ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
St. Andrews welcomes
14 new professors I
SEPTEMBER 18,1981
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Freshman, Chris Whittington, prepares for new cam
pus home.
1981 enrollment up
By KIM BECKNELL
Seven hundred ninety-four stu
dents will attend St. Andrews this
year. The student population has
increased, along with the faculty.
For the fall term 1981, St. An
drews has the largest group of
new faculty members ever.
In the Physics department, the
college will have Allen Dotson.
He' will be the Associate
Professor.
Robert Engelson will be the
Assistant Professor of Music. He
will teach choral music and
direct the Chamber Singers.
Laurie Wadsworth will also be
Assistant Professor of Music. She
will teach instrumental music.
There will be a new coach for
girls’ softball and basketball, on
campus. She is Elizabeth
Graham and along with her
coaching, she will be a Physical
Education instructor.
Sister Bernetta Quinn is
visiting St. Andrews as a
Professor of English. She is a
teacher, poet, and literary critic.
Bruce Hedman is Assistant
Professor of Mathematics and
Computer Science. He taught
Computer Science at St. An
drews, during summer term.
Jesse Johnakin will be
Assistant Professor of Politics
and Business, She taught the
business law course at St. An
drews 1980-1981. She will advise
pre-law students.
Stuart Marks has returned
from a two-year leave. He has
two books in the making, on hun
ting cultures in Scotland County.
The Psychology department
has a new professor, Johnathan
Franz.
Paul Gratz will be Assistant
Professor of Theatre.
The Education department has
Cathy Kass as Associate
Professor. She will teach grades
4-9 and special classes.
Dennis McCracken will be
Assistant Professor of Biology.
William Throop will be
Assistant Professor of
Philosophy. He specializes in the
philosophy of science.
Eugene Torbert will be a part
time Associate Professor of
Spanish.
By SHARON STANLEY
This summer, at the St. Regis
Hotel in New York City, St. An
drews was awarded a certificate
of achievement by the Academy
for Educational Development in
honor of its innovative and
imaginative educational oppor
tunities for handicapped stu
dents. President Perkinson, ac
companied by Dr. Roger Decker,
Director of Rehabilitation Ser
vices at St. Andrews, were
present to receive Uie honor.
One of the first five colleges in
the nation to become barrier-
free, St. Andrews competed for
the award with colleges and
universities throughout the coun
try. One of ten award recipients
among the ranks of such in
stitutions as the University of
California, Temple University,
Boston University, and Southern
This brings the full time faculty
to fifty-seven. There are two
librarians, one artist-in-resi-
dence, and two professors
replacing members of the faculty
for one year - totalling sixty-two
on the faculty staff.
In following issues of The
Lance, we will talk with
professors individually. This will
help students and professors get
to know one another more
closely.
Illinois University, St. Andrews
of Laurinburg excelled with its
effective rehabilitation program.
Dr. Decker credits a staff
which “works as a team” for ef
ficiently organizing the “galaxy
of forces” which comprise a
rehabilitation program that
strives to lead the handicapped to
form their own path to normal
physiological development.
Decker further emphasized that
the award-winning Burris Center
also encompasses a program of
Health Services headed by nurse
Cindy Jackson which serves the
able-bodied as well as the
disabled. He summarizes his
satisfaction and gratitude for the
services as he points to the pic
tures of “wheelies” on his
bulletin board, saying "That’s
the deal! That’s what makes it all
worthwhile”!
By SHARON STANLEY
Last Saturday, over 187 fresh
men students and approximately
82 transfer students arrived on
campus to begin college at St.
Andrews. Of these students, six-
ty-two percent are from North
Carolina, with remaining
representatives from nearly fif
teen Eastern Seaboard states and
several foreign nations. The 1981
freshman class is the largest sin
ce 1973, and boasts a fifty-two
percent male population. High
school SAT scores and grade
point averages narrowly sur
passed those of last year’s
freshmen. Jim Stanley, Director
of Admissions and Financial Aid
at the college, is proud of both the
quality and size of the class,
stating that he holds a “firm
belief that Uie reason we (the
admissions and recruitment of
ficials) have been able to bring in
such students is because of ex
ceptional faculty support” in en
couraging prospective students
to attend St. Andrews.
The students themselves ap
pear generally positive concer
ning their college choice, and
Susan Beasley admits that the
hectic orientation schedule has
“kept their minds away from
homesickness and kept them in
volved in school.”
The freshmen have expressed
anxieties toward writing papers,
experiencing a lack of money, at
tempting to assimilate those
values previously taught them in
to their college life, and assigning
time priorities. Most are hoping
to gain a good education from and
become involved in St. Andrews,
develop close relationships with
other students, and gain a
heightened insight into life and
people.
While many freshmen have ex
pressed frustration at the lengthy
process of class registration, they
assert that the increased respon
sibility of college life is en
joyable, the campus is beautiful,
and, as Chris Copley t>elieves,
upperclassmen have been “very
friendly and eager to help” with
their questions and problems.
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FLORA MacDONALD
C^L^E
Presbyterian. Founded
in 1896. Closed 1961.
Merged to create St.
Andrews College. Was
located I ml. east.
Inside:
See Special
20th Year
Anniversary
Section On
Pages 4 and 5.
SA receives national award
for rehab, facilities