THE LANCE
JT lication of the Student Body of St. Andrews Presbyterian Colleg
VOL. 14, NO. 11
ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CX)LLEGE, LAURINBURG, N. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13,1975
Land Committee Investigates Campus Development
vTonv npnn1(> have hearH ISO ^ Ji-
Many people have heard
mention of a proposed com
mercial development of land
at the North end of campus.
However, no details have
been released by any of
ficials. But with cooperation
of Develq>ment Office head,
Bruce Frye, this is how that
proposal presently stands.
Upon the creatiwi of St. An
drews, several towns com
peted for the location of the
new school. The 820 bid of
Laurinburg, was accepted
because it was jM’ovided in the
deal an excess of land which
could be used for commercial
development and capital gain
for the school. St. Andrews is
now acting upon that initial
idea in order to reinforce its
precarious financial situation.
The Board of Trustees has
appointed a Land Use Com
mittee which presently is in
vestigating the possibilities
for the development of this
excess land. Tlie committee is
comprised of Joe Robinson,
Vice-President of Belk of
Charlotte, Ed Weisiger, the
president of the Carolina
Tractor and Equipment Co.,
also from Charlotte, and An
drew Williamson, a Laurin
burg attorney. This com
mittee contracted Diamcm-
dhead, Inc., the New Jersey
Firm that owns Pinehurst and
other resorts, to undertake an
architectural study of St. An
drews. This study was to
provide informatiwi as to the
most advantageous uses for
the campus’ excess land.
The study resulted in the
drawing of a tentative plan
utilizing M per cent of the
school’s land while allowing
130 acres around the
perimeter for adequate ex
pansion. Diamondhead
suggested the possible
development of a shopping
mall, professional buildings, a
housing area of apartments
and single family dwellings, a
fire house, common green
townhouses and another
residential area. Buffer zones
of woods were incorporated in
their plan separating the
various jrojects from each
othw. Their proposal, it must
be remembered, is only ten
tative.
The proposal, at present,
receiving the most serious
conaderation of the Land Use
Committee is the shopping
center proposed for the 35
acre tract of land at the in
tersection of 501 and the 74 by
pass. The committee hopes
that a quality regional mall
might be developed which
would not be merely a com
mercial institution but would
be a setting for cultural even
ts as well. This proposed
development would en
compass 300,000 square feet,
(6 times the size of the
present Belk’s), with either
an open or closed mall. It’s
architectural design would be
compatible with that of the
campus. Presently, St. An
drews does not have the
capital to invest in the
development of such a shop
ping center. The land (35
acres) will probably be sold to
a developer. Hie money from
the sale will be used to finan
ce the other projects already
mentiwied.
The Land Use Committee is
also planning, in collaboration
with the city of Laurinburg, to
let the dty use small areas of
St. Andrew’s land for the
drilling of wells and the con
struction of water treatment
facility. In return for such
use, Laurinburg will aid in the
maintainence of the school’s
roads.
The school also owns 280
ST. ANDREWS
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Bruce Frye indicates developed areas of the S. A. Campus. Any new construction would coordinate
with present architecture.
Hart Accepts U.N.C.-A Professorship
The appointment of Ur.
Donald J. Hart as professor of
management at the Univer
sity of North Carolina at
Asheville was announced
today by Dr. Roy A. Riggs,
vice chancellor for academic
affairs at UNC-A. He will
assume his new duties next
fall.
As past president of the
American Association of
Collegiate Schools of
Business, Dr. Hart is stuping
®wn from his administrative
post at St. Andrews to return
to teaching.
Dr. Hart will join Dr. Lester
F. Zerfoss, diairman of UNC-
Asheville’s management
department, in expanding this
newest academic area at the
Asheville campus. The
management program was
approved last summer ^d
launched under the directirai
of Dr. Zerfoss during the fall
semester.
“It will be chaUenging to
help in the continuing
development of this
new program,” said Hart,
.. “for it is liberal-arts based in
concept, and will have broad
impacts both on the campus
and the industries of the
greater Asheville area.
^ ^ Prior to assuming the
presidency of St. Andrews in
1969, Dr. Hart served as de^
of the College of Business Ad
ministration at both t^
University of Flwida (1956-
1968) and the University of
Idaho (1950-1956).
He also has held academic
posts as professor of
Management Management at
Virginia Polytechnic
Blacksbui?, Va.,
associate professor of
economics at Carroll College
in Waukesha, Wise.
A native of Milwaukee,
Wise., Dr. Hart earned his BA
from’ Lake Forest (111.)
CoUege and his MA and Ri. D
from the University of
Wisconsin. His major
academic area was
economics and he minored in
sociology and law.
In addition to high-
academic and administrative
positions. Dr. Hart is the
author of two books,
“Business in a Dynamic
Society” and “Introduction to
(See “Dr. Hart” Page 2)
acres at the Laurinburg-
Maxton airport which it is
trying to sell as industrial
property. The trustees intend
to retain the remainder of St.
Andrews’ land (765 acres),
some of whidi may be leased.
Mr. Frye, who attends all of
the committee’s meetings, is
certain that hi^ aesthetic
standards will be iq)held in
any developments at St. An
drews, with a full awareness
of the environmental impact
of such developments.
BSU Presents
Black
History Week
This week, the Black
Student Union is sponsoring
the Black History Week, a
nationwide observance of the
contributions which blacks
have made in this country’s
history. In yesterday’s Com
mon Experience, in the ab-
sense of Howard Lee, mem
bers of the BSU gave a short
presentation of Black culture
in song and poetry as well as
providing a statement of toe
Black History Week’s pur
pose.
Founded by Carter G.
Woodson, The Black History
Week has an extensive
hi^ory. During the days when
segregation Taws were still in
effect, blacks would annually
participate in this event. It
was planned to coincide with
the birthdays of Abraham
Lincoln (February 12), and
Fredrick Douglas (February
14) during the second week ot
February.
It was Woodswi’s purpose to
bring into the schools of the
day a greater awareness of
the black mans value. He
believed in the accurate
preservation of the black man
history and cultural ways for
through this the black man
could have a greater sense of
pride instilled into his at
titude, while the white man
would be made aware that
blacks were not second rate
humans. Only through
education could such an
(See “Black History” Page 2)
New Position For Bayes
and
at
as
Ronald H. Bayes,
Writer-in-Residence and
Associate Professor of
English at St. Andrews
Presbyterian College, has
been named Acting Director
of Communications at the
College in an announcement
today by J. Bruce Frye, Vice
President of Development.
The new position will
assume many of the respon
sibilities formerly carried by
4;he Office of News and
Publications, occupied by
Fowler Dugger, who is leaving
on February 25 to assume a
new position in the School of
Engineering at Auburn
University.
“We are delighted that
Professor Bayes’ schedule
will permit his serving in this
capacity,” Frye commented.
“He will build a staff of
student reporters augmented
by free-lance writers and
photographers, that will give
the College added exposure in
the media, in a time when the
purposes and programs of St.
Andrews need better in
terpretation and better public
acceptance.”
“Professor Bayes will also
convene a consultation in mid-
March including various
representatives of the news
media to explore the op
portunities for improved com
munications between the
Collie and the Public, and to
frame recommendations for
permanent staffing in the Of
fice of Communications,”
Frye added.
Bayes,"a poet and fiction
writer, is riiid-way in his
seventh year at St. Andrews.
A former chairman of the Nor
th Carolina Writers’ Con
ference , he has authored three
major books in addition to
literary criticism and small
books of verse. Bayes is foun
ding editor of ST ANDREWS
REVIEW. Before coming to
St. Andrews, Bayes taught at
the University of Maryland
and was founding director of
the News Bureau at Eastern
Oregon State College. His
academic work was ac
complished at EOSC,
Colorado State University,
Trinity College, and the
University of Pennsylvania,
where he was a Woodrow
Wilson Fdlow.