VOL. I, No. 16
ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG, N. C.
MAY 15, 1962
Campus - Wide 'Spring Fling' Begins Friday, May 19
Carnival, Concert, Dance Planned
Popular singing group, The Olympics, will
perform in the Saturday afternoon concert as
a feature of the ‘Spring Fling’
Annual To Be
Dedicated Thurs.
At 10:00 Thui'sday morniiig:
May 17 there is to be a meet
ing of the student body for the
purpose of the dedication and
distribution of the Lamp and
Shield, St. Andrew’s first annu
al publication. The meeting will
be on the steps between the
academic building and the con
servatory. Following a brief
ceremony the annuals will be
distributed to the student body
in the student center. Classes
will be excused from 10:00 to
11:00 for this purpose.
Magie Fishbume, editor, and
Johnny Hamrick, business man
ager, will dedicate the book
and present it to the student
body in . the brief ceremony.
Dr. Leslie Bullock, advisor to
to the Annual this year, will
offer a few remarks on the
theme of the publication, that
of “finding yourself on a new
campus.” This is in applica'
tion to the new campus and
the situation at St. Andrews
this year. Johnny Hamrick will
then give a few general re
marks and the procedure for
the distribution of the books
and following this, present the
first annual to Magie Fish-
burne. Miss Fishburne will
speak on the theme and an
nounce the dedication, present
ing the second annual to the
person so honored. Annuals
will then be presented to the
annual staff members, who will
be seated on the platform.
Outstanding work was done
this year by Patricia Finch,
Euoline Sizemore, and Sylvia
McRae, literary editors; Maggie
McKay, editor of the beauty
section; and C. R. Graham,
sports editor.
Billy May, Olympics, And
Catalinas To Be Featured
Concert, 2:00; Dance, 8:00
Next week end is the “big
week end.” Students (no pink
slips this week end) and visi
tors alike are expected to be on
campus for the three long-
awaited days of Spring Fling.
Planned by the Student Cen
ter Board, the week end will
feature a carnival, concert,
luau, dance, and drop-in cof
fee. Tickets will be sold for
separate events, or students
may purchase an $8 week end
ticket that will cover every
thing.
Friday night’s event, a Car
nival in the Student Center
from 7-10:30 p.m., will open the
week end activities. Featured
entertainment will be the B. S.
Flairs.
Cost for this occasion will
be $1.50 per couple unless cov
ered Iby the week end ticket.
Bermudas may be worn in the
Student Center from 7-11 o’
clock Friday night.
The Catalinas and the Olym
pics will present a concert on
the lawn between the Liberal!
Arts Building and the lake Sat
urday afternoon from 1:304
o’clock. Sudents are invited to
bring blankets . . . and their
$4 ticket.
A luau is schedued Saturday
from 4:40-7:30 p.m. between
the Student Center and the
lake. The Hawaiian chow Is
free.
Billy May and his orchestra
will be featured at the spring
dance in the National Guard
Armory Saturday night from 8-
12:30. Dress for the occasion
will be tux, dinner jacket or
dark suit for the men and long
or short formals for the ladies.
Charge for the dance wiU be
$5 unless taken care of in the
week end ticket. Girls must be
in their dormitories by 12:30.
Sunday afternoon’s Drop-In
Coffee win be in the main
lounge on the Student Center
from 2:30-4:30. There will be
popular piano and background
music.
Tickets for the Fling are on
sale in the Student Center.
Several students will also be
selling the tickets aroxmd cam
pus.
Billy May and his orchestra
will highlight this week end’s
series of festivities, when his
group plays for the formal
dance Saturday night.
Billy May is known in the
music profession as the Marco
Polo of the Jazz World. He has
acquired this trademark be
cause of his wide range of
conducting, arranging, and dif
ferent modes of saying the
same thing with music. He has
done arrangements for such
well known vocalists as Frank
Sinatra and Keely Smith, and
for such musical talent as jU
Hurt, -the Trumpetist. The stu
dents will remember Billy May
as the man who did the back
ground music for the movie
“Sergeants Three,” starring
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin
and Sammy Davis, Jr.
Billy May’s orchestra is com
posed of some of the finest
musicians in the field including
Alvin Stoller on Drums, A1
Hendrickson on the guitar,
Paul Smith, piano; Pete Condo-
li, Conrad Gozzo, Frank Bead,
John Best and Manny Klien on
Trumpet.
Billy May will do his own
rendition of “Autumn Leaves,”
‘The Continental” and his own
work “Joom Joom” and “Ping
Pong.”
“The combination of energy,
enthusiasm, fun and creativity
in the Billy May personality is
reflected directly in the Billy
May music. It is music fUled
with exhiliration, excitement,
and ebullence. And it is music
with depth, and dimension.”
Saturday afternoon’s 2 o’
clock concert which will kick
off the second day’s activities
of St. Andrews “Spring Fling”
promises to be a major event
in the year’s social activities.
The concert will feature two
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Spring Fling
Friday, May 18, 6 p.m.. Car
nival on causewalk; '7:10:-
30, B. S. Plair S. C.
Saturday, May 19, 1:30-4 p.
m., concert, lawn betwe«i
LA. Bid. and lake; 4:40-
•JtSO pjn., luau S. C. and
lake, 8-12:80, BUly May.
Nat Guard Anmoryr
Sun., May 20, 2:30-4:30,
drop-in coffee main lounge
S. O.
Dr. R. F. Davidson Appointed Dean
Causewalk Is
Carnival Site
As a part of our big week
end— “Spring Fling”—, a car
nival and dance will be held on
campus Friday ni'ght.- The- car
nival will be held on the cause
walk and the surrounding ar
ea; it will begin at 6:00 p.m.
and will consist of approxi
mately 20 booths sponsored by
student organizations on cam
pus. Committees representing
the various organizations are
now busy making plans to pre
sent booths that everyone will
enjoy patronizing; the types
of booths will be kept secret
until later. This will be a time
when everyone may wear ber-
mudas on campus.
There will also be an infor
mal dance Friday night in the
large lounge in the Student
Center. It will last from 7 to
10:30 p.m. with the B. S. Blair
Combo providing the music.
Separate tickets for the infor
mal dance will be $1.50 (the ov
erall $8 ticket will include the
informal dance). Tickets will
be sold beginning next week.
Serving as chairman of the
carnival committee is Joyce
Hellekson,
Dr. Robert F. Davidson,
Chairman of Humanities at the
University of Florida since 19-
46, will become Dean of the
College at St. Andrews Presby
terian College In June. He will
succeed Dr. Price H. Gwynn,
Jr., who is retiring at the com
pletion of the St. Andrews sum
mer school program.
Dr. Davidson’s appointment
was announced ithis week by
Dr. Ansley C. Moore, president
of St. Andrews. On announcing
the appointment, Dr. Moore
said, “I am aware of the fact
that this is one of the most
important appointments to be
made by the President. The
Dean of the College is second
in command and he is the key
person in the academic life of
the institution.”
Dr. Davidson received his B.A.
degree at Davidson College and
an M.A. from Oxford Universi
ty. He was awarded a Th. M.
degree by Louisville Presbyter
ian Seminary and received his
Ph. D. from Yale University.
He is married to the former
Eve Carlton and they are the
parents of three sons.
In commenting on his appoint
ment as Dean, Dr. Davidson
said, “there is no question in
my mind slihat Sit. Andrews has
a great future. The new pro
gram is an exciting one and I
look forward with, pleasure and
real anticipation to working In
this endeavor.”
Dr. Davidson began his
teaching career at Southwest-
ern-at-Memphis in 1931 as As-
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“Dr. Davidson holds a doc
torate degree from Yale. He
was a Rhodes scholar and is
a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
We are losing a fine educator
in the retirement of Dr. Gwynn
and at the same time we are
getting an exceptionally fine
successor to him.”
The new college dean has
compiled a distinguished record
as an educator and author.
Two of his books— “Philoso
phies Men Live By” and “The
Humanities in Contemporary
Life”—are popular texts in a
number of colleges and univer
sities. His most recent work,
“The Search for Meaning in
Life,” was published earlier this
year,
A native of Chester, S. C.,
DB. ROBERT DAVIDlSON