College Expects Parents For May Day Events Parents of LaGrange College stu-

dents will pour onto the campus Sat- urday from all over the South to par- ticipate in the annual college May Day.

The all-day festivities will treat the parents of students to an Honors Day program, patio picnic lunch, presenta- tion of the May Queen and May Court, the step-singing competition between the sororities and fraternities, and an

all-day art exhibit by senior art stu- dents of the college.

Following the 9 o'clock registra- tion on the patio, students who have excelled during the past year in scho- larship, leadership, and athletics will be recognized in the second, annual Honors program at 10:30 in Dobbs Au- ditorium.

The guest speaker for the Honors

Day program will be Dr. Ralph B. Draughon, president of Auburn Uni- versity. Dr. Darughon was chosen by the Student Government Association to speak during the occasion.

The picnic style lunch will be served at 12:00 in the cafeteria and on the pa- tio.

The May Court will be presented during afternoon festivities. May Queen

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Auditorium at 10:30 Saturday morning.

EDITORIAL

PARENTS SHARE HONORS Saturday, May 2, will see the culmination of

many efforts manifested in the annual May Day on LaGrange College. Weeks of united efforts will bring together hundreds of parents and guests from a South-wide radius. Attention will be focused on recognition of our parents as they come to share honors with us. It is fitting that we honor our parents. Although the college may owe its primary obligation to the students, with- out the parents with their constant concern, gui- dance and support, there would be few of us here today.

Our schedule offers a full day of activities in which parents may look behind the scenes to become acquainted with our sphere of collegiate life. The Honors program will recognize student leaders who have contributed to the campus. The picnic lunch will provide opportunities for informal acquaintances and a tour of the cam- pus.

The May Court presentation will introduce the highlight of the afternoon events when ten- sion will mount among the Greeks with the competitive step-singing event. Between the scheduled events guests will have occasion to view the Art Exhibit.

Countless others have contributed behind the scenes in conjunction with our parents. Again, it is fitting that our parents are recognized. Per- haps this weekend in many ways will compen- sate for the financial burden, the separating miles, the too-few letters, and the mystery of the student's surroundings. We hope you enjoy the day.

Dee Atkinson and May King Sammjr McCord will begin their reign. Diane Alford will be maid of honor and brightening the court will be Patricia Lanham, Joyce Odom, Judy Hayes, Cynthia Gill, Janet Mabry, Kathie Graham, Caroline Milam, and Susan Longino.

Step-singing competition will follow the May Court. A slight change has been made in this year's fraternity and sorority musical contest, according to Fay Day officials. The officials say that the Greeks will compete as in pre- vious years by singing one secular se- lection. A trophy will be presented to the sorority and the fraternity winning this competition. Then the brother and sister Greeks will combine to sing a selection of a religious nature. The tro- phy for the winner of this contest will be awarded by Dr. Anderson of the college music department.

An art exhibition, featuring work by two college seniors, Quida Harmon and Kathryn Green, will be open the entire day in the college gallery.

Supper will "be served at 5:00 Satur- day evening and will be followed by a college-wide dance at 8:00.

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10:30 Honors torium

Program—Dobbs Audi-

SGA Initiates Handbook Changes Pan-Hellenic Elects 1964-65 Slate

The SGA Legislative Council ager of the Scroll was dropped SGA secretary Judy Carlson and held its regular meeting Thurs- day evening. The meeting was confined to discussing the pro- posed changes of the constitution in the Student Handbook. The sections of the constitution were divided at the last meeting among four groups and the chairmen of changes will continue at the next two of these committees read meeting. ,

from' twenty points to fifteen, legislators Judy Hayes, Jimmy Due to the combining of the of- Matthews, Bill England, and fices of secretary and treasurer Sammy Stewart. of the Men's Athletic Association, "~ "" \ ~~~ it was decided to credit this of- Pan-HelleniC Meets ice with fifteen points.

Discussion of the proposed

their respective changes to the Council, who discussed these changes and voted to pass them. Most of the discussion was over the wording of the changes.

Some changes were made in the point system. These included changing the staff members of The Hilltop News and the Quad- rangle from two points to five

Absent from the meeting were

Chapel Wednesday Herman D. Jones, Director

the State Crime Laboratory since 1952, will speak at the regular chapel program on April 29. Dr. Jones, a native of Central City, Ala., received his B. S. degree

points. The points credited to.the at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, editor of the Scroll was dropped his M. A. at Columbia University, from twenty-five points to twen- and his Ph. D. at Vanderbllt Uni- formally, as the band is of the ty. points and the business, man- y«rsity Medical School.

To Select Officers The Pan-Hellenic Council met

Thurday evening to elect officers. The Council elected Judy Mc-

- Coon chairman, Ted Hitchcock vice-chairman, Cheryl Mahaffey secretary, and Roger Weaver

of treasurer. Proposed plans for the May

Day dance were also discussed. It was announced that the "Orig- inal Soehl Brothers" would pro- vide the music. It was suggested by Ted Hitchcock that the girls dress semi-formally rather than

"rocking sort"

Johnson First Male To Head Yearbook

By JOHN WHITE

Men will dominate the top po- sitions on all campus publications staffs next year.

For the first time in the 133- year history of the college a male student has been selected as edi- tor of the college yearbook, the Quadrangle. Mark Johnson of Atlanta was named to the post last week by the publications committee. Elected to serve with Johnson as business manager was Bill England, also of Atlanta.

Drue Linton, current business manager of the Hilltop News, was elected to edit the News next year. Linton is from Jesup. John Lantz of Atlanta will be the Hill- top News business manager.

Only one of the top two posts of the campus literary magazine, The Scroll, has been filled. Ri- chard Campbell of Fairburn has been named to the post of editor.

12:00 Lunch—Patio and cafeteria

3:00 May Court presentation and step singing—Quadrangle

5:00 Supper—Cafeteria

8:00 Dance—Gymnasium Student Art Exhibit all day in the art

gallery in Hawkes Building

LaGrange AAUW Holds Invitational Meeting

The LaGrange chapter of the American Association of Univer- sity Women will hold its first meeting since it got its charter, tonight at 8 o'clock in the dining hall.

The purpose of the meeting is to invite this year's women grad- uates to join the organization. All potential women graduates of LaGrange College have been in- vited. The women officers of the LaGrange chapter of LC's Alum- na Club have also been invited.

The program includes a talk by Mrs. Waights G. Henry Jr.

The AAUW is an organization of American women who hold de- grees from accredited colleges and universities. The purpose of the Association is to unite the alumnae of different institutions for practical education of statis- tical and other information con- cerning education, and in general for the maintenance of high stan- dards of education. The Associa- tion was founded in 1882. It has a membership of 155,000 in over 1,500 branches in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam. AAUW lists over 800 Am- erican universities and colleges whose women graduates are eli- gible for membership.

The local chapter has 42 mem- bers, of which 10 are^n some way related to LaGrange College. This chapter received its charter in September 1963.^:

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THANKS OVERDUE Saturday the college and the parents of college stu-

dents will be treated to the annual May Day and the se- cond annual Honors program.

Needless to say, such events do not crystalize by a wave of a mysterious magic wand. Such events as these demand first thought, then planning, then the hard and thankless work of implementation.

Thank you's are already overdue for many members of the college community who have contributed to the construction of May Day.

But a special word of thanks should go to the Student Government Association, to the dean of women, Mrs. Kelly, and to Joan Hammett for their conscientious plan- ning of May Day.

NO MORE PAINT, PLEASE Patriotism and all aside, red, white, and blue columns

do not compliment a college campus. Whether the deed of a super patriot whose days are composed of an endless stream of Fourth of Julys, or the work of a right wing John Bircher protesting a college community dining hall, last week's impromptu art exhibit defaced a very lovely portion of the LaGrange College campus.

The painted columns greatly overstepped the line be- tween good fun and malicious defacement and destruc- tion.

The Hilltop News condemns the recent act of vandal- ism and hopes the student body will form a united front to prevent the recurrence of such an act.

A GOOD BET The production Friday and Saturday nights of "Thomp-

son" by the college drama department was a successful job done on a successful play.

Each student who played a part, large or small, should be credited with time well spent and work well done.

But not everyone on campus was privileged to see the production of "Thompson". The auditorium was not filled Thursday night and Friday afternoon the weekend cam- pus exodus could have been mistaken for the World War II evacuation at Dunkirk.

It's a good bet that many students went home and com- plained to the folks that there was nothing to do in La- Grange.

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Dobbs Auditorium

Hurts Fine Arts Thursday and Friday nights saw an*

experiment in drama come to thej stage of Dobbs Auditorium. The ingenuity of the author, the director, the technical director, and the actors prac- tically overcame the obstacle of Dobbs, but not quite.

Dobbs is a compromise, a chapel, auditorium, con- cert hall, and theatre. Sometimes combinations of these functions work quite well. But Dobbs was not designed to be any of these. In the original plan it was to be a classroom building. Its present form does not function properly because it was not planned for that function.

Sound has a tricky way of getting lost in the barn- like space of the auditorium. Even a superior actor with a well trained voice would have to make some adjust- ments and compensations in order to be heard from the alcove portion of the stage — the alcove is in back stage center — with its ceiling almost two stories high. A voice in this area is caught up by two stories of space and only with special effort can an actor keep his lines from getting lost.

The barn-like acoustics gives trouble to actors and musicians alike and their performances suffer and therefore the audience suffers.

The Fine Arts Department, lira' sure, would like to do more experimental work in both drama and music, but if the hall in which the artist must play kills the fine edge of a performance it will be only with great difficulty that good performances, especially with high- ly experimental works like 'Thompson' will be forth- coming.

The play 'Thompson' was adapted to Dobbs Auditor- ium as successfully as possible under existing circum- stances. All connected with it should be congratulated for their ingenuity and skill.

Many of us long for the day when artists performing at LaGrange College will not have to fight so hard against the hall in which they are forced to perform. Dobbs admittedly is better than nothing, and we should. be thankful for it, but if our Fine Arts Department can do as well as it has in Dobbs, we can but hope and dream for the day when the LaGrange College audi- torium will help, not hinder, a performance.

MAY DAY SPECIAL

Parents Harass no longer your negli-

gent child. Plead no more for

letters from that son or daugh-

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Goldwater OK On

College Campus The mock Republican Conven-

tion held two weeks ago at Em- ory University in Atlanta brings many interesting facts to the sur- face concerning the political at- mosphere of Georgia campuses.

Before this convention it was thought that Goldwater would make a veryB poor showing asgj it was felt that„J he has not been too popular af-lj ter Mr. Ken-'J nedy's untimelj death. The re-| suits were ex-l actly the opposite.

At any political convention each delegate must vote as he was pledged to by his state (or campus, in this case). This rule was in effect at Emory. There- fore the results of this first bal- lot reflected the popularity of the candidates at Georgia colleges.

The results of the voting gave Senator Barry Goldwater the plurality with sixty-five votes. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge was next with fifty-two votes. Governor Nelson Rockefeller was third with twenty-seven votes. It is interesting to note that nine- teen of these votes were cast by Negro delegates. The remaining twenty-eight delegates split their votes vetween William Buckley (three), Richard Nixon (five), and Sen. Thruston Morton, R-Ky. (twenty).

In reality, as this first ballot shows, Goldwater is still a very serious contender for the Repub- lican nomination. Of the remain- ing candidates, Lodge, who seems to be the chief threat to Goldwa- ter, has stated emphatically that he will not leave Viet Nam until his job is finished, even if he is considered the leading candidate for the nomination. Mr. Rocke- feller has slowly been losing in popularity since his divorce and remarriage last year. The recent primaries around the nation will support this fact. As for Mr. Nix- on, he has already lost one elec- tion and very few people will vote for a loser. He has also made a very poor showing in the pri- maries. All the other candidates are negligible.

At the present time, about three months before the Republi- can Convention, it looks as thou- gh Senator Barry Goldwater holds a considerable lead around the country. If nominated he could make a very serious bid for the office of President of the United States of America.

Survey Says Greeks Read The Most Editorials Editorial pages of THE DAILY

TEXAN, University of Texas, Austin, are read most widely by members of Greek fraternal groups, according to a campus readership survey.

The survey was prepared by students doing research in mass media under the supervision of Dr. William Hazard, associate professor of journalism.

Students from small to medium size hometowns also read editor- ials more frequently than those from large towns. And the study recorded that independents from high occupation families tended to show more interest in editorials. Yet, despite the parents' occupa- tions, the Greeks always held higher readership percentages.

This definitely seems to make

Greek affiliation the dominant factor, Dr. Hazard said.

The trend might be explained by seemingly greater discussion of campus events among Greeks than among independents. Greek participation in campus elections reflects this. With increased dis- cussion, students in sororities or fraternities are forced to keep abreast of editorial page material.

Tuesday, April 28, 1964 HILLTOP NEWS — LAGRANGE COLLEGE Page 3

Hypnosis Works For College Students "Hypnosis works!" is the gen-

eral answer given by the La- Grange College students who ha- ve worked with hypnotist Rev. J. Douglas Gibson. The interviewed students have attended Rev. Gib- son's sessions to improve their relaxing and studying abilities.

Rev. Gibson, who has been on the LC campus five times, says, "Hypnosis does not increase a person's natural abilities or intel- ligence but it does increase his ability to utilize what he has. Rev. Gibson says that there is no loss of consciousness or will with hypnosis but merely suggestion while the subject is in deep con- centration. If the suggestion is accepted by the mind of the sub- ject it will stay with him after the concentration is broken.

Rev. Gibson, who has worked with hypnosis since 1956, holds

lems as reading comprehensoin, general comprehension, relaxa- tion, and foreign languages. Rev. Gibson thinks that he has devel- oped in his subjects "an ability to concentrate and a feeling of being able to do better work."

With a good subject, he can penetrate into the subconscious mind and have the student recall things which the subject could not do consciously. In this way

Pi Gamma Mu Chapter Selects New Members

The Georgia Delta Chapter of Pi Gamma Mu selected eight new members who accepted their membership on Thursday, April 9, 1964.

WAYNE HILL DEAVORS is a senior and is majoring in history;

a certificate from a medical and I NANCY LOUISE SMITH, also a dental school of hypnosis. He worked with hypnosis four years before he attempted to hypnotize anyone.

About 35 LC students worked with Rev. Gibson on such pro-

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he is able to detect problems which arose in the student dur- ing his entire life, problems whi- ch the student does not con- sciously remember. Rev. Gibson states, "Many of the problems which block a person's learning ability occur in the first four grades of school."

In some cases, Rev. Gibson has been able to talk to a person's subconscious mind and has found that it was not in agreement with the conscious mind.

Rev. Gibson, who is himself one out of a hundred who can- not be hypnotized, says that one out of 'five students is a good subject while one out of ten is a bad one. ■ One student stated that he went to Rev. Gibson at first "out of curiosity and the hope that he might be able to help me." The student said, "It relaxed me and made me feel confident. It caus- ed a possible improvement in my grades, but a definite improve- ment in my general mental con- dition."

Another student stated, "I think that one can get out of hypnosis only what one puts in- to it. Rev. Gibson can make you want to study but not make you study."

Rev. .Gibson explained that that his hypnosis was a teaching to the students of the principles involved. Over a long period of time, his treatment would lose its effectiveness, then the stu- dent should be able to hypno- tize himself. One student said, "A person can hypnotize himself because it is not something add- ed to the person but a fulfillment of what is inside."

Rev. Gibson stresses to each student that he does not hypno- tize people for fun or to see them do tricks but instead as a part of the Methodist ministry to help others. He does not "preach" but uses religion in his work of hypnosis.

Aii the students who were in- terviewed stated that they be- lieved in Rev. Gibson's work strongly enough that they would be willing to pay for his help' In answer to a question, each answered that hypnosis should be a part of the College's counsel- ing program.

Besides group and private ses- sions. Rev. Gibson has also made records which he leaves with the students to supplement his visits. "The records are not as good as a visit but they ^elp, said Rev. Gibson.

One-Third Of Seniors To Seek Higher Degree

June 1, 1964, will see the end of four years of work and study for fifty-nine seniors at La- Grange College. Many of these students, however, do not plan to rest on the laurels of having earned an A. B. degree. Of these fifty-nine, fifteen have made def- inite plans to attend graduate schools. Over one-third of these students have received a fellow- ship or other form of financial assistance.

Those who will attend the Uni- versity of Georgia, which is re- ceiving the largest number of the LC graduates, are Ellis Dunbar, James Patterson, Mary Anne Harwell, Larry Hornsby. and possibly Ouida Harmon. Of this group Misses Harwell and Dun- bar are recipients of grants.

Auburn and Emory will have three LC alumni each. Floyd Canmack and Art Graves will attend Candler School of Theolo- gy and Charles Clark will be in Emory's School of Dentistry. Those going to Auburn are Mack Stillwell and Sammy McCord, both of whom have received Fel- lowships. Suzanne Clerke is also seriously considering Auburn.

Scarritt College in Nashville, Tenn., will have Nancy Smith, who has received a tuition grant as its LC representative. At the New Orleans Baptist Seminary will be Hulon Alsobrook and at the University of Alabama will be Charles Owen.

At present Charlie Knight has not yet chosen a school, but rle does plan to attend some school.

LaGrange College will have two of its students attending schools in Europe. Sandy Turner will continue her study of French

in Tours, France, with definite plans to attend the Sorbonne in Paris later. Don West will begin his preparation for the ministry at New College in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Of the remaining students, eight indicated a desire to attend school but are prohibited from doing so by financial or person?! reasons. They all said they defi- nitely plan to attend graduats school later.

Summer Quarter Begins June 9th; Major Fields Open

By IRIS DUNCAN

The LaGrange College 1964 summer quarter beginning June 9th will include various courses in the following major fields: Business Administration and Ec- onomics; Fine Arts; Humanities; Science and Mathematics; and Social Science. The summer quar- ter will run from Tuesday, June 9th, through Saturday, August 15th. Advance registration by La- Grange College students in resi- dence during the spring quarter will be on May 5th.

For the first time students in the science and mathematics field will be able to complete two con- secutive courses in Chemistry (351-2) and Physics 201-2) in one summer quarter. There is only one Saturday scheduled for class- es during the quarter, but there are no holidays scheduled. The annual July 4th holiday will fall on a Saturday, which means the student will be celebrating on his own time.

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Veteran Professor Has Had A Versatile Career

By JUDY THOMASON

This Spring Quarter will bring to a close a "real thrilling and challenging" career for Verdie F. Miller. The well known and res- pected Mathematics teacher is planning to retire after being at LaGrange College for twenty- two years and after teaching for forty-three years.

Miss Miller was reared in Blairsville, in the North Georgia mountains. She attended high school and college at Young Har- ris, which was then an Academy as well as a Junior College. She received her diploma in 1917 and was awarded first honor in her class of forty-two members.

In 1924, Miss Miller went on to further her education at the University of Georgia when she graduated with an A. B. degree and cum laude. She received an M. A. degree in English in 1927, and an additional major in grad- uate mathematics in 1936. Mean- while, she had attended George Washington University in the summer of 1932.

Miss Miller taught public high school for nine years. During this time she taught at Gainesville, Georgia, Okeechobee, Florida, Waynesboro, and LaGrange. While at LaGrange High School she was head of the English De- partment, and supervised the publication of the annual and the newspaper.

Then she returned to her alma mater, Young Harris Junior Col- lege, where she taught for twelve years. In 1942, Miss Miller came to LaGrange College as a teach- er of English and Education, as- sociate Dean of Women, and res- idence counselor of Pitts Dormi- tory. It was during this time that she said she had fun "trying to trace down noise in the dormi- tory. By the time I got up to the second floor everything was qui- et and the girls were in the closets or under the beds."

Of course, there were many problems, too. One of them was "there were no boys in school here." As odd as that may seem, Miss Miller went on to explain,

MISS VERDIE MILLER

"The Fort Benning boys would come in droves every Sunday and one of the hard things was deal- ing with them, They also had a U. S. O. center here, and now that it is gone and there are boys on the hill that isn't a problem."

Miss Miller became Dean of Women and served in that posi- tion for five years. She enjoyed this more than any other posi- tion she had held, "because it held the most responsibility and was the most challenging, and also I was closer to the students."

Along with her usual campus activities, Miss Miller also par- ticipates in other associations. She is a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, the American Associa- tion of University Women, the Woman's Club; she is the teacher of the Verdie Miller Sunday School class; she is Secretary of Student Work of the Woman's Society of Christian Service, and for several years she was the sponsor of the L. C. Wesley Fel- lowship.

Seven years ago Miss Miller

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As for her future, Miss Miller said, "I have no definite plan, but I have told most people that I will spend the time patting my foot and rocking — which I won't do. I really plan to do things I haven't had time to do."

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Although the First Methodist Church of LaGrange has com- pleted its magnificent new edifice, the beautiful rose windows and stained glass window of the former structure will be preserved in the chapel which to be built on the LaGrange College campus.

In an attempt to utilize to the fullest the two rose windows, the stained glass windows, the wood- en beams, and the bricks which were donated by the First Me- thodist Church to the college, the architect has spent considerable time in drawing up the plans.

According to Dr. Henry, the ar- chitect's specifications should be completed by May 1 at which time they will be submitted to contractors. After receiving seal- ed bids from, the contractors, a contract will be awarded to the lowest bidder, possibly by May 15. It is hoped that the building will be completed by fall quarter, 1964.

The chapel, which will be used for the meetings of religious or- ganizations, will seat about 120 people. Above the divided chan- cel will be one of the rose win- dows. In addition to the sanctu- ary, the chapel will have an of- fice for the Dean of the Chapel a bride's room, and a room forj business meetings. Already a bell has been received to place in the belfry of the chapel. Like the li- brary and dining hall, the chapel will be air-conditioned.

The erection of this chapel is made possible because of the do-

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Thirty-Eight Books Comprise Rare Collection By JERRY BEASLEY

A collection of rare books has been presented the LaGrange College library by Miss Evelyn Martin of Newnan. The collection totals 38 books ringing from as- tronomy to a Baptist hymnal, all of which belonged to a student attending the LaGrange Female College in 1860, or her family. The books were published from 1825 to 1871, some of them doubt- lessly being used as texts by the former student. Miss Martin is the granddaughter of the original ov^ner, Anna Martin, from which she inherited the books.

Also accompanying the books were two letters, one written by the then president of the college, G. J. Pearce; the other by Miss Anna Martin to her mother. They are very interesting in that both reflect the attitude of the times.

THE LETTER The letter written by Anna to

her mother closely resembles the typical attitude of a modern-day student who writes home .The weather seems to have been sim- ilar 100 years ago, as rain was mentioned. The end of the term was welcomed as it is today: "In three weeks from next Thursday our school will be out, and then I am coming home and I will be so glad." And the anticipation of letters was the sanaje as it is to- day: "You all must write me of- tener; for I live to get letters from home." The remainder of the let- ter is personal and of little in- terest, since the persons about whom Miss Anna is speaking are not known. She does include comments from her roommates and a few other interesting re- marks.

ANNA'S FATHER The letter from the president,

Mr. Pearce, was written to Anna's father, who is addressed as Billy, relationship. In this letter the re-

turn of the students from their vacation is discussed, and also a problem which faces many stu- dents of today — the matter of finance. Here is an excerpt con- cerning this situation. "... We will wait for tuition till Christ- This possibly suggests an intimate mas, giving time for God to send

them a great blessing from the fields, as we trust He may next fall. The times demand relaxa- tion in cash terms, when it is ne- cessary." There are other inter- esting statements in the letter, especially one which concerns the work of the students. "We now require compositions from all,

Successful New Drama Marks LaGrange Stags

By FRED BROWN

A dramatic experiment took place on the laboratory stage of Dobbs Auditorium at LaGrange College last week. The experi- ment was a success. A satisfied audience walked reulctantly away from, the college production of "Thompson" after seeing a mov- ing and unique play written by Dr. Joseph Baldwin.

By the uncommon use of sev- eral small stages rather than a single large stage and the adept use of lighting to focus attention on the various points of action, the play gave to the audience an insight into the mind of an entire town.

The focal point of action was Jeb Thompson, excellently por- trayed by Arlin Wallace. Actor Wallace skillfully characterized the man Thompson, plaqued by the malady of thought come home to a town ruled by emotion. Torn between bestial impulse and in- sight into the higher qualities of man, Thompson remained through Wallace undecided and embitter-

ed.' Jeb Thompson, weary of sense-

less killing, returned home to the

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town of Audubon to attend his brothers' funeral. He had recently! been discharged from the Army, medical corps, which he joined t

after resigning a commission in' the Air Force. The rotation of the| stage through lighting effects re- vealed the attitude of the town toward his homecoming.

The action of the play flashed to the office of the local journal- ist. Mickey Johnson suffesstully portrayed Fred Phelps, the matter of-fact, thick-skinned, hig-heart- ed newspaper editor who hid his passion for justice under a verbal facade of "just following a good story."

Billy Hearnburg continues to mark fine performances of the college stage with his characteri- zation of Vernon, local gambler and gangster who has been in- volved in the death of Jeb Thompson's brother. Hearnburg creates Vernon, a man sure of himself, controlling the organiza- tion of the town and the city of- ficials. Then by adroit character change, Vernon, now weak and whimpering, is swiftly torn from power.

Robin Hood, as Thompson's mo- ther, and Nancy Osborne, as El- len, widow of Jeb Thompson's brother, in love with Jeb, con- tribute vitally to the play. They depict the woman's role in a dra- ma of man. They are the frus- trated — standing by and mis- understanding the motives that move Thompson. Through Miss Hood and Miss Osborne, the au- dience sees woman alone, woman sorrowful, and woman warm.

Although in a minor role Phil Kendall delivered an extraordi- narily fine performance as Feeny, the ill-kept and maimed newspa- per peddler. Kendall wrung from the character the mendicant na- ture of Feeny, living from hand- out to handout, drink to drink, serving first as the back-alley in- formant for the local gangster power structure, then turning on the "big man" to be instrumental in his downfall.

Experimental usage of the town people as a chorus speaking di- rectly to the audience made more vivid the contrast between an an- gry and emotional town and the angry and ethical Thompson.

Jimmy Matthews, like Hearn- burg, a native of LaGrange, add- ed measurably to the callous mood of the town of Audobon.

There were no dark spots in the production. The entire cast and director, Miss Sylvia Strick- land, deserve commendation for an excellent production of a dif- ficult play.

once a week, and three weeks out of the four we give the subject, the other they select for them- selves. But perhaps the most in- teresting part of the letter is the last two sentences in the first paragraph: "What a portentous cloud overhangs the country. God is our only hope and help. The letter is dated January 8th, 1861.

CHARACTER SKETCH

There is also a very interesting character sketch of President Pearce in The History of Georgia Methodism (from 1786 to 1866), written by the Rev. George Smi- th. He seems to have been "a wild, reckless youth" before he entered the ministry. But after that he directed his life in a dif- ferent direction. This may be seen in a later description of his character: "He was a man of marked individuality. Fearless, chivalrous, manly, he was great- ly prized by those who knew him

best. For men have mad a strong- er impress on men than he did."

THESE BOOKS These books and letters have

been gratefully acknowledged and will be placed in the rare collec- tions sections.

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Panthers Lose Four Straight; Play In Tournament Saturday

NIXON WINS AS CATS FALL LaGrange College was defeated in four straight matches last week,

losing to North Georgia, Columbia Theological Seminary, Shorter, and Emory-at-Oxford.

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LC dropped the first match to North Georgia by a close 5-4 score. It was the second match for the two teams, LaGrange los-

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Panthers were Chuck Nixon with two sets at 6-2, Jimmy Matthews, with sets of 6-1' and 6-3, and Billy Joe Hyatt with 6-3, 3-6, and 6-3 scores in singles play.

Chuck teamed up with Glenn Lord to win the only doubles match for LC, winning 60 and 8-6.

It was Billy Joe's fifth straight win and the fourth of five match- es for Chuck.

COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY pounded the Panth- ers 7-2 for the second defeat of the week. It was the second loss to Columbia, the first by a scant 5-4 score in Decatur.

Two new members in the line- up for LC had a hard time in their matches. Sammy Stewart lost the number six singles in two 6-0 sets in his first college competition.

Johnny Pike returned to action for the first time since the sea- son opener in the doubles match- es with Jimmy New. They suf- fered losses of 6-1 and 6-0.

Billy Joe Hyatt's winning streak was snapped at five as he lost 7-5, 3-6, and 6-3 in the num- ber five spot.

Chuck Nixon was the only winner in singles play with win- ning sets of 9-7 and 6-0. Chuck and Glenn Lord also won the on- ly doubles competition with two 6-3 sets.

Doubles Trouble LaGrange College dropped its

third straight match of the week 5-4 against Shorter College Fri- day afternoon. The Panthers split with the Goldwave in singles competition, each winning three matches, but could not get the

needed two double matches. In singles play Chuck Nixon

powered his way to set wins of 6-1 and 6-0. Number three Jim- my Matthews took on a female, Kay McLaren, and won respect- ful sets of 6-2 and 6-3.

Jimmy New took two sets at 6-2 for the other singles win. Chuck and Glenn won the only doubles match 6-0 and 6-4. Billy Joe lost his second straight match in close sets of 6-1, 4-6, and 6-2.

Cherry Mahaffey, this report- er's favorite sports correspon- dent, informs me that LaGrange had a girl on its tennis team back in 1958. She was Mary Wright, now Mrs. John Horton. And, ac- cording to Gary Roberts, both she and her husband were not only good singles players, but teamed up for a championship doubles team.

Four Of A Kind Emory-at-Oxford defeated La-

Grange 8-1 Saturday afternoon, to finish off one of the most dis- astrous weeks a tennis team can have.

Winner of the only match for LC was Jimmy Matthews, with sets of 2-6, 6-4, and 6-3.

Chuck Nixon suffered his se- cond loss of the season with sets 6-3 and 7-5. Billy Joe Hyatt lost identical sets of 6-3, his third straight defeat after five wins.

The season record now stands at 1-7 for the Panthers.

Thus far Chuck leads the team in matches won. He has a 6-2 singles record. Number two, Glenn Lord, is winless in seven matches.

Jimmy Matthews and Billy Joe have 5-3 records. Jimmy New has a 3-5 record, and Johnny Pike has lost all three of his matches.

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Pi Delts Break Tie With Sigma Nu; Take 7-6 Victory

By GEORGE WILLIAMS The Pi Delt and Sigma Nu

softball game ended very close last Tuesday with Pi Delt win- ning 7 to 6 over Sigma Nu. The game was significant because Pi Delt and Sigma Nu were tied for first place. Chuck Stephens was the winning pitcher for Pi Delt and Roy Awbrey was the losing pitcher for Sigma Nu.

The first inning went Pi Delt 2 and Sigma Nu O. In the second inning Charles Corbett hit a triple and scored Randy Edgar. Corbett came in and the inning ended with Pi Delt 4 to Sigma Nu 1. The third inning was scoreless for both teams. In the fourth inning Randy Edgar hit a triple and Charles Corbett brou- ght him in with a single. After that Corbett and Ted WhitmaD scored to end the fourth inning with Pi Delt ahead 7 to 1.

The fifth inning was scoreless. In the sixth inning Sigma Nu started to make a comeback by scoring three runs to a Pi Delt O. In the seventh inning Row Aw- brey hit a triple to bring in Ted Alford. Then Awbrey scored and. the game ended in a Pi Delt vic- tory.

Goblins Fall Again;

Pi DK Wins On 15 Hits Pi Delta Kappa stretched its

lead on first place in intramural standings last week by downing Gamma Phi Goblins 14-10. Sigma Nu plays Gamma Phi today.

Pi Delt scored in every inning as they bombed the Goblins with 15 hits, one of these a home run by Chuck Stevens in the fourth inning with two on.

Stevens was also the winning

Jimmy New, number four man in the Panther line-up.

LC In Rome Twice, Alabama Here; Tournament Saturday Three games are scheduled for

the coming week, beginning with Berry College in Rome this af- ternoon. The Panthers defeated Berry 5-4 on the local courts ear- lier in the season.

Back in Rome on Wednesday the Panthers will take on Shorter in their return match.

Alabama College will be on the Hill Friday for a match, the first for the two schools.

The tennis team will partici- pate in the G. I. A. C. tourna- ment in Rome Saturday.

pitcher, holding Gamma Pi to a mere six hits. However, 14 Gob- lins reached firsf via walks.

It was not until the third in- ning that Pi Delt broke away from Gamma Phi. In this inning Pi Delt scored three runs to break a 5-5 tie. a

Pi Delt added three more in the fourth, two in the fifth, and one in the sixth, to lead 14-7 go- ing into the seventh frame.

Sam Gibson led off with a home run to left. After Jimmy Wilson poppea out to Stevens, David Holtberg, John Forrester, and Bill Smith walked and John- ny Pike got on an error, and Lowrey Tillison singled.

James Crews then smashed a grounder to third baseman Larry Gooknan who threw to Larry Horton to force the runner at homa. A cjuick throw back to Goodman forced the runner at third for a game ending double play.

Gamma Phi 3 2 110 0 3 10 Pi Delt 4 1 3 3 E 1 * 14

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