tte Hilltop Bctos "Representing Georgia's Oldest Independent Institution of Higher Learning." Vol. XI, No. 10 THE HILLTOP NEWS. LAGRANGE COLLEGE. LAGRANGE GEORGIA April 30. 1969 "May Day to Present Percy Sledge and Carla Thomas" Honors Day and May Day at LaGrange College -previous- ly a combined one-day event ~ are scheduled this year on Fri- day and Saturday, May 2 and 3, respectively. Dr. Judson C. Ward Jr. of Atlanta, vice president and dean of faculties at Emory University, wi 11 speak at the student honors and recognition program on Fri- day at 10 a.m. in the college gymnasium. Parents and alumni have been invited to arrive for Satur- day's May Day activities by lunchtime, Thomas Baynard of St. Petersburg, Fla., president of the Student Government Asso- ciation, said. Following the 12:30 lunch in the dining hall, there will be a meeting of the LC Parents As- PERCY SLEDGE ... an unu- SLEDGE found himself on a spi- sociation in the same place. sual name and an unusual voice! ral ing road to the top. A highlight of the tradi- The Soul of Sledge has had ane- Carla Thomas' early in- recording contract. Her first re- Many observers felt PERCY tional May Day festivities will ver growing legion of fans troduction to showbusiness was SLEDGE would be around as long be the presentation of Queen lease, "Gee Whiz, Look At His throughout the world since he no accident. Her father is Rufus as the popularity of WHEN A Nancy Beth James of Auburn- Eyes" became a smash hit and- burst on the Pop - R &B scene Thomas, who for over 20 years launched Carla on an exciting MAN LOVES A WOMAN but he dale, Fla., and her court, and with the now classic WHEN A was one of the top Disc Jockeys corrected the image by building step-singing competition. career. Since then she has had MAN LOVES A WOMAN. in the South, working for WDIA a flock of hit records and has a home on the nation's Top Forty The May Court presenta- When his first release in Memphis, Tennessee. Fol- become a nationally and inter- Charts with such great hits as tion and competition between was shipped by ATLANTIC RE- lowing in his daughter's foot- nationally known artist. WARM AND TENDER LOVE. IT campus sororities and fraterni- steps, he recorded "The Dog" CORDS in the spring of 1966 re- During the spring of 1966 TEARS ME UP, JUST OUT OF ties are scheduled to begin at 3 and "Walking the Dog" which marks were heard such as, "Per- REACH, BABY HELP ME, COVER Carla received her Master's de- p.m. on the campus quadrangle. became overnight hits. At the cy Who?" Well the songs of ME, OUT OF LEFT FIELD, and gree from Howard University in May Day activities will tender age of eight Carla was PERCY SLEDGE proved to be as TAKE TIME TO KNOW HER. Washington, D.C. Carla today climax with an 8 p.m. dance in singing professionally with a soulful as his name and now the can handle any type of song, the college gymnasium. group called the "Teen Town- name is synonymous with the His success in America from a ballad to a rhythm time, ers" over a local radio station sound of today's exciting soul was echoed throughout the world Baynard said the Honors with an assurance that belies as his records found their way in Memphis. Carla continued music. The young soulster from Day program "has been design- her 25 years. She sells her her singing career on radio un- Alabama had a song to sing and to to top in England, France, ed to publicly recognize those songs with warmth and projects til she graduated from high rather than step into the revol- Belgium, Spain, Holland and students who have earned dis- a soulfulness that is truly mov- school. ving doors of stardom that dis- Sweden PERCY'S appearance in tinction through leadership, ing and genuine. Carla is cur- pels one as quickly as he ar- Paris, France proved his popu- scholarship, athletics, and othei After high school she en- rently represented on the charts rives on the success scene, MR. larity not only as a record ar- individual achievements." rol led at Tennessee A and I by her duo with Otis Redding cont. on.nage 6 University in Nashville. During entitled "Knock on Wood." Following the address by her freshman year her father Carla has been singing for over Dr. Ward, Baynard will introduce took a tape she had recorded to 17 of her 25 years and her con- the students for honorable recog- Stax Records' President, Jim tinuous improvement and perfec- nition and Dr. C. Lee Harwell, Stewart. He liked it and brought tion assures us that this gal academic dean of the college, it to the attention of Atlantic will be around for a long time. will announce scholarships and Records' executives in New She is in every sense of the awards. York. Atlarltic was impressed word a truly gifted and talented Reigning over May Day on and Jim Stewart offered Carla a artist. campus, in addition to Queen Nancy Beth, will be King Thomas Baynard. Miss Katherine "Kit" Whitner of LaGrange is maid of 9 MILLION DOLLAR honor and Ernest "Butch" Miller of Clarkston is her escort. Other representatives of FUND RAISING the May Court are seniors Eliza- beth Van Dalsem of Chamblee and Wanda Elaine King of Atlan- ta; juniors Betty Carol Duffey of PROGRAM LAUNCHED Augusta and Jane Corneal Owen LaGrange College launch- program "is a basic step in of Auburndale, Fla.; sophomores ed an unprecedented $9 million strengthening LaGrange Col- LaGrange College Board with Dr. Waights G. Henry, LC Constance Faith Lyle of Auburn, fund-raising program for major lege's heritage of quality edu- Chairman John P. Illges III (cen- president. The $775,000 resi- Ga., and Nancy Jane Kight of development of the 138-year- cation for specially selected ter) of Columbus and Charles D. dence facility is to be one of Lovett; and freshmen Janet Isa- old liberal arts institution. men and women students." Hudson (left) of LaGrange, chair- the first buildings constructed bel le Armell of Melbourne, Aus- John P. illges III of Co- man of the trustees' buildings during a $9 million Margin of The fund-raising plan, to tralia, and Mary Lavonia Lewis lumbus, chairman of the college and grounds committee, discus- Distinction program announced of Covington. be known as the Margin of Dis- ses plans for a new dormitory Board of Trustees who also will tinction Program, will implement by the college today. cont. on page 6 head the fund drive, said the an "ambitious" program of carrr cont. on page 4 Page 2, LAGRANGE COLLEGE, LaGrange, Ga., April 30. 1969 Wi\t ftilltop BttDB You think it's costing you STAFF a lotto go to schooll Consider, Editor Jim Menge for a moment, the poor student Associate Editor ' . , Marty Liebman at Gettysburg Col lege. MEAlDEAL Business Manager Mark Gamble Workmen tearing down an Photographers Gabriel Yonni, Mark Skenes, old building at G.C. got an un- PcteWedraska expected peek at "the good old Ham 'n Cheese Circulation "Janice Holbrook. days." Advertising Pat Coker They found a dusty note- Latest At Burger Chef Pan hell en ic Carolyn Mitchell book containing the itemized ex- Sports Editor Tom Conway penses of an unnamed student Cured Smoked Swift Ham, Swiss Kraft Cheese, Miracle Layout Editor Glenda McCary in 1887. The entries included Whip by Kraft, Lettuce. All this on a 4" bun. Plus wrapped Staff Donna Johns, Becky Pound, six-dollars-75-cents for a in Sllverfoll. month's meals, 25 cents for a Eileen While, Barbara Laughman, haircut and 50 cents for a neck- Joe McLean, tie. The student regularly con- All Emily Hitchcock, Ken Ackls tributed 10 or 15 cents for Cartoonist Nancy NeSmith church. for only Meanwhile, on the finan- cial lighter side of the news, in Editorial this day of billions spent for military projects. The Pottstown Have you ever noticed ventually come to an under- Mercury (Yes, Virginia, if you that the faculty sets a good ex- standing of the world around us. see it in The Mercury you can ample for the student body by Tho faculty emphasizes to us believe it.) has set up its own having a 100% turn out at all as- through their strict, religious special foreign aid program. The sembly programs? Regardless of attendance at assembly (cha- Mercury has reported that it wi 11 the program scheduled, we, the pel) that the educational pro- pay the entire military budget students, can depend on the fa- cess is never complete and that for the principality of Andora, HAMBURGERS I Commei««ATe culty to demonstrate that a true- we, as students, future teachers located in the Pyrenees between i LaGrange, GA. ly liberal minded person, dedi- and citizens, can do little more Spain and France. The entire 30240 cated to the advancement of the at college than to open the budget will include ammunition liberal arts through all possible doors for the rich fulfillment for police and ceremonial sa- routes of communication, will that comes about through a life- lutes for visiting dignitaries. go out of his way to find en- time of continuing search for The cost wi 11 set the paper back lightenment and a clearer un- truth. It is in their continuing approximately five dollars per People On The Go-Go Burger Chef derstanding of the complexi — search for truth, their desire to year.