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THK UNIVERSITY «P GEORGIA, ATHENS, GEORGIA, THl'RMDAY, FERIU'AKY 1, ItMlli
Number 111
By JIM MATHIS
CONGESTED TRAFFIC situations, aurli as the one above,
oecur throughout the (lay in eertain areas of the eumptis. Cars are
shown lined up on Raldwin Street, many awaiting parking spaces
while others attempt to get through the congestion to other purt* of
the campus. Roth Student Council and the Traffic Department, are
seeking to remedy the traffic problem, but in the meantime scones
like the one above will continue to Is- common. (Staff Photo by Mike
Dorsett,)
Council To Honor Conch
With'Appreciation Night’
By LARRY BENDY
Coach Harbin (Red) Lawson, Georgia varsity basketball coach,
will be honored February 24 at “Red Lawson Night” appreciation
ceremonies prior to the Georgia-Georgia Tech game in Woodruff
Hall.
Five University students, two of them football players, were in
jured in a car-truck collision Monday night in Watkinsville.
Quarterback Dale Williams, Val
dosta, and end Don Toinberlin, Way-
cross, both suffered lacerations
about the head and face. They were
reported in fair condition Wednes
day at Athens General Hospital.
Eloise Witham, Atlanta, was the
most seriously injured of the five,
suffering scalp contusions and a pos
sible skull fracture. She was listed
in serious condition at the same
hospital Wednesday.
Natalie Garges, Atlanta, was lacer
ated and bruised about the face and
body, while Jim Douglas, Macon, the
fifth passenger, received cuts about
the face and head, hopital reports
showed.
The students were returning to
Athens on Georgia Highway 441,
said State Patrolman Jim Hearn,
Sponsored by the Student Council,
the ceremony will "thank Lawson on
behalf of the student body for his
devotion and contributions to Geor
gia,” said John Withers, chairman
of the council committee.
"Coach Lawson has been a friend
of all campus organizations and all
students,” Withers said. "He has
worked under trying conditions and
with inadequate facilities as a
coach. We want to show him
our appreciation.”
The council hopes to bring to
gether the entire student body to
thank Georgia’s basketball coach of
11 years. “We want every student on
campus to attend the game,” Withers
said. "We would like to build school
spirit for the game and show Coach
Lawson our gratitude.”
The ceremonies will take place
between the freshman and varsity
games. Lawson will receive a plaque
from the council on behalf of all
University students. The freshman
game will begin at 6 p.m.
Zippy Morocco, All-American under
Lawson, Athletic Publicity Director
Dan Magill, and cheerleaders will
participate in the presentation.
The game is the third of the sea
son between the Bulldogs and Tech.
Both games have been played in At
lanta and each team has won once.
After the Feb. 26 encounter with
Tech, the Bulldogs will have only
one remaining home game, Vander
bilt on Feb. 26.
New Markers
Going Up Here
Students who drive cars are re
ceiving clearer and plainer instruc
tions on just where they must stop,
park, slow down, and go one way.
These instructions come from al
most 100 new traffic signs being
erected around campus. Some of the
signs are replacements for old rusty
and bent signs that are being re
moved. Some will be used in places
where there were previously no
signs.
William Mathias, director of traf
fic and safety, said the signs will
mark certain areas more clearly and
will improve the appearance of the
campus. The signs include faculty,
student, and reserved parking mark
ers, one-way signs, and other com
mon traffic signs.
Mathias also said plans are under
way for a year-round student park
ing permit. Such a permit would do
away with the purchase of new per
mits each quarter. Mathias said an
effort will be made to put the plan
into effect by fall quarter.
Osborne Schedules
Examination Dates
R. Travis Osborne of the Guidance
Center has announced three exams
to be held In February.
On Feb. 10 the National Teacher-
National Administration exnm will
be held in Terrell Hall at 8:30 a.m.,
and the Law School exams for the
class of 1962 will be held in the
Law School on that same date at
8:30 a.m.
The Graduate Record exams will
be held in the Forestry Building on
Feb. 9 at 12:30 p.m.
when a cattle truck entered the road
from a parking lot on the left.
The car, a small foreign make,
struck the trailer's rear wheel.
Hearn said the accident occurred ap
proximately six miles south of Ath
ens, near Hlnsley's Service Station.
According to the Athens State
Patrol, Miss Garges was the driver
of the automobile.
The driver of the truck was Junior
Hector, 46, of Watkinsville. He was
employed by Adcock and Marshall,
a trucking firm in Watkinsville.
CULVER KIDD
Lt. Gov. Candidate Kidd
Speaks to Demosthenian
Culver Kidd, a candidate for lieutenant governor, told members
of Oemosthenian Literary Society here Wednesday he is in favor of
takini' Georgia roads “out of politics.”
Kidd, a member of the Generul
Assembly for 1 2 years, said be would
use a formula to determine how
much paving each county would get
if elected lieutenant governor.
This formula would be determined
by how much roadlng the counties
have, and how much they need; not
by how many votes the counties can
deliver.
By handing out (100 million for
roads, the Vandiver Administration
has been put in a bargaining position
with county commissioners, Kidd
charged.
Kidd said nlso he thinks the state
WEDNESDAY NH.HT-
l)r. Payne Addresses Phi Kapjni
At its regular meeting Wednesday night, l’hi Kappa Literary So
ciety heard Dr. Raymond Payne of tin* Sociology Department.
is not doing enough for its retarded
children, and said the bill concern
ing retarded children, brought up
lust session in the Legislature,
should be considered rather than
ignored. ,
Kidd said he favors raising
teacher pay to bring It closer to the
national average; establishing a
Constitutional Board In the Com
merce Department to help get new
industry for Georgia; and establish
ment of a tourist authority similar
to the Jekyll Island Authority to
help develop Georgia tourist trade.
A 1936 graduate of Georgia Tech,
Kidd has been a county commis
sioner for Baldwin County for eight
years, and Is president of the Bald
win County Development Corpora
tion.
Ben Tate, president of the Society,
announced the following schedule
for the group for the remainder of
Flu Epidemic Now
Believed Declining
Infirmary officials report that an
Influenza epidemic which hit the
campus two weeks ago is coming to
a slow but steady climax.
However, the infirmary attaches
said the epidemic is not over yet.
The number of cases has diminished,
but several students are still being
confined daily with the illness, re
ports show.
the quarter: Feb. 7, discussion of
Conservatism in the U. 8.; Feb. 14,
speech by Dean of Men William
Tate; Feb. 28, speech by Ruben
Garland, law attorney from Atlanta;
and March 7, speaking contest and
historical report.
Tate also announced that Phi Kap
pa will be host to Marvin Griffin on
Feb. 15, when Griffin will address
the group on a special speech night.
7th Estate Institute
Held at Ga. Genter
The seventh annuut Estate Plan
ning Institute- was held at the Cen
ter for Continuing Education Jan.
25-27. Approximately 140 attorneys,
accountants, trust officers, and life
underwriters from Georgia attended
the Univurslty-sponsored conference.
TRACT PURCHASED
New Varsity Drive-In Planned Here
By JOE BLALOCK
A new \ arsity Drive-In is scheduled to be built soon on the site of one of the Classic City’s oldest
antebellum landmarks. Frank Gordy, owner of the Varsity Drive-Ins in Atlanta and Athens, has pur
chased a track of land at the comer of Milledge Ave. and Rroad St., on which the Joseph M. Hodgson
home is presently located.
The new restaurant, Gordy said,
will face Broad and “will be a dis
tinctive new structure on the lines
of the Varsity in Atlanta.”
The musically-talented Hodgson
family originally lived in the home
which currently occupies the tract
where the establishment will be lo
cated.
The home, built more than a cen
tury ago. is a three-story structure.
It was here that Hugh Hodgson, re
tired head of the music department
at the University, nurtured his talent
for music.
Delta Tau Delta vacated the house
in 1956, and it has been empty since
that time. The white building, fea
turing distinctive grillwork on its
porch, also housed the Delta Delta
Delta sorority at one time.
Mrs. Sarah Rucker lived in the
home when it was first built in 1859
and later rented it to the Hodgson
family.
According to Gordy, the new Var
sity will not replace the one current
ly in operation downtown.
Commercializing and zoning the
sections of "Old Athens" in the vi
cinity of where the new establish
ment is to be located has been an
issue in the city for the past several
years.
The Society for the Preservation
of Old Athens was founded In 1959
and fought to preserve “buildings,
homes, sites and structures of his
torical significance and aesthetic
distinction.
Heavy traffic at various Intersec
tions in the area prompted owners
of property to sell to commercial
Interests.
L. P. Suddath, owner of the local !
Varsity, said no definite date has I
been set for construction to begin
on the new drive-in. However, Sud
dath said tenants of small dwellings j
in the affected areas have been given
notice to vacate. “We will get
started as soon as possible,” be said.
4'OMSTKI ITION PROCEEDS on the new $M£ million I’hannary
building. The building was started last quarter ami is expected to
require approximately .140 day* to complete, report* Mathis Construc
tion Company, contractor* for the building. The two story structure
will have 90,000 square feet of floor spare and will be bulit of re
enforced concrete and glass with straight line construction. (Stuff Pho
to by Ed Brook*).
Truck-Automobile W reck
Injures Georgia Students
Freshman Hurt Seriously
In Watkinsville Collision