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PAGE TWO -niE LANCE THE LANCE St. Andrews Presbyterian College Laurinburg, N. C. 28352 Staff Editor Sara Lee Associate Editor Charlie Pratt Associate Editor Wayne Warren Sports Editor Mark Kleber Business Manager Hunter Watson 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 corollary 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 WHERE ARE DORM FORUMS? What happened to dorm Ibrums? They were the strongest opportunity available to candidates for making themselves known and for students In general learning the Issues. Their loss Is an election’s loss since some candidates are unknown to many students and voting loses significance when It is only on a who-do-I-know basis. In an effort to counteract this missing dorm forums the LANCE Is distributing today, as a public service, run-downs on all the candidates for opposed offices, namely, Vice-President of the Student Association, sophomore and junior representa tives to the Judicial Board, and Vice-President of the College Union Board. We hope It will help you make your choices wisely. For Your Protection: ihe new drinking bill permits unauthorized drinking ONLY drinking outside of the suites, application MUST be made to the Office of the Student Personnel Services. For example, students may not, under the provisions of the new bill: 1. Sit out in a courtyard with a six-pack. 2. Go back In the woods with a keg. 3. Drink wine on Chapel Island 4. Climb the flag pole with Ripple. 5. Drink alone or In small groups outside of suites without prior permission of the Student Personnel Services. Contributors to this Issue: Dudley Kris Gilbertson Janet Moses Ralph Nesblt Bob Davenport Mike McQuown Larry Street Dan Robinson Paddock Smith Lani Baldwin Marshall Gravely Dean Announces New Faculty Editor’s Note This informational article on new faculty appointments was written by Dean Davidson. We have already filled se veral faculty positions for next year with quite able and de sirable appointments, and I am happy to provide information about these new faculty mem bers for the student body. As I have suggested elsewhere, all our faculty appointments for next year will be replacements but I am certain that next year's faculty will be the strongest we have had at St. Andrews. As many students know I believe, over 50% of our faculty now have earned doctorates. Davidson College Is the only private college In the state with a larger percentage than we have. An earned doctorate of course, does not guarantee that a faculty member will be a sti mulating teacher but It Is the ac cepted measure of faculty com petence In all the regional as- soci^ions. Tlie four new faculty appoint ments thus far made for next year are as fbllows: Mr. Whitney Jones, Assistant Professor of English. B.A. Hamilton College; Ph. D Unl verslty of North Caroltaa at Chapel Hill; University of Paris, 1964-65. Major area - St^espeare and Renaissance Literature. Mr. David Schenk, Assistant Professor of French. B.A., Rl- pon College; M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph. D., Pennsylvania State University. Graduate research in Paris, 1970-71. Major area- Medieval French Literature. Mr. Lawrence Schulz, Assis tant Professor of Politics. B.A.; Redlands University; M.A. and Ph. D., Claremont Graduate School, California. Instructor In Politics, Southern California College, 1968-70. Major areas- Comparative Government and Aslan Studies. Research In In- (Contlnued to Page 4) THURSDAY, MARCH 1«, 1971 Another Side Of Controversy; Student Questions Dismissal To the Editor of the Lance: I read with much Interest the letter In your last Issue concerning Mr, and Mrs. Mor row’s leaving. I was greatly pleased, of course, to note the enthusiastic response on the part of students In the History and Social Science Division to the contribution the Morrows have made to our program this year. This also meant a great deal to Mr. and Mrs. Morrow, I am sure, and for this reason served a good purpose. I would like, however, to comment upon one or two points made In that letter which do need clarifica tion. The first of these concerns our notice to the Marrows on March 1 that we could not reappoint them for the coming year. To term this a dismissal is certainly misleading if not incorrect. Mr. and Mrs. Mor row were employed for one year with no commitment on their part or ours that they would remain at St. Andrews for a longer period. Our Faculty By- Laws, in accord with standards set by the American Associa tion of University Professors, specify that any first-year fa- culty appointees must be noti fied in writing by March 1 if they are not to be reappointed. We have carefully followed this policy at St. Andrews and, as a matter of fact, at the same time the notification was sent to Mr. and Mrs. Morrow on March 1, we also notified sev eral other faculty meml)ers on one-year appolntmentsthatthey would not l)e reappointed next year. I feel It important, therefore, to correct two serious errors in the letter in last week’s Lance. The procedure followed in this situation is not "nor mally taken much earlier,” nor can it by the farthest stretch of the imagination be termed “unethical.” The more Important issue raised in last week’s letter, of course. Is why we could not reappoint Mr. and Mrs. Mor row, especially In view of the high regard we all have for them. That reason Is quite clear, if somewhat unfortunate We simply cannot justify an In crease in the size of the faculty until we have a larger student body. Every major program in the college would like to add a faculty member or two, and I naturaUy wish that this could t)e done. We have worked out a distribution of faculty among the various major pro grams, however, designed to provide strong majors in each area where a major is offered and which is as fair as possible, 1 l)elleve, under present cir cumstances. This does not pro vide for additional facultylnthe BOB’S JEWEL SHOP TRAOrTIONAL - -nLeoTD s a. ’ WEDDING RINGS ALL YOUR JEWELRY NEEDS JUST A FEW MINUTES AWAY College Plaza history major unfortunately. Our two most critical appoint ments for the coming year are actually in sociology and eco nomics, but these also willlwth be replacements which we were not able to make this year — one for Dr. Hawk, the other for Dr. Humphrey --not additions. I am satisfied that our faculty at St. Andrews compares quite favorably with that at any lib eral arts college in our part of the country. I am also pleas ed to see such serious student concern for strengthening the faculty in every way possible. Robert F. Davidson Dean of the College To The Editor of the LANCE: This letter wUl hopefully serve a dual purpose: to re state several questions con cerning the dismissal of the Morrows and to show the per- son(s) responsible that most students are not in agreement with the recent action taken. Has anyone considered the effect the Morrow’s dismissal will have on the Junior C&C team and in the history de partment? Next year, or so rumor has it, only two of this year’s C&C team will return. Mrs. Morrow proved in her lectures that she was sensible, knew her field and could pre sent it well. This was rare this year on that team. Bothof^ Morrows are concerned about students. They are amc^ small group of professors who worked at school late J actually had papers grato quickly. ^ As for the history depart- ment, it will be much weaker next year. With the Morrows gone, the only areas available wUl be the United States and a smattering of Europeao history. An argument could be made saying that the new politics professor could teacli Asian history. But why couldn’t the Morrows teach Aslan politics? Both departments would be a lot better off. Students are beginning to see the ridiculous nature of tenure, A man should not be able to sit on top of his experience and never go any further. Profes sors should be reevaluated every few years as a test of their effectiveness in the class room. We have a dire need of that here. Hopefully the ad ministration can see this now. The students support tlie Morrows and ask why. We see too many faculty members not earning their money or our re spect. An Interested Student Early American Artistry Fashion steals iis newest look from Indian embroidery in this delightful V-necked skim. Gay blade colors on \ neutral cotton. Clever oraided-string sash adds an extra note of dash. Qualify Since 1872 See McNair’s fine selections at The Fashion Potpourri ’71 Sunday at 2:00 in Avinger Auditorium.
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