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Davidson Discusses SA Years,
Predicts Future Improvement
Dean Robert F. Davidson will
address the meeting of the
Alumni Association Saturday
morning concerning his re
flections on his nine years at
St. Andrews and his plans for
retirement. In an interview
yesterday Dr. Davidson gave
a preview of his address.
“The distance St. Andrews
has come in ten years is an
amazing achievement. Of the
forty private colleges in North
Carolina and twenty-five in
South Carolina, only about
twenty of these are ‘good’ by
recognized standards. In these
ten years St. Andrews has
moved from about the bottom
of this group of twenty to near
the top. There are other col
leges with more endowment and
better faculty salaries, but St.
Andrews has attracted national
Interest because of signUicaot
curriculum developments such
as Christianity & Culture and
the science program, and has
consistently risen in ratings by
such groups as the Southern
Association of Schools and Col
leges and the Association at
American University Profes
sors. This Is due to the fact
that St. Andrews has attracted
snd kept open-minded and In
novative faculty who were in-
Seniors To Vote
On Final Issues
An open meeting of the sen
ior class last night drew sixty
to seventy concerned seniors
who discussed issues Involv-
tiiS graduation. Rick Skutch,
chairman of the Graduaticm
Committee, chaired the meet
ing.
The decisions to have gra-
totlon outside, not to wear
caps and gowns and to have
Professor Humphrey as speak
er stand. A senior vote will be
taken on Monday on three other
Issues: for senior class re
presentative to speak at gra-
duation, whether abagplpe play
er will lead the procession, and
the three charities to which
seniors wish to give their
money.
The vote on senior class
speaker will be retaken be-
'^ause of several questions
raised about the first election.
Nominees are Todd Davis,
Hosea Jones, Sara Lee, Bob
t'y, John McAllister and
Louis Swanson. The vote will be
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terested in these kinds of im
provements. It is the spirit
at the faculty that makes the
difference.
“I have enjoyed the stu
dents at St. Andrews, and have
supported their involvement
in faculty committees—I be
lieve we have gone farther
than any other college in North
and South Carolina in student
participation in policy-making.
I feel this contributes to the
success of the college ex
perience, and may be one rea
son why St. Andrews has ex
perienced so few Qf the con
frontations going on at other
colleges.
Dean Davidson also supports
the current movement toward
evaluation at faculty and cour
ses by students. He stated that
the evaluation from developed
by the Senate committee headed
by Tony Fernandez has already
been approved by the faculty and
is now being readied for ad
ministration, He also reminded
that a type of student evalua
tion has already been done In
C & C and In science over the
past years — there have been
student evaluation committees
elected from the C & C sec
tions—and this is one reason
why these programs are as good
as Biey have been.
Dr. Davidson brou^t an im
pressive set of credentials with
him In 1962. A native of Chester,
S.C., he holds degrees from
Davidson College (B.A.), Ox
ford University (M.A.), Louis
ville Presbyterian Seminary
(Th.M.), and Yale University
(Ph.D.). He was named a Rhodes
Scholar while at Davidson, and
is a member of Phi Beta Kap
pa, the American Philosophi
cal Association, and has pub
lished several books, including
“Philosophies Men Live By,”
which has gained wide popu
larity as a textbook. (About
this book Davidson commented,
“The chapter on Kant is as
readily understandable by the
sophomore as any I’ve seen.")
Prior to World War n. Dr.
Davidson taught at Southwestern
at Memphls,Hlram College, and
Stephens College. During World
War II, he served as an edu
cation consultant with the Air
Force, and joined the Uni
versity of Florida in 1946.
Concerning his future. Dr.
Davidson, who will soon cele
brate his 69th birthday, said
that he and his wife, the for
mer Eve Carlton, would be
moving back to Gainesville,
Florida. “I’ll need about a year
to catch H) on my reading, and
as I’ll be living near the Uni
versity of Florida, I’ll be using
their facilities to revise sev
eral of my textbooks and to
get back into writing gen
erally."
“Several universities have
approached me to t>ecome a
visiting professor, and I may
do that. I enjoy contacts with
students, but I regret that I
haven’t been able to know more
students here. The students I
know best are either those in
academic difficulty or those
who are tops academically.”
Thinking about the coming
years, the Dean quoted from the
Book of Psalms: “If a person
lives to be fourscore. It should
be toll and trouble.” By mov
ing to the Florida climate, he
says, “I hope to avoid the toil
and at least some of the
trouble.”
In Brief
Mr. Lawrence Schulz, spe
cialist in International Rela
tions, will join the Politics pro
gram at St. Andrews next year.
Mr. Schulz is currently com
pleting his doctoral studies at
the ClaremoEit Graduate School
of California.
He will serve as a lecturer
and seminar leader inthelnter-
Cultural Studies course (C&C
303), in which he will deal pri
marily with Aslan Politics.
Mr. Schulz will also teach an
Introductory course on the His
tory of Modern Asia — a subject
which he recently tau^t at
Southern California College.
The Peace Corps invites stu
dents to donate their time and
energies on Saturday, May 8, at
a Slave Auction In Laurinburg in
order to help raise funds for two
anti-hunger projects: (1) A free
breakfast program for local
youth which wlU require $1,000
to initiate; (2) A neighborhood
center to be established in Sai
gon and staffed by Vietnamese.
Those interested in volunteer
ing to be sold would be re
quired to perform minor task
such as washing windows or
mowing lawns. Those inter
ested or wanting more Informa
tion should get in touch with
Vann Jolnes In the Student Coun-
clUng Services at either ext.
206 or 316.
Lance and Margo Morrow will
not return to St. Andrews next
fall. Instead they will go to Lon
don where they expect to com
plete work on their doctorates.
Mrs. Morrow has accepted a
fellowship for her work there.
Questions were raised by stu
dents about the termination of
their contracts at the beginning
of March, and new contracts
were offered the Morrows
there shortly before Easter.
Dr. Neal Bushoven, who re
cently completed his doctoral
program at Duke University,
wUl serve as chairman of the
Politics program next year.
THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1971
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WSAP’s give-away winners were: the girls’ team for the
jello fight; Rick Judge found the 640 ball; Sue Harris, by Tom
Sperling was judged the best painted body; Denny Dodson won the
two dozen hard-boiled egg eating contest; Jim Miller, Iris
Addington, and Steve McCallum won their respective wheel
chair dvlsions; the prettiest boy was Sara Hill and the ugliest
girl was Mike Walters; the kissing contest was tied by couples
Karen Smith, Ralph Clayton, and Mark Goodnough, Gall Mosser.
A total of$3,100 in prizes, donated by local merchants, were won.
Exam Schedule: Overload
Procedure Instituted
In response to complaints a-
Math 121
bout the current examination
Music 452
set-up, the committee on Test
Educ. 315
9:30
ing and Examinations formulat
French 102-A
ed, and the Educational Policy
Math 208
Committee passed, a series of
(2 hrs.)
recommendations regarding
Math 413
the easing of student load during
Music 102
the final week of classes. Ac
Span. 306
cording to the report,
“any
(2 hours)
student having more than two
Econ. 304
11:30
large tests or course exami
Educ. 315
nations (1-2 hours each)
on a
Music 202
single day” will be considered
Music 303
1:30
to have a testing overload. Such
Educ. 314
2:30
an overload gives students the
Eng. 314
right to request from the Re
(3 hours)
gistrar’s Office an adjustment
Phil. 401
of their examination schedule.
Phye. 203
Students must do this by 5:00
Phye. 303
p.m. May 5 so that the Regis
Span. 409
trar may make changes In the
(2 hours)
schedule. If an examination or
Thea. 404
test is not on the following sche
(2 hours)
dule of all college tests, then a
professor may not require stu
dents to take large tests or
WEDNESDAY:
examinations during the
final
C&C 304
8:30
week of classes.
Biol. 402-A
9:30
MONDAY:
(Adv. Biol.)
C&C 304
8:30
(3 15 mln. orals)
N.S. 102 (stms)
BSAD 200
Biol 402-A
9:30
BSAD 210
(Adv. Biol.)
BSAD 410
(3-15 min. orals)
Eng. 308
BSAD 410
Math 121
French 410
Math 122
Math 121
Pol. 322
Math 223
Religion 204
Religion 204
Soc. 201
Theater 203
Biol. 202
10:30
Econ. 208
10:30
Econ. 208
Educ. 314
Eng. 202-A
Eng. 202-A
French 202
French 102-B
Math 103
Phil. 211
Music 404
Phye. 214
Phil. 211
Biology 302
U:30
Phye. 214
Econ. 408
Span. 102
Math 114
Span. 202-A
Music 254
Biol. 302
11:30
C&C 304
12:30
(oral exam)
BSAD 314
2:30
French 302
Music 420
Music 254
Politics 303
Politics 200
Psych. 320
C&C 102
12:30
Anth. 204
3:30
C&C 304
Music 303
French 202
Thea. Ill
Biol. 202-B
2:30
Phil. 210
4:30
Econ. 308
P.E. 310
7:30
Math 113
(3 hours)
Pol. 303
TUESDAY:
Biol. 402-A
8:30
History 204
Hlst./Pol. 341
3:30
Phil. 304
(Adv. Biol.)
(2 15 mln. orals)
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