THE LANCE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENT BODY OF ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE 11. No. 13 ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1972 STMS Forum Airs Various (inions On Requirements he Transylvania Choir will perform here Monday night in *Avinger Auditoriuni. Isiting Choir Performs \yaried Works Monday BY THOMAS SOMERVILLE 1st Andrews Presbyterian College will present the phe concert will be open to the bublic free of charge. ^. Composed of 45 students from jTransylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, the ransylvania Choir is under the ■direction ofDonaldPrindle. Mr, ^^^rindle did undergraduate ‘^|udies at St. Olaf College, and tolds the Master of Music de- ee from the University of mthern California, where he . „udied with Charles Hirt, and ps been a member and soloist of both the Robert Shaw Chorale and the Roger Wagner Chorale Included in the Transylvania Choir’s program are three motets by Robert Page, director ger-s semng-of i C’orintHiMs 13. and “An Apostrophe to the Heavenly Hosts” by con temporary Canadian composer Healy Willan. Following Inter mission, the choir will sing a medley of songs by Burt Bacharach, Roger Wagner’s ar- rangement of “Were You There,” and “A Great Day of Joy” by the French jazz com poser Claude Henri Vic. The program will conclude with the majestic “Alleluia” from the Christmas Oratorio of Camille Saint - Saens. Theobald to Head Panel ere On Earth Economy "An Economy for Spaceship E|rth” will be the topic of a two conference here on March 14 and 15. Dr. Robert Theobald, internationally known author and lecturer, will head a panel te will explore the conference in three sessions--two of Wch are scheduled for Wed- [SBsclay at 1;30 p.m. and 7:30 P*in. All are open to members ® |the S. A. community and ‘he.Publlc. IP^her panelists will be Dr. ^^rtln Bronfrenbenner, pro- economics at Duke U iversity; Dr. A. W. Cooper, sm,r secretary for re- ce management of the North »lina Department of Na- Economic Resources; tefj p«sld.„, of rlnh,. Company of Lau- weifc K. Sch- at th/n f’''°^®ssor of chemistry Dj. ifc "^''^^sity of Tennessee, ‘he last slty®PiedmontUniver- scholars to Palief Win A will also the STM'! Auditorium to ^ class on Wednesday morning at 8:30 on “The Cos mic Drama.” At 11:30 a.m., Dr, Schweitzer will meet in the science building with chemistry students to talk on “Photo electron Spectroscopy.” During the panel discussions both Dr, Theobald and Dr. Schweitzer, along with the other panel members will seek to answer the question, “Is a growth economy possible in a world viewed as a spaceship, or closed system?” In Brief Chip French, director for the Heart Fund Drive on the SA campus has announced that to date a total of $150 has been collected. The goal for the cam pus has been set at $250. Those wishing to contribute to the Heart Fund may do so by tak ing contributions to the Student Book Store. No deadline has been set for ending the drive. The Lance is in need of help in sports writing. The position of Sports Editor is open, and any interested persons are asked to come to the staff meeting Mon day night at 7:00 p.m, in the Lance Office, BY KITSY COSGROVE A two hour symposium was held in Avinger Auditorium last Tuesday night during which time a panel of eight students read position papers, answered ques tions, and heard responses from the audience on the contro versies of required courses. A reliable source said a total of 50 students and 38 faculty at tended the symposium. Dean Victor Arnold was among those who attended. Trisha Smith, chairwoman of the panel later stated she was surprised to see so many faculty members and was disappointed by the num ber of students who attended. The panel of eight students in cluded Chris Abell, the author of the dialog that brought to the open the various feelings concerning required courses, Chris Taylor, Bill Dickson, Neil Victor, Lani Baldwin, Ann Blue, Hunter Watson, and Steve Cook. The stance taken by each posi tion paper produced a broad Senate Proposes New Position BY ROD BROWN At the suggestion of Ken Wat kins, President of the Student Association, the Senate, at its meeting Tuesday night, initiated an Amendment to the Student Association Constitution that would establish the office of Chairman of Committees in the Student Association. The func tion of the Chairman of Com mittees, if passed as it now stands, would be to act as a liaison between the Inter dormitory Senate and all stand ing committees that have stu dents in' them. In order to do this the chairman of com mittees would an ex-offieio member of all committees with student representation. This amendment would abolish the position of President ProTem of the senate. The Chairman of the committee- would assume the duties of the president ProTem and would become vice-presi dent of the Student Association should that positition be vacated between elections. The amendment also has a provision that would establish the president of the Student Association as an exofficlo member of all committees with student representation. With the passage of this amendment by the Senate, it will be posted for a period of 14 days in the Student Union. Students must then approve the amendment in a referendum by a three-fourths majority. Should the amendment pass here it becomes subject to review by Dean of Students, and approval by the faculty and president of the college. Qualifications of executive officers was the next subject discussed by the Senate. Ken Watkins stated that some peo- (Continued to Page 4) Chris Abell, a sophomore, stated that each individual had the right to select and pursue his or her own choice of life style and that required courses infringed upon students pursuit of that life style. Chris Taylor asserted that each individual should be permitted to pursue the course of study he or she showed interest in and thus, should not be required to take subjects outside his or her pro spective course of study. Bill Dickson’s presentation put forth the belief that while required courses are beneficial to some, such courses should be made elective so as to assure that only i n t e r e s t ed persons were enrolled in the course. Neil Victor, a freshman, presented his discussion with respect to his own feelings toward the STMS program and his reasons for believing that required courses should be mandatory. He stated that required courses had a purpose to make stu- i- thinif and to brine them occuring today. Lani Baldwin in her presentation argued that by definition, a liberal arts college was dedicated to ex posing students to a variety of thoughts and disciplines, Lani also made mention con cerning the subject of student power, she suggested that stu dent grievances should be taken to the student representatives on the various committees and such representatives are listed and can be found in either the student Handbook or the student directory. Another freshman, Ann Blue, presented quite a good natured approach on the topic of required courses. Ann made reference to the fact that the course curriculums for the re quired courses were in defi nite need of “major overhaul ing” but that such courses should not be eliminated as mandatory courses. Hunter Watson and Steve Cook present ed their views together. Steve stated the theories of their ar guments with Hunter suggesting i Ames Arnold (left) and Charles Gottenkieny (right), winners of the Senior Series for poetry and creative writing, meet with Dr. Hart to discuss the presentation of awards. Arnold And Gottenkieny Named Literary Winners The two winners of a campus literary contest were presented last night in the second of the St. Andrews Spring Reading Se ries. Ames Arnold and Charles Gottenkieny read respectively from theirprize-winningpoetry and short stories in a program held in the Vardell Choir Room. The two seniors, both English majors, are the winners of the first St. Andrews Senior Series manuscript contest begun this year by the Cairn, campus li terary magazine. President Do nald J. Hart awarded the prizes which consisted of 50 published copies of their prize winning work. Arnold, from Alexandria, Va. won the poetry division with his collection of poems, “I Never Received Warning.’’Got tenkieny, of Falls Church, Va., won the prose competition with a collection of short stories titled, “The Pigand the Train.” A faculty committee selected eight finalists with Sam Reagan of Southern Pines, head of the North Carolina Council of Arts making the final judging. Fa culty judges were Jeffrey Gross, F. Whitney Jones, and David P. Schenck.. Runners up were John A. Boll of Laurinburg, a biology ma jor, and Arnold Edgerton, II of Goldsboro, a sociology major. Ames has previously had poems published in the “Human Voice” quarterly and was the student contributor to the festschrift, “Humane Learning in a Chang ing Age,” published last year on the retirement of Dean Ro bert F. Davidson. Gottienkieny, who headed the WSAP last year and works at WLNC hopes to work this fall for a Master of Fine Arts in the Creative writ ing program at Bowling Green University.

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