S t o r e R o o m SPECTATOR "VALDOSTA STATE COLLEGE'S STUDENT NEWSPAPER" Volume X X X V III ISSUE 2 4 THURSDAY, APRIL 27,1972 VALDOSTA GEORGIA VSC Sophomore Named Miss Gum Spirits A 20-year-old Valdosta State College sophmore, Nancy Griffin, is the new Miss Gum Spirits of Turpentine. It’s the first beauty contest she has ever won. New 1972 SGA officers take oath o f office in recent installation Miss Griffin, daughter o f Mr. and Mrs. Howard Griffin o f 215 W. Alden Avenue, was picked APATHY AT VSC? here Wednesday during the 36th annual American Turpentine Farmers Association meeting at The new Student Government officers are not waiting for HARDLY! Mathis city auditorium. students to start asking them She succeeds Gail Hilliard o f questions on student and school Waynesboro, last year’s queen. Several members o f the VSC problems They are asking a few The runner-up is Carolyn Student Government of their own. Questions such as: Mathis, 18, a senior at Clinch A s s o cia tio n attended the children in the students County High School. She is the nineteenth annual conference o f swimming pool, movies in the daughter o f Mr. and Mrs. SUSGA (Southern Universities Little Theatre and a few more Chandler Mathis o f Homerville. Student Government Presently, no children are Miss Mathis is . the Association) at Miami Beach, allowed in the VSC pool homecoming and May queen at Florida this past weekend. Those facilities. Charles Joyner Clinch High. making the three day trip were: Student Government Senate The winner, Miss Griffin, has Bob Sutton, Lizzy Sikes, Ed Whip, explained that due to the brown hair, green eyes, weighs Yates, Charles Joyner B.J. Wells wide use o f the facilities by 1 2 0 pounds, and her and Cathy Wells measurements are 35-24-37. - students children have not been The basic purpose o f the trip “ I have been runner up in a admitted He explained that if a was to learn about other SGA’s, few beauty contests, but I never faculty member or student compare them to our own have won before,” said Miss brought a. child he should be stu den t governm ent, and Griffin. chaperoned and that lifeguards determine, if necessary, how to were not going to turn into a She won the contest over improve our SGA. Of eight other girls entered from baby-sitting service overwhelming value at the throughout the Southern gum Similarly, the suggestion o f conference was the National producing belt. moving Sunday Night movies to Leadership Methods Workshop. Each director o f the ATFA the Little Theatre was discussed This workshop helps develop sponsored a girl in the contest, Joyner stated that presently the leadership potential and teaches which had swimsuit competition move would not be practical how to work with a group. only. because the theatre did not have Each of the group from VSC Miss Griffin is to receive a screen or sound facilities to attended seminars on various college scholarship and grace the accommodate such a showing. It s u b jects in clu d in g senate association’s annual calendar for would also conflict with stage improvement, creative the win. productions entertainment, academic and She plans to continue college The Cabinet was notified by legal rights, campus at VSC and eventually study John Wester that Carlton communication, and faculty criminal justice. Her hobbies Scruggs had been appointed to evaluation methods. Lizzy Sikes include reading, bicycle riding the Traffic Court Lizzy Sikes also conducted a seminar on the horseback riding, and fishing. Nancy Griffin, 20, a sophomore at Valdosta State College is formed the nucleus o f a new role of an SGA secretary. The She is a member o f the Alpha the new Miss Gum Spirits of Turpentine. She won the beauty committee to handle bi racial group also heard speeches by Delta Pi social sorority at VSC. contest over nine other girls entered from the Southern gum affairs but no appointments some well known educators. Miss Griffin said she almost producing states. The contest was held Wednesday in connection were made. One such speaker Dr. Harold missed being in the contest with the 36th annual American Turpentine Farmers Association The SGA also set some new Grant o f Auburn, presented because someone forgot to meeting here. priorities for the 72-73 year. quite an eye opening talk on notify her about entering the They included: completion o f student apathy. Dr. Grant said show. baseball courts more money for that, on the whole students are “ A girlfriend called me to ask INSIDE TODAY the College Union Board not apathetic. Rather he said, what I was going to wear ” said ! concerts excused clases during students have a very broad scope Miss Griffin. “ That was the first the Week o f Seminars and o f interests, and no one thing time I knew about the contest ” P. 3 student ED cards for the spouse can please any majority. To this Other girls entered included PERSONALIZED SGA idea our own SGA has been of VSC students and _ faculty Patti Hand o f Douglas. Helen P. 8 Miss Sikes understands that quite responsive. Freeman, Nancy Parker, Kathy GREEK WEEK This coming year the VSC Ening and Claire Shelton all o f the Student Government will student government shall Valdosta. Kathy Doss o f Glen CHASON COLUMN not reach all FSC students and P. 10 attempt to make projects more St. Marys, Fla , and Alane Slay claims.that the word “ apathy” relevant to the student’s interest o f Daphne Ala. PURPOSE OF SGA P. 14 has been over played. “ It’s not rather than trying to decrease The beauty contest was held in my vocabulary,” Miss Sikes HOW LEGAL AT 18? said. what we had considered apathy. following the general meeting o f P. 15 the ATFA at the auditorium. April 27, 1972 Page 2 ——— m—mm The VSC Spectator doing something, Circle K is doing something. The entire Lee R. Ferrell Letters To Kiwanis family undertakes Lt. Governor EDITORIAL projects to help the ignorant, Ga. District The Editor oppressed, lonely, and desolate. Circle K International Three projects were held in Region 4 Dear Editor: Georgia this year along, in which A Spectator For Hail to Butler's letter in last over $15,000 was raised for week’s SPECTATOR, and hell to PROJECT CONCERN. the crummy things set up and PROJECT CONCERN was later labeled as Student started by Dr. James Turpin, Dear Editor: All Seasons Activities after the whole thing who gave up a $200,000 a year I may be completely out of is over and nobody attended. practice for a job which pays less order in making this complaint, I'm inclined to agree with than $3,500 a year The personal but it is something that has been Having recently assumed editorship o f this weekly tabloid I Butler. I can see his satirical satisfaction which he gets from bothering me for some time. It feel a part icular compulsion to comment on the current state of parallels to Hasting’s extreme his work cannot be matched concerns a matter that shouldn’t affairs as germane to The SPECTATOR. In the past this paper has techniques. The whole thing is a anywhere else. He has organized even have to be discussed as it is had the reputation o f being journalistically bankrupt and at best bunch o f nostalgic crap, and I hospitals in Hong Kong a matter o f personal courtesy. completely out of touch with the VSC scene. Hopefully this guess that’s "what makes the Vietnam, Mexico, and This concern is the chewing o f situation will be amended in the immediate future. paper interesting. Tennessee. gum in class I don’t know Our major overall objective concerns producing a weekly whether it is a matter o f periodical that is simply by, for and about the Valdosta State The Georgia Tech Circle K Sincerely, College community. Relevance remains the key to capturing a started a project called ADOPT rudeness o f ignorance o f the substantial audience in any journalistic endeavor; and it is the J.S. A GRANDPARENT, which simplest rules o f etiquette but it expressed desire here that all articles printed will be o f the utmost which was so successful, they is quite distressing for a \gum received a letter o f recognition importance to VSC readers. Undoubtedly, articles such as popper” to occupy a seat close Dear Editor: - from President N ixonf and an ‘ Hummingbirds Dying Off in Australia" or news releases that to mine. Have you ever tried to Several o f us concerned about invitation to appear on the ‘Mike expound upon such remote subjects as~ the invention of the sit through a test with someone the Environment are attempting Douglas Show.’ sandwich are o f meager interest to the VSC society and certainly sitting behind you popping their to establish a local organization. One o f our main problems on have no place in a college newspaper. gum? As a general rule, I now cut Mr. James Landrum, President the VSC campus is the attitudes As noted previously, The SPECTATOR should be "by" the my tests so that I can take the o f the Georgia Conservacy, will o f fraternities toward Circle K. VSC community. In order to move toward a more relevant make up in the quiet sanctuary be with us, Thursday, May 4 at Why? Are we not a service periodical, the writing must be localized.