7 Lawrentfaii Vol. 82— No. 27 Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis. Fri., May 3, 1963 SEC To Investigate Merits Of Present Honor System IN A 90-MINUTE session highlighted by the forma­ ment just a little bit better” STEVE ELLIOTT presents Liz ('ole, ex-president of tion ol two new committees, SEC’s representative in her tenure. SEC, with the “little Indonesian gavel” which she council debated, and legislated upon matters of greatly Elliott, after commenting made use of during her term in office. The gift was diversified interest. A topic of heated discussion was that he now had a gavel with presented at last Monday’s SEC meeting. the proposal of Rep. Gaer (Inde.) to form an SEC his initials on it and that it is committee to investigate the “ my very own,’’ presented present honor system, to behalf of Jackson, Mississippi Miss Cole with hers. The for­ gather objections to it, and Negroes was passed by SEC. mer president, struck speech­ May Day Preparations to be an organ which would President Elliott has set the less by Elliott’s warm dis­ be more representative of amount to be given at $25. play, paused and finally gave student opinion than the cur­ In other business, Bruce a gracious “thank you.’’ Begin for 57th Celebration rent Honor Council and pre­ Bauer and Judy Famum have THE LONG-KEPT tradition of May Day is again vious groups which have dis­ been selected to represent observed this year as plans for the 57th annual cele­ cussed honor. Lawrence in the NSA region­ Petitions Due REP. NICHOLS (Phi Delta al in Madison on May 3 and bration of this day are well under way. May Day will Theta), a member of the hon­ 4. President Elliott has man­ For Contributor take place on May 12, Mother’s Day. It will honor the senior women and other Lawrence women who have or council, was the lone de­ dated that at least one com­ The Contributor Board is served the college. The cere- fender of that body in the mittee co-chaiiVnan be pres­ accepting petitions from those mony will also honor the wo­ ceremony will take place at debate. The proposal w a s ent at each SEC meeting. No students who feel they have men of the administration, the bottom of Union hill. passed by a substantial mar­ alternates are allowed. the ability, interest and time the dietitians and the house Mr. Mayer’s two children gin. President Elliott has re-an­ to be successful members of will act as the flower girl and mothers. A letter expressing: the stu­ nounced the due-dates for a the magazine’s staff. Mem­ page and will lead the seven dent body’s wish that the number of petitions. Petitions bers of this year’s staff are THE MAY DAY tradition senior girls who have been Wisconsin beer law age re­ for J-Board are due on May particularly interested in re­ dates back to 1900 when it elected by the students to the main at 18 was passed by the 5. To date, very few petitions ceiving petitions from Eng­ was held in celebration of the May Day Court. As these representative council. The have been received for the lish majors or students with festivities that took place in girls parade around the May draft of the letter which will positions on this board, the a strong background in col­ early Rome and it has al­ Pole in their white formats, be sent to this district’s as­ all-school election of which lege literature courses. ways been one of the out­ the May Queen and maid of semblyman was passed un­ will be May 17. There will, however, be po­ standing events of the year. honor will be announced, and animously by the representa­ PRESIDENT’S committee sitions open to those students In the past the celebration the new May Queen will be tive council. petitions are due May 8. Se­ qualified in the fields of art, has been quite a gala event crowned by last year’s May The representative body al­ lection will be by the execu­ photography, and business with parades, floats, sports Queen. so passed a proposal of vice- tive council on May 13 and managership. events, pageants and as the The choir will* open the president Valukas to torm a announced in SEC that even­ The Contributor Board 1924 issue of the Lawrentian ceremony and also sing after committee to aid in the Stu­ ing stresses that the time needed reported it, “ A true carnival the winners of this year’s dent Non-Violent Co-ordina­ Petitions for those wishing for the magazine is of pri­ spirit is planned to pervade folk dance, Delta Gamma so­ ting Committee’s drive to to be a member of the Stu­ mary importance because the the campus.” rority, have performed their help Negroes in Greenwood, dent - Faculty Committee on fact that the Contributor will For some years the events dance. The ceremony will Mississippi. SNCC, as the na­ Student Affairs can be ob­ be publishing two issues next were performed on the grass close with the presentation tional student group is often tained from President Elliott year and will contribute this in front of main hall. They of roses to the Lawrence wo­ called, is sending food and and must be returned May 19. policy in the years to come. were also performed along men who have served the col­ clothing to Negroes in that In a ceremony bordering Petitions should be at least the Fox River in what was lege, such as this year’s coun­ town who have been deprived between the comical and the two typewritten pages long called the amphitheater selors, members of Mortar of federal aid over the winter. warmly sentimental, Presi­ and state the petition’s back­ where a pageant called the Board, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi THE MOTION to give an dent Elliott presented former ground in literature, his cri­ “Triumph of Spring” was en­ Kappa Lambda and t h f s amount up to $30 at the SEC SEC President Liz Cole with teria for and experience in acted and where the fresh­ year’s Best Loved. judging literature, and if pos­ president’s discretion to the the Indonesian gavel which men performed a «lance. FOLLOWING the ceremony sible, his own creative liter­ petitioners who have been Elliott felt she had used to there will be a tea in the Un­ ary accomplishment. This year, as in the past working on College avenue on make the “ student govern- ion until 5:00 p.m. The choir Petitions must be finished few years, the carnival at­ will also give a concert at and in the Contributor box in mosphere has been replaced 4:00 p.m. the Terrace room of the Un­ by a less elaborate celebra­ tion of the day. A breakfast Invitations to the day’s fes­ Students Begin Campaign ion before 11:00 p.m. Mon­ day, May 20. in the Union from 9 to 10 a. tivities have been mailed to Anyone desiring more in­ m. will start the day s events. the mothers of all Lawrence To Aid Greenwood, Miss. formation should contact Jon TICKETS will be sold in women and all parents are the dorms and at the door invited to attend the celebra­ A NUMBER of Lawrence students, in cooperation LaFarge at Plantz, Bill Holz- worth at the Delt house, Dan for 40 cents. At 2:30 p.m. the tion of this year’s May Day. with the Appleton Youth Council, will be working to Miller at the Beta house, or aid the Greenwood, Miss. Negro in his fight to register Rosalie Ward at Colman. to vote. Negroes there who have attempted to register to vote are now being deprived of the food and cloth­ Lawrence Players To Give ing which the United States a passage of the Mississippi government has designated Film Classics Plans constitution. for them. ‘Ah, Wilderness’ May 7-11 SNCC (Student Non-Violent Since the board of examin­ Experimental Films “AH, WILDERNESS,”by Eugene O’Neill will be ers is composed entirely of Co-ordinating Committee) is Sunday at 1:30 p.m. and local white officials, few Ne­ presented by the Lawrence College theatre at 8:15 collecting food, money and 7:30 p.m. in Stansbury thea­ groes can vote. Only 1.2 per p. m. Tuesday - Saturday, May 7 to 11. Free student clothes to send these families ter, film classics will present tickets may be obtained at the theatre box office in to help them continue their cent of eligible Negroes are a group of experimental films drive for registration. now registered to vote. the music drama center weekdays from 11 a. m. to which have been chosen es­ one p.m. and 4-6 p.m. Leflore County is in the WHEN a Negro tries to pecially to give the viewer an rebel. And his reactions to Delta region of Mississippi, register, he literally takes his introduction to the develop­ THE PLAY is directed by the parental and neighborly and its economy is based life in his hands, since there ments of the avant garde cin­ Mr. Joseph llopfensperger, disciplines make for compel­ largely upon cotton planta­ is much organized opposition ema. who says that the play is a ling comedy. tions. The Negroes constitute to the Negro vote. For this The short films cover a va­ “ turnabout” for O’Neill, who “ Ah, Wilderness’ appeared 64.4 percent of the county’s reason.
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