THE LANCE
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENT BODY OF ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
VOL. 10. No. 6
ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG, N. C.
THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 1970
Students demoostrate against the war In Vietnam and the
presence of military recruiters on campus. Dean Davidson
Is not participating, although he was heard to ask, “Do you
have another sign?”
C&C 10 1 Time Fixed
Food Committee
By
Last Friday a meeting was
held to discuss the congestion
problem in the cafeteria dur
ing lunch. Those present were
Dean Davidson,'Dr. Hix, John
Craig, Jim Samuels, and
Carolyn Mathews. At that time,
five hundred students had
classes meeting both at 11:00
Fling Features
Concert, Dance
Yes, there will be a fall
fling! The fun and music Nov.
6, with LIQUID SMOKE appear
ing in concert at nine o’clock.
Tickets are just $2.
Saturday the DIAC conference
will provide an exciting after
noon of soccer. Come and sup
port the Big Blue.
The music continues Saturday
night as Lucifer hits the cam
pus full force at the Fall Fling
Dance. The dance will be in the
cafeteria beginning at 9 p. m.
" untU . . .
Get your tickets in advance
or at the door ... but get
your tickets 1
One of the newest . . . and
most powerful rock groups a-
round Is LIQUID SMOKE who
will be here at S.A., Nov. 6,
for Fall Fling. While you may
have heard of them, they’ve
been popular here in the state
of North Carolina and in New
York (where they stayed for
awhile untU signed by Auco
Embassy Records). Most of the
group got together at East Caro
lina where Benny Ninmann and
Sandy Pateo (organist and per-
cusslon/lead singer re
spectively) were students. The
other three members came
from Fayetteville where they
had worked together in various
local bands.
UQUID SMOKE tries to be as
good at many facets of music
as possible, particularly rock
and jazz.
The concert begins at 9 p.m.,
Nov. 6, in the gym. Tickets
are $2 and go on sale Nov. 2,
In the Student Center. LIQUID
SMOKE Is coming — pass it
onl
a. m, and 12;30 p. m. The seat
ing capactiy in the cafeteria is
approximately 280 so it was im
possible for the 500 students to
eat lunch In thirty minutes. TTie
students and the cafeteria staff
were unhappy about the situation
so the food committee felt im
mediate action was necessary.
A second serving line has been
initiated but it did not work.
At the Friday meeting several
solutions were offered; 1. to
establish a lunch hour between
12 and 1:00 during which no
classes would be held, but this
was rejected because it would
mean that some classes would
not end until 5:50. 2. that C&C
101 be moved from 12:30 to
8:00 a. m., and 3. that C&C
101 be moved from 12:30 to
12:00 p. m.
The third alternative was ac
cepted after lengthly discussion
and approved after the C&C
team was consulted. It is hoped
that this change will adequately
solve the problem of serving
and seating the noon rush in
the cafeteria.
Pickets, Signs Mark
Army Recruiter Visit
St. Andrews saw its first
picket line yesterday as close to
fifty students participated in a
demonstration against the war
in Viet Nam and the presence
ot military recruiters on cam
pus.
Captain RolJerson, the re
cruiter around whom most of
the action centered, appeared at
8:30 Wednesday morning at the
Student Personnel office. Ini
tially he was locked out of the of-
ffice and was forced to camp
out in the hall. Students l)e-
gan to see him at 9:30.
At 11:00, memliers of the
Progressive Coalition, those
opposed to military recruiters
on campus and some against the
war in Viet Nam gathered and
began to picket the Placement
Office where Capt. Robertson
was located. Carrying signs
such as “Smash the War Ma
chine” and “Be an Officer -
Lead the Attacks on the Peo-
plel”, the group swelled and
diminished during the next three
hours, with maximum partici
pation at one time being around
twenty-five and with nearly fifty
individuals inall, Includingafa-
culty member and an ad-
COALITION
STATEMENT
The Progressive Coalition
would like to make clear the
nature of the demonstration
when it was carried Into the
cafeteria. The demonstration
was never, at any time, in
tended to be a personal attack
on the military recruiter as an
individual. At no time, to our
knowledge, did any Coalitation
member make any derogatory
statements about the recruiter
as a person. What was the de
monstration then? It was an
attack upon the mUitary as an
institution and the role It plays
at home and abroad.
•THE MEDIUM”, a mus
leal drama of the occult, wUl be
ministrator/ counselor.
Dean Davidson, who was
closeted with Dean of Students
Decker for over half an hour,
emerged in the midst of the
demonstrators. Davidson, not
ing that there were “a nice
group of pec^)le here” stated
that he foresaw no changes in
the official college policy to
wards all recruiters and that
he believed the faculty felt
pretty strongly on that point.
His approach was casual as he
joked with demonstrators on the
artistic quality of their signs.
Throughout the demonstra
tion, students continued to see
the recruiter, both to inquire
about Officer Candidate School,
as well as to discuss his feel
ings at)out the demonstration,
the Vietnam war, and the army
in general.
When Captain Robersoo l«(t
«r V.
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the office for lunch, he was fol
lowed by a group of plcketers
who first chanted “U.S. out of
Southeast Asia; cops out of the
ghetto,” and then stood quietly
at Dean Decker’s request. The
students had decided, by vote,
to move from their position up
stairs down to the cafeteria. Dr.
Pedigo, viewing the events In
the cafeteria, noted that, “Most
of us recognize that when you
publicize or dramatize an issue,
you conjure up support on both
sides. How long do you think
recruiters would spend on cam
pus as long as not one sole
person comes to talk to them?”
A mimeographed statement,
titled “Think Again” urging the
peace movement to “grow up”,
was tom up and thrown on the
floor. Progressive Coalition
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DEAN DECKER AND MIUTARY RECRUITER CAPT. ROB
ERTSON CONFER ON THE EVENTS OF THE DAY. “IS THIS
YOUR FIRST DEMONSTRATION??”
Copt. Roberson: Army
Is Just Another Career
son Jroby, and Bonnie Stewart Monica in a scene from the
production. Tickets are now on sale in LA 114.
BY SARA LEE
Captain Roberson had a red,
white and blue patch with stars
surrounding a liberty t>ell with
‘'Recruiter” above it on his left
shoulder, and lots of ribbons a-
bove his pocket. He was no
ticeably nervous as he faced
his first demonstration.
Roberson, we noticed from
his college ring, graduated from
the University of Florida in
1967. He was in ROTC his first
two years at Florida but was not
enthusiastic atxiut it. After
graduatlrai he entered the OCS
program. He was on active duty
in Vietnam during the Cambo
dian invasion and just returned
to the United States in June.
He has been recruiting for OCS
since July in the southeastern
district as far north as West
Virginia and as far west as
Kentucky and Tennessee.
He stated at the beginning and
throughout the time when stu
dents were talking to him that
anything he said was not of
ficial information, that he nei
ther was authorized to give in
formation, nor did he have com
plete information on the over
all operation of the Army.
Captain Roberson noted that
he did not come here “to justify
the presence of the military on
campus. It is not my job”. He
refused to answer some ques
tions on these grounds.
He also stated. In response
to a question from a wheelchair
student who saw the Army act
ing dlscrlmlnatorily against
him by not providing facilities
to serve, that he had no influence
and no ability to shape the
Army’s decision. He suggested
writing Congressmen, implying
that the orders for controlling
the army’s activities come
solely from civilians, i.e.. Con
gress, the Pentagon, Secretary
of Defense, etc.
“I can’t see why everytxxly
sees that the major function of
the army Is to kill. I see it as
the defense of our nation.” Cap
tain Roberson considers the
army as hist anotlier career,
much like that of working for
a large corporation.
On the particular issue of the
Vietnam war, he noted that
we are not trying to win the
war, but to train the South
Vietnamese to carry on the
war themselves. In this he sees
the U.S. as succeeding.