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PAGE TWO THE LANCE THURSDAY, SEPT. 26 1968 THE LANCE ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COUEGE Budget Dilemma... A serious problem Is hampering the three student publications on this campus. The Lamp and Shield, the “Cairn and The Lance have, at present, no budget from which to operate. The newspaper is in the most precarious position, publishing weekly with printing costs and ad vertising schedules to meet. This is not to mention the eight students on workships, several of whom are in need of the money. When Todd Davis, treasurer of the Student Association, divided the monies last spring, he, and none of the Student Life Committee, were aware that publications were to be included in the breakdown. The Committee, who voted unanimously In favor of the budget, was under the false Impression that the monies for all publications came di rectly from the office of Mr. Silas Vaughn, business man ager. Upon returning to campus this fall, the Student Association was Informed that the Lamp and Shield, the Cairn, and The Lance budgets are to be included in the overall allotment to the Student Government. With the Business Office guaranteeing a community of 890 students, the Student Government was, and still is, receiving $22.00 per student from the general service fee to sponsor their activities. This means an allotment of $19,580. The Student Association share of this total is $15,525, which leaves $4,005 for the three publications. This meager total was the decision of the Senate Budget meeting this past Sunday. With only four grand, none of the publications can hope to operate with any success. Some decisive action must be taken soon. The Business Office should consider removing the publications from under the auspices of the Student Association. There is no provision in the Constitution for publications and some members of the Senate and Cabinet are wondering just how this problem was tossed in their laps. The possibility of cutting other student organizations In favor of the publications Is frowned upon by some stu dents who want to “do a tine job in most things, and not a mediocre Job In all.” As for the newspaper, the budget submitted of $2700 stands, or the weekly publication of The Lance cannot continue with the regularity of the last year and a half. The merchants in Laurlnburg will buy only so many inches of advertising--not enough to defray the cost of a weekly edition. The editor of the Lamp and Shield, Ray Riddle, speaks tor himself in this issue. If the Cairn, the campus poetry fhagazine, has its budget cut back, it will become a memory and not a yearly publication as it has been for three years. It Is within the power of the Business Office to alleviate this problem. The Student Government has progressed in all areas of student life and the publications have become an Important aspect of campus life (with the exception of last year’s annual). If and when the cutback occurs, then the entire campus should be Informed of the reasons be hind such unprogresslve action. JOE JUNOD Lamp and Shield Credo Chapel Series pre sented, on Thursday, Septem ber 26, 1968, at 10:00 a.m. in the Liberal Arts Auditorium, Professor William M . Alex ander, St. Andrew’s resident Socratic, Platonic, Aristote lian, Stoic, Christian Au- gustlnlan. Nominalist, Realist, Scholastic, Lutheran, Calvinist, Kantian, Hegelian, Pragmatist, Existentialist, Linguistic Analyst type, who actually stood there and said, “I believe.” (continued from page U This past July 8, I got a reaffirming letter from Dean Decker stating that “the Stu dent Life Committee endorsed a request for $9,500 for the 1968-69 “Lamp And Shield Bud get.” We hope very much to secure those finds for the “Lamp and Shield”, as your budget certainly appears to be a reasonable one, “However,...there isastrong possibility that our anticipated enrollment will be less than that (950) which we had hoped for and thus Income will be decreased.” With this reasurring missive a contract was signed for the taking of portrait pictures (go ing on presently) with Smith Studios of Raleigh. Upon coming to school we found our financial situation to be MOST CRITICAL. Mr. Vaughn requested “a Publications Committee meet ing be called...to review last year’s operation for the publi cations and to establish guide lines for the coming year. Ac cording to the audit report that has been handed to me (Mr. Vaughn) both the LANCE and the LAMP AND SHIELD spent considerably more money than they had Income.” Let us not forget that the publications were granted monetary allocations by the Stu dent Association Treasurer and the Cabinet for the first time in 1967 (Student Association budgetary increase was about $7,000 to cover the expected expenditures of $10-$11,000 from the publications) a $3,000 to $4,000 deficit was immediate. Evidently cuts on the annual production did not alter this ultimate financial deficit which was expected. According to Mr. Vaughn In this meeting of September 10 the 1969 LAMP AND SHIELD budget was to have been part of the Cabinet budget and not a seperate entity of the Pub lications Budget-presented to and approved by the Student Life Committee. Since the pub lications are financially de pendent on monies allocated LAUREL HILL FALL HORSE SHOW Sponsored By Sand Hill Saddle Club 12 NOON Fair Vue Farm & Stables Highway 74 Midway Between Laurlnburg & Hamlet Officials Judge J. Ed. Allen Rock HUl, S. C. Ringmaster Ed Williams Edgeiuoor, S. C. Electronic Timers ADMISSION Adults $1.00 ChUdren $ .50 FREE DOOR PRIZE DRAWING FOR $100.00 Scottish Laundry and^Cleaners Where the Charm of Newness Is Restored NOW SHOWING The Whisperers, who are they? BRYAN FORBES Production of THE WHISPERERS' A Seven Pmes ProduOnn Diunbuird b> LOPCKT PtCTUaES COKPORATION Shows At 1-3-5 7-9 from the Student Activity Fee, “the students should have the right to divide that money ($22 per student) the way they see fit”, exclaimed our Business Manager. (What ever happened to the other $78-98 from the “Student Activity Fee?” Why do the students get only 1/5 to 1/6 of “their money” to al locate “as they see fit”? These questions are still unanswered). After this meeting with Vaughn it was obvious the ‘69 publications were without monetary support and there fore, theoretically, nonexistent. A cabinet meeting was im mediately called for and the ‘Student Activity Fee’ was eagerly and excitedly dis cussed. The ultimate decision was for David Betts and the editors to approach Dr. Moore and seek an additional $8 a stu dent for a total of $30 per student for the Student Associa tion to guarantee (1 adequate continuance of the excellent caliber of 'Student Associa tion” work and, 2) adequate monies for the existence of beneficial and worthy publica tions, though definite economic cuts would be resultant. After that uneventful meet ing with Dr. Moore last Satur day the Cabinet meet Monday night to discuss this matter once more. It was their final decision that no monetary sup port would be readily avail able for any publications since they are not a part of the Stu dent Association framework - which in reality cannot sup port these publications. Another meeting is in the planning between David Betts, Todd Davis, Joe Junod, Dean Decker, Mr. Vaughn, Mr. Tho- mas, and myself at the request of Dr. Moore. The outcome') Who knows presently; but one thing is for sure - technically there is NO yearbook. ' This is not a final procla mation but is one of several alternatives: 1) making no cuts and going in the red, 2) cutting the color, 3) shortening the length and this the content 4) most definately, obtaining more ads, and 5) hopefully never, a paper back edition. The later (2-4) are seen as de finite alternatives once we ob tain SOME financial backing, The question is who shall give us money and how much? I honestly feel publications should be outside the Student Association framework and thusly derive their monies via the same legerdemain by which the Library receives approxi mately $32 per student and the Infirmary approximately$27 per student from the Activity Fees of last year. LAMP AND SHIELD - FACT OR FICTION? Presently-Fic- tion, but hopefully via proper channels, FACT. MERLE NORMAN Cosmetics Studio 229 E. Cronly St. (Across from Courthouse) 276-0859 Sid IS A SWINGER! 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