L. 9. No.
THE LANCE
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENT BODY OF ST ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG, N. C. THURSDAY, OCT. 30, 1969
rom the President's Desk:
Budget Explained
Apparently student rumor has
it that St. Andrews is about to
broke”. This Is not the
case, although the college did
have an operating deficit last
year and faces a deficit again
in 1969-70.
The Import of this Is that the
college would be in serious fi
nancial'straits within a few
years If expenditures and in
come are not brought into ba
lance within a reasonable time.
The deficit has resulted pri
marily from expansions of pro
grams and staffing which were
projected on the basis of anti
cipated enrollment increases
that were not realized.
The present estimate of this
year’s deficit is approximately
J400,000. It Is expected that be-
the year ends, several
rogram grants will reduce this
figure substantially.
The success of the $5 mil
lion Forward Campaign indi
cates the level of support avail
able to St. Andrews. It Is parti
cularly significant that of the
seven colleges in North Caro
lina to announce $5 million
campaigns at the same time, St.
Andrews is the only one that
has successfully met its goal.
To overcome the deficit pat
tern over the next two or three
years, the college will con
centrate on (1) student re
cruitment, (2) budget reduc
tions where these are possible
without affecting the quality of
the academic program, and (3)
development of sizable endow
ment funds that will generate
operating income to supple
ment income from tuition and
fees.
ower Failure
as Bright Side
BY CLAIRE EMERSON
Once again the St. Andrews
power plant proved to be on top
the situation as the campus
was blanketed by total dark
ness for almost 3 hours Sunday
night.
Students had just settled down
lor their late-night studying
when record players and lamps
slowly faded away, and left the
baffled student in complete, yet
welcome, darkness. “What’s
happened?” “Oh boy, another
blackout” were the jubilant
comments from upperclass
men, while the freshmen just
ran around screaming.
Before anyone’s eyes had be
come accustomed to the dark
ness, candles were lit and flash
lights pierced the blackness.
There was a mass exodus to the
College Union as students
thankfully forgot their tests and
papers due on Monday and con
gregated in front of the steps
to find out what was going on.
Dorm mothers fretted about
their precious charges as co
eds made a mad rush over to
the ever-popular men’s dorms.
Open suites were unofficially
declared to welcome the unex
pected guests. Those almost-
torgotten Saturday night par
ties were re-established as
cars zoomed out of the parking
lots to patronize the KiwkShop.
Coolers were refilled with ice
and those warming beers were
rechilled. Everyone had fun
pretending that it was really
Saturday night.
^ The night really became fes-
when firecrackers ex-
and one beautiful dis
play of fireworks lit the sky.
Temporary panic filled the
nearts of those delinquent stu-
aiers as the lights briefly fli-
*ed on. But relief soon was on
® way, as a resounding cheer
S'eeted the recurring darkness.
The unexpected blackout sti-
h'ulated the often devious minds
®ome S. A. students. Plans to
overturn all the chairs in the
* eral Arts Auditorium were
quickly abandoned when the
saboteurs saw the overwhelm
ing number of desks to be mo
ved.
Not all were involved in plans
to disrupt the campus, how
ever. Guitars were strummed
as students made up songs about
the blackout.
Those three hours from 9 o’
clock to 12 will be long remem
bered by all. But the most im
portant thing to be questioned
is this: “Where were YOU when
the lights came on?’’
Fall Fling Weekend
Headlined By Brass Group
BY MARY JANE CORNING
Fall Fling weekend will be
gin Friday October 31 with a
Halloween masquerade dance
at the Barn in Maxton. The Mi
racle Workers, local band on
campus, will provide the en
tertainment from nine until one.
Admission will be two dollars
a person. Free mixers and 150
gallons of beer will be pro
vided. All girls will have three
o’clock late permission.
Saturday afternoon at two
o’clock the St. Andrew’s soc
cer team will play the Camp
bell College Camels.
The climax of the weekend
will feature a concert in the gym
at six thirty with the 'Impact
of Brass’-. The ten members of
the band play soul, rock, and
blues in perfect blend. They
have performed at Davidson,
Chapel Hill, and State.
Anyone wishing to meet the
“Impact of Brass” will be able
to meet them at the Barn Party
Friday night. Cost for the con
cert will be $2.50 a person, if
tickets are purchased before
the concert, and $3.00 at the
door.
A party at the Barn, spon
sored by the Scottish Cove Club,
will be held after the concert
Saturday night. The dance will
feature The Attractions, who
are the back up band for the
Showmen. Admission is five
dollars a couple, and free
mixers and ice will be pro
vided. There will be free bus
transportation to and from the
Barn leaving the Student Cen
ter after the concert.
Tickets may be purchased in
the Student Center at any time.
1
THE IMPACT OF
night at the Gym.
BRASS will headline Fall Fling Saturday
Code History Reviewed
tive
BY SARA LEE
The Code of Responsibility
is being presented both to the
students and faculty for their
consideration as a result of two
years of intensive study.
The whole thing began when
the Senate Bill no. 19 entitled
“Revision of the Drinking Regu
lations at St. Andrews’' was
passed by the Senate on Novem
ber 19, 1967. After going through
all the channels to President
Moore, it was presented to the
Board of Trustees meeting the
following April. The Board then
appointed a special committee
to bring recommendations con
cerning the drinking bill at a
special Board meeting in Au
gust, 1968.
This ad hoc committee of
Trustees proposed in August
that, rather than dealing with
one specific issue, the college
undertake a general study and
assessment of a wide range of
college concerns. This was the
actual beginning of the Code of
Responsibility.
The Board then appointed two
committees to work with the
idea of a Code. The first com
mittee was to consist of three
students, three faculty mem
bers, three members of the
administration, three represen
tatives from Laurinburg, and
one alumnus from St. Andrews
or its predecessors. The mem
bers of that committee, ap
pointed by the Chairman of the
Board, were Dr. Carl Gef-
fert, chairman, Dr. Jerry Wil
liamson, Dr. Douglas Mix, fac
ulty members; Mr. Bruce Frye,
Mr. Robert Davenport, Dean
Decker, administration repre
sentatives’ Mike Ferrell, Su
san Cotton Klopman,BobBrew-
baker, students; Mr. Andy Wil
liamson, attorney. Dr. James
Mitchener, surgeon, Mr. John
McNair, senior vice-president
of the Wachovia Bank of Lau
rinburg, all from the community
of Laurinburg; and Mrs. Frank
McNeil, an alumna of Flora
McDonald.
The Board sub-committee,
composed of three Board mem
bers, was to act as a liasion
committee between the col
lege’s committee and the Board
of Trustees. They were Mr.
Charles Rose, Fayetteville at
torney, Mr. William Berry of
Berry and Belk from Wilming
ton, and Dr. William R. Ro
berts, chairman of the chemis
try department at N. C. State.
In February, 1969, Dr. Gef-
fert resigned his chairman
ship of the college committee
because of his plans to return
to graduate school, and Dr. Hix
was appointed chairman in his
place by the Chairman of the
Board. The committee has not
been working at full strength
since the loss of Dr. William
son and Mr.Davenport thisyear
and the graduation of BobBrew-
baker.
Dr. Hix noted “We consulted
many documents in preparing
the Code. Two Deans from other
colleges who had recently writ
ten Codes of Responsibility,
Davidson and William and
Mary, spoke to us”. The com
mittee used as the basic docu
ment in the context of writing
the Code the Statement of Stu
dent Rights and Freedoms which
was passed by the students at
St. Andrews last spring.
After a rough draft was pre
pared, the committee began to
discuss it with the President of
the College, the Dean of the
College and the sub-committee
of the Board of Trustees, re
vising and polishing it.
A crucial point came last
week when, on Wednesday night,
the sub-committee approved the
final copy. Thursday morning
the Executive Committee of the
Board passed it and Thursday
afternoon it was presented to
the entire Board of Trustees.
Rather than adopt the Code
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New Play
Goes Into
Rehearsal
Dub Narramore, director of
“A Man's A Man' by Bertolt
Brecht, has announced the
members of the cast.
Master of ceremonies
Mac Dameron
Galy Gay. .
Mrs. Gay. . .
Uriah Shelly
Jeraiah Jip
Polly Baker
Jesse Mahoney
Mr. Wang. . .
.Barry Marshall
. . .Kathy Pooley
Dennis Richards
John Elba
Jack Liggett
Ron Wilkerson
. .Jed Howell
Sexton Vincent Hunter
Bloody Five. . . .Bill Forrest
Widow Leocadia Begbick. . . .
Linda Logan
Her ‘ girls' . . . .Nancy Young
-Mary Blockmon
Sarah Bell
Soldiers David Holge
Keith Hartke
Kenneth Stewart
Rex McGulnn
The play will be presented
November 20, 21 and 22 In the
Liberal Arts Auditorium. Ad
vance ticket sales and reser
vations will begin November 13.
Rehearsals began last week In
the Lab Theatre.