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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENT BODY OF ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
VOL. 8. No. 1.
ST. ANDREWS. PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE. LAURINBURG, N. C.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1968.
S. A. GREETS NEW CLASS
Student-Facuity Advisory Groups
Highlight Freshmen Orientation
BY PETE COOK
Freshmen who appeared on
the St. Andrews campus last
Sunday had the privilege of being
the first class to be initiated by
acompletely new orientation
program. Unlike previous
orientation programs, which
were primarily social acti
vities, the new program boasts
a much broader base.
The emphasis was placed
upon the entire four years of
college life, and the academic
portion of the total college ex
perience was stressed. Stu-
dent-facuity advisory com
mittees were established to re
place the old faculty advisory
system, in an attempt to Intro
duce each freshman to varying
academic points of view, and
also to establish stronger lines
of communication between up
perclassmen and freshmen and
faculty and students.
Rick Walker and Sandra
Gaddis, orientation committee
co-chairmen, laid out all the
groundwork for the new stu
dent- Initiated advisory pro
gram, which was the greatest
change over previous years.
They supplemented the acade
mic emphasis by including a
New Residence Policies
Improve Dormitory Life
By SARA LEE
Paralleling the creative de
velopment on the academic side
of the campus In student in
dividual participation Is the
dorm situation at St. Andrews,
which Is moving toward greater
student Involvement and re
sponsibility.
Granville, Orange, Kings
Mountain and Winston-Salem
are presently experimenting
with new Ideas In Resident
Directors, and all dorms are
placing more emphasis on stu
dent leadership within the dorm
rather than the Resident Di
rectors’ responsibilities.
Granville Dormitory is under
the directorship of Martha
James, a 1968 graduate of St.
Andrews and head of the Peace
Corps program on campus, and
is co-dlrected by Betts Hunter
and Margaret Parrish who are
seniors. They share the
ultimate responsibility with the
dorm council of enforcing col
lege rules and policies in a
positive way. Betts and Mar
garet live in the dorm Itself and
are especially Involved in main
tenance problems, while Martha
lives in the ResldentDirector’s
apartment. The idea is still new
and flexible, but they foresee
a p r o d u c tive and responsible
year for the girls of Granville.
Orange Dormitory has Mrs.
Lib Dove as part-time Resi
dent Director with the dorm
council taking a major respon-
slbilllty in dorm management.
Mrs. Dove is also part-time
college hostess in the Student
Center and says, “I live in
Orange and I love it”.
Albemarle Dormitory has a
new Resident Director, Mrs.
Eleane Edens. She spent ten
weeks this summer working as
coordinator of social affairs and
Overman Rescheduled
For Science Lectures
One of the most significant
contributors in the field of
nuclear energy in recent years
will kick off the 1968-69 Visit
ing Scientists Lectures. Dr.
Ralph T. Overman will join the
St. Andrews scientists for two
weeks, September 15-27, lec
turing publicly and in class
rooms.
In his 21 years in the atomic
energy field Overman has pre-
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sented more than 1,000 lectures
and addresses on more than 200
college campuses. He has had
wide experience in radio and
in commercial and educational
television as well as designing
the Mobile Radioscope Labora
tory which is being used In
training courses at small col
leges throughout the country.
Nearly 6,000 scientists, en
gineers, physicians and teach
ers have been trained under his
direction in his position as
Chairman of the Special Train
ing Division of the Oak Ridge
Institute of Nuclear Studies.
Presently Dr. Overman is a
Scientific and Educational Con
sultant and the President of
Overman Nculear. He received
his A. B. and M. S. from Kan
sas State College and took his
Ph. D. from Louisiana State
University.
Eight other scientists and
mathematicians will follow
Overman during the academic
year. Dr. Donald H. Andrews,
Professor of Chemistry Emeri
tus, Johns Hopkins University
and Florida Atlantic University;
Dr. Louis Bright, Associate
Commissioner For Research,
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activities and as dorm
counselor for an Upward Bound
Project at Fort Valley State
College in Georgia. Her home
away from campus is In
Bennettsville, where for nine
teen years she was a substitute
rural mall carrier, one of the
two women in South Carolina
employed in this capacity. She
has four children and has had
much experience with college
age people. She feel s St.
Andrews offers her a “happy
and rewarding experience”.
Kings Mountain and Winston-
Salem for the second year have
“doTn daddies.” Dick Prust
and Javld Mcllhlney, who work
closely with their dorm presi
dents and councils on matters
such as damage control and
dorm Improvement.
Mrs. Dan Hasty is serving as
;emporary Resident Director in
Mecklenburg Dorm. Mrs. Sarah
Peterson is Resident Director
In Concord and Mrs. W. M.
Harvey Is In Wilmington.
The new resident philosophy
has done a great deal toward
forwarding better relationships
between administrators and
students. The elected suite lea
ders plus the dorm president
and the Resident Director as
advisor working together open
vast possibilities toward a new
direction in resident life.
type of "socialcurriculum” in
to the overall program. Films
were shown on several con
temporary social problems
such as alcohol and sex, and|^
opportunities tor participation
in group discussions were also
made, available for every fresh
man.
“We have sort of felt like a
drawstring as students unac
quainted with the S. A. situation
have pulled and tugged at us
from all directions for infor
mation,” said Rick Walker.
“With registration over and
classes ready to begin, there is
still apprehension among many
new students about what is to
come, but we can’t continue
orientation forever”.
“But,” he continued, “I think
order has begun to appear out
of the chaos. Hopefully, the op
portunities which the freshmen
have had this week to talk with
the upperclassmen and pro
fessors they have met will
help them to realize more
quickly that they are now a
part of St. Andrews.”
Women’s Hours
Receive Final
Approval
New women’s hours go into
effect today, September 5,1968.
The proposal for a change in the
hours sytem received final ap
proval by a special board con-
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bert Davidson, dean of the col
lege, Rodger Decker, dean of
students, Alan Atwell, director
of admissions, Robert Daven
port, college pastor, Bruce
Frye, admissions director and
Silas Vaughnbusiness manager.
Sophomores, Juniors and
seniors will follow the new
hours as follows: 12 midnight
weekdays, Friday until 1:00
a.m., Saturday until 2:00 a.m.
and 12 midnight Sunday.
Senior women and women stu
dents over 21 years of age will
“be under an extended hour
situation when a practical
method for residence hall sec
urity can be Implemented,” the
committee reported.
Incoming freshman women’s
hours are 12:00 p.m. through
out the week. This includes
Friday and Saturday nights.
There will be no sign-out on
campus activity. However,
sign-out will be required for
women who will be away from
the campus after 8:00p.m.This
Includes weekend trips and
overnights.
All other regulations con
cerning hours are Identical to
the 1967-68 student handbook.
Dean of Students Rodger
Decker commented that: “The
extended hours for women stu
dents at St. Andrews repre
sents a contlnutlon of the shift
of responsibility from college
authority to the Individual stu
dent. As a member of the total
college community, each woman
now has greater opportunity to
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' Wilmington Dorm sponsored a free feed for the campus Tuesday night as part of the Orientation week.
Josh White, Jr., Concert Set
Folksinger
Due Here
September 13
FOLK SINGER JOSH WHITE, JR.
National Recognition For Science Program
BY MARGARET OFFTERDINGER
Along with Harvard, MIT, Cal Tech, and
Berkeley, St. Andrews has been cited for
innovative work In science education in the
1968 June Issue of “Science and Technology.”
The article, written by associate editor Mr
Michael Wolff, noted that “should the ex
periment (at St. Andrews) succeed, it will
undoubtedly be a model for the many other
schools that are presently watching it.”
St. Andrews is the only small liberal arts
college metloned among the five schools
featured.
Recognition of the science program Is also
found in a six-page spread Including front
cover of “College Management” (April 1968).
This article stresses the moves to study
interdisciplinary science as a counterpart
to the St. Andrews humanities study.
Dr. Tyler G.Mlller, assistant dean ana
chemistry professor, is quoted as saying.
“One of the main reasons we have been able
to launch this massive reappraisal and re
construction at St. Andrews is because the
college is young. Faculty, students, and ad
ministrators share the feeling that St. An
drews is pioneering...We can beboldbecause
there Is a beautiful lack of entrenched science
faculty members.”
The article in "College Management" em
phasizes that the St. Andrews science pro
gram not only places science on a par with
the other discipllnarles, but also breaks
down the barriers between the individual
sciences themselves.
''Physics Today” (March 1968) also noted
the quality of the St. Andrews science pro
gram. In this article Dr. John M. Fowler,
Director of the College Commission on
Physics (CCP), stated, “The St. Andrews
science curriculum development seems to be’
the most thorough test of the interdisciplinary
approach In higher education and will be
followed with interest.”
Approximately $1,157,050 has been re
ceived in the past two years to help send
the St. Andrews science program from plan
ning board to reality.
First grants in 1966-67 totaled over
$300,000. This includes grants from the
Danforth Foundation ($75,000), and Health,
Education and Welfare, Title III ($52,825),
From the National Science Foundation, St.
$130,000 under COSIP - College Science
Improvement Program Grant - and under
graduate equipment programs. St. Andrews
was one of the first 15 colleges in the
country to receive COSIP.
rour grants were received in 1967-68
totaling $857,050. Under HEW, Title III
Cooperative Program, in conjunction with
Shaw University and Duke, St. Andrews re
ceived $56,000. This money will be used to
production of 8mm film loops on laboratory
techniques, faculty salaries, and consultants
from Duke. HEW also granted $741,250 for
the science building.
Josh White, Jr., known pri
marily for his folk singing
abilities, will be on stage
September 13 at St. Andrews as
the first Student Center Board
attraction for 1968-69.
The Friday concert will kick
off the Fall’s entertainment,
which could prove to be the best
at St. Andrews In recent years.
Concerts, dances, and many ex
cellent movies are scheduled by
the Student Center Board for
the remainder of the Fall term.
The versatile Mr. White,
prior to his Laurlnburg ap
pearance has entertained many
an audience In both the United
States and Europe. His singing
abilities have brought him from
the Village Gate and the Bitter
End in New York, to The
Troubadour in Los Angeles,
The Bunkhouse in Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada and
the world-famous Playboy Club
In Chicago.
Outside of the nightclub cir-i-
cult. Josh, Jr., has made ap
pearances at Carneige Hall and
Town Hall In New York, Jordan
Hall In Boston, and at more than
three hundred colleges and un
iversities across the nation.
His American tours have been
matched with extensive tours
throughout Europe, most re
cently in England and Scandi
navia.
Josh White, Jr.’s ability to
entertain has not been limited
to his musical work, however.
He has appeared in five Broad
way shows, most recently,
“Only In America,” and “The
Long Dream”.
ENTERTAINMENT
LISTINGS:
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