THE LANCE
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENT BODY OF ST ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
. Andrews Presbyterian College
Laurinburg, N. C., Thursday, March 14, 1968
Vol. .6, No. 21
Dr. Jerry Williamson
To Direct Institute
In The Caribbean
Professor Jerry Williamson
of the St. Andrews English fa
culty has been appointed by
Floridan Presbyterian College
to direct a Summer Institute
Abroad on the Culture of the
Caribbean this summer. The
eight-week program, beginning
In mid-June, will be centered
at the University of the West
Indies in Kingston, Jamaica.
The study program will Include
students from St. Andrews and
eight other colleges which are
participants in the Summer In
stitutes Abroad program.
Students enrolled In the In
stitute will be housed in facil
ities adjacent to the University
of the West Indies, where they
will have access to classroom
and library facilities. Six hours
of college credit will be given
upon successful completion of
two courses within the pro
gram. One of these, entitled
"Culture of the Caribbean,”
will be a comprehensive study
of the region’s history, poli
tics, economics and society.
The other course will exa
mine Jamacian culture as it
is revealed in Its literature,
art and music.
The Institute will draw lec
turers from the faculty of the
University of the West Indies
and from the community of
Kingston. A tutor from the uni
versity will assist students In
dividually In the preparation
of written papers and in the
specialized study of selected
topics.
Poetry Contest
St. Andrews poets will have a
chance to win $50.00 as first
prize in a campus-wide poetry
contest. The contest will be held
mtll April 1, 1968.
All full-time and part-time
students of St. Andrews includ-
ing day students and special
students. The winning entries
will be published in the St. An-
irews Literary Magazine.
Any student may submit one
'0 five poems. They must be
original and previously unpub-
Hshed. Each poem mustbesub-
®‘tted under a pseudonym along
"ith the poet’s real name and
Psn name In a sealed envelope,
^he poems must be typed.
All poems must be submitted
oMr. Kenneth Kramer in Room
on or prior to April 1, 1968.
In addition to their Class
room studies, the students will
take field trips on the island
to such places as the plantation
area and the Cockpit Country,
and will meet prominent Ja
macian artists and writers. An
inclusive fee of $695 will cover
tuition, basic living expenses,
transportation, and admission
to plays, concerts, museum and
historical places.
The Summer Institutes A-
broad program, admlnl s t e r e d
by Florida Presbyterian Col
lege in St. Petersburg, Florida,
Is also conducting nine other
college-credlt Institutes A-
broad this summer similar to
the program in Caribbean cul
ture. These institutes will study
the cultures of Britain, Africa,
China, Germany, India, Japan,
Latin America, the Near East
and Eastern Europe. St. An
drews students are eligible to
enroll In and receive college
credit for any of these sum
mer programs.
Dr. Williamson urges S. A,
students to consider enroll
ment in the Summer Institutes.
“I think that these programs
provide for students a rare
opportunity to gain an intimate
knowledge of another culture.
I hope that anyone interested
in the programs will contact
me immediately for additional
information.”
Dr. Williamson will be ac
companied by his wife who will
serve as Dean of Students for
the eight-week period.
PETE COOK
MARGARET OFFTERDINGER
DAVID BETTS
Cook, Offterdinger And Betts
Enter Campus Presidential Race
BY LINDA SUSONG
Something new In student go
vernment elections — there is
more than one candidate in the
running. Three juniors have
filed for candidacy for the po
sition of Student Association
President.
Margaret Offterdinger, who
Is presently Student Associa
tion secretary, hails from
Lynchburg, Va. Miss Offterdin
ger has stated that she Is ‘ 'open
to the most feasible plan of
action (and some form of ac
tion Is necessary) that would
be representative of the ma
jority of student opinion and
would be in the best interest
of St. Andrews.”
The familiar communications
problem is a concern for fam
ily man Pete Cook. Cook, ori
ginally from Tampa, Florida,
is presently the entertainment
Academic Affairs Forums Coming
Academic affairs will hold a
prominent place on the St. An
drews calender next weekend
with a Freshman Forum, So
phomore Symposium on March
22 and Graduate Review of Aca
demic scheduled March 24-26.
The Graduate Review Pro
gram will feature visits to c&ni-
pus by six St. Andrews alumni
now in graduate schools. A spe
cial program for those interest
ed in drama will be tield March
21-22.
The Freshman Forum will
open March 22 at 8 a.m. with
a Continental breakfast for
some 50 freshman -- class of
ficers, Dean’s List Students
and other leaders. The group
will meet in the alcove of the
Student Center cafeteria.
The forum will continue with
a meeting of the entire fresh
man class at 9 a.m. in the
small gvm at the Physical Edu
cation Center. With the re
gular meeting of CiC102 can
celled, attendence of all fresh
man is expected. Among topics
to be discussed will be the new
4-1-4 calender which St. An
drews will inaugurate next fall.
On the program will be Pro
fessors William Alexander and
A1 Smith.
The Sophomore Symposium
for the entire class will foUo^
at 11 a.m., also in the small
gym. The meeting will includ
special recognition for mem
bers of the class who have
earned academic distinction
here. Also planned for this
prograro/ls a discussion of the
4-1-4 calender by faculty mem
bers.
Following the s y m p 0 s i u m,
approximately 50 sophomores
will be guests at a luncheon in
the alcove of the cafeteria.
The Graduate Review of Aca
demic Development, or GRAD
program, is designed to advise
and encourage able students to
pursue professional and gra
duate studies.
The GRAD program will be
gin with informal receptions
Sunday, March 24, in homes of
faculty members. Meetings and
conferences will continue on
Monday and Tuesday.
For students Interested in
the field of drama, their ver
sion of GRAD will take place on
March 21 and 22. when Bill A-
brams, now at Yale Univer
sity, will meet with students
and'faculty for a series of cri
tiques of rehearsals, class dis
cussions and conferences. His
campus visit is being sponsored
by the Drama Department and
The Highland Players.
The other members of the
graduate panel are Carol
Brooks, Jeff Vandergrift, Ted
Foy, Tom Beason and Donna
Southers.
chairman for the Student Cen
ter Board. “We need to spread
out more into the academic
areas of campus life and at the
same time find new ways of
approaching our most pressing
social needs. This will require
us to consider making some
basic changes in our organi
zation which will give us the
means to deal responsibly with
our problems.”
Student Association Trea
surer, David Betts, an English
major from Atlanta, Georgia,
is the third candidate for the
top office. Betts, whose frank-
D. Cowie Next
To Visit Campus
Science Dept.
Dr. Dean B. Cowie, a bio
physicist from the Carnegie
Institution of Washington, will
be on campus the week of March
18, for the purpose of lecturing
to basic science students. He is
presently chairman of the Bio
physics Section of the Carnegie
Institute.
After receiving his B.S. de
gree from SwarthmoreCollege,
Dr. Cowie earned his Ph. D
at the University of California
at Berkley. He has formerly
been a visiting professor at the
Institute de Biofiseca in Rio
de Janiero.
As well as contributing nu
merous scientific publications
on molecular biology and co-
authoring two books, Dr. Cowie
has research interest in nuclear
physics, and molecular biology.
Dr. Cowie will present a pub
lic lecture on March 19 at 8:00
p.m. in the Liberal Arts Au
ditorium. The topic of his lec
ture is Y our Genetic Inheri
tance.
Dr. Cowie was president of
the Cosmos Club 19C3-C4 and
president of the Biophysics So
ciety, 19C7-C8. He is a Fellow
of the American Academy of
Microbiology as well as being
a member of the executive coun
cils for the American Asso
ciation for the Advancement of
Science (A.A.A.S,) and the Bio
physics Society.
ness has long impressed stu
dents has pledged to “speak
what I really think, and leave
out what students want and ex
pect to hear.
Two candidates have filed
for the office of Vice-Pre
sident of the Student Associa
tion. Peter Peery, a junior
from Tazwell, Va. and Mike
Ferrell of Fayetteville, N. C.
have both been members of the
Senate during the past year.
Still unapposed for the Pre
sident of the Student Center
Board is Ted McCormick, a
junior from Franklin, N. C. is
a candidate for the office of
President of the Student Chris
tian Council. Mary Stone and
David Flucke are running for
the position of Vice-President
of the see.
Bob Brewbaker, a junior from
Bedford, Va., is running unap
posed for the position of Attor
ney General. Brewbaker has
served on the Student Judiciary
Board for the past two years.
Carol Williamson is the sole
candidate for Senior Repre
sentative for the Judiciary
Board. There are three posi
tions open for the office of
Senior representative. Sandra
Gaddis and Mary Prince are the
two candidates running fpr the
two offices of Junior Repre
sentatives to the Judi Board.
Linda Hill and Craig Barton
are the two candidates for the
position of sophomore repre
sentative.
Ray Riddle and Carolyn
Caldwell are the only candidates
in the running for tlie senior
positions on the Student-Fac-
ulty Appellate Board.
Reminder: Nominations do
not close until this Saturday
morning.
Choice '6S
CHOICE ’68 is a national
presidential primary in which
students on college campuses
across the U.S. will vote on
April 24. So far, 200 colleges
and Universities have express
ed desire to participate. The
results could, have a signifi
cant influence on the conven
tions this summer and the elec
tions next fall.
The election will be financed
by TIME magazine, but will be
completely ad ministered by
nonpartisan students.