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Disorder Erupts with Brumby Explosion
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By HARRY E. FRANKLIN
Disorder erupted on campus late Tuesday night followine the
explosion of steam pipes in the boiler room and the malfunc-
S tion of an electrical transformer in Brumhv Hall
Approximately 11 30 pm two explosions. 30 seconds apart,
rocked Brumby Hall, pouring a cloud of water vapor into the
S air above and producing a thunderous sound that was heard
x several blocks away
Occupants of upper-floor suites, unable to hear the explosions,
were contacted immediately over the p a systems, and within
five minutes, the entire dormitory had been evacuated
Outside, matters were even worse Several hundred men from
?■: Russell Hall, obviously with every intention of entertaining
S coeds dressed in everything from robes, pajamas and shorts
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plus a multitude of hair rollers of every size and color poured
onto the streets and adjoining yards and generally added to the
confusion
Within minutes sirens were blaring from motorcycles,
polite cars and fire trucks as drivers desperately tric'd to wind
their way through the traffic snarl
By 12:45 a.ill University personnel, engineers and firemen
had succeeded in siolating the trouble and closing the steam
valves.
Since the cause of the trouble had not been determined.
Iniversitv officials, meeting on the scent 1 with engineers and
technicians, decided to close the building and avoid any trouble
which might result from restarting the system
The question of the moment was what to do with 1.000
homeless coeds who had been herded into the Russell Hall
lobby as I diversity officials became increasingly uneasy about
their welfare
Immediately housemothers ami coeds began calling other
dorms, sorority houses religious centers am! local friends to
see how many beds could be located
According to Richard Armstrong, director of housing, over
100 coeds were bedded down in make shift beds in ('reswell.
35 in Clark Howell and the rest in various dorms, sorority homes,
religious centers and Athens homes
Damage to the high-rise dormitory was limited to one-quarter
of the lirst Hour, according to Armstrong Most ol the damage
was a result of extreme heat and heavy precipitation which
caused, lirst floor ceiling to buck and collapse in many places.
Estimates of the dmage liave not been calculated, although
an insuraene adjuster has been on the scene
A new transformer serving as an alternate to the one now
under repair, was installed by the Georgia Power Company this
morning.
Officials will tie working around the clock, if necessary,
in order to correct all malfunctions so that coeds may re
turn to Brumhv sometime todav. according to Louise Me See,
dean of women
Engineers studying the situation have been unable to agree
on the reasons for the trouble, according to Armstrong.
In order to lessen the chances of lurther trouble traps are
being installed in various points along the line to catch water
vapor
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N VOLUME LXXIV
lMV F.RSITY OF GEORGIA. ATHENS. GA. 30601 Thursday. April II. IMitt
M VI HER ."»<»
City
New
Names
Queen
Gail Earle Harridge was
crowned "Miss Athens' Tues
day night in the annual
Miss Athens " pageant held in
the Fine Arts Auditorium
mond Bulova watch and a dia
mond neck Lot 1
Angelle Marion Vuchetich was
named first runner up and Miss
Elisc Marie Harrison was named
second runner up
Miss Harridge who hails from
Madison Georgia exclaimed. "I'm
so nervous I don't know what to
sav. " when she was announced
the winner
Miss Harridge is a member of
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority
ami lists skiing, swimming, and
reading among her many hobbies.
For her part in the talent com
petition Miss Harridge sang
selections from the play, fame-
lot
A junior at the University,
Gail also holds the title of
Miss Morgan County "
Miss Vuchetich performed a
modern dance to a musical
background in which she sang and
played the guitar Miss Harrison
played the guitar, sang and danced
Other divisions included in the
pageant were swimsuit and even
ing gown
Miss Melinda Iaiu 1-in.)lit and
Miss Viron Van Vleck were
among the five finalists and
Miss Nancy Elizabeth Smith
received the award for the
most talented contestant not
among the five finalists. She
played the piano and sang for
her talent
Miss Harridge will represent
Athens in the Miss Georgia con
test to be held in Columbus this
summer
Coeds March;Sit-in
^'Academic Building
It omen Ask
Equal Itiglits £
On Campus
A inarch for coed equality
which began at (’res well at
4:30 yesterday afternoon ended
^ m a spontaneous sit-in of about
50 on the second floor of the
* Academic Building
Approximately 500 students,
male and female, accompanied
Ittillrliii
DR. JOHN I*. KFI’.ll VDIlltl SSLS MARCHERS
The brown haired, brown eyed
beauty was crowned by last
year's queen Miss Phyllis Giles.
Among the many prizes she
' will receive is a $300 scholar
ship. a ladies white gold dia-
'"Lion in Winter’ To Open
Monday Might, April 15
Ikoto by l«nn«l Cioif* Eighty-eight women and
142 men signed the |>etition
at 11:30 last night as official
protesters at the sit-in.
Crawford
A n nounces
It ithdrawal
! One of the 1966 Broadway sea
son's ten best plays, "The Lion
jin Winter." opens in the Fine
Arts Auditorium at 8 30 p m,
Monday. April 15.
The Cultural Affairs Program
brings .lames Goldman's comedy
hit which depicts Christinas day.
1183. when English monarch.
Henry II. plans to reveal which
of his sons would succeed him.
The prize is rich and each son
in turn - the scheming Geoffrey,
the lionhearted Richard and the
petulant John — is determined to
win. no matter the cost Manipu
lating them all. like puppets, is
Elinor of Aquitane. wise, wily
and resolute. She has personal
scores to settle with Henry for
deceiving her with a younger
woman, (or later imprisoning her
for a decade and for his current
illicit affair with a beautiful young
French princess
the American Shakespeare Festi
val company which was the first
company to entertain in the Hast
Room ol the White House at the
request of President and Mrs
Kennedy She lias appeared on
Broadwav and on tour in "Dial characters in the Royal Palace at
M for Murder and has done a
variety of plays by Shaw and
Noel Coward
"The Lion in Winter is being
produced by tlie Overland Stage
company a new Broadway prod
ucing organization Although
playwright Goldman adhered to
the historical facts insofar as
battles wars, treaties, alliance.,
and the outcome of relationships
is concerned, the play tenters
mainly on the motivations of the
Chinon.
Students are admitted to the
performance on presentation of II)
Cards. University personnel and
student date tickeLs are H U)
Genreal Admission is $2 50 Tick
ets are now on sale in Room 22!)
Memorial Hall
Dean O. S. Sims ordered
students to vacate or be sub
ject to major disciplinary ae-
tiun after having earlier
granted them the right to
stav.
VI MK III IPs C V I III K IN 1*1101 ES I V I I MVEHMTVS V< ADEVII< IHIEDIN<
up
Sanlord drive and acrosslthc administration building
North Campus In the Academic Katherine Otnelanuk climbed
Building | the steps to the building to read
Two hundred and thirty
students staved for the sit-in
by a few interested faculty mem
bers marc hed down Baxter sired
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there to meet the students or to
watch from one of two balconies
above.
presented to University Vice-
President George Parthcmos
students reached
The |ietition demanded dial the
University take immediate
Dale Crawford, Greek can
didate for student body sec
retary. announced that she 1 will
have to drop out of the race
due to health reasons
I regret that unavoidable
circumstances prevent my
running. said Crawford
I will support the Greek ticket
in every possible wav
Billy Pavne. Greek nominee
for president, stated that a
ter Slezak who played the musi
cal "Fanny" 712 tunes on Broad
way and for his portrayal of the
[lovable Panisse won an Anto
inette Perry "Tony" Award
Among his many motion pictures
are "This land is Mine "Life
boat." Come September and
"White Witch Doctor "The Lion
in Winter marks the first time
the internationally famous star
has toured America in person in
Gridiron Picks
Ten Members
Ten students have been select- I Horsemen. Pi Sigins Kpsilon. and
Star of the production is Wal- |ed lor membership in Gridiron Sigma Alpha Kpsilon fraternity
Secret Society, one of the highest
honors a male student can re- j Ulevc Tedford. a junior from
reive on the University campus Concord. Tennessee, is president
of the Food Science Club, a
The following students have
been tapped by the Society
member of Alpha Zeta. ami edi
tor-elect of the Georgia Agricul
turist Howard Turner, a law stu-
Robert 1 Dixon, a student sen j dent from Nashville, is editor of
ator from Blackshear is a mem the Georgia law Review
ber of Blue Key. Aghon. and has •
served as president of the Uni- < >b(*r Tyus, a journalism gradu-
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special caucus will be held l a play,
in the near future to re- Supporting Slezak is Margaret
place Crawford. ■ Phillips who was a member of
versity 4-H Club William Foster
a second-year law student from
Dallas, is also a member of Stg
rna Pi fraternity and president of
Martin Luther King
Scholarship Begins
the second-vear law class Gar\
ate student from Pittsburgh.
Pennsylvania, is past minister to
publications He is a member of
Alpha Delta Sigma, advertising
fraternity and Sigma Delta Chi.
Kmpling a senior from Arling-1 journalism society He served as
ton Va is president of the Geor- associate editor of The Red ami
jgia student chapter of the Ameri Black winter quarter, and is a
lean Veterinary Medical Associa- 1 ,r». m ber of l-ambda Chi Alpha
' fraternity.
lion
By J.B BLECKLEY, JR
A Martin Luther King Memo
rial Scholarship has been es
tablished by (acuity members
according to Dr James F Har
ris. Jr assistant professor of
philosophy
This will be a permanently en
dowed scholarship available to
through Dean William Tate to
appoint three faculty members of
William Pavne a junior from Jerry Walker is a senior from
Atlanta is currently serving as**™" Kuhns ami .« , c^,
student body vice-president ami seising as Brigade commando I' £ (hp (
is a candidate lor student bodv 'h* Army R</T< He
The Student Senate approved |
by a vote of 4b to 4 the Senatei.^j ROTT 1m- made voluntary
ROTC Study Committee's report !f (jr Freshmen and Sophomores
in favor of abolishing the com W ith the* decision of letting it
pubory ROTC for Freshmen ami count for academic credit 1m- left
I up to th«* administrative officials
report submitted by
steps to equalize the rights of
women ami men students
Several students and faculty
members addressed the pro
testors
Dr John P Ker of the depart
ment of biological sciences gave
i speech entitled "Rights.
Strategies ami Responsibilities
Dedicated to Dr Martin Luther
King. Jr
Kerr said that he had agreed
to make the speech because* I
thing this is the only answer my
conscience would allow, be
cause I think what you an* doing
is right
He said his talk "transcends
the idea of women s rights'
ami that his comments were "for
any rights
Diana Wvgal. whose case* con
cerning violation of the* curfew
rule will come before* the fa-
cutty committee todav as an
appeal from the dean of wo
men's office, urged all women
to stami up for the*ir rights
just as she* is standing up for
hers
Following spe*eche*s by sev
eral other students and assur
ance from acting Dean of Stu
dious. Souther Sims, about half
of the protesters went into the
building for a sit in on the*
second floor The students re-
fikiined there for about two
hours wlM*n they were* asked by
Tati* to move to another floor
so that the- janitorial staff could
clean the second floor
At first die protesters refused
to vacate the floor hut Dr
George Sanborn, president of
tht Athens American Civil Lib
erties Union advised the stu-
denls to comply with Tate's re-
The ROTC Committee suggest liah oin.vrs The polls will bej quest Th( ., , lnjlK apwd
open from 9 am until 4 30 p m move to the third Hour when
ihirlv pin Sims promised them that the
This Mar tabulation of votes 1* ,,uW * as
for both Student Bodv Officers! ^ *** slu ^ nLs
Mok) t»» •••«•< Gtoifi
WOMEN'S E<,tl Mill PROIESIEIIS CROWD \< ADEMII ill II DINI. I EOOIts
Senate Approves Report
On Compulsory ROTC
president He is a member of member of X-club Hiltad Persh-
Bhje Ke\ X f lub and !*hi Delta!"*! Hifle* Pyramid ami has
Tlrta fraterrut\ served as minister to athletics
■ t
i
Phi Beta Kappa to interview and
select the recipient of the scho
larship John Green, vice presi
dent of University finance has
agreed to set up a trust fund I Gridiron now in its 60th year
through his office The fund drive Martin Pinckney Jr . a phar numbers among its membership
incoming freshmen of all races I will be headed by various cam- maty student from Warner Rob-'many prominent Americans and
The scholarship will be given to [pus groups including SGA. sorori- ias is currently president of Rho professional men Many of the
die student who has made signifi-: bes. uid fraternities Cor.tnbu-Chi honorary society and editor member* return to the campus
cant contributions in the struggle boos should be mailed to Marun )>f the Georgia Pharmacist Maga lor the initiation ceremony Gnd-
to defend human rights and de Luther King Memorial Scholar zine David Reddick president of iron secretary. Bob Knox an-
fend the principals and goals for ship Fund PO Box 2127. Uni the Iniertraternity Council, is , flounced that the new neophytes
which King stud versity of Georgia or call 542-2823 vice-resident of Blue Key and a will be initiated during the "G
Arangements have been made to have contributions picked up member of X-Club Greek Way activities
i chairman Greg Perrv if was not
In other Senate Business the
ar»l Student Senators will be hen divertISIflff
dlul by computer Results will
made available Ihe night ol April
24
Deadline Set
id ihat University officials would Faculty Course Evaluation Cun
no! take a stand on the issue, mittec recommended dial two;
The fact that enrollment might d^ers evaluation la- tabulated
tali initially il da- eourses were"" l«bli<aUon (all quarter 1968 ‘ Tht ’ *Wv*rtisng deadline for
not compulsory was countered bv Eights live per u-nl ol the taeul ... , . . the special election issue of the
the fac t that n would then build ty questioned replied favorably to P n Md ntial elections and eight RaJ clI)l | Black to be published
bac k II was also noud that '•» We* of (he- evaluation The- ‘he voter's con- Apn | a „ Wednesday April 17.
Georgia as a Land-Grand College wh,,u ' evaluaU ' m w,n b> rdmg to Ronnie Lipsitz busi-
musl offc-r three things a mill cunputc-r Among these amendments is! ne>s manager
tan R(JT( program a phvmral „ the proposal for the Student Judi Any political advertisements
education system, and an Agn ** ^** fuU * * cunsickTed th* (Uir y w hi( h retTived its final two »nust he prepaid lapsitz can be
culture program II was also nu '••“ “on procedures to be enac ted ^ ^ ^ ()f lh( . m|( | t wll |ksiitac led at 542 3414 or on the
ed that these- three- need not be •« 'P" 1 24 lor «*» elections eg submitted to the Student Budy!'W’«W floor of the Athens Ban-
cempulsofv i next years Senate and Student ljn \j )n | j4 jner-Herald