VOL. 11- No. 9
THE LANCE
^ 'THE STUDENT BODY OF ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
Band Performs
In LA.A, Friday
The St. Andrews Concert
Band will perform Friday night,
Dec. 3rd at 8:00 P.M. in the
la Auditorium. George Wei-
mer will conduct the 25 piece
band made up of members of
the surrounding community and
regular members of the con
cert band.
The program opens with a
concert march composed by
[George Kenny entitled “Coat
of Arms”. It is a work that
extends the traditional mili-
itary march into a new field.
The next piece, “Essay for
Band” by Heisinger makes full
use of band instrumentation in
displaying that which is nor
mally portrayed in a symphonic
orchestra. It uses the full sound
of both woodwind and brass in
making an “Essay for Band”,
“Psyche and Eros’* is a
symphonic poem compost by
1 Cesar Franck and transcribed
for concert band by A,A. Hard
ing. The composition is a gentle
but strongly moving piece
sometimes hinting at Wagner.
(“Christmas Carols in Con
cert” is the one Christmas
number on the program. It is
I an arrangement by Dan Sandidge
and contains the Christmas
songs “Deck the Halls”, “God
Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” and
I “We Three Kings”. The tradi
tional themes of Christmas are
recreated through a contem
porary musical form.
The second half of the pro
gram begins with the theme
[from “Profiles in Courage”
more popularly known as the
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ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTjijKiAlN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG, N. Cj THURSDAY, DEC. 2, 1971
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HOWARD McCORD
McCord to Read
Modern Poetry
Howard McCord, director of
graduate studies in creative
writing at the Bowling Green
University in Ohio, will give a
lecture at 8 p.m., Monday De
cember 6th. This lecture will
be presented in Avinger Audi
torium and is open to those In
terested. On the following day
Mr. McCord will give a pres
entation entitled, Today’s Poe
try at which time he will read
some of his own poetry as well
as the poetry of third world
writers. This presentation will
also be given in Avinger Audi-
troum at 8 p.m.
Mr. McCord’s visit is being
sponsored by the Calm, with the
cooperation of Junior C&C.
Connnittee Reports Given:
Senate Apathy Prevalent
The Senate has met twice
during the last two weeks, once
luring the regularly scheduled
time and the second time at
the special request of the Inter-
Dormitory Senate President
Scott Breckenrldge.
In a regularly scheduled
meeting of the Senate Novem
ber 22, various committees
presented reports to the Senate
concerning the work that they
are involved in; also discussed
was the plans for the construc
tion of a chapel to begin with
the next year.
Plans for the chapel were re
vealed at the November 22
meeting of the Senate by Dean
Rodger Decker. The plans were
a part of a report by David
Beale on the activities of the
Cantus Space and Utilization
Committee. It was announced
that the Chapel will be a multi
purpose building of four stories
standing 85 feet tall at the high
est point. The building will have
a main sanctuary with a seat
ing capacity of 250. There will
be no fixed seating plan and the
room will have two focal points,
one of the traditional religious
Luce on Campus Tuesday
BY GARY MALLARD
Many people at SA think Viet
nam Is a “dead issue.” But
for the Vietnamese people, it
is still very much alive. Since
Nixon took office, 300,000 peo-
Peace Corps Awarded
National Recognition
A.P., WASHINGTON, D.C.—
— For its volunteer work in
serving community needs, the
St. Andrews’ Peace Corps of
Laurinburg has been named
Citationist in the National
Volunteer Awards program of
toe National Center for Volun
tary Action.
Organized in 1961, it serves
a county in which approximately
% of the families earn $3,000
or less annually. In 1970-71,
the Peace Corps operated 14
different projects reaching
some 230 children and 20 adults.
The projects, ranging from
children’s tutoring programs to
transportation services for the
rural elderly poor, each has its
own co-ordinator and the sup
port of volunteers. The 75 stu
dents and seven faculty mem
bers who comprise the Corps
give four to six hours of vo
lunteer service weekly.
In addition to regular pro-
grams, the Peace Corps per
formed special projects such as
painting a foster home and
setting up a swim program for
underprivileged children.
The National Volunteer A-
"^rds, formerly known as the
Lane Bryant Volunteer Awards,
were estabUshed in 1948 to
bring attention to “unsung
volunteer heroes.” The pro-
gram has been administered by
the National Center for Volun-
Action (NCVA) in Washing
ton, D.C. since 1970.
The National Center for Vo
luntary Action exists to gene
rate new responses to Ameri
ca’s pressing needs throu^
greater utilization, coordina
tion and recognition of volun
teers. Henry Ford n is chair
man, and Edwin D. Ethering-
ton president.
Formed in February 1970,
the National Center is a private,
non-profit organization and the
hub of a growing network of
local Voluntary Action Cen
ters. NCVA also runs the na
tion’s most comprehensive
Clearinghouse of date on volun
teer activities, as well as volun
teer campaigns to meet critical
national needs.
This year’s awards program,
the first under NCVA, drew the
largest number of nominees
in its history. From these, 119
Citationists have been selected.
Preliminary screening was
performed by a faculty panel
from C.W. Post CoUegeof Long
Island University, Each Cita
tionist is now a candidate for
one of two $5,000 first-place
awards.
The Citationists’ contribu
tions reflect a trend toward
growing citizen involvement in
community problem-solving
and aid to the handicapped and
disadvantaged.
Final selection of 1971
awards winners will be made by
a panel of five judges;
pie have been killed and ground
troops have been replaced with
devastating B-52 bombings. But
whUe most SA students are ‘ ‘for
peace” (whatever that means)
few really know much about
Vietnam.
On Tuesday, December 7,
we will have a chance to get
the facts from an eyewitness
who knows what’s really going
on. Don Luce, the man respon
sible for the exposure of Thieu’s
“tiger cage” prisons for poli
tical prisoners on Con Son Is
land, will show a movie in Jr.
C&C, answer questions during
lunch in the President’s dining
room at 1:30, and speak in the
Student Center Lounge at 3:30.
Not only will Luce speak, but
his Indochina Mobile Exhibit,
which includes over 300 draw
ings and art works, 24 3 1/2*
by 5’ photo-posters, and a 23
minute narrated slide presenta
tion, will be shown in the Stu-
dent Center Lounge all day
Tuesday.
Luce, an agricultural expert,
served in Vietnam as the head
of International Voluntary Ser
vices (a private service or
ganization that served as the
model for the Peace Corps).
He knows the Vietnamese peo
ple. After exposing the “tiger
cage” political prisons, Luce
was kicked out of Vietnam by
the embarrassed Thieu govern
ment.
Luce’s visit to ST. Andrews
is sponsored by the Politlcs-
History Department, Junior
C&C, and the College Christian
Council,
The St. Andrews Chorale and
Brass Ensemble, under the di-
rectlon of Professor Edwin
Barlow, will present their
Christmas concert on Sunday
evening, December 5th, at 8;00
p. m. in the Liberal Arts
Auditorium, Admission is free.
pulpit type and the other will
be a large stage for drama and
choral productions. Dean Deck
er said it would take a year
to draw vp definitive plans. Dean
Decker also mentioned that
work on the new snack bar and
bookstore would start the day
school closes for spring vaca
tion.
A member of the winter term
committee then gave a report
on its recent activities. The
Committee is now in the pro
cess of investigating possible
new winter term courses. In
order to aid them in this en
deavor they are obtaining win
ter term catalogs from other
schools on the 4-1-4 program.
Assemblies and Public
Events Committee member
Annette LaUber reported that
the committee had almost fill
ed the calendar for this year,
and was working on next year’s
calendar. In order to get a
better idea of what students want
in the way of cultural events,
a survey is being prepared
and will be distributed in tiie
near future.
Claire Johnston then reported
that the Food Committee had
been discussing the following
issues: 1) Cold sandwiches for
the snack bar; 2) extension of
the drink bar to relieve con
gestion. It was decided that the
committee would not meet on a
regular basis, but only when
the need arose. Claire also re
ported that the committee
Chairman, Charlie Gottenkieny,
wanted the Senate to appoint two
new members to the Committee.
The Senate then proceeded to
appoint Elsie Mason and Mary
Abell to the Food Committee.
Scott Breckenrlde reported
that the Student Life Commit
tee had appointed a sUb-com-
mittee to look at the future
of St. Andrews. This is in con
junction with the discussion In
the committee about whether
Student Life should concern
Itself with Immediate problems,
or whether the Committee
should concern itself with the
future of the college.
The next item of business
was the establishment of an
activity fund for off-campus
students. It was decided that the
sum of $25 be subtracted from
each dorm’s activity fund, and
placed in an activity fund for
off-campus students.
Open hours for the liberal
arts building was then brought
15) by Chuck Caldwell, vice-
president of Meek dorm. Dean
Decker stated that the new po
licy on the LA hours was that
the doors would be locked at
midnight. Those students al
ready in the LA before mid
night would be allowed to stay.
The Senate meeting this week
was a special meeting called by
Inter-Dormitory President
Scott Breckinridge. The reason
for this meeting was to discuss
with the various senators the
apathy that Mr, Breckin
ridge feels prevails dur
ing Senate meetings. Scott
was of the opinion that many
senators came unprepared for
the meetings and were unwilling
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Class Action Case
Taken to Court
The three students who were
denied the right to register to
vote in Scotland County by the
Board of Elections two weeks
ago have taken their case to
court. The three S. A, students,
Rob Williams, Janie McLaw-
horn, and Jeff Neill have ob
tained the services of Dur
ham lawyer, Jim Keenan. Mr,
Keenan has agreed to take the
case for court costs and per
sonal expenses created by the
case such as gas money.
Filing suit last Friday in
Prose & Poetry
Finalists Chosen
Eight contestants have placed
In the finals of the Senior Ser
ies prose and poetry competi-
tion, annoimced Ron Bayes,
writer-in-residence.
Not to exceed 5,0Si worts of
prose or 20 pages of poetry,
manuscripts were due to be
submitted to series Editor
Ames Arnold by Monday,
November 15, Circulation to
judges, professors Jeffrey
Gross, Whitney Jones, and
Christopher Schenck began
November 22. Final judge Is to
be Sam Reagan, Chairman of the
North Carolina Arts Council and
editor of the Southern Pines
Pilot.
Winner of the contest will
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Scotland County’s Superior
Court, the three students made
a class action case, suing the
members of the Board of Elec
tions and the Chief Secretary
in their official capacity. A
class action case means the
three students filing | sxilt are
doing so not only for them
selves but also for all other
students attending college in
Scotland County who live in
dorms and wish to register in
Scotland County.
The cost of this suit is ex
pected to be close to or over
$500. When asked where this
sum of money was coming Jeff
Neill said, “We are having to
largely depend on support in the
form of contributions from the
S.A. community. Since this is
a class action case and will af
fect the SA students by allow
ing them to register to vote
here if they so desire, we hope
the SA students will contribute
most of the money needed. Fac
ulty members will also be asked
to contribute to this action.”
Students and faculty mem
bers who wish to contribute to
this cause are asked to either
place contributions in campus
mail or to call Jeff Neill at
ext, 273, Janie McLawhorn at
ext, - 236 or Rob Williams at
ext, 330.- Also, a table will be
set up in the student center
for collecting additional con
tributions.