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December 3. 1987 THE LANCE page 5 Education Update Literary Awards Announced Brian Rodgers Jill Stricklen With my student teaching experi ence coming to a close, I would like to reflect on some of the feelings that this semester has brought me. Coming into my senior year was somewhat of an anxiety-provoking time period, to say the least. Luckily, I had a cooperating teacher that made the awkward first days of student teaching the best that they could have been. These days were shaky because teaching was what I wanted to do and do well. The threat of being a total failure was constantly in the back ofmymind.lt was my chance to be happy with myself, as well as with life in general. Those pivotal days of uncertainty seem years past while in reality they were only seven or eight short weeks ago. These days I have the pleasure hugging, teaching, and simply enjoying what seems to be hundreds of bright, cute, smiling children, on a regular basis. My fear of failing as a teacher seemed to start fading about the time I heard the first “ I love you, Mr. Rodgers” or when my class understood the science concept that I was sure was going right over their cute little heads. I felt the pain of having students transfer to another school or having to tell them that I would be leaving soon. The most I can hope for is that my students will remember the important things that I tried to convey to them. The things like starting each day by saying “ I know I can...” or sim ply treating other f)eople like you want them to treat you. I know that this experience has been a good one, and I have definitely learned a lot. I have met some people at Covington Street School that I will never forgot and hope that I, or the things that I attempted to do, will not be soon forgot ten. I love the kids that I have been working with, and always will. This has been my time, and I have given it every thing that I had. I said in my first article that 1 hoped by the end of the semester that I would be closer to the person, as well as the teacher, that I wanted to be; I think that I am much closer to both goals, now. I will walk out of my school on Tuesday with a tear or two, but with the faith that there are many smiles, hugs, I love you Mr. Rodgers, in my future. LAURINBURG DEPARTMENT STOFE Overstocked for Fall! Most Fall merchandise at reduced prices Most at 40 to 50% off! V\fe carry a full stock of tennis shoes for the men including CXDNVERSE, ETONIC, SPOTBm & ADIDAS Jeans for the giils by JORDACHED, SERGIO VALErvnE,&LEE SPECIAL! Ladies sweats 1/2 price. Only at LAURINBURG DEPARTMENT STORE 228-230 MAIN STREET Christmas shoppers alert! January Clearance Prices Start In December! Two new literary awards are being made available for students of St. Andrews in the spring of 1988, the Carl Bennett Prize and the Ethel Fortner Poetry Award. The Carl Bennett Prize, which includes a $100 prize, will be awarded to the student who submits the best short story to “The Caim.” The student who writes what is deemed the best discursive or lyric poem to appear in “The Caim” will be awarded the Ethel Fortner Poetry Award, and will also be the recipient of $100. Both awards are limited to writers who are cur rently enrolled in St. Andrews. The Carl Bennett Prize will be awarded in honor of Carl Bennett, Distin guished Professor of English who will be retiring from St. Andrews in 1988. Judging the short stories will be Alan Hines, novelist and long-time friend to St. An drews. Hines was 1 of the 10 winners of The Sl Andrews Review’s Mishima Prize for Fiction. His last novel. Square Dance, was recently made into a movie starring Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, Winonda Ryder, and Rob Lowe. The Carl Bennett Prize is being sponsored by the English Department. The Ethel Fortner Poeu^ Award was established in honor of Ethel Fortner, who was the benefactor for the St. Andrews Press and whose relations with St. Andrews went back many years. Ron Bayes, Professor of English, Writer-in- Residence, and Associate Editor of the St. Andrews Press, will be the judge of the poetry. To be eligible for the prize, a discursive poem will have to beof40lines or more and a lyric poem must be over 14 lines in length. St. Andrews Involved Dave Snyder St. Andrews involvement in the life of Laurinburg has increased markedly this year, said Dean of Students Bill Loftus. Students, faculty, and staff have invested more personal energy in commu nity activities and made greater financial donations to local charities. Loftus, head of the St. Andrews United Way campaign, noted the variety of St. Andrews people who are “deeply involved in some really meaningful activities in the community, and in a leadership way.” The Laurinburg Red Cross awarded a plaque to the College Christian Union for its sponsorship of last year’s blood drives which surpassed their goal by 112 percent. This fall’s blood drive also surpassed its goal. In the Crop Walk Oct. 4 the 25 St. Andrews students made up at least one eighth of the Laurinburg walkers. Some of the other links include commitments by faculty and staff involved with Hospice, the Indian Museum, and Child Care Directions. Students are tutors with the Scotland County Literacy Council and interns with the Southeastern Violence Center. With three different musical contributions and several booths, St. Andrews students were more visible this year at the John Blue Cotton Festival. St. Andrews contributions to the United Way increased from $2073 last year to $2343 this year. The United Way supports 36 different community agencies with its budget of over $280,000 connib- uted mainly by local industry. Scodand County’sUnited Way began in 1954 witha budget of $19,000. The links between college and community receive more emphasis here than at other places because of the special role Laurinburg played in bringing the school here. Residents here provided a huge tract of land, originally including Holly Square where Harris Teeter is lo cated, to attract St. Andrews to Laurinburg. This land has proven to be the financial backbone of a school low on endowment funds. In the past, SAGE 101 required students to walk down Main Street to pick up litter and familiarize themselves with downtown shopping. The new Honors SAGE 101 includes a community service requirement. Loftus is pleased about the improved links. He said, “it’s getting beter and better and better.” CCU Raises $400 for South Africa Dave Snyder The College Christian Union will send $401 to South Africa to aid victims of apartheid. The money is this year’s annual gift to a South African pastor who runs an emergency food and clothing center for impoverished blacks. CCU organizers raised $251 by selling donated items at the Nov. 14 yard sale and collected another $150 from cash donations. The exchange rate between South African and U.S. currencies quad ruples the value of the gift, according to Charlene Carpenter, chair of CCU’s Prohetic and Political/Bread for the World Committee. Bob and Billie Martin, Philip Leist-White, Mrs. McBryde and Dr. J. Mullin from Gibson made large donations. Catherine Churchman clocked in many hours of labor and the radio station WE WO announced the sale on the air. “I want to give special thanks to all the workers and all who donated,” said Carpenter.
