THURSDAY, FEB. 1. 1968
Two Nudes, Please!
BY JOE JUNOD
Earlier this week Dean
Decker announced that more
than two photographs of nude
women on any students’ wall is
inapproi)riate because it does
not show proiier respect for the
female.
What prompted the Dean of
Student’s statement'.’ The forth
coming presence of the Health
Inspector on campus (for the
second time, after giving St.
Andrews a i>oor grade on his
first journey) is must likely the
immediate catalyst for his an
nouncement. Naturally, the
administration is trying toi>er-
suade t h e student body into
sterilizing their living quarters
so that the college may re
ceive an improved grade when
the Inspector gives us a second
chance. This is a good thing;
it makes Trustees happy and
prompts each one ol us to take
a small amount of |>ride in the
cubbyhole where we reside for
eight months of the year. The
situation gives the Deans an
open door to make certain de-
majids ui'oii the male dorms
because tlie question of oi>en
dorms is, at present, a major
issue, on campus and the Deans
would like to see things done
the way they want them done.
Therefore, the i)ronounce-
ment concerning the imde pic
tures; is the administration at-
temi'ting to dictate our moralit\
for us because one man sees
the pictures as disrespectful
and innappropriate'.’ Obviously
thev are. The Deans are con
cerned about dorms to rooms
tl\at display more tlian two
nudes. A naive, southern fresh
man girl, who is invited to
a male's room, is repulsed by
the array of naked women
draped atjout on the walls. The
nirl writes home and tells
Motlier and lather wliat she
saw and liow hori'ible it is.
Chances are she will exaggerate
and the whole business will l)low
up bigger than the World’s l air. ■
As people hear about St.
.\ndrews froi i parents and stu
dents who i'ropel this morally
unhealthy situation at SA, the
projected iu'age of our college
will fall and make Trustees
unhappy. The>', in turn, will
jump on tlie administration's
back, namely. Dean Decker’s.
It is clear that the Dean does
have a valid argument--from
his point of view. Part of his
job is to create an atmosphere
at St. Andrews that peoi>le will
boast about and send their child
ren here without fear of them
being corrupted morally.
Arwa\ s, when a moral ques
tion arrises, the opposite point’
of view makes itself known.
An individual’s manner of
living; his morals, his manners,
should not be a concern for any
one but himself. A young lady
enters a room with just two nude
women dangling from the walls
and she is disgusted by the
sight. Remember that two was
the number of such pictures
that Dean Decker will permit
in any room. From the open
dorm, where the barriers
against any kind of sexual
activity are greater, than say
the woods or the back seat of
a car, the couple will journey
to one of the latter locations.
Hence, the administration has
caused the exact opposite of
what they intended to happen
in this situation.
At St. Andrews, as weU as
most other colleges, students
live with one another. If stu
dents lived in isolation, with
out roommates or ofien dorms,
then the administration, Tm
sure, would not become hyper
sensitive to what hung on the
walls. But this is not the case
and we, as students, must cope
with our situation as well as
possible. Naturally if >ou
respect your roommate, then
you would not be inclined to
negate a request to remove
(or reduce the number ) of pic
tures of nude women because
he has invited a young lady to
the room who might not react
well to the display. You take
the pictures down to appease and
satisfy your roommate’s sensi
tivities. By doing so, you
damage your own rights to do
what you feel is not morally
unhealthy. You hang the por
traits again once the young
lady has left but your sensi
tivities liave been hurt. You are
left with a bad taste in your
mouth about the administra
tion’s policies. You tell parents
and friends that the college has
overstepped its duties as ‘ en
loco parentis,” and you pro
bably exaggerate so that you
sound as if you have received
a double blow. As is the case of
the young freshman girl, the
word is spread about the
‘ situation at St. Andrews'' and
the status receives a blow.
I believe the administration
is making too big an issue out of
the question. The number of
visitors to an open dorm is
not extremely large; the rooms
with walls of nudes plastered
all over them are not excessive;
and the number of girls who
might react badly to the pre
sence of the nudes, is, in my
opinion, not great.
Sensitivities might be
damaged and images might
suffer, but as proven above, it
will happen no matter where
you stand on the issue. I be
lieve that a student who likes
to decorate his walls with
•'■Playboy’s" centerfold and
similar photos should fee’l
absolutely free to do so without
fear of being reprimanded by
the loss of open dorm
privileges. In this matter of
personal and private likes, one
who is offended by such dis-
' plays should not encroach upon
another's right to enjoy them.
1 do not question or ridicule
people that are offended by a
sight of a gallery of nude
women; that is their right to feel
that way. But to the matter of
commanding others to follow
their righteous ways is an en
croachment upon the moral
right of any student.
Last Chance For Opinions
By LINDA SUSONG
This Wednesday, February?,
at ~i:30 in the Student Center,
students will have a chance to
voice their opinions to the Stu
dent Life Committee on the
Drinking Bill.
The Committee has not come
to any final decision as yet but
is still in the process of col
lecting data. Students on the
Committee, as well as faculty
members, want to be influenced
THE LANCE
Letters:
To the editor:
In its sixth year, the Circle
K is presently sponsoring its
annual membership drive. All
male students who are not pre
sently on academic probation
are eligible for membership.
Supported by the International
Circle K and the Kiwanis Club
of Laurinburg, the St. Andrews
chapter is the campus’ unique
service organization, not a
fraternity. Civic awareness
keynotes the club’s activities,
serving the campus communit}
and the citizens of Laurinburg.
If interested in contributing
constructively to St. Andrews,
and if you are grade wise
eligible, fill in the following
application and return to Box
277, campus mail, by February
8.
Rav Riddle
PAGE TWO
New Plan Abolishes Officers
By LINDA SUSONG
The entire concept of class
officers at St. .Andrews may no
longer be of any value. The
present class structure is out
moded and the elected officers
do not serve any real function.
There is a need for a con
sistent approach to the needs
of the students which are not
met by the present class sys
tem. The class officer system
is in conflict with the dorm
concept in areas of service to
students. The Inter-dormitory
Council believes that it should
have the freedom to operate
without the structure imposed
by a class system. The func
tions of each overlap and pre
vent the best results.
The ICC views itself asbeing
NAME
DORM
on tliis issue. The DrinkingBill,
if passed, would affect the entire
campus; it may well be this rec
ommendation of the Student Life
Committee that will make the
bill a reality on the campus.
Certainly by now, every St.
Andrews student has ample in
formation on which to form his
opinion. This meeting is the
last chance students will have
to express their opinion.
BOX No.
ROOM EXT. .
... CLASS
Were you a Key Club member?
Yes No.
117 Make Dean’s List
FRESHMEN with QPR of 4,
1907-1068
Barton, Craig Brooks
Courson, Edith Jay
Davis, Todd Steven
Dixon, Jo.seph E., Jr.
Dougherty, Nina Dianne
Edmonds, Sarah Bowling
Fernandez, Antonio A.
Freeman, Jan Harrell
Fryar, Joyce Elizabeth
Gibson, Millicent
Grant, Mary Dianne
Gribble, Margery Jane
Hatch, Terry Blue
Hundertmark, Glenn S.
Johnson, Susan Henri
Kinney, Mildred W.
Kirsch, M. Lee
Lawson, John DuVall
Lee, Sarah Perkins
Woodard
,00 and over for First Semester
Loving, Mary Ellen
McNeill, Gladys E.
Minchkler, Susan Jane
Morris, Julie Katherine
Nesbit, Ralph, Jr.
Northam, George Irvin
Pace, Linda Ann
Patrick, Lois Carolyn
Penegar, Barbara Ann
Pratt, Charles Chase
Prescott, Susan Lynn
Scott, Dorothy Evelyn
Slaughter, Patricia C,
Smith, Ann Kelso
Squires, Alice Tappey
Stroud, Donald Eric
Swanson, Louis Earl, Jr.
White, Carol Jean
Wilfong, Jane Kathleen
, Joseph A.
SOPHOMORES with QPR
19G7-19G8
Barden, Gwendolyn
Bardin, Joan Lucille
Cotton, Susan Elizabeth
Davis, Diane Elaine
Gaddis, Sandra Lynn
Geer, John Mattison, Jr.
Gregory, Andrew J,
Gregory, Kemp Downs '
Hardison, Marianna Dell
Henley, Martha Sue
Zahn
of 4.00 and over for First Semester
Johns, Jane Powers
Johnson, Lydia F’uller
Kruthoffer, Mary Lou
McKechnle, Jeffrey Reed
McQueen, Sandra Marilyn
Monroe, Linda Ann
Moore, Barbara Jane
Prince, Mary Randolph
Snipes, Patricia A.
White, Judy Dianne
Dolores Rasnick
JUNIORS with QPR of 4.50 and over for First Semester
19C7-19G8
Abernathy, Sara Agnes
Batten, Carol Ann
Bell, Gloria Elizabeth
Brewbaker, Robert S.
Clark, William Claude
Cole, Daisy Diane
Cotton, Nancy Virginia
Foster, Bonnie Lynn
Gasque, Dorothy Jean
McNair, Catherine Eloise
Mills, David Lane
Offterdinger, Margaret M.
Peel, Linda Jean
Peery, Albert G., Jr.
*Richardson, Nancy L.
Scurlock, Mary Jane
Slauson, Judy Ann
Templeton, Gloria Jean
Weede, Harry Walker
West. Ruth Darlington
SENIORS
1907-1968
with QPR of 4.50 and over for First Semester
Baird, Nancy Jo
Barrows, Frank
Black, Beverly
Blake, Acie Verlon, Jr.
Bowen, Susan R.
Butterworth, Edward G.
Clements, Peggie L.
’'Covington, Vickie L.
Craven, Frank
DuPree, Camille
Eller, Susan Lynette
Escott, Sarah Ellen
Farha, Nofa T.
Franklin, Deborah Sue
♦Gamble, Margaret V.
Gatewood, Arthur Smith
Gault, Ruth Elizabeth
Hudson, Helen
* Straight A‘s
Huger, Margaret
Jones, Paula Leigh
Jordan, Karen
"Lawson, Judy Mae
McCachern, Jo Ann
McCullock, Margaret C,
Moorman, Catherine Anne
Moss, Ada Ellen
Neal, Pamela Lee
O'Tuel, Teresa Alexander
Proctor, Jane White
Scoggins, Lois C.
Sharman, Patricia A.
Spratt, Alice Phoebe
Stokes, Mary Paul
Strayer, Rebecca Carleen
Tatum, Robbin Allen
Watkins, Sarah C.
Wilson, James Franklin
outdated now, but has proposed
a tentative two-part program |
that will iliminate the class|
structure completely.
The initiation of such a pro-|
gram would begin with the aboil-1
tion of class officers in the|
spring elections of 1968. In the)
place of regularly elected of
ficers, there will simply be the)
election of one representative!
from each class to the lOC.j
During the following year, the|
ICC will take steps to inte
grate itself into a uniform con
cept of government with the|
IDC. This process would be|
completed by the spring elec
tions of 1969, when the iccj
will cease to exist. The Pre
sident of the Student .Associa
tion would appoint the members
of the elections board who would
be needed in the absence of
the senior class officer.
Another breakthrough for St.
Andrews is in the making. These)
ideas will soon be introduced!
as a formal bill in the Senate.
If is pertinent to the issue)
that the present class officers!
have brought the matter up and]
have proposed the new plan.
As with any new proposalj
which would abolish a standing
•■tradition’', there is bound tJ
be opposition. The tradition o{|
class officers at St. Andrews isj
a reality; however, those loversj
of tradition would do well to|
review the problems these class)
officers have faced under the|
present system.
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