THE LANCE
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENT BODY OF ST ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
rAndrcws Presbyterian CoMege Laurinburg, N. C., Thursday, March 7, 1968
Vol. 6. No. 20.
0 Ellen Schild Captures Coveted
'68 Lamp and Shield Crown
Red-haired and starry-eyed,
iss Jo Ellen Schild walked
own the runway last Saturday
ght to become St. Andrews'
968 Miss Lamp and Shield,
epresentlng Kings Mt. Dor-
itory, Jo Ellen is a senior
om Denver, Colorado. She
as Circle K Sweetheart her
-phomore year and has been
I cheerleader for St. Andrews
-r three years.
Majoring in the Fine Arts
1th an emphasis in^art, Jo Bi
n's varied interests range
om all types of sports to
uslc. She has been on the
corations committee of the
udent Center Board and is
w a member of the St. An-
ews touring choir.
aughn to Attend
Business Meeting
Silas M., Vaughn, business
anager of St. Andrews, is
ne of 30 college business man-
ers and treasurers who will
rticlpate in the second Senior
siness Officers' Institute
om March 17-22.
The Institute will be conduct-
at the University of Geor-
a’s Center for Continuing
ducation by the Institute for
College and University Admin-
trators. The course is de-
gned to give the college sen-
r business officer an over-
ew of the administrative pro-
'ss in academic institutions.
Otis Singletary and Fred Vor-
ger, vice-president and
siness manager-treasurer,
spectlvely, of the American
ouncll on Education, will be
among Institute's discussion
aders and speakers.
Discussion topics will focus
on such topics and decision
making processes, collegial
anagement in academic or-
Izations, student roles in de-
slon-making, and the organl-
tlon of academic Institutions.
Iso included on the program
11 be analytical case studies
on problems of organization and
anagement.
ovington Receives
ilson Recognition
Miss Vickie L. Covington of
nnettsville, S. C., Is one of
0 students across the nation
nnlng “honorable mention”
ting by the Woodrow Wilson
National Fellowship Founda-
on. ^fiss Covington, a senior
ajorlng in music at St. An-
ews Presbyterian College, is
6 daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
P; Covington.
^ore than 11,000 students
re nominated by their pro-
ssors for consideration by the
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
hlch selected 1,124 as Wood-
ow Wilson Designates and an
dltlonal 980 for “honorable
entlon.” Names of students
^th groups have been for-
ded to graduate schools as
ylng *the best potential for
“®se teaching.”
Marriage is not in Jo Ellen's
immediate future. After gra
duation, she plans to be a ste
wardess for an international
airline. Jo Ellen will repre
sent St. Andrews as the May
Queen in the Azalea Festival
in Wilmington this Spring.
Jo Ellen was chosen from
22 candidates. The eleven se
mi-finalists were: Nancy Ham
mond, from Tappahannock, Vir
ginia; Peggy Alexander from
Shalby; Barbara Moore, Or
lando, Fla.; Jo Ellen Schild;
Becky Sudderth, Lenoir; Judy
Slauson, Miami, Fla.; Mary
Lou Kruthoffer, Huntington, W.
Va.; Scottie Scott, Atlanta, Ga.;
Judy Lawson, Winston-Salem;
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Jean Templeton, Hickory; and
Sue Prescott from Florence,
S. C.
First runner-up, Nancy Ham
mond, sponsored by The Lance
and second runner-up, Barbara
Moore, were selected from the
five finalists which included
Scottie Scott and Mary Lou
Kruthoffer.
Master of Ceremonies Dick
Prust, professor of philosophy,
ad-libbed, producing an atmos
phere of informality. The pag
eant was sponsored by the Lamp
and Shield yearbook staff, with
Mary Key as the coordinator.
Julia Wilson and Bev Davies
furnished the musical enter
tainment during the judgingper-
iods. The theme of the pageant
was “My Fair Lady”.
Jo Ellen will leave for the
Azalea Festival the end of April,
taking with her the charm, poise
and beauty which won for her
the coveted title of St. Andrews’
Miss Lamp and Shield.
MISS JO ELLEN SCHILD, sponsored by Kings Mountain Dorm,
receives a congratulatory kiss from Master of Ceremonies,
Dick Prust, after winning the 1968 Miss Lamp and Shield
Pageant.
SPONSORED by The Lance,
Miss Nancy Hammond is first
rvmner-up of college yearbook
beauty pageant.
SA Bowlers Capture 1968 Dixie Tourney Title
Butterworth and Burchill Take Doubles Event
League champions for two
consecutive seasons, the
Knights of St. Andrews captured
the '68 bowling tournament here
last weekend with a robust 2676
team series. Joe Junod's 584
set, highlighted by an opening
222 game, sparked the Knights
to their victory.
The keglers trampled their
Wesleyan opponents by almost
ihree hundred pins, topping se
cond place Lynchburg College
by a margin of 153 pins. The
College of Charleston from
South Carolina finished third.
Charlotte, Methodist, and Wes-
Concert Big Success
A standing ovation and two
encores closed the perfor
mance by the Chamber Sym
phony of Philadelphia last night
in the gymnasium. The Sym
phony was part of the 1968
Concert Lecture Series.
The program opened with Mo
zart’s Twenty-ninth Symphony
in A major, followed by his
Divertimento Number Fifteen
in B flat major. After an in
termission, the orchestra con
tinued with Rossini’s Variations
on a Theme of Tchaikovsky,
which replaced Barber’s Cap
ricorn Concerto for Flute,
Oboe, Trumpet and Strings,
Opus 21, deleted from the pro
gram before the performance
^gan.
The program ended with Bee-
thoven's Fourth Symphony in
B flat major. Opus 60.
The popularity of Beethoven s
symphonies has
concentrated on those withth
;odd numbers - the F*''® »
Third, Fifth, Seventh andNlntn.
It Is these works that are the
more dramatic or the more
profound. The even-numbered
symphonies, on the whole, are
of a lighter, more straightfor
ward character, which, of
course, does not diminish their
Importance or greatness,
though they do not receive the
attention that is given to their
odd-numbered brothers. Still,
there is one of these even-
numbered symphonies that
seems to get fewer performan
ces than all the rest; that un
deservedly neglected work is
the Fourth, one of the most
charming and perfect of the
In response to overwhelming
appreciation demonstrated by
students attending the concert,
the symphony was obliged to
perform two encores: first they
did a comic-t^era overture by
Rossini; this was followed by
I “Arioso” by J. S. Bach.
Dr. David McLean received
special commendation on his
paper presented to the Amiual
Southeastern Anthropological
Meeting last week.
leyan finished the field of six in
that order.
Coach Dave McLean, assist
ed by ‘ ‘Blackie’ ’ Blackwell, lead
the team through a 38 win-6
loss season and tournament.
For St. Andrews, it was their
second tournament victory in
three years.
Doubles Combo Wins
3 Straight Titles
Co-captains John Burchill
and Ed Butterworth flred a hot
series and captured their third
straight doubles crown, a DIAC
record. The duo topped their
previous scores with an 1182
total. Last year the two shot an
1170 in Lynchburg, Va., while
in '66 they rolled an 1174 in
Charleston, S. C.
Butterworth lead the team
this year with games of 213-
234-171 for a 618 set, while
Burchill topped his opening
games of 166-181 with a six-
bagger finale of 217 for a 564
series.
Marvin Jefferson and Wayne
Skinner placed second in the
event with a total of 1106. In
third place were Judson Duffee
and ftandy Wolfe of St. An
drews. Duffee tossed a 222 line
and a 594 set, while Wofle
finished with 504.
Bob Wittschen, league leading
averager and anchor man for
Charleston, rolled superbly
throughout the tournament cap
turing the singles and the all
events. Wittschen fired a robust
625 series in the team event,
fell to a 550 set in the doubles,
and captured the singles event
with a 601 set.
Tournament Mark Set
His 1776 nine game total is
a DIAC record, breaking the re
cords set by Billy Thornton of
Charleston In 65 with a 1730
total, and Jim Short of Char
lotte who fired a 1735 total the
following year. Butterworth fell
short of the mark set by Witts
chen although his 1737 broke the
previous DIAC tournament re
cord.
Dennis Malatesta of Lynch
burg College placed second In
the singles event with a 595
set, while Butterworth fell 6
pins short of a second place
finish. Malatesta and Butter
worth respectively threw tour
nament high games of 247 and
245.
Finishing third for all events
honors was Paul Dhyse of Me
thodist with a 1642 total, while
Burchill totaled 1621 for fourth
place.
Biophysicist Ham To Lecture
Dr. William T. Ham, bio
physicist, is on the St. An
drews campus for the next two
weeks to lecture to the Basic
Science class. His first lecture
will be on Tuesday night, March
12, In the gym.
Dr. Ham received his B.S.,
M.S., and Ph. D, from the Uni
versity of Virginia. He is pre
sently Chairman and Professor
in the Department of Bl(^hy-
sics at the Medical College of
Virginia.
Dr. Ham has written over 30
scientific publications, and was
President of the Health Physics
Society in 1964-65.
The research interest 4 Dr.
Ham include nuclear physics,
separation of uranium isotopes,
radiation dosimetry, radiation
cataract, radiobiology, health
physics, thermal injury, and the
blologl^ effects of lasers.