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-
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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.