The Sewanee Purple Volume XCI, Number 22 The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee Thursday, May 10, 1973 SAFC Final Report Local Fire Work Of Fee Increased; Arsonist? Fire destroyed an old gai Allocations Made by Jeff Wilson justify allocating the full The Student Activity Fee amounts requested. Mike Lumpkin turned in the Committee has finalized its alarm to the Sewanee Police The amounts requested by allocations for the 1973-74 Sewanee/Arts and the Lacross Department at 2:25 a.m. Sunday. The school year. Club were unreasonably large, No changes are anticipated Volunteer Fire Department thought the committee. They by Provost William B. Campbell. allocated to these groups only responded shortly thereafter. Campbell has the final say in the about one-half of the request. The heat seared several nearby allocations. In their report, the trees, though none was seriously The report is the culmination damaged. committee went to great lengths of over three months of work by discussing the request by the Asked if he thought arson the SAFC. They began work in Publications Board. This was involved, Dean of Students January with requests of over John M. Webb said, "I don't (Continued on Page 15) think it was spontaneous combusiton." ••• For table with 1972-73 Webb says that he would like SAFC allocations, 1973-74 to know who set the fire. "I'm a requests, Students homeowner here, and I don't and 1974 allocations. like the thought of firebugs. It ••• However, Webb says, he has $73 thousand. There was, Attacked no hopes for uncovering the however, only $50 thousand to arsonists without an informer. Although the Fire allocate. After the preliminary The University is currently Department seemed to have allocations proved seeking indictments against live extinguished the fire on Sunday unsatisfactory, the SAFC area residents who allegedly morning, they were called back requested additional funds from started a disturbance at the to the scene Sunday afternoon garage The fire in the abandoned rages c the University budget through Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity when flames again surfaced. the Order of Gownsmen and House on the night of Saturday, Delegate Assembly. They were April 28 , of party weekend. granted a $10 thousand increase The five came into the house Gooch Says Gailor Hurts by Provost Campbell. "looking for a fight" according The SAFC granted the full to Dean of Students John M. amounts requested to the Jazz Webb. One student, Peter Society, WUTS, the Sewanee Casp Admissions Office Efforts Popular Music Society, and the take Emerald-Hodgson Ski Team. They said in then Hospital where he received His main complaint was of Director of Admissions number sending in the fee this report that, "In our opinion three stitches for a cut in the tables which half-eaten Albert Gooch has become the had time last year. these organizations have been plates of or spilled latest in a long line of celebrities food on them He also says that he knows of particularly responsible and Dean Webb and several food under He also to criticize Gailor Dining Hall. them. one particular instance where effective." students testified before the that the front steps In a letter to Saga Food complained Gailor has caused a student to The requests of the Sewanee Grand Jury on Monday. It was often "trashy," that Service's General Manager in were and decide not to come to Sewanee. Ski and Outing Club, the not known at presstime whether Samuels, Gooch Jury would hand Sewanee, Jim Gailor's cleanliness has been Ci nema Guild, the the Grand said that he had been down indictments. under criticism for some weeks Experimental Film Club, and "embarrassed" several times Gooch suggested in the letter Weatherly, a student in following an inspection by the the St. Luke's Community were John that Saga might hire additional when he had taken prospective Franklin County Health reduced by relatively small the College, was the first Gailor for the personnel whose responsibility student hit the intruders. students to Department several weeks ago. amounts. The committee said by meal. it would be to clear tables of the says that the attackers noonday The inspectors listed over thirty they were aware of the value of Webb trays which students sometimes these organizations. However, were obviously in search of fail to take to the dish window. (Continued on Page 10} they said that they could not person with long hair. Pressure Saying that he realized it was a "tough battle" to serve food economically with today's Returns soaring food prices, Gooch refrained from criticizing the quality of the food served at Riding Gailor. There will be a riding program at Sewanee for the effort 1973-74 school year. s and, through .the ntire College." Un ity In i nterview over a week appropriated $15 thousand for the program. Preliminary after the letter was sent, Gooch said that he had not noticed any expenditures will be for the improvement. He termed the construction of a barn and riding ring. There will also be "disgraceful." some sort of housing so that Saga mananger Samuels says someone can live at the stables that he does not feel that the to protect against damage and San.. theft. responsibility, but that they* The future of the riding now accepting responsibility for program was in doubt for cleaning several weeks after Mrs. Anne it. He also says Parsons announced that the that Saga is now hiring additional riding program was not going to help to aid in cleaning the dining be able to use her facilities at up room during the Foxridge Stables the coming meal. Gooch says that feels that school year. he Gailor A concerted effort on the has definitely hurt the part of the riding students was admissions effort, pointing to a the main reason for the decrease from last year in the A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation officer sits by the marijuana confiscated in a raid at number of people who have sent program's re-institution. the New College Apartments. Over 40plantswere confiscated, along with quite a bit of fee for The facility will be the new cured pot. located on the University Farm. sompased to the Thursday, May 10, 1973 The Sewanee Purple The Sewanee Purple The Official Newspaper of the Student Body of the University of the Sou th #% founded in 1894 ~r — Editor-in-Chief » 1 U~t'' TyndallP.Harris.Jr. -4- Managing Editor Virginia C. Ennett William G. Pecau Con tributing Editors Michelle Mauthe Layout Editor Jeffrey L. Wilson News Editor Pat Pope Features Editor You Just Can't Get Good Help These Days Cam Cantrill SportsEditor Dick Grefe Sports Editor Chuck Emerson Business Manager Sid Turlington Photography Editor TOP DRfllUCR Dennis Coughlin Distribution Director to by John Robert requires a fast thinking and fast of the earth, must be willing risk of sticking its head What role, if any, should the acting Church. take the been stained-glass windows Church take in the political and The Church has long out of the trivial clearly as a living social issues of the day? The associated with every and be seen society. To the guided by the Holy Spirit Reflections On recent Sewanee Symposium aspect of force, the grace held in Washington, DC, outsider, to most Americans, and strengthened by attempted to answer this and the Church is the institution of God. universally other questions which will that blesses every little league When the Church undoubtedly be important ones baseball game, speaks at every adopts this policy, it will not be community supper, and spends seen as a house of the elite, nor Newspaper Role in the work of the General thin that it Convention of the Episcopal a considerable amount of time will it spread itself so wrangling over the finances for is forced to water down its this year, it Church in October. As this is the last issue of the PURPLE the redemption and If the Church has the right to the altar guild. In short, message of necessary to present a summation of our thoughts effective seems involve itself in the work of the Church, if it is to be as liberation. give a during the past semester. In this way, we hope to "social gospel," what methods as Christ intended, if its (Continued on Page 7} members are to be the true salt clearer view of the purpose served by the student should it employ when speaking and ethical newspaper at Sewanee. to the moral questions of modern-day Several months ago, I was wary about assuming the society? The Symposium enormous responsibility of the editorship of the tackled this problem in Thoughts On Good, PURPLE. In truth, my considerations were numerous. workshops which were asked to Basically, I hesitated, fearing that a sophomore would discuss such issues as "The Society and Poverty," lack the leadership required to produce a significant Affluent Bad Aspects Needed "Processes of Dissent," "Power Yet, weighing more heavily in the balance publication. " to the Powerless," War and two of beer cans and broken class was my fear that there existed the very real possibility There are approximately the that defile every site of natural lack interest. weeks of school left before that the PURPLE would perish due to of Raising," and "Individualism vs. ends, and, within those beauty on the Mountain, or the this allowed to happen, there would be no remaining Collectivism." Although no — Were ks are the worries of reasons they're there because Sewanee. consensus was reached, it was forum for the expression of student opinion at exams, of leaving for the a BIG night at Sewanee is a big agreed that the Church does Indeed, this would have been tragic.