St Andrews Presbyterian College - Lamp and Shield / Bagpipe Yearbook (Laurinburg, NC)

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St. Andrews is a symbol, a sign- post, which points beyond itself to a deeper reality — a reality which is often unrealized and slow to come to consciousness. The years one spends on this campus are the years in which the symbol St. An- drews grows; it changes our lives in the profoundest, yet the subtlest ways, going deep into these past occasions which have molded the style of our life and producing, in conflict, suffering, and resolution, a change which defies expression or explanation, it is this mysterious power of creativity which guides our changing lives — and St. An- drews is a symbol of that power of creativity, a symbol of change. Here we experience and then re- flect on those events which have been most significant to us as growing individuals, and the com- munity of St. Andrews becomes the focal point of these reflections. The Lamp and Shield attempts to capture and integrate parts of the St. Andrews community, to materi- alize and express what kind of symbol St. Andrews has in fact be- come for those of us within the community. The task, of course, is impossible, but the hope is only for a partial success — to communi- cate the smallest portion of our symbol to those outside of the community, or to preserve the most insignificant memory for those who have left the community. Either accomplishment makes the under- taking of this yearbook worthwhile.

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INTRODUCTION St. Andrews is a church-related, coeducational, residential, liberal arts college. It exists to liberate men and women socially, intellec- tually, and religiously. Its purpose is to develop men and women whose leadership and service are an expression of their critical, creative and disciplined minds and lives and their humane concern. The effectiveness of such an edu- cational process is determined by the quality of the total life of the college community. The College recognizes that ex- cessive conformity prevents com- munity and forbids individuality. Similarly, extreme individualism not only prevents individual growth, but denies the individual ' s respon- sibility for his brother ' s good in the community. Therefore, the College endeavors to hold in meaningful and balanced tension both inde- pendence and interdependence. To give Its members an opportunity for maturation it advocates freedom: to ensure the existence of a viable community it insists upon the ex- ercise of responsibility. It believes that its educational purposes can best be accomplished in an at- mosphere of responsible freedom and commitment rather than by means of superficial conformity to a set of detailed rules and prohibi- tions. It believes that responsible maturity is more likely to develop when each member of the com- munity is both free and obligated to struggle with principles of con- duct and to accept full responsibil- ity for his own actions. Introduction to the Code of Re- sponsibility