LAUCE PAGE 7 The Drama Department Is pre* sfnting Eugene Ionesco’s THE CHAIRS as a special laboratory ■eatre production January 14th 15th. The play is a project of the directing and acting class es of the department. |THE CHAIRS, one of Ionesco's contributions to the Theatre of the Absurd, deals with two old pjeople as they try to summar. ize the meaninglessness of their lives. The old people hold a re- ception for a great crowd, all Jiaginary, who have come to hear the great speech of the Ora- tor. The play includes some ex citing experiments with pantom- i^ie. |Kay McClanahan is cast as the 94 year old woman and Bob Bercaw as the 95 year old man, Louise McLeod is directing the piay. |THE chairs will be perform ed in the laboratory theatre at |7!30 and 9;30 p.m. Refresh, ^nts will be served between performances. — /Also, during the week of Jan. Pary 10-15, the children’s play. THE PRINCESS AND THE SWINEHERD will be presented in elementary schools in Scot. land County. This is also a pro- ject of the directing and acting classes. The play is the story of a haughty princess and her transformation into a kind and loving young lady. Included in the cast are: Princess Rosa- lie, Sherry Baldwin; the Swine herd, Larry Mathes; King Cheerio, Walter Boyce; Nim. ble David Hendricks; Lisett, Hel en Gregory; Elsbeth, Bonnie Wil liams; Vivien, Mary Hardy; Miss Primm, Louise McLeod. Respon sible for the crew work is Kay McClanahan; costumes. Bob Ber caw; lighting. Sue Scarborough; McClanahan, costumes; Bob Ber caw, lighting; Sue Scarborough, properties; and Mary Key, sound. The play is directed by Yibbett Phillips, On Saturday, January 25, a matinee will be given in the lib eral arts auditorium. The time of the performance is 4:00 p.m., with a general admission charge of twenty.five cents. BILL ADAMS Dial 276-2554 €ssa Corner M^in and Church Street ESSO And TIRE^RECAPPING COMMUNITY DRUGS iClosest Drugstore To The College 1101 South Main Street Just Beyond Chip’s Drive In See Our Whittman^s Valentine Candy We Have All Types Of: Ilrugs Qiftg ealth Needs Magazines en’s Toiletries Cosmetics School Supplies College Students Are Very Welcome I Faculty Passes New Schedule For the first time in years, the St. Andrews calendar is in for a radical change, one which might result in a radical change in summer plans for many stu dents. After a great deal of delibera tion among the administration, January 11 a new early arrival schedule was submitted before the faculty for a vote. The mea sure passed! It now appears that the old question of coming back to exams after Christmas has been re solved. Next year registration will be around the 30thof August, with first semester exams ending before Christmas on the 21st. of December. Though this means a tight work schedule from Aug ust 23 through December 21st., (only one holiday during the en tire period, Saturday classes still continued) it also means an exten sive break from the end of the first semester to the be- ning of the second semester . (2nd. semester registration be ginning around the 17th of Jan uary. The second semester calendar looks about the same, with spring holidays falling about half way through the semester. The se cond semester exams would end early in May, thus allowing our students to enter the summer job market before many other colleges have begun exams. The effects this new schedule will have on students can be ra ther accurately estimated. 1) Summer jobs must be dropp ed at an earlier date; however since the second semester will end earlier, the above handicap may be offset by entering the job market earlier. 2) There will be more pres, sure from students to find some method of abolishing Saturday classes; 1st. semester is already hard enough on many students with the few holidays that exist; it will become harder with four months of only Sunday to rest from school work for an entire semester. There are many ad vantages to abolishing Saturday classes, but there are also many hardships in reshaping an entire curriculum. This is an issue, which if students wish to see become a vital topic of debate, must be discussed among the students and faculty. 3) The pressure of having to re turn to exams after two weeks of removal from the academic at. mosphere will be alleviated; how ever there is the shattering thought of the possibility of exams and term papers both due in the week before Christmas. 5) Finally, for summer school students it is going to be a long year ~ good luck. This schedule is still open to debate among the students. Use this opportunity to express your thoughts pro and con. The new schedule was conceived for our benefit; if you disagree, say so now. Next year will be too late. Below is a copy of the proposed calendar changes as submitted by the Committee on Calendar Revision. CALENDAR First Semester, 1966 Aug. 27, Sat.— Faculty Meeting Aug. 28, Sun.—New Students Arrive Aug. 29, Mon.—Orientation 7 p. m. Faculty Dinner Aug. 30, Tues.—Registration Aug. 31, Wed.—Classes Begin Oct. 17-22, Monday-Saturday Mid-Semester Testing Oct. 24, Mon.—Holiday — To replace Thanksgiving Oct. 25, Tues.—Mid-Semester grades due Nov. 21-26—Registration Conferences Dec. 3-4, Saturday-Sunday Campus Christmas Activities Dec. 15, Thurs.—Exams Begin Dec. 21, Wed.—Exams End Dec. 22—Special Grades Due Jan. 4—Semester Grades Due Second Semester, 1967 Jan. 15-16, Sunday-Monday Faculty Conference Jan. 17, Tues—Registration Jan. 18, Wed.—Classes Begin Mar. 2-8, Thursday-Wed. Mid-Semester Testing ' Mar. 11, Mid-Semester Grades Due Mar. 12-19, Spring Vacation Mar. 20, Classes Resume April 3-15, Registration Conferences May 10, Wed.—Reading Day May. 11, Thurs.—Exams Begin May 18, Wed.—Exams End May 21, Sun.—Commence ment Summer School 1967: June 12 (Monday) to August 19 (Saturday « « * « Each Semester — 90 class days— 45 MWF and TThS. Six days of Exams — No Reading Day first semester. ^aiLionS "Bonnie Lass Disapproval Begins Now/ BY Nick Gordon In this issue of The Lance there appears an article on the proposed calendar for next year. Like so many other policy matters around here this comes as a surprise to the students. Ever since the opening of St, Andrews, there has been a lack of understanding between the ad ministration and the students. The administration asks “What is wrong?” Why is there the lack of unity and school spirit that we would like to have on the campus? Why do the stu dents, for the most part, not seem to care really what is hap- pening on campus? The answer, I believe, lies in the plantive gripe of a student the other night. “We have no where to take our problems and ideas. The administration doesn’t care what we think.” The answer given to this plea is always the same. We have student leaders, elected student representatives, and administra- tive officials to represent the stu. dent interest. My answer to this is verysim. pie. If these leaders and repre. sentatives are the answer then why doesn’t it work, and why does the administration have to ask “What is wrong?” If these organizations for the student in. terest were effective then there would be no need for anyone to feel that he or she has no place to express his feeling and that if by chance he does express it that they wiU be weighed fairly. It is easy to see that the stu dent body is without a doubt the largest majority on campus and if their opinion is not expressed then the school can never reach the position of prominence that we would like. Matters that effect the student body as a whole should be brought to the atten tion of the student body. Mea sures should be taken to insure total knowledge of the pros and con of the issue by the entire student body. From this the student hodv should be allowed to express their feelings in elections. Once policy is decided upon it should be explained to the student body with logical reasoning. By these methods there would be no excuse for policies not to be the expression of tlie student body. Any issue that cannot be brought before the student body in this way, excepting mat ters that effect the administra tion of the school, tuition and faculty matters and course offer ings, is bad policy by the very nature of the fact that it cannot stand the test of student criti cism. Laurinburg Bakery Dial CR6-0686 1 Free Delivery Each Afternoon Specialists in Wedding and Birthday Cakes Party Cakes, Pies, Donuts “We Serve To Serve Again ’

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