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%\It Fiilltop Bettis POLITICIANS to INVADE CAMPUS MONDAY NIGHT %\it fiilltop Bettis "Representing Georgia's Oldest Independent Institution of Higher Learning" Volame VIII, No. 28 LoGrgngc Collegt, LtGnwn Gtorgii May 19, 1966 POLITICIANS TO INVADE CAMPUS MONDAY NIGHT TALMADGE BEDGOOD ****»»>MADDOX -*****H GEER SMITH Circle K sponsors forum in gym '66 Quadrangle to BY NICK FLASKAY didates but also to the students Sanders to speak at In an effort to give the stu- of our college and the people of be presented in dents and faculty of LC a chance Troup County," England said. to Increase their knowledge about "We are very fortunate to have the workings of politics, the cam- such distinguished men agree to chapei Wednesday LC commencement pus Circle K Club has scheduled visit our campus for the forum." The 1966 Quadrangle will be Georgia, having been a mem- "This is the first step in mak- Governor Carl E. Sanaers an "Open Forum on Politics" dedicated and distributed next will deliver the principal ad- ber of the varsity football team, for Monday, May 23, Bill Eng- ing the LC Circle K Club an ac- Wednesday, according to Edi- and also holds a law degree tive and worthwhile organiza- dress at LaGrange College's land, Circle K president an- tor Linda Long of West Point. commencement exercises on from the university, nounced. tion," England said, "and the Linda said the dedication will to the State Senate. first in a series of service pro- Saturday, June 4. At least five men have ac- be made at Wednesday morning Dr. Waights G. Henry Jr., LC In 1958 Sanders was re-elect- cepted the club's invitation, jects for the benefit of the cam- assembly, and she urges all stu- president, announced that the ed to the Senate and was named England said: gubernatorial pus and the community." dents to attend. floor leader of the body. He re- Open and free to the public, Governor will speak to the col- candidates Garland Byrd of But- Managing Editor Drue Lin- lege's 135th graduating class at turned to the Senate for a third ler, Lester Maddox and Judge as well as LC students and fa- ton said, "Immediately after as- term in 1960 and was appoint^ culty, the forum wiU take place 11 a.m. in the college gyman- Jeptha Tankersley, both of At- sembly the yearbooks wiU be slum. Sanders began practicing law lanta; and Sis following candi- in the college gymnasium at 7:30 distributed at the door of the P.m. Degrees will be awarded to an in August, 1948, and was elect- dates for the number two spot: Quadrangle office. Students who estimated 80 students at 2 p.m. ed to the Georgia House of Re- Incumbent Peter Zach Geer of Dr. Virgil S. Davis, head of have paid only $2.50 will have presentatives in 1954. Two the history department will in- on commencement day. Dr. Atlanta and W. Randall Bedgood, to pay the additional $2.50 before Henry will address the seniors, years later, he was elected Jr. of Athens. troduce the program. they can receive their annuals, ed president pro tempore. His England said the forum pro- Georgia Senator Herman Tal- and no one will get an annual their parents and friends prior election to the governorship gram will include ten minute madge, yesterday, said he would until after a receipt has been to conferring the degrees. followed. addresses by each candidate, fol- be available as a candidate for presented. People who have Governor Sanders, a native Governor Sanders served as lowed by questions to the politi- the Governor's race. Front run- lost their receipts will have to and lifelong citizen of Augusta, chairman of the Rules Com- cians by a panel of newsmen. In- ning democratic candidate Ernest wait." was elected Georgia's 74th go- mittee of the 1964 Democratic eluded on this panel will be Noel Vandiver shortly before had an- Linton added that there will vernor in 1962 and inaugurated Convention and presided over Brown of the LaGrange Daily nounced he would not run at the be ''a few extra annuals for in January, 1963. the Appalachian Governors Con- News, Millard Grimes of the Co- advice of his doctors. those people who have not During World War n Sanders ference in 1964-65. lumbus Ledger • Enquirer, and A source close to Senator Tal- bought one, but desire one at From 1963 - 65 he was a John White of radio station served in Hie United States Air madge said the Senator would de- this time." Force as a commissioned of- member of the U. S. Intergo- WTRP, LaGrange. cide sometime this morning if "With the added feature of ficer and bomber pilot .He is vernmental Commission on Fe- "We feel that the forum will he will appear at the forum Mon- color, this should be the best a graduate of the University of deral - State Relations. He was be beneficial not only to the can- day night. annual yet," said Editor Long. SEE GOV. SANDERS ON P. 4. Pi Delta Kappa Funeral services held for Sweetheart Ball Thomas A. Castona Funeral services for Tom Cas- ed in a wooded area approxi- Saturday night tona, a former LC student, were mately one-half mile from the held yesterday at St. Anthony's end of the runway at Callaway Pi Delta Kappa fraternity will Church in Wilmington, Delaware. Airport. hold its annual Sweetheart Dance Castona was killed Fri- A sophomore who enrolled at on Saturday, May 21 at the La- day night, May 13, when the Ce- LC in January, 1965, Castona Grange Elks Club. The dance, ssna 150 he was piloting crash- was working toward a double starting at 8 p.m., will feature v • "|| major in Speech and Drama and the NIGHT SHADOWS from Business Administration. Atlanta. The Delts are expecting He scored a hit in the re- this social event to be their big- cent Speech and Drama pro- gest success this year as many duction, "No Time For Ser- alumni are planning to return geants", playing the part of Ser- for the crowning of Pi geant King. Delt's 1966-'67 Sweetheart. He was sound director for Tickets for the occasion are "Once Upon A Mattress", and two dollars and can be obtained had been accepted for the LC from Gary Brown, Billy Gambill, Summer Stock workshop this Larry Horton, or at the door. summer. Plan to attend for a night of good Before entering LaGrange, music, a lot of dancing, and a Castona worked as a disc jockey, "rest" from The HilL (Sorry, Tom Castona and attended an extension of the only soft drinks wiH be sold!) University of Delaware. GEORGIA GOVERNOR CARL SANDERS MM 2 May 19, 1966 Editorials Is LC s SGA deaf to its About umbrellas SON C-U>6i£i constituency? 'J_ tool M ggUSHXtgfl^ z' Have you ever wondered how many "owners" an umbrella BY JOHNCLERKE has at LC? Or, better yet, how many umbrellas has the average Have we elected a deaf stu- "owner" "owned" at LC? dent government this year? It With the rampant "borrowing" of umbrellas on campus creat- ^ HfifblTcl/mtoNtxil 3 has been the object of this column ing such a problem, the HTN has undertaken the task of finding to point to areas which need se- a workable solution. 1 rious consideration. At times the We suggest the following: That, using student activity funds, I entire HiUtop News has dedicat- the SGA purchase approximately two hundred umbrellas, and clear- ed itself to proposing needed ly mark them "PROPERTY OF LaGRANGE COLLEGE." The ft changes. And yet, we still hear SGA should then install umbrella racks (like those on the ca- of no action. I can not under- feteria porch) on porches of dormitories, classroom buildings, stand why the SGA has repeated- and other campus buildings. Then, as students go from building ly ignored the requests of the to building, they can do as most of them do now; that is, pick up student body. There has been no the nearest umbrella, and take it to their destination. (HMD) explanation given to the students for their apparent lack of action. It seems, in fact, that our stu- dent government is completely apart from the student who elect- ed them. I now raise these chal- Primary allegiance lenges to the SGA! For what its worth. One: hold a meeting where the students may come and express The complaint that the LC campus is subdivided into various Something to offend everyone their opinions on such issues as cliques and factions is a common one, and often heard around the BY THE UNHOLY THREE Tilted my outside mirror up to the smoking rule for the girls. campus. There did not seem to be any such problem Friday night,; The library has announced that watch for planes all across the Let the students attack, defend, however, when LC students went out en masse to look for a fel- commencing fall quarter desert. It would be almost worth the present rule In the presence low student who met with a tragic accident. "Ebony" magazine will be on the the ticket to get pulled over by of the entire SGA. The students, some of whom were walking through swamps, racks for the enjoyment of ex. an airplane." Two: Poll the students to as- creeks and dense woods for as long as four hours without a pected "new" students. From Lake Tahoe, California: certain the students' collective flashlight, improperly dressed in the wet chilly night, demon- WANTED: Joshua and his army "Saw a tramp hitch-hiking in Ne- opinion in regard to the major strated one thing: Their allegiance is primarily to their fellow of trumpeteers to surround Dobbs vada this afternoon.
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