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PE Grades Action
Delayed for Council
lllue Key Announces Spring Initiates
Blue Key. national honorary service fraternity, has named its
initiates. They are. from left. Ted Ouzts. Stan Singleton. Mike
Donovan. .John McIntosh. Carl Harris and Terry Smith. Not
pictured is Butch Scott. Blue Key recognizes outstanding
character, scholastic and non-political attainments in service
and leadership Purposes of the organization are to further
cooperation among student leaders and to serve the University
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S)emosthenian Sponsors
SCLC Head Abernathy
Rev. Ralph Abernathy,
head of the Southern Chrisitan
Leadership Conference, is
scheduled to speak
Wednesday at 7 p. m. at the
Chapel in an appearance spon
sored by Demosthenian Liter
ary Society.
He was bom in Linden. Ala.
and received a B. S. from
Alabama State College in
1950, an M. A. in sociology
from Atlanta University in
1951 and an LI D. from Allen
University in Columbia. S. C.,
in 1960
Reverend Abernathy was
ordained to the ministry of
the Baptist Church in 1948 and
served as a personnel counse
lor and instructor in social
science at Alabama State in
1951. He organized the Mont
gomery < Ala.» Improvement
Association in 1955 and was an
initiator of a bus boycott in
Montgomery in the same
year.
In 1957 his home and church
were dynamited. That year he
helned organize the SCLC '«nd
Dorm Reservations Due
For Summer Residence
By LARRY MITCHELL
Residence hall reservations for summer
quarter will begin next week. University hous
ing officials announced Monday
Four dormitories will be open to students —
Brumby and Creswell halls for women. Russell
and Morris halls for men.
Jerry L. Studdard. coordinator-on campus
housing, said he expects these halls to be filled
to capacity, especially due to summer confer
ence groups meeting here.
It was also noted that the University's new
housing regulations, allowing senior women to
live ofl campus, will not go into effect until fall
quarter.
May 12 is the sign-up date for students cur
rently living in Brumby. Creswell. Russell or
Morris (graduate) halls to reserve their same
space for the summer. Students may reserve
another room in their present hall May 13.
Those students who are changing halls or
moving from sorority or fraternity houses will
sign-up May 15. women students at the Brumby
Hall rotunda and men at the Housing Office,
first floor of Russell Hall.
Students who plan to attend school lor the
second summer session only may apply for
housing accommodations at the Housing Office
or by writing the director of housing They will
not sign up during regular sign-up days.
Although paying no advance deposit, students
who reserve space for the summer will be obli
gated for full payment of the applicable rent
whether they attend school or not. unless they
advise the director of housing in writing Dead
lines for cancellation are June 13 and July 26 for
the first and second sessions, respectively
Studdard adds that certain rooms have been
reserved for teachers, graduate students and
conference groups, therefore they will be avail
able for current students.
served for several years as
financial secretary-treasurer.
Reverend Abernathy was vice
president-at-large for the
group from 1965 to 1968, when
he succeeded the late Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr as
head of the organization.
He has served as pastor of
the West Hunter Street Bap
tist Church in Atlanta since
1961.
Reverend Abernathy is a
member of the Atlanta Minis
ters Union and an organizer
and chairman of Operation
Breadbasket in Atlanta He is
also on the advisory commit
tee for the Congress on Racial
Equality and is active in the
Atlanta chapters of the Amer
ican Red Cross. American
Cancer Society and the
YMCA.
In addition, he is on the
board of directors of the In
dustrial Areas Foundation in
Chicago. Reverend Abernathy
is a member of the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, Kap
pa Alpha Psi and Phi Delta
Kappa and is a 32 degree
Mason.
By STEVE STEWART
After hearing arguments
on both sides, the University
Councils executive commit
tee has postponed recom
mending whether or not to
remove freshman and sopho
more physical education
grades from academic aver
ages
Randall Seabolt. vice presi
dent and president-elect of
the student body, asked the
committee last Thursday to
endorse the Student Govern-
ment Associations proposal
that P E. grades not be fig
ured in grade-point averages.
Also giving their views —
some in opposition to Sea-
bolt's — at the committee's
meeting were Dr Ralph H.
Johnson, head of the Universi
ty physical education depart
ment and the men's P. E.
division, and Dr. Clifford G.
Lewis, head of the women's
P. E division.
Last week's meeting was
more for informational pur
poses than anything else' and
it will take several meetings
to get the issue ironed out."
the chairman of the executive
committee told the Red and
Black yesterday
MEMBERSHIP SHIFT
Dr. Durwood N. Entrekin.
associate dean of pharmacy
and chairman of the commit
tee. said no decision will be
made until the committee s
membership composition
changes after this quarter's
University Council meeting.
New members composing
about one fourth of the com
mittee and a new chairman
will be elected by the Council
at that time. University Pres
ident Fred C. Davison will
schedule the meeting.
It will probably be summer
quarter at the earliest, then,
before the Council acts either
for or against the SGA's pro
posal.
If the executive committee
makes a recommendation to
the Council's summer meet
ing. action may be taken then
But if the committee delays
its recommendation further
past that meeting, a Council
decision before next fall will
be unlikely.
However. any Council
member can bring the matter
up from the floor at either the
spring or the summer meet
ing And Davison can. if he
wishes, call a special meeting
to consider the matter
If an individual brings it up.
though, his motion probably
will be tabled unless he noti
fies the Council members in
advance of his intentions. Dr
Entrekin predicted
"On a motion such as that,
the members usually want to
know ahead of time, he said
ONLY BASIC COURSES
As presented by Seabolt.
the SGA's proposal concerns
only grades from the basic P
E. courses, six of which are
required for nonexempt stu
dents while they are freshmen
and sophomores, said Gwen
Pittman. SGA Minister-des
ignate to academic affairs.
She said Seabolt asked
Thursday that hours of credit
toward graduation continue to
be given unless the total grad
uation lequirement is re
duced
He based his argument,
said Miss Pittman, on two
points that majority student
and faculty opinion seems to
be against continuing to aver
age P E. grades with those of
other subjects, and that doing
so is improper because physi
cal education is a non-aca
demic subject.
He pointed to a resolution
passed last at a College of
Arts and Sciences faculty
meeting, stating that "We
resolve to oppose including
grades from basic physical
education courses in academ
ic averages."
The vote on that resolution
was 132 in favor and 14 op-
nosed.
Dr Johnson, however, said
last Wednesday in an inter
view that the sympathies of
students now taking the basic
P. E. courses appear to be
divided about half-and-half
A survev taken recently to
whicn 5500 to 6000 responded
— showed that about hall of
them feel the grades should
count and the other half would
prefer some other system.
Dr Johnson said
The faculty of the men's
division "met and discussed
at length their position on
(this issue), he said "They
feel there's justification for
counting these grades .
They think they do a good job
of evaluating and grading and
that has pertinence to the to
tal grade of the student.
"We re trying to be fair in
the sense that we don't sup
port a move that may be ad
vantageous for some students
in the Honors program — at
the same time penalizing oth
er students who work hard for
a grade and feel it should be
counted."
WANT * SATISFACTION’
"We want students, faculty
and administration to be sat
isfied with the recommenda
tion of the executive commit
tee." Dr Lewis said in a sepa
rate interview, indicating that
her division would support the
majority position
"Factually, it's not making
a great deal of difference
that P E grades are aver
aged. she said
The Student Senate origi
nated the proposal for Nov 14
and it subsequently was ap-'
proved by student body Presi
dent Robby Williams. Sea-
bolts request to appear be
fore the executive committee
on this issue was pending for
some time before last Thurs
day
Another SGA proposal —
that a student be included as a
voting member of the execu
tive committee — is on the
agenda for discussion at the
committ s next meeting, said
Dr Entrekin.
Seabolt has presented this
proposal as a follow-up to the
SGA's request that all Uni
versity Council committees
include voting student mem
bers
Tentative assent to the
proposal — dependent on the
approval of the entire Uni
versity Council — has al
ready been given by the
committees on admissions,
curriculum, special convoca
tions and intercollegiate ath
letics.
Seniors To Name
Executive Officers
No sophomore and junior class officers—only
a president and a secretary for the senior class
—will be elected this year as the result of a Stu
dent Senate action last Wednesday
The election will be Thursday of next week,
and candidates for the two senior offices may
obtain qualifying petition blanks now from the
student activities office.
The Senate's action came on the motion of
Tommy Harper (Arts and Sciences), who is now
president of the junior class.
Harper said he felt the sophomore and junior
officers were useless, having no assigned duties
"These people can do a better job for student
government in other directions." Harper said.
The senior president and secretary are neces
sary, however, to coordinate graduation activi
ties, commented Senate president Ted Ouzts
Except for one absention, the Senate's vote
was unanimous in favor of the motion
Traditionally, all classes except the freshman
class have elected presidents and secretaries.
About the only duty of the sophomore and jun
ior presidents had been to serve on the student
body president's cabinet and handle tasks as
signed by the president, said Harper, and these
duties have been few.
Any junior who will graduate in June, 1970. is
eligible to run for either of the senior class off
ices if he has a 2 2 cumulative grade-point aver
age and is not on scholastic probation
Qualifying petitions—each containing the sig
natures of 300 eligible voters-must be returned
to the student activities office, which is in
Memorial Hall, before 5 p.m next Monday
All students who expect to be seniors next fall
will be eligible to vote, said Price Coit, vice
president-elect of the Student Senate and stu
dent chairman of the election.
The election will be subject to the campaign
regulations in the Student Government Associa
tion election code, Corr stated
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Four Tops To Perform
Union Plans Golf Meet
Ttk. University Union is
sponsoring a coed golf tourna
ment with qualifying rounds
May 13-17 and finals May 21
and 22 at the University golf
course. Couples may register
through Friday in room 287
Memorial Hall by paying a
$7 50 fee
★
Chancellor George Simp
son will speak Wednesday at 8
p m in the Georgia Center
His visit is sponsored by the
local AAUP chapter and is
open to the faculty
★
Three movies of Italian
director Federico Fellini will
be prosented Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thursday at 8
p m in the south auditorium
of the JPC Complex Admis
sion is 50 cents each night
The films are "8‘ a" on Tues
day. Juliette of the Spirits
on Wednesday and La Dolce
Vita" on Thursday
★
The Social Work Club will
meet Tuesday at 7:30 p m in
the Peabody Hall Auditorium
Guest speaker will be Danny
Starnes, court services field
representative for the state
In addition, officers will fcc
elected for the next adacemic
year
Oglethorpe House will
sponsor a fashion show
Wednesday from 5 to 6:30
p m. by the pool The Universi
ty Shop wiii supply the fash
ions. according to Joanna
Ramos, publicity chairman
The Student Representa
tive Assembly iSRAi will
meet Tuesday at 8 p.m in the
north auditorium of the JPC
Complex Officers for the
coming year will be elected
All party members and inter
ested persons have been invit
ed to attend.
★
The Association for Child
hood Education (ACEll wili
meet Tuesday at 7 p m in
room 204 Baldwin Hall Offi
cers for the coming year will
be elected and all members
have been asked to attend
AH campus organizations
planning to receive monies
from the Student Activities
department for next year
have been asked to submit
budget requests by May 14 to
Robert Fortson, newly-elect
ed Student Senate treasurer,
in care of the student activi
ties office in Memorial Hall
The University chapter of
the Association for Comput
ing Machinery and the man
agement department of the
School of Business will co
sponsor a lecture and demon
stration by representatives of
the Radio Corporation of
America Thursday at 7 30
pm. in the north auditorium
of the JPC Cpmplex The top
ic will be "Computer-Based
Management Information
System."
University Young Republi
cans meet Wednesday at 7 30
p m. in Demosthenian Hall.
Sigma Delta Chi will meet
Thursday at 8 p m in room
134 Journalism Building
The School of Pharmacy
will sponsor an open house
May 10 to coincide with the
Annual G-Day activities.
Dean Kenneth Waters has
announced The Pharmacy
Building will be open from 9
a m. until noon with guided
tours and resfreshments
The Four Tops will perform Friday at 8 p.m in the Coliseum
for the Interfraternity Council's spring quarter concert
Tickets for the concert are $3 and are on sale at the Universi
ty Bookstore, local men's stores and at the door
The group is composed of Abdul Fakir, Lawrence Payton,
Renaldo Benson and Levi Stubbs Jr. and started in Detroit in
1954 as the Four Aims During 1955 the name was changed be
cause it was too similar to that of another vocal group, the
Ames Brothers
Several unsuccessful recordings followed and for the next six
years the group crossed the country playing for engagements at
night clubs and resorts
Their recordings of "It Will Be a Lonely Summer and
"Pennier from Heaven caught the attention of some people at
Mowtown Records A recording contract was signed and the
Four Tops' first big hit. "Baby 1 Need Your Loving", resulted
Also included in their list of records is I Can't Help Myself,”
Shake Me, Wake Me," "Loving You is Sweeter than Ever,”
"Reach Out, I'll Be There," "Standing in the Shadow of Love"
and "Bernadette "
Fakir, a tenor, is of Arabic heritage He says he is a fan of
the Supremes anil he enjoys golf and listening to his classical
record collection Fakir also likes jazz stars Cannonball Adder-
ly and Count Basie.
Payton enjoys the music of Miles Davis and Ramsey Lewis
and relaxes at the piano He says his favorite singer is Billy
Eckstine
Benson says the group was most influenced by the Four
Freshmen He enjoys all types of music from Leonard Bern
stein to the Beatles
Stubbs, called by some critics as one of the best lead singers
in the country, lists the Miracles and the Temptations as his
favorite singing groups He says he enjoys riding in the country
with his family
In 1965, Billboard magazine honored the group by citing their
recording of T Can't Help Myself” as the best selling record of
that year.
When the group loured England early this year, they were
hailed as the "American apostles of rhythm and blues' by
several British newspapers and held two unprecedented sell
out concerts at the 7000-seat Royal Albert Hall
Tony Hall, announcer for the British Broadcasting Corpora
tion, said "It was honestly the most unbelievable moving occa
sion I can remember witnessing I've never seen a British audi
ence react like that It was as though they literally threw every
inhibition and vestige of traditional British reserve right out ot
the window The combustion was completely spontaneous
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