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Or. W.D. White Honored
Matt Peck
,C|aff Editor,
On April 22, St. Andrews
held its annual awards con
vocation. One of those rec
ognized during the event was
Dr. W. D. White, Distin
guished Professor of the Hu
manities.
Dr. White will be leaving
the faculty of St. Andrews to
teach at the medical school at
the University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill.
Dr, White has been at St.
Andrews since 1965 after
leaving a position at Duke
University.
In 1983, Dr. White was
given the honor of becoming
a Distinguished Professor of
Humanities, one of the first
ever to receive such an honor
at St. Andrews.
He possesses Two Doc
torate degrees, one from the
University of Texas in En
glish and German, and the
other from Princeton Univer
sity in Religion.
He has authored several
books during his illustrious
career, and he has written over
two dozen articles on Victo
rian Literature.
He has been the recipient
of several grants and fellow
ships which are nationally
competative.
Dr. White has taught at
Baylor University, St. Olaf
College, Duke University,
TexaTech University ,Indiana
University, and The Univer
sity of Arkansas College of
Medicine.
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Dr. White (right) receives praise from Dr. Alexander
AMERICA
The Democratic party
finally has what it wants, total
control of the govemmenL But
that will be its undoing, for there
is no longer a republican presi
dent to lay the blame for all of
our problems. Anything that is
screwed up now will undeniably
be ihe fault of the democrats.
Symbolism now reigns
over America. Substance no
longer has a place here. Words
are more impcKtant than deeds.
But the poor, homeless, and truly
needy need education and ac
tion. The Democratic party fails
to see that caring about others’
feelings will just not cut it. And
in the results of the last election,.
four of every ten Americans^-
lieve our problems will be solved
by false rhetoric and improper
actions. If that is the case, I
would rather stand in the bread
lines of Russia where everyone
knows that they are getting
screwed than to see the United
States of America, the greatest
nation on earth, become a hol
lowed out shell of its past.
Thanks, but no thanks!
ATHLETES
Dr. G. Tyler Miller is Honored
Matt Peck
Staff editor
On April 8, St. An
drews honored one of its
former faculty members. Dr.
G. TylerMiller, with a recep
tion and convocation,
j.. - in i^.'^Kliller left
active teaching to write full
time. He has managed to
publish eight textbooks in 21
editions, being used in ap
proximately three-fourths of
the universities and collegesin
the United StatesHLiving in
the Environment, his most
popular text, is in its seventh
edition. Living in the Envi
ronment was the only text
book to make The Ecologist's
top 20 list of books witten
about the environment.
Miller has a strong
enviromental commitment.
He lives and works in an
enviromentally safe office.
Dr. G. Tyler Miller
and for every tree used to
make his books he plants an
other tree in a tropical rain
forest For each tree that he
uses in a manuscript. Dr.
Miller plants fifty trees.
Dr. Miller taught at
St. Andrews for 10 years,
during this time he provided
leadership in developing out
standing interdisciplinary and
team taught programs. Dur
ing his tenure as associate
dean of instruction, Miller re
structured the science curricu
lum, bringing together a team
of well-trained and dedicated
scientist to teach St. Andrews'
students.
His radical ideas
opened the way for the design
of the internationally ac
claimed John Blue Science
Laboratory. He also helped
raise funds in major founda
tion grants to design, build
and equip the John Blue Sci
ence Laboratory.
While teaching.
Miller refined his ideas and
research in enviromental stud
ies. He was apioneerthinker
in enviromental issues, and
he understood the urgency of
the threats to the environment
long before they became a
major issue.
He completed a bach
elor of science degree in
chemistry at Virginia Mili
tary Institute and holds a doc
torate in physical chcmistry
from the University of Vir
ginia.
VICTIM
ONLY YOU CAN PWVENT FOREST FIRES.
fffl A Public Service of the USDA Fo»est Se’ »*ce and
yoj* btale Fofestef
High School. He plays short
stop and second base. He is
the son of Yvonne M. and
Walter D. Smith, and is a
business and economics ma
jor at St. Andrews..
The Carqlinas Co|nferen^
consists of eight colleges:
Barton in Wilson, Belmont
Abbey in Belmont, Coker in
Hartsville, S.C., High Point
University, Lees-McRae in
Banner Elk, Mt. Olive Col
lege, Pfeiffer in Misenheimer
and St. Andrews.
Bayes publishes new volume of Poetry
Matt Peck
Staff editor
Ron Bayes
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Ronald (Ron) H.
Bayes has published. Guises:
a Chainsong for the Muse,
his 12th volume of poetry by
Northern Lights Press.
A native of Oregon,
Guises is Bayes’ second col
lection of selected shorter
poems (1970-1990). His
othcrwo±,TheCasketmaker
contained eariier shorter po
ems (1960-1970). Bayes has
also written longer poems that
are in four volumes called
The Umapine Tetralogy, the
last of which came out in
1979. His manuscripts also
include a volume of short
stories,a book of criticism on
John Reed, two works for the
stage, and five folios with aij-
isL
Bayes'writing career
began while attending afifth
grade at a small public school
in Oregon. Through
highschool he continued his
writing and began to write
more serious manuscripts, he
was graduated from Oregon
State College where he com
pleted his bachelor's and
master's degrees. At the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania,
Bayes completed graduate
studies in American Litera
ture. Bayes' other acedemic
accoplishments include
studying at the University of
British Columbia, Colorado
State University and Trinity
CoUege in Dublin, Ireland.
Prior to teaching at St. An
drews, he taught at Eastern
Oregon State College and the
University of Mary land.
During his distin
guished career Bayes has re
ceived many awards for his
writing and teaching of writ
ing. He is a life member of
the N.C. Poetry Society and
the Oregon Poetry Society.
In 1989 he received the N.C.
Award for Literature, and was
a Pulitzer Prize nominee in
1986.
Guises IS available
for $12.95 through Northern
Lights Press at 493 College
Avenue, Orono, Maine
04473.
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