THE LANCE
Official Publication of the Student Body of St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Volume 13, Number 2
Lance Poll
ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG, N.C.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 20,1973
Because the recent rule
changes are widely discussed,
The Lance decided to con
duct a pole on specifically
the new rule changes concern
ing the hour changes in the
dorms. The pole was conduct
ed by telephone to every suite
on campus. In order to draw
as wide and divergent opi
nions as possible. The majo
rity of students polled were
very responsive to questions
asked with only four out of
fifty-five refusing to answer
the questions.
The questions asked were:
1) Will the new rule changes
successfully prevent co-habi
tation?
2) Do you feel inhibited by
the new rule changes concern
ing closing of dorms from,
three to nine instead of four
to seven?
3) Do you feel the new re
strictions will improve the
image of St. Andrew’s to per
spective students to the out
side T^ld?
All people polled were ask
ed to respond with either ‘ ‘yes,
no,” or “no comment.*’
Poll Resu.ltt'
:
Male
Yes Ko ICo Comnent
:.i, C
lio Cominent
Ques.1
0 20 6
2 20
, 3
Ques.2
6 18 I
5 21
I
Ques.3
10 Ip 0
II
Wale and ^eniale
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1 0 03 J_«
Yes I\o
No Comment
Cues,
I
2 iiC
o
II ii?
2
Cues.
2
21 3ll
^«U63 , 3
It is interesting to note that
on the question of the hour
changes in the dorms, the
overwhelming opinion of St.
Andrew’s students was that
cohabitation would not be pre
vented. If cohabitation did go
on in the past, it obviously
will continue. However, al
most half of the people polled
felt some inhibition as a re
sult of the hour restriction.
In regard to the improving
of St. Andrew’s image by more
restrictive dorm hours almost
half feel that St. Andrew’s
will receive a better image.
Men and women’s sensibili
ties regarding the issue of co-
The exhibit of the photo
graphs of Diane Arbus, which
Is being shown in the Vardell
Building, is well worth going
to see. If you haven’t had a
chance to go over, there is
still time. Her pictures will
be showing until Sept. 28th.
Diane Arbus was a very un
usual artist. She concentrated
on an area that most artists
try to overlook, which is the
area of “the flaw” inhuman
beings. There is nothing pretty
about her pictures. Most of
them show the human body as
being ugly. This is in direct
contrast to Freshman C&C
where the professors take
great pains to show us the
beauty of the human body with
examples of Greek sculpture.
~N. C. PIRG
The Public Interest Re-^
search Group (PIRG) is a na
tional organization operated
by students and composed of
a combination of students and
professionals who fight in con
sumer problems.
PIRG is based on the pre
cise that students are gen-
She feels that “.. .there are
things which nobody would see
unless I photographed them.”
I think that what she aiio-ws,
most people would prefer to
hide.
As I was looking at her pic
tures, I overheard one student
say “I’m not sure what kind
of reaction I’m supposed to
get.” Another student’s re
mark was that she felt worse
and liked the pictures less
every time she saw them.
A lot ol people ai e oisgusiea
by what they see. She wants
us to realize that human per
fection is not always a reality.
I’m sure most people would
not want to look like the sub
jects of her photos. People
tend to have themselves re^
uinely concerned about con
sumer and environmental pro
blems but do not have the
expertise and time to effec
tively fight their causes.
Therefore, PIRG supports a
group of paid professionals
scientist s, co-ordinators,
economists, lawyers and lob
byists who fight for change on
consamer levels.
Hair is Beautiful.
habitation and the restriction
thereof by more stringent
hours are almost identical.
In response to the first ques
tion there was an equal split
with 20 “no’s” for the men
and 20 “no’s” for the wo
men. And in response to the
other two questions there was
only a slight difference.
Arbus:Photography of ReaHty
ciiar 'loite Candidate
Mayor Speaks
touched in their own minds.
Her pictures cover a wide
variety of subjects. These in
clude old people, young cou
ples, nudes, female imper
sonators, show girls, little
kids, and many others. Each
one must be seen to be app re -
elated.
She certainly makes a state
ment about the way people see
themselves, and the way they
are in reality. After seeing
them one might wonder whose
view of humanity is distorted.
Hopefully, we don’t appear to
each other like her subjects...
or do we? They are all real
people. It really gives us
something to think about.
BY COLLEEN REAGAN
Alt St. Andrews we conducted—
a study of dangerous toys at
Christmas to remove ha
zardous toys from the store
shelves In Laurinburg; a gro
cery price survey to deter
mine which supermarket ^
the area was the best overall
place to shop; a flammable fa
bric study to determine if de
partment stores in Laurinburg
On Tuesday, the 11th of Sep
tember, Charlotte mayorial
candidate, Jim Rumley
visited the St. Andrew's cam
pus, giving an initial talk
about this policies at the
Student Union which was
followed by an informal
discussion in the lounge of
Suite 5 in Mecklenburg.
Rumley, a socialist candidate,
running for the U.S. Labor
Party, a political arm of the
National Caucus of Labor
Committee (NCLC), stood on
a five point platform; calling
for; the creation of decent
productive jobs for all; $150 a
week minimum wage with an
escalator; the building of
school, housing hospitals; the
financing of all of this through
the taxing of banks and
businesses; the unrestricted
right to organize and strike.
The intent of the NCLC is
“to raise the level of political
thought” in America by con
fronting standard political and
economic ideas. Their effort is
to create an alternative form
of government to the capitalist
one we have now, which would
be a working class govern
ment. They see an economic
depression, much like the
Great Depression of the 1930’s,
inevitably coming upon us and
call for immediate
organization to fight back.
This campaign “is part of a
national movement to unite
the working class to get the
things we need for a decent
life.”
Observation and discussion
hint that Mr. Rumley’s recep
tion on campus was hardly en
thusiastic. One listener, when
questioned, replied that he
“didn’t get a good picture of
exactly what he stood for.”
Furthermore, there were
definitely some fallacies in his
argument. When pressed to
define his terms, he did so
vaguely and sometimes
evaded the issue entirely.
Another listener was “im
pressed that he (Rumley)
had taught himself so much,’
but “felt ostracized from his
particular movement because
of his definition of creativity
and his psychological terms
and, their relation to society,
which 'Were vague.” This
same person felt that
Rumley’s ideas “didn’t seem
to be pure socialism” and that
his presentation would have
been greatly enhanced if he
had had some mastery of the
English language.
The reaction of a large
majority of his listeners
seems to have followed the
same lines. Statements such
as, “the Beatles were not
creative,” are not likely to at
tract the support of an age
group which has been so
heavily influenced by the
creativity of that very group.
Vague, undefinable terms
such as “sensual realism”
were tossed around seemingly
impressing no one and labels
such as “fascist” were put on
all who did not rally to the
support of the NCLC.
Whether or not the political
line of the NCLC is worthwhile
and constructive is, of course,
open to debate, just as in all
politics. But the method of
presentation was not one
suitable for winning the sup
port of a college campus.
There was a fire Sunday afternoon in Albemarle dorm. It was
caused by too much voltage entering the compressors of the air
conditioning system, which caused the compressors to ignite.
The fire lasted approximately five minutes and no damage was
done to the dorm, except for the air conditioning system itself.
were complying with FDA re
gulations In having name re-
tardent material in children’s
sleepwear; a gasoline price
survey to determine the least
expensive place to buy gaso
line; and a prescription drug
survey which showed among
other things a 500% difference
in price of the same drug in
two drug stores. We have
high hopes of accomplishing
much more this coming year.
If a student does not want
to support the activities of
PIRG, he/she can ask for a
riefund during a designated
time period very shortly after
the beginning of the school
term.