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Excellent Job
The 73rd vtilume of the encyclopedic size
Pandora whs presented to the student body this
week. Ret lee ted on its pajjes are the events
and activities of the past year.
No four people could have been chosen for
the dedication who could more typify the
“Creative Spirit" than Huffh Hodgson, Lamar
Dodd, Leighton Ballew, and Kugene Odum.
No better theme than “People” could be
more typical of the University.
The cover and art work are reflective of the
modern atmosphere which is more and more
becoming the spirit of our school.
From a professional angle, the layouts and
photography are superb. They too, reflect the
modernity of Ih<• University.
The 19fS0 Pandora is unique in every fncit.
It incorporates new ideas in virtually every as
pect of its production. Some may question this
new method of presentation, but any new idea
has opposition, and must he proved through
time.
We are continuously seeking to be the leaders
in every field. We can be proud of the leader
ship taken bv our own Pandora in establishing
this leadership in yearbook production
Congratulations to the editor and staff of the
lhfiO Pandora from The Red and Black on a job
well done.
Do You Remember . . .
When, as a freshman, you dropped your
tray in Memorial . . . you ran in the shirttail
parade . you lost your II) card ... you got lost
yourself . . , your first trip to the Co-op . . .
you had to take finals on the last dayf
... As n sophomore, you picked up your
first hitchhiker .. . your staved in the infirmary
. . . your roommate got married . . . you were
reprimanded by Dean Stallings or Dean Tate
. . . you had to take finals the last dayt
As a junior, you laughed nt the shirttail
parade . . . passed up the hitchhikers . . . your
new roommate got married . . . you got hoarse
at the Tech game . . . again, you had to take
finals on the very last day?
... As a senior, you kindly gave the hitchers
a lift . . . you got engaged . . . got hoarse at
the Auburn game . . . your last trip to the
Co-op . . . you threw your ID away . . . you
picked up your cap and gown . . . but still had
to take a final on the last day!
Letters to the Editor
lti your editorial “Going, Going, ...” on
page four of your May lf)th edition, let me
start by stating thnt 1 am with you— up to
a point.
In spite of the fact that many of the major
universities make no provision for student
parking and in fact ban student ears from their
campuses, if we are to have student parking on
campus, the provisions should he fair and
equitable. I for one do not believe we have
increased our needs for faculty pnrking to the
extent indicated by the expanding faculty park
ing lots.
A number of us on the faculty have made
repeated suggestions to John Cox and other
members of the University Traffic Committee,
which boil down to this:
1 Issue faculty permits ONLY to the facul
ty (at the present time “faculty” ark-
ing areas are used by clerical employees,
the husbands of clerical employees—stu
dent husbands, janitors. Coca Cola and
Dr. Pepper drivers, and the students who
either have relatives on the faculty to
get “extra" stickers or have gall enough
to finagle permits from Cox’s office),
2. If the above suggestion dot's not suffice,
assign parking stalls to each professor
1 and authorize the prof to issue the ticket
if In- finds someone else’s chariot in his
stall: a, $10 fine would discourage
poachers).
It is my sincere belief that the above pro
gram would not only help keep professorial
tempers down, but would move sufficient eon-
nivers out of the existing faculv areas to stop
the encroachment on your own parking lots.
Good luck.
Professor Anonymous
★ ★ ★ ★
Editor:
Congratulations on the fine job which you
and your editorial staff have done this quarter.
You have consistently served the student body
well through your constructive editorials and
your thorough coverage of campus activities.
As a native Athenian. I especially went to
commend you on the position you maintained
throughout Jack Nelson’s series on Athens.
The job which you have accomplished could
have been done only by a competent, qualified
staff.
George Perkins.
David Parkman
I Think
!t has been a very exciting year
for students on this campus and for
The Hod and Itlark. nig news stories
have developed almost every week
and our editorials have been an at
tempt to let you know what we
thought was right, wrong, good, and
had.
Some of these editorials which we
have used to expose situations we
thought not so favorable turned out
very controversial. We realize that
there is two sides to any issue. We
feel that we have done a good Job
in trying to give both sides to every
Issue this quarter as best we could,
and especially, have gone over back
wards to show equal coverage to
both our campus political parties.
As we have criticized some cam
pus groups or institutions in an un
favorable manner at tiroes, we are
certainly not so
narrow as to think
we haven’t com
mitted wrongs and
are immune to
criticism ourselves.
A Board of Con
trols for the paper
was set up in 1953
to elect staff mem
bers and serve as
a governing body
with some censorship power over the
publication. The board has done a
marvelous job during most of this
period but has been weakened some
what tills year by the campus po
litical influence which is not good
for a paper. I personally think it
made a mistako this past Monday
on a matter concerning a letter to
the editor.
This letter was no different from
any other letter criticizing a staff
member except that it involved the
business manager’s failure to run an
advertisement for the IPC before the
recent Student Council election. The
business manager wished to bring
it before the hoard for considera
tion after the faculty advisor and
business advisor thought it should be
run.
The board thought publishing the
letter would be harmful to the pa
per. but it seems to me that it was
only discriminating as to what letters
can be run and what letters cannot.
It made one member of the staff
immune to criticism that the others
accept.
So, as we have accused others of
what we thought was wrong, I be
lieve the board of controls has com
mitted a wrong this time. I prefer
to think that politics was not in
volved in the business manager's
swaying the board to see his side,
and if it was involve^, I feel sure
necessary action will be taken to see
that it doesn’t enter the decisions
of this body in the future. It has
been too effective in the past to be
overcome by such a thing as campus
politics.
My congratulations go to the new
staff members and I wish them the
best in their efforts to improve, oven
further, The Red and Black in the
fall.
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Finish Line
a new
At last the close of another school term is
racing toward the finish line and over 1400 Georgia
students are about to enter the realm of alumni.
Maybe it hag been four years, for some more
or less, but the time is here and soon it will be
past. Now the past seniors will have
group who will join them in —.
telling tales of college career at
the University.
Thoughts will drift back to
the time when the senior first
set foot on the campus, his first
impressions , and later impres
sions of UGA.
Maybe he will be a young man
who can well remember the day
his parents left him at Reed Hall,
and the empty, lonely feeling which set in for a
few minutes. But that stage was soon over as the
hunirum of Orientation and Rush drew him into
ceaseless activity.
Then came his first experience at registration,
and he was initiated into the college family. Next
came the thrill of watching the Georgia gladiatorB,
clad in the traditional red and black, perform in
Sanford Stadium. He thrilled to the striking
melodies of the Dixie Redcoat Band teamed with
the Dancing Majorettes and the Fabulous Geor
gettes. Later came another thrill on football days
in form of Miss Majorette of America, Barbara
Eminger.
As the Fall wore on, he went to his first frater-
niity party and his first sorority dance. Homecom
ing was a gala event as he escorted that certain
young lady he had been eyeing in class. He can
also look back on that first drill period and remem
ber how old it got at eight o’clock every Tuesday
and Thursday morning. But also he remembers
the Military Ball and the top entertainment pro
vided for it. Little Commencement, river parties,
and other activities came during Spring Quarter.
During the years he has had the opportunity of
seeing some of the top entertainers, many of the
top figures of the nation, and has enjoyed work
ing under some of the best instructors in the
nation.
All these things could only have been gained
at the Universtiy of Georgia. Hats off to the
graduating class! You have learned, taught, and
contributed at the University of Georgia
Randy Jay
World Awaits
As graduation time draws near, University
seniors are eagerly awaiting graduation and the
starting of a career. Proud parents from all over
the state will be flocking to Athens on June 4
to see their son or daughter receive their diploma.
It doesn't really matter to them if their offspring
is Phi Beta Kappa or not. They are still proud
to say that my son or (laughter is a graduate of
the University.
The seniors of today are facing the same world
that their parents faced. In the 1930’s the Nazis,
underlie leadership of Adolph Hitler, were be
ginning to mobilize their armies
and attempt to overrun the free
weld. Today Khruschev and the
Communist party are trying to
antagonize the free world. On
the surface, Khruschev gives the
appearance that he wants no
war but our experience in the
past has shown us that a person
of this type can not be trusted.
War is a terrible thing but it
is often necessary so that people like Kruschev
can be eradicated.
In one respect the world we face is in a much
better situation than the one our parents faced.
In the late 1920's and the early ’30's the world
was caught in the grasp of a disastrous depression.
The college graduate had to fight to get a job.
W ith bread lines on every corner what chance did
a young person have? Today there are job oppor
tunities on every corner. The sky is the limit
and all it takes is a little initiative to reach the
top.
June 4 will culminate four long years of work.
For some it has been hard and for others easy
The University has a lot to offer We have some
of the finest teachers in the state, modern, well-
equipped buildings, and many other advantages
that some schools do not have. What a person
gets out of the University is up to him. If he
comes here to play, then he plays. But if he comes
here to get an education, then he gets an education.
Although there are times when University life
' ems awful wark and dismal, I am sure that
ihe seniors win leave with many fond memories
of UGA.