HILLTOP NEWSTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1962 VOLUME V, NU'MBER 11 LAGRANGE COLLEGE, LAGRANGE, GEORGIA

Advance registration Students eligible for new honor program set for December 3, 4, 5 Plans are under way to set up a new honor program at La- by Pat Lanham Grange College. In order to be eligible for this group, a student Advance registration for winter must have an overall average of quarter has been set for Decem- 3.5 or better and must be within ber 3, 4, and 5. three quarters of graduation. A complete schedule lor the Each student must also be ap- quarter has already been prepared proved by his major advisor and and posted, and material will be the advisory council. sent to the advisors in advance. This program requires two Dean Harwell stated, "It is re- quarters of independent work by commended that advisees meet the student in his major. All with their advisors prior to ad- work, which will include exten- vance registration and make sive and intensive reading and plans." preparation of a paper, will be A change in the procedure pre- under the direction of the major viously followed is that all sec- advisor and two other committee tioning for each course will be members. The other members centrally controlled. The students will be someone from outside and will not choose sections themselv- someone from another depart- es. This is done in an effort to ment. distribute more evenly the num- The purpose of this program ber of students in each section. is to encourage these students to Actual assignment to class sec- extend themselves and to aid tions and completion of registra- them in graduate work. Although tion will be conducted in the the number of students partici- Simpson Room of the gymnasium pating will be small, they will on the dates listed above. Faculty serve as examples to the other advisors.will have space provided students and aid the student body for them in the Simpson Room so as a whole. that they might assist the students if necessary, but most of the plan- ning will have taken place be- Bloodmobile to visit fore this time. A $10 late fee will be charged LC campus Nov. 28 students winter quarter who were The American Red Cross Blood- in residence during the fall quar- mobile will visit our campus Nov. ter and did not complete advance 28 in a college drive sponsored by our Student Government As- registration on the dates listed. Candidates for Homecoming Queen include (L to R) Bottom Row: Sandra Young, Cassandra Har- mon, Nancy Stipek; 2nd Row: Sylvia Mouchet, Judy Holstun, Ouida Harmon, Dee Atkinson, Billie Ayres, sociation and all Greek organiza- Deige Parker, Harriette Kuhr; 3rd Row: Jean Jackson, Betty Jones, Ann Swanson; 4th Row: Linda tions. Owen Green, president of the Friday, November 16, Purcell, Judy Hayes; 5th Row: Elizabeth Reeves, Judy McKoon, Margarete Hartemann; 6th Row: Sue SGA, announced to the Hilltop Goethe, Beverly Barber, Sandy Bromwell; 7th Row: Anna Smith, Annette Adams. is Stunt Night date News the plans that are under- way. Students will be presented by Pat Lanham additional information concerning Judging for Queen Wednesday night to this drive through their individ- Stunt Night, which is an an- ual sororities and fraternities. A nual event of Homecoming activ- list of prospects will be given to ities, will be held Friday night, the SGA from these organizations, November 16. begin weekend of Homecoming events which by stressing a high per- All four classes will participate centage of donors, will be recog- in the competition by presenting The LaGrange College Home- sponsor a Panther Preview game. the campus. At 11:45 a. m. the nized for their cooperative efforts. a fifteen-minute skit. Each group coming, which is Saturday, Nov. Freshmen will play the upper- Alumni Association will hold its A student who gives a pint of will also be allowed five minutes 17, is expected to be one of the classmen. The proceeds will be annual meeting. Mrs. T. Scott blood must have parental permis- to set up props. Numbers will be best ever. Many plans have been used for a basketball banquet and Avary, president, will preside. sion, if he is under 21 except those drawn to determine the order of made which include all alumni, for the purchase of a trophy for An alumni-varsity basketball who have been in military service the presentations. as well as students. an outstanding player. It is hoped game is set for 2:30 p. m. The or are married. Judging of the skits is based on Homecoming weekend will get that this game will become a per- highlight of the game will be the "Students giving blood are pro- class participation, originality, underway on Wednesday, Nov. 15, manent part of the Homecoming presentation at half-time of the tecting themselves and their fam- and cleverness. The judges this when the 23 candidates for Home- festivities. candidates for Homecoming Queen ilies against their blood needs for year will consist of a new faculty coming Queen will meet with the Stunt night is on Friday, Nov. and the crowning of the Queen. six months regardless of their member, a LaGrange citizen, and judges. After dinner in the dining 16. Each class on the hill will place of residence," says Mr. a LaGrange College alumnus. A hall the judges and the contest- compete for a trophy which is Members of the senior class James H. Hammett, chairman of rotating trophy is presented to ants will gather in the Simpson presented by the W .A. A. The will be honored at the Homecom- the blood promram of the Troup the winning class each year. The Room. There the judges will in- class which wins will keep the ing banquet at 6:30 p. m. in the County Chapter of Red Cross. title is presently held by the Class terview each girl, and then make trophy until next year. dining hall. Henry L. Bowden, "As accident rates continue to chairman of the Emory University of '65. their decisions as to whom the Homecoming day will begin at rise ... as new and vital ways Admission for the event, which Homecoming Queen for 1963 will 10 o'clock in the morning on Sat- Board of Trustees, will be the of surgery are developed ... as is sponsored by the Women's be. urday, Nov. 17. The registration guest speaker. our population increases . . . the Athletic Association, will be 25c On Thursday night the La- of alumni will be followed by a Following the banquet is the blood needs increase proportion- for both students and adults. Cur- Grange Men's Alumni Club will coffee hour and a guided tour of traditional homecoming dance. ately. Thirty minutes of time is tain time will be 8 o'clock Friday all it takes for a blood donor to night in Dodds Auditorium. insure a lifetime for someone in STUDENT POLL ple; some were silly; some took it Charlotte Hodges — People took need," writes Frances Harris from seriously; and some panicked. the problem seriously last week the Atlanta Chapter of the Amer- What did you think of the re- Glenn Florence — Students but seemed to have forgotten it ican Red Cross. action to the Cuban crisis by the were very adult in preparing for this week. This effort will provide a What's In The News students on the campus? any emergency. Noel Smith — Sure glad I'm "chance for all students on this Editorials P2 Linda Clark — People were Chuck Stevens — Everyone act- not eighteen yet. hill to show a little school spirit Features P3 silly; it seemed that everyone ed concerned and adult about the Charlie Knight — I was im- that has been so lately criticized," Society Newa p3 panicked. situation. pressed by the large number of says Owen Green regarding the Sports P« Vincent Shaffer — The reaction Lane Tullis — Everyone was students concerned enough to look student body adoption of this was typical of the American peo- concerned but didn't panic. into the situation in detail. drive.

lifl*. Page 2 HILLTOP NEWS — LAGRANGE COLLEGE Tuesday, November 13, 1962 FORWARD WE MUST MOVE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR LC PROVING The Hilltop News is published by the students of La- Grange College. So it is ... a campus newspaper, dedicated Dear Editors: But did they sulk? Did they GROUND to the students of this college, striving to improve all con- I imagine that most of us read rave and revolt and threaten com- cerned in any manner it deems necessary. in last week's issue of the paper plete annihilation? Of course not! LaGrange College is a "proving Just what is The Hilltop News? Sam Saxson's provocative article They stiffened their backs in a ground." This college offers stu- First of all, it is a newspaper. By the very meaning of of the unmovable Greek spirit. god-like fashion, turned a trans- dents a chance to experience a the word newspaper, its first duty is the publishing of news. His inspiration, I understand, was figured face to their persecutors, small portion of what life outside Not all news is good news, but anything that interests the a direct result of an "occurrence and promptly marched to the Mai- these walls is like. greatest number of readers nevertheless is news. A lot of that was so impressive" to him dee Smith Patio (Smith Patio or Life will be demanding. The times students do not like what is printed; they feel that that the unmovable spirit "mov- Garden of Gethsemane — what's complex society in which we live certain stories should have been left out. If The Hilltop ed" him to creativity. the difference?) where they "as- will require many things of us. News refrains from printing any matter about which the As most other readers, I was sembled ... to sing their love of At LaGrange we are required to campus is interested, it is defeating its own purpose. utterly captivated by the awe- life to the world" while Mr. show our scholarship through The Hilltop News is the sole judge as to what it prints. some quality of the supernatural Saxson's pride built fires beneath studies, our loyalty to our social Naturally, good taste and reason prevail, but to be the news- as we vicariously accompanied his rib cage. And behold! "An organizations, our moral standards paper of this campus, The Hilltop News must print ALL; it Mr. Saxson to the "chosen" room unconquerable spirit welled up in of right and wrong, and our ideals must withhold no facts, it must face things squarely, no mat- in Manget.—And what should we them" while they danced around for Christian living. ter how personally distasteful they may be. see there? Transformed souls no singing "We Shall Not Be Moved." Life will be an unending op- Contrary to popular opinion, The Hilltop News is not less, moving with the unmovable Suddenly it occurred to our portunity. Our college gives us a novelty. It is the organ of campus fact and opinion. It re- spirit. Mr. Saxson's reaction to narrator that November 1 was the chance to develop our aims ports the facts, many that the students may not know. such a sight was unfortunately All Saints Day, and immediately and our ideals into goals for liv- If this it does, then it is successful. vague, but this is understandable. some sort of analogy was set up ing. It gives the individual the po- The spirit was indubitably irri- between the happenings on the tential for advancement in any sistable, and the light (and I'm patio and the historic date. Ex- field of his choosing. Consider the sure there must have been a di- actly what that analogy was is fact that a member of our student DOES ONE PERSON COUNT? vine light) encompassing the This writer would like to lift one sentence from the text probably he most ambiguous as- body may one day become a lead- "chosen" spot was without doubt pect of our" venture of the illum- er in the sciences, in law, in in- oi the Rev. Jamison Jones' chapel address — "Does one penetratingly inhuman. person count in this world?" — and apply it to LaGrange ined minds." ternational relations, or in any At this point in the article, Mr. other field. College. All 475 students, plus assorted faculty and admin- Saxson was endowed with the As a point of interest, it may istration, count to make this institution be what it is. Every most "romantic" image of his tale: be noted that there was a time Life will be cruel and dishonest. single opinion, good or bad, colors the life on the campus "The hurt, partly bewildered, and when persecution was achieved It is a tragedy that our campus and presents itself as an aspect of the college. If this is so, extremely prideful people"—with by nailing the victims to a cross. gives us so many opportunities to then is it not the responsibility of each single person to think kicked-in teeth. How their faces Fortunately, we only place them see dishonesty in studies, to wit- POSITIVELY about LC and to act in such a way so as to must have beamed with the light on social probation nowadays. ness cruelty in social injustices, to live through personal jealous- make LC go forward and not backward? Each person counts of future martyrdom! Arlin Wallace and joyous will be the day when this fact is realized by all. ies and discriminations, and to experience unfairnesses and mis- Dear Editor: cause two Greeks were put on so- representations. As the war between fraternities cial probation. Most of all, life will be re- WHAT IS HOMECOMING? and sororities wages on, one might I believe everyone should abide warding. LC has given many of Some things in life are only as valuable as the individual em- ask, "Will there ever be a time by the rules set up by Pan- its students the key to happiness phasis that is placed upon them. Homecoming is one of these. again when there can be true Hellenic and that those who don't by preparing them for a successful The LC student that did not contribute to the life of the college friendship between all Greeks?" abide by them should be punish- future, by helping them to estab- while he attended classes here would not be as interested in the Now is the time for us to cast out achievements of this institution as the student who actively partici- ed, but that should not be the lish lifelong friendships, and by the hate and revenge in our starting flag for a race to see who giving them the confidence of pated in campus activities. hearts. We worry about the un- can cut whom the deepest. personal achievements. Yet, our These people who actively participated have gone from this in- friendly and uncooperative Rus- We are not acting like mature college has truly done its part stitution with the intent to make — and have made — a place for sians when we can't even be college students; we are behaving when, through the many facets of themselves in their community and their vocation. It is they who friends among ourselves. It is ab- like children. its complex life, it helps a stu- retain an interest in our college, for it was once their college. It solutely shameful the way friends dent to discover himself and the was their foundation that was obtained here that they remember so have been separated simply be- Johnny Long vividly; their friendships, their personal achievements made here reasons for which he — as an in- that gave them the confidence to launch out in life. dividual — stands. It is these people of which LC is most proud. Homecoming is for The Best Years them. Those of us here now must treat them royally for, as Shake- speare so aptly put it, "Now these her princes are come home again." Of Our Lives Men have said time and again Patrick's Studio that the best years of our lives It has become increasingly obvious that the stu- are those we spend within the Quality Photographs dents of LaGrange College desire to voice their opin- cloistered walls of a college or ions in The Hilltop News. One means is the Letter to university. the Editor. Letters should be typed, signed, and turn- Our college offers each of its Dial TU 2-1130 ed in to the editor by the Tuesday before the paper students unlimited opportunity to comes out the following Tuesday. enjoy the few years he is here at 130 Main St. LC. It is up to the individual to LaGrange, Ga. 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don, ballet, opera, and musicals PEOPLE TO MEET more closely knit because it is not so large, having only about twen- DR. AND MRS. HENRY PLAN in Paris, Vienna, and Rome. By Laura Johnston ty-five members. Most of the fra- One of the new faces on campus The students from LC who will ternities in Germany have houses. in which everyone is interested is EUROPEAN TRIP FOR SUMMER make the trip are Diane Hutch- They meet more often during the that of Wolf-Heinrich Bickel, who by Joyce Hudspeth ingson, Dan Mattee, Connie Reece, week and have long sessions to- is another of our foreign students Millard Beckham, and Chastain gether. They have no rushing Dr. and Mrs. Henry are sponsoring a trip to Europe who comes from Hamburg, Parker. There are only three more period like the local fraternities; which will begin June 26, 1963. Forty persons will partici- Germany. Wolf is of Swiss na- spots open in the tour. If any LC the members are invited on an in- pate in this trip, and already thirty-seven have signed up to tionality, being originally from students are interested they dividual basis. go. Among those going will be college students from La- Zurich, Switzerland, but he has Grange College, a few high school students, including Dr. should contact Dr. Henry imme- lived most of his life in Hamburg. Wolf also talked about the ma- Henry's daughter, Mary Ann, and some adults. diately. Before coming to LaGrange, he jor difference between the uni- The group will sail on the spent two and a half years in the versities in Germany and the col- "Queen Mary" to Southampton. University of Hamburg where he lege systems of Amrica. In the Fifty-two days after landing at MONOGRAMMED BLOUSES is majoring in history and Eng- university only the student's ma- Southampton they will fly back MAJESTIC & CAROL SUE LINES lish. When he finishes his studies jor subjects are studied, there are to New York from Athens, Greece, he may go into the field of teach- no required courses that everyone by Swissair. ing but he is presently undecided. must take. He stated that he liked Dr. Henry conducted another Wolf is a member of the Ham- LC very much because it is much trip to Europe in 1959 in which 25 Colors in burger Wingolf Fraternity in smaller than Hamburg, which has there were students from the al- Germany. (Wingolf means Hall of 17,000 students, and he is able to ready listed colleges, faculty Friendship). He has commented know people better here. Wolf members, Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Majestic Line Alone! on some of the differences be- obtained his Rotary Scholarship Murray, and Miss Catherine Cline. tween it and the local fraternities through the help of an exchange The 1963 tour will include visits at LC. He feels that his group is student of 1957 from Athens, to eleven countries, including 15 Monogram Styles England, Scotland, France, Bel- gium, Holland, Germany, Switzer- 5-10 Day Delivery land, Austria, Yugoslavia, Italy, "Snow-clean" is our motto and Greece. The visit to Yugo- SAMPLES AVAILABLE slavia will give the party a chance to see life behind the "iron cur- tain." SEE — Your clothing as Among the cities, the tourists will see many of the great uni- Jenny Dorough clean as new snow — versities of the world: Oxford, that is our aim. Cambridge, Edinburgh, Sorbonne, Heidelberg, and others: In every Pitts No. 1 large city they will not only see However soiled your garments sites with professional guides, but may be, when we dry clean they will h^ve free days in which them, they'll come back as to do anything they wish to do fresh 'n' clean as the day you on their own. On such days they bought them. Try us! may return to the hotels for meals without added expense. In their travels the party will use buses, trains, and airplanes in WE SPECIALIZE IN COLLEGE TRADE Europe. They will also take canal trips in boats in Holland and tra- Let the "Corless Twins" Pick Up & Deliver for You vel the Rhine River on a steamer. In Switzerland they will take an PAYTON'S DRY CLEANERS inclined railway train up onto the Alps among some of the highest "Behind The Bus Station" peaks. For entertainment the party will see a Shakespearean play at Stratford; modern plays in Lon- Score points in It has been said that there is a time and a place for everything. good appearance Somehow it is most difficult to find that time and that place for studying on this hectic campus.

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CLARK STONE High Grangers and played under Coach Al Mariotti. The four are Hollis and Ralph Johnson, Jerrell PANTHERS ONCE AGAIN Underwood, and Wayne Cope- One night back in January of 10, and thus established the first land. 1955 LaGrange College played its winning season on the hill. Ralph Johnson scored more first basketball game. The Panth- The following three years con- points in a game than any other ers impressed no one in that first firmed LC's bid for basketball Panther when he scored 51 in the game, losing to the Callaway All- authority as they finished 15-8 in 55-56 season. Wayne Copeland Stars 92-21, but it was a begin- 57-58, 16-5 in 58-59, and 14-12 still has the record for most re- ning. in 59-60. Finishing second in the bounds in a game with 26, and LaGrange played three more GIAC in 58-59 has been LC's best Jerrell Underwood has the high- games in the 54-55 season, losing season to date. est per game scoring average with handily to all opponents. They LC suffered its first losing sea- 20.2. did manage to scrap up 48 points son in four years in the 60-61 in their final game, but the op- schedule. The Panthers took only ponent, Shawmut, Ala., dumped five wins from eighteen tries. LC soccer team slated in 118. And last year's crew, although In the season opener of 55-56, handicapped throughout the sea- The idea of a soccer team has LC scored its first win, beating son, managed to break even at Baldwin 81-74 in an upset. How- spread over the LC campus and 9-9 and take third place in the plans for the organization of such ever, the Panther's victory song conference. never made it to the second verse a team for intercollegiate compe- We are standing on the tition is receiving much serious as the Panthers went down again threshold of a new basketball Panthers Larry Howell, Jon Goldman, and Coach MariottI dis- consideration. and again. On Baldwin's home season, but before we begin the cuss plans for season. For the past few weeks per- court LC was massacred 123-70, undertakings of this year we sons interested have met with A basketball scrimmage will be one of the worst beatings any want to pause and remember Cheerleaders will also be elect- Mr. Mike Brown and Mr. John held Tuesday evening at 6:30 In ed at this time. All members of Panther team has ever taken. those people who have made bas- Leavell to practice and learn the- the gymnasium. The purpose of the student body are entitled to LaGrange's 3-5 record showed ketball what it is today at La- fundamentals of the sport. the game, which will be played vote. improvement, and everyone wait- Grange. People like Osmos La- among the members of the LC This preview is being sponsor- ed for the next season. nier, Herbert Slayden, Ronald "There are six or seven students squad, is to acquaint the students ed by the LC Athletic Depart- The shackles of defeat were Davidson, and Malone Dodson, at LaGrange who have played with the team. ment. finally broken away as the Pan- who were members of the early before", commented Mr. Brown, thers moved into strong conten- teams and whose desire and spirit "and we would like to increase tion for honors in 56-57. Under have become part of the basket- this number to about twenty- the watchful eye of Coach Hiram ball tradition on the hill. five." Reeves the Panthers finished 14- For four of the returning grads No special equipment is need- DARDEN-PATILLO, INC. it will be a double Homecoming ed, and all interested have been Th ree LC students because they were, in addition to asked to contact either of the two Featuring Rand craft Campus Casuals being" Panthers, also LaGrange professors for more details. make Conference U. S. Keds — Randy Boat Shoes volleyball team The Best Buy In Town Is All Campus Favorites Three members of the La- Grange volleyball team who went or South 0CC 127 Main St TU 4-5431 to Berry to play in the second an- nual GIAC Volleyball Meet have Burgers been chosen to the All-Conference 2 25' team. The three chosen were Roy DAVIS SANDWICH SHOP Talley, Jerry Moore, and Ted Al- or South — ford. There were eight boys se- SHORT ORDERS SOFT ICE CREAM lected from the four teams com- Lee's Crossing TU 4-5534 DAIRY SHAKES peting in the event. LaGrange placed third, losing to Orders Called In Before 9:30 P. M. Will Be Delivered strong teams from Berry ond To Your Dorm Before 10:30 P. M. West Georgia. A three mile cross country SANITARY BARBER SHOP track was laid out around Berry's OPEN 7 A. M. - 12 MIDNIGHT enormous campus for a real test 1593 Vernon Rd. TU 2-3104 of endurance, and LaGrange was Come in and see us for the best haircuts in town represented by three runners. LC's John Wrighter finished 24th in the field of forty. "WHERE THE COLLEGE CROWD MEETS'

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