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THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 11*50
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Little Commencement Set
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New Road Construction To Begin
DIME-LEADER’S REPRESENTATIVES POSE WITH TROPHIES
Young, 0 Club: TToo, Reed Hall; Feinberg. TEThi: Seligman, Pauliellenic,
Estroff, AEPhi
Dimes Drive Collections
Surpass Goal by $100
By Marvin Hill
Alpha Phi Omega topped its $3,000 March of Dimes goal by collect
ing an unofficial total of over $3,100. Tan Epsilon Phi won the swee
stakes trophy by contributing the largest amount, $658.60. j
Ronald Brown. APO president and I , ,, . ,
drive co-chairman, said contributions pal all «* p “ rkl ”f wi " b ?/ ,, ? we £ a, °"*
were still coming in. and the exact
total would he announced later.
The March of Dimes drive termi
nated at the annual President’s Ball
Saturday night where Barbara Brown
was crowned March of Dimes Queen.
She was sponsored by Kappa Kappa
Gamma. Miss Brown was chosen by
three judges Saturday afternoon
Kick-Off Work
Slated Monday
Construction will begin Monday
on a new road from North Campus
[to Ag Hill. Dr. Joe Williams, as-
I distant to the president, said last
1 night.
| The new road, which will extend
along the eastern side of the campus,
I is a part of the long-range building
program. With additions to he made
later, the road will form a horseshoe
extending from North Campus, over
Ag Hill and back to North Campus.
Beginning at Baldwin street, the
first leg of the horseshoe will extend
parallel with the railroad tracks be
hind Sanford Stadium, beyond Uni
versity Village, and curve Into Ag
drive just north of the School of
it will
No Free Sunday Movie
Booked for This W eek
No free Sunday movie has
been scheduled for Fine Arts
auditorium this week.
The next movie to be shown
will he “Aida.” It will he pre
sented Feb. 26, at 2:15 and
4:16 p.m.
Sophia Loren and Lois Max
well are to he starred in the
Italian-made film. The movie is
in color and is based on Italian
opera composer Giuseppe Verdi's
great operatic masterpiece.
Symphony Concert
Planned Thursday;
Sopkin To Conduct
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
will give a concert in Fine Arts audi
torium Thursday at 8:30 p.m. in con
nection with the University-Civic
p p IVeterinary Medicine, where
lend.
The road will be 3 4 feet wide and
one side, Williams said. A sidewalk
will be constructed along one side.
Williams said that only a few min
or physical fixtures have to be moved
to make way for the road.
Concert Series. A young people’s con- fr ° m “ Kr , oup of ? 9 “VT • Tudg * 8
cert will be presented that afternoon C ' arl ? s Burch ’ Pnul Brown and
Hal I room Reservat ions
Matte Available by Bell
at 3, sponsored by Pi Sigma Ep
silon and the Athens Junior Wom
an’s Club.
Henry Sopkin, conductor of the
orchestra, is one of the three top
young symphony conductors in 1
America. The Jacksonville (Fla.)
Times Union stated, "Conductor Sop-
kin has trained his orchestra to tone,
expression, and fine shading.”
The program includes “Figaro”
overture, Mozart; Brahms’ First Sym
phony; “Water Music,” Handel; “Pa-
vane,” “Ravel,” and “Spanish Ca
price,” Rimsky-Korsakov.
Admission for the evening per
formance will be center and sides
83.09, orchestra extension $2.58,
first balcony $1.55 and second bal
cony $1.03.
University Theatre
Names "Romeo’ Cast
R. H. Kimbrell.
Alpha Epsilon Pi won the fraterni- |
ty trophy by contributing $628 to the |
drive. Pauliellenic Council received
the sorority trophy by donating $711 j
because sororities could not con-1
tribute to the drive individually. The
dormitory trophy went to Reed Hall,
and G Club was awarded the inde
pendent trophy for their contribu
tions.
Bill Auld, drive co-chairman, said i
everyone cooperated wonderfully dur- |
ing the drive and he hoped that the j
college record of over $3,200 would
be broken.
‘Reservations may be made
now for the Student Union
ballroom in Memorial Hall
which will open near the end of
this quarter, Charles Bell, Stu
dent Union president, said Mon
day.
The small ballroom, social
halls, or meeting rooms may
also be reserved. Organizations
desiring such reservations should
call LI 3-2511,, Ext. 133 or see
Louis Christo or Mrs. Beverly
Shuler in Stegeman Hall.
Final Performance
Of Student Operas
Billed for Fine Arts
The final performance of the an
nual Grand Opera, sponsored by the
University music department, will be
presented tonight in Fine Arts audi
torium at 8:30.
Mozart’s "Impresario” and Puc
cini's “Sister Angelica” will be pre
sented.
Members of the “Impresario” cast
are Owen Qunttlehaum, Mr. Serup-
ples; Ben Bailey, Mr. Bluff; Jim
Stewart. Mr. Angel; Nan Rainey,
Madame Goldentrlll, and Connor
Dyess and Kay Knight, Miss Silver-
peal.
In the cast for “Sister Angelica”
are Barbara Delmore, Sister An
gelica; Tanya Bowles, the princess',
Jocelyn Sack, the abbess; Bette
Noell, monitor; June Boyette, Sis
ter Genevieve; Rose Turner, mistress
of novices; Mary Keen, Sister Os-
mina, and Deborah Rubel, Sister Dol-
cina.
The Women’s and Men’s glee clubs
and tlie University chorus will ren
der the backstage chorus.
Admission will be $1.50 for re
served seats and $1 and 50 cents,
respectively for general admission.
Noted Educators, Clergymen To Lead
Observance of Religion-In-Life Week
Prominent educators and clergy- 'dent religious organization visits,'copies may be obtained at the chap-
.men from throughout the South will [informal coffee hours and confer- Iain’s office
Cast selections for the University j lead the annual Re!igion-in-Life
Theatres third production of then,, „ .
„„„„„„ , ,, . W eek activities lieglnning Sunday on
season, “Romeo and Juliet,” have I
been announced by Dr. Leighton Bal- , ampus These P Brson8 represent
lew, speech and drama department ] ''rotestant. Catholic and Jewish
head. faiths.
Roles announced were Pope Free- n '' Hen,y KlnK stanf °r<i. presi-
man, Romeo; Dorothy McConkey and i dent of sta,e College for
Sheila Glass, Juliet; Bill Roebuck Women ' wU1 address the opening
Montague; Sandi Paul, Lady Monta- <onvo<a M on Sunday at 3 p.m. in Fine
gue; Gus Mann, Capulet; Elizabeth I Arls auditorium. A reception for
Imces will highlight the religious A luncheon in Snelling Hall at
faiths observance. |l p.m. Thursday for Religion-in-Life
All leaders of the event will heiWeek speakers and committees will
present at the opening convocation, be the last meeting of the week.
They will visit and speak at the; In addition to Dr. Stanford, other
various religious foundations and speakers include I)r.. Warren Ashby
student groups Sunday night. professor of philosophy, University
In addition to the daily activities, of North Carolina; Dr. Hubert C.
a faculty supper will be held at the Jackson, professor of comparative
Georgian Hotel at 6:30 p.m. Mon- religions, Southern Baptist Theologi-
April Hop Lists
May Orchestra
By Jack Allman
The Billy May Orchestra, direct
ed by Sant Donahue, has agreed
to provide the music for the an
nual Little Commencement dance
in Stegeman Hall.
May’s 16-piece orchestra and fea
tured vocalist, Marcle Miller, will
appear April 13 from 9 p.m. to 1
a.m.
Tickets for the campuswide dance,
sponsored by the 1FC, will go on sale
March 15 in Athens business estab
lishments. Admission Is $3 per cou
ple.
Negotiations <loured
According to John Wilkins, IFC
president, the dance contract has not
been signed • officially, but all ne
gotiations have been cleared.
Little Commencement, only plan
ned eampuswide dance of the spring
quarter,' was revived in 1953 after
several years of inactivity. The Dor
sey Brothers orchestra were featured
at 1953-54 affairs and Duke Elling
ton and his orchestra played la^t
year.
To Honor Seniors
The event Is held in honor of the
senior class and a graduation theme
is carried out during the festivities.
The committees planning the
dunce are composed of members of
IFC. Wilkins suid “IFC is sponsoring
the, dance this year due to financial
difficulties encountered by the senior
class committee in staging the event
in 1955.”
Civil Defense Stall'
Schedules Classes
To Begin Monday
The Georgia State Staff College
Civil Defense Training School will
he held on campus Monday through
Friday.
Classes wilt he held each day in
Dawson Hall auditorium on "The
Whole of Training for Civil Defense
Structure.”
These classes are usually taught
by federal staff members, but this
time all but two of the staff mem
bers are from the state.
The two federal representatives
will be Sidney Stuart, Southeastern
area director, and Dr. Fred Kern,
civil defense chaplain, Battle Creek,
Mich.
The University has a contract with
Civil Defense authorities calling for
two colleges a year for a three-year
period beginning last May and expir
ing In May of 1957.
day, and a faculty discussion will he cal Seminary; Rabbi Newton J.
Morris, Lady Capulet. and Monte l s P ea kers. faculty members and stu- held in Dawson Hall lounge at 8:15 Friedman, Temple Beth Israel; Dr.
Markham, Paris. |dents will be held in the lobby of p.m., Tuesday. This will give faculty iLangdon B. Gilkey, professor of
Veronica Goldsmith will portray j k ine Arts af,er •* le convocation. members an extra opportunity to con- theology, Vanderbilt School of Beli
ttle nurse; Charles Johnston, Friar “Problem? or Solution?” is the suit the speakers. glon; Dr. Malcolm McAfee, profes-
Lawrence; Frederick Bower, Tybalt ! ,hemB ,or this year ’ R religious em-1 Programs for Religion-in-Life sor of sociology, Davidson College, p , nal lnspec tion of renovated Me-
Tom Kelly, Abraham and page to phasis week Week w,n be distributed to dormi-and the Rev. Andrew J. McDonald, morlal Hal , is be)n g held today.
Paris; A1 Rhyne, captain of the I Y la,u to classrooms, fraternity tories, fraternity and sorority houses chancellor, Dioecese of Savannah-j The inspection is being conducted
by the architects and University
Final Inspection Held Today
In Renovated Memorial llall
Visits to classrooms,
watch and first gentleman; Bob| a " d ao,ority discussion groups, stu- and
Weigle, Escalus; Bill Pittman, Bal-
student centers. Additional Atlanta.
thasar. and Bill Brand, Peter.
Dr. James E. Popovich will direct
the production.
Five Applications Submitted
For Student Council Scat-
Two students from the Graduate
School and three from the College
of Education have applied for elec
tion to three vacancies on the Student
Council.
In the Graduate School, James
Hinely, Hinesville, and Charlie Skin
ner, Nashivlle, have applied for two
existingvacancies.
June Adams, Elberton; Cecile
Cohen, Clio, S. C., and Janet Russell,
Atlanta, have announced for one
opening in the College of Education.
Elections will be Feb. 15.
Building Authority representatives
The only thing now delaying mov
ing into the building is a hold-up
on the delivery of new furnishings.
Dr. Joe Williams, assistant to the
president, has said.
Dr. Williams said about half the
furnishings have already been de
livered, and the building should he
in use before the end of winter quar
ter.
DR. HENRY K. STANFORD
President of OBCW
RABBI N. J. FRIEDMAN
Temple Beth Israel
DR. LA Mi RON It. GILKEY
FonderMlf University
Winter Enrollment Released
Enrollment figures for the winter
quarter have been released. The resi
dent student total is 5,080. There
are 3,497 men and 1,583 women stu
dents enrolled this quarter. There,
are 1,017 veterans attending under
the Korean bill and 46 other veterans.
