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\: ' *hnu 'mwtr t'nutbwrsitrrti at 1irmvmhiss 41st Year MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1959 Vol. 41, No. 11 "Dream Man" Announced At Torch Dance Tonight JIMMY CURTIS, RAY ZBINDEN, ALLEN REYNOLDS ARE THREE LEADING "DREAM MAN" CANDIDATES Tonight, December 4, co-eds the campus over will have dates with their "dream men," whether first, second, third, or last choice. The occasion for this strange reversal of the normal dating processes in modern America is a backwards dance. This annual Backwards Dance is given by Torch, the honorary leadership and scholarship society for senior women on the Southwestern campus. FINALISTS Jimmy Curtis, Ray Zbinden, and,Allen Reynolds have been voted the three dream- A highlight of the dance is the by campus co-eds. One of the three will be announced "Dream Man" iest males at Southwestern announcement of this year's Torch Pi Kappa Alpha Gives "at tonight's Torch Backwards Dance. Dream Man. The finalists, which were selected by a general co-ed Dream Girl Formal Noted Anthropologist election Wednesday in chapel, are Saturday, Dec. 5, Theta Chapter Students Urged PRC Presents Jimmy Curtis, Allen Reynolds, and of Pi Kappa Alpha will hold its Speaks on. Campus Ray Zbinden. One of these three eighty-first anniversary Dream Dream Man. Girl Formal at Southmoor Coun- To Preregister Dr. Carleton S. Coon, an anthro- Morality Plays will be declared 4:00 try Club from eight 'til twelve. The Preregistration will be held De- pologist of world renown, was guest On Sunday, December 6, at The dance will be held tonight entire faculty and student body is cember 1 through 12, 1959, and all speaker following the Phi Beta p.m., in Hardie Auditorium, the from 8:00 until 10:30 p.m. The Tri- cordially invited. students are asked to take part. Kappa Associates annual dinner Protestant Religious" Council Delta and Chi Omega sorority first Miss Changes, where necesasry, can be Thursday night, Dec. 3, in the Drama Group will present its lodges will be the scene of the Virginia Roberson, 1959-60 Dream Girl, made later, but if each student is Catherine Burrow Hall. Following production. The group will perform action, with informal attire the will officiate in the preregistered, the changes can be the dinner, to which all Phi Beta two short one-act plays, "The order of the evening. This is to al- crowning of the 1960-61 Dream Girl, made in much less time than it Kappas in this area were invited, House by the Stable" and "Grab low those women who are some- who will be announced at the dance. will take to register on February 9. Dr. Coon spoke in the Adult Ed- and Grace" by Charles Williams. what slow in getting their dates the She will be escorted by Th.C. The procedure is as follows: ucation Center at 8:15. They are contemporary morality opportunity to go get whoever is Bob Crumpler. Your adviser has been given two plays written to be produced to- left over at the men's residence The Pikes are featuring the Alakaluf Indians copies of the blank program card gether. -The plays portray-Man in halls. Bobcats, a six piece instrumental for each of his advisees,' together The subject of Dr. Coon's address the dilemma in which he has been Tickets for the dance are only group. with a copy of each advisee's 8- was "The Alakaluf. in Southern involved since he was placed on 50c, stag or drag. Proceeds are for The actives and their dates are: weeks grade report showing Chile," which means, a talk on the earth. The allegorical characters the benefit of the annual scholar- S.M.C. David Wessell and Jane courses now being taken. He also very strange and fascinating Ala- symbolize the problems which con- ship luncheon given by Torch after Whittington, I.M.C. Alan Straut- has copies of the second semester kaluf Indians which Dr. Coon has front Man today. the fall semester. This luncheon is man and Helen Jackson, S.G. Jim schedule, and additional copies are been studying recently. These peo- Man will be played by Tommy for women students attaining a B- Lindenberger and Susan Smythe, posted on the bulletin board. ple, until about 35 years ago, were Vanden Bosch; Pride by Beth plus average or better for-the se- Gerald Holter and Carolyn Orr, Please report directly to your ad- forced to live virtually naked in Marr; Hell by Franklin McCallie; mester. Bob Patience and Susan Hunter, visor as early in the period as pos- freezing weather and bathe in Gabriel by John Blair; Mary by Jimmy Webb and Barbara Bell, sible and make out your program freezing water. They live in the Diana Reil; Joseph by Johnny Next semester, the history de- Bill Mankin and Nancy Cross, War- with his help. Please fill in the in- Chilean archipelago just north of Frist; Faith by Mimmye Wilson; partment will offer a new course ren Thompson and Joan Strickland, formation asked for on the reverse the Straits of Magellan, and, by Grace by Sarah Richards. called "The New South." It is a Ed Smith and Patsy Loeb, Earl of the program card, as many their situation, are important to Mary Ann Stewart is directing study of the political, social and Van Leer and Donna Dortch, Joe changes of address, telephone num- the surmises that America might both plays. John Mehrling acts as economic development of the Poppenheimer and Virginia Hale, ber, etc., have occurred since this have originally been inhabited by stage manager. They are produced South since 1877, and of the re- Paul Lawrence and Becky Van information was last obtained. people who came through the Ber- by agreement with Ruth Spalding lations between the region ,and Hooser, Ray Fleming and Jane Please also copy your program, ing Straits from Asia. of the Rock Theatre Company, the rest of the nation since the Van Dyck, Joe Ajello and Helen Limited. Marshall. when completed, on to the Stu- Slides end of reconstruction. This The plays take the place of the The pledges and their dates are: dent's Copy card, and leave both The AEC talk was augmented by course is offered to students of usual Westminster Fellowship Bruce Inman and Barbara copies with the adviser. He will slides that Dr. Coon took while in all departments. meeting this week. Weaver, Dick Diamond and Fred- turn them in at the registrar's of- that part of the world, some of _I da Pailet, Gerald Smith and Fran fice for checking. which showed the exquisite beauty Steward, Howard Williamson and You should not change sections of the wild and snowy place. or drop a required course without Billie Lackey, Vick Robbins and Chapel Talk first consulting the Dean or the Faye Wright, Jarrell Southall and Dr. Coon also spoke in Chapel the Registrar. Jenky Sohm, Raney Ellis and Bet- following morning, Friday, Dec. 4. ty Claire (Continued on Page 3) Eaton, Jim Warden and Martha Norton, Bill Holmes and Patsy Lewis, Bob Orr and Mary Awards Lyn Smith, Thurman Ragar and Phi Beta Kappa Gives Nancy Williams. There will be a reception at PiKA For Outstanding Scholarship Memorial Headquarters immediate- ly preceding the dance, and the Four students were honored in chapel Monday, November breakfast will be at Dr. and Mrs. 23, by Phi Beta Kappa for the highest grades in the freshman Bunyan Webb's home, after the dance. and sophomore classes of last year. The prizes were copies of the Oxford Book Of English Verse, 1250-1918, edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, a revised and enlarged edition on India Thanks-Thru-Giving paper. Rosalie Osterbind and Bill Man- Results Announced Skin had the highest freshman av- Scholarship winner, president of Partial results of the Thanks- erages. Rosalie had a 3.94 out of a Eta Sigma Phi, and has been Thru-Giving Drive are now avail- possible 4.00, and Bill had a 3.97. named to the Honor Roll and the able. The drive officially ended be- Highest in the sophomore class Dean's List. She also holds the fore the holidays, but was extend- were Lela Ann Garner with a 3.91 Belk Bible Medal, an award for ed until 4:00 p.m. today for the average and Ed Henderson with a superior work in International Re- benefit of those who were unable 3.62. lations, and last year's Phi Beta to contribute before Thanksgiving. Rosalie has been named to the Kappa prize as the highest rank- As of last Monday, the contribu- Honor Roll and the Dean's List, ing freshman woman. tions had amounted to almost and works part time in the college Ed, a Sigma Nu, is an Honor $1375.00. This is a gain of $300 over library. Council representative, a member last year's drive, and only $125.00 Bill, a PiKA, has also been of Omicron Delta Kappa, and Eta are needed to reach the drive's named to the Honor Roll and the Sigma Phi. He holds the second goal. Dean's List and holds the Gooch year Greek prize and has been Next Tuesday, Dale Pflug, Drive Foundation scholastic award for named to the Dean's List. Chairman, will be in charge of the 1959. The Phi Beta Kappa awards which will dedi- PHI BETA KAPPA scholarship prize winners are: Rosalie chapel program Lela Ann, a KD, is national were presented by Dean Jameson cate the money collected during the chairman of the United Christian M. Jones, president of the college Osterbind and Bill Mankin, who received Freshman awards; drive, and the exact total receipts Movement, a National Merit chapter.