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Two-^art Interview Concluded
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Weening Encourages Community-PC Ties
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BY RUSH OTEY
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(Second of a two-part series)
liast week The Chronicle pub
lished the first half of an inter
view with Presbyterian College
Pt&sident Marc C. Weersing.
These are Dr. Weersing’s re
marks about student government,
tfib relationship between the col
lege and the community of Clin
ton, and the philosophy behind a
Christian liberal arts education
institution.
STUDENTS
ra*he Chronicle: Do you believe
hat Student Government at PC is
vital force in the life of the
College? „
Dr. Weersing: It is my opin-
an that the Student Government
ssociation here is Just what it
nplies--a student government.
is not a farce here, but is a
eality. It is needed, desired, and
'e intend to do all we can pos-
ibly do to strengthen it.
| In certain areas student parti-
fipation in the development of
fie life of the college is and al
ways will be sought. There is
‘ rrently aStudentAcademic Ad-
Isory Committee which is study-
|g the academic atmosphere
sre and will make specific re-
Jmimendations to the Academic
Wean and the faculty at the end
iff this academic term. We plan
ttj encourage the perpetuation of
tb s and similar student activi-
tjfes.
^This year students have met in-
fcirnally with the Board ofTrus-
tffes of the College, and in all
lielihood these meetings will
cjjntinue.
i^The Chronicle: What are your
filings concerning a recent stu
dent proposal calling for a stu-
dttit or recent graduate to serve
ap a full voting member of the
B»ard of Trustees?
:br. Weersing: In some ways I
d*ibt the desirability or pro
ductivity of this change from the
standpoint of all parties involved,
including students. Most of the
work of our Trustees is done in
committee and it would be diffi
cult for most students or recent
graduate to attend such meetings,
which are held at various times
and at various locations.
I have detected no real antago
nism toward this proposal, al
though some Trustees, faculty
members, administrative per
sonnel, and students will inevit
ably feel that students would be
better concerned with getting an
education and with strengthening
their own student government.
Where student participation in
the development of college life is
concerned, it is usually more
productive and desirable if some
kind of comparative focus is set.
We must realize that participa
tion can come in many beneficial
ways and is not limited to a di
rect vote on the Board of Trus
tees, which even our faculty does
not have. We do promise that
student proposals of this nature
will be given proper study and
consideration. We will keep the
lines of communication open.
The Chronicle: Does PC have
an existing policy on campus dis
order and rebellion?
Dr. Weersing: We have not
made statements about restless
ness and rebellion on college
campuses. We take the view that
students and professors are citi
zens and are governed by the civil
law. We believe that they are law-
abiding for the most part. We
do believe that as long as lines
of communication are kept open,
there is little chance or excuse
for violence.
COLLEGE ANf) COMMUNITY
The Chronicle: There are many
areas in which the college and
community work together which
are taken for grahted by both
groups. Would you briefly men
tion some of these?
Dr. Weersing: The College
sponsors many programs in the
areas of fine arts which are open
to the public. We try to pub
licize through the newspapers
when we have visiting lecturers
on campus who would be of in
terest to the community. Our
library, athletic facilities, and
auditorium are used a great deal
by groups and individuals from
Clinton and the surrounding area,
and we would certainly want this
continued as far as possible.
We encourage our faculty
members to take part in com
munity activities, and we hope
that the community will accept
them when they do so. We be
lieve that our students are also
an asset to the community in
many ways in addition to streng
thening the economy of the area.
Currently there are over 20% of
our students who are regularly
and actively involved in com
munity work of some type, such
as in the YMCA programs, tu
toring, or in other service pro
jects.
We feel that the churches in
the area are strengthened by the
presence and participation of our
students and faculty, Just as we
are "Slrengthened by the churches.
I don’t think we’ve emphasized
enough to the high school stu
dents of this area that we’d be
glad to have them come to col
lege here. We hope that they would
give us serious consideration
when making their decisions
about their future.
We would be glad to assist
the adults of the area in planning
or offering programs for adult
education if the need for such
is felt by the community. We
would also like to be able to
include the children of the com
munity in more of our programs,
for example in scheduling child
ren’s concerts when such groups
as the Atlanta Symphony are here
to perform.
Generally, I would say that we
are very grateful to the com
munity for their support and in
terest in the progress of the Col
lege. We hope that they will know
that we also stand ready to serve
the community in any way pos
sible. Personally, I am pleased
with the present and past rela
tionship between the College and
community and hope to see it
strengthened in the future.
PC’S PHILOSOPHY
The Chronicle: Much has been
said and written by many dif
ferent people concerning what a
Christian liberal arts institution
should be in this day and age.
Would you comment on your be
liefs here as they concern Pres
byterian College?
Dr. Weersing: I really don’t
believe that we clearly spell out
our reasons for existing, although
to do so one runs the inevitable
risk of oversimplification.
All education has its certain
assumptions. One of our assump
tions is that a person can be edu
cated within a frame other than
the secular frame. The Judeo-
Christian tradition has something
to say about our frame. Many
times it would seem that we
operate without showing our
skeleton, but there is a skele
ton, there is a frame, there are
basic assumptions which guide
this College.
A Christian, liberal arts col
lege is often Judged on the bases
of whether it allows drinking or
smoking. This is not the point;
these are incidentals, and I often
wonder if these incidentals aren’t
overemphasized from an educa
tional point of view. What is im
portant is a college’s real motive
for existing, its basic assump
tion of education - its overmas
tering motive, you might say. Our
assumptions leave room for piety
as well as power, revelation as
well as reason, salvation as well
as science. This is why
the Church-related college
exists. I am certain that there is
just as much or more freedom
within this frame as there is in
a state institution, which isn’t
free from restrictions or pres
sure-groups by any means.
Our driving philosophy is a
search for truth which allows
the assumptions of the Judeo-
Christian tradition and presents
these assumptions as primary al
ternatives in many case§. Edu
cators from secular and state in
stitutions urge us to keep on go
ing. The much-discussed Moody
Report expresses this feeling. It
has made many people aware of
soft spots in our educational sys
tem upon which we all need to
work. That’s just what we plan to
keep on doing.
Shields Instructs
Studio Owners
William M. Shields, Master of
Photography and Photographic
Craftsman, instructed a course
in Portrait Photography for 30
professional photographers,
studio owners from Georgia, Ala
bama and South Carolina, at a
workshop for professional pho
tographers sponsored by the
Georgia Professional Photo
graphers Association, April 6 ;
through 11, 1969.
The workshop, accredited by
Winona School of Photography,
Winona Lal&, Indiana, and under
auspices ofthe Professional Pho
tographers of America, Inc., was
held at North Georgia Techni
cal and Vocational School, located
in the foothills of the Blue Ridge
Mountains at Clarksville, Ga.
North Georgia Tech made its ex
cellent photographic facilities a-
vailable for the week-long
course.
Assisting Mr. Shields were
technical representatives of
Eastman Kodak Company, Roch
ester, New York.
Simultaneous with Mr.Shields’
course of instruction, Low Key
Color Portraiture, by Mr, Frank
Cricchio, of Port Arthur, Texas,
and a series of lectures and de
monstrations for studio color
ists, by Mrs. Kay Isaacson, Mas
ter of Photography, Fort Dodge,
Iowa.
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Dr. Weersing
Will Speak
At Vardell Hall
Miss Charlotte E. Hunter, pre
sident of Vardell Hall Junior Col
lege and PreparatorySchool, has
announced the speakers for the
1969 Commencement exercises
scheduled for Sunday. June 1.
Speaking at the 11:00 a.m. Ba-
calaureate service will be Dr.
Marc Weersing, president of
Presbyterian College, Clinton, a-
ssisted byDr. Robert Hall,pastor
of the FirstPresbyterianChurch,
Red Springs. The Honorable H.
Patrick Taylor, lieutenant gover
nor of North Carolina, will pre
sent the commencement address
at 3:00 p.m.
A Commencement Concert and
the President’s Reception honor
ing the graduates and their par
ents will be held Saturday even
ing, May 31.
B. E. TERRELL
Terrell Manager
Of Carpet Shop
B. E. Terrell has assumed
his duties as manager of Belk’s
Carpet and Rug Center.
A native of Carnesville, Ga.,
he is married to the former Lynn
Hunt, also an employe of Belk’s.
They have three children, Joe, a
supervisor trainee with Inman
Mills in Enoree; Jimmy, a senior
at Woodruff High School; and
Beck, a student at Woodruff Jun
ior High School.
Mr. Terrell has been in the
home furnishing business in for
mer years and is a color coor
dinator. He has been associated
with the Woodruff Furniture Co.
as manager.
The Terrells are planning to
move to Clinton in the near fu
ture.
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Library Intern
The South Carolina State Lib
rary Board has approved the in
tern application of Miss Lidie
Des Champs Owings of Laurens,
for Laurens County Library for
the summer of 1969. Miss
Owings, daughter ofMr.andMrs.
Edwin Owings, is a Columbia Col
lege junior.
The junior intern program
which is sponsored by the South
Carolina Board, is designed to
give the applicant an opportunity
to determine through actual work
experience whether he or she
wants to choose librarianship as
his or her life work.
4-A—THE CHRONICLE, Hinton, Sk C., April 17, 1969
County Representatives
Differ On Pay Raise
BY WAYNE McCULLOUGH said, “that if we raise compen-
Special to The Chronicle
COLUMBIA - Members of the
Laurens County delegation to the
House of Representatives didn’t
agree last week on a proposed
$2,000 pay hike for representa
tives to become effective Jan. 1,
1971.
Rep. David S. Taylor voted in
favor of the proposal while Rep.
W. Paul Culbertson voted against
the measure.
The measure was introduced in
the House last week as an amend
ment to the $465 million ap
propriations bill by Rep. Thomas
F. Hartnett, D-Charleston.
Commenting on the proposal
Taylor explained why he was in
favor of the pay raise.
“In recent years,* he said,
“the length of the legislative ses
sion has increased to the point
where it is almost a full time
job.*
The current salary of $4,000,
he said, tends to prohibit many
qualified persons from offering
for the office.
Taylor said professional peo
ple such as lawyers who have
associates to run affairs back
home are the only people who can
afford the low salary.
“I want to make it clear,’
Taylor explained, “that I did not
vote to increase my own salary
since the proposal would not go
into effect until after the next
general election.*
The proposal would have to be
acted on by the House again next
year, he said, and there is still
a chance the vote will be recon
sidered again this year.
Rep. Culbertson had this to say,
“It has always been my feeling
that service in government should
not be profitable.’
Legislators, he said, should
make some sacrifices to serve
their constituents.
“It is my feeling,* Culbertson
sation sufficiently we will have
people seeking office for money
instead of desiring to serve the
people.*
Culbertson agreed that the pre
sent salary of $4,000 is not very
high.
“I can understand the reasons
behind the pay raise,’ he said,
“because the office requires a
person to be away from his re
gular job for about six months
of the year.’
Culbertson explained that he is
not adamant about his position.
“I just don’t think it is right to
vote for a raise at this time when
we have so many other money
issues to deal with," he said.
“I think the timing is bad and
I can not favor the measure now,”
he concluded.
* * *
EGGS CASTELLANA
2 tablespoons corn oil
V4 cup minced onion
V4 pound ground beef
1 (8-ounce) can tomato
sauce
4 eggs
1 '2 cup finely shredded
Cheddar cheese
Heat corn oil in skillet
Add onion and ground beef
cook over medium-low heat
stirring occasionally, until
meat is browned. Stir in
tomato sauce. Spoon equal
ly into 4 110-ounce) baking
dishes. Break egg carefully
into each dish. Sprinkle
with cheese. Bake, uncov
ered, in 350-degree oven
until egg is set, 12 to 15
minutes. Makes 4 servings
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