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Editorial
What Is The Purpose
Of St. Andrews?
One of the requirements of the self-study is that the college
prepare a brief statement of purpose. Below, we have printed a
copy of the current draft statanent on the pupose of the college.
We have printed thi because we feel that students should be able
to react. Chaired by Herr Carl Geffert, the committee has two
student members: Jeff Walker and Dawn Clark. We urge
everyone to read this statement carefully and give your
reactions and comments to Jeff and Dawn.
A Draft Statement On
The Purpose Of The College
St. Andrews Presbyterian College is a private four-year re
sidential college of the arts and sciences, estabUshed by the
Synod of North Carolina, committed to the liberal education of
men and women, and devoted to the achievement of academic
excellence. Its chief purpose is to serve students by helping each
to identify his or her potential for personal excellence and to
plan how best to grow toward it. The College seeks to enroll
students with middle to upper range academic abilities and to
graduate them as informed, articulate, and responsible human
beings, with an enhanced capacity for continued growth toward
personal excellence and an understanding that one s beliefs and
actions are inseparable. The theme of all college programs is
integrity, in the sense of wholeness.
It s our further purpose to assist students to develop
disciplined and inquiring minds, capable of clear, mature
thinking and effective communication, all within the context of
Christian commitment. The College gladly acknowledges
Christian faith as essential to its identity and provides
opportunities for worship, witness, and service. It encourages
all members of the community to take seriously the Christian
identity of the College, and it presents Christian faith as vital for
our time.
St. Andrews seeks to provide an environment in which racial,
ethnic, religious, physical, and social diversity fosters a
sensitivity to the views and importance of others, an awareness
of responsibility for one’s own actions, and an understanding of
the significance of physical well-being and of spiritual growth
for humane living. St. Andrews intends that its educational,
residential and extracurricular programs blend effectively to
enable students to acquire knowledge, to develop life-long
learning and interpersnal skills, and to establish values for
themselves.
The St. Adrews cirriculum seeks to maintain a healthy
balance between traditional and innovative approaches to
learning, between disciplinary and interdisciplinary emphases,
between depth and breadth of knowledge, and between
academic pursuits and personal growth. It recruits and retains
a faculty challenged by the ambiguity of this- balance. More
specificially, the educational program of St. Andrews reflects
our conviction that students should acquire depth of
understanding in at least one field of knowledge and should be
aware of the relationship of that field to other disciplines. The
curriculum is designed to provide our students with knowledge
and appreciation of our Western heritage and its significant
achievements and an acquaintance with the distinctive
elements of at least one major tradition of Africa, Asia, Eastern
Europe, or Latin America. Through our course offerings
students are enabled to gain knowledge and understanding of
literature, theology, ethics, and beliefs of the Christian faith and
to be aware of the religious traditions of our cultures. They are
enabled to gain insight into the interdependency of relgious,
social, political, economic, scientific, and other cultural forces.
Throug special programs and internships, students are
encouraged to explore career options with an emphasis on living
all of life with a sense of vocation. St. Andrews regards service
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Oppenheimer
(Continued)
nobody’s reading. Don’t give
me any tests or polls, or
market research - just come
with me to City College or St.
Andrew’s Presbtyterian
College in North Carolina or
the College of the Atlantic in
Maine. I’ve taught in aU three
plBces for the last three years.
There are bright students and
dumb students in each of
them, and none of them know
what a book is. Oh, they
dutifully get whatever is listed
as a course requirement, and
they are capable of apelling
out the words page by page,
but the idea of reading a non-
required book - or of keeping a
required one aftrer the course
is over - seems not only alien
to them, but ridiculous.
Listen, I hardly read
anymore. I nibble a lot, yes,
but the era when I’d devour a
book a day is long gone -
subsumed in the onslaught of
TV, movies, records, the kids,
and facts. And the child who
likes to curl up with a good
book is generally spoken of,
even by the parents, a little
sadly, and as a relic of a
bygone age.
So who will buy Burt’s
books? Who will walk into that
handsome new store and look
at all the shelves of marvels?
His jplan is to carrry every
book by any author he cares
about, including the ones the
publishers have forgotten. I
like to think that there are
millions out there who want a
book of my poems or one of
Ted Hoagland’s earlier novels
or the like, but I can’t believe
there are. Millions of people
were at the party, but that
may have had more to do with
champagne and Perrier than
with books.
The authors could be easily
identified; each lurked byhis
or her section of the book
cases. Burt stayed by the bar,
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Three Faculty
Promotions
Announced
by Steven J. Kunkle
Three faculty promotions
were announced yesterday at
the faculty meeting.
Dr. Lawrence E. Schultz
was promoted from an
assistant professor of politics
to an associate professor. Dr.
Schultz came to St. Andrews
inl971
Dr. George L. Fouke was
also promoted from an
assistant professor to an
associate professor of politics,
he joined St. Andrews in 1969.
Dr. Charles W. Joyner was
promoted from an associate
professor of histroy to a full
professorship. He has been
with St. Andnws since 1966.
A Christmas Carol?
«
Twas The Night Before Finak. . .
‘Twas the end of the quarter and all at St. A
The students were frantic and wished they could go away.
With finals and termpapers over their heads,
Pressure increased, grades hung by a thread.
The Libraries were packed, by steria reigned
While visions of failure waxed and then waned.
My roommates were studying their notes and their books.
While I sat ifl) tying in a small comer nook.
When out on the street there arouse such a clatter,
I sprang from my nook to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a Flash
The window was stuck so I kicked in the sash.
The St. Andrew’s streetlights shone clown on the sight.
And I
And clearly I saw this young students plight.
He tore at his hair, and he sobbed in the street,
“I can’t take it anymore! ” - a Finals casualty.
He mumbled and gibbered some time in the road.
Picked himself up and went back to his home.
But I heard him exclaim, as he strolled out of sight.
“If I can just graduate, I maybe all right.”
Merry Christmas to all
Adam H. Cashin
Statement On Purpose
as an important part of its stewardship and it provides facilities
and personal resources in the service of the region, the Church,
the nation, and the world.
Finally, we believe that St. Andrews graduates should be able
to practice the skills for effective communication in spoken and
written English and in foreign languages, in computer
languages and mathematics, in art and music; to practice the
art of thinking critically and creatively and to engage in a
variety of problem-solving activities leading to rational and
responsible decisions - all to the end that they may lead
meaningful, productive, and committed lives.
Extended Library Hours
For Final Exams
The Library is prepared to
serve its patrons the following
extra hours.
Friday: 5 p.m.-lO p.m., Dec. 15
Saturday; . 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Dec. 9 & 16
S*m.: 1 p.m.-ll;30 p.m. Dec. 10 & 17
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