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Trustees Vote Code's Approval
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Front page cover of October 11th, 1968 Davidsonian issue.
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11-10-1968
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~oMECOMING QUEEN
CANDIDATES
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DAVIDSON COLLEGE, DAVIDSON. N. C. 28038, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1968
WEATHER FORECAST
Wt1lhtr
lur11u
,,.-.c:111
for
1h11
WNII•
ond: Vorlobl• cloudlnon wllh mild
l•m•
per1ture1 through Sunday, Proboblllly
of
nln ,n S.lurdoy 10 perunt, Uw tonlghl
about
51, Hlth
S1t11rdoy about
7'; .nd low
S1turd•'I' night about SI. High Sund1y 76.
NUMBER THREE
Trustees Vote Code's Approval,
Reopen Library Site Discussion
' ,.,_d ,; '
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Columbus, ])ay
Parade Planned
Why
have a Columbus Day Parade at David-
son?
, ..
Because it'.s Columbus Day, silly rabbit.
The morning of Homecoming weekend will
fro:
0
~t~f:r~:no~or~tgpr~~e~gl~~
down Main Street and out Con·cord Road.
Junior ~alvin Murphy will be servlng as the
Columbus figure to lead the parade. He
will be
joined by a ff10lorcy~list, two honky-tonk marchers
and anyone who wishes to join the celebration.
Bruce Wilson, originator or the . parade idea,
said students and other members of the college
community ~re in.vited to join the parade as
marc.~~r:
:~~r
the baie~
1
oi
American
life and get back to the roo~ ·or-the American
tradition," Wilson explained. He added, "We want
to
show everyone that young people stilt· have
~L!?
the ideals which have ma.~~ ·the country •
pe~~df~t~h~a~~~a~~.\Jiho~?:~~;lre~n~~:
mayof'.s reception or the idea as
"jovial
to say the
=:~
f:;r8i~g
~~~~taJi~;c~n;
not stop at the tiarbershop."
:,
:-:>,,
Wilson said the motorcade-parade
is to pro-
test accusations that the man who 'sailed the
::aesa?,a
~f~/~
1Jo~~~~.n hundre~,~ 3:~-~/,~~ety-two
He also said he wants to
"quas,b.
the vicious
rumors that the Norsemen found Arrle'rica first."
In further support or .his idea,·,:wnson noted
Jbat cel.ebr.ation_was ..needed .'.!.~cause_
it'.s.._ some: _
thing that comes but once a year."
"We have also invited the three major presi-
dential candidates," Wilson said, "but have not
yet received any answers."
Norton
Opens
Board Sets Code Review,
Freshman Alcohol Course
Shop
Hood Norton. owner of the
last segregated barber shop
In Dal'idson, annou nced Mon•
day that his shop is now open
topeopleofallraces.
''!told M,worJacksonthat
I
would cut the hair or an\'
body who comes Into
~r
shop." Norton said.
The Board of Trus\CC'S
ndopted the Code of Respon•
s ibility today, nccepting by a
\'oice \X>le all pro,·blon~ of
the code by a substanli11t
m11Jority.
All but one of the pro,·is•
ions-that , allowing
open
dorms- go into effect start-
ing today. Trustee President
Walter
L.
Lingle
said.
Students can now drink on
campus, he said. but only
within the limits or state law.
Norton said he has had no
. Negro custo mers yet, how-
(Stilff Photo by Wtems)
SPENCER INSTALLED
The code
was
accepted by
the trustees " 11·!th the feel·
Ing that it rs \'ery right to put
a much larger r" ponslbility
)\'alter L. Lingle
Jr.
administers the questions.
·or. Daniel o : Rhodes.
chairman or the Ma\·or's
Community Relations Com·
mit\ee. announced to the com·
mittee M!)nda)' night that the
barbhshop lnlegraUon came
about voluntarily and without
pressurefromlhecommittce.
"Mr.NortonandtheMa)'Or
havebeenta\klngaboutthis
for some Ume:· Rhodes said.
Sp~ncer Proposes-><
Five Commissions
By FRANKLIN ANDERSON
M,n, glng Edllor
;;vde~~d:~e~~eii: ~:~nh:o f!;:~
lt~-~~~e7~:e~;;•:d:~ ::t ~:
his shop to the entire public:·
chief critic," newly•installed
ll was reported last spring
President Samuel R. Spen-
lhat If Ralph Johnson inte-
cer Jr. told trustees. Faculty
grated his barber shop. Nor•
and students thls morning
as
ton would -follow· sult. Rhodes - · ' he l\nnounc'el! 'the- e! labJlsh~
discounted this assumption.
men\ of five eommissions to
saying that Norton's decision
ln,·estigate "certain un11ns-
J1;:C~is
;:~~ta:~
'7o~n':~-:
we;:: l~~:s~~
11
t~~ fh'e com•
Integrating.
missions,
each
Including
~ " C l ! 5 . . •
rr.z,
" ••• One of th• ways in which we can dem-
d~:;1:1n~~~n ~: ,::;~n
~~=·
d:,er.s:r ;b;~~u~~;
~lthout discrimination to persons of other rices
at the faculty, staff and office-clerical levels. This
I
Intend ~o d~
soon
as
we c! n._" -Or. Spencer
of\'aguespeculatlonandget
the fact.s necessary for a
decision as to Its desirability
and feasibility," said Spen-
tor their eonduct on ~ludents
inallrt'spccts.''Lln,::le sn!d.
In other business todn y, the
board outllned possible
chn nges In the college·s en
dowmcnt in,·estment policies.
reopened discus.~ion on the
~ite of the new librnry and
took steps to eslnbllsh the
ri\'e study commlssions r ec.
ommended today by Presi•
dent Snmuel R. Spencer
Jr.
Current trustee bylaws pro•
,·ide thnt noendowmentcAPI•
ta\ be u~ed for lm·estment
purposrs. Lingle said. There •
forethecollegeha s bcenre•
stricted io lhe common ~tock
field to buylnit only those
stocks with a high dividend
rnte In order to secure oper•
ating capllal.
These do not no rmaily np•
preclatcconsfdernbly. he
C-X·
plained. Under \he proposOO
nmend1nent the trustees' Fi•
nnnce Committee could rec•
ommend specific use of in •
\'estment c11 pit.al for operat•
ingpurposes.
Therefore the college would
not or ed to buy high•dividend
stocks In order to ha ,·e oper•
ating capita l, he said.
An e11rlier trusttt ·decision
to· put'the Edwant ·Jr. Llt!le
Libra r~· on the Lingle Manor
site was rescinded.
tal!1·es for the five commis -
sions announced today will
be left to Spencer,
Lingle
' said.
In adopting the code. the
tru ~teu Also \·oted to r equire
a llfreshmentotnkencourse
dealing with alcohol. druii:s
and mental health . The
course wos recommendNi by
Spencer and will be a dminl~•
lered by the Office of the
Dc11n of Students, Llngle snld.
The trustees nlso provided
for review of the code at
their May, 1969. and 1\lay,
1no.
meetings.
'
Burts Lists
New Rules
On Drink
Stlldcnts may now drink on
campus. since the Code of
Responsibility ls now in ef-
fect, according
to Dea n of
Student!! Richard C. Burts Jr.
However. he warned that
nil
provisions of st.:Jte law
would apply to the drinking.
including:
-No -. po5$e,s5ion .
~r -
con-
sumption or bC\·erages at
athletic events.
Board Alters Church Rule;
-College Exceeds .<;:hallenge
three trustees, three stud·
- Commission on Socta'l
ents, three faculty members
"How can the col•
and a staff member. were
lege ~st fulfill Its responsl-
greeted with applause by the
blllty tp offer ' constructive
almost capacity audienee.
soeial ouUets and opportunl-
Along wlth the ad\1sory
ties on an equal basis to all
commissions would work "an
!ts students?
1
outside, a uthoritative agen..
"What is the place of fra-
Campus Responsibilities. Sou.
thern colleges "have been
Incredibly moypic in \'lew.
Ing the specific needs of a
region plagued for
11
century
by problems of racial dis·
crlminatlon, economic d~·
prl\•aUon a nd ~ltural mal•
nutrition.··
-Commission on Inter-
collegiate Athlelics.
"We
eannot bypass an area about
which there
i!I
so
JtlUCh hon•
est disagreement and which
a ffeets not only the educa .
tional program but also such
Spencer announced that a\.
though the college was within
SII0,000 of meeting the $1.5
million
challenge
figure
necessarytoget$S00,000 .. om
Little. "It is now anticipated
that it wlll cost more than
$2 mlllion. due to 1nnation
and an Increase in the built.-
ing's size."
He also said the excess
funds raised in the recent
Ford Challenge
I
campaign
would now be applied toward
the library challenge.
-No posseu!on or con-
sumption
of
beer or wine by
students or their dales who
att not 18 years old.
-No possession or con•
sumption of alcohoUc be,·er•
ases of more than
14
percent
alcohol by students or dates
under 21.
Drinking in dormitories and
at fraternity houses ls per•
mltted, but studenb may
not
drink at dances or bonfires
on camp\l!I tonight.
The trusttts heard today
that the college's Ford Chal-
lenge Campaign excttded its
IU million goal by more
than $1 million and ,·oted to
lessen the so-callNi Pres by•
I.man restriction on the Da-
ridson presidency.
An audited report on the
challenge campaign, which
aillected its final pledges
over the summer, shows
$6.S3-l,429
in girts to Da\·id·
aon since the campaig n be-
gan July
I. 1965, qualifying
tllecol!egefor$2.2mlllionin
~khlni; fund s from the
Ford found ation.
President Samuel R. Sf}On-
ctr Jr .. who an nou nced the
'11:11.lb, prn ised P residenl D.
Crit r ~lartin and Robert
J.
Saiisuid. forme r director of
IJUbllcrclationsandde,·elop
mtnt. as well a s some 1.000
1lumn1
friend~. for their roles
ln lllfCll rn pai,::n .
The truslt'es· vote. which
•lll permit non-Pn-sb)·te r•
t.na
to
elected to the col•
\tgrpresldr ncy,deletedfrom
111t
qu11lif!cations of ~nons
tllltlhle to
be president of
lbt college thia sentence;
"No person shAII be •ligl-
"- for electlon u President
II
tm ColleJ(e uolen M Is •
llftnt.r or t he Presbyt.erlan
Clarrch and he sha ll not be
ttlclble for inauguntlon un-
it,.
he
Is a member ot the
"""hyt"rlan Churc h In the
IJ111~ St.t",:·
ill
iU p:11r c. follo1Ain1C a
...
lnnl'n(
abt:lut
the
nttd
'-
'T hn,ti,rn faith and
~ m,ur., nt.
the tnulttS
':-o< h rir. llh a nd
--'Tl•lm- ni .. . 11
be •pPl'O
""4.t.ty n or .. u ,d
by
hi!! a f•
,.,t h tlw' P'N'Sb)'lff•
... O..n ~
! :"I
IN t: nltl'd
a.c,...
• '""1
h , .ct.In
partid·
l:"l
l""r hff'
tMNI-
• . .. ., IP>«• ~PN~ ·
.,._ r....,'dbe' ~
tt M
' agre,ed to later become a
Presbyterian.
to lncrease Davidson's en•
dowment to almost $11 mil-
lion In book value. A portion
or
the
funds went to renovat.e
Chambers Bulldlng and to
make olher plant lmpro\·e-
ments.
ey," which "will be asked
ternltles In such a program
de- ,, (and_ a genu!nely
Most of the funds raised In
tbe Ford drive have
bffn
used to stren,then David:
son's educational program,
to raise faculty salaries
~d
sign" for the collefe.
study cannot begin with the
The flve commissions are:
automatic usumption that
At the Union. all drinking
i!I limited
to
the snack bar
atta. and alcoholic be,·er-
ages else\\·here In the Union
must
be
concealed.
- Commission on Co,edu-
they must have a place),"
(Sn
SPENCER, Page
6)
The method of selecting
faculty and student represeu-
cation. "Let us once and for
Spencer said.
all take it out or the realm
t'·
(
•
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FOR VOLUNTARY ROTC
Students picket
Tund•y drill.
Student Demonstrators
Aim Protest At ROTC
ly
R:01
KREHBIEL
Sl•ff Wr\ltp
A ,rouP of demoostroto"
voluntar~ R~TC
plcll.t.ed near the drill field
TudPY afternoon.
•"Ttm
demonst ration ....,15
the
nnt pa.rt of n mnny•
,tepped
pf"01ra m " to hrlnl
YOIUDLaf>' ROTC to Davld$0n.
,aid
lfflior Sa.m Johnson. one
fllt,M..-Pniun.
rru h~ thb
,ur
un
1n partntal prr·
mtsston to 1wotd p11rticipll ·
lion in ROTC. the protnten
uldthey felt the pro1tr11m b
not truly vo\unt nry for the
RELATED LETTERS
S•e Page Two
student hlrriae\f,
Sl1n1 reablng " End Com •
pulJOry R01'C" and .. David-
son ls N'o 11-ce r or
~··~·T
According to senior Bob
Grady, a partlclpnot lo the
protest , "We fell thnt the
demonstrntlon w:u ~uccess•
ful. Juditioit from the rraC·
lion or m1rny atudenl!!,"
The first group of fresh•
m~n ~-ho paase,d thl!' demon•
atr nlonclapped.
Grady. who streS!lrd the
plckelln1 wu ··non-disrup-
tive." said the 1roup of dem•
onstralors doubled from 12
to about
%5 as the students
kft drill.
- Commission on Church
::~:i::::~r[~~r.:
5
:ad:;a:~~ '
Trustees Cite White
: i~t~r~
0
:h~h:h:
0
:~~gl~e~:~i:n~
A DavidJOn physics pro-
1
Th, 1nnual aw.rd ,._
Girls would not be allowed
in the dorms until the Resi-
dence Hall Auociation
b
functioning.
sh!p meanl nothing more
fuJOr wu n•med rKlpl-
cognlzu "that membar ol
than partietal rules and re•
:!
0
!;::d T~:,:~s
~ti':~
~~:m~~:,~s:h/ct~~:;~~
Howe\·er,
RHA
president
Peter Hobbie warned that so
rar only Cannon Dorm had
anrstudents....,hohadflledfor
the Residence Hall Council.
andthatnodormcouldenter-
qulred1 religious ser\'ices,
I
Board of Trustees.
his i,.rsonal lnflHnce and
thliik ' the analysis is accur•
The award ol SSOO, HI•
lhe
performence of his
nte. But
I
am convinced lhat
by
I
gra nt from
profeulonal dulltlS has
u
this is a misreiuling of the
ti
th, Robert
Eull
McCon-
hlblted the hlgh~st ex~
easence of Christian higher
nell Foundation, was glv-
1mple of
and
ed~~:~lssion on Extra.
' en to Dr. Locke White.
5cholarshlp Integrity."
tainwomenuntilithad eleet-
ed such represent.:Jtfres.
Filiogdeadlineforthe RHC
is Wednesday.
THE OTHERtD A VIDSON=--~--
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College Once Ran Town
By ROBERT PYEATT
Auoc:111, Editor
"Thi5 town used to
be callrd Da,·ldson
College. b.aek during 'the 1800's. " the
Nefro man said and sm.iled. '"The col•
lege was the only place people could
work and It ran the town".
"Then new . manufactliTlng came in
here. Now people. Negro 1people tn Da.
vld.$0n, can get other jobs In 1own. may-
be make $80-90 a wttk.
"The college do11n't have lh•I pow.,
any more. Now we don't Want your old
clothn, the charity you give ui. UHd
lo be lh1 proluMrs would give their
old a&1lts ,11d things to the Janitors.
Bui we don't want this. We ••11!
money, •• w,111 the P•y •• g,t, -
w•nl ,n hon1;1t w,g,."
The sprnkerhns lh'M in '.'la,·icbon and
worked for the collefe for , loog time.
He ls II Nea:ro. • resident of The Other
Davidson. He was thouii:htful as he spolte
of things thnt ha\·t changt d In Dnid-
~on.
t
''Wlle11 I 11,.1 came to work h.,,,
o,. can, .. ·s ,-!Icy
WI S, ,,.,, ...
N ..
H
-tv•-1h1eth1th1'1lcamei,.c11
M..a.y
1t11
hll illtffl
betttn',
"'Wltffl D,n~ Grier J.br1111 ca-
h.,, he raised p~y a liltJe, said man
would do• better Job If you paid !ham
more.
"When I first · came here. we had to
call all the studenu sir. I would catch
the very devil from my bo!ls if a stu-
dent told him I dldn't call him sir. I
couldn't go In the Union. I couldn' t go
i;itothechapel.
"Now that's all chana:ed ."
There was animation and a strange
sort of reslgn11Uoo in his voice as he
told how
~-e•rs ago he had bttn
working with a roung man wfio had fin
childrenand11.•aseamingSJ111wttkas
ajaoitor atlhecoUege.
Th1m•ngot,"condJob,ta11Hrby
hHpll•I. He nHdH both run-lime J•b•
to support his f•mlly.
"The college found oul abololt It
•llcf
they callH down lo lh1 h .. pllal and
lold lhem lo fire him. Th,y dkl .
"ihe C'Ollege didn' t want the Negro
m• n to h,ve two jobs. Thll meant he
was lt S!I under lhelr eootro1.··
He was quiet but a Uttlr more uclted
AS he continued. He smilt'd hi, same
re1lined
!Un~
•nd
•·•nt
on.
..ON time
•ftet I hN
- t ~
h,re a
f••
YN" 1 aHIINI
fw • )N
with • .__. 111
n....,
MW
could they call my bou out
I
wld sure. The uUed ..... and ha l•lk-
N lo th• man •I the Nnk
•nd
totd
him, look here, you're •11 alurn.111
of
D•vldMHI, do11't hire tur P"PII away
from UI.
"Alld I dld,i'I gel lheJell,
"Before ~nenl Time
and
these other
pl•~s came In here and thert was
Just
one or tw-o other places a man eould
work here, the co.liege would get together
11,·ith them aod decide on •h•t tbe7 trere
goin1 to pay thl!' Ne,roes.
"If
a ma o quit his job bere. or if
be
tried to get a job someplace e~. the
rollrgl!' -..·outd call and teU the
otbff
not to hire him. and
the,·
•'OU!da'L
"If
you got in bad • ·ith the college.
you couldn't get a job here anyw~re.-
Now rollegr emPQ-oes let • minimum
~·age of Si .60. ot abon, an bour ar
Sl.U8 a r nr. But as lT'C'efllly u 1~
emplores Tl!'Ceit e-d
Ofll,y
91 ~nu an hour.
With no o,·ertime benr!il!!.
"All
tha!
llme.
the,·
Wll!'f'e
Cbris--ians
and •·ere (Oinl
to cbun:b.
And I can
Sff
on that d:n:n:ti fnu:n
mJ
And
t. gestured
toward
u.,
c.one~
Chm-eh and benir,d
It.
tawanl
The
0..Tid,oo.
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