THE LANCE
A Weekly Journal of News and Events At St. Andrews Presbyterian College
VOLUME 16
LAURINBURG, NORTH CAROLTNA
THURSDAY. MAY 12,1977
NUMBER 21
hefts^ Assaults Raise Questions About Security
m
Blacky Wins Two
DIAC Titles
Having been Coach of two conference championship teains^
Sports Editor Fitzgerald thought that an interview witt Coach
Blackwell would be appropriate. I asked coach one question.
“How does it feel to be a coach of two championship teams
and how did you do it?” Afterwards his thoughts began
to flow. “To start of it feels good to win anything and having two
championships is just great!” The coach went on to comment
that a big reason for track’s success was that he had 5 of the 7
Cross Country runners and a dam good nucleus of fellows to
work with (“Iceman”, Fayssoux Owens, Jake Jacobs, Jacob
Houge, “Rook” Rookard and “Here” Herculson). The addition
of personnel such as Tim Griggs and Mike Cestrone who
volunteered enabled the track team to go all the way. When
asked what he thought about his team’s personnel “I don’t think
the College will find a group of young men as tightly knit as
members of the track team. Half the members on the team
could have served as Captain and done well. When you get men
like that, they will always see winners.” The coach went on to
say that even though track is an indivual sport the team
definitely was not composed of individualists. “The leadership
was good and team members had great respect for one
another.”
When asked about the prospects for future years “Jacob and
“Rook” Rookard will surely be missed. During his four year
stay here, Jacob has given this school more than 1000 miles of
running. As for “Rook” what can I say.. The guy can excel at
anything. Griggs will be missed but Cestrone will be counted to
carry the extra load. The team returning next year will be
stronger than the one returning tliis year.” Blackey also
commented that track will definitely need hurdlers (in the
absence of “Fuzzy Face” Richardson and “Rook” Rookard. He
went on to say that 10 to 12 track or cross country prospects have
already been accepted and that the overall outlook is excellent.
Turning to his right and smiling from ear to ear Blackwell
uttered “I see visions of these 3 trophies not leaving S.A. for a
good while.” (Cross Country, Bowling, Track) “If you have the
horses you can win and S.A. has the horses for at least thrw
more years.” Blackwell went on to add that Cross Country wul
be as strong or stronger across the board next year as w^ as
this past year. With the addition of the Sommerville Brothers,
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Dame
Announces
' Resignation
Robert Dame, Assistant
Dean for Residential
Life resigned on Mon
day of this week. Dame
cited personal reasons
for his leaving St. An
drews.
Administration Says
Things Will Improve
Yearbooks
Year Late
For those of you who have
been questioning the
whereabouts of last year’s and
this year’s annual - and for
those of you who have forgot
ten just what that memory-
jogger “Lamp and Shield”
reaUy is, THE LANCE has
done a little research ana
would like to dispel or confirm
some rumors you may have
been hearing—
About this year’s annual...
do not despair! It will arrive.
According to Sally Beatty,
editor of the ’7ft-’77 “Lamp and
Shield”, the yearbook is
scheduled for a summer
delivery, which probably
means late August. However,
Sally cautioned, this is not
guaranteed. The late delivery
is the result of contractual
problems ranging from
photography to the publisher
itself. Seniors, and persons
who will not be at St. Andrews
next year, who wish to receive
their copy of the annual should
leave toeir addresses with
July Plyler, Box 665, or with
Russell Strong in the News
Bureau office.
Since Sally was not the
editor of last year’s annual,
she was not able to answer
questions about the ’75’76
yearbook.
Russell Strong, director of
college relations, told THE
LANCE, that last year’s ann
ual should be here near the
end of June.
This Is The Last
Issue For The
1976-77 School
Year. Look For The
Next Issue Of
THE LANCE After
Fall Term Begins.
An increasing number of
violent or larcenous encount
ers have been occurring on
campus for the past two
weeks. The whole series has
apparently been touched off
by a stabbing incident occurr
ing in front of Mecklenburg
Dormitory about 11:30 p.m.,
Saturday, AprU 30.
A carload of townspeople,
armed with tire tools, belts,
and knives, followed a group
of St. Andrews students back
onto campus from the College
Plaza Shopping Center.
During the ensuing melee,
BDl Downs, a freshman, who
had not been directly involved
in the incident, was hit with a
tire tool, and slashed across
the stomach.
Mecklenburg Assistant
Residence Director Dennis
O’Toole escorted Bill to the
Health Center. As there was
no nurse on duty, and no
security officer available, he
called both the ambulance
and the police department.
The ambulance arrived a few
minutes later, and after
preparing Bill took him to the
hospital.
DKean Dame was then
awakened, and statements
were taken from those involv
ed. During this process, the
license number of the car was
ascertained and phoned into
the police at Scotland
Memorial, where they were
meeting Bill. The police did
not come on campus until the
following day.
On Sunday, May 1, the
police apprehended the driver
of the car and learned the
identity of the other three
assailants. Bill Downs, who
had returned to campus with
more than 70 stitches, was
called to poUce headquarters
to identify the driver. Craig
Tew, of Cedar Circle Trailer
Park, was identified as the
man who had assaulted BUI.
Tew was Charged with Assault
With a Deadly Weapon Inflict
ing Serious and Bodily Harm,
which is a felony. was
picked up and, relea^d oij, a
$300 bond. The othe^ involv
ed were not chained;
Monday night. May 2,
around midnight, Officers
ReVille and Jackson, assisted
by a number of students, app
rehended three of five bicycle
thieves behind Kings Mount
ain Conference Center. The
latter ascertained the identity
of one of the other thieves.
The poUce arrived soon after
to arrest the three.
On Wednesday, May 4,
shortly after 8 p.m., there was
another incident of bicycle
stealing. None of the theives
were caught, but two of the bi
cycles were subsequently
returned, although one was
seriously damaged. On the
same night several people in
Wilmington reported having
mffliey stolen.
According to sources in flie
administration there have
been several reported occurr
ences in the daytime of
bicycle Oieft as well as a
break in at the Snack Bar in
the Liberal Arts Building.
Students were told at a
Town Meeting in Mecklenb
urg Dormitory on Wednesday,
May 4, that the administrat
ion is interviewing for the
position of weekend nurse,
and will arrange for sub
stitute coverage of the Health
Center by present nurses until
then. Dean Santa-Maria said
that students next year can
expect the Health Center to be
improved one hundred perc
ent and that the only excuse
for poor health service next
year will be poor
management. No plans were
revealed to correct problems
in the area of campus se
curity.
WSAP Plans Program
Changes Next Fall
WSAP AM-FM, St. Andrews’
student operated radio
station, is planning a greatly
expanded range of program
services for 1977-78, says its
program director, Lin Thom
pson.
“Tlie first thing we want to
do,” Thompson said, “is get
back on 24 hour duty.” He ex
plained that equipment
failure had confined the
station to Uve broadcasting
this spring, but ttiat during
the summer replacement
equipment should be arriving
and be installed.
Thompson also said that
negotiations were under way
with National Public Radio to
acquire a number of their
programs for broadcast here.
Among the programs
sought is the award-winning
daily news show “All Thing’s
Considered.” “It’s , con
sistently interesting, entert
aining and probing”, Thomp
son said, pointing out that the
reporter who broke the recent
story that Chief Justice
Warren Burger had been
trying to sway enough justices
of the Supreme Court to hear
several Watergate-related
cases, was a correspondent
for “AU niings Considered.”
Other shows include “BBC
Science Magazine,” “Folk
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