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Spokesman To
]/isit Tuesday
William Sloane C off in, con
troversial chaplain atYaleUnl-
,erslly and recently co-defen-
ijant with Dr. Benjamin Spook
In a federal trial on charges
of aiding students to avoid the
draft, will speak Tuesday night
it 1:30 p.m. in Avinger Audi-
lorlum. Coffin is well-equip-
ped to address the Issues sur
rounding the growing involve
ment of students and clergy In
civil resistance Including the
Black Panther trials which vir
tually closed Yale last spring
and in which he was deeply
Involved. Obviously, Coffin’s
own commitments have changed
since an earlier involvement
In military intelligence.
Coffin will meet with faculty
and students of the religion
and philosophy division for sup
per and disucsslon at 5:30 In
the Small Dining Room. Fol
lowing the evening presenta
tion In Avinger, he will answer
questions from the audience.
His visit is under the auspices
of the Piedmont U nlverslty Cen
ter.
ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG, N. C.
THURSDAY, FEB. 11, 1971
WILLIAM SLOAN COFFIN will
night.
address the campus Tuesday
Packwood On Ecology;
Defends Individual Rights
Last Friday St. Andrews had
as one of Its guest lecturers on
the population problem the mo
derate Republican Senator from
Oregon, Robert Packwood. Sen.
Packwood is only entering his
third year on Capitol Hill, hav
ing upset former Senator Wayne
Morse in a closely contested
and widely publicized race In
1968.
The Senator opened his lec
ture with a few personal jokes
and told the audience what he
had been briefed about St. An
drews from Mr. Davenport and
Mr. Bayes. In classical sena
torial style he announced that
his audience was apparently
unique.
Senator Packwood began the
more Important part of his
lecture, that dealing with pc^)-
ulatlon, by explaining that he had
entered a bill In Congress which
would state that children after
the second child bom to a fam
ily after 1973 would not be
eligible for a tax exemption.
IN BRIEF:
By action of the faculty at Its
February meeting, the dates
for Easter vacation were chang
ed. The holiday begins at 5;00
p.m. on Thursday, April 8 and
stadents virlll return on Sim-
day, April 18. Easter is Sun
day April 11.
Dean Davidson announced last
week members of a committee
to study registration proce
dures. Any students with com
plaints or suggestions should
contact Mary Ann Merrit, Mark
Perkins or Sara Lee.
The Senate Monday night ap
proved new student appoint
ments to faculty committees.
They are Karen Seawell, Win
ter Term; John Robinson, Traf
fic Court; Don Stroud, Com-
Diittee for the Selection of a
Dean; and Terri D’Adamo, Stu
dent Life Committee.
Beer in the pay phones??
Kings Mountain dorm dwell
ers apparently have a pay phone
with an Insatiable thlr^. The
word has come down, however,
that the phone has repeatedly
become 111 from over-dosage.
Any further attempts to feed
the phone will result in its
removal. Be warned.
The faculty took action at
Its Tuesday meeting to attempt
to halt some of the major com
plaints about the new examina
tion period. Professors are to
announce now their plans for
the end of the term and turn
In a schedule to Dean David
son’s office. John Craig and
the Registrar’s Office will try
to head off fore-seeable dif
ficulties that students may have
with their exams. A student-
facuity sub-committee of the
EPC has been set up to con
sider the examination pro
blems and phllosphy. The stu
dent member of the committee
Is Sara Lee.
A belated birthday congratu
lation to Hosea Jones—and the
LANCE staff hope you enjoyed
the swim.
First SA - Run Meeting
On The Future Of Mon
The question may no longer
be “can we produce more
food?” but rather "what are the
costs of continuing to produce
more food?” according to Dr.
Lester Brown, a senior fellow
with the Overseas Development
Council, in Washington, D.C.
Brown’s address concerning
“Population, FoodandEnvlron-
ment” opened the recent con
ference on population and the
Future of Man.
Although most people would
agree that pollution Is now the
number one issue in the United
States, it is merely a sym
ptom of the larger problem:
population. Dr. William C. Pad
dock, author of Famine: 1975
defines the problem as the re
sult of too many people having
too many children, and con
suming too many things. Fa
mines are inevitable sooner
or later. In order to minimize
their effects, we must cut both
the rate of consumption and the
rate of population growth. Pad
dock urged that the United States
set an example of beginning
population control at home.
Contrary to popular opinion.
Paddock stated “white confirm
ed contraceptive users who have
the number of children they want
are the major part of the pop
ulation problem today.”
p.m. He studied at A''®
ferent colleges in the West,
receiving no degree, and has
had published six books. In
cluding “The Gertrude Steta
Cookbook” and “My One Leaf
Head.”
Thursday afternoon Dr. Sam
uel Proctor, presently an Ed
ucation Professor at Rutgers
University, gave an enjoyable
but effective talk on Population
and the Future of People. Al
though we must educate the
masses about ecology, we can
only reach them after first
guaranteeing a decent standard
of survival. If the middle class
can give up smoking they can
also reduce the population
growth. Thus the problem lies
more with the masses of peo
ple who are not cause-orient-
ed.
Standing in for Senator Pack
wood, Dr. Tyler Miller spoke
on “The Case for Hope.” He
warned against the “blind tech
nological optimist,” the gloom
and doom pessimist, and our
own apathetic selves. We must
realize that we can’t do every
thing, and the price of the
future is in the things we give
up. Friday afternoon. Senator
Packwood lectured on “The
Role of Government in Pop
ulation Control.” He favored
only voluntary birth control.
When a critic questioned, “Isn’t
having only one child the same
as having only one wife by law?”
Packwood disagreed. But the
final effect cf the conference
remains to be seen In the act
ions of Its audience.
The Senator then announced that
he was no longer in favor of this
bill because it would be unfair
to the poor In this nation. He
did, however, stress the need
for similar legislation which
would not be arbitrary as to
a class or ethnic groups along
with other bills that would at
least begin to solve the pres
sing problems of today.
In continuing his lecture Sen.
Packwood demonstrated an un
derstanding of the needs,causes
of, and possible solutions to the
problems of population and pol
lution. He stated that a tax on
the large Industrial polluters
would ultimately be paid by
‘you* the consumer In the form
of higher prices. In reference
to the auto industry’s report
that they would go bankrupt
if forced to meet the 1975
antl-p 011 utlon standards Sen.
Packwood replied that the re
port was nonsense, that G.M.
had the ability to meet these
standards several years ago.
The content of the remain
ing portion of his rather short
lecture dealt with the future
of America. The Senator reaf
firmed the principles which he
said were still guiding this
country. The particular prirt-
clple he expounded upon most
was the right of the individual,
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f
Decker Speaks
On Drug Issue
Dean Decker, accompanied by
Dean McNair and Carolyn Sny
der, has begun to make the
rounds of dormitories to make
absolutely crystal clear the col
lege’s and most especially Stu
dent Affair’s position on drug
use. In one dorm this week,
which we take to be typical, he
stated categorically that the use
and possession of drugs
on this campus Is absolutely
prohibited,
A primary emphasis Decker
made was that avenues for
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Solutions Needed To Why Students Leave SA
President Hart has appointed
a faculty-student committee to
study the problem of student
attrition at St. Andrews and to
make recommendations early
In this term aimed at correct
ing some of the Ills related to
this problem. The committee
has been meeting for a mcmth
and has discussed a wide
range of possible changes In
both the curriculum and the
extra-curriculum. Thus far,
the focus has been on the need
for increasing flextlblllty In our
programs. Including Issues
surrounding course require
ments, Independent study,
grades, degree programs, ho
nors programs, etc. The com
mittee welcomes suggestions
for changes In any of our pro
grams from anyone In the St.
Andrews community. While our
primary focus has been on the
curricular area, we are open
to suggestions for Improvement
of any of the programs and ser
vices In the residence halls,
food service. Student Union,
etc.
Please make your sugges
tions to one of the following
committee members: Mr. A-
aron Blair, Mr.^Andy Buf
fington, Mr. John Bullard, Mr.
John Craig, Mr. Robert Daven
port, Mr. Jeffrey Gross, Mr.
Lance Morrow, Miss Katrina
Nesblt, Miss Carolyn Snyder,
Mr. John Williamson.