THE LANCE
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF STUDENT BODY OF ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
fOL. 8. No. 21.
ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1969
WINSTON HENSLEY as Laertes (left) and Denny Richards as Hamlet Battle at a recent rehearsal of
“Hamlet”. The play opens April 30 to begin the Contemporary Arts Festival.
hrrell, Crosswell Support Involvement
Of Students On Faculty Committees
BY CHARLIE PRATT
This interview with Mike
Ferrell, President, and Mac
Crosswell, Vice-President of
He Student Association, should
liave been one of those dull,
drab question-and-answer ses
sions that deal in generaliza
tions and abstracts. It would
liave been just that had the in
terview been done separately.
But together, they talked freely,
witti a knowledge and apprecia
tion of each other’s functions.
Mike Ferrell and Mac Cross
well both want to push for grea
ter student involvement in stu
dent-affected areas. Mike sees
; role of the Cabinet as an ad
ministrative 0 r g a nization to
keep track of student affairs
both on and off campus. The
cabinet makes suggestions and
lirings out into the open Issues
Wore they get to the Faculty
Executive Committee or to a
(acuity vote.
Mike sees the IDC-Senate as
Hie broader based body. He
says that one of the reasons why
tlie Senate was ineffective this
year was because "the cabinet
would not let it work”. Next
year he hopes to work very
closely with Mac Crosswell and
the Senate.
In obvious approval of what
Mike was saying. Mac Cross-
sell responded that he thought
te major function of the IDC-
Senate will be “to get students
« faculty committees which
«tect student life”. Hopefully,
s'lrting this year, he wants to
individual Interviews with
®terent faculty members to
ilrtermine their feelings about
student representation. He
*ants to see just who are favor-
®e and who are not, and why.
of the big jobs next year
Wlbe to give convincing argu-
ments for student representa
tion on important committees”.
Both would start at the level
cl the Faculty Executive Com-
' because they recognize
first the need for such a com-
and secondly they feel it
be a significant power
begin effective co-
faculty-student re
base to
operative
lations.
Mac also wants to investigate
the whole structure of student
government. He feels there are
a number of extraneous organi
zations which could be stream
lined or eliminated in an effort
to make the entire body more
efficient.
"The purpose of the Student
Association is to protect the
rights of its members”. This
implies that if a student is
treated poorly in class, that
student should have recourse
to the Student Association.
Likewise downtown, if a mer
chant does not respect the right
of the student customer, he also
should find support and action
from the Student Association.
Also civil offenses on campus
such as traffic violations must
be handled by student-run or
ganizations. Above all, though,
"the Student Association must
protect the rights of itself”.
Students and faculty are work
ing for a co-operate govern
ment. This Implies the equality
of both at certain levels of af
fairs and requires the preser
vation of current powers and the
development of more extensive
influence next year. This will
be done through reasoning,
through working specifically
with the people involved, whe
ther for the budget, in the stu
dent affairs office, or in the
administration. If the faculty
denies students their rights of
involvement in matters that
pertain to them personally, then
"students must resort to be
coming antonomous and refuse
to recognize the decisions of
those bodies that are not rep
resentative of their Interest”.
In particularly. Mac Cross
well wants to bring Mr. Vaughn
before the Senate this year, be
fore the budget iscompletedfor
next year, and get some clear
facts about the percentages of
funds going to each level of the
Student Association. "I’m not
going to stand for it” says Mac
to the meager proportions going
for entertainment, publications,
and student agency fees. They
should be separate from the
percentage cut allowed from
each student”.
Mike and Macbothclaim tobe
reserved idealists, but they see
no reason why student govern
ment can’t move more with the
student body than against it.
“Hamlet” Adapted For
Modern Man’s Texture
BY JOE JUNOD
Maneuvering, coercing, and
synchronizing twenty-eight St.
Andrews actors and actresses
into an adaptation of Shakes
peare’s “Hamlet, Prince of
Denmark” is the task that Di
rector Arthur McDonald faces
as he readies his cast for the
production. The production of
the four-hundred - year-old
tragedy will run April 30
through May 3 in the LAA.
" 'Hamlet’ Is a play that I
have adapted for the texture of
modern man. Wearebasingthis
version on the John Geilgud
production, which starred
Richard Burton,” commented
McDonald when approached on
the subject.
The tragedy will kick off the
Contemporary Arts Festival,
which is scheduled to run
through May 12, When queried
about how relative "Hamlet” is
in a contemporary festival, Mc
Donald retorted that "we justify
placing this play in the festival
because of the style in which it
is being presented”.
This style. Director Mc
Donald describes as influenced
by the work of set designer
Josef Svoboda and the entire
Czechoslovankian avant garde
theatre, before its repression
by the Russians. The set design
is basically environmental,
emphasizing the alienation of
Hamlet through the use of plas
tics, strobe lighting effects,
levels and mirrored surfaces.
The cast is headed by Dennis
Richards in the monumental
role of Hamlet, one of the
most demanding roles in all
Shakespearian drama.Richard’s
last performance on the stage
was,in the role of Cliff in John
Osborne's "Look Back in An
ger”. Barry Marshall portrays
Claudius, King of Denmark and
brother to the late king.
Waverly Land, Louis Goodson
and Winston Hensley have been
cast as Polonius, Horatio and
Laertes, respectively.
Mary Key winds up her acting
career here in the role of
Gertrude, mother to Hamlet.
The role of Ophelia, daugh
ter of Polonius, and one time
lover of Hamlet is interpeted
by Mary B. Higgins.
Others appearing in the per
formance include Mac Dameron,
Rick Erls man, Jeff Alheim,
Traywick Newton, Doug Ray
nor, George Shaffer, Don Camp
bell, Gray Clark, Mike Quinn,
Bob Lilly, Doug Colby and Jed
Howell.
The remainder of the com
pany consists of Pete Peery,
Kathy Koch, Pat Ruffin, Craig
Simmons, John Ogletree, Jack
Liggett, Gail CraddocR, Carol
Fetter and Kathy Pooley,
Dub Narramore has designed
the set and Joe Mitchell created
the lighting effects.
With the large cast and
powerful script, McDonald feels
that thls^ is the most demanding
play ever attempted at St. An
drews.
Sophomore Awards Announced
Af Banquet Friday
The St. Andrews Honor So-
,ciety and the College Council
have invited the new and old
members of the Honor Society
plus the sophomores who are
receiving Sophomore Honors to
a recognition banquet tomorroi'
night.
The Invocation will be given
Mr. Davenport and Dr. Ansley
C. Moore will welcome the
students. Dr. J. Rodney
Fulcher, who will be introduced
by Susan Klopman, vice-presi
dent of the Honor Society, will
Four Give Explanations
speak on "The American Scho
lar (Revised Edition)”. Presi
dent of the Honor Society, Nancy
Richardson, will recognize the-
Honor Society members and
Dean Davidson will award the
Sophomore Honors.
Subscriptioris
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Whv Does Seminary Attract Senior Males?
Vior nf rprommendations this
dan BEERMAN
by JACK LIGGETT
"Why seminary?” That ques
tion was the subject of dis
cussion at a recent ill-attended,
as usual Thursday Chapel
service. There are twelve
seniors, all of them male, at
SA who are planning to attend
seminary next fall, and four of
them spoke in Chapel: Pete
Cook, Bob Brewbaker, George
Sherrill, and DanBeerman. Mr.
Davenport introduced the four
as, for an understandable lack
of an all-encompassing word,
"the young evanglists”. He al
so commented on the fact that
he had filled out a large num
ber of recommendations this
year and had a surprising six
teen (at least) inquiries about
seminary. This may not seem
to one like very many, but it
is for St. Andrews Presby
terian College.
The other students hoping to
go to the schools next fall are:
Bill Wilson, Benny Gurley,
George Ducker, Scott McCrea,
David Flucke, Tom Wood, Hous
ton Wheeler, and Jan Bartlett.
Perhaps one of the first ques
tions that pops into one’s mind
these days concerns whether
or not these students are going
to divinity school to beat the
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GEORGE SHERRILL