The Lance
October 21, 1983
Ronnie Newman: .'
Professional Extraordinaire
During the years she has been
a teacher, secretary, ex
ecutive, principal, marine
biologist, and director of
career planning and place
ment. Ronnie Newman is an
extraordinary woman who
radiates much energy, vitali
ty, strength, and wisdom to
those who meet and know
her.
Born of French and Irish des
cent, her father taught her
that because a woman is
vulnerable in the world, she
must learn all she can and be
prepared for many things.
For that reason she and her
sister were forbidden to take
study hall in school. Instead
her parents instructed her to
read all she could and learn
skills such as typing and
shorthand.
For Ronnie Newman being
prepared has paid off.
By Kim Carter
After World War II she got
married and moved to New
York where she continued
working on her degrees. She
received an undergraduate
degree from Fairleigh-
Dickenson, a masters from
Fordham, and the year she
received her Ph.D. from Col
umbia, she also found time
to have a baby and buy her
first home.
Mrs. Newman says the
greatest inspiration in her life
was her 5th grade teacher.
She taught her that listening
and good work habits were
the most important things to
focus upon. It was because
of this teacher that she decid
ed to enter the education
field.
Newman worked with
Japanese students in a
marine biology lab, taught
science in school and became
Writer’s Forum
Features Ctiappell
By Molly Nolan to have such widespread in
terest in the writing program _
The Writer’s Forum has here at St. Andrews
started off as a real success. At the third reading, Ron
The program has consisted Bayes and Fred Chappell
thus far of two student were cofeatured. Bayes read
readings, which in addition some old favorites and some
featured “ open mike” for new creations. Chappell, ex
anyone who wanted to read, ploring a different mode,
With a suprise turnout of read a humorous short story,
students and faculty, the The combination had a nice
readers did a great job of ap- twist. If other events are this
pealing to everyone’s taste. It successful, we should have a
is rare, yet very encouraging great year.
Tlie Lance
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principal of Holy Cross
School in New Jersey. When
she became tired of teaching
after 20 years, she went to
New York and became an ex
ecutive on Park Avenue with
Midland Class Corporation.
When her husband was
transferred south she left
Midland and came with him.
Her first two years were
spent socializing and playing
golf, and when she got bored
she went to St. Andrews Col
lege where she worked as
secretary in Dean Ronald
Crossleys’ office for seven
years.
Mrs. Newman now works as
Career Planning and Place
ment Director at the college,
a job she considers very ex
citing and challenging. Her
dream for the future is to
make St. Andrews the
southeastern center for
career planning and place
ment, “a fountain of
knowledge for all career
placement offices.” Mrs.
Newman says, “should all
that bear fruit then I would
•say this was a success.”
Student
Association
Notebool
By David Saunier
Remember last year when the
only way you could learn
about a club meeting or an
event was by looking at one
of the hundreds of an
nouncements scattered
throughout campus taped to
windows, doors, and brick
walls. St. Andrews had a real
communication problem, the
information was just not be
ing effectively and efficiently
communicated to the
students. Well students this
year concieved, designed,
built, and funded three
bulletin boards which have
been placed around campus
putting an end to this pro
blem.
These bulletin boards are
designed to provide a chan
nel of communication bet
ween the Student Association
Officers and the Student
Association membership. If
students are to act respon
sibly and effectively they
must be well informed. The
boards will provide minutes
from Student Association
Cabinet and Senate meetings
as well as those of the Stu
dent Life Committee (SLC),
the Educational Policy Com
mittee (EPC), and the
s
Continued on Page 4
By Maureen Ingalls
By Sally Schiel
Registration took place for
on-campus Winter Term
courses on Tuesday. Along
with the option of taking
Winter Term course at
another school, and the op
portunities for internships
and guided independent
studies, there was a great
variety of courses available.
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Winter term begins this year
on January 9th and runs
through February 2nd.
Course offerings include the
following:
• Open to all levels, PEO
PLE & OTHER BEASTS,
taught by Professor Marks,
can be taken as eitheT an an
thropology or a history
course.
This course will deal with the
roles and uses of animals in
human Hfe and culture. It
will integrate examples from
prehistory, history, politics,
economics, anthropology,
and the humanitites.
It is possible that a trip to the
North Carolina Zoo will be a
part of Marks’ course.
• Professor Woodson will be
teaching SCULPTURE:
METAL CASTING
WORKSHOP. This course
will involve the production
of a cast metal sculpture. The
student will set up a small
foundary for this purpose.
Woodson will be assisted by
great artist Dexter Benedict,
who will also act as an ad
visor to the course.
• The second art course of
fered this Winter Term will
be taught by Gary Jurysta-
MONOTYPE PRINTING.
Jurysta’s course will in
vestigate a wide range of
techniques in the production
of monoprints, including the
use of bother oil and water
media, collage and stencils,
transfer images, the printing
press, and silkscreens.
Monotype printing is unique
because it produces only one
unique image, as opposed to
multiple editions of the same
images.
Both Art department offer
ings include a small fee for
supplies and studio use.
•WINTER BOTANY &
ECOLOGY will be taught by
Professor Melvin. Primarily
a field-oriented course, the
techniques for identifying
trees and other vegetation
during the winter months will
be dealt with.
Soil and vegetation sampl
ings will be used to study
botanically anc
diverse areas. F
be conducted
trips to the Sai
Plains, Beaches
Savannahs, a
Bays regions.
• ELECTRi
MICROSCOl
taught by Lee
Investigations i
tron microscop
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techniques of t
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It is required tl
have basic
chemistry, b
physics.
• A Business
course open
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taught by
Hopkins. The
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• Professor D
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• Ron Bayes
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