Volume 19 Number/S ^
St. Andrews Presbyterian College
FEBRUARY 19,1981
Price Comes
To
St. Andrews
Reynolds Price, St An
drews’ first doctor of letters,
and an internationally famed
novelist, translator and poet,
will be among the
distinguished guests at the
Writers’ Forum on campus
this Spring.
As usual, ttie series will be
scheduled for each Thursday
night at 8 p.m. in Granville
Dormitory Lounge. Director
for the Forum is senior
Michael Snider of Lincolnton.
Student readings will be
featured in February, and
will include Beth Edwards,
Bart Mullin, Ross Bannister,
Snider, Fred Otto, Woody
Russ, Kim Becknell, Austin
Seagrave, Tom Hardin,
Bobby Price, Harvie Jordan,
Ann Caimi, and Paul
Economos.
Dr. Jerome Seaton,
professor of Chinese at UNC-
CH, will join with Paul Jones
and Don Riggs of Chapel Hill
and Loyal Charles of the SA
Admissions staff on March 5.
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Reynolds Price, author of A PALPABLE GOD.
Tony Nolan, another
Chapel Hill poet with a
volume of verse to his credit
will read with Ohio’s Dr.
Michael Mott, who is
published by Wesleyan
University Press, on March
12.
Sam Ragan (whose book
JOURNEY INTO MORNING
will be published by St.
Andrews Press in May) will
read on March 19, as will
Kate Blackburn, William
Loftus and Jane Perrin.
Dr. Joe Garrison of Mary
Baldwin College, Shelby
Stephenson, editor of
PEMBROKE MAGAZINE,
and SA Director of Ad
missions are readers on April
2, followed by Price on April
9 and Dr. Wallace Fowlie,
also of Duke, on April 16.
Both Price and Fowlie have
read at SA on three previous
occasions. Fowlie will talk on
“Picasso and the Poets.” The
late Pablo Picasso, as well as
writers Cocteau, Gide, Genet,
Sartre and Collette, were
among Fowlie’s friends in his
paris years.
Carolyn Kizer of Berkeley
will also read in the Spring,
date to the announced.
A series of six student
readings, including a senior
reading, will be announced at
a later date. Persons wishing
to participate should contact
Michael Snider at Campus
Bos 62.
Trustees visit St. Andrews
Academic
committee formed
SHARON STANELY
The end of last week
brought many new faces to
the St Andrews campus.
Among these were the Board
of Trustees who was holding
its semi-annual meeting to
discuss logistics of the
college.
The purpose of the
Trustees is to act as the
governing board of the
college. Since St. Andrews is
a private institution it has to
be licensed under the
auspices of the Trustee
Board. They further delegate
power to the President who,
likewise, oversees the actions
of the administration. All
major policy changes are
then referrred back to the
Trustee Board for final ap
proval.
The Trustees meet three
times per school year, in the
Fall, Winter, and in the
Spring. The meetings consist
of committee reports on
various aspects of the
campus, ie. Academic Af
fairs, Business Affairs,
MAUREEN INGALLS
Development, Student Af
fairs, and Investments.
Several Trustees with a
student and faculty
representativ explore various
facets of the college. They
also concern themselves with
the financial situation of St.
Andrews. Budget proposals
are made and approved for
the next school year. Each
Trustee is elected for a four
year term and two-thirds of
those positions are elected
within the Presbyterian
Synod and the remaining
third maintain Trustee-at-
large positions Elected by the
appointed Trustees.
The Trustees also take an
avid interest in the St An
drews ^idmissions program.
They sponsor several events
in an effort to recruit
prospective students in their
respective locales. Several
times a year Trustees hold
“St. Andrews Night” in their
homes with alumni present to
stimulate interest in St
Andrews as a possible choice
for further education.
After touring the various
facilities on campus a series
of meetings were held to
discuss the proposed changes
in the core curriculum which,
if approved, will be initiated
for next year. The Trustees
were fascinated with and
excited about the innovative
new program.
Dean Claytor hopes that
the more personal contact
the Trustees have with the St.
Andrews community, the
better the relations that can
exist between the two. He
would be interested in
perhaps involving the
Trustees in career programs
for students undecided about
their future.
The general consensus of
the Board of Trustees was
one of approval of the St
Andrews campus. The next
meeting was scheduled for
later this spring just
preceding Commencement
As a result of a Task Force
Report last Spring, a Student
Life Work Group on
Academics has recently been
formed to study methods of
strengthening academic
program demands and
developing a diversity of
course offerings. Chair^ by
JohnKrantz, other student
members on the committee
include Maureen Ingalls and
Jennie Wilhelm. Professors
Martha Knight and Neil
Bushoven are faculty
represenatives for the group,
and registrar Jim Stevens in
administative spokesmsn.
At their first meeting last
Thursday, the committee
•opted to use surveys.
developed by Bushoven and
Knight, to interview faculty
and honor students to obtain
help in identifying problems
in the present academic
program. Suspected, areas of
concern include available
resources, course scheduling,
work load etc. The com
mittee will compile these
results, and hopes to hold a
common experience during
lunch on February 25th to
discuss with interested
students academic problem
areas.
Late in the month, reported
findings will be sent to the
Student Life Committee for
their review and suggestions.