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VOL. II. No. 4
ST. ANDREWS
NOVEMBEB 13. 1962
Homccoming Weekend Hits Campus November 16-17
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Lesler Lanin Orcheslra To Play
For Homecoming Dance Saturday
Dance — Party — Fun! The
Lester Lanin orchestra, for the
past 20 years the living syno
nym for these three words, will
be the featured attraction at
the big Homecoming dance Sat
urday nieht climaxing the ac
tivities of the year’s first big
dance week end.
The semi formal dance, which
will be held at the Laurinburg
National Guard armory will
last from 8:00 p.m. Saturday
night until midnight. Admis
sion will be covered in the $6
week end ticlcet or will ibe $4
if you buy a ticket at the door.
Jim Howe will be on hand with
camera to provide pictures for
couples who desire them.
The Lester Lanin orchestras
(there are 22 of them, with a
list of almost 500 highly com
petent musicians to draw from)
have won recognition on cam
puses from New Yoi'k to Cali
fornia and from Florida to
Washington with their unique
style of music.
They are characterized by an
“easy to recognize” beat. It is
a dancing beat and though Lan
in’s groups may not attract the
jazzy aficianados or the rock
and roll addicts on campus, they
will attract the dancers. Un
like most dance orchestras to
day, the Lester Lanin group
have a reputation for playing
entirely for the people, and not
for themselves. They know
what the dances want, and the
proof lies in the fact that the
Lester Lanin Orchestras are
still riding the crest of popu
larity while orchestras widely
popular in years gone by are
slowly drifting from the dance
band scene.
As for recording success, the
“Lester Lanin Goes to College”
album was the top selling dance
band album for 31 weeks, and
over the past 6 yeai’s, the 14
Lester Lanin albums have out
sold all other danceband albums
in America.
Gary Graffman, Noted Pianist,
Will Play Here On November 26
By TOM FARINHOLT
Gary Graffman, who plays
here on November 26 at 8 p.m.
in the L. A. Auditorium is one
of the most superbly gifted of
the major American-born con
cert pianists, and also is with
out doubt one of the most truly
international artists on the mu
sical scene today.
It seems as if the theme song
of this mild mannered young
pianist might indeed be Cho
pin’s famous “Revolutionary
Etude”! In his world tours Mr.
Graffman seems to have a pre-
deliction for arriving in a coun
try just as the current govern
ment is leaving and sometimes
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Gary Graffman^ ISoted Pianist, To Play Here
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The 1962 Homecoming should i With the many events planned
e the highlight of the fall so- for the students and their
cial season at St. Andrews, j guests as well as alumni, there
Huey Smith, Night Club Entertainer
“Fall Follies” To Be
Presented Friday Night
Friday night we are having
the special treat of a night club,
the “Fall Follies,” with featur
ed guests, the Charles Ellis
Quartet. This fine jazz group
with the help of some excel
lent local talent will provide
two and a half hours of listen
ing enjoyment and atmospheric
surroundings.
The group, composed of
Charles Ellis on piano, John
Mercer on saxaphone. Kin Byrd
on bass, and Don Diaz on drums
plays primarily jazz but intends
to present a number of stirring
Latin American numbers, some
slock arrangements, and a gen
erous sprinkling of popular mu
sic to dance by. The group en
joys jazz because, by definition,
jazz is a means of self-expres
sion, where the individual can
present various moods through
the instrument he controls.
The members of the group
are all fine musicians who have
played in a number of the bet
ter clubs and they have expres
sed a strong desire to present
a pleasing evening to be re-
membei'ed.
Memorandum
A recent memorandum from
the Registrar reminds us of the
mid-semester examination peri
od which extends from Novem
ber 5 through November 9,
1962. It is highly desirable that
campus activities during this
period will be those which will
contribute to the energies of
students for their academic as
signments.
The Student Life Committee
has requested that additional
space for study be set aside,
particularly during evening
hours as well as at other times.
We have worked out plans to
experiment wdth the opening of
facilities indicated below during
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Huey Smith Concert
Slated For Saturday
One of the highlights of the
1962 St. Andrews Homecoming
festivities will be a concert by
Huey Smith and the clows.
This concert will be held down
stairs in the student center. It
wiU be from 2:00 to 4:30 Sat
urday afternoon of homecoming.
Huey Smith, well known in
the night dub circuits, also has
several popular records. Bird-
land and High Blood Pressure
have spread his fame to many
people as well as his many other
recordings.
should be no lack of entertain
ment.
To start tihe weekend a tag
football game .will be played
Friday afternoon with the in
termural champs from Atkin
son Dorm., U.N.C., Later in the
evening a variety show, the
Fall Follies, will be presented.
Charles Ellis and his Combo
will provide the music.
Saturday afternoon will be
the time for many events.
From one to three p.m. all
dorms will have open hoiise.
At three o’clock a “pillow
concert” will be held in the
main lounge of the student
union. Huey “Piano” Smith and
the downs will provide the en
tertainment. *Casuail attire
will be appiropriate for the con
cert. The concert will last un
til five tiiirty wihen a steak
dinner wiU be served in tfhe
cafeteria.
The Follies will be directed
by Professor Maurice Stirewalt
In the evening a formal dan
ce will be held in the National
Guard Armory. The tJheme for
iChe dance will be “Indian Sum
mer”.
Lester Ranin and ihis Orches
tra, wel-known in dance band
circles, will provide the music
for the occasion.
During the dance the 1962
Homecoming Queen and her
count will be presented.
An extended sign time for
women will be in effect for Sat
urday night. Instead of the us
ual twelve mid-night curfew,
sign in has been extended to
twelve4hirty.
* Pillows or blankets should
be brought to sit on.
The Pros And Cons
Of C And C Course
The 1961 Freshman class at
St. Andrews ran into a course
with a frightening name and
an equally disconcerting goal.
Christianity and Culture was
initially launched in the fall
semester of 1961. Its goal, over
the course of four years, being
to bring the student to an un
derstanding of and to visual
ize itihe interrelationship of the
growth of Christianity and the
evolution of human civilization
and culture in the Western
world.
Freshman C and C deals pri
marily with ancient history and
literature. The early history of
Christianity- :the story of ithe
Old Testament, Greek and Ro
man history and mythology,
make up the majority of the
Freshman C and C course. Pla
to, Aristotle, Socrates - the
great thinkers of antiquity are
3itudied and scrutinized.
So goes the freshman year.
In the Sophomore year C and
C continues to show man and
bis culture in relation to the
growth and spread of Chris
tianity. In this second year C
and C students are reading
works and meditating up0n id
eas of the outstanding medie
val writers and thinkers. The
Renaissance and Reformation
will be considered and the ef
fects that these movements
had on Western Thought and
ideals.
A survey of opinion concern
ing the Sophomore C and C re
veals that 'the program gen
erally is liked and enjoyed by
the students concerned. Many
students find an intellectual
challenge in the variety and
diversity of areas which are
dealt with in the program. The
program attempts to show
specific happenings and events
in their full relation to what
was 'going on in the rest of the
W^'estern world at the time.
Sophomore C and C deals
more with philosophy proper
than does the Freshman pro
gram, and in this sense seems
more difficuk. A great deal of
reading is required, and some
students think that at times
the reading assignments are
unreasonable. In direct opposi
tion, some students think that
the reading assignments are
completely reasonable. One stu-
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