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letters The Lance §t John Patton Michael Greene Knight Chamberlain. Slieikh Jagne Mark PoweD Billy Howard Ed Neely Mickey Richey C. O. Spann, Jr Dr. W. J. Loftns Barbara Branges Beth Cleveland Larry Graham Suzanne Hogg Ed Johnson Kim Johson Steve Kunkle Steve Lowery Editor Managing Editor .... Ass. Editor/Sports , Asst Editor/Business .. Advertising Manager Photo Coordinator .... Events Coordinator ... External Circulation Internal Cfrculation Advisor Jackson Morton Judi Plyler Elizabeth Snively Wynne Segal David Swanson Celeste Tillson Lisa Wollman Allan Pershing EDITORIAL The battle between Mecklenburg and Winston- Salem dormitories last Thur sday night brought some life to the campus and focused at tention on the need for more student social gatherings and parties. But what started out as a relatively peaceful water balloon battle turned into a destructive and dangerous af fair. Baseball bats and chains are not ordinarily used in the spirit of good, clean fun. The student in Granville who was cut by broken glass when someone shattered his window is painfulij^ware that this did not end up as just another game. The battle served to form divisions between the nor mally close knit male student body. Some explained the war as evidence of animosity that has built up between three dif ferent types of people who each live in their own par ticular dorm. This tendency to stereotype individuals ac cording to the dorm they live in gives a ridiculous and damaging misconception. The male students at St. Andrews are certainly not as different in their outlooks and per spectives from each other as this viewpoint seems to believe. The battle did not help to strengthen relations any bet ween the administration and the students. Why should they redecorate and spend money in the dormitories only to see their efforts answered with vandalism and abuse? The individuals involved in this escapade should have used more restraint over their own actions and the actions of their friends. If another in cident occurs and gets out of hand like Thursday night’s battle did those involved should be ready to take the responsibility and possible punishment for their actions. Regulations (Continued From Page 1) All instructors will meet their regularly scheduled classes during the two class days prior to and the two class days following each recess. Alterations in or deviations from the schedule must have the prior approval of the Dean of the College upon recom mendation of the Division Chairman.” A large number of students already have unexcused ab sences recorded in the Registrar’s Office as a result of/absences before and/or af ter, the Fall Recess. Therefore, many students are in danger of being withdrawn from one or more courses if additional unexcused ab sence are recorded before or after the Thanksgiving Recess. Dean Ronald Crossley has indicated that no exceptions to the Attendance Regulations will be made for unexcused absences. Students who feel that they have a valid excuse for missing classes im mediately before or after the Thanksgiving Recess should contact Dean Crossley. Pots *N Plants Scotland County’s Newest and Most Unlqiie Plant Shop Offering A Large Variety of Plants and Accessories 10 A. M. • 5:30 P. M. MONDAY-SATURDAY SC011.AND'SQUARE 1000 S. MAIN 27fr«29S An Open Letter to New Editor Jdin Patton and Our College Community: Congratulations upon your acceptance of a “thankless ^°My letter might well te ai- titled “Three Resigned and One Ran”. I am sure there may be some genuine and sut- ficient reasons for discouragement we aU feel ^ times for the lack of thanks for our rfforts. Most of us guilty of insensitivity for taking people and the semces they rednder for granted, in the November 11th issue of THE LANCE, I was struck, however, by the apparent irony of two beha^^or ac counts in the face of doubtful results. , The “three” who resigned decided to do so “simultaneously in order to attempt to focus attention on the need for some kind of To The Editor; While I do not rerelish reopening the circumstances of my recent resignation for public debate at a time when it might impede the work of my successor, I nevertheless feel compelled to respond to Dr. Daughtrey’s attempt to portray my motives childish, reluctant and egocentric by contrasting them with the performances of members o the cross country team. To compare the job of editor of “The Lance” to a member of the cross country team is about like comparing apples and oranges. The nature of the public’s per ceptions of athletic and nonathletic endeavors on a college campus are quite dif ferent, as Dr. Daughtrey, who has been teaching in colleges for some time, ought to know. Sports get better notices than the newspaper trade even in defeat. The telling point in his letter, though, is his assertion that cross country runners are not paid. A realistic assessment of the situation would reveal that in fact they are, as they receive course credit for participating in var sity athletics. While they are not paid, as Dr. Daughtrey said, they thus do receive compensation of some sort whidi is what was advocated in the article dealing with resignations last week. As for the reasons surroun ding my departure, let me summarize them. My departure was due to a series of events dating back to February of this year which, building on one another reached, an intolerable level for me a few weeks ago. 1. From the first week of February to the end of the last school year I was in tensely embroiled in the con troversy surrounding the denial rf tenure to a member of the faculty. I was wrongly accused of conspiracy with THE RED LON Now Open In The College Union 8-12 P. M. compensation for all student association posts . The authors went on to say that this is the only way “to help ensure a continuing sup ply of able and willing people in such jobs”. The “ones” who ran and captured the DIAC harriers championship were also reported in this same issue. I assume they likewise were NOT paid for their efforts “Thankless”, in other words. As a matter of fact, we might find that the Coach is a volun teer for this duty. But one of the harrier’s stated, “I’ve worked for this for four long years”. This cross-country runner ran his best time in his final meet. Is there a lesson for us to learn in these two stories, Mr. Editor? John P. Daughtry, Director Teacher Education Program the administration, lying deception, and stupidity in let ters from students and faculty alike. I was harassed at meals. I was coroner at the foot of the stairs outside the cafeteria by the wife of the member in question and shouted at. At the end of tlK year I was turned out of the Senate Seat to which I had been elected unopposed a year earlier, lost a student association election that un der normal circumstances I would have fared much better in, and saw the negativism in spired by the Spring’s events pursue me even into this fall, when it adversely affected my self-nomination for a faculty- student committee. 2. The staff and editors of “The Lance” labored for a year anda half (xi the fifteenth anniversary issue, which ap peared on September 23 and disappeared with barely a trace of public notice or proval for what had been the biggest project ever un dertaken by the paper. This we all found frustrating as we did a much diminished level of cooperatioi offered by the Cabinet and News Bureau. 3. The incident which decided matters involved the Smithsonian Institution exhibition on journalism whidi will be on display until tomorrow in the Main Lounge of the College Unicm. The exhibit was scheduled through proper channels for a month’s showing. Shortly before the exhibit was scheduled to open, we were advised that thre had been a decision to have a luncheon for the Board of Trustees in the Main Lounge during their fall meeting. Thou^ this event had not been scheduled through the proper channels, we were able to work out a nice arrangement under the terms of which the Trustee would still have their luncheon in the Lounge, and would, in the process of doing so, officially Three days before th» exhibit was to open everythinng was in place ex’ cept the panels that make im the exhibit; they were to hung the night before the opening. Though I have been told a variety of stories bv those involved in the incident a decision was made that there was not enou^ room for the luncheon in the Lounge, in spie of our having made efforts over the previous weekend to compact the amount of space occupied by the exhibit. A token effort was made to contact me, hampered by the fact that Student Personnel had no campus address listed for me and thus concluded that I lived off campus. Witli no consultations with me of any other member of the staff of “The Lance” maintenance was called and told to come over and dismantle the door way protecting the exhibit and the partitions upon whic it wasto be hung. This they did in the space of less than an hour, and piled it into a truck and drove it away. Protesting, I was toldthatit would be restored the day af ter the luncheon. Then I was told that owing to the un fortunate nature of the whole affair, the luncheon would be moved downstairs to the President’s Dining Room and the exhibit materials restored the very next day. They werai’t, but the lun- cheonn was still moved down stairs, thus rendering the en tire wasteful exercise un necessary. Because of more inept scheduling we were unable to get the exhibit re erected and open because of other events until this past Monday for a considerably shortened showing. This kind of official in sensitivity to a properly scheduled event by officials of the College, piling on top of cumulative frustrations and the time consuming weekly requirements of the post, made it impossible to con tinue without eeling that my efforts almost totally wasted. Givai the shoddy state of fairs “The Lance” was m when I assumed the editor ship nearly two years ago and its rise to its present position as one of the best smaj college newspapers m Norffl or South Carolina, I cannot help but feel that the pw that has been exacted me, in terms of loss of J trust of friends W precluding of options ther service to the , personal disquietudes bv a year of c®"’ rarassment and has been rather h'8*'' .j,. that this wiU redress balance Dr. DaughWj negative motives creates. ^ lesson to be stories he 'j ts beiot« should know the facis he writes. Lin Thompson SERENDIPITY Nataral Foods & vitamins Laif e Variety of Cheeses Fne Wiies S. MAIN ST. Lance Advertisers
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