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The Official Organ of the Students of The University of the South

Vol. LXXVII, No. 16 SEWANEE, TENNESSEE. FEBRUARY 24, 1960 N. S. No. 1,291 Knights Open Party Rounds Frats Hail Midwinters; Friday Night Feature Bands, Dates by MIKE GARTER tight i r the \ ! lodg< sented with a drop in the form of the Last Friday night, the University I full ! spite of shield of Phi Delta Theta. Saturday Dance officially opened the midwinter This is the first time ir night the Alligator Men from Nashville weekend. The Auburn Knights pro- several years that the fraternities havf played at the house. the music. vided On Sunday morning been permitted to stage individual par- the usual to- The dance was not heavily attended, mato juice party was held at lies on the Saturday night of a week the house but those who did attend were reported after church. end. According to Dean Webb, it wa: to have thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Beta Theta The band's female singer, Toni Tenne!, Pi was similar in style to The Betas stalled the weekend off Julie London. Delta Tuu Delta with an She was well accepted by all present. informal dance Friday night The Delta Tau Delta house was ar- after The drummer played a couple of solos the university dance. Saturday rayed as Greenwich village during afternoon, before but he exceeded himself on the last the jazz concert jazz Midwinters weekend concert, number. The band's traditional ending, and some of the a small party was held. Sup- DHLs "Glory, Glory to Ole Auburn," was ex- drc-sied "beat," for a very per was served that evening, after cessful Beatnik Party, which everyone danced to the music of Friday the Jets. Sunday after church, tomato The old gym had no decorations, but saw brothers, pledges, and dates juice was served. with the nocturnal atmosphere none dropping in during the afternoon for an informal get-together. That were needed. It was the first da night Kappa Alpha danced some time that was not formal. many in the candle-lit second Regents Convene The members of Kappa Alpha inau- Today story chapter other unique feature about the dance room. Tallow-streaked gurated the weekend with a beer party wine battles used as was that it was held candle holders add- on Friday night at the house Friday, P.M. ed to the A spokes- i-ather than Saturday night. The Greenwich Village atmos To Act On Building, Fire man for KA declined comment on the [or this being that the German Club quantity consumed. The Saturday, crew party contin- thought that the fraternity dances a of chefs and handy and by TED STERLING 'ee submits its own findings to the Uni- men prepared Saturday private parties be a very palatable spa would moi On Wednesday and Thursday of thi versity Senate, which also the has to pass | oup ghetti dinner that able the last night. members and dates week die Board of Regents will mee the candidates. After the Senate nibbling prudently on scrambled e has enjoyed that evening. here Following th< In order to aid its decision at Sewanee to decide on severa voted, the names are given to Dr. Tubby's. After the jazz concert and Mc- dinner was the Beatnik Dance important matters and Par date for the next University Dance, the The board is head Crady, who will submit the list to the whatnot the party was started again at ty Royale highlighted by a third stor; German Club would like the students' ed by General L. Kemper Williams o Regents. The recipients will be an- the house with Nighttrain Smith sup- jam session featuring Rufus New Orleans. Craig' opinion on the Friday night idea. nounced after the Regents vote and plying the entertainment. Sunday mom - guitar and Mike Sefton's bongo. contact ing after chapel, Saturday afternoon, in Gailor, the Among the subjects to be considered the persons who have been tomato juice was on awarded the hand for all students were entertained by Poppa by the E oard is discussion on the next degrees, to see if they will Phi Delta Tfceta remaining partyers at the John Gordy and his Jazz s.eps to be taken in the building pro- accept and can be here to receive them Combo. The The Phis kicked off the weekend wit! concert was also well-accepted by the at the 1960 commencement. an informal, unofficial party at th« Sigma Nu ui'.-mldtii ns will be considered for The Regents also have to act on the relatively small crowd. This was evi- elec- house on Friday afternoon, which last The highlight of the Sigma Mid- tion and promotion within the faculty. improvement of facilities for fire pro- Nu iknced by the reaction of the students ed until the University dance at nine winter's party was the Saturday night their It is t this time of year that the tection. Investigation and recommen- and dates during several of the Afler tlie dance a breakfast was held dance with music furnished the Paul awarding of honorary degrees dation by the Tennessee Inspection Bu- by numbers. is to at the Monteagle Diner. Golden Orchestra from Chattanooga. In be taken up. Names have been sub- reau has already taken place. Assur- Among the best of his jazz pieces, At the banquet Saturday evening all addition, the brothers and their dates mitted to faculty committees ance has been made that some equip- Poppa John played who eval- a jazz variation of (he dates pinned to Phis were were treated to two home-cooked meals uate the nominees. Then each commit- ment will be purchased. 'When the Saints Go Marching In" and prepared by Mrs. Frances Guerry. Members of the Board of Regents "Beale Street Blues." Both were ex- are: Bishops Carruthers, Barth, Jones, cellent and received a large ovation. Kappa Sigma Murray, the Rev. Dr. Capers Satterlee, Va. Bishop Rose The concert was so completely en- Gown Service Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow pre- the Rev. Messers. Glover and Schilling. joyed that Poppa John was persuaded vented the Echos from providing the Non- ecclesiastical members are the to continue past the set finishing time. ToDoQuietDay highlight of the Mid-Winter Weekend Expands OG Vice-Chancellor, W. Dudley Gale, Mo- at the Kappa Sigma house. The Echos, Beer was served. rey Hart, William Kirkland, Robert A Quiet Day will be held for the who hail from Knoxville, played at an Possibly due to the bad weather, nei- Snowden, Harding Woodall, and Her- student body of the School of Theology informal party Saturday night. ther the University Dance nor the Jazz at Conference DuBose Center. Mont- Rock and Roll music accented the Concert were well attended. It is be- eagle, on Ash Wednesday, 2. March Echos' program. Other fraternities were lieved that the German Club lost money New Gownsmen are: E. S. Akerman, The Quiet observance will Day be well represented at the Kappa Sigs' af- on both activities. This, however, N. Albanese, F. D. Am, R. S. Baker, was under the leadership of the Rt. Rev. fair, which lasted from 9 to 1. J. K. Birchfield, W. O. Britt, D. "vershadowed by the apparent hearty C. Con- Existentialism David S. Rose, Suffragan Bishop of the The Kappa Sig house was the scene pprovals M. K. Cox, F. D Devall, D. A. by those present. Diocese of South Virginia and alumni of a spontaneous get-together Friday Elliot, F. K. Ellis, A. E. Elmore. J. T. of both the college and school of the- To Be Theme night, as Dick Wolverton and John guson, B. D. Glover, C. G. Green, ogy at the University of the South. Brown entertained with their popular J. Hallett, W. E. Hannum, J. B. Link Takes Post The Ash Wednesday Quiet Day is guitar-playing. /nes, R. G. Holloway. OfConference le of two regularly scheduled for the '.. B Hopkins, C. S. Joseph, In OG Election Existentialism is the discussion theme School of Theology during the academic Alpha Tau Omega :k, W. R. Keller J. D. LazeU, D. M. of this weekend's Seventh Annual The day begins with a Corporate Although hindered somewhat by an Jim Link was elected secretary oi dsey, J. L. McLean, J. D. Mitchell, ting of philosophy students from Communion followed by other of the completed house, the ATOs had a ihc Order of Gownsmen last week ir E. R. Moore, C. W. North, C. T. Ov Emory University. Davidson College, Daily Offices interspersed with medita- >ry successful weekend. The first floor 3 run-off election with John Rothpletz L. Paddock, W. C. Pitner, F. s Scott College, the University of and periods of quiet and contem- and the basement of the house were Other candidates were Dave Wilson les, J. P. Scheller, P. J. Sehlin anooga, and the University of the plation. cleared of debris, and new furniture Ed Ethridge, Jim Stow. Bruce Keenan, D. Terry, C. H. Turner, and J South. was brought in to add to the appear- Bill Quarterman and Kelley. Charles | Vaughan. Sewanee host to the confe

-hich will I i Saturday, Febru- Friday night saw members and their in the Biology Lec- V-G To Speak lates sitting around before an open fire

; Room. Stude 1s interested In istening and dancing to the hi-fi. Sat- istentialist philosophy attend the During Tour irday night proved to be a big suc- ess. After a sedate cocktail party in Papers will be read by students from Dr. Edward McCrady will leave Sun- he afternoon, ice, beer, and "Mad Emory, Agnes Scott, and Sewanee. Da- day, February 28 to begin a speaking iam" Emory and his combo found their vid Perry. Sewanee philosophy major. tour as part of the Arts Program of the ray into the house. The evening de- | will read on "Existentialism as a Phi- Association of American Colleges. Th. eloped into a very joyful one.

losophy." Gayle Pyre of Emory will program is sponsored by the Danforth SAE—Phi Gam read "Man's Existential Isolation," Foundation. This tour is Dr. McCrady's SAE and Phi Gamma Delta combined chiefly on Proust and Dostoevski. A second for the foundation. a conduct their mid-winter parties at paper will also be read on Jean Paul His tour includes engagements st le SAE house last weekend. For the Sartre. Open discussion of the papeis Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn (Continued on page 4) will follow the readings. Students at- Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, tending the conference and members Ohio, Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y. and guests of the Philosophy Depart- and Lake Erie College, Painesville, Vandy Law Prof ment will also have a Conference Ban- He will return to Sewanee on quet on Saturday night and a Sunday March 12. To Confer Here morning Business Session. The topics of his speeches will be

Bob Haden of Sewanee is chairman Creation of the Universe", "Causality Prospective law school students will of the group which is entirely student and Freedom," "Mechanism of Hear- have an opportunity for an interview organized with no faculty participation g," and "Satellites and Education." a member of the Vanderbilt law in readings or discussions. Philosophy The Danforth Foundation is a Chris- school faculty this week. students at Emory acted as this year's m education organization. Dr. Mc- Kenneth Roberts, associate professor conference discussion organizers ac- Crady, a former Danforth scholar, had of law at Vanderbilt, will be here cording to Dr. John S. Marshall, head been asked to speak for the foundation Thursday, February 25 for interviews COULD THIS be Storge? Left: M of Sewanee's Department of Philoso- for several years and agreed to do so with all men interested in attending nWion . Right: Miss Purple Passi. phy. last year. graduate law school. On Escaping Front Sewanee

Now that our hell week for it in King Lear or Embryo or Abbo's Alley over and our girls have left the Mountain after there is a reflection of life in all these things. another party weekend, Sewanee seems sudden- With so many people searching frantically for ly to be rather grim. We are left with our fog reality or truth or what have you, Sewanee life and slush to turn again to cosmological problems, has become extremely intense. People live very Dante, and the sack. close together. The university is still small All the excitement and novelty has vanished. enough that it has some of the communality of When this happens, Sewanee can be a depress- the small Southern town. Concentration on

t of c studies is in earnest, generally. Ambitions. Faced with Sewanee in the raw, many Sewa- though carefully concealed, are high. Rivalries nee men, especially freshmen, begin to consider are often deadly serious in several quarters. the possibility that the outside world must be People are generally insensitive to others. All of more normal than Sewanee, or that Sewanee's these things seem to heighten the need for unreal, and perhaps they would be happier at somewhere to relax, some place not quite so

the old state U. . . . real, some place where people are not quite so It's obviously not normal for a man in the close and seemingly insensitive. prime of youth to be restricted to one date ev- So some of us are considering leaving Sewa- ery month or so. Its aJmost total lack of as- nee in search of something less rigorous and, Next year I understand sociation with the female type is probably Se- though we may not realize it, less real. It wanee's most obvious abnormality. This topic would be easy enough to transfer to some state An open letter constitutes about fifty percent of all conversa- teachers college, date every night, and finally tion and bull sessions, yet is only one problem. end up with a bachelor's degree or Success Tick- Expostulation and Reply The Order of Gownsmen is a constitutional et via the family business, Daisy Home Pro- anomaly which would probably go to pieces ducts, or the state legislature. To James J. Slade, in:

from sheer amazement if it ever accomplished Anyone can make a go at these; anyone can It is my purpose in this letter to furnish the anything. The gown is a relic from the middle win the Lion's Club Award for Being a Good sible rational answer you requested last week in your ages which serves only the practical functions Guy. Escaping from the stark reality of Se- aticle on blue jeans. Before going any deeper of being a rain coat, or a ground cloth for grass wanee life is not the answer. People at the The third point of distinction is seen in the into this, allow me to make one assumption that lounging in the Spring, or a portable snow-a- state U. are the same as people at Sewanee, authority for the making of such prohibitive seems necessary for both your letter and this date kit. Half the clubs at Sewanee meet but perhaps a little less serious, not quite so in- laws. Maybe the wicked, ambitious mayor of one to be applicable to us at Sewanee. If jeans once a year and then only that the same people tense, and a good deal less close. Uruapan was foolish in banning the white pants: and or fatigues were considered within the can get another office to their credit and some Sewanee has an intellectual and social climate but, as I pointed out above, in either case it word and spirit of the questioned OG rule, then Blue Key points. The dogs up here get more which to a greater extent than any place I really isn't relevant to the costume of Sewanee the wearing of such pants would be normally consideration than some of the people. It may know can come to grips with the facts of life, gentlemen. Nevertheless, I feel obliged to de- accompanied by coat and tie. Whether or not even be that the names Pearl, Va t'en, Hroth- distinguish between right and wrong, and the fend the action of the OG when they passed the this is precisely in context with what you had gar, and Beauregard will some day rank along- deepest needs of the human soul. rule about jeans and fatigues. The mayor was reference to is irrelevant, for eventually such a side such greats as Polk. Elliott, or duPont. Sewanee may be abnormal. She may be ec- a single man attempting to remove what he con- combination would be made. However, I feel No. Sewanee's not normal in the same sense centric. But she is not dodging the realities of sidered an undesirable part of the Uruapanian that you did mean that jeans should be allowed that Peachtree Street, or Ole Miss, or the Sat- life. culture. In contrast, the Order of Gownsmen both with and without the coat and tie. urday Evening Post are normal representatives If one can survive four years without being is a representative group of a fairly intelligent I would like to say that it is understood that of American life. In normal life people go ape lured away by a co-educational pie-in-the-sky, student body and was not t lying to remove any you are not advocating the use of jeans for ev- over "Duz does everything" or "those queens or without running off Morgan's Steep, he might point of Sewanee culture, but trying to main- eryone, but that you are seeking objective per- at the Tri-Delt house" or Jaycees or Elemen- suddenly realize that man is more than an ani- tain a worthy tradition of gentlemanly demeanor, mission for those who do wish to wear them. tary Education 415. mal and that what Homer and C. S. Lewis have not only in our actions, but also in our appear- Likewise, my argument is not directed toward Sewanee rocks along in its own eccentric way to say really does matter. ance. And the appearance is important; even the wearing of jeans to gym or on caving trips, contemplating the theological issues of the sev- Sewanee can be depressing and many times you admitted this much when you used such but toward the association of jeans with the enteenth century, telling sad stories of the death we may wonder if we might be throwing away phrases as "discriminating taste", "good look- dignity of our coat, tie, and gown. of kings and all this over Jack Daniels or a the best years of our lives in a four-year es- ing .. . clothing", and "aesthetics." Realm of Taste brew at Tubby's. cape from life. The realities of life are here, in Although you did not even mention the jean To the intelligent observer it now becomes Sewanee has been accused of being unreal, a concentrate. And if one cannot deal with them for one-half of your letter, it is fairly safe to obvious that if there are those who do approve never-never land of caves and towers and gimps here, then he may never. FGJ speculate that you had it in mind from the be- of jeans combined with coat and tie, then the and crab-apples dashed with rain. Surely it ginning. For this reason I believe you were issue lies wholly within the realm of taste. I is these things but the trouble with Sewanee implying that the OG tended, being just "peo- realize the jean is inexpensive, practical, not life is not that it's unreal but that it's so damned Coach Lon Varnell at the close of this year's ple," "to be ashamed of clothes," such as jeans, bad-looking, and often perfectly suited for in- real. It's real because you've got six hundred season said: "This is one of the finest ball teams "developed by the working classes" of this coun- formal occasions. But life at Sewanee is a rath- try. men living in isolation from the world, en- I've ever coached." Surely the record proves it. The jean may be a product of the working er formal process and we are here to participate gaged in a single endeavor—quaint as it may The 1960 Cagers compiled the second best rec- class known as cowboys and ranchers, but is — in it, not to destroy it. Sewanee's very core is sound "to seek the truth and find it." Most ord in the history of Sewanee, second only to not a development of the working classes east the ideal of gentility and good sense. It has of what we do up here is directed toward that the team which toured Europe in 1952. of the Mississippi. Furthermore, it is not a pro- been and is now traditional that the student goal. Homer had something to say about life. Congratulations to Coach Varnell and his boys. duct of the country as a whole and simply is willingly be a part of Sewanee and willingly St. Thomas did too. And whether one looks Sewanee is justly proud of their efforts, FGJ not a national garment. Although we do have accept her as a school based on the principles a large body of Texans at Sewanee, we are not of gentlemanly demeanor. There are many men primarily from the West and Sewanee is not a who fit admirably into this scheme it is and school in the western USA style. for these that Sewanee exists. The founders, As far as your appeal to European tastes and pdministrators, teachers, and most of the stu- the black market in Rome is concerned, it is dents did (and do) realize that one of the big- well known that recent American clothing styles gest sources of Sewanee's strength lies in her de- have been especially influenced by European terminations about what an education is and how trends. This is fine. But I thought you were gent.emcn should conduct themselves within its appealing to Americanism and local color. How scope. are here by choice We and in making is it that your many European friends exhibit such a choice acknowledge that we want to be discriminating taste, according to your terms, shaped and educated here. 1 am sure that you when they all want American, non-local jeans? now have visions of mere protoplasmic blobs You appeal to what you mistakenly call our being shaped and glazed, but both we know local color in dress. Then you supposedly justify quite well that this is not the case at all. The this with non-local opinions. Likewise, do all students in this school do have good minds and the Romans wear their black market goods with question all aspects of life from time to time. English challis. silk, Madras, Tweed, etc.? The books: Silk Screen Color Printing, But, for the most part, these students Modem are al- time, place, and combination make a great deal Methods and Materials of Etching, both pub- ready in agreement about many things, one of lished by McGraw-Hill; which is that we want to and Composition (the be gentlemen accord- Prejudice Misapplied Anatomy of Picture Making) and Realistic and ing to Sewanee's definition. For my part I need I would also like to say that you severely mis- Abstract Drau-ing published by Pitman Publi- only say that I am convinced this definition ex- applied the word prejudice to your argument Generations of fine printmakers have come cations. cludes the prospect of jeans being worn with Since prejudice is generally meant to be pre- from his hands since 1933. when he started to The nitric property of his protesting art is too judgment without the facts, I think you are I teach at the Art Students League of well known in America to repeat biting- New York how Unfair Comparisons underestimating the Gownsmen to intimate that ly Harry Sternberg stands with his formalistic Our show is supplemented by technical exam- At this point I would like to question some they have never seen the combination of jeans intimidations against social oppression! I shall ples, some of which are by Sternberg's students. rather unfair comparisons made in your letter. and coat and tie. The OG had the facts and mention a so far unnoticed exquisiteness: an The bit about your father's is Sternberg is represented in the collections of village totally ir- judged accordingly. Oriental wave, a Jewish languor . . . that emerges museums both here and abroad. Among these reconcilable with the situation at Sewanee. The In regard to your plea for objective consid- from all of his prints: a cadence of swollen rhy- are: The Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Mu- first point of distinction is that the people in eration, I think you are seeking a quasi-im- thms which do not yield to effeminate compla- seum, Fogg Museum, Philadelphia Museum, Uruapan were local to the village and that most munity for adverse individualism in a strong cency, but—whether it be in the eros of Golden Brooklyn Museum, Cleveland Museum, Univer- of us are not local to either Sewanee or Ten- social stucture. It is difficult for a group to he Cage; or in the dream of Resting, that involves sity of Minnesota (with a complete collection nessee. We are mostly Americans and as a objective and detached about a point of cul- working gloves and the cherished cigarette butt of all of his graphics). Library of Congress, New group could be said to be local (in a loose ture by which they are repulsed. I would like in an aura of supernatural hopefulness; or in York Public Library, Victoria and Albert Mu- sense) to the South more than to the whole to suggest that the spectacle of tight faded blue the quiver of cacti and rocks twisted by the seum of London, Bibliotheque Nationale of Paris, country. pants (as most jeans are) with visible orange hot life—are there to attack. National Museum of Tel Aviv, New Zealand The next clarification concerns the compari- thread combined with the coat and tie (as we son of the to Museum of Art, and others. He is author of four- Mexican pants the jeans. The know them) is anything but within the aes- white pants were said to be local to Uruapan; thetic. As far as consideration to individualism the jean is not local to Sewanee, to Tennessee, goes, Sewanee is very liberal and tolerates many Cfjc isctoancc or even to the South in the same sense. You questionable diversities in clothing, character, purple said that the "men" were forbidden to appear etc. Merely note the many types and styles of in their "usual white DON HUDSON TOM TIERNEY pants." This implies that shoes and boots seen normally in a day. It just all or nearly all of the male inhabitants over a so happens that jeans, as you advocate their Managing Editor Business Manager certain age had worn (i.e., before the mayor's usage, is way beyond the realm of tolerable and law) the disputed white garment most of the questionable diversities and presents an appear- The Sewanee Purple is published by the stu- are $3.00 per time. I simply do not believe that nearly alt of ance completely out of keeping with aspect dents of the University of the South, Sewanee, tered as secc the Tennessee, every Wednesday except during ex- post ofTic< the men in a typical southern town wear jeans of a gentleman in a gentleman's college. the : Sewanee, Tennessee. and vacation periods. Subscriptions most of the time. Therefore I feel that your S. Dion Sm SEWANEE PURPLE, FEBRUARY 24, 1960

Gagers Crown Season; Place High In Tourney

by STU ELLIOTT fought verdict over Southwestern. Se- e was in control The Sewanee basketball team closed of the game all vay in a contest marked by high ; best : feelings on both sides. it took second place in the Choctaw Invitational Tournament at Clinton, Sewanee held a lead of 8 points at Mississippi. The Tigers were defeated the half and they extended this to a in the finals by Mississippi College. 15-point margin with 11 minutes left They had defeated Lambuth College in the game. They then began to slow the previous night and earlier in the down the game and look for the good week had won a decision over South- shot. Southwestern decided at this western in Memphis. These games juncture to begin a hatchet man opera- brought the final record to a very im- tion. At the end of the game all five starters ! 14 \ t 6 loss had fouled out for the home club, and they had failed to cut the Sewanee 79—Southwestern 67 K-'P ipprc-ciably. The Tigers, while on the way to the Josh Nunn, Sparky Edgin, and Lar- ry Varnell dominated the rebounding as they grabbed a total of 48. Nunn took 18 while Edgin speared 16 and Chattanooga Varnell had 14. Edgin was the game's high scorer also as he hit for 26 points. Beats Freshman John Smith was the high Wrestlers man in the first half and played a by HUBBARD MILLER strong floor game. Sewanee 75—Lambuth Mermen Outpaddle Wildcats; A crowd of 450 fans watched the un- 67 beaten University of Chattanooga Sewanee entered competition in the Choctaw Tournament last Friday night wrestling team win its sixth straight North Breaks Tiger Talk and drew Lambuth as their first op- Medley Record victory by a close 16-11 decision over ponent. The two teams had met twice Sewanee at the UC gym Tuesday, Feb- by 440- Yard Freestyle— 1. by STU ELLIOTT WARREN KING Shapiro (K) in the regular season with each team 2. Warren (S) T—5:34.5. Sewanee's powerful tank According to coach Lon Varnell thi; winning on its home floor. In this neu- squad thor- The Tiger grapplers, undaunted in 200-Yard Breaststroke — 1. Bondar year's Sewanee basketball team wa: tral court meeting, the Tigers came on oughly dunked the University of Ken- facing the unbeaten UC team, proceed- (K); 2. Cambron (K); 3. B. Stude- in last (he best squad that has ever repre- the last minutes of the second half tucky Wildcats Saturday afternoon ed to create a little chaos man (S) T—2:43.0. among the sented the University. The team to win. The score was deadlocked at in the Juhan natorium. The versatile o confident UC matmen. The greatest 400-Yard Freestyle Relay—1. Ken- 1952 had a record of 14 wins 29-all at the intermission but Sewanee's Tigers stayed far ahead of the Wild- and fiv< blow to the undefeated tucky (Sargent, Shapiro. Bailev, Eaton) team was the losses but this year saw the Tigci rebounding power began to wear down cats throughout the entire meet and loss by two of their previous unbeaten T—3; 55.9. roundballers playing their toughest the Jackson, Tennessee team in the the close of the meet revealed a 51-41 men; Fred Wunderlich 5-3 This brings Sewanee's record for won by a the schedule since dropping out second period. Larry Varnell hit his Sewanee victory. of thi decision over Ronald Bratcher. season to six wins and two losses The Southeastern Conference. This tean peak in this contest as he took scoring Coach Bitondo's team captured loss by Bratcher ended a string going The next home meet will be Friday, won six games away from the Moun- honors with 22 points. Josh Nunn fol- seven of eleven possible first place back past his 157-pound championship February 26 with the University of tain and two of the losses in road lowed with 19 and Sparky Edgin hit honors. However as the score indicates, season of 1958. Similarly, Bill Yates Louisville. Sewanee will travel to Tu: games came at the hands for 16. the best swimmers were not entered of Vander- won by a 4-3 decision over Cox. caloosa to take on the University Hex bilt and Maryville. Maryville had a in all of the events and some of the Cox had not suffered a defeat in over Mississippi College Sewanee 92 Alabama the next day. The meet \\\ 130— superior home record and they gained less experienced boys were given an two of regular Eastern Kentucky, which was schi years season competi- As a result of their victory over Lam- two victories over Tennessee Wesleyan opportunity to earn points for the team. tion. The third Sewanee win occurred duled for this past Friday night \v. buth the Tigers faced the home stand- Freshman Dick Warren, the team that took second place in thi a freestyler postponed when Brian Badenoch decisioned ing Mississippi College Choctaws in until a later date. The Volunteer State Athletic Conference. distanceman, and Bob Hudgins, butter- Charles Thombury, 5-2. Badenoch, al- Kentucky team could not thi the championship last Saturday night. make Only one man, Captain Hugh Gel flyer, have shown continued improve- though just a freshman, has tre- trip due to adverse weather conditions made a The host club entered the game as the slon, will be lost to Sewanee becaus* ment in their strokes. Also, breaststro- mendous showing for the Tigers. An- number one team among the nation's of graduation. In addition to this ker George Lewis, a consistent third other freshman who has made a fine small colleges in team scoring, Taking three freshmen were able to pick up and sometimes second place winner, showing for the Tigers is Hank Haynes. advantage of a small floor and utiliz- considerable experience this diver Bitondo Coaches year. John Ronnie Zodin, and Bill Studeman, In this match, Haynes wrestled Nor- ing two full teams the Mississippians Smith proved to be an exceptional ball butterfly and individual medley swim- man Nagel to a draw. had averaged 110 points per game. Romping Swimmers handler and capable of playing e mer, are promising point earners for Dick Gibbs lost to Conrad Nagel in The travel weary Tigers playing their guard or forward. Josh r future Tiger squads. Nunn Sewanee is fortunate in having a 3-0 decision, Jeff Sewell was beaten fourth game of the week and 7th in a The came on in the latter part of the only record breaker of the Sat- its swimming coach and director by Henry McDonald, 5-2, and Jerry stay son and should be a real star period of two weeks could not urday contest was senior Chuck North, physical education a man with as ml Smith was defeated by Jim Morgan in with the Choctaws as they fell behind year. Ed Hatch while not seein a steady winner in the breastslroke and experience and training in this field by 69-50 at the half. In the last 15 much action as the above two individual events. medley He topped his Ted Bitondo. Coach Bitondo has served minutes of the coach Varnell year men, did display a deadly shoot- In the heavyweight division, Horace game own individual medley record by al- at four universities before coming to Wilkinson cleared his bench it became ob- ing eye. Certainly Sewanee should be wrestled a close match until when ii- -i Sewanee and was also a Physical Edu- he was upset 1:05 left in the third vious that the game was beyond recall. proud of this fine record established by with Kring also well in the 220-yard swam cation Instructor in the Navy during round. He was then pinned by Lance a hustling ball club. The basketball At the conclusion of the game an All- freestyle event as he equaled his old the war. future on the Mountain has probably Tour; iced. record set earlier this season. Other He began his coaching career at the never looked brighter. first place honors went to breaststrokcr West Side YMCA in New York City. The swimming team ran their record Dick Wolverton; freestyle sprinter, During his years there, he developed to six wins and two defeats last week- Tony Veal; diver Ronnie Zodin and div. Sewanee Franchised end with their trouncing of Kentucky. sprinter Jim Studeman, another fresh- public and prep school championships With continued improvement being For Baseball Team man swimmer with great potential. for the city. After four years at the shown by many competitors, the Ti- Sewanee Dry Cleaners Y, Coach Bitondo entered the Navy in Results: ger mermen should be able to make Last week at a meeting of the Ath- 1943 and was sent to Camp Endicott, impressive showing in the letic 400-yard medley relay 1. Sewanee an AAU Board of Control it was decided LY-8-5353 — Rhode Island which was a training (Brown, Lewis, Dean, Robinson), 5*21.7 meet, if they decide to enter the event, that the University would field a base- camp for Sea Bees. There he was in at the University of Ala- to be held ball team this spring. This season will Sewanee, Tennesee 220-yard freestyle—1. Kring (S); 2. charge of the physical training pro- in the middle of next month. bama decide whether or not baseball is to Meulenberg (S) ; 3. Shapiro (K) T— The Tiger matmen had their meet 2:24.6. After his discharge from the Navy, pen fixtu the with Auburn cancelled due to the snow 50-yard freestyle—1. J. Studeman Bitondo went to Ohio State University spring program. Players will furnish last Friday. With the close loss to (S); 2. Sargent (K> 24.9. in 1947. He coached the freshman team their own shoes and gloves and a maxi- T— Chattanooga the wrestlers hold a 1-2 University Supph 200-yard Individual medley—1. North ;ind also the varsity divers. During his schedule of 10 games will be record for the season. Their showing mum (S); 2, B. Studeman (S); 3, Minor Ihree years at Ohio State, the Buck- against Chattanooga was particularly played. Coach Majors will handle the (K) T-2:32.2. eyes won two national championships. gratifying when one realizes that Chat- team, with practice slated to begin 3-Meter Diving—1. Zodin (S); 2. Mi- In the spring of 1950 Coach Bitondo "For All the Student's Needs" tanooga is able to draw its boys from right after the spring holidays. nor (K) 214 points. went to the University of Ohio at Ath- the flourishing wrestling programs of 200-Yard Butterfly—1. 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'Pic of Fiics Greeks Provide Tiger Swish by ED MOORE Various Parlies Tips B-S 77-58 today, the Wednesday: Ten North Frederick few great actors on the screen mann) and entrancing portrayal by (Continued from page 1) The Sewanee Tigers played host to end Full of Life, stars in a double role—although he Audrey Hepburn, are the main aspects SAEs, midwinters was the first party the Birmingham- Southern Panthers portrays only one person. He is the that give this film its intensity and Ten North Frederick, adapted from weekend to be celebrated in their r Monday, February 15. This game had captain of a small boat, sailing between beauty. John CHara's novel, is not really a ly remodeled house. The weekend previously been scheduled for the thir- good flick, but it is entertaining. Gary Gibralter and Kalik, in North Africa. Moreover, the story offers a good informal, with lively, spontaneous teenth but had been postponed due a typical 20th century In each of these places Guiness is J deal. Adapted from a factual novel by to Cooper plays ties developing both Friday and weather conditions. bourgeois-tragic hero whose wife cooks different person, leading a different life, Kathryn Hesline, it is one of Holly- urday nights. On Saturday night, the up a scheme of his running for lieu- complete with a different wife (Celia wood's few attempts to make a serious The Panthers brought a Rhythm Rockets, a combo from Tulla- much im- tenant governor as a stepping stone to Johnson and Yvonne de Carlo respec- study of religious life. It is the story home. provided dance music. Sunday, proved team, but were unable to cope the Presidency; he is dealt with harsh- tively). Within these two lives, Gui- of a Belgian girl who enters a convent, members of both fraternities were pres- with Sewanee's height and board con- ly by professional politicians, and turns ness finds contentment—until this ide^l but seventeen years later realizes that ent with their dates at the usual SAP; trol. to the bottle and to his daughter's world begins to crumble around him, she can no longer remain a nun. "I socia, hour after the eleven o'clock which gives rise to some really hilari- This second meeting between the two roommate {Suzy Parker) for relief. He don't even know if I am still a good church service. For both fraternities, teams forces his son, a jazz addict, to study Catholic." she tells her confessor in a was somewhat of a repeat per- the weekend was a large success. law at Yale, and buys off his daughter's The most fascinating aspect of the particularly beautiful and moving scene. formance of the first, with the Tigers husband—a beat-type trumpet player. picture, however, is Guiness's acting. She has no difficulty in keeping her maintaining a substantial lead through- And then there's the graveside scene, This flick shows the diverse roles he is vows of chastity and poverty, but the Kayden' sPasternak out the game. Sewanee held a 40-29 with Cooper's children trying to decide ble of playing—the true sign of a third requirement—obedience—is be- advantage at the half, and froze a 77-58 really their father. If great actor. Guiness his capabilities. if they loved has shown yond her She cannot sup- victory at the sound of the final horn there was any intensity in the novel, capabilities at portraying personalities press her pride, her individuality, and Gets Time Award The sparkling plav of freshman Josh it as different as Colonel Nicholson in is absent from the film; Cooper'ssoul- she cannot substitute the love of God At the end of past year 1959 the Nunn was one of the high points quite frankly the Bridge on the for love of searching is boring. Coop- Greek-tragedy type the of mankind. She tells her editorial board of Time Magazine pub- the game. The big center cut the River Kwai, the cords er does give a fair performance other- and mild mannered mother superior that she cannot un- lished the "Year's Best" jn literature— for 25 points, the game's high. wise, and Suzy Parker is quite good, bank clerk-robber in the comedy Lav- derstand she why must leave a patient ficiion and non-fiction—for all English- Full of Life has its faults, but it is ender Hill Mob, but he has never done ho needs her spir- Sparkky Edgin held Sewanee's sec- —as nurse or as speaking countries. The. list comprised

excellent comedy, perhaps i an extent in flick. ual ond biggest personal an Judy to such one counselor— at the ringing of a bell 14 novels and 19 books in non-fiction. score with 22, Holliday's best. It concerns a young, Owl Flick Friday: / Bury the Living. ir devotions. which the Bryan of the Panthers also had 22. To mother In the latter list of literature there rather unsuccessful novelist trying to Another typical horror flick that I iperior replies, "You must remember were only three books of poetry se- This was the last home game for Ti- cope with his pregnant wife and domi- m find no information about, starring tat you are a nun first and a nurse lected for special citation as the year's ger captain Hugh Gelston, the team's neering father, who insists that Miss Richard Boone. icond," And so she leaves the convent. best, namely, two from England, and only graduating senior. "Snuffy" has Holiday's child will be illigitimate be- Saturday and Monday: Cast a Lorry There are places where the film be- one from the United States. Professor ably led the Sewanee roundballers for cause the couple was married outside Shadow. unes long and even rather sickeningly Kayden's translations of Pasternak re- the past two years. His leaving will the Roman Catholic Church. (And, Another typical western that I can veet, but as a whole it is extremely d place of honor as a well-de- be a great loss to next year's squad. sure enough, Miss Holliday enters the id no information about, starring Au- tense and has its very dramatic mo- served work of literary and poetic The play-maker guard has given much maternity ward in her wedding dress.) e Murphey and Terry Moore. ents (e.g., when a native kills a nun craftsmanship despite the great difficul- the sport at Sewanee. And aside from the very good comedy, Sunday and Tuesday: The Nun's because his witch doctor instructed him ties of translation. The other two an honest attempt is made to discuss Story. to do is so). Miss Hepburn excellent books, both by Englishmen, are John

such problems as birth control, inter- This i [ of the . beautiful pic- her face is for a minor the spoken and Beljeman Coltected Poetry and Rob- failh marriage, etc. This one is well The photogra- he unspoken. She must be given credit ert Graves' new modern translation of worth taking in. phy is dazzling in the Belgian Congo, or the picture's unity, if its force not the Iliad. Thursday and Friday: The Captain's rene in the confessional booth, mag- is well. The rest of the cast are also Paradise. ficent throughout. The sensitivity on plendid, especially Peter Finch, the Twc .ovies will be shown it Alec Guiness, undeniably one of the ie part of the director (Fred Zinne- synical but helpful doctor in the Congo. n lower Tuckaway Thurs-

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