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OL. 9- No. 17 THE LANCE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENT BODY OF ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE _ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG. N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1970 Academic Responsibility: What Does It Involve? by SARA LEE Delphonics and Intruders Headline Big 5-Day Mini-Maxi Jubilee “The new education, has as Its purpose the development of a new kind of person, one who-- as a result of internalizing a different series of concepts--Is an actively inquiring, flexible, creative, innovative, tolerant, liberal personality who can face uncertainty and ambiguity with out disorientation, who can formulate viable new meanings to meet changes In the environ ment which threaten individual and mutual survival”. What is academic responsi bility? The above quote from “Teaching as a Subversive Activity” is indicative of the kind of product which education needs to produce. The question really is how. The Code of Responsibility talks about academic responsi bility in terms of student pro tection from “prejudiced or' capricious academicevalu- actlon” and student responsi bility in “maintaining stan dards of academic perfor mance”. As well. It notes fac ulty responsibility for infor mation and course criteria. But Ihese outlines are only neutral j framework within which ed- icatlon Is to take place. Education Itself Is obviously lot neutral; It Is a personal a thing as any Individual can be involved in. It is on this level education passes or falls, not on the structural level of its framework. There Is a double obligation any educational process-a dia logue of mutual knowledge. The concept of teacher-authorlty fi gure is out-dated and can no longer be tolerated if a viable, flexible outlook is desired. Con tinuous give and take as well as frequent challenging and “To hear him Is to know in full the beauty of the English language”, wrote J, C. Trewln, drama critic for the “Illus trated London News”. His subject—James Roose- Evans, British director, actor, Wd author. The St. Andrews jtheatre department has invited Mr. Roose-Evans here to work *tth activity workshops. Roose-Evans will speak to sophomore and senior Chris tianity and Culture classes at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 14 in tlie Teaching Auditorium on the ''Future of the Experimental Theatre”. Currently, Roose-Evans is working with Stage Two, a de velopment of the Hampstead Theater Club in London. He founded the theatre club, which lias been called, “the most en terprising and important exper- imental playhouse in London”. luring January fifteen St. Andrews students studied with * noted director and the other “embers of Stage Two. Their chief goal was to learn ex questioning are necessary re quisites for a meaningful learn ing experience. This is not the easy way out, although it may sound that way. It takes endurance and imagi nation for a professor to develop a class on this level and it takes guts for a student to participate. It is difficult for a student to view a prof in any terms except those of authority. And it is just as difficult for professors to relate meaningfully to their stu dents. This educational process does not demand testing, ex aminations or grades. Ob viously, St. Andrews is not yet ready for such a great step-and probably won’t for quite some time. A recent move to elimi nate required examinations has passed EPC and goes to the fac ulty Tuesday. A professor would not be obligated to schedule ex aminations and there would be no three hour blocks of time set aside for exams. If passed, this would begin next fall. But this proposal Is only a tiny step in the direction of freedom. Academic responsibility can not be judged in terms of product acceptability. Students are not eggs, to be judged Grade A, medium, or Grade C. Profes sors are not father-figures to be obeyed and accepted as be-all and end-all. Academic responsibility must call for freedom, honesty and questioning, between two people. This must be the con tinual and prime challenge which this college and any other “educational” institution must answer within its ranks. The call is clear-students, chal lenge; professors and adminis tration, relate. pression through the use of the human body. He received his M.A, from Oxford University and has given a command performance before Her Majesty The Queen Mother. He has also been on the faculty of the Julllard School of Music in New York. His latest production, “Happy Apple*’, opened recently in London’s West End. The second book by these experts on exper imental theatre, “Experimen tal Theatre from Stanislavsky to Today”, recently welcomed with rave reviews. “This is one of the most succint and readable works on avant-garde movements in theatre I have ever seen. Roose-Evans, himself an im portant experimental directors in England, explains and evalu ates the major Innovations in theatre from Stanislavsky to Jerry Grotowshi and Peter Schumann,” wrote literary cri tic Barton U Wimble in the April 1st edition of the “Lib rary Journal”. BY TOM EDGE In the spring a young man’s fancy used to be aimed at Spring Fling—now Its a St. Andrews Mlnl-Maxi Jubilee. The name tells how Its going to be this year. “Mini" because this is a small school, maxi because our events last for five days, and you better believe that this is going to be a Jubilee! Starting Wednesday night The School of Music of St. Andrews Presbyterian College will present Mary Louise Wal ker in her junior voice re cital on Sunday, April 12 at 8:00 p.m. in the Liberal Arts Auditorium. Patty Hickey will be at the piano. A native of Bluefield, West Virginia, Miss Walker studied voice with Miss Radiana Paz- mor from 1967 to 1969, and is currently studying with Vir ginia Somerville, assistant pro fessor of voice at St. Andrews. The program will open with “Un certo non so che” by An tonio Vivaldi, followed by the lament from “Dido and Aeneas”, “When I am laid in Earth”, and the song “Man is for the Woman Made” by Hen ry Purcell. Three Debussy songs, “En Sourdine’’, “Clair de Lune ”, and “ Fantoches” will proceed an araia from Tchai kovsky’s “Jeanne d’Arc”, “A- dleu, forets’’. Following intermission, Miss Walker will sing three Brahms songs, “SapphischeOde”, “Der Tod, das 1st die kuehle Nacht”, and “Vergebliches Standchen”. April 15th Mitch Ryder In con cert. The concert will begin at 8:00. Thursday from 5:00-11:00 the WSAP Give-Away (see story elsewhere in Lance). There will be a dance on Friday night from 8:30 until with Wildifre. Free beer. . . need we say more? Saturday afternoon will ea Saturday afternoon will fea ture a concert at 2:00 in the She will conclude the program with three songs by the con temporary American com poser, Samuel Barber, “St. Ita’s Vision”, “The Crucifix ion”, and “I Hear an Army”. The public is invited to this free program and to a reception for Miss Walker immediately following the recital. Candidates for dormitory elections now taking place are listed below. Any runoffs will be held Monday, April 13. Albemarle: President-John- nie McLaughlin, Hutch Megee, Bettie Strickland. Vice-Pres- ident-Sara Hill, Ammie Lee. Women’s Residence Court (2)- Vicky Vendrell, Joan Mc- Kechnie. Social Chairman - Marsha Waters. Concord: President - Mar garet Jones, Angie Thomas. Vice-President-Twiggy Holt, Residence Court - Sallie Jack son, Social Chairman - Judy Bickett. Granville - President: Milli- cent Gibson, Vice President - Lanie Baldwin, Residence gym with The Intruders (‘ Cow boys to Girls”, “Love is Like a Baseball Game’' and other hits), and the Delfonlcs (“La La means I Love You”, “Didn’t I Blow Your Mind?”). That night in the cafeteria beginning at 9:00^ The Wreckin Crew for a dance. After the Saturday night dance stop by the Orange Coutryard to see “The Time Machine”, a flick to make your date cuddle really close. Admission is 50p for those without block tickets. “Pacific Gas And Electric” will be filling the gym with heavy loud hard rock sounds. Times will be announced for this con cert. Tickets are on sale in the stu dent center nightly 5:00-6:30. Cost for all events is $10 if tickets are Ixjught separately. Buy a block ticket for $7.50 and save money. If you want Mini-Maxi Jubilee to be a success get your tic kets early and enjoy the grea test 5 days that the campus has ever had! Court-Wylie Smith, Bettye Flowers, Social Chairman - Fran Vardeman. Kings Mountain - Presi dent - Tom Kip, Vice-Presi dent - Ken Watkins, Resi dence Court - Louis Swanson, Lee Southwell, Jeff Vernooy. Meek - President - Tony Fernandez, Vice-President - Ed Anderson, Chip French, He witt Gehres, David Gibbs, Sam Sutton; Residence Court - Da vid Beale, Scott Breckenrldge, Alan Coleman. Orange: President - Gall Galloway, David Dickson, Vice- president - Annette Lauber, Pam McRalnery, Residence Court- Ron Hayden. (Continued to Page 2) British Director To Speak April 15 Mary Louise Walker Recital Set for Sunday Dorm Elections Today; Code Issue to Be Decided
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