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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENT BODY OF ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
^8. No. 16.
ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1969
Student Government Blows Up
Campus Political Situation Seething
by terry jaywork
In the past seven days, the
„olltical attitude of the St.
Andrews student body has gone
(roin apathetic to extremely
interested. In seven short days,
three major developments have
rocked the campus. First, the
proposal by the Senate to com-
nlctely r a m p the student
jovernment (and In the process,
abolish ItselOj second, the call
[or a revolutionary “Liberation
Government” by one faction of
the student body; and third, the
postponement of Student As
sociation elections.
These three developments
Have been both the cause of and
the result of a great deal of
conluslon to the student body.
Anexplanation of how these
three things came about and
what they imply is now neces
sary to prevent needless di
vision of student unity arising
from vague misunderstandings.
The first development was
the proposal by the Senate made
pnWlc last week to completely
re-vamp student government.
The necessary amendments are
In their final stages at this
moment. Monday night the Sen
ate will pass them and Tuesday
morning they will be presented
to the Student Body. After two
weeks, the studentbody will vote
on the amendments. If all goes
well, they will be endorsed by
the faculty and signed into law
the college president. (All
according to the procedures
prescribed by the St. Andrews
Student Association Constitu
tion).
It must be pointed out that
these changes were being con
sidered as far back as a month
ago in some areas of student
government. As the ideas
gradually took form, the stu
dent body was Informed that
changes were underway. (This
done through the LANCE and
several dorm forums.) Now
these changes are ready. They
will completely re-shape stu
dent government at St. Andrews
and give individual students a
real voice in governing them
selves.
What are some of these chan
ges? First of all, the Senate
and the Inter-Dormitory
Council will ceas% to exist.
Instead, a new body called the
Inter-Dormltory-Senate will be
created. It will, in essence, be
an IDC with legislative powers.
Most Important, legislation
will go from the Inter-Dormi
tory Senate directly to the Pres
ident of the college for his sig
nature or veto. The Dean of
Students will serve as an ad
visor to the IDS but will not
Lisa and Alan Leatherwood, who bill themselves as
LEATHERWOOD AND LISA, perform six nights next week for
Farrago. The two are married and hail from Cleveland; they
describe their musical style as a “1984” version of the Everly
Brothers by way of Sergeant Pepper”. Leatherwood is the
guitarist, prepared to play both six and twelve string models,
while Lisa comes on strong in the percussion and vocal depart
ments. Look for the pair March 10 through March 15 in the
cafeteria alcove, performing at 8 and 10 every night.
Kehrer Relates Need of More
Organization In Factories
have a vote. Nor will he be able
to prevent or retard IDS legis
lation from reaching the Presi
dent. And provisions are being
made so that the President must
act on a bill within a speci
fied period of time: non-action
will be interpreted by the IDS
as approval.
Secondly, the dormitories,
under the new system, will be
self-governing. Each dorm will
act independently to set its own
policies and rules within gen
eral IDS guidelines. As under
the present system, dorms will
be governed by the dorm coun
cils, each dorm council being
composed of elected suite lea
ders. It will be the duty of the
suite leader (better termed
“suite representative”) to
carry the opinions of his suite
to the dorm council. Thus, dorm
residents can have a direct
voice in their own dorm policy.
It can be projected that when
individual dorms become self-
governing, some dorms will be
come more liberal or conserva
tive tha n others. As this be
comes more clearly defined,
conservative students will
gravitate towards conservative
dorms while liberals gravitate
towards liberal dorms. And,
as the number of black students
at St. Andrews increases, the
ready possibility of “black
suites” and a “black dorm”
is open if black students are so
inclined.
Other proposed amendments
will effect the Student Center
Board (in its relation to dorm-
sponsored social activities) and
the Inter-Dormitory Sports
Council.
These amendments will be
before the student body within
Looney Speaks
On Student
Dissent In US
strong anti-labor sentiment in
the South as artiflcal and re
lated to the tight control of
textile Industries in small com
munity power structures. Also
he sees the use of scare tac
tics such as fear of reprisals
and appeals to race fear and
hatred by employees to prevent
the organization of employees.
“The economic future of the
South is dependent upon a settle
ment of the race problem,”
Kehrer said. In the textile in-^
BY CHARLES PRATT
E. J. Kehrer, a visiting lec-
tuer for the last week in the
field of civil rights in labor re
lations, spoke to a group in
Orange Hall last Sunday night.
He Is especially concerned with
getting rid of the last of the
segregated unions.
"Where there is a factory,
there is a desire by employees
to organize themselves.” This
is the presupposition that Mr.
, Kehre^ ^es on. He s^
Forthcoming Happenings
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS, MARCH 6-13;
March 6 Marine Corps Testing - SDR
March 7 Queen’s College Choir, 8 p.m. Sm. Gym
March 8 Tennis, Wingate, Here, Christopher Pardening,
Classical Guitarist, 8 p.m., LAA
March 10 Golf, UNC-C, There, WRA Gymnastics Meet
March 11 Golf, NC Wesleyan, Here, SCB SAO, 5:30
P.m., Soph., C&C Recital, "An Evening of Romantic .
LAA, 8 p.m.
March 13 Employment Interviews, SACR,
; Mills, 10-4, Opening Night: “Arms and the Man, L ,
_p6rvlce Exam - 2 p.m.
dustry. Blacks constitute less
than 10 per cent of the work
force. This occurs when whites
are given first priorities on
Jobs while Blacks obtain the
leftover jobs.
Mr.. Kehrer is working in
conjunction with local civil
rights groups to recruit Blacks
for employment in textiles. Yet
he can only work in the area of
programming recruitment,
training, and up-grading of
Black workers. He feels that
the economic boom of the last
twenty years in the South will
not extend into the next twenty
years because the South does
■ not have a growing pool of
trained manpower. It is static.
Thus the need for a variety of
lob training programs to work
on all levels with the object of
providing and training for jobs.
As a further extension of his
humanistic trends, Mr. Kehrer
Is also active in the Georgia
American Civil Rights Union,
of which he is president. Ac
cordingly he feels that Chris
tianity flourishes best in an
atmosphere of maximum free
dom, and that the First Amend
ment to the Constitution should
be made truly real in today’s
world.
(Continued to page 2)
by JIM POPE
It seemed like another
“ analyze-the-protestor ses
sion” last Thursday night when
Professor Looney spoke to the
Young Republicans Club on stu
dent dissent. However, tem
perance permeated thedis-
cusslon, and a fair outlook was
on tap.
The history of student pro
tests from the 1950's to the pre
sent was brought out at the
meeting. The bulk of Professor
Looney’s talk dealt with the
causes of the recent unrest on
the Columbia and Berkley cam
puses.
Several members of the SA
Left Wing group attended the
meeting.
“Parental attitude towards
children has a great deal to do
with their participating in the
protest movement,” Looney
said. “Permissiveparents,who
are highly educated, are usually
very liberal or radical in their
political beliefs and are the
typical parents of a protestor”.
Looney based many of his
comments on several works
done on the Issue of dissent in
today’s college-age youth. He
made it quite clear that many
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one week. It will be the stu
dent body’s job to seriously
evaluate them before voting two
weeks later.
The possibility for radical
change not only exists within
the existing structures--it is
fast becominga reality. We need
not abandon student government
or work for change outside it.
It can, if properly supported
by the student body, change
itself to meet the needs of to
day’s, students.
The second development was
the call for a “liberation Stu
dent Government” by Mr. Bill
Wilson in his March 4 “Dia
logue”. What mustbe made very
clear to the student body is that
the aims of the Liberation
Government are essentially in
cluded in the Senate’s proposed
amendments. Mr. Wilson was
apparently not aware of the
significance of the proposed
changes when he called for a
liberation government. I say
this because the premises on
which he bases his arguments
(1. e. that the student govern
ment is a part of the college
administration and that student
leaders will be unable to make
necessary changes) will no lon
ger be true when the proposed
amendments are signed into
law.
Mr. Wilson gave “three im
portant points” in favor of his
proposed liberation govern
ment. I will show that all three
are already Included in the new
government proposed by the
Senate.
First, the IDS would send
its legislation directly to the
President. The Student Affairs
Office would serve only in an
advisory capacity.
Second, the IDS wouldbe com
posed only of students and the
"interest groups” would be the
Jormitories. The coalition
would be a coalition of dorml-
tories--and most student life
and interest does focus on the
dorms.
Third, the IDS could con
front the administration secure
in its unanimity because the
dorms (through the IDS) could
hammer out alternatives.
The main point is that what
Mr. Wilson essentially wants—
the right for students to govern
their own lives, especially in
non-academic matters, is al
ready In the process of being
implemented. For student
opinion to split b e t w e e n a new
student government coming
from the 'Senate and a new
“liberation government” would
doom both movements to
failure. And since both move
ments are pursuing the same
ends, this would be tragically
suicidal.
While we can admit that both
movements have the same es
sential aims, it must be pointed
out that the Senate’s plan, at
this time, has much greater
prospects for success for two
reasons. First of all, the Senate
has been working on the pro
blem for almost a month and now
has something concrete to pre
sent to the student body. The
proposed Liberation Govern
ment may not be able to agree
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