Since the establishment of Precinct #2 on the Davidson campus in January. 1974, the crime rate at Davidson College has dropped significantly. "For the calendar year, 1973. there were 74 reported larcenies and 5 assaults compared to 27 larcenies and 2 assaults in 1974 - a better than 60% decrease," stated Grover C. Meetze Jr, Director of ThePhysical Plant. Meetze's figures were taken from a report given him by Lt. Hughes, officer in chargeof the campus precinct. 'These figures do not reveal the entire story," added Hughes, "for in 1973 there were more thefts involving over $100 worth of goods than this past year " Precinct #2 Precinct #2 is part of the campus security system Davidson initiated several years ago. This system basically involves the use of town police as campus police and the operation of the campus precinct. It was designed in cooperation with the SGA and was ap- provedby theSenate's unanimous vote. "Our security system is designed to overcome the problem of town police versus campus police that hamperedus in the past and is prevalent on other campuses," said Meetze. "With this system" there are no jurisdictional problems, and the David- son police force is always available for support, if weneed it. "The idea of the campus cop is psychologically old fashioned," con- tinued Meetze. "Social patterns have undergone a tremendous change in recent years; students at Davidson today are more like citizens of the com- munity. If they need the police, all they have to do is call." Hughes pointed out that the same rules apply to'student rooms and dorms as citizens' homes. "We cannot go into the dorms unless asked. Many students have the idea that we work to discover drug violations, but," he emphasized, "this is not true. Our only purpose here is to protect the students." Open campus with controls "This is an open campus, but some control is necessary," Hughes con- tinued. "We have the option of asking people what they aredoing here, and we can ask them to leave if they don't belonghere." A major advantage of the new system is the instant attention students can command 24 hours a day by dialing - 5131. No time is wasted searching for the campus policeman. Meetze sees other advantages in the positive exposure to police the students receive, the uniting of campus and com- munity and the flexibility of the system. "Further restrictions should be un- necessary because of the system's flexibility," he commented. Davidson College has a contract with the town of Davidson that enlists the cooperation of the Davidsonpolice. Slip. (Mid iinnunllv "The College pays the town of David- son approximately $40,000 a year for their services. This includes payment of the officers, upkeep of the campus precinct, and money spent on patrol cars, uniforms, equipment, and further education of the officers, among other things," s*aid Meetze. Five Davidson police-officers work on campus under the direction of Lt. Hughes. "There are four full time men on the force, including myself." stated Hughes, "as well as two part time. All of these men are licensed and certified by the state of N.C. They have at least the 165 hours training required for cer- assurance that I won't tell his supervisor that he called," con- tinued the administrator. 'This type of thing doesn't happen too often, but it does happen. "It makes you wonder how many other unresolved matters that the employees need help or guidance on go unattended, because the employees won't come to me and talk." said the administrator. According to another ad- ministrator. "People don't mind complaining. The em- ployees come in and complain to us and to the supervisors. "I believe the morale among the workers themselves and between them and their super- visors is very high. "I attribute this to the fact that when there's a job to be done, like the work done this past weekend to get ready for the alumni, we all'pitch in and help." Meetze addressed himself to the various comments that ap- peared in the April 17 issue of The Davidsonian article. "College pays workers poverty wages." "Tosay that we don't have a job training program here is By ANDREW LAMAS Executive Edftor "I might as well say it. you know, the help around here is just afraid to go see Mr. Meetze or Stephenson when we has got problems or troubles." said one black hourly-paid employee of Davidson College. Several other members of the custodial staff and grounds crew complain that they are discouraged by their super- visors from speaking with Director of the Physical Plant 3te Ilatntosmtian * Published Weekly By Davidson College Students Davidson College. Davidson. \. ('. 284)36 Vol. LXIV. No. Twenfv-five ( Mm pus crime drops 60 percent Erccinct X wo tTiWcirts f^riiniTipil April 24, 1975 —Mike Snead the card-lock doors on Watts dorm and the screens on the first floor windows of the dorm. "Security made no recommendations concerning the card-lock doors. We received a request rom the Dean's office to install the doors and the name of the company that Duke purchased their card-lock doors from. " stated Meetze. "The locks and doors for Watts cost approximately $900." he continued. The decision to install the doors was made at a meeting of Dean of Students Will H. Terry, Assistant to the Dean Diane Stone. College President Samuel R. Spencer Jr. Meetze, Vice President for Academic Affairs John M. Bevan and Director of Student Housing Scotty Nicolls in the summer of 1974. "This decision was a joint one." stated Stone. "Security has been a natural con- sideration since women first came. It was thought for a while that a free system might work, but because of the (SveSWAWTY. /»</»<> .}> Another innovation of the new campus security system is the emergency tification plus 40 hours advance training. "From 3 a.m. to 6 p.m. there is an of- ficer on campus and another readily available, though not necessarily on campus. From 6 p.m. until 3 a.m. there are two officers on duty,either walking around campus or patrolling the cam- pus ina car. Handsticks at night The equipment these officers wear is not specified by Davidson College. Hughes stated, "Most officers wear only a gun and handcuffs in the day, as I do. and adda handstick at night. " Inaddition to the six officers from the town force, the College has its own cam- pus cop, "Cop Sherrill." He is directly on the College's payroll and, according to Meetze, serves "an indispensable security role." His main duty is coordinating security with campus activities, but he also helps patrol thecampus. Ten -four? Seven -eleven! phoneson each floor of Watts dorm . "Those phones connect directly to the wwn station and have been used three times for actual events, one of which resulted in apprehension.It only takes a matter of minutes for an officer to reach the dorm when a call is received," said Hughes. Abuse of phones "The phones are an effective security measure and should not be treated lightly," he continued. "We have had a problem with abuse of the phones. Dean Will Terry has been sent to the dorm several times to investigate this." Included in Hughes' responsibilities is issuing I.D.'s to students, and vehicle and bicycle registration. Next year Hughes plans to issue I.D.'s to the families of faculty members as well s students. Giving parking tickets is the responsibility of the Physical Plant Of- fice, but this aspect of security is han- dled by students. A recent security measure not initiated by Meetze is the installation of . BvS\KK\F\M{FS Tvpisl Grover C. Meetze. and Director of Personnel and Ad- ministrative Services Robert J. Stephenson. "If I ever does have to seeMr. Stephenson. I make sure that my super (supervisor) don't find out." remarked one em- ployee. "But usually. I just don't go see them (Meetze and Stephen- son). "If it's a really pressing problem, though. I might give them ( Meetze and Stephenson ) a phone call at their home after work. Just so the super don't find out. we will talk." con- tinued that employee: This employee's statement was verified by an ad- ministrative official who preferred toremain anonymous. - "I know by personal ex- perience that employees are in- timidated sometimes for one reason or another by one or two of the supervisors," said the ad- ministrative official "They (the hourly-paid em- ployees) have called me at home at night about matters as uncontroversial as explaining a certain benefit or asking why a pay check failed to reach them. "When an employee like this calls me at night, he always makes me give him rhv Unskilled college workers fear conferences with administration
Since the establishment of Precinct #2 on the Davidson campus in
January. 1974, thecrime rateat DavidsonCollege
hasdroppedsignificantly.
"For the calendar year, 1973. there were 74 reported larcenies and
5 assaultscompared to27 larcenies and 2 assaults in 1974 - a better
than 60%decrease," statedGrover C.Meetze Jr,
DirectorofThePhysicalPlant.
Meetze's figures were taken from a report givenhim
byLt.Hughes,officer inchargeof thecampusprecinct. 'These figures do
not reveal the entire story," added Hughes, "for in 1973 there were
more thefts involving over $100worth of goods
thanthispastyear"
Precinct #2 Precinct #2 is part of the campus
security system Davidson initiated several years ago. This system
basically involves theuseof town police as campus police and the
operation of thecampus precinct. It was designedin cooperation with
the SGA and was ap- provedby theSenate'sunanimous vote.
"Our security system is designed to overcome the problem of town
police versuscampus police that hamperedus in the past and is
prevalent on other campuses,"saidMeetze.
"With this system" there are no jurisdictional problems, and the
David- son police force is always available for support,if
weneedit.
"The idea of the campus cop is psychologically old fashioned," con-
tinued Meetze. "Social patterns have undergone a tremendous change
in recent years; students at Davidson today are more like citizens
of the com- munity. If they need thepolice, all they have
todoiscall."
Hughes pointed out that the same rules apply to'student roomsand
dorms ascitizens'homes.
"We cannot go into the dorms unless asked. Manystudents have the
idea that we work to discover drug violations, but," he emphasized,
"this is not true. Our only purpose here is to protect the
students."
Open campuswithcontrols "This is an open campus, but some
control is necessary," Hughes con- tinued. "We have the option of
asking people what they aredoing here,and we can ask them to leave
if they don't belonghere."
A major advantage of the new system is the instant attention
students can command 24 hours a day by dialing - 5131. No timeis
wastedsearching for the campus policeman.
Meetze sees other advantages in the positive exposure to police
thestudents receive, the unitingof campus and com- munity and the
flexibility of the system.
"Further restrictions should be un- necessary because of the
system's flexibility,"hecommented.
Davidson College has a contract with the town of Davidson that
enlists the cooperationof theDavidsonpolice.
Slip.(Mid iinnunllv "The College pays the townof David-
son approximately $40,000 a year for their services.This
includespayment of the officers, upkeep of the campus precinct, and
money spent on patrol cars, uniforms, equipment,and further
education of the officers, among other things," s*aid Meetze.
Five Davidsonpolice-officers work on campus under the direction of
Lt. Hughes. "There are four full time men on the force, including
myself." stated Hughes,"as well as twopart time. All of these men
arelicensed and certified by the state of N.C. They have at least
the 165 hours training required for cer-
assurance that Iwon't tell his supervisorthat he called,"con-
tinued theadministrator.
'This type of thing doesn't happen too often, but it does
happen.
"It makes you wonder how many other unresolved matters that the
employeesneed help or guidance on go unattended, because the
employees won't come to me and talk." said the administrator.
According to another ad- ministrator. "People don't mind
complaining. The em- ployees come in and complain tousand to
thesupervisors. "Ibelieve the morale among
the workers themselves and between them and their super- visors
isvery high. "I attribute this to the fact
that when there's a job to be done, like the work done this past
weekend to get ready for the alumni, we all'pitch in and
help."
Meetze addressed himself to the various comments that ap- peared in
the April 17 issue of The Davidsonian article. "Collegepays workers
poverty wages."
"Tosay that we don't have a job training program here is
ByANDREWLAMAS ExecutiveEdftor
"Imight as well say it. you know, the help around here is just
afraid to go seeMr.Meetze or Stephenson when we has got problemsor
troubles." said one black hourly-paid employee of Davidson
College.
Several other members of the custodial staff and grounds crew
complain that they are discouraged by their super- visors from
speaking with Director of the Physical Plant
3te Ilatntosmtian* Published Weekly By Davidson College Students
DavidsonCollege. Davidson. \.('. 284)36Vol.LXIV.No.
Twenfv-five
(Mmpus crime drops 60percent
April24,1975
—Mike Snead the card-lock doors on Watts dorm and the screens on
thefirst floor windows ofthedorm.
"Security made no recommendations concerning the card-lock doors.
Wereceiveda requestrom the Dean's office to install thedoors and
thename of the company that Duke purchased their card-lock doors
from."statedMeetze.
"The locks and doors for Watts cost approximately $900."
hecontinued.
The decision to install the doors was made at a meeting of Dean of
Students Will H. Terry, Assistant to the Dean Diane Stone. College
President Samuel R. Spencer Jr. Meetze, Vice President for Academic
Affairs John M. Bevan and Director of Student Housing Scotty
Nicolls in the summer of1974.
"Thisdecisionwasa joint one." stated Stone. "Securityhasbeen
anatural con-sideration since women first came. It was thought for
a while that a free system might work,but because of the
(SveSWAWTY. /»</»<> .}> Another innovationof the new
campus
security system is the emergency
tification plus 40 hours advance training.
"From 3 a.m. to6 p.m. there is anof- ficer on campus and another
readily available, though not necessarily on campus. From 6
p.m.until 3 a.m. there are two officers on duty,either walking
around campus or patrolling the cam- pusinacar.
Handsticks atnight The equipment theseofficers wear is
not specified by Davidson College. Hughesstated, "Mostofficers
wearonly a gun and handcuffs in the day, asIdo. andadda
handstickatnight."
Inaddition to thesix officers from the town force,theCollegehasits
own cam- pus cop, "CopSherrill." He is directly on the
College'spayroll and, according to Meetze, serves "an indispensable
securityrole."
His main duty is coordinatingsecurity withcampus activities,but
healsohelps patrol thecampus.
Ten-four?Seven -eleven! phonesoneachfloorof Wattsdorm.
"Those phones connect directly to the wwn station and have been
used three times for actual events, one of which
resultedinapprehension.Itonly takesa matter ofminutes for an
officer to reach thedorm when a call is received,"said
Hughes.
Abuse ofphones
"The phonesare an effective security measure and should not be
treated lightly," he continued. "We have had a problem with abuse
of the phones.Dean Will Terry has been sent to the dorm several
times toinvestigatethis."
Included inHughes'responsibilities is issuing I.D.'s to students,
and vehicle and bicycle registration. Next year Hughes plans to
issue I.D.'s to the families of faculty members as well s students.
Giving parking tickets is the responsibility of the Physical Plant
Of- fice, but this aspect of security is han- dled
bystudents.
A recent security measure not initiated byMeetze is the
installation of
.BvS\KK\F\M{FS Tvpisl
Grover C.Meetze.and Director of Personnel and Ad- ministrative
Services Robert J. Stephenson.
"IfIeverdoes have toseeMr. Stephenson.Imake sure that my super
(supervisor) don't find out." remarked one em- ployee.
"But usually.Ijust don't go see them (Meetzeand Stephen-
son).
"If it's a really pressing problem, though.Imight give them
(MeetzeandStephenson) a phone call at their home after work. Just
so the super don't find out. we will talk." con- tinued
thatemployee:
This employee's statement was verified by an ad- ministrative
official who preferredtoremainanonymous.-
"I know by personal ex- perience that employeesarein- timidated
sometimes for one reasonor another byone or two of the
supervisors,"said thead- ministrativeofficial
"They (the hourly-paid em- ployees) have called me at home at night
about matters as uncontroversial as explaininga certain benefit or
asking why a paycheck failed toreach them.
"When an employee like this calls me at night, he always makes me
give him rhv
Unskilled college workers fear conferences with
administration
with self identity, the com- mittee has reached a feeling of those
who established it. Now the drafting of a report for the trustees
is in order. The sub- stance has been agreed upon and the'
narrative is being prepared to present on May 1 at 8:30."continued
Williams.
Williams indicated that although the committee has lived up
entirely to the ex- pectationsof those that founded it. that is to
group college priorities that had already been discovered in
hierarchical form, many people do not un- derstandthis.
"The first mistake was in the naming of the Goals Com- mittee.
Tohave called ita Goals Committee stimulates images and scopes of
responsibility in the minds of students, faculty, and the committee
itself which the trustess who formed it did notmean."
saidWilliams.
Williams suggested that an actual discoverv of "goals" to
bepursuedbv the collegewould require a minimum of IP.mon- ths.
TheGoals Committee, for- med only four months ago was never
supposedtodefinepolicv. TheGoalsCommittee is respon- sible for the
implementation of solutions toproblems andneeds
BvMARKC.ERGEN CopvEditor
Davidson freshmenare losing $17,329 this year from meal
ticketsboughtandthensoldata lower price, or not soate at all,
reported Senator Bo Baskin to the SGA Senate Tuesday night.
Inarecentpollrunby Baskin 130 men and 72 women mem- bersof the
freshmanclass were asked how many tickets they have sold and for
how much. The men lost 16,922 and the women lost $10,420.
"Ron Scott is saying board could push to $1,000 a year," stated
Baskin. Presently all Freshmen are required to buy $710 worth of
tickets.
Baskin added "What weneed now is to think interms of along range
solution. The eating houses willnot be large enough if the college
continues with it's plans for expansion."
Baskin warned against using piecemeal approaches to the problem,
adding that in the future for reasons of both ef- ficiency and
space the college may have to go toa centralized dining
facility.
Inother actions Bruce Malloy requested and received $200 to
Bnutdsnman
fimk'ui help fund the recently created pre-law society. Baskin
asked that theSenate reconsider their decision not to send
representatives to the National Student Association meeting this
summer.
Peyton Marshall asked for any students who were in- terested to get
involved in the course evaluation for the student course evaluation
handbook.Marshall also stated that they had been unable to obtairk
the Student Instruction Report data collected by the college during
exams.
TheSenate passeda motion 9-
ByJOHN WOOD Staff Writer
"The new union will be in businessnextSeptember; that's the
pledge," asserted Direc ter of the College Union C. Shaw
Smith.
And that seems to be the general feeling around the college.
Theunion will be moved from the cramped Carnegie building to the
remodeled and spacious quarters of the old library or Grey
building.
Directer of thePhysicalPlant Grover C. Meetze Jr., Union Board
President Richard Wassen and Smith all are op-
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anyone wants to give," said Smith.
The college has hired an in- terior designer from a firm in
Charlotte to make recom- mendations to the committee.
Thebudget for thenew union remodeling is $440,000. Much of that has
already been spent, according to Meetze. He said that there will be
enough to complete the union project. "I think a fair deal has
been
done," remarked Wassen. He added that the offices are almost
finished.
The union pffices or "backstage areas"as Smith puts it, will not be
as osten- tatious as the rest of the sprawling and colorful union
will be, according to Smith and Wassen.
"The workmen were ready but we weren't," admitted Smith, accounting
for some of the delay, but added, "I'm pleased with the
progress."
"Themain thing is to judgeit by whether it's ready or not,"
remarked Smith. He said that the faculty andstudentsshould wait and
see the union finished; that criticizing now would only slow the
process.
SmithcalledMeetze the "real magician" becausehe finished thestudent
storein time forlast fall term in the face of college staff
scepticism. Smith added that all of the new union is Meetze's
design and that a great deal of the budgeted money was saved by
college staff constructing their own fixtures.
Much of the work on the new union is contracted to the Barger
Construction Company with some subcontracted to other private
companies.
Planning committee pledges complete Unionby September
timistic for a September opening. Smith plans to move
hisownofficeinto the newunion along with several other union
offices this coming summer.
Despite previous talk of finishing the remodeling this spring term
it has now been decided that the union will be finished in "full
fashion" for next fall term, according to Smith,so that the union
will be completed without any com- promise of quality.
"We did a smart thing deciding to do it full fashion," saidSmith.
"Thedelay will give us a better union."
"All the big things are done," according to Meetze. Most of the
paint is there and the painters have started work.
Thenew union will include a snack bar and dining area, several
conference rooms, a studentlounge,a tavern or club housearea, a
large game room, arts and crafts facilities and a number of other
rooms and offices.
Decision making power concerning the new union has been turned over
to a unionplanning committee by College President Samuel R. Spencer
Jr.
"I think Spencerhas taken a great deal of interest," said
Wassenwhoisalso a committeemember.
The committee's interests atthistimeinclude thecolorof the various
walls and kinds of furniture and its arrangment Meetze, Smith,
Wassen, thechairperson to the Art Com-mittee of the UnionBoard and
Co-curricular Committee representative Lucille W.Schneider siton
this committee.
"We welcome any input
Two April 24. 1975
Stfr Botfidaanian
Senate Report
Rv MATTHEW COVINGTOX NewsEditor
The Davidson College Goals Committee met for the last time
Wednesday. April 23. The com- mittee still remains to be con- vened
on May 1st. but that meeting will consist only of a report by the
Goals Committee to theBoardof Trustees
The May rrieeting will be a culmination of four months of workby
theGoalsCommittee in groupingcollegedevelopmental priorities.
"Now that we have had these four meetings, the committee has
brought some clear direc1 tion and order out of what had appeared
to be a chaoticly established committee." said Craven E. Williams.
Vice President ofDevelopment.'
"After a longwrestlingmatch —
IOC
5-0 that the college delay the opening of classes next year so
students have Monday off again.
Senators Gutherie,Roylance, and Shewmake were absent.
that havealreadvbeendefined The definition of these needs
came about before the Goals Committee was formed. Ten years of
self-study provided the material in the form of a self- study
report that the Goals Committee has been working from.
"The intention was that they would be an implementation committee
and not a goalscom- mittee. They were to deal with previously
established capital requests that had been presen ted to the
college and decide which of these were to receive the highest
priority." said Williams.
"We are not blue-skv- prophetic committee. Our post was far more
narrowly con- ceived in the minds of the trustees and that, the
onlv missionof theGoals Committee was to suggest prioritv
groupings. "The Goals Committee will
advice the trustees on capital priorities for Dnvidson College on
Mnv i Thf* Development Commit*^ Mill thank it for its advirpat ihnl
'imo anddismiss it. ! imagine." concluded Williams
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no more effective that the women locking thier own doors.
"However, " she said, "you "
can't count on everybody "
college doesn't want people to '< suffer unpleasant consequences
if theydon't."
Stone indicated that such doors are not put on Little because the
men on first floor are "adequate so- urity." The samemethod is not
adopted for Watts due to "parents' ob- jections," according to
Stone. Shestated that if there weie no men in Little and the co
lege followed a consistent ser urity policy, card-lock doors would
have tobeinstalled.
The administration is aware of the resolution passed by the SGA a
little over a month ago which requested that "David- son College
not re-install the card-locks on Watts dorm, and that the College
remove the screens from first floor."
1 'Te'rry supported this statement saying. "As far. as
w _
— Ro^ei
"It is my guess it (the card- lock doors) will be put back on in
thesummer." I'm concerned it will be put back on." Meetze and
Nicholls indicated that the future of the card-lock doors was not
their decision.Nicollsstated,"Idon't know anything about future
plans for the doors." I'veheard nothing since theoriginal meet- ng
lastsummer."
Thecard-lock doors weresup- posed to have been installed before
students returned in September, but due to what Stone termed "poor
com- munication between Meetze's and the dean's office," in-
stallationwasdelayed.
Under the card-lock system, women in Watts areissued key- cards,
that will unlock the door when inserted into a slot in the door.
The door relocks automatically when closed. Each woman student in
Watts is charged$1 forher card which is refundable upon return at
the end of the vear. Lost cards cost
ferings,"commentedMeetze. Severalblack employees said
that they had never been in- formed of the opportunity to take
courses,all expensespaid, atCPCC.
"Maybe they just let the semi-skilled and skilled workers in on
that deal,but no one never told 'us about that,"
saidoneemployee.
"How can we learn a skill if we isnot trained,and giventhe chance
togetsome trainingina school?" asked another em- ployee.
' According to Meetze, "Some
workers don't want toadvance, and so they never take ad- vantage of
the training options whichweprovide."
(Co'hlinuedfrom /m.tfP / )
ridiculous,.We've gotafull-time trainingprogram...
"Every supervisor we have here isa trainer and instructor. We've
trained everybody we havehere,"saidMeetze.
"Now it is true that we don't have a classroom training program,
but if we did, we wouldn't get anywork done.We offer on-the-job
training."
According toMeetze,any em- ployee who gains admission to Central
Piedmont Community College (CPCC) to learn a skill is entitled to
receive com- pensation to cover his tuition expenses.
"Several workers have taken advantage of CPCC course.-of-
$5 toreplace. If large numbers of cards are
lostor stolen such that thedorm is no longer secure, the dean can
collect allcards,change the mechanism in the door and
" issue newones atnocharge. Cardshave only the manufac-
turer's address on them and a number. There is no in- formation
that would give anyone who didn't already know a clue as to what
door it opened. During vacations, the lock-
mechanisms on the doors are altered so students can't unlock the
dqors. Changing the mechanism doesnot require the removal of the
locks; security personnel can easily adjust the mechanisms and
change the magnetic field.
The card-lock doors operated for less that a week in winter term
before the locks were removed by students. Stone caaled this an
"immature way to deal with the problem." She feels certain that
thedoors were removed by students not residingin Watts.
"It's not a problem with the freshmen. They are used to
restrictions from home," she stated.First floorWats
Thescreens were installedon 1st floor Watts windows for "total
security" according to Stone. "What* is the point of locking the
door if someone can come in the window?" com- mented Stone. "It's
just a question of whether it's con- venient or easy for someone to
climb in the window. Someone might doitfor aprankand wind up
inserious trouble."
Stone is aware that the screens can be removed from the outside,
but. she stated. "You'd have to do some work getting it off and
chances are somebody wouldsee you."
Stone readily admits that the time thedoor is to be locked at
night is completely arbitrary, and that thecard-lock doors
are
YTl^n.rg fVWigM- <Si-S*e«^
...Security returns Watts card>4ocks dean's office shows every
in- tention of reinstalling the locks so they will work.Stone
stated.
April24,1975 gfrgBwrfd»qnt«ti Three
rGranffp
three incidents in Watts last year theadministration felt all
precautions werenecessary.
"Many people are under the impression that Davidson' College is
atypical of college communities-that is, that we have noproblem
with the town. This is not true, and this is the only reason the
locks were put onthe doors."
Last summer Stone surveyed the security systems at Williams, Duke,
and Chapel Hill. She found Duke's security system which involves
thecard- lock doors themost satisfactory because it is "completely
studentcontrolled.
" The committee decided to
adopt thesystem after a report on the Duke arrangement was
presentedto it lastsummer.
Terry stated, "The card-lock system was chosenbecause itis the
least offensive, the most easily adaptable if cards are lost,
andrequiresno extra per- sonnel."
Although the doors are not presently functioning, the
—Leon Venable
ByCHARLIE SHEPHERD
Each week of the school year prospective students come to Davidson
to be interviewed by theadmissions staff and tolook around the
campus. Davidson students serve as tour guides for these
prospective students and theirparents. Toan extent, the applicants'
first impression of Davidson is seen through these host's and
hostesses' eyes.
What do the guides stress as they show guests around cam- pus?How
do theyanswer poten- tially sensitive questions that the students
or their parents may ask? How do the guidesfit into the scheme of
admissions atDavidson?
Three Davidson students who work asguidesand/orhostsand hostesses
related their answers to these questions. The follow- ing
interviews with Junior Bob Hoag, Sophomore Dana English, and
Freshman Sam Weir indicate the wide variety of perspectives a
prospective student and his parents may gain
fromadayatDavidson.
Bob Hoag: Hoagworksasavolunteer for
the admissions office and has aboutone guide assignmentper week.
The tour begins usually after the student has been in- terviewed
bysomeone from the admissions staff and lasts bet-
ween35and40minutes.
Informal view nq Hoag begins by showing the
student; and his parents 'the buildings on campus- educa- tional
facilities and dorms/ "I try to give an informal view of the whole
thing. If a student hasa special interest,I concentrate longer on
this,"he said. For instance,if a student is interested inDavidson's
pre- med program, Hoag spends some extra time showing him the
laboratory facilities and other things thatmight interest
himparticularly.
The parents usually are the most inquisitive. "Parents ask most of
the questions: most of my stuff is directed toward the parents.
Students ask questions like how much they'll have to
study,"Hoagcommented.
Although the parents and students ask a variety of questions, many
of them deal withthesocial situationoncam- pus. Status of
fraternities, weekend activities, and the proximity of shopping
centers arecommonquestions.
Controversialquestion Sometimes, however, a con-
troversialquestionarises.Hoag commented, "Parents may see an issue
in The Davidsonian suchas tenureandaskabout it. Most of the time
I'll state the issue,butIdon't dwell too long onmyopinion.
About90percent ofthe time they ask myopinion about theissue."
Other subjects that come up during the tours concern the chemistry
facilities, religious lifeat Davidson,and theuse of
drugsbystudents.
Hoag admits that the chemistry building is not the "most desirable
in the world." However,hefeels that thenum- ber of pre-med
applicants ac- ceptedingraduateschoolsshow that Davidson's
facilities must be ofgoodquality.
Also,hetellsstudents that the chemistry facilities are a top-
pressure.Isaythat mostpeople around here don't take the
wholeweekendoff,especiallyin the fall orwinter terms." "Iget many
questions about
religious life on campus.Itell themIthink thechurchhasa lot of
service type activities for people to get in." At this time,
English sees the church as more of a driving social force than the
YMCA,but sheadmits that this ischanging.
She isdispleased with the ad- ministration's handling of the
housing situation on campus. English said that shepoints out to
students and their parents that the College has not made any
efforts to stabilize the enrollment even though op- portunities for
increased housing have not been
"Professors are really ac- cessible.Ifeel like there'sa lot of
interpersonal relationships between students and faculty
members."Englishremarked. SamWeir:
Weir takes students and their parents to lunch lor the ad- missions
office. Sometimes they have had tours around campus,butother times
he just gives them a quick tour before lunch. "I try to show
students that Davidson is made up of real people and is not just a
catalogue. Iemphasize the friendliness on campus," Weir
commented.
He stresses the honor code and its relation to unlocked rooms, coed
dorms, tests, and self-scheduled exams. Also. Weir makes a point to
mention the size of the College andhow thisaffects
socialrelationships.
Prospective students never mentioned their admissions in- terviews
or applications to Hoag. English, or Weir. All three guides praised
the ad- missions office. They said that thestaff told them at the
begin- ning of the year not to be over critical or over
enthusiastic either - rather, they should be honest with the
students and their parents.
YMIYWCA founds coordinating forum
"The Forum would be an organization of organizations,"
saidCunningham.
"It willbe a discussion group where the leaders of student
organizations at Davidson get together to assess each
group'sproblems. TheForum will help groups work together to solve
problems and accomplish goals."
TheForum will meet weeklv to co-ordinate the various projects which
different groups have going on campus, and possibly take over some
of thefunding of theprojects.
Cunningham cited three examples of situations inwhichsuch an
organization of organizationswouldbehelpful.
When Ron Scott was making his decisions about thechanges on food
services for the rest ofthe year (price increases, closing Rusk
House, etc.), hecould have come to theForumto get student views and
ideasonhisproposedchanges.
Any administrator who wan- teda rangeofstudent ideasona problem
could come to theForum for information, insteadofgoing first to
theYM/YWCA.then to the SGA.and then to theUnion.
Finally, since theForum has representatives from Patterson Court
Council, the group could eliminate scheduling conflicts whicharise
when theUnion and fraternities plan activities for
—Leon Venable
The Children's Schoolhouse Attic Sale andFair willbe held between 9
a.m. and *> p.m. on Saturday. May 3. on the Davidson Village
GreenStudents wishing to rid them-selves of any usable clothing,
books, records, plants, orhousehold goods are invited to donate
them to the rummage sale.
Donations shouldbe made at Dr. Ligo's office in the Cun- ningham
Fine Arts Center. Ifpickup service from dorm or apartment is
necessary, call NancyHazel at 892-1379.
priority concern of the ad-sministration. Hoag cautions that
chemistry students are overcrowded^but hethinks that the staggered
lab periods and the availability of professors helps ease the
overcrowding somewhat.
Church ties ' Because Davidson was foun- ded andis supported in
part by the " Presbyterian church, a common question concerns the
stauts of church ties to the ffjhool. Hoag tells them. "The
religious aspect is here if you want it, but it's certainly not
ftfrced."
Parents often ask aboutdrugs on campus. Hoag reminds them that
drugs are a part of theworldandthatDavidsonhas its share. "It's
here, but you have to look for it tofind it,"he remarked. Hoag
tells guests that mostdrugs areconfined to pot, althoughhe has seen
some students popping pills. He tells manyquestionsIdon't feel free
percentof thestudent body par- takes.
Southernstudents According to Hoag. most of
theprospectivestudentshesees come from the Southern and
Mid-Atlantic states. "I can't remember anyone from north
ofMaryland,"hesaid. Dana English: "Ilike it a lot if the
student
will talk to me more than the parents will," commented English.She
worked for thead- missions office as a volunteer during fall and
winter terms thisyear."Itry toaddressmost of my answers to the
student even if the parents ask the questions," sheadded.
English tries to give a background to her guests. "I love
thehistory of the college." she;said.Englishusuallybegins her tour
at the quadrangle of the old campus and makes a special effort to
point out the literarybuildings.
Frank about inadequacies "I'mpretty frank about what Idon't like or
what, is not adequate." English remarked. Some subjects she makes a
point to mention to parents and prospective students concern the
status of co-education. Union facilities, housing, and academics.
"There aren't too
Accept or reject? Duff Rnice. H. Edmunds White and Uremia Parnell
discuss the application of a prospectivestudent.
many questionsIdon't feel free todiscuss."sheadded.
English tells students that, .althoughDavidsonhas madethe
transition to coeducation smoothly, the physical education
facilities for women arenot adeauate. Her tour does not include
theUnion. "It'snot representative of where the students go on
campus," she commented.
English explains why she thinks the Unionisnot adequate for
students' needs and tells the prospective students about im-
provementsbeing made in the new Union.
Inner world In order to let students and
parents see the inner world of Davidson as well as academic
facilities, English takes the guestsinto the dorm andshows them a
couple of rooms, in- cludingher own. Also,she tries to let them
meet a professor or two.
When students ask about social life on campus, English describes a
typical weekend and lets the guests talk with some men as well as
women students. She explains, "The campus is pretty fraternity
oriented and pretty informal. There are lots of activities
forfreshmen, but youhave to work at getting to know up-
perclassmen."
Academic pressure Concerning academic
pressure. English tells the students. "There is a lot of
YM/YWCA President Susan Cunningham has begun organizing the
Inter-Organizational Forum to deal withtheproblemscausedby the
myriad student organizations oncampus.
The organization will consist of two representatives each from the
Black Student Coalition. TheDavfdsonian, thePatterson Court
Council, the SGA Senate, the CollegeUnion and the YM/YWCA.
Cunningham feels that thiswill benefit Davidson studentsby solving
problems whicharise when responsibility for organizing and funding
student
Donations requested for Sehoolbonse Fair
Staff Writer Bv BRAD SWMAVELL
Proceeds from the sale and fair will go to the Children's
Schoolhouse. a multi-age, parent cooperativepreschool in Cornelius.
***"
The fair will also include abaked goods sale, a raffle-prizes for
which includeCarowinds tickets, a dinner fortwo at Gus'
Forty-Niner. and gift certificates from localshops-a children's fun
fair, andrefreshments. UNC-C com- mercial art students will be of-
fering some of their work for sale.
April24,1975lljr }Batri&»nni«nFour
BvCHARUE SHEPHERD Staff Writer
FormostDavidsonstudents,this phrase marked thebeginningof a series
ofcommunications that climaxedinadmission to the
College.Whileitmaybe difficult torecall thequestionsasked, the
visitand the interviews,one's first impressionofDavidsonwas
largelytheresultof thisbeginning relationshipwith theadmissions
office.
Recently theadmissionsoffice, workingwith sixfaculty
members,completed the selections fornextyear'sfreshman class.
Whatcriteria formed the basis for theseselections andhow do
thecriteria influence the character of thestudentbodyat
Davidson..Whatimpressionof Davidson does theadmissions office try
togive..
After a folder onanapplicant is completed,at leastone memberof
theadmissions staff andonemember of thefaculty admissionscommittee
evaluateit.Theapplicant is encouragedtocome toDavidson
foravisitandaninterview with either Directorof AdmissionsH. Edmunds
White or oneof the Assistantdirectors,BrendaF. Parnell.Larry
J.Barr.orDuff Bruce.
Eachinterview isapersonalone, althoughcertainaspectsarestressed „
byallon theadmissionsstaff, including questions relating
tocommunity f service,vocational interests,character,
andacademicability.
Manyapplicants fill their forms withexamplesof their service to
school,church,andcommunity. Thisisnotalwaysagoodindication of their
interest inpursuing community workatDavidson.
Brucecommented, "Wegetkids here whohavedoneeverything. Somekids
wereexpectedtodo everythinginhighschool. When they
gethere,theyareready to forgetitfora while.Igetrankled as
thenextpersonaroundhere whenyou'vegotpeoplerunningfor
thenewspaperor theUnion unopposed.Iliketofindstudents
whothinkalittlebeyond themselves."
Larry,J. Barr ...concerned'about financial at
Barrespecially isconcerned about thisaspectof the
admissionsprocess."Inreadinga lotofapplications fromseniors
(highschool),I'mreally impressed with theircommunity
involvement.Idon'tknow what happenswhenpeoplecome to
Davidson-manybecomestifled." Headded,"Thecaliber of the studentbody
hasapotential that isnotbeingused."
Barrattributedpartof the cause for this toaconcernonthe
student'spart for the long-range goals ofgraduateschool andfor
academics.However,hedoesnot think thatlackof community involvement
canbeexplained adequatelyasapart ofageneral trendtoward vocations
andaway fromsocialconcerns.
Whiteadmits thatpredictingan applicant'sdevotion tocommunity
whileatDavidsonisadifficult one.However,hebelieves that the
applicantwill receivethe impressionofDavidson's commitment
toservice for others through theadmissionsprocess andcandecide
whetherheor she isinterestedinaschool that stresses
thisconcept.
White,incontrast toBruceand Barr,believesthatastudentwho
wasserviceoriented inhigh school willcontinuethisinterest
whileenrolledatDavidson.
Analysisof character mustbe subjective toa largedegree.The
admissionsstaff tries toconsider anumber of factors toarriveat an
accurate view of anapplicant's character.Among these factors
areconsiderationof recommendations,theapplicant's attention to
details infillingout the admission forms, the autobiographyheor
shewrites, and the applicant'sreaction to Davidson'sStatement
ofPurpose.
Recommendationsarerequired from twoof the student'steachers andfrom
thestudent'sminister, youthadvisor,employer,or someone whoknows the
student well.
BruceandWhitepointedout that
White admitsthatsomeambiguity exists about theuseof theStatement in
admissionsprocedure.However,he beJieve$,<|ha$[Pavidson
hasstrongties withthftdiurch.specifically the PntebyteriahChurch.
ritjebelievestha theresponseththe
Statement isuseful inletting the applicantknow
theCollege'sposition. "THe incomingstudentsdon't have
tohaveanyreligionatall,but they shouldrealizeDavidson'sposition,"
White said. "Wemaydecide toalter theway thismatter isapproached,"
heconcluded.
Recently,financialaidforprospective
studentshasbecomelesseconomically feasible forDavidson.BothBpuceand
Barrrecognizethispotentialproblem. Barr commented, "Inthe longrun.
it'sgoing tohavesomebearingonthe typeofstudent we'regoing tobeable
toask toDavidson.
Hesaid thatheknows nothing presentlybeingdonetoalleviate the
problem of financialaid.
Bruceremarked,"Ithink it'siriore of alimitingfactor than when
wewere inschool."Howeverheadded,"In termsof
thekindofpeoplewe'regetting here,ithasn'taffectedus;intermsof
recruiting,westillgotothesame schools."Brucesaid that theCollege
faces adilema betweengiving total financialaidtoafew
orgivingpartial aidtorelativelymorestudents.
Intheend,admissionsatDavidson isanindividualizedprocedure.The
admissionsstaff freelyadmits that
admissionshasalargepublicrelations aspect toit.Theytry toproject
thebest picture ofDavidsonpossible,butalso try toanswer questions
fromapplicants and theirparentshonestly.
Few standardadmissions policies seem toexist.Thedepartmentrelies
onindividual impressionsof applicants fromstaff members.Thein-depth
applicationform, recommendations, autobiography,and theinterview
insure amulty-facetedapproach toadmissions decisions.
Anapplicantmay receiveadifferent perspectiveofDavidsonaccording
towhomheor she talks tointhe admissions office andoncampus.
Despiteitspublicrelations function, nosingle AdmissionsView
ofDavidson Collegeexists.
April24,1975
FiveJtjr »mrf6«onf«n
"tn reading a lot of applications from seniors (high school). Vm
really impressed with their community involve- ment. T don't know
what happens when people come to
Davidson—many become stifled.9
thestress placedonthe recommendationsdependson
whethertheadmissionsstaff knows thepersonrecommendinga
studentandmost importantly whether therecommendation seems
tobehonestand straightforward.
Theapplicant'sattentiontodetails is important.White said thatheis
likely togivehighconsiderationto anapplication whenitlookslikea
studenthas taken timetoconsider hisorherresponsescarefully and has
writtenthemdownclearly. Attentiontodetailespeciallyis important
intheautobiography,and thisaspectof theadmissions form often
figureshighly into the admissionstaff's decisions.
Allapplicantsarerequired to writearesponse toDavidson's
StatementofPurpose.Thisaspect of theadmissionprocedure
recentlyhasbeenquestioned, especially itsemphasis on Davidson's
ties withthe church.
SB jKk
presentplaceof theStatement of Purposeintheapplicationform.He
thinks thatitmightbemoreeffective placedafter
theautobiographyinstead ofbeforeitbecause anapplicant's responseto
theStatementoftencarries overinto theautobiography. "Ithink
thateveryonewhoapplies
hereshould bemadeawareof the church-related function of theColleee.
I'mnot sure thisis thebest way."Bruce commented.
However,hedoesnot believe that thequestionheavilyinfluences aperson
whoreally isinterested inDavidson. Bruce added thatmost applicants
write stock responsesto theStatement of
To the Editor: Two weeks ago an optional question-
naire was circulated to the three fresh- men dorms asking general
questions about hall unity, hall counselor/hall relationships,
possible criterion to De
used for selectingfuture hall counselors,
andfreshmenorientation.
The total response was not good- exactly40 sheets werereceived
backout of 320 circulated. Fourteen of these came from Richardson,
seven of these from Cannonand19from Watts.
In response to the question "Do you think your hallcounselor has
been asef- fective as you think he should have been?"
interestinglyenough100% of the men and approximately 40% of the
womenansweredyes.
Inratinghow close thehalls wereas a group on a scale from zero to
five, 45% of themen rated theirs on a five level,
30%ona four level,20%on a threelevel, and5%onaonelevel.
The women rated15% as five, 10% as four,15% as three, 10% as two,
35% as one, and15%as zero.
On the same scale in response to the question "How instrumental has
your hall counselor been in effecting this? (Or howineffective? )"
themen ratedas follows:15% as five,35%as four,25%as three,15%as
two,and10%asone.
The women rated 25% as five,10%as four, 10% as three, 15% as two,
5% as one,and20% as zero.
Clearly the women as a whole were less satisfied with their hall
counselors andhallunity than were the men, even though these
results cannot be trusted toocarefullydue tolowresponse.
Meredith Hall at home
A suggestion brought out over and overagain was the needfor
morehallin- teraction, both between halls in the same dorms and
between male aad femalehalls.
Higheston thelist suggestedforuseas criterion by which to select
future hall counselors was general outgoingness, "relateability"
topeople-capableofsup- plying the neededinitiative for gettinga
groupof people together.
Othercriterionmentioned often were: 1) willingness and
enoughresponsibility to commit the time needed to stay available
and open to freshmen,2) not a GPA worshipper and yet a good
student,and3) a person whoknows who to talk to about available
academic programs.
Several times complaints were voiced that counselors had tended to
pressure or advertise specific eating houses or fraternitiestoo
much.
On freshman orientationmost people felt they were too rushed; two
people suggested an extra day added to next year'sprogram.Several
liked the tight- ness however andmentioned it preven-
tedhomesickness.
Several said it ended too abruptly: "Orientation is not a three-day
process!" was one quote and one in- dividual suggested a second,
brief re- orientation three weeks into classes to help deal with
thecrash.
Allquestionnaires returnedarenow in thehands ofBillReed,
oneofnextyear's freshmanadvisors.
MargaretHunter '78 DavidsonCollege
It is easy to criticize. Indeed it has become a fear of mine that
our educations teach us to criticize much and create little. We the
people andour leaders seems tobea product ofplaying itsafe.
In other words, to point out in- consistencies, fallacies in logic,
and review motivations to be the strong point of the more educated
per- sons intellect today.Fewpeople listen to a proposal and many
fear appearing naive.
Recently a Presidential candidate visited a college campus and was
met with plenty of cynicism even though very few peopleactually
knew what he stood for before he came. His audience was concerned
with his motivations more thanhisprograms.
Unfortunately few of us are well ver- sed on motivations,and like
Freud, we feel all sources of motivation are negative.
Ourcynicism canblindus. We dohave
Rebukingunjust criticism leaders today who withstand scrutiny and
deserve tobelistened to.Mark Hat- field (R-Ore.) and Fred Harris
(D- Okla.)are two examples.
Worthy leaders did not die with the end of the revolution. We must
come to trust our judgement and continue the challengeof
self-government.
The congressional elections of 1974 were a positive vital sign. Far
from showing a poor voter turn-out or sup- porting those who
tookpolitical morality lightly, that election indicated that
peoplestill cared.
Few politicians have been more cynical about the mentality and
morality of American than Richard Nixon. Few politicians have had
poorer judgement thanRichardNixon.
Politicians such as Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln and Truman believed
in us. We must believe in ourselves to make this republic
work.
Some cynicism about government is healthy;toomuchcanbe fatal.
Toward long-range planning With thecompletion of workby
theGoalsCommittee this week, it
has become evident that thecollege needs to initiate a long-range
planning committee topropose andhelpimplement anorganicplan for the
college during the duration of the 1970's and the decade following
Without such a group to continue and expand upon the work of
theGoals Committee, much of the frustrating work of the
pastseveralmonths willgofor naught.
With survival as the most pressing goal of the college, we must
become cognizant that wehaveno funds towasteonpoorly-planned
programs. The community must know in what directions the college
willbemovingandmust remain informedof the process of
.improvingthecalibereducational institutionwenowknow.
We hope the Trustee Development Committee willbenefit from the
report of theGoals Committee and willsee thenecessity of fur- ther
identifying andplanning for themajor objectivesof thecollege
community.
Watts locks Judging fromremarks maderecently by college
administrators,
card-lock doors are scheduled to be installed on Watts Dormitory
this summer. Such a move wouldbe contrary to the SGA Senate
resolution onsecurity forwarded by Tenley Shewmake as well as
contrary to the mood we are trying to create here as a residential
college
Apparently the arguments of the SGA Senate have had little in-
fluence on the administration. We would very much regret the
necessity of filing a complaint against the college withthe United
States Department of Health, Education and Welfare under the
TitleNine sectionof theEducation Amendmentsof1972.
However if an expensive and unnecessary card-lock svstem is
installed students willvhave little choice other than filing such a
complaint against the college for discrimination or special treat-
ment forwomenstudents.
Wereiterateourhope that thecollege dealevenly andadequately
with campus security for all students. Although administrators
recognize that the coeducational facility offers adequate security
for women students in Little Dormitory, coeducational facilities
havenotbeenproposed forWatts. N
We are cognizant of the hesitancy of administrators to risk
possible discontentamongparents of freshmen women.
Yet we feel that a simple, honest statement of the security
rationale for coeducational dormitories wouldbe enough todispell
vehement arguments to thecontrary. .
We look to Dean of Students Will Terry to call a meeting of
in-
volved administrators and students thisspring toplan for thecam-
pus security system to be implemented next year. Otherwise,we see a
confrontationbetweenstudents and administrators next year whichwe
wouldall ratheravoid.
Intimidatingemployees Topay-employees poor wages is inhumane. To
discourage them
fromexpressing their thoughts to college administrators isalso im-
proper
According to several employees and oneadministrative official,
members of the hourly-paid staff are discouraged by their super-
visors from even speaking with Director of the Physical Plant
GroverMeetzeandDirectorofPersonnelRobert Stephenson.
Some employees fear that they may lose their jobs if their super-
visors see them talking with administrative officials. Other
workersare willing todiscuss theirproblems withthese officials at
night bv telephone. "Yet, as Iremember, one worker who telephoned
me asked me to please not tell his supervisor that he (theemployee)
hadcalled,"saidanadministrativeofficial.
One member of the administration seems to believe that there are
some cases ofextremely strainedrelations amonghourly-paid employees
and their supervisors. Anotherofficial states that all the
workersfeel freeto express theircomplaints andopinions.. We feel
that College President Samuel Spencer should look into these
emplovee-management problems and help to straighten oui
theseemingly unfortunatecircumstances whichcurrently face tne
hourly-paidstaff.
ffilj* Bauiitsotttatt "Themeaningofa message is the change which
itproduces
in the image." —Kenneth Bouldin^
MarkDeaton,Editor AndrewLamas LarryMimms Executive Editor
ManapinfgEditor
"T77 APRIL 24, 1975
Poll shows counselinir effect
Denely forms ancestral link April 14, 1975
Thorn VirolI
It is gratifying to be a Davidson man. now prepared to go out
into the worldand to practice Davidson ideals. Nevertheless. Ihave
always suspected that my college ties are somewhat not so firmly
knottedas they could be. Iwas not privileged to be born into
such aDavidson family as many of you areproud tobelongto.
In an attempt to over-compensate for this lack, Ihave decided to
focus the light of historical scholarship into the gloom of obscure
Davidsoniana to revive the memory of my only inherited link
withDavidsonCollege.
Listeners thaw icy gap, Experience new learning
/i \\
Eric Walkpr A little talk about listening: practice
defrosting. When the talkers' freezers get clogged, they need a
little warming. Hint:,a good way to stock your own freezer is to
steal from others. They shouldn't mind.
You decide which you're better at: stocking your own shelves or
helping others keep theirs working. I'm con- vinced thebest way
tobuild up a storeof well-aged talk is to peruse the frozen goods
section whenever you can. Find thebest andbiggest freezers:
listen.
We listen;webuild to talk. Mark Wilenskv
The link in question is FredLafayette Denely. my great uncle, who
died several years ago inDenton.Texas.
Uncle Fred grew up with his sixbrothers and sistersona
farm on Sand Mountain.Alabama (now famous as the nation's most
densely populated rural area and the home of
SandMountainSorghumMolasses.)
This unassuming background led the Denelyclan intoremarkable and
varied lives and careers. Especially Uncle Fred. Frankly,Inever
knew him very well,and my knowledgeof the details of his
lifeisshaky.
However, Ihave just conducted a study of whatmust have been one of
the decisive points of his career: his em- ployment as professor of
public speakinganddebate atDavidson in1923 and1924.
The1924 Quipsand Crankscredits Un- cle Fred with an A.B. and a B.O.
That means Bachelor of OratoryIamsure.In the dramaticclub
article.Uncle Fred is thanked for his supervision and especially
for hisskill in the "artofgood characterisations."
The Davidsonian early September 1923, fills the picture with an
article on new faculty members. "Mr. Denely graduated from
Valparaiso University, in Indiana, and completed his course
therein1921.
"In addition to this training he has taken special courses in the
University of Chicago and in the University of In- diana. While
incollege,Mr.Denelywas president ofhis class all four years,and in
his senior year,he was honored with the presidencyof the
YMCA."
"His work since graduation has con- sisted of one year in business
in Los Angeles, California as professor of public speaking and
director of dramatics in El Paso Junior College, and one year in
Chautauga work as an impersonator andactor.
" Ishould note now that this wit of im-
personation servedhim well throughout his life. Out of work during
the Depression,he managed to get himself hired at"Encyclopedia
Brittanica" as an art editor,a field for which he had,I understand,
only a nodding acquain- tance.
Thisparticular deceptionaloneplaces
Significantly.Isuppose.Uncle Fred's Davidson experience ended
rather soon andrather abruptly.
Thefrontpageof the November 6.1924 Davidsonian carried this news:
"Professor F.L. Denely. professor of public speaking and assistant
in English, has received an offer as business manager of "Smart
Set" (a magazine) and will leave for New York onthe fifteenth of
thismonth.
" l\/rr- Denely will take up his J.VJL new work onJanuary 1.
the
month and a half from now until then being put into training. The
English department has had Mr. Denely since the fall of 1923, when
he came as professorofpublicspeaking."
"At that time he was pressedintoser- vice taking over two
sectionsof fresman English. Since then he has been assistant
professorofEnglish.
"Professor Denely is well suited for such works because he came to
David- son from the business world.Notonly in the college, but in
the social life of the village,Mr. and Mrs.Denely will leave
agap."
IguessUncleFreddidnotenjoybeing had by the English department.
Besides,Iunderstand that it had been pointedout to him,that ifhe
were tostay at Davidson,his B.O. would not always suffice. Further
degrees would be ex- pected.
Uncle Fred decided that he didn't wantto stay around here that
badly, so heacceptedthemagazineoffer.
Frflmthat-pointon,Iknow little about hiscareer,except that he ended
up with an insurance business in Denton, and
thalfleiwrole>-aflgH?at quantity of light verse, wfiick v*W6uld
read at family gatheringsgridiciweclubmeetings.
Sorae .alr^ou nay-sayers will un- doubfedly &ay that my
relation to the Fred l,TJeijely hardly entitlesme toad- ded
rdS^ct'oecaiiseUncle Fred was too eager io^feaveDavidson.
To the contrary,Iinsist that any con- nection is better than
none,and that Un- cle Fred's encounter with Davidson, however
brief,issomething for me tobe proudof.
Sunday morning wandering, in Davidson as well as most
everywhere else, feels like an empty football stadium. Scattered
characters disappear around corners like cracked beer
cupsblownabout.
One such character stood his ground on thestreet corner
hopingIwouldpass. Idid, andIcould see it in his eyes: he neededto
talk.
He was decked out in padded Army cold weather dressona fine
springmor- ning, and Isensed something cold cubinginsidehim.
Just back from a weekend maneuver in themountains,he had been
stationed under the red light alone to wait and steer the
trailingpart of theconvoy. "So coldlastnightIwent andgotmea motel
room." Anditwasso quietandemptyon this morning thathe waseager to
talk to scragglyme.
During a few minutes of nods and "Yeah Iknows" he
poured out most of his peeves against the institution that had
burgled his weekend. Ihopehis waitwasn't as chilly whenI
wandered on to secure a shower before thehot water went. AndIhopehe
made it tothat fishing spothetalkedabout.
A good ear can be like a good defrosting. When the freezer gets
cram- med with three 90 percent empty half- gallon ice cream
cartons, two 100 per- cent full packages of frozen broccoli bought
in the fall,two 77 percent empty ice trays,and 3.5 pounds of frost
collec- ted since Christmas, you can't get anythingout.
To get things coming out again like you want them, you have to melt
something. G.I. Joe on the corner was clogged and latched on to me
for an icepick (anunlikely comparison if ever there was). A good
ear can be like a gooddefrosting.
Talking and listening are arts we learn that don't make it on the
tran- script/
A little talk about talking: refrigeration is necessary.
We take the things wegrow,store them, lower the temperature a
little,and wait for the curious to come and rummage through.
Yourunintoallsorts of talkers. Some justhaven't grownanythingand
have a lotof frost clogging the freezer. (Hotair equalscoldair in
this system).
Some are energetic gardeners but pick everything tooearly andletit
rotin the sun,talkingit todeath,bendingyour ear back and back until
cartilage decides that well,after all.itisboneof a
sortsandcracks.
And some talkers know all about the glorious arts of home canning
and refrigeration.
They have a jam packed freezer where everything slides out easy.
They can be as wonderfully surprising when theyshowTtheir wares as
aHoward Joh- nson's waitress who can click off all 28 flavors
withoutlookingat thelist.
Honorary degrees appearfarcical That evening Igot the letter
thatIwas honored. By the next dayIknewIhadtorefuse. I couldn't
accept whatever
award the College was to give me on Fridaymorning.
The whole awards assembly puts me off.Leon Jaworski is a hell of
anhonest guy, and nowadays that is all too rare. But anhonorary
degree fron Davidson? What does Jaworski have to do with this
college? Davidson doesn't even give real doctorates. Why do we
pretend we can givehonoraryones?
In its usual vision, the College has decided that bestowing a
degree on Jaworski would bring a real honor to Davidson. Jaworski,
for his part, graciously accepted.But,whileI'msure he's flattered,
how much can being an honorary D.C.doctoratemean toJawor- ski? I'd
assert it's not the most significanthonorhehas,or
willreceive.
Thereal questionismaybe whether or not the College should give
honorary degrees.Ifeel they should, and would like topresentmy
threenominees:Fred Deese. Nancy Blackwelhand Louis Con- nor.
Fred Deese is a custodian in the Union. Theman does a job that can
be demanding as well as demeaning.Fred has put in 19 years and
continues to retain a dignity difficult to believe con- sidering
his working enviornment. He ha's been nothingbut a credit to David-
son.
Nancy Blackwell puts in morehours.
\)thin the office and out. than any two people at Davidson. She
puts in extra time typing term papers for students. With Mr.
Blackwell's recent physical problems, the money comes in handy, but
the job shedoes is worth twice what she charges.She enjoys helping
studen- ts,and spends as much time as she can doing so.
Louis Connor isan amazing fel- low. He always has a smiJe
andakind wordfor all. Many of his "superiors"
continue to treat himlike dirt,but Louis carries on. He runs the
mimeograph room and takes careof the collegemail. Louis may appear
to be the typical "freed slave." subservient all the way. But ask
Johnson's barber shop who began the sit-in at their placeinthe60's.
Louis isaman.
How about honorary degrees for these three?
They'vegivenyearsofsweat and loyalty to Davidson for marginal
finan- cial retribution. They, unlike Jaworski, are unlikely to
have received any other degree. They would appreciate the degree
more than Jaworski could ever appreciateit.
Craven Williams and Bob Stephenson pretty much verbalized College
policy: these three people are good ones, but they aren't right for
a degree.Stephen- son suggested a separate award for staff.
Williams pointed out that these peoplehadn'tdone what wasexpectedto
receiveanacademic award.
Bullshit. Jaworski'sdone nothingacademically
here. He is beinghonored as a person. He's a famous white man.
These are black men and a woman-. Therefore, they can't be honored
in the same way. Stephenson and the administration will honor them,
but only in their places. As goodstaff people,butonly that.
The honorary degree is the highest* award givenhere. Itshouldn't
bea class award,butahuman one. The argument that these people have
not made academic contributions to justify the award is faulty.
Fred. Nancy or Louis havingDavidson degrees will in no way cheapen
the work I'mdoingtogetmine. It would rather enlarge it. Davidson's
degree would mean so much to these people; but,nothalf as muchas
they've meant toit.
No.Idon't want any honorary awards. Dr. Spencer. Mr.
Meetze laughingly told me that the collegehadnever repaired
thoseslums, but that his men iust slappeda coat of painton
themtoquiet thepublicity.
AsIpointedout inSeptemberand An- dyLamas followedup last
week,blacks here make poverty wages. And during the alumni
weekend,manymembers of the college community gathered in Johnston
Gym and honored bigotry in laughter. Ican't let you "honor" me.
Thanksbutno thanks.
ByJULIUSS. WINKLER Professor of German
"More is worse," Anthony Burgess quotes Kingsley Amis in an article
published some timeagointheNew York Times Magazine.Ithink it was
the same article in which Burgess pleased more readers than one by
referring to Hermann Hesse as "thatdubiousorientalist."
In the old days, motorists abroad within a 200mile radius of
Chattanooga were im- portuned to See Rock City. It was as if the
See Rock City people had hired 95 percent of the commercial
billboards in any givenarea,alongwith sides androofs ofbarns.
Ruby Falls had the other 5 percent.Therehavebeen some substantial
changes. There are a lot more rock cities in a lot
moreplaces.
Ghost Town
If Ihad not been so slow- witted back when they were bulldozing
that mountain top to build Ghost Town Imight have written a song
called Smoky Mountain High and Julius Waynesville would beat the
top of therecordheap.
About ten yearsago we made a final flurry at summertime camping
intheSmokies.Turned away at Smokemont and thus deprived of our best
chance to find out whether Cherokee's hearlded Dancing Chicken
really was a gall-inaceous fowl or just a twinkle-toed coward, we
were slowing suffocating in the effluvium of an A&P diesel
carrying the goodlife toBryson City.
Suddenly beside the road cropped up one of those hand- lettered
signs indigenous to the area. "Where," itqueried, "will
youspendeternity?"
"Not behind an A&P truck halfway between Cherokee and Bryson
City," was the in- stantaneous consensus, and back down the
mountain we came. Some years later, up in Rolling Rock beer
country, we saw a chicken in a glass en- closure.
Drop a nickel in the slot and. bird didhis routine,which was to
look exactly like a chicken dancing. For his livelihood. A
pro.
The summer we discovered a worse blot "on humankind's escutcheon
than Maggie Valley
— Julius Winkler
within walkingdistance. Lured thither by those four
stars, what wesaw from thecar was not all that enticing: your basic
flat field with a few scrub firs scattered here and there. Across
the street from the en-
Fntil rhorcoaniplwr
began sylvanly enough near Watkins Glen," in the Finger Lakes
Region.
Thepeople in the site next to ours had one of those trailers that
suggest a giant siver watermelon, or perhaps a steamed pudding pan.
At any rate, they displayed a little wooden notched-end sign, into
whichhadbeencarefullyburned the information that these were the
Friendly Freemans, out of KingofPrussia.Pa.
Naturally we never exchanged a word with them. One day, having
tired of wat- ching the three inch rainbow trout inCatherine Creek
savage my expensive dry flies,Iretur- ned to the campground to be
greeted by the middle child with,"Guess what.Dad!"
Lake George
Iwellknew by then that guess what was shorthand for guess, she
continued, "Benno (our
Geman shepherd) bit a Frien- dlyFreeman." Idon'tevenlike to think
about
what might have ensued if he hadbiten a PugnaciousPutnam
oraBellicose Ballew.
Now the town ofLakeGeorge, New York, cannot perform miracles. It
canot, by com- parison, make Maggie Valley look good in any sense
of the word.Butit comes close.
A certain campground at Lake George rated four starsin a certain
guidebook to camp grounds. Four start meant you were the best
youcould be and that, among other things, en- tertainment was close
by.
Bandwagon Thursday.April 24
7-10p.m. TheStudentShow: Stowe Galleries Opening of a two week
exhibition of drawings, prints,andpaintingsby Davidsonstudents.Ex-
perimental films will be shown.
Monday.April 28 8:15p.m. Student OrganRecitals: DCPC
Forrest Flaniken CarlSchwartz
Jim Goodloe. a pre-ministerial student, will lead theservice.
Wednesday, April :M> 7:30p.m. SpringDramaProduction:
HodsonHall
Student opening of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes." a 1930's musical
comedv. directed bv Rupert Barber and designedbv Joseph Gard-
ner.
9p.m. OpenEnd: Morrison Room BruceBurleson. American
PartvRop.
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Eastern vacationprovides hectic relief April 24,1975
have married perfectly and their issue is for sale: little cuckoo
clocks made in Hong Kong.
They are called two day clocks because that is about how long they
last after being removed from the enchanted
atomsphereofTitisee.
Meanwhile, there we sat in our costly motor -termed variously a
Travelawful or a Travailall-in the rain at a Mc- Donald's or
whatever inupstate New York.
Parked facing us was a big Buick plastered with Gay Nineties
Village and similar bumperstickers. "Look, Dad," said a seven year
old voice, "that car has been to six dif- ferent crap towns." Thus
are definitions born.
Toget back to the beginning- if it is true, what Anthony Burgess
said Kingsley Amis said, then it is a good thingI don't have more
time to spend on thispiece.
trance was, obviously, the en- tertainment: something called
GayNineties Village. Iasked the attendant at a
nearby gas station if it was a good palce to camp. It was all
right,he allowed,excepton the nights when Gay Nineties Villagersgot
a little toomuch to drink and walked over and set the
tentsonfire.
Banks of the Hudson
This gave the concept of en- tertainment a new dimension, granted
but we camped elsewhere. twenty miles elsewhere, on the banks of
the Hudson above its first major polluter.
But life will have its little ironies: such a rain set in that Ivar
Kreuger would not have had enough matches to ignite a tent.
- George and Maggie have a
German cousin. His name it Titisee and his abode is high in the
mountains of the Black Forest. Here West and East
iihiriiiMiiiffi" "" - - $&&IS- " dahcih6|^^
reel to reel McMillanfilm awards S. \wW /priWy / W
( "ScenesFromaMarriage"),EllenBur- styn ("Harry and Tonto"), Rachel
Roberts ("Murder on the Orient Ex- press"), Valentine Cortese ("Day
for Night"), Diane Ladd ("Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"), Jeanne
Moreau ("Going Places"), Jessica Landy ("Butley"),MagiliNoel
("Amarcord"). i
(Notseen: Bea Arthurin"Mame".) , Best cinematographers: Alfio
Contini
("The Night Porter"), Jordan Cronen-j weth ('The Front Page" and
"Zandy's Bride"),Victor J. Kemper ("The Gam- bler"), Sven Nykvest
(''A Free. Woman"), Jean Rabier ("Wedding in Blood"), Giuseppe
Rotunno ("Amar- cord"), Vittorio Storaro ("Maliza"), Geoffrey
Unsworth ("Murder on the Orient Express"), Sacha Vierny
("Stavisky"), Kent L. Wakeford ("Alice Doesn't LiveHere
Anymore*).
Best screenwriters: Francois Truf- faut, Jean-Lois Richard, and
Suzanne Schiffman for "Day for Night," Ingmar Bergman for "Scenes
From a Marriage."
Best editing: "Daisy Miller," "Stavisky." "Alice Doesn't Live Here
Anymore," "Day for Night," "Amar- cord."
Best set design: "The Night Porter." "Amarcord," "The Front Page,"
"Love andAnarchy." "TheBlack Windmill."
Best costume design: "Amarcord." the men'scostumes for "The Great
Gat- sby," the women's costumes for "The TamarindSeed." "TheNight
Porter."
BvJOEMCMILLAN
in common with the con- temporary European Classical Style fostered
in thiscountryby the Moravians and other
European trained musicians livinginAmerica.
Rather, it harkens back to Renaissance and even earlier music: much
of it is through- composed (no regular formal structure) relying on
sequence and imitation in the music or text declamationfor
order.
The tonality rarely moves outside of the Dorian mode; some
timesaMajorkeyis used. However, the music rarely modulates.
Itisnotsurprising then tofind
the composers heavily in- fluenced by the Calvinist psalters used
in New England with their stark,simple,modal music handed down from
Bourgeois and Goudimel through the Presbyterians and
Puritans.
This style flourished from about 1770-1820 in the hands of the
famous William Billings of Boston (1746-1800) and others whose
music is featured in this recording.
"The SacredHarp"
.Much of this music found its way into 'The Sacred Harp"- the
interdenominational Southern Hymnal published in 1860-most of the
music there is inthisstyle.
Whatever might have hap- pened musically, this musical was soon
almost totally replacedbymostchurches with
thesentimentalromanticmusic and words of composers Ike FannyCrosby.
Itisobvious that "What Won-
drous Love is This" or "Amazing Grace" belong to another world when
compared to Ms. Crosby's "Blessed Assurance. Jesus is Mine", even
though these are often lumped together as "old hymns." i
While little familiar music is included inthisrecording, there are
24 excellent and most en- joyable selections performed here.
The Western Wind Ensemble and several guest artists provide the
listener with in- timate part singing and an ex- citingmusical
sound.
Thevrecordingquality isup to Nonesuch'shighstandard.
If you.like sacred music, folk music, or anv.music T don't think
this album can fail to pleasevou.
Here, without ado, are my best of last year lists. My selections
are taken from those films which received their com- mercial New
York and/or Los Angeles premieres during 1974. All lists are
roughly arranged from best to least best
unlessotherorderingisspecified.
Best films: Francois Truffaut's "Day for Night," "The King of
Yvetot" from "The Little Theater of Jean Renior," HaroldPinter's
"Butley," FredBurnly's "Neither the Sea Nor the Sand," Billy
Wilder's "The Front Page," Salvatori
Sampere's "Maliza," Alexandro Jodorowsky's "The Holy Mountain,"
JosephSargent's "TheTakingofPelham One, Two, Three," Martin
Scorsese's "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," Blake Edwards' "The
Tamarind Seed." Not seen: DusanMakaveyev's "ManIs Not a Bird,"
Rainer Werner Fassbin- der's "FearEatsOut theSoul,"Yasujiro Ozu's
"EarlySpring."
Best director: Marco Bellochio ("In
the Name of the Father"), Francois Truffaut ("Day for Night"),
Martin Scorsese ("Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"), Federico
Fellini ("Amar- cord"), Alain Resnais ("Stavisky"). Salvatori
Sampere ("Maliza"). Blake Edwards( "TheTamarind Seed"),Fran- cis
Ford Coppola (parts of "The God- father,Part II").
Best actors: J<*n Voight ("Conrack" and "The Odessa File"),
Michael
Best actors: Jon Voight ("Conrack" and "The Odessa File"). Michael
Moriarty (parts of "Report to the Com- missioner").Laurence Olivier
(parts of "The Three Sisters"). Lee Marvin ( "Spike's Gang"ami
"TheKlansman"). Rufger Hauer ("TurkishDelight").Jack
Nicholson ("The Last Detail"), Alan Bates ("Butley"), Giancarlo
Giannini ("The Seduction of Mimi"),James Earl Jones ("Claudine"),
Albert Finney ("Murder on the Orient Express"),Joel Grey ("Man on a
Swing")
Best actresses: DianeCannon ("Child Under a Leaf"), Gena Rowlands
("A Woman Under the Influence"), Joan Hackett ("The Terminal Man"),
Liv Ullmann ("Scenes From a Marriage"), EllenBurstyn "(AliceDoesn't
LiveHere Anymore"),SusanHampshire ("Neither the Sea Nor the
Sand"),FayeDunaway ("Chinatown"), Joan Plowright ('The
ThreeSisters").
Best supporting actors: Holger Lowenadler ("Lacombe,Lucien"), Vin-
cent Gardenia ("The Front Page"), James Mason ("11 Harrowhouse"),
Patrick McGee ("The LastDays of Man on Earth"), Robert De Niro and
Lee Strasberg ("The Godfather, Part II"), Trevor Howard, ("11
Harrowhouse"), MartinBalsam ("Murder on the Orient Express"),
Anthony Hopkins ("Jugger- naut
" ).JonKorkes (
' 'TheFrontPage''),
Trevor Howard ("Craze"),Hugh Grif- feth ("Luther"),Bryan Marshall
("The Black Windmill"), Richard Widmark ("Murder on the Orient
Express"), Spike Milligan ("The Three Musketeers"), John Gielgud
("Murder on the Orint Express"),Armando Bran- cia
("Amarcord"),Walter Matthau ("Earthquake"), Randy Quaid ("The
LastDetail").
' Best supporting actresses: Jeanne
Moreau ("The Little Theater of Jean Renoir"), Wendy HiHer
("Murderon the Orient Express"). Sylvia Syms ("The Tamarind Seed").
Bibi Andersson
April 24, 1975 £ff* Bauffcaontan
"School for soldiers" clears army haze Nine
To visitors it presents an air of or- derliness through its
parades, of traditionby its massive stone buildings and military
memorabilia. Visions are conjuredupof grayuniforms andplebes
reciting ancient trivia on command to upperclassmen.
Academy graduates, on the other hand, consider West Pointsomething
of a refuge for the old virtues which have faded away elsewhere. To
them West Point is an eternal, solid sanctuary treated witha
respectmore becoming to a religion.
Source ofrelief Ina day in which America finds itself
plagued by a multitude of ills, many graduates look to the Academy
as a sourceof relief.
Theeducationalsystem at West Point is based on a system devised by
Sylvanus Thayer, superintendent from 1817 to 1833. The system is
very rigid andhigh-pressured,heavy on the scien- ces, and extremely
goal-oriented. For
everyquestion there is an accepted an- swer,and it is for this
acceptedanswer that thecadet works.
The end result is an officer that is quick on his feet under
pressure and thinks clearlyandlogically.
The West Point officer does not stop and dwell over issues as the
ROTC or OCS graduatemight,butreacts quickly withoutreally having to
think.There isanacceptedanswer forhissituation,and heknowsit.
But the cadets are not mindless automatons. They
think,ponder,peruse just as much as the average civilian college
student~or would like to.Life is not easy at USMA, and each day is
determinedbefore itbegins.
Very little time is available to the cadet forhis own use.Mostof
theday is devoted to classwork, training and physical activity. Day
to day ad- ministrivia also take upa large portion of the day.
Ifacadet can find the time to study,heisquite fortunate.
Calvinist psalters influence moderns
"Dutv,honor,country"
Closely linked to the educational system is the concept of "duty,
honor, country." From the first day of Beast Barracks on these
three words are the guidingprinciplesof WestPointand the
CorpsofCadets.
OnedoesnotquestionaWestPointer's honor,hisdevotionto duty,orhis
loyalty to thiscountry.So thoroughly inculcated into the cadet's
mind are these prin- ciples that insituations requiring great
dedication to high standards of per- formance, the West Point
officer is quite frequently the superior officer. Nowever,Elis
andMoore point out that in situations thatcall for "conscientious
opposition to orders." the West Pointer may have greater trouble
determining the parameters of his own moral position" than
thegraduate of ROTCor OCS.
Theauthorsare well-qualified to write (SeeSOLDIERS,page 15)
RvPHILSTIKES Staff Writer
School for Soldiers:West Point and the Profession of Arms Bv Robert
MooreandJosephEllis 29.>pages $«.».> OxfordUniversity
Press
What do you think of when someone says "West Point"? Massive gray
buildings,perhaps? TheCorpsof Cadets on parade? Or maybe even
trained killers? The United States Military AcademyatWest Pointhas
longbeen an institution shrouded inmysteryandsub- iect to many
stereotyped images. In
"School for Soldiers" EllisandMoore at- tempt to clear up the
picture of West Point.
Theoverriding conceptinmilitary cir- cles is that of mission. The
training of futuremilitary leaders is the jjiission of West Point.'
"School for Soldiers" is a and revealingdiscussion of the wayshr
ways the USMA goes about accomplish- ingits mission.
Thaver System
The Thayer System, a rigid and demanding philosophy of education,
Beast Baracks, an incredible orien- tation for the new cadet to the
waysof USMA, the indoctrination of the motto "Duty,Honor, Country"
-all are means by which the end is achieved. And that end is
theproduction of an officer in the UnitedStates
Army,aleaderofmen.
Ellis and Moore present West Point not in terms of
thestereotypedpictures developed over the years,but as a com- plex
and vague institution with a singular purpose. West Point is a
world allitsown.
recently been released by Nonesuch (H-71276).
This music is simple and un- pretentiousinstyle; it haslittle
ByCARLSCHWARTZ Staff Writer
(Classical
Lacrosse Cats drop opener Davidson's new lacrosse team plaved its
first same against Little Creek
Lacrosse Club at Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia. The Cats lost 18-1
to their more experienced opponents,RickMcKenziescoring thegoal in
thesecondperiod when Davidsonplayed LittleCreek even.
Inthe firstperiod theCats gave up 6 goals, 1in thesecond, 6in the
third,and 6 in thefourth.
A shortage of players hurt, as did the fact that LittleCreek's
members were veterans of topranked NCAA teams of recent years.
Goalie Rick Offuit made 14 saves for theCats.
Citadel outlasts Cat thinclads Staff Writer
BvMARK POSTOVE
TheDavidson track team en- ded the regular season last Saturday,
being edged90-73 by The Citadel. The loss left them 3-5 for the
year.
Mark Connors was a double winner for the fifth time this
season, taking the100 in 9.9and the 220 in 22.8
Fellow seniors Woody Van Meter, Greg Love, and Bob
Lautensackalsoclosed out their careers withwins. "'VanMeter won the
pole vault with a 13'6" jump, while Love took the 120high hurdles
in 14.9 seconds.
Lautensack used a few hur- dling techniques of his own in*
capturing the waterless steeplechase with a time of 10:07.
Davidson took the first and secondplaces in the 3 mile, with Coty
Pinckney and Ricky Bell leading the way. Bell also finished
secondin the mile.
Freshman Dick Boehner won the 880 for the fourth time this year,
while John Stanfield cleared 6'2" to capture the high jump for the
fifth straight time indual meets.
Davidson won eight of 11run- ning events to outscore the Bulldogs
48-43. but Citadel swept three fieldevents to gain a 47-25advantage
which spelled thedifference inthemeet.
The Wildcats will be in Williamsburg this Friday and Saturday for
the conference meet. Head Coach Sterling Martin looks for possible
team points from Connors in the 440, Love in the high hurdles,
Stan- field in the high jump. Van Meter in the pole vault,and the
mile relay team of SteveJustus, Boehner, Connors, and one other
runner.
Another track event coming upsoon is thesecond running of "the 24
hours of Davidson". This is a relay in which 10 men alternate
running one mile in- tervals for 24straight hours.
v Plans now are for therelay to start on Friday afternoon. May 9.
Seven runners return from the 1973 track team which loggedover
237miles.
It is hoped that students and community businesses will pledge
money for the mileage completed by the team. The money will be
given to some needy organizationin the com- munity.
4/«n Shubrrft releases the hammer in the ill-fated field events
against the Bulldogs last Saturday.Daridstm lost 00-7.3.
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ByBILLLLOYD Staff Writer
GettingWildcat catcherMark Rodgman to talk about himself is no easy
matter. But just ask any opposing baserunner who has ever tried to
steal second base and he will probably be able
tosayplentyabouthim.
The bearded catcher from Winston-Salem has built up a respectable
reputation in the SouthernConference as asmart playerwithacannon
arm.
Probably no one is as laudatory of Rodgman as is Wildcat coach
Junior Wade. "Having played the position myself Ican see that Mark
plays catcher well," com-
mented Wade. Rodgman is toughoffensively
as well andis considered oneof the tophitterson the team, with
amidseasonaverageof .338.
But behind theplate is where he is at his best. Commented one
teamate, "Mark is a thinkingplayer. He can figure out a batter's
weakness and then go to work on it.!' Rodgman callsallof thepitches
for theCats.
Hecan do itall,but most im- portant he has the fun- damentals down.
Forexample, heuseshisbody wellinstopping thewildpitches.
Asaresultof themasteringof such techniques no runs have been scored
on the Cats this yearonwildorpassedpitches.
Rodgman demonstrated his versatility by starting at third baseman
for Davidson as a freshman before taking over the catcher slot the
following
Rodgman's athletics are not confined to the baseball diamond
however. As amem- ber of the infamous Cleveland Indians he has
helped to establish them as ever-tough competitors in IMAC basket-
ball. The Indians are always found in the higher plateaus of
IMACsports.
Rodgman seems to genuinely enjoy playing baseball for Davidson.
"It's a good sport and it'sgreat to get outdoors in
thespring,"hesaid.
Rodgman is most pleased withthesuccess of theWildcats' this season.
"The team's base1
for the last three years are all Seniors now, plus everyone likes
to play for Coach Wade. Hereally has arapport with the individual
players," concluded Rodgman.
Rodgman isquick to mention his fellow teammates when discussing
theWildcats winning season.
"Weicker is carrying the team offensively and the pit- ching has
been great. Fresh- man third baseman Dale Hor- nerhas done a lot to
tightenup the infield too," explained Rodgman.
Upon leaving Davidson, Rodgman is undecided as to
whathisplansare.
"Minor league baseball is a possibilitybutIwill have tosee what
happens," predicted Rodgman. If Rodgman 's determination
and performance for the Wild- cat Baseball team are any in-
dication ofhis future,he should dofine.
and sisters like brothers and sisters.
Start treating yourbrothersTheAmerican
like MickeyMantle,can get his pointacross.
"There is no question that George has been a real team leader with
his bat and play," saidanotherDavidsonplayer.
Weicker, was an all state shortstop and second baseman in high
school, played outfield his freshman year at Davidson, and for the
past two years has helddownfirstbase. "Idefinitely want to go
into
probaseball if at allpossible", Weicker stated. "I know a couple of
pro scouts out of Baltimore, but they haaven't said anything to me
about possible contracts
ByLARRYT.MIMMS ManagingEditor
George Weicker has been swinginghis 35"aluminum bat like a magic
wand. Weicker who was likened to a fictional character
withcapeandlarge,S engraved shirt, is leading all college batters
in hitting witha batting averageof .478. Hehas blasted 9 home runs,
one of which was instrumental in the Davidson victory over top-
ranked University of South Carolina,andhas 38 runsbatted in.
Weicker creditshissuccess to two factors, his concentration
andhisbat. "Ibegan using an aluminum
bat last summer andIhit well with it.It is a bigger bat than most
peopleuse, 35 inches and 35oz.Ican'tswingas fast,butI can getmore
weightbehind the ball."
Weicker isvery protective of thisbat.
"He won't let anyone else touch it, except Alan Alig, who owns
thebat.Alan is thekeeper of the bat," one teammate stated.
Weicker admitted,"We don't keepmybat with theotherbats. Icradled
the bat gently on my armson the busrideback from Univ.of
SouthCarolina."
Weicker also cited con- centration as the most im- portant factor.
"I have everything together right now and it wouldn't matter what
kindof batIwas using. I'mnot seeingnearlyas many goodpit- ches
though. The pitchers are brushingme back,givingme a lotof
outsidestuff."
"Last summer Iparticipated in the Shenandoah Valley League where
many of the top college baseball players work out.Ifaced someof
thebest pit- chers on the east coast, and with that kind of
competition everynight,it forces you tocon- centrate."
Weicker suggestedthat hisex- perience in the Shenandoah
ValleyLeague,and his attitude while he played there, con- tributed
immensely to his current season's success. He said that in the
summer league he learned to watch pitchers and their mannerisms in
order topaick up the typeofpitch. "I can tell when a pitcher
releases the pitch basically where the pitch will come and what
type of pitch: curve,fast- ball. I've been able to pick up theball
justas itleaves thepit- cher'shand."
Weicker claims to be very superstitious. He goes through the same
routine each time in thewarmupcircle. "