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The Way We See It
BY SKIP TAYLOR
Since before Spring break,
a controversy has been
waging over the proposed
pasture behind Granville dor-
matory. Many persons feel
the proposed site was poorly
chosen by the riding club and
its officials. The Riding Qub
has essentially disagreed with
these persons and has gone
ahead with their plans to turn
this area into a fenced in
pasture. The controversy cen
tered around the position of
the site choosen and not as
are seemed to indicate
whether a pasture should or
should not be made. Those
against the present site
claimed it a poor choice
because of ecological reasons.
Their argument centered on
the contour of the land - they
claiming the severe slope
would lead to errosion, and to
pollution of by fertilizers lake
Ansley Moore. The Riding
Club disclaimed these
theories on the basis of sup
posed experts’ claims of its
safety to the environment.
Some persons, however, also
with appropriate knowledge
and training in the area sup
ported those against the
present pasture site.
Despite this controversy
the Riding Club has continued
with its original plans for the
pasture and before spring
break they contracted a
bulldozer to clear the area
behind granville dorm. The
area being partially clear, the
riding club tUled most of it
with the maintenance tractor
and equipment. The land at
present is still not completely
clear and several rather unat
tractive brush piles still mark
the landscape. There is still a
great deal of picking up of
brush, liter, debris, and assor
ted other articles before the
pasture can be planted. Those
persons originally objectmg
before the site were told the
the site were told the
area would be planted with
ureaK penoa. ii iiaa not. oi
this writing nothing apparently
has been done. The area is
still only partially cleared, no
grass has been planted, and I
assume - according to the
principles of land con
servation - the “pasture” is
slowly being washed into our
already polluted lake.
Awhile back a dialogue was
circulated, its author saying
something about care of hor
ses. It doesn’t appear as
though the horses, or the cam
pus is being cared for very
responsibly. I do not, I’m sure
need to mention the danger to
the ecological environment by
leaving this slope un
protected, not to mention the
marring of this campus
beauty by this large patch of
sand. And however needless
to say; horses can’t eat sand,
anymore than the displace
animals can continue to live
on the barren sandy slope, it
currently benefits nothing.
I personally agree with
these who felt the present site
a bad choice, but that com
pletely aside. As long as the
natural ground cover has
already been removed, it is
certain that the area requires,
by its very contour, im
mediate attention by one par
ty or another.
At present, rummors fly
about on all sides, usually,
however to the pesmistic
result. I would prefer to
believe they are unfounded. I
would prefer to believe that
the pasture will be completed
although I can so no evidence
of it, and I would prefer to
think it will be done shortly. I
would hope that I have heard
false about the Riding Clubs
possible disbandment at the
end of this concerning the
Club’s lack of sufficient funds
to finish the project is to com
pletely unfounded. For if the
last mentioned whispering is
true, some investigation is
certainly in order by the
proper student gov. organiza
tion.
I call upon the officials of
evidence of their position to
the student body, either by
statement of mouth, or by
statement in deed. It is their
responsibility as far as I can
discern to make plain their
actions which have con
cerned, and daily concern the
campus as a whole.
I would also like to make
plain I write this as a con
cerned individual, with no
organization prompting or
dictating what has been said.
April
Showers
Cool Spring showers may be
good for flowers, but taking
one doesn’t make it. There are
very few things as unpleasant
as waking up in the morning
and heading to the shower
only to find that there is no hot
water available. This is
especially so, of course on a
cool morning; but no matter
the weather, it promises to be
Thursday, April 11,1974
a bad start to any day. Yes,
perhaps we have been spoiled
with limitless hot water all our
lives. Certainly an occasional
cold shower does no one any
harm. However, the hot water
situation here at St. Andrews
has been so unpredictable in
recent weeks that some sort of
investigation was definitely in
order. Students who were here
over Winter Term may well
remember with some distaste
the numerous occasions that
there was no hot water. It
has continued, though not as
frequently, during this
semester.
Wade Hendricks, the
Physical Plant Director, was
very sympathetic and
apologetic concerning the
water problem. He pointed out
that it was not a question of
conserving heating fuel,
although the temperature of
the water has been cut by
about ten degrees. “There is
supposed to be hot water for
showers all of the time,” he
said, discounting the
possibility that during certain
times of the day the heating is
cut down. Mr. Hendricks went
on to explain what the
problem actually is. The
boilers at the Physical Plant
are thirteen years old, which
evidently explains a frequen
cy of equipment breakdown.
Furthermore, with the cut
backs in college personnel,
maintenance has been cut
from a day and a night shift to
only a day shift during war
mer weather. In other words,
when one of the boilers breaks
down for some reason during
the night, there is nothing that
can be done untU the day shift
comes on duty. Even then, it
takes a while for the water to
reheat, and at times spare
parts must be gotten for
repairs.
Cold showers will remain
irritating. But it is not the
fault of anything but faulty
equipment and a lack of
qualified help due to the
precarious financial position
of the college.
BY ERIC LAWSON
Letters
I hope your policy will
allow you to print the en
closed article in the April 11
issue of The LANCE. Mem
bers of the local League ot
Women Voters know that
many college students are
well informed about the
political process and want to
express their feelings. We feel
that this petition is any op
portunity for constructive
participation-and it is
painless (little time and no
money involved).
Should you require ad
ditional information please
call me. I should also ap
preciate notification if you
are unable to use this
material, either as an article
or a letter to the editor, since
I must find a means to notify
the college community about
the petition.
Let me thank you in ad
vance for your consideration
and attention in this matter.
Representatives of the
Scotland County League of
Women Voters will be in the
college cafeteria during the
evening meal, Tuesday, April
16 with a petition for cam
paign financing reform.
Leagues across the United
States are launching similar
drives to notify Congress that
there is grass roots support
for reform of campaign finan
cing.
Although there is a new
federal election campaign
law, the League feels it is
inadequate and still allows
heavy contributors more in
fluence in elections than or
dinary citizens. To break the
link between big money and
politics, the League sponsors
the following changes;
1. Private and public finan
cing
- small private con
tributions
- fair and optional access to
public funds
2. Strict limits
- limits on individual giving
- measures to close
loopholes for concealing
giving
- reasonable ceilings on
spending
3. Full disclosure
- a central campaign com
mittee for each candidate
- disclosure of contributions
and expenditures
4. Independent enforcement
- unified enforcement, free
of incumbent and party
pressures
- enforcement with punish
ments that fit the crime
Nearly everyone recognizes
that we must break the link
between big money and
politics if we are to combat
corruption, restore confidence
in elected officials and ensure
broad citizen participation in
our political process. It is also
clear in view of Watergate
and related scandals that the
time for action is now. The
public-in polls, studies, and
recent elections-has made
known both its disillusion
ment with the present system
of financing campaigns and
its desire for reform.
Legislation that would go far
to break the insidious links
between money and politics
while preserving and
promoting needed political
competiton is now before the
Congress. But Congress may
not act as all, or may produce
only a superficial law, unless
there is a real and substan
tial outpouring of citizen
opinion. The League of Wo
men Voters urges interested
members of the St. Andrews
College conununity to take
advantage of this opportu
nity to play a constructive
role in the political and gov
ernmental process.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Clarence E. Styron,
Jr.
276-1657
In February a number of us
became interested in lending
St. Andrews’ support to a
boycott of Iceburg lettuce
organized by theUnited Farm
Workers, Caesar Chevez’s
organization. At that time the
local management of Epicure
Food Service agreed to our
proposal that if a majority of
those who regularly eat in the
cafeteria requested it, they
would stop serving Iceburg
lettuce and instfead serve
about one half the regular
quantity of other, more
costly, non-boycotted leaf let
tuce.
With this agreement we set
out to educate the campus
community as to the issues in
volved through a radio forum,
a slide presentation, and
mass leafleting, all of which
preceded a door-to-door cir
culation of a petition for the
boycott. The response was
overwhelming and gratifying.
Roughly 80% of those
sresented with the petition
signed it. After collecting
over 350 signatures we stop
ped circulating the petition,
having far more than the
PAGETWO
majority called for
Epicure as per ’tj
agreement changed to n J
Iceburg lettuce.
As you may have noticed
just prior to Spring break, the
cafeteria began again to ser
ve Iceburg lettuce. Evidentlv
some grumblings on the part
of students convinced them
that the path of least resistan
ce would be no renege on thek
agreement.
We demand to know whv
Epicure has broken its
agreement with our com
mittee by disregarding the ex
pressed wishes of a wide
majority of our community
Epicure: you owe St. An
drews a clear and honest ex
planation.
Elaine Thomas
Holly M. Cook
Rosalind E. Banbury
Ruth Lancaster
Jett Holland
Richard C. Prust
Matthew Wood
Beth Buffington
Jane Miller
Glen Kennedy
Marti Newbold
Malia Hill
Bill Mansfield
Emily R. Oieney
Denese Lacks
Donnil Hiller
Mark Stuhles
Margaret Godwin
Mo Newton
Beth Lyon
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ter receiving his Hi.D. at the
University of Tennessee. A
graduate of West Virginia
University, he received his I
master’s at Marshall Univer-1
sity.
As registrar he will be I
responsible for registration
and student records, degree
requirement information and |
counseling, and student in
formation data.
Valentine, now assistatl
professor of Spanish, will
become assistant dean on
August 1. In the new position
in the Office of the Dean of
the College, Valentine wffl
work with Dean Arnold in]
student academic problems,
student-faculty communicati
ons, and coordination of high
school and two-year college I
programs with those of St.
Andrews. He will continue to
teach advanced courses in|
Spanish.
Valentine, who earned his I
B.A. and M.A. degrees at
Brigham Young University, |
joined the faculty last year.
He is a Ri.D. candidate at
Duke University.
Pauley, a Hampden-Sydney I
graduate with B.D. from
Union Theological Seminary |
in Virginia, returned to St.
Andrews as registrar in 1971
after work with the Ad
missions Office from I960 to
1963. In the interval he was
registrar at King College and
a doctoral student at Emory j
University.
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Dean Rodger
praised the work of j
Wright indicating stiei
provided the motivation, w I
formation, and support »|
many students as they nj3 I
the transition from the
campus-to positions in I
professions, business, ' I
dustry. “We are indebited
Mrs. Wright for developine ^"i
excellent program which I
been a great asset |
college,” Decker conclude •