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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENT RODY OF ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
VOL. 8. No. 14.
ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
THURSDAY, FEB. 20, 1969
Questions Arise As
Recruiter Possibility
Brings New Demands
THE ST ANDREWS CAMPUS was frozen Monday and Tuesday. FoUowing the snow Jail on Saturday
night sleet and Ice paralyzed T.aurlnburg. Power lines were cut off, resulting in no electricity
or hUt and for a while, a limited water supply. Hundreds of trees and shrubs were
by the freeze. All was not a loss, however, when classes at St. Andrews we e
two days.
BY JOE JUNOD
It was rap time again last
Friday night as members ofthe
student body, faculty and ad
ministration exchanged opin
ions on the question that St.
Andrews hire a black recruiter.
Bill Wilson called the dis
cussion for three reasons. “1
wanted to acknowledge and sup
port the present movement at
Duke University, discuss the
chances of a student boycott on
campus and discover the pos
sibility of the employment of a
black recruiter.”
The recent uprising at Duke
centered’ about black demands
for a definite increase in the
black-white student ratio. Also
among the demands were re
quests for all black dormitories
?nd a specified black studies
program.
The question of a black re
cruiter for this campus has been
the livliest topic on the campus
for several weeks. The Cabinet
wrote a letter to the adminis
tration requesting that the
school hire a black recruiter
in order that the number of
black students at St. Andrews
become appreciable rather than
the token figure of fourteen
that now attend. Evidently, the
Cabinet’s letter was under ser
ious consideration when two
white recruiters were hired in
early February.
The issue gathered momen
tum as the faculty questioned
the long range intentions and
advisability of the administra
tion not hiringablack recruiter.
The College Counsel is now
Teacher Education Program
Concerning No Credits and
By Margaret Offterdinger
St. Andrews education majors
are up in arms as controversy
arises over the summer stu
dent teaching program, now
in its second year of operation.
Controversy centers on two
main issues. First, credit
Policy Needed for PILL?
By Nancy Richardson
The University of Florida has announced approval of a “sound’
policy on the dispensing of birth control pills to unmarrie
coeds:
“The issuance of such a prescription is a medical decision
made by the individual physician in full accord with the ethics
of the medical profession;
Such a prescription is issued only for sound medical reasons,
ana
Such a prescription is issued to a minor only with parent^
consent, or in emergencies where consent cannot be obtained
Immediately.” (Alligator) . j- j i
Although the word “emergencies” leaves room for mdivi u
interpretation, this policy Is workable and does not depend m
any «nd of a moral judgment. The questions it raises for e
St. Andrews campus are perhaps obvious. Do we have an
explicit policy, and, if so, what is it? On the other hand, it
there is not a policy, should we have one?
When approached on the subject, Mrs. Overholser wis e
to make clear that the use of birth control pills is a person
matter and by no means necessarily implies promiscuity.
In fact, the pill is used for health reasons not necessarily
connected to its function as a contraceptive. Misinformation
or ignorance about this fact creates a myth around the p
that is ill founded. She expressed concern in the matter M
also wonders if there is need for a specific policy on e
Andrews campus.
Controversy Appears
Extra Tuition Charges
summer student teaching will be Dr. John
given and included in the grade man of the Teache
point average, but it will not (Continued to page 3)
count toward graduation.
Second, the St. Andrews stu
dents must pay $200 tuition In
order to participate in the pro
gram.
The teacher education pro
grams at St. Andrews are a
part of the Cooperative Ser
vices for Teacher Education
Projects (Co-op Step). The uni
que feature of the St. Andrews
program centers around a
summer student teaching
internship. At this time, juniors
in elementary and secondary
education par t i c 1 p at e in the
summer school programs in
Moore County or Cartaret
County in North Carolina. Both
programs are funded through
the provisions of Title III of
the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act. Students also
receive a salary for this stu
dent teaching. Not only does this
project provide for a planned
summer educational program,
but it also provides for con
tinual feedback in planning and
evaluation by both the public
school and the college staff
members.
deciding the question of St.
Andrews supporting two or
more cultures and it is ex
pected that they will have a
recommendation by the next
faculty meeting in March.
Spencer Ludlow commented
Friday night that no official
decision had ever been made
in terms of St. Andrews as a
multi-racial community. He
said that tacit decisions have
existed in the form of black
students and secretaries but no
official policy^has ever existed
in a broad scope that indicated
the college is moving towards
a multi-racial community. The
recommendation of the College
Counsel will hopefully provide
the college with this policy.
While the group discussed and
defended the possibilities of
Negro recruiters and pro
fessors, one student brought
up a subject that seemingly no
one had ever thought of.
Wilbur Hayden, a vocal black,
said that all this talk of black
recruiters is fine but what is
recruiters Is fine but asked,
what is going to help me while
I’m at St. Andrews. “1 can’t
trust any white man, especially
when I want to rap about things
that are bugging me.” Hayden
emphasized his point when he
turned to the college pastor
and said that he couldn’t even
trust Reverend Davenport be
cause he Is white. He indicated
that a black counsellor would
be "uptight’ for him and his
brothers.
Kodger Decker, dean of stu
dents, seemed amazed at Hay
den’s proposal and commented
that he had never thought of
this and Would work toward the
hiring of such a person.
A few days later Hayden
talked about the recent course
in black studies offered by Pro
fessor Charles Joyner, “I
really dug it and even the white
students appreciated it. Before
this, there was no effort to ex
amine the history of the blacks.^
Hannibal was our only man. '
ROBERT DAVENPORT, College Pastor, expressed his opinion
at the Friday meeting of SA students and faculty concerning
the possibility of hiring a black recruiter. Mr. Spencer Ludlow
is in the foreground.