The Lance
Vol. XXIII — No. 1
St. Andrews Presbyterian College
September 14, 1984
Familiar Face
Has
New Position
by Ann Boone
St. Andrews is welcoming a new
^ice-President and Dean of the College
this year. His face is not a new one
here, but present positioning is. George
Vlelton was, prior to this year, very ac
tive in the role of Professor of History.
He will be serving on an interim basis
as Dean for the 1984-85 school year.
His selection to this position was made
by the President of St. Andrews and a
special committee of Facuhy Executive
Committee.
Because of his love for teaching and
his students, Dean Melton will con
tinue to teach one course, Age of the
Second World War. When his interim
is over, he plans to continue teaching.
According to Dean Melton, no
revolutionary plans or changes are in
the works, but he wants to build upon
the foundation erected by former Dean
Crossley. He will be striving to set
directions for his successor to continue
on so he or she will not have to start
I from scratch. Our new Dean wants it
to be known that he wishes to be
responsive to the needs of both faculty
and students. People are to feel free to
go by his office and present any perti
nent needs.
by Lynn Okan
Despite what many students believe
teachers are human too. Many pro
fessors at St. Andrews had very
unusual, interesting, and creative sum
mers.
Norman Melvin spent his summer
cataloguing plants of several South
Carolina counties. One-hundred dif
ferent species were found, two of them
had never been recorded in the state.
For personal interest he has catagoriz-
ed approximately 225 species of plants
that have never been recorded in
Scotland County!
Many professors took to the road
and the sky during summer vacation.
One of the most unique trips was made
by David Wetmore and his son Dan.
They took a nine and a half day trip
from Murphy to Manteo. What is uni
que about this? The trip was done on
bicycles. ' once completed the journey
Scovered 700 miles, te. A rather exten-
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sive and envious trip was made by
Leon Applegate. He spent three weeks
sightseeing All over Europe. A few of
the places he visited were Monte Carlo,
Paris, Barcelona, Nuremberg, and
Amsterdam. Applegate also spent his
days restoring a 68’ cougar. Professor
Lindquist made a cross country
by Brigitte Tomasovic
The work-study program has had an
increase in the number of students who
qualify for this type of financial aid.
To accommedate the needs of increase
several new departments were added as
campus jobs; some of them included
photography, stable hands, and
housekeepers. There has also been’an
increase in the number of students
working in the other established
departments as well.
The department in which the most
change will be observed in is the
housekeeping. The maids of the past
have been replaced by approximately
60 Freshman custodian workers. They
will be accountable to five area super
visors. The entire program is then over
seen by Ed Godwin. The housekeepers
will be responsible for the upkeep of all
buildings on campus. The workers will
average 12 hour work weeks. They also
have several benefits. The first of
which is the pay of $3.50 an hour, the
highest paid work-study job. Second is
the jobs are usually performed in the
late afternoon or early morning. The
third benefit is the program is project
oriented. This means that the
housekeeper is alotted a certain
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voyage. He came from Belingham,
which is as far as any one can go on the
continent, ending here in Laurinburg.
While many of us were basking in the
sun or at least thinking about it, Dr.
Lindquist was able to play in the snow
in the Olympic Mountains! Peggy
Johnson made her way west this sum
mer. While on her trip she was able to
meet her new nephew and see her 94
year grandmother. Russell Hauver
spent a week and a half in Kentucky
camping; while there he was able to see
President Reagan. Professor Goodwin
was able to stick his big toe in the
ocean while in Maine. While in Maine
he attended a conference to help him
with the internationalizing of school
curriculums. He also attended con
ference on a consumer economic up
date for educators. Lawrence E.
Schultz made a excersion westward. He
went to a family reunion in California;
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