THE LANCE, Thursday, April 29,1976
EDITORIAL
Some Words Of Praise
With all of the complaints, indictments and criticism that
emanate weekly from this space, it is only right that
occasionally a little praise is dispensed. Three groups warrant
favorable notice this week.
Dewey Humphries and Cardinal Food Service handled the
demands of the Inauguration Friday morning, the guests for
lundi, the attendant inaugural reception and ball Friday night,
and Alumni Day on Saturday, as well as the regular feedings of
St. Andrews folk. It was a job quite well done.
The Black Student Union put two years into getting the
Arthur Hall Afro-American Dance Ensemble to St. Andrews.
TTieir Saturday night performance was excellent and it was
extremely well received by those present.
WTibnington Hall sponsored the Sunday night performance of
the Winston-Salem Symphony. It was a superb performance
before a grand audience. Congratulations to them on a job well
done.
A Social Faux Pas
Probably the most glaring mistakes made by the organizers
of the President’s Inauguration last Friday was the champagne
reception held before the Inaugural Ball Friday night.
A large notice of invitation was sent out advertising this
event. It produced considerable negative reaction among older
alumni and Laurinburg residents.
Several reasons came to mind for their indignatim. One is
that Flora McDraiald and Presbyterian Junior Cdlege-out of
whose consolidation emerged St. Andrews—were strictly anti
drink. So for that matter was St. Andrews in its early days.
With the great majority of the college’s alumni being graduates
of these two institutions, one wonders why the possible negative
effect of such a reception was not taken into account. The affair
could easily have been bOled as a reception, period. It need not
have been advertised as any particular kind of reception.
Another adverse reaction to the affair was the expensive
implication of a “champagne reception.” With the college
vigorously soliciting funds from alumni and friends, talking
about the scarcity of funds, and trimming programs and
expenses on the one hand, the idea of a considerable expense on
a luxury like diampagne in great quantity would
understandably turn off a lot of people.
As image-conscious as the college has been this past year,
the champagne gaffe seems all the more odd. Hopefully, it wfll
not set our relations with alumni and the Presbyterian Church.
BOB'S
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The Place to
go for all your
Jewlery needs
Main St.
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1976-77
WSAP
Officers
-New officers for WSAP,
the St. Andrews Radio
Station, were announced
recently. Paul Baldasare,
President told THE LANCE
that the following would serve
in 1976-77. President - Paul
Baldasare, Vice-President -
Bill Brennan, Program Direc
tor - Steve MacLean, Produc
tion Director - Stewart Dans-
by. News Director-Michael
Greene, Music Directors -
Benny Cox, Bob Crownover.
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Lin Thompson Editor
Michael Greene Managing Editor
Mick Meisel Asst. Editor/Sports
Rowe Campbell Asst. Editor/Business
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To The Students;
there’s a lot I want to say, even more I could say, yet you’ve weakened all the words but “thank you.”
Mark Smith
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THESE postmarks are from a letter editor Lin Thompson received Saturday, Ajx'il 24. It was
mailed in Sielby, North Carolina, some 160 miles west of Laurinburg, on AprU 21, and was
postmarked in Charlotte. On the reverse of the envelope, however, ws was\another postmark. On
AprU 22 the letter was in Kansas City, Missouri. Thompson, who is a little sloV, is mystified: What
was it doing in Kansas City? The best reader answers will be printed next week.
Bacchanalia Relays Organzing
As a part of the Bac
chanalia ’76 festivities to be
held May 3-9, the CoUege
Union Board has scheduled a
series of “roUin’, rowdy, ram
bunctious relay races.” The
races will be held Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday at
5:30 p.m. on the lawn behind
the cafeteria by the lake,
Thursday at 6:15 p.m. at the
swimming pool, and Saturday
Thompson
Gets D.C. Post
A St. Andrews sophomore,
i-in Thompson, has been
named a congressional intern
for the summer under the
Lyndon B. Johnson
Congressional Intern
Program.
A politics major, Thompson
will be employed in the
Washington office of Rep.
James T. Broyhill (R-N.C.)
Currently the 12th ranking
Republican in the House of
Representatives, Broyhill is a
'member of the House Budget
and Interstate Commerce
Committees.
A resident of Shelby, North
, Carolina, Thompson is editor
of THE LANCE and vice-
president of Granville Hall.
at 1:15 p.m. in front of the
Student Union.
The relay races, including
everything from balloon pop
ping and egg tossing to inner-
tubing in the lake and jello
fighting, have been designed
to require a maximum of
team effort. By competing in
each race, the teams will win
points according to the
position in which they place.
These points will accumulate
with each race, untU the team
with the most points is deter
mined at the close of the Final
Relay Race on Saturday. The
prize for the winning team
wUl be a keg of beer or a
single album for each mem
ber of the team. In addition,
the runner-up team will
receive a pony keg.
Each team niust consist of
eight members, including one
wheelchair student, three
male students, three female
students, and one faculty or
staff person. Teams must sub
mit a complete list of th®
members to the Student Pw
sonnel Office by Friday, Apni
30. At that time, further inor-
mation on the description^
rules of each race will
given.
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