Samford Crimson
Vol. 55, No. 9
Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama 35209
Friday, November 21, 1969
Furl it
The American Flag was furled last Friday as light snow
fell on the campus. The Alabama state flag also was
lowered.
Newssheet circulated
Yes, Virginia, there was an under¬
ground newssheet.
Last Tuesday morning copies of
Loaded Zone, a one-page mimeo¬
graphed paper, were sparsely distributed
on campus. The paper began by ask¬
ing Samford students if they were “liv¬
ing .. . breathing . . . thinking."
The paper cited several cases of cen¬
sorship at Samford this year. “If you
are upset that the university has cen¬
sored Samford Crimson, that they have
censored ‘The Graduate,’ that they
have confiscated a senate resolution
that they have refused to invite convo¬
cation speakers recommended by the
Convocation Committee or have waited
so late that they can not come, and/or
censored the cheerleaders; they say so”
was the introductory paragraph to the
paper.
The paper also advocated that stu¬
dents should cut the Nov. 26 convoca¬
tion. It suggested that students either
should not go to convocation or go and
not fill out convocation slips. The
paper said this would show the writer(s)
of Loaded Zone “ ... if you really
want an uncensored or at least a writer
censored newspaper.”
“As bad as the convocation speakers
have been, they have said something,”
Loaded Zone said. “This year some
people have tried to break the bonds
which enslave the whole campus, and
the response has centered on the small
issue at hand and not on the principle,”
Loaded Zone said.
The paper closed by saying “If you
oppose our stand, then combat us in
the same manner; write your own un¬
derground newspaper. But if you do
care about SOMETHING, show us and
your fellow students by this one act
(cutting of Nov. 26 convocation).”
Baptists approve
loan for union
by Pat Brazeel
News Editor
The Alabama Baptist State Conven¬
tion Tuesday gave Samford officials the
green light in negotiating a $1 million
loan from the U. S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development.
The resolution allowing officials to
secure funds for the completion of the
student union building was passed with
few dissenting votes.
Earlier Tuesday, the convention’s
executive board report stated the over¬
all costs of the building will be $1.25
million. The additional $250,000 will
be taken from the university’s 1970 re¬
ceipts, from Baptist and other private
donations, the report said.
The report said income from the
building would be enough to pay off
the loan.
The resolution presented by Presi¬
dent Leslie S. Wright said the univer¬
sity should provide “facilities and lead¬
ership for a well-rounded student per¬
sonnel or ‘student life’ program.”
The resolution further stated only the
first unit of the student union building
has been completed. It said the second
unit is the most pressing current build¬
ing need because the union “serves as
the center for the university’s student
personnel program.”
In discussing the resolution, Presi¬
dent Wright said the university had
previously borrowed funds under the
College Housing Act in 1955 for com¬
pletion of residence halls.
Loans on four of the residence halls
have been repaid by the payments of
the residents, he said.
H. Evan Zeiger, vice-president for
financial affairs, said that Vail, Smith,
Crawford Johnson and Pittman resi¬
dence halls and the two married stu¬
dent apartments have paid for them¬
selves.
He said preliminary plans on the
student union building are currently un¬
derway. The Board of Trustees has not
acted on the plans but work is sched¬
uled to begin this spring, he said.
The convention also approved a reso-
tion allowing Mobile College, the Ala¬
bama Baptist’s youngest college, to bor¬
row $70,000 for construction.
‘The Great Race
presented tonight
Tonight’s SGA film is “The
Great Race” starring Jack
Lemmon, Tony Curtis and
Natalie Wood at 7:30 p.m. in
the physical science auditorium.
The movie is a comedy about
an antique auto race from New
York to Paris.
On Dec. 5 the SGA will pre¬
sent “The Secret War of Harry
Frigg.” The movie stars Paul
Newman, Sylva Koscina and
Andrew Duggan. A Roadrun-
ner cartoon will also be shown.
Admission price for both
movies is 50 cents. Both are in
color.
Debaters plan tourney
With an impressive record of 60 wins
and 22 losses thus far this year, the
debate team has begun preparations for
the Birmingham Invitational Debate
Tournament Dec. 4-6 on the Samford
campus. The Samford team will be
host for teams from colleges and uni¬
versities in twelve states.
The debate team goes into the tour¬
nament with a won-lost percentage of
73 per cent and six new trophies and 1 8
certificate of merit awards in this sea¬
son.
Among the most prominent Samford
debators are Barbara Davis with 20
wins and eight losses, Becky Johnson
with 19 wins and 10 losses, Mary Lynn
Dovith with 14 wins and four losses,
David Peterson with 13 wins and three
losses and Mike Carlson with 10 wins
and three losses. There is not a single
member of the debate team who has
lost more contests that he has won.
As if these records were not enough,
the debate team has gained other honors
as well. Debate coach Brad Bishop has
recently been elected to the District VI
Committee of the National Debate
Tournament. Mr. Bishop is one of five
debate coaches from seven states chosen
for this committee.
One of the team members, Joe How¬
ell, was elected secretary of the southern
region of Delta Sigma Rho=Tau Kappa
Alpha, the national honorary forensic
society last weekend.
To top all these accomplishments,
the team has been invited to compete
in the International Debate Tourna¬
ment of Champions in Laredo, Texas,
Jan. 26 and 27.
Winning
Debaters Brad Bisbop (coach), David Peterson, Becky
Johnson, Mary Lynn Dovith and Barbara Davis (from
left) display several debate trophies won this year.
