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THE LANCE
FEBRUARY 13, 1962
EDITORIALS
The Siluaiion As II Appears
In the last editorial the statement was made that the
lack of unity of various groups on campus coming from
varied backgrounds had been the main obstacle to our
growth as a student body here at St. Andrews. These groups
are primarily from Flora Macdonald and P.J.C.. and it
seems that on every issue the disagreement comes down to
a re-opening of the quarrel with the “girls vs. the boys.”
This constant bickering back and forth has got to stop
before we destroy the contribution that each can make to
the welfare of the school.
The attitude has been that anything done at FMC or
PJC is bad and should not be carried over to this campus.
We will never be able to forget the years spent at these
schools, nor can we ignore them; they have been an ex
perience in our lives, and every experience makes some con
tribution to the total make-up of the life of an individual.
Everything was not all bad at either school — neither was
everything good, but we have learned from it all. This
gives us a wonderful opportunity for a second chance. We
now know which experiences are valuable and which tradi
tions are worth continuing here in this new situation. We
must decide what is applicable to us in this new situation
and apply it.
As the year began a certain number of rules and regu
lations had been made prior to the opening of the school
by representative committees of the components of St. An
drews. The work of these committees and these rules were
established as a starting point. We could not begin the year
without something concrete to build on. From there it was
to be a building process. No one could say with any degree
of certainty what the actual situation would be, and the
rules were made subject to revision to fit the situation as
it was to be. We know now what the situation is, and
changes are being made every day. This is being done,
not just with this year in mind, but with the future of St.
Andrews to be considered first. In this first 5'ear we as a
student body have a great deal of responsibility, not only
to ourselves, but to St. Andrews aiid to its future.
We all want that which is best for St. Andrews, but we
are all so busy telling everyone that we have the only way
to achieve this “Utopian” campus and that any other meth
od of approach is wrong, that we won’t ever bother to
listen to what anyone else is saying. Can we get anything
accomplished this wayf It is our belief that we cannot.
There is a certain amount of trust and mutual respect
necessary for any two groups to understand the aims of the
other. This involves an honest approach to every situation
and problem. This honesty must be combined with patience
— realizing that we are all, in essence, striving for the
same ends. We are only approaching them from different
ansk?.
An Ounce 01 Prevention
The handbook states that the “misuse of fire extinguish
ers’ ’ is forbidden. The possibility of this happening has been
completely eliminated because there are no fire extinguish
ers to be found on campus. This fact was called to mind
the other day when there was a small fire in THE LANCE
office and there was no method of putting it out.
A similar incident occurred earlier in the year, when
•there was a fire in one of the waste baskets in the hall of
the basement of the Student Center. There was again no
means to put the fire out.
Despite the fact that the ceilings and floors are asbestos
and the walls are concrete block, a fire in any area could
do a great deal of damage and especially since there is no
way to check its progress.
Editor-in-chief Elaine Ward
Managing Editor Preston Stone
EDITORIAL STAFF
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Norwood Maddry
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SGA Activities
Traffic Council
Members ‘Ok’ed’
The St. Andrews Senate held
its second meeting, Monday,
Feb. 5. Two committees were
approved by the Senate, the
Traffic Council and the Consti
tution Committee. Members of
the Traffic Council are: Terry
Shlrah, Norwood Maddry, Mar
jorie Relun, Woodrow Eldridge,
and Sandra Summerville.
The Constitution Committee
members are: Carlyle Adams,
Wayne Ballard, Faye Hooks,
Norwood Maddry, and Mary
Neely.
Terry Shirah is serving as
temporary chairman of the
Traffic Council until such time
as the Honor Council can act
upon a permanent chairman. Ed
Benjamin, president of the Hon
or Council, will keep the Sen
ate informed of changes in the
Council.
Changes in the school calen
dar for next year were discus
sed. It was announced that the
Executive Committee has voted
to have a minimum of three
days for a semester break next
year. Members of the Senate
are to sample the opinion of
the student body concerning
having Spring holidays chang
ed to correspond with Easter.
Of particular interest to the
student body should be the
passing of a motion to restrict
students from sitting in on Sen
ate Committee meetings.
The Students Speak
Open Letter To The Faculty
Romulo's Speech
Interesting -
Enlightening
By BILL PATTERSON
General Romuio, world trav
eler, international diplomat,
writer, educator, and ex-sweet-
heart of Woman’s College,
spoke to the St. Andrews stu
dent body and interested local
citizens Monday evening, Feb.
5. He began by stating that the
purpose of his speech was to
provoke thought on the part of
his listeners and to provide the
proper perspective with which
to view our national policies.
He then gave three logical
bases upon which the listeners
could form their opinions. First,
the U.S. has proven itself by its
post-war policies in two in
stances to be anti-imperialistic.
Therefore whenever the U.S.S.
R., promotes a world crisis,
the U.S. stands for self-determ-
(Continued on Page 4)
Many of the students came
to this campus in mid-Sep
tember of last year with a vis
ion. This vision was to partici
pate in a new concept of edu
cation— St. Andrews We real
ized that there were many ob
stacles to face but this was to
be a challenge— we would work
them out togetJier. For as Dr.
Moore stated in the Hand
book “ ... we ihope that ev
ery student will consider that
he or she is having a part
in shaping the traditions and
ideals for this new school”.
What has happened in the
passing days? I am bewildered,
and I am confident that others
are as perplexed as I. I say
I am bewildered, actually, I
am more enraiged than bewil
dered. At every turn there
has been an effort to keep the
student from speaking out.
At every turn the student
has been told — No: No card
playing on Sunday, No Bermu
da shorts. No smoking in halls,
no double cuts, no signs except
certain areas, no drinking, com
pulsory chapel, room inspect
ion, no drinking or eating in
your own lounges, and many,
many others.
Academic Probation as it says
•n the handbook, “is to help
ihe students who are doing
substandard work.” The sec
tion in the student handbook
pertaining to academic require
ments is VAGUE. Many of the
students who were “kicked out”
last week were unaware of
their impending dismissal until
after they had registered, paid
their fees and had started class
es. If they had known earlier
in the year that they would not
have two semesters to get off
Academic Probation as it is
implied in the handbook— I
am confident that there would
have been many of the stu
dents still at St. Andrews who
were dismissed. Life is full of
disappointments, of this I am
aware but at least let the stu
dent be fully aware of his
standing before it is too late.
Now it is, but what of the
future— will the Board still
act in this manner? Will they
suddenly call before them stu
dents with a “D” average and
ask them to leave also? Why
not-the student would not know
why, just as he did not imder-
stand until weeks afterwards
that suddenly the requirements
for academic probation had
changed. It is too late for the
students who are igone, they
did not receive a second chance
they are unable now to prove
themselves. They were college
material or they would not
have been here.
I know of one student who
was put on house arrest for
the rest of the term for grades
but primarily for attitude. No
v/onder the attitude was poor-
look around you — many feel
like this student. Are they
too, to be put on house arrest?
Not only are the probation
rules vague, but none is more
vague than the drinking rule.
The drinking rule has been
interpreted to me as meaning
that the college is opposed to
drinking and if you come under
the roof of this campus under
the influence you must suffer
the consequences. This is so
vague that it is a mockery to
be So printed or stated by the
college. But yet many students
have had severe disciplinary
action taken against them.
This may be the law but is
this justice? No— but will it
be taken into consideration by
those in authority? One needs
only to look at the record.
Norwood B. Maddry
Dr. Truehlood Visits Campus
' Dr. Elton Trueblood chats
with Students at the autograph
party given for him during his
. recent visit to the campus.
Dr. D. Elton Trueblood ad
dressed a meeting of ministers
and laymen of the Synod of
North Carolina here Feb. 7. Dr.
Trueblood is a noted writer and
lecturer, author of many books
and respected authority on
many subjects of a theoretical
nature, among these, education.
His address was preceded by
an informal reception at which
Dr. Truebood a u t o g r aphed
many of his books, and had the
opportunity to meet and speak
with many students, as well as
the visiting ministers. The
meeting was to serve as a pre
inaugural program for the col
lege.
Autograph Party
Dr. Trueblood had something
personal to say to each person
who asked him to autograph
their copy of one of his books
He expressed his sincerest
wishes to students before he
returned their autographed
book that the books would not
be used only for show and gath
er dust on their book shelves.
He made individuals promise to
read the books they had pur
chased for his autograph.
This seemed to be a perfect
way to break the strain of
classes and for the ministers to
relax after their first experi
ence of walking back and forth
across the causeway.
As a whole Dr. Elton True-
blood’s autograph party turned
into an enjoyable and friendly
get together with the author as
senior host.
Dr. Trueblood was preceded
on the program by Dr. Price H.
Gwynn with the invocation, Dr.
Charles Vardell with some gen
eral remarks, and Dr. Harold
Dudley, executive secretary of
the Synod. He was introduced
by Mr. T. M. Belk of Charlotte.
The subject of Dr. True-
blood’s address was in general,
education and specifically, St.
Andrews.
After some preliminary re
marks about the school, Dr.
Trueblood moved into his ad
dress beginning with some well-
directed digs at society. He ac
costed such institutions as dis
count houses, tv, and other
similar groups. The speech was
presented in the cafeteria, and
at this point Dr. Trueblood was
interrupted by one of the lat
est and loudest popular records
from upstairs, this offering
him a handy example of his
subject, and which he pro
nounced one of the “symbols
of a decaying society.”
Dr. Trueblood, in essence,
called for a rennaissance. He
gave the impression that he had
given up on a good part of
society and some of the func
tions of the church, and he ob
viously has no faith in the ov
erall educational system. He
suggested the method of es
tablishing “points” of high ideal
and education, from which to
expand toward an ultimate
goal. He further challenged St.
Andrews to be one of these
points.