1967-02-10, The Crimson

Improvements? Yes— But Without Turmoil BY DIANE WHITEHEAD Crimson assistant editor New Registrar Dr. Louis C. Guenther is a man of ac¬ tion. His reputation from other schools he has served testifies to the fact. But after two weeks in his new job, he professes some very re¬ vealing notions about “immediate changes” in his operation here. He doesn’t expect any — at least for a while. "I expect no immediate chesses to be made,” Dr. Guenther told The Crimson this week. “I feel that I should fit into the program as It is now before beginning to think about making any changes in the process.” However, that obviously won’t last forever. Dr. Guenther said he feels “it’s bad to come in and turn everything upside down,” but that . doesn’t keep him from projecting ) a number of ideas into the future. For instance, he hopes to talk to students and faculty members as well as members of the ad¬ ministration to get their ideas on needed changes "It should be a cooperative en¬ terprise,” in his words. He plans to work with a com¬ mittee which is already investigat¬ ing a simplification of the regis¬ tration procedure. Dr. Guenther received his BA degree from Southwestern С о 1- lege in Kansas and his MA and PhD from the University of Pitts¬ burgh. He has also attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Before coming to Samford, Dr. Guenther served as registrar at Wake Forest and Florida Presby¬ terian College. When comparing these two schools to Samford, he noted that one was a great deal larger and the other was very much smaller. He had also been on the admin¬ istrative staff of Samford when it was still Howard College. When he left Samford in 1943, it was still located on the East Lake campus. The new registrar noted that the new location looks like a .com¬ pletely different school, but that the friendly atmosphere and school spirit of the old Howard campus is still to be found. He also saM he felt the academ¬ ic program of the university was excellent, as it has been in the past years. “In spite of old buildings, a school can still turn out good stu¬ dents,’’ Guenther said in speaking of the old campus, and said that today the academic standards of Samford are still high. ”1 don't feel like a stranger to the campus, even though there were only 700 or 800 students be¬ fore." he said. Dr. Guenther's duties presently include those of the Registrar and Director of Admissions. He holds the title of professor, but will not be teaching any classes for some while. Dr. Guenther has a daughter, Barbara, who graduated from the university in 1965. He has taught himself two languages and enjoys reading in his spare time. ✓ the cri ms on SAMFORD UNIVERSITY BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA February 10, 1967 Volume 52 — No. 15 SGA Prexy Will Head New Conference Group 6 Neither rain . . . . . nor icicles from every convenient ledge on campus can keep Martha Lindsey from the swift completion of her appointed rounds. That mailbag is no fiction: Martha works for the campus post office and, like fel¬ low students, probably did face a few treacherous spots on local sidewalks. BY JUDY GALLMAN Crimson Staff Writer The president of Samford;* SGA, Bill Murrah, has been named chairman of a recent¬ ly formed area intercollegi¬ ate association. Tbe organization is led by SGA officers of colleges in tbe Birm¬ ingham area and has as its main purpose an increase in communi¬ cation between the schools. The association, known as Birmingham Ir.ter collegia tt Association (BICA). is presently working on three pro¬ grams to achieve better communi- The first of those b “a common calendar.” Murrah told the Senate last week. Through use of pooled calendars students from the differ¬ ent colleges could participate in a variety of activities and “expand their college experiences." Included in this calendar would be a list of activities in the city of Birmingham. According to Mur¬ rah, the calendar would come out Student, Campus, Christ Focus Of Christian Emphasis Week BY DAVID GOOCH Crimson Staff Writer The student, the campus, and Christ — how they re¬ late is the objective of Chris¬ tian Emphasis Week Feb. 20- 24. CEW officials said this week that the program plans to “help the Samford student to put each of them in its proper perspective.” Dr. J. T. rad, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Alexandria, Virginia, will speak on the theme, “Christ and the Modern Student," in an all-campus convocation to the week Friday, Feb. Jt Ford, the mein speaker of the week, will lecture each day at die regular chapel hour on these top¬ ics: “Christ and tbe Search for Truth,” “Christ and a Securlar So¬ ciety,” “CM* and a Pluralistic Society.” and “Christ and the New Morality.” Chaplain Joe Boone Abbott of Birmingham Medical Center will speak Tuesday and Thursday nights on the topics "Christ and tbe Inside World” and "Christ and Human Suffering.” The pastor '-of the West End Bap¬ tist Church, the Rev. Louis Wil¬ hite, whiTis pastor advisor to Sam- ford’s BSU, wffl on Henry sill directors of the V. - nnnlnnf m il D€ CvOQUClcU : “The Wffl of of Christianity "The Christian Campus Corn- On Fa«e 4) in two parts: the first dealing with activities through mid-term and the second listing activities from mid¬ term to the end of the school year. Another of the programs on which BICA is working is the pos¬ sibility of classroom visitation or lecture exchange, such as Samford has tried recently. Through this program, students would be able. Murrah said, to hear a variety of professors from all over the coun¬ try. The final program now under study by the organization is a pan¬ el discussi-n set for Feb. 16. The topic for the Thursday evening ses¬ sion will be “Academic Freedom.’’ In commenting on the over-all ^et-up of BICA, Murrah said the KARNITSCHNIG U. S. Judge Here Friday cult be Judge Mr. Gewin Or- in Tus- purpose is to increase “intercom¬ munication between schools to in¬ volve them in Birmingham activi¬ ties He went on to say he feel* that it is "one of the best things that has happened to student govern¬ ment.” Tha organization of BICA calls for three representatives from each schools’ SGA so that there can be evenly divided committee work. Senator Neal Wade said that К is “senseless” for Samford not to “take advantage of the expe¬ rience other schools have to offer.” fer.” • Murrah said he would discuss the organization further as more meetings are held. Travel Whiz Speaks Here Tuesday Gart Karnitschnig, world trav¬ eler, will speak in an SGA spon¬ sored lecture. His speech, "Travel and All That” will be delivered Tuesday morning. Multi-linguist Karnitschnig visit¬ ed more than 25 nations last year. He appeared on TV many times speaking on the Iron Curtain countries. Middle East, and Africa and delivered his travel talks to col¬ lege audiences throughout the na¬ tion. Lee Gallman, chairman of the SGA Lecture Series, said that the lecture would be held in the Phys¬ ical Science Auditorium at 11 a.m.. Feb. 14. The widely-traveled lecturer baa lived in Austria, Germany. Czech- oslavakia, Holland. Switzerland, be began guiding tours through Eu¬ rope and gradually went into on his own.