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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENT BODY OF ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
rOL. 8. No. 11
ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG, N. C.
THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 1968
New Student Draft Bureau
St. Andrews seniors Pete Cook and Bill Wilson have organized
an Information center for draft counseling, located on Vance
Street.
The purpose of this venture Is to provide explanatory lit
erature and advice for those persons who have considered
the possibility of deferrment for medical, student, hardship,
occupational or religious reasons; and within the law, to state
alternatives for those who believe that non-cooperation with the
government is the only conscientious choice. Following a de
cision to be a non-cooperator, Wilson and Cook can supply an
BY CHARLES PRATT
individual
The Other Side
BY JOE JUNOD
first of A SERIES
James Murphy resides at 314Llncoln Avenue, Washington Park,
Laurinburg, right around the corner from McCoy’s Fish Market
and Grocery. Walking down Zion Avenue, he strolled with a cer
tain hitch that made one look twice In his direction. Toothless
and shabby, his countenence released a volume of pride. I
asked him for a few minutes of his time to discover what he felt
about his life in Laurinburg.
“I’ve lived here in this town for 58 years and I was bom
In 1908 so that makes me a real young boy when I come here.
But I don’t know exactly where I come from.
‘■No I ain’t got no work, not for three years anyhow. Been
disabled and these days I only do a little painting and raking for
the folks around here. I can’t do much of nothing because I
ain’t near as strong as I used to be.
“Damn right I voted and I voted for Mr. Hubert H. Humphrey.
Nixon ain’t the man but I think he’ll do the Job alright since
the people voted him Into the Job. Wallace? Oh hell no, he ain’t
no good no how.
“I heard about that liquor petition but I didn’t sign It because
I never saw one. It’ll keep money here Ifln’ we get them stores
In the town.”
“Those St. Andrews folks is real nice. Been good here. I
know some young’uns around here that read the books and
play catch with those folks.
He asked me to come over and see his home. His gentle pride
became evident again as he wiped his feet on an decrepit mat
in front of the house and asked me to do likewise.
“I live by myself in this here room but don’t get nothing from
nowhere. Tried three times to get some money from the govern
ment people but I ain’t seen none yet. And I need heat and
electricity and maybe justa little food because this here Ice box
don’t work no how. A man gotta keep himself warm boy, you
knowed that. My neighbors are nice but they ain’t got no problems.
Got Jobs and you know that helps you anytime. They give me food
but I ain’t goln’ to ask for It no how.
As I thanked him for his time, I gazed about the room where
James Murphy has lived tor twenty-eight years and saw that part
cf th” floor was gone, that roaches wero holding a convEntlon in a
corner near the ice box, and that the door to his room had a lock
on it.
Poetry Contest
Announcement;
Awards Listed
with information on the legal consequences, and
draft-age immigration to Canada and abroad. Wilson made It
clear that this program was strictly a service fulfilling the need
for realistic advice on a critical issue of the day.
The major thrust of their counseling effort is now being
directed toward the high school student in the area. Since
most high school students aren’t aware of their rights as IB
year old citizens of this country, Wilson commented that “we
hope to make accessable educative material which will allow
a more open and decisive choice for each individual.”
Another emphasis of the pro
gram is directed towards the
person who has already been
classified lA. Without search
ing these people out, Cook and
Wilson hope to be able to Inform
them of their constitutional
prerogatives in this situation.
Did you know that—
The draft call for November,
1968, Is 10,000?
There ARE alternatives to
the DRAFT?
Some graduate students will
be eligible for a II-S (Student
deferment) next year?
This year’s seniors, unless
deferred for some reason or
other, will be drafted next sum
mer?
The Defense Department has
a special panel “looking into
methods to provide for the most
effective utilization of those
special skills possessed by the
estimated 140,000 to 180,000
college graduates” enteringthe
armed forces this year?
Over 26,000 young American
men have been killed in South
east Asia?
Several groups have been set
up to support draft refusers in
prison and to share with their
families?
Even though you have applied
for OCS or some such other
program, you can still be
drafted?
The draft law enables the
President to escalate the war in
V letnam without consulting
Congress?
General Lewis B. Hershey,
(Jlrector of Selective Service
says, " . . . specialists are
Gillman and Wives
MARGARET OFFTERDINGER
Attempting to find the right
match through mathematics,
Dr. Leonard Gillman lectured
on “How to Choose a Wife”,
Tuesday, November 12, at St.
Andrews.
Stressing that mathema
ticians look at the slmpller pro
blems in order to work harder
problems. Dr. Gillman first
talked about college admis
sions. He pointed out that many
students are unable to gain ad
mission to the college of their
choice, while many colleges are
not able to get the students that
they want as first preference.
This discrepancy in which the
first choice is not attainable
points to the Inposslbllity of
ideal matching.
It Is, therefore, almost im
possible for each person to get
their first choice In marriage.
Working the problem mathe
matically, Dr. Gillman demon
strated that the best situation
Is when each person is paired
with his second preference.Dr.
Gillman stated that this was true
In other situations such as col
lege roommates.
Dr. Gillman concluded his
lecture with the thought that a
stable system of problem
solving is not always obvious at
first. It is only when mathe
maticians are able to achieve
the degree of concentration
necessary to follow through with
the problem.
Dr. Gillman Is the fourth
scientist to participate in the
Visiting Scientists Program at
St. Andrews this year. Pre
sently, he is a professor and
chairman of the Department of
Mathematics at the University
of Rochester. Dr. Gillman was
a Fellow In piano at the JulHard
Graduate School of Music be
fore earning B, S., M. A., and
Ph.D. degrees in mathematics
at Columbia University.
Author of two books and 26
professional articles. Dr. Gill
man Is currently serving on the
Commission on Educational
Media and Programmed Learn
ing and Commission on the
Undegraduate Program of the
Mathematical Association of
America.
The sixth annual Kansas City
(Mo.) Poetry Contests, offering
a total of $1,900 in prizes and
publication of a book-length
manuscript, have been an
nounced by Hallmark Cards.
One of four sponsors. Hall
mark will again offer six $100
cash awards to single poems by
full time college and university
students in the United States.
More than 2,000 students sub
mitted entries in the 1968 com
petition.
In addition, the Devins Me
morial Award offers a $500 ad
vance on royalties for a book-
length poetry manuscript to be
published by the University of
Missouri Press and the Kan
sas City Star offers seven $100
prizes for single poems.
The deadline for submission
of entries is February 1, 1968,
and winners will be announced
on April 24 at the closing read
ing of the 1968-69 American
Poets Series of the Kansas
City Jewish Community Cen
ter. The judges liave not yet
been announced but in the past
have included Conrad Aiken,
Louis Untermeyer, Robert
Penn Warren, PhllUp Booth
and Edwin Honig.
All entries are Judged anony
mously. The author’s name Ic
enclosed in a sealed envelops
attached to his entry. Complete
contest rules may be obtained
by sending a stamped, self
address envelope to: Kansas
City Poetry Contests, 8201
Holmes Road, Kansas City, Mo.
64131.
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LOOK BACK IN ANGER
(Continued on page 2)
AN UNUSUAL photographic effect, the double exposure, captures the mood of the two leading roles
in “Look Back In Anger,” as portrayed by Mike Quinn and Cynthia Sweet, (photo by McCrea)
The Players;
Osborne Drama
On Stage Next
John Osborne’s play that
shocked the British theatre
world when It was first pro
duced in 1956 and is now en
joying a highly acclaimed re
vival at the Royal Court
Theatre in London will be pre
sented as the second production
in the Highland Players 1968-
69 season. “Look Back in An
ger” will be presented by the
Players on November 21,22 and
23 in the Liberal Arts
Auditorium at 8 p.m.
A recent critic noted that
“it was the generational change
that Osborne caught, from tra
ditional British respectability
and passivity to youth’s con
tempt for all that and its de
mand for new values.” This
rejection of the past in fo
cused in the characterization of
Jimmy Porter, who, as the
angry young mtm, cries, “I
suppose people of our gen
eration aren’t able to die for
good causes any longer. We had
all that done for us, in the
thirties and forties, where we
were still kids. There aren’t
any good, brave causes left.”
This perennial rebel (Mike
Quinn), his wife Alison (Cynthia
SweetO togehter with their
friend Cliff (Dennis Richards),
are the strange menage a trols
who share the upper level of an
attic apartment In a drap
English town. Suddenly into this
explosive atmosphere comes
Helena (Dawn Taylor) a friend
of Alison and an actress on
tour. Tensions Increase and
anger boils over into emotional
and physical violence. Finally
in dlspair Jimmy asks, “Was I
really wrong to believe that
there’s a - kind of - burning
virility of mind and spirit that
looks for something as power
ful as itself?” The cast of the
play Is couipleted by Mac
Dameron as Colonel Redfern.
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Co-Eds Criticize Local Theaters
Two St. Andrews College
seniors, Phoebe Ann Tucker
and Gall Hoffman, have done
Vanocur’s Lecture Forthcoming;
Topic To Be ’68 Election Profile
Sander Vanocur, Washington
correspondent for NBC News,
will be the next speaker in
the Concert and Lecture series
at St. Andrews Presbyterian
College. He will speak Monday,
Nov. 18, at 8 p.m. at the Physi
cal Education Center. His topic
will be “Voting Analysis Pro
file - '68”. Vanocur originally
was scheduled to speak Nov
ember 14.
Vanocur, who began his news
career In England, Joined NBC
NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDER VANOCUR
News in 1957 and has become one
of the better known radio and
television reporters, covering
a wide variety of major stories
In recent years. In the recent
national elections he covered
the returns for seats in the
House of Representatives.
He covered SovietPremler
Khruschev’s tour of the U. S.
In 1959 and in 1962 accompanied
Mrs. John F. Kennedy on her
trip to India and Pakistan. More
recently he has done other hour-
long specials, among them
“Air of Disaster”.
In August his exclusive in
terview with Tran Hoai Nam, a
high official of the National
Liberation Front, political arm
of the Vletcong, for the “Hunt-
ley-Brlnkley Report” won
praise in the Congressional Re
cord.
In his first post with NBC
as Midwestern correspondent
Vanocur distinguished himself
with coverage of the Our Lady
of the Agneles grammar school
fire in Chicago, which killed
93 children.
In 1960 and in 1964,Vanocur
was an NBC floor reporter at
the political convention, and
this year reported the returns
for the House of Representa
tive races.
He and former White House
Press Secretary Pierre
Salinger, co-edited “A Tribute
to John F. Kennedy,” a com
pilation of tributes written about
the late President by statesmen
and other prominent people a-
round the world.
something about the unfortunate
conditions In the local theaters.
St. Andrews College students
have long complained about the
noise, snide comments which
permeate throughout both
theaters at nearly every show
ing and the “skills” of the film
projectionist.
Required films are a part of
the curricula, and these films
usually enhance the courses in
which they are required. No
student resents attending these
required movies, but it is sel
dom that he is able to enjoy and
concentrate on the movie with
the noise and the frequent pro
jection calamities.
Under the conditions at the
local theaters in which a stu-
Massey Speaks
On Mental
Illness In US
BY TOM WOOD
until recently the treatment
of mental Illness has been er
ratic and often regretfully in
human. But in the past few
years, the percentage of dis
charges from the nation’s men
tal hospitals has surpassed the
admittances. What has brought
about this hopeful change?
Dr. Samuel Massey, speaking
as part of the Visiting Scien
tists Program last Thursday
evening, said that the difference
Is being made by the increasing
application of drugs to the treat
ment of the mentally ill. His
presentation covered the whole
range of man’s search for the
Improvement of treatment with
drugs.
As educator as well as a
chemist, Massey has been a
college president (North Caro
lina College) and member of
several Boards of Trustees. He
came to St. Andrews from his
chair of chemistrv at the United
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dent Is forced to view movies,
it is Impossible to receive the
full benefit of the visual ex
perience.
The situation in the Center
and Gibson Theaters is not
Isolated to the college’s re
quired movie series, but ex
tends to the daily showings of
regularly scheduled movies.
It is unfortunate, indeed, that
the Laurinburg citizens have not
thought the situation at the
theaters was serious enough to
request some corrective action.
Miss Tucker and Miss Hoffman,
however, found cause enough to
write a letter to the editor of
The Laurinburg Exchange con-
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Six Return Tomorrow
To Share Experiences
On campus Friday, November
22 and Saturday, November 23
is The Graduate Review of
Academic Development. Six
alumni will return to discuss
“The St. Andrews Prepara
tion”. Those returning are Miss
Linda Fisher, Miss Jane Proc
tor, Miss Mary Elizabeth
Ricks, Jim Bennett, Doug
Braun, and Brian Weger.
Miss Fisher Is presently
working on her Masters degree
In French at Pennsylvania State
University. Studying linguistics
in a doctoral program. Miss
Proctor Is at Georgetown Uni
versity in Washington, D. C.
Miss Ricks has spent two years
SEVERAL OF I'HE business leaders that are on campus for a
conference on the social and behavorlal sciences.
at the University of Illinois
studying piano with Stanley
Fletcher.
The program will Include
class hours for the graduates
on Friday, when they will visit
the classes of their respective
disciplines. Friday afternoon
various receptions will be held
by the departments, followed
by the College Council dinner
that evening. Saturday morning
is reserved for “Grad Office
Hours”. The visitors will be
located in the Student Center
so that students can talk with
them individually. The pro
gram will be concluded at noon
with the Dean’s Luncheon.
Scotland County
Voter Profile
Assembled
Senior history majors Dan
Beerman and Ted McCormack
canvassed the voting poll at the
National Guard Armory on
November 5th. Their purpose
was to develop a voter profile
of Scotland County citizens.
Some three hundred people
were interviewed as they walked
out of the polls. The questions
asked received varied replies.
117 persons refused to sign the
liquor petition that was being
circulated on the same day,
while 219 said the y had signed
it.
One of the questions asked
what they saw as “biggest is
sue of the Presidential elec
tion”? Two laborers replied
that the goverment should “put
the niggers in their place,”
while one St. Andrews pro
fessor said that “the future of
■democracy” was the most Im
portant issue
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