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Title
Student Body Drops Regulation On Drinking
Description
Front page cover of January 14th, 1966 Davidsonian issue
Date
14-01-1966
content
MARION WAMTS
STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY
(See Page Two l
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DAVIDSON COLLEGE, DAVIDSON. N. C .. FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 19ixl
NUMBER FIFTEEN
I
Student Body Drops Regulation
On Drinking By One-Vote Edge
Registrar Squelches
praft Scare Rumors
nitre is no immC'diate need draft.
fJ/ eon~m over the d~aft scare
or main corn::ern to Da,idson
c,rcu!Jting among
?andson
stu- studen ts ls Hershey's idea
or
O!"!IS lately. Registrar F. W. ha\·mg each e<>llege
submit
a
!l,;'!lge\·rld. told THE DAVID- list of the lower quarter or each
~ :,,'l .
.\S
this
week.
class to the draft boards if the
aenge\·e\d stated _that all the draft quota is not met. "Dcfer-
,s::riors are speculation and
th~t
mcnt," he says,
"is
a
pri\·[h.-ge;"
;,erf
ha\'e been no changes m the normal status of a man the
tlt
drafl laws as yet.
pr_oper age is tA. Hershey ga\'e
Tbt i~tert'st in the d~aft h~s
this
ad\'ice to the student:
s:imulated
by
.ut:des
m
"Study.
If
you want to stav a
>',npJpcrs
and magazines sug- student.
be-
one."
·
f8:ing that students may be
Hcngc\·eld reiterated. how-
c afl.ed out ot college
in
the near e\·er, that since no Jaws h:n·e
,ure.
been changed, there is no im-
!~
the Jan.
10
issue of U. S. mediate need for concern . The
Ntw5
and World Report head
or
Sell:cti;·e Service does not now
;.'le
draft system Gen. Lewis B. req ui re any inrormation about
;ie."51leY
tells of a shortage in grades or class status. Students
::irti
a;•ailablc to fill the draft are de[erred annuall)·, from Oct.
,~- He says that many men
15
to Oct.
15. if
t.'ier stay in
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listed
as IY
who failed the school.
Rule Against Gambling
Kept
By
Close Margin
Davidson studen ts in a referendum Tuesday voted 301 to 150 to repeal the drink-
ing regulation of the Student Body Constitution.
.
All the other regulations which were voted on m the referendum failed to re-
cei\'C the two.thirds majority necessary fo r repeal.
The drinking rule \'Ote, one the drinking rule was the only responsible for ;•cry poorly de•
more than the needed two•thlrds, one to be rtpealcd was due in fined regulations places undue
repeals SccUon 2 of the Student part to the studen ts placing a strain on student go;•trnment.
Bod)' Regulations. Abrogalion or great deal of emphasis and
"Ir the adm inist ration
sees
the gambling rule failed by only thought on this one and not con• that we are responsible, I think
a few \'Otes.
sidering the difficulty In !he en• we ca n realistically hope they
This result
is
a re\·crsal of !orcement or some of the wm condone on•campu, drink•
last
M ay' s
campaign to repeal others ," said Burks.
Ing," commented senior David
the drinking regulation
when
Burk s did not b<'Hen • that the ~re~c~n·n:-t~.7'be~o~e!.':r
~:!-~r:J
r~;:a~ent of the votes adn_1in istratio~ ."·ould take any
a
~ac~ ·
0
r
r;sponslbill;y in
.
.' •
arb1trar)' po\1cing action such thls reiiard. they would be per•
th!h;:,i;~a;rs a r~c;~:;~~;~o~\·:; as room searches.
rect!y t1uat'.~ied ln taking string-
Honor Court and Student Coun·
ANOTHER REFERENOUM
cnt ,"le on.
(Starr Photo by Pun·ls) ci\ responsib ilities l<'d by John
Burks also stated that he
SIMPSON
DAVl~.::~~:~.~~~~Eps:n~~o!:p:~rt5o~n~~~K~~:n~~~ii~TION
!~;~.:-iu:t~i~h~~ t~s:ei!w°:,dtt:;
~;:l~l~ ·;~~~;
Paul_ S(mpson,
~\·ho dcf~nd~
;,irsical. those who are tech-
:.ci.11;·
in the resen·es but "are
!,;C
doing anything'' and men
be-
tn en the age of
19
and
26
and
LACK OF CONTACT CITED
~~r~;:·;
0
~u:m\~istt~~C:at~
1::
next !lt'mcste_r on some or the ~~~:.ri;;;!:nut~
1
~h~~a: 1;~;
Honor Cou rt and Studi-nt Coun• rules th:tt "ere not repenled. "the administration. ir it be-
in school are liable to the
cil on )lon~~iJNCIL
sh!i1~lu :1:01:c~r~~~t:.~t~o~~ ~~~~:n:\'~:"~at!~u; ,tu~~~lt.,t:i:
R h C
I
t
d
P"'"°'"'"
1
"
1
' " ' '"'
th
" ' ~ ,oyoece,my,cU001<>,..,<hot
Us
Omp aln S Ire
Student Body President Bill ma11dmg the whole student body this does not continue,"
but
Council Ton da~· night comment- or any group or students
to
be
added
that he
does not expe<:t
a
ed
on the ,·ote and what It
slgnfrfcant inc~eaiJC
in
On·cam•
By MASON STEPHENSON
sor of mathematics. said that
"The long drawn out period." Ing the contact between the ~:a~:1~}hes::iet
PRE-EXAM EXTRA
pu:u~~l:~;!~ed,
"I
think there
Staff Writer
the program had answered a Mc~a\·ock said, "has been a rreshmen and fraternity m~n, not the result of a general desire
Although THE DAVIDSON-
will be more drinking on campus
The Jack of contact between
good
m_any QU<!Sllons as to the strain on the upper•clusmen, and he termed them "exceu1\·c of t_he students to consume alco
IAN norm1lly does not publish tha n there
has
been in the past,
freshmen and upper•dassme.n acedell\le performance of the but has tended . to reduce the and undue."
hohc be\·eragl's on camp_us. It is during
wNk
••· but
I
don't think
it
will be very
, ,....,,., ,.,.,. was the major comp)aint th1.s s:udent.s. _ the lack or an emo- intensity of rush,"
Continuing, Cornwell stat.ed, a result of stud~nt_ feeling that
this sped.al, four• significant."
past week of fraternity pres1• . t1onal buildup to rush and p\!'dg.
He continued that there had
"I
see no re3~on !n not declar- the rule Is unreahstic and serves
edition Is lnued to
den ~
and faculty members ~n- !ng
the de-emphasis of rra- not been the build -up of e motion• ing open season on rreshmen. no <k·finite end,"
the
body
FRED SMOOT
~e;i~~g w/r~e u::h thrse';t~;1°s:~ te~~~~e:~e expected the progra~
~-~~c~h:.~s
::n
i~ w:!:t e~;:1eup~r-~r~~~:
be~~:~~a
5
t !~i~t~:g :en
::
1
:
on umpus
mester.
to be a complete success, but It mon to the unpledginll freshmen. m<'n."
ldson campus will result in ex-
The ch;mge in rush regulat ions has answered some questions." since they did not meet rejec-
Walt Drake. president of ATO, trem,:, disorderly conduct and
Watch
for
the next
Issue
of
Wednesday's referendum fol·
lowed
a
similar \·ote last spring
wh<-n the regulations " 'ere
re·
tained. )Teschan attributed the
change to the
fact
that fresh-
men. who usually
are more con-
servati ;·e than upperclassmen.
couldnot;•otethis time.
this fall was brought about by he stated.
" 1
belie\'e the sys• tion at the beginning of the year. said that rush this year had d isruption or the academic at· THE DAVIDSONIAN during
the re·e \•aluation of the !ra ter· tern instea~ of being wrong has
Dr J ohn Kelton a ssoeillle been a burden on the freshmen mosphere.
tint weak
of second
n ity system last spring. The been e_frect1ve enou_gh so that the prof~ssor
01
psych~togy, said and fraternity men which was
He further lndiealed that the !er on Feb.
4.
~:~:1t!f S~~a77.:~~;e ;;n
!~;ta~r:c~:~t
:~:e~rtes~~ not neccs~~rJ.svsTEM
~:c:liryw::~!~:n::;-d
~;t"~:~:
l\'"'_.,.. ______
_,_ ._..,,..,_"""_'!
very strkt in the delayed rush ~t and ~O\'e on to ano~~ stage men. since he did not teach too
"I
prerer
11.
system or rush was a poss1blhty or ,dorm
and
After Vespers Open House
Com ed ia n
chra:s~!;d of the "rus~ period
be-
m
c:;:;n~~ ~~~~eem!~ademic ~:?re;rt~i~o
t~:r.t.~:;:·
b::~
~n::a~~rd~~~\:n:~~~y~;i~~: ;;~:i.t;~aI:c~sesar;
th
P
0
~~:!1!yt~:~
The following professors will hold open house for
ing limited to the first
~ttk
~f performance ~r studcn_t,s. ~le- good."
rers the system of rush which the tru.nk rule
will~
repealt'd,
students after vespers this Sunday night:
Smoot
;~~:~a~~sho~~d "3~~
~!; u;~l:
~:~:~as =~1:u:~ooth~';a~~~
der:;:i~
c;:;:~;;~~~e
o:r t~~e
a:;:
~;~eri:ei: ~s;i~ld~nal th:erlt1~ a~e;~~~fT~o Rc:;~~SIBILITY
Bailey
Griffin
MdUUin
Thies
To Hetu
. rn
;::it~~:th~~~:::c: period or E£\{i:i~i~{•~:::~t
I:
h~;:
:~i~
1
a:;;~;
b~t~~rc::~~~ ·~;
:~.~h;~:1_1.~~a~.: , c~~l de'~Js~~ as~it c':uk:~,~}:.::u~::~
~~~t:enden
~
0
e~~~:n,
N.
\\'·~:!~::. ~:~:::.
H.
E.
Mc
.
the bcgmnmll or the semester. as good as hoped.
that they show
8
definite respon•
Crocker
Labban
Pinkerton
White,
L.
Dr. W. G. McGavock, profes gram. .
we were off to I better 11tart.''
Ernie Latkln KA president, sibility a nd maturity. H they do
Fogleman
Lester
Roge rson
Williams,
R.
Comedian Fred Smoot. her-
lie contmued. "Rush did not in- said that "lt wasn't ru~ni ng too act with responsibility, they will
Gable
)lartin, D. G. Smith. C.
s.
llded as a "refreshingly bright
J
1
• I C 11
w
ter '.ere with the upper•cl.~ssmen w~ll. but we did bcnerit from lt be able to maintain a certain
::t~n
1~°:"~a~-~::·~·
;~!;:~
ourna
IS
a s ar
later, "'h~~M~~t::~e.
~~l~e~~a:~i;e::s;~e.,!earncdtobe
!~;~sd;;~~n·.'.'we will
i :11eage w~~~~l;n~u~~atlth:t fit:s~
I
p . Of L"f
0
~o~~la~~~:sr::cr~~ Y<'~; ('~~;!~n~~~h
1!~1~ :!1
:~~h)~
~;-:;~~eel:
t.1::i~e;.~~e :~io~. ;::
union Cat eteria Gets
~t
: ~:;~~:;.:::~ted "nig_ht-
lntegra art
I
e
~nngd ~~:-~r~1:::;:~~ -~~('a~t:~: ~~ir.:~a:t ~:~lsb=~~fJr~~m~h;~ ::~ni:~r~tion
:a:~
t~:wee[;;;;
R
I
F H·u
club mo~1f" v. ill be thl' settmg
ry that there were ~uch strict ~n end," concluded Larkin. ~ut that
if
t~el'~~u"dents repeal the
ep acement or
I
tor Smoot a, he does two dif-
Dnld!~
1:1
~:aiu~.Y
~!~
5
11~~
~;~~:~~1:::;:~~
1r:,~~ h:•:~ :~\: t~~nfh;~~s
1
J;irncd
v;as
1:~~~~ng
~ule. the~e. :trrc:ts ~:
The College . Union cafeteria about cond~tions
in the Da\·id•
rurnt comedy routines per
!he h!gged· compla int," hl' con•
B!ll Skinner
prl'sldcnt of
r
S('
n securi)
.. dd d this week received
a. new resi· son cafeteria.
: ght
0 ~
the n,~hh
~f
~~:;;i
1
~:~
A different view of war and its advantages to man -
eluded. ·
Sigma
Nu.
sa id
that rush
was
dorm searches. a e dent manager, William T. Beck-
He added that
Hill
under-wen!
;:,~~ in the Lnioo
s ·
tianr~i~:a
11
s i~ri~~~~~<\,~~~1:ae/tu~ent b~dy by Anthony H.
E;:i~:~~sd~t:;"~lh i~nt~~~t~:!~ ~~
1
t!e;rn!h~o~/';~/~;:gg~~t
0~~t

BURKS
~:i\ot:esi~~~~ ... :a:P:~n:.old the
r
1
n~t ::~geann~J·
1
:a~~7:e~::~
S:erl inl( :\l a rti n. assistant di•
The aud,ence wa s r ather The word ~rotracted Is a key rules had "unduly harmed the D<-layin~ ror part o/ the y('ar is
John Burks, who initiated the
Beckham replaces_ Ha rry Hill, ~ 1~ht ha\'C _influenced h!s de·
~c'.or of the Union. told TilE sparse but ap parently inten~ely on<'. accord mg to the speaker. freshmen or the frate rnity good, but more contact Is nCt"d referendum, was surprised that who
recently resigned from c1s1on to resign.
D,W IDSO~IAN that thls type or concerned wit h the jouma\1 st's Wa rs such ns we ha;•e
today
mrn," and the re had been no ed. like r ldin.( !n c:irs." _
the drinking rule wns the first Slater Food Sen·ices.
The official stated th.at the
c_o

il~~uam
j
5
a new exp<'timent remarks .
w~uld ha\·: ber.n almost _J_ncon• lnl<'rference with work.
Howe\·er, Sk i1111er stated. " the lo go. "I think that thls shows
A c_oll<'ge orricia\ was non• lege a sked the Sl~ter Sen:ice
~-~;i~nnt~·/;df~~:t~l~dvgar::~
"My
-•~bjcet is co~!lict," i~;; ~:,:;i:let~~,~~~t;;s :;;fnr!h~~
The biitR'~~~~;~~~n r_rom the
~~~:t:~;
1~~, ~:c°:~;;~rl'~:~~e :~
:~1:~
~~cs~o~=1~~=
~;:i~:~1\:1
n a! -a:
0
c~-~~!~;;/~
1
i;~
:~Ya~:s:c~~~ \~
t~:Pe~;:e:~~
irlll.'rc~ t
on thl' part of th<' col· iran Harir!an, associate ~The ter~.~ or a s,nglc decisi;•e strug- stmlents. accordin~ to him, wa s 1~,e compo.•itio~t of the pledge !or e nforcing such a rei:ulation. the l:irge num~r or complaints He . a dded that Slater _has
bc<'ll
rnm'." un ,ty. .
during t!le
N~r
5
0:;d
ti~~;
1
•;~e
gle.
.
.
cxtrcrn ~ !l'!!al1, m dete rmin- cla sse!,"
"I
also think that the fact that the Sl:i!cr Sen·1ce has recei,-cd !~~1~ftua:nd:\':;~~~~n~hca:.aut
F')<)(J -...·. ll b<' 'loi' f\ Pd
45
grl'ate r tha n those or thl' pa st,
Harrigan did not see war as
I
d'd• ·
Be
kh
SI ter
~1I~11¥i
~ttf~~
tir!~ft!
;;·n/~\;l~r, 11:~~1~/
:~u~~n:;
I
lll'C
<••ith prot racted conflict."
;1~~
1
l~~~•rA~ :r,::
:.:~~in!~~~:
Changes Effected
&N TMOM Y HAIUtl G AN
•• l'f•
..-..C•
C:\·i l War
a,
,l
rural natio n 11no:I
rmrni,•d
a• ~ full -nedged inclus•
tria l M,11r
Thu< v.-e
11\Ul!
not au:omatic.li
ly shy aw,1) from
""M.
but view
ll ·.> i!h
110
c>ye lo
ltl
potentwl
ad.- ~"ta g<'.
Thr ,r,c~ker r mp:itu;z('(J th ii'
1
hr r, •"
.h
I:':,·
ur
tl'le necM~1t y
~•;.~,l.m~-•~•i:,:·;h,::; ; a~:m'~u~~i~:~
Concrete- results o! D.1\' :d~on·s
rl'cent Sclr S:udy Rtpor: 111;f:"f'
ollrrl'd by regi.strJ.r F. W. Htll·
fC \'eld this
wtt k
m tbe ro~-0.r
a
new policy kr ~ ·•,:,nd
~::il'S·

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TROOPINlj THE LINE
Col.
A.
Scott,
ol
ROTC DL•islon ol lhe Third Army,
Dn-ldsoR'• ROTC C.rps during
hf•
,,1,n
At l.n 1,
Ruhn
and a.I
r4ghl h
1111 Aleund,r. Atecc,<Jnh:ad u Dl1lln,;iulshad
IM d,111
11,oo,._,
Stuart
C.a,
F1h1, Rlc.._rd
LIIIL,,
F,111
Conrad Martin
and
Ay~r.
(Sta ll
lit Pllonl'-)
thJ.t
t."ti,
\l"Ot:!d 1"'
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gx "1
[du, -
n~ N!
He:i:;:e,"t'ld.
" but
uncer-Jlll as
i.o
t?!.e
:nl'l:'1:1:i·cJ.J
anJ!e of ~
process . ..-h.:~h ... . 11
e.iden:ly
resuJ.. m. rouc!J
PJ.;>'!!'r
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