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Vol. 37,Number 6, April 25, 1969
Sanford Hall, MGC's admonstration building, and the dining hall
are seen here framed in dogwood blossoms as spring is welcomed
on campus.
PTKs Attend Meet
Eleven members of Middle
Georgia College’s Kappa Rho
chapter of Phi Theta Kappa
attended the fifty -first national
convention of the organization
in Columbia, Missouri, April
13, 14, 15. Phi Theta Kappa is
the national junior college
scholastic honor fraternity.
The delegates, accompanied
by faculty advisor, Miss
Dorothy Price left Cochran
Saturday, April 12, for Waleska
Georgia and Reinhardt College
where they joined twenty-one
other Georgia delegates for the
remainder of the trip by char
tered bus. The twenty-one
other delegates and sponsors
represented Andrew College,
and Gainsville Junior College.
Following a route which
carried them through Chatt
anooga, Memphis, Nashville,
and St. Louis, the delegation
arrived in Columbia Sunday,
April 13.
Convention activities were
centered around Christian Col
lege, a two year college for
women, and the Tiger Hotel
of Columbia. These activities
consisted of a breakfast, an
awards banquet, a dance, and
general sessions featuring spe
eches by James W. Symington,
representative of Missouri’s
Second District which includes
St. Louis, Dr. D. Ray Lindley,
President of the University of
the Americas, Mexico City,
Mexico and Dr. Kenneth H.
Freeman, President of Illinois
Valley Community College.
The featured speaker at the
awards banquet was Mr. George
C. Lodge, Associate Professor
of Business Administration
Graduate School, Harvard
University.
Also included in the activ
ities were tours of Stephens
College, the University of Mis
souri, the University of Miss
ouri School of Journalism, and
the Churchill Memorial, West
minister College, Fulton, Miss
ouri, site of the famous Iron
Curtain Speech. Another tour
carried students to see the
Research Reactor Facility and
the University of Missouri.
The delegates also particip
ated in workshops featuring
discussion of problems rele
vant to today’s society. Topics
covered included student rights
and responsibilities, unrest in
our cities, censorship in journ
alism, and the arts.
A highlight for MGC dele
gates was participation in the
campaign to have their cand
idate, David Cook, elected as
Southern Representative of
PTK. At the deadline for this
publication the results of the
election were not known,
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MIDDLE GEORGIA COLLEGE
Cochran,Georgia 31014
Spring Arrives On
MiddleGeorgiaCampus
Without a doubt, Spring has
arrived at MGC. One has
merely to walk around the cam
pus to see the evidences of the
happiest season’s arrival. The
white bloom of tiie dogwood
trees, the bright pink of azaleas
and the profusion of pansies
have made our campus picutre-
sque. But apart from nature’s
decorative endowments, Spring
at MGC comes hand and hand
with the inevitable water spr
inklers which seem to pop up
in the most unexpected places
to be out-maneuvered.
The atmosphere at MGC
during Spring is one that is
definitely not conducive to
study. The too warm library
and wonderfully cool nights lit
erally force us away from our
books. Thoughts turn to relat
ionships (boy and girl) and
afternoon labs in the science
building are practically un
bearable. Sleeveless dresses
for girls, short sleeve shirts
for boys, shorts and sandals
are the fashion for spring days.
As an escape from the thought
of classes and studying, inter
ests turn to a variety of things.
In the afternoon there are base
ball games and tennis matches
to attend.
When the tennis courts aren’t
in use by the team, students
flock to them in droves.
Since the pool has opened, one
can hear pleasant splashing
noises when strolling past the
pool building. Even the Co-
Op seems emptier than ever.
It seems that students would
rather walk around the lake
and the campus than play bridge
or watch T, V, Since shorts
and sandals are the mode,
everyone seems concerned
about getting his or her
“winter-white” body toasted to
a golden brown. Just walk
behind the girls’ dorms any
sunny day and see the bevy of
bathing beauties, Thoughts
have turned to parties, beaches,
beer and having a good time.
Pity the poor MGC students
whose professors refuse to
acknowledge their states-of-
mind and continue to pile on
assignments. Spring is here,
grades may be low at the end
of the quarter, but MGC stu
dents will have a delightful
time.
Alabama Group to Perform
Members of Kappa Rho Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa pose before
departure of fifty-first national convention
The Cadek Quaret, the Q-
uaret-in-residence of the Univ
ersity of Alabama, will present
a program of chamber music
for the next event of Middle
Georgia College’s Fine Arts
Series Tuesday evening, April
29. The program will begin
at 8;p,m, in Walker Auditorium.
The members of the string
quartet are well known to
southern audiences because of
the extensive concert tours the
group has made throughout the
South, as well as other parts
of the country, in recent year
s. Its reputation has been
further enhanced by nationwide
television appearances.
Emil Raab, first violinist, is
well known as a chamber
music authority and recitalist.
He was formerly a member
of the staff of the University
of Michigan and a member of
that university’s Stanley Quar
tet. In the summer, he is a
conductor, concertmaster and
head of the string division at
the Brevard Music Center
in North Carolina.
The newest member of the
quartet is violinist Michael
Gattozzi, who formerly was
assistant concertmaster of the
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
He has also played as a mem
ber of the Cleveland Philhar
monic, Columbus and Nashville
Symphony Orchestras,
The other members are
Henry Barrett, violist, and
Margaret Christy, cellist. Mr.
Barrett has performed with the
Aspen (Colo.) Festival Orch
estra and has made solo app
earances at the Sewanee Su m-
mer Music Center, Miss
Christy, a member of the
quartet since its founding, has
taught and served as principal
cellist at the Brevard Music
Center. She has coached
with several celebrated cell
ists, including Pablo Casals.
Each of the artists will be
playing one of a fine collect
ion of Italian instruments.
Mr. Rabb plays an instrument
made by Joannes Francisus of
Turin in 1839.! Mr. Gattozzi
has a violin made by the fam
ous successor of Pressonda,
■Joseph Antonins Itocca, in
1862. Mr. Barrett’s viola,
a fine specimen of the work
of Carlo Fernando Landotphi
of Milan, dates back to 1765.
The cello played by Miss Chri
sty was made in 1760 by Julius
Caesar Gigli of Rome.
With a back grown of over
15 years and hundreds of con
certs, the Cadek Quartet offers
programs selected from and ex
tensive and representative
repertoire, to which are con
stantly being added new works.
The University of Alabama
awards annually a commission
to an outstanding American
composer to write for the quar
ter. Thus far, Vincent Persi-
chetti, Ross Lee Finney, Alvin
Etlcr and Robert Ward have
been so commissioned.
The University of Alabama’s quartet in residence will oerform
here Tuesday, April 29.
