THE LANCE
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENT BODY OF ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
vm.. 11. No. 5
ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG, N. C.
THURSDAY. OCT. 7. 1971
THE WHEELIE RELAY RACE provided entertainment (or shall
we say diversion) on Parents’ Day. The "Hot Wheels” took
first place out of a field of five teams.
Senate Discusses
Items Of Interest
Discussion in the Senate
meetings on September 27 and
October 4 has been concerned
with various matters of interest
to the students, including social
funds for off-campus students,
vending machines, open meet
ings »faculty-student relations,
code recommendations ,
maintenance, and committee
reports.
Scott Breckrinridge brought
up the matter of the desire of
the off-campus students to re
ceive money for social functions
as do the dorms. It was pointed
out that funds allocated to the
dorms come out of the room-
rent funds, not the general ser
vice fee, as was supposed. Pat
Carr, vice-president of Con
cord, asked “how much money
do they want?*’and “who do they
represent?” Dean Decker
pointed out that there are three
categories of off-campus stu
dents: students living in Lau-
rinburg with their families,
married student couples, and
students who have chosen to
move off campus for one rea
son or another. Susan Whitford,
president of Granville, pro
posed that the Senate recom
mend to the elections board
that there be a senatorial elec
tion of an off-campus repre
sentative as soon as possible.
Dean Decker took the floor
to inform the Senate on pro
gress on procurement of vend
ing machines. Four telephone-
coin-units are on order, and
Mr. Eames, Southern Bell’s
Wilmington district represen
tative, will be coming to this
campus the first week in Octo
ber to “look over our situa
tion.” Nance company has put
candy machines in the three
requesting dorms, and is in
stalling two snack centers on
campus—in Orange and Gran-
vUle. The Orange unit is to
include an electric toaster-
oven. Lance company is to pro
vide more cracker machines.
Decker and Dr, Davis are
checking out the possibility of
an ice machine. Then Susan
Whitford requested that a ci
garette machine be put in Gran
ville.
The Senate decided to pub
lish notice to the student body
that their meetings are open,
and that anyone who wants to
is welcome to come. They have
been meeting every Monday
night at 7:00 p.m. in Room 104
of the PE building. Also it was
decided that the open meetings
of student committees would be
scheduled and published in ad
vance for the benefit of interest
ed parties.
Eddie Smith of Orange
brought up the matter of student
faculty relations in order to an
nounce the Senate that Dean Mc
Nair is working on a program
to bring students and faculty
closer together. For example,
classes could be held in dorm
lounges, or faculty members
could be invited to suite social
functions. Other suggestions
would be appreciated.
In reference to the recom-
mendations proposed last
spring by the Code of Respon
sibility Implementation Com
mittee, Dean Decker announc
ed a few policy changes. The
Security Officers have now been
placed under the jurisdiction
of the Student Personnel Ser
vices Office, instead of the Bus
iness Office, as was formerly
the case. Student grievances
about “search and/or inspec
tion” procedures should be tak
en to the judicial system; no
tice of health and safety in
spection is to be published In
advance. Drug cases will be
taken directly to civil court,
and the college is not to act as
a ball bond agency.
New about maintenance is that
Mr. Wade Hendrix is now offi
cially the Director of the Phy
sical Plant. He and the Student
Personnel Services are in the
process of re-evaluating work
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Draft Returns For 2-Year
Hitch, Pay Hike Approved
WASHINGTON (WCNS)—With
the passage by the Senate last
week of the draft extension bill,
the Selective Service System
is once again authorized to in
duct men into the armed forc
es—but with a few strings.
First, the draft will last only
imtil July I, 1973. President
Nixon hopes to have replaced
draft calls with sufficient num
bers of volunteers by then, and
the induction machinery will be
put on ice in case of national
emergency. After that date,
therefore, 18-year olds will
still have to register with the
Selective Service.
Second, male college students
no longer receive automatic de
ferments while in school. Con
gress, bowing to pressure from
college students and others for a
more equitable draft, agreed to
authorize the President to end
the undergraduate deferments,
a step he has already promised
to take.
Starting this past summer
new students (not enrolled in the
1970-71 academic year) will not
be deferred, although if they
have started classes they may
postpone induction until the pre
sent term ends. All other stu
dents are eligible for induction
after four years in college or
when they reach 24 years of
age, whichever comes first.
Third, lottery numbers will
apply to all men with the same
Eco-Group Views
On SA Problems
Dr. G. Tyler Miller, Jr.,
chairman of the College Com
mittee on Ecology, has releas
ed a report on recent action
and studies by the committee,
including a Kellogg Grant,
paper recycling, and the use
of electricity.
The college has received a
$5,000 grant from the Kellogg
Foundation for the purchase of
books, films, and other re
sources for environmental stu
dies. The grant is to be spent
over a 3-year period.
The college has found a buy-
yer for old newspapers, and
has placed a blue-gold cart for
the purpose of their collection
from the students near the end
of the parking circle behind
Albemarle dorm. Any money
made on this paper recycling
project will be used for stu
dent scholarships. Also the col
lege has a buyer for computer
cards. These can be turned in
to boxes in the computer cen
ter or in the science lab.
The college spends about
$90,000 each year on elec
tricity. An extensive study by
the committee has shown that
about 10% of this amount could
easily be saved if students and
faculty would cut off the lights
in classrooms, dorm rooms,
and offices when leaving.
The committee also has stu
dies imderway concerning mos
quito control on campus with
out pesticides, and cans vs
bottles in soft drink machines.
Any suggestions on these and
other projects will be greatly
appreciated.
birthdate, regardless of the lo
cation of their draft boards. Re
quested by the President, this
new rule will end charges that
certain draft boards were “saf
er” than others. Thus all men
with the same lottery number
will be inductable at the same
time.
Another provision provides
incentives for more men to vol
unteer. Originally requested by
the President last year, the $2.4
billion pay hike ($1.8 billion for
first term enlisted men and
junior officers) will go into ef
fect October I^ unless the Cost
of Living Council, which over
sees the current wage-price
freeze, rules otherwise.
For a recruit or seaman re
cruit, class E-1, average annual
pay, willbe $4,872, as compared
with $3,165 at present (65 per
cent increase). At the top of
the scale, a colonel or Navy
captain, class 0-6, will get
$26,389 as against $24,850 now
(6 percent increase).
Conscientious objectors will
be given two-year assignments
to civilian service. The Senate-
House Conference Committee
emphasized that this work will
“parallel in his experiences, to
a reasonable extent, the experi
ences of the young man who is
inducted in his stead.”
The Mansfield amendment to
require total US troop with
drawal from Vietnam was ap
proved in modified form as a
“sense of Congress” title in
the act. Mansfield’s nine-month
timetable is now stated as “the
earliest practicable date” for
cessation of “all military oper
ation of the United States in
Indo-china,” and “a date cer
tain. . . for the prompt and
orderly withdrawal of all United
States military forces . . . sub
ject to the release of all Ameri
can prisoners of war held by the
Government of North Vietnam
and forces allied with such
Government, and an accounting
for all Americans missing in
action who have been held by or
known to such Government or
such forces. ’ ’
The title also urged the Pres
ident to negotiate with North
Vietnam “a ceasefire by all
parties,” the withdrawal date
contingent to POW releases and
the accounting of MlA’s, and
withdrawal of US troops from
all of Indo-china.
Poetry Circuit Has
Kumin And McCord
Wilmington--Two noted A-
merican poets, as diverse in
style as they are in background
will visit the ei^t colleges and
universities of the North Caro
lina Poetry Circuit this year to
read from their works and talk
with students.
Dr. Gerald Shinn of the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Wilmington, director of the
Poetry Circuit, has arranged
for appearances by Maxine Ku
min, instructor in English at
Tufts University, and Howard
McCord, professor of English at
Washin^on State University.
McCord will tour the circuit
during the fall semester, and
Mrs. Kumin will be In North
Carolina in the spring.
McCord, although a native of
El Paso, Tex., considers him
self a Mexican and his poetry
reflects the Spanish influence
of his background. ‘ ‘I have flow
ed into Mexican poetry and into
the Spanish language, as well as
into the geography of the land,”
he explains. “It is the major
source of my identity, the myth
1 inhabit. The mountains and
deserts of Chihuahua are the
world 1 live in when 1 write.”
McCord has published se
veral volumes of his poetry,
including “Precise Frag
ments,” “Twelve Bones” and
“Hueso,” a book of Spanish
poems. In addition, he is the
author of many scholarly arti
cles on the works of other
major poets.
The Radcliffe-educated Mrs.
Kumin, although primarily
known for her poetry, has also
authored several children’s
books and two novels. Publish
ed volumes of her poems in
clude “Halfway,” “The Pri
vilege” and “No One Writes
A Letter to the Snail,” a col
lection of poems for children.
Critic Joseph Slater has writ
ten that Mrs. Kumin’s poetry
“is much concerned with the
direct rendering of experience
, . , . she is at her best in
amused, affectionate, honest,
Intense apprehension of its tex
ture. But she is no mere pho
tographer. She can infuse her
concrete, sensuous surfaces
with emotions and force and
subtlety.”
Although Mrs. Kumin’s
spring schedule has not yet been
completed, both she and Mc
Cord will spend two days on
each Poetry Circuit campus.
In addition to public readings
of their works, they will meet
and talk with students in an
informal setting.
McCord’s visit to St. An
drews is scheduled for Decem
ber 6 and 7.
In Brief
The Student Government As
soc iation of P e m b roke State
University invites the St. An
drews community to hear Roy
Sowers, Secretary of National
& Economic Resources in the
Old Main Auditorium, tonight,
October 7.
The Library has announced
the release of a new publica
tion. The Library Report, a
monthly newsletter of recent
collection additions and other
items will be available at the
circulation desk or from the
Student Union Host starting Fri
day. The purpose of the news
letter will be to strengthen the
ties of communication between
the library and the SA com
munity.