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QjSeorge-Armc MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1971 STATESBORO, GEORGIA 30458 NUMBER 21 Inside This Week GCPA Elects Dateline 3 Editorials 4 Columns 4,5 Faculty Forum 5 G-A Editor Letters 5 GEORGE-ANNE Editor Bill secretary and treasurer were Masquers 8 Cordelia Taylor, Spellman Entertainment 9. Neville was elected President oi Organizations 11/12 the Georgia College Press College Spotlight, and David Sports 15 Association (GCPA) las! Young, Abraham Baldwin Saturday at the organizations' College Stallion. Press Institute in Athens. GCPA Executive Board Neville, who will take office in posistions went to Mary Mead, the spring, is currently GCPA Georgia State University Signal, vice president. Nan Meritt, Augusta Dollege Bell Concerts Collie Burnett of the Maroon Ringer, Tyler Hammett, Mercer Tiger at Morehouse College was University Cluster. Bud Wilson, elected vice president of the Kennesaw Sentinnel, and David Scheduled college press organization. Wansley, Abraham Baldwin Capturing the posts of Stallion. Feb. 22,23 Two concerts are scheduled for AT ATHENS INSTITUTE Georgia Southern College by the Department of Music for February 22 and 25. On Monday, February 22, at 8:15 p.m. in the Ga. State, ABAC Foy Recital Hall, David Nor- thington, nationally known young pianist will appear under the auspices of the GSC Guest Artist Series. On Thrusday February Take Top Honors 25, Gerald Carper will perform a The Signal, student publication Story, and Patsy Pack, Buc's senior organ recital as a part of of Georgia State University, Bulletin for the Best Sports Story. his work in the GSC Department Atlanta, and The Stallion, Two special individual awards of Music. Abreham Baldwin Agricultural were presented - The Impact The Public is cordially invited College, Tifton, took top honors in Award, sponsored by The Atlanta to attend both programs. General Excellence at the 43rd Journal and based on excellence Northington, a native of Summertree' annual Georgia Press Institutd as a student editorial cartoonist- Macon, Georgia, is a graduate of MASQUER'S PRODUCTION of 'SUMMERTREE." a drama of awards banquet on February 19 and the Universal Science News the Cincinnati College- youth and war. starts Wednesday at McCroan Auditorium with a run in Athens. Inc. Conservatory of Music; where he earned the Bachelor's and through Saturday. Admission is free with I.D. In the Best Campus Com- Masters degree. munity Service contests, Senior College Division, The Signal won High School three first places- in Editorials; in General Advertising Ex- Debate Set cellence and in Features. In the News and Sports categories, The Blocks Speak Out Red and Black of the University Feb. 26, 27 by don't provide any social activities knees again, as was the case of of Georgia Georgia, Athens, took J.Stewart Parker for us." Another Black went so the Confederacy. top honors. The West Georgian, High School Debate Georgia G-A Staff Writter daras to say,"White students are Blacks overwhelmingly agree West Georgia College, carrollton, Southern College will be the site News Analysis phoney, they try to put on a front. that GSC is a good institution, was the winner in Photography. of the third annual Marvin Pitt- They tolerate us because they both academically and finan- In the Junior College Division, man-Georgia Southern College Black students spoke out last feel they have to. They even talk cially, but the social life on Best Campus Community Service High School Invitational Debate week and came up with some to you because feel it is a campus is shabby. One Black contests, winner in four Tournament scheduled for startling conclusions about this necessity." Thie bigotry is cited a remedy to this problem. categories was The Stallion, with predominately-white southern February 26 and 27. astounding because it occurs at He said, "Fraternities and first places in News, Editorials, In addition to the basic college .The general consensus Georgia Southern, a suppossedly sororites should be opened to all Sports and General Advertising category of debate, the tour- was that 'the White's impression "liberal" institution. students or the administration Excellence. The Sentinel of nament will offer competition in of blacks has not changed; the should start charters of Black Kennesaw Junior College, other areas of forensics including white race as reflected by the fraternities and sororities." Kennnesaw won first places in Persuasion, Interpretation, and whites at GSC still feel superior Other Blacks remarked that Features and in Photography. Public Speaking. to Black people." many Whites try to remind Black One Black said,"The Whites in Individual awards- Senior Top prizes will include a $500. It shouldn't be surprising to any people of a period when human control, such as the President College Division were as follows: scholarship to Georgia Southern American that Negroes are dignity was the lowest and Blacks and The Dean of Studnets, have Best News Story- Barbara College for the one debater on the oppressed people and have been were stripped of almost all their provided the Blacks with a lack of Brown, The Emory Wheel, varsity who earns the highest since they were so crudely forced pride. Many Whites try to fool adequate counseling. No one in Emory University, Atlanta; Best number of speaker points in from their land, their culture, themselves into believing that the the Administration Building can Editorial - Irene Young, The West debate and who participates in their homes to support a land Negro is still a slave. be trusted.We need Black Georgian; Best Feature Story- the final debate. Other awards where they had no pride or counselors because we can not Tim Nicholas, The Signal, and will include trophies, medals, and culture. Southern Whites op- "KA (Kappa Alpha) displays the open up to the Whites." Best Sports Story- Douglas According to tournament of- pressed black people and the Confederate flag at all home Wells; The Maroon Tigar, ficials all events will be judged by south still strives to keep from basketball games. This does not GSC seems to be a long way Morehouse College, Atlanta. the standard format and will being on the level of dignity that represent the majority of the from fulfilling the dream of the In the Junior College com- adhere to the rules of conduct a human being deserves to be on. student body and does not look late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. petition for individual awards, contained in the G. S. S. A. Black people, on a whole, tend favorable especially toward that "all of God's children, Black Rita Ponder, The Stallion, Handbook. to believe that education is the Blacks," said one Afro-American men and White men; Jews and received first place for the Best The two day tournament will key to end prejudices. Yet even student. Maybe KA's and other Gentiles, Protestants and News Story; Jack Long, The begin on Friday February 26 at college students belittle them- Whites are having fun fooling Catholics, will be able to join Sentiiel, for the Best Editorial; 3:00 p.m. with registration in the selves by being prejudice.On themselves, but there will never hands and sing the words of that Keith McBurnett, Buc's Bulletin, lobby of the Marvin Pittman Black stated, "White students be another "Old South". old Negro spiritual, 'Free at last.' Brunswick Junior College, School located on the GSC here are prejudiced as hell, they Americans surely wouldn't stand Free at last. Thank GodAlmighty Brunswick, for the Best Feature Campus. don't want Blacks, here, so they for the nation to be brought to its we are free at last." College recieves $68,000 To Train Jr. College Staff Georgia Southern College has Purpose of the two year more than 70 percent of the been given its third consecutive fellowship is to put more young program is for the training of grant by the United States well trained professors into junior college teachers, Commission for Education as one Junior Colleges. specialists and administrators. of two institutions in Georgia Eight fellowships (products of Approximately 40 percent are funded to train Junior College first GSC allocation) are directed to the needs of the teachers. The College was already in Junior College economically disadvantaged. notified of this continuing support classrooms, having completed Duncan commented that by J. Wayne Reitz, director of the the first five quarters of their Georgia Southern's first two division of University The 1971- academic work. Their sixth is years of work on this program 73 allocation of approxomately spent in a junior college en- are already influencing $68,000 will provide funds for vironment; their seventh will be Georgia's Junior College com- eight continuting fellowships and on the GSC campus presenting munities with nine GSC graduate six new (2 year) fellowships and reports and evaluating the ex- students teaching in eight will bring the total monies for the periences of their intership. Georgia Junior Colleges. Junior College program at GSC to Each fellow in the program "We have been in close touch $246,000. Dr. Pope A. Duncan, receives a stipend of $2,400 for the with our young professors during GSC Vice-President, is director first 12 months and $2,600 for the their first teaching experience in of this program.