THE LANCE VOLUME 12. No. 5. ■X)FFICIAI. PIIRTJPATinN OF THF STimFNUnPY OF ST. ANDREWS prfsrvtfrtAV rni t Pr.F ST. ANDREWS PRESRYTEBIM COLT.EGE. LAURINRTTRa. N n THURSDAY. NOV. 2. 1972 TWO SCENES OF THE PEACE CORPS SHARE-IT BREAKFAST PROGRAM NOW OPERATING IN LAURINBURG. Drama, Lectures, And Films Illustrate Black Experience At Home And Abroad "Black Experience, at Home and Abroad” will be the theme of the fall 1972 international cultural festival at St, Andrews. Sponsored by the college festi val and public events committee and by a grant from the U. S. Office of Education, the festi val Includes a series of cul tural achievements by black peoples of Africa, Haiti, Bra- zeil, and the United States. Students from Laurlnburg In stitute will explore the black ex perience in drama, poetry, and music on Thursday, November 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Liberal Arts Auditorium. On November 1 and 2, Mr. Willie David Kamera, and African graduate student at Cornell University will pre sent a lecture on “Oral Litera ture in Africa,” and be avail able for consultation with stu dents and faculty. “Black Orpheus,” a Brazl- Illan film directed by Marcel Camus will be presented on Friday, November 3, at 7:30 in Avinger Auditorium. Winner of the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix and the Academy Award for the best foreign film in 1959, “Black Orpheus” treats the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice in the modern setting of the slums and spendor at Rio de Janeiro celebrating Mardi Gras. Orp heus is a black street-car con ductor and Eurydice is a coun try girl fleeting from a man sworn to kill her. This film fuses the ancient tragedy with a modern tragedy of black ex perience. Two events are scheduled for Saturday, November 4, At 3:30 p.m., in the Liberal Arts Auditorium, the Ira Aldridge Dramatic Guild of Johnson C. Smith University will present a program of African dancing, American poetry, and a show of traditional African fashion in dress. The evening event, at 7;30 p,m, in the Harris Courts gym nasium, will feature Jean Leon Destine and his Afro-Haitian Dance Company. Hailed as “Haiti’s Ambassador of the Arts,” Destine explores in dance the various streams blending in Haitian folk cul ture: African-rooted vodun ( V o 0 doo), C a ribbean festival, Spanish flamenco, French aris tocratic elegance. Performan ces by the Afro-Haitian Dance Company has received interna tional acclaim and promises to be one of the highlights of the festival. Another highlight will con clude the festival on Sunday, November 5, at Harris Courts gymnasium at 7:30 p,m,, when the Free Southern Theater of New Orleans presents'f‘We are The Suns.” The Free Southern Theatre, organized in 1964, es tablished itself as a dramatic company with its presentation of “In White America.” Di- St. Andrews Peace Corps Sponsors School Share-It Breakfast Program The Share-It Breakfast Pro- gram was begun on Monday, October 16, at the North Laurln burg Elementary School, This particular school was chosen because it has more free lunch children than any other primary school in Laurlnburg. The pro gram is intended as a pilot pro ject to feed free all children in this school who qualify for the current free lunch program. If a child does not qualify for the current free lunch program, she/he may participate in the program by paying $,25 per day for a meal. At present approxi mately 200 children are fed each day. The long range goals of this program are as follows: (1) to assist the school system in aid ing the children of low income and d I s a d V a ntaged persons In the North Laurlnburg School District in gaining the neces sary educational resources for Improving their own situations by removing an early barrier to their development I, e., hung er and its accompanying pro blems, (2) to help the school system reduce the drop-out problem in the schools result ing from children getting be hind in their early years and never catching up, (3) to pro mote a greater degree of co- operation among institutions and agencies to expand this project Into other schools, and (5) to provide St. Andrews stu dents with opportunities for in volvement concerning ways of effecting meaningful and con structive change. The goals for this year are; (1) to feed breakfast dally to all children in grades 1-3 at North Laurlnburg Elementary School who qualify for the cur rent free lunch program, (2) to assist the school system in communicating a personal con cern for these children, (3) to aid the school system in ef fecting an improvement in the over-all school performance of these children, and (4) to en courage community agencies to expand this project into the oth er schools. Each morning at7:30a,m. the St. Andrews Peace Corps Vol unteers arrive at North Laurln burg School to help set-up the tables for children. When the children arrive the volunteers help them in getting seated. The volunteers also are taking a personal interest in the child ren and trying to develop a per sonal relationship with each child. There are approximate ly 25 volunteers, eight of which come every morning. Mrs. Cau- sey, lunchroom manager at North Carolina School., and her staff also help In setting-up the cafeteria. The children are served cereal, milk, fruit or juice. Sometimes hl^ protein cookies or cheese toast is sub stituted in the place of cereal, This program was made pos sible through the Co-operation of the Superintendent of Lau- Insurance, Inefficiency Concern Food Committee rected by John O'Neal, the com pany focuses on the black ex perience In the United States. The play, “We Are The Suns,” explores black life in the past and present, emphasizing the beauty and strength of the black life force. “We are the suns ... We are the ves sels and center of life . . . We are the people, and the sound of the people, and the beat of the people, and the being of the people, yes we are, yes we are, yes we are . . .” Admission to all events is free, and the public is cor dially Invited to share with the St, Andrews College Com- mimlty In the international cul tural festival. For further in- fomation, please contact Dr. Ronald C, Crossley, Chairman of the festival at St, Andrews. The food committee has met several times already this year and would like to let the rest of the students know what we’ve done and what we see as pro blems of the new food service. One of the first issues we dealt with this year is the fact that as of October the full-time workers In the cafeteria still had no hospitalization In surance. This was a fault of the company as they did not ar range with an insurance com pany to cover It. This became a serious problem when at least one employee came to need in surance and did not have It. The food committee expressed its concern that such an important facet of the food service’s du ties had been neglected. As of Nov. 1, however, the food ser vice employees were finally covered by Insurance. Another major problem we have tried to deal with is the lack of efficiency in the cafe teria. Constantly, this year we find that ice trays are empty, glasses, silverware, and food have been out, and the salad table is not kept up. We have discussed this problem at every jneeting with the managers and have been told that this is a result of the management not being organized well enough and Officer Gay Completes Police Theory Courses PBS To Feature Program Of Candidates Tonight BY LEE SHADLE Mr, Lacy Gay one of the se curity officers of Saint An drews College just recently completed a criminalogy course at Richmond Technical Institute In Rockingham, North Carolina. The course which he took was Basic Police Science that lasted from September 11th to October 16th and was 160 hours. Of ficer Gay said that he learned many things in the course which were; 1. the different traffic laws 2. the type of arrest laws, for example the search and seizure 3. preserving evidence of crime 4. the different drug laws which Included the different catagories of drugs 5. the types of accident re ports 6. the alcohol law 7. fire arm Instruction The reason why Mr. Gay took this course was that he wanted to keep in contact with the new trends in law enforcement and he also wanted to make It a. career. Also, he plans to go back to school in May and take a course in Advanced Cri minal Investigation. As for Officer Gay’s per sonal life he is married and has a son ten years old. He Is very active in the West Minister Presbyterian Church where he was an elder, a dea con and on the Board of Di rectors. Not only is he active in church affairs but he is a member of the Mount Scottish Masonic Lodge Number 188 and served as a Military Policeman In the service. Furthermore, he feels he is here at Saint Andrews to help the students in anyway he can. LACY GAY 'For the first and only time this election year, voters will be able to hear the plat forms of all the candidates for President of the United States. The University of North Carolina Television Network will devote an entire broadcast evening on Thursday, Novem ber 2 to the presentation of programs prepared by seven of the eight qualified Presidential candidates. The seven, thirty- minute programs wlllbebroad- cast consecutively, beginning at 7:30 p,m. The broadcasts are being presented In conjunction with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), The line-up of candidates will be; 7:30 p,m., Louis Fisch er, Socialist Labor Party; 8:00 p. m,, Gus Hall, Communist Party; 8:30 p.m., George Mc Govern, Democrat; 9;00 p.m. E. Harold Munn, Prohibition; 9;30 p.m,, Richard Nixon, Re publican; 10:00 p,m,, John Sch mitz, American; 10;30 p,m,, Benjamin Spock, people’s Party, It is presumed that each of the candidates will personally appear on his broadcast. All of these candidates are qualified to appear on the bal lot In more than one state. The eigjith candidate, Linda Jenness of the Socialist Worker’s Party, has not yet agreed to par ticipate. The broadcasts will be seen over the entire UNC-TV Net work: Channel 4, Chapel Hill; Channel 2, Columbia Elizabeth City; Channel 17, Linville; Channel 33, AshevUle; Chan nel 58, Concord Charlotte; Channel 39, Wilmington; and Channel 25, Greenville, PBS has offered the seven half-hours to Its 228 public- educational television affiliates across the country. Initial air time was offeredby PBS through the National Public Affairs Cen ter for Television, The candi dates were advised that they could supply their ownprogram or pay production costs to NPACT. Program content is en tirely at the discretion of each candidate. that we should see an Improve ment soon. This will remain a major concern of the food com mittee until it Is cleared up. In Wednesday’s meeting, we asked that breaifast open a time on weekday mornings and that it stay open after on the weekends. George Maydanis, manager, agreed to keep a con tinental breakfast open until 10:00 on weekends. We also had asked previously that menus be posted for the students, Mr. Maydanis said that this would be done this week. How ever, “Epicure specialty night”, (the new equivalent of steak night) will not be listed. Therefore, one of the nights wUl have a fake menu. The food committee hopes to function as an effective voice of the students in regard to their food service. We will con tinue to be concerned both with the quality of the food and ser vice and the quality of working conditions in the cafeteria. We have functioned in the past as a fairly influential committee and hope that both students and the food service will recognize this and work with us. Students may come to any member of the com mittee withtheir complaints and suggestions. We meet every other Wednesday at 6:00 in the Presidential dining room. All are welcome to attend the meet ings. The next meeting will be Nov. 15. Cathy Dixon Marty Fort Karen Kennedy Elsie Mason Cherl McNeill Glnny Tebo Elaine Thomas rlnburg-Scotl and County Schools, Mr. Newbold, the Prin cipal of North Laurlnburg School, Mrs. Causey, Lunch room Supervisor of Laurln- burg-Scotland County Schools, Mrs, Walters, and the St, An drews Peace Corps Volunteers. Funds from this project have come from various sources; The Board of NationalMinis- tries. The Scotland County United Fund, local churches and agencies, individual contribu tions, and the St, Andrews Peace Corps. It is also hoped that in the future federal funding can be obtained throu^ the North Carolina Department of Pub lic Instruction. This program Is being ai- rected by Ida M. Malloy and Laurie Bowden, If you are In terested in making a contribu tion of time or money, please contact Ida M. Malloy at St, Andrews Presbyterian College, ext. 206 or 316. Lance Poll Reveals McGovern F avored By 11 Over Nixon The Lance recently conducted a straw poll of the SA campus to determine how the national Presidential contest was re flected in local student opinion. Democratic contender George McGovern was the winner with a plurality of 46,6% to 35.6% for President Nixon, with 2.9% un decided and 14.6% not eligible or not voting, A total of 311 ballots were turned in, for a voting percentage of 38.8%, well below the national average for voters in general and for first time voters, which most stu dents are. The victory for McGovern was the reverse of the national trend, in which the polls fore cast a landslide victory for Nixon, who now leads by up to 25 points in most polls. Recent polls ofother campuses In North Carolina also showed a lead for Nixon. The small voter turnout is the one area where the Lance poll seems to show the students In agreement with national trends. Nixon’s big lead In the polls and the Image of Mc Govern as a ‘radical’ are ex pected to keep the voter turn out small. The large margin of voters either ineligible or not voting (14.6%) may be the hidden factor in McGovern’s victory. Sev eral of the ballots in this cate gory indicated that the voter had not registered or did not want to vote for either candidate. Several other ballots also Indi cated that those voters had al ready sent in absentee ballots to their home states. Senate Schedules Monday Elections Poetry Of Three Students Appears In “Tar River” Three St, Andrews students have had portions of their poetry selected to appear in this is sue of East Carolina University poetry magazine, “Tar River.” Two of the SA students, David Beale and Walter Bennett, re ceived Honorable Mention in the magazine said Vernon Ward, editor of the “Tar River”. The third student, Tim Tourtelotte Is also to have some of his poetry appear in the same is sue. This issue of the Tar River will also have some works by Sam Ragan, editor of the “Southern Pines Pilot” who has been affliated with St. Andrews for several years. The Senate met last night In Winston-Salem lounge to dis cuss and act upon several is sues including a review of off- campus residency belqg con ducted by the Student Life Com mit tee, holding elections to determine student representa tives to the community relations committee, freshman repre sentation on the Senate, and to hear from Dean Decker about progress being made on the Health Center. The Senate expressed con cern over the reviewing of the off-campus residency by the Student Life Committee and wanted to know what imput to the sub-committees and any recommendations that would be forwarded to Dr, Hart, Presi dent of the College, and to the Faculty Executive Committee. Roger Decker, Dean of Stu dents, stated that the Imput of the Senate to Student Life was through their representative Tom Warren, President of Granville, and anyone who was interested In sitting in the com mittee’s meeting. Decker stated in the event that the recommendations of the Student Life did not meet with the approval of the Senate they could take the Initiative and send a bill up to Dr. Hart for con sideration. The job of the Student Life Committee on this Issue is to come up with what they con sider to be “the Ideal” off- campus residency policy which would then pass on to the FEC who would take into account fiscal realities. Review of the off-campus residency was necessitated when admissions of new students fell off over previous years leaving many students with off campus housing commitments and the possibility of being re quired to move back on campus. Next on the agenda, question was raised over whether or not faculty members would be per mitted to vote and be elected as St, Andrews representatives to the Laurlnburg Community Relation Committee, The Community Relations Committee originally grew out of disturbances that occured at Scotland High School last year. It is comprised of three elected representatives from each of the ten voting precincts in the county with SA constituting an eleventh precinct since it has problems, stances, and needs that separate representation. The question of faculty parti cipation in the SA precinct arose when George Fouke and other faculty Tiembers were denied the right to participate and run for the available positions in their precinct because they were connected with SA, which consistutes a separate precinct. It was pointed out by Marsha Waters that not all of the ten precincts took the same stance in their treatment of S.A, fa culty. Waters noted that Fowler Dugger, editor of the SA alumni news, had been elected to one of the three representatives from his precinct, Tom Warren made a motion establishing the SA precinct as consisting of “All enrolled stu dents of St, Andrews and any other person living on cam pus.” The motion, which passed, was purposely phrased to Include all students — In cluding those residing off-cam pus - as well as any other community member who lives on campus. The Senate also passed a mo- tion directing the elections board to hold a self-nomlnatlon period with balloting on Monday for the campus to choose who shall be their three represen tatives to the Committee. The first meeting is sche duled for Monday night, Stevie Daniels, president of Wilmington Dorm, brou^t the issue of freshman representa tion in the Senate before the meeting. Her proposal was for an election to be held at which time two freshmen would be elected to the Senate, The need for freshman representation was because they have special needs and problems and lack an official spokesman from their own ranks. Waters, of Albemarle dorm, stated that Senators are re presentatives of their dorms — not of their class. Miles Wea ver, president of the Student Association, stated that if freshman were given special representation then there were other groups on campus who could also lobby for special representation and have a legi timate argument. Caroline Warren, of Albe marle dorm, said her dorm had a majority of freshmen with two or three on the dorm council which provided her with input (Continued to Page 4)

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