THE LANCE
Official Puhlicat
VOL. 14 NO. 9
/ the Student Body of St. Andrews Presbyterian College
CT. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG. N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21,
1974
Hart Announces Resignation
Dr. Donald J. Hart,
president of St. Andrews since
1969, announced his
resignation Monday night at a
special faculty meeting in
Avinger Auditorium. Reading
from the letter of resignation
he submitted to the Board of
Trustees at their meeting last
Friday, Dr. Hart said that
because of his “current
energy level as well as per
sonal and family preferences”
he would return to full-time
teaching. He further noted
that when he assumed the
presidency five years ago, it
was with the intent of being an
“mtemal president’’-working
for improvements within the
structure of St. Andrews. He
has accomplished most of
what he set out to accomplish,
he said; further, St. Andrews
has moved into a new era in its
growth which calls for an “ex
ternal president”, con
centrating upon improving
the college’s financial status
and increasing enrollment.
Among the achievements of
his term of office. Dr. Hart
cited improved ad
ministration in both the
business and academic
spheres; a revamped
curriculum and strengthened
faculty; and Oie institution of
efficiency measures
throughout the college’s day-
to-day operations to reduce
expenses.
During his remarks, which
were tape-recorded and
replayed over WSAP later
that night. Dr. Hart called up
on the faculty and staff to con
tinue to be dedicated to the
level of academic and moral
leadership that had brought
the college to its present lugh
position among the collepes
and universities of the United
States. He then called upon the
student body to “continue to
seek the high standards of per
sonal. development available
from the college”.
Following Dr. Hart’s
remarks, M.C. Benton, chair
man of the Board of Trustees,
expressed the regret of the
Board over the president’s
resignation, and then outlined
a number of actions approved
by the Board as “a reaf
firmation of our dedicaticm to
do something positive for St.
Andrews. “The Board itself,
he said, has been reorganized
to permit non-Presbyterians
and residents of other states to
serve upon it. Several new
committees have also been
Rare Shakespeare
Exhibit on Campus
A major exhibit of rare
editions of Shakespeare’s
worla is on display in the
DeTamble Library and the
Liberal Arts Building mi the
campus of St. Andrews
College. On loan from the
Folger Shakespeare Library,
the exhibit consists of orginal
copies of the first four folios of
Shakespeare’s works, as well
as rare quartos of A MID
SUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
and THE MERRY WIVES OF
SVINDSOR.
Published in 1623, seven
/ears after Shakespeare’s
Jeath, the First Folio brought
together thirty-six of his
P*ays, eighteen of them ap
pearing in print for the first
Edited by two members
of his company, the First Folio
ranks with the King James
published in 1611, as the
^ost important and in-
“^tial book ever published
1000 copies
ot the First Folio were sold at
We Were
Wrong
on the front
of last week’s
ue was incorrect, as were
comn^ ^^®”ients in the ac-
article. For
editors’. ^
approximately $50-$75 within
a few years of publication. In
the twentieth centiuy,copies of
the First Folio have sold for
more than $75,000, making it
one of the most valuable books
printed in English as well.
The Second, Third and Four
th Folios were published
during the sevent^nth cen
tury to meet the growing
demand for Shakespeare’s
works. The editor of the Third
Folio obliged this demand by
adding seven plays, only one
of which was really written by
Shakespeare.
The two quartos on display
are a fascinating part of
Shakespearean history, as
they were printed in 1619 by
two men who apparently
sensed the potential audience
for a collected edition of
Shakespeare’s works but had
legal right to print only five rf
the plays. They printed MID
SUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
and falsely dated it 1600 the
date of its original publicatio^
Then' they printed THE
merry WIVES of wm-
DSOR and dated it, not 160Z,
the date of its original
publication in quarto, but ibia,
the date of their illegal pra
ting. It was not until the 20ft
century that scholars worked
out the details of to pi^J
and THE MERRY WIVES OF
(see Shakespeare Ex., p-4;
Concord Party
Creates Controversy
established to reflect the new
priorities the Board has deter
mined: Academic Affairs,
chaired by Dean W. Colvard of
UNC-Charlotte; Business Af
fairs, chaired by Edward J.
Mack, vice-president of
Burlington Industries;
Development, led by Halbert
Jraies; and Investments,
headed by L. H. Harvin, Jr. A
special “Search Committee”
has also been established to
lead the college’s efforts to
secure a successor for Dr.
Hart, whose resignation takes
effect on July 31,1975.
Mr. Benton also said that
the trustees had committed
themselves to raise an ad
ditional $500,000 in order to of
fset the college’s budget
deficit this year, and will reac
tivate a currently vacant
position in the Development
Office. This post will be
devoted to cdtivating cor
porate contributions to St. An
drews. Additionally, they
voted to spend the un
committed funds in this year’s
budget on the repairing of
Mecklenburg Hall for its
return to residential use.
(See ‘Bradley Responds’, p.2)
In response to a rapidly
growing controversy over the
Concord Christmas party, the
Senate convened' Monday
night to investigate the affair.
College Union Board Chair
man, Susan Hamill, and a
number of board members
were present to answer
questions, as were Concord’s
officers.
Calling misinformation and
hearsay the chief causes of
the problem, Susan noted that
full details on the party had
been released earlier in the
day, and hoped that the
irritation of the student body
would be dispelled by “the
facts”.
Susan said that while there
were only five people present
at last week’s CUB meeting,
four members who were
unable to attend had
previously expressed their ap
proval. This fact is in contrast
to widely believed reports
that tte appropriations
request had been railroaded
through an unsuspecting
Union Board.
In response of criticism of
the cost of the party ($8 d per
son for the dinner and en
tertainment, $2.50 for the en
tertainment alone), it was the
best the board could do. “The
eight dollars is a bargain,”
she said. “The hotel usually
charges sixteen. The eight
dollars goes to the cost of the
ballroom, while the $2.50 will
go mainly for the cost of the
band. “She stated that the
CUB had given Concord the
$500 it requested, just as it
does with money requests
from other dorms.
The main point of con
tention, and the cause of
several heated exchanges bet
ween senators and CUB mem
bers, was whether Concord
could count on sufficient at
tendance for the event to
break even financially. Susan
responded that they could not
be any more certain of at
tendance than any other doiro
in planning their party. She
could see no reason why Con
cord “should have to go out
and conduct a campus wide
interest survey” before
deciding to have a dorm par
ty. She furOier remarked that
Chapbook
Awards
Presented
This year’s Senior Chapbook
Awards, given in memory of
former student Alan Bunn,
were presented last Wed
nesday evening November 6
by Robert Tauber. The first
place winners were Jeanette
McClelland and Richard
Stephens; whose manuscripts
will be printed this spring. The
second place winner was Den
ny Lacks while third place
went to Bob Blumenstein.
Denese Rabon and Jill
Howard received honorable
mentions.
(Kenny McCauley) looks toward his future as Eliza (Mary Lou Brown) implores him to
^Sy^in “Look Homeward, Angel.” For a review of the play, see page 3.