THE LANCE
A Weekly Journal of News and Events At St. Andrews Presbyterian College
volume 15
LAURPfflURG, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 29,1976
NUMBER 24
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HARVEY Rich and the Grandtather Mountain Highlanders lead the academic procession across
Lake Moore for the inauguration of President A. P. Perkinson Friday as some 175 boycotting students
stand in honor of the faculty, trustees and administration as they pass. (Photo by Billy Howard)
175 Attend Boycott
Approximately 175 St. An
drews students participated
in a quiet boycott of tiie
inauguration of Presidet A. P.
Perkinson, Jr. Friday mor
ning.
The boycott, organized to
protest the denial of tenure to
Art Professor Mark Smith
and the flaws in the guidelines
for granting tenure brought to
light in the Smith Case, was
held on the shore of Lake An-
sley Moore outside Granville
Hall, and could clearly be
seen by the audience and plat-
form group across the lake on
DeTamble Terrace.
Approximately 35 students,
not counting marshalls and
singers, attended the
ceremonies.
Described by a Florence,
South Carolina television as
having “somewhat marred”
the inauguration, the boycott
was in fact quite calm and
composed. The group stould
en masse as the faculty,
delegates from other in
stitutions and the inaugural
party, which had assgnble^
next door at Wilmington Hall,
processed across the
causewalk to DeTamble
Terrace an stood again as the
ceremonies ended. “We never
intended that it be a negative
statement about the Presdent
or the College, “one boycotter
observed, paraphrasing the
mimeographed explanation of
the boycott given to those
present at the inauguration.
“We want to show thatwe are
concerned abou t the direction
the college is taking.”
Mackenzie Wins Runoff
St. Andrews students elec
ted rising senior Donald
Mackenzie vice president of
the Student Association in a
runoff Monday against Gran
ville senator Lin Thompson.
MacKenzie polled 155 votes
to easily defeat Thompson,
whose controversial editorial
statements on the Smith
tenure case earlier this year
made him the target of con
siderable criticism and, m
most observers’ views,
caused him to be too closefy
associated with College
president A. P. Perkinson to
suit the voters. Thompson
received 98 votes, five more
than he had received in the
ihis Week
TONIGHT: “Lirai in Winter” opens a four night run m the
Liberal Arts Auditorium. See page 6 for details.
TONIGHT: WSAP’s Album of the week is you can hear it at
10:30 D.m. at 640 A 91.1 FM.
FRIDAY, APRIL 30: Charlie Chaplin in “The Gold Rush 7 p.m.
in Avinger. Free
SUNDAY, MAY 1: “The Gold Rush” at 7 p.m. in Avinger. Free
MONDAY, MAY 2: Bacchanalia events get underway. See
notices in the College Union.
first round of voting.
The vice presidential race,
from the beginning of the
election process two weeks
ago, was one of, if not the,
most interesting races, witii a
rapid turnover among can
didates. It initially began with
four: Meckleburg senator
Clay Hamilton, Winston-
Salem senator Hampton
Peek, Mackenzie, who has no
previous student government
experience, add Thompson.
Peele withdrew April 19 on
the grounds that he was not
sure he would be attending St.
Andrews next year and toat if
he were he would be living off
campus, an arrangement that
conferences with Dean of
Students Malcolm Doubles
and Student Association
President Keith Gribble per
suaded him would not work
out. HamUton withdrew on
Aiffil 21, having tentatively
decided to transfer to another
school to pursue his interest
in clinical psychology.
As soon as Peele and
Hamilton withdrew there
were two additional entries in
(continued on page 5)
Perkinson Sees
Brighter
Days Ahead
St. Andrews President A. P.
Perkinson predicted a bright
future for the liberal arts
college in an address Friday
to those present at his
inauguration as the college’s
third president.
Noting the increasing public
debate on the value of a
college education and how
much it prepare studen
ts for specific career options,
combined with the increasing
breakdown of traditional
societal values, the President
told those assembled on the
DeTamble Terrace for the 11
a.m. ceremonies the times
required an educational
response that the liberal arts
college can best provide.
“If,” he said, “our loss of a
sense of community, our
distrust of societal institutions
and our obsession with
modernism constitute a value
crisis, and this constitutes our
greatest problem, higher
education can perform its
greatest service to society by
increasing its emphasis on
value education.
“To the extent that higher
education helps society
prepare to perceive this need
and then responds to it, the
value which society places
upon higher education will in
crease. Believing that assum
ption to be correct, I see a
role of increasing importance
for our liberal arts colleges...I
beUeve that increasingly, the
liberal arts colleges wUl be
perceived as offering the
most balanced presentation of
all three of the major func
tions of higher education-
dissemination of learning,
preparation for earning a
living, and insight into
making value judgemen
ts.... Although we have much
room for improvement, we
are on the right track.”
Presiding over the
ceremonies was Trustees
Chairman Edward J. Mack.
As the faculty represen
tatives of other colleges and
universities and the platform
party gathered across Lake
Ansley Moore next to
Wilmington Hall, the Scotland
High School Brass Ensemble
performed selections by Vec-
chi and Koepke.
Immediately prior to the
eleven o’clock starting time,
the academic procession
across the lake began. Har
vey Rich, a Grandfather
Mountain, N.C. bagpiper and
frequent participant in St. An
drews ceremonies, led the
procession, followed by two
drummers and two other
bagpipers.
Rich and company were
followed by members of the
St. Andrews Honor Society,
who acting as marshals for
the ceremonies, bore the
college’s banners.
The academic procession
was led by Faculty Marshal
Dr. George Melton, who was
followed by delegates from
forty-two colleges and univer
sities present for the
inauguration. Next came the
Board of Trustees, the
Faculty of th College, and the
platform party, composed of
Frontis W. Johnson, Im
mediate Past Moderator of
the Synod of North Carolina of
the Presbyterian Church and
Academic Vice-President of
Davidson College, Board of
Trustees Chairman Mack,
President Perkinson, Dean of
The College Victor C. Arnold,
Alumni Associaton President
elect Robert G. Anderson
(’67), St. Andrews Student
Karen Hardison (’76) and Dr.
Douglas W. Hix, a former St.
Andrews faculty member now
(continued on page 7)
Election Results
“Apathv seems to be the
early front runner in the self
nominations for Student
Government Association of
fices this year,” began a Mar
ch 20, 1975 article in THE
LANCE on campus elections.
The 1976 elections, which
ended Moiday in a tense
runoff campaign for Vice-
President between Donald
MacKenzie and Lin Thom
pson (see related story, this
page), were a far cry from
the yawn-in of 1975 as a
crowded field of contenders
vied for the top two Cabinet
posts.
Campus Radio Station
WSAP’s President, Paul
Baidasare, scored a decisive
victory over Student
Association Treasurer Rob
Howard and two other can
didates - former Orange
Senator Larry McDaniel and
St. Andrews’ National
Paraplegic Foundation chap
ter president, John Copeland.
Baidasare captured just un
der 52% of the vote, with
Howard taking 31.9% and
Copeland and McDaniel
sharing 15.5%.
Sally Beaty a three year
member ot the Student Life
Committee, won 248 votes in
her unopposed candidacy for
Secretary. Five votes were
scattered among write-in can
didates.
A close race between junior
BUI Mansfield and sophomore
(continued on page 5)