PAGE TWO
the lance
MAECB 6, 1
EDITORIALS
Unity Will Come
During the recent week of election campaigning there were
signs of life and even some expressions of genuine interest on
the part of many students. This is a rare, but excellent occur
rence, and must be used as a good example toward which to
work—perpetual interest and liveliness on the part of the stu
dent body. -I
In order to relieve the apathy, we must look at it objectively
and pinpoint its causes. The issues discussed in campaign debates
are not new; most of them have been around all year. Why
the sudden great concern with matters such as the lack of
student body unity, the vagueness of the drinking rule, or the
slow process of legislation within the campus government?
The newly elected officers have promised to rectify as much
as possible tlie drinking rule and the time-consuming legislative
process. Unity must come primarily from the students them
selves. Student Body meetings will (be tlie first step, but if the
students bring to the meetings their apathy, boredom, and list
lessness the meetings will serve no real purpose. It is up to the
students to find the interest that they will have in common,
and to participate in the action which that interest precipitates.
There are many 'potentially fine groups on campus which
could do a great deal toward motivating student interest. Many
of them are to be commended, but some clubs have fallen by
the wayside which should be revived. When each person is en
gaged in thinking and problem solving he will not have time
to indulge in apathy.
Unity does not preclude difference of opinion. No two people
will envision the same action as being the best method to arrive
at a solution to anything. It is the common awareness of the
needs of the campus and the individual and group attempts to
fulfill these needs that will bring unity.
Knowing individual students and student leaders on a more
personal basis will also bring about unity, for the needs, as well
as the solutions, lie in people. We must not think of our school
and its government in abstract terms, but rather think of ways
to achieve concrete action in answer to very real problems.
No person should believe that the expression of his opinion
is unimportant. Leadei’s in the student government derive their
initiative from expressions of opinion. They must be informed of
student desires, not only at election time, but at the time when
their work can be done.
Perhaps a more expedient legislative system and more at
tractive and definite social rules will motivate students; even
so, the students must act before there can be unity.
SW
Hais OH To Students
Congratulations to an alert and interested student body—
almost. In this campus election some 560 students voted. This
is slightly over half of the student body. Last year the number
of students that bothered themselves with the troublesome busi
ness of voting was less than one third of the total student body.
Advantage was also taken at the open forums to directly
question the candidates and have them express their views.
Bouquets go also to the Elections Committee for a well-
organized and efficiently carried out voting procedure. This year
the ballots were clear, means of registration definite, and the
counting procedure careful and accurate.
One of the major problems in last year’s election was du
plications in voting. This was caused by having two voting areas:
one in the LA building for the convenience of the day students
(anyone else who didn’t wish to journey across the lake to the
Student Center) and one in the Student Center. How easy it was
for a person to vote in the LA building, go across the lake,
and vote again in the Student Center. This caused no small
amount of trouble when it came to counting the votes.
Bditor^n-cMef Charles Quick
Managing Editor Paul Boylin
EDITORIAL STAFF
Assistant Editor Shelia Welch
Feature Editor Ljbba Lander
Sports Editor BiU Campbell
Arts Editors Tom Farinholt,
Lee Settlemyre
Staff Writers Rebecca Carter, Norwood Maddry
Dianne McDonald, Ann Straddley
Lane Gillespie, Lonnie Mann,
Gill Rock
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager Angus A. McQueen
Circulation Manager Wanda Graham
Assistant Circulation Manager Martha Lineberry
General Staff Edwin Carter, Jean Anderson,
. Bobby Benton, Sue Stephenson
Mary Ellen McLean, Phyllis Nivens
Faculty Advisor Mr. H. Leon G^lin
vacation periods. Oaices^tn*during holidays and
remainder of the ye^ Student Union. Subscription $2.00 for the
The Roving /
It had been five years since
I had seen imy old Alma Mater.
With eager anticipation, I look
ed forward to seeing once again
what had been my home away
from home for four years. I had
left Charlotte at nine o’clock
and driven for two hours so I
could see Laurinburg during the
rush-hour once again. There it
was in the distance — the old
Cottonland Hotel, the urban re
newal sign on which the paint
was beginning to peel, and the
old courthouse, where a new
generation of pigeons was per
forming the same function as
had their forefathers. Looking to
the ieft, I saw that Tom Mix
was still playing at the Center.
I turned right off U.S. 74 at the
All America City, confident that
my memory would satisfy any
curiosity I should have about the
town. I drove out U.S. 501 past
the Armory with its tattered
flag unfurled in the eternal
sandhill gales.
Changes In City
Great change was evident as
I passed Anthony’s garage, a
local landmark. No longer was
it the old bustle of activity. The
lot was twice as large as I re
membered it to be; the junk
heaps now extended to the cen
ter line of the highway. An
thony’s progress surprised me so
much that I barely avoided an
accident. Later, I was somewhat-
disillusioned to find that An
thony was actually going out of
business because his car parts
had progressed to such a rusty
state that even the local leather
jacket set wouldn’t buy them.
Turning into the school entrance,
I saw laborers with bush axes
carrying on the perpetual main
tenance of the field where they
used to tell us that a shopping
center was to be built. The curb
ing and guttering had long since
been buried under the silty
earth. Hopefully, I pictured the
delight that an archaeological
expedition would find in exhum
ing the area some day. The
BeautjTama Styling Salon was
reminiscent of the old ghost
town saloons I had seen in Tex
Ritter movies down at the Gib
son.
Changes in S.C. and Dorms
Swerving on all two around
the misplaced traffic island, I
realized that I was going ten
miles per hour and slowed down
to five to keep from flipping.
I walked across the now green
lawn to Orange Hall, my old
dorm. Unthinkingly I burst into
my former suite. Simultaneous
ly, with the screams of femi
nine voices I became entangled
in undergarments hanging from
the ceiling. Although a mass of
girdles and clothes lines greatly
impeded my haisty retreat, I
freed myself with the speed of
Houdini.
Somewhat unnerved, I sped to
the Student Center to see a herd
of girls playing ring-around-the-
roses. They were completely de
void of makeup and had their
hair pinned up in cascade roll
ers. My masculine voice seemed
to be strangely efficient in
breaking up their game. Their
leader hadn’t changed much in
five years; she was just as I
remembered her. I tried to for
get. After a short conversation
with one of the girls, I was in
terested to find that the col
lege was renovating some of
the dorms which had been de
serted by the students who had
transferred out for various and
sundry reasons. The under
growth and vines were being cut
away.
On one side of the campus was
a big heap of urinals which had
been torn out to make way for
bathtubs so more new girls
could be accomm;odated. When
I aslced her about how the team
was doing, she seemed anxious
to teU me that the powder puff
squad came in second in the
league, and that the boy’s dep
utation team was also doing
well. It was getting near lunch
time, so I started down to the
cafeteria, a familiar odor caused
a reflex-like about face. I had
a few day-old sandwiches which
I ate in preference.
The Other Side of Lake
Later I walked to the other
side of the lake. On the cause
way I was passed by a group
of girls walking in lifeless, ex-
p r e ssionless formations. My
greatest surprise was finding a
boy in the company of so many
girls. I singled him out, un
known to his leader, a very old
woman in a smock bearing arm
fuls of leaves. I thought that
at last I had found someone I
could really communicate with.
But, pointing to the newty-con-
structed cloistei's he could only
speak in disconnected Bible vers
es in a soprano voice. Remem
bering those dark, rainy days,
I thought they were certainly
an improvement over the old
mud covered walkways.
The dance that night had
rather poor attendance. How the
girls vied for the attention of
(he local high school boys! Some
relief seemed forthcoming,
though as it was rumored that
three hundred male flunkouts
were being imported from up
north to attempt to balance the
ratio again. How different the
days were now . . . The little
paths which once led to shady,
secluded spots were now over
grown as if they had never ex
isted. The grass in lonely pine
groves stands straight now. At
night the lights no longer flicker
on the dam at eleven.
Where are the couples walking
hand in hand across the cause
way? . . . long walks made
longer . . . ripples in the deep
dark lake . . . the reflection of
a silvery moon . . . crickets and
fireflies on a balmy spring
night . . . unseen.
Everiiigton’s
Drug Store
Phone CR 6-2001
Laiirinbuig, N. C.
Serving Scotland County
Since 1883
In Laurinburg
It’s
BELK'S
Ladies! Come in and register every day
for a new dress!
Nothing to Buy!
Winner announced every morning at 8:15
on the radio.
Who’s Right—Minorit
Or Large Majority
Minority Rights have be^
much emphasized in our natio
for the past several years. Th
subject was brought into spe
ial significance by the Unite
States Supreme Court decisio
of May 17, 1954, that raci;
segregation in public school
was unconstitutional — and th
end is not yet in sight on tha
Issue.
We are afraid that it ha
been overlooked that everyon
belongs to a minority group,
some sort. Newspaper worker
form a minority as compared |
people in other occupationi
Bankers, too, are a decided
norlty of the population. Co
(Cont. p. 4, col. 2)
(Continued from Page 1)
Miss Carol Brooks
point in the campaign? Ther
are of coui'se many whys an
wherefores in an election bu
some of 'the more obvious
amples according to this write
are: (1) Mr. Chandler peak«
too soon— in other words Mi
Chandler was seen by the sti
dents too much and a new fac
was pleasant to see. (2) Mis
Brooks obviously had the edg
due to the numerical superior
ity of the women to men
campus (approximately 35-3 wc
men voted while only 219 mei
went to the ipolls.) (3) Bott
candidates had supporters whici
w’ere unfavorable to large sege
ments of the voters. (4) Mr
Chandler hurt his campaign an
nouncing that he had last yeai
resigned as assistant editor
the school paper. (5) Misi
Brooks w'as the winner in th(
personal contact speeches, whih
Mr. Chandler won the Radi(
contest. 6) Both candidate
were in the main trying
achieve the same ends, it wa;
the means which swayed thf
voters. (7) Mr. Chandler eithei
switched positions in mid-stream
or would override a direct ques
tion. (8) The majority of the
campus leaders either backed
openly or quietly Miss Brooks
No free spirit ever dreamec
of “security”— or, if he did
he laughed: and lived to shami
his dream.
—E. E. Cummins
The Shoe Fixery
“Service While You Wait”
The Best in:
dyes, polishes, laces,
shine cloths, etc.
Finest Services at
Reasonable Bates
Gibson Theate
Tuesday thru Thursday
March 5-7
Dean Mai’tin - Lana Turner
‘WHO’S CK>T THE ACTION*
In Color
Starts Friday, March 8
Laurence Harvey
Frances Nuyen
Martha Hyer
“A GIRL NAMED
TAMIKO”
Center Theater
Siuiday - Monday - Tuesday
March I0-1M3
Kirk Douglas
Vick Adams - Robert
“THE HOOK"