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PAGE TWO the lance TUESDAY, APRIL 16. 19631 Indifference If one word had to be singled out to describe the general atti tude of the campus of St. Andrews Presbyterian College, it would be indifference. This indifference assumes many different facets. It can be observed in the student automat (center) among the perpetual habitants while they idle their time away. It shows its ugly face in the classroom, especially the core curriculum courses. Anywhere one happens to sojourn on this campus this blight appears. Why? Why, is a very legitimate question, and if you as a student want to see your future alma mater progress and make a name for itself, give me your attention and I can possibly cast same light on this problem. Most of us are aware that college is an adjustment period be tween adolescence and adulthood. The student has to find himself. Granted this is true, but there is no need to make a religion out of this predicament. It is quite the vogue for college students in this modem era to attempt to make startling discoveries con cerning themselves by participating in “campus orgies,” “drunks,” and “brawls” of various types. These overt means of self-revela tion obviously can not be applied on this campus. (I do mean here to defend or criticize these particular methods). Students here compensate for this basic deficiency in their education by “goof ing” around in the student automat, making occasional pilgrim ages south, staging comparatively mild escapades late at night which are contrary to school policy, etc. St. Andrews students amply practice psychological projec tion in their small talk. This is St. Andrews, not Carolina or Duke or Podunk U. "nie future is the important thing here, not the past. St. Andrews has no past. How can one compare St. Andrews with an established institution with a past? What was Podunk U. like when it first begun? This constant projecting by comparing St. Andrews with other schools causes indifference among the stu dents, but I just demonstrated that this redundant slighting is ridiculous. Why butt one’s head against a psuedo wall which does not even exist. (I hope the student has not mis-interpreted me here to think that I am implying that the administration is above reproach. This would be a grave injustice to me. I am merely suggesting ways in which we the students can make St. An drews grow, the administration could use suggestions also.) So C and C. takes up a lot of time for business majors, science majors, home economics majors, music majors, etc., but by choosing to attend St. Andrews, a liberal arts college, and not a university or tedhnical school of some type, whether the stu dent realizes it or not he has committed himself to a "liberal” education. Look “liberal” up in the dictionary. This defence would not be necessary if all students had done this before en rolling here. “Liberal” means not restricted, broadminded, boun teous, not bound by orthodox tenets, ample, etc. It should be apparent that “liberal” does not imply strictly one course of study and that curriculum only. Until now only academic life has been analyzed, what about social life? The administration here advocates a social life centered around the church which is well and good, but what about those students who are not practicing Christians and reject this Christian fellowship. Now I hope I have shocked no one by this last statement. I hope no one here is so oblivious to his surroundings to think that St. Andrews is one big happy dogmatic family of Christians who think alike, pray alike, wor ship alike, etc. If non-practicing Christians want something tan gible to base their social behavior on right now, I must honestly admit that there is no such critera at the present time (this does not mean there never will be one on this campus once this faction is realized and allowed certain rights, which is only fair considering that these students paid their tuition just as the practicing Christians.) I will say this to the non-practicing Chris tians, however; for the present attempt to coexist with your practicing iChristian brethern and maybe Christian charity will prevail. Regardless of a student’s religious practice or belief. I would ask him this question — Why did you come to college? I have always held the basic assumption that people come to college to acquire an education. What about you? If a student is in school to learn the latest fashions, how to mix the latest drink, new dating techniques, etc., I would surely question his motives. Could not this student learn these things at home where it would be much cheaper and probably more attainable since Laurinburg is surely not the cosmopolitan center of the south. Social life is necessary, do not misunderstand me, I am merely saying it should be secondary to education on any college campus. This overemphasis on social life contributes greatly toward academic indifference, thus indifference in gene ral on the college campus. Both of these elements result mainly from unnecessary projection involving other institutions. What can an interested student do about this malignant attitude? The answer is simple, do not cut the school unnecessarily, do not imitate friends at Podunk U., who have so much more fun than you do. How do you know they do? People always tend to speak only of the best in their lives which is only natural according to psychology (repression). (Continued on col. 4, this page) The Roving / By LONNY MANN You may or may not have noticed lately that our lake looks more like Okefenokee Swamp than the setting for an architecturally c o n t e mporary campus designed to produce “Excellence for Christ.” It has been suggested that we capital ize on its condition by raising alligators for fun and profit, both of which the school could use. It has also been rumored that M.G.M. has requested the use of the lake for the filming of two m.ovies, “Tarzan vs. The Laurinburgese” and “The Puny Monster That Devoured Laurin burg,” a sequel to “The Crea ture FVom The Black Lagoon.” The lake will be especially val uable for this purpose due to its great abundance of primordial slime, so essential to “C” rate monster movies. In the mean time we stu dents have to cross the “Mos quito Lagoon” (i.e. the lake) several times a day. Not only is it an eye sore, but also on v/arm days even the student suf fering from nasal congestion can hardly bare the odor. The carp are dying from poisonous bacteria in the lake mud. Their cadavers rise to the surface giv ing the campus the essence of a sardine cannery. I am flatter ed that the ducks are so en thusiastic about fellowship and choose to live near the cause- walk and see fit to greet the students each day, but as we all know, ducks have rather poor personal habits and even their best friends won’t tell them. Perhaps the students can’t do much about the rotten vegeta tion and flies in the lake, but they can certainly refrain from befouling the water with papers and wrappers, student hand books, and other such trash. In the mean time I suppose we’ll just have to wait until the logs and stumps rot. Perhaps one so lution, which our administration v/ill doubtless thing of, is a bold new addition to the physi- can education curriculum, a course in the basic principles of log rolling, required for all per sons found polluted in the lake, or possessing potentially pollut ing material while under the jurisdiction of the college. There are certain elements on our campus who question the lucidi ty of this regulation, but this classical formula has sufficed since the days of Victorian prose (circa 1858) and there is no rea son to think it should not do so ad infinitum. Family PHARMACY Prescriptions Oui’ Specialty Laurinburg, N. C. Free Delivery to St. Andrews COMMERCIAL STATE BANK CR 6-2211 Beside the Post Office Laurinburg, N. C. Editor4n-chief Charles Quick Busmess Manager Angus A. McQueen ^sistant Editor Sheila Welch Managmg Editor B ? Libba Lander Sports Editor Faculty Advisor Mr. H. Leon GatUn ■siS' vsys's's s Shop at ROSE’S 5-10-25c Store and Save Completely Modem and Self Service More About Indifference This is St. Andrews friend, where it moves after we leave IS up to us. St. Andrews wants to become an entity within it self, not a mere projection. If you sincerely want to help it attain a high status so that the sweat and tears of many dedi cated individuals need not flow unnecessarily into the lake as the school structure dissolves back into the swamp from vvhence it came, heed my ad vice. Keep your eyes ahead to ward the future, not frivolously turning freon one side to an other. This school desperately needs unity to survive, to quote from a well known American statesman who was instrumental in the origin of our country, “We must hang,, together, or assuredly we shall hang separat- ly” (again do not misinterpret me, I do not mean to stipu late that we should be wilUng to hang together with the ad ministration on all points as they stand now, we are young yet and changes need to be made). 'These forefathers of ours were optimistic in the face of uncertainity, and look at the fruits of their labors. It is be yond anything that they dared j dream of at that time. Why can | not St. Andrews blossom in a ■ similar way with faith and hard j work? I think it can if given ; the chance by us, the students. By CHARLES MOSELEY Center Theai Sunday - Monday - Tue,..! April 21-22.23 e On a BEACHHEAD or in a BEACH HOUSE... these are the men that neveri fail! a RIZK College Shop bikini STARRING TAB HUNTER-FRANKIE AVALON SCOTT BRADY-JIM BACKUS i Gibson Theater! 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