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PAGE TWO THE LANCE THURSDAY, OCT. 22.1^71) THE LANCE St. Andrews Presbyterian College Laurinburg, N. C. 28352 Staff Editor Associate Editor . Associate Editor . Assistant Editor . Sports Editor — Business Manager Sara Lee Charlie Pratt Wayne Warren Louis Swanson Mark Kleber Lonnie Burrell Assistant Business Manager - Mike Reynolds Advisor Mr. Fowler Dugger This staff is committed to the guidelines set up for campus media as recorded in the Code of Responsibility calling for "Recognition on the part of authors, editors and commentators that freedom entails coroUary respon sibilities to be governed by the canons of responsible journalism, such as avoidance of libel, slander, impro priety, undocumented allegations, attacks on personal integrity, and the technique of harrassment and innu endo." The opinions expressed by individual authors are not necessarily those of the College or the staff of the Lance. Letters to the editor and articles are welcome, subject to space limitations. Subscription Rates $3.00 per semester Advertising Rates $ .90 per column inch Types Of Revolutions Considered in Brief Questions--And Comments “The WALL" ... is for any St. Andrews student who wishes to draw public attention to any Ideas or feelings he wants to express. Students are requested to follow the Code of Responsibility in the use of The Wall and to limit their use to this one section only.” (See the SALTIRE, p. 31). Tuesday morning two men from the maintenance department were seen painting over the wall with a peculiarly bland shade of beige. They had "orders", to carry out this inspired mission, without any knowledge of where or from whom these orders originated. The handbook clearly states that it Is the prerog ative of students to make use of the wall, and not that of any "higher-up” in the hierarchy of St. Andrews to abuse. We question the need for a peace symbol to be obliterated; we ques tion still more strongly the motives of the person who ordered the action. And, if the painting-over of the wall had any logical, rational base, then we wonder why tlie one who issued the or ders wasn’t courageous enough to do It himself or herself. And, Just by the way, does the painting have anything to do with the fact that the Board of Trustees are on campus today? Speaking of trustees . . . Who are they, anyway?? (aside from a list of unfamiliar names) The Board of Trustees are osten sibly the backbone of the college, conducting Its financial af fairs as well as overseeing the general running of the campus. But the students never see them and they see only carefully- selected students who speak on carefully-culled topics—and then leave. Are they afraid of what they might hear, or are they protected from such grotesque exposure? And, to repeat the same questions being asked all over the country, exactly what powers does the Board possess? What are the financial connections of individual members of the Board? Do they eat, sleep, and defecate like the rest of humanity, or are they somehow different? Our particular group of Trustees are ministers, politicians, businessmen and private citizens who happen to have money. They also seem to favor the policy of letting the administration run the school, with their approval. But WHO ARE THEY ????? We start this week a series on the infirmary, which we be lieve to be one of the most neglected areas of this campus-- neglected financially and neglected by students who have learned from sad experience that anywhere beside the infirmary is likely to supply more adequate treatment for the ills that beset them. We solicit your suggestions, opinions, and demands con cerning the Infirmary, Including any defenses of that institution. And we know there are some: budgetary, mainly. Let us know what you think. Box 757. An excerpt from a personal letter received bythe editor from a graduate of St. Andrews, married and living in Charleston, S.C.: “College Is so beautiful: It really Is—then It isn’t so pain ful to be alienated from society—It’s quite comfortablle, hi fact, behind all those great men telling you every day that you’re right. We used to be so afraid, remember, of getting out In the world and losing our ‘sensitivity’, ‘social conscience’ or ‘radi calism’ or whatever it is. (1 want to teU you wtiat it’s like— this will probably take all day.) I become more aware of my alienation every day-whlch is strange because to the casual observer it would seem that I’m getting ‘stralghter’ every day--more concerned with dally mundane activities, etc. Not so--like I’ve been hearing Agnew’s acrimonious, alliterative articulations (ad nauseum) for (how long?) almost two years’ and now I really ache with a deep physical and spiritual pain whenever I hear him. Before, he was a joke, a conversation- piece to be laughed at with my ‘radlcal-Ub’ friends. But now I guess maybe because there’s no one to laugh with, 1 just get so depressed and upset--and seeing Nixon on TV-glvine a speech or something—I feel so very, very alienated and It l^sn’t now I know It Isn’t because It’s Intellectually stylish or because that’s my Identity for the semester or anything--It’s a really sad, serious thing and now 1 know that I’ll always be alienated,” ’ CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE: Paddock Smith PHOTO®APHERS: Marshall Gravely Mike McQuown Sarah Upchurch John Campbell BY CHARLIE PRATT ’There are basically two re- • volutions simultaneously tear ing this country apart. One is apolitical; the other is politi cal. Neither of the movements can l>e coopted by the society in which they exist. A counter-culture, the drug culture, has emerged whose primary presupposition is that history cannot be interpreted to Justify their existence today. Anything that Is politically oriented (Mly reveals the at tempt to play the games of others who have tried before and failed. It Is a rejection of the tools and Ideas which have formed and perpetuated most societies in the past. The ex ample of such a culture or re volution t)y existence, is Haight Asbury. What is happening there Is not understood just by ob serving their life styles. Those who have taken drugs, or those who have graduated beyond drugs have discovered some thing quite real to them: drugs have “opened the doors to their mind.” There Is an Infinite di mension within their own minds to occupy their thoughts till the end of time. It has made them aware of the Irrelevance of other pursuits in life besides finding out what lies one step further in their collective minds. The other revolution Is poli tical. It is based on an inter pretation of history wtiich views history in terms of group strug gles primarily over economics. Those who pursue a political revolution begin by analyzing the system in which they func tion, to evaluate It according to its equltablUty, It ways of exploitation, oppression and source of power. Inevitably, they come to conclude that the capitalistic system does not and cannot meet their expectations. There Is a basic conflict be tween those who es^lolt, and those who are exploited and op pressed. There is a basic in equity that the exploited people far outnumber the ones i«*o exploit them; there Is ineqjilty in the amount of power and cai- trol the first holds over the second group. And finally there is Inequity in the amount of returns-money, respect - one gets for service rendered. A political devolution will hap pen only if the majority of all people, will realize their plight and attempt to do something about it. Some blacks realize it; some students realize it. All of those people become the power base for political revolution. There are basic similarit ies between the two revolu tionary movements beyond the origin^ dichotomy. The pro blem of power through elitism is a constant temptation and risk must be consciously re sisted at all times. What each realizes it that the individal leadership destroys any at tempt toward successful re- Scotland High s Troubles Remain (Continued from Page 1) white youths that took place in the community afterwards. Due to tensions between many black and white students that had re sulted from these incidents, the administration of this school felt it was In the best Interest of all concerned to have police Ml campus for the protection of students, faculty, and school property, should a large con frontation erupt between black and white students. It should be pointed out that any time the administration of the school feels that policemen are needed to control student disruptions on campus that they will be called and will remain for as long as we feel that they are needed. The safety of all stu dents, while in attendance on this campus, must and will be maintained . . . Our prime ob jective is to provide your child with the best hi^ school ed ucation possible. In order to accomplish this goal we must maintain a good atmosphere for learning. Your help is needed in emphasizing to your son/dau^ter the importance of good behavior and proper pro cedure when presenting grie vances’’. Mr. Yongue is still, officially, too tied up in conferences to speak with members of the St. Andrews press. Information for this story was gathered from a statement made by Newbold on Wednesday morning, interviews with the Scotland County po lice department and with stu- dents and faculty at the school. “The Vietnamese lack the abi lity to conduct a war by them selves or to govern themsel ves.” - - Richard Nixon, April 16, 1954. from conversations with Mitch Gunter and Jerry, black stu dents who asked that their last names not be used, and by personal observations of La- vls Bowden, Sara Lee, John nie McLaughlin and John Law son. volution. Each Individual rea- Uzes that he alone cannot force Ms ideas upon others without assuring failure of the entire movement. Within counter-cultures such as the drug culture, power is translated into control throu^ the spontaneity of the group. “Bringing more people into the movie” of their experlaices Is the only evangelism that they use. The emphasis Is up® mass participation and control of each other. An attempt at realizing the possibility of re volution was Woodstock. It was an effort to aK>ly the techni ques of control and therapy which they have learned and practiced through drug e^- periences-wlth bad trips and, on a much larger scale, with control of the group. For political revolution, pow er must be utilized through mass decisions and support. Ideas emerge from the needs of the exploited people, and actions are motivated from those needs. Thus the evange lism of the movement depends of the universality of those needs of the people. A question which bothers me Is whether one type of revolu tion will be able to coopt the other type. It appears not. On the one hand, there is almost total indifference to any poli tical attempt at change, and therefore the motive of revolu tionizing society just does not exist. On the other hand there is a zealous desire to Inform the first of the political im plications of creating a system to replace the one they both are residing. But they do not come together. A person attempting to pursue both revolutions in these two types of worlds will have to make a choice or else contradict himself. He will be living two types of lives, nie two struggles will continue, but they must be evolved separ ately. Pinehurst Soaps & Candles Bedspreads — Throw Pillows Polyester Double Knit Sport Shirts TOWEL I CENTER McCoU Highway — 401-15 South Just Arrived! Large selection of GANT SHIRTS In stripes and solid colors. To match: Flare & Bell Bottom Slacks by Shelby RIZK _
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