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PAGE POUR THE LANCE march 6, “There But For The Grace Of God Go I” By NORWOOD MADDRY An interesting cartoon has been placed on the bulletin board, of one of the cubbyholes where the professors’ offices are located. It ds not s« imusual for cartoons to be found on these bulletin boards, for at times these little gems of humour are the only links between the world of the teadhers and that of the students. This particular cartoon was taken from one of the Sunday comac sections entitled “B. C.” The situation of the cartoon is as follows: There is a large Green Worm craiwling across a vast plain. Suddenly, the worm stops and stares for some itdme at an object approaching from the distance. As the large Green Worm watches, a small Red Worm of some obviously lower species crawls by the Green Worm. The Green worm looks pathetically at the little worm and then turning toward the reader, with wisdom far beyond that of a mortal worm, he says “there but for the grace of God go I." The reader will either laugh or smile at the cleverness of the cartoonist. But, consider whidi worm we, as students, repre sent. Naturally, we think of our selves as better than average. If the cartoon had continued, it would probably have shown the Green Worm crawling off in his own direction — perhaps nev er to encounter the sm'all worm again. Yes, we students do rep resent the Green Worm. As students, we are quick to condemn but slow to act. We criticize the food and the un cleanliness of our rooms if they are not cleaned daily. In reality we don’t know how truly for tunate we are. We have the bad habit of condemning others when all is not going well for us and caring little (other than verbally) about the needs of others. However, there are a few stu dents on campus who are con cerned about the needs of oth ers and are Showing their con cern. Some students have or ganized a local Peace Corps. What is tills Peace Corps and who are these students? Many of you will say that they are the “do-gooders” and the Sun day School Crowd who are do ing this to show how wonder fully sanctified they are. Well, you are wrong — dead wrong. This group is not out to heap a world of false glory on its shoulders, but merely to help others less fortunate than them selves. Last Saturday some of these students went out to a small house near Laurinburg and tried to make the house a little more worthy of human occupancy. The porch, which was in a state (Continued from Page 2) Minority, Majority, Cont. ored people, to be sure, are a noticeable minority •— but so also are the persons who are of pure Celtic blood or, for that matter, of fine Spanish ances try, or, indeed, of undiluted Anglo-Saxon stock. Or, going further, either Catholics or Pro testants or Jews. And, nation- wise, it is evidently a tight squeeze as to whether Demo crats or Republicans may be ranked as a minority. The Constitutions, national and state, and laws promulgat ed in pursuance thereof, are really agreements to protect the rights of the minorities. Victims of crimes are a very small minority, but our vast code of {)enal statutes is en acted and enforced for their sake. These principles may be led into conflict occasionally with our democratic system of government in which the ma jority rules. Here lies the im portance of the Constitujtion. The Constitution outlines the rights to which every individual is entitled regardless of wheth er or not he is recognized as a member of a minority classifi cation. The fact of a minority status must not be acknowledg ed when a real Constitutional principle is at stake. rr It Is Wrong To exercise the of ruin at the beginning of tlie day, was completely rebuilt by dusk. One side of the house, which was rotting away, was re sided. Broken window panes were replaced. For years be fore the porch of the house had been first built, the occupant had to crawl through a window to gain entrance into her home. There is no electricity, no wa ter connections, and up until this past Saturday, not even a water pump. It was hard for these students to realize that this house was being occupied by another human being. The next time you turn down your heat switch, think of the old woman who has to use wood to keep her body warm. The next time you take a shower, remember how easy it is to turn a knob instead of carrying a bucket. Think before you criti cize because your pork chops are thin or your rolls aren’t hot. Think of the old woman and remember “there but for the grace of God go you.” COMMERCIAL STATE BANK CR 6-2211 Beside the Post Office Laurinburg, N. C. Laurinburg Bakery Dial CR 6-0686 Specialists in Wedding & Birthday Cakes Party Cakes Pies Donuts “We Serve To Serve Again” SCOTLAND DRUG CO. 210 Mam St. Hypnotique and other Max Factor Products public authority to confer spec ial privilege, whether for a ma jority or a minority. It would appear that this statement is so plain that every citizen should not merely admit it but also would toe on the alert to avoid giving the least support to any contrary movement. Many of the difficulties, this writer would suggest, of our times have resulted from mem bers of minority groups seeking to be granted special privileges above and beyond their rights. If a person is afforded any par ticular benefit under our gov ernment, it should be because he is a human being and a citizen, not because he happens to be a Negro, an Oriental, an Indian or a member of that downtrod den number who traditionally are called upon to shoulder the ‘‘white man’s burden.” As example which may make plain that application of alleged ly well-known rules, may we mention a much^talked Con gressman, Rep. Adam CJayton Powell, of New York. He ap pears to have spent almost as much time outside the Un ited States as in it; he owns a palatial estate in Puerto Ri co and married a woman on that island; he has voyaged far and wide—reportedly at govern ment e.xpense—traveled with ladies other than Mrs. Powell; he has had involved controvers ies in regard to his income tax es, and he has been absent from the Congress on at least one or two occasions which badly discommoded a House committee of which he is chair man. Yet last week he was re ported as having preached a sermon (he is pastor of a church in New York) in which he tried to claim that he has been visited with criticism be cause he happened to be a col ored man. Incidentally, we might be well advised to remember that the most cruel tyrannies in history have been instances of minority rule. The communists were a decided minority in Russia when they took over that nation. Down the centuries, des potic rulers have been repre sentatives of panties or cliques of only fractional numbers. (Reprinted from “The Mes senger and Intelligencer”, Wadesboro, N. C.) (Continued from Page 3) Oil And Off Campus. Govt. Cont. LEGION DRUG STORE Prescriptions Carefully Compounded Dial CR 6-0833 Laurinburg, N. C. r Free Delivery and complete, modern Prescription Service must be put down as a black mark against student govern ment as a whole for allowing it to continue. The Fourth Branch In the Student Life Commit- (ee lies the authority of student government. Its membership is made up of eighteen persons, nine faculty members appointed by the Faculty Executive Com mittee and nine students. The student body is represented by the Student Association Presi dent, the President pro tem of the Senate, the editors of the Lamp and Shield and the Lance plus five students who are nom- linated by the Cabinet and ap- i piwed by the Senate. Its func- ■ tions are similar to those of the ' Cabinet in that it acts as a co ordinating center and as a re viewer of all student legislation. The word “delay” has (become I the by-iword used by many stu- i dents in describing this commit- I tee and its functions. Many stu dents fail, however, to realize that we are a new school and that there are problems that will take time to work out. We do not have the precedents that oth er schools have to fall back on and thus must work many cam pus problems out for the first time. There is still a theoretical fallacy in the power of the Stu-1 dent Life Committee. They may ^ if they wish, bottleneck any stu dent legislation by simply not acting upon it or by repeatedly .sending it through a mass of sub committees. The Senate and Cabinet at present can go over a veto of the Student Life Com mittee but can not force it to act on any legislation. The Student Life Committee can serve as an important part in student organization with its ability to bring together key student department representa tives, but its present control of power must be loosened so that (he machinery set up by elected student officials can work on a more authoritative level. Change Needed i Change in our present student government is an unquestion able need recognized by both faculty and students. Many as pects of our system, such as the Senate, need only to tiBhj its organization and become more informative body that present the views of the st who elected them to their tions. Oganization in the judi,, branch needs a definite chani Removal of the faculty’s voi power in the Student Faci Judicial Committee is of prj, importance. The students MUs be able to take the responsibili upon themselves of maintainii an Honor Court that will mand the respect of all St drews students and faculty, means of gaining respect for decisions of the Honor C^oi would be to post its rulii where all students could n them. The Cabinet could aso stand! major change in that all j| members should be DIRBCT elected to cabinet seats and present positions, except for four elected executives, t! hold cabinet seats would sume positions on the Stude| Life Committee. Here the fu: tion of organizational coordii tion could best take place. Two definite measures need be taken to limit the power the Student Life Committi (1) If the Committee fails act on any legislation within set time, it may be called oi of the Committee and sent ba( to the President of the Collegj (2) Any legislation sent ba( to the Senate for revision the Student Life Committf need only to be sent through Senate sub-committee, passed by the Senate, Cabinet, and the! sent to the President of the Co] lege. I feel that these two me; ures would assure the studei government a firm hand in sh dent affairs. Many of the changes that sti dents and faculty members ai now pointing out will need coi stitutional amending. This ca best be accomplished at the u] coming spring convention. Ye there are other changes that ca be made through student legi lation and a greater awarene of the entire student body the functions of student goveri ment. 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