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THE LANCE
VOL. 9. No. 12
OEnCIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STTIDT^’imt Rnnv c
STUDENT BODY ut ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
Stony Brook People
To Perform Saturday
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THURSDAY, DEC. 4, 1969
The College Union Board pre
sents for its annual Christmas
Dance the ‘ Stony Brook Pec-
pie’.
Their music has the ability to
please any audience. The group
is the product of three years of
intensive musical training,
which has brought out six of the
(inesl musicians in the country.
Tom Smothers was so im
pressed with the group that he
has taken on active management
of the “Stony Brook People’ .
Recording for Columbia,
13 Arrested^
Valentine
lExpli
ains
\lncident
The aftermath of the events
o! November has proved that
the college can function effec
tively and efficiently in the face
of an emergency.
Wednesday night, Beth Valen
tine said, she left a karate class
and went to a poetry reading in
the Vardell building. Leaving
the reading midway, Beth went
down the sidewalk toward the
causeway and was hit from be-
hid. She neither saw nor heard
anything, and was not grabbed
at this time. Her first thought
was ‘ Damn, rocks don’tfallout
of trees’ . Apparently the at
tacker was hiding behind the
ramp.
Beth started to tall, and her
assailant grabbed her then with
one hand in a life-saving type
lock and pulled her toward the
wooded area. At this point, Beth
tiegan struggling, and bit the
ma.i’s hand. When she started
screaming, the man hit her a-
gain, this time on the fore
head. As Beth continued
screaming, her attacker ran.
She described him as short,
stocky, with brown hair and
wearing a jacket with dark trim.
Running across the causeway,
Beth was intercepted by Char
les Thompson who carried her
to the “Lance” office.
Mr. Jackson arrived shortly
thereafter, and took Beth, ac
companied by Charlie, to Scot
land Memorial hospital where
she received emergency treat
ment. Dean Decker, and Mr.
Lindsey Thomas then took her
to Duke for plastic surgery and
skull x-rays. She returned to
Laur inburg early Thursday
"10 r n i n g and spent the re
mainder of the night at Dean
Decker’s house. She returned
to Duke Monday for removal of
the stitches under the super
vision of Dr. Kenneth Pickerell,
chief plastic surgeon at Duke.
Beth praised Dean Decker and
Charlie Thompson very highly
for their parts in the nights
events. She added that, for the
Meral information of the pub
lic, rawhide worn around the
wrist does ngt keep away
evil spirits. She is afraid that
*he man may return, and car-
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their first release of “Easy
to be Hard’’ from ‘ Hair” iS'
getting a tremendous amount
of air play around the country
The ‘ Stony Brook People” have
appearned in concert with Wil
son Picket, Neil Diamond, The
Rascals, Four Tops and in var
ious clubs and colleges on the
East Coast.
Their basic philosophy is ‘ do
your own thing”, which is a ra
ther loose statement but a real
tight one when handled by peo
ple with intelligence and com
mon sense. Each individual in
the group is a great artist in
his own right, and collectively
they are a • gas’'. Turn on to
the ‘ Stony Brook People’ .
they’re a happening!
St. Andrews students have the
chance to turn on this Saturday
night at 8:30 in the Main Lounge
of the College Union. Dress is
informal.
Best Dressed
Nominated
Ten coeds have been nomi
nated for the Best Dressed a-
ward on the St. Andrews cam
pus.
They are: Jane Cline and
Mildred Kinney sponsored by
Albemarle; Sara Bell and Sel
ma Tuck, Concord; Leigh Aus-
band and June Stockbridge,
Granville; Mary Jane Corning,
The Lance; Mary Crow, Meck
lenburg; Dianne Ellison and
Muffie Sprunt, Wilmington.
The voting will take place
tomorrow afternoon through 6
p.m. in the lobby of the College
Union.
Plays Set
For NYC
W, D. Narramore is taking a
group of students to New York
City to study during winter
term. They will be studying
the American Theatre during
their ten day stay in that city.
Among the plays that they
have tickets for are Man of
La Mancha, Ceremonies in
Dark, Old Men, Hair, Makbeth,
The Great White Hope, 1776
and Promises, Promises.
The group will leave for New
York on January 19th and will
return on January 29th.
Mrs. Vardell
Dies in Wreck
The wife of one of St. An
drews largest benefactors died
in an automobile accident early
this week in Winston-Salem.
Mrs. Charles Vardell, widow
of the president of Flora Mc
Donald College, suffered a heart
attack while driving. The cause
of death is not known. The
funeral was held yesterday.
The Vardell family has con
tributed funds to build the
School of Music and have spon
sored several scholarships
here.
JAMES ROOSE-EVANS in black will be teaching the London study group this January.
Study Group to London
Under the guidance of one of
London’s most exciting theatre
directors, James Roose-Evans,
fifteen St. Andrews students
will explore the meaning of
movement as a primary skill
of the actor. This exploration
will be the core of the St.
Andrews Theatre Program s
1970 Winter Term Course in
London.
As the artistic director of,
the Hampstead Theatre Club
and the founder of the recently
established experimental
group, Stage Two, Mr. Roose-
Evans has planned a special
four week course for the stu
dents with daily classes In his
studio workshop. His staff of
choreographers, directors and
actors will work directly in in
structional sessions with St,
Andrews students.
Mr. Roose-Evans indicated
his approach to the theatre
when he commented in a re
cent manazine article that, It
is . . .important that people
experience things on a deep
level, and this is more im
portant than words because we
live in an age which is sur
feited with words. . .words
have lost their currency; and
. . .we need to rediscover the
vitality and importance of im
ages, of symbols. I hope that
the work we create in the Stage
Two phase of the Hampstead
Theatre Club will be rituals and
ceremonials that relate to our
time.”
In addition to classes the
students will attend perfor
mances of the Royal Shakes
peare Company and the Na
tional Theatre at the Old Vic.
There will be opportunities to
visit backstage and discuss the
theatre as a profession with
the performers.
Professor McDonald, di
rector of the course, will co
ordinate the acting course with
a variety of excursions to Ox
ford, Canterbury, Stratford-
upon-Avon and points of in
terest in London.
The group will leave for
London on January 2 from Ken
nedy Airport and will return
February 2.
Reflections On Security
BY SARA LEE
Now that the mass panic which
swept over the campus two
weeks ago has at least par
tially dissipated, it is well to
look back with some objec
tivity.
At the time, it seemed that
the feasible way of adequately
protecting the campus was to
have male students patrolling,
alone or in groups. In retro
spect, however, this seems a
dangerous and foolish action.
It is significant to note that
three suspects were captured
Monday night after the majority
of student volunteers had re
turned to their normal life,
perhaps their action was, to
some degree, a success, since
it did appear to keep possible
attackers off the campus. Yet
there was also a very high
priority involved in not keep
ing away, but in capturing
people of this type.
If one of these students had
made any kind of arrest or
even accosted any stranger,
violently or non-vlolently, they
would have been highly vul
nerable to liability suits and
damage charges.
The problem was not those
who offered to escort girls a-
round the campus (a great idea,
and one we’d like to see con
tinued), but those who loitered
along the causeway and a-
round the academic buildings.
A good deal of thanks should
go to everyone who helped dur
ing the emergency, Including
those members of the adminis
tration who played a part. The
effective action of Dean Decker
should be highly commended,
as well as that of our security
personnel during the Monday
night arrests. The college is
finally following through in
several areas for increased
security. It is a shame, how
ever, that it took Incidents of
this nature to show this kind
of efficiency.
A final word; it is essen
tial that members of the col
lege community keep moving
in a positive direction with se
curity. After the initial re
action, things have calmed and
guards are being dropped. Re
member what can and has hap.
pened, not with panic, but with
caution and good sense.