HILLTOP NEWS VOLU'ME IV, NUMBER 8 LAGRANGE COLLEGE, LAGRANGE, GEORGIA TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1962 Visiting Committee Sends Back Report On State Of The College Bishop Fred Pierce Corson Here And Makes Its Recommendations By RICHARD CARLTON areas of budget-building that con- For Religious Emphasis Week cern the academic program. He The Visiting Committee of the should have a prime responsibil- By PAT LANHAM Pennsylvania. Southern Association of Colleges services are being planned during ity in regard to the setting up of Activities other than the daily Bishop Corson's visit. There will and Secondary Schools was on the Religious Emphasis Week at the departmental budgets and de- be a forthcoming announcement LaGrange College campus in Oc- LaGrange College will be held termining qualifications for fa- concerning times Bishop Corson tober and has rendered a confi- Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes- culty salary advances. will meet with groups interested dential report of LaGrange Col- "The Academic Dean could del- day, February 19 through 21. lege. It is for the reference of the in further discussions or confer- egate more responsibility to the Bishop Fred Pierce Corson of administration and faculty. ences. These discussions will be administrative personnel and con- Philadelphia will be guest speak- The committee used as stand- open to all students. serve the energies of the faculty er for the services which will be On Wednesday evening, Febru- ards for appraisal the purposes for their teaching functions." held twice a day at 10:00 a. m. and ary 21, Bishop Corson will be of the college as set forth in the The college was commended for 7:00 p. m. Student attendance will guest speaker at the Christian Vo- college catalog. The college, it de- raising its admission standards. be required at all six services. cations Banquet which will be clared, is aware of its aims and "It is a tribute to the effective Bishop Corson is presently ser- held in the Simpson Room. The purposes. This was disclosed teaching at LaGrange College that ving as president of the World banquet is being held in associa- through casual conversations and approximately 29 per cent of its Service Council, which affords tion with the LaGrange District conferences with students, facul- graduates of the past five years him the title of leading Methodist of the Methodist Church. All stu- ty, administration, and trustees. have gone on for further study. of the world this year. Bishop dents interested in Christian vo- "The committee believes that Their records in graduate school! Corson, who appeals to a variety cations are cordially invited to at- the administrative organization is, appear to be good." More support of groups, is famous for his lec- tend. The meal, which will be for the most part, sound and de- from the college's alumni was tures delivered both at home and served at 5:30 o'clock, will cost signed to help the institution ful- strongly urged. The efforts of the abroad. He is particularly in de- $1.00. Those interested in reserva- fill its purpose. Harmony and mu- Alumni Office were approved. mand by college and university tions may contact Sylvia Sajem, tual respect, as well as dedication, groups. He was at one time pres- David Haygood, or Mr. Toombs seem to prevail in staff and fa- ident of Dickinson College in i Kay. culty relationships." Commends Faculty "There is no question as to the "The Academic Dean is com- financial soundness of LaGrange mended for his vigorous and de- Student Government Prof. Ezra Sellers Wins First Place College . The business and ac- tailed reports to its faculty calling The Student Government, it counting operations of the college attention to the distribution of noted, is devising a point system At Wesleyan Annual Arts Festival; are conducted in a highly suffic- grades." The following is a type regulating the number of activi- ient manner." The committee re- of report rendered in reference ties in which a student may par- Mr. Jarrell Hethcox Takes Second commended, because of the sch- to percentages in grade distribu- ticipate. By BARBARA LUPO |six of the counties throughout ool's rapid growth, that the Aca- tion, for the fall quarters of two The Orientation Program was demic Dean be brought into those years: found to be adequate. It was The Second Juried Show of I Middle Georgia. Media used for stressed that the use of the library Regional Painting was presented ■■ works entered included water- 1961 1960 color caseine is of primary importance, and by Wesleyan College during its! ' > enamel encaustic, Student Body A's 16% 22% oils or mixed media. A purchase that its functions and facilities Annual Arts Festival which be- B's 32% 34% of first prize of $400, a second should be taught as early as pos- gan on January 17, 1962. Resolution Brings D's 36% 29% prize of $150, a third prize of $50, sible. The committee agrees with The exhibit was made up of D's 11% 10% the Self-Study Report on the pre- and honorable mentions were a- Political Response works carefully selected from ma- F's 5% 5% sent unsatisfactory conditions of warded. By LARRY GREEN the library and was pleased to ny entries by artists from thirty- The LaGrange Art Department was well represented. Mr. Ezra A resolution p"assed by the stu- continues to say that in his opin- learn of plans for the develop- Sellers, head of the department, dent body of LaGrange College ion, the "tuition grants principle" ment of the library. "Expendi- NAT. TEACHER took first place with his oil paint- during the fall quarter of 1961 will not be abandoned complete- tures for the library are in excess ing, Gothic, which will be hung brought formal response from at ly, but "there is a possibility that of requirements by the Southern EXAMS TO BE permanently in the Wesleyan. Gal- least three of Georgia's state lead- a more workable plan will result Association," the report stated. from the proposed new legisla- The limitations of the infirmary GIVEN AT LC lery. Mr. Jarrell Hethcox, who is ers. The resolution opposed the abroad on a Fulbright Fellowship tion." were recognized and corrections LaGrange College will serve as present law providing tuition , this year, took second place with grants to students attending pri- As of this writing, these are the were recommended. The plans for a testing center for the National , . ., ' „ ,. _ • ,■ i. mi. his oil, the Coronation. only written responses to this the Student Center to occupy the Teachersm Examinations. It will be „ ' , , vate schools. , . ., Four student artists from La-T resolution. (Continued on Page 4) one of nine centers in the state _ _ ,, , , , .. Andy Owen, president of the ... Grange College also had entries and cover the western portion of ~ , . " ,„ , , . Student Government Association, P accepted for the Wesleyan exhi- Georgia. As center number 349,1 received letters from Claude Pur- CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ bition. They were Dick Auns- LaGrange will welcome teachers! cell, State Superintendent of ,, *- . paugh of Dunedin, Florida with ! from Rome, Carrollton, Columbus, schools; cari E. Sanders, state State, National, And Internafrionar Happenings Blue Horizon, Marty Griffin of and other school systems and Senator; and George L. Smith, Sparta with Unemployed, Sara 1. Was the segregationist at- approval of the tax cut of about towns in this portion of the state, j Speaker of the Georgia House of Magill of Atlanta with Church, tempt to repeal Georgia's com- $300 million a year for the elec- Twenty college students who Representatives. and Tom Powers of Newnan with pulsory school attendance law tric, gas, and communications in- plan to enter the teaching pro- The contents of both Messrs' Study "in Red No. 7. successful? dustries? fession during the next year are Sanders' and Smith's letters can The judge for this show was 2. What historic hemisphere scheduled to take the test. be summed up in a quote which News Tips: Mr. George Beatie, a full-time could be taken verbatim from ei-: conference began Monday in Ur- It appears that events in the Professor James B. Blanks will lecturer and professor of drawing ther letter: "Your resolution will "guay? What will the conference Congo have turned a crucial cor- supervise the testing on Saturday, at the School of Architecture, deal with? February 10, in the Simpson be given every possible consider- ner and are proceeding toward Georgia Institute of Technology, ation." 3. Who will be America's first constructive actions in the inter- Room. and is also associated with the The tests are both group and Mr. Purcell's letter was more man-in-orbit? ests of the future of the whole Atlanta Art Institute. informative. According to the Su- 4. In his economic message de- country. individual teaching-field tests. perintendent, the Georgia Senate Jivered to Congress, President John A. McCone's nomination These tests are required of some is preparing a bill which would Kennedy urged the adoption of a to head the Central Intelligence teachers by a few school systems, Send and it has been predicted by an "repeal the present Education three-part program for sustained Agency won approval of the Sen- THE NEWS Grants Act and substitute anoth- prosperity. What was this pro- ate Armed Services Committee unofficial source that in approx- er law which should be somewhat gram? and was sent to the Senate for a imately five years all teachers Home easier to administer." Mr. Purcell 5. What are the chances for the confirmation vote. will be required to be tested. QEAT VAL.DOSXA Page 2 HILLTOP NEWS — LAGRANGE COLLEGE Tuesday, January 30, 1962 ■ Candid Campi HILLTOP NEWS By PORTER MORGAN Published By Students of LaGrange College Managing Editor EDITOR PAUL KENDALL i Managing Editor Porter Morgan As this quarter progresses, we i News Editors Julia Massey, Virginia Howard find our students engaged in all I Sports Editor Steddy Glisson sorts of new activities.