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Volume LXII
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GA„ THl'USDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1955
Number 7
Campus Total
In Chest Fund
Exceeds $5,000
Rod Feather Solicitation
To Terminate Saturday
^ ith Final Contributions
The University has raised
$5,709.15 thus far toward its $8,-
500 quota for the Community
Chest.
Last year the campus goal was
$6,900 and final donations totaled
$5,428.88.
University Goal
The quota for Athens and Clarke
County is $85,000. The University
goal represents one-tenth of that
amount.
Dr. Gilbert Henry, physics profes
sor, is chairman of this year's Com-
mnity Chest drive on campus. Solici
tation of organizations is handled by
John Cox, student activities director.
Donations are made to him through
building captains.
Red Feather funds will be divided
among YWCA, YMCA, Boy Scouts,
Girl Scouts. Salvation Army, USO,
Heart Association and Cancer So
ciety.
Drive to End
Saturday will close solicitation for
funds. Louis Griffith, public relations
director and co-chairman of the drive,
urges each student who has not made
a donation to do so. Contributions
may be turned in at student activi
ties office, Candler Hall.
Griffith said this year's goal for
Athens and Clarke County is the
largest ever set.
Total donations in the Athens area
have reached a record amount of
$83^000, according to drive officials.
Freshman To Elect
Officers Wednesday
IFC-Panhellenic Choose Candidates;
GOP-Triquetra Parly Primary Held
Freshmen will vote Wednesday in the pen era I election for fresh
man class officers. GOI’-Triquetru held its primary Tuesday and IFF
Panhellenic elected general election candidates yesterday.
FACULTY MEMBERS SERVE AT WUS BANQUET
John Cox Pours Coffee as Dean William Tate Looks On
WUS Banquet Kicks Off’
Fund Drive in Steireman
By J. J. Newberry
Members of Cosmopolitan Club, under direction of Miss Sally
Hanger and Miss Chhaya Ilmira, entertained 450 students, faculty
members and townspeople at the kick-off banquet for WPS fund
drive in Stegeman Hall Tuesday night.
Spectators were given a world tour
‘Hobson's Choice’ Set
As Free Sunday Film
"Hobson's Choice,” a turn-
of-the-century British comedy
featuring Charles Laughton and
John Mills, will be the free
Sunday movie this week.
Showing of "H o b s o n ’ s
Choice," the last free Sunday
movie this quarter, will be at
2:15 p.m. and 4:15 p.m.
Administrative Faculty Council
Vetoes Tech Pep Rally Petition
A petition for a Tech pep rally to be held during class hours Nov.
2!t was voted down unanimously Monday by the Administrative Fac
ulty Council.
Glee Club To Give
Concert Nov. 29
In Palace Theatre
The petition was presented orally
| by Pep Club Co-Chairman Sue Craw
ford, Chicago, 111., for the Pep Club.
Miss Crawford asked Dean of Facul-
| ties Alvin Biscoe to put the peti-
|tion before the Council.
The petition asked that students
be excused from classes from 10:30
The University Men’s Glee Club|a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for the pep ral-
will present its first concert of the ly—and that students not be counted
year Nov. 29 at 8 p.m. at the Palace I ttbsent from ola8H -
_. . _. . , , i Administrative Faculty Council
Theatre. This program, originally membari voted agalnst the rally he -
scheduled for Nov. 15, was changed cause they felt students would not
because of additional practice needed return to classes after the affair was
by the group. |over, and that laboratories are con-
,, , ... . ducted during third and fourth peri-
ods that could not be dismissed, Bis-
during halftime of the Georgia- coe j 0 | d The n ed and j)] a ck Tuesday.
Georgia Tech game Nov. 26. This ap-J Miss Crawford said the Pep Club
pearance is in conjunction with the "'as trying to have a Tech pep rally
Dixie Redcoat Marching Band, the w * tb a!i man y students as possible
_ , . . _ , t present and not to interfere greatly
Tech band and the Tech Glee Club. with ( . Ias8ea .
Owen Quattlebaum, Glee Club | There will be a Tech pep rally
business manager, announced these Nov. 22 in the Amphitheatre,
plans as well as future performances j
of the group. Blue Key Chajiter
Future arrangements include Stunt r • • , f-i. >.
the annual state Initiates r ive Men
of culture of many lands in the form
of dances, songs and comedy acts.
Cosmopolitan Club members are stu
dents at the University who are from
as far away as India and Japan.
John Gleason, executive secretary
of the Southeast for WUS, in a speech
after the banquet, complimented the
University for leading the nation in
contributions last year and said that
competition for the leading college
contributor to WUS fund would be
much stronger this year.
Palace Theatre is cooperating with
the fund committee, Miss Kathryn
Fricks, chairman, said, and will give
a sneak preview for the fund bene
fit Friday night, Nov. 18, at 11:30.
"Count Three and Pray,” starring
Van Heflin, has been selected by
theatre officials for the late show.
The movie will be at the regular
price and women will be given late
permission.
The fund drive ends Nov. 18 and
the WUS trophy will go to the cam
pus organization making the largest
contribution to the fund on a per
centage basis.
Final Play Performance
Scheduled for Tonight
Tonight, the last performance
of Samuel Taylor's "Sabrina
Fair" will be staged by Univer
sity Theatre, under direction of
Dr. James E. Popovich. Curtain
time is 8:15 p.m. at Fine Arts
auditorium.
Saralyn Hubert and Monte
Markham lead the cast us Sa
brina and the son of her em#
ployer.
Season tickets sold by Thalian-
Blackfriars, are $2, and single
performances are $1 for adults
and 60 cents for students.
IFC-Panhel candidate Paul Dow
ell, Roseville, will oppose Independ
ent candidate Winston Johnson,
Valdosta, for freshman class presi
dent.
Dowell was elected in yesterday's
primary over Carr Dodson, Ameri
cas; Lester Neville, Savannah, and
Mack Perry, Winder.
Johnson defeated Robert Holden,
Moultrie, Tuesday in GOP-Tri-Q pri-1
mary.
Vice President ('undUlates
Jean Newsome, Washington, rep-'
resenting GOP-Tri-Q, will be seek-1
ing the freshman vice presidency ov
er Nancy Butts, Athens, IFC-Panhel's
candidate.
In the Independent primary, Miss
Newsome came out on top of Dedie
Gray, Ft. McPherson; Joyce Justus,
Black Mountain, N. C., and Gail Trib
ble, Calhoun.
Miss Butts received more votes in
the Greek primary than Carol Jack-
son, Atlanta; Deenie McKeever, At
lanta, or Marie Nicholson, Atlanta.
Greek candidate Bill Collins, For
syth, will be seeking the secretary-
treasurer berth Wednesday against
Independent's Gaynell Purvis.
Collins defeated Jo Ann Hecker,
Tampa, Fla.; Jim Cheek, Decatur,
and Barbara Sugarman, Atlanta, in
the IFC-Panhel primary.
Miss Purvis was unopposed in the
GOP-Tri-Q primary.
Ballard Elected
Charles Ballard, Fayetteville, was
elected vice campus leader Tuesday.
The vice campus leader election was
held along with the Independent pri
mary. Ballard was unopposed.
General election polls will be lo
cated at C-J building, Jennie Belle
Grill, Heed Hall and Myers Hall. The
Jennie Belle poll will be moved to
Snelling Hall from 12 N. to 2 p.m.
It then will be returned to the Jennie
Belle. The polls will be open from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
All students classified as fresh
men will be eligible to vote. ID cards
must be presented before voting. ID
<ards will be punched above "The”
in The University of Georgia.
Anyone whose name is not listed
on the qualified voters list must re
ceive a written statement from the
Records Office, Academic, to the ef
fect that he is classified as a fresh
man before he will be issued a bal
lot.
Each freshman must cast his own
vote. No ballot will be Issued to the
bolder of another student's ID card,
general election rules state.
TWO NEW UMOC ENTRANTS
(Front) Jackson; Gentry
UMOC To End;
APO Sets Date ;
Presentation Scheduled
Wednesday at Program j
The Ugly Man Contest will cnil
Wednesday night with present**,
tion of the “Ugliest Man on Cam
pus” and a program at the I’alaee
Theater at 8:!t() p.m. Alpha Phi
Omega is sponsoring the contest.
James Lee Gentry. St. Pittsburg,
Tenn., and Leonard Jackson, Colum
bus, are newest contest entrants.
Gentry Is sponsored by Reed Hall
and Jackson by Alpha Tau Omega.
Other candidates already entered are
A1 Price. Atlanta, sponsored by Sig
ma Nu; Charlie Furtado, Hapevilte.
sponsored by Lambda Chi Alpha, and
John Blau, Lawrence, N. Y., spon
sored by Phi Epsilon PI.
Carolann Connor will present
awards to the top two winners. A
program composed of various local
talent will precede a movie titled,
"You Know What Sailors Are.”
An Ugly Man mug will be award
ed to the winning'sponsoring organi
zation. Silver keys will he given to
first and second place "Ugly Man”
winners, along with many other prizes
given by Athens merchants.
Night Jan. 16-1
tour March 16-24, and a
at Wesleyan College, Macon
‘Great Thinkers' To Hear
Aldridge Discuss Franklin
Prof. A. O. Aldridge, literature
professor, University of Maryland,
will discuss Benjamin Franklin
The Great Thinkers lecture, Tues
day, at 8:15 p.m. in the library audi
torium.
Aldridge was a graduate student
at the University several years ago
and received his graduate degree in
English. He has made the life and
works of Franklin his field of spe
cial interest, research and writing,
and has written a number of books
and articles on Franklin.
program Five men were initiated into the
May 13 | I T tiiverslty chapter of Blue Key, na-
y "'tional honor fraternity, at a dinner
meeting at the Georgian Hotel Sun
day night.
They and the fields In which they
were selected are: Norman Fletcher,
Fitzgerald, leadership; Roger Mart
inson, Columbus, and John O’Toole.
| Atlanta, forensics, and Jimmy Maner,
in | Macon, and Jim Southerland, Haw-
kinsville, scholarship.
Blue Key selects new members on
the basis of excellence In publica
tions and athletics in addition to
! fields already mentioned.
Bill Morris, Augusta, editor of the
! 1955-56 Student-Faculty Directory,
j reported to the chapter on progress
of the directory, which is published
I each year by Blue Key. He said the
: books should be off the press by;
about Thanksgiving.
Mahler To Address
Professors Monday
I>r. Thomas Mahler, associate di
rector of the Center for Continuing
Education, will address the Univer
sity Chapter of the American As
sociation of University Professore
Monday at 7:30 p.m. The association
will convene in Peabody audltoriumi
Dr. Mahler's topic is "The Univer
sity Faculty and Continuing Educa
tion.” He is a native Georgian and
formerly was connected with the At
lanta Division. He will discuss aims
and purposes of the Continuing
Education Center, and how the fac
ulty may fit into this program.
This is an open meeting and all
faculty members are invited.
FRESHMEN GENEKAI
Johnson, Purvis, GOP; fluff*. Collins, Doicell, 1FC
Picture Deadline Exleiuleil
Deadline for individual Pandora
pictures has been extended to Nov.
14 at 3 p.m.. Editor Dot Veazey, Ft.
McPherson, announced this week.
Students who missed individual pic
ture appointments may have pictures
made between the hours of 9 a.m
and 12:15 p.m., and from 2 to 3 p m.
Appointment cards must he present
ed. Miss Veazey said.