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the lance
TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1953
EDITORIALS
The Traditional Librarian
Is Vanishing
The stereotyped image of the librarian—an extremely in
tellectual looking old lady dedicated to keesping the temple of
wisdom a place of silence—^has vanished from the American scene,
or at least from the St. Andrews library! In her place behind the
desk sits (sometimes) an unsymmetrical bundle of nerves with a
spinning head.
This change is not remarkable. How can a mere mortal
quiet the happy noises of the frolicking A. P. and closed study
victims when he is barraged with questions:
“Where can I find a masterplot for Einstein’s Theory of
Relativity?” “Would you mind getting these fourteen magazines
out of the stacks for me?” “I think my library fines for the
semester run to about eight dollars—^may I write a check for
it?”
The hbrary assistant laboriously adds up a fine which should
really require an adding machine to total, then searches through
dusty stacks of magazines for the fourteen desperately needed
periodicals, and instructs the remaining inquirer in the purpose
of the card catalogue. (It is used to find books. Occasionally
other problems arise. Einstein may not be found under E. He
may have been put on the juvenile fiction shelf by a former
reader.
Chaos reigns thusly thi'ough the day. (Editorial ethics pre
clude the true description of the library at 10:00 p.m.) While
the staff makes an attempt to reshelve magazines and reference
books that have been left lying aiound and to collect garbage
from on and around the tables, a long line of people at the desk
clamor for immediate attention.
If and when the library is made ready for closing, some
persistent student is found in a corner, avidly studying, and
refusing to leave the library before he has finished copying
some notes from a reference book.
It really is not surprising then, that the people who cus
tomarily stay in the library are not there to study. Those who
have work to do visit the library only in emergencies. (Most of
them believe that the snack bar in the Student Union is more
conducive to learning.)
Perhaps we as students should declare a school-wide “Be
kind to the library staff week.” We could begin with a few simple
rules:
1. If you can’t put a book in its proper place after using it,
turn it in at the desk.
2. When taking a book from the library, be sure that you have
checked it out.
3. Use the card catalogue before asking whether the book is
in the library.
4. Try and check out books before 9:45. (This is courtesy, not
a rule.)
5. Do not ask to take magazines and reference books from the
library.
6. Return current periodicals and reference books to their cor
rect places on the shelves.
7. Ask for only those periodicals that you will have time to use.
S. Don’t go behind the desk to the reserve shelf without permis
sion.
9. Don’t ask people working in the library to held reserve books
for you.
10. Save your money and be considerate of others—return books
on time.
11. “Sssshhhh! Quiet, Please.”
Editor-in-chief Charles Quick
Managing Editor Paul Boylin
EDITORIAL STAFF
Assistant Editor Sheila Welch
Feature Editor Libba Lander
Sports Editor Steve Pitt
Arts Editors Tom Farlnholt,
Lee Settlemyre
Staff Writers Rebecca Carter, Norwood Maddry
Dianne McDonald, Ann Straddley
Lane Gillespie, Lonnie Mann,
Gill Rock
BUSINESS STAl’F
Business Manager Angus A. McQueen
Circulation Manager Wanda Graham
Assistant Circulation Manager Martha Lineberry
general Staff Edwin Carter, Jean Anderson,
Bobby Benton, Sue Stephenson
Typists Mary Elitn McLean, Phyllis Nivens
Sallie Phillips
Make Up Sarah Payne
Faculty Advisor Mr. H. Leon GatUn
9pinions expressed in Letters to the Edito • and in signed columns ao-
pearmg on this page are not necessarUy those f The Lance oX the ed^
torials are the official opinion of the newspaper umy me edi-
'sTCSS'S-s s
We Get Letters
Reader Criticizes
Dear Friends:
I want to heartily commend
the Lancers for their responsible
news gajthering and reporting,
for their perseverence in up
holding in their editorials and
cleverly contrived articles those
codes of comimon decency,
Christian ethics, and virtues of
human character that are fun
damental to life’s security and
happiness. I applaud, too their
courageous exposure of the
shiftless, irresponsible student
attitudes that beset and under
mine individual and campus
character.
Their public apologies and
reforms, where there has been
a lack of foresight and editorial
responsibility, are other prom
ising signs of a steadily improv
ing campus paper. Fine pro
gress! The piece in the latest
issue (Apr. 2) entitled “The Re
sponsible Student Is Free” is
among their finest observations
on student maturity and respon
sibility, and, together with an
other “Wayne Wooten,” brings
me to ask a question I can no
longer suppress.
Faithfully laboring under St.
Andrew’s banner “Excellence
for Christ,” does The Lance
staff feel it can justify the con
tinued acceptance of the maso
chistic, sadistic insanity Wayne
Wooten is proffering under the
name of creative writing?
I am in the front line with
those who champion individual
ity and such marvelous powers
of imagery as Mr. Wooten pos
sesses. But, this gift of creative
imagery comes from God. And,
because God is of purer eyes
than to behold evil (Hab. 1:13),
it may not be used to demoral
ize and degenerate either Mr.
Wooten or his fellow students.
There is no such thing as the
freedom to poison, horrify, and
cannibalize the sensibilities of
one’s readers. Indulgence in
such a fancied right can ulti
mate only in fatal moral idiocy.
Should not Mr. Wooten be en
couraged to direct his genius
and energy toward ennobling
the reputation and glory of St.
Andrew’s rather than desecrat
ing it?
If Mr. Wooten and his talents
are to survive, and his efforts
are to kindle praiseworthy liter
ature, he will have to foresake
the cesspool and charnel house
Student Government
OFFICE HOURS
Monday 4:00-5:00
Wednesday 4:00-5:00
Friday 4:00-5:00
from which his present inspira
tion derives. If, on the other
hand, he honestly feels indis-
soluably welded to his torture
motifs, should not The Lance
feel morally obligated to reject
such unholy contributions in fa
vor of pieces designed to inspire,
dignify, enrich, and wholesome
ly amuse its worthy readership?
Don’t mistake. I’m all for
Mr. Wooten. It is only his nox
ious, demented point of view
I'd like to see incinerated!
Admiringly and
hopefully yours,
Mrs. Marian E. Lander
Falmouth, Mass.
P.S. for Mr. Wooten:
Get out in a good spring rain
and flush those brain cells of
yours clean of their miserable
infestation. Then let the warm
sun and honeysuckled winds
blow them dry, white, and glis
tering with a holy purpose.
“Look unto the hills,” the
beauty and glory of the infinite
university, the sweetness and
goodness of human character,
the fun and laughter of Christ
ian fellowship for your source
material. Saturate your soul
with the milk of human kind
ness, feel the dignity and grace
of human life, its fortitudes an
heroisms. Get acquainted wit
the smell of homemade brea
the exhilaration of kite sailin
the serenity and peace of su
sets and lake reflections,
dearness and security of mg
kind’s natural affections.
This is the stuff greatnes
cleverness, and high adventu
is made of. This is the stuff tl
world craves and longs for.
her pour, Mr. Wooten, and tl
world will have been blessed f(
having seen itself through yoi
eyes and heart.
I salute you for the literatui
you are capable of producing
if you will!
Marian E. Land
Four students were appointe
to membership on the Stude
Life Committee for 1963-64 b
the Cabinet on April 24. Th
new members are Barbara Gai
and John Waldin, rising sophi
mores, Phyllis Thomas, risin
junior, and Jim Kiiupp, who wj
represent the senior class.
The remaining student men
bers will be Rebecca McLeoi
editor of The Lamp and Shield
Charles Quick, editor of Tii
Lance, and the President Pr
Tem of the Senate.
A Letter from the Editor
April 30, 1963
Dear Students, Faculty, and
Administration;
On September 25, 1961, the
first issue of the St. Andrews
student newspaper was publish
ed and distributed. I was at that
time Feature Editor, and I
shared with the rest of the staff
a feeling of accomplishment at
having given a beginning to this
important part of campus life.
By early October the newspa
per had been given its present
name, and I had had the good
fortune to have been appointed
to the position of Assistant Edi
tor. I served in this capacity for
the remainder of the year.
In the Spring elections last
year I ran for the position of
Editor, but was beaten by an
able opponent. I was asked by
the new Editor to serve as News
Editor on his staff, and worked
in this position for the first se
mester of this year. At the end
of the semester I was offered
the job of Editor-in-Chief, which
I accepted with bo-th gladness
and reservation. I have since
served this office to the best of
my ability, making sacrifices
when necessary, accepting the
responsibility of making decis
ions, and have always tried to
represent the interests of the
St. Andrews student body, the
faculty, and the administration.
It is with sincere humbleness
and a complete awareness
the responsibilities involve
that I accept appointment b
the Publications Board as Ed
tor-in-Chief of The Lance fo
the 1963-64 school year. I am a
ways ready to receive sugge.
tions and ideas from anyon
who wishes to bring them to m
attention, for I consider it
part of the duties of the offic
of Editor-in-Chief to be sensitiv
to the opinions and feelings 0
those whom The Lance serves
Yours truly,
Charles D. Quick
(Continued from Page 1)
Down in the Valley
hour with his beloved "down i
the valley, valley so low.”
The libretto of the opera b
Arnold Sundgaard reflects th
rustic lives of the character.
The opera was designed to b
produced througih the combine
efforts of the drama and musi
departments of colleges and us
iversities. It was originally pro
duced in 1948.
Bill Campbell, sophomore,
stage manager of the St. An
drews production. Joyce Clan
ton, sophomore, is in charge 0
costumes and Preston Stone, a
so a sophomore, is head 0
lights.
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