Thirty-Fifth Year!
Memories of Bubble Gum Jeeps
and Anarchy
March 13, 1969
by SCOTT MCCREA
Sufficient time has passed for the immortal story of bubble gum
pink and the seven dwarfs to be told to you younger generations of
St. Andrews Knights...so settle back with a fag and Kwik-Shop
Pabst and recall the days of anarchy and S.A.’s first midnight riders,
for those days need to be relived.
If anyone had been alert that chilly night in March, he might have
noticed the band of nine or ten already-guilty looking conspirators
sitting around a coffee laden table in the snack bar near the closing
hour...there were scraps of paper with almost illegible scrawls upon
them, and names of various S.A. sophomores next to notations such
as "walkie-talkie on roof 2 till 3:30 a.m." or "drive jeep across
causewalk, 3:47 a.m." The meeting broke up at approximately 11
p.m., and the members quietly dispersed into the night. Again, had
anyone been watching he would have noticed that the ten did not
return to sleep but rather each of the group began an hour of prepa
ration that would rival the green berets. Black face paint, dark
clothing, sneakers, ropes and battery powered walkie-talkies were
brought out of hiding and made ready. At exactly 1 a.m. ten dark
figures glided silently out of each dorm, as the half moon hid its
face behind a cloud bank. Ten minutes later the ten entered the LA
building through different doors and met in front of the mural for a
silent devotion. Then with silent precision each man went to his
task. Two were dispatched to the roof as lookouts, four began
moving desks out of the auditorium, the remaining four began
coiling rope. One hour and thirty-five minutes later, the auditorium
was bare; the desks were lined up in the hall, and perhaps eighty
were already in neat rows on the roof The operation was simple;
four men moved the snakelike row of desks along the halls and out
the back doors, one hitched the coiled ropes around the tops and the
other three pulled the desks to the roof in a silent and regular
rhythm. As arms tired, places were changed and the operation
continued without a missed beat. It was perfect. The best, however,
was yet to come. ^ • r „
As the last desk was being hoisted to the roof, the infamous b
now long gone bubble gum pink jeep was chugging through the
night across the causewalk, looking like an apparition in the mist.
The jeep was driven slowly up the ramp into the auditorium. One
quick kick to the accelerator and the jeep mounted the an
took its place of honor under a single spot light. ozen o
of hay borrowed from a local construction "i^nder-
iike palms around the trophy and decals saying oin
ground" were pasted on the walls. There was more; entire
faculty lounge was moved from its room
sembled in the middle of the floor, and perhaps
borrowed from several dorms ranged around the f"" ^
paying homage to the memory of our pro essors. . j
Lshbulb salute to the handiwork, the sentries
the weary band trudged across the lake to warm bed a
hours sleep before that anticipated eight o c oc ,
Harvin would lean casually on the hood to
incredulous freshmen. Those, my friends, were the days when me
Library Construction Begins
September 18, 1963
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Construction for the new DeTamble Library on the south side of
the lake has been going on all summer. The approximate comple
tion date has been set by C.F. Street and Co. of Charlotte, general
contractor, for May 20, 1964. If construction proceeds as planned,
there will be a dedication service before students leave for summer
vacation or graduate.
The library was named for Mrs. F.J. DeTamble, from whose estate
came the $200,000 challenge gift of the First Presbyterian Church
of Winston-Salem. The total cost of construction and furnishings
will be $440,000. The other $220,000 came from the Z. Smith
Reynolds Foundation, the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, and
many individuals.
The DeTamble Library in its beautiful site overlooking the lake will
hold a capacity of 65,000 volumes.
Big Move 0/30,000 Books
Opens DeTamble
May 21, 1964
BY NANCYSTROUPE
Amid shouts of laughter and excitement Wednesday, May 13, the
new DeTamble Library on the campus rapidly filled with books as
students and faculty enthusiastically joined together and moved
approximately 30,000 books from the old library. In spite of the
hard work and hot weather, the school spirit was almost over
whelming. Students rushed to carry books during every spare
minute, even the ten-minute breaks between classes. The students
in the "book brigade" frequently formed an unbroken chain be
tween the two libraries. Professors abandoned their scholarly
dignity for work clothes, rolled up their sleeves, and proved the
reciprocal of the old adage "all brawn and no brains" to be false.
The four classes competed for a prize of forty dollars which was
awarded to the class with the highest percentage of participation in
the "Big Move." Students, weighted down by stacks of books,
staggered to the new library, placed the books on the shelves, and
raced back trying to beat members of other classes in getting
another stack of books. After a breathtakingly close race with the
junior class, the sophomores finally won with 88 percent participa
tion The juniors came in second with 85 percent.
The highlight of the day was the symbolic opening of the new
library Present for the new ceremony were Mrs. George F. Avinger.
a mSiber of the board of trtistees; Mrs. H. Leslie Perry, who served
as librarian at Flora MacDonald College for fourteen years. Dr.
Ansley C. Moore; and Dean Robert F. Davidson.
were men...
"Only the Gods have ageless and deathless life."
-Sophocles-