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THE LANCE
MARCH 20. 1962
EDITORIALS
Cast Your Vole!
The bulletin boards are covered with posters, people are
speaking to you these days who have never spoken before or
at least not since Orientation Week, quiet, intense conver
sations going on in every corner, and many promises being
spouted by everyone. Yes, it is election time again and the
usual changes have spread over the campus.
Voting will be tomorrow, Wednesday from 11:00 in the
morning until 6:00 that afternoon. Ballots can be picked
up at the Student Center and marked there. We will be
voting on all the major campus offices except the Senate
members, and therefore this is the biggest election yet to
be held on campus.
In many ways this next year will be equally as import
ant as this past year, the first year, has been. Faculty, Ad
ministration, and Students were aware that this year every
thing done was being done on a trial basis. If the plan,
project, or program worked successfully then perhaps we
would continue it the next year, but if these did not prove
profitable we were under no obligation to continue them
simply because “they were done last year.” Next year
everything done will begin to set a pattern, establish a tra
dition, and have a permanent place in student life on the
campus. Therefore the people elected to these offices must
have a complete picture of the far-reaching purposes and
goals of the college.
Experience is a valuable asset in the top positions of
leadership, the presidencies of the major campus associations.
Experience in many areas of Student Government is per
haps the best preparation. These people must completely
understand the principle behind better STUDENT Student
Government. We must choose people who will be willing to
really put the students into Student Government — people
who will not act as figureheads but will actually be par
ticipating, yes, even fighting, to give the general student
body a strong voice in their government.
A willingness to cooperate with the faculty and admin
istration will also be an important trait to consider. Nothing
can be accomplished toward the advancement of St. An
drews without this cooperation. The officers in the many
associations must be willing to compromise whenever the
need arises.
All this year there has been the complaint from many
students that most of the student body did not have the op
portunity to vote for the people who were in the various
offices on campus. This was necessary because of the need
to have as much organized as possible w’hen school opened
this past fall. Earlier this year the student body was given
the opportunity to elect its Honor Council aiid a great ma
jority of the students chose not to even vote. Now again
we are being given the chance to choose our leaders for next
year. No one will be able to say they were not given the
oijportunity to vote and no one will be able to justifiably
criticize the working of the Student Government Associa
tion and its branches on the basis that they had no chance
to choose.
A Waste Of Time
Last Saturday there was a small uprising within the stu
dent body. Needless to say it was an uprising that accom
plished nothing. A number of students decided that boy
cotting the cafeteria was the best way to get across the
idea that the food was not especially tasty. As is indicated
in The Students Speak column, many feel that conference
would have been a more effective method. The recent pow
er failure in the Student Center has been, according to
Mr. Jerry Fisher, cafeteria manager, the major blame for
the taste and variety of the food. Now that the lights are on,
we will see. E.W.
ihejjince
Editor-in-chief , ,. Elaine Ward
Managing Editor M. Preston Stone
BDITOKIAL STAFF
Assistant Editor Charles Quick
News Editor C. R. Graham
Feature Editor Joyce Hellekson
Co-Sports Editor Lib Baxley, Jim Bunnell
Fine Arts Editor Tom Farinholt
Art Editor Harriet Otten
Staff Writers Bill Campbell, Rebecca Carter
Dianne McDonald, Bill Patterson
Sue Shannon, Martha Walsh
Norwood Maddry
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Circulation Manager ; - • Mellie Nelson
Assistant Circulation Manager ......... Ana Stradley
Typists Jean Pigott
Mary Louise Robertson
Bea Smith
General Staff Jean Anderson
Audrey Hartsell, Sue Stephenson
Jean Wasson, Bob Zeh
Faculty Advisor Mr. Ramon Veal
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A Word From
Dr. Moore
TO FACULTY, ADMINISTRA
TION AND STUDENTS
The editor of The Lance has
very kindly agreed to allow me
a bit of space to thank you all
for the many evidences of con
cern sent to me while I was
in the hospital at Miami and
since my return. Your cards,
gifts, letters, flowers telephone
calls and personal visits have
all been a source of healing for
me. Thank you for the warm
welcome that I have had from
students as I return to work. I
am proud of St. Andrews and
am happy to be a part of this
college community. God in His
goodness, has seen fit to re
store my health and I am
grateful to him also.
Ansley C. Moore
Schedule of Events
March 14-17 Art Exhibit—
Jemison Hoskins — The Con
servatory
Tues., Mar. 20 Depart-
m,ental Clubs
Wed. Mar. 21 Vespers,
6:30 p.m. Li.A. Aud.
Thurs. Mar. 22 SAC vs.
Pembroke, there, baseball
Concert - liecture John
Browning’, pianist 8:00, L.A.
And.
Fri. Mar. 23 Duplicate
Bridge Club 7:30-10:30 SC
Sat. Mar. 24 Fashion Show
8:00 L.A. Aud.
Mon. M^. 26 N.C. High
School Debating Union 9:15
ajm.-9:00p.m. L.A. Aud.
Wed. Mar 28 Vesperis, 6:30
L.A. Aud.
Thurs. Mar. 29 Honor So
ciety Becognition, 10:00 a.m.
L.A. Aud. Mar. 29 Mid-Se
mester Testing Period
Wed. April 4
Mon. April 2 Great Books
7:30 L.A. 121.
The Students Speak
A Wise Approach
It is the opinion of a great
many of the students here at
St. Andrews that the recent
boycotting of the cafeteria was
a silly, immature thing to do
which will accomplish nothing
except lessening any desire for
cooperation by The Prophet
Company. We believe the fol
lowing quotation aptly sums up
our feelings:
“Conference is a measure of
peace; controversy, a weapon
of war. Conference is self-
abasing: controversy exalts
self-confidence in all lowliness
strives to understand the view
point of others: controversy to
impose its views on all comers.
Conference looks for unities;
controversy exaggerates differ
ences. Controversy is a co-oper
ative method . . .; Controversy,
a divisive method.”
Doesn’t this conference sound
like the Christian goals we are
striving for?
Anonymous
SGA Activities
Honor Covincil Releases Summary
The Honor Council has spent
many long night hours in dis
cussion, argument, and consid
eration of cases which have
come under its jurisdiction. So
many factors are involved in
each case that it can safely be
said that there is no such thing
as an “average” case. However,
this article is an effort to pre
sent to the student body, in an
swer to their general interest,
a general, factual, statement of
the cases which have come be
fore the H. C. this year and the
penalties awarded them.
For charges of returning to
campus under the influence of
alcohol, several students were
given suite cirrest for two weeks
and were placed on disciplinary
probation until Spring Vacation.
On charges of a second of
fense of returning to campus
under the influence of alcohol,
students were suspended for
ten days and pledged to uphold
the drinking ^ule. ,
In the cases of students
charged with drinking on cam
pus but who dropped out of St.
Andrews before their cases were
tried, their permanent records
were changed to read “expell
ed.”
,For being on campus under
the influence of alcohol and in
possession of alcohol, two
weeks suspension were given.
For drinking and personal im
purity off campus which re
sulted in unfavorable refflection
on the college, a student was
suspended for one week, and
several others who were involv
ed to a lesser degree had five
merits removed and were plac
ed on disciplinary probation for
two weeks.
On charges of returning to
campus under the influence of
alcohol and constant lying, a
student was expelled. Another
student tried on similar charges
but who was honest, was sus
pended for the remainder of
the semester.
Charged with lying, cheating,
and being under the influence
of alcohol, a student was sus
pended for the spring semester.
One week’s suite arrest was
awarded for a male student’s
going to the second floor of a
girls’ dormitory.
A case of forgery was given
a weeks’ room arrest.
The Faculty Executive Com
mittee has upheld the Honor
Council in the decision enum
erated above.
INFORMATION BY PHONE—Diane Owen,
student receptionist from Spartanburg, S. C.,
and Mrs. W. K. Bracey, college switchboard op
erator from Laurel Hill enjoy daily providing
college callers information about what’s going
on, where and when, at St. Andrews Presby
terian College.