THE LANCE
OFFICIAL PUBLICATO OF THE STUDENT BODY OF ST, ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGK
, 9. No. 15
ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG. N. C.
Or. Hart Holds Open Forum
To Answer Current Questions
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1970
BY CHARLES PRATT
On Wednesday, February
24th, Dr. Hart, President of the
College, held an open forum for
students only. It was indeed
open, in its subject matter, and
in its frankness. Dr. Hart at
tempted to present the college
position on the relationship be
tween the college and the com
munity, and between the college
and its internal parts.
Dr. Hart sees this college in
terms of a systems approach to
human operations. St. Andrews
is a church related school with
the Christian purpose of im
proving people by bringingpeo-
ple together in a Christian set
ting. The role of each person is
improve his and his peers
individual human development
and to develop a sense of char
acter. Through livingand learn
ing, with one another, each
person.can sustjiin a value base
derived from relationships with
peers, factftty, and administra
tion. Dr. Hart rnentioned four
main bases for such value stan
dards:
1) A personal standard for
what ought to be. One of the
iharacteristics of this ap
proach is that that standard will
vary according to the individual
and according to the persons
invironment.
2) Theistic stance. This view
specifies that God is the crea
tor and source of all values.
The standard for this view is
Biblical scriptures.
3) Legal standard. This stan
dard sets up categories of right
and wrong according to tra
ditional law. The problem with
this standard is that people just
>arely stay within the laws.
Thus the laws must be selec
tive and specific to what one
person can not do to another,
and they become restrictive in
nature 1-ather than productive.
Tlierefore, legal standard is
only an incomplete set of guides.
4) behavioristic standard.
The value criteria under this
standard is determined by a
group of people. It will influence
not only any personal standard,
but also a legal standard as
well. And i n s t e a d of va-riance
between individuals, thiswillbe
differences between groups.
] In a community such as St.
Andrews, value standards be
come a social problem, and
one of the objectives of the col
lege is to fulfill personal stan
dards within the framework of
Christian standards of com
pliance.
For any progress to occur,
the means to an end must be
planned and this planning must
be a joint effort of students,
faculty, and administration. Any
controls instated by the college
have the purpose of fulfilling
the overall objectives of the col
lege. The degree that the pur
pose of the college is fulfilled
is the measurement of opera
tional objectives.
The control mechanism for
maintaining the value standards
of the college are rules, deter
mined from the philosophy of
the college and by the members
of the college community. The
determination of these rules
are relative to the relation
ships between peoples inside
and outside of the St. Andrews
community. According to Dr.
Hart, these relationships need
a systematic approach.
Using the analogy of an
ecological system. Dr. Hart
stressed the fact that specific
changes In relationships of
operation affect the result of
the whole system. St. Andrews
Is a unit of organization ol
people with objectives to ful
fill in order to function as an
operating system. It is a sub
system of higher education,
which is in term a segment of
society. Therefore students
have an impact outside of the
college community, and also the
outside community has an equal
affect in the S.A. community.
And whatever happens in the
Interrelationship between these
two communities will affect
hi^er education and society
?A Student Bob Baxter
Dies in Auto Accident
A St. Andrews student from
ockville, Md., was killed in an
itomobile accident early Sun-
'y morning on the College
“pus. Three other students
'We involved in the accident.
^^Robert Gerald Baxter, 20, a
"Phomore, was killed when he
pinned under the car.
Rick Tilghman, a junior, the
iver of the car, has been char-
1 with drunken driving. He is
on $150 bond and the date of
Irlal has been set for March
He and Jim Perrin, a sopho-
were not seriously In-
rcd.
^^®ris Hayes, a freshman.
Wed a punctured lung and is
satisfactory condition at
“land Memorial Hospital.
® ^®eral for Baxter was
on Tuesday at Rockville,
J,
* inemorial
service was held
as a whole.
This theory appears to hold
and is being used on a practical
, basis at St. Andrews. The in
flow of money comes from both
the students who are enrolled
here, and from people who are
interested in the college as an
operational unit. Contributions
to this college from outside
sources amount to 12 million
dollars. For one instance, the
Presbyterian Church has an in
herent influence through fi
nancial support. In terms of the
dollar and in terms of recruit
ment for the college, St. An
drews relies on the society.
Over the past 3 years, St,
Andrews has accumulated a debt
of $400,000 and it is attributable
to a number of factors. The
first reason is that last year’s
fund drive for science building
money was successful. Because
there was so much support for
it, people who would have nor
mally given funds for opera
tional functions of the college
contributed to the long range
fund. The total loss estimated
from this was $100,000. A sec
ond reason for the deficit was
that the college had to match
grants given to the various di
visions, which had not been al-
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DR. DONALD J.
auditorium.
HART addresses the students in the teaching
Duty Changes Discussed
Opening for three students
in the Faculty Executive Com
mittee by decision of that body
were filled Monday night at the
Senate meeting. Named to the
powerful committee as its first
student representatives were
Louis Swanson, a junior, Sam
Sutton, a sophomore, and Wil
burn Hayden, a junior.
Three Sisters to Open;
Play Set for March 12
9t the College Union Tuesday
night. The Rev. Vann Jolnes of
ficiated.
The Highland Players of St.
Andrews Presbyterian College
are continuing their explora
tion into dramatic forms which
are relevant to twentieth cen
tury living in the production of
“The Three Sisters” (March
12-15) by Anton Chekhov.
Chekhov, a Russian drama
tist of the late nineteenth cen
tury has been called the drama
tist of goodbyes; goodbyes to
hopes and ambitions, goodbyes
between lovers. Yet out of this
conception of life, which might
be called “depressing”, Chek
hov creates a work of art which
moves and exalts.
The play opens a year after
the death of the girls’ father
who was commander of the local
army post. Though many of their
acquaintances from the past
such as Baron Tusenbach (Den
nis Richards), Captain Solloni
(Jack Liggett), and Dr. Chebu-
tikin (Jeff Albeim) continue to
visit the Prozoroff home, Olga,
Masha, and Irina find their
lives purposeless and lonely.
Each tries to find some sub
stitute for the gaiety and hope
she had formerly felt. Olga
(Linda Logan) tries to find sat
isfaction in teaching, although
she dreams of a home and
family. Unhappy in her marri
age to a pedantic schoolmas
ter, Kulleghin (John Graham),
Masha (Kaye Comer) stumbles
into a hopeless affair with the'
married Colonel Vershinin
(Barry Marshall). Irina (Patti
Horne) seeks to find purpose
through the dignity of work in a
local telegraph office. As the
play progresses, all three be
come increasingly aware that
their efforts are futile. Their
sense of futility is greatly In
creased by their brother An
drei’s (Bill Forrest) marriage
to Natasha (Bonnie Stuart), a
coarse peasant woitian. She en
croaches on the family home
until the sisters are robbed
of even the solace of a private
refuge from the realities of
their situation. They dream of
starting a new life in Moscow,
but they are too burdened by
the ■practicalities of their sub
stitute pursuits when the army
post is withdrawn from the
town. Despite their past fail
ures, they resolve to seek, a-
gain, some sense of purpose
and hope in life.
It has been said of Chekhov...
“His whole energy was directed
not only towards descrivingllfe,
but towards altering it”. This
could easily be said tor many of
our twentieth century artists,
and it is necessarily relevant to
our rapidly changing times.
This production 6t “The
Three Sisters”, which pro
mises to be one of the Play
ers’ finest, is under the direc
tion of Professor W. D. Narra-
more. Costumes are designed
and executed by Eaves of New
York.
Since the theatre-ln-the-
round arrangement for their
production offers limited seat
ing, advance reservations may
be made by calling 276-3652,
ext. 204. Special school and
group rates are available by
contacting Professor Arthur
McDonald.
It was also noted by the
Senate that the proposed con
stitutional changes, if passed
by the Senate, faculty and stu
dents, would change the duties
of some of the Student Associa
tion officies. Although the en
tire body of constitutional
changes has not been presented
to the Senate, they call for the
abolishment of the Cabinet with
the burden of student govern
ment to rest on the Senate and
joint student-facultycommit
tees. As well, the duties of the
office of Vice-President and
President of the Student As
sociation are under consider
able discussion. And anyone
self-nominating for those ix)-
sitions is not guaranteed that
the current constitutions des
cription of the offices will still
apply.
The entire group of constitu
tional changes will be presented
at the Senate’s meeting Monday
night in the Physical Education
building.
Campus
Arrests
i'he new and improved cam
pus security system has re
sulted in several arrests during
the past month.
Just Tuesday night officers
Jackson, Gay and ReVille ar
rested three young men from
the Laurinburg-Laurel Hill
area. After being asked to leave
campus for creating a distur
bance, andbeing warned that re
turn might involve arrest, Ger
ald Gainey, Tommy Lee Jernl-
gan, Harold Goldston and C.
Duncan left the campus for a
shorttlme. A call from Wil
mington Dorm alerted the sec
urity force that three of the
men were back on campus. Sub- ''
sequently the security officers
■arrested Duncan for public
drunkenness and Jernlgan and
Gainey for trespassing. After a
niSit in jail, they are released
and trial date was set for March
24.
February 14 a call for sus
pected larceny to the campus
police resulted in the arrest
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