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VOLUME 13, NUMBER 4 ST. ANDREWS Presbyterian college, laurinburg, n.c. THURSDAY, OCT. 4,1973
Lance Interviews Barnes
Dr. Donald Barnes is a
professor of chemistry and
physics and is head of the
Science Department.
Lance: What are the
problems on the campus and
do you think that these steps
being taken by the student life
committee are going to
eliminate those problems?
Barnes: St. Andrews is a
sniall liberal arts college and
you have to look at St. An
drews withink that per
spective. If you look at
the problems that small
colleges are facing, you fma
out that St. Andrews is not
alone. There’s been a lot of
talk both on this , side of the
lake and off the campus about
all of the problems St. An
drews is having which, I
think, tend to sort of get
blown out of proportion. Spec
ifically I’d like to say that I
think St. Andrews has got a
tremendously bright future. I
speak primarily from the con
text of being the head of the
Science Program, and having
been around visiting this cam
pus and certainly a lot of other
campuses, I think St. Andrews
has got one of the finest math-
science programs that I have
ever seen. Since this building
has been opened, we have had
over 700 visitors from as far
away as Sidney Austrlia. The
fellow whose in charge of the
science program from London .
England-the whole city-came
to visit^.^._j^drews science
faciUty.'^hUe I think that a
small liberal arts education in
the U. S. is heading for a real
crunch, and I think there are a
number of schools which have
been riding on their
reputations, and are really
going to feel it sincerely. I
don’t see that happening at St.
Andrews. The crunch we now
feel is sort of giving us a new
stimulation to get involved in
getting our programs knowr
elsewhere. In this division and
in other divisions, individuals
in the faculty are now taking it
upon themselves, since they
know the most about S.A.
We’re now publishing a
news-letter for high schools.
Last week I had two long dis
tance telephone calls asking
us for further information
about our programs. I was up
in Washington last week talk
ing to he national science
teachers association and they
feature “this building” in
some of their publications. A
lot of people in a lot of places
know about us and think we’re
doing a tremendous job.
I don’t share tlie general
pessimism that I think certain
number of people in the larger
communities feel about a
small liberal arts education,
particularly in regard to St.
Andrews. But given that as a
starting point I’m optimistic
about the future. You have
to look at all aspects of the^
college. When I first came
here in 1967, this college was
very much like the college" I
graduated from in 1961 which
was the College of Wooster.
Since coming here, needed
changes occurred and they
occurred very rapidly. I think
within the time span of four
years we went from some sort
of hour situation to no hours,
from no drinking to drinking,
from a restrictive condition
to no restrictions.
My feelings about rules in
general are: Somebody might
say “Why do you have
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Art Show to Open Oct. 7
BY MARK SMITH
A one-man exhibition of
watercolors and drawings by
Alex Powers will open Sunday
at 2 p.m. in the Vardell
Building gallery. Powers, a
professional artist from Myr
tle Beach, S.C., will attend the
reception and will present a
gallery talk at 2:30 p.m.
Although only 33 years old,
Mr. Powers has stuped at six
art schools, including the Art
Students League and UNC,
Greensboro, after receiving a
BA degree in mathematics at
Emory and Henry College in
Virginia. He has had a num
ber of other one-man shows
and also won a variety of
awards at group exhibitions.
The annual Springs Mills Art
Show has included Mr.
Powers work since 1969.
Not only is he an exciting
artist but the nature of Mr.
Powers’ conversion to the
PROGRAM FOR PARENT’S DAY
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6,1973
9:00 -10:15 a.m. Registration - Avinger Terrace
Refreshments in Divisional Centers
while visiting with professors
Divisional Centers - Liberal Arts Building
Behavioral Sciences - Room 111
History and Social Sciences - Room 112
Language and Literature - Room 116
Natural Science and Mathematics - Foyer of Science Build
ing
Art, Music and Theatre - Room 119
Religion and Philosophy - Room 119
College Administration - Room 117
10:20 -11:00 a.m. General Session - Avinger Auditorium
Welcome and Comments - Dr. Donald Hart, Presiden o
College
Paul Finger, President of Student Association
Entertainment - Music Department, Dr. James ,
Director
Announcements
11:00-11:50 a.m. Interest Groups-cFirst Session
I - Revision of C & C - Avinger Auditorium, Dr. Hix, Pre-
siding
II - Movie and Recruiting Program - Liberal Arts u
torium, Mr. Gourley, Presiding
11:55 -12:40 p.m. Interest Groups - Second Session
12:40 p.m. Lunch - College Cafeteria - All guests Must Have
Lunch Tickets - $1.50 each.
2:00 p.m. Scotter Game - St. Andrews vs. Methodist Coll g
SA Students are not required to have lunch tickets^- 3
ntiy obtain complementary tickets at regjstration^^^
medium of watercolor pain
ting a few years ago and the
dedication of his study of it
should provide for an in
teresting discussion Sunday.
Although the specific subjects
of the works are not yet
availabile, they certainly will
include scenes of and around
the Carolina beach area.
However, as a sensitive ar
tist, Mr. Powers is also ex
panding his ideas and skills
and attempts to encounter
contemporary creative con
cepts in his work. So we can
expect the kind of show with
the diversity which marks a
confident and growing art.
Hart to Speak
Thursday evening at 8:00
p.m. President Hart will
deliver an address to the
Senate and all interested
students. Dr. Hart will speak
in toe classrooms of the
Physical Education Building
and will answer questions
afterwards.
Senate leaders hope that
many of the students both on
and off campus will take time
out from their “vigorous
routine” to attend.
attention all
freshmen and TRANSFER
STUDENTS
The results of inveDtories
and tests given during fresh
men orientation week are
available at the Career and
Personal Counseluig Center
on Southeast side of campus,
or in the College Counseling
offices in the Student Union.
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Cabaret to Open
BY JULIA MELVIN
The smash hit, “Cabaret,”
opens the 1973-74 theatre
season for the Highland
Players of St. Andrews.
“Cabaret” is a dazzling pic
ture in musical terms of the
Germany that turned to
Nazism. Its glittering show
sequences are in brilliant con
trast of the fleeting
exhilaration and subdued un
dertones of actual life in Nazi
Germany. The play opens on
New Year’s Eve, 1930, in
Berlin, the cosmopolitan hub
of a bankrupt nation. It is a
city of jobless people and in
flated prices, of wild
propaganda and sudden nervy
violence, of Communist cells
and Nazi agents jockeying for
power. Bars are thronged in
frenzied escape from grey,
sullen lives. Thus, the
Cabaret is on
This sensational musical is
the result of a concentrated
student effort. Tommy
Sperling, who did the set for
“Mary Sunshine” in last
year’s season, is com
mandeering the same efforts
of set design for “Cabaret.”
Danny Mizell is doing an ex
pert job with the precise
choreography involved in the
show, and Steve Wilson is in
charge of tiie difficult task of
music for the Cabaret. The
Cabaret costumes, which
have in their construction
required the tedious work of
applying sequins and such,
are being brilliantly con
structed by a crew led by Cin
dy Sperling. Arthur Mc
Donald, who is directing
“Cabaret,” feels that due to
the concerted efforts of these
and many other students,
“Cabaret” will be a success!
In the lead role of
“Cabaret,” is Anne Lalley,
whose rich, sensuous voice
captures the spirit of Sally
Bowles marvelously. Dale
Carson, a newcomer to the SA
stage, is perfect in the role of
Clifford Bradshaw, the young
American writer who is
travelling to Berlin in search
of material for his second
novel, but who, in its stead,
finds Sally Bowles. Danny
MizeU stars as the Master of
Ceremonies at the Cabaret
who emcees the whole show.
In other lead roles are Tracy
Young, Suzanne Collins, Syd
ney Humphress, and Robert
Thames, and of course, the
erotic Kit-Kat-Girls will be on
the scene.
Performances of “Cabaret”
will be at 8:oo p.m. in the
Liberal Arts Auditorium at St.
Andrews on October 11-14.
Reservations for the show can
be made by calling Extension
204 at S.A. or by going by
Room 115 of the I^ Building.
The Box office will be open
for season ticket holders to
get their tickets on Thursday,
October 4-12. Tickets for the
general public go on sale
Monday, October 8 and con
tinue through the dates of the
show. The box office hours
are from 9-12:00 a.m. and
from 2-5:00 p.m. Tickets will
be $2.00 for adults, and $1.50
for students. Get yours soon
so that you can have the best
seat at the Cabaret!
Charles Mendenhall of the
Union Tlieological Seminary
and Laura Mendenhall of the
Presbyterian School of
Christian Education will
come to the S.A. campus on
Wednesday and Thursday,
October 10 and 11. See or call
Mr. George Conn, College
Pastor, if you want to talk to
either of toese persons from
UTS or PSCE. Mr. Conn’s Of
fice is Room 102A (1st floor
College Union, Ext 316)