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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 
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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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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 
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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. 



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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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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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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 
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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 
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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. 

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