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THE LANCE
Lin Thompson
Editor •••••••• Walter Kuentzel
Managing Editor Kim Phillips
Editor .Susan Bainbridge
staff
Vernon Alford Hdly Allen
Richard Hudson Barbara Barwie
Kathy Lunsford’ Rowe Campbell
Beth Rambo ■pgni Heyman
Kathy Salkin jun Tourtelotte
photographers Kim McRae, Tony Ridings, Skip Taylor
The Lance subscribes to the St. Andrews Code oi ResponsiUU^
in its editorial poUcy. Signed editorials reflect the opinion of tne
author, while unsigned comment represents a oon«nsus m
staff opinion. Views expressed are not necessarily those of the
college. Letters are welcomed but subject to g)ace limitatiwis.
TmRSDAV, MARCH 20,1975 U)(CS
Writers Workshop To Be Headed
by Bayes, Stephens
editorial
The Wages of Sin
Are UP 20%
The fates of the Watergate personalities have in recent days
taken a unique turn. The Republic’s greatest scandal has been,
for many of them, the greatest thing that ever happened. Take
John Dean, the slight young man with the marvelous memory.
Settling his wife “Mo” in their new $100,000 home, he went off
to serve a brief prison sentence and then flew of to the French
Riviera to recuperate. Now he is busily working the college
lecture circuit at the rate of $3,000 to |6,000 per engagement. On
the side he is writing his version of the Wategate affair to fulfill
the tenns of a $300,000 book contract, as well as a novel about
the first black woman on the Supreme Court. Not to be out done
by her celebrity spouse, Mrs. Dean has signed a $100,000
contract for a book her own.
The reporters who broke the Watergate story, Carl
Woodward and Bob Bernstein, esqiect to gross about $1 million
on their lecture tour, an equal sum of their book, “All The
President’s Men,” and somen^at less (but still an appreciable
sum) from the movie version of their book, which will star
Robert Redford. Another book on the last 100 days of the Nixon
Administration is on the way, they say.
Jeb Stuart Magruder, one of the first to break into print,
lectures on morality in government for considerably less than
Dean, but still clears a profit at $750 to $1,000 a talk. Gordon
Liddy’s two year silence was broken by a $15,000 offer from
CBS to tell his story on “Sixty Minut^.” H.R. Haldeman’s
videotaped memories - complete with his famous home movies
of White House life-cost CBS between $25,000 and $50,000. Sam
Ervin ventures forlh occasionally from his Morganton, N.C.
home to talk a about Watergate, and is paid a nice sum to serve
as a comentator for the ABC morning news show “America”.
Howard Baker parlayed his Watei^ate exposure into an
expected bid for Uie 1976 Republican presidential nomination.
Not to be overlooked is Richard Nixon, who, while recovering
from his recent illness is working on his memoirs, to be
published by Warner for $2,000,000.
One wonders about the propriety of sudi things. While these
people should be allowed to make a living as they choose, there
is still something unsettingly immoral about so many profiting
so much from such a chaotic national upheaval. In the last
analysis, thou^, the public at large must bear a sizable
portion of the blame, for it is the public whidi buys the l»oks
and pays the lecture fees to hear the scores of different
versions of “how it really was.” While one cannot acquit the
Watergate cast for setting such exorbitant prices either, it
should be noted that they ^e just working on one of the oldest
and most successful maxims in the business world; “There’s
a sucker bom every minute. ”
A writers’ and editors’
workshop for
and iQ)per-level high school
[students will be held at St. An
drews April 4 and ^ Senior
Richard Stephens editor of-
NEW SOUTH WRITING and
'a senior at St. Andrews,^
‘chair the convocation, aided
by writer in residence Ron
Bayes. Assistant Dean, Bob
Valentine, a large committee
I of student 'writers and mem-
Wrs of the Ei^lish and Art
Departments.
Stephens noted “We are
going to have to limit at
tendance to 150 persons on a
first-come^irst-served tasis
to keep our workshop sections
small aiough for an rffective
dialogue.” He said that the
purpose of the workshop is to
allow ideas and experiences
to be shared among “poets,
fiction writers, and printers
and editors of small literary
magazines.” Adding that the
events “are directed par
ticularly to those who wish to
learn how to publish sm^
magazines,” Stephens in
dicated that workshops will
be made up of hi^ school
juniors and seniors, jumor
college students and teachers.
Registration will begin at 5
pin. Friday, April 4. That
evening at 7:30 p.m. a reading
of St. Andrews alumni who
are interested in cr^tive
writing will be held in the
Student Union Lounge . Tom
Patto-son (Mebane, Ga.), Sid
ney Humphress (ChamUee,
Ga.), E. Waverly Land
(Washington, DC), Beth
John
ijopeiana (Kaiagti N(;
Bowling Green, Ohio),’
Dawson (Richmond) and
Kemp Gregory (Durham NC
and Princeton, NJ) will
featured.
Saturday will begin mth
registration for new arrivals
a breif explanation of the
workshops, tiie workshops
themselves and finally
presentation of awards and a
reading by award winners.
Workshops will be held in
both the morning and af-
in the
Prose
fields of
Fiction,
Editing and
ternoon
Poetry,
Drama,
Graphics.
Throughout the meeting
Vardell Gallery will be the
scene of a display of graphics
and phot(^aphy by a number
of artists.
Marilyn Horne Accompcmist to
Give Master Class Here
St. Andrews will be the site
of the 1975 State Auditions and
Spring Meeting of the
National Association of
Teachers of Singing’s North
Carolina chapter on March 21
and 22. Dr. James Cobb, who.
besides being Chairman of the
Music Program at St. An
drews, is {resident of the
state organization, will host
the meeting, assisted by
music faculty members Bar
bara Cobb and David Evans.
Distinguished Scholar Awards
Presented This Weekend
St. Andrews will host twen
ty-three outstanding high
school seniors this weekend,
out of whom will be chosen ten
recipients of Distinguished
Scholar Awards.
The Awards are the highest
scholarships given by the
college, and have a value of
$8,000 over a four year period.
This is the very best group
we’ve ever had for the in
terviews,” says Admissions
Director Jean Rayburn. Their
applications were out
standing, and it will be a dif
ficult choice to choose the win
ners.”
“In a sense, though,
everyone will win,
“Distinguished Scholars
Program Director Bruce
Taylor told The Lance, “since
Oie semifinalists who don’t
win the t(^ award will be of
fered a Presidential Sdiolar-
ship which is wortii $750 a
year.”
The semifinalists will arrive
on campus tomorrow from
their homes in nine different
states and will be tiie guests of
honor at a picnic on Lake
Moore near the science
building. Later that evening a
reception will be held for the
contenders and their parents,
at which they will be
welcomed by Dean of the
College Victor Arnold and
other college officials.
Interviews will be con
ducted on Saturday morning
by four teams of two faculty
members and two students.
“We hope that the students
here at St. Andrews will make
the group feel at home while
they are on campus,” said,
Miss Rayburn. “TTie biggest
influence on a person’s choice
of a college is the impressicm
he gets from the students he
meets.”
Those present for the in
terviews will be Stephen
AUgood of Atlanta Donna An
drews of Rockville,
Maryland; Barbara Branges,
also of Rockville; Cindy Car
ter of Nashville, Tennessee;
Craig Chocklett of Charlotte,
North Carolina; twin brothers
Carlton and David Dwigglns
of Fayetteville, North
Carolina; Kim Felthousen of
Virginia Beach, Va.; Martha
Gettys of Asheville, North
Carolina; Michael Green of
Columbia, South Carolina;
Robin Green of Baltimore,
and Nadine Greenwood of
Lynchburg, Virginia, along
wiOi Lu Anne Holt of Allen
dale, South Carolina; Water-
Over 250 singers and
teachers representing a
number of colleges, high
schools and graduate in
stitutions in North Carolina
are expected to attend the
two-day affair.
Among the planned ac
tivities is a master class by
nationally known piano ac
companist and voice coach
Martin Katz. Katz presentiy
serves as accompanist to
Metropolitan Opera star
Marilyn Horne, who is ap
pearing in Raleigh tonight
and Saturday for per
formances with the North
Carolina Symfiiony.
Saturday afternoon at 2
pin. there will be a recital
given in the Vardell Building
by outstanding students
chosen during auditions, with
the meeting ending lats in
the afternoon.
town. New York Holt Shan
non; Scott Lyon oi
Mooresville, North Carolina;
Myra McGinnis of Kings
Mountain, North Carolina;
Rose Marie Martin of North
Miami Beach, Florida;
Gerald Musselwhite of Fayet
teville, North Carolina; Steve
Newton of Fisherville, Va.;
Grace Noblitt of College Park,
Ga.; Harriet Saxon of Charlot
te; Granville Scott of K®’
mond, and Celeste Tillson o
Jamestown, Nortii Carolina.
Story Contest Announced
The Lincobn Museum of Art
in Lincolnton, North Carolina
is sponsoring a short story
contest open to all residents
and college students of the
state.
According to Elizabeth
Smith, chairmen of the con
test, manuscripts must be
original, unpublished and
must never have been awar-
prize in any other
ded first
contest.
With a maximum 5,000
world limit, the manuscripts
must be typed and double
spaced. The author’s name
must be omitted from tiie ac
tual text and enclosed, along
with address telephone num
ber and story title, in a sealed
envelope; tiie envelope should
be clipped to the manuscript.
Those entries which include
a stamped, self addressed en
velope will be returned to their
authors. All entries must be
postmarked by no later than
midnight, AprQ 30, and should
be addressed to The Lincoln
Museum of Art Show Story
Contest, Box 45, Lincolnton N
C.28092.
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