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PAGE TWO the lance THURSDAY. MARCH 9i THE LANCE St. Andrews Presbyferian College Laurinburg, N. C. 28352 Staff EDITOR Ed Bu«erworth i^SCX:iATE EDITOR Linda Susong ASSOCIATE EDITOR - Juli^d SPORTS EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER P®* Cooney ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER Jim PHOTOGRAPHER Supacription Rate* fl.50 per •emeiter Advertiainc » •» per column Inch I pftfirs To The Editor Gun Club Secures Spacious Firearm Locker To the editor: Starting in the Fall semes ter 1968 St. Andrews will re quire that anyone wishing to bring firearms to campus and maintain them on campus must take and pass a National Rifle Association Hunter-Safety Course or present sufficient evidence that he has done so, Hunter-Safety Courses are gi ven periodically on campus by the St. Andrews Gun Club. Se veral more courses will be run The Candidates And Their Issues A most unique situation pre vails in our Student Association elections this year which can be added to the list at unique ex periences St. Andrews has to offer. An election is occurring in which student apathy is at an all time low, and hopefully is facing from the overall picture of student involvement at St. Andrews. For the first time all candidates for the major student government positions are ^posed and since cam paigning time has been brief, confined to a three day period of speeches and open hearings, the opportunity has arisen to weigh the issues of the candi dates now while the votingpolls are still open to student deci sions. This past Monday, candidate for President David Betts, in a speech before 10% of the stu dent body, radically expressed the awareness of an unequal but prevailing force in campus de cisions. Faculty and adminis tration, according to Betts, de serve a place in deciding af fairs of student life, but not without the equal opportunity of students to voice their opinions in academic affairs. “If the fa culty has the right to sit on our Student Life C o m m i 11 e e, we should have the right to sit on the Faculty Executive Board.” In essence Betts feels that stu dents are not given the credit for the responsibility that they do possess. Thus he runs for president on the key issue that students need to voice their opinions, and not just view them, where all members of the com munity are concerned. He poses as his main campaign objective the deteriation of the communi cations gap between student and administration. Betts called for student reaction with an over emphasized and slightly dis torted analogy. We are treated as children in a sandbox. We are striving to crawl free from this sandbox existence with its play government. Yet we cannot gain this freedom, for our pa rents do not feel we are mature and responsible enough to have this freedom. The parents of course are the administrators and the sandbox Is St. Andrews and the rules which govern its members. We have tried to break prevailing attitudes with responsible motions and legis lative procedures, but these have been treated as non re sponsible representations of the existing student feelings. His analogy achieved its purpose, for students often feel that this is the true way of administra tors at St. Andrews. But I feel his analogy is an exaggeration of the truth. We are not really treated as irresponsible mem bers of our society. Yet Betts underlying theme is an impor tant one, and that Is that com munications between students, faculty and administration needs to be linked in a logical manner. His proposed ideas of incorporating students in mat ters now controlled by com mittees of absolute faculty re presentation are logical and essential for a better quality of student government. While Betts has concentrated on the sole issue of student fa culty communications and the necessities for developing a better system for all concern ed, Pete Cook has noted that our key concerns should be within our Constitution and stu dent government structure. Once we have strengthened our immediate structure by viewing the true worth of our dedica tions, we can concentrate on elements of a secondary nature, such as dress regulations, wo men’s hours, drinking regula tions, etc. Cook therefore has not overlooked the areas of con cern which have brought about the disintegration of the long existing student apathy at St. Andrews, but feels that exten sive probing into these areas is not our primary concern. We must, before we can extend our liberal rules, solidify those that now exist. In particular Cook has noted that our present Con stitution is without a bill of rights which protects Individual rights of students. It is among his key proposals to change this basic shortcoming. In contrast to Betts, Cook feels that although the area of communication between stu dents and their own leaders. He stated Monday evening that many students are not aware that their Senate even meets, let alone making critical stu dents decisions for them. A- mong Cooks objectives is the creation of a student govern ment newsletter, polled by the students recently as a sound communications Innovation. Cook also advocates student go vernment spreading into acade mic affairs, in particular to de- velope a more rigid teacher and course evaluation program. The most important move St. An drews has made this year ac cording to Cook is its involve ment in the National Student As sociation program. We can learn from this NSA involve ment, and through its influence we can present a more realis tic challenge to our individual lives as members of St. An drews community. Thus while Betts has cam paigned on shortcomings in the area of communication between students and administration, and the implications and re strictions which are imposed upon students because of pre sent poorly conceived concepts of student responsibility. Cook has placed his focus on the more immediate issues which Involve students in their government. Once these primary concerns have been altered, we can dis cuss more sensibly with our administrators the true capa city of our responsibility. Cer tainly we are primarily con cerned with our own errors and shortcomings before we are concerned with broader areas of student involvement. For this reason the staff of the Lance feels that the issues presented in this campaign by Pete Cook are more relevant to student's immediate needs than the Issues presented by David Betts. The staff predicts the fol- lowine outcome in today’s elec tions, Vice-P resident, Pete Peery, Secretary, Jane Johns, Treasurer, Todd Davis, Stu dent Christian Council Presi dent, George Sherrill. Freshman Forum This Friday, March 22, there will be a freshman Forum at 9:00 a.m. in the small gym, following a continental break fast, to recognize campus lead ers and to consider projects, for the coming academic year. Professor Malcolm Doubles will moderate the breakfast dis cussion hour which will begin promptly at 8:00 a.m. In the Dining Alcove of the cafeteria. Featured in the discussion will be plans for the newly orient ed 4-1-4 program to be initiat ed in the fall. this spring and will continue next fall. There is a fee of 75? for non-members and 50? for members of St. Andrews Gun Club. Anyone wishing to take the Hunter-Safety Course should contact Mike McCord, Meck lenburg ext. 279. At present, the Gun Club has secured the use of well con structed gun cabinets suitable for any type of firearm. Mem bers of the club may store their firearms free. Non-members will be charged a fee of $1 per locker space per semester. Each locker space can hold se veral guns depending upon the type. All firearms must be stored in these cabinets if they are to be kept on campus. Vio lation of this rule will be con sidered serious and violators will be subject to judicial ac tion. The St. Andrews Gun Club] has also begun a marksman ship instructor course. At pre sent one class meets every Monday night. The class is con ducted by David Wetmore in the Laurinburg National Guard Ar mory Rifle Range. Club mem bers are taking this course free. Next year various types of marksmanship courses will be available to the campus at large for a nominal fee. Currently , the St. Andrews Gun Club is sponsoring a dance on the causewalk during Mardi Gras, March 30 from 7-9 p.^ A. Winchester 30-30 lever ac tion Canadian Centennial Rifle (list price $125). will be the door prize. Tickets are available from Mike McCord and Rick Erisman, or In the Student Cen ter from 5-6: 30 p.m. Jim Bennett Gun Club President Platters Coming The Platters, who made re cord hits of such songs as “The Great Pretender,” “Harbour Lights”, and “Twilight Time," will be appearing here at St. Andrews next Saturday evening March 30, for the annual Mardl Gras spring feature entertain ment. Recently returned from a successful tour of Europe and Japan, The Platters are touring the South performing in night clubs and at colleges. The group, whose recent hits are “With This Ring,” and "Sweet Sweet Lovin’ ”, were organized thirteen years agoby Buck Ram, their arrange- manager, and Herbert Reed, the bass singer. They were propelled to fame a dozen years ago during a wave of rock-and-roll music, andare one of the groups which began at that time to still be able to I draw a full house. The proposed high-rise dorms will challenge our pre sent suite system, the heart of our highly-touted residence program. KWIK SHOP POPCORN - MIXERS - COOKIES 'Everything for that late snaek" OPEN TILL 11:00 P.M. NOW OPEN UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT TRADE WINDS RESTAURANT Featuring Charcoal Steaks and A Variety of Pancakes YES, DINE IN CASUAL ATTIRE Exotic Atmosphere with Music BREAKFAST LUNCH DINNER 6:00-10:00 AM 11:30- 2:00 PM 5:00-10:00 PM CALL FOR RESERVATIONS - 276-3731 South Main, Laurinburg, N. C.
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