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Vol. 6, No.6 (Pub. #780~480) Memphis, Tennessee May 1980 Plough provides fund Of one million dollars Hundreds of future Southwest­ the' $20 Million Commitment. It

ern students will have business­ helped push the total 0 of gifts man-philanthropist Abe Plough and pledges over the $10.7 mil­ to thank for their college edu­ lion mark. cations. About· 20 Moses and Julia The 88-year-old Memphian re­ Plough Scholarships, averaging cently established a $1 million $1,000 per stu den t, will be fund as a perpetual source of awarded this coming academic tuition scholarships for South­ year 0980-81), a c cot din g to western students. The gift is in Souhwestern President James memory of his late parents, Daughdrill Jr. Each year the Moses and Julia Plough. amount will increase 5 percent Pool i n g $400,000 from the until 2005 when $64,500 will go

Plough Foundation and $600,000 o to help students-who have dem­ on loan from Southwestern's en­ onstrated financial need along dowment fund, the Plough Foun­ with healthy academic standing. dation purchased $1 million in Under the com pIe x invest­ U.S. government bonds with a ment set-up Southwestern will yield of 12.26 percent annually. be repaid by 2006 the full 25- DE'mCATION-New Women's Residence Hall was named in honor of the late Dean Anne Marie The Plough gift, the largest year loan of $600,000 and an ad­ Williford during a recent campus ceremony. Eyeing the just-unveiled plaque for the building are endowed scholarship fund at the ditional 6 percent in interest.

members of 0 Dean Williford's family (from left) Beth Williford Carson, Judson O. Williford '50; college, is part of Southwest­ That year the amount given in and Susan Williford Montgomery '77. On the right is Pres. James D;mghdrill Jr. ern's capital funds campaign, Plough Scholarships will be hik­ ed to $490,000, enough to bene­ fit hundreds of students. The gift "h 0 nor s not only Grads to hear noted CBS anchorman Sou t h w est ern, not only his (Plough's) mother and father, United Nations correspondent, Presbyterian School of Christian Veteran CBS news correspond­ can friendship and underst~nd­ but it's another proof of the chief foreign correspondent and Education. ent Charles Collingwood will ad­ ing. kinds of ideals Mr. Plough has d!ess the 131st graduating class more recently a reporter and The Rev. Vernon Hunter The Rev. Harold G. Odum stood for as an outstanding ex­ at Southwestern during the an­ anchorman for CBS News Spe­ The Reverend Vernon Hunter The Rev. Harold G. Odum has cial Reports (television) and for ample of a philanthropist in this nual commencement exercises earned his B.A. at Davidson been pastor at First Presbyter­ part of the country," President special reports on the CBS ra­ on Saturday, June 7, in the Hu­ College, bis M. Div. at Union ian Church in San Angelo, Tex., Daughdrill noted. bert F. Fisher Memorial Garden. dio network. Seminary in Richmond, Va., and since 1957. Previously he served Collingwood's add res s will Although some of the interest His talk, "Power and Influ· his D. Min. at Vanderbilt Divin­ as pastor of First Presbyterian on the bonds will be funneled in­ ence in Today's World," will be deal with the use of influence­ ity School. Church in Temple, Tex. He cur­ rather than sheer military pow­ to tuition scholarships between delivered during the 10 a.m. rently sits on the boards of the 1980 and 2005, part will be re­ ceremonies at which approxi­ er-to solve today's world prob­ He became pastor at Ever­ Texas Presbyterian Foundation lems. His assessment of foreign green Presbyterian Church in invested-presently projected to mately 200 seniors will receive and the Presbyterian Mo-Ranch. earn 9 percent-and part will go degrees. relations is backed up by years Dothan, Ala., and served there His church work includes his of co v e r i n g the international from 1961-67. His second church to payoff the Southwestern In addition to the 200 under­ current chairing of the Presby­ loan. By 2006 the balance of the graduate degrees, six honorary scene. post was as organizing pastor at tery's committee on continuing Balmoral Presbyterian 0 Church, fund will equal $5.2 million. degrees 0 will be conferred. Col­ His a~signments have includ­ education and past leadership of ed: "Italy, Lebanon and South Memphis, from 1967-78. He be­ Plough is the f 0 u n d e r of lingwood, a cum laude graduate Presbyterian Synod committees Plough, Inc., a manufacturer of of Cornell -University, will re­ Africa," a report on the inter­ gan his current pastorate at dealing with nominations, Springhill 0 Presbyterian Church such household items as st. Jos­ ceive the Doctor of Laws degree. nal events of those countries and church ext ens ion and inter­ in Mobile, Ala., in March, 1978. eph Aspirin, Solarcaine, Copper­ The Reverend Vernon R. Hun­ how those events affect A.mer­ church relations. He also has ter, min i s t e r of Spring Hill ica's position in the world (July, The Rev. Hunter has partici­ tone and Maybelline products. served as moderator of Presby­ In 1970, Plough, Inc., merged Presbyterian Church in Mobile, 1976); and "Who's Ahead-the pated in many church and edu­ tery and commissioner to the (Continued on page 4) Ala., and the Reverend Harold Debate Over Defense," a study cational activities. He has been General Assembly of the Pres­

G. Odum, minister of First of the military preparedness of a commissioner to 0 the Presby­ byterian Churcn in 1956, 1962 Presbyterian Church, San An­ the U.S. and U.S.S.R. (April, terian General Assembly twice, and 1976. gelo, Tex., will receive Doctor 1977), among others. chairman of the campus minis­ The Rev. Odum earned his of Divinity degrees. In addition, Collingwood cov­ try board of the Presbyterian bachelor's degree in 'philosophy Doctor of Humane Letters will ered the war in Indochina from Church at Memphis State Uni­ from the University of Texas at

be awarded to writer Eudora the 1960s 0 on. He was the first versity from 1973-75, and presi­ Austin and his bachelor of di­ Welty, and C. Lamar Wallis, di­ American network newsman to dent of the board of the Institute vinity degree from Austin Pres­ rector of libraries for the Mem- be admitted to North Vietnam. of M e d i c i n e and Religion in byterian Theological Seminary o phis/Shelby County Public Li­ More recently, he completed a Memphis. He is a trustee of in Austin, Tex. .

brary System. Francis Robin- 0 special report "Salt II: A Great Eudora Welty son, tour director and consult­ Debate Begins" (June, 1979). Eudora Welty is a native Mis­ ant for the Metropolitan Opera Collingwood has also covered sissippian well-known for her Association, will r e c e i v e the a wide range of domestic issues m'astery of the short story and Doctor of Fine Arts degree. over the years-from the ener­ her rich portrayal of the South The baccalaureate service will gy crisis to busing to inflation. , and its inhabitants. take place at 3:30 p.m., Friday, He took a two-year leave of ab­ Besides winning the Pulitzer June 6, at Idlewild Presbyterian sence in the 1950s to act as spe­ Prize for her most recent novel, Church, with the Rever end cial assistant to Averell Harri­ "The 0 p tim is t's Daughter," Wayne P. Todd, minister of man, then director for mutual Miss Welty has been heaped First Presbyterian C h u r c h, security in Washington, D.C. with an assortment of awards Florence, Ala., delivering the A law and philosophy gradu- including six O. Henry Memorial

baccalaureate sermon. o ate of Cornell, Collingwood was Contest Awards, the William CommEmcement speaker Col­ awarded a Rhodes Scholarship Dean Howells Medal of Ameri­ lingwood has been a CBS re­ to study at Oxford University. ian Arts and Letters and the porter for almost 40 years, cov­ Durlng his career he has re­ Gold Medal for Fiction as well ering both international and na­ ceived many journalistic awards as a Guggenheim Fellowship. tional news. Since joining CBS' for news reporting and inter­ The 1979 Artist in Residence London bureau in 1941, he has pretation, as well ' as an award for Southwestern's British Stud­ been a CBS war correspondent, from Britain's Queen Elizabeth ies at Oxford program, Miss W hit e H 0 use Correspondent, II for promoting Anglo-Ameri- Charles Collingwood (Continued on page 2) . Sbuthwestern Today May Page 2 Hosteling tradition captures :.Lively crowd aged 60-p/us Probably no segment of the homemakers to world travelers. S tan for d University, studying population suffers more from 'They came from as far away as language and linguistics. She rampant inflation than retirees Readsville, Mass., and as near­ will discuss the current state of on fixed incomes. And one of by, as Germantown, Tenn. the language and verbal misuse the first luxuries they eliminate Although Southwestern is the prevalent in the American way is travel. ' Yet that doesn't have only West Tennessee Institution of speaking. to be the case. in the Elderhostel network, else­ Ms. Baer noted that optional Elderhostel, offered this sum­ where in the State the program workshops, films and lectures mer by Southwestern and other is being offered at East Tennes­ were being pia nne d for the colleges and universities nation­ see State University, King Col­ week. Of these, she mentioned a . wide, is a low-cost program that lege, Tusculum College, Univer7 workshop on wildflowers by au­ gives a person over 6()-or one sity of Tennessee at Chattanoo­ thor / environmentalist and re­ whose s p 0 use qualifies - the ga and University of Tennessee tired professor, Arlo Smith, who chance to live and learn on a at Knoxville. recently published a book on the Rev. Vernon Hunter college campus for a week. Participants in the Southwest­ sub j e c t. Also, a photography Southwestern's Elderhostel ern version may take one or all workshop will be led by Steph­ runs June 15-21 and costs $130 three of , the non-credit college­ anie Harrover, known particu­ p~r person. It is the perfect get­ leve~ cia sse s b~ing offered.' larly for her riverfront scenes. away for those who want to in­ "Confederate, Memphis and its "We hope to include a tour of dulge in the excitement of lib­ Region," taught by the disting­ the city, some sort of theater eral arts learning and the ex­ uished historian Granville Dav­ event, a speaker from the zoo, perience of meeting new people. is, will examine the nature of and maybe a lecturer from the Participants sleep.in college dor­ the conflict, why the Confedera­ yet-to-be-completed Mississippi mitories, eat in c'ampus dining cy was defeated and the impact River Museum," continued Ms. halls and take courses led by of military occupancy upon the B a e r. Participants will also regular college faculty. South. have access to the ,c amp u s ' There are all the benefits of "In Search of the Comic Spir­ swimming pool, tennis 'courts the college experience without it," led by the veteran Memphis and biking/walking paths. the unpleasantness of grades, actor Ray Hill, will focus on the Elderhostel participants typi­ exams or homework. psychology of laughter and the cally reside on campus during Elderhostel, a term c 0 i ned philosophy of comedy in the the week's activities in order to from the hosteling tradition of writings of F r e u d, Aristotle, get the full flavor of the pro­ Europe and elder citizens for Mark Twain, Ogden Nash and gram. However, Southwestern whom the program is targeted, others. Also, the group will re­ may accept a limited 'number ' has grown dramatically since it view some of the comic greats of local people who would like Eudora Welty C. Lamar Wallis started in 1975 in New Hamp­ -Charlie Chaplin, Buster Kea­ to commute to campus, explain­ shire. Last summer 13,000 elder­ ton, Woo d y Allen and Steve ed Ms. Baer. Tuition would be hostelers traveled to 235 insti­ Martin. . adjusted accordingly. Collingwood leads tutions to join in the educational The third course on the roster Individuals interested in either movement. is "Decline of the English Lang­ version of Elderhostel may write Southwestern's first offering of uage," led by Ellen Baer, pro­ Southwestern's Center for Con­ Graduation line-up gram coordinator for the col­ tinuing Education at 2000 N. Elderhostel last summer attract­ (Continued from page 1) ed 20 individuals-from retired lege's Continuing Education Cen­ Parkway, Memphis, Tenn. 38112, business men and women to ter. She earned a master's at or call at 274-1800, Ext. 372. Welty is a frequent college lec­ turer. She has held the William Allan Neilson professorship at Smith and the Lucy Donnelly BQ Scarborough No. 1 c-hoice Fellowship at Bryn Mawr. She was e d u cat e d at Mississippi State College for Women (now In national search for Dean Mississippi University for Wom­ Following an extensive nation­ ganizations and student reten­ tn), University of Wisconsin and al search and screening of over tion. He 'oversees the operation Columbia University School of Business. 125 candidates, Southwestern's of the foreign study program, the , -' Board of Trustees unanimously honor council, student govern­ Miss Welty, the author of four approved the appointment of c. ment, freshman orientation and short story collections, a num­ Francis Robinson V. "Bo" Scarborough '67, as student housing. ber of novels, a book of photo­ dean of students at the college. As associate dean of students graphs and a collection of es­ the Metropolitan Opera, Francis Scarborough, formerly asso­ and earlier assistant dean of says and reviews, has had her Robinson has served as host of ciate dean of students, has been students working with the late work pub Ii she d in ,"Atl'antic the Metropolitan 0 per a tele­ serving as acting dean of stu­ Anne Mar i e Williford, Scar­ Monthly," "Harper's Bazaar," casts, "Live From the Met" dents since July, 1979, when the borough has had five years ex­ "The New Yorker," and "Se­ head of box office and subscrip­ untimely death of the previous perience in dealing with the mul­ wanee Review," among other pe­ tion efforts, chief of the Met's dean, Anne Marie Williford, cre­ tiple responsibilities of that ad­ riodicals. press department and an ad­ ated the vacancy. Scarborough's ministra.tive position. vance representative and com­ endorsement by the Board at its C. Lamar Wallis pany manager for a spring tour "We have an important tradi­ regular April meeting coincided Car 1 ton Lamar Wallis has of the Opera Association. with the dedication ceremony of tion to car r yon," said Scar­ borough in reference to the dean been director of the Memphis/ His years in theater and news­ Williford Hall, a women's resi­ Shelby County Public Library paper work have meshed well. dence hall on the campus, named of students office. "Yet there are a lot of exciting things we can and Information Center since He was at one time a reporter in memory of Dean Williford. 1958. He previously was chief and later Sunday editor of the Representatives of various seg­ Bo Scarborough do to help promote the growth and development of our stu­ librarian at Rosenberg Library "Nashville Banner." During the ments of the college community After reviewing between 125 in Galveston, Tex., and city li­ early part of, his career he han­ participated in the nation-wide dents." He called the nonaca­ and 150 applications, the com­ demic, extracurricular side of brarian in Richmond, Va . Last dled press relations for Walter search for a new dean of stu­ mittee narrowed the field to a year he received the Tennessee Huston, Raymond Massey, Paul dents, the person ultimately re­ the college "very important" in few candidates who were invited the liberal arts experience. Library Association's First Hon­ Muni, Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fon­ sponsible for all facets of stu­ to the campus for interviews. Of or Award for his contributions tanne and Katharine Cornell; dent life beyond academics. those finalists, Scarborough was As dean of stu den t s, Scar­ in the field. and he worked with Burgess The search committee, chaired the number one choice. South­ borough will be one of five mem­ Meredith in "The Playboy of by Professor Granville Davis, in­ western President James Daugh­ bers of Southwestern's adminis­ Wallis earned his B.A. with distinction from Mississippi Col­ the Western World" for Theatre cluded three students arid one drill Jr. endorsed the recommen­ trative cabinet which serves as Incorporated. representative e a c h from the the top advisory body to the lege, his M.A. from Tulane Un­ dation 'before car r yin g it to Robinson graduated with hon­ alumni sector, faculty, Board of Southwestern's Board. President of the college. iversity and his bachelor of li- . brary sciences from the Univer­ ors in German and philosophy Trustees and college administra­ "In both his work as associate Scarborough, a 1967 political tion. ' sity of Chicago. He is a trustee and earned his master of arts dean of student~ and acting dean science graduate of Southwest­ from Vanderbilt University. To­ ern, holds a master of divinity of Belhaven College in Jackson, of students, he's been outstand­ Miss. day he serves on Vanderbilt's Southwestern Today (Pub No. ing and effective," said Presi­ degree from Princeton Theologi­ 780480) is published monthly ex­ A past president of the Texas board of trustees as well as the dent Daughdrill. "I share the cal Seminary. Before joining board of Manhattan School of cept July, August and septem­ search committee's high regard the college's staff in 1975, he and Tennessee Library Associa­ ber (January-February bimonth­ tions, Wallis has been active in Music and the Bagby Founda­ ly) by Southwestern At Mem­ for Dean Scarborough and look worked in Brooklyn, N.Y., as a tion for the Musical Arts. community minister for several the Presbyterian Church, Mem­ phis, 2000 N. Parkway, Mem­ for war d to our continuipg to Robinson, winner of New York work together to make South­ churches and dealt with a hum­ phis Opera Theatre and Mem­ phis, TN 38112. May-Vol. 6, City's m 0 s t prestigious art s NO.6. Second-class po s tag e western the best we can for ber of groups and individuals phis Rotary Club. paid at Memphis, TN. Editor­ every student." outside the church, such as youth He is- the author of "Libraries award, the Handel Medallion, is Helen Watkins Norman. groups, the elderly, and action in the Golden Triangle," and of the author of "Caruso: His Life The dean of students'is respJn­ in Pictures" and "Celebration: Postmaster: Send add res s sible for the athletic and chap­ groups of middle-aged persons. a number of articles for library changes to Southwestern Today, journals. the Metropolian Opera." Addi­ 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis TN laincy programs, career coun­ As an undergraduate at South­ tionally, he. has worked in tele­ 38112. seling, the infirmary, stu den t western, Scarborough was heav­ Francis Robinson vision and radio on music-relat­ center, student life, student or- ily involved in student activities. During his 30-plus years with ed specials. Southwestern Today May Page 3 Anthropology students taste slice of Memphis life A cluttered seed store in the explaining the format of his re­ the members of that culture and heart of town seems an unlikely quired-for-majors course called watch and listen for hours to candidate for an in-depth culture "Research Methods." After half glean a true picture of the typi­ study. As does a funeral chapel, the term of reading how the pros cal and not-so-typical day in the a Chinese grocery, a long-stand­ like Margaret Mead have an­ life of that society. With each en­ ing Memphs rib resturant and alyzed various cultures, the doz­ try in their ethnographic journal, a police department in the sub­ en students in his cia s s are students also note their own feel- urbs. . thrust out of the academic womb . ings and reactions to the day's to unearth miniature cultures. events. Yet anthropology students at the college are testing their cul­ And they find their subjects in Leslie Phillips, a junior an­ ture research wings in a popu­ the most unexpected places. In thropology major from Atlanta, lar course which sends them out­ the five years since Prof. Con­ averaged three hours a day at side the classroom hunting for rad switched to the first-hand- ' the Carter Seed Store, which she microcosmic segments of mod­ experience approach to teaching visited every day for her study. ern-day society. the class, ethnographies have By the end of the term, .it had zeroed in on butchershops, beer The ethnography-a study and become almost a home , away halls,' the' cathouse at the Mem­ from campus. . comparison. of hUman cultures­ phis Zoo, juvenile court, chil­ is a cultural description of social dren's centers, the Memphis Pin­ "I would spend hours at a time situations. It is an important as­ ball Association, candy stores talking there, especially on rainy pect of anthropological research, and hospitals. winter days," said the young according to Professor Jack Con­ woman whose back-to"the-basic rad, head of the anthropology Each of these areas represents style obviously wore well with and sociology department at a mini-culture, complete with the owners and clientele of the Southwestern. soc i a I hierarchy, vocabulary, 60-year-old Memphis seed estab~ division of labor and common lishment. "Most people understand our set of mores. It is the student's (anthropologists') interest in old job to break down and describe The Carter store backs up to bones," said Prof. .Conrad who the characteristics which dis­ the Mississippi River and faces privately collects primitive art tingUish that cultural scene from Memphis' downtown district. An from Africa and Australia. As he another. emporium of gardening stuff, the speaks, the co-occupants of his Armed with camera and tape store overflows with sacks of college office-an assortment of seeds-everything from alfalfa garish tribal masks-smile gro­ recorder as well as pencil, pad and a reserve of probing ques­ to sugar peas-, hand-made bas­ tesquely as if ' in agreement. kets, chemicals like Happy Jack They, like the authentic spear ' tions, the students step inside a h a bit a t frequently foreign to flea and tick powder, and an­ t h rower and shield resting tique furniture and clothing . against the wall, seem some­ . them. what out of place under the Prof. Conrad advises students Ms. Phillips examined the his­ ,I fluorescent lights in the room. not to be glaring or conspicuous. tory of the store along with its Joining the group, one form of current owners and customers. 'r "But we have run out of prim­ "Most of the folks didn't come 1 itive societies. Now there's an anthropological res ear c h, re­ "I'll be selling turnip, seeds," -Leslie PhHiips quires the researcher be accept~ iust to buy," she said. "Every­ · interest in social change, com­ one knew each 0 the r. They'd plex societies, the here and ed."Don't put on sandals or wear really want to go into this or that Prof. Conrad plans to take the your hair in a pigtail," he ad­ been coming to the store for profession?" explained Pro f. studerit enthnographies a step now," Prof. Conrad explained, years and felt like it was their m 0 n ish e d one male student Conrad. further. emphasizing present efforts to store, not (that of) the owners." study current societies and to headed to interview truck driv­ Several of his earlier gradu- A book, tentatively called "The learn how they change over time. ers. Her fascination with the place ates landed paying jobs in the Memphis Scene," is in the works continued even as the project areas they had studied. Pam according to its author/editor, "I ask my kids to find a slice The students sketch the habi­ wound to a close. of life in Memphis, a. cultural tat being- studied, inventory its­ ,WilsQ.n. ''[8, wanted to work with Prof. Conrad. he- ' publication scene," continued Prof. Conrad, contents, extensively interview "WhIle all my tdend~ are go­ the airlines, said the professor, ' will primarily consist of 12 to ing to Florida and the beaches, so she focused her ethnography ' 15 of the best ethnographies sub­ . I'll be selling turnip seeds and on United Airlines. Today she mitted to the professor-those fertilizers," Ms. Phillips quipped, is a reservationist with Delta which establish the true flavor Meeman Center has apparently relishing the idea of Airlines and stationed in Mem- of Memphis, its history and life- spending her spring break sur­ phis. style. ' rounded by the earthy clutter A student with politics in her Prof. Con r ad' said he envi- New acting director' of the store. blood concentrated on the elec- sioned the book to be about three Many of Prof. Conrad's stu­ tion campaign of a Memphis con- to four hundred pages long with May Maury "Marnee" Hard­ dents, like Ms. Phillips, have gressman. Another, Jake Scott each student ethnography run­ ing . '48, director of the Urban chosen an' ethnography strictly '78, wrote about athletic cOach- ning about 25 pages. He sees the · Policy Institute and the Center as a matter of interest in a sub- ing and later spent a year as as- work as a comprehensive picture for the Study of Alternative Fu­ . ject. Jeff Horn, a junior from sistant co a c h of football and of life in the ·· river town-from tures at Southwestern, has been New Jersey, was intrigued by basketball at Southwestern. And Memphis' links with the past to named acting director of the the exploitation of Elvis Presley the list goes on. contemporary elements like the College's Meeman Center for following his death. A good stu dell t ethnography local music scene and the cotton Continuing Education. "I wan ted to do something takes about 100 hours, according industry. Ms. Harding will serve as di­ uniquely Memphis and to me to the professor. But the student For the aspiring anthropolo­ rector of the c e n t e r through that meant Elvis," said Horn, has great freedom in the use of gists under Prof. Conrad, how­ · June 30, 1981, when the col­ who researched the souvenir his time. ever, the ethnography has meant lege's fiscal year 1981 ends and shops which immediately sprang . "The course caters to your own more than a skeletal understand­ a permanent director is named. up across from the Presley man­ interest and you learn ten times ing of a slice of Memphis life. The post became vacant when ~ion following ~he entertainer's as much," said Rob Tooms, a The students have fleshed out · the previous director, Dr. Jack death. senior from Memphis who wrote what makes various mini-cul­ Everitt, left to assume a posi­ Others in Prof. Conrad's class, an ethnography on his part-time tures in the city tick and stick tion with Memphis' Federal Ex­ however, look upon the ethnog­ job at the Rehabilitation Engi- over time. They have learned press. raphy as a chance to preview a neering Center. Artificial limbs how to deal with strange situa­ career and its related working and devices are created there tions and individuals. And in the Ms. Harding has long been af­ environment. Personal i n t e r­ for children suffering from ce- end, many of the college-aged filiated with the college-first as Marnee Harding views and close observation can rebral. palsy and other birth de- researchers have discovered a a student earning her bachelor help a student' answer "Do I formities, he said. good deal about themselves. of arts degree and later as co­ ordinator and then director of . Ms. Harding has been a lead­ programs for Southwestern's er in the Memphis Conference, adult education effort. She joined ~n ongoing program aimed at Leadership fraternity picks eighteen Southwestern in 1952 as coordi­ educating Memphians concern­ nator of the Great Books Foun­ ing their civic responsibilities. Who excel inside classroom"and out' dation and since then has fo­ The Conference pulls together cused her professional career on business, government, education Stressing the importance of a founded at Washington and Lee Tenn.; Karen Ann Hammer, jun­ e d u cat ion a 1 enrichment for and 0 the r community leaders well-rounded coli e g e career, University in 1914, stresses the ior, Memphis, Tenn. adults. and concerned citizens to assess Southwestern's chapter of Omi­ balance of academics and extra­ Sara Shelton Jon e s, junior, the problems and needs of the cron Delta Kappa (ODK), the curricular education. The new Memphis, Tenn.; Jeffrey Allen In her most recent capacity as Memphis area and to plan for a national leadership fraternity, members are: , Lane, j un i 0 r, Hendersonville, director of the Urban Policy In­ positive future for the city. tap p e d eighteen students for Lys Anderson, junior, Char­ Ten n.; Eva Marlee Mitchell, stitute and the Alternative Fu­ membershp. . lotte, N.C.; Christina Black, jun­ senior, Memphis, Tenn.; Mela­ tures Center, Ms. Harding has . The college's Continuing Edu­ Southwestern's Phi Circle of ior, Little Rock, Ark.; .William nie Ruth Mitchum, senior, Erin, actively promoted civic involve­ cation Center offers non-credit ODK, established at the college M. Clark, junior, Jackson, Tenn.; Tenn.; Carol Sue Stephens, sen­ ment on the part of local citi­ courses for adult students. It has in 1927, recognizes students who Margaret J. Couch, junior, Char­ ior, Shreveport, La.; B ria n zens as well as wise urban plan­ grown during the past three dec­ h1;lve proven to be responsible lotte, N.C.; Patrick Dempsey, Tho m p son,. senior Concord, ning by city leaders. She has ades from a small group of class~ leaders on campus and in extra­ junior, Memphis, Tenn.; Albert Tenn.; James Alan Whitlock, been a frequent speaker for civic es on great literature to several curricular activities. High scho­ Lee Earley, junior, Louisville, senior, Kingsport, Tenn.; Mer­ organizations, often leading ses­ dozen courses ranging from po- . lastic standing is also manda­ Ky.; Ellen Ruth Geiger, senior, rill Wise, senior, Jackson, Tenn.; sions in goal-setting and prob­ etry workshops to the study of tory Birmingham, Ala.; Rooert W. and Bryn Wood, junior, Little · lem-solving. - energy alternatives. The fraternity, 0 rig ina 11 y Greene Jr., senior, Memphis, Rock, Ark. . Southwestern Today . May Page 4 Ten-year productivity drop Blamed foreconornic woes "The atmosphere of gloom the early part of the century. more female, he said. Since age and doom is out of proportion Dr. Solow tied productivity and sex are indicative of exper­ to reality," inflation expert Dr. gains to increases in real wages ience and training, the end re­ Robert Solow explained as he and to a rising standard of living. sult has been lowered produc­ opened the concluding lecture of Without the first, one cannot tivity. However, part of the agel the 1980 M. L. Seidman Memor­ have the others. sex problem has been offset by ial Town Hall Lecture Series fo­ "A productivity slowdown will higher education levels, he said, cused on the economy. lead to a wage slowdown," he and some of the productivity Dr. Solow, professor of eco­ said. "A productivity increase is lost will be regained when the nomics at Massachusetts Insti­ the main or orily source of a ris­ baby-boom individuals become tute of Technology and a former ing standard of living over the older, more experienced. senior economist on the Council long haul. Third, the . move to less pro­ of Economic Advisers to Presi­ ductive industries and occupa- dent John Kennedy, downplayed "When productivity is rising 3 percent a year, we can expect . tions has taken its toil. There's inflation as the culprit in our been a shift to more service-or­ economic malaise. _ the standard of living to double every 24 years or about once a iented and retail efforts, which Instead, he diagnosed a pro­ are less productive industries. ductivity slowdown during the generation," he explained. But at one percent annual productiv­ It's difficult to change these pat­ last decade as the root of our terns, he said. economic blues and insisted that ity growth, it would . take three no miracle drug will immediate­ generations for the mat e ria I Dr. Solow takes no refuge in ly turn the economy around. standard of living to double, ac­ theories of an eroding U.S. work "There are real and subtle cording to D:r. Solow. ethic. Productivity slowdowns costs of inflation, but they are While the decline of produc­ have 0 c cur red elsewhere at mostly costs of redistribution," tivity is partly a mystery to roughly the same time-in Ja­ Dr. Robert Solow (photo by John Peeples) said the speaker, currerttlypres­ economists, Dr. Solow outlined pan, Germany, Britain" Italy, ident of the Amercian' Econom­ a few of the causes and poten­ France and Sweden, he said. ic, Association. "Inflation takes tial responses to the problem. "Productivity trends of the from some people and gives to A deceleration in investment '80s are likely to be faster," he Academies,finane.es others," he said, noting that of capital per worker has oc­ said, predicting, however, that Americans tend to at t rib ute curred because of the jump in it's improbable they'll return to more problems to inflation than workers in , recent years, he the levels of postwar years. Have same calendar belong there. said. The coming of age of the Economy-boosting efforts pro­ by Don Lineback birthday fall on Christmas . Since 1969, productivity ha.s baby-boom generation explains posed by Dr. Solow included less Director of Development Day-many gifts at once, but been increasing only about 1 the rise, Dr. Solow noted. In­ tolerance of waste, a wise bal­ Southwestern operates on a very few throughout the year. percent a year, said Dr, Solow. vestment per person has been ance of industry regulation ver­ fisc.al year that begins and ends Q. Why am I sometimes solic­ That compares to 3 percent an­ unable to keep pace. sus over-regulation, and some with the academic year. Before itedmore than once a year? nually during the postwar years A second factor is the changing subsidizing of investment beyond the ledger books are opened for A. Trustee, campus and parent (from 1947 or '48 to 1968) and complexion of the work force the probable tax incentives of the new year, those of the old chairmen and alumni class about 2 percent per year during during the 1970s. It's younger, the near future. one must be closed. The income chairmen begin theii' solici­ and expenses, .are .totaled to .de­ taion in the fall and ask for termine whether the college has gifts payable anytime before Caruso caricatured in bronze stayed within its. budget. The June 30. If you respond with time to do this is in the summer, a gift or pledge, you will re­ It is but eight inches tall. Yet boy, the way, he appeared in jng to the Metropolitan Opera after all departmental expenses ceive no more solicitation, artist Lon Ant h 0 ny's recent Puccini's opera, "The Girl of on the radio as a child and hear­ are handed in and all bills paid. other than possibly a remind­ . sculpture of famed opera tenor the Golden West." Robinson is ing that "wonderful story-tell­ At a recent meeting of the er, until the next fall. If the Enrico Caruso is every bit as the -author. . of a book, "Caruso: er," Robinson, who often hosted Alumni Committee of the De­ chairman does not hear from impressive as some of his ear­ His Life in Pictures," in ' which the Met's intermission show. velopment Council, the fiscal you, one or two more re­ lier, more massive works. Anthony found an old photo­ year I calendar year issue , was quests will be made in the The Caruso piece was commis­ graph of Caruso in the operatic discussed. From the m e e tin g spring. sioned by the Memphis Arts Ap­ role of cowboy Dick Johnson, came the following questions Q. What happens if I pledge in preciation Foundation as a sym­ Anthony spent several months ' and answers: . one year but pay in another? bol of its appreciation to Francis perfecting the bronze likeness of Q. What is the fiscal year? A. You're 'asked to make orily Robinson, tour director and con- . Caruso. He styled eight different A. It is the 12. months beginning one gift to the Southwestern sultant for the Metropolitan Op­ wax models before proceeers of the College will include the f i v e current college activities and contribu­ erof Neely and Williford Halls. senior year, Ms. Smith has re­ Athletic Conference send four members plus new member, lUi­ tion of time and talen.ts to South­ ceived many awards and ~erv­ tea1ns-baseball ~ track, golf and - H. Graves Hearnsberger, a ice positions during her four . nois College. western, is chosen by a student senior biology major, is the son tennis - to one location for committee working with the col­ years at Southwestern ~ mem­ three days of "head to head"· lege's dean of students. of Dr. and Mrs. H. G. Hearns­ bership in Omicron Delta Kappa combat. This may be common berger Jr. of Little Rock, Ark. and Mortar Board, the post of to other conferences, but I have Baseball cut This year's recipients are: A student counselor his sopho­ Kinney Coordinator during 1979- never heard of another which Mary Elizabeth Anderson, a more year, Hearnsberger was 80 and selection in 1979 as one does it. I think it's a great idea. senior English major, is the tapped during his junior year by of three student winners of the This year the place is Centre Short by rain daughter of Elving N. Anderson, Omicron Delta Kappa, the na­ John Henry Davis Oxford Schol­ College in Danville, Ky., and the By Todd Sharp '83 of Houston, Tex. Ms. Anderson's tional leadership fraternity, and arship which funds participation dates are May 8, 9 and 10. Golf Today Staff Writer accomplishments include being by Mortar Board. He also has in the British Studies at Oxford and track are not too difficult : The main problem facing the elected Homecoming Queen for served as a student representa- Program. each individual competes, team . 1980 Sou t h w est ern baseball scores are determined, and the squad, according to Coach Gary teams are ranked in order. In . Troll, is the weather. baseball and tennis each team Out of the first 30 games of the must compete with each of the season, 16 have been rained out. other four teams to det.ermine Regardless, the SAM team has the conference champion and still managed an impressive 10-4 the rankings of the other teams record with 15 games still re­ in the competition for the Bell maining at press time. trophy - the . symbol of CAC "The team has played well, supremacy for the. 1979-80 year. but the weather has kept us Southwestern's tea m s are from being as good as we could working hard in preparation for be," Coach Troll pointed out. the competition at Centre. 1 am "Our hitting has not been too confident that the College will be good because of the lack of . well represented. And we have practice. " something to ' look forward to However, the hitting showed next year - Southwestern will promise on April 23, in the sec­ be the host school for the CAC ond gam e of a doubleheader Spring Sports Festival, which sweep by SAM over Bethel Col­ lege when the team scored nine runs-the most this season. 1980 Football Nature has failed to hinder the Sept. 13-Millsaps College, Jackson, pitching staff. Miss ., time to be announced "We have real good pitching," Sept. 20-Washington University, explained Troll. "We have four RED AND BLACK SOCIETY-Pres. and Mrs. James Daughdrill (left) enjoy festivities with out­ St. Louis, Mo., 7 p.m. of the best pitchers a Division going Red and Black Society President Gayle Clements and Society member Robert G. Morrow Sept. 27-Davidson College, Home, 3 team could ask for in Ronnie Jr. (Photo by John Peeples) . 1:30 p.m. Weaver (a senior), Billy Briggs "'Oct. 4-,...lIlinois College, Home, (a senior), Mark Wendel (a jun­ 1:30 p.m. (CAC Gamel Society provides'one-fifth of SW Fund Oct. ll-University of the South. ior), and Oscar ' Ramos (a fresh­ Sewanee, Tenn., time to be man)." The college is $164,625 better unrestricted gifts to the college dealership in Greenwood, Miss., announced (CAC Gamel Coach Troll is also optimistic off this year, thanks to the gen­ which equal or exceed $1,000 per became active in the society Oct. 1S-Maryville College, Home, about the future. He has only erosity of members of the Red year. The society provides 20 upon graduation of her daugh­ 1:30 p.m. . . two graduating seniors (Weaver percent of the total Southwestern ter, Katherine Clements Bailey Oct. 25-Baptist Christian College, and Black Society, according to Home, 1:30 p.m. and Briggs) and many promis­ Fund, Southwestern's annual giv­ '73. the society's outgoing president, ing program. "What a wonderful opportunity Nov. 1-Principia College, Home; ing players expected to arrive Gayle Clements. 1 p.m. (CAC Gamel from high schools for the up­ There are currently 117 mem­ we have to be a part of this Nov. S-Rose-Hulman, Terre Haute, coming years. The group, which was honored bers of the society. Twenty-nine great institution and contribute Ind,_ time to be announced . to the expansion of minds' and (CAC Gamel "I feel we should rem a i n en campus recently, is made up are new members, and 88 have Nov. 15-Centre College, Home, strong and competitive through of individuals-alumni, trustees, renewed their memberships. spirits," Mrs. Clements noted 1 p.m. (CAC Gamel the coming seasons," predicted parents of students and other Mrs. Clements, president of a during her comments to the so­ " Homecoming Troll . . . If the weather holds. friends of the college-who make CaterpiHar T r act 0 r company ciety members. Southwestern Today May Page 6 So'uthwesterner,seesname.in lights 'on ,Broadway EDITOR'S NOTE-The follow­ ics have, re-reviewed the show duce their performances if you ing story has been reprinted and agreed with me. tried. But the fact that they courtesy of the 'Memphis "Press­ • Clive Barnes wrote in The both won Tonys makes it hard . Scimitar" newspaper and enter­ New York Post: , "For Hearn I think our opening night was tainment columnist Edwin How­ this deserves to be the making the most naked I've ever felt ard '50. It features George Clark of him as ' a major Broadway on the stage." Hearn Jr. '56, a Southwestern star. He acts as a man haunted "I really didn't think about philosophy graduate, who has by demons . . '. He sings like a following Angela in the begin­ gone o;n to become one of Broad­ Wozzeck, with the chalk-grey ning," Dorothy said. "I think if way's most popular acting-sing­ tones of defeat, yet also with an I had thought about it, I would­ ing stars. agony for revenge that burns in n't be doing it. I probably would Hearn's ' Southwestern c las s­ the voice like an evil candle. . ." - have been terrified, But then I mates were far-seeing in nam­ • Joseph Wallach of Newsday decided I had better go back ing him Mr. Talent of 1954, for 25 said: "Hearn has taken on what and see it again. I think every­ years later he is still knocking is probably the toughest singing body should see this show more 'em dead with his' theatrical tal­ role on Broadway (and) does it than once; it's too much to como, ent. In addition to theater roles, all marvelously. He is perhaps prehend in just one sitting. he played Henry Clay in the an angrier Sweeney than Cariou "But I never intended to copy. PBS television series, "The Ad­ ... (His) singing voice is at­ I couldn't even if I wanted to. ams Chronicles," and an Irish tractive and supple enough to I'm not a good mimic. Besides, poet in Gardner McKay's "Sea retain the beauy of Stephen I think this role, and Sweeney, Marks," also pn television. Sondheim's so a r i n g melodies will be classical roles, and will By EDWIN HOWARD and the harsh power of the be played over - the years in A~tend the tale of Sweeney vengeful 'Epiphany.' . . . " many ways. But the basic theme Todd- In "Epiphany," with his re- is there. It's in the lyrics, like He served a dark and hungry - venge for his wife's seduction, an opera. 'It's attitude and lyric.", god. , , his daughter's abduction, and I told Miss Loudon I had found Attend the story of . Mem­ his own imprisonment carefully her lyrics much easier to under­ phis' George Hearn- plotted, Sweeney sin g s, "I'm stand-particularly on the pun­ He strove for stardom, and alive at last, and I'm full of filled "A Little Pr!est" - than made it, by durn! , , , joy!" These lines are the key to when I first saw the show last Fourteen' years after he left Hearn's powerful performance year. She smiled her apprecia­ Memphis for New York, George and the cue for its departure tion, then pointed out, "But you Hearn has achieved Broadway from Cariou's concept. Cariou don't get the authentic Cockney stardom in the title role of played Sweeney as a lifeless George Hearn '56 accent from me that you get from Angela." Stephen Sondheim's brilliant folk zombie trapped between Earth Brigadoon and Kiss Me, Kate, I thought, oh, sure. A courtesy opera, Sweeney Todd, Hearn and hell; Hearn plays him as a Hearn Confirmed my guess and in such dramas as Waiting sing means if they like me, fine, that Sweeney is the most diffi­ and Dorothy Loudon took over passionately angry man with for Godot and the M e mph i s and if I don't sing well I don't the leading roles -in Sweeney one foot in hell and one still on cult role he has ever attempted. Shakespeare Festival's Henry V get the job. "In fact I tpink it's the hardest -Todd from Len I Cariou and An­ earth to mete out the revenge and Much Ado About Nothing. "But I learned 'Epiphany,' thing ever written for the music gela Lansbury on March 4. With he has ,just joyfully plotted with In New York he did more Shake­ and when I got to their office stage," he said, "and, for that more humanity in their charac­ his landlady, Mrs. Lovett (Miss speare for Joe ' Papp, won 'tour­ they said, 'Go! Just go crazy!' very reason, the most reward­ terizations and greater clarity in Dandridge). In concept, Hearn's ing roles in Camelot and 1776 "I said I can't. I'm not a song ing. I feel totally. employed - their enunCiation of the intricate characterization seems to me and, later in Wonderful Town stylist. I have to be in character, lyrics, they make the musical exactly right; in performance, wonderfully used." opposite Lauren Bacall. With in a play, -to 'sing like that. But I hadn't realized until I saw more accessible to the audience it's the difference between a Connecticut's Long Wharf Thea­ I did let go, and it was appar­ than their predecessors did. caricature - certainly a vivid him in the role how extraordi­ ter he starred in The Changing ently crazy en 0 ugh, because narily melodjc Sweeney's songs Hearn, whose career I have and often dazzling one by Car­ Room and, just before Sweeney, they liked it a -lot. " followed since he starred in Car­ iou-and a fully fleshed portray­ are. "I didn't either," he said, on Broadway in a revival of - Hearn and Miss Loudon, who "until 1st art e d rehearsing. ousel at Front St. Theater in al. Lillian Hellman's Watch on the won all the awards including the Hotel - King Cotton (Memphis) The dynamic, 6-foot, red-hair­ There's always that , kind of Rhine, among a number of other Tony for her portrayal of the crushed lyricism that darkens 20 years ago, also evokes more ed Memphis actor I singer has contemporary and classic plays, mean Miss Hannigan in Annie, thE: songs, but when you take lilting lyricism from the com­ been preparing for this role and and made it to Broadway on his had just a lit tie over three them out of context and start plex bilt mel 0 d i c Sondheim paying his theatrical dues ever own in An Almost Perfect Per­ , weeks' rehearsal with each oth­ learning them, you think, oh score. I found him, in fact, su­ since he wop Memphis' applause son supporting Colleen DeW­ er for Sweeney (while Hearn God, how gorgeous." He sang a perior in every way to Cariou, in a series of Front , St. musi­ hurst and the musical I Remem­ was still appearing in Watch on and most of the New York crit- cals that inc 1 u d e d Carousel, bar: "Pretty women ... ," And ber Mama with second billing the Rhine), and only two full 'Joanna" And Sweeney's song to Liv Uliman. rehearsals wih the rest of the to his razors, 'These Are My In his dressing-room at the cast and orchestra. Friends,' is an extraordinary love Uris Theater after a perform­ "I coulda used another week," song, as lyrical as anything ever ance of Sweeney Todd, I asked the actress told us later at Les - written-and very complicated, the former Memphian how he P Y r en e e s restaurant across very Straussian, very complex got the role. from the Uris's stage door. "I musically." ''I'm not sure ,exactly," he coulda used another year, real­ Because of all this, his open­ said. "I only know that with Len ly!" ing night in Sweeney Todd is and Angela scheduled to leave Both agreed that it was more the most memorable night of his the show, Sondheim and (Hal) difficult to take over a role from career. Prince (the director) called my a well-known actor who has cre­ "It was appalling, in away," he agent, who is also Len's agent, ated the part than it is to origi- told me. "It was also extremely and offered me the part without nate it. ' exhilarating. It's one of those an audition. Of course I jumped "If you rehearse honestly," tests of self like the Olympics. at it. Then about a week later Hearn said, "you!ll arrive at You know you're ready - as they called him back and said, some of the same choices as ready as you're going to get-:­ "Would George come in and sing , your predecessor. But because but there's that terrible anxiety for Hal and Stephen?' of differences in temperament, that you won't be able to do it, "He said, 'What is this? You you'll also arrive at different won't be able to win through." already offered him the Part and choices. This show is so long From the folks back home, he's accepted.' 'Oh,' they said, and complex that there's no way George-consider this your gold 'This is just a courtesy sing.' in the world you could repro- medal. Awards convocation honors students Student leaders in various aca­ -junior Thomas Woods; Award Business Administration - sen­ demic disciplines and extracur­ for Excellence in Biology-sen­ ior Patrick O. Proctor; the Don­ ricular activities were recog­ ior Graves Hearnsberger. ald J. Gattas Memorial Awards nized during the annual Awards The Emma Tull Award - jun­ - the Advanced 'Arabic Lang­ Convocation held on campus in iors Beth Patton and Holmes uage Studies Award, junior Rob­ late April. Prize and awardre­ Marchman; Est ell e R. Cone in V. Scott, and the Middle East cipients are as follows: Award - junior Albert Lee Ear­ Studies Award - junior Christy KOREAN DIGNITARY-Se-Jin Kim '59 (left), director general ley; William O. Shewmaker Black; the Seidman Trophy for for the office of research of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Seidman Awards in Eco­ Award - freshmen Diane Mount Athletics-seniors Patrick Proc­ Seoul, ~orea, made a brief stop to his alma mater this spring. nomics and Political Science - and Charles Wallace Parrott; tor and Leigh WaltQn; the Spen­ Kim's ministry-level post brings him to the U.S. several times senior Karen Hammer and fresh­ the "Man" Advisory Council - cer Greek Prizes - junior Russ a year. His Southwestern lecture was tucked between speaking men Lisa Krupicka and Bert freshmen Ingrid A. Gurney, Mi­ Sisson; S e i d man Award for engagements-at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York Barnes; William Spandow Schol­ chael R. Hall, B r y c e E ric Freshman or Sophomore wit h and the Center for Strategic and International Studies at arship in Chemistry - juniors Holmes, Lynn Stapleton, and best yearly record in several Ec­ Georgetown University in Washington, D.,C.-and visits to Chi­ James Elliott Brannon and Stev­ Patricia Witherspoon. onomics courses - sophomore cago and Seattle. While at ,the college he discussed the general , en Garrett; CRCF res h man The Tri Delta Alliance Schol­ Hunter McRae Shannonhouse; situation in Northeast Asia and Korea. To the right of Kim Chemistry Achievement Awara arship - junior MaryKay Loss; Seidman Award for Senior in is International Studies -Professor John Copper, who acted as -Karen Marie Gehrs; William the Wall Street Journal Award Economics and Business-seniol' Kim's host during the Southwestern visit Spandow Scholarship in Physics and the Leadership Award in John Michael Julius. Southwestern Today May Page 7 ---Class Notes------by istration at St. John's University is now head of his own market­ the high jump and the high hur­ high jump. Todd Sharp ('83) in New York, has been register­ ing and communications con­ dles, placed second in the tri­ Today Staff Writer ' ed by the National Association' sulting firm, The Marketing De­ ple jump and third in the 50- '51 of Parliamentarians as a profes­ partment, in Atlanta, Ga. Jim meter dash. The top three fin­ The Rev. Charles and Doris '35 s ion a I parliamentarian. Dr. and his wife, Alice, r e c e n t I Y ishers in each event advanced Makin H a r woo d write from Ethel Taylor Maxwell is cur~ Southworth is currently l!.erving hosted the annual reception of to the AAU National Indoor their home in Valley Center, rently on the voice faculty at the Am e ric a n Association of the Southwestern Club of Atlan­ Masters Championships in Syr­ Calif., "We are so grateful for Memphis State University. Re­ Neurosurgical Nurses, and the ta. acuse, N. Y. on March 30. There what Southwestern gave 4S to cently a past student of hers, Uniformed Fire Officers of New Freeman grabbed second in the prepare us for these years fol­ Richard Vernon, was offered a York City. '48 QO-meter high h u r die s, and lowing our graduation." contract with the New York On March 16 Freeman Marr, fourth in t.he triple jump and (Continued on page 8) Metropolitan Opera. '46 competing in the 55-59 age group at the Midwest Masters Region­ '41 Jim Wade, former vice presi­ al Track and Field Champion­ Dr. William Dixon Southworth, dent at J. Walter Thompson ad­ ships, too'k two gold, one silver, Association leaders professQr of educational admin- vertising agency in New York, and one bronze medal. He won Get update on 1980s The problems which face high­ tion. er education nationally in the "It was a marvelous pro­ 1980s ~ and Southwestern's re­ gram," said Russell Perry '33, sponse to the challenges of the the cur r e n t president of the so-called "dismal decade"-were Alumni Association. "It was in­ For Dads the focal points for an alumni formative and interesting with leadership seminar held on cam­ plenty of solid discussion; The SCORE THIS pus April 12. problems for colleges in the '80s and Grads Sponsored by the Executive are real, but I think everyone TIE A WINNER! Board of the Alumni Association, involved here can see that South­ Woven in England Southwestern's own the seminar featured discussions western is two steps ahead of between alumni and top South­ the game in planning for the fu- ' expressly for Personalized gifts western administrators abo u t ture. " Southwestern. such 'problems as the projected Representing the Alumni Asso­ The College crest CLASSIC PORCELAIN-Three distinctive 20 percent decline in college-age ciation at the s e min a r were in red and gold students nationwide, trends in members of its nine-member items: 18 oz. Porcelain Stein in white with on a field of navy. academic programs, battles with Executive Board, 25 members red and black Southwestern seal. This Silk blend, fully inflation and f u t u r e develop­ of the Alumni Council, and 20 item can be personalized with up to 25 let­ lined, available in ments in the Alumni Associa- other alumni leaders. ters. $14.50* . Executive Mug and Coaster 3V2" and 4" Set in sparkling white kiln-fired porcelain; , widths. $11.25* . 10 oz. mug and cork-backed coaster with Alums come out in force college seal on both. $12.75*. Pen and For festivities in South Holder, featuring a refillable ballpoint pen Atlanta-Some 60 alumni and ly 70 Southwestern alumni and and holder set in porcelain tile for the ex­ friends of Southwestern enjoyed friends on March 11. Kay Willis ecutive. $9.75* a March 4 open house at the Allen'66 and her husband, Bill beautiful home of Alice and Jim '66 helped arrange the party. Wade '46. College President and Ned Moore, the college's Direc­ Mrs. Jim Daughdrill were on tor of Alumni Programs, was on _ hand to gre_et..the guests, _among hand to introduce M~rk Lf!ster whom were: Steve Schmidt '72, '73 as the new Alumni Council John Cochran '52 , Carol Ellis representative from the area, '76, Pat Cooper Richardson '51 and President Jim Daughdrill and her husband, Bob '51, Jill addressed recent developments Fuzy '77, Beverly Puckett '72, at the college. Among the many Ken Stanley '69 Joe Blount '79, alumni at ten din g the party John '56 and Nancy Clements were: Brady Anderson '67 ; Mays '57; Caroline Morgan '79, Paula Beck '76; Mary Jane Jim Newport '69, Annie Stein R i e g I e r Cheatham '68; Jack McCanless and her h usb and, Cherry'63; Tandy Goodlett Cobb Walt, both '77. '67 and her husband, Bill '66; In are I ate d development, Susan Burnside Fleming '73; David McWilliams '78, an ac­ Claire Mathias Gehrki and her count executive with Mer rill husband, Gary, '76; Kathy Lynch, has accepted the post as Graves '73; Ed Hankins '64; Cyril Atlanta-area representative on Hollingsworth '64; Marilyn Moel­ the national Alumni Council. As ler Mason '68 and her husband, regional representative, David Ron '66; Don Hollingsworth '67; will ,serve as the local liaison for Roy '58 and Salliejane Dickerson the Alumni Association and will Rainey '57 ; Nancy Menz '78; help develop future alumni pro­ l\'Iartha Nixon '78; Cindy Ford grams in the area. Tisdale '70 and her husband, John '68. Dallas-Elizabeth Dunlap Fer­ Nashville-some 200 Nashville­ ring '71 and her parents, Dr. area alumni and friends of the and Mrs. Hudson Dunlap, hosted college gathered at the Belle 50 D a II a s - are a alumni and Meade Country Club March 25 friends to a reception March 18. for a party hosted by Marcia Bring your order in or clip and mail to The college's Dean of Enroll­ and Robert Echols '62. Special Bookstore, Southwestern At Memphis, 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112 ment, Loyd Templeton, and ' the guests on hand were former Some items may be temporarily out of stock. but can be ordered promptly, Prices subiect to change without notice, Director of Admissions, Mary Jo Governor Winfield Dunn (Hono­ Miller, were special guests at rary Degree '73), State Finance 2ND ITEM QUANTITY SIZE '5' COlOA SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS PRICE g!gr, CHOICl the party which also welcomed Commissioner Lewis Donelson President and Mrs. Jim Daugh­ '38, and college President and drill to the Metroplex. Among Mrs. Jim D aug h d rill. Some alumni on hand for the reception alumni seen among the overflow were Cathy Orr '72, the newly crowd were: Ted Eastburn '76; selected regional Alumni Coun­ Lyde Ella Conner Lance '63; 'cil representative; Co u r t I and Robert Crumby '53; Katherine Mobley Lewis '69; Maurice Carl­ Maddox '77; Arden Ritter son '36; Leslie Read '60; F. M i m m s '76; Katherine Diehl Clark Williams '73 ; Cecilia Rob­ Purple '68; Theresa Cloys Pow­ Please check method of payment; TOTAL: ertson '74; Robbie Burke '78; ell '75; Louis Nicholas '34; Don D Check or money order enclosed (make payable to Bookstore) ADD TENN, SALES 1'av Walraven '73 ; Mark Hol­ Pollard '60; Nancy Howell '73; TAX IF APPLICABLE lingsworth '73; Patty Lane '72; Ed Yarbrough '67; Joe Eades o Charge Visa Account No, FINAL TOTAL: Ed Fowler '68; Paul Prltchartt Card Expires Month ______year___ _ '55 ; and 'Jenny Smoot Prascher D Charge Master Charge AccountNo, ______• All prices include postage and handling, '58; David Crowe '73; James '76. A good number of '79 grads , Card Expires Month ______Year ___ ·Tennessee residents add 6% Sales Tax , Megar '71; Becky Maxwell Salt­ were also there, including Peter Mail wick '74 and Steve Saltwick '73; Cobb, Martha Lee, Michael Hen­ Merchandise Name Jim '72 and Liz Heal ('73) Hen­ kel, Roger Fulton, and Robert dricks. Pickens. The new Alumni Coun­ Signature _____~_--'- ____:__ to: Address Little Rock-Historic Trapnall cil representative for the Nash­ Address City ___--'- __ State_' __ Zip,__ _ Hall was the setting for a des­ ville area, at tor n e y Malcolm sert reception for approximate- Mimms '75, also attended. Southwestern Today Ma.y Page 8 ---Class Notes-...... ~...... ------(Continued from page 7) position as assistant professor awarded a Creative Artists Pub­ Treen, Jr. is now a student at year of law school, clerking for of English at Atlantic Christian lic Service Fellowship for his Tulane School of Medicine. He a prominent criminal lawyer in '53 College in Wilson, N.C. three novels in "The Norwegian L. Yves Cocke ' is living in has worked as a physiCian's as­ Birmingham, Ala. Bill and Low­ Memphis and gathering genea­ '65 Trilogy." He has given readings sistant to a group of cardiovas­ rey King plan to spend the sum­ Shannon Ball has ,been pro­ and 1 e c t u r es at universities cular and thoracic surgeons for mer shr~mp fishing down in logical material for enlargement throughout New York State. of the book called "Cockes and moted from engineering special­ the past year. He is engaged to Bayou La Batre, La. '71 ' be married to Michelle Mayeur, Cousins." It is an acco~nt of the ist to group supervisor in Elec­ '78 George Joyner, presently a a nursing stUdent. David's fa­ Cocke family dating as far back tro-Optic Techniques for 'E-Sys­ After having r e c e i v e d his teacher at R i v e r c res tHigh ther was recently elected gover­ as when Richard Cocke came tems, Inc., in Greenville, Tex. M.B.A. from the University of from England to Virginia in School in Memphis, has been nor of Louisiana after having '67 served four consecutive terms Arkansas-Fayetteville in Decem­ 1627. a war d e d the Valley Forge ber of '79, George Makris, Jr. Bo Scarborough was recently Teachers Medal by the Free­ in the U.S. House of Representa­ is now working with his father '58 featured in a newspaper article doms Foundation at Valley tives. His victory made him the Jane Barr Stump is currently for his travels to the Greek is­ first Republican governor of in the wholesale beer and insti­ Forge, Penn. The F,r e e d 0 m tutional food business. living in Honolulu on th,e island land of Mikonos. Bo, newly­ Awards are presented annually Louisiana ,in over 100 years. of Oahu. She is presently serv­ named dean of stu den t s at to individuals or organizations Leslie Cop e I and Taylor is '79 ing as mental health consultant Southwestern, has for about the that in some way advance an worldng as a legal assistant and - Caroline Lavender is ' study­ for Headstart for the State of past ten years, visited the is­ appreciation and understanding living in Lake Charles, La. ing art history at Tulane Uiliver­ Hawaii as well as executive di­ land. He will soon complete the of freedom. On May 12, 1979, Leslie Dos­ sity. rector of the Hawaii Kai Human construction of a beachfront J ames Dick is now working ter Tomory received an M.A. Robert Burnside is in the Services Center. Jane is also one home there. as an assodate oronw'er for degree in applied psychology M.B.A. program at Tulane Uni­ of the three authors of "Our Ha­ Emily Tbomason Freeman, WABC-TV News in New York from the University of Houston. versity in New Orleans. waii Kai," a book to be releas­ recently mar r i e d to Ernest City. She then began a job as asso­ ed in the spring depicting the Freeman of Brownsville, Tenn., Ellen McElduff has been tour­ 'ciate psychologist for the Hous­ early days and legends of Oahu. is now living in Los Angeles ing Australia and Tasmania in ton Independent School District. Obituaries '59 where she is with Pan Ameri­ the Mabou Mines production of On Sept. 1, 1979, Leslie married '01 Rev. Dr. Joseph Dunglin­ Lara Rickey Parker recently can. She serves as a manager, "Dressed Like An Egg." She Dr. Robert Tomory, a psychol­ son, 99, died February 20, ogist. guest starred in an episode of supervising 120 flight attend­ plays one of the leading roles 1980. Born in England, he "Hawaii Five-O" on CBS. Lara, ants. , in the play by Joanne Akailitis, Jane Wallace, a professional graduated from Union Sem· formerly Lamar, had to change Bill and Nora Harvin (,68) a c cor din g to Southwestern actress in Memphis, recently inary in Virginia in ' 1904. her name because another act­ Buchanan plan to move back to Communication Arts Professor won the first Memphis Acting He served churches in Ala­ ress already used it. Louisville, Ky., where Bill will Ray Hill. Auditions, co-sponsored by the bama and Virginia, was complete a master's degree -in Tim Sloan has been named '72 Memphis "Press-Scimitar" and moderator of the Pr~sbyte­ , president of First State Bank of fixed prosthodontics and begin Theater Memphis. Her prize rian Synod of Alabama in teaching at the University of Mike Sadler started a com­ was a $3,100, one-year, full tui­ Covington, Tenn. He joined the puter-assisted research service 1919, and received an hon­ bank in 1960 as a bookkeeper. Louisville College of ' Dentistry. tion scholarship to the famed orary degree from South­ in Jackson, Miss., last year. Circle in the Square Theater '68 Mike has been operating the western in 1920. Rev. Dun­ '60 School in New York City. She glinson retired in 1954. Carolyn Howard White is baek Dr. Felix Exelbierd has mov­ research service and practicing will move to New York and en­ '24 Dr. D. Lloyd O'Neal, 80, of , with Social Security Administra­ ed to Chandler, Tex., where he law there since. roll in October. tion after 16 months as execu­ will continue his dental practice. Sibley, Ala., died April 9, '73 1980. Dr. O'Neal had been tive officer to the :principal Re­ Dr. Peggy Crull has been liv­ Elizabeth Lancaster has been '77 gional Official (PRO) for the ing in New York since graduat­ Bill Nolan is in his junior a Presbyterian minister for promoted to vice president of 56 years. He had received Department of Health, Educa­ ing from Southwestern. ' From The Methodist Hospital in Hous­ 1973 until last Jan ua r y, she a doctor of divinity degree tion and Welfare. ton, Tex. Liz received her mas­ taught psychology at Herbert H. from Southwestern, earned '61 ter's in health care administra­ In Memoriam a degree from 'Union Theo­ Lehman College. In 1977 Peggy tion in 1976 from Washington Dixie Carter has teamed with received her Ph.D. in develop­ Gifts to the college were re­ logical Seminary and been Richard Chamberlain in a West University in St. Louis, Mo. ceived in memory of the follow­ executive secretary of Red mental psychology from Colum­ ing individuals (listed in bold Coast premiere production of bia University. She is now work­ '74 River Presbytery. His sur­ Thomas Babe's "Fathers and Susan Jay Baker received her type). The donor(s)' names fol­ vivors include his wife, son, ing as the research director for low. Sons" in Los Angeles. It is a Working Women's Institute. The M.A. in May of 1979 from the and daughter. revival of a show in which they Institute is a national research, University of Georgia. She is Mr. William L. Austin Jr.­ , '30 Mrs. Ann Trezevant Lawo appeared together off Broadway resource, and education center now with the Arkansas Artist­ Mr. William C. Wilson, Mrs. of Memphis, died April 8, 16 months ago. ' focusing on the issue of sexual in-Schools program at Benton­ ,Rae H. Wilson 1980, at the age of 70. She '62 harassment on the job. ville, Ark a n s a s Alternative Mrs. Dorothy Brabant - The was a former librarian. She Dr. Jack Herbert and his wife, Robert and Melinda Gill ('69) SchooL An exhibit of her works Dillettantes leaves her husband and a Susie, plan to travel to Buda­ Rutherford are living in Nash­ will be on display at the Arkan­ Mrs. S. C. Caldwell-The Rev. sister. pest, Hungary, in July, 1980. ville where Robert bas gone into sas , Arts Council during the Jac C. Ruffin, Mrs. Robert Ruf· '40 Campbell King Sharp, Jr. Jack will present a paper at a private law practice and Me­ month of June, 1980, in Little fin 62, died March 19, 1980. Mr. conference there held by the In­ linda has returned to work as Rock. Mrs. Gloria Cohen-Mr. and ,Sharp had been in business ternational Union of Physiologi­ supervisor of systems develop­ Monica Denham is now the Mrs. A. G. Burkhart Jr. with S h a r van i a Oil and cal Sciences. ment for the State of Tennessee. criminal justice coordinator for Mr. Fleet Edwards-Mr. and Grease Corp. Mrs. Charles H. Freeburg '43 Fleet Eugene Edwards, Jr. '64 She supervises 13 programmer­ the Arkansas Supreme Court. analysts. They also have a son, Mr. J. Lehman Kapp-Mrs. J. of Memphis, -died April 4, Scott Hallford is now with the ' '75 Lehman Kapp 1980 in Hot Springs, Ark. He State Department's Office of Robert Wesley, born Sept. 19, Robert Dick is currently work­ 1979. Mr. Carl Davis Marsh-Mr. W. was 59. Mr. Edwards had Peoples Republic of China and ing on an MFA in painting at J. Michael Cody been an outstanding high Mongolia , and recently ' was the '70 East Carolina University School Mrs. Frances J. Ohlendorf­ school football player and featured speaker at a meeting Barry Ward has become a of Art. He has a teaching as­ Mr. Goodbar Morgan was selected captain of the of the Memphis Rotary Club partner with the law firm of sistantship there as well. Mrs. Nancy M. Reynolds-Mr. 1942 Southwestern football ' where he spoke on the "nor-mal­ Glankler, Brown, Gill i I and, '76 and Mrs. William H. Kelly s qua d. He was also a ization" of relations between the Chase, and Robinson in Mem­ After a t ten din g graduate Mr. William P. Steele - Mr. World War II veteran. He U.S. and China. phis. school in biology at the Univer­ and Mrs. Robert A. Elder was owner of E d war d s Katherine James has a new Gary Clark was r e c e n t I y sity of New Orleans, David C. Mr. Carl F. Walters Sr.-Dr. Pharmacal Company. His and Mrs. Elmer Harris, Mr. and survivors include his moth­ Mrs. Frank M. Mitchener Jr., er, a brother, and a sister. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Groves, '46 Mrs. Nancy M. Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. James F. William­ 55, of Memphis, died April CAMPUS CALENDAR son Jr., Dr. and Mrs. Gordon D. ' 7, 1980. She had been a 22 Student Voice Recital, Holt Andrews, 6 Southard member of Les Passes. She p.m., Hardie Auditorium, free. Mr. Marion Webb - Mr. and leaves a son and three sis­ May ,Mrs. Thomas A. Evans ters. Student Piano Recital, Laura Hollands­ 2,3,4 "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown," worth, 8 p.m., Hardie Auditorium, free. First Generation Singers, Hardie Audi­ 30 "Randy"-Musical production, 8 p.m., torium, 8 p.m. on May 2 & 3; 3 p.m. on Hardie Auditorium, free. --For the Record-- May 4. $2 for Southwestern community, ('74) Taylor, a son, Michael $3 for general public. BIRTHS '62 Warren and Lynn Thomp­ McEwen, April 7, 1980. 8 Organ and piano r e cit a I-Betty Sue '75 Blair and Cynthia Shamel, Johnston and Linda Green, Evergreen June son, a daughter, Kate Mil­ ler, March 25, 1980. a son, Louis B 1air, Jr., Presbyterian Churcb, 8 p.m., free. Oct. 26, 1979. 12 Ben Flint, Preparatory Dept. Piano Re­ 6 Baccalaureate Service, 3:,30 p.m., Idle­ '65 Sorrell and Eleanor B u i e cital, Hardie Auditorium, 8 p.m., free. wild Presbyterian Church. Reception for Lanier, a son, N i c hoi a s MARRIAGES 15 Student Voice Recital, Robin Lehleitner, Seniors and Parents immediately follow­ Price, Dec. 6, 1979. '78 Sarah Rorie to Charles Hen­ 8 p.m., Hardie Auditorium, free. ing, Thos. Briggs Student Center. '66 A. D. and Jeanne Reinhardt ry ('76), April 12, 1980. 16 Student Piano Recital, Priscilla Chris­ Frazier, a daughter, Carrie 7 Graduation \ Exercises, 10:00 a.m., Hu- , Virginia, October 20, 1979. ADVANCED DEGREES toferson, 8 p.m., Hardie A.uditorium, bert F. Fisher Memorial Garden. (In the free. '66 Glenn and Betsy Hi n k Ie '68 John V. Harrell, Ph.D. in event of inclement weather, Neely Mal­ Harrison, a son, Matthew experimental psychology, 18 Student Piano Recital, Shannon Wil- lory Memorial Gymnasium) liams, 8 p.m., Hardie Auditorium, free. Miller, March 22, 1980. University of Mississippi, 19-31 Senior Art Students' Exhibit, Clough­ 15-21 Elderhostel Pro g ram, sponsored by '68 , Clayton and Cheryl Patter­ December, 1979. Hanson Gallery, Mon.-Fri., 9-5 p.m., Center for Continuing Education. Tui­ son Fowler, a son, Clayton '75 T ere s a A dam 0 Morris, free. tion, $130 per person. Edward, July 4, 1979. M.B.A., University of Tenn., '71 William and Susan Clark March, 1980.