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VOL. I, NO. 5
ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG, N. C.
NOVEMBER 20, 1961
Exciting Plans
Announced For
Sadie Hawkins
Nov. 27 through Dec, 2 has
officially been declared as Sa
die Kawkiiis week. During this
week the Dogpatch custom of
femaie-coui't-male will be the
rule. Climax of the week will
oe a costume dance Saturday
nig'ht.
Uiris must favor the boys
for the entire v/cek. Dates will
be carried out in reverse man
ner— girls will call for the
boys at the boys’ dorms. Girls
will treat the boys to coffee,
coko3, and such, and should
be available for book-totin’ on
thtit long journey across the
causeway.
During lunch and supper
hours on Monday and Tuesday,
Sadie Hawkins licenses will be
on sale in the Student Center
for ten cents. These Li’l Abner
and Daisy Mae Tags, declaring
that the posse.ssor is a licensed
hunter or legal bait (female
and male, respectively) are to
be worn all times while on
campus for the entire week.
If a male (or legal bait)
is caught without his license,
the Dogpatch procedure will
be temporarily suspended and
the male will be required to
follow the usual customs of
treating the females.
The Saturday night dance
win feature an eight piece
string combo for square danc
ing, but the “twisters” will
have a chance to perform to
records played between the
squares. Prizes will be award
ed to winners of the novelty
numbers and relays.
Admission to the dance will
be 75c per person— unlicensed
persons, that is; all those who
wear tlheir Sadie Hawkins tags
will be charged only 50c.
Orders For College Rings Taken Tues. And Wed.
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COLLEGE RING AS SKETCHED BY BALFOUR ARTIST
Orders Taken In The
Student Center Lobby
Orders for the official St. An
drews ring will be taken Tues
day afternoon, Nov. 21, and
Wednesday morning, Nov. 22,
in the lobby of the Student Un
ion. The ring is to be made by
the Balfour company out of
Charlotte N. C. The approxi
mate cost is to be $30 to $40
for the men’s ring and about
$25 for the women’s.
The general description of
the ring is as follows: it is to
be of 12-14-16 penny weight in
size, with a heavy dark blue
stone with a St. Andrews cross
set in gold on the stone. It is
to have the college seal and
knight of St. Andrews on op
posite sides of £he shank, and
includes the college name, class,
year and degree around the top
of the stone.
The orders are to include sec
ond semester juniors and sen-
iors.There will be a five dollar
deposit required, with the bal
ance to be paid upon delivery.
It is expected that the finish
ed rings will be returned by
1 the end of May.
Schedule of Events
Nov. 21: Educator’s Day:
13:00-4:30 p.iin.; Department
al Clubs; Films on Art: 6:30-
7:30 p.m. and 8:00-9:00 p.m.
Nov. 22-26: Thanksgiving
liolidays begin at noon.
Nov. 27: Classes resume.
Nov. 28: Christianity and
Culture Audio-Visual Ses
sion.
Nov. 29: Student recital,
5:00 p.m.. Choral Rehearsal
Rooim; Vespers: 7:00 pjm.,
L.A. Auditorium.
Educators Meet On Campus
Dr. William C. Archie, direc
tor of the North Carolina
Board of Higher Education, will
address public school superin
tendents and high school prin
cipals from throughout the two
Carolinas in the Liberal Arts
Auditorium Tuesday at 3:30
p.m.
During the Inaugural Pro
gram educators will observe St.
Andrews’ new program and ini
tiate the series of events lead
ing to the installation of Dr.
DR. W. C. ARCHIE, Speaker
Ansley C. Moore as first presi
dent of the college in April
1962.
Dr. Archie, a native of Salis
bury, was dean of Emory Uni
versity’s College of Arts and
Sciences before assuming his
present position early this year.
Formerly dean of Wake Forest
College, he was Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower’s and Gen. Lu
cius Clay’s French interpreter
at meetings of Allied Control
Authority in Berlin, July-No-
vember 1945.
‘‘St. Andrews is happy to ex
tend this invitation to public
school leaders to see the con-
temporary-style capipus and ob
serve our exciting new educa
tional approaches in action,”
said Dr. Charles G. Vardell,
Jr., chairman of the faculty
committee on the inauguration
of the president.
Public school educators will
be welcomed to Laurinburg by
Mayor W. D. Lytch at the open
ing luncheon at 12:15 p.m. in
the Student Center cafeteria.
Following the meal, student
guides will conduct tours of the
facilities and explain the new
curriculum and the program of
campus life.
13 Officers
Selected In
First Election
In the election of Nov. 10, the
student body chose members to
fill vacancies in the Student
Government Association. These
vacancies existed in the Hon
or Council and Senate; presi
dent for the junior and sopho
more classes, and Day Student
Association were also elected.
Those senior members chos
en for the Honor Council are:
Ed Benjamin, president of the
Honor Council (elected from the
four senior and junior mem
bers chosen in the election),
who will serve as an officer
of the Student Government As
sociation: and Sylvia McBae.
The members elected from the
junior class are Peggy Jones,
and Terry Shirah. Janet Askew
was elected to represent the
sophomore class.
Those elected for the Senate,
which is the legislative branch
of the Student Government As
sociation are: Chris Voss, sen
ior; Wayne Ballard, junior;
Tom Farinholt, Norwood Mad-
dry, sophomores; and Carlyle
Adams, day student representa
tive. I
Ken Kirby was elected presi
dent of the Day Student Asso
ciation. He will also serve as a
nember of the Student Coun
cil, and as a member of the
■^enate.
The class presidents elected
were Gwladys Moore, president
of the junior class, and Jerry
3avvson, president of the soph-
more class. These will preside
ver meetings and other activi-
ies of their respective classes.
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Gen. Carlos Romulo. Noted A.ulhot
And Diplomat, Speaks Dec. 4
On Monday evening, Dec.
4, Gen. Carlos P. Romulo,
noted journalist, author, and
champion of freedom will give
a lecture at tfhe National Guard
Armory, Laurinburg.
Gen Romulo graduated from
the University of Philippines,
Manila, receiving his A. B.
there, and Columbia University,
New York City, where he re
ceived his M. A.
He has been editor of sev
eral newspapers and head of
the English Department at the
University of the Philippines,
for four years. He was Presi
dent of the Fourth General
Assembly of the United Na
tions 1949-1950, and appointed
Ambassador, to the U. S. from
the Philippines. Both before
and after W.W. II he was very
active in representing the Phil
ippines in world affairs.
During the war he served as
Gen. McArthur’s aide-de-camp
on Bataan, Corregidor and Au
stralia. He was promoted to
Brigadier General in Septem
ber 1944. General Romulo re
ceived the Philippine Congres
sional Medal of Honor, April,
1950, and also earned the Gold
Cross, Silver Star, and lihe Pur-
Banquet Tues.
Our first annual Thanks
giving banquet will be held
tonight in the cafeteria.
Doors open at 5:40 and close
at 5:50. Students are asked
not to go into the “scramble”
part o( the dining hall. They
are to go directly to the
eating area. Sunday dresses
and coats and ties are the at
tire for the evening.
pie Heart.
Gen Romulo has been very
busy in the past In Interna
tional Conferences. He was
head of the Philippines Dele
gation of the First Session of
the United Nations General
Assembly and all succeeding
sessions until 1953. He was
Philippine Representative on
the U. N. Security Council in
1957.
The Pulitzer Prize in Jour
nalism for distinguished cor
respondence was awarded to
Gen. Romulo in 1942. He has
also received the Gold Medal
Award from World Govern
ment News for work in the
U. N. and 35 other Gold Med
al and International awards
for his distinguished work for
peace.
Gen. Romulo is the author
of such books as I Saw The
Fall of the Philippines, 1942;
I See the Pftiilippinies Rise,
1946; Crusade In Asia, 1955;
xnd more recently, Friend to
F rieiid.
GEN. ROMULO of Philippines