Samford Crimson
Vol. 54. No. 12
Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
February 7. 1968
Blow-Up Whets
Urge To Create
Blow-Up is a bridge or chess
tournament.
It is creative dancing or a chance
to dabble. And don’t forget poetry
and photography. (One of the best
things about Blow-Up is that there’s
room for expansion.) In fact, Blow-
Up is whatever the student wants
it to be. , .
The idea for Blow-Up originated
with a group of students who were
tired of the sterility, the soda!
vacuum that has existed at Sam¬
ford. It began as an idea — a
search for some way to get out of
that vacuum and wake up sleeping
imaginations — a way to blow
your minds.
The purposes of Blow-Up were
outlined at the organizational meet¬
ing held Tuesday night. They
are, to find creative, talented stu¬
dents, to dispel the cultural, intel¬
lectual, and social void, and to pro¬
vide numerous outlets for expres¬
sion of already developed talents.
It was emphasized at the meet¬
ing that so far Blow-Up is loosely
structured and adaptable to what¬
ever changes or additions the stu¬
dents want to add.
The number of different fields
suggested for possible study in¬
clude music, art, politics, poetry,
psychology, drama, intellect¬
ual pursuits, education, black stud¬
ies, and creative dance.
The proposed plan is to have two
45-minute sessions which will meet
once a week, probably on Tuesday
or Wednesday nights. Students will
attend those sessions which deal
with the areas of study in which
they are most interested or in which
they want to learn more about.
The sessions will be led by stu¬
dents who are talented or knowledg-
able in that particular area of
study, or outside guests will be in¬
vited to lead discussion groups.
Ideas for possible additional ac¬
tivities include coffeehouses, bridge
and chess tournaments, job hunt
activities, and the initiation of art
and documentary series.
The first session is scheduled for
6 pm. Wednesday. Feb. 12, in Reid
Chapel.
More information concerning
Blow-Up can be found on posters
which will be placed on the window
of the SGA office on the second
floor of the student union build¬
ing.
Students are asked to sign their
names under the specific areas of
study in which they are most in¬
terested.
It was emphasized at the organ¬
izational meeting of Blow-Up that
previously students have' placed
emphasis on "you should do" or
“you should be aware." The suc¬
cess of Blow-Up will give students
the opportunity to say "we can do."
Monro To Talk
In Convocation
John Monro, director of fresh¬
man studies at Miles College in
Birmingham, will speak in a cam¬
pus-wide convocation Wednesday in
Seibert Hall. The topic of his ad¬
dress will be "The Educationally
Disadvantaged."
Monro is a graduate of Harvard
and was for eleven year» dean of
that institution. Prior to his ap¬
pointment as dean. Monro served
as assistant counselor, then coun¬
selor for veterans at Harvard. He
helped advise veterans returning to
college under the GI Bill, served
as assistant to provost Paul H.
Buck, and in 19^) was appointed
director of the financial aid office
of Harvard College. During these
years, Monro taught freshman Eng¬
lish. and English in university ex¬
tension.
A trustee of Phillips Academy and
Tougaloo College. Monro la a for¬
mer trustee of the College En¬
trance ExaminaHnn Board, sod of
the National
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' Sendee
and Fund for Negro Student».
The appointment last July of
Monro to the post of director of
freshman situdies at Miles College
was the result of a four-year asso¬
ciation with the college during
which he spent his summers there
helping develop an instructional
program in writing to aid fresh-
to 11.
Robinson who is celebrating
women’s dorm regulations,
curfew was moved from 10:30
Coeds' Curfew
Is Moved Back
Coeds living in Samford residence
halls can stay out later this se¬
mester. The Sunday through Thurs¬
day curfew hour, previously 10:30
p.m., is now
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p.m.
Miss Martha Cox. associate, stu¬
dent affairs, who was instrumental
in the curfew changes, said. “I
have been interested in knowing
what the students feel about the
residence hall regulations and in
what they want and why they want
it."
Miss Cox then turned a proposal
in to the vice-president for student
affairs. Dr. Arthur Walker, and it
was finally approved by the presi¬
dent. The residence hall council,
composed of elected representa¬
tives from each floor in the three
residence halls, obtained sugges¬
tions from students who were dis¬
satisfied with the exisiting curfew
hours.
Late permission privileges which
Today Is
Last Date
To Change
Feb. 7 is the last date for regis¬
tration without academic penalty,
the registrar’s office has announc¬
ed. A course may be dropped dur¬
ing the first six weeks or until
March 7 without academic penalty.
Any change in schedule must be
made through the registrar's office
by the person concerned. A stu¬
dent who wishes to withdraw from
the University must secure permis¬
sion from the vice-president for
student affairs. Failure to do this
brings the penalty of an automatic
No course may be
May 2 without penal!
were also increased will be grant¬
ed according to the following
schedule: seniors — five midnight
and five 1 a.m. permissions; jun¬
iors — four midnight and four 1
a.m.; sophomores — three mid¬
night and three 1 a.m. permis¬
sions; and freshmen — two mid¬
night and two 1 a.m. permissions.
The midnight permission may be
taken Sunday through Thursday; 1
a.m. permission may only be taken
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Friday or Saturday.
Special academic curfew permis¬
sion will now be 11:30 p.m. This
permission must be granted each
semester by Miss Cox's office.
Faculty Forum
Set Thursday
Faculty forum this month will
deal with the treatment of the wom¬
an in French and English dramatic
literature. Dr. Wheeler Hawley
and Samuel Mitchell will be pre¬
siding.
Mitchell, in briefly outlining his
approach to the survey in English
literature, commented on the broad
scope of the topic. Mitchell said he
plans to present the treatment in
survey fashion "with special em¬
phasis on the Eliza bethean, Jaco¬
bean, and contemporary periods."
Dr. Hawley's background in sev¬
eral languages equips him well for
his presentation. Dr. Hawley, chair¬
man of the humanities division of
Howard College Arts and Sciences,
Mitchell, an associate professor in
the English department, has been
elected to the presidency of the
Alabama Council of Teachers of
English and the Association of Col¬
lege English Teachers of Alabama.
He has served as a director of the
National Council of Teachers’ of
Notre Dame
Honors Prof
With Degree
"The only law professor in Ala-
bama with a national reputation,4,
said Dean Arthur Weeks of Cum¬
berland School of Law in describ¬
ing Dr. William D.
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dis¬
tinguished professor of Cumberland
School of Law.
Rollison, who served on the fac¬
ulty of Notre Dame University for
33 years, is being honored by that
university as a part of their 100th
anniversary celebration. He will
receive the Ll.D. honorary law
degree.
According to
son has
work at
writing law books
pule," since joining
1963.
He is the author of several books
on wills and estate planning and
has recently co-authored an estate
planning form book to be published
this year.
Co-founder of the Alabama Law
Journal in 1925, he served as edi¬
tor-in-chief from 1927 until 1929.
The professor-author was a mem¬
ber of the University of Alabama
law faculty, later joining the Notre
Dame faculty.
Rollison received the U.M. de¬
gree
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om Harvard University Law
School. He was also granted the
A.B. and Ll.B. degrees by Indi-
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