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The Scaffolding came down
and the Katherine M. Belk
Bell Tower stands completed.
Ihe prominent tower on
Chapel Island is lit up at
night. The renovatirais to
the William Henry Belk Col
lege Center will be com
pleted before the April 21st
Dedication/Alumni Weekend.
(Photo by David Swanson)
Student Life Wrestles With Freshman Suites
By: Steven J. Kunkle
The controversial subject of
creating aU-freshmen suites
was discussed by the Student
Life Committee Tuesday
night.
It was decided unanimously
by the Committee to continue
the poUcy the college had
adopted last year. This poUcy
would let incoming freshmen
live in all-freshmen suites if
they themselves requested
the right to do so. The
Committee decided not to
approve the promotion and
encouragement of such suites.
This policy does not of
ficially go into effect until the
Student Life Committee
approves the minutes of their
AprU 11 meeting at the next
scheduled meeting at the end
of the month.
Dean Robert Claytor
sponsored the idea of
freshmen suites as part of an
effort being made for the
college to meet special
freshmen needs. Plans call
for a Residence Assistant to,
among other duties, help
freshmen adapt to college
life. “Many freshmen need
supportive help and it must
come from sensitive
training,” Claytor said. “The
college will be responding
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The Lance
A Weekly Journal of News And Events At St. Andrews
VOLUME 17 LAURMBURG, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, APRIL 13,1978 NUMBE^
Honorary Degrees To Be Awarded At Convocatic
Senate
Receives
Three Vetoes
In an occasionally stormy
meeting last week, the
Student Association Senate
received three vetos of
legislation previously passed.
President Perkinson declined
to act on the Bailie
revokation, arguing that the
Student Life Committee’s
approval of such a measure
was not pro forma, as he
interpreted the Senate’s
action to be contending.
President of the Student
Association Celleste Tillson
also returned two vetos on the
Elections and Appointments
Acts passed by the Senate and
commented on in the last
issue of The Lance. Tillson
conraiented that lack of
cooperative effort and con
stitutionality were the main
determinants of her veto.
A somewhat heated debate
on the matter followed, after
which the bills, failing
override procedures, were
sent back to committee. The
remainder of that meeting, as
well as the entirety of an
informal meeting yesterday
was spent in an effort to
determine just why the
Senate has been unable to
accomplish much after all its
great expectations and in
tentions. A joint meeting of
the Senate and Cabinet in the
next two weeks was proposed.
President Tillson’s veto
(continued on page two)
i
Beer, Bands, and Pig. Fun and
sun on the Granville beach
during last week’s
vaganza. (Photo by
Swason)
Extra-
David
Environmental Studies
Program Under Fire
The survival of the En
vironmental Studies program
at St. Andrews is in serious
jeopardy according to Dr.
Thomas Jones, chairman of
the Program. Students and
faculty are taking a hard look
at the future of the program in
response to recent questions
and complaints which have
been raised.
The Environmental Studies
program, was incorporated
into the St. Andrews
curriculum in 1974 under the
;uidance of Dr. G. T. Miller,
professor of Human Ecology
and author of numerous
Environmental Studies and
Chemistry textbooks. The E.
S. program is a multidisic-
plinary major program in
cluding studies from the
natural sciences, the social
and behavioral sciences, and
the humanities. En
vironmental Studies had eight
professors from the Religion,
Business, Anthropology,
Economics, Biology and
Politics including Pre-law
(continued on page four)
By: Steven J. Kunkle
The First Annual Honors
Convocation will be held at St.
Andrews on Friday, April 21,
at 10:30 AM.
The Honors Convocation
will be to recognize superior
student academic
achievements (see related
article). Also to be recognized
will be notable honors and
achievements of the faculty.
In addition to the deserved
attention given to the students
and faculty, four honorary
doctorate degrees will be
awarded.
St. Andrews has bestowed
five honorary degrees in its
history. The first two were
awarded in May of 1971 to
Warner L. Hall, a noted
clergyman and former
trustee of St. Andrews, and
Terry Sanford, former North
Carolina governor and
)resently President of Duke
University. Both Hall and
Sanford were awarded a
Doctorate of Humane Letters
(L.H.D.). The next two
honorary degrees were
bestowed in May of 1972 to
Senator Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.,
just before the intense days of
Watergate, and Asa T.
Spaulding, a Duke business
executive. Ervin received a
Doctorate of Law (LL.D.) and
Spaulding a Doctorate of
Humane Letters (L.H.D.).
The fifth doctorate was
bestowed in October of 1972 to
John Stevens Watson, the
Principal (equivalent to
President) of St. Andrews in
(continued on page two)
This
Week
THURSDAY - Tennis: At Averett College; BSU/CCC Dinner:
For Westminister Nursing Home, 7:00-9:00 p.m., First
Presbyterian Church; Thursday nite poetry series presents:
Canadian Experimental Film Maker, Lois Segal; 7:00 p.m.
Granville Lounge; Speaker: Joe Felmet, Former copy editor
for the Winston-i^em Journal and running for Democratic
nominee for Jesse Helms’ Senate Seat, 8:00 p.m. Avinger Aud.
FRIDAY - Golf: At Pfeiffer College; Senior Recital
April 14 Friday - Golf: At Pfeiffer CoUege; Senior Recital:
Richard Whitley, Piano; 8:00 p.m. Vardell; BSU presents:
Symposium of speakers with Julian Bond, Joy Johnson, and
Gary Ellerby; 7:00-9:00 p.m. Avinger Aud.; BSU: Dance
featuring “MUD” 10:00 p.m.-2:00a.m. Farrago
April 15 Saturday - Track: VS Methodist College, Wmgate
College, Christopher Newport and Francis Marion; 1:00 p.m ;
Tennis: VS Virginia Wesleyan; 10:00 a.m.; BasebaU.^
Virginia Wesleyan; BSU presents: A gospel
p m. Student Union Steps; Senior Voice Recital: Diane
Domln»vich, -| .-n.-n, Vardell: BSU Play: "From
the Backbone”, 8:00 p.m. Farrago; Concord Dorm presents:
“Stepping Out”, Party, with music by Keenan Williams,
Admission $1.00,9:30 p.m.-l:00 a.m.
April 16, Sunday - Scotland County Soccer: League gagie ,
away; vs Bragg United 76ers ; BSU Play: “From the
Backbone: 8:00 p.m.. Farrago; Movie: “McCabe and Mrs.
Miller”, Worren Beatty and Julie Christie, Time and place to
be announced, 25 cents.
April i7, Monday - Tennis: At Methodist; Monday nite at the
Arts presents: “Scottish music is not aU Bagpipes,” John
Williams, St. Andrew’s music faculty: 6:30 p.m. Vardell
April 18, Tuesday - Women’s Tennis
April 18, Tuesday - Wranen’s Tennis: At Pembroke, 2:30
p.m.; Golf: Vs. N.C. Wesleyan and Greensboro College, 1:00
p!m.; Track: At Wingate CoUege; Movie: “Big Moments in
Sports” part 2, Winston-^Salem; Dames: At Sommerville’s;
8:00 p.m.