Neal Wade Elected Chairman of SUSGA
BY DAVID GOOCH
Crimson Managing Editor
Neal Wade, president-elect
of the SGA, was elected
chairman of the Southern
• Universities Student Gov¬
ernment Association last
Saturday.
Dean of Students Arthur Walk¬
er was appointed an advisor to the
Executive Council according to
traditional procedure.
This year Wade is chairman of
Alabama SUSGA. Twenty Ala¬
bama colleges, universities, and
junior colleges-are members of the
state division of SUSGA. Wade is
now vice-president of the SGA. He
ran unopposed for the office of
president next year.
SUSGA. an organization of the
student governments of 140 colleges
and universities from eleven South¬
ern states, held its annual confer¬
ence in Biloxi. Miss . March 28-31.
Five other Samford students at¬
tended the annual conference. SGA
President Jim Etheredge: Carolyn
Johnston, vice-president-elect: Ann
Irwin, secretary-elect, and Jim
Huskey, treasurer, who will suc¬
ceed himself next year, attended
the conference which was "design¬
ed to inform, enlighten, and edu¬
cate student leaders." e
The members of the SGA Execu¬
tive Council for next year attend¬
ed conferences dealing with topics
such as entertainment, student
power, campus elections, teacher
evaluation, student involvement,
and freshmen orientation.
David Gooch, member of the
SUSGA publications committee,
also attended the conference. He
lead a conference concerning "Stu¬
dent Government Relationship with
Campus Press."
Wade lead a conference dealing
with the problems involved in cam¬
pus elections.
H. Lindy Martin, director of aux¬
iliary services, also attended the
conference. The permanent ad¬
visor to SUSGA was in charge of
the entertainment of the confer¬
ence delegates.
Wade was elected chairman Sat¬
urday afternoon in the conference
business session. He was honored
at a banquet that evening.
CBS correspondent Harry Ren-
soner was the banquet speaker
r the
cri mson
Reasoner spoke about "Citizenship.
Cynicism, and Computers."
In the question and answer ses¬
sion which followed his address.
Reasoner commented that this
would be a “very dramatic year."
He predicted the outcome of the
year politically. "Robert Kennedy
will get the Democratic nomina¬
tion .’’ He said he based his pre¬
diction on the fact that President
Johnson had -"only 65 percent of
his party’s support according to re¬
cent polls."
He commented that Richard Nix¬
on woukl get H*e Republican nomi¬
nation.
The commentator was question¬
ed. "What course of action will
the new President take?"
Reasoner replied, “I believe that
he will end the war in Vietnam,
no matter who he is."
The comments of Reasoner. pri¬
or to the President's announcement
Sunday evening that he would not
seek re-election, indicated that he
fell the President would not be
able to rally enough support to be
re-elected.
The "Walter Cronkite replace¬
ment." as Reasoner referred to
himself, slated he did not be¬
lieve that George Wallace’s candi¬
dacy would "have a major effect
on the outcome of the election."
He felt that Wallace would be able
"to get the city backlash vote.”
Concerning the "long, hot sum¬
mer" of racial strife, Reasoner
said, “it depends on the cam¬
paign.”
At a press conference later. Rea¬
soner commented that CHOICE 68.
the national student referendum,
would "probably have more effect
on the students than on the pri¬
maries" He added, "it is dear
that the politicians are very aware
of the influence of the college stu¬
dent."
STATE CHAIRMAN
Char’es Edward Moore, junior at
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Creation Of New Post
Adds Alumnus To Staff
BY ELAINE HOBSON
Crimson Editor
A new post has been cre-
SAMFORD
UNIVERSITY
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
Volume 53, No. 22
April 5, 1968
Annual S' Day To
Bonnie And Clyde
Spotlight
Theme
ated in the office of the Dean
of Students, and a shift in
titles for another person has
been made, according to Dr.
Arthur Walker. Dean of Stu¬
dents.
Khmfur I alumnus llnrrv Kd-
•irds
‘ч
(V new Ndnvssinns
C-t- sc’ in charge «if rernrtmnnt.
"id will v in
к
with l>r Walker and
Tom C’eve'aiul. formerly assistant
to the Dean of Students, in this
area.
Cleveland now holds the posi¬
tion of niroelor of Recruitment
and Freshman Counseling. In addi¬
tion to jhese <lut‘es Ik' will bo ad¬
visor In the Inlor-Frnlernity Coun¬
cil.
Edwards, a native of l/xiisville.
Ky . was with the J. C. Penney
ComiKiny for the past four and
one half years. He came to Sam¬
ford April t from a store in Jack¬
sonville. Fla., where he was <lo-
partment manager.
According to Cleveland, Edwards
will work with prospective' stu-
donls on a person-to-person basis,
often visiting high school students
in I heir homes. Edwards is a 1965
graduate of Samford. and holds a
В
S degree in Business Administra¬
tion.
\s Director of Recruitment and
Ere hmtm Counseling. Cleveland
wi'l coor linnte recruitment activ¬
e's lie wiM be responsible for
the three summer freshman orien¬
tation sessions as well as the fall
session for oul-of-stale students.
Cleveland said Ilk- university hopes
to register all the freshmen this
sammer.
Other duties for Cleveland will
ii -elude assigning each freshman
to a faculty advisor.. This semester
he stnrled talking with every fresh¬
man who did n
о
t make a 1.00
grade average. "Wo feel that this
is a plus with them.” Cleveland
stated. "The men talk with me
and the women with Miss Cox ‘As¬
sistant to the Dean of Students’
amt Dean Sizemore 'Dean of Wom¬
en’. c
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Debaters Split
For 2 Tourneys
standing job. with Etheredge and
Walker being one of the few teams
BY LINDA WEBB
Crimson Assistant Editor
“Clyde was the leader . . . Bon-
nie wrote poetry . . . C.W. had a
bluebird tattooed on his chest . .
Buck told corny jokes and carried
a Kodak . . . Blanche was a
preacher s daughter who kept her
fingers in her ears during gun-
fights . . . they were the strangest
gang you ever heard of."
In an attempt to catch a glimpse
of this colorful era. this year's S-
Day. scheduled for April 16. will
follow the theme of "Bonnie and
Clyde.”
Sponsored by the SGA S-Day
committee and Samford's Circle
К
Club, this year's activities will
stress the total participation of
both faculty and students.
Everyone is asked to wear cloth¬
ing which will typify the styles
worn in the 1930's. Any items such
as wide ties, wide-brim hats, vests,
double-breasted suits and wing-tips
will be appropriate for the boys.
Girls ore asked to wear beret-
type caps, long dresses, and "flap¬
per" dresses, with the appropriate
accessories, and any other items
• which were typical of this era.
A wide variety of events has
been planned so that S-Day will
provide something for everyone.
Some of the activities planned to
carry out this theme are a bank
holdup bj thi "Barrow Gang,”
complete with shoot-out with the
cops, a jazz and Vaudeville band
concert, and an antique auto
show.
A "Keystone Cops" police force
has been organized to take care of
any "law-breakers." those who are
not dressed appropriately for the
occasion.
Highlighting the day’s events will
be the selection of SU's own Bon-
such as the “Miss SU Pretty Feet
Frolics." the giant tug-of-war. a
piano smash, and the car smash,
arc also included in the events.
Additional fellowship will be pro¬
vided in the Prohibition lounge
where root beer and pretzels will
be served.
According to David Baxley, S-
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To climax one of Samford's most
successful debating seasons, t h c
university debate team splits for¬
ces this weekend to attend two Na¬
tional tournaments.
Varsity debaters Jim Ethredgc.
Gary Walker. Mary Lynn Dovilh
and Carolyn Johnston will partici¬
pate in the National DSR
De¬
bate Tournament held in Washing¬
ton. D C. Delta Sigma Rho-T a u
Kappa Alpha is the national hon¬
orary debate fraternity.
They will be debating as a four-
man team with Etheredge and
Walker on the affirmative side and
Dovilh-Johnston the negative team.
There will be eight rounds each of
negative and affirmative debate.
The varsity debaters have par¬
ticipated in two tournaments as a
four-man team. At Florida State
University, the group tied for third
place and won first place at the
Mississippi State College for Wom-
;n competition.
Debate Coach Brad Bishop
praised all of the team’s members,
saying they have all done "an out-
in Samford's history to qualify for
the district tournament.
"Mary Lynn Dovith has been one
of the outstanding debaters all
year," the coach added. "She has
debated all sides of the questions
with several different partners.”
Ranking high in speaker
awards. Mary Lynn has won sever¬
al trophies.
The Debate coach added that al¬
though this has been Carolyn John¬
ston's first year, "she has done an
excellent job both in novice and
varsity competition."
Samford novice debaters Bar¬
bara Davis and Billy Adams are
participating in the 12th Annual
Alleman National Novice Debate
Tournament in Louisville. Ky., also
being held this weekend.
The novice debaters have attend¬
ed six major debate tournaments
this year, winning three first place
trophies, and one sweepstakes tro¬
phy with their colleagues Joe How¬
ell and Beth Woolley.
nie and Clyde.
Several traditional activities
SAMFORD'S BARROW GANG—
. . . Getting reedy for S-Day activities is Samford's own Barrow Gang
(left to right), Emmett Blocher as Buck, Carolyn Klee man as
Blanche, Bill Penney as Clyde, Harle McCuprdy as Bonnie and David
Baxley portraying C. W. Moss.
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