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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12,1975
Letters
THE LANCE
Clay Hamilt«i
Suzanne Hogg
Michael Greene
Myra McGinnis
Dorothy FUlnwH’e
Rufus Poole
Kathy Lunsford
Staff
Tan Brown
Kim McRae
Tony Ridings
C.O. Spann
Lanie Noblitt
Cdeste nilson
Dr. W.J. Loftus
Advisor
• • •
Getting Used To Less
The chickens have finally come home to roost at St. Andrews.
Ehrer since the president began talking about “plainer living” in
his maiden speech to the college in May, he has enjoyed a sur
prising degree of support from the student body on the matter of
cutting expenses. As long as it was confined to talk, that is.
Last week, though, the effects of the budget cuts began to
reach the students themselves. The Senate spent several hours
wrangling over how to make a reduced Student Association ap
propriation go further. Then came the word about the removal
of suite telephone, and people began to howl. The Senate sent a
delegation to see the president. Protests were made. Rumors
circulated. The decision was unchanged.
In each case the protests were justified. A reduction in the
Student Association budget resulted in hard, and not necessarily
equitable, decisions as to who would get how much. Valid ob-
jecticms were also raised over the diange in the telephone
system. However, the reduction of expenditures inevitably
means (hat reduction of certain goodsand/or services. Reduc
tions of goods and services in turn means inconvenience. In
convenience or no, though, money has to be saved somewhere,
and the student body would be well advised to accept the fact
and just do the best they can to work around the problems
inherent in belt tightening. The situation is not unlike that (tf
America and the energy shortage: things just aren’t going to be
the way they used to be. Everyone mi^t as well get used to it.
A CCC Challenge
To The St. Andrews Com
munity:
The Cdlege Christian Coun
cil is in the {ffocess of plan
ning program activities of
both the fall and spring terms
of the coming year. We would
like to invite suggestiais from
the student body for possible
CCC-sponsored activities. We
are tentatively planning to
sponsor a religion/philosophy
weekend in the spring, during
whidi we would Wng to the
campus a wide variety of
philosphers and theologians
for three days of spiritual
inquiry and stimidation.
Anyone wishing to suggest
speaker for this event should
contact Director of Political
Concerns Sandy Hart at Ex
tension 279 or Director of
Prophetic Concerns Lloyd
Tucker at Extension 327.
☆ The CCC would also like
to start a reading program on
campus this year in which St.
Andrews students would tutor
college employees and their
families who wish to further
their reading abilities. We are
also looking at the possibility
of starting a youth program
at a local church which has
requested our help.
In addition to these new
ideas, the CCC will continue
to sponsor the tutoring.
Scouting, hospital visitation,
and worship services in the
Laurinburg area that it has
sponsored in the paa;. We see
our role in these activities as
a much needed positive link
between the college and the
Laurinburg community. It
takes lots of “people power”
to make our organization
work; we invite your ideas,
support, and energy in this
program.
The CCC divides its ac
tivities among a number of
communities whidi are listed
here along with the person
you should call or see about
your particular interests as
they relate to our projects.
Priestly Concerns: This
committee handles the plan
ning of worship services fw
tlie collie community and is
led by Dell McLean - Suite 4,
Concord, Extension 245.
Pastoral Concerns: This
committee deals mainly with
the operations of the College
Peace Corps, which in turn
runs the tutoring, and hospital
visitation {x-ograms and the
Boy Scout troq). Its chairman
is Vic Nichols - Suite 1, Con
cord, Extension 246.
Prophetic and Political Con
cerns: These two committees
work in dose cooperatim on
such matters as speakers,
concerts and any other ac
tivities involving spiritual
guidance and/or inquiry.
Publicity: Coordinating
pubiidty and advertising for
all CCC activities, this group
is led by Garnett Conoway,
Suite 6, Wilmington.
The CCC aalso sponsors the
Dialogue series, a written
communicatiai printed and
distributed to he St. Andrews
community relating to any
matter a student, professor or
administrative officer feels is
important enough to be dr-
culated throughout the college
community. Dialogues should
Here is the text of the ex-
diange between the Senate
and the President on the
tdeirfione issue.
Alvin P. Perkinson
President of the Collie
St. Andrews Presbyterian
College
Laurinburg, N. C. 28352
Dear President Perkinson:
The Senate has voted
unanimously that the suite
phones should not be ranoved.
A majority in all the dorms
have vdced a dissatisfaction
concerning the removal of the
suite phones. Students are
concerned that they will be
unable to be reached iffomptly
in case of an emergency. 'Die
inconvenience of reaching
students in their suites will
greatly reduce com
munication on campus.
For these reasons, the
Senate strongly recommends
that the suite phones should
remain in use and that they
are well worth the expense to
the college.
The Senate looks forward to
a successful year working
with you in hope of building St.
Andrews into a growing and
innovative college.
Sincerely,
The Inter-dormitory Senate
Steve Elkins
President
Mr. Steve Elkins, President
The Inter-Dormitory Soiate
St. Andrews Presbyterian
College
Campus Mail - Box 381
Dear Steve:
Thank you for your letter of
September 8 informing me of
the Senate’s recommendation
that the present system of
suite telephones shoiid be con
tinued. I understand the con
cern of the Senate and of all
students. The committee
whidi delivered the letter -
Steve Chasson, Fran Newbold,
and Lin Thompson - made a
strong and effective jM-esen-
tation of the Senate’s point of
view.
I wish it were possible for
the decision whidi I have
made about removal of the
tdephones to be reversed. Un-
fortunatdy, it must stand.
be submitted to Mo Newton ot
Dean Doubles for approval
prior to being a type and
duplicated.
The College Christain Coun-
dl is an organization founded
on human concern. We need
lots of genuinely interested
people in order for our
programs to operate suc
cessfully. We are looking for
ward to an exciting year, and
encourage you to join us in
our efforts to provide both
Laurinburg and St. Andrews’
communities with a challenge
to give a damn.
In hopes you will consider
our challenge worthy of your
time and energy.
Mo Newton
President, The College
Christian Council
At the request of the com
mittee delivering the letter, I
looked again into the
possibility of retaining phones
in the suites that would be for
on-campus communicatirai
only. Our hope was that an in
ternal system would be low in
cost, enabling us to go ahead
with the major changes and
save most of the money to be
realized from the currait
plan. I have been informed
that installing a system of
campus-only telephones in all
suites would eliminate the an-
tidpated savings.
During the consideration of
the tdephone question this
summer, several students and
several residence directors
who were on campus were
consulsted about the new
system. E]very effort has been
made to minimize the in
convenience to students that
will result from this change.
The administration recognizes
the need for good on-campus
communication, which is our
reason for retaining on-
campus telephones in the lob
by of each dormitcry and the
doubling of the number of pay
tdephones in the dormitories.
As a part of our study this
summer, we diecked with
several otho’ colleges and
universities. All of them have
a system almost identical to
the one to whidi we will be
moving. In fad, I am not
aware of any collie that fur-
nishes free suite tdq>hones
As you and Mr. GribUe are
aware from my iH-esentation
to Uie faculty on September 2
the college faces serious
budget problons whidi relate
primarUy to our dedines in
enroUment in recent years. I
am asking all of us who are a
part of the St. Andrews com
munity to share the burden of
reducing expenditures in
every way possible that wiU
not imjringe upon the strengtii
and effectiveness of our
academic program. It is my
hope that this diange in the
telephone system can be
viewed within that context.
As unpleasant as this
(x-ocess is, it is an essential
ingredient in our plans for the
long-term sirengto of St. An
drews. I appreciate very
much the enthusiastic si^iport
which the lead»*ship of tiie
student body and all students
are giving to the cdlege and to
me.
The administration wishes
to help in any way that it can
to smooth the transition to the
new telephone system. Please
know that I will appreciate the
understanding and the
cooperation of eadi member
of the student body.
Sincerdy yours.
A. P. Pffl^on, Jr.
President of the
On The Other Hand:
News You Might
Have Missed
This was an interesting
summer in the town I call
home. Shelby, North Carolina
is a dty of about 16,000
predominantly Baptist
people, who, despite having
banned sale of alcoholic
beverages in the city limits in
the late 1890’s, somehow saw
their way clear to vote the
demon drink back in this
spring.
The new ABC Board said it
would need a few months to
get the empty store on West
Warren Street into shape for
the sale of liquors, but the
grovery and convenience
stores whose owners were so
inclined could begin selling
beer and wine any time. This
they did with amazing vigor,
and the trucks came rolling
in. At the end of June, after
two months of such sales,
over 79,000 cases of beer had
crossed the counters in
Shelby.
The ABC store opened up in
mid-July, a large crowd
waiting outside to make pur
chase of the various delights
that reposed within. One of
the first customers was an 82
year-old woman who wore
in tennis shoes and a dress
stained with juice from can
ning tomatoes and peaches.
Chuckling gleefully as she
lugged a half-gallon of gin up
the casher, she summed up
the feelings of many when she
said, “It’s been dry as hell,
and it’s been awful.”
About the same time a
massage parlor opened up
over on Grover Street near
the hospital, but the county
commissioners lost no time in
deciding that the parlor was
something the City of
Pleasant Living, and the
county as a whole, could do
without, and promptly
outlawed the place.
In other places, too, in
teresting things were afoot.
The city council of Stanfield,
Oregon, for example, passed
a nuisance ordinance
prohibiting, among other
things, sex between anim^
in public view within the city
limits. A goodly number of ob
jections were registered,
mainly about the fact that the
outskirts of Stanfield were
semirural and might present
some enforcement problei®,
but the council stuck to its
guns and passed the law,
which makes owners of w-
fending animals liable to be
fined or even jailed.
A law like that could ve
caused problems in Gate City,
Tennessee, where the owner
of a St. Bernard discovered
that the visit of the dog next
door had resulted in seven
puppies. So what? you niay
well say. In itself the event is
nothing special, but
neat twist to the tale is
fact that the father wasJ
chihuahua. Yes indeed, loifs,
one of those Uttle ones abow
doorknob size with
soprano bark. As to
was managed, perhaps
best explanation came r
the talk show king Johi^y
Carson, who rather waggis
suggested that papa *
wearing platform paws.
Lin Thompson