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Page 2 THE LANCE ii«6 JEd Butterworth Edltor-ln-Cliief Mary Fisher Assistant Editor John Apperson Business Manager Brian Weger Managing Editor Awards Night Next Thursday evening, awards will be given to recipients in front of the student center. New members of the St. And. rews Honor Society, those who achieved a -1.5 average for 5 straight semesters, wiU be in. troduced. Classroom Study Rules The Registrar has designated rooms Ul, U2, U7, U8, 132 (after 8 P>m,), B52, and B53 as evening studj' rooms. These rooms wiji remain open until 10:30 p,m, when the Liberal Arts BuUding will be closed. Rooms B52 and B53 however, wui remain open until 12 midnight. 1. No drink bottles are to be brougnt into rooms or left in corridors. 2. Smoking is permitted, but no ashes or buts are to be dropped on floors, chairs, tables, etc, 3. Rooms 102 and 105 open only to students with bona fide need to use machines for as signments in typing, shorthand, etc, ■1. There will be no studying in the Uberal Arts Auditorium, 5. Students must straighten up room and clear axvay ash trays, scrap paper, etc,, before leaving, 6. Cooperation with janitors in leaving at 10;30 p,m. is expected. Phone Craze Hits School “It's for free,” cried the ob- sessed apostle as the frenzied mob of followers flocked to the nearest telephone. “Hello, Malibu, California? Is the surf up?” “Yes this is Nome. No. we don’t live in igloos.” “Hello, Copacabana, I’d like to make reservations for eighteen for this weekend, please.” “Hello, Carol? Remember me? I was up there in Canada two years ago, and • * •” MASS DELUSION It hard to believe that there are those who are so naive to assume that there is something in this world that is free. It would indeed be pleasant to do what we desire at any time regardless of the price to be paid. A rumor starts out, is picked up, and spreads like a brush fire, with resuLs that are as damaging. Unfortunately, the multiple phone calls that left campus that Tues day evening were not free. They were recorded to the school and must by paid at theendofthe month. Unfortunate too, that if the anonymous callers don’t claim their respective calls, those who were not in volved in this mass delusion will be requested to pay the defecit. Is this the attitude to be taken by our responsible campus com munity citizens? It shouldn’t be. Powerful are the Influences of wide spread rumor, and in this case it could not have been avoided. But the harm is done, and now it is the students choice to act accordingly. It is his perogative to speak up for the community by taking the con sequences. It is his choice to act accordingly to the responsibilities that will be soon placed upon him in the honor code he has accepted for his community. If the students involved don't accept their responsibility, not only will it harm those around them, but it will also be a lost chance to honor and respect our community rights to run a disciplined self government. SINCERELY Having recently received an anonymous letter signed Sincerly, I was perplexed by his approach toward the ii responsible fellow stu dent. Sincerely was trouble by the uninterested, bored-with-life, non-responsible students who simultaneously pop up with the flow ers of spring. Recognizing the weaknesses of our campus, Sincerely was disheartened by the students who cared for nothing but to ‘raise hell.’ Centering in on a specific case, Sincerely attempted to solve the the dilema by searching inwardly for the answer to his problem. “We cannot find anything by nmning away from the responsibility every individual has of contributing something of himself to every situation.” “S.A. is here to aid us in the search for the meanings in our lives, but we must do the searching for ourselves.” It would indeed be nice if the “vitality that was lacking” could be restored by this simple advice, “search within yourself.” The trouble within our community is no simple matter. It is a complex combination of individual problems that must be individually solved. Sincerely, I think, was aiming at this, but failed to realize that this inward search cannot aid the community in itself. The irrespon sible student must gain for himself through this search what re sponsibility can mean for him. Ctoly when he fully realizes what this neans can he apply this new found responsibility to his sur rounding community. Perhaps by “running away from S.A.” this student will find some thing indeed. He will find the need for responsibility. He will learn the hard way what it takes to be successful, ITien, perhaps, he wil accept further responsibUity in the fuUness of what it means to both our community and to our individual responsible students. lI Hajij L-0. *5 fise- or\ |-V)use ■ - ' Letters To The Editor Davidson Reply Sir: The recent letter of Roy San. didge about Mr. Solomon raises several issues that are, I believe, of enough general interest to jus. tify some comment on my part as Dean of the College. The first of these perhaps is the place of student interest and concern in our building a strong faculty at St. Andrews. Let me emphasize my own appreciation of such concern on the part of stu. dents and say that I am happy to have this concern expressed in every appropriate fashion. Ex. press ions of this kind are of real value in helping us reach impor. tant decisions concerning college procedure. I should certainly point out, however, that this is only one of several essential fac tors that must be considered and it is obviously not always pos sible to follow student desires in such matters. Let me say that I certainly wel. come Roy's concern about Mr, Solomon's leaving St. Andrews. SUSGA Roy and Tommy Beason came in to talk with me about this sltua. tion and I went over carefully with them all the relevant fac. tors that led to Mr. Solomon's accepting another position. I as. sume that all students do know, of course, that we offered Mr. Solomon a position at St. And. rews for the coming year with an appreciable increase in sa. lary .. a salary quite in line with that offered other able faculty members here with more teach ing experience and more gradu- ate training, perhaps in view of some misconceptions that have come to my attention, I might also take this opportunity to as- sure any interested students that the decision concerning the sa. lary for Mr. Solomon was made by me and the chairman of the division in which he taught, with no outside pressure from any source whatever. This was therf approved by President Moore in exactly the same way that all salary decisions are made. A second important issue rais. ed by Roy's letter concerns the position of the Board of Trustees Sports Editor - Photographers -Joe Junod -Bill Barrj- Gray Clark Bottoms. Barbara Boy. Bonnie illiams, Ellen ConneUy, Betts Hunter, Margaret Parrish Bonnie Jackson. T.Jnda Peel. Ted Foy, Bob Aixlerson. Var' omeKli^r,. EUZ.^U, Smith, Jeep MuUinix, David Betts. J. jo Dear Editor: As one who has attended SUSGA for the past three years, may isay how very proud I was to be a mem ber of that “very fine” dele gation, Ttie delegates took advan ce of each and every opportunitj' in sharing mutual problems among represented schools, 'Hie direct participation in panel dis cussions enabled many in our de legation to find out more about common problems, and to relate many of our St, Andrews solu tions, OiT Student Association is young, but our framework for self-government, the concept of mutuality, when compared '»1th other SUSGA schools, provides for a greater d^ree of freedom and responsibility than that granted in many of the colleges and universities in the South, The opportunity for self-evalua- tioo and Uie realization of the ■“■ortli of our government was in valuable, For example, the presicient of Kentucky Southern’s student government told me that they had patterned their student government after that found in the St, Andrews Constitution, The St. Andrews display, which many have seen this week in the Student Center, was a center of attention with “many’' of the newspapers, handbooks, and catalogues taken only hours after it was set up. At the insistence of our dele gation, and with the different ef forts of several of our delegates, a resolution which incorporated many of the thoughts of the North Carolina delegation, was pre sented by St, Andrews to the final business of SUSGA and uani- mously by a vote of the confer ence delegates, '^e St. Andrews student boyd. in fact, this entire community can rightly be proud of the “fine* representation” provided by our St. Andrews delegation. Tommy ^ason “No. I’m sorry, but Mr.Hefn- is in Chicago this evening.*. ^ “Hello, Mom? Guess what something’s wrong with th phone, and you can callanywhel! in the country for free. That'! right. I’ve talked to Johnny Dorn thy, and Paul, and now you Do„.i worry, if they make us pay ,,, just send you the bill," ’ And so it went on into the nieht and in some cases Into the n.Jrt’ morning. Nobody knows yet whera the trouble lies, but wherever th! flipped switch or flaw in the St Andrews outside lines is, the tele phone company is desperateiv trying to locate it. ^ The quicker the better. Theru. mors have the total bill running from $1,000 to $5,000. The business office is asKlng for volunteers to pay for their part, if not successful, they will recruit the entire student body in their worthwhile cause. “HeUo, Mom. Make it quick I’ve only got three minutes. Tell Dad to send me a blank check please. I've got a small phone biU I've got to pay before grades come out.” Sunday, May the first annual student government workshop was held at Camp Monroe. Harry Smith, campus Presbyterian Chaplain came from Chapel Hill to speak on the evolution of stu. dent government. Representatives from all phas. es of campus life were present. The SGA hopes to make this work! shop a vital part of leadership training. in the operation of the colleee. The Board of Trustees is the governing body of this college, as indeed of almost all liberal arts colleges like St. Andrews. Legally, our Board of Trustees actually owns St, Andrews; it holds legal title to the college property and the assets of the college and is responsible to the Synod of North Carolina to see that we carry out the original purposes of this college. Our Board of Trustees is composed of able men and women who do take seriously this obligation and who have been most generous in ^ giving time and also financial sup. ' port to St, Andrews. A college without such an able and commit, ted Board of Trustees has little chance of surviving in today’s competitive academic world. It has been a real pleasure for me to work with our Board of Trustees at St. Andrews. I have taught in half a dozen other col. leges and there is no question in my mind that our Board of Trus. tees is far superior both in abil. ity and in their concern for the welfare of St. Andrews than is the case in most liberal arts col. leges. Our Board of Trustees Is concerned primarily with policy decisions, not with the details of day to day administration, I think the student body will be both interested and pleased to know that at its April meeting the Board approved the following policy re* garding faculty appointments: That we employ the most com petent faculty within our financial resources without regard to race, color or sex. A third issue has to do with the importance of THE LANCE as a means of communication between the study body and the adminis. tration. We all hear constant com. plaint about the lack of adequate channels of information and com munication between students, fa* culty and administration, some of which certainly are justified. THE LANCE, I believe, can and should make a very important contribu- tion at this point, and as an organ of student opinion it can quite pro perly be concerned with matters To Page 4
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