Social Science Building to Contain Offices, Classrooms, ROTC Dept
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" Don't ever dare to take your Don't Miss colle ge as a matter of course— because , like democracy and Lovejoy freedom , many people you 'll never know anything about Convocation have broken their hearts to Tonight get it for you. " Alice Diier Miller Social Science Building to Contain Publisher Boone Earns Offices, Classrooms, ROTC Dept. Colby ' s Lovejoy Award This article, the first in a series to be devoted to the long range development plans of Colby College, "The crying need of the South is for the kind of bold, constructive focuses attention on the social science building. The. blasting for this building was done this summer leadership Boone of Tuscaloosa is providing," stated the New Repub- and the foundation is now being completed. It is hoped that during this winter the fund-raising cam- lic magazine earlier this year of Buford Boone, this year's Lovejoy paign will progress enough so that the construction of the building may begin this spring. Since the Convocation speaker. estimated cost of this single building is $900,000, its completion will verify and pay tribute to the tre- Mr. Boone, who speaks at Women's Union tonight, is publisher of mendous sacrifice and expenditure of energy on the part of the many people actively involved in Colby's The Tuscaloosa. (Alabama) News. He was awarded the Pulitzer fulfillment program. Prize for his editorials written in The social science building -will be February of'last year when a Negro, devoted primarily to classrooms and "Press Herald" Miss Autherine J. Lucy, sought ad- faculty offices. Faculty offices will mittance to the University of Ala- then be removed from their present Ed. to Speak bama. The near-murder of the girl caused Boone to urge a return to location in Johnson Hall and the Robert B. Beith executive editor , order and respect for individual crowded classroom conditions in Mil- of the Portland "Press Herald- rights. The editorials were so ler Library will be alleviated. All Evening Express, " will speak to- effectively written that the Alabama branches df* 'the curriculum, with night in Roberts Union at a 6 :00 citizens abandoned mdb impulse and the exception of the art, music, and p.m. dinner preceding Colby Col- followed Boone's- leadership. science departments, will be con- lege's Annual Lovejoy Convocation. In a community inflamed by the centrated in this building. This is Newspapermen from throughout the segregation issue Boone took an ad- because a separate building will East have been invited to attend vanced position in regard to the later ibe built for art and music this dinner. incident. He condemned voters, and classes. The sciences' are presently A graduate of the University of reproached the University Board of •being adequately handled in Keyes Penns5rlvania, DBeith has been as- Trustees for not measuring up to and Life Science. sociated with the Portland papers their responsibility. He also pro- According to the blueprints, the for nearly thirty years. Currently, posed plans for the prevention of social science building will have lie is serving as president df the violence in the event o'f some qther four floors and will con'tain the fol- Maine Daily Newspapers Publishers Negro's admission to tlie University. lowing features : a 238 seat auditor- Association. In addition, he has At a White Citizen's Council at ium, a faculty lounge, and a roof served on numerous state and na- which he spoke several months after terrace. In particular, the first tional committees having to do with the occurrence Mr. Boone said, floor ' will he the site of the Air freedom of information. Architectural plan of the new Social Science Building. "Our problem is' not with the Force general office, a 50-seat Air Supreme Court. Nor is it with the Force ROTO lecture hall, six other NAAOP. Our prdblem is with our- l ecture halls of varying capacity, 660 Spot Dead; selves and what we are going to do and six faculty offices. On the as responsible American citizens to second floor will be nine more lec- Committee Will Revise recognize or deny privileges which ture, halls also of varying capacity WTVY Engin eer our courts have said are the proper and two seminar rooms. Seminar rights of Negroes . ." rooms, instructors' offices, and Student League Rules Pursues Static Mr. ©oone was interviewed by faculty offices . will . constitute.. the ¦ ¦ -_!¦•• these rules can . be - -made,, •' Colby -women "living 'the-'dorms stiidy;..of, ""-Many have jprd'ba'bly- wondered "The U. S. News and World" Re- third floor. ' The fourtdi floor will and as a result tlie revisions will be may have noticed Ifrdin time to time about the silence emanating from port following the incident in Ala- contain a psychology workshop, a more extensive. Anyone who is in- the signs summoning to meeting the 660 spot on the radio dial re- bama. Noting that the "problems classroom and accounting workshop, terested is welcome to attend the the committee which has been de- cently. For the past two weeks down here are terrific," he called a language workshop and listening ideas signated to revise the Women' s meetings and to contribute any WHMB has been discontinued due the mdb violence in regard to the rooms, and three lecture halls. Handbook. of her own. to 'technical difficulties. Lucy girl "almost an eye wink Each, year the Student League . After the committee has finished Only a small part o'f the campus away from murder." CHESS & CHECKER CLUB organizes such a committee to go its study of the Women's Hand- was receiving 'the broadcasts as Concerning this publisher's ap- ' TO START AT COLBY over all the rules and regulations to book, it will present its suggestions static reduced reception to a mini- pearance at Colby, President Bix- The Colby College Chess and see if any modifications or revisions to the Student League who will mum, especially in the girls' dormi- ler noted that "tlie appointment 6f Checker Club will have its first are necessary. In past • years, a make the final decision on the tories. The unusuail amount of static Mr. Boone as lovejoy Fellow of meeting this Sunday, November small section o'f the handbook has changes to be made. The revision on the campus this year is mainly 1957 seems especially timely in view 10 . at 10 p.m., in the Banquet been assigned to each member of committee is scheduled to meet with duo to the construction of new of the tragic events at Little Rock Room , 2nd floor Roberts Union. the Student League to read oyer 'the Student League early next 'buildings which employes a great and the special insight into their Mr. Kingsley Birge of the Socio - and to suggest improvements of week. deal of extra power. Other inter- meaning afforded by 'Mr. Leonard's logy Department is the Facult y that section. Members of the committee are : ference is caused by flourescen 'fc lecture on October 4. Mr. Boone's Advisor. All those interested in This year's -committee of eleven Ann Kinsey, Marcia Phillips, Diane lighting in tire library and faulty Pulitzer Prize-winning editorials one or both of these games are girls, representing each of the four Scral'ton, Cinda Paddock, Barbara power lines. have hrought him national recogni- asked to _ome and wrin g their women's dormitories and headed by Hunter, Dixie Mack, Li bby Latham, Officers of WHMB are consulting tion and he has been much in de- checker * and chess sots with Judy 'Colbath, feels 'that' by group Pat Johnson, Elite Davis, ancl with engineers from WTVL this mand as a lecturer. I am confident them. \ discu'ssioiy and analization a better Denny 'Kellner. week. Through combined efforts that wo can look forward to a very they hope to work out the techni- interesting evening when ho is cal difficulties. Pete Prew, '58, here." Powder and Wi Program Director, said that as far Both the Lovejoy award to Mr, g as the programming was concerned, Boone and the Convocation aro in WHMB is "all set to go, " There commemoration of the death in is a now studi o, a now record library 1837 of Colby-educated Elijiah Par- New Theater Nears Completion ancl a full sch edule of programs. ish Lovejoy. Mr. Lovejoy was killed Another construction project on the Colby campus has been taking place behind the tennis courts. defending his press from a mob in- Dr. Suss 'and Mr. Whalon with the Buildings and Grounds crew have been rapidly working to remodel flamed ovor his anti-slavery editor- ials. .LoTOjoy is considered the old maintenance building into a theater in tlie round. The former shed will provide space for a 24 Season T ickets America's f oremost martyr to tho Joy 13 foot stage and seating capacity for about 125 people. The theater will house workships-where sets freedom of tho press, and props can be built, class rooms, for the theater instructions, and storerooms for costumes ancl equip- Off e red by P&W ment. Eventually the upstairs of the building will be all redone by students. , . "H o a miser. 450 gets you C30. " Tlio money f or this venture has Thoso signs placed around (tho ' Seminar Offers been partially provided by Dr, Fred- campus reoon'tly aro advertising eric E. Camp o'f Now York Oi'ty and Powder and Wig's subscription sale, Forei by the Tlio seasonal ticket being offered gn Study 'tho rest is hoing provided ' .school.! Mr. Whal on estimated that costs $4.50 ; tickets for all the per- Miss ' All i son Tidman, fitild repre- tlio coat should'run to about $5200 formances Vlton , bough , separately sentative for Tho Scandinavian would cost 10,80.