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Controversy Sander Vanocur Talks On Election
On Campus
by Mike Lewis
Managing Editor
Controversy over Homecoming
and Step-Sing competition was ru¬
mored across the campus this
week.
Certain groups were believed to
be unhappy with the present divi¬
sions of competition in campus¬
wide events.
The student executive cabinet,
established in September by stu¬
dent body president Neal Wade, dis¬
cussed in its Monday meeting, a
proposed Interfratemity Council
resolution. This proposed resolution
would ask the Student Government
Association senate, the body which
governs campus activities to
change the classifications in which
organizations compete.
An opinion poll conducted by a
committee of Samford Crimson's
editorial board aroused the hostili¬
ty of some individual Greeks. The
News Analysis
poll on fraternity participation in
campus life was viewed by some
fraternity men as an attack on the
Greek system at Samford.
1FC and PanheUenic meet today
at 11 a.m. to discuss the coordi¬
nation of pledge swaps.
There is p chance that the pro¬
posed IFC resolution or possibly
some action by APhiO may be
brought before the SGA senate in
its weekly meeting next Tuesday
at 6 p.m. in room 218 of Samford
Hall.
However, action on the issue of
categories in campus-wide compe¬
tition may not be considered by
the senate until this year's SGA
Homecoming committee, chaired
by vice-president Carolyn John¬
ston. presents its suggestions
for next year. This committee's re¬
port is expected prior to Christ¬
mas, according to Wade.
Sander Vanocur
by Brenda Neal
Staff Writer
Samford University students
will have a chance to hear an
"Analysis of Election ’68", when
NBC News Washington Correspon-
der Vancour arrives on campus
Tuesday.
Vanocur will .uress an audi¬
ence in Reid Chapel at 8 p.m.
on Nov. 19 at the first of this
year's SGA Lecture Series.
Vanocur has had experience
as a correspondent and newsman.
In August he had an exclusive in¬
terview with Tran Hoai Nam,
high official of the National Lib¬
eration Front, the political arm
of the Viet Cong. This interview
for “The Huntley - Brinkley Re¬
port” won praise in the Congres¬
sional Reconi
Vanocur began covering
big stories as soon as be
started working for NBC News.
He distinguished himself in his
first post with NBC with his cov¬
erage of the fire at Our Lady of
Chicago, which killed 83 chfl-
the Angels grammar school m
dren.
He also covered Soviet Pre¬
mier Khrushchev's tour of the U.
S. in 1959. As White House cor¬
respondent. he accompanied Mrs.
John F. Kennedy on her trip to
India and Pakistan in 1962. and
was anchorman for a full - hour
NBC - TV program recapping
the trip. He also participated in
NBC News coverage of events
after the assassination of Presi¬
dent Kennedy.
In 1960 and in 1964, Vanocur
was an NBC floor reporter at the
political conventions, and this
year reported the returns for the
House of Representative races.
Vanocur has been the report¬
er for several NBC News one-
hour specials and will comment
on the soon-to-be-presented "Pur¬
suit of Pleasure." He is regularly
seen on NBC-TV "Morning Re¬
port," ‘Today" show, and "The
Huntley-Brinkley Report." He
can also be heard on NBC radio
network's "News on the Hour”
and "Emphasis."
He has received a Merit
Award for his news coverage
from Northwestern University,
his alma mater, and a Broadcast-'
ing Leadership Award from the
Yale Broadcasting Company.
Vanocur and former White
House Press Secretary Pierre
Salinger,
со
"A Tribute to
John F. Kennedy." a compilation
of tributes written about the late
President by statesmen and other
prominent people around the
world.
Convention Report Indicates
Another Tuition Increase
\
by David Gooch
Samford ’s report to the Ala¬
bama Baptist Convention in
Huntsville Wednesday clearly im¬
plied that there will be another
tuition increase next year.
Senior members of the Sam¬
ford A Capella Choir, Vicki Smith
and Rex Nelson, opened the oral
report to the convention in Hunts¬
ville's modernistic First Baptist
Church by singing the anthem,
“His Name is Wonderful." and
giving their personal impressions
of their years at Samford.
H. Evan Zeiger. vice-president
for financial affairs, made the re¬
Fain Discusses
Crime Problem
by Pat Brazeel
Staff Writer
The problem of “Crime and the
Citizen's Responsibility” has be-
«>me the number one topic in the
country, James E. Fain said in
convocation last Wednesday.
Fain, editor of the Dayton Daily
News, Dayton, Ohio, said that
crime was a prime issue in this
presidential election but nooe of
tbe presidential candidates offered
concrete solutions for crime con¬
trol.
"Mr Nixon." he said, "went
further toward developing crime
control than the others but all
“e said was we need a tougher
•ttorney general, more Supreme
«urt convictions, a clearing
w*» for crime . . These
““gs are important but are not
the most original or the most ap¬
propriate action that can be taken,
be pointed out. *
He said that the report, of the
crime commission made to the
Johnson administration contained
six factors important in crime
control. It called for a single tele¬
phone number for police, automo¬
bile ignition locks that Insure that
keys will not be forgotten, more
police call boxes. use of
computers for better responses to
calls and stricter laws on the sale
and shipment of guns. "This is a
perfectly sound doctrine." he said,
"but it doesn’t boil you over with
its inventiveness and creativity.”
Fain stated that so far no one
has developed a program that will
solve the problems of crime be-
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port to the morning session Wed¬
nesday in the absence of Presi¬
dent Leslie S. Wright, who is re¬
cuperating from what Zeiger
termed "a mild heart attack" of
several weeks ago.
Zeiger's report praised the
president's leadership over the
past ten years. He moved that
the written report of Samford
University be accepted as it ap¬
peared in the printed annual re¬
ports to the convention.
The report was approved by the
messengers present.
Citing inflation as the major fi¬
nancial problem faced by the uni¬
versity, the report reads on page
12 9, "so long as the current infla¬
tionary trends continue, it is rather
apparent that annual increases in
tuition, room, and board charges
will be necessary."
The report explained that
"every effort is expended by the
university to develop to its full
potential each source of income
other than tuition and fees." But
last May. the institution's board
of trustees approved a recom-
Jubm Fain
men da ti on from the administrati¬
on to increase tuition by $3.50 per
credit hour in ail schools of the
university. The report comment¬
ed, “There simply was no viable
alternative."
Federal Aid
The Tuesday evening report of
the Advisory Committee shed
some light on the much discuss¬
ed issue of federal aid to Ala¬
bama Baptist institutions.
The committee reaffirmed the
1959 resolution which prohibited
“the use of public tax mon .y oth¬
er than bona fide loans for any
and all Baptist institutions and
agencies."
The committee pointed out that
in the past Alabama Baptist in¬
institutions have received govern¬
ment loans for dormitory con¬
struction, and have participated
in government student loan pro¬
grams. such as NDEA loans.
“Neither of these was consider¬
ed by the Convention as a vio¬
lation of the principle of separa¬
tion of church and state."
However, these funds were not
available to racially segregated
institutions under federal govern¬
ment compliance agreement re¬
quirements. Yet, the report stat¬
ed, “two of three Alabama
schools sign the compliance
agreement and the committee is
of the opinion the decisions of
the trustees were wise ones."
Samford was ooe of the two.
The committee report indicated
that the convention was obliged
to support "our elected servants
(college trustees) in such decis¬
ions as they are called to make
in the future."
of the boards of trustees of the
institutions "of the Convention's
confidence in them and
ability to ' *
sions policies."
Budget Allocation
The convention-budgeted amount
to Samford for 1969 will be $637,-
063.00, about 17 per cent of the
university budget.
Student Services
Also included in the report oT
‘-he university to the convention
were reports concerning student
services.
Student Attitude
The report reads:
"The two great concerns . . .
are the pressing need for addi¬
tional financial aid to students
and the urgent need for the fa¬
cilities which will be provided by
the completion of the second unit
of the Student Union Building. A
major gift for this building would
be of tremendous assistance at
this time.”
The report praised the attitude
of the student body:
"A special word of commenda¬
tion is due the entire student body,
the members of which have ex¬
emplified the finest traditions of
higher education by a continuing .
zest for learning and close attention
to the basic reasons for attending a
college or university. They have
been completely aware of de¬
velopments in the world about
them, but have refused to com¬
promise their educational goals
with the currently popular student
demonstrations and demands for
so - called ‘rights and freedoms'
which are inimical to the entire
educational process.
"The warm and dose personal
relationships between faculty and
students, which have long been
traditional at Samford University,
have contributed tremendously to
this climate of
and purposefulness."
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