The
Lance
A Weekly Journal of News and Events
VOLUME SEVENTEEN, NUMBER
St. Andrews Presbyterian College
LAURINBURG. north CAROLINA
Winter Term
Course
To Study
Camelot
By: Steven J. Kunkle
The romantic legends of
King Arthur, of Camelot, and
the glorious Knights of the
Round Table will be the
central theme of a winter term
course entitled “The Ar
thurian Legend: Perspectives
on the Middle Ages”.
Professor Edna Ann
Osmanski, teacher of this
course, will try to explore the
origin, development, and
continuation of the legends
surrounding King Arthur and
his court. This will provide the
background for individual
projects in which students will
explore the Middle Ages
through literature, art, music,
religion, or history.
The text for the course is Sir
Thomas Mallory’s Le Morte
D’Arthur which in Osmanski’s
opinion is “the most complete
English version that Mallory
put together. We could go into
DR. OSMANSKI
some more modern texts for
Arthurian legends, such as
T.H. White and Charles
Williams; any way we do it
it’ll be interesting.”
Osmanski, whose Ph.D. from
Princeton is in English
literature with specialities in
Medieval and Renassance
literature, hopes to attract a
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OCTOBER 13. 1977
Student Life
To Seek
Final
Yearbook
Answers
By: Steve Newton
(Photo by Mike Snider)
Another Reading Tonight at 7: 3U
Ragan, Students Read
“Poems are frozen moments”
that can be read years later
and enjoyed, Sam Ragan, the
bard of Southern Pines, told
an attentive and enthusiastic
audience at St. Andrews
Presbyterian College Thur
sday evening.
Ragan, who is also editor of
the Southern Pines Pilot, was
the featured guest at the
reading in the lounge of
Granville Dormitory, but had
to share the crowd’s response
with Steve Kunkle and Larry
Peterson.
Especially Peterson was
effective, reading powerful
poems which he has been
living and writing since his
junior high school days. He is
now a senior, and played
much on the Black experience
in his poetry, and spoke with
feeling that grew as his own
experience has grown.
Kunkle, a sophomore,
opened with six fragment
poems, most of them out of his
experience at St. Andrews.
Ragan opened with “On a
Tight Rope with William
Faulkner,” and closed a
“Tribute to Marianne Moore.”
He also spoke movingly of life
in the Sandhills, a snowy
morning on US-1 and the
Carolina beaches.
He also read one written out
of his life as a sports editor in
earlier days, built around a
boxer.
Ron Bayes, poet-in-
residence at St. Andrews,
announced that next week’s
literary gathering would
featured Charles Johnson, a
novelist and • onetime St.
Andrews faculty member,
who will speak and also play
his guitar.
Also reading tonight are
Students Teresa Staley and
Lin Thompson. The event
takes place in Granville Hall.
Always looked for in the fall,
the coots of St. Andrews
began showing up for the
winter this week (above)
(Photo by David Swanson)
Seeking a final resolution of
the questions surrounding the
non-publication of the 1976-77
LAMP & SHIELD, the Student
Life Committee met last night
and decided to request a
definitive response from
former yearbook editor, Sally
Beaty, now an admissions
counselor at St. Andrews.
Beatty will be asked to state
whether or not a delayed
edition of the L&S will be
forthcoming, and to attach to
this the reasons for her reply.
The reason for pursuing the
question to this extent was
that publications come under
the the committee’s
jurisdiction and, said Dr.
Williams Somerville, “This is
our unifished business, and it
needs to be resolved.” There
were further questions raised
by Dr. Leslie Bullock about
the legitimacy of transferring
funds forward from last year’s
yearbook account to the
present LAMP & SHIELD
without a conclusive
statement by last year’s
editor.
The reply from Beaty is
being requested before fall
recess so that the present
editor, Judi Plyler will have a
concrete budget for this year’s
LAMP & SHIELD. Requesting
further information on the
details of last year’s LAMP &
SHIELD was dicussed, but the
decision was made that such
information was at this point
non-essential, and the
questions were kept in their
present forrn. Final
disposition of the matter was
not discussed.
Also considered in the
meeting was the ratification of
charters of various student
association organizations.
Immediately chartered were
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This
Week
Crime and
organized
- This week’s
Justice” looks at
crime. Page 2.
• A letter invites President
Perkinson to dinner, Page 2.
■ A chance to study in Italy
IS announced, and the Indian
Museum has a birthday. Page
O,
■ SA soccer, cross country
and volleyball teams are in
action, page 4.
Wednesday, October 19: CCC: Worship Service, 6:15 p.m.,
Chapel Island or Orange Lounge; WSAP: Issues in Energy:
“Offshore Oil Costs vs Benefits” (Part I) with Capt. Jacques
Cousteau, Governor Brendan Bryme, and others 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 20: Soccer: St. Andres vs. Atlantic Chris
tian, 4:00 p.m., Soccer Field; Volleyball: At Methodist; WSAP:
Issues in Energy “Geothermal Energy-The Ring of Fire”
7:00-7:15 p.m.; Thursday Nite Poetry Series Presents: Char-
leen Swansea and/or Chuck Sullivan, 7:30 p.m., Place TBA.
Friday, October 21: Homecoming Week-End-CCC: Fall Re
treat Week-End; Dames: Picnic, Science Building Area, 5:30
p.m.; SNCAE: State Quster Convention on Campus; WSAP:
Issues in Energy: “Offshore Oil” (Part II), 7:00-8:00 p.m. and
“Oceans to Bu” 8:00-8:i5 p.m.; Disco: Presented by B.S.U.,
Student Union Lounge, 9:00-1:00 a.m., $1.00 admission.
Saturday, october 22: Cross Country: St. Andrews, Francis
Marion College, UNC-Wilmington, Elon CoUege, Methodist
College, and USC^partanburg, 11:00 a.m.; Soccer: St. An
drews vs. UNC-Greensboro, 2:00 p.m.. Soccer Field; Afternoon
Festivities; Cook-out; Band: Farrago Building; 9:00 p m.
Sponsored by C.U.B., WSAP: Issues in Energy: “Is Nuclear
Power Safe?” with Ralph Nader and Others. (Part I) 7:00-
8:00 p.m.; Movie: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the
Forum”, 9:00 p.m. Avinger and 25 cents admission.
Monday, October 23: Monday Nite Art Series Presents: Anne
Woodson, Professor; “Sculpture in Bronze” 6:30 p.m. Vardell;
WSAP: Issues in Energy: “Is Nuclear Power Safe?” (Part II)’
7:00-8:00 p.m. and “What Price Energy?” 8:00^:15 p.m.
Tuesday, october 24: WSAP: Issues in Energy: “Synthetic
Gas” 7:00-7:15 p.m.; Volleyball: St. Andrews vs. UNC-Char-
lotte and UNC-Wilmington, 7:00 p.m.; The Public Events Com
mittee Presents: Jack Bass: “The Transformation of Southern
Politics”, 7:30 p.m. Avinger
Wednesday, October 25: Bloodmobile on Campus, Small
Gym; CCC Presents: The Common Experience, “A Celebra
tion of Faith” with Dr. Hix, 12:30 p.m.; Career and Personal
Counseling Center: Personal Growth Group, 3:30-5:30 Soccer;
St. Andrews vs. UNC-Wilmington