The Lance
St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Laurinburg, N. C., Thursday, Nov. 9, 1967
Vol. No. 10
RAY KILLIAN
STUART PARRISH
Harrington Undresses USA
Tuesday night, as part of the
St. Andrews Concert Lecture
Series, Dr. Michael Harring
ton, author and dynamic social
critic, spoke on the “Democra
tic Revolution in the next Twen
ty Years.”
More specifically. Dr. Har
rington spoke of the radical
changes that must take place in
American society if it is to
live up to its professed ideals
as a nation. His discussion
stemmed from an analysis of
particular instances and sta
tistics rather than from a broad
philosophical basis.
Beginning with the fact that
the United States is in the midst
of a tremendous economic
“bloom’’ and the unemploy
ment rate is now higher than
it was during the Depression,
Dr. Harrington addressed him
self to the reasons for this
crisis.
Dr. Harrington proclaims the
poverty condition is derived
from the fact that the middle
class and rich receive more aid
from the federal government
than those who really need it.
In an effort to dispel any
current myths about people who
receive relief payments, he
stated that in the first place,
only a minority (25%) of those
qualified to receive relief ac
tually do.
Of those that do receive wel
fare, only half are actually em
ployed. The remaining either
too young, too old, or In some
way handicapped. Most people
who are able to work, do. They
are paid so poorly that they
remain poverty-stricken.
Those on relief are not “living
it up”, the welfare they do re
ceive is inadequate.
Dr, Harrington distinguished
the welfare problem from both
the race problem and the riot
problem. Although a dispro
portionate number of Negroes
are poor, 2/3 of those defined
poverty-stricken (lessthan$3,-
000 yearly income) are white.
The riot problem is only one
manifestation of the welfare
situation, not a simple conse
quence of poverty.
In exploring the reasons for
the current rise in unemploy
ment rates and welfare roles,
Dr. Harrington concluded that
federal money has been and is
being spent to help the middle
class rather than the poor.
Thus, the basic reason for the
desperate condition of the po
verty-stricken today is thedis-
crete way in whlc h federal
funds are used to aid the mid
dle class conservative rather
than the poor.
Dr. Harrington’s hope for the
future is that we must have
"social cost accounting” as
well as economic cost account
ing. He recommends a council
of social advisors comparable
to the council of economic ad
visors, Furthermore, he would
like to see the erection of a
whole city planned to alleviate
socially conscious problems.
It would cost the same amount
to rid the country of slums
entirely as it does to support
six years of the Vietnam War.
The great problem is to har
ness political will and creative
intelligence to the problem.
If the lies, evasions, and the
repressive violence practiced
today is continued we will vic
timize not only the poor, but
the nation as a whole and its
Idea of what America means!
Freshmen Vie For Positions
Roster of Four For Presidency
Excitement reigns as the
various nominees for Freshman
class officers have campaigned
for their particular offices. The
four candidates running for
President of the Freshman
class are Todd Davis, Tony
Fernandez, Ray Killian, and
Stuart Parrish.
Those seeking the office of
Vice-President are; Jose Al
varez, Carol Dugger, Sara Lee,
and Jim Rothrock. The nomi
nees for Secretary-Treasurer
are Linda Hill, Barbara Olson
and Katie Wainscott.
Todd Davis, a Vardell Scho
lar from Hopewell, Virginia,
wants the Freshman class to
become more of a part of the
college community. He hopes
that St. Andrews will become
more active in the community
and will eventually play an Im
portant role In the state.
Stressing class unity, Tony
Fernandez wants every Fresh
man to have an opportunity to
express himself. Tony, hailing
from St, Petersburg, Florida,
is playing basketball for St, An
drews this year.
Ray Killian, from Charlotte,
challanges the Freshman class
to awake and become aware of
the social revolution here.
A consclencious student,
Stuart Parrish, feels that the
President of the Freshman
class should devote his full at
tention to that particular job.
Stuart plans to have more fund
raising activites for class so
cial functions,
Jose Alvarez plans to use a
personal approach with the
class, Jose stresses that the
campaign Is not a popularity
contest. Active on campus, Jose
is a member of Phi Beta Lamba
and has a radio show on WSAP.
Carol Dugger emphasized the
Importance for changes on the
social side of campus as they
were on the academic side.
Faculty Dance
A faculty square dance will
be held tonight at 8:00 p,m. In
the small gym. The calling will
be done by Doyle Calloway,
while music will be provided by
Calloway and his band.
MICHAEL HARRINGTON
“Rhythm System" Headlines Grove,
Orange Hosts Guests At “Iron”
An evening of social enter
tainment Is scheduled for this
Saturday night as Orange Dorm
presents its annual Orange
Grove at The Branln’Iron Rest
aurant, Route 401, Bennetts-
ville, South Carolina.
Commencing with a social
hour Including a dinner with a
10 ounce steak entree, the so
cial event will progress to Its
evening highlight, a dance fea
turing the Rhythm System from
10 o’clock on.
An hour’s entertainment is
planned from 9 until 10, includ
ing a variety of musical and
comedy acts.
Tickets are presently being
sold for 6.50 per couple In the
A native of Lynchburg, Vir
ginia, Sara Lee urges all fresh
man to vote and hopes to see a
change In the apathy of the
Freshman class.
Jim Rothrock feels that the
Vice-President should be avail
able to all students and should
make all decisions with the
class at heart. He sees St, An
drews as a school of change—
good change,
Compentance is Linda Hill’s
main theme for her campaign.
She feels the Secretary-trea-
surer represents the class on
all issues,
Barbara Olson, a member of
the campus peace corps, feels,
as Jose, that the election is no
popularity contest. She urges
the class to stick together.
Katie Walnscoti Is anxious
to see how many people vote
Monday, and feels that the
freshman year is the most im
portant for a successful col
lege career.
TODD DAVIS
TONY FERNADEZ
SSGC Peace Tour Tours Carolina
Challenges “Why” of Foreign Policy
lounge of Orange Dormitory
every night from 1 to 11 p,m.
Corsages will be sold in Orange
lounge on Saturday,
Dr, and Mrs, W. D, White,
Mr. and Mrs R. F. Davenport
will be guest chaperons for the
event. Mr. Davenport will once
again be master of ceremonies.
Orange Grove will begin at
7:30. All girls attending the
event will be permitted late
permission through the Office
of Students Affairs,
This Saturday evening at 8:00
p.m, and Sunday afternoon at
3:00 p.m., the Student Center
Board will present the foreign
film, VIRDINIA.
“Why Vietnam?”, “TheMyth
of Chinese Agression”, and
“Cuba Today” will be the topics
for discussion on eighteen col
lege campuses in North Caro
lina that will be visited by the
Southern Student Organizing
Committee’s (SSOC) Peace
Tour.
SSOC, which began as a stu
dent civil rights group in 1964,
initiated the tour to open the
debate about foreign policy and
the draft, which seems to be
flourishing in other parts of the
country. Viewing the university
campus as the seeding ground
for the nation’s leadership,
SSOC feels It Is particularly
important to expose students
to ideas about foreign policy
which are opposed to the cur
rent trends.
The Peace Tour will be at
St. Andrews on November 13.
Films will be shown Monday
In Mr. Hill’s political science
class at 10:00 from 1-3:00 In
the LAA, and In Mr. Joyner’s
history 201, at 3:00, At 7:30
films will be shown In the
Student Center lounge. Short
speeches will be given and fol
lowed by discussion.
Appearing with the tour will
be Tom Gardner, Chairman of
SSOC, who has just returned
from a meeting where he and
other American peace workers
met representatives of North
Vietnam and the National Li-
veration Front.
Nancy Hodes, who lived In
China from 1955-60 and studies
China from 1955-60 and studied
Far Eastern Affairs at Rad-
cliff, is also a member of the
Tour, Bruce Smith, alsoa mem
ber of this team, is a graduate
of Upland Institute and has Just
returned from a month in Cuba,
So far, three films have been
secured for the tour. “Time of
the Locust’* Is a documentary
of newsreel fottage from vari
ous sources. Fell Green’s sli
des on North Vietnam, which,
show life under siege In North
Vietnam and the effects of U. S.
bombings, will also be present
ed. A film on the draft, “Al
ternatives”, explores con
scientious objections. B ruce
Smith also has slides on his
trip to Cuba.
Last week this group repre
senting the Peace Tour was
thrown out of Appalachian State
Teachers College in Boone.
Kellerman on AlcohnI
Are you concerned with al
coholism? Joseph L, Keller
man, director of The Charlotte
Council on Alcoholism, Inc, will
speak on campus Wednesday,
November 15.
In order to treat the problems
of alcoholism successfully, it
is essential that there be a
clear understanding of the true
nature of the disease of al
coholism.
Once this is achieved, the
alcoholic will recognize much
more quickly that he has a dis
ease of which he need not be
ashamed, and, therefore, will be
more willing to seek help.
Membership of the Council
Is comprised of individuals with
a wide variety of experience.
Mr. Kellerman will speak at
a required supper meeting to
suite leaders in the Alcove at
5:00 Wednesday and at 7:00
in the Main Lounge to the en
tire student body.