THE LANCE
Official Publication of the Student Body of St. Andrews Presbyterian College
^ S^DREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE. LAURmBURC,. N r
Wilmington Theft
Brings Security Talks
LIBRARY
It, Mfpm Presbyterian Cc!i
SEP 281973
Wilmington Dorm was the
scene of a robbery that took
place last Friday night around
12:00 p.m. "nie school has
decided to take action by
calling a meeting of the
Student Life Committee. It is
the intent of this committee to
discuss changes in the
security policy. The meeting
is open to everyone and all are
encouraged to come. It will be
held at 7:30 tonight in the
Student Union Lounge.
The victimized girl had
discovered the robbery upon
returning to her room, which
she had left unlocked. The
door was open and her stereo
was gone along with her room
mates cassette player. The
speakers for both pieces of
equipment had been thrown on
the bed and on the floor. Her
room had not been ransacked,
although the bed had been
rumpled as if someone had
searched it. Later on she
discovered that her purse had
been opened and $20.00 taken
from her wallet. Her
typewriter was also missing,
but this was not discovered un
til the next day. Only two
people were present in her
suite at the time of the robbery
and they said they had not
heard anything^
A friend of this girl had tried
to call security, and was told
that a mobUe unit could not be
reached. Dean McNair was
also called and he told the
girls that there was nothing he
could do. He suggested that
they contact the Residence
Directors and then come by
his office Monday morning
and file a report. The
President of the Dorm was
notified and she was finally
able to contact security and
get someone to come. Security
Officer James Jackson came
around 1:00 a.m. and took a
description of the stereo.
Tlie girls feel that the issue
here is not only that of a rob
bery, but also of security.
They are concerned about the
fact that the dorms are so
easily accessible to anyone.
TTie very fact that someone
could walk out carrying three
big heavy pieces of equipment
is amazing. TTiere may have
been more than one person in
volved, but there is no proof of
this.
Something clearly needs to
be done about the security
policy. Come to the meeting
tonight and discuss this issue
with the Student Life Com
mittee.
The ,, extended library hours are;
Monday thru Thursday, 8:30 until 11:30,
Friday, 8:30 until 5:00,
Saturday, 9:30 until 4:00,
Sunday 3:00 until 11:30
Stafford Coming
Beginning in January, St.
Andrews will have the first in
a series of distinguished poets
when William Stafford Pulit
zer prize winning and widely
acclaimed poet from the Nor
thwest comes to our campus.
Stafford is the author of
several books, the best known
of which is “Traveling
through the Dark.” He is con
sultant for poetry for the
Library of Congress, and
teaches Creative Writing at
SEPTEMBER 27,1973
1973
19T4
Publications
$10,225
$10,700
Dorms ($100 each, plus aff-campus)
College Union Board
1800
900
10,500
10,900
Cabinet
1,000
1,300
Peace Corps
2,600
2,400
Christian Association
500
750
Senior Chap Book Series
400
440
Poetry Readings
0
400
Farrago
1,500
1,200
Summer School
550
200
Men’s Intramural Sports
226
150
Women’s Recreation Assoc.
200
150
Black Student Uiiion
500
400
Typewriter
0
150
Zero Population Growth
175
0
SA Budget
Louis and Clark College in
Oregon.
In April a poet of equal ac
claim, Robert Creeley will be
at St. Andrews for a reading.
Creeley is the author of
several books of poetry.
Perhaps his best is “For Love
and Other Poems.” He has
also written approval called
“The Island.” He was awar
ded a Guggenheim Fellowship
in the 60’s. He is presently
teaching Creative Writing at
the University of Buffalo.
William Stafford, author of “Travelling through the Dark" will
appear at St. Andrews in January.
Chaikens
Leave
Mr. and Mrs, Bob Chalken
are leaving the St. Andrews
community and moving to the
Charlotte area. Mr, Chalken
better known as Bob to those
who have worked with him
has held the position of Direc
tor of the College Union. His
job has been for the pro
viding oi student oriented ac
tivities, and working with stu
dent organizations. The posi
tion he vacates will, according
to him, not be refilled. He
seems to think his job can
be better handled by stu
dents themselves. Mr. Chai-
ken has also coached tennis
for St. Andrews during his
time here at the college, and
it remains in doubt as to who
will fill this staff position.
Mrs. Barbara Chaiken has
been the Director of Finian
been the Director of Financial
aid since Miss Mary McNeil
left the job two years ago.
It is not known who will re
place Mrs. Chaiken, but they
should find an ordered office
whoever takes over.
Mr. Chaiken will coach ten
nis at an apartment complex
in£harlotte and Mrs. Chaiken
wiU run a Pro-shop at the
same complex. They will be
leaving after this Friday.
Bob Chaiken has been at St.
Andrews for eight years as a
student and administrator,
and expressed some regret
about leaving our campus. “I
would much rather work with
college students than neiffotic
housewives.” Chaiken
remarked.
Despite the housewives, his
new job is very lucrative and
should be very enjoyable to
Chaiken, who loves tennis and
plays and teaches it well.
He hopes to return to
college administration and/or
coaching at some later time.
There will be a faculty
recital Sunday, September, 30
at 8 p.m., with Suzie Wright,
Soprano, and Herbert Horn,
piano, performing'«t Vardell
Gallery. These are fine
musicians, and their per
formance should be well wor
th attending.
Vew Pastor
One of the most important
members of a campus com
munity is the college pastor.
Our pastor, George M. Conn,
Jr. is new to St. Andrews, but
he is already very interested
and involved with the students
and he has many ideas for this
year.
Rev. Conn is a native of
Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia.
He graduated from King
College in 1959 with a B.A.
degree and went on to receive
his B.D. from Union Seminary
in 1962. He served as pastor of
Shenandoah Presbyterian
Church in Johnson City, Ten
nessee from 1962 to 1965. From
there he went on to serve as
the Presbyterian Campus
minister at the East Ten
nessee State University from
1965 to 1973. He has been our
pastor since last July.
One of his main interests on
our campus is the Peace Corps
Program. This is a volunteer
organization that enables in
terested students to give of
themselves to several
programs in Laurinburg.
These programs include:
Hospital Work, Student
Tutoring, Boy and Girl
Scouting, The Breakfast
Program, and Volunteer
Probation Officers. The volun
teers are reuired to work only
a few hours a week and their
efforts are much needed and
greatly appreciated.
Rev. Conn is presently
leading the worship service
which is held every Wed
nesday evening from 6:30 to
7:00. The service itself is “con
temporary in language and
form.” "nie worship is “par
ticipatory” in that all who
come are encouraged to share
and not be merely a “spec
tator”. He attempts to deal
with issues which are both
“personal and .community
oriented.” He hopes to make
the worship service “more at
tractive and useable” by in
corporating dance, drama,
and music into it in the future.
He also plans occasionally to
hold the service in Farrago.
He mentioned that he has been
in contact with all the church
pastors in the area and intends
to invite them to the campus
at different times during the
New Budget
Released
Rod Brown, Treasurer of
the Student Association, re
leased to the Lance this week
the proposed budget for the
fiscal year of 1974.
Several points come to mind
with the new budget. It should
be noticed that money for the
dorms has been cut in half
to $900. Brown explained this '
cut by saying that “irrespon
sible” spending by the dorms
last year proved that not as
much money ahould be en
trusted to their judgement this
year. Funds for dorm acti
vities such as parties, are to
be gotten from the College
Union Board, whose budget
has been increased this year
for this very purpose.
Direct funding for poetry '
readings is a bright addition
to this year’s budget. The $400
allotted for this should help
the planned Black Mountain
Poetry Festival, which is in
the planning stages, to be pre
sented here at St. Andrews
later this year.
The $150 for a typewriter
is a saving of approximatley
$300 from what was orginally
proposed. Rod Brown pushed
hard for the purchase of a $450
IBM typewriter instead of the
standard model. “There are
typewriters and there are
IBM’s,” cited Brown, point
ing out the superior quality of
the more expensive of the two.
However, the IBM requires a
$40 per year up-keep invest
ment. In ten years, the total
cost of an IBM typewriter
would about equal the cost of
five standard typewriters.
The figures in the new bud
get were determined by bal
ancing past allotments against
allocation requests. Rod
Brown and a Senate subcom
mittee both had input into the
final distribution of funds, with
the only serious conflict oc
curring over the typewriter.
The budget was approved
by the Senate last Thursday,
Sept. 20.
year. By doing this he hopes to
interest students of all
denominations in the service.
When asked about his
opinion of the attitude of the
students toward religion, he
replied that they were “no
more indifferent than where I
came from.” He sincerely
hopes that there will be a
greater participation on the
part of the students. He has a
lot of good ideas and shows
great interest in the students.
This adds up to a rewarding
year for all toose who want to
share in hs plans.