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ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTc'tOAT-l CDl
THE LANCE
St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Laurinburg, N. C., Sept. 8, 1967
Vol. 7. No. 1.
Serfs Under Sophs Complete
Annual lnquisition Week
"Serf Week” Is almost over!
Inquisition is tomorrow! Aftei
that freshmen will be Lords
and Ladies of St. Andrews, but
until then, BEWARE - today is
their last chance to redeem
themselves, as many freshmen
names are on sophomore
"black lists.”
“Serf Week” officially began
Sunday, September 3, at 8; 00
P.M At that time, the Letter-
mans’ Club escorted the fresh
man class to the woods, where
the sophomores awaited them.
Rick Walker, President of the
Sophomore Class, charged out
of the woods on his “white”
steed to read a proclamation
to the serfs.
Activities began bright and
early Monday morning as the
sleepy-eyed freshmen appear
ed at 6:00 A.M. around the
flagpole In Sunday dress. Fol
lowing exercises, a reception
was held in the Student Center
for the serfs to be introduced
to the Orientation Committee.
Breakfast was a stand-in for
the serfs.
Being Labor Day, the serfs
were put to work; at 4; 30 P M.
they formed bucket brigades
along each side of the Student
Center to the lake, passing
anything that would hold water
down the line to fill two 50-
gallon drums in front of the
Student Center. The winning
team was allowed to go to sup
per first.
Tuesday, frosh dress was up-
side-down A-line skirts, inside
out, for the girls, and for the
boys, shirts backwards, pants
inside-out and backwards. All
meals were eaten with knives
only.
Wednesday was a day of rest
for the serfs, except the Gran
ville “Grannies”, who were re
quired to carry pillows. Sopho
mores completely ignored the
serfs until 7;00 P.M when the
frosh surrendered their shoes
upon entering the cafeteria for
the handbook test. After com
pleting the test, the shoes were
found around the flagpole and
in trees and bushes.
Thursday was Physical Fit-
Mammas and Pappas Share
Men’s Residence Duties
Kings Mountain and Winston-
Salem dorms are involved in
a “dorm daddy" experiment.
Both dorms have replaced the
conventional house mothers
with professors acting as dorm
advisors. Dave Mcllhiney and
Dick Prust, both new profes
sors at St. Andrews this year,
have now taken the responsi
bilities of running their re
spective dorms.
ANTHROPOLOGIST
NEY NOW DAD
McILHI-
When asked how he liked
being “dorm daddy”, Mr. Mc-
Ilhiney replied, “Its great. I
am having a marvelous time.
The fellows are great and they
run the dorm themselves. All
I do is serve as a resource
person. I try to go around to
one suite a night and talk with
the guys in bull sessions. I
try to get ideas from the stu
dents.”
Does he like the idea of
“dorm daddies”? “Its obvious
ly good. I’m looking forward to
a good year. I hope and think
this will work and will be ex
panded.”
Dick Prust, dorm daddy for
Kings Mountain, is enjoying his
new position a lot. “It’s kind
of an interesting situation. No
one knows what to make of it.
I think that SA has more po
tential than any other school
I’ve been associated with. There
is not a kind of frustration at
SA as at other schools--stu
dents aren’t bound by tradi
tion, except for “serf week”
and it stinks’’.
Asked if he thought “dorm
daddies” is a good Idea, Mr.
Prust replied, “It has many
advantages and disadvantages.
If we can capitalize on advan
tages, it could open up many
exciting possibilities.”
We asked several boys what
they thought of the “dorm dad
dies”. “I think its an improve
ment over dorm mothers.”
“Most of the boys feel more
responsible because he has
placed more responsibility on
us.”
Off to a good start, the ex
periment will be interesting
to watch develop.
ness Day. Dress was P.E. uni
forms. Frosh were required to
run EVERYWHERE, including
around the lake; the causewalk
was closed to freshmen until
10:00 A.M
Tomorrow, Inquisition will
end the annual freshmen ini
tiation, serf week.
The new assistant Dean of Stu
dents, Mrs. Grace Overholser,
finds her new job hectic but
interesting.
English Prof Becomes
New Dean of Women
By LINDA PEEL
PHILOSOPHER PRUST IS
“DORM DAD”
St. Andrews is welcoming
a new Assistant Dean of Stu
dents to the Office of Student
Affairs. She is Mrs. Grace
Overholser, who comes to us
from Laurinburg High School
where she has taught English
for several years.
Last year she instructed the
academically talented students
in grades ten through twelve
in an advanced English pro
gram.
Dean Overholser is a gra
duate of the University of Tex
as where she received her BA
degree in English and Journa
lism. She is currently working
on her Master of Arts in Teach
ing (MAT) degree at the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill in the field of Eng
lish and Education.
Mrs. Overholser has written
a number of articles for the
PRESBYTERIAN SURVERY.
She is also on the Board of
Directors of this magazine. In
addition to writing books used
as texts in the Covenant Life
Curriculum of the Presbyterian
Church, she has also taught
leadership courses for teachers
in this church program.
Mrs. Overholser has three
children and one grandchild
which occupy much of her per
sonal life. Mrs. Overholser’s
former husband. Dr. James
Overholser, was at one time a
professor of philosophy here
at St. Andrews.
The job of Assistant Dean of
Students is seen by the Dean
as having three parts. Seventy-
five percent of her time will be
spent in the Student Affairs
Office handling whatever comes
her way,
A second phase of her work
will be the teaching of the
201 Art of Poetry English
course. Perhaps closest to Mrs.
Overholser’s real interest is
her work concerning a humani
ties course hopefully to be add
ed to the college curriculum
next year.
In connection with this pro
gram, Dean Overholser will
contribute experience and
knowledge which she gained in
special studies at Chapel Hill
this past summer on creativity
and individuality in school pro
grams.
In addition to these three
tasks, Dean Overholser will
serve as secretary to the Stu
dent Life Committee, chairman
to the Calendar Committee, and
advisor to the Student Center
Board and judicial system.
Dean Overholser sees only
one disadvantage to her new
job at this point. She says it
takes “a lot of time to get ac
quainted’’ with the student body
when she sees so few of the
students, and her hope is that
she will soon know more of
them personnally.
Student affairs is seen as
‘ a supplement to academic
life,’' and student involvement
through the Student Affairs Of
fice is an immediate goal of
Dean Overholser.
Alan Atwell Heads
Admissions Office
Alan Atwell, our new Direc
tor of Admissions, arrived in
the St. Andrews community on
August 14, 1967. Mr. Atwell if
taking the place of Roger Deck
er, our new Dean of Students.
Born in Fall River, Mass
achusetts, Director Atwell has
lived in North Carolina for se
venteen years. After attending
Guilford College in Greensboro,
North Carolina, he has done
graduate work in guidance coun
seling at the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro.
After three years in the Ma
rine Corps, Mr. Atwell emer
ged as a Captain. He became
Dean of Men at Guilford College'
after his term with the Ma
rines and was then promoted
to Associate Dean of Admis
sions.
Director Atwell is married to
the former Betty Lou McFar
land of Aberdeen, North Caro
lina, who is also a graduate of
Gilford. Included in the Atwell
family is a seventeen month
old boy.
Mr, Atwell, a numismatist
(coin collector), considers ski
ing (both kinds) and golf as his
extra clricular activities.
The door of Alan Atwell’s
office is always open. He ex
presses a great interest and
enjoyment in all young people.
His office is always open tor
ideas and fellowship.
New Science Set-Up
$75,000, in addition to several
other grants, has created “a
radically new approach to un
dergraduate science education
that is concept-centered, re
search-oriented, and flexible in
dealing with the individual stu
dent, ’ ’
Thanks to this Danforth Foun
dation grant, basic science has
undergone many changes. The
program will be introducing the
student to a select number of
major concepts instead of manv
small items of scientific infor
mation.
Starting with particles and
matter, and then going to life
and population, the program in
troduces a new approach, a vi
siting scientists program,
which enables our students to
be exposed to the “greats” in
the field of science which “no
other student has had a chance
to be exposed to,” according
to Dr. G. Tyler Miller, Jr.
Dr, Ralph T Overman, in
chemistry and physics, is a
scientific consultant and for
merly Director of the Special
Training Division at the Oak
Ridge Institute of Nuclear Stu
dies. He will reside from Sep
tember 1 through the 14.
Dr. Calvin Vanderwerf, che
mist, and President of Hope
College, will be her e from Octo
ber 23 through November 4,
followed by Dr. Richard J. Ko-
kes. Professor of Chemistry at
John Hopkins University, a
member of the Advisory Council
on College Chemistry.
Dr. Allen L King, physics
professor at Dartmouth College
will visit from January 17 untU
February 3, Dr. Alfred Novak,
biologist and mathematician at
Stephens College will precede
Dr. William T. Ham, Jr., bio-
physisist at the Medical Col
lege of Virginia, visiting from
March 4 through the 16.
Rounding out the program
will be Dr. Dean B Cowle,
biophysisist at Carnegie Insti
tute of Washington and Dr. J.
Franklin McCormick, associate
professor of biology at thel^ni-
versity of North' Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
Seven new St. Andrews faculty
members have been added to the
Natural Science and Mathema
tics Division. They are Dr.
Robert Pedigo, associate pro
fessor of biology. Dr. Donald
Barnes, assistant professor of
physics, Drs. David Wetmore
and Karen Barnes, assistant
professors of chemistry, Mr.
Rosario Urso, assistant pro
fessor of mathematics, Mrs.
Linda Boyd, instructor of ma
thematics, and Dr, Julian Cro
well, associate professor of
mathematics.
Resigns Post
Jack Abernathy, former di
rector of Public Relations at
St. Andrews, has left Laurin
burg for Richmond, Virginia.
He is presently working for
an advertising agency,
Atiernathy has recently writ
ten an article for the July
“Presbyterian Survey” which
featured the Religious Arts
Festival on campus last year.
A big success, the Festival
drew attention for creativity
ind point of view.