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THE LANCE
THURSDAY, SEPT. 12
1968
PUBLISHING POLICY
THE LAKCE will be published weekly this year, following
edition better communicates the storj-
lareer Dlctures and more extensive copy. Yet il we news u
n7 ment th^ larger size, then such wUl not appear simply
for the sake of the size.
Freshman Hours Cause Confusion
If registration wasn’t enough to completely confuse fresh
men, the freshmen womens’ hours are surely the end of the
line. Freshmen women have been told so many conflicting
rules concerning hours, that It wouldn’t be surprising if
the next disher-out of rules finds a pie in his face.
Last Spring, the Inter-dormitory Council recommended 12:00
p.m. as the week-day closing hour for the womens’ dorms.
This hour would include freshmen, as well as upperclassmen.
The Student Life Committee passed this recommendation and it
was sent on to President Moore, who neither agreed nor
disagreed with the decision of both groups.
However, when the 1968-69 handbooks were published, it was
a startling fact to almost everyone that some perceptive body
had viewed the situation differently and had re-written the
freshmen hours. This group, the Administrative Staff, which
is composed entirely of males, who have no college-age
daughters, decided among themselves, with only one disenter,
that is was better to require the freshmen women to be in at
11:00 p.m. on week nights. Some members of this group felt
that this restriction on the freshmen gave the upperclassmen
a feeling of “priority.” ,
The I.D.C. is very opposed to the change by the Adminis-
tatlve Staff. In fact, last week the I.D.C, again recommended
that the freshmen hours be changed and be made uniform
(week-ends excepted) with the upperclassmen hours.
There are some very practical reasons that the I.D.C,
recommends so very strongly that freshmen week-day hours be
the same as upperclassmen hours. First of all, it is Im
possible for the dorm officials to enforce this double standard
rule. With the doors remaining open tor another hour beyond
the 11:00 freshmen curfew, it is most difficult to force the
freshmen women to be back In the dorm when no one else,
Including the men students, are not required to be in at a
specified time. This also creates a difficulty for freshmen
women. What boy wants to date a girl who has to be in an
hour hearller than her friends in the dorm? St. Andrews
girls are discriminated enough anyway and any added im
pediment, such as restricted curfew, certainly does nothing
lor enhancing the happiness of the freshmen.
Granted, five years ago, St. Andrews women may have needed
a rule to guide them to their bedtime. But 1968 is a new year
wltU a new generation of students. Higher board scores, along
with the most practical reason of all--these girls came to
St. Andrews from homes with a more liberal curfew anyway—.
is proof enough that these girls should at least be allowed to
make up their own minds concerning the time they come in
at night.
And then, too, the old argument arises again—why are the
freshmen girls required to have a curfew when their male
classmates have never had such restrictions?
Everyone is concerned about the academic success of these
freshmen, and hopefully this_ was foremost in the minds of the
Administrative Staff when they switched the curfew hour. No
one is as interested in his grades and academic success as
much as the freshman himself, and he should at least be given
the opportunity or freedom. If you wish, to decide for herself
her bedtime. With the virtual impossibility of enforcing the
11:00 freshmen womens’ curfew, it is difficult to understand
why such a rule was made in the first place.
LINDA SUSONG
ORIENTATION SUCCESS
No college student has ever managed to sneak by the rigors
Of orientation, or more aptly, the fanciful high speed intro
duction to the college campus.
One arrives as a frosh and quickly finds out what It means
to be at just such a level In society. They find themselves sub
jected to the Imagination of sophomores, the disinterest of
juniors and seniors, and the stares of everyone as they amble
down South Main, merrily scooping up garbage.
The annual beanie hunt at St. Andrews became last year the
standing symbol of a program that had seen better days and
was assured a fitting resting place at the bottom of the lake.
Yet the beanie remains In this the fall of 1968. Hopefully It
has faded to a great enough degree, enabling freshman to look
upon It as an enjoyable repast, rather than highlighting the week’s
activities. And the garbage will be collected and David’s
Florist will delight the masses with a bonus of Coke.
Sliding to the forefront of the festivities this season Is the
academic angle on orientation.
Combining faculty and upperclassmen into advisory groups
that discuss their particular discipline or major with the
freshmen students as an important stride forward in recog
nizing students and faculty as co-members of the same com
munity.
Through the efforts of Sandy Gaddis and Rick Walker, as well
as Deans Davidson and Decker, and secretaries Peggy Tapp
and Diane Lovln, the program has the ring of a winner for future
freshmen at this college.
JOE JUNOD
SCB Speaks Out
Main
By PETE COOK
“The main lounge of the Stu
dent Center is a disgrace to the
St. Andrews student body. The
Scotland Trading Post has
furniture that’s in better shape
than the furniture we have In
our main lounge.”
It sounds pretty bad, huh?
These are the words of Stu
dent Center Board President
Ted McCormack, This slight
exaggeration was offered yes
terday as McCormack sat In the
main lounge of the student cen
ter reminiscing about what it
used to look like. He was ob-
Lounge
Found Lacking
Brockwell Named
Admissions Head
At High Point
During the month of July
Benny Brockwell left the St,
Andrews campus to take the
Director of Admissions job at
High Point College in High
Point. The vacancy has been
filled by another SA grad, Bob
Chalken, and hopes are high he
will perform well in the position
of Director of Financial Aid.
While he Is presently one of
the youngest directors of ad
missions In the county at 26,
he was one of the oldest and
most well liked people on this
campus. No student presently
enrolled ever remembers SA
without Brockwell. In three
years as a member of the
business office staff, he en
deared himself to many while
contributing much. The recent
successes in soccer and basket
ball are due in part to the
recruiting he did. He could not
offer scholarships to prospec
tive students but did a fine
Job selling the school to all
comers, whether athletlcly In
clined or not,
I talked with Benny on Tues
day and asked him why he left
St. Andrews for High Point, He
replied that “sulflclent lack of
opportunity and need to get my
feet on the ground with a solid
job” were the main reasons.
Asking him what High Point had
In store for him, I received the
news that the college Is sending
him In pursuit of his masters
In Education and Guidance
Counseling at UNC at Greens
boro or Carolina this coming
spring. Upon closing, Benny
asked about the soccer squad
and how things were shaping up
When told that the team is
looking to the nationals, Benny
wished them all the luck in the
world. One could easily detect
a note of longing in his voice.
viously a little displeased about
the barrenness of the main
lounge.
“A lot of the furniture and
carpets that used to be in the
main lounge were scavenged to
furnish the Student Affairs Of
fice and the new counselor’s
office. We (The Student Center
Board) think that they should
have at least consulted us be
fore they took all of that furni
ture,” said McCormack.
“Kumors were heard that
Dean Decker had even seen in
voices for new carpets, and a
sign was posted that new car
pets and furniture would come.
The sign was signed by the
Student Affairs Office,’ ’ he con
tinued, “We met with Dean
Decker twice last year. He said
that he had called Vaughn (Silas
Vaughn, St, Andrews Business
Manager), written Vaughn --
but nothing ever happened. He
(Vaughn) said that if the stu
dents would take care of dorms,
we would get some furniture
in the main lounge.”
To this writer, at least, this
whole affair sounds pretty re-
dlculous. Why should Ted Mc
Cormack, the Student Center
Board, or any student who pays
$2,500.00-plus to attend St. An
drews Presbyterian College
have to go begging Silas Vaughn
or any body else for furniture
and carpeting for the main
lounge of the student center?
The main lounge of the student
center is the place where
visitors most often come. What
must our wealthiest donors
think when they visit the stu
dent center? What must Mr.
Odell, the architect who de
signed the award-winning stu
dent center, think when he walks
through the barren waste-land
called by some the main lounge?
Mrs, Dove would like to have
her desk replaced or returned.
The students would like their
sofas back and their carpeting
Joe Junod.
replaced. Are these requests
just too much for our poverty,
stricken business manager to
fill?
Why Is It that furniture is
taken out of the student center
lounge, and used to furnish of
fices, etc., that are not stu
dent offices. Why is it that
when the Student Association
needs a desk, it has to pur
chase one from one of the local
used furniture dealers?
It’s time something was done
about this situation. Sure, there
will be an addition to the student
center In the next few years
but we who attend this school
now can’t walk on that addition.
Neither can we sit comfortably
on it.
Ted McCormack says that
the “Student Center Board is
begging students whose fathers
can help, or local citizens who
can help re-furnish the student
center, to please come to our
aid.” He also wants to thank
the Ingraham Co., for the clocks
which the Student Center Board
had to beg them for, so that
people In the main lounge and
the cafeteria could have some
idea of what time it was. “We
have been trying to get the
school to purchase a clock for
the cafeteria for three years
now.” McCormack said.
It is indeed a disgrace that
student organizations have to
go begging for things which
the school has failed to fur
nish. Things like furniture,
clocks and carpets. What’s up,
St. Andrews? Where are you
spending our money?
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