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Non-Profit Organization U. S. POSTAGE PAID Laurinburg, N. C. Permit Number 3 VOL. 8. No. 3. THE LANCE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENT BODY OF ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE ST. ANDREWS. PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPT. 19, 1968 Spirits High For Players The Highland Players will open this season of British drama with a production ot “High Spirits” October 16-19. This fast paced musical comedy Is based on Noel Coward’s comedy, “Blithe Spirit”. The principal roles In the St. Andrews production will be per formed by Jeff Alhelm, Kaye Comer, Susie Mowrey and Sally Carlson. Together with the choruses of hippies and of ghosts they will fly through the air that separates the world of fantastic ghostliness from the life of mundane-' routine. The musical is set in the English country estate of Charles Condomlne and con cerns the reappearance of his first wife, who has “passed over”. She taunts and tempts him until Madame Arcatl, a madcap medium, Intervenes in the romantic duel between the dully living and the lively dead and creates havoc and humor. The production is being di rected by Professor Arthur Mc Donald. Professor Dub Narra- more is the scenic designer. Plays remaining In the Players schedule include John Osborne’s "Look Back In Anger,” G. B. Shaw’s “Arms and the Man” and Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”. Special priced sea son tickets will go on sale October 7. Campaigns At S. A. Scott Visits Campus BY MARGARET OFFTERDINGER Emphasizing the Importance of higher education and the necessity for church- related private colleges, Robert Scott candidate for North Carolina governor, spoke at St. Andrews, September 19. The key to successful state government, Mr. Scott felt, Is effective cooperative work be tween the legislative and execu tive branches ot government. Several programs that the General Assembly and the governor can work together on Include Improvement of state education, encouragement of new industries In the state, and more concern for urban af fairs. Mr. Scott calls his pro gram Partnership for Pro gress. Concerning the position of governor of the state, Mr. Scott emphasized that he does not take the position he is seeking “lightly”. Mr. Scott stated he is “not afraid of the job” and values his training as the pre sent lietuenant of North Caro lina. As for his administration, Mr. Scott hopes that it will be characterized by “planning a- head for the future,” Questions were addressed to Mr. Scott at the conclusion ot his talk. Some ot these questions dealth with education of police men and social justice pro grams. Scott, 38, Is making his second state-wide political campaign. He Is an aggressive campaigner, working day and night and through many week ends. He was front-runner in the two primaries and the general election In 1964, and got 815,- 994 votes. Scott Is a dairy farmer and has other business Interests. He Is owner and general mana ger of Melville Farms, a 2,000- acre dairy operation In Ala mance County, Haw RiverRt. 1. He is a director of the North State Bank, ot Haw River, and Is president ot Broadcasting Services of North Carolina, which operates a radio station in Granite Falls During the Korean War he was an enlisted man in the Counter Intelligence Corps and served mostely in Japan. Scott is a member of the North Carolina State Board ot Edu cation and has been chairman ot United Forces tor Education in North Carolina. He was chairman of United Forces tor Education In North Carolina. He was chairman ot the parks committee, State Board otCon- servatlon and Development, 1961-64, and hasbeen a member ot the Kerr ReservolrDevelop- ment Commission and the North Carolina Seashore Commis sion. SCIENCE BUILDING GETS FINAL NOD St. Andrews College has a- warded a contract to H. R. Johnson Construction Co., Inc., of Monroe tor construction of a new science building that has attracted national notice while still in the planning stage. The Monroe firm received the con tract on a bid ot $1,915,444. Preparation of the site and excavation should begin within two weeks, according to Harold Helms, Johnson Co., official. The contract calls for comple tion of the construction In one Paul Winter Consort To Appear On Campus The Paul Winter Contemporary Jazz Consort will open the 1968-69 Concert-Lecture Series on campus Sunday, October 20, at 8 p.m. at the Harris Courts. The Assemblies and Public Events Committee met in the LA Building, September 5. Dr. James E. Carver, who presided as ■/Chairman, announced the following concerts and ieciures foi which contracts have been secured. year. The contract Includes construction of a 400-seat teaching auditorium which will link the new science building to the existing Liberal Arts building. The science building will oc cupy a site just south ot the Liberal Arts building overlook ing the lake at the center of the St. Andrews campus. An innova tive feature of the new building Is a common laboratory areaot some 11,500 square feet to be used for research-oriented work by students In biology, chemistry and physics. The ab sence ot interior walls In the laboratory area reflects the objective of the sclende faculty to promote the Inter-related nature ot modern work in the sciences. Funds for the students Include a grant of $742,000 from the Department of Health, Educa tion and Welfare. Balance of the cost will be met with finds from the current St. Andrews i'or- ward campaign. Launched In March the campaign now has passed the $2 million mark to ward a goal ot $5 million by next June, Architect for the new con struction Is the Charlotte firm, A. G. Odell, Jr. and Associ ates. The firm has designed all 13 permanent buildings at St. Andrews. Other architectural features promote an overlap among the sciences and between science and non-s c 1 e n c e disciplines. Seminar rooms in the science building will be used by all college departments. Labora tory work benches are ot basic design with attachments tor portable equipment, thus per mitting their use by students In any of the sciences. The shar ing of moveable equipment Is expected to tree funds tor pur chase of more varied equipment of a quality usually found only In laboratories for graduave- level work. - HIGH SPIRITS WILL BE the first production of the Highland players this season. A musical comedy,‘'High Spirits” kicks off a year of British productions by the Theater Department. The opening night of the comedy falls on October 16 and will run through 19th. “Look Back In Anger,’' a play by John Osborne will round out the first semester’s productions. The Rococo Company of Baltimore, Christopher Arrow- wood, director, wUl present a Renaissance program with Baroque and vocial music. The group will appear in the LA Tuesday, November 5 at 8 p.m. NBC News Correspondent Sander Vanocur comes to cam pus on the 14th of November. He will speak in the Harris Courts at 8 p.m. followed by a social hour at 9:30 p.m. in the Student Center. Chris topher Parkenlng, a classicial guitarist, wiU per form In the LA, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 8, 1969. Three days later George K. Schweitzer will be on campus aU day, Tuesday, March II. The chemist and physicist was sec ured through the Pledmong Cen ter Series. David Blair McClosky, Bari tone Soloist ot Boston Conser vatory Faculty will conclude the year’s activities with a recital ot German Lelder, Friday night, April 11 and a workshop the following morning. The chairman reported that James Garrison Is not able to keep the November dates re quested and the committee agreed to accept this tact and go no t u r t h e r In negotiations. Mr. Joyner said that John Spanler would also come to the campus under the joint program with Piedmont Center. It was decided that prices for all persons outside the St. Andrews Community' for all events be open to the public •tor a fee of 75 cents for stu- (Contlnued to page 3) Science Is Amoral The Bard Came South: Poet-Professor Ronald Bayes Introduced RONALD BAYES BY NANCY RICHARDSON In Mr. Ronald Bayes the St. Andrews English faculty ac- qu'res both a professor and a distinguished poet. He comes to us with many exciting plans for campus-wide participation In addition to the activities of his own poetry and creative writing classes. He is en thusiastic about the prospect of a “student reading” session next semester in which stu dents can share the fruits of their own literary efforts. This is apart from the annual poetry contest sponsored by “The Cairn” in the Spring. Mr. Bayes Is also working toward bring ing several other poets to the campus during the year, Harry Meechum, of the Academy of American Poets and author of a critical volume of the workot Ezra Pound, has been contacted but arrangements are incom plete at present. Mr. Bayes himself has authored several collections of poetry. Published by Novakast Press in Tokyo, “Construc tions” is a group of ten poems written In English and Japanese. This month will see another collection, “X-ingWarm” published by Prensa DeLahar- Wine Press in Portland, Ore gon. These were written in Okinawa in 1966 and 1967, Mr. Bayes’ critical articles over the work of such poets as Yukle Meshima, Basil Bunting, James' Merrill, and Robert Creeley, At present he is working with Nabuakl Sumomegl In translat ing Japanese poetry into English. He Is also writing a series of Einar Jonsson poems that grew out of several years spent in Iceland are keyed to the work of Iceland’s national sculpter. Originally from Oregon, and world-traveller that he is, this Is Mr. Bayes’ first experience of living in the south. He is impressed by the beauty of the St. Andrews campus and the friendliness of the people he has met here. BY TOM -WOOD “Science, as a body ot know ledge, is amoral, neither the friend nor foe of man,” said Dr. Ralph T. Overman in the Liberal Arts Auditorium last night. Speaking to a full hall of sophomore science scholars, visitors and faculty. Dr. Over man, at St. Andrews tor his sec ond stint as visiting scientist, made this point, and it cor- rolarles the thrust of his address, “Science: Friend or Foe.” Dr. Overman, who took his degrees from Kansas College and Louisiana State Univer sity, has worked at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and has been a consultant to In dustry and government, returns to St. Andrews with a distin guished record as scientist and educator and showed a con tinuing Interest in what he called the “problem-oriented” science program here. “Since should be understood as an attempt to evaluate our experiences in such a way that we may generalize about the world as we experience it in a believable way. It should not be made synonymous with technology, which consists of objects created from science to Implement it.” By way of showing the potential of science to alter man’s life. Overman dwelt on four particular areas of study. “The atom In the bomb case has tremendous destructive power, but not the potential of ending the universe in a collosal chain reaction. ‘On the Beach’ was one of the most out standing frauds perpetrated on the reading public In years. The atom can also save lives, desalinate water, and divide by three the cost of electricity pro duction. “The space program has more potential than propaganda. We have already felt its benefits In such ‘spin-off’ products as materials research and satellite communications systems. “ ‘The Silent Spring’ was based in fact about overuse ot insecticides in food production, but was much overdrawn. Human want may be technologi cally obsolete, but it remains a logistics problem.” Dr. Ralph T. Overman Finally Overman ventured the prediction that science in psychology. In Us attempt to understand. Influence and per haps even control human be havior would soon represent a threat which would pale that of the bomb, “We have the choice ot mak ing science friend or toe, for it depends on our values of how we use it as a body of know ledge. Our values are In turn determined by our needs andby our Interrelations our attitudes which make our behavior. “Does this rule out absolute values? No. Absolute values are formulated in each person’s relation to the absolute being we call God. But they are absolute only for that person. “Our ultimate concern, and that which makes science friend or toe, is our relationship to other human beings undergirded by our relationship to the ab solute being onpersonallevel”. In one Interesting question about unidentified flying ob jects. Dr. Overman said that his friend Dr. Condon ot the Un iversity of Colorado is to pub lish a definitive book on the subject this fall. Reception Planned By Wilmington Dorm Wilmington Dorm will spon sor a reception for all women students in honor of Dr, Over man Thursday at 8:00 p.m, Friday night at the Laurin burg Motel Wilmington Dorm and Mecklenburg will sponsor a joint dorm party.