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THE LANCE
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Balanced Committees,
Grievance Rules Needed
The Newsletter released by
the Senate yesterday had merit
that should be taken into ser
ious consideration by the Stu
dent Body. We know many stu
dents who have found themsel
ves in predicaments -- not al
ways of their own making -- who
feel helpless when confronted
suddenly by some rule or regu
lation.
The problem to us arises
from the lack of student repre
sentation in policy forming ca
pacities. Granted, students are
represented on almost all com
mittees. Their might even be
equality in the number of stu
dents appointed and the number
of faculty appointed for each
division. But the equality is il-
lusionary in actuality. With one
the exception of the Student
Life committee there is no stu
dent faculty committee with
equal numbers of students and
faculty members. Without this
student representation on these
committees oftentimes amounts
to nothing more than tokenism.
This fact was vividly demon
strated to us last year on the
Educational Policy Committee.
The EPC has three student
members and more than ten
faculty members.
In one examplifing instance
the faculty proposed to shorten
the Easter holiday by 24 hours.
The students objected saying
to do so would create tra
veling complications and
hazards for students making
long journeys. No further dis
cussion ensued. The motion was
passed shortening the holidays
with the three students the only
ones voting against it.
The motion was given legl-
tamacy since there was student
representation even though the
proposal was passed In an ar
bitrary fashion. We have seen
this happen with regularity.
The point, though is not how
do we protect our vacations --
that Is irrelevant. What does
matter Is protecting ourselves
from arbitrary faculty and ad
ministrative actions. The pro
blem is how do we make our
views and desires known and
reckoned with by sometimes
deft ears.
Students, as a group equally
represented in numbers on
committees, would at least
create a situation where policy
would be made or voted down by
a swaying of minds in the two
major interest groups on cam
pus. It would be the logic or
lack of it that would determine
the end policy not the over
whelming interests of one
group.
Though we see this as desir
able we must confess that it
coming into reality will never
happen. The number of stu
dents on these committees is
set by the faculty and adminis
tration. We do not expect the
faculty and administration to
surrender any power which
would threaten their authority.
But at the same time we re
call something the self-avowed
“closest thing to a commu
nist on campus” once said in
talking about his days of radical
leadership at a nearby univer
sity, He told us that students
must take the power for they will
not be given it. That de facto
power of the students must be
recognized and dealt with just
as surely as legitimate power
given by the institution.
We see merit in his words
now.
Certainly we do not advocate
violent confrontation over this
issue. We do not even really
expect confrontation as we think
it would become lost in bureau
cratic red tape.
Yet there are areas that stu
dents, and more specifically, the
senate could move into help
ing to advance student 1 n -
terests as well as protect
students from arbitrary action.
One area the senate might move
into is the establishing of a
committee to receive, look into
and act upon grievances stu
dents may have toward faculty
and administrators.
For example we know of three
students in the last year who
have been told by their profes
sors that the grades given In
their course were made arbi-
tarily — based upon whether
the student was thought to be a
“C” student or a “B” student.
In two of these cases the stu
dents got “C’”s — one was
insplte of the quality of work
the student turned in, the other
the professor admittedly had no
criterion by which to grade the
student.
Such a committee, if insti
tuted could help mediate student
grievance and if grievance were
found just then, if nothing else,
could make sure that other stu
dents knew of the previous case
prior to signing up for other
courses taught by the same
professor. The possibility of a
professor not having any stu
dents in his course the next
semester because of the find
ings of this committee could
make this committee something
to be reconed with even if not
reconized.
The above, though, is just one
area of many that discussion
should be aimed toward in the
coming weeks by students and
the senate. It is the respon
sibility of all students and the
senate. It is the responsibility
of all students to participate to
bring about these discussions
and to become actively involved
in developing the ideas that
stem from the discussions.
THE LANCE
Thanks From
Wheelie Club
Editor-
The St. Andrews Wheelie Club
would like to thank all those
who helped to make the Parents
Day Wheelie Football game a
success. Special thanks to
WSAP and the Spectators. We
feel that with this project we are
off to a good start toward ful
filling club projects.
It is hoped that the game has
sparked some interest among
the college community concern
ing club membership. Charter
Membership is available
through October 20. All those
interested are asker to contact
Iris Addington or Annette Lau-
ber. The next scheduled club
meeting is October 28. Once
again our thanks for making our
first effort a success.
Respectfully,
Charlie Webster
President, SA Wheelie Club
Mr. Neil Housewrlght, As
sociate Dean of VanderbiltUni-
versity Divinity School, will be
on the SA Campus Thursday,
October’ 26, 1972, during the
morning hours.
Please stop by the Placement
Office and indicate the time you
wish to see him.
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"AWRIGHT, LOUIE, AS MY PART IN THE WAR
AGAINST CRIME, I’M INCREASING MY TAKE TO
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Help Asked For Disabled
Mr. Campbell And Family
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Mr. Harlee Campbell, an em
ployee of St. Andrews since
February 1961, is now per
manently paralyzed from the
waist down as a result of cancer.
Before his illness he worked
for 10 years as a janitor In the
Vardell Building, but now he will
not be able to work. His wife
died four years ago.
At present three of his seven
children are at home. The oldest
boys are unable to work be
cause of their age. Due to this,
there is very little money in the
femily.
Last year, we solicited help
for this family from the St.
Andrews community. The re
sponse from the students was
greatly appreciated by Mr.
Campbell and his family.
Again this year, we are ap
pealing to the St, Andrews com-
m unity for contributions of
money, food, or clothing in or
der to aid this family. Since
Mr. Campbell devoted 10 years
of his life to the betterment
of our college, we feel that he
should not be one of the for
gotten ones because of his dis
ability.
There will be a box for mone
tary contributions in the Student
Center and the West entrance
of the LAA. For other con
tributions, please contact
Charlie Davis, ext. 269, or
Darlene Hailey, ext, 237.
^^Mary Sunshine” Funny
If Not Taken Seriously
Under the direction of Dub
Narramore, the Highland Play
ers opened their season with
‘‘Sunshine” and controversy.
That is to say, the audience
reaction to Rich Besoyan’s
“Little Mary Sunshine” ranged
everywhere from tedious bore
dom to charmed delight. In fact
about the only point of mutual
agreement between the factions
concerned the show’s subtlety:
there was none. The comedy was
broad, farcical, and clichesque.
Intended originally as a spoof
on a show called “Rosemarie,”
the play mocks the idealized
and romatic vision of the West
so often found in the Jeanette
McDonald/ Nelson Eddy Era,
The plot, if one may be said
to exist, naturally focuses
upon — you guessed it -- Lit
tle Mary Sunshine, owner and
proprietress of the Colorado
Inn, landlady to the properly
bored ladies of the East Ches
ter Finishing School, mistress
to Naughty Nancy, friend to
Germans and Generals, and
adopted daughter of Brown
Bear, feared chief of the
practically non-existent Kadota
Indian tribe. The plot (?)
thickens with the arrival of
Capt, Jim Warlngton and his
troops of brave, clean, honest,
upright, and reverent forest
rangers, Cupid, however wins
the war between the sexes and
love prevails under the Colo
rado sky. But we all know that
the course of true love never
did run smooth and so the
audience is left wondering; Will
love surviving the trials and
tribulations of the wilderness?
We hear a resounding YES —
followed by a less resounding,
but still audible echo — and
the show concludes with the in
evitable pairing of everybody
with somebody save the vil
lainous redskin, Yellow Feath
er, who neverthless wins the
audience's favor with a pa
triotic flag-waving.
The show was a farce in the
broadest sense of the word and
furthermore it was even in
tended as such. Those who came
expecting a traditional nar
rative - type musical comedy
were sorely disappointed, but
those who abandoned any such
conventions as plot or charac
terization were treated to a
night of rare hilarity.
Not only was the show con
sistently funny from beginning
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The War Is Over;
All Enemy Dead
(CPS)--A New England news
paper chose to take all those
Pentagon body counts seriously
around 1965, and started keep
ing a ledger.
Last month they were able to
announce the end of the Vietnam
war. According to the collected
information dispensed by the
Departmeat ofDefense, theU.S,
has killed every man, woman,
and child in North Vietnam.