THE LANCE
A Weekly Journal of News and Events At St, Andrews Presbyterian College
fVOLUME 16
THURSDAY. APRIL 14,1977
NUMBER 10
Ebla - No
Election Day Is April 21
Typical Tell Self-Nomination Deadline
I By loma Whitaker, Assistant
il Editor
!| Dr. Malcolm Doubles, for-
I'mer Dean of Students at St.
I Andrews, ^oke Monday af-
[ ternoon to an intrigued
ji audience on the new ar
chaeological finds at Ebla in
Syria. He began by trying to
impress upon the group the
importance of these finds. To
illustrate the point, he
produced a copy of the “St.
Louis Post Dispatch,” an im-
portant Midwestern
newspaper, dated October 29,
1OT6. On this date, the
presidential candidates (both
Ford and Carter) were
scheduled to appear in that
city, and the paper’s leading
story was “Scholars Hail
Eblaite Find.” Apparently,
Ford and Carter were second
rate compared to the
discovery at the largest tell in
Byria. (A teU is a mound of
Barth that is identifiable as
(places where people have
lived.)
According to Dr. Doubles,
he story of Ebla began in
[^Italy with a young man, Paolo
latthiae, who had been a doc
toral candidate with the
lUniversity in Rome. Matthiae
jad chosen Tell Mardikh, the
argest of eighty tells in Syria,
I for his work. TTie first ex-
bavations were during the 1963
ligging season - the summer
is the “digging season.”
/arious layers were
Examined, and Mardikh ap
peared to be a “typical tell ”.
iowever, the 1968 season saw
fie discovery of a statue with
[a dedication - in the Akkadian
anguage - to Ishtar, a goddess
of the city of Ebla. This
^eeraed to establish the tell as
he site for the city of Ebla,
which had been mentioned in
the workings of Sargon the
Great, King of Akkad, and Ur
of Calder. The statue was
found at the 2000 B.C. level.
There was considerable
debate over this issue,
however, since scholars
believed fee site for Ebla was
500 Kilometers from the tell.
Tomorrow 5 P.M.
By; Michael Greene, Editor
Student Association elec
tions got underway this week
with the Election Board’s an
nouncement that the first day
on which candidates could file
for office was Monday, April
11. Positions open include
president of the Student
.Association, vice-president of
the Student Association,
secretary of the Student
Association, treasurer of the
Student Association, attorney
general, two (2) two-year ter
ms on the Judicial Board,
three (3) one-year terms on
the Judicial Board, three
positions (two senior and one
junior) on flie Student-Faculty
Appellate Board, president of
the College Union Board, vice-
president of the College Union
Board, president of the
College Christian Council,
vice^jresident of the College
Christian Council, secretary-
trasurer of the College
Christian Council, and five
(5) two year terms on the
PIRG Board. (One year terms
for seniors).
All students wishing to self-
nominate for anj' of these
positions should do so by 5
p.m. this Friday (April 15) in
the Office of Student Per
sonnel.
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Bachanalia Festivities Begin Monday
On Monday, April 18, the
traditional festival of Bac
chanalia will begin on the St.
Andrews campus. For those of
you new to St. Andrews, this is
a time of fun, games, and stiff
competition. The celebration.
which some tend to think is
our annual Spring situal, has
its “roots” in the ancient
festivals which honored Bac
chus, the Roman god of wine.
Throughout ttie week, at
5:45 p.m. after dinner, there
Note to Dr. Doubles’ former
students:
He is not always 15 minutes
late! He can be on time.
Nineteen seventy-
four excavations reached
the Early Bronze IV age, 200-
300 years more ancient than
the level where the statue was
found. Forty-two tablets were
found which revealed a totally
new language. The language
is referred to as Paleo-
canaanite, or Proto-hebrew.
Proto-hebrew is the preferred
term, since the language is
more identical to the biblical
Hebrew than any other
language that has been
discovered. Dr. Doubles ex
plained this language is so
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Thematic Contract
Majors Approved
by Steven J. Kunkle,
Staff Writer
A more comprehensive con
tract major system has been
approved by the Educational
Policy Committee (EPC), and
was passed by the faculty
yesterday, subject to minor
alterations.
New Editor
Ihe resignation of John Pat
ton as editor of THE LANCE
was announced on Monday by
Dr. William Loftus, faculty
advisor. According to Loftus,
the new editor will be Michael
Greene, a former managing
editor of THE LANCE. He will
assume his duties with the
publication of this issue.
AD disciplinary programs of
the college will be open to con
tract options beginning with
the 1977-78 academic year.
This will be in addition to the
standard major, with the
specific requirements stated
in the college catalog. Presen
tly only a minority of the
disciplines offer contract
majors.
Tlie main thrust of the new
contract system is the
thematic major, a major cen
tering around a main theme.
This is an individiualized con
tract major in which the
student chooses to major in a
field not offered by the
college. This is done by first
contacting the Coordinator of
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will be games and races which
will include a canoe race, an
egg toss. Teams must consist
of 4 men, 4 women, 1 wheelie
(male or female) and 1 faculty
member (male or female).
Friday, April 15th (tomorrow)
is the deadline for getting your
team signed up. These games
will culminate an Friday
evening with a relay race bet-
(Continued on Page 2)
WSAP
Presents Live
Election
Coverage
WSAP President, BiD Bren
nan announced today that St.
Andrews radio station would
provide live coverage of
Student Association election
returns next Thursday night.
Brennan said that a
proposal for coverage had
been devised by several mem
bers of WSAP’s executive
board several weeks ago and
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Varsity Defeats Granville All-Stars 97-74
This
Week
THURSDAY, APRIL 14: Baseball-Home-Against Pfeiffer
College 3 p.m.
THURSDAY, APRIL 14: Co-ed VoUeyball-Harris Courts;
Seagram Seven vs. G. .W-7 p.m.; Faculty vs. Allstars-7 p.m.;
Panthers vs. Delayed. Reaction-8 p.m.; Climax vs. Newport
Knicks-8p.m.
THURSDAY, APRIL 14: Golf-Away-Against UNC-Greensboro
Greensboro College. ,
THURSDAY, APRIL 14^SATURDAY, APRIL 16: Womens
Tennis-NCAIAW Tennis Tournament, Div. H.
FRIDAY, APRIL 15: Men’s Tennis-Away-Against Virginia
Wcslcysn.
SATURDAY, APRIL 16: Track-Away-Against Atlantic
Christian. . . ,
SATURDAY, APRIL 16: Baseball Doubleheader-Away-Against
Virgijia Wesleyan. „ . . a • *
SATURDAY, APRIL 16: Men’s Tenms-Away-Agamst
Oiristopher Newport. . ^ j- *
MONDAY, APRIL 18: Men’s Tennis-Home-Against Methodist
CoUege-2:30p.m.
MONDAY, APRIL 18: Women’s Tennis-Away-Agamst Sandhills
Community CoUgggjiggjlLi
TUESDAY, APRIL 19: Tradc-Home-Against Campbell College
Atlantic Christian College.
TUESDAY, APRIL 19: Dorm Forums for Upcoming Elections-
Wilmington Lounge-7 p.m., Meek Lounge-9 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20: Women’s Tennis-Home-Against
Wingate College -2:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20: Men’s Tennis-Home-Against
Pembrdte State lftiiversity-2:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20: Pre-registration for Fall Term
Small Gym-No Classes.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20: Baseball Doubleheader-Away-
Against Methodist College-1 p.m.
THURSDAY, APRIL 21: Elections-Polls open in the main
lounge of each dorm-9 a.m. through 5 p.m.
THURSDAY, APRIL 21: Men’s Tennis-Home-Against
Greensboro College-2;30 p.m.
THURSDAY, APRIL 21: Golf-Away-Against N.C. Wesleyan.
THURSDAY, APRIL 21; Women’s Tennis-Away-Against
Pembrdce State University-2:30 p.m.