The Lance • St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Opinion
1992
Thi s letter was delivered
to Dean Franz on April
3. The author is curious
as to why no apparent
action has been taken.
To: Dean Franz
Re: Results of Stu
dent Elections
Dear Sir:
I recently learned the
results of the SGA elec
tions and I believe there
is something that should
be brought to your at
tention. One of the can
didates for honor court
has been caught in fla
grant violation of the
Saltire, specifically the
community code. This
person lied to his dorm
council about his suite's
vote with regard to en
tertainment preference.
Actually, he relayed the
decision of a unanimous
decision for a band in
stead of a DJ. In reality,
the suite was never asked
their opinion on the mat
ter. Later, it came to the
attention of dorm coun
cil that this person
booked the band prior to
the dorm council's vote.
This is in direct viola
tion of the SGA mission
statement (pg.. 133 of
the Saltire). Even though
the dorm council found
out about this deception,
they decided not to take
action; however, these
are not the actions ex
pected of a member of
the honor court. I had
hoped that this letter
would not be necessary,
but I would feel ex
tremely uncomfortable
knowing that a known
liar would be respon
sible for the judgement
of fellow students.
Please feel free to direct
any questions toward the
dorm council. Thank
you for your time and
consideration.
Editor's note: The name
and dorm in question were
given to the Dean.
Dear Seniors,
The time is now upon
us when we must go out
into the world, each of
us concerned with our
own pursuits. It is a time
we must ask ourselves
deeply about what we
are doing with our lives.
I am writing to you out
of concern for the world
we all live in as well as
the concern of our own
well-being. As we each
go out into the world we
must ask ourselves, as
responsible human be
ings, about the conse
quences of our pursuits
as we leave St. Andrews.
In doing so there seems
to be one vital question
which we all must ad
dress; "Are we pursuing
paths which are directed
towards bringing about
goodness in the world,
or are we pursuing paths
of our own selfish inter
est?" This question
seems to lie at the root of
finding our own happi
ness as well as the effect
our lives will have on
the world in which we
all must live. In trying to
decide for myself what
This letter to the edi
tor is written as an ap
peal to the St. Andrews
students of the future. It
is a reminder to all of
you that you have per
mission to move the fur
niture.
There was once a
time when St. Andrews
was referred i o not as a
college but rj ther, as a
community. It was a
community m ide up of
legends which many of
you as in coming
freshpeople will not
even know of or possi
bly remember. It was a
community where the
administrative bureau
cracy on this campus
was limited and ac
cepted only upon ap
proval of the students
that reside here on cam
pus. A majority of the
people that have gradu
ated from this college
were unique individuals
in their own sense be-
kind of life will bring
happiness, I have ob
served the lives of men
and women out in our
society in an attempt to
see who I consider truly
happy. In doing so, I
know of no individual
who has found any real
sense of happiness
through self interested
pursuits. It is in our own
benefit as well as in the
benefit of all living
things to live unselfishly
and to pursue a life of
goodness and virtue. To
realize the value of act
ing unselfishly is to re
alize the source of our
own happiness. If you
direct your life in such a
way you are helping
people you don't even
know. Our world faces
many problems today,
many resulting from the
pursuits of self interested
individuals, and is in dire
need of people who are
leading lives rooted in
the strength of compas
sion for humankind. We
are responsible as hu
man beings to be con
scious of our actions and
of who we are as a privi-
cause they had voices
that were heard, and to
day those voices only
echo beneath the levels
of paint that have been
used year after year to
cover the Wall. I passed
the Wall the other day
and read the following
inscription, "St. An
drews please help, as I
get older I get more im
mature." I commend the
people who wrote these
words. However, I dis
agree. There is an old
saying that goes, "only
the good die young...."
Well, dear friends of St.
Andrews College, the
good died young and the
so-called St. Andrews
community is no more.
How many of you
remember Doby, Skippy
Lee, John Cox, Fed,
Svend Deal, Bently
Crabtree, John Sellers,
James Dullin, Pat Sav
age, Nils Peterson, John
Wheeler, Dee, or Julia?
lege in being alive. We
must be responsible fw
the sake of the future of
the world we live in and
for the sake of the world
we shall bring our chil
dren into. I am not sug
gesting that we all must
go out and join the peace
corps, for we each have
pursued our own means
by which we shall earn
our livelihood. WTiat I
am suggesting is that in
whatever we are doing,
that we are doing it in a
sense of goodness and
with a sense of personal
virtue directed towards
the benefit of human
kind. It really does not
matter what you are do
ing, what matters is the
person who you are^
when doing it. If you are
pursuing business, be a
businessperson who is
conscious of the welfare
of the world in which
we live, just as if you
find yourself waiting
tables, wait on them in a
manner of kindness and
personal integrity. What
is of importance is the
value of action which
one lives daily life in
Some of you remember
only a few of these
people, some of you
have heard their names,
stories about them, or
maybe you know them
all. Some of you just
don't know.
James Dullin, the
mad streaker who al
ways streaked and was
hardly ever fully
clothed. A stranger in
himself, he was an indi
vidual and a member of
what used to be the St.
Andrews community.
Dullin to most was
crazy, but his voice was
heard. And he made us
all laugh when his se
nior year he lead the
Ganza streakers in a tux
edo.
Or how about Doby?
Even today when I see
him he is full of cheer,
and his one wheel on his
wheelchair is still all
bent out of shape from
the last time he played
accordance to, in what
ever you are doing and
wherever you are. Pros
perous action has an ef
fect that ripples through
the hearts and minds of
humanity stronger than
one can imagine. We
must realize the fact that
we are a part of this
world and that our own
well being, and our own
happiness is determined
by the well being and
happiness of the world
surrounding us. Recog
nizing this fact it seems
clear that to give of our
selves towards the ben
efit of others is pre
cisely what is beneficial
to our own feelings of
goodness. When you
leave St. Andrewsplease
consider these things in
the path you choose for
yourself, for the sake of
this world and for the
sake of your own heart.
I wish for you the
strength to fulfill your
pursuits and hope you
do find the happiness
that life can offer.
Sincerely,
A fellow classmate.
wheelchair football
here. Or maybe John
Cox, one of the great
debaters who got us in
the Guiness Book of
World Records last year
for our world record de
bating time.
How about those
good old days? The T-
shirts made with slogans
such as "If it's broke don't
fix it," or "Ditch the
Witch!" Most of you
have never seen these
T-shirts and if you have,
you are barely familiar
with the symbolism be
hind them. Sadly
enough, you are not even
willing to ask.
Sl Andrews has al
ways been an environ
ment where student
voices were heard, and I
greatly emphasize
"were." How many of
you remember the
events that transpired
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