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JEAN

Jean, a 22 year old senior, has set a particularly exacting career goal
for herself which differs considerably from that of the business or
education major; Jean's desire is to be a medical doctor perhaps
a plastic surgeon. And for those students who aspire to the medical
field, it is not a matter of four years, a so-so g.p.a., and in time a
masters, but a matter of discipline, hard work, and complete
dedication. Like many pre-med students, Jean has all of those
qualities. What sets Jean apart from most other college students is the
work she does to finance her college education and to save for medical
school.

Jean is an exotic dancer or less politely, a "stripper" in a
downtown Augusta night club. Five evenings a week Jean, rotating with
several other girls, removes her clothes down to pasties and a G-string
in front of an audience comprised mainly of soldiers and young guys.

The club in which Jean works is not an atmosphere conducive to higher
education or Victorian manners and morality; it is, instead, a room of
flashing colored lights, banal words, and dusty, jaded glitter. And Jean
has no illusions about this. She says, "I do not, as some girls do,
consider exotic dancing an art form; but I do find the work enjoyable,
and most of all lucrative. More than that," she continues, "the people
who frequent the club ususally are easy going and the atmosphere is
not disturbing to me." On occasion, as in clubs which cater to a
predominantly male clientele, there are incidents, mostly in the form
of not-so-nice remarks and innuendos. Jean says, matter-of-factly,
"One just learns to ignore them. Of course, if it's anything more than

a wise-crack, the manager steps in." She added, "He's very protective
of the girls. Of course," she continued with a laugh, "I have heard
worse things just walking down the street."

When society thinks of women who take off their clothes for money,
they automatically assume that such girls are the products of broken
homes, misguided childhoods, and possess loose moral characters.
For Jean this stereotype does not fit. Instead, she is from a Christian
home and, from her conversation, it is clearly understood that Jean's
childhood and upbringing were as normal and upright as the average
child's. "In fact," she says, "my upbringing was what led me to enroll
in Stetson University." Stetson University, in DeLand, Florida, is a
private Baptist college which emphasizes Bible teachings in its
curriculum. "There," she said, "I studied Judeo-Christian heritage,
which I enjoyed tremendously; in fact, at that time I considered
changing my major to religion. I'm still extremely interested in
furthering my studies of the Old Testament, but now science and work
take all of my time."

After talking with Jean, an obviously intelligent woman and a Phi Beta
Kappa, one wonders aloud; "What's a nice girl like you doing in a place
like this?" She says, quite frankly, "I am making an honest living; I'm
not taking welfare or financial aid." She concludes firmly, "I plan to
go to medical school, and if dancing in this club will help make it
possible, I'll dance."

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JAY HANCOCK

Jay Hancock, a 24-year old senior graduating cum laude in June 1979,
has become a youthful sage who no longer squanders time or centers
his life around a single entity. Two years ago Jay and his wife divorced,
although under amicable conditions. And at that time Jay's world came
to a temporary halt. "Not being married anymore," he said, "was
difficult to get used to. I no longer was part of a couple; no longer could
I preface my thoughts with 'we.' It was scary. It was so quiet I could
hear my own heart beat. During that end beginning transitional
period, I had a lot to learn. Amazingly," he admits, "after the realization
that I was truly alone seeped In, and after my acceptance of it, I became
free to do the things I'd either never done before or always wanted to
do, but which marriage and Its responsibilities often prohibited."

Now Jay Is his own person. He no longer is tied down to another
person's career and goals. He moves about freely and revels in being
able to explore himself and the world. "Today," he says, "time Is of
more Importance to me than anything else. And I try to use each
moment wisely."

The summer after his divorce. Jay did the one thing he'd always
dreamed of. "I sold almost all my possessions to finance a trip to
Europe. And you know," he recounts, "selling all those material things
seemed difficult at the time, but later, even now, I realize those things
were just like a boulder holding me against the wind. I never could have
afforded the beauty and experience of traveling abroad without what
seemed at the time to be a tremendous sacrifice."

With the aid of a Eurall Pass, Jay travelled through those European
countries he could visit In a leisurely fashion . "Few people realize how
exciting travel Is," he says. "In each country, and at every moment I
was unbelievably happy. I did all the touristy things, as well as the
non-touristy; and when summer ended, I was not ready to return to the
States. I just wanted to keep traveling on Into Africa, or Asia. Traveling
unencumbered, as I did, is like a pilgrimage Into one's self."

During the school year Jay, a student who Is highly respected by his
professors, spends the majority of his time working studying. For two
years, until he became disillusioned, Jay was a member of the SGA
Senate. Now between classes, or after work. Jay can be found drinking
a beer with friends at the Cafe, or shopping for books at his favorite
haunt. The Salvation Army. "Some Christmas," he says with a grin,
"I'm gonna' bang a tin cup for them in front of Sam Solomon's."

Jay plans to return to Europe soon, money depending. "I will go some
time after graduation and between graduate school." Jay forgets to
mention that between the two he must be in Washington, D.C., for a
highly coveted six-month Internship In the office of Georgia's Senator
Sam Nunn. "I hope," he says modestly, "that I can be accepted at
Georgetown University. It's the best place for an aspiring career
diplomat, and that's what I plan to do with my life." But not before he
has a chance to participate as a volunteer in the Peace Corps, and not
until countless other ever-arising goals are met.

As for remarriage, he says not cynically, "It's not In my Immediate
future. Singleness provides too many opportunities, and I want to take
advantage of all of them"

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ANDREW JACKSON

College is not for everyone, nor is everyone right for college. There is
a great deal of material to be absorbed and a lot of mental energy to
be expended in just four years. And. as much as college is a challenge,
a privilege, and a builder, it is a pit-hole, a disciplinarian, and a leveler.
Not every person can cope with the demands college imposes. IVIany
have to overcome a variety of social, educational and physical
handicaps to achieve a college education. Andrew Jackson, a 21-year
old Augustan, is among this group.

Andrew lost the use of his legs nine years ago, but he is determined ,
to achieve his goals. In the pursuit of his dream, he refuses to weep,
yield to self-pity, or to look back on what might have been. He says,
"After my accident, I went to Warm Springs, the rehabilitation center
for the handicapped that Franklin D. Roosevelt frequented. There I saw
a lot of people whose lives had come to a complete halt. They went
from sitting around to therapy, then back to sitting around. At the time,
the thought of my leading that sort of life made me determined to
eliminate as many obstacles as possible in order to resume the life I'd
planned for myself."

Andrew, a personable and well-known young man on Augusta
College's campus, bristles at being treated like a handi-capped
person. "I want to be treated like any other student not babied, and
not pitied, r^ore than anything," he says forcefully, "I want to be
completely independent."

When asked what problems he has had on campus because of his
handicap, Andrew says resolutely, "I have no problems. Even the
limited access to certain buildings does not disturb me because I have
lots of helpful friends. I attend many of the college activities and
participate with the band."

Andrew, currently living with his parents, is an amateur photographer
and plans to be a studio musician. In the fall he hopes to transfer to
Berkely College of IVIusic in Boston where, at last, he would be
completely independent. When asked whether there is any possibility
he might walk again, Andrew replies, "The doctors aren't sure whether
I'll ever be able to use my legs again, but it is possible. In the
meantime," he concludes, "I accept my handicap. I'm just grateful to
be alive."

VICTOR WSAYE

If ever there has been a renaissance man at Augusta College, Victor
Mays surely is he. Victor is a man of ideas, plans, action. He is as
artistic as he is intellectual. Every moment in his day is slotted; every
day in his life is planned.

What does he do? Almost everything. In addition to his college studies,
Victor has contributed poetry and short stories to the SANDHILLS, as
well as poetry to NOTABLE AMERICAN POETS, NATIONAL POETRY
ANTHOLOGY, and THE LUNATIC FRINGE. In past years he has done
several cartoons for the Bellringer. Recently he finished a difficult but
rewarding task working on a one-man performance of Kafka's
METAMORPHOSIS. Every day from September 1978 to May 1979,
under the guidance of Augusta College's Duncan Smith, Victor worked
on its development, perfecting the show from the long and difficult
memorization process to the blocking and characterization.

When asked why he lent himself to so difficult a task one which
yielded only ten hours of college credit Victor said simply, "To offer
another dimension of presentation to a prose work." For such an
experience to be meaningful, he added, "One must successfully
perform the story so that you and the audience actually are living
through it."

Evidently Victor's performances are living experiences for his
audiences. This past May when Victor presented his final performance,
he brought METAMORPHOSIS to life for a captivated audience.

His prose repertoire also Includes Gogol's DIARY OF A MADMAN,
Eudora Welty's LIVVIE, and Faulkner's A ROSE FOR EMILY,

Beyond what seems to be an already full and interesting life, Victor has
a multitude of other interests and activities. Presently he is renovating
an apartment building he purchased, in an effort to provide himself the
"money and, thereby, the freedom to do creative things." He said, "I'm
doing this because I'd like to continue what I'm doing in my life those
things which content me with a little less hindrance."

In addition to his work at school and his renovation project, Victor
cares for his grandmother. "Although the care of an elderly person who
is not well, like my grandmother, is extremely time-consuming, it is
something which is very important to me. It is my duty."

As Victor's ideas are not self-centered, however. He has a series of
plans in his mind, as well as on paper, for parks, zoos, amusement
centers, and living space which he feels are essential to the
preservation and growth of the community, and which he'd like to
develop if ever he is financially able.

Victor, as one might guess, is not only a gatherer of ideas and plans,
but also a gatherer of things, both expensive and cheap. The word
gatherer he prefers to collector. Collector, to him, connotes a certain
seriousness, while gatherer seems "more easy less bespectacled."

Ducan Smith, the instructor who advised and coached Victor in
Metamorphosis, speaks of Victor's determination to achieve: "Victor
is a totally self-made man who has limited life and contacts to work
on those things which are important to him. For instance," he noted,
"Victor does not own a car; instead he walks six miles a day. During
his walks Victor studies his lines. He does not waste a moment of his
life."

Smith considers Victor an incredible human being. He said, "Victor
goes through self-denial to create. His life works around a strict mental
regimen. He trains himself like an athlete.

"He is not prone to the pettiness and colorful outbursts which
characterize creative people. Instead he is a warm, relaxed sort of
fellow who spends his Mondays visiting invalids."

An egotist? Hardly. He talks with surprising candor about himself, his
ideas, and his accomplishments, and rightly he promotes himself. But
in no way is he a shallow braggart. He is a cultivated man who says,
"If I can die a natural death, I'll live to be 480."

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CAROL FUCHS

As one looks at this sightly aged photograph, one wonders "where
have I seen that face before?" The girl in the picture, with her long
brown frosted hair, thickly coated eyelashes, pale lipstick, small gold
hoops and cashmere sweater is so familiar and oh so "early sixties."
Carol Fuchs with her mass of tree brown curls, her clear make-up free
face, and her eclectic style of clothing laughs spasmodically when you
shake your head in exasperation non-recognition. "That was me," she
says. "Can you believe if?"

"Yes" is the answer. Yes, because Carol is the product of a middle
class Long Island family; yes, because Carol's mom is a handsome
woman of impeccable taste; yes, because Carol's younger sister is,
up-to-the-minute in her stylish clothes and way of life; yes. because you
yourself know it's so. Were not all of us who are products of the sixties
caught up in looking good, dressing well, and doing well back then?
Aren't we back there now, here in the late seventies?

But Carol no longer identifies with the "Long Island set of principles"
with which she grew up. "Mascara and the theater on Monday, the
opera on Tuesday, etc., no longer are me," she says. "Now I live my
life as I feel I should and I let others live theirs as they wish. And it's
great!"

Carol's energy level is so high, her list of goals so long, that she feels
almost unquestionably that she will never settle down, never marry. "I
have made so many commitments to myself that I will need a full life,
perhaps more, to fulfill them. And the kind of life style I lead would be
unfair to a husband and children. "Although," she adds, "I really would
like to have children." Carol's view is that to truly learn, one must
sample a little of everything. That is precisely what she has done and
what she most likely will continue to do.

At seventeen Carol enrolled in the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, but dropped out. "I wasn't ready for a serious commitment
to college then," she explains. "It was during the anti-Viet Nam-Abbie
Hoffman-hippies-and "let's go cross country" era. With the country
going through such a tremendous transition, and myself going through
a personal transition, college at that time was not the right place for
me."

So Carol did other things. She spent four months in the Virgin Islands,
taught scuba diving in Florida, and managed a restaurant in Maryland.
With her savings she embarked on a trip that in many ways is
responsible for the unique and individualistic person she has become
today. With $2,000 she purchased passage on a ship and headed for
Europe. For two years Carol hitchhiked and Eurail-passed through the
European countries. And in Europe she was decidedly more original
than most other traveling young Americans. She worked on a farm in
Norway, picked grapes in France, worked in a macrobiotics restaurant
in Paris, and drove across the Sahara with an Englishman, a
Frenchman, and an American. When Carol returned to the U.S. she
found readjustment difficult, but not unconquerable. "In New York,"
she said, "I found things unchanged, but different; so I followed my
family to Augusta. After a while I began to get used to It here and came
to like it. Now," she continued, "I live alone out in the country, without
a telephone, and devote myself almost full time to my studies.

An English major and an extremely fine student, Carol decided, one
quarter before graduation, to change her major to Pre-med. She said,
"Recently, through a personal experience, I realized how important
good doctors are to the well-being of this country, and I believe I could
be a fine doctor." So this is Carol's new goal. "Eventually," she says,
"I hope to join the Peace Corps and of course, whatever I do, I will
continue to travel."

It is apparent that Carol plans to be something more than the girl next
door, or the wife or mother of so and so. She expects to give her
already full life quality and meaning. It is not difficult to believe a
woman with the abilities and determination of Carol Fuchs will
accomplish just that.

DANNY DANFORTH

Sitting in the cafeteria with Danny Danforth. you wonder if the two of
you ever will get a chance to converse uninterrupted. One by one
friends drift over to our table, or Danny calls to someone across the
room. Occasionally he glances at the clock on the wall.

Apologizing profusely, he explains, "I was the oldest of fourteen
children. From the time the third and fourth were born, I was looking
after kids. After the seventh and eighth got here, I was having to shout
to get my viewpoint across. By the time the thirteenth arrived, I was
the leader. Now," he continues, "I just seem to make a lot of friends
and, considering my childhood, 1 just naturally assume a leadership
position. So, when you're trying to do a lot of things, time becomes
very important."

If time for Danny Is as limited as it is important, it is only because he
is twice as active as the average student. "I've been an SGA Senator
for two years," he relates, "and during that time I served on various
committees and worked on different projects. For me, being a small
part of the decision-making process at A.C. is a learning experience
an extension of the classroom."

Besides his SGA work, Danny, a youthful looking thirty-three, also is
an active member of the Political Science Club, The Black Student
Union, and The Interclub Council. When asked why someone would
become involved with an SGA, which often seems internally weak and
powerless, Danny bristles. "Unfortunately," he replied, "most A.C.
students do not realize exactly what the Student Government
Association is all about. SGA simply is a body of students who act in
behalf of the silent majority. Over the years SGA has done
innumberable things for the students: free telephones, better lighting
on campus, improvement of faculty evaluation forms, incoming
student orientation, and the list goes on. We serve an often-times
apathetic and thankless group of people who would rather berate us
than support us. I am here," he says, "not only to learn, but to grow.
SGA has become a part of that."

After graduation, Danny hopes to work in some facet of the foreign
service. He said, "I like to travel; I like to learn; and I want to serve.
The foreign service appears to be the right career choice for me."

CAROLYN SMALLEY

Carolyn Smalley is a quiet unassuming young woman whose objective
is to better her situation In life. She feels college is the only way to meet
her goal.

"You know," she says, "I was at Augusta College in 1972, and at that
time all I did was goof around. Eventually I left. After being on the
outside of the academic environment," she continues, "I realized that
advancement and improvement come from dedication and hard work.
These days," she says wryly. "I'm doing a lot of that."

Between her first collegiate experience in 1972 and today, Carolyn
took a one-year course at Augusta Tech in emergency room
technology. She holds a job in that field at St. Joseph's Hospital. In
many ways her job has been the deciding factor in her returning to
school. "After a while, my job at St. Joe's became less fulfilling, less
satisfying to me. It was then I realized that being a Registered Nurse
was what I wanted to do with my life. And that is what I'm working on
now."

The decision to return to A.C. to study nursing was a big step for
Carolyn Smalley and entails a lot of work. "I'm concentrating on
bringing up my 1972 GPA." she says. "It's not easy; but I'm sticking
to it, because today, unlike 1972, I am determined to succeed."

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"If one advances confidently In the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he vifill meet with a success
unexpected in common hours." Thoreau

BOB AND JACKIE ZETS

For Bob and Jackie Zets the good life can be equated with fresh air,
sunshine, and the freedom that comes from selective solitude. Both
Bob and Jackie unrelentlessly seek those things which make them
happy.

On Thanksgiving Day, 1978, Bob and Jackie moved into the log cabin
house they had built with their own hands. "It was Bob's dream and,
because it was his dream, it became mine," Jackie says quietly. "My
father bought this property in 1972. It was uninhabited; there virtually
was no wild life; yet it was very beautiful. I wanted it to remain that way.
So, when I married Bob we simply put our dreams together."

Putting their dreams together was not as easy as they make it sound.
The actual beginning of the project dates back to November 1976
when Bob and Jackie started clearing the land. Tools which could not
be purchased, they made. They cut and peeled over 2920 feet of logs;
these logs they pulled to the building site with cable and rollers. The
first sill went In on September 18, 1977; the last on October 22, 1977.

As Bob puts it, "The project became a game. Jackie and I kept a
calendar on which we wrote target dates. Just looking at the calendar
gave us incentive. But," Jackie points out, "it never once became a
task; we wouldn't let it. During the preparation and actual building
process we were in school part of the day, and we do have other
interests which we actively pursued including," she laughs,
"building these hammocks from engineering tape."

Today the project is finished. Bob and Jackie can now relax their
dream is fulfilled. They have a beautifully rendered log house amid
acres of wooded land, bordered by two creeks, and away from the
world. As they recline in their living room, Bob says, "I don't want
people to think we have negated society; we haven't. We realize that
by turning our backs on society we turn our backs on penicillin.
Instead, we are enough removed from society's hogwash to say we've
made a choice in our life style." "For Bob and me," Jackie adds, "life
is too short to be caught up in hassles and tensions. We've both
learned that you can't be anything but yourself if you want happiness."

If happiness, solitude, and the beauty of nature are what Bob and
Jackie sought, it is surely what they have. They built their dream.

34

BETTE DINUNZIO

The daughter of Italian immigrants and the last of ten children, Bette
iS a proud, opionated, and intelligent AC junior whose attractive
appearance masques her forty years. She is a woman who
understands the meaning of hard work; she has worked all her life. She
is a woman who, until the present, put herself last. "I was brought up
with old world traditions," she said. "I was born not to be educated
nor to think too deeply about my own situation. My destiny from birth
was to become a wife and mother." And for many years Bette lived
up to those quietly told but heavily felt old-world traditions, no matter
how disillusioned she may have felt.

She married young and, by the time she was twenty-five had given birth
to five children who now range in age from fifteen to twenty-three. For
most of her life Bette was the one who fulfilled everyone's dreams
except, of course, her own. "I was," she admits, "very, very unhappy
with the homemaking side of my life. I scrubbed, I cooked, and I cared
for the children. Then one day I realized everyone was growing, except
myself. Suddenly I didn't know who I was anymore and that hurt."

Today Bette has completely revamped her life style. "Now," she says,
"I do only those things I want to do, and, of course, those things I'rri
compelled by regulation to do. I have a plan: self-actualization. I set
goals and I simply fulfill them."

One of her goals is to complete a college education. At AC Bette has
chosen English as a major and Social Work as a minor. "You know,
I couldn't be in college at a better time," she says. "Going to school
is like a bonus. At seventeen I wasn't mature enough to handle the
rigors of college life. Now I am. Here at AC," she continues, "I'm
satisfied pursuing my degree. Classes are small; faculty and students
call you by name. There's a sense of intimacy at AC which I'm sure is
lacking at larger institutions." But for Bette, college also has its
disadvantages. "In the academic area," she says, "I feel there are
undue constraints and restraints. When a professor quizzes me in
humanities to see if I've done my reading, I feel as though I'm in the
sixth grade. But," she says, her voice becoming more resigned, "it's
the price one has to pay."

Curled up in a corner of her sofa, two of her Latinly-handsome children
nearby, Bette seems happy, satisfied. It is apparent that in Bette
DiNunzio's household no subject is off limits, no plan of action is
denied. She is raising her children to be self-confident, knowledgeable,
and independent. Yet her concern for her children is no more than the
concern she shows for other people. "The one thing I believe I can do
well is relate to others. That is why I plan to work in thanatology
death and dying counseling. Death, the only truly inevitable thing in this
world," she says intensely, "is the one thing people are unwilling or
unable to face. I feel I have something to give those people. And that,"
she says emphatically, "is why I've chosen that field.

Her spare time, what little she has left after her many obligations, Bette
uses to display her tremendous acting talent to Augusta audiences.
She has appeared in Gypsy and The Shadow Box, among others. For
Bette DINunzio, today is just a beginning; tomorrow a happy end.

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FOREIGN STUDENTS

by
Gena Spooner and Robin G. Grace

BJORN OHLSON, a 24-year old student pursuing an associate degree
in business administration, is attending Augusta College under a
scholarship program sponsored by the local Rotary Club. A handsome
blonde, blue-eyed Swede, he is in the United States for one year,
primarily to study, but also to travel and learn American culture and
customs.

So far, Bjorn, who has worked in New York State, finds life in Augusta
pleasant and the people unbelievably friendly and hospitable.
However, he says, "I would not like to live here, I think, because the
landscape and climate are so different from that in Sweden. But," he
allows, "culturally, I feel there are many things which bridge this
country to my own. We are similar in that the young people are
developing equalitarianism between the sexes, especially in the marital
relationship. For instance, more men are staying at home while their
wives work." He adds, "Swedes, as Americans, are deciding to marry
later and are having fewer children. We also are concerned about the
economy and the state of the world as you are."

When asked how the American educational system differs from that
of Sweden's Bjorn replied, "In Sweden the school system is quite
different. The first year of college here is the last year of high school
there. Our curriculum differs also in that Swedish students take only
one main course with four sub courses. Class days begin earlier and
end later, but students are provided with a hot lunch to compensate
for their time away from home. Also, the University system in Sweden
is free."

After Bjorn travels across the U. S. this summer, he plans to return to
Sweden to finish his degree in business. Eventually he hopes to return
to the U. S., either to work or study.

GERD ANN CHRISTINE LINDFORS is a 23-year old Finnish girl who
is working on a BA in business administration. Like Bjorn she is
attending A.C. under the scholarship program sponsored by the
Rotary Club.

Gerd enjoys Augusta and credits it to the kindness extended to her
by the Rotary Club, her host family, and A.C. students and faculty.
"People here," she says, "really are interested in foreign students.
They always are asking questions about my life in Finland, which is fine
with me since I'm always asking them questions about their lives here."

When asked how the school system of Finland differs from that of the
U.S., she answered, "In Finland there are no colleges, so to speak. The
last two years of high school there are the first two years of college
here. The conclusion of a Finnish education is spent in either a private
or national government school."

Although the educational system is different in Finland, according to
Gerd the two cultures are quite similar. "In Finland the standard of
living is high. Children are freer to do what they want with their lives,
especially girls, since there is no established pattern for them to follow.
As it is here in the U.S., men and women are working together in
formerly stereotyped jobs." Gerd does note one major difference
between the U.S. and Finland: "In Finland there are no dates,'
Generally young people just group together and go out to drink beer
and do some folk dancing." With a laugh she adds as an afterthought,
"Oh yes there is another difference, people here work so hard
they don't take long summer vacations as we do."

After her stay in the U.S., Gerd plans to return home to work on her
masters at the Swedish University of Economics in Helsinki.

SUNG GHOL SONG is a 21-:year old Freshman at A.C. studying
computer science. Unlike Gerd and Bjorn, he is living in this country
with his family.

Sung, who has been in this country five years, finds that there were
few difficulties in readjusting from life in Korea to life in the U.S. "If
I had to cite one problem" he stated, "it would have to be that of
communications. It is more difficult to write and read a second
language properly than it is to speak it."

When asked how the school system of Korea and the U.S. differed.
Sung said, "In Korea school days are as long or longer than your
business day. We start at 8 a.m. and finish between 5 and 6 p.m. In
high school we study ten out of eighteen to twenty subjects a day. As
seniors we study eighteen subjects a day. In Korea a good education
is as important as it is here." According to Sung, the culture in Korea
Is changing. "We are becoming more Americanized, but in the home
the man still is the head of the household the decision maker,
whereas the woman is responsible for the chores. But," he adds, "both
work together in the children's upbringing."

At this time college is most important to Sung. He says, "I have a lot
more education to receive so that in time I can help better the
relationship between Korea and America.

JUDITH ROGERS, a 24-year old AC. senior, is from Anguilla in the
West Indies. Judith moved to the U.S. when her husband was
transferred to Georgia.

Although Judith had done little traveling except within the Carribean
Islands, she had little trouble making the adjustment to living in
Augusta.

"You know," she said, "learning to understand the southern accent
was my greatest difficulty. After that, my second problem having
no friends was resolved."

The major difference she notes between the West Indian culture and
that of the U.S. is the pace. "Here," she says, almost unbelieving,
"everything moves so fast." She agrees with Gerd Lindfors that the
people of the U.S. work hard. "Their lives," she said, "are almost
totally planned from day to day, with little leisure time scheduled in.
Sometimes it amazes me to realize how time-conscious people here
are."

Beyond that Judith speaks of the differences in the family unit. "At
home," she says, "we have extended families with whom we have
incredibly strong ties. In the West Indies, women's lib has not had a
strong effect. Thus, women still are being raised to be just housewives,
and the men are raised to be the providers for and the decision makers
of their households. Therefore, men in the West Indies generally are
better educated than the women. However, the kids are a joint
responsibility. And of course, we are much stricter with our children
than are Americans. West Indians believe that a child must be a certain
age. for instance, before being told the facts of life "

For Judith, life in the U.S. is as different as it was easy to become
accustomed to.

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WOMEN
LATER MATURITY - AGE 55-70

by
Faith B. Bertsche

Where does an older middle and upper class woman fit into society
today as attitudes change and women's opportunities expand? Still
married, but no longer the center of a busy, active household, her
world is male dominated, male oriented in a way that is almost archaic.
Must she continue to remain at home an ornament for her husband
and his friends to admire? Is her alternative a job for "pin money"?
baby sitting the grandchildren? drinking? playing cards with "the
girls"? What is her future? 1 faced this crisis period myself and found
my own solution to it at age 55. In short, this is no research paper
speaking this is first hand experience talking. My thesis could be.
DON'T FENCE ME IN, the title of an old popular male song. And why
not? Everything else is male oriented.

For purposes of this article, I am going to define age groups as listed
in a study of ADULT LEARNING, Department of Adult Education,
University of Georgia, edited by Curtis Ulmer, a man, and the paper
written by Bradley C. Courtney, also a man. Most of the literature I have
read lately on this subject was written by men which indicates what I
said earlier, life Is male oriented. Bradley Courtney has broken down
age groups in what I consider a realistic grouping: early adulthood
(20-35), middle age (35-55), later maturity (55-70), and old age (70 and
over). Why, you may ask, is the age classification important? Because,
as general health and level of education increase, people are living
longer and are less easily satisfied with busy work.

The woman in the later maturity group, 55-70, such as myself, used
to be content with volunteerism, church work, and hand work. Any
other outlet for her abilities was frowned upon. "They (the volunteers)
do not need the money," so said society. I am not sneering nor
down-grading any of these activities. I have done, and still do all of
them, but for me they were not enough. Today many of the formerly
volunteer activities, such as Pink Lady in a hospital, are increasingly
being taken over by professional women who are called Patient
Representatives. Social work among the poor now is almost wholly
under the supervision of trained social workers employed by the
government. What small scale activities are left are filled mainly by
upwardly mobile younger women filling in time between car pools and
entertaining. They too, need an outlet. But at 55, this woman, in good
health, mentally alert, and financially secure, faces 20 years of what?
After a busy, productive life, and at an age ten years earlier than that
commonly requiring retirement for a man, women find themselves
facing mandatory retirement. Little thought, if any, has been given to
their transition from busy housewife to husband's full time mate,
friend, and companion, or to her own individuality.

My solution to this problem has been a happy one. My lifelong interest
in reading proved to be the key to my future, and with the aid and
support of my husband, encouraged by my daughter and her husband,
I took the first tentative steps toward enrolling at Augusta College as
a full time freshman student with a degree in Liberal Arts as my goal.
(I am a senior now, majoring in English and minoring in History. This
spring quarter I am taking fifteen hours, a full schedule.) Today Doctor
Barbara Speerstra, Director of Augusta College's Counseling Center^
teaches a short course for the older woman who wants to attend
college. Just a few short years ago no such help was available. Had
it not been for the encouragement and understanding of Dr. Adelheid
Atkins of the English Department, herself an older woman who
returned to college, and Ms. Ann Sheppard, the College Counselor, I
doubt I would have continued. I had been in the kitchen too long.

Why I am asked over and over again, are you getting a degree? Do
you plan to work? At your age? What will you do? Teach? Why not |ust
take a course "on" something? You don't need the money. No one
suqqests to a man, when he retires, that he look for another )0b or that
a second career, such as the pursuit of a hobby, be financially
rewarding So why must a woman in the same position have to defend
herself or be preparing herself for a job when she isn't? Isn t it
sufficient that she find a new interest a new skill? such as painting
music history, or perhaps a language? Women should be encouraged
to become mentally independent as they move toward old age. Forget
the job orientation. Women of later maturity need a positive
reappraisal of their positions against a norm not based on
predominately male backgrounds of job, money, and skills.

One stereotypical myth is that only money is a reward for work which
is satisfactory and to attempt academic attainments after age 55 is
silly I have proved to my own satisfaction that academic recognition
bv one's peers is far more satisfying than any "pin money" could be.
The excitement and challenge of such a new-found skill late in life
cannot be measured in dollars and cents. Furthermore, studies have
shown conclusively that one may be slower to learn, but not too old.

I should like to conclude with an item which was of interest to me. The
NEW YORK TIMES, November 19, 1976, carried this headline:
"Harvard Fr eshman 63 years old. Has an Advantage in History Class.
A man Harry Gersh, retired after a successful writing career, applied
for and received a $10,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to write
about his experiences as a student at Harvard. It seems his son also
went to Harvard but dropped out in his senior year. "The guy (Gersh)
is unusually lively and interesting," the Ford Foundation staff member
explained. "We thought he would provide some useful insights into the
experiences of older students." When I think of what $10,000 and a
year at Harvard would do for me, I drool with envy. 1 feel I likewise could
provide some useful insights, mostly achieving academic excellence,
while at the same time fulfilling my role as hostess, cook, housekeeper,
mother grandmother, wife, and friend. But then, I'm a woman, and as
isolated as we are in our homes, we don't learn much about applying
for foundation money to pay expenses to Harvard or other prestigious
places.

There will be some changes made and they will be far reaching. The
Regents' affirmative action on Amendment 23, which will allow persons
aged 62 and older meeting the requirements to attend the State s
colleges and universities at no charge, is a big step forward.

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THE AVERAGE AC STUDENT

by
Robert Moore

Editor's note: Mr. Alvin Chromsky has been selected by the White
Columns' Staff as "Mr. Average Augusta College." We sent Robert
Moore (he works cheap) to interview Chromsky. Hopefully this piece
will shed some light on what the average AC student is like.

R.M. - First off. Alvin, congratulations on being selected Mr. Average

Augusta College. Why do you think that title was bestowed on

you?
A.C. - Uh, I don't know. I'm just a normal guy and, uh, I'm really not

hey, do I win a prize?
R.M. - Sure. You win the privilege of being interviewed by an ace

reporter.
A.C. - What? I gotta talk to someone besides you?
R.M. - Ace you know, crackerjack ah Forget it. What's the

average A.C. student like in terms of politics?
A.C. - We're conservatives. The only communist we like is Jane Fonda.

She's got great legs for a radical!
R.M. - Whom did you vote for in the last presidential election?
A.C. - Jimmy Carter. You don't know how guilty I feel . . .
R.M. - Yeah! Well, what's life on campus like?
A.C. - Okay, except for the administration and the cafeteria, and the

class schedules and the term papers, and the partying situation

and the student government, and the book store and the . . .
R.M. - HOLD IT! What DO you like about A.C?
A.C. "... and the temperature in the class rooms, and the vending

machine service, and the student activity fees and . . .
R.M. - ALVIN! What do you LIKE about AC life?
A.C. - Weilll . . . the free movies.
R.M. - That's it?

A.C. - Uh . . . I saw a good concert here once.
R.M. - What is your major?
A.C. You mean this quarter?
R.M. - Yeah. Right now.
A.C. - Let me think political science. I love politics. It's neat!

Couldn't have democracy without it. Be real hard to elect

presidents, too.
R.M. - What do you do for fun?
A.C. - Go to discos; I went into mourning when Stonehenge closed.

I also play guitar, read Tolkien, and wonder what happened to the

Beatles.
R.M. - What's your love life like?
A.C. -Hypothetical, at this stage. But I have wild fantasies. One

involves Cheryl Tiegs, a deserted island, a case of no-doze and

several oysters.
R.M. - Uh-huh.
A.C. - Should I go on?

R-M. - Nah. I get the picture. What's your GPA?
A.C. - Below 3.0 - I'm on academic probation, really. I flunked English

101 a few times. So, my GPA went down the toilet.
R.M. - What kind of clothes do you wear?
A.C. - Jeans are out. Three-piece white suits are coming in. All the

guys want to look like John Travolta.
R.M. - Who do the girls want to look like?
AC. - Anyone but Bella Abzug.

R.M. - A noble ambition. What happens after graduation?
A.C. - I'll get a job; raise a family; and go along fine for a few years.

Then I'll get bored and want out of the nine to five doldrums. I'll

probably drag out this annual and . . .
R.M. - Relive the good old days?

A.C. - No. I'll be thankful I got out of here with a shred of sanity intact.
R.M. - Thank you, Alvin.
A.C. - Sure. Hey, I really do want a prize.

CAMPUS CHARACTER QUIRKS

by
Robin G. Grace

Our classrooms are plagued with a pest more common than the cold,
more vengeful than the mosquito, and more irritating than
transmission failure. This obnoxious pest is none other than the class
ass. Contrary to popular belief, this species of imbecile is not new to
our culture; instead, this inexorable and ruthless breed has been with
us since the beginning of time, and chances are he'll be with us to the
end.

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THE POLITICIAN:

This struggling orator feels it is his moral obligation to attack, defend,
or modify even the most basic statements. The fact that he has no
background in political science, and rarely gets his facts straight, does
not daunt him at all. No matter what, he always manages to muscle
his mouth into the most minor debate.

THE MONOPOLIZER:

This particular student never contributes a single beneficial word to the
class, but after class this sweetheart is up in front of the teacher's desk
with questions, answers, reports, and retorts. Later as you sit outside
the professor's office for an hour, you realize from the loud voice that
it is motor-mouth, once again and It's your appointment time. The
only cure for this dilly is lockjaw.

No matter what, this doll has an excuse. She's either too old, or too
young; has been away from school too long, or came back too soon.
Ask this dame for a favor and she goes into her infamous song and
dance about the children, her husband, her sick mother, or the dog.
If she does poorly on an exam, she blames it on the teacher's
ineptness, her sudden illness, or her heavy work load. According to
her, she makes no mistakes. Can she help it if fate is always standing
In her way?

ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS?:

The bell has rung; you begin to gather your books. But, stop! Who is
that in the corner anxiously waving his hand? Oh, no! It's Hlt^ again,
and he has a question; and question it is indeed. For five minutes the
entire class must sit patiently while this student asks some five-part
question which: does not pertain to the class at all; was answered
earlier in the class: or jolts the teacher's memory to some added and
valuable material, forcing twenty ready-to-go students to scramble for
closed notebooks and poison pens.

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WW II LEFTOVER:

They don't wear banners, carry signs, or wave flags, but you always
know who they are. They are those endearing chaps who somehow can
manage to relate some long-winded war story to chemistry, math,
English, psychology, or sociology. You say bottle, they think you've
said battle. Mention wall, and it's war. You like fried sausage, they
suddenly remember their first sergeant; and on and on and on. Not all
veterans make loud noises like an M-16, but the ones who do tend to
give other veterans a bad name, and all other students a bad
headache.

THE INTELLECT:

This particular species prefaces all his sentences with "I", "In my
opinion," and "It is undoubtedly so." The professor cannot attempt a
lecture without this guy's qualifying comments, expert opinions, and
prolific remarks. It obviously is this stooge's sole duty in life to impress
us "underlings" with his vast knowledge and incomparable intellect.
This sickening Socrates, in an all but subtle way, lets us know that he
is indeed above all others. My question - why does he bother to take
classes?

WOULD YOU REPEAT THAT, PLEASE?:

This dear generally arrives late, leaves early, and sleeps In between.
As soon as the professor gets the statement out of his mouth, this bore
pipes up with, "Would you repeat that, please?"

GOT A CIGARETTE?:

This character never has anything. Before class it's a quarter for coffee
(he left his wallet at home); during class it's a pencil and a few sheets
of paper. After class it's a lift home his car is being serviced. God
forbid you should meet him in the library: "Could I take a peek at your
homework?" Or in the cafeteria: "Got a cigarette?" He wouldn't be so
bad in fact, you could almost feel sorry for him if it weren't that this
notoriously selfish nerd never says "thanks," rarely returns a favor,
and has absolutely no conscience.

THE WIT:

This cornball always has a witty story, some fitting anecdote, or a joke
for all occasions to add to the class. And heaven knows, when this
Soupy Sales gets started he doesn't know when to stop. Trying to shut
him up is like trying to get a 4.0 average from a 2.0 brain. Sadly enough,
this jokester has a seemingly inexhaustable repertoire.

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THE PROFESSIONAL STUDENT:

RITA HAYWORTH RERUN:

This dimpled darling speaks in a whisper. She has legs up to here, and
boobs out to there. Her wardrobe is seasonless usually a halter top
and tight pants. This breathless babe would not be so darn bad if she
weren't so damn helpless. "I don't understand," Is the only sentence
she speaks in English. She winks, blinks, crawls, and yawns for
attention. I wish someone would tell her the war is over.

This perpetual student has been with the school for the past ten years.
In fact, he often is mistaken for a member of the faculty. Each day he
spends twelve hours on campus one in class, the other eleven
holding court in the cafeteria. What his problem is nobody knows, but
so far he has no particular major and no defined course of study. This
type would not be so bad except he insists upon "counseling" all
students. Just listen to him: he knows the classes to take and those
to avoid; majors that are worthwhile and those that are not. He even
can give you a thorough run down on the cafeteria food. However, his
advice, so often unsolicited, generally Is wrong. There are only two
ways to deal with this busybody monster: either lend him a deaf ear,
or petition the college to retire him with a gold watch and an honorary
degree.

SHARON GILLION

A few years ago Sharon Gillion was content in her role as homemaker,
wife, and mother. Furthermore, she felt no compulsion to rush out of
her house and get a Job simply because contemporary society thought
it a prerequisite to "knowing thyself." Sharon was as happy with
herself and her family as she is now. But after seeing friends and
acquaintances dissolving their marital contracts, and especially after
witnessing a female friend's descent into hell after the sudden death
of her husband, Sharon reassessed the uncertainties of the future. She
determined to prepare herself for any situation fate might send her
way.

In 1976 Sharon entered Augusta College as a freshman her
objective: to pursue a degree in Accounting. She says, "I realized that
I was as responsible for the futures of myself, my husband, and my
three children as my husband John is, and although I am 42, I have
a considerable future to prepare for. If anything should happen to my
husband, I want to be able to manage our assets. I know that a degree
in accounting would adequately prepare me for that."

An attractive blonde, Sharon talks frankly about herself as she is
helping her younger son write his name, and her middle son reduce
fractions.

"When I was a girl," she said, "I made a conscious decision to marry.
And because I wanted to marry and lead a comfortable, secure life,
I refused to date boys who were not planning on graduating from
college. Looking back," she laughs, "I realize that I was lucky in my
choice of a husband. There are many men with college degrees whom
I wouldn't care one whit about being married to! And many men
without degrees who are successful and talented and seem to be
terrific husbands."

Today Sharon continues to do the things she enjoys most, but with
the addition of a part time college load. She says, "After I receive my
degree I may work part time, but I have no plans and no desire to work
on a full time basis." She added, "I worked for ten and a half years
and absolutely came to hate the rigidity of having to go to the office
every day. I'd much prefer to read, shop, lunch with friends, cook, and
go to the lake to think and fish. Because I have household help, I am
not tied to the house. During the school year I am a wife and mother
until 8:30 a.m.; but between 8:30 and 2 p.m.. I am by myself, to be
myself."

When asked if she truly felt fulfilled in her role as wife, mother, and
homemaker did she not feel just a little bit lost in the shuffle? Sharon
countered, "You've been reading too much rubbish. I am the center
of the shuffle, and I love it. My husband and my three boys are my life.
And although many women enjoy working and many have to work
I do not. What I do with my life is my choice, just as what you do
with yours is your choice." She added emphatically, "There is nothing
in my life that I want to change, except of course, now I want to be as
prepared as possible for the future."

Sharon's future plans are less rigid yet just as defined as those she
made as a young girl and as a young married woman. Now her goals
involve her family's education, growth, wellbeing, and happiness.
"AC," she says, "is helping me insure my future."

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linda meehan
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lisa perry
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For six months we searched for that elusive quality "the personality
of Augusta College." The task we had set for ourselves proved to be
more difficult than anticipated. And now that all the data is In there is
no way to present it objectively. So we have decided to let you arrive
at your own conclusion.

The following are bits of information gathered from surveys, Interviews,
and eavesdropping:

'People want to remember the good things so be careful what you
report."

Enrollment was not as high as predicted, therefore we do not have
the anticipated activity funds."

If you can round up six more students we'll be able to make this
class."

'We have only ten entrants for the (homecoming) parade."

'I believe I have to get involved to get the most out of college."

'The band was great. Too bad only about thirty people showed up."

'I can't afford to go anywhere else."

'Personality of AC? Huh, huh, huh, huh."

'I didn't know we had a film series."

'George who?" from many students.

'It took me a lot of years to get to the top of this pyramid." ... Dr.
Geo. Christenberry.

The personality of AC reflects the attitude of the administration -
disinterested."

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THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSE

by
Sharon R. Gillion

Anyone had a cherry pie disappear? A clue to its whereabouts might
be found in an interview with Dr. George A. Christenberry covering
FACTS and FABLES about the President's House at Augusta College.

Historically, the President's House is known as the Commandant's
House, Augusta Arsenal (Stephen Vincent Benet House.) It was built
in 1826-27 as a residence for commandants at the arsenal. It's
pre-renovation twin, Rains Hall, was built to house the Assistant
Commandant. Stephen Benet's father served as commandant from
1911 to 1919. The younger Benet lived in the house until 1915 when
he left to attend Yale. The house remained the property of the
Department of Army until 1955 at which time it was acquired by the
Richmond County Board of Education. In 1958, when the Junior
College of Augusta became a part of the University System of Georgia,
ownership of the property was transferred to the State of Georgia.

Originally the arsenal was located in the King Mill area where it was
established in 1816; but due to the miasmic vapors exuded by the
canal vapors believed to be detrimental to the health of the garrison
the arsenal was moved to the Summerville area.

In 1961 the house was remodeled for Gerald B. Bobbins, the first
president of Augusta College, to use as a residence. The upper floor,
prior to remodeling, had access from room to room only by means of
an open, outside porch. This inconvenient situation was corrected by
the installation of an inside stairwell. However, the house was left with
a rattling, groaning central steam heating system which the current
occupants. Dr. and Mrs. Christenberry, inherited.

In 1971 renovations to the President's House were made which
consisted primarily of converting the heating system to a modern
central heating and cooling system. At the same time, Mrs.
Christenberry selected fabrics, wallpaper, etc., and supervised the
redecoration of the interior. She and Dr. Christenberry lived in the
building which now houses the offices of Continuing Education until
renovations were completed on Thanksgiving 1970.

In March, 1971, the resplendently refurbished President's House was
seen by the public for the first time when Dr. Christenberry was
inaugurated as president of Augusta College. About 700 guests
attended a reception honoring him. Since that time the house has been
opened to the public twice, for the Garden Council's Tour of Homes
and for the Summerville Tour of Homes.

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The two-storied building tias downstairs walls of twenty-four inch solid
masonry construction. It has a full basement which contains a small,
dungeon-like room with hooks on the walls. This room may have been
used to hang cured meat, or as a root cellar. Contrary to rumor, there
is no evidence of tunnels linking this basement to other buildings on
the property.

The exterior of the house, basically Federal in style, has Tuscan pillars
with dentiled cornices at both the upper and lower levels. Side porches
have been enclosed to form sunrooms on the first and second floors.

On the ground floor is a parlor with a formal dining room behind. These
two rooms have back-to-back fireplaces with a central chimney. A
wing in the rear contains the family dining room and the present
kitchen. A glassed-in music room is off the entrance hall. There also
is a rear parlor and washroom. Upstairs are several large bedrooms
and a guest room which includes a dressing room and bath. It is a large
house. Dr. Christenberry says it is so large you lose things in it.

The main door on the right front opens into a high ceilinged halway
with a straight-run stairway which looks through to the rear gallery. At
one time, doors to closets located on opposite sides of the entrance
hall could be opened toward each other to form a door closing off the
interior of the house, thus creating double protection from the outside.

The closets of the house are involved in legends. "It seems," explained
President Christenberry, "the ghost of a very vain wife of one of the
commandants who lived here prowls around at night checking the
closets of the women presently living in the house to see whether they
are more stylishly dressed than she. However," Dr. Christenberry
exiaimed wryly, "I've heard nothing but squirrels."

And speaking of ghost stories, a young male relative of one of the
commandants had problems as a youth and was sent to the Augusta
Arsenal to work. The men working with him were very displeased with
him because of the favoritism they felt he was shown. One day he was
to go out on an errand with the promise of cherry pie when he returned.
While out, he was murdered, and according to the legend, his ghost
comes back and goes through the house looking for his cherry pie. It
is said, "If you leave cherry pie unattended in the President's House,
it disappears." When he related this story, Dr. Christenberry
commented, "We don't make cherry pie anymore."

FEMINISM

by
Vera Murray-Bellman

The following article does not purport to be a definitive statement on
tfie scope or depth of the issues being discussed. Although these
issues involve men, I have purposely omitted men because this article
is written about women. Males having difficulty identifying with the
article need only substitute opposite circumstances and/or pronoun
gender.

After three years in Augusta and at Augusta College, I am dismayed
at the misconceptions regarding feminism and the Equal Rights
Amendment (ERA). "Feminist" and "women's libber" are used as
pejorative terms intimating "she" is a communist, home-breaker,
non-feminine female, lesbian (a negative sanction of society), radical
revolutionist, out-cast, low-life, and/or man-hater, etc. Feminists are
INDIVIDUALS who believe in the theory of social, political, and
economic equality of the sexes. Being a Feminist does not
automatically imply she is a communist, socialist, anarchist, capitalist,
etcetra. After all, our capitalistic, and presumably democratic society
Is founded on the principle that "all MEN are created equal" (emphasis
mine).

A feminist, by her actions and attitudes, is independent, making
dependent action her choice, not a societal or legal maxim. Feminism
is seen on a continuum with the majority being moderate in philosophy
and ideology, and the conservative and radical women (minority) being
most often quoted. Hence sensationalism and negative notoriety are
attached with the label "Feminist." Of course, if a community has
conservative, traditional values (structured inequality), a conservative
feminist is seen as suspect, and a moderate as radical. The ERA,
incorrectly viewed as a radical position, is one of many feminist issues
she supports and is not the totality of her beliefs. This is so because
ERA deals only with governmental action. These women are concerned
with the social, economic, political, psychological, and educational
Issues (to name a few) in the private/public sectors of our society, also.
The need for ERA is manifested in all areas where GOVERNMENTAL
action is involved, but due to time and space, when mentioning the
above issues, only the NEED for ERA in terms of our educational
system will be covered.

The majority of women today, as those in the past, are the product of
a socialization that by the very definition of being a female narrows and
limits the choices and types of toys she plays with, clothes she wears,
activities she selects (passive rather than active), duties she performs,
and values of her sexuality. These personal social values of what a girl
and woman should be are reinforced (if she accepted the
indoctrination) or demanded (if she rejected it) by the social values on
a public level. Institutions such as schools, churches, the media, as well
as advertisements, music, and some forms of dancing, create a rigid,
stifling, vacuous role within which a woman is expected and required
to operate. A feminist believes flexibility, choice, and knowledge are
necessary to assist a girl in developing her own set of values and
identifying with herself and her society. For instance, it is just as easy
to feel healthy, beautiful, nice smelling, sensual, and important as it Is
to feel the opposite. The fact that sexual excitement is not to be
recognized, discussed, and/or admitted (although she is a sexual
being from puberty until the rite of marriage) certainly underscores the
almost schizophrenic attitude a female must adopt to handle the
requirement of being sexy but not sexual.

Outside of church the entire nation revolves around money. And
outside of necessities, presumably any desire for more money is her
problem. Of course, most women expect a modicum amount of money
for living, and most, I would imagine, wish for enough not to have to
worry about it. Money, however, comes with independence, and
women generally are dependent. Her status is inferior and, unlike the
boy, she moves from father to husband with no upgrading in status.
As mother she is unequal with the father, but equal with her children
over whom she has total responsibility. True self-satisfaction and
self-esteem, credit for success and failure, autonomy, shared child
rearing responsibility, and equal status are qualities of an independent
woman. Feminists believe it is essential to recognize dignity, equality

of status, and economic value in the roles of mother, homemaker, wife,
and woman. The reasons are many, and one, all too obvious, is that
through divorce or death she is only one man away from total
economic responsibility. Feminists feel women who work in and/or
outside the home are just as equal, important, and needed.

Women have, as a majority (of which, incidentally, we are), traditionally
remained outside the political arena. This area is vital to women and
assuredly a major component in our nation's operation. The women
who are visible usually are of feminist leanings, if not truly feminists.
There also are women acting out traditional ideologies and professing
feminist views as well as, naturally the reverse. Feminists today are
pooling their resources to collectively influence the system. In the past,
lack of political knowledge, organizational skills, and unsupportive
laws have hindered women's views from being heard, taken seriously,
or implemented; and all too frequently, due to their own independent
philosophy, compromise is difficult to obtain. It is not until woman
tokenism disappears and substantial participation is the norm that
constructive permanent changes will be seen, f^inimal to none are
money, power, rights, or status the tools necessary to effect change
within the system which place women's issues near the bottom on
national, state, and local levels. Women's issues are everyone's issues
because they affect the basic quality of life through each generation.
The issues are varied and many, and all are found rooted in the unequal
and inferior status women are assigned from birth until death. Some
of these issues are wife abuse, child abuse, rape, displaced
homemakers, employment, pay, sex discrimination, sports, credit,
education, domestic relations, and so on. Feminists are interested in
all issues of life whether they affect women directly, indirectly, or
possibly not at all.

The psychological ramifications of believing and/or being treated as
an inferior are tragic and wasteful and clearly indicate national
pathology. Yet women are a majority and an oppressed group.
Oppression of such a large magnitude has been possible only by
convincing the oppressed that the inequalities are deserving and just.
Women are ridiculed and ostracized if they do not conform but think
differently. All institutions have worked together to steer women back
into the roles they reject as too narrow, restrictive, and noncreative.
Feminists recognize and seek to eliminate the rigid stereotypes
encapsulating women. Supportive groups facilitate a space where
women may assert their uniqueness, individuality and creativeness. A
truly supportive group is not the frequently labeled "bitch session" or
"tear down men session." True intimacy and sharing are the norm.
These groups also foster self-confidence, self-esteem, and self-worth.
It is a space where women may and do feel free to express their true
selves with all the joys, disappointments, complexities, and great
unique variations of character they possess. Women-feminists are
extremely proud to be women and extend a hand to all other women
who have found, are searching, or have not begun to search for their
self-identity.

Education is a part of socialization and in particular is in the realm of
values we incorporate from the public and often from governmental
sections of our society, as mentioned at the beginning of this article.
Since currently we are all in school, I feel this area is of particular
interest to students. It is in this one special area that the need for ERA
is brought to your attention at this time. This passage is taken directly
from the "Statement on the Equal Rights Amendment" by the United
States Commission on Civil Rights. The footnotes, due to space have
been deleted.

"In describing the need for the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972,
congressional proponents pointed to the field of education as evidence
of the persistent pattern of sex discrimination. Despite Federal and
State legislation prohibiting such discrimination in educational
programs and institutions, many discriminatory patterns persist.
Education is an important route for personal advancement; therefore,
its opportunities must be open to our daughters as well as to our
sons."

Yet, in elementary and secondary schools, girls still are steered away
from mathematics, science, and the training needed for the better
paying fields currently dominated by men. In the three years from 1972
go 1975, the proportion of girls in technical education rose less than
one percentage point, from 10% to 1 1%. The increase was about the
same from 12% to 13% in trades and industrial occdpations.

In a recent case, when a ninth-grade girl who had won awards in
geometry and science wanted to go to a public high school which
offered advanced courses and superior facilities in those fields, and
for which she was qualified by all objective standards, she was turned
down because the school was for boys only. Susan Vorchheimer took
her case all the way to the Supreme Court where she was again turned
down. The court has not yet recognized such sex-based segregation
as a form of discrimination, nor is it likely to do so while the ERA is
pending.

Inequality is widespread in school sports, a traditional training ground
for leadership and a route to higher education through athletic
scholarships. For every one girl playing high school sports, schools still
are providing teams and equipment that advantage two and a half
times as many boys. At the college level, budgets for women's sports
still are only 10% to 15% of men's

Women are less likely than men to complete four or more years of
college. When minority women are compared with white men. the
disparity is particularly pronounced.

College-level discrimination is, perhaps, most severe among the ranks
of faculty and college administrators. Women are only 25% of full-time
faculty; they are clustered at the lower professional ranks, and their
status has been described as 'sliding slowly downhill.' College
administration still is a male-dominated field; as of May 1977 only
about 1% of all presidents of 4-year colleges and public and private
universities were women

Federal legislation to address these problems includes Title IX of the
1972 Educational Amendments, which broadly prohibits sex-based
discrimination in educational programs financed by the Federal
Government. However, two extensive reviews of Title IX show it has
failed to have much effect. The outcome of the July 1978 deadline for
compliance by secondary and postsecondary schools with the
athletics provisions of the regulations remains to be seen. The
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (the Federal agency
chiefly responsible for Title IX enforcement) took three years to issue
the regulations necessary to enforce the Act, and other agencies with
enforcement responsibilities still have no regulations, more than six
years after Title IX became law.

Even after HEW's delayed response, a court order was necessary to
trigger even minimal administrative enforcement of this statute. The
administrative enforcement process itself has failed to result in clear
and consistent rulings, has included withdrawal of rulings when they
became the center of controversy, and in six years has reached a final
decision in less than 500 complaints of sex discrimination of a total of
1400 pending an average of less than one complaint per
investigator per year. Indeed, for the ten months preceeding June
1977, HEW stopped making decisions on Title IX almost completely,
and did not even answer mail dealing with the Act.
Individuals turning to the courts for relief under Title IX have met with
further resistance. In fact, their right to go to court at all under Title
IX has been questioned.

The Federal Equal Rights Amendment will provide an independent
basis with which to challenge sex bias in education programs that
directly or substantially involve government action. Unlike Title IX,
Federal funding will not be required to trigger its application. The right
of a student or teacher to go to court when faced with sex-based
discrimination will be clear. Ratification of the ERA can be expected
to prompt more effective enforcement of antidiscrimination laws
concerning education. It will be a clear mandate of the highest order
that sex bias is not acceptable in our nation's schools.
Moreover, the symbolic effect of the ERA on our children's education
cannot be overestimated. It will assure that the study of the
Constitution finally will include the principle that women and men are
equal before the law

As a woman. I hope you will become aware of the sexism in the
textbooks on campus and call attention to your professor, chairperson
of the department, the student government, and the academic dean.
I hope you will observe the gender, position, and quality of the officers
of your student government, faculty, and administration. I hope you will
seek to have the use of the female pronoun used frequently in speech
and in texts as the privileged "he" has historically been afforded. I
hope you will take note that only 18% of the student body voted in this
last election. And lastly. I hope you will DO something to better the
quality for all people at your school and in your community. If you get
this far, I sincerely thank you.

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other Staff members:

ASSISTANT EDITOR, WAYLAND MONCREIFFE. The illustrious
Wayland is known to his fellow annual staff workers as the phantom
of the White Column's office. He, as assistant editor, was seen only
three times this year: once by Gina when she Interviewed him; the
second time by Evelyn Ellwanger when checks were being given out;
and finally by a few inebriated staff members at one of our bi-weekly
office parties. What does he look like? One wonders. Well, nobody
really knows for sure because Wayland comes complete with full
beard, bushy brows, black hair which often is mistaken for a top hat,
and a black cape. However, Wayland is the marvel of the telephone
if, of course, you can catch him at home. In fact, he shot, printed,
trimmed, and layed out photos across the wire without ever seeing the
book. Needless to say, Wayland, a cross between Dracula and zorro,
has proven himself the fine photographer he claimed to be just
examine the fang-bitten necks of the women on campus, and the whip
marks on their legs.

The 1978/79 white columns magazine staff differed greatly from those
staffs of the past, and not because we were any brighter, any more
talented, or all more experienced. Most likely because we were
stranger, lewder, louder, and probably more diverse in temperament,
character, background, and ability than those before us.

GINA ADAMS, our editor and the and the no adjective will
describe her woman who led us through two and a half quarters of sin,
folly, failure, food, and fun, can be better understood through the list
of jobs she has held, both full time and part time, over the past 24
years; Shipping department and sales clerk, J. B. White's; lunch
counter. King's Way Pharmacy; window designer; layout in what she
calls the world's worst art The Yellow Pages; Florida beach bum;
studied sex habits of the Florida sandflies (and got paid!); telephone
operator; assistant in promotion at WRDW; modeled swimming pools
for Sears; designed kitchen floor plans; Delta Airlines stewardess; tour
company stewardess; stewardess for land operation (although she
suspected it, she didn't know the company was fraudulent until
everyone was indicted); first woman hired by 7/1 1 in Florida; driver in
auto auction; waitressed at various places ranging from poo poo to
posh; rejuvenates old cars, old houses, (and old men?); head start
teacher; owned business called "The Hobbit Hole" which specialized
in exotic plants and arts and crafts on consignment; head start
teacher; tutor; teacher's aid; gourmet cook; fan dancer (Sally Rand's
successor?); worked for Gainsville Daily Sun; layout artist in the dawn
of time (1959 White Columns); Editor of 1979 White Columns/BA in
Education as of June 1979 (all this and she can't type!).

Gina, born in Canada, has lived alternately in Augusta and Florida. She
is an inveterate traveler who has crisscrossed the country. At 38 she
is receiving her degree in education. When asked why it has taken her
so long to decide upon a career, she said, "I've always felt it was best
to sample a little of everything before making any long term decisions,
and that's exactly what I have done. Plus," she continued, her eyes
gleaming, "when you've done as much as I have, you begin to feel you
already have a college degree, or degrees, and a career, or careers,
even if not in the conventional sense."

Apparently Gina has enjoyed her not so conventional life style and,
although she is married and adores children, she does not plan to have
any of her own. "For me, teaching is a way of being around the most
exciting group of people in the world and still have weekends and
summers to myself. In fact," she says, "if I could afford it. I would teach
for free."

Gina's plans for the future are as cluttered and diverse as those of her
past. "Eventually," she says, "I will return to school for my masters,
and I would like to teach overseas. My next four summers already are
filled and, of course, 1 am eager to write a book about all of my weird
experiences."

BUSINESS EDITOR, VICKl SMITH: When no one else was there, and
there were times when the office hadn't seen some of our bodies in
days, Vicki was there working with what little she had, which frequently
was very little, to get the magazine ready for the press. We all agree
that she is very settled and unspoiled for a typical Army brat.

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER, ANGEL CARDONA: Angel was not always
an angel. But nine out of ten times he was. He brought color and
excitement to an otherwise dull group with the ongoing saga of his life.
He is responsible for the faculty and administration photos as well as
many campus shots, and probably a few pot shots.

SANDI STRENGTH: What can be said about Sandi? She's like a
Kewpie doll in a windstorm. Between her dates and committee
meetings she whirled into the office to work on ad sales and layout.
She was as much a legend around the office as she was fun to be
around, and nice to know.

ANDREW JACKSON: Andrew, known to the staff as the wheeled
wonder, was the spirit of the White Column's office, and a lot of time
was spent by the staff speculating on his secret life. "Andrew, do you
want to enlighten us?" Otherwise Andrew was a photographer whose
contributions to this book include the Fine Arts faculty section.

WILLIE BLOUNT: Willie worried and worried, and worried. Between
munchful mouthfuls, "Gina," he'd ask, "did you get those pictures?"
"Vicki," he'd wonder, "did you pay those bills?" "Robin," he'd sigh,
"have you got your copy?" It is a wonder Willie does not suffer from
acute hypertension. But Willie also served a more important function.
He acted as a sort of "guy Friday," something the White Columns
could not do without.

GLENNA PRIETO: Glenna is the only person on the annual staff for
whom I really did not know what to say. So I'll rely on the truth. Glenna
is a quiet, self-effacing girl who seemed to spark, with no effort on her
part, the admiring sighs of men from the White Columns office all the
way to Boise, Idaho, However, while they were panting for her, she was
panting for more work to do. She is responsible for much of the layout
work within the book.

ROBIN GRACE, copy editor: I am to me already? I still have not thought
up anything clever to say about myself. If I say something good I'll
appear vain; if I say something bad I'll sound insecure; and if I say
anything that even suggests mediocrity, 1 am afraid people might
believe it. Hmmmmm. So, I won't say anything at all except that I was
responsible for 98% of the unsigned copy in this book. I say 98% for
two reasons because it is true, and because 1 find the 2% a hedge
against negative criticism. If someone says snidely, "Who wrote that?"
I can say, "Not I! That was the 2%." For me, working on this book was
a never-to-be-forgotten experience.

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CONTRIBUTORS: The 1978/79 White Columns' staff thanks their
contributors: CARTOONISTS Vann Langston, Dennis Nelson, Mike
Rodgers. PHOTOGRAPHER Valerie Webb. WRITERS Faith Bertshe,
Sharon Gillion, Robert Moore. Vera Murray-Bellman, Gena Spooner.
MISCELLANEOUS: Anne Coleman for unlocking the office door
umpteen times a day; Bob Parkens for gathering and contributing
valuable sports infor Greg Cruey for taking a lot of telephone
messages; The Bellringer Staff (R. Moore editor) for sharing a perfectly
unorthodox conjugal relationship; and A SPECIAL THANKS to all
those people who ate our food, stole our pencils, borrowed our
typewriter, slept on our couch, and thoroughly interrupted our
progress. You were the ones who gave us a good excuse to miss
deadline after deadline.

KEITH COWLING: Those staff members who had not had the pleasure
of his company before truly fell in love with him as had the rest of us.
He was more than an appendage. He was a delight, A STAPLE, a book
of ideas. He is also the "flirtatious flasher" on page 59 of this book.
It is AC'S and our own misfortune that this man's infinite variety and
skill are not taken full advantage of. We. as a staff, are indebted to him.

GINA'S MOM, LAURA CAMERON: Sweet little lady? Support hose? Hi,
deary? Right? WRONG! Gina's mom is anything but. A disjointed
Bostonian. Laura C. quite generously proofed and typed tons of copy
for the yearbook all this between jaunts to England. Scotland.
Washington. DC, Florida, a hundred odd weddings, graduations,
christenings, birthdays, and driving back and forth to Gina's house (no
small feat). She is a woman who goes 100 mph, with gusts up to 350.
I think she should have been paid.

Explanations, Excuses, and General BS.

We had an idea and we ran with it. At times we were perhaps
overzealous. At other times we were decidedly less so. Generally we
were somewhere inbetween. But from the beginning we were an
enthusiastic group. However, with the exception of Gina. I don't think
any one of us realized just how much of a job we had before us and
how much time we would have to give to support our ideas.

To coordinate a year book, as Gina did, takes infinite patience and
skill, not to mention the luck of having a good, hard-working staff. For
this year's staff the demands were two-sided. Not only did we have to
take our photographs, we had to print them; write our copy and edit
it; come up with ideas then work them out; lay them out and paste them
up. And believe me, there was a lot of ripping apart and putting back
together before Gina allowed this book to be shipped to the printer.

In essence, it may not be the best; surely it's not the worst. Hopefully
it is something just a shade above inbetween. For this we have only
the eye, the voice, the hand, and the head of Gina Adams to thank.

Robin Grace
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