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ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG, N. C.
SEPTEMBER 24, 1965
Pastor Davenport
Reveals Program
Pastor Davenport, known to
nost of us as Dean Davenport,
remised many exciting events
or the coming year when he ac-
lepted the position as pastor at
;t, Andrews last spring.
When asked why he had chosen
:o give up being Assistant Dean
)f Students to become Campus
Pastor he replied, “I have al-
ways felt my job to be of the
ministry, but this new position
will give me the opportunity to
expand my work to the entire
ampus community."
«I felt it necessary to get to
Icnow the students as fully as
possible before attempting to
ulfill such a position as mini-
iter to them. I feel that I did
perform my ministry as As-
slstant Dean of Students both as
friend and as an advisor.
Through my C&C class I learn-
ed to know them from the facul-
ty point of view. The combina.
tion of experiences should help
me in understanding problems
that may arise.”
The first of these events has
been the choosingof pastors from
Laurinburg and surrounding
areas who will serve as pastors
to the dorms. Each dorm will be
assigned a minister. Instead of
being the "soul healing" type,
the ministers will serve as a i
link, in the chain of fellowship,
between college and church. The
church and its representatives
will be centered around student
living, Mr, Davenport and the
ministers hope the students will
not be frightened away just be-
cause he does not happen to have
a minister who is of the same
denomination, for it is in the
students and ministers accept
ance of one anothers individual
beliefs that we hope to develop
the ecumenical atmosphere.
In seeking guidance and help we
will find these ministers to be
most helpful. Also they provide
the students with an adult who has
nothing whatsoever to do with our
academic standing thus permit,
ting a more relaxed relationsfiip.
These representatives will be
Informed of all students who are
confined either to the infirmary
or to the hospital for medical
reasons. The work that the mini,
sters do on campus will not pre
clude their working with their
own denominational groups, but
rather their work will provide
them the opportunity to expand
their ministries on campus and
to express, by their presence,
the concern of the people of
Laurinburg for the needs of the
students,
Mr. Davenport also announced
Freshmen Here
V,
that with the cooperation of se
lected faculty members and of the
Student Christian Council he will
be Intoduclng a number of Facul
ty Home Seminars, in which
the facultv will hold a four week
series of meetings in their
homes. The topics to be discussed
will be chosen according to the
expressed interest of the stu
dents. The how, when, etc. will
be announced In the near future.
St. Andrews Will Have
Vietnam Teach In
LAURINBURG, N,C, - A four-
nan panel Including Senator Er-
lest Gruening of Alaska willdls-
lect the war in Vietnam to launch
a series of live “ffiippenings" In
a new aH)roach to teaching basic
English courses at St, Andrews
Presbyterian College.
(others on the program are Tur
ner Shelton of the State Depart-
lent staff; Edward F. Snyder,
Iso of Washington and executive
[secretary for the Friends Com-
littee on National Legislation;
[id Dr, Harry Harvin, chairman
of the history and political
science division at St. Andrews,
f ach of the panel members will
sjeak and the floor will be open
for questions. Tlie public is In
vited to attend at 7:30 p.m. on
Monday, September 27 in the Na
tional Guard Armory at Laurin
burg,
“Happenings" events are de
signed to stimulate student in
terest and to involve the student
in discussion and writing on im
portant current topics. Atten
dance at all six programs will be
required for those taking English
101, chiefly freshmen.
Other “Happenings” in the first
semester will bring to St, An
drews a minister from the Em
bassy of India, rocket and space
expert Willy Ley, a lecturer on
existentialism, and two panel dis
cussions - on the writings of
Albert Camus and the civil rights
revolution.
Other new elements for the
EDWARD SNYDER
TURNER SHELTON
freshman English course will be
study of logic and semantics, ac
cording to Dr, W, Forrest Alt
man, chairman of the program.
Students wUl also get the tra
ditional grammar, usage and sen
tence structure in the course of
learning to express themselves.
The September 27 program will
begin with remarks by Snyder,
who will be chairman for the
event. Dr. Harry Ifiirvin will pre
sent a factual review on the back
ground of Vietnam.
Shelton, who Is special assist
ant to the Assistant Secretary of
State for Public Affairs, will give
the State Department view. Sen.
Gniening who has been critical of
official policy in Vietnam, will
close out this group of talks.
Next comes a round table dis
cussion and questions from the
floor. The evening ends with a
movie on the development of the
Mekong River delta made by the
Shell Oil Company.
Turner Shelton’s early career
was chiefly in the Hollywood fUm
Industry as a producer. In 1951
he entered the State Department,
and later served with the U.S.
Information Agency, From 1958
through 1962 he worked on nego
tiations for cultural exchanges
with Russia and Rumania, He
holds the Distinguished Service
Award from the USIA,
Edward Snyder came to his po
sition of executive secretary of
the Friends National Committee
on Legislation in 1962 after ser
ving as legislative secretary for
the group. He continues to work
with members of Congress and
national organizations of various
kinds to influence legislation.
DramaCrew
BeginsNew
Season
The Highland Players open their
1965-66 season wiUi the musical
comedy, “Plain and Fancy,”
This musical concerns itself
with two sophisticated New York
ers who visit the Pennsylvania
Dutch country and discover an
amusing and different way of life
among the Amish people.
This production is presented
jointly by the Highland Players
and the School of Music. Pro
fessor Frank West will conduct
the full orchestra and Professor
Anne Ratzell will direct the
chorus.
The musical is under the direc
tion of Professor Arthur Mc
Donald. The production will run
five nights from October 26
through the 30th.
Tlie second production, Christo
pher Fry’s “Boy with a Cart"
and “A Phoenix Too Frequent”
will be presented November 17-
20, “Boy with a Cart” is a medie
val morality play full of rustic
humor. Set In the ancient Roman
world, “A Phoenix Too Fre
quent” is a satiric comedy.
March 2-5 are the production
dates for Peter Shaffer’s “Five
Finger Exercise." This British
play had a long and successful
run in London and on Broadway,
In the play, the security of a
seemingly content English fami
ly is broken by an intense German
scholar who comes to tutor the
young daughter.
The world premiere of Goethe's
“Faust, Part One," in a new
translation by Professor Carl
Geffert will be the final produc
tion of the season. ITie play will
be presented for four nights, May
The Class of 1969 arrived at
St. Andrews on Sunday, Septem-
ber 12. Upon arrival the students
and their parents were instruct,
ed to report to their respective
places of residence where they
were shown to their rooms, given
keys and linen, and told of the
rest of the day’s activities. At
12:00 the cafeteria was opened
for the first time to serve the
students and their parents lunch.
Conferences with advisers were
scheduled in the afternoon thus
giving the new student and par
ent a chance to meet with the
faculty member to whom they are
assigned for the next two years.
During the conference period a
parents' meeting was alsosched-
uled with college officials. Here
Dr. Moore, the academic Division
Chairmen, and the Deans were in.
troduced. After these introduc
tions, the Dean of the College,
the Dean of Students, and the'
Business Manager discussed
matters concerning their re
spective jobs and school policy
with the parents.
At 6:30 Dean Davidson and
Dean Decker officially Inducted
the new freshmen Into St, An-
drews as the Class of 1969, The
principal speaker for this in
duction ceremonywas Dr, Moore.
Later that evening the residence
halls had a “get-acqualnted'’ ses
sion for all the new students
and Resident Student Leaders,
During this meeting, the dorm
president introduced the dorm
council and discussed the rules
and regulations pertaining to the
dorm. Tommy Beason, President
of the Student Government Asso-
elation, spoke to the new students
in the dorm meetings telling them
about student government here at
St. Andrews and urging them to
take advantage of the opportu-
nitles offered to them through the
student government. Also on the
program was Ylbbett Phillips,
who spoke about the upcoming
plans of the Orientation Commit-
tee. After a social in the dorms
the weary freshmen went back to
their suites to learn new names
and faces and to rest for the
strenuous week ahead.
MORE NOISE, PLEASE
YORK. Pa. (AP) - Silence is
golden in most situations, but
air conditioning engineers here
were asked recently to create
more noise on one of their office
installations.
Doctors in the Rhode Island
Hospital in Providence com
plained that the air conditioning
system was too quiet to assure
conversational privacy or to
muffle street noises.
The manufacturer complied by
altering the equipment to raise
the sound level without affect
ing cooling.
4 through 7,
Season tickets will go on sale
the 27th of September at the cost
of $2,75 for students and $3,50
for adults.
Any interested students are in
vited and encouraged to partici
pate in the drama program.