Samford Crimson
Vol. 57. No. 14
Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama 35209
Friday, March 3. 1972
Twain
acted by
student
fti Monday and Tuesday,
March 6 and 7, students at Sam¬
ford will be able to hear per¬
formances of 'Mark Twain To¬
night”, presented by fellow stu¬
dent
В.
C. Jones. The presenta¬
tion will be held at 8:00p.m. both
nights in the Arena Theater.
No admission will be charged.
В.
C.t a sophomore history
major from Jackson, Miss., be¬
gan his infatuation with the works
of Twain while in high school.
After seeing Hal Holbrook and his
famous impersonations of Mark
Twain, Jones decided that this
was the thing he needed to use
as a dramatic and oral interpre¬
tation in high school speech and
forensic tournaments. From that
point Jones' act has evolved to
В.
C. Jones aa
Twain Tonight
one grave carl aa tty.
in the Arena Theatre.
will perform his version of Mark
status which includes
six boors of Twain's works that
ha has committed to memory.
parts of
66
What Is Man” encores
the program are not the actual
memorisatlons of the materials,
bat the tremendous amount of
work required in the make-op
and gutting the voice correct.
At times friends say that Jooee
does not know what be Is going
to use of his memorised material
until he actually steps before the
audience and can respond to their
own particular tastes.
In association with the Bir¬
mingham Festival of the Arts,
the Samford University Chorale
will present the powerful contenu
porary Oratorio 'What Is Man?”
next Wednesday evening, Marche
in Reid Chapel at 8:00 p.m.
The text, written by the late
Samuel Miller, Dean of the Har¬
vard Divinity School, is based on
Samford programs
earn Freedoms
Foundation award
Psalm 8 depicting the struggle
of man to come to an under¬
standing of himself and his rela¬
tion to his creator. In deeply
moving poetic style. Dr. Miller
has man rebelling against the
sovereignty of God, searching for
ways to become Independent and
master of his own fate but al¬
ways beset by the gnawing fear
that be will be inadequate.
The music, composed by Ron
Nelson, American composer and
Chairman of the Music Depart¬
ment at Brown University, force¬
fully states the text in contem¬
porary style using at points ser¬
ial technique but never writing
On February 22, the National
and School Awards Jury of Free¬
doms Foundation at Valley Forge
amoonced a Distinguished Ser¬
vice Award to Samford Univer¬
sity for its multiple phase pro¬
gram stressing Americanism and
citizenship training and the reli¬
gious foundations of tbe American
Way of Life. The university was
commended for 'an ont standing
ifr/ifnplliihmcnt ig hejpin|r to
achieve a better understanding of
American and Americanism.
Tbe slogan for Samford pre¬
sentation this year was: ‘An
Experience in Responsible Citi¬
zenship.' Featured particularly
were: the School of Pharmacy and
its comprehensive program of
education, exhibition and demon¬
stration of tbe nature of drugs
and drug abuse called ‘youth to
youth” approach which was pre¬
sented to nearly seventy schools,
colleges and civic groups; tbe
Special Olympics for tbe physi¬
cally handicapped, staged by tbe
Division of Physical Education;
the program of education in eco¬
nomics led by tbe School of Bus¬
iness and Dr. Kenneth VanSise
(Chair of Free Enterprise); and
the Seminars on tbe Preserva¬
tion of tbe Principles of Free¬
dom, conducted at Valley Forge
under the direction of Dr. Lee
N. Allen.
Tbe award was made under tbe
Thomas Jefferson-All Campus-
Category of Achievement. This
years marks tbe twelfth conse¬
cutive award for tbe university.
Having woo more than ten medals,
Samford is hooored as a ‘Dis¬
tinguished Service Award,” a
plaque and a George Washington
Medal. Very few colleges in
America have earned this award.
АП
areas of university service
combined to win tbe award and
in tbe past years a number of
tbe Samford staff have received
individual medals In recognition
of tbeir accomplishments for A-
Wheeler , Bradley to do
March 6 and 8 chapels
Dr. George V. Irons, of tbe
of History, was the
who prepared the
Roric E. Wheeler, Samford’s
Vice President for Academic Af¬
fairs, is the Chapel speaker for
March 6. Dr. Wheeler has taught
math at Samford since 1953, and
First of spring
SGA cinemas
flicks tonight
‘To Sir With Love'
the first of tbe Spring
Semester 8GA Film
Series, will be shown
tonight, 7:3f P.m. in
Beeson Auditorium.
Admission is 30*.
Urn SGA plans five
films far this semester,
Their goal to to offer
high quality films st low
cant to tb
Worker
burned
on job
by Fred Jacob
Monday afternoon at the con¬
struction site of the new student
union, one of the workers, Mr.
Sudie Allen was seriously burned
when one of the company
machines caught fire.
The contraption, called a * fire¬
proof” machine, pumps a mud-
Uke substance through a hose
mixing it with other chemicals
to fireproof columns and brick¬
work. Allan was starting the
motor when one to the blades
in the machine backfired causing
the motor to catch Are. As he
was fleeing tbe fire, Allan tried
to knock a nearby gas can away
from the fire. But instead, his
hand caught the can and slung
it behind him throwing gasoline
from the blazing machine, along
the ground, and q> Allan’s legs
and waist. Suddenly Us body was
dissonance that Jars tbe listener.
Dr. Paul Hall, cooductor of the
Chorale, will bring together
brass and percussion players of
tbe Samford University Band, so¬
loists Mr. Russell Hedger and
Mrs. Eva White of the Music
School faculty, narrator Dr. John
Sims, Chaplain at Baptist Medi¬
cal Center, Princeton, Organist
Bob Hunt and Pianist Megumi
Matsumura.
This will be a repeat perfor¬
mance of the Oratorio given dur¬
ing Christian Emphasis Week
which was so enthusiastically re¬
ceived by the student body. There
is no admission charge and the
program will last under an hour.
has been tbe head of tbe Math¬
ematics Department. Chairman
of the Division of Natural Sci¬
ences and Dean of Howard Col¬
lege of Arts and Sciences before
becoming Vice President of Aca¬
demic Affairs in .970. He re¬
ceived bis A.B. from Western
Kentucky State College and his
ItS. and Ph. D. from tne Uni¬
versity of Kentucky.
Chapel program for March 8
will feature Dr. J. Robert Brad¬
ley, Director of Music for 'he
National Baptist Convention. A
native of Memphis, Tennessee,
he studied in England and with
Marian Anderson. He has ap¬
peared at Carnegie Hall and at
London’s Festival Hall of Royal
Aits. Dr. Bradley has sung at a
pervious convocation at Samford
and was well recieved by
Samfor
Spotting the helpless man from
the second story of the building,
Willis Cunningham of 1319 44th
Place North, leaped from a win¬
dow to rescue his fellow worker.
‘I saw him and Jumped from
the window to put him out,” said
Cunningham. ‘He was hollering
for help, so, I tossed one of those
polyethylene covers around him.”
But even then not all tbe danger
had been avoided.
Seeing that his buddy was all
right, Cunningham continued his
heroic effort by hoppiig into a
truck by the burning machine and
moving it out of the range of
Are.
“I saw the truck when I
jumped,’ replied Cunningham.
“But 1 knew they could get ano¬
ther truck and couldn’t replace
a man’s life. So, I saved him
first. ^
An ambulance was soon called
and Mr. Allan was taken to a
hospital where he was treated
and remains in good cooditioo.
Apply soon
for positions
Applications are now being ac¬
cepted for positions oo Samford
Crimson. Pensez. Enlre Nous and
WVSU for the 72-73 school year.
The editor's and business man¬
ager’s Jobs are open oo both Sam¬
ford Crlmsoo and Eatre Nous.
Editor is tbe only opening oo the
Pensez, and the statloo man¬
ager’s position is the only one
to be filled oo the radio statloo.
Applications should be sub¬
mitted through compos
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to
Richmond Brown, Chairman of
tbe Publications Board. Deadline
for applications to March 22,
197*.
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