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PAGE TWO THE lance THURSDAY, FEB. 27, 1969 THE LANCE St. Andrews Presbyterian College Laurinburg, N. C. 28352 Staff EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ASS(X:iATE EDITOR ASSCX:iATE EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR NEWS EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER Supscription Rates $1.50 per Advertising Rates $ .80 per Joe Junod Linda Susong David Wagner Scott McCrca Sara Lee Jim Bouck Stu riarris semester column inch Letters To The Editor: Newspaper Found Inadequate — Structures Lacking Mr. Editor, Do you honestly call your mellage of reports and history a newspaper of, by and for the S. A. student? How dare you Insult the S. A. students’ Journalistic taste and discredit the Journalistic media! Your “publication” makes a great alumni newsreport or an attractive lining for a dog box! If not a dog box, would you believe every student center trash can each day of Issuance (every Thursday except Winter Term)? Rich Defends Racist Charge Leveled At Forum What Are The Student’s Priorities? BY LINDA SUSONG The country club school of the south Is waking up to the real Issues. This year St. Andrews has seen more changes than have occurred In the past four years. Finally the validity of students’ rights has been voiced and has been heard and partially upheld by the administration. The black students now have the guts to stay here and do something about the ridiculous black/white ratio. More power has been given to students who are now represented on most of the faculty committees, A new president has been named. His professional qualifications, bring ho[)e to a campus whose conservative president has let most Imiiortant bills lie unread and unsigned on his polished desk. Legal alcohol on campus Is a near reality. And again this February the same old complaint Is arising. Elections are coming up and the concerned few are wondering who Is eligible for election while the majority of students could care less. Student apathy during elections Is one of the easiest editorials to write about; every campus has the same raging Illness during elections. Yet, apathy Is not the major concern at St. Andrews. Most students do care about what is happening around them. They are talking and various groups are trying new ways to do something about their concerns. The Peace Corps is pros pering, the Black Power group is preaching and the Student Association Is struggling. Those who are worried about who will fill the various student offices will probably end up filling the vacancies them selves. The same discussion about the lack of relevance that the student government has with major Issues will probably continue. Yet, next year will see more changes In favor of the students than this year. The problem does not lie In the fact that students do not care enough to run for student leadership positions. On the contrary, most students care very much about what Is happen ing here. The lack of relevance to the majority Is in the leadership positions themselves. The concern will continue while the students In their legis lated positions will continue to ask "Why doesn’t anyone care?” It Is time to re-evaluate our student offices. What do they really accomplish and If they seem Inadequate for most stu dents, how may we close the gap of relevancy? There are positions available for the concerned while Im portant Issues rampage across the campus, still the gap Is unfilled. Obviously the positions open for student leadership ao not offer sufficient ends to the problems of the students or we would have more students running tor offices. Bo, do we abolish the established channels (the Senate) or do we try to re-organize what we have to work with? As It stands now It really doesn’t matter wivo runs lor office; nothing will be done of any Importance until the positions themselves become relevant for the majority of students who are con cerned In a different way, where those In leadership po sitions are concerned. To The Editor: Recently 1 was confronted with an informal discussion concerning Black Power. Many students gathered In Orange Dorm late Monday night to hear the different views of the Black Power advocates, and to ex press some of their own opinions concerning this sub ject. Many small groups were talk ing and debating the subject of racism. What does it take to be a racist or a non-racist and Is it possible to be neu tral, were the main questions of the night. I began discuss ing this topic with Pete Cook, a person 1 felt was represen tative of the student body at St. Andrews. Cook Indicated that he felt racism was wrong and very detrimental to the American society, with which I totally agreed. The question concern- Great Graffitti Dear Sirs; Congratulations to the au thors of the humorous graffitti In the student center. The wall now stands as a great testimony to the Intellectual aura and creative spirit embodied In this campus. Douglas MacLean IVllchael Ehrlnghaus Editors’ Note: Confirmed. Ing the qualities and charac teristics that laljel a person either racist or non-racist then arose. The following statement made by Cook completely es capes my scope and Imagina tion. "If you attend James Rogers’, the local tavern In South Carolina, you are a ra cist. ” My Immediate response to this statement was that I was hearing things. Yet I realize that Cook really meant It. First of all, I fall to see any rationality behind his state ment. Second, even if racism exists at Rogers’, It does not mean that a person who seeks his entertainment there Is a racist. Third, due to the social Inadequacies ofScotland County, It is more a matter of supply and demand that a per son patronizes Rogers, rather than a matter of choice. Realizing that the time ele ment prevented Cook from backing up his statement. It Is with an open mind that I await some enlightenment con cerning his views. An Accused Racist, Robert J. Rich Cook Retaliates Dear Bob Rich; Your racism is your problem, not mine. You seem threatened by what I say. I can’t Imagine why... but that’s your problem too. Very sincerely, Peter J. Cook Jr. Have yo« honestly given your self a thorough self-criticism? Wliy Is THE LANCE, that vac- cuum of student opinion, never read completely and so rapidly discarded by its, heaven for bid, “subscribers”. Why must you cram your journalistic gar bage down the necks of students who do not want dead history and will regergltate your publi cation forcefully and Immedia tely (If lot into trash cans— onto the floor)? A few criticisms are in ob vious need. First, LAST WEEK’S “news” Is all that appears--except forecasts of fcture movies In the ads. 2) liissident opinions are not ; lured in “the official student” 1 evspaper. It is an insult to oa and your paper when any (ident must revert to an under- lound newspaper so that his pinions may be heard—un- dited, by the way. 3) Your laper fastens the locks of each indent’s apathetic stralght- Jacket by printing dead history Mi not taking a stand on In- Iterests of vital concern. True, nothing much has happened this year—but why not stand up a- gainst this fact? If this letter Is not edited, I gliall be thoroughly surprised! I have several recommen dations which I plead you to employ: 1) Present future events only on page 1—who shall be speak ing on campus? What shall fvarlous organizations do In :tlelr meetings and activities the coming week? —Sure, this demands work, but journalism is not coping out, or an attempt to be merely an historian. Though this usually happens, as It has for the past 4 years at St. Andrews. 2) Allow ALL voices of the student body to be heard on page 2. Take stands pro or con, but don’t just twiddle your thumbs. 3) Present last week’s his torical notes on page 3. This is where you may play his torian. Day-old material ap pears on page 1 of metropoli tan papers, not week-old stories-the latter Is found In side the paper, If at all. 4) Though the sports sec- tlon---page 4---is, by some miracle, usually good. It falls to present what little W. R. A. activity we have or what the sports schedule Is for the com ing week. 5) Dudley’s column Is good, though too lengthy and irrele vant to contemporary or future films to appear. It is often said, “Terminate Dudley’s column and youhavenoLance.” It may sound as If I spon sor a LANCE bon fire each Thursday night, I don’t—I Just throw It In the trash with quiet resolve and great earnest. Un fortunately, I am not the only one. CHANGE LANCE! “The times, they are a changing.” Ray Riddle Editor’s reply: Thank you Mr. Riddle. Will reply next week. (Continued from page 1) At this time the Senate is con sidering a bill that would give the I n t e r-Dormltory Council and In turn the Dormitory Coun cils complete authority In es tablishing Open Dorm regula tions. Whether or not the col lege administration allows this bill, when passed, to be put Into effect, will tell the story. If the administration blocks the bill. It will only serve to Il lustrate the complete worth lessness of having a Student Senate at St. Andrews. Should this be the case once again, only two meaningful al ternatives remain for the stu dent body. Either abolish all preteness of self-government and expose the true situation of the voiceless St. Andrews stu dent or completely re-vampthe Student Government to escape the fetters of the administra tion. Of course, the latter ac tion would demand a real com mitment from every member of the student body. St. Andrews has been exist ing under a puppet government too long. As David Betts has said, “Let us strive together to create an institution where students endeavor to exercise their freedom with maturity and responsibility”. Adminis trators of St. Andrews, I ask you: “Is this to be a reality or just another catalog lie?” Self-nominations Open For Student Association Offices Self nominations for positions in the Student Association are now open. All candidates must have a 2.5 average to run and must maintain a 2.0. The open ings are as follows: There are five positions open in the Cabinet: President,Vice- President (President of the Senate), Treasurer and Attor ney General. Positions open on the Judiciary Board are: three senior positions, two junior positions, and two sophomore positions. On the Student-Faculty Ap pellate Board there are two senior positions and one junior position. For the Student Center Board there are positions open for President, Vice-President and Secretary-Treasurer. Four positions are open on the Student Christian Council: President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. Self nomination terminates on noon Saturday, March 1. Cam paigning will begin at 2 p.m. on Sunday and will end March 5th. Elections will be held March 6. ...Poverty In Scotland County Senatorial Change (Continued from page 1) each of the men’s dormitories; one elected representative from each co-ed dormitory; and one faculty advisor appointed by the Dean of Students and the Dean of the College. All represen tatives shall maintain a scholastic average of 2.0. A chairman and a vice-chairman shall be elected by the Men’s Residence Court. A quorum shall consist of (75%) three- fourths of the total represen tation. (b) 1. “The Women’s Resi dence Court shall consist of two representatives from each of the women’s dormitories; one elected representative from each co-ed dormitory; and one faculty advisor appointed by the Dean of Students and the Dean of the College. All representatives shall maintain a scholastic average of 2.0. Nixon Must Build Climate of Trust Black Tuesday by DICK GREGORY By the faintest whimper of popular mandate, Richard Nixon has become the President, He made no play for the support of the black electorate nor did the black ballots cast appreci ably increase Nixon’s total. Yet a different attitude in the black community could have pro duced a Nixon defeat. Figures compiled by the Democratic National Committee indicate that some 6 million black voters went to the polls on election day, out of the potential 7.2 million. About 91 percent of those voters cast their ballots for Vice-President Humphrey, the remaining votes going to Nixon or "other” candidates. It is clear that the total black electorate did not panic when faced with the possibility of a Nixon administration. Such panic would have produced an even larger presence at the polls and a greater per centage for Mr. Humphrey. That is. if the black votes cast for independent can didates were combined with a larger voting percentage in the black communi ty, the Humphrey-Muskie ticket would now be looking forward to Inaugaration Day. In a nega tive yet very real sense, Nixon owes his victory to the black community and the attitude it assumed. Black voters did not do what they did in 1964. In that national election the black electorate rallied to vote against Barry Goldwater. The repudiation of Goldwater was a stronger voting motivation than the endorsement of President Johnson. But in this year’s election black voters voted neither for nor against candidates. (Blacks most strongly motivated to vote for a candidate probably cast their ballots for independents.) The black community exercised its constitutional right to vote, period. Richard Nixon now occupies a unique place in the history of American political life. He is a man who has literally had the taste of the Presi dency in his mouth for l6 years and he has fin ally won the nation’s highest political honor. To Gregory do so he had to survive both a defeat on the national level in I960 and the rejection of Cali fornia voters in his subsequent gubernatorial bid. He has calculatedly administered self- respiration to his political image after having been pronounced politically dead by analysts the country over. Nixon knew that he could not enlist massive support from the black community during this year’s Presidential bid. Nor could he expect to win the favor of disenchanted young voters who originally supported Eugene McCarthy or Bobby Kennedy. But youth and blacks comprise only about 25 percent of the total electorate and Nixon knew his strength must come from the remaining 75 percent. Nixon also knows that it will be a different ball game in 1972. And it is also safe to assume that he will not be privately content with a one- term Presidency. The Republican Party now ranks third in commanding the allegiance of registered voters in this country, trailing the Democratic Party and registered independents with a total registration of about 24 percent. But by the 1972 elections, millions of new voters will have been registered from the black community and from the ranks of youth, both black and white. It is safe to assume that in creasingly alienated youth will not be register ing into either of the two major parties. Thus Nixon will face that election year (barring the unleashing of unpredictable circumstances which have become increasingly commonplace in this country) as the incumbent President of a party representing less than 20 percent of the total electorate. He will need the support of both blacks and youth. Nixon must begin immediately to do what Vice-President Humphrey urged upon the voters in his own behalf during the campaign -- estab lish a climate of trust in this country. But trust dare not be requested until grounds for it have been demonstrated. Nixon can be the first man in American history to show that young voters and black voters will support the Republican party when it is warranted. If Nixon establishes a trust fund of concrete action in the next 2 years, he has every reason to expect returns on his investment for the Republican Party in the Con gressional elections of 1970. (Continued from page 1) problem In staffing such a pro gram. There just aren’t enough people for the job. A welfare worker may see to the needs of a specific family and by the time he completes the circuit - of the families he Is respon sible for and gets back to the original family, three months may have passed. Repeatedly Moore and others have sug gested that more money be dele gated and more people be hired so that this all Important work can be carried on more effec tively. Financing such a ven- * tvir* Is the major problem, however, and the money just Isn’t available. But what of the cause of this poverty? What lies at the root of the problem, and what steps can be taken to stop poverty be fore it starts? Laura Ann Mc Neill, aseventee n-year-old black Scotland High student who is now working Inthetrl-county program, has experienced this poverty and has ideas for change. Laura spoke from ex perience and with a tragic bitterness she saw the peoples need. “We’ve got to change the whole structure,” she re marked. “It’s got to start with tearing the whole system down. All these people, especially the Blacks, have worked hard In the fields day after day for small wages at all to outmonev in Whltey’s pocket. There’s no hope for us to get ahead. That’s why we’re still poor. “My people deserve more. We've been exploited by money grubbing merchants and busi ness men long enough. We’re tired of eatln’ beans and black eyed peas. We want some meat on our tables”. She went on by saying that if poverty Is going to change In Scotland County, the economic structure has to change, too. Buying power has to be put Into poor people’s hands so that they can be a voice and a part In the community In which they work and live. Education may be the key to obtaining this power In the poor community. St. Andrews with Its Peace Corps program of tutorial services has certainly helped In this area. Volunteers have gone Into the poverty areas and helped the children of poor families get Interested In school and In furthering their educa tion. But once again, as Martha James, coordinator of the Col lege Peace Corps remarked, “How can a poor child, who Is hungry and cold be expected to compete In the classroom with a child from the middle class, who sleeps In a warm house and has a hot meal before school. The poor child Is worried about food and warmth and making enough money to live on. Of course he Isn’t going to think about his lessons”. The structure of the com munity has to change. Welfare Is not enough. People must re distribute the wealth so that equal opportunities for ad vancement can be made for the poor. Education must be ex panded so that the poor In Scot land County have leaders and a voice In what Is going on. After all, they do make up the ma jority of the population. Finally, we must recognize the bold face truth In Laura Ann McNeill’s statement that we can no longer treat the poor community like a baby and stick a sucker In its mouth to pacify It when it crys. 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