Simpson, Belcher, Blakney Get Top Titles
- Samford University Library.
Four Coeds Snare Top Posts
THE WEEK'S WINNERS—
. . . Left, Miss Entre Nous for 1967-M, Hunter Simpson, is crowned by Samford'* first lady, Mrs. Wright.
Looking on are first and second alternates Nancy Adams and Beverly Belcher. Right, Cheryl Childs
crowns the new Miss Samford, Beverly Belcher. Bobby Blakney, Mr. Samford, had already oeen named.
It was a week for beauty
queens and student favorites,
and Samford students pick¬
ed a new yearbook beauty
and Mr. "ana Miss Samford
for 1967.
A popular blond Beverly Belch¬
er and freckled, friendly Bob
Blakney were chosen Mr. and Miss
Samford by students’ votes this
week. The two took on their titles
at the climax of Tuesday’s annual
S*Day activities on the campus.
They war# presented by
1966 winners, Cheryl Childs of Tal¬
ladega and Andy Collins of Gunt-
ersville, at intermission of a con¬
cert by The Association in Seibert
Gym.
Runners-up to the two were Di¬
anne Hooton, a former top Miss
Alabama competitor, and Jim Eth-
credge, newly elected president of
Samford’s student body.
Donning the regal cape of Miss
Samfosd was Beverly Belcher’s
second honor this week. She was
named second alternate to the
school’s 1967 yearbook beauty
Monday night
The /21-year-old blonde senior
music major was also second al¬
ternate to last fall’s homecoming
queen at Samford and is sweet¬
heart of the Samford S-Club.
Red-haired Bob Blakney became
the 1967 Mr. Samford after being
runner-up to last year’s winner.
A fourth-year student in Sam¬
ford's pharmacy school, Blakney
is a member of the student sen¬
ate and Pi Kappa Phi fraternity.
He is also president of the cam¬
pus chapter of the American
Pharmaceutical Association.
Other finalists for the title were
Claudia Lewis and Joy Cook, both
of Atlanta, Ga., and Ann Wood of
Birmingham; Jim Leverett of La-
Fayette, Bob White of Montgom¬
ery and Tom Hamby of Wedowee.
The night before. Hunter Simp¬
son, 19-yeflr-old sophomore psy¬
chology major, was the judges’
choice as the beauty to be spot¬
lighted in Samford’s '67 annual.
The new "Miss EnUe^j^ous^js
Homecoming at Samford. A var¬
sity cheerleader, she is also the
school’s entry in the national
"Miss Cheerleader USA" contest.
Second piece went to ash-blond
Nancy Adams, 20-year-old junior
from Dothan, and third place to
another eye-fetching blonde, sen¬
ior Beverly Belcher of Centreville.
The queen and her two alter¬
nates were selected from a field of
30 in judging «Saturday and last
night. Judging was based on beau¬
ty, poise, personality and overall
appearance.
»
Also selected in the top 10, and
scheduled to appear in The Entre
Nous “Beauties" section, were Di¬
anne Hooten, Ann Wood, Janice
Hill, Diane Parkman, Claudia
Lewis, Sherry Deems and Karen
Cochran.
Miss Belcher was also named
"Best in Sports Wear.” Miss Coch¬
ran won “Best in Evening Wear"
honors. Miss Deems “Most Con¬
genial.”
A Birmingham lovely, Gayle
Brown, was chosen “Most Photo¬
genic."
The queen. Miss Simpson, is a
member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorori¬
ty at Samford. She is the daughter
of H. H. Simpson of Fredericks¬
burg.
First runner-up. Miss Adams, is
an Alpha Delta Pi member and
elementary education major. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Adams of Dothan.
Favorites — who will also ap¬
pear in the yearbook — are Miss
Brown; Pam Odom and Joy Cook,
Atlanta; Cheryl Childs, Talladega;
Emily Golson, Montgomery; Son-
dra Scott, Butler; Charlotte Stev¬
ens, Alexander City; Donna Dock¬
ery, Tuscaloosa; Betty Jane Jack-
son, Vincent; and Patricia Young,
Sheffield.
President Leslie S. Wright
delivered a highly optimistic
State of the University ad¬
dress at an all-campus con¬
vocation Wednesday.
However, he failed to men-
Four Samford University editors of the school’s stu-
students have been named dent publications by the uni¬
versity Publications Board.
They were selected by the board
after interviews and will officially
become editors of their respective
publications next fall.
Heading Samford publication* for
1967-68 are:
—Elaine Hobson, who will be the
chief executive on the staff of
the newspaper, the Crimson.
—Elizabeth Nelson, this year’s
organizations editor, will be ed-
itor of the Samford yearbook,
the Entre Nous.
—Sherry Deems, named editor
of the Bull Pup student direc¬
tory.
—Linda Cooke, sophomore coed
who will edit the literary mag¬
azine, the Pensez.
In interviews wHh the Publica¬
tions Board, the four told their
projected plans for their publica¬
tions.
Miss Hobson told the board that
she planned to continue the pres¬
ent policy of The Crimson, and to
consider as a part of her editorial
responsibilities the "improvement
of communication between the ad¬
ministration and the student body.”
A journalism major, she will be
a junior next year. She has work¬
ed for two years as a reporter on
the Crimson staff.
Plans for possible changes in the
sections of the yearbook were an¬
nounced by Elizabeth Nelson, who
said that she wanted to recognize
and picture as many organizations
as possible.
She also said sho would Ilka to
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Prexy's Talk Optimistic, *
Reveals $125,000 Gifts
tion a widely expected raise
in tuition rates.
The President devoted most of
his half-hour speech to a state¬
ment of the university’s education¬
al philosophy.
However, he also told students
that a total of $125,000 in general
development funds had been given
to the school and discussed plans
for recently announced dormitory
additions and expansion of room
telephone service in university res¬
idence halls.
The new dormitory space con¬
sists of two modular (“mod") con¬
structions to be located across
from Vail and Smith Halls.
In contrast to the development
information, Dr. Wright said "rela¬
tively small" universities like Sam¬
ford are needed to "counteract to¬
day’s trend toward the huge ‘multi¬
versities.’ ” f
He called for "evaluation” of the
role of the university in modem _
society. Narrowing Samford’s ma¬
jor aims to four, he said the
school exists to teach, to research,
to train professional personnel and
to “serve our denominational con¬
stituency and other publics.”
He noted that "a rrtodest facul¬
ty research fund . . ., administer¬
ed by a faculty committee,” is
boosting faculty research projects.
He also said several professors
are doing research under private
grants and for business and in¬
dustry.
Denominational aid and Birming¬
ham benefactors, he said, have
“made possible the development
. . . and strides forward" of the
university.
“We accept our obligation to
serve these constituencies and we
firmly believe we are doing so,”
Dr. Wright said.
Attacking a "lack of value” in
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Congressional Action
May Cut Student Taxes
The United States Senate
has approved by a 53-26 vote
a plan to provide a federal
income tax credit of up to
$325 for tuition, books and
fees paid by students in col¬
leges, universities and other
post-high school institutions.
Final enactment of the plan
probably will depend on the de¬
cisions made by a Senate-House
of Representatives conference
committee.
The tax credit plan was offered
Friday, April 14, by Senator Abra¬
ham Ribicoff, D-Conn., as an
amendment to a House-passed bill
which would restore the invest¬
ment tax credit to businessmen.
Under the amendment offer¬
ed by Ribicoff and accepted by
the Senate, the tuition and fee
credit is 75 per cent of the first
1200 paid, 25 per cent of the next
$300 and 10 per cent of the next
$1,000. The credit is subtracted
from the income tax owed the
government.
The credit Is available (o any
person who pays the tuition. This,
it would be available to working
students and wives as well as
to parents and other relatives.
Parents with more than one
child in college or graduate school
may get a separate credit for
each.
"Over two- third* of the bene¬
fits of this amendment would go
to families earning less than $10,-
000 a year,” Ribicoff said.
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SAMFORD
UNIVERSITY
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
April 28, 1967
Volume 52 — No. 25
