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THE LANCE
A Weekly Journal of News and Events At St. Andrews Presbyterian College
VOLUME 15
LAURINBURG, N.C.. NOVEMBER 13,1975
NUMBER 10
Media Converges On St. Andrews
Sanford On
Campus Today
Presidential candidate
Terry Sanford is on campus
this afternoon as part of the
activities in Laurinburg com
prising “Terry Sanford Day.”
The 57 year dd Laurinburg
native will be honored at a
Chamber of COTunerce dinner
toni^t. This afternoon he is
on campus in the College
Union, holding an un
structured exchange with
students who may happen ly.
Sanford’s visit to St. An
drews is the Qrst since he, as
governor oi North Carolina,
participated in the
inauguration of the coUege’s
first president, Ansley Moore,
in October, 1962.
A one-time FBI agent, San
ford was a successful Fayet-
tevile attorney when in 1960,
he ran for the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination
defeating segregationist L
Beveriy Lake (now a justice of
the state Supreme Court) in
the pimary. During his four
years as governor he was
frequently cast in the press as
an example ot the “New
South” leader and compiled a
fairly substantial record of
legislative achievanents, par
ticularly in the field of
education.
Sanfo^ kept a low profile
for several years after leaving
the governor’s mansion in
1965, but his appointment as
president of Duke University
gave him a platform from
whidi to relaunch his public
career in 1972 when he sought
the Democratic presidential
nomination. His bid was ef
fectively ended, however,
quite early in the camapign as
Alabama governor George
Wallace steamrollered San
ford on his home ground in the
North Carolina primary. San
ford continued to campaign,
but he received only 75
votes at the convention,
wWdi nominated George
McGovern.
After the Nixon landslide in
tile fall, Sanford captured the
chairmanship of the
D^ocrat’s Charter Com
mission, but his leadership of
the commission failed to
generate the enthusiasm for
Sanford it had been hoped
would be generated. Un-
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Presidential contender and Laurinburg native Terry Sanford at
a recent press conference. (Photo courtesy of The Laurinburg
Exchange.)
Burris A Modern
The Greensboro Daily News,
October 30,1975)
Jack Burris of Hi^ Pdnt
remembers exactfy where he
was and what he was doing 4S
years ago.
“I was playing golf down at
New Bern.”
The reason he remembers it
so easily is that today is the
46th anniversary of “Black
Thursday”—or the Great
Stock Market Crash.
Burris was a vay suc
cessful stock market trader in
the twenties. Ife still is. He is
believed to be the largest in-
jividual hdder of Integon
Torp. common stock.
vihat did he do whai he
heard the news of the crash?
While some other people
Wew their brains out or jum
ped (rff hi^ rise buildings,
Burris kept wi [daying golf.
Burris-who is “just about
82”-said, “It didn’t excite me
too much.
“I had been throu^ rough
times before,” he explained.
But despite this, the stock
noarket crash hurt Burris—at
least for awhile.
“I had bought Auburn (an
automobile company stock)
to $905 a share and I saw it
go own to seven-ei^ths and
then five-eighths, and then
two-ei^ths and then ^ dear
off the board,” Burris
remmisced.
Horatio Alger
But he repeated that he
wasn’t worred.
But he repeated that he
wasn’t wwri^.
“I felt like something would
come along sometime,” said
Burris, who is deeply
religious. “I felt the Lord
would take care of me.”
Sure enough, something did
“come along.”
Burris managed to salvage
some cash before most of the
banks went broke and he
began buying stocks that had
been beat down so low that
many looked worthless.
They weren’t, of course.
The share of stock
represented ownership in
business and as business im
proved, the stock increased in
value.
“I made more money
during the depression than I
ever did in my life,” Burris
COmiTJented. “The Lord has
been so good to me that I
can’t remember my losses.”
Burris has given away
more mtmey than most people
ever earn in their lifetimes.
On Uie Nov. 15, the “Jack
Burris Rdiabilitation Center”
at St. Andrews College will be
dedicated.
The Cento- is for the use of
physically handicapped.
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$50,000 Multi-Media
Show Part of Program
Top state officials and distinguished visitors will converge on
St. Andrews tomorrow for the dedication of the Jack-Burris
Rehabilitation Center.
Dedication ceremonies for the center, named after Jack
Burris, High Point, N. C. businessman and chief contributor to
the building’s funds, will begin at 10 a,m. in Harris Courts.
Presiding in the absence of Governor Jim Holshouser (who is
tied down in Ralei^ by a visit from President Ford) will be Lt.
Gov. Jim Hunt. Oflier platform guests will be N. C. Secretary
of Human Resources David Flaherty, N. C. House and Senate
Appropriations Committees chairmen Jimmy J. Love and
Ralph T. Scott, Dr. and Mrs. James Semans of the Mary B.
Duke Foundaticm, N. C. House Speaker Jimmy Green, con
troversial Insurance Cfflnmissioner John Ingram, and Rev. and
Mrs. Kirk Allen. Allen is pastor of Burris’ home church in High
Point and father of SA scphomore Bill Allen.
For the last two years there has been held in Ralei^, Re
habilitation Appreciation Day, an effort initiated by the Divi
sion of Vocational Rdiabilitation of the Department of Human
Resources, principally to inform the members of the General
Assembly of the needs of the more than 500,000 handicapped
people in North Carolina,—and to recognize their support in
legislating to meet those needs.
The Jack Burris Rdiabilitation Center is a result of thought
ful legislation and constitutes more than $350,000 in Vocatonal
Rehabilitaticm money for its construction. The Kate B.
Reynolds Health Care Trust and the Michigan based Kresge
Foundation wwe also major contributws to the construction of
this truly unique and much called for facility. The Mary Duke
Biddle Foundation has contributed large sums of money over
the years to support the ongoing program for the i*ysically
handicapped on the St. Andrews campus.
It was because of the St. Andrews’ program, raie that allows
the severely handicapped to earn a college degree in a normal
settit^, that Jadt B. Burris of High Point, N. C. became in
volved with the college. Burris gave $100,000 to St. Andrews
because he considers the state and federal Vocational
Rdiabilitation program andthe college “a model for offering
normative educational oppwtunities to the irfijreically han
dicapped.”
Hence, the decision from Governor James E. HolshousCT’s
office to hold Rdiabilitation Appreciation Day on the campus of
St. Andrews.
Seniors
To Meet
On Tuesday, November 18th
at 5:30 pjn., there will be a
meeting to explain a program
developed to assist this year’s
seniors who are planning to
seek positions in business.
It will be held in the Main
Lounge, Student Union
Building. All interested
Seniors please plan to attoid.
The Burris Center contains
approximately nine thousand
square feet of heated and air-
conditioned space, plus an en-
dosed oudoor exerdse cour-
t^rd. Attached to the
Physical Education Center at
two points, the Center
provides convenient access to
fiiysical therapy, swimming,
and other adapted [rfiysical
education activities. Its cen
tral geographical locaticm on
campus provides ready ac
cess to and from the College
Union, Cafeteria, Snack-bar,
Student Store, and to all dor
mitory areas.
Automatic doors at the ram
ped main entrance lead direc
tly into a large waiting room
and to the main Health Ser
vices area. In this area are
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This Week
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14:
RehabiUtation Appreciation
Day in North Carolina. Main
event: dedication of Ja«
Burris Rdiabilitation Caiter
on campus. Intemation^ly
famous rehabilitation
specialist Dr . How£ffd Riek
will keynote the event. 10 am.
Harris Courts
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
13:
Terry Sanford Day in
Laurinburg. The Duke
University president and
Democratic presidential
hopeful on campus this af
ternoon in the College Union
to meet and talk with studen
ts. See story, page 1.
THURSDAY, ‘NOVEMBER
13:
Preregistration for Spring
Term in the Small Gym. NO
CLASSES TODAY.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16:
“Juliet of the Spirits,” a
Fdlini film. 7:30 pjn. in
Avinger Auditorium. Free.
WINTER TERM internships
with state agendes are again
being (rffered. Notices have
been posted about the cain-
pus. See Prof. Fouke, LA 128,
for applications.