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BY GREG GOVANIt is Midwinters, again, and another weekend for

Davidson to travel the yellow brick highway to its ownversion of the Emerald City. While there may be noWizard at the end, the IFC has provided a (very) fewscarecrows, tin men, and lions along the way, and thewhole thing may well start with a twister.

A weekend traditionally begins with the dedicated CORE(Committee On Radical Enjoyment) meeting at Mrs. Morgan's. which features ballisticsproblems involving empty cansand Southern Railway freighttrains For the more inhibited.Midwinters begins with basketball. Dates and students, crammed into one side of the gym,will be looking for the thirdstraight Wildcat triple figurewin. over Georgia Southern.

After the game, there will bea coffee hour in the Union todiscuss the theological aspectsof victory. For variety. Chambers Banquet Hall will hostAddie.Doris, Shirley, and Bever-ly, corporately known as theShirelles. who will probablylead one to conclude that "loveis a swinging thing."

Oh yes. the IKC did havesomething for Saturday. CountBasic will play somewhere inChambers auditorium at 3 p.m.Students are warned to queue upearly, as many townspeople areunder the impression that theMount Holly Recorder Choir isstill under contract, and largecrowds are expected." " "

The winter minds of Davidsonhave been properly stirred forsomething. Thanks to a liberalrirst Vespers and the YMCAforum, plus extra curricularreading in Time, most everyonesees that morals and the olddesert god of wrath and vengaiance behind them are not whatthey used to be This doesn'tme,in it will be an amoral weekend. but at least students knowsomeone i .ires thai the cloth of,iI).iv idson gentleman may be abit too tight, and that makeswearing it a little easier.

And it is just possible someleu m.iv wonder .ilwiiit Ibasisfor all the falderal for enjoyingthemselves, now that it ( .intuitbe rebellion This weekend willbe. to a large extant, left up toindividual devices, a difficultthing for which to blame others.

And the freshmen are liberaled at last from Greek Week.that venerable disruption <ifschedules Which proves indeedthe upper classes have the col-lective upper hand. Freedom issomething of a keynote for thisMidwinters " " «

All in all. Midwinters promisesto be filled with more contraststhan a typical Davidson argument The usually effective andprecise movements nf the basketb.tll team will be c ountered ina host of shouting twisting enthusiasts at afterparties. AndCount Basie. something of agrand old man of music, willserve as a foil to the modernderrierre guarde of unsophisticated swing.

The students, and the girls.

obvious that Scriven was trap-ped.

However, there is still somedoubt about the meaningfulnessof such an attack. Nevertheless,though it is a point well made,probably the best that MacCor-mac had. it seemed like a lastresort to attack from this direc-tion. It seems that religion, be-lief in the existence of God. isreally only a question of faithand which rules one is willingto allow when this game of faithis played.

The best point that Scrivenmade was that it Is a game, andwhen one bets a lot. he shoulddo so only in the face of jollygood evidence, and not on theword of the kid down the street.There can be no genuine safetyin numbers: gross acceptancemeans nothing, "if it did, theworld would still be flat andchemists would be experiment-ing with phlogiston.

are somewhat more like David-son winters: cool. With little torecommend their staying oncampus, an exodus to nearbypleasuredomes seems likely: ifthe beach is too cold, and themountains too foreboding, thereare always theindoor sports. Anexpanded forecast might read,generally cool and wet. with oc-casional rising temperature." " "

Winter at Davidson can be asingularly uninteresting phenomenon. It is with a great dealof accidental wisdom that therepetitious season is broken intotolerable segments by Christmas. semester break, and Midwinters.

The first two send students toexplorewinter athome or on skislopes: in thePiedmont, in Davidson, the season remains with-out justifying extremes, and formany, the most that can be saidabout it is that spring will followeventually.

Midwinters, the students remain, in a manner of speaking,and momentarily forget aboutthe meteorological foes from thenorth that never quite come. Ofthe three weekends, this is theone of escape: it has nothing todo with Ia? Sacre du printemp*and its spontaneous activity, nothing to do with people comingback to where others arebeginning the life they have finished" " "

Winter is the season of sleep,a Sunday afternoon of themonths in which to gatherstrength and boredom enough toface the cycle again. And it Itimpossible to completely hat "anything asleep, so that wintermay be oddly beautiful at times.even without snow and ice. butjust in the fact of repose.

And if a few hundred students unhmber their ids fromwinter's slow drag, it me.inlittle to a thousand leaves th.rfell List autumn and will mulchthe ground lor next spring

-green. The circle rounds outagain, so that the most vvh:may be said fai that for Iwli:!.they wildly escaped.

ROTC AnnouncesCadet Commanders

The mid year change ofrnand KU effected in the Davidson ROTC lmilInfill at drillTuesday In addition, threejunior; ware tapped for Scabbard tad Rl.ide as part of ceremonies.

Replacing Cadet Corps Commander Tommy Stafford wa«Haynes Kelly, who will lead theROTC Corps during secondsemester. Cadet Colonel Kelly,like Stafford, was chosen for theleadership position on the basisof his performance in the Davidson ROTC program and hisrecord at Fort Bragg this pastsummer. While at Fort Bragg.Kelly was selected as the "outstanding cadet in A Company.'the highest award receivedby .1

Davidson student at camp.Assisting Kelly in leadership

positions will be Lt. Col. MickeyFaulconer. the new staff andcompany commanders.The staffincludes Cadet Majors CharlieShapard-Sl. Bill Dole-S2.Larry Baucom— S3. Tarby Bryant S4. and Cadet 1st Lt. FredSchoen. Company commandersare Cadet Captains Hugh Martin. John Spratt. Sid Moore.Jimmy Killebrew.Steve Chiles.and Greg Govan. Cadet 1st LtWalt McNairy is Honor GuardCommander.

Inducted into Scabbard andBlade were MS IIIcadets SamGrimes. Tom Cobb. and BuddyDuBose.

BY HARRY CARR

To supervise the policy of thecollegeandof studentgroups forinviting controversial speakersto the campus, President D.Grier Martin has appointed acommittee of three facultymembersand twostudents.

The committee members areDean of the Faculty FrontisJohnston, Chaplain Will Terry.Professor John Kelton. and JohnSpratt and Will Jackson, presi-dent and second vice-presidentof the student council, respectively.

Included in the policy *n

three major points. First, "nospeakershall be denied a hearing on the campus because ofhis membership in any organization. The policy furtherstates that the committee may.however, prefer certain mem-bers inan organizationtoothers.

Anotherprovisionin thestate-ment explains the obligation ofthe committee"when a speakeris brought to the campus rep-

resenting a highly controversialviewpoint ... to see that theother side of the issue is present-ed within a reasonable lengthof time." Finally, the policygrants the committee the powerto remove assembly attendancerequirements, "when an unusually controversial individualis to speak."

Although the request is not apart of the policy. PresidentMartin wants the committee toavoid scheduling a night ap-pearance whena speakermightattract a large crowd from out-side the college. In making therequest, he pointed out that Dav-idson lacks a police force toprotect adequately the speakerand the audience, and todiscour-age "unfortunate behavior."

According to Chaplain WillTerry, the committeerecognizesthat the word"controversial" isnot easy to interpret. Therefore,thecommittee requests that anymember of the college contactthe groupbefore an invitation issent to a speaker.

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Two things should be said before Itry to assess the argumerits that each of these gentle-men presented. First, the actualissues of the question of theexistence of God were nevermade more clear. As often h«ppens in a discussion of this sort,

the real issues are pushed to therear and are covered by a barrage of nebulous, unrelated, andusually irrelevant points. Tuesday night was ■ brilliant exampie of how it is possible for adiscussion of this nature tooccurwithout getting absurdly out ofthe ball park

Second, it is usually admittedthat a discussion between ascientific philosopher, e.g.. alogical positivist or a memberofthe analytic school, andIChristian theologian, is likely to benot only overwhelmingly futile,but probably very dry.

This is admitted because ustt

ally the initial assumptions thateach of the men st.irt with areso radically different that thereis no" common grounds fromwhich to launch a fertile discus-sion. No agreement is ever p<>ssible. because neither wish togrant the other's assumptions,and more often than not, thetheologian has not done hishomework in logic, linguisticanalysis, and perhaps modernphilosophy.

One expects, then, andusually gets a pathetic discus-sion between a philosopherwho throws the logical ball tothe theologian, and who. Inreturn, not only refuses to takehis turn at bat, but Is perfect-ly willing to allow the ball tored dead behind homeplate.

However, and this is probablymore to the credit of Dr. MacCormac in particular, and to thecollege in general, than mostpeople have realized: Dr. MacCormac is a fine exampleof atheologianphilosopher who hasdonehis homework, and who hasdone it well.

Dr. Scriven's presentationwasboth general, in an inductivesense, and necessarily particular.His thesis, that the meaningfulness of belief must be supported by evidence, and that ifone feels he has a "private pipe-line to Truth." then he mustestablish a reliable procedurefor validating such a pipeline,was a proper one-

To be more specific, "one'sbelief in God." said Scriven. "isno more sophisticated than ayoung child's belief in SantaClaus. if there is no reliable e\i

dence to support such a beliefto make one willing tobet heavi-ly on the existence of God.'(This last statement does notme,m to exclude the possibilitythat some adults believe InCl.uis.)

Scriven'* classical exampleu.i the green dragon in the nextroom, which no one seemed tobelieve in. probably 1>dragons aru mythical and noone has ever been able to produce any reliable proof of havtag teenIgreen dragon. But tosay that God exists, nr is in thenext room, is equally stupid.because no one has ever seen

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MacCORMACYes, Virginia...

God. and those who make suchclaims to religious knowledgeand revelationare never able toproduce any reliable evidencefor their claim.

Scriven Intimated rather .bluntly that the "looney bins"are full of a great many ofthis type of person who claimshe is Jesus Christ, or Napol-eon,or George Washington. Infact, he seemed quite rightwhen he said that the argu-ment from religious exper-ience is fallacious since itpresupposes the existence orthe knowledge of such exper-ience In the first place, and,therefore. Is no criterion forvalidification.

Second, there is the claimmade by Dr. MacCormac that

God. Who is beyond man. is Iparadox Our language is notexplicit when we talk about GodThus, when one questions thelove 01 the intelligence of God.as Scriven does, he must realizethat the love and intelligence ofGod exist in a different realm,the spiritual realm. God neednotsnatch small children from beMath street car- .ind not snatchgangsters away, nor need 11«-lie able to execute element,iryarithmetic calculations. Bi* loveand Intelligence are "beyondm,m

"

The scientific evidence thatScriven is looking tor (i not .i|iphcablc In the spiritual or in

finite realm. We cannot measureGods love and intelligence witha yardstick that man definesWhen ue talk about God we doso syml>olically and par.idoxioally, and this Involves, I believe. a sort of transcendentleap ill faith.

Mac Cnrm.H felt thai 1 1" man"mm responsible for the evil Inthe world, not God. Cod mademan free to choose: I'D Semencannot limit reality, as he does,mcrelv to the sp.itiotenipor.ilworld There is another realitybeyond the temporal "in whichGod reveals Himself paradox!cally '

What one has when hetries to talk about God is a"metaphysical symbolism whichpoints toward a truth which heis trying to get at."

Scriven would allow neitherof those points. "It may bethat God has made man freeto acl and cheese as he wills,but this dees net free God, whoIs all-pewerful, from His re-sponsibility for allowing smallchildren to be run down. Godcould have Intervened." Onejust cannot escape this situa-tion.

Second, to My that God isinexplicable and that our lan-guage is symbolic is to "throwthe baby out with the bathwater.

" Scriven says. "If onebelieves that God exists anddescribes Him as good, powerful. and so forth, then one maylook for evidence of such abenevolent creature. If He isinexplicable, then one shouldquit trying todescribe Him. be-cause when the first shred ofevidence is presented for sucha belief, the inexplicable hasbeen described." This is a vio-lent contradictionof terms.

Finally. Scriven said that hodid not wish to restrict realityd> the empirical world, nor percepttofl to the five or six senses."Rut if you want to show thatyou haVB p<«S«ived something(Cod), then yon musl print' thatyou have not merely made Mlerror si pflwiturtwMtm God'sexistence may well enjoy ■status of immateriality, but Hemust interact with the umliland one must s,iy something

Infful about how He knowsof this interaction

"

M.iiCnnn.it COUM BOti fromwithin ■ position oi Theism.make sense when talking aboutGod. His language did not in

elude those word-, which werecapable of imanil)iL'u(iiisl\ bridgIflK the gap between infinite andfinite

In MacCormac's favor cameone point which finally dem-onstrated that he had done hishomework and indicated adeviation from the theologicalrnumbo

- jumbo words of"paradox," "transcendence,""faith," and "wholly Other"which Davidson students arctired of hearing in compul-sory "Sunday School" classes.

That point was that Strivenwas actually lacking in a validating procedure himself.Scriven defined the presentationof scientific and empirical evidence as the criterion for belief.

But when he was asked aboutthe validity of such a procedure,he was forced to do that whichhis procedure would not allow:namely, to go outside of hisrealm for validification. It was

ae^^^WSCRIVEN... there Itno Santa Claus

(Staff Photos by Smith)

IN EVANGELICAL FASHIONAn Atheist Shakes Foundation

BY PAT FREENYDavidsonian Reviewer

It seemed unusual to find Chamber's auditorium filled to IFC Concert capacityon a Tuesday night. But whatwas even more remarkable was that the apathetically defined Davidson crowd was gathered to hear two highlyintelligent philosophers discuss the ancient question of the existence of God.

They were not, as one student remarked,"Just some other hillbilly holy-rollers about to roll in the aisles ofChambers." In fact, as every one expected. Dr. Earl MacCormac, with an exceptional understanding of both thearguments for theexistence of God and of the traditional attacks made against such an existence by scientificphilosophers, was a good match— considering "what he had to work with"— for the polished. Oxford-trainedphilosopher from the University of Indiana, Dr. Michael Scriven.

DORMS SEARCHED

StudentCouncilExploresThefts Of Library Books

"Y JOHN TODDNearly 800 volumes have been missing from the college library over the past two

years, the Student Council learned Monday night as it faced the increasingproblemof books being taken

— not borrowed— from the library.The situation came to the

council's attention after theChristmas holidays. duringwhich time dormitory roomswere searched for missingbooks. According to StudentBody President John Spratt, "asizeable number" of the missing books turned up in students'rooms. He told the council thatsome of the volumes that werefound had been missing fromthe library for more than twoyears.

Letters were sent to the stud-ents in whose rooms the missingbooks were located. The recipients of the letters were askedto return the books and pay adollar fine; however, instead ofbeing turned in at the circula-tion desk, some of the volumessuddenly reappeared on theshelves of the library.

The matter is now in thehandsof the Dean of Students. Sprattsaid: however, he told the coun-cil. "Id sort of like to see ushandle this to show that wereresponsible."

The council seemed to beagainst any "strong" actionagainst those who were found topossess the missing books. But"it might take something stringent. 'though, to get the pointacross." Spratt observed.

The library problem dominat-ed the discussion for more thanhalf of the hour that the councilmet; however, no definitedecis-ion was reached.

Stemming from discussionof the library, the idea of a"Campus Community Code"was mentioned by Spratt.Such a code, he said, wouldincorporate all the rulet whichgovern campus activities, in-stead of having a different setof regulations for the library,gymnasium, dormitories andother areas.The council agreed that many

regulations are misunderstoodand that students arenot awareof other existing rules. A com-mittee composed of Will Jack-son, Bruce Swain, John Barrowand Arnie Snider will look intothe idea of such a code for Davidson. Spratt mentioned that hehad material from the NationalStudent Association on the ideaalso.

Tommy Stafford, freshmanadvisor, told the council to bethinking about revising theFreshmen Regulations. "I think

we definitely need to changethem." Stafford stated. Freshmen Council President TomFrist said that his group hadalso discussed some changes.

Spratt than suggested thatthe council encourage David-ton students to write theirCongressional representativesIn support of the Civil Rightsand tax-reform bills. He saidthat he had boon approachedby a member of the DavidsonCivil Rights group about suchan Idea.Dave Hardeman .said that the

council had received much literature from NSA on the CivilRights bill and that such information could be used in thisproject. The council approvedof using NSA material, but theywere leary of "collaborating"with the Civil Rights group inpromoting the letter-writingcampaign: they voted unanimously against the latter idea.

Before adjourning. Sprattmentioned two other ideas. Onewas a self-study by the Student ,Council. "This could be a com-plete farce or a lot of fun."Spratt admitted. "The StudentCouncil can definitely do muchmore than they aredoing now.

"Ever since the Honor Courtwas divorced from the StudentCouncil, it has been uncertain

ODK QuestionnaireGoes To Seniors

For the past several weeksthe Delta Circle of OmicronDelta Kappa Fraternity hasbeencompiling a questionnaire dealing with the strengths and weaknesses of the academic life ofDavidson.

The questionnaire will be dis-tributed to the seniors only. Itwillexamine the curriculum andthe academic facilities availableat Davidson.

These questionnaires will bedistributed personally by tin-members of ODK to the entiresenior class at a date that willbe announced later by JoeHowell. chairman of the DeltaCircle.

The results of the questionnaire will be compiled and analyzed by the members of ODKand presented to the Trusteeswith definite recommendationsin the spring.

what the Student Council wassupposed to do," he added.

Finally, publishing a list ofestablishments in the town ofDavidson that have integratedtheir facilities was suggested bySpratt "I think we ought to rec-ognize these businesses uptownthat have taken this step," hestated.

The councildecided to investi-gate such an idea, thinking suchrecognition might adversely af-fect the businesses. Some placeshave already lost patronage because of the change in theirformer policies.

VOL. LII

The News and Editorial Voice of Davidson College

'CATS GO FOR 18:GSC HERE TONIGHT

"See Page Three)

NTMBER FIFTEENDAVIDSON COLLEGE, DAVIDSON, N FRIDAY,FEBRUARY 7. 1964

Basketball, Basie, And BlondesRally For Midwinters Weekend

COP AND RANGERCampus Security and Weekend Scrutiny

SENIORShe tells naughty jokes.She says. "Oh!"She wants to marry a man.

She thinks a college educationleads to things.

She thinks midnight is midnight

She reads. Care and Fowling ofInfants.She wont date a boy unless hedrinks.She thinks things learned in college leave one.

She doesn't tell a d-- thing.

She likes to Smooch.Her motto: Boys will be boys.

She thinks no men are nice.She drinks anything, anytime.anywhere.

SOPHOMOREShe smiles at naughty jokes.She says: "Oh, please stop:"

She wants to marry a moviestar.She thinks a college educationleads to things social and cul-turalShe thinks midnight is prettylate.She reads: How to Win Friendsami Influence People.She won't date a boy who hasjust had a drink.She thinks things learned in col-lege leave one fairly intelligent.

She tells her room-mate every-thing.She likes to Smooch.Her motto: Death before dis-honor.

She thinks some men aren'tnice.She drinks "pink ladies" on adate.

JUNIORShe laughs at naughty jokes.She says. "Oh, please!"

She wants to marry a capitalist.

She thinks a college educationleads to things social.

She thinks midnight isn't so late.

She reads: The Arts of Love.

She won't date a boy who hashad over one drink.She thinks things learned in col-lege leaves one intelligentenough.

She tells her diary everything.

She likes to Smooch.Her motto: Nothing venturednothing gained.She thinks most men aren't nice.She drinks hi balls on a date.

intellectual atmosphere — forcingstudents to decide where their loyal-ties actually lie.

So why not concentrate on tryingto create such an atmosphere, ratherthon merely trying to maintain thestatus quo— as Davidson College alltoo often tends to try to do with its98'; Protestant students body.

And again, if Rev. Hall believesChristianity to be the revealed Truth,and thus capable of withstanding allchallenges, why does he seem so re-luctant to test it.with Buddhism, Com-munism. Judaism, or whatever.

Finally. Dr.Hall mentioned beingwilling to die for your faith. We feelwe would he hard pressed to find astudent at Davidson who would bewilling to give his life for the faithhe has built here.Real faith

—the kind

of faith to which one would dedicatelife or death

—can only come about

as a product of conflict, be it ideologi-cal or otherwise.

We get very little conflict hereof any kind,and then only in extreme-ly small doses. We feel that thelack ofconflict is directly responsible formuch of the lack of commitment. Itwould follow,Rev.Hall, that with add-ed conflict would come more of thekind of commitment vou desire.

DAVIDSONIAN Guide To Female BehaviorEd. Note: This past summer the following revelations of the social habits of the American college girl were published In theUniversity of Florida Summer Gator. We offer these Insights now in the hope they will help our readers better understand thecomplexities of female behavior.

of the reaction is against the requiredaspect of worship here, and part isagainst some of the speakers them-selves

—the worst of which range from

shouting backwoods evangelists tosmug sophisticated types.

In fact, this week was the firsttime wocan remember that we'veeverseen inythfau rasembling, widespread.genuine student interest in the exist-ence of God or any other religiousquestion. It took an atheist (not abook* to set off the reaction — andmost students reacted strongly, nega-tively or otherwise. Professor Mac-Cormac's comments in defense of theexistence of God meant more to manystudents than all the books on religionwe've ever read.

, But unfortunately the debate mayhave produced in some a Billy Gra-ham-type of revival faith— strong nowbut extremely liable to taper off short-ly. Such makes us feel that perhapsa continuing dialogue would be ofeven greater value, i.e. that men ofScriven's caliber could perform quitea service if permitted to remain oncampus for more than 48 hours.

A running dialogue among pro-fessors who actually themselves rep-usent divergent points of view couldhave a powerful effect on Davidson's

StudentOutshaftsCoedWith Reply To RefusalEd. Note: In the following form letter, we learn how the complete Davidson Gentle-man gives personal attention to girls who shoot the shaft. This unexpurgated versionwas contributed by Fred Harrison.

Im wry sorry that you couldnot come to Davidson for theu.ck.nd of .1 knowthat we would have had ■ realfun time together drinking hardliquor, doing fancy pirouettesand contortions on the dancefloor, blowing smoke ringsaround each other's noses, andwhispering neat things to one■aether Every time we're toRet herIenjoy somuch (checkwhere applicable)

iWinthrop girl) debatingwhether or not the Twist isreally dead: or if theS.C. beachboogie will ever makebig time.

—(Queens girl (?) ) tryingto recapture the sentimentalspirit of those wonderful highschool days long past.

(Satan Rirl) trying to convince you that Wakies are asbad as their football: or maybejust sitting in some secludedbasement spot wherenoone elseever goes.

iConverse igM) observingyour unique taste in clothes. :pocketbooks, and ascots. and jhow this seems to reflect the "degenerationof the landed South

'Carolina aristocracy. j— (Hollins, Randolph Marnn. ;SweetBriar girls) consoling you '

because you couldn't quite get ]into Vassar. etc.: or maybe talk !ing about your several trips to 1theContinent (or Charlottesville iLexington), and learning how

'

really broadening travel is.— (Vassar. Smith girls) eon .templating truth and reality inlife as we watch the mundane

'mass of conformist humanity jtread beneath us. ,— (Other schools too insignif "cant to bementioned here)

This weekend certainly wasshaping up to be a good one .untilI(received your 1) call. 2) Itelegram, 3) letter. 4) memo. 5)message by word of mouth) ;(realized that you were not on '■the 1) bus. 2) train. 3) plane. 4) Icar).Iknow it would have beenfun because 1) we have such a :terrific combo.2) we don't have ]a party but the 's do, 3)the '■ are flat broke, butIknow that someone will behaving a party.

But please don't feel badabout not coming. I can cer-tainly understand how (checkany applicable)1) a death in your immediate

family2) a funeral in your immediate

family.3) two funerals in your im-

mediate family (damned or-phan!)

4) a sudden illness in your im-mediate family

5) a mild illness in not so immediate family

6) a strange contractingof so-cial disease by your fourthcousin on your mother's side

7) a mythology makeup test8) a very special meeting of

orientation leaders9) your difficulty in finding a

ride on only two week'snotice10) you have already made

plans to go somewhere else11) you received my invitation

and hastily made plans to gosomewhere else

12) you had vowed long agoto make plans to go some-where else if Iever called youagain13) Idon't excite you14) no one in my fraternity

ics you15) too many in my fraternity

have excited you before16) your Young Christians

Convocation of Pure Hearts hadalready planned a live presentation of Sodom and Gomorrah

17) special problems only a

woman can understand18) you don't haveenough cuts19) important tests in the fu

ture20) your schnauzer is having

a delicate Caesarean21) you are pinned, engaged,

married, or going steady22) you have just heard that

RichardBurton is .i eunuch andare disillusioned with mankind

23) you despise me as a person

(If blind date, also checkone of following)24) someone must have told

you lies about me25) someone told you how

great Iwas and you didn't feel

you wereup to my standards26) you figured a senior who

had to blind date couldn't betoo sharp, but you're (wrong)(right) this might prevent youfrom coming down to Davidsonthis weekend.I know that you really did

want to come, and I'm awfullysorry that you won't be sharingthe fun with me for the weekendof

(Love) (Love always) (Al-ways) (Passionately) (Sincere-iy)i

(Signed)PS. Ireally didn't want you tocome this weekend anyway. Ijust asked you to see what youwould say. GuessIreally madeyou feel bad.

ham-t'

An Urchin's WayGREEK WEEK: VIOLENCE,

LIES, DISILLUSIONMENT,HUMILIATION — NOT BROTHERHOOD

BY DUNCAN D. NEWCOMER

A new religion is on campus! Like a fertility rite itcomes each spring under the auspices of a full moon.

The religion has an ethic: Do onto others what youwould least like done to you.

The religion has a social gospel:Allman arc notto be treated the same because all men »r% createdunequal— some more unequal than others.

The religion has a doctrine of salvation: Submit.The religion has an eschatology: In the last judge-

ment all will be saved who have done best that which isleast important in life

—shine shoes, run in mud, sing

under tables, etc.The religion has a God: His existence is hard to

prove. He is everyone who take* his name andprojects it onto the name of his fraternity and thenworships himself in the guise of a brotherhood. Thisreligion makes everyone a God!

It must be some kind of self-worship that gives onethe right to assume power over another.

The religion has a ritual chant: "Fellowship is unity,step-ball-chain. Unity is brotherhood, march-in-rain." Itgoes on.

The new religion's view of the nature of man is thebest: Some men are more than human, superhumanThese brutes have the duty to humiliate and thereforebuild character in those who are less than human, sub-human.

Sub-humans are not allowed to think themselves tube much of anything. Superhumans think themselves tobe almost everything. Both lose the right to self respectone week each year.

i The religion has non-belivers too, skeptics. Theythink brotherhood is based on understandingand concernfor one another's welfare. They think superhumans think, too much of their own worth. They think sub-humans. ought to think more of themselves. They think the yearlyritual of fake hate, manufactured animosity, string of

i lies, myths, and fairy tales,and the humiliation of Greeki week is bad.

All religions aside,Greek Week isamoral issue.! There is violence, hate, and lies, suffering, resent-

ment, and disillusionment.: A lot of power is used to keep such a machine rolli ing. What justifies that power?

Is it brotherhood when the tool of brother-pledgerelationship is humiliation and falsehood?

Is it unity when the alliance falls apart as soon asthe enemy loses interest?

Is it respect when everything done during the weekis disrespectful?

Is it teaching manhood when blindfolds, lies, andpaddlesbring the teacher and pupil together?

It is love for the little beggars when there is noteven justice?

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Warner HallReverend Warner Hall spoke here

recently at John Spratt's request onthe "Philosophy of the iTrusteel Edu-cation Committee."

Reverend Hall is a recognizedleader in the Southern PresbyterianChurch and a man with strongconvic-tions which he is willing to defend atlength; but if what he gave us wasactually the philosophy of the educa-tion committee or even his concept of

The Oath(a) Do you acknowledge Jesus Christ as

Lord and Savior and do you believein the fundamental teachings ofevangelical Christianity?

(b) Do you believe the Scriptures of theOld and New Testament to be theword of God, the only infallible ruleof faith and practice?

(c) Do you promise in humble reliance

Reverend Hall's defense of thefaculty oath ran roughly as follows:Davidson College is a teachingarm ofthe Presbyterian Church, and as such,has the right to perpetuate the Chris-tian faith in any manner it sees fit.Thus the college has the right to re-quire of its professors a basic commit-ment to evangelical Christianity, butaside from that central commitment,they are "free to follow their ownaims searching for truth... to searchfor truth anywhere they want..."

In commenting further on com-mitment. Rev. Hall remarked thatstudent opposition to the faculty oathmeans that students do not think thatfaculty members should be committedat all. Such is a perversion of a stand(ours) if we ever heard one. but moreon that presently.

Another expression of the sameline of thinking conies from EnglishProfessor C. E. Lloyd: "... the col-legehas the right to say what group ofmen its professors should come fromIfeel that it is entirely right for thecollege to be committed to a certainmeans of life. Ithink the people whofounded the college were on the righttrack. Idon't want to see a weakerrelationship between the college andthe Church." (THE DAVIDSONIAN.Feb. 8. 1963)

We very much agree that David-son College should be aware of a basicChristian commitment, and we cer-tainly have no particular desire tosee Davidson become a secular col-lege.And thecollege obviouslyhas theright to say "what group of men itsprofessors should come from."

But how it follows that the facul-ty oath is right, necessary, or wisefrankly beats us.

The trustee position on the oathis puzzling.For two years the oathhasnot even been administered to menbeing inaugurated as full professors,and yet last Spring the trustees re-fused to vote it out, tabling it insteadfor consideration by the EducationCommittee.

The logic of the oath itself escapesus. A man can teach on the facultyhere for any number of years withouttaking the oath, but in order to be-come a full professor he must pub-licly aver his loyalty to evangelicalChristianity. Thus the oath, far fromkeeping undesirable points of viewfrom being presented in the class-room, serves more as a financialpenalty on those whorefuse to take it.

Needless to say. the most im-portant argument against the facultyoath is the fact that many qualifiedprofessors, including evangelicalChristians, will not come to a school

CommitmentRev. Hall also spoke at length

about commitment, and maintainedthroughout his talk and the later dis-cussion that a man can make an intel-lectual commitment without evercoming in direct contact with aliensystems— i.e. one can make a commit-ment merely by reading books andhearing spoon-fed lectures.

Perhaps so. but may we begin byquestioning how strong such a com-mitment would be.

Dr.Scriven pointed out how poor-ly American soldiers in Korea with-stood brainwashing, simply becausethey had never come directly in con-tact with Communism, and hence hadno idea how to answer an idealogicalattack on Democracy.

A glaring answer to Rev. Hall'sremark that beliefs can be formedfrom reading occurred (hardly for thefirst time) in the discussions Dr.Scriven held during his brief stay—students again and againproved them-selves incapable of expressing or de-fending their Christian beliefs. Ques-tions asked Dr. Scriven were oftenridiculous and easily disposed of, andstudents seemed incapable of comingback with their book-learned know-ledge.

To continue with the Scriven ex-

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that philosophy, then this institutionis in for trouble.

Ignoring (for this issue anyway)what he called his "solution to thelibrary problem." the following edi-torials will deal primarily with hiscomments concerning the faculty oath,and the more nebulous question ofjust what does and what does notmake for strong personal commit-ments.

upon (he grace of God which cometby the Holy Spirit, so to live andteach as to give expression to theChristian faith?

—Loyalty oath which all full pro-fessors at Davidson College arepresently required to take attheir inauguration during com-mencement exercises.

which requires a loyalty oath becausethey feel, and rightly so. that such arequirement is an infringement ontheir academic freedom.

The faculty oath is a test offaculty loyalties, and there should beno such test— each faculty memberought to be table to establish his ownloyalties.

That is not to say that the col-lege should have no control overwhat loyalties its faculty shouldhold.

But such control should comeduring thehiringof professors,not viaa loyalty oath. If the oath were drop-ped, the school would still screen ap-plicants as it pleased. But havinghired a man they believe capable ofdoing a job at Davidson,nothing fur-ther should be required of him byway of an oath of loyalty.

And if some men of differing be-liefs did join the facultv. so what?Far from endangering the Christiancontext of Davidson, we feel that ifthe MacCormac-Scriven discussionthis week proved nothing else, itproved that men with beliefs alien toChristianity can do a tremendousamount towards stimulating intellec-tual education, and towards actuallystrengthening one's Christian commit-ment.

If the oath were to be voted out,Davidson would have a much betterchance to get outstanding professorsin several fields. And to answer Rev.Hall's charge that students do notwant their professors tobe committed,the last thing we want is a professorwho is not committed to anything.

Perhaps, however, we would liketo occasionally come in sustained con-tact with a man whose basic commit-ment is not necessarily to Christian-ity.A great many of this country's out-standing (and committed) scholars,men whose textbooks "infiltrate" ourminds every day anyway, are notevangelical Christians.

Again, the screening process bythose who hire and fire could easilycontrol the proportion of how manymen on the faculty believe what.How-ever, the stigma of an oath would notbe present to offend the feelings ofmany good scholars that the collegewould like to have teachinghere.

Davidson has been fortunate inthe past as far as quality of faculty,but in tightening competition for goodprofessors, (particularly in fields suchas philosophy, foreign languages, andthe natural sciences), a college thissize with a faculty oath is living onborrowed time.

We hope very much to see thefaculty oath abolished at the comingmeeting of the trustees.

ample of the value of direct contact—we doubt he converted anyone here.But he called us holy innocents, toldus everything most of us had beenbrought up to believe in was emptyand false—

we watched him all day ashe demolished with ease befuddledministers and all-knowing freshmendiscoursing on philosophers whosenames they couldn't even pronounce.

Trouble was he ran through thefew intelligent questions with equalease, and we went to Chambers Tues-day night to watch Professor EarlMacCormac get run off the stage.

Scriven, an impressive man any-way, read his opening manuscriptarguing for the non-existence of Godwith unnerving confidence, and tosay the leastaround a thousand peoplewere paying a great deal of attentionwhen Professor MacCormac stood upand to general relief told us that notonly could he shoot Scriven's positionfull of holes,but there was tooa goodcase for the existence of God.

From what we've seen, studentstend to react strongly for or againstthings in college, and they also tendto form strong loyalties. At Davidsonfor four years we've watched recur-ring reactions which almost invariab-ly end up anti-organized religion.Part

read my review. For in discussing his book here Mr. Knowlesemphasized the idea I criticizedin my review, except that whathe thought profound and "very"rue.

'I judged to be (1) banal

and (2) unsound. My judgmentmay be mistaken. But it will notbe mistakensimply because Mr.Knowles happens to like ASeparatePeace betterthan Ido.Or because he is willing todrinkbeer with someone at Hattie's

W. H. Tilley

AssociateProfessor of English

Separate Peace was written bymachine, orungutang, or simpleminded man. The work muststand or fall on its own charac-ter.

It is irrelevant what the authorof a novel may think about itsreviews. If Mr. Knowles cannottell the difference between myreview and. say. a Carolinafreshman's, that tells us sometiling about Mr. Knowles, butnothing about his book.

As for the author's contentionthat Imisreadhis book.Imightequally contend that he mis-

theme of this story, so far asIcould make out its themes, wasthat Knowles's human charac-teristics should immunize himagainst criticism.Another seem-ed to be that Knowles was cri-ticized unfairly in the reviewsof his book appearing in theDecember first issue of THEDAVIDSONIAN. Since Iwroteone of the reviews.Ishould liketo reply to your story.It is irrelevant to the criticism

of novels whatkinds of personstheir authors happen to be. Itmakes no difference whether A

Read Across:

IF SHE'S A FRESHMAN~She blushes at naughty jokes.She says,"Oh. pleasestop that!"She wants to marry a footballplayer.

She thinks a college educationleads to things social, cultural,and academic.She thinks midnight is late.

She Reads: What Evtry YoungGirl Should Know.She won't date a boy who hasever had a drink.She thinks things learned incollege leave one intelligent.

She tells her mother everything.

She likes to Smooch.Her motto: Mother knows best.

She thinks allmen arenice.

She drinks cokes on a date.

HillFor the last weekIhave been

hearing the latest thing in re-cordings. "I Want to Hold YourHand." booming forth over thecampus. I have listened firstwith somedegree of amusement.but lately my amusement haschanged to boredom.

However, this morning, aftera week of exams accompaniedby loss of sleep.Iwas awaken-ed rudely at 8 a.m. by the samesound that has brought ecstaticjoy (?) to all those who haveheard it. I'm sure that Iwas notthe only one trying to catch upon some sleep, not to mentionthose who wereup early for lastminute study before exams Iquestion not the value of therecord. It may even l^gyc some.Whiii I do question is how therecord is being used, by whomit is being used. and. most important, at what hour it is beingused.

Davidson is supposed to be aschool for gentlemen. If it i> impossible for some to be gentlemen. I wish they would at leastpretend to be.

Hunter Hill

Ti'leyThe front page of your issue

of December 8 carried a storyi about author John Knowles. One

(Lhv DamitsomanTHE NEWS AND EDITORIAL VOICE OF DAVIDSON COLLEGE

PAGE TWO FRIDAY. FKBRlWRY 7. 1964

(Letters to the editor donot necessarily reflect the L'ieivs of the editor.)

Grapplers Drop 26-5To Surprising Pfeiffer

BY JOHNNY CLARK .Pfeiffer's surprisingly tough grapplers halted Wed-

nesday the winning streak of Davidson's wrestling teamat one, winning 26-5 and alsoending the Wildcat's longestvictory streak of the current season.

After falling 2111 to Duke, were the only bright spots forJan. 10, and2015 to North Caro Parker in Wednesday's matchlina State. Jan. 15. in pre exams at Misenheimer. Parker prematches, Coach Charlie Park ferred not to discuss the contest,er's charges took their first vie saying only that "they weretory of the season last Satur good, but not that good" andday. Feb. 1. in Johnston gym that he just wanted "to forget."nasium. by overwhelming PembrokeState will challengeEmory 22 6. Winning 6 of 8 the Wildcats in their next match,matches, including two forfeits. Feb. 14, and encounters with thethe Wildcats outclassed com- University of Georgia and thepletely the boys from Atlanta, perennial strong soldier boys ofafter having bowed 16 14 the day Citadel round out Davidson sbefore to their cross town neigh remaining wrestling schedulebers. for the regular season. Looking

Pfeiffer's win. in which Allen, ahead to the Southern ConferMills, and Joe Peel were pin ence tournament, to be held atned, brought the Wildcats' rec Davidson, March 6 and 7. Parkord to 16 and. according to ei sees some hope for the WildParker, was "one of the worst cats. "Mills and Bisard havebeatings wove ever gotten." each lost only twice this year.Russ Walls' win in the heavy and Walls, who lias won his lastweight match and n tie by four matches, is beginning toNichols in the 177 lbs. bracket look pretty good."

Side LightsBY RICK LOWERY

THISWEEK 1In Williamsburg. Va., there is a quaint building

known affectionately by all William and Mary rooters as"little" Blow gym. Famed for its balconies, tom-toms,ferocious end sections and stunning upsets. Blow gym!was dark Tuesday night.

About one year ago, such was not the case. Davidsoninvaded this historic campus a Cinderella sophomoreoutfit on its way to a conference championship. But onthis night two guards, Roger Bergey and Dave Hunter,neither of whom topped five feet ten inches,left Davidsonwounded and beaten. That night Mr. Bergey and Mr.1

Hunter continually retreated to half court and swoopedback and forth, looking for an opening, and time aftertime the opening came, as these two comparative dwarfs'of the court drove down the line to score a William andiMary upset.

Tuesday night, the rather modest confines of Blowgym were escaped and the nationally ranked 'Cats re-turned for revenge in Norfolk Sports Arena. Lest anyonegets the wrong idea, the Arena seats 3500 people andlooks like an old high school auditorium complete withstage. Admittedly, however, the conditions are far betterthan in Blow gym.

This year things weren't the same,however, and per-|haps the most interesting part of the game was the playof iDon Davidson. Davidson was handed the job of stoppingian old high school teammate and general Nemesis. Dave'Hunter. (Prutently the game was billed in Norfolk asHunter vs. Hetzel.)

In the first half, Hunter did not score and his totalproduction for the game was five points, two of whichwere netted after Davidson left the game Defense wasnot the only aspect of the game in which Davidson ex-celled. In addition, he hit several outside shots along witha pair of layups to complete probably the finest game ofhis career.

In addition to Davidson's performance Fred Hetzelplayed one of the most aggressive games in recentmemory. He scored 36 points, hitting everything fromhook shots to 30 foot jumpers, while raking in 17 re-bounds— which in the opinion of one observer (me) failed ito include several controlled tips and offensive follow-upshots.Irepeat, however, the most impressive part of hisperformance was the attitude he displayed throughout|his 35 minute performance. For this was a night wheniHetzel repeatedly battered William and Mary's rebound-1

ers for one, two and sometimes three shots.All in all. Tuesday's game in Norfolk was one of the'

finest games of the year and certainly the finest roadIperformance.

BACK AND FORTHTo regress for a moment. West Virginia proved one

tiling the other evening— rebounding wins games.Ithink,the whole story of that game can well be summed up inthe reboundingstatistics.

1 believe clearer than anything else these statisticspointed to the most glowing weakness the 'Cats can claim.Against top flight competition Davidson must reboundmore aggressively and more proficiently if they are tosurvive for any length of time.

In the approaching weeks two ball games stand outas real tests prior to the conference tournament. Duke,

of course is one of these and the other will be Furmanin Greenville. Unfortunately both of these games will beplayed in the same week following the Richmond gamehere and fatigue itself could well be a factor before thatweek is through.

JUSTICE1 would also like to express my condolences to the

losers in Monday night's ticket drawing. Fair though itmust have been, justice was not served. Anytime that thefreshman members of the student body win nearly 509*.of all tickets, somethingis wrong. A more equitable solu-tion Ifeel would have been to eliminate the freshmen|and divide the tickets between classes. Something like—60% to be drawn from the senior class, 25pr from thejuniors and 15r'r from the sophomores. After all thesenior class has followed the basketball fortunes of Dav-idson from the dark days.

SHORTS — HETZEL, JOSE, SPRATTCongratulations to Fred Hetzel and Coach Driesell!

whose pictures adorn the cover of the latest copy ofScholastic Coach.

A » " Rick salute to Davidson's lone colleg-iate rooting section in Norfolk Tuesday— Alex Bernhardtand Larry "Jose" Compton. .

John Spratt drew his own name Monday night andwas not lynched— amazing.

The Pikas long ago beat the Independents in frater-nitv basketball. . . .

The swimming team has a winning record and sev-eral individual records have already fallen

Rumor has it that the fire marshall will inspect theevm tonight— good luck.

Dennis Knight, freshman basketball center, has,

transferred to Marietta College in OhioWeenie Miller (VMI coach) in a Norfolk intermission

interview commented that he had never seen such pre-game excitement in a crowd as he saw here and thenadded that this same crowd displayed a remarkable'amount of sportsmanship. . , tl

_ " M.Finally to my brother— Dear Jack, the score in Nor-

folk Tuesday could have been a lot worse— Itold you so.

STATISTICAL VIEW...Player FGPct. FTPet. RB Avg. Pts. Avg

Fred Hetzel 56.3 78.1 256 14.2 482 26.8DickSnyder 55.3 86.1 106 5.9 292 16.2Don Davidson 58.1 66.2 69 3.83 243 13.5Terry Holland 62.7 70.8 115 6.4 255 14.2Barry Teague 47.5 74.3 46 2.56 146 8.1

Charlie Marcon 56.7 71.4 34 189 91 5.06Bill Beermann 44.8 85.7 13 929 50 3.571Ronnie Stone 44.1 83.3 22 169 45 346CamHarkness 12.5 50.0 9 692 5 38oPaul Briggs 50.0 58.3 21 1.4 27 1.8Stuart Burness 50.0 50.0 3 1 3 1

Own Team Totals 55.4 75.3 803 44.6 1639 91.1Opponents' Totals 42.6 69.6 619 34.4 1270 70.6

SINGLE GAME HIGHSTP — Hetzel, 40 (Jacksonville, Dec. 14, '63)

FG — Hetzel, 21(William and Mary, Feb. 4, '64)

FTA— Hetzel,20 (Jacksonville, Dec. 14. '63)

FTM — Hetzel. 16 (Jacksonville, Dec. 14, '63)

RB — Hetzel,21 (Wofford, Jan. 25, '64)

Scott Bemoans ProblemsOf Tournament Seating

Davidson's hosting the Southern Conference basket-ball tournament, along with the Wildcats' phenomenalsuccesson the hardwood,is providing the school'sathleticdirector, Dr.Tom Scott, with an abundance of headaches,

no small number of which have been caused by the seat-ing situation in the Charlotte Coliseum.

Much discontent has been ex-pressed by students, many ofwhom orderedtickets in November. and who wereall sold seatslocated behind the backboards."Everybody wants $12 tickets.and we just don't have thatmany." laments Scott. Out ofthe 2.664 tickets alloted to Dav-idson, only 381 are $12 seats, allof which weresold to underwritcrs of Davidson's Century Club' (Viuury-'Club members got

first preference, as they have inall of our Colisium games, andne\t we tried to fill requests inthe order in which we receivedthem.

"reports Scott. "We

created ncttons for the facultyand for the students directly behind the gaite, and. in my opinion, these seats are better thanthose in the balconies."

Scott has also received complaints from other conference

schools desiring better sectionsfor their followers. Scott notedthat "each member school wasgiven as many tickets as theycould sell, and the four schoolsrequesting the most tickets weregiven the best locations."

Complicating the situation r.the assertion by the Coliseumticket office that it has no tickets. and that it will put on saleFebruary 10 only those tickets|that are returned by the con jference schools "Tin- isn'ttrue." says Scott "There wontbe anv tickets returned, but ttwjColiseum has :, 000 tickets to dtl.tribute, including tickets to thetwo Ienter mi lions of the Collscum I imagine that the;!tickets will go to their regularcustomers, and that the tickets!to go on sale Monday morning

'will be $10 seats, mostly in theupper sections behind thegoals."

THE DAVIDSONIANFRIDAY,FEBRUARY 7, 1964

Davidson Romps TwiceAfter Falling To W Va

BY TUCKER LAXTONIt didn't have- to happen, but nonetheless it did. The Wildcats lost a game which

they had von. blown, then tied up With one second loft and the score tied. WestVirginia's Marty I^cntz attempted a desperationshot from halfcourt which was batteddown before it reached the rim Goaltending was consequently called, and the un-believing Wildcats suddenly found themelveson the short end of a 75-73 score.

PAGE THREE

Kive misled foul shots in thewaning minutes were also thedifference between victory andilefe.it The Cits couldn't missin tho first half, hitting 12 of 13Charity shots West Virginiatook an early three point lead.but Don Davidson cut it quicklyon 2 successive layups. Basketswere exchanged until the "Catsripped away from a N 14 tic andtook a 2'i II lead The Mountain

hipped it away and finallytied it at .18 all. From here D.iviclson went .ihe.id for a -4 11Rh.dftime lead

The Wildcats took command inthe second half, grabbing another eiuht |xnnt lead .it -">»; -IH.Then the swift .Mountaineeriruards came alive, lad by Rick}Ray alnnu with center, Toml.owry. .mil got ilose al

this point mi. tin■! three field goats and five

in'ii shot . .nid West Virginialook a four point lead. 73 SB, 'Wtli,iminute left to plaj Fred Het/el hit a follow up. and laterCharlie M.iicun hit a crucialjumper to tie the score at 7.1 allWith five seconds left. West Vir:;ini.i brought the b,ill down andLent/ s throw from hallcourl

lapped ,ivv,i\ by Ilet/"l ,i■

the Butaer MUttded GoaltMdbigilled. and i' INU .ill over

Dick Snydcr and Tern Holland"cored M and 18 points reapeclively in the dofoal

In.igame played the Saturdaybefore. Davidson once again displayed H ■ awMone power incrushing Watford 10") 7.1. It u.i.,

■ doubly good win for the Cat( thev celebrated the t-ncl

of exams while- regateing theirearl} "was* ttrmgth after doseCalls with Virginia and Kiehmond.

l^eadini b) hi points vxithremaining.Coach DiieseU starled substituting Hill Heerm.i'i

d tlir u.inie .mil demonitrated a deadl) outside jumpahot. While hi' loosened up theWofford /one with six ■shols. Ilet/el. Holland, ind D.i\rdaon added t" the confusion bjpicking apart the /one with inside I.iv lips.

Rebounding from the WestVirginia defeat, the Cats met .ii;ood VMI team here In Richardon llun on Saturday night He

tore a local television audienceand an overflow crowd. Davidson won tho game in the fust

five minutes and enjoyed th?m" Im tor the remaining 38 Fivepla\<r^ hit in dniiblithe 'Cats, including Frt-d Het/el with II. but Bill Bl.nr's HTor VMI took scoring honors. Inrunning toI129 91 victory.Dav

broke ■ thort lived highscoring mark for team andgame

The fnflnrini Tuesday night,the Cats turned in their bestroad |ierforni.iiice within recentmemor> and swept William andMary (ran the floor of the Norlolk Arena Don Davidson camethrough with a great defensivejob: Fred detail contributed M

and 1" rebounds MartinMorris left late In tin-half with 2li points to lead theWilliam and Mary scorers. The

IKitChad their ieHll(WHthin a decisive 111 84 m.t!

HIM.ToiiiL-lii ( .p.i. iDriesel! ,md hi-

■quad "■> to improve their n.i

tion.il ranking al the expense ofGeorgia Southern Tom Klorian..i higtd} touted .ind teemingly

guard, has beer, leadingthe Southern squad in scoring.

Those who rememberlast year'sBMM will anticipate no victoryby default.

ian had no entry in the event.In.uldition. Randy HosJhM brokeHuh Holt's short lived recordin the indiwdiial niedle> with atune of 1:11.4, four tenths of asei-ond under tlir old" mark.

COMCh Shoe noled particularlythe progress o| Ins inedlev relaxle.'un. composed ol John Aimander. Mark W.ildron. .Innstoke . .inn Rand) Hugho Theyare ■wlmniing now .it -4 i.i: theschool i'i-imil in die event isIHfl Al o bi i ording t" shoe, tin-<li\ .in1. "I Hill Jacobs ■'improves\v:th every meet

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The freshman squad haHr0 meel Since Christina- withthe Appalachian varsity ne\tTtaeadaj At StOO Thursdaj altarnpn, the vantt) will meet theUniversity oi Georgia hereat Davidson That Georgiasquad." said Shoe, "will bere.illv lough maybe as unod aswe've .seen."

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THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANIESSALUTE: BEN COOKBecause of Brn Cook (B.I.K.. I'Xifl. M.B.A.. \'X)\ ), busi- who trainOMfcMMn in the use of new telephone»ervices.nessmen in five noulhern Male* now benefit from new Dial On another, he was responsible for personnel administra-Teletypewriter Service. Ben. a Traffic Su|HM\isor with lion and planning imolving a $2.">0.<M)U \early payroll.Southern Bell in Atlanta, supervised the mechanizingof On all. he showed ability that will take him far withthe Operating Center that serve* Alabama. Georgia.South Southern Bell.Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. |{.-iiCook, like many young engineers, is impatient to

Ben qualified for his latest position by skillfully han- make things ktffm for his company and himself. Theredling a variety of other assignments given him by the are Im plan- where sucl. NatiaaNM il more welcomedcompany. Onone,hesupervised threegroupsof instructors or rewarded than in the hat frnwing telephone business.

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THIS PICTURE TELLS THE TALE. The sensitive and sensible members of the studentscore board reads Davidson 129 (a record) body fled the gym for fc.ir of being crushedVMI 91 And the crowd overflowed onto the to enjoy the game on the tube. (Photo byfloor behind the basket as some of the more McCutchen)

fCat Swimmers SurpriseWith Strong 3-2-1Record

BY BOB STRAUSERCoach Dwight Shoe and his small band of 'Cat swimmers seem to have found

| sudden prosperity with the new year. Going intonext Thursday's meet here with theUniversity of Georgia. Davidson will carry a 3-2-1 record, having lost only one meetsince Christmas.

The Christmas vacation end

i'il abruptly for the squad in ,1

meet with Appalachian duringthe first week of classes. Origin

Ially scheduled to meet the Citson December 12, the Apps improved their performance very

Ilittle by the delay; DavidsonI trounced their Carotin.< npponIcuts r.8.19.

Following ,1nam« defeat by( American Untvmtty tfttf the,nan break, the Cats Ixmincd

b.uk In .1 .ill (li win over Old

Dominion in Norfolk on Januaryv.i Actually the score was di>ceiving; Davidson had tin- meetsewn up 50 39 going into tholast rttay. Finally the NiuaditrosjajM io i4ti 4ti He with animproved South Canutes Kiamlad Tu«'s(i.i>

Afiiiinst Appalachian, .innStakes Ml a record in tli< ¥ butlerfly with a time of 2:'1H. Stoki-."warn by liimsoii. ,1-. Appalach

STUDYING A SLIDE — Davidson AssistantProfessor of Chemistry J. C. Martin holds asNde to the light at Dr. Henry Eyrlng, dean ofthe University of Utah graduate school, looksen. Dr. Eyrlng wai on campus Tuesday fortwe chemistry class lectures on "Theory of

Liquids" and en "Modern Theory of OpticalRotation." The dean is a past president ef theAmerican Chemical Society and It president-elect of the American Asiociation lor the Ad-vancement of Science. (Staff Photo by Smith)

IKing Goes To AsiaFor Peace Corps

n«b Kinu. |former Davidsonprr md student, has In-min Itwo year assignment as a PeaceCorps Volunteer in Thailand

A native of Durham. King wasone of 4 volunteers to Ihw forthe Southeast Asian country on

1 This group will join ThaijRMfOrkcn Md other PeaceCorpsnu-n In initiating c ommun!ity and individual programsjgeared to the solutions of villageiproblems.

A member of the class of 1964.King transferred to Davidsonfrom Hampden Syndey at theend of his freshman year Whileat Davidson he was a member

;of Alpha Tau Omega, on the1 baseball team, and active in theWestminster Fellowship and theInternationalRelations Club.

The Thailand project will in-volve developing practical solu-tions to problems of education,sanitation, recreationand health.The volunteers will also work onwater availability and usage,garden and field crop produc-tion, poultry and swine hus-bandry, feeder roads and vil-lage industries.

For three months. King andthe other new volunteers trainedin the Thai language, in the history. customs and traditions ofthis Eastern country, and inAmerican history and institutions.

After Vespers Open HouseThe following professors will hold open house for

students after vespers this Sunday night:Bryan Jackson PierceCampbell Johnston PlottMi-^ Cumming McGeachy RhodesHight Marrotte SchenckHouchens Minter SmithHunt

Peace Corps Officer HereTuesdayForChapelSpeech

National CommitteesAdd Edmunds White

H.Edmunds White, associate director of admissionsand director of financial aid. has been appointed recentlyto nationalcommitteesin these twoareas.

The first appointment is to theAdvisory Board of the CollegeAdmissions Center in Evanston.III., which decides policy queslions for the center, the country'1- largest and oldest clearinghouse for college applicants.

Roger Landrum. a formerPeace Corps volunteer in Ni-geria currently serving as a re-cruiting officer for the Corps,will speak in chapel this Tues-day. Feb. 11.

Landrum will also be in theYMCA office for consultationTuesday afternoon and Wednesday of next week

The Peace Corpsman receivedhis BA with honors from AlbionCollege in Michigan and his MAfrom Bowling Green State I'mvernity in Ohio. He had complet |ed one year of work on a PhD inEnglish at Michigan State Uni-versity when he became one ofthe first Peace Corps volunteersEventually. Landrum intends tocomplete his doctorate and takeup .iCUM m college teaching.

I.andrum joined the Corps inI960, and »ab trained in Africanstudies for two months ;it MichiRan KatC lit- was then assigned:u the newly formed University

ri.i where he taught Eng-lish composition. English literatore .ind modern African '.ture for two jMfl

Will Terry. vtH bai arrangedlit, suRgest^ that any who

want to make an appointment tosee Landrum at a specific hourduring his visit should makf ar

.<-nts npw In conjunction

with Landrum's visit, there willbea special Peace Corps displayin the Union.

Inourexperience,superiorindividuals fromeverygraduateandundergraduate educational discipline find successful careersin a major agency such as the Thompson Company. Staffmembers inourNew YorkOffice alone representnearly threehundred colleges and universities hereand abroad.

Yourcareer withUS. You maybe surprised to learnthat whilean advertisingcompanymusthave artistically cre-ativepeople, itdepends just as muchon peoplewhoare imagi-native and inventive in other ways.

Our business is selling.Communicatingthrough the writtenand spoken word is fcotc wesell. You must pQMtai the abilityto tjimk and write well so your ideas may be shared andunderstood.

We are lookingfor the kindof men who wishand areable toassume substantial responsibilityearlyin their business lives.Tosuch men weoffer aremarkablechance togrowand develop—one seldom found in any firm.

Previous advertisingexperienceis not required. Basically,our interest is in the nature of a person rather than in hLsspecialized knowledgeand abilities.

We offer you no standard starting salary,no cut-and-driedtraining program. Beginning salaries are individually con-sideredandcompare favorably to thoseofother national firms.We helpyou tailor yourown development program,basedonyour interests, j/our abilities, (/i,ur goals. Your program willdiffer from other men's programs just as you differ fromother men.

When you join us you will work side by side with experi-enced advertising nvn. Yourgrowth will lx.ba.sed on yourowninitiatee.yourown development.There are noageor senior-ity requirements to limit the responsibility you am earn.

We encourageyou to follow yourcuriosity intoallphasesofadvert isiug.because we want you to become a well-roundedpractitioner as rapidly as |>o.ssible. Experienced advertisingmen are eager to coach you individually in your efforts todevelop your capabilities. Additionally, you are free to delveinto every nook and cranny of advertising through ourannual seriesof professional seminars, workshops and classes.Youlearn frommen who areexpertsin their fields.

About men who joinUS. A remarkable number ofcollege men who have joined us in the past decade have re-mained with usand are enjoying varied,excitingcareers.

Because of our emphasisonearly growth,relatively youngmencommonly handle major responsibilities in manyphasesof our business— both in this country and abroad.

All initial assignments are in New York City or Chicago,but we have many other offices in the United States andthroughout the world; and if you are interested,you mayrequest a transfer later on.

// you wish tobe a candidate,you must graduate in 196\ andbeable tojoinus byJune of1965. Youmayobtain further in-formation at the placementoffice. Please check there regard-ing the possibility of apersonal interview. We shall be oncampus February17.

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...Some notes about you. aboutus, ami the advertising business

AllOUt you. If you are the man we seek, you have aninsatiable curiosity about people and the world around you.

You'realertand respoasive tonew ideas,new waysof doingthings. You like to takeonnew problems...yousee themasopportunities.

You digdeep into the whyof things.And the bestanswersyou can come up with today are never goodenough for youtomorrow.

You'rean individualist. Yet you thrive on team spirit.You have conviction about freedom of choice, consistent

with the rights of others.You're the kindof man whocould be successful inbusiness

for himself, but you see the greaterchallenge implicit in to-day's major enterprises.

AboutUS. TheJ. Walter ThompsonCompany was formed100 years ago and has longbeen one of the world's largestadvertising firms. Its stock isowned by more than five hun-dred active staff members.

We help over 500 companies in the United States andabroadsell thousands of products and services tohundredsofmillions of people. Last year alone, we were responsible forthe advertising investment of close to a half-billion dollars.

Thereare 6,900 people workinR withThompsonaround theworld. Their backgroundsrange far and wide.And sodo theirassignments, whichinclude writing,art,broadcasting,marketresearch, media buying, international business, marketingand merchandising, accounting, music, styling, the theatre,and the social sciences.

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FRIDAY,FEBRUARY 7. 1964

Pledges' Sigh Relief:'64Greek WeekIsOver

THE DAVIDSONIAN

BY ALLEN WEBB

Some 200 fraternitypledges signed Wednesdayafter the ordeal of GreekWeek. The hectic episode,which began earlier thanusual because of conflictswith Midwinters and theDuke game, filled the cam-pus with many unusualevents, sights and sounds.

The week's activities began aweek ago Wednesday night withthe Interfralernity CouncilPledgeBanquet. Tom Covington,a Davidson graduate and as-sistant directorof student affairsat N. C. State College, discussedthe priority of fraternity aimsbefore the banquet group.

The Pledge Class Sing on Fri-day night and various serviceprojects accomplished on Saturday and Monday highlightedthe events of the week.

At the Sing, replacing SkitNight for the first time, eachpledge class sang a fraternitystandard and another song oftheir own creation.

First place went to the SigEps, who tang "All Throughthe Night" and than asked intheir original song, "What willyou do with an underachieverearly in the morning.. .?"

Sigma Chi pledges took runner up position with "Hail. Hailto Sigma Chi" and a songaboutthe Davidson graduate who is"socially a mess." The ATO'sand Betas tied for third place.

The pledges' participation inservice projects indicates thatthe week was not devoted entire-ly to fun. Some of the work doneby the groups is as follows:

ATO— painted building forMecklenburg County Association

1 White, the only southerner on1 this board, will serve for a

tenure of three years.In the field of financial aid he

will serve on the Advisory Com-mittee on National Student Financial Aid Problems of the Col-!lege Scholarship Service, located

in New York City The Service,established in 1954 by the College Entrance ExaminationBoard, not only systematizes col-leges' financial aidmethods, butalso concerns itself on a nation-al scale with students' problemsin financial aid.

It is within this latter spherethat White will work, dealingwith such problems as aid to theunderprivileged.

White and Harriet Hudson ofIRandolph Macon Woman's Col- j

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■re the only Southerners onjj the twelve "man

"committee|'

headed by Dean John V. Monroj. who ti known for his achievements and his liberal influencem tlv field of education as dean j,." H.ii vard.

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WORKIN EUROPE

Every registered studentcanget a job inEurope and receivea travel grant. Among thou-sands of jobs available are re-sort, sales, lifeguard and officework. No experience Is neces-sary and wages range to $400monthly. For a complete pros-pectus, travel grant and job;ip!'lic<ition returned airmail,send $1 to Dept. J, AmericanStudent Information Service.83 Avc. de la Liljort'1 I.i'.xcm-bomg City. GranJ DllCby ofLuxembourg.

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TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF GREEK WEEKPledge Simon Henson eats with a "special" spoon

(Staff Photo by Smith)

for the Blind: Beta— built toyboxes for North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital at Gastonia: KA- general repairs to War Memorial Building in Mooresville:Kappa Sig-repairs at theYMCA Fresh Air Camp: Pikacleaned area behind The Hub:and Pi Kapp painted jail cellsin Mooresville.

Others Included: Sigma Chi—general repairs at Nevins

Vocational Training School;Sigma Nu— painted streetmarkers inCorneliusand plac-ed a melal plaque on each,SAE— painted Boy Scout hutin Mooresville; Sig Ep— clean-ed Alexander Home for Chil-dren in Charlotte; Phi Out-general repairs at CenterPresbyterian Church; and PhiGam— cleared college propertyon Lake Norman.

The campus awokeeach morning to cadence counts as many

pledge classes marched tobreakfast. Once inside the fra-ternity houses, the pledges werekept busy by the active brother-hood who could always findsomething for them to do.

Fraternity house trophies andenthusiasm will be shown forthe week as did the shoes andcars of the actives. Numerousother chores were promptly attended to by the pledges.

Conspicuous attire also char-acterizedthe week.For instance,the KA's wore bright Confederate flags on the backs of theirshirts. The Sig Eps wore yellowpith helmets. The brightly let-tered shirts of the Pikas andthe strange snake shirts of theSigma Nus livened campuscolor.

Scavenger hunts were theorder for some pledges whileothers had different events.

After the many activities, theweary pledges certainly didnot complain when GreekWeek ended al 10 p.m. Tues-day.

Rick von Unwerth, chairmanof the IFC Greek Week Committee. was unable to observemuch of the week because hewas in the infirmary. However,he did note that pledge classspirit was not as high as it hasbeen in thepast. He feelsgreaterenthusiasm wil be shown forthe Pledge Class Sing after itsnewness wears off.

Bob Young, fraternity liaisonofficer, does not like the inter-ruption that the weekend prouded. although Sunday was an opportunity for pledges to studyand rest. He believes the Sii>gwill be continued next year.

In compliance with regula-tions, all formal initiations willbe completed by Feb. 16.

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