PAGE TWO THE LANCE THURSDAY. OCT. 28. 1971 THE LANCE staff Editor Associate Editor Lan. Baldwin Associate Editor Marshall Gravely Assistant Editor Kathy Kearny Sports Editor Dave Mills Business Manager Hunter Watson Advisor Mr. Fowler Dugger The Editorial staff’s intent is to maintain professional stan dards within the guidelines put forth by the Code of Respon sibility. Signed articles reflect the opinion of the author, where as unsigned editorials and articles reflect the majority opinion of the staff. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the College. Letters to the editor and articles are welcomed though subject to space limitations. Subscription rates $2.50 per semester. Advertising rates $ .90 per column inch. Semester contracts, $ .80 per column inch. Blessings. . .Pope Well, the St. Andrews' Activists were out yesterday, for the first time all year. It seems we had a Marine man on campus talking about the Marines. This didn’t set too well with the Activists, so they put up posters, played music and talked. Heard that the Marine man took a little wind out of the Acti vists’ saUs when he told them he was against war. But they still played their music, kept their posters up and still talked. Why, that’s the most active the Activists have been all year. The food at the cafeteria has been on the better side lately— there was no other way for it to go. But I still cringe a little when I eat there. The other day I got some chocolate chip cookies and found a nut in one of them. Not your everyday pecan-type nut, no, this one was made out of steel and is used somehow with bolts. Thought maybe I had won some kind of prize, like new teeth. The Senate has been doing some talking about what to do about the immediate problem of bicycles on campus. I have a suggestion concerning what they can do with those bikes. But this is a family newspaper, or something tame like that. One cure for the problem is to limit bike riding to certain hours. For instance, if one wishes to ride his bike to class, he may leave this side of campus at 6 a,m, and return at 11 p,m. If this idea is not popular, try this one on for size. All bike riders will have to use the road around the lake to go to class. It’s not that I hate bike riders. Some of my best friends ride bikes. But in order to protect myself, I’m going to start wearing a Civil Defense helmet and traveling around on roller skates. It’ll be the match of the century. Good Ole progressive St. Andrews, always keeping up with the times. You must admit that we have some very innovative educa tional ideas floating around here. I mean where else do they give S-plus, S, S-minus, and U grades? Just watch, some smart guy will say “in the first grade.” Doesn’t he know we are in college. Being chosen to Who’s Who is a big honor and everything, it’s just that I’d like to know what’s Who’s Who? Job - Recruiter Policy Neglected By Authorities Yesterday there was a military recruiter on campus. For those who did not see him he set up a table in front of the trophy case in the student center. Shortly there-after, anti-war signs reading, “War is good business—invest your son,” and were posted and anti-war songs were played, such as those of Jefferson Airplane and Bob Dylan. The recruiter was asked such pertinent questions as, “Do you go to church on Sunday?” Just as there were mixed feelings over the recruiter so were there mixed feelings about the demonstrators. After all what was accomplished? Nothing; the recruiters views were not changed, the demonstrator’s views remained unaltered and bystanders maintained generally hostile feelings toward’the demonstrators due to the apparent absence of constructive argument and exchange of ideas. Even more apparent was the inefficiency of administrative decision-making and implementation. The question of recruit ers was brought up shortly after Kent State and a policy was finalized by the faculty. Senate, and supposedly the President last fall. The jist of the finalized draft was the military re cruiters should have no additional privileges than other job recruiters, and should therefore be placed in the conference room. Apparently the adopted policy was then filed or misplac ed. In any event it was not made available to the job placement director. In the future, to avoid further inconveniences and affronts to community members, it might be advisable to enact policies that have been made. Barnes Open-Dorni Stance Not Taken By All Faculty 1 /.iqI rllsr.iission of the sit Contributors to the issue; GEORGE FOUKE REX McGUINN ROD BROWN JILL ROBINSON KATHY JOHNSON WALLY HEWITT ELAINE THOMAS RON HAYDEN Dear Editor; It has been brought to my attention by the members of the Code of Responsibility Im- plementation Committee that some further clarification is needed on Dr. Donald Barnes proposal concerning open dorm hours. His recommendation, presented to the Student Life Committee at their meeting the first week of school, was that dormitories be open for visi tation from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays and Sundays, and from 8 to 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Dr. Barnes pre sented this proposal, and his reasons and justifications for it, in a six-page report which was circulated among the members NSF To Revise Grants, Program WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Research Council has been called upon again to advise the National Science Foundation in the selection of candidates for the Foundation’s program of Graduate Fellowships. Panels of outstanding scientists ap pointed by the Research Council will evaluate applications of candidates. Final selection will be made by the Foundation, with awards to be announced on March 15, 1972. The NSF Graduate Fellow ship Program is being restruc tured for the 1972-1973 aca demic year. Applicants mustbe beginning graduate students by the Fall of 1972, or must not have completed more than one calendar year of full-time or part-time graduate study by the Fall of 1972. Subject to the avail ability of funds, newfellowships awarded in the Spring of 1972 will be for periods of three years, the second and third years contingent on certifica tion to the Foundation by the fellowship institution of the stu dent’s satisfactory progress to ward an advanced degree in the sciences. These fellowships will be a- warded for study or work lead ing to master’s or doctoral de grees in the mathematical, phy sical, medical, biological, en gineering, and social sciences, and in the history and philoso phy of science. Awards will not be made in clinical, education, or business fields, in history or social work, or for work leading to medical, dental, law or joint Ph.D.-professional de grees. All applicants must be citizens of the United States and will be judged solely on the bas is of ability. The annual stipend for Graduate Fellows will be $3,600 for a twelve-month ten ure with no dependency allow ances. Applicants will be required to take the Graduate Record Ex aminations designed to test scientific aptitude and achieve ment. The examinations, ad ministered by the Educational Testing Service, will be given on December 11, 1971 at de signated centers throughout the United States and in certain foreign countries. The deadline date for the sub mission of applications for NSF Graduate Fellowships is No vember 29, 1971. Further in formation and application mat erials may be obtained from the Fellowship Office, National Re search Council, 2101 Constitu tion Avenue, N.W., Washing ton, D.C. 20418. of the committee, and discus sed at that meeting. No speci fic action was taken at that time, and as the student body well knows, that proposal has been an item of controversy ever since. It is true that Dr. Barnes sincerely believes in the mo ral validty of his proposal. How ever, it must be emphasized that this is the considered opi nion of one man, but by no means a concensus of faculty opinion. The faculty has been charged by the trustees with the task of conducting an in vestigation of the open dorm situation, but as yet no offi cial discussion of the situa tion has taken place in faculty meetings, and as yet no official opinion has been formed. Nor even has Dr. Barnes’ report been circulated to all the fa culty. The students are hereby re minded to respect the right of a man to express an opinion, and to realize that, while he has some support, he also has some opposition — wherein lies the hope for support for out side of the issue. However, also be cautioned that the of- ficial pronouncement is yet forthcoming. LANI BALDWIN Action Needed About SA Health Center Problems Editor — Concerning the St. Andrews medical services, I am con stantly amazed at the continual uncovering of individual cases in which adequate treatment has apparently not been received, Dave Mills received a “sprain ed thumb” his freshman year; it was x-rayed and diagnosed as the above. Three years later, after finding his thumb con stantly resprained, he has had it rechecked and has found that it has been broken all the time. Permanent adverse ef fects have resulted not to men tion the pain that has continued. Was this a mistake? Perhaps it was and we are all allowed a few mistakes in our lives. But when a person in a professional position makes such serious errors frequently, then one must begin to question his use fulness to the community. Has this situation arisen with the campus doctors? Of course no individual student Is In a posi tion to judge. But when one learns that a student’s hepatl- tas has been diagnosed as the flu by one of the campus doc tors, that two student’s kidney infections have been neglected to the point of danger, that several minor ailments have been treated with aspirin and have not been cured untU an other doctor has been consult ed (at which point the aliments were easily relieved) then one begins to question the quality of the medical services. St. Andrews students receive. These examples are only a few instances that tend to point to the presence of Inadequate treatment. If one accepts the fact that SA medical treatment Is In adequate, then one begins to look for a solution to the pro blem. Have steps been taken by the admlnstratlon? Much has been discussed (a meeting with the A.M.A, has taken place) but according to Mr. Urle, no action has been taken. 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