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PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENT BODY OF ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
yOL. 11. No. 1
ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG, N. C.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 2, 1971
DEAN VICTOR J. ARNOLD
School Receives Grants
From HEW, Kellogg Fund
St. Andrews Presbyterian
ICollege has received a $5,000
grant from the W.K, Kellogg
Foundation to strengthen the
college’s courses In environ
mental studies. The grant will
make possible the purchase
over a three-year period of
books and other library ma
terials dealing with the en
vironment.
Selections of library ma
terials will be made by the
College’s committee on ecolo
gical concerns, appointed ear
lier this spring to recom
mend how the college can help
improve the environment
through its teaching and through
its actions as a part of the
community. Chairman of the
committee is Dr. Douglas Hix
who submitted the request of
support to the Kellogg Founda
tion.
St. Andrews currently offers
four courses that study en
vironmental problems in some
detail, including“Selected
Topics in Modern Science,” an
Introductory course required
of all students. Environmental
problems are also frequently
the subject of study by seniors
in a “Future Studies” course
in which they must project to the
year 2000 with reali^ic solu
tions to current and future pro
blems, Two winnter term cour
ses during the month of January
also focus on environmental is
sues.
Congressman Earl Ruth an
nounced this week that St. An
drews Presbyterian College is
the receipient of a $50,000 grant
for Special Services from
the Department of Health, Ed
ucation, and Welfare. The one
year grant will enable St, An
drews to continue and enlarge
its services for physically dis
abled students. Included among
the programs scheduled for en
largement are adaptive physical
education education courses,
physical therapy, and driver ed
ucation courses.
The grant also includes a mo
dest amount to explore ways of
providing modular housing cus
tom designed to meet the needs
of the severely handicapped stu
dent. Currently the handicapped
students are living in each of
four one-story dormitories.
The St. Andrews program,
under the direction of Robert
M. Urie, has grown from one
student in 1962 to over 30 phy
sically disabled students this
year. The lakeside campus was
designed to a c c omodate stu
dents confined to wheelchairs
and crutches by removing
architectural barriers from the
original plans.
The St. Andrews project is
one of nine Special Services
projects funded in North Caro
lina and the only one exclusively
for physically disabled stu
dents. The other projects are
designed to provide special aid
for disadvantaged students.
In Brief
Tonight at 7:00 p.m., St. An
drews officially opens her ele
venth year with a Convocation at
Harris Courts, Physical Educa
tion Center. Donald J. Hart,
President of the CoUege, will
preside over the ceremonies.
The college’s new Dean, Victor
C, Arnold, will deliver an ad
dress entitled “The College as
Community.” Immediately fol
lowing the Convocation, a re
ception will be held in honor of
Dr. and Mrs. Arnold.
The College Union Board has
announced a two event weekend
starting tomorrow night. A
dance, sponsored by the Lau-
rinburg City of Commerce, fea
turing the Impressions, will be
held in the College Union Lounge
beginning at 8 a.m.
On Saturday night, a movie
(“The Out of Towners”) and
free beer will be sponsored by
Kings Mountain and Mecklen-
berg Dormitories.
Tryouts for “Mame,” the
first of this years Highland
Players productions will be
held on Monday September 6
at 7 p.m. in the Liberal Arts
j^uditorium. A large cast and
crew will be required for this
musical comedy; those inter
ested are invited to tryout.
S.A. Welcomes New Dean,
New Faculty Members
With the opening of the new
academic year, St. Andrews
wiU have fifteen new faculty and
staff members.
DR. VICTOR C. ARNOLD,
Dean of the College, comes to
St. Andrews from North Central
College in Illinois where he
has served as Dean of the Col
lege and Professor of History
since 1963. Prior to joining
North Central College, Dr.
Arnold was Assistant Dean of
the University of Wisconsin.
He has also served as Dean of
the College of Liberal Arts at
the University of Dubuque.
Dean Arnold did his under
graduate work at Western
Michigan University, and ob
tained his M.A and Ph. D.
at the University of Wiscon
sin. He is an elder in the Pres
byterian Church and a member
of Klwanis International. Mrs.
Arnold is the former Marge
Hartleroad of Kalamazoo,
Michigan. The Arnolds have
four children. Dean Arnold suc
ceeds Dr. Robert F. Davidson
who retired this summer.
MR. WILUAM W. KITCHIN,
Associate Professor of Socio
logy and Director of the Core
Program in the Social and Be-
havorial Sciences, has been As
sist ant Director of Extension
and Head of Bureau of Cor
respondence Instruction at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill since 1968. Prior
to this appointment he has had
wide experience in colleges in
Virginia as a teacher, adminis
trator and field consultant. He
received his Ph.D. from the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. He is a member
of the American Sociological
Association, American Aca
demy of Political and Social
Science, National University
Extension Association, Adult
Education Association of the
U.S.A., and AAUP. Professor
Kitchin has written numerous
articles which have appeared
in professional magazines in
Virginia and North Carolina.
MR. WILLIAM H. SOMER
VILLE, Associate Professor of
Mathematics and Chairman of
the Mathematics Program,
comes to St. Andrews from King
College, where he has served
as Professor of Mathematics
for the past ten years. He has
the reputation of being an ex
cellent teacher and for the past
four summers has had NSF
Research Grants for his abler
students in mathematics.
MR. GREGORY M. POSNICK,
joins the faculty as Associate
Professor of Psychology. Mr.
Posnlck has been Assistant
Professor of Psychology at
Earlham College in Indiana
where he also served as de
partment chairman for one
year. At Duke University he
was a teaching assistant for
several years and spent the
summer of 1969 at the Uni
versity of Michigan on a NSF
Research Grant. At Earlham
College both Mr. Posnlck and
his wife have been quite active
in the religious and civic life
of the community. Mr. Pos-
nick’s undergraduate stu d i e s
were at Queens College, New
York City, and he obtained his
Ph.D. from Duke University.
MR. EDWIN L. BARLOW,
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Frosh Cool
Say Upperclasses
“Orientation was different
this year,” according to Sid
Atkinson, co-chairman of the
1971 Orientation Committee.
Asked about orientation, Sid
commented, “The focal point
of this year's orientation pro
gram was to orient the fresh
men “Into” the college, rather
than just provide a sort of play-
period.” “Changes made over
last year’s and other previous
orientation programs included
the elimination of “juvenile”
activities such as beanies and
the walk-to-town; there were
more campus-wide activities
planned by the College Union
Board; and the Student Per
sonnel Services put on pro
grams rather than dorm
forums to Introduce themselves
and their services to the stu
dents,”
The outlook is optimistic as
far as relations between the
incoming freshmen and the up
perclassmen go. In a telephone
survey conducted yesterday, a
number of favorable comments
were received from both sides.
Upperclassmen contacted
were asked if they had any
opinions, or reactions to, the
freshmen class as a whole. Re
plies ranged from “There are
so many I feel surrounded”
to “They don’t seem to be at
all intimidated by upperclass
men.” Several commented that
^hAre seemed to be a lot more
variety, or diversity, than has
been seen among previous
groups — lots of different types
of characters in the group, and
they cannot be typed together
as a “party” group, or a
“drinking” group. Some men
tioned that they were glad to
see the “folderal” eliminated
from the orientation program.
Other upperclass descriptions
of the freshmen included the
following remarks; ‘ ‘they are a
questioning lot,” “they seem as
confused as the rest of us,”
“they are not quite as wild
as last year's,” “cocky,”
“they’re really cool,” “klnda
weird,” “1 ess pretentious,”
“all right,” “quieter,” “anice
bunch of kids.” A more serious
note was struck by the junior
who said, “1 wonder if there
will be problems of adjustment
with the school’s new policy
on drugs...”
Freshmen contacted were
asked for their reactions to the
upperclasses. Though over the
phone their voices often sound
ed timid or even cautious, their
comments were all complimen
tary, ranging from “most seem
very nice” to “they’re made
me feel right at home.” Se
veral freshmen commented that
the upperclassmen were
“friendly.” Others added that
the upperclassmen were “un
derstanding,” easy to talk to
and communicate with, and
“they’re okay.”
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FRESHMEN EXHIBIT VARIED REACTIONS TO ORIENTATION