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St. Andrews Presbyterian Collegf
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Official Publication of the Student Body of St. Andrews Presbyterian College
MAR 9 ISri
BlUME 12 No. 11
ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG, N.C.
Thursday, March 8,1973
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Bill Peterson and Sydney Humphress in a scene from the
iHighland Players’ production of Ibsen’s “Ghosts”, being per-
I formed tonight through Sunday at 8 in the LAA.
“Ghosts” Probes Deeply
Into Social Conformity
The Posters promised: A
Probing Drama Of Com-
|)romise and Conscience In
Modern Society. And they
weren’t kidding. The Highland
Players’ production of Henrik
sen’s GHOSTS is definitely a
rgrabber” - both in terms of
content and performance. Hie
play, written in 1881, stands as
challenging and
righteningly relevant com-
nentary on the social Uls and
pypocrisies not only of late
R9th century Norway, but of
pur own time as well. The
eauty, however, lies in the
pet that Ibsen does not rest
pontent to point a finger, to
criticize and question the
FXistent morality, but goes on
offer a positive statement
«garding toe possibility, and
ndeed necessity, of man to
break free from thoughtless
conformity wherever it is en-
countered-whether in the
realm of social custom,
religious values, or legal
structures.
Mrs. Alving,
Pastftr Manders, and Jacob
Engstrand, the older set, all
demonstrate an abiding
allegiance to social custom.
They are a statement of the
problem whereas the two
young characters represent
the two possible responses to
the situation.
The cast, while small, is
amazingly well-balanced wth
all five characters displaying
depth and definition. Each
character stands in such vital
relationship to the message
that it become difficult to
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^^Superiors’’ To Play Saturday
The College Union Board
fUl present in concert this
Friday night at 9 p. m. “The
PJiPeriors,” a soul group from
r^lnston-Salera, The band has
peen together about 7 years,
are presently one of the top
|oul groups in the Winston-
^&lem-Greensboro area.
makes their third ap
pearance here at S. A., the
frevious two in the fall of 1969
I, again last spring. The band
, eader, Charles Burns, is a
r jormer s. A. student. The band
l^nslsts of Burns on guitar,
^ ®ndeii Robinson on bass,
Bernard McNeil on trumpet,
Gary Hairston on drums^
Galvin Crisp on tenor sax and
flute, and Sam Hamlin, Jr. on
vocals.
The Superiors are very ver
satile, and play the best soul
and soul-rock sounds out to
day. All their music is com
pletely, ‘‘dance-able,’* so
dance to the soulful Superiors
from 9 untU 1, Saturday night
in the cafeteria. No beer will
be served, but students can
bring their own beer and
wines. The admission is free.
Melton: Graduation Decision
Dictated By FEC Guidelines
BY DR. GEORGE MELTON
Several members of the
student body and some faculty
have inquired about the recent
decision of the Sub-Committee
on Convocations and Assem
bly Exercises to designate
academic regalia as the ap
propriate dress for the
graduation ceremonies
scheduled for May 27. News of
the Sub-Committtee’s actions
reached the campus before
the Sub-Committee could
issue a statement. In view of
the resulting confusion, a brief
statement about the
backgrounds of the Sub
committee’s decision and the
reasons for it might be helpful
to the campus community.
The question of academic
regalia for formal college
ceremonies is only one part of
a large set of probl^pis the
College has faced in dealing
with convocations and
graduation ^ercises during
the last several years. These
problems often stenuned from
the absence of clear lines of
responsibility for the
management of the numerous
details involved in staging
these ceremoies. In 1971, for
example, arrangements for
hiring a piper to lead the
academic procession were not
concluded until the day before
Commencement. There have
Calendar For
Elections Set
The St. Andrews Elections
Board has made public this
week the schedule for this
spring’s dormitory and gen
eral elections. This calendar
calls for completion of elec
tions by the end of AprU, as
in the past. The process will
begin next Monday, with the
rules for all elections made
available in the Student Of
fice for prospective candi
dates and anyone else in
terested.
Self nominations will open
for general elections on March
19th, and will run through
April 9th, with voting and
runoffs being completed by the
13th.
Dorm elections will follow
the completion of these gen
eral elections, with self-nom
inations open from April 16th
- April 19th. Campaigning is
set for the 20th-23rd, and vot
ing completed by April 27th.
If you have questions about
this schedule, consult any
member of the Elections
Board. They are Hewitt Ge-
hres, chairman; Ross Alder
man, Jay Bender, Alen Cole
man, Annette Lauber, and
Frank Parr.
been other near-disasters in
arranging these occasions, not
because of negligence on the
part of any person, but
because the lines of respon
sibility were not clearly drawn
among the several college
groups involved in
arrangements. In view of this
confusion, the Faculty passed
on February 8, 1972 a motion
requesting the Faculty
Executive Committee to con
sider the drafting of guidelines
to govern the arrangements
for these ceremonies. The
Executive Committee in turn
delegated this function to a
special Sub-Committee on
Convocations and Com
mencement Exercises at
tached to the Assemblies and
Public Events Committee.
Hie Sub-Committee, which
contains the three student
members of the Graduation
Committee, three faculty, two
administrators, and the
Faculty Marshal, represents
the whole campus community.
The recommendations of the
Sub-Committee were ap
proved by the parent com
mittee on February 2 and by
the Faculty on February 12.
When the Sub-Committee met
on February 27, its members
voted in favor of formal
academic regalia as the
proper dress for persons par
ticipating in the May 27 Com
mencement Exercises. This
decision was in no way an ef
fort of the faculty or the Sub
committee to dictate all
decisions concerning the 1973
Commencement; instead, it
was merely a decision made in
accordance with the new
guidelines. Procedures for the
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Health Center Contracts
Let; Work Begins Soon
Contracts totaling $343,834
for the construction of a
rehabilitation and health cen
ter at St. Andrews
Presbyterian College have
been awarded, with con
struction to begin within 30
days. The new center will in
clude nursing and health care
facilities to enable the college
to expand its present program
in terms of numbers of han
dicapped students it can ac
comodate and, in particular,
students with severe han
dicaps. Construction will be
completed by late spring, 1974.
The general contractor will
be D. R. Allen and son, Inc. of
Fayetteville with a bid of
$259,332. Subcontractors are
McGirt’s Plumbing and Elec
trical Co. of Maxton, plum
bing, $27,902; Henry Baker
Heating Co. of Wilson,
mechanical, $29,500; and Mc
Carter Electrical of Laurin-
burg, electrical, $27,100. Ar
chitect is A. G. Odell and
Associates of Charlotte.
Cost of the new building is
being shared by the college
and the North Carolina
Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation on a 20-80 basis.
The Rehabilitation agency
will use the new facility to
evaluate the ability to live in
dependently of students
seeking education and
training beyond high school,
at St. Andrews or other in
stitutions. The center wUl
provide physical therapy ser
vices and health care for han
dicapped students attending
St. Andrews^ k toK
Currently about 25
students in wheelchairs and
some 40 with lesser handicaps
are enrolled. Previously St.
Andrews has lacked facilities
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Lecture Program Set Up
By Foundation Grant
The Thomas F. Staley Foun
dation has awarded St. An
drews Presbyterian College a
grant for the first Staley Dis
tinguished Christian Scholar
Lecture Program at the Col
lege. In revealing the grant
Dr. Donald ,J. Hart, presi
dent of St. Andrews, an
nounced that Dr. William D.
McHardy, Regius Professor
of Hebrew at the University
of Oxford, will be the first
lecturer , tentatively
scheduled for April 3-10.
“We are most appreciative
of the Staley Foundation’s in
clusion of St. Andrews in its
program and highly pleased
that we can inaugurate it with
a lecturer of Dr. McHardy’s
stature and ability,” Dr. Hart
remarked.
The Staley Foundation was
created in 1969 to bring a
‘ ‘persuasive presentation of
the Christian gospel in a
climate of conviction. ” The
initial programs were estab
lished at Sterling College and
the University of Michigan.
Since that time more than 127
colleges in 41 states have re
ceived grants for the Staley
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