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PAGE TWO THE LANCE FEBEUAEY 5. igg; EDITORIALS The Price Of Human Dignity Why the integration fuss? Why should the state of Mississippi have gone so far to try to prevent integration in their state university? North Carolina and South Carolina, venerable and resp>ectable old states that they are, have accepted this irresistible social evolution with dignity and grace. Remember the upset in New Orleans over school integra tion? Tulane University (probably after having grown ashamed of their own natives’ actions) has accepted several Negro stu dents without any apparent friction or strife. North Carolina’s queen city of Charlotte has begun integration in the grade schools. College students are being shown up by grade school children who are big enough, even though so much younger and supposedly immature, to accept the inevitable and adjust to it. PaiTt of the fuss raised at ol’ Miss was due, unfortunately, to sensationalistic minded persons of the various news media. At Qemson news personnel were carefully screened and motives ascertained before they were allowed admittance to the campus. Even students were required to have identification before being admitted 'to certain areas of the campus. The same philosophy prevailed at Tulane. A minimum of news personnel was allowed to deal with the integration when it began. These practices were not an infringement of the rights of the free press. They were designed to protect something that is, in the end, more precious than the free press—the preservation of an individual’s dignity and sense of self-respect. The campus cafeteria last year received a “C” health rating. That was last year. This year the cafeteria ds operating with a “B” rating. There were faults on both sides in the matter of the C rating. The cafeteria personnel at times fell way below stand- curds on personal hygiene. Power failures (whose fault?) at times made adequate clean-ups difficult. Throwing food and similar practices is not indicative of a mature student body. Baby brother does the same when he is unhappy. Ole’ Browser, or Pido, or whatever might be the name is a fine old dog, but dogs do not belong in public eating places. Food given to it outside will nourish them just as well as eating off cafeteria plates. Earlier in the year a movement for better food—dn quality, quantity, and variety—was undertaken. After no small amount of contention and many hours of discussion, agreements were reached. Most of these agreements were in the students’ favor. Let’s remember that there is a channel through which complaints are handled and use tliese channels. EXCELLENCE Editor^n-chdef Charles Quick Managing Editor Paui Boylin EDITORIAL STAFF Assistant Editor Shelia Welch Sports Editor Bill Campbell Fine Arts Editor Tom Farinholt Art Editor Lgg Settlemyer Staff Writers Rebecca Carter, Norwood Maddry Dianne McDonald, Ann Straddley Sue Shannon BUSINESS STAFF’ Business Manager Angus A. McQueen Circulation Manager Wanda Graham Assistant Circulation Manager Martha Llneberry General Staff Edwin Carter, Jean Anderson, Bobby Benton . Sue Stephenson Mary Ellen McLean, Phyllis Nivens Faculty Advisor Mr. Leon Gatlin “ Letters to the Edito' and in signed columns an St. Andrews Girl Receives Appointment To Peace Corps Beginning this month Beth Shuler, sophomore from Hick ory, N. C., will be in training for six months at the Peace Corps headquarters in Washing ton, D. C. Following her train ing period she will go to Peru where she is planning to work in physical education. Beth is one of many volun teers working in foreign coun tries with the corps. Any Am erican citizen 18 years or older is qualified if he has had the equivalent of a high schood edu cation. Some of the projects, such as teaching and medicine, require college degrees also, but a degree is not necessary in all fields. There is no upper age limit. In teaching and farming ex perience is a prime requisite; the Corps is making requests for general farmers who “grew up with the land.” An intensive training pro gram is provided for the vol unteers. During the training period they learn the culture of the country where they are go ing, the language of the people, the history of the country and the customs of the area. Some of the training takes place in the host countries. A volunteer is in the Corps for two years, including this ti’aining period. Their salary is $75 a month whoh they receive at the termination of the two year period. In some instances educational loans are repaid from this income. During training and overseas duty, all expenses are paid by the Corps. In addition to these allowances, they received funds to provide for a simple, health ful, unpretentious life. Volunteers get 30 day leaves each year with an allowance. 'They are encouraged to use their leave to travel in the host country, thus enabling them to have a better imderstanding of the people they are working with. Volunteers can be deferred from the draft and reserve for the period of overseas duty, but they are not exempt from all military obligations. Married couples with no chil dren under 18 years of age are also eligible to work vwth the Peace Corps. There is a great need for teachers, nurses, librarians, so cial workers, electricians, con struction workers, plumbers, well diggers, and mechanics and many more workers. For more information write: Peace Corps Office of Public Affairs Washington 25, D. C. The opportunities are unlim ited and the need both immedi ate and continuing. Tests Available To Provide Possible Draft Deferment Applications for the Selective Service College Qualification Test to be given on April 18 is now available to college students at the Selective Serv ice local boards throughout North Carolina, according to Colonel Thomas H. Upton, State Director of Selective Servdce for North Carolina. The test will be given at more than 500 colleges in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Canal Zone In North Carolina, the test will be offered at the following schools: Asheville, Asheville - Biltmore College Boone, Appalachian State Teachei^s College Brevard, Brevard College Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Davidson, Davidson College Durtiam, Duke University Durham, North Carolina Col lege at Durham Greensboro, Agricultural and Technical College of North Ca rolina Greensboro, Guilford College Hickory, Lenotir-Rhyne Col lege. Raleigh, North Carolina State College Raleigh, Shaw University Wilson, Atlantic Christian Col lege Winston-Salem, Wake Forest College Scores made on the test m piwide local boards with p dence of aptitude for continue undergraduate and gradual study. The scores will not themselves determine eligibin for deferment, but are cons' ered with other information | the boards in determining wh ther to defer individual reg trants for further study. Applications for the test mu be postmarked no later th; midnight, Thursday, OMarch ; Eligible students may also ( tain information about the te from any local board. To be eligible to take the tes the applicant must be satisfa torily pursuing a full-time « lege course, undergraduate graduate, leading to a degre He need not be a student of 4-year college, but his entii course of study must be sat factory for transfer of credits a degree-granting institution. The applicant must be a ! lective Service registrant wh intends to seek deferment as student. He can take the t« only once. The State Director pointe out a test score in the file wi give the local board an additioi al piece of important inform, tion to use in determining whi ther a registrant is eligble fc a student deferment. Dean Of Faculty Tells Plans For St. Andrews Special Assembly For Freshmen Friday Dean Hetter announces that the first spring orientation for Fi'eshmen will be held Friday, February 8, at 10 a.m. in the L. A. auditorium. To be includ ed in ithe 40-minute assembly are the following, with emj^a- ^is tow''ard academic expecta tions : 1. Appropriate statistical da ta growing out of first semester performances. Dean Decker. 2. Guides relative to drop- add procedures, review of ab sence policy and make-up of daily work and examinations. Dean Decker. By ROBERT F. DAVIDSON Many rumors around campus that disturb students are false. We w'ant to correct them with more accurate information. There is no serious problem about transfer credit for C & C. Carolina and N. C. State will give full credit for both C & C 101-102 and 201-202. Of course, these have to be fitted into a different program if you trans fer — so there is always some adjustment. This happens what ever courses you take. At tech nical schools like clemson, this problem is more difficult, be cause the program there is not like ours. We will be glad to write to any school for anyone wanting to transfer — telling them what is in C & C, but we hope, of course, that students w'ont’ want us to do this. Sophomores in Education will have no difficulty in completing their programs for certification. The state is setting up new re quirements for Teacher Educa tion and iwe will be adjusting our work in Education to meet these. !By their senior year sopho mores in Secondary Education will be practice teaching under the block isystem — 6 to 8 weeks 3. Exipectations of those un der “Academic Probation” or “Academic Warning.” Dean Decker wifh supporting com ments by Dean Davidson. 4. Dean Hester will review such matters relating to the opportunity for periodic con ferences between Freshmen and their Faculty Sponsors, chang ing of advisor-advisee assign ments, spring Student Associa tion elections, and class officers for the Fteshman class. of nothing but practice teach ing and in many areas will hav better subject course requin ments. In Primary and El« mentary Education, we have n( yet worked out the new p« grams, so sophomores will fir ish under the present Elemei tary Teacher Education pr gram whidh is good throug 1966. By the time present fresl men finish their sophomor year, we expect to have the ne\ Primary and Elementary p« grams worked out. Recent Academic Development For the past two years th college has given most attentioi to building the C & C prograir There is istill much that need to be done to m;ake that prc gram as good as it should Ix as sophomores know quite wel But we have some very abl men teaching in it — and w want to worli with the student in making it an outstanding co lege program. Already half a dozen other co leges are following this idea - and more will. (Davidson, Flor da Presbyterian, a new coUeg in Kentucky, also a new colleg in Mobile, Alabama, Austin Co lege in Texas — among others, The student evaluation tha we recently made is one of th important ways of improviw C & C. I hear that some stu dents were not quite frank ii filling out this evaluation - but I hope this is not the cas« The wlhole purpose of such evaluation is ruined if we don get an honest picture of studen experience and reaction. C & C was not the only arei where we tried to strengths our program this year. The new Human Eelation major has appealed to many up (Continued On Page 3) V
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