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PAGE TWO THE LANCE THE LANCE St. Andrews Presbyferian College Laurinburg, N. C. 28352 Sfaff EDITOR-IN-CHIEF - - Joe Junod ASSOCIATE EDITOR - Linda Susong ASSOCIATE EDITOR - - David Wagner SPORTS EDITOR Scott McCrea NEWS EDITOR - — — Sara Lee BUSINESS MANAGER Jim Bouck ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER Stu Harris Supscription Rates $1.50 per semester Advertising Rates $ .80 per column inch Not A Loser Nobody likes a loser. The petition now being circulated in Scotland County concerning the liquor and package beer re- lerendums does not bear the stamp of loser. The organization has been superb, the enthusiasm genuine. Yet, the real job has not actually started. The names have to be obtained-- a great number of them In fact. Reports indicate that a minimum 40% of the people who vote for Governor on November 5th are needed if the petition is too be considered sending to the vote. Law requires only 25% but examples of other counties in the state Indicate that the larger percentage is needed. Only the conscious effort of all those canvassing tor names will secure the victory that this rounty needs. letter To The Editor Leaders ’ Lack Of Responsibility THURSDAY. Ofri^ tetter To The Editor Nl^n Found Incompetent Dear Mr. Junod, 1 am writing In response to your last editorial, “Mr. Nixon for President". I writing because I think that you are very mistaken in your analysis of Mr. Nixon and, more Im portant, because I think that America Is in a time of crisis and I think that Richard Nixon plays a very Important role in that crisis. We are faced with a war In Vietnam, and we are faced with possible riots in our cities. These are not the only pro blems which face our country, but they are certainly two ol the most Important and I, along with probably the majority of Americans, think that they de serve top priority. I will there fore use these two problems facing our nation to discuss your editorial for Richard Nixon, and perhaps present you with at least a portion of my rea sons for thinking that Richard Nixon is a serious threat to the welfare of our nation and the world. All day Tuesday “student leaders,” those holding student government offices, were ex cused from their classes to at tend a re-evaluation retreat at Camp Monroe. Last spring they were elected to fill certain po sitions responsibly. Others were appointed to their po sitions because of their so- called responsibility. This fall, approximately fifty or sixty “student leaders” out of over a hundred student positions, found time to attend a con ference to re-think and review the ideals, purposes, and direc tions of their student govern ment positions and, Indeed, the St. Andrews Student Govern ment. This show by our leader ship at Time Out ‘68 certainly says something about the quality of our student leaders, and con sequently, about the feeble pro gress that Is being made on this campus in the projects and directions of tremendous im portance to the future of St. Andrews College and the St. LAURINBURG BAKERY 276-0686 Specialists in Wedding and Birthday Cakes, Party Cakes, Pies, Donuts “We Serve To Serve Again** BILL EVANS CO^ INC. Printing Office Supplies Typewriter Sales 6 Service 126 E. Church St. Phone 276-0519 Andrews community. Can this possibly be responsibility? Can this really be representative of our student leadership? It cer tainly is! Within an outlined frame work, the program of the re treat proved to be more spon taneous than pre-planned, which heightened and intensified the success and meaningfulness of the day. However, two things dimmed the success of the re treat in the ooinlon of this writer. First of all, the slim par ticipation on the part of our elected “student leaders” limited the effectiveness of the retreat. Will these leaders ever know the Ideas and feelings of both students and faculty that were brought to the surface on Tuesday? How will this possible majority of Irresponsible “stu dent leaders” possibly be able to carry these thoughts into their action in student govern ment decisions and activities? The answer Is, they won’t! Several elected and respon sible “student leaders” pre sented the group with tremen dously significant thoughts on the directions and moods that now prevail at St. Andrews. Several professors took time from their academic duties to come to this conference and to air their feelings about 'what’s happening’ at St. An drews. Pastor Setzer, our only non-college representative from Laurinburg, took time from his pastoral duties to hear what SA students were say ing and feeling, and to express his view as to what we can do to more effectively reach Into the Laurinburg community. BiU Wilson, an unelected “student leader” came to express his unique and valuable Ideas about where St. Andrews need to go. Sam Sutton provided a most valuable view to everyone on the feelings of black students on the predominantly white SA campus. All of the thoughts of these people need to be con sidered and possibly put into action. Yet these Ideas will probably go no further than the campgrounds. A great number of “student leaders” who most needed to hear these things were not there. Where was the rest of the Senate who will ultimately put into legislation what needs to be done’? Where were the other two student members of the Code of Res ponsibility Committee, who met at 4:00 Tuesday? Where were the many members of faculty committees Student Life com mittee, and the numerous other student committees? They didn’t have time. They missed out and now, so will we. The second factor weakening the success of Time Out ’68 was the restriction which limited the retreat to “student leaders.” This failure cannot be justly blamed on anyone in par ticular, but on the student leadership power structure In general. „ , , Carol Lynn Wood Scottish Laundry and Cleaners Where the Charm of Newness Is Restored You mentioned that Mr .Nix on will help American to “build peace In the world’ and not spread fear”. I think it would be nice, but Mr. Nixon clearly does not speak this way. I would like to quote Mr. Nixon as he spoke in Pennsylvania on October 24, 1968. “If we let those who threaten world peace outpace us, in time we will generate tensions which could lead to war — first by our display of physical weak-' ness and flabby will, and second, by tempting an aggressor to take risks that would compel us to respond.” “Our country has followed policies which now threaten to make America second best both In numbers and qualities of ma jor weapons.” Thus Mr. Nixon’s foreign po licy is nothing short of Instill ing the fear of war upon the Soviet Union and keeping the upper hand by having more and bigger weapons. It is a dan gerous game, that of an arms race, and the consequences could mean the destruction of the world. Mr. Nixon’s foreign policy is anti-communist — not pro-peace, not even pro- American, but anti-communist whatever the cost — even If it means world war. I say this because I think that it Is ridiculous to think that we would make a lot of nuclear weapons and then say that we would, under no circumstances, use them. It is Impossible for me to see how stepping up an arms race between the United States and Russia Is going to in any way decrease tension In the world and make war any less likely. It will only insure the world of its destruction if world war does break out. I am convinced that this is not the way to Insure peace, and I cannot vote for it. On the domestic scene, I see little evidence that Richard Nixon is capable of dealing with the problems we face In our cities. He concerns himself with the effects of rioting, but does not show me that he is pre pared to deal with the causes of rioting and by that I mean the problems of the ghetto, un employment and racism. He Instead levels attacks on the Supreme Court, and declares that "We should be mco„ promising in resisting breacht of the law, whether they t, •the form of wanton rlotlM „ civil disobedience intheanl of civil rights, or of strikes against the public hi and safety.” (Boston, Febniar! 15, 1968) “y I am firmly convinced that more police, more “la^ “ order”, wUl no more solvetli* problems of the ghetto whic seem to produce riots, than larger army and more nuclear weapons will bring ‘.law order” Into the world Mr Nixon’s militarism is not the answer for our American society and it Is not the answer for our troubled world and # will certainly not Insure peace When I vote next Tuesday i cannot vote for Richard Nixon Frankly, I enjoy my freedoms too much. I will vote for the one candidate of the three r®. ning who I think will best serve the cause of peace In the world and relief for the underprivi- ledged In our cities. 1 will vote for Mr. Hubert Humphrey, Pete Cooli Two Faculty Speak At Furman I Two St. Andrews tacultj' members are appearing as guest speakers In the Babcock Foundation Lecture Series at Furman University. W, D, White, chairman of the Langu age and Literature division, spoke there Monday and Tues day, and David A. McLean, as sociate professor o( an thropology, will speak next week. WEBB FLORAL Say It with Flowers 1023 S. Main 276-1420 IF YOU ARE HUNGRY! EAT AT SHADY REST? 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