironov dees a Russian dance.
iple should solve their own
problems
The Osipov B a la la k a
Orchestra, like all other Soviet
formers, is subsidized by the
Soviet Government. Moscow is
thi group's home base, but its
members come from all parts of
the Soviet Union. This yeai is the
fiftieth anniversary of theOsipOV
Orchestra.
The balalaika, the orchestra's
basic insturment, is a triangular,
I h i ee str i nged , w o oden
insturment. Years ago, Russi in
i I lered fron fait to
. playing theii balalaikas This
i ught the insturment into
populai use The Osipov u
balalaika to create personalia,
unique sound and presentation of
Russian music.
The group has performed in
varied parts of the world,
including New Zealand Australia,
France, Germany, Britian,
Hungary, and Czechoslovakia.
"Australia seems similar to
America said one ("ember.
On the first American tour,the
orchestra's stops include Florida,
Chicago, Canada. Michigan,
Philadelphia, and New York.
The music: of the Osipov S ? ?
foi itself. Language may be a
barrier, but music is always a
universal communication.
H
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Computer 'hams'
meet Wednesday
The American Computing
Machines Society will meet at
7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Austin,
room 105.
Dr. James Worth,
professor of
with
assistant
mathmatics, will
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Tuesday, October 20,1969, Fountamhead, Page 9
WECU recontinues broadcasting
By STEPHEN NEAL
listening to local
s back-to-back
commercials, it is a pleasure
hear that WECU
After
station
to
broadcasting
has
for
recontinued
the remainder of the school
year.
But to listen to the station
one would not believe that it
is the same one we heard last
Spring quarter. The most
noticeable difference i the
addition of original jingles and
promotional commercials
which are spread throughout
theii programming.
The jingles were imaginative
and humorus sounding for the
fust week of broadcasting,
however it is easy to run a
good thing into the ground,
i , y half hour or so one can
heai the same "Never-ending
story of the Irate
Housemother" or "Ten Good
Reasons to Listen to WECU
The most irritating jingles
of all are the ones which start
out with a whinny "WECU
(spoken by a hoarse tenor
while sitting down on a block
of ice.)
Even some of the
announcers seen tired of
playing this squeaky
introduction because part of
the time it is not heard on
jingles where it existed only
an hour before.
There are redeeming
features to the campus station
such as the incredibly
professional newscast given six
times per day. This broadcast
rivals the best news program
given on WUOW, WPXY, or
WNCT. On WECU's first news
broadcast an exclusive taped
interview with Dr. Leo
Jenkins and Rev. Daniel T.
Earnhardt of the Methodist
Student Center was given.
Jinkins and Earnhardt
commented upon East
Carolina's Moratorium on Oct.
15. The newscasts also have
summaries from United Press
International of state, national
and international news.
Another feature of WECU
is the addition of 24-hour
broadcasting by rebroadcasting
a well known rock station
located in Raleigh, WKIX-FM,
between the hours of 1 a.m.
and 8 a.m. There is a slight
difficulty in receiving
WKIX-FM by Campus Radio
because starting at sunrise it
fades until local programing is
again resumed.
Even with all of the new
innovations, both good and
bad, one thing remains the
fact that the majority of
announcers are the same as
last year's. These announcers,
most of them are totally
inexperienced in radio
broadcasting, except at
? WEEK OF OCTOBER 20 26
WECU, seem to have a slight
adjustment problem to this
year's more professional
programming. However, all
have improved markedly from
the first few days of
broadcasting this year.
The first days activities
were bothered with records
cued on the air, mistakenly
played promotional
commercials, and the
"ultimate sin" in radio, dead
announcements)
Since that time the
announcers have improved to
the point that if they
continue this progress by the
end of Fall quarter, WECU
should be a professional
sounding station with
potential to rival the local
radio broadcasts.
WECU is a carrier current
radio station operating on a
frequency of 570Khz.
broadcasting to the dormitory
system of East Carolina.
air (space between records and
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manri your immediate atten
non Be careful to heed the
advice of a friend or mate
You will receive all the coop
eration you need
TAURUSIApr 21 May 211
Take the initiative and pro
mote creative work Success is
in store for you if you go after
advancement Take advantaqe
ot financial opportunities.
GEMINI (May 22 June 21 )
A developing romance could
become serious and lead to
marnage. Do not mingle with
the course of events Let time
take its course.
CANCER (June 22 July23i
Take care with written mat
ters. Words could be held against
vnu iter Concentrate on do
mestic affairs and entertain
menl
LE O (July 24 August 23)
Romance is headed your way
Kindness ani understanding to
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VIRGO (Aug. 24 Sept. 23)
Move forward with new activ
dies. Take advantage of a fa
vorable financial situation that
is coming your way Avoid
risks and speculations
LIBRA (Sept 24 Oct. 23)
Luck is on your side. Pop
ularity and originality will see
you through a crisis Beware
of a false proposition.
SCORPIO (Ocl 24 Novem
Per 22) Get in touch with
friends, both old and new.
Their friendship will comfo't
and guide you Resist temp
tations towards clandestine af
fairs.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23
Dec 21) Romance is high
lighted rr you. Be careful ?o
whom you confide your plans.
You have control of new sit
nations.
CAPRICORN (Dec 22 Jan
20) Avoid hasty or careless
actions. You will receive news
from a distance. It is benefi
cial for you to heed the advice
of someone you respect.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 Feb.
19l Bp patient with friends or
relatives who offer help At
tend to any written projects
that need attention. Exercise
tact in a new situation
PISCES (Feb. 20 March 20)
An old romance may come
alivefor you. Answer letters and
calls, news may be in store for
you. Use caution in your ad
ventures
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results from the returned
questionnaires showed thatm0r
than three fourths of the
institutions have a policy thaJ
provides for student membersh
on some academ.c committee
Also, an open hearing Was
conducted here to sample the
local feelinq on ct?Ho
membership.
A few of the guidelines passed
by the Faculty-Senate f0r
student membership are vot;r
rights, student alternate, and
SGA approval of the selected
students.
"Since the FAculty-Senate
initiated it, the idea of student
representation on academic
committees speaks well for the
academic climate here. The great
degree the admimstratopm
works together instead of
working apart is indicative of
such an atmosphere Schofield
said.
Valenti says
sex film
losing money
SAN FRANCISCO
(API-Many films that use sex
for a box office come-on are
losing money and will
eventually go away, says Jack
Valenti, head of the Motion
Picture Associati - of
America.
Valenti, a formc-i aide to
former President Johnson, told
200 businessmen at a
Commonwealth Club luncheon
Friday that dwindling receipts
will force "a definite turn away
fi ? n the great use of ? in
films, and that many theatre
goers are finding such films
"dull, drab and old hat
Valenti made an exception
in his prophecy of doom,
saying that such films as
Midnight Cowboy" and "Easy
Rider" reflected the demand
by the "educated youi 'or
"more candor and 'note
realism
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Critics
Nixon: Noah's Ark system?! choice
By Bill Connelly
Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON
The Nixon administration's school desegregation policy still is
unclear. In some Southern communities, integration is required
zith the same firmness shown by the Johnson administration. In
other places, delays are granted, fund cutoffs are postponed.
The President's admirers say this means the administration is
oiding a broad-axe approach and judging each case on its
merits. They say the new policy represents a return to tact and
ison.
Agree with Harris
The President's critics tend to agreee with Sen. Fred Harris,
D Okla the Democratic National Chairman, who says the
xiministration "is like Noah's Ark it has two policies for
everything
Behind the confusing rhetoric and conflicting decisions,
however, one thing is becoming quite clear: The President would
like to de-emphasie the role of the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare (HEW) in school desegration.
Nixon has indicated many times that he finds HEW's chief
weapon the fund cutoff-extremely distasteful. So do many
liberals, since the loss of federal funds ultimately hurts the black
children that the policy is supposed to help.
Bui the fact remains that no weapon has worked as speedily, as
effectively as the cutoff. In school districts where desegregation is
dministered by the federal courts (and no cutoffs are used), the
pace of integration generally has been much slower.
The administration announced last July 3 that it intended to
have the Justice Department pursue more cases through the
courts as an alternative to cutoffs. It insisted at the same time
that this woujld not diminish HEW's normal role.
But today many observeis are skeptical about the White
House's intentions for HEW. They are waiting to see how
vigorously the administration opposes two current attempts to
restrict HEW's power.
Amendment poses threat
The most serious threat to Hew, perhaps, is an amendment
' ed onto the department's appropriations bill by Rep. Jamie
Whitten, D Miss and passes by a big margin in the House.
I"he Whitten amendment would require HEW to accept
freedom-of-choice school attendance plans, which leave it up to
ro parents to decice whether to send their children to
integrated schools.
Critics of the freedom-of-choice concept say that it is a device
for maintaining segregated schools, that economic and social
pressure-especially in small communities-keeps Negroes from
choosing previously all-white schools.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that freedom-of-choice
is acceptable only if it actually worksand works nowto bring
about a substantial desegregation.
Under the court's standard, HEW has accepted some
freedom of-choice plans that appeared to be working. But if
Jamie Whitten's amendmpnt is approved by the Senate, where it
is now in committee, HEW will have to accept even the plans that
do not work.
This would, in effect, put HEW out of the school desegration
business.
No House opposition
The Nixon administration did not oppose the amendment in
the House. There was one report, in fact, that Attorney General
John N. Mitchell sent word to House Republican leaders to keep
hands off.
But once the bill reached the Senate, HEW Secretary Robert H.
Finch finally issued a statement urging that the Whitten
amendment be rejected, and presumably the administration is
now working to that end.
The Senate may indeed delete the amendment. Even so, the
measure will have to go to a House-Senate conference committee,
where the House will fight for its viewpoint on the school issue.
The result could be a compromise restricting HEW's enforcement
powers, unless the administration can change some minds in the
House.
Challenge to HEW
Another serious challenge to HEW's civil rights role is posed by
a recent decision of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in the
Taylor County, Fla school case.
The court ruled that HEW, under the 1964 civil rights act,
could not simply cut off all federal aid to a school system found
guilty of discrimination, as is the practice, but could terminate
only those programs administered in a discriminatory manner.
If this ruling stands, HEW will find it much harder to make a
case against many school systems and will have less clout in
compelling desegregation. All pending fund cutoffs have been
halted since the ruling.
Finch, the HEW chief, and Leon Panetta, head of the
department's Office for Civil Rights, want to appeal the case to
the Supreme Court to preserve HEW's present authority.
But the final decision on a government appeal belongs to
Attorney General Mitchell, who is said to be much more
conservative on civil rights and therefore reluctant to appeal the
case.
The outcome of this conflict between two cabinet officers,
both personally close to the President, could reveal much about
the administration's plans for HEW in civil rights enforcement.
FJtaiMe
By PETE ALEXANDER
Here it is midterm. Most
exams have been taken, most
boys have girl-friends,
aeverything is just rosy. Or is
it? We still have problems with
vending machines, high prices
in the cafeterias, and overall
expenditure problems.
Expenditure problems. The
two words bring to mind a
single word, budget. Budgets
are necessary to keep
expenditures in order;
however, there is an
organization representative of
the students on campus that
apparently does not feel it
necessary to maintain such as
item. This organization the
SGA.
This fact was brought to the
attention of this writer last
Thursday, Oct. 16. It was on
this night that performing
groups originating from School
of Music and the
Appropriations Committee
(along with Gary Gasperini)
met to decide what amount of
money should be allocated as a
proposed budget to the
performing groups.
This writer found it
interesting that neither the
Appropriations Committee or
Gasperini could quote any
definite figures as to what the
actual financial standings of
the SGA were. This is not very
impressive for two committees
which are responsible for
$300,000 of student money.
Statements made by Gasperini
and the Committee brought to
mind some interesting
questions:
1. What is the exact amount
of money the SGA is in debt?
2. How did they go into
debt?
3. What is the exact
percentage of money that each
organization gets from each
student?
4. Gasperini said at this
meeting that the Rebel, the
Buccaneer, the Fountainhead,
and WECU were all under SGA
control. If this is so, then why
do the Rebel and the
Buccaneer lose money?
It is the duty of any
government to be honest and
to keep its people informed? It
is apparent that some sources
in the SGA don't agree with
this philosophy. Why?
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