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THE LANCE 0^1 Publicalio,, of,he Sn.flen, Bua, of Sl. Andre,,-, Preshy,erian College ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE. LAURINCURG. N.C FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7,1973 Hart Gives Second Address Dr. Donald J. Hart, President of the College John Cage to Join Festival Black Mt. John Cage, perhaps Amer ica’s most influential avant- gard composer, and Merce Cunningham, one of the leading figures in modern dance, have agreed to appear in the Black Mountain College Festival at St. Andrews. Having worked together frequently since 1943, Cage and Cunningham will be on campus from March 4-7, with a lecture-demonstration scheduled for Tuesday even ing, March 5. Composer, poet,philoso pher, John Cage has studied music with Arnold Schoen berg, Zen Buddhism, with D.T. Suzuki, chess with Mar cel Duchamys. In his attempt to transcend the confines of western music. Cage long ago abandoned in favor of time as the basis of music. He is best known for his experiments with the pre pared music. In his attempt to transcend the confines of western music. Cage long ago abandoned in favor of time as the basis of music. He is best known for his experiments with the pre pared piano, (which he pre pares by placing various ob jects in the strings to alter the sounds), chance music (de vising scores which leave most decisions to be made by the performers), and the hap pening (an experience intotal- theatre which Cage first de vised at Black Mountain Col lege in the summer of 1952) Still completely unpredict able at the age of 62, Cage has been twice a fellow at the Center for Advanced Stu dies at Wesleyan University, is a member of the national Institute of Arts and Letters, and has won numerous awards including a Guggenheim Award and an award from the Na tional Academy of Arts and Letters. His 1958, 25 year retro spective concert at Town Hall in New York has been com pared to the premiere of Stra vinsky’s “Sacre du Prin temps’’ for the furor it caused in the audience who battled the ‘‘musical value” of the works played. Still, plunging into new areas, Cage’s recent (1969) work entitled HPSOO was per formed before an audience of several thousand who had ga thered at the giant Assembly Hall on the University of Illi nois campus to witness a multi-media work which call ed for ei^ty slide projectors, fifty-two tape recorders, five thousand slides, seven ampli fied harpsichords, and fifty- nine speakers emitting fifty- nine channels of sound. In this work, as in all his other. Cage tried to encourage his au dience to forget value judg ments, and to substitute some thing new. In his words, “The big thing to do is to get yourself into the situation in which you use your experience no matter where you are, even you’re at a performance of a work of art which if you were asked to criticize it, you would criticize it out of existance.” Just as Cage has sought to rake the conventional limits s u r r 0 u nding western music, so Cunningham has broken barriers surrounding dance. A student of Martha Graham, Cunningham has gone beyond any other choreographer in cluding all kinds of movement not ordinarily accepted as dance movement. Cunning ham’s dance is as challeng ing to the eye, as Cage’s mu sic is to the ear. Dr. Clarence E. Styroa. as sistant professor of biology at St. Andrews Presbyterian College, has been award'jd joint appointments with the University of North Carolina ai Wilmington. Dr. Ralph Brauer, Director of the In stitute of Marine Biomedical Research. aaa.jHiced Styron’s appoi'itments as associate professor of radiobiology in the UNC-Wilmington billogy department. Under the new appointme its D)r. Styron will continue as a regular memter of the St, An drews faculty and spend the summer months at the Insti tute. In additiDn, he will make pariodic visits to WUmington during the year. Dr. Styron will be starting a program in radiation bio logy for the Institute. One early project in the new pro gram is to investigate the ef fects of ionizing radittion on marine animals under simula ted deep-sea condUioas. Ase- Wednesday night at 7:30 President Hart addressed the student body at an open Student Government meeting. The major concern of his ad dress was the financial status of the college. The President along with the Faculty Executive Committee, the Student Cabinet, Dean Arnold, Julian Davis, Bruce Frye, Dean Decker and an Executive Committee from the Board of Trustees are at tempting to do 3 things; 1) im prove the quality of St. An drews, 2) make reductions in the program here possible, and 3) become more respon sive to present and future students. The procedure being taken is to examine the total program of the college and to set priorities on all activities; academic and administrative. The President said every ef fort is being made to be as ob jective as possible in deter mining the level of personnel and resources necessary for an enrollment of 700 to 750. Several new academic programs have been created and hopefully will be im plemented by next year. There will be more effort made to establish new thematic majors, such as the current American studies and also to expand the contract major program. The two newest programs are the in ternships and the delayed residence studies. In the in ternships the student will work with an outside organization in an academic contest to make practical ap plication of a learned theory. The delayed residence studies are directed at the high school graduate or the college student who has left the cam pus for a period of time. These persons will be able to take courses through St. Andrews . . .and will therefore un- coad project will be to use radioisotopes to trace envir onmental pollutants such as heavy metals through marine organisms. His appointments at UNC-Wilmington, Dr. Sty- ton explained, will make it possible for students at St. Andrews to work in the new program as assistants and in terns. Styroa, who joined the St. Andrews faculty in 1969, is currea?ly engaged In his four th subcontract from Oak Ridge National Laboratory for re search on the ecological ef fects of radioactive fallout on insycts, H© 3Jso was s. co- leader in 1972 an a St. An drews research prob'ram r.ca- ducted in the Wilmington area and funded b the Research Corporation on the impact of trawling in coastal tidelands. The Institute of Marine Bio medical Research bases its operations in a modern la boratory 1 ocated near Wri- ghtsville Beach. Its activities derstand education in a wider contest than a place to be. Another new concept in reorienting St. Andrews’ Programs is the career em phasis option. This would allow a student to major in the area of his interest but apply it perhaps in another career area. Further details on these programs can be obtained from Craig Van Schoik (Box 801) or Stevie Daniels (Box 404) and they would ap preciate student response in written or spoken form in or der to give more effective in put in the Curricular Plan- planing Committee. In non-academic areas at tempts are being made to open more job opportunities (on campus) for students. The President said this would enable the student to have a broader participation in the college and help with personal money binds. The actuality of the situation is that the salaries for students would be lower and every little bit helps in reducing overall cost. When questioned about the increase in staff in the Financial Aid Office, the President said that there was no REAL increase. There is a new secretary and a Director of Church Relations. Mr. CJiarles Parrish is still A survey of dangerous toys in Laurinburg stores was taken by N.C. PIRG Decem ber 1. I^ura Davidson, Greg Dickie, Eileen Hogan, Becky Kelly, Nancy Sullivan, and Evelyn Worth conducted the survey which included Eubanks, Firestone, Popes, Roses, Western Auto, and Woods. The purpose of the survey was two fold. One objective was to make sure that all toys banned by the Food and Drug Administration were taken off the store shelves. The second purpose was to look for toys not officially banned but possessing a hazard. There was only one type of toy in Laurinburg which was on the banned list. The toy, a plastic gun by Marx Co., was center axoucid a program of research and instruction by research participation focus ing upon a variety of physio logical problems in the marine environme it. The Institute has received world-wide recogni tion for studeis in high-pres sure physiology and in the simulation of deep-ocean en vironments. Its facilities in clude a unique system capable of reproducing environments matching those of ocean depths of as much as 35,000 feet. In operations at sea, the Institute has pioneered in the use of wet submersibles, instudlasofthe chemical control of behavior of invertebrates, and in the capture of deep- sea life for experimental study. working with Alumni Affairs, as well as Financial Director. Of course, a rise in student enrollment next year would help the financial situation. This brings attention to the Admissions Office. Students can be of assistance here in a specific way. The Ad ministration will make brochures, applications available to those students who wish to contact prospec tive persons in their home towns. Since High Schools are swamped by Admissions Counselors, it is suggested that students contact people on an individual basis. The President made an im portant statement on a definite step propo.sed in cut backs. He said the present 6 divisions will be combined to form 3 or 4. This will increase, the inter and multi disciplinary experience of the faculty and make more teaching time available for the division chairpersons. The LANCE will be con ducting research and in vestigations into the financial situation of St. Andrews during January. A series of ar ticles will follow the spring editions concerning the fin dings of the staff and the ac tions being taken to resolve it. found at Roses. The noisemaker exceeded the per- missable 138 decibel level. Af ter pointing out the item to the assistant manager the toys were removed from the sales floor. There were 36 toys which were found to be dangerous but not officially banned. The number of hazardous toys was in proportion to the size of the toy department. A plastic whale in the infants depart ment at Roses contained petrol liquid. Named “Water Toy”, the item seemed har mless but if it fissured and was placed in the crib the hquid would be very harmful to the child. A dart game called “Jungle Eyes” by Ohio Arts had needless sharp edges. Also a rubber squeeze toy had a noisemaker which could easily be removed and swallowed by a child. Some toys can be made safe by changing the design, however, other toys are dangerous in the nature of the toy. The responsibility of the manufacturer is to label the toy as to its hazards and suggest age brackets for the (Continued to Page 3) The Christmas tree in the Student Center needs to be decorated, and an old fashioned tree trimmin’ and taffy pull will be held at 8 p.m. Sunday night specifically for .that purpose. Faculty, ad ministration, students, and children are welcome to join the fun. UNC-W Honors Styron Pirg Surveys Toys
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