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PAGE 2 THE L^NCE November 5.1965 Campus Orb. BY BILL SHOMO This year promises to be one of the biggest and most exciting for a group of St. Andrews stud ents who have formed a dance combo called Ronnie Hess and> The Rhythm Kings. As befits their name. The Rhythm Kings have rhythm—a rhythm which has made them one of the mostpopu- iJiano are the main Instruments on which Ronnie performs as he has studied music for approxi mately fourteen years. The remaining five members of the combo are also very ver satile to the number of instru ments which each can play and are as follows: Jim Neal, from Marion, North Carolina, on drums; Laurence Smith, alto 'saxophone, clarinet, tenor saxo phone, and piano, Laurence, who is from Laurinburg, certainly needs no introduction to the field of music. He has been pleasing only an excellent guitar player, “Buz” also sings for the group. A new and special feature for the band is Elizabeth Finlator who plays organ, piano, and sings. Elizabeth is from Raleigh, North Carolina, and is a master on the band’s new portable organ. Of course, the one person who has been pleasing night club and col lege audiences in the east is the drummer. Jim uses wit along with great talent to entertain and often shakes loose with drum solos. It’s a fun-loving team. Their goal is to entertain--Just for you. Senior Sentimenis By WALTER BAREFOOT During my years at St. Andrews, I have been privileged to be apart of an organization which began my Freshman year and has grown to be a big part of the tradition of St. Andrews. The Student Peace Corps was begun as aprc^ramof college-community cooperation in which college students could do •mmii M f m Rhtthm Rhythm Rhythm lar versatible bands around with a style that radiates personality, showmanship, and excitement. The one per son responsible for the success of The Rhythm Kings, who is leader and owner of the group, is the very talented Ron nie Hess. Ronnie is now a music major at St. Andrews and intends *0 play professionally when he graduates. An expert In the dance band field, Ronnie is from Char lottesville, Virginia, and has played with combos and pro fessional dance orchestras since he was fourteen years of age. The guitar, trombone, organ, and audiences with his outstanding musical 'qualities with several professional groups for many years. The remaining members also add great attraction for the band. Paul Shane is a very out standing guitar player, who fills in the combo with rhythm, and is from Oil City, Pennsylvania. According to Ronnie, Paul is one of the few guitar players who has talent for rock n’ roll as well as popular music and has become as excellent addition to the band. The lead guitar is handl ed by “Buz’' Rogers from Flor ence, South Carolina, Being not EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR — - Meredythe Lawrence - Brian Weger BUSINESS MANAGER Jim Dallas SPECIAL ASSISTANT Trish Sharman EDITORIAL STAFF ACADEIMIC EDITOR — — Elizabeth Pinlator SOCIAL EDITORS — Judy Hough, Jane Wright SPORTS EJDITOR Ed Butterworth CONSERVATORY EDITOR Bonnie Williams SPECIAL COLUMNS Bob Anderson Lynn Leverton, Ylbbett Phillips, Bill Shomo, Henry Steele, Preston Tinsley PHOTOGRAPHERS Bill Barry, Jeep MuUinix CARTOONIST Frank Joerg STAFF WRITERS AND REPORTERS: Selvla Beam, Gloria Bell, David Betts, Anne Bottoms, Barbara Boy, Nancy Buxton, Carol Chapman, Linda Cur tis, Nancy Dixon, Miriam Fisher, J. D. Gwynn, Karen Harrison, Gwen Horton, Bonnie Jackson, Mary Leslie James, Frank Joerg, Lucylle Keylon, Vickie McCann, Mary Lynne McKenzie, Brenda Miller, Margaret Offten- dinger, Barbara Rappold. Delores Rasnick, Linda Susong, Janet Sperling, Jane Talley, Mary Todd, Charma Walker' Elizabeth Ward, Emelda WllUams, Joe Junod. BUSINESS STAFF Brenda Miller, Mary Lynne McKenzie, Barbara Rappold Charma Walker. Mary Beth Anderson. Opinions expressed in letters to the Editor and in sign ed c^umns are not necessarily those of The LANCE. Let ters to* the Editor should be brief and must be signed. Names will be withheld upon request. Recently, The Rhythm Kings, who turned professional one year ago, have been having overwhelm ing success in the east. A few of their performances have been in such cities as Charlotte, Ra leigh, Durham, Greensboro, Gas tonia, Sanford, Raeford, Ben- nettsville, Florence, Laurinburg, Staunton, Virginia, Lexington, Virginia, and Lexington, North Carolina. Duke University,North Carolina State^ University of North Carolina, Washington and Lee College, the Plantation Inn and Steak House in Raleigh, the Blair House and Holiday Inn in Durham, the Holiday Inn in Staun ton, Virginia, Barn Dinner Theater in Greensboro, and night clubs at Myrtle Beach are a few specific engagements of this magnificent group. One of the many reasons for the success of the group is their brilliant and widely ranged repertoire. Specializing in all types of music, they play rock ’n roll, popular, jazz, and dixie land music with special night club acts. The Rhythm Kings travel this weekend to South Carolina for a dance and show at the Winsow Restaurant. They are now being booked for several months in ad' vance as their calendar is quick' ly being filled. Ronnie and the other Rhythm Kings believe that music should be relevant to the minds and lives of their listeners. Other wise, they suggest that music is merely pretty, readily for- getable, and of small conse quence. At the same time, they insist that a performance must entertain. At a performance of The Rhythm Kings, the first thing you will notice is that the audience is having a delightful time, and so are the performers. It's a good time not had by accident. The Rhythm Kings’ engagements are pain-stakingly put together; they are fruit of long months of study and rehearsal. Every note and lyric is part of a conscious musical statement. As was stated, their goal Is to enter tain— just for you. something constructive about the welfare problem in Scotland County. College students were asked to donate their services to help underprivileged families fix up their homes by doing household improving and repairing. Our first project was to rebuild a porch, fix a front door so that it would open, put in windows, put extra siding on the building to keep the wind out, and put down a pump for an 82 year old Negro woman. I recall thinking how amazing it seemed that 10-12 stu dents, a few professors, and a lo cal businessman felt motivated to give up 5 or 6 Saturday afternoons for an 82 year old Negro woman. Since this initial project, the Student Peace Corps has built other porches, a roof, a bath' room, a privy or two, and other “minor” improvements and re pairs. It has expanded its ser vices to include a Saturday after noon recreation program for 30- 40 Negro children, tutors for public school students who need extra help and a visitation team which visits the rest homes and nursing homes in the local area. In its fourth year, the Student Peace Corps has remained faith ful to the purposes for which it was established. It still functions to of • students the opportunity to do something about the deplor able conditions in Scotland Coim- ty, into which Sti Andrews College was placed. It still does as much for the “image" of St. Andrews as anything the “image-seekers” can dream up. The major problems with which the original Student Peace Corps- men had to deal are still major problems. The difficulties pre sented by transporation are self-evident. Not so self-evident is the problem of organization or structure. Each year, those who are in charge of the various pro jects have to start all over with the planning, etc. because their predecessors failed to leave any suggestions about what the par ticular project involved orhov/k go about beginning. Thedifficmi In imposing structure seems two fold: first, no one has known ( ’ actly how to organize or structun something like the Student Peac Corps and, secondly, it is nextt Impossible to structure an or, ganization that depends totau upon volunteers. It is recognize that too much organization is j bad as no organization at all Even more of a problem than th above mentioned, is that of gettij students to participate. The gen eral attitude of students towan the Student Peace Corps can be 11 lustrated best by a statement heard recently, A student sal “I’ve always been for the Peac Corps, Pve always believed in - I’ve never worked with it but Pv( always believed in it." Grant« that a college student keeps quit busy during the week and wants t relax and “goof-off” Saturda afternoon, it seems thatoutofth 168 hours in a week, two or Wire could be given in service to some one else. But with the demands 0 modern day living upon the timi and energy of students - hig school and college and adults philanthropic projects and or ganizations usually rate no bette than third or fourth in im portance. With the mass of aca demic clubs, social groups, ai student government play group (S.C.C., S.C.B. and Senate, etc demanding the attention of thi more capable student, it is evi dent that the work of the Studen Peace Corps will remain inth( hands of a few dedicated students Without the freshness and en thusiasm which each freshmai class brings to St. Andrews, an( incidentally to the Student Peac( Corps, I dare say that this woul( be a rather drab place in whicht live and that the Student Peaci Corps would have ceased toexis long ago - With these handicaps - amon others - under which the Studei Peace Corps has been forced t operate, it is a minor miracl that they have been as effective a they have. The number of repaii jobs, as well as the extent of somi of them, are enormous, as hav( been the number of kids involved in the recreation program and the tutoring program. Some question might be raised about how effec tive the “repair” work done by the Student Peace Corps is - 1 few boards nailed on this shack, to t>e replaced next year; a couple of gallons of paint smeared over the rotten lumber of other shacks - when considered in the total pic ture? I suppose it all depends upon whether one wants to “build Rome overnight” or whether one is realistic in realizing that it takes time to even scrape the surface of the problem. There seems to be two direc* tions in which the Student Peace Corps can move in the coming months and years. It can continue as it is now - unorganized, with out the active support of the stu dent body, without continued ade quate advice necessary for a pro ject of this nature in which case its effectiveness in terms of its influence in the campus com munity of Laurinburg will have to be recognized for what it is - negligible indeed. Or it can take some time to organize, to struc ture itself and get a few faculty and/or other advisors whose time is not so in demand. Then and only then will it be able to render the kind of valuable service to the community and to the students in volved in the various projects that it is capable of giving.
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