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Enrollment
Rises Again
For the second consecutive
quarter, enrollment figures
have shown an increase over
the corresponding quarter last
year. Fall quarter enrollment
has increased 6.2 percent with
5,524 students compared to last
fall’s 5,201.
The largest increase is in
graduate student enrollment
with 1,685 this fall compared to
1,104 a year ago.
A breakdown of enrollment in
other categories shows there
are 1,036 freshmen, 824
sophomores, 755 juniors, 824
seniors, 10 transient students,
137 special studies students, 61
high school seniors and superior
high school juniors, and 192
unclassified students. More
than 1,200 of the students
enrolled for the first time this
fall.
There are 1,888 single men,
1,851 single women, 705 married
men and 1,080 married women.
Problems ?
No New Ones , Bookstore Says
BY BUBBA IIOVIS
Personnel in the campus
bookstore insist that any
problems which may be arising
this quarter are no different
from those encountered in the
past.
The most recent problem
surfaced last week when
Andrew Short, psychology
instructor, wrote a letter
charging that he is sick of being
“wet-nurse” to the campus
bookstore
Short said, "This has hap
pened enough during my two
years here to be the rule rather
than the exception.”
Helen Copeland, manager of
the campus bookstore, has said
that her employees are capable
of ordering books without
assistance from outsiders. Mrs.
Copeland said, “I’ve been in
this business for 18 years. I
believe I know the proper
procedure for ordering books by
now.”
In his letter, Short stated
there is "overt pressure from
the administration that books
be ordered by faculty only from
the campus bookstore.” He
later said. "The administration
and campus bookstore go to
great lengths to patronize each
other, creating a type of
protective relationship.”
Mrs. Copeland denied any
sort of "protective relation
ship.” She said, "We are a part
of the college, so naturally we
exist for the convenience of the
school. Any profit made in this
bookstore goes right back to the
school.”
Short said, "this pressure has
come out in memo form and
seems to me to be unethical,
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fiODSPKLL the highly acclaimed Broadway musical, will be
presented here on Nov. 5. The play, which is a light musical
comedv-drama based on the Gospel of St. Matthew, will be per
formed bv Play more Productions, I.td., a professional touring
company based in New York. The show will begin at 8 p m. in the
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Andrew Short
not illegal.” He later continued,
“It seems interesting to me that
no one has even denied the
presence of the memo.
Mrs. Copeland said she had
not seen the alleged memo.
“Information concerning text
book needs is to be given to
the campus bookstore and the
off-campus Braves Bookstore.”
she said. She charged if there is
any pressure at all, it is being
applied to insure that certain
faculty members give the same
information to the campus
bookstore that is being given to
the Braves Bookstore.
Rick Locklier, manager of the
Braves Bookstore, ack
nowledges there is a
"problem.” He feels that it may
be due partly "to a lack of
communication between the
faculty and the bookstores.”
Mrs. Copeland later agreed
the two bookstores have had no
outright disagreements. She
said, “We get along fine, and
work together very often.”
Mrs. Copeland denied
charges by Short that the
campus bookstore "shorts
orders so as to be sure they all
will sell.” She said there are
many factors involved the
ordering of books. These factors
include how many books an
instructor requests, the fact
that a complete shipment of
tlooks is seldom received, and
she can not predict the exact
nomber of used books that can
be obtained
Locklier said another factor is
the faculty does not always
adhere to deadlines for ordering
books. He added that after
students drop and add courses,
estimated enrollment figures
are not always accurate. He
cited a random sampling of
courses, where 17 percent less
people were enrolled than had
been predicted. He said,
“Students don’t see overstock
just shortages.
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Budget Cut'Ridiculous,
Says ‘Eclectic ’ Editor
Saying that the "Eclectic”
budget cut is "ridiculous,
Stanley Harrington, editor of
the college’s literary magazine,
expressed concern Wednesday
about the future of the
publication.
The "Eclectic” budget has
been cut from last year’s total
of $1,200 to SI,OOO
Citing the rise in printing
costs and the price of paper.
Harrington said, "Money is
tight, and the SGA doesn t think
the ‘‘Eclectic’’ serves any
purpose, and for that reason
they want to give us as little
money as possible, or none at
all.”
Because of the quality of past
issues, he said that he can see
why they think it’s worthless
“I’d like for them to give me a
chance to put out a good
magazine and get some
students interested,’ he said
Harrington is also concerned
with the lack of office space for
the “Eclectic.”
"The SGA is supposed to
provide us office space, but we
don’t have any, and this has
delayed our starting work on
the magazine,” he said.
Lamar Chambers, president
of SGA. said that he knew
nothing about the SGA
providing office space, but said
the SGA would lie willing to give
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up one of its offices, a 10 feet by
10 feet room, for an Eclectic
office
Philip Cagle, coordinator ot
student activities, said the
request for office space must be
made to Kenneth Batchelor,
director of fiscal affairs. He
also said there are now about
four rooms in Aycock Hall
which are being used for
storage, some of which might be
available for office space for the
“Eclectic.”
Harrington said he was still
encouraged because he has
received several requests from
freshman to join the staff. He
said, too, the position of
assistant editor is yet to be
filled
Students interested in joining
the staff should see Jamie
Jones, faculty advisor to the
"Eclectic” and assistant
professor of English, in room
219 of the humanities building.
Speaking of last year's issue.
Harrington said it was filled
with “Death, destruction and
gloom.”
“I’m open to humor. My idea,
my working hypothesis, in
selecting material is going to be
that anything good need not be
serious and anything serious
need not be sad, he said.