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Georgia Triumphs In Gulf Coast Hosted Debate Tourney Did you notice an unusal num­

ber of s t range faces on compus Fr iday, J anua ry 16? I t you did, and were wondering who they were, here ' s the explanation. They were registering for a de­bate tournament which was held J anua ry 16 and 17 on the Gulf Goast campus.

The Gulf Coast debate t e a m hosted the tournement, in which over 200 students from 31 schools participated.

Among these were Shaw Uni­versity and Davidson College in North Carolina, Kast Tennessee S t a t e , Tourneau College in Texas and 27 other colleges and universities in Mississippi, Ala­bama, Georgia and South Caro­lina.

Competition included individ­ual events in oral interpretation, persuasive spealiing and im­promptu speaking. There were six rounds of debate on the na­tional debate question, should the federal government g ran t annually a specific percentage of the income tax revineus to the s tates .

Awards were presented to the winning Individuals and teanis a t a luncheon a t the Georgeades Restaurant on Saturday. Taking first place honors was the TJni-verstiy of Georgia. Other win­ners were Bonny Bishop of Miami Dade Junior College for best negative speaker and Pau l Rosenthal of the University of Florida best affirmative speak­er.

En roll men!

Increases Gulf Coast Junior College now

ranks 16th in enrollment among Florida 's 27 public junior col­leges, according to statistics recently released by the Florida Division of Community-Junior Colleges.

Based upon fall enrollment for 1969, the college had 2,330 stu­

dents enrolled. Of this number, 1,250 were full-time students, 622 were part- t ime, 272 were unclas­sified, and 186 were adult and vocational.

Those unclassified include in­dividuals taking short courses and seminars .

The fall enrollment represent­ed a 73 increase over 1968 fall number.

College with the largest enroll­ment was Miami-Dade with 29,375, followed by Florida Ju­nior College of Jacksonville, which had 14,971 students.

Ranking third and fourth, re­spectively, were Pensacola, 9,616, and St. Petersburg, 9,509.

WHAT'S HAPPENING? Voting for Homecoming

Queen — Jan, 28-29. Homecoming — Jan . 31. Religious Emphas i s Week

— Feb. 2-7. Gulf Coast vs . Chlpola —

Feb . 7 Gym 7:30.

Other first place winners in­cluded Maurice Atwater of San­t a F e Junior College (Gai»-esville) for imprumptu speak­ing. Pa l TI>r1ctc of Miami Dade

oral interpretation and Wendy Waite of the University trf South-e m Mississippi won first place in persuasive speaking.

FoUowing the T'niversity of

Georgia 's first place were the. University of South Florida and the University of South Ala­bama .

Coordinator of the tournament was Herman Rooks, associate professor and debate coach at Gulf Coast. He was assisted by

Mrs . Connie Russell, speech in­structor, and Joe Siren, debate c o a c h at Rutherford High School.

Members of the local t e am a r e G e n e Bartlet t , Donna McClung, Lynn Beck and Veal Doane.

Herman Rooks, debate coach presents Wendy Waite from the University of Southern Mississippi, the best persuasive speaker award and Barney Bishop from Miami-Dade Junior College the best negative speaker award. The trophies were won at the recent debate tournament hehld at Gulf Coast,

Taking first place in the recent debate tournament held here recently was the University of Georgia. Pictured here are Bob Cohen, Richard Konrad, Coach Chester Gibson, Joe Gordon, Skip Guilliams.

Gu\t Coast Junior College, Panama City, Florida, Wednesday, January 28, 1970

Future Teachers Presented Loans

A total of nine students who a re either attending Gulf Coast Junior College now or who a re former students recently were named recipients of the general scholarship loans for the prepa­ration of teachers .

The loans, awarded by the State Board of Education, a r e granted persons prepariiig lor a teaching career on the basis of competitive examinations, as well as other requirements . Recipients agree to teach in the public schools of Florida imme­diately upon graduation for a t least the number of years the scholarship is held.

P a n a m a Citians receiving the award a re ;

Pame la Ann Ellis of 2606 Mound Avenue, Robert Steve Helms of 1915 West 14th, Mi­chael F . Lewis of 405 Pe t re l Street, Nancy McFar land Nel­son of 104 Carolyn Avenue, Don­ald Wayne Sansbury of 1319 Gulf A v e n u e , Joanne Rosemarie Snair of Box 4423, J a m e s Wesley Spears of 232 Bayberry Drive, Charles Michael Sutton of 2742 Delta Avenue, and Liis L. White of 1416 Juno Avenue.

Disciplinary Policy Presented;

Organizations Await SGA Vote

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ON THE WAY UP — It won't be long now before the Arboretum, offering a barbeque pit and other items, will be available for use.

By ELLEN CALDWELL T h e Student Organizations

Commissioner, Calvin Cohen presented to the SGA Senate a two-page document spelling out the commission's policy and guidelines for existence. With a week of study and evaluation, the Senate is still having prob­lems reaching an approving vote.

If approved by the Senate the guidelines will go into effect im­mediately and will becme an in-forceable addition to the Con­stitutional By-laws.

The commission was set up last year by a constitutional amendment and until now has been "feeling out ," the actual function of the commission. With the close of the fall semester , Cohen and supporters went to work putt ing "backbone" and " tee th , " as Cal would say, into what is commonly known as the In ter Club Council.

The guidelines explain pur­pose, duties of student organiza­tions commissioner, member­ship in SC, meetings and attend­ance policy.

One interesting clause con­cerns discrimination, and sets up policy, \ 'iolations, and pun­ishment to be followed by each student organization on campus. It s ta tes , "Should any organiza­tion have pract ices or policies of descrimination on basis of race , creed, color or national origin, iSiese pract ices or policies will need to be revised if the organi­zation is to have continued col­lege recognition."

Fu r the r s ta tements in the guidelines deal with sanctions to be used in discipline of student organizations that violate any of

the SOC policy. These sanctions according to the guidelines m a y be imposed on any student orga­nization by the Commissioner of Student Organizations upon ap­proval of a simple majori ty of the SGA members assembled a t a regular SGA meeting. The purpose of sanctions ^ re to pro­vide a means of student dis­cipline over student organiza­tions.

" I t is hoped that all dis­ciplinary mat te r s can be han­dled through SGA and SOC," said Cohen.

He continues by saying that sanctions against the various or­ganizations range from the mildest level, a disciplinary no­tice sent by let ter from the Com­

missioner of Student Organiza­tions to the most drast ic level, the revocation of the organiza­tions char ter by orders ap­proved the Dean 's Council.

In case of revocation of char­ter on campus , the organization will be prohibited to meet on campus , to use the college name , and will in effect be dis­solved as an organization on campus . Individuals and officers of the club shall be personally responsible for violations of sus­pensions on orders approved by the Dean ' s Council.

"Action against the organiza­tion can be initiated and com­pleted a t any t ime on any level depending upon the seriousness of the violation," said Cohen.

Second Decoupage Course Starts On February Third

A second course in "The Art of Decoupage" will be offered at Gulf Coast Junior College, be­ginning at 7 p .m. Februa ry 3 in the Community Services Room of the new Technology Building.

The second course is offered due to the overflow enrollment in a previous course tha t began in January , according to Herb Good, dean of community ser­vices.

A non-credit short course, it will meet for four consecutive Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p .m. in Room 2L7 of the Technology Building, just opened for use t h i s month on the GC JC campus .

Instructor will be Mrs . Jeanne

McDermott , president of the Gulf Art Association and a r ea representat ive for Cunningham Art Products , Inc.

Persons wishing to enroll for the decopage course m a y do so by contacting Good at Gulf Coast.

'Apollo' Talk Set "Apollo", a Gutt Coast Junior

College Lyceum Lecture Sched­uled for 7 p.m., Fr iday, J a n u a r y 30, in the Fine Arts Audito­r ium, will deal with Amer ica ' s space p rogram tha t put tour m e n on the moon in 1969, it was announced this week.

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Poiiit of V i e ^

People Condemn

For Long Hair By JUDY CAMMON

I noticed a funny thing while attending church Sun­day night. A well groomed long haired boy was at the pilpit reading the scripture. A young man who is very active in the church. You might ask-what is funny about this? Well, the boy wasn't. It was the people's reactions.

The older people were shaking their heads, probably too involved with k>oldng at his hair to even pay any attention to the scripture. One lady sitting behind me sud, "Ooh look at his hair - just disgraceful."

The people seem to be very critcial; yet you don't see them participating in the church activities except for sitting on their pew.

So often we all are guilty of this type of judging. But when you stop and think about it we are in no position to judge.

We need to re-evlauate ourselves, look at our own faults before we condemn others.

Today's Athletes Go Into Show Business

By JIM KIMBREL, If you are a professional ath­

lete, what do you do when you become established? You go into show business, what else.

The latest example of this is none other than Broadway Joe Namath who emceed the To­night Show on Thanksgiving. But this was the second step in Namath's show business career.

He already ha» his own syndi­cated television show entitled "The Joe Nanaath Show," be­lieve it or not. On this show, Joe sits and chats with his guests about any and everything, in­cluding football, and drinks tea (tea?) from a silver pitcher.

When the show went on the air in several major markets a few weeks ago it did not have any sponsors. After the initial show­ing, over 20 companies called up trying to sponsor the show. Clearly, Joe is secure even if he does choose to give up football. He, too has appeard in a movie.

How about other stars? Lance Rentzel, the flanker for the Dal­las Cowboys holds a recording contract with Columbia records and has his own rock band in the off-season. Outfielder Lee Maye of the Washington Senators records for the Buddah label and has a new release out now. Maury Wills of the Los An­geles Dodgers has his own band and has toured Las Vegas and Hawaii.

World Middleweight champion Nino Benvenuti of Italy made his movie debut recently and former five-time middleweight chompion Sugar Ray Robinson has made many television ap­pearances.

Bake Turner of the New York Jets holds a recording contract with Kapp Records and he and teammates Don Maynard, Matt Snell and Jim Turner from the Four Jets wtho sing the Score hair-cream commercial.

Former Heisman Trophy win­ner Etnd Buffalo Bills star O. J. Simpson made his dramatic T. V. debut this year on the ABC series "Medical Ceater." Fit­tingly, O. J. played a college

football star. One of the first athletes to

gain prominence in show busi­ness was former Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale. An outstanding vocalist, Drys­dale made many television ap­pearances.

Detroit Tiger star Denny McLain plays the organ, has his own band, records for Capital Records and is much in demand in the Las Vegas area during the off-season.

Chicago Black Hawks star Bobby Hull recently signed to make television commercials and everyone surely remembers W i l t Chamberlain's titanic struggle to get into a Vol­kswagen.

When the New York Mets won the World Series they created such a sensation that the entire team recorded an album for the Buddah label.

Also, the Mets' Tom Seaver, along with a number of team­mates which includes Donn Clendenon, Art Sharasky, Cleon Jones, and Ron Swoboda, to name a few, will be appearing in Las Vagas shortly for several weeks. Also, planned for the fu­ture is a weekly television show starring Seaver and his wife Nancy, with other Mets as guest stars each week.

The show business world is leaning toward the athletic world for its talent. And the ath­letes are mopping up.

Semester Belief In Others

EndsWith. Brings Rewards

Big Bang By JUDY GA]»IMON

Last semester is now over but not without a great deal being accomplished.

First SGA was able to give the students a voice in many areas by having the students OB com­mittees composed of faculty and adntinistrators. Not only did it give the students a voice but better understanding of one an­other was reached.

Also, new cheating guidelines were brought forth to aid the student and the teacher. Now both the teacher and student know exactly where they stand.

A major accomplishment was the new dress code. There were many students who felt it coalda't pessiUe hai^en. Now girls are seen in slacks and boys with their shirt tails out.

However, with all of these things past there is one thing tha is here to stay for a whi% Something that will carry into this semester. The very thing which brought about all of these accomplishments— that is the participation of the students. Apathy on our campus is still present but not so much as be­fore.

Students have begun to par­ticipate inmore service clubs, more committes, have taken enough interest to complain about things and to do some­thing about them, and have be­gun to read the Gull's Cry to see wha is happening.

With all of these achievements i n one s e m e s t e r , accom­plishments in this one are bound to be even greater.

Miss Judy Cammon Editor, Student Publications Gulf Coast Junior College Dear Miss Cammon,

This letter is being written for several reasons. First to thank you for the fine article you wrote abotjt thePsy, 100 (Hu­man Relations) class which was taught at this prison last semes­ter, it was taught and taught well by Mr. Dem Smith. It is al­ways rewarding for people in our situation to get something other than adverse publicity.

The second reason is that our A. A. Group would like to, through this letter to the Editor, publicly commend twa out­standing men who are associ­ated wath Gulf Coast Junior Col­lege, Mr. Dan Smith, Director of Student Activity, and Mr. Leon Miller, who is, I understand a counselor and recruiter of Black students for Gulf Coast. These two men have given unselfishly of their free time to attend, and speak to our Alcoholic Annoy-mous Group, even though these two men have no alcoholic prob­lem.

Our Group considers, itself ex­tremely fortunate to have two non-alcoholics' friends such as Mr. Smith and Mr. Miller. If these two men are an example of the type of teachers and coun­

selors at Gulf Coast, then Gulf Coast has every reason to be proud, as should Bay County and the surrounding community.

These two gentlemen who are sincerely interested in helping others to help themselves will always stand tall in our minds.

This is our way to say publi­cly, thank you sincerely Mr. Dan Smith and Mr. Leon Miller for the support you have given our A. A. Group, and thank you, Gulf Coast, for the members of your faculty, who have in the past and those that will in the future, teach, classes at this pris­on unit, for those who have shown an interest in our A.A., spiritual, and sports programs, for helping many of us to find the stamina, the desire to stand after having fallen so far, for demonstrating by practice, that you truly believe in your own philosophy, "That each individ­ual has worth, dignity and po­tential."

For this and much more we humbly Eind gratefully tfaank you.

Secretary

Thi S. GrGoup

P.O.. Box 606

D.C.R.P. No 35

Panama City, Florida 32401

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EnrollmenlGoes Up Approximately 1,700 full-time

and part-time students have en­rolled for the second semester at GuU Coast Junior College, Harold Conrad, registrar, an­nounced this week.

"This is an increase over last spring's enrollment of 1,626," Conrad's reported. "And the 1,700 is credit students only. Figures for non-credit short courses and

Beautiful Animals In Film Entitled Alaskan Safari Reviewed by Dianne Granberry

Beautiful untamed animals, vast far-reaching . landscapes, viewed by many Panama Ci­tians. Alaskan Safari, the film written with animals as the p r i n c i p l e actors instead of people.

Alaskan Safari, as its name implies is a fast-moving drama from, beginning to end. It is filled with many beautiful and majestic animals. Many differ­ent kinds—bears, moose, deer, seals, walrus, birds of all kinds—are captured on the screen.

Animal lovers will receive such a thrill to watch the parade of animals, but they will have to

killings by lovers are

endure their brutal trophy hunters. Art made awaie of the beautiful scenery of Alaska. Swift trout and salmon streams, a fish­erman's haven, to the majestic animals make a pretty picture against a background of snow.

Movie goers everywhere have enjoyed and will continue to en­joy the breath-taking scenes of Alaska and her animals.

siminars will run this total on up."

The registrar attributed the increase, which is normally low­er second, semester than the fall semester, to the "holding pow­er" of fall-enrolled students and to a larger number of new stu­dents than usual.

Of the 1,700 credit-enrolled students, approximately 1,200 are full-time. More than 200 part-time students registered from Tyndall Air Force Base.

Colored ID cards were issued to students for the first time, with all students, both full-time and part-time, expected to have one.

"These cards will be needed for checking out library books, admission to college functions, and for registration and security purposes," Conrad said.

Classes are being held for the first time in the new two-story Nursing-Technology Building completed in December. While some classrooms in the building are in general use, others are reserved for nursing and other technology courses.

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'Apollo' Comes to Gulf Coast During SGA Lyceum Program

The Lyceum program, spon­sored by the Gulf Coast's Stu­dent Government Association and open to the public, will fea­ture Eldson Otha Raley, chief of the Vehicle Measuring Section, Launch Vehicle Operatons Di­rectorate, at the John F. Kenne­dy Space Center.

Raley is responsible fca? super­vising airborne measureing sys­tems engineers assigned to all three stages of Apollo-Saturn V

Space vehicles. A member of the U. S. Air

Force from 1951 to 1955, Raley graduated from Auburn Univer­sity with a degree in electrical Engineering in 1961 and has been associated with the space pro­gram since that time.

A native of Mossey Head, Florida, Raley and his wife, the former Georgie Swain of Ft. Walton Beach, now reside in Crestview.

Member ot National Educational .tdwrtiMng Assotialioji Member of Florida Junior CoIlcg« B esi* As«ociati ton

Member of the Associated CoJlegiate Press Member of National School Yearbook - Newspaper .4ssm iaiJon

AU-Amcrican, Fall 1963 First Place in State Division A, Fall 1964', 1965, 1968,

The Gull's Cry, the official college newspaper, is published during the fall and sprmg semesters by journalism students, and is printed locally by the Panama City News-Herald. Correspon<lcnce may be addressed to lh« Gull's Cry, Gulf Coast Junior College, Panama City, Florida.

EmTOBML AND BUSINESS STAFF Editor, STUDENT PUBLICATIONS: Judy Cammon; Assistants, Ellen Caldwell, Dianne Granberry, Caroline Melvin, Darlene Miller, Ian Barker, John Lyons, Kirby Council, and John Crea. Sirecter, Caapus Communications: Marry Copeland

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Powder Puff Mechanics New Class Offered For Girls

Girl Mechanics! What will Gulf Coast undertake to t each next!

"Powder Puff Mechanics," a unique short course designed for women desiring more knowl­edge about automobiles, is being offered now at Gulf Coast Junior College from 7 p .m. Tuesday, January 1,3, through Tuesday, February 5.

Meeting for four consecutive Tuesdays evenings, the course will cover such topics as "what makes a car go, car service and care, city driving, t ire and gaso­line economy, automobile emer­gencies, and other such informa­

tion," according to Herb Good, dean of community services at Gulf Coast.

Instructor for the course is Herman Spering, a ret i red mas­ter sergeant from the U.S. Air Florida with a B. S. Degree in in auto mechanics and a gradu­ate of the University of West Florida with a B. S. D e R E E IN industrial technology.

Mr. Spering, who has taught general repair and preventive maintenance of automobiles to mil i tary personnel, both ma le and female, has worked for Chrysler, Cadillac, and Inter­national Harvester .

\G Makes Study Mandatory Iota G a m m a recently an­

nounced that they have several reforms this semester, including mandatory study periods for pledges ' t o strongly emphasize good study habits, and the elimi­nation of the controversial "egg dropping" days on the l ibrary lawn.

IG has changed its n a m e from service club to Iota G a m m a ser­vice fraternity with the per­mission of Dan Smith, Dean F rank Eiseman, and the Student Services Committee.

"We wish to thank Mr. Smith and Dean Eiseman for allowing us to make the change," said

Active Grad Given Honor

J im Heisner, a 1968 graduate of Gulf Coast Junior College now attending the University of West Florida, recently was named as one of only ten students from the University to Who's Who Among Students In American Universities.

Heisner, a communications a r t major from P a n a m a City, is president of the University 's Veterans Club, a senator from Alpha College, member of the Student Li te Committee, and photographer for "The Voy­ager" , the University of West Florida student newspaper.

The son of Herb Heisner, who owns and operates Artcraft Stu­dio in P a n a m a City, young Heis­ner served as school photograph­er while attending Gulf Coast Junior College.

Iota G a m m a president Doug Cogburn.

The n a m e change for IG should open the way for other campus organizations to m a k e n a m e changes from club to fra­ternity or sorority. It is felt tha t the new designations will sound more college-like and will at­t rac t more students to partici­pate in campus activities.

IG recently awarded a $100 scholarship to Connie Moeller with money raised from the Gulf Coast Halloween Funfair and the painting of Hood's cottages.

During Chris tmas Iota Gam­m a collected $28.69 from the JC parade , and by caroling down town, for their children's shop­ping tour. Jus t before Chris tmas Day IG delivered a box filled with puzzles, toys, and candy to the Salvation Army for stock­ings.

JIM HEISNER

Little Katie

Gets'Round By JUDY CAMMON

Did you get a late s tar t to col­lege? Well, not so for "Little Ka t i e , " daughter of Dan Smith, director of student activities.

Her face isn't at all new around Gulf Coast. You might see her v.-alking around campus-or should we say running-or you might see her at her daddy's desk learning about all of his pa­per work and otiter things.

However, Katie is even better known for her Student Govern­ment Association conventions. At a little over a year and a half old she has a l ready been to six conventions. Does she mind? not a t all. She acts a s if she knows all about what ' s going on.

To all of the students in SGA, going to a convention without "little Ka t i e" wouldn't be a con­vention at all.

12 Girls

Compete Twelve Gulf Coast Junior Col­

lege girls are- competing for Miss Homecoming 1970, Dan C.

• Smith, director of student activi­ties, announced this week.

They a re Susan George, spon­sored by a r c l e K; Elizabeth Betty Anderson, K-ettes; Marga­re t Richerson, Phi Theta Kap­pa ; Monica McDuffie, Baptist Student Union; Jodie Smith, F re shmen Class; Ba rba ra An­derson, Student Nurses Associ­ation; Crystal Brannon, Scuba Diving Club; Carol Barre t t , Iota G a m m a ; Laurie Clubbs, Com­p a s s Club; Judy Cammon, Gull 's Cry; Sue Casey, Com-modoret tes ; and Ellen Caldwell, Sophomore Class

Elections will be held Wednes­day and Thursday, J a n u a r y 28 and 29 in the Student Center, and the new queen will be crowned Janua ry 31 during half-t ime activities at the basketball g a m e between GCJC and Vin-connes in the Billy Harrison Health Building. The new queen wUl reign over the second half of the g a m e and during the dance which will follow until midnight in the Student Center. Music for the dance will be pro-V i d e d by the Peace , In­corporated.

Committee To Select Names

A special stuacnt-faculty com­mit tee appointed by Dr. Richard Morley, Gulf Coast Junior Col­lege president, is now in the pro­cess of establishing criteria to follow in selecting some out­standing person for whom a col­lege building might be n a m e d and dedicated.

Dr. Money ' s request came af-t e r the College Board of Trustees had asked for a set of criteria the Trustees could fol­low in making such a decision.

In its first meeting Tuesday, Nov. 25, the committee made several tentative suggestions, such as contribution to higher education, interest in and sup­port of Gulf Coast Junior Col­lege, and outstanding service in the community.

Students on the cornmittee a re Ron Johnson Kenna Campbell, D'-/ug Cogburn, Doug Baker, R e n e F l o r e s , Margare t Soderquest, Warren Rogers, and Lar ry Bateman.

A NEW SGA PRESIDENT? ~ Well, not exactly but "little Katie" is sure giving it a try. — Photo by Judy Cammon

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K-ettes Work During Holidays, Membership Caught

Nursing Home Most Rewarding In Millville Action Although K-ettes were bu^y

over the holidays with stuffing stockings, making dolls for the unfortunate children, judging decorated houses, seeing their Yuletide nominee Eileen Colom crowned as queen and vice-pres­ident of their club, Judy Cam­mon, who was sponsored by Circle D, tie for first runner-up, there was one important event that stood out the most for both the inem:bers and the other people involved.

That event was the visiting of t h e Leah Wagner Nursing Home K-ettes busily prepared cooldes, punch, and, the most important, Christmas presents for the patients.

Many of the patients were very old and weak and could just barely make it down to the

'Koinonia'

What Is It? Koinonia, the new name for

the Committee elected officers during the end of the fall semes­ter. The name means fellowship.

Elected chairman was Warren Rodgers, who, along with Mike Weston, now a student at the University of Florida, helped es­tablish the club on campus.

Along with Rodgers there is Veronica Frowert, secretary, Mike Grady, program chair­man, and Chris Lewis, project chairman.

The club is underway again this semester with their regular meeting time on Thursday at 10 in room SS105. Sponsor is Fred S a l e , with co-sponsor, Ivie Birch. Set-up on a seminar type basis, Koinonia is open to any student who is interested in at­tending the meetings. The main purpose of the club is to help bring a better understanding be­tween blacks and whites.

Within the club, the con­stitutional committee is busy writing out the purposes, objec­tions, and policies lor the club, keeping the club structure as in­formal as possible. After the adoption of tlie constitution is made by the members of the club, the constitution will be presented for approval by the Student Organizations Commis­sion and the Student Services Committee.

lobby for the party, while others weren't able to leave their rooms at all and had to cele­brate Christmas confined to their beds.

However, all of the people didn't leave you with a feeling of sadness. Seeing a little old lady holding hands v\itli tlie known

playboy of the home, "Charlie," was quite a sight to see.

It was a thrill to see the gleam in the patient's eyes as they opened tlieir presents and many were more than wiiling to give you a hug, not merely for the present but because someone cared.

COMPASS'S GALS HONORED — Miss Kathy Jeeter and Miss Laurie Clubbs receive a scholarship check from Mrs. R. G. Morse, educational chairman of the Pilot Club, as Miss Catherine Nix, director of coun­seling at Gulf Coast Junior College, looks on. The Pilot Club is one of many organizations in the community each year furnishing annual Gulf Coast Junior College scholarships to outstanding students.

By CAROLINE MELVIN Nine cars silently crawled in a

funeral like procession deeper into Millville. Intent was clear as they suddenly stopped in front of Mrs. Judy Gainer's ren­ted house.

As 20 people came out of nine cars and squeezed into a tiny living-kitchen room, neighbors anxiously peered out of their windows, while a few people came to watch standing outside.

Mrs. Gainer was surprised most, while little Ulyses her son was amused. Amid peals of laughter, Joyce presented Judy with a hotplate so she would have something to cook her meals on and which would be plugged into the only electricity from the one light bulb in the ceiling.

Then it happened — the police car drove up and several mem­bers of BSU went over to ex­plain what was happening; but "clearly seeing his duty," the policeman went up and shone the flashlight at innocent dialling eyes.

Having looked in, he heard Joyce say, "we're good kids." Carefully he thought this over and seeing an adult with them::

decided the situation to be solved; then he left to continue his duties.

What's it all about? Members of BSU decided to

try to aid Mrs. Gainer through this difficult time, as her hus­band is overseas and another baby brother or sister will be keeping Ulysses company soon. When asked "Why?" by Judy, Joyce answered, "Because we care, . . . we love you."

J u d y ' s situation was dis­covered by one member and brought to the attention of BSU at their regular meeting. One fact presented was Mrs. Gainer was paying $65, plus utilities, for poor facilities, with only two small rooms, smaller than what she has now.

What she's renting now is more reasonable, but about the size of room T112 with a much lower ceiling and divided into t h r e e small rooms. Which means is you're over 6'2" you must bend to stand in her home. Luckily Ulysses and Judy are both under 6'2". It is the hope of many members that this is only one of the many things that they can do to help Judy now.

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By DIANNE GRANBERRY Let me tell you about my

friend Lita. Her full name is Be-lita Dean Branning, but most people call her Belita or Lita for short.

Lita is a girl of many talents. She can cook, sew and do all the other house-wife type things. More than that though she can sing and play several musical instruments, among them the organ and piano.

You may be saying by now, "I know a million girls like that," but wait Lita is something spe­cial.

One summer, when she was about twelve years old she was going to go swimming in a pool. Without taking note of the depth she dived into the water. It was too shallow and she fractured her neck.

After several months ol pain she was well again in all physi­cal appearances. Now however, she was a restricted person, many of the small liberty's and much of the fun things she had enjoyed were now limited or to­tally forbidden to her. For in­stance her doctor forbid her to

ever ride a liorse Or run again. She was limited in practically all her physical activities.

When asked how she felt about this she replied, "How does any­thing feel about being confined, I rebelled!"

Being young she did not take the doctors warnings seriously. This resulted in another break a couple of years ago while chas­ing her little brother around the yard.

She was given ultimatums this time instead of warnings. "I fi­nally realized the seriousness of my situation," she said.

When she came to college it was her deteire to study music and voice. However, she was strongly advised to not go into it. There were certain neck ex­ercises she would not be able to do. Although she was very dis­appointed and lieartbroken this did not stop her.

After being asked why She went on she answered, "Well, a person has got to do something, he just can't stop living."

And so it is with Lita. She is still here at Gulf Coast taking speech. She is very optimistic.

Someday perhaps I will be allowed to study music again." ^ I I * f * f * ^ ^ I r% * A I f • allowed to study mu

IdentijicaiLon. Lai as Dnng Automation Rat Race

To Quick, Neat Book Check-Out Operation Gulf Coast Junior College li­brary is going automated.

No longer will students have to write their names and social security numbers on due-date li­brary cards.

Instead, they will use a plas­tic-coated identification card which is similar to a "charge it," or courtesy, card, reports Mrs. Mary Brown, librarian. This card will carry on it a photo of the student and will have his name and number em­bossed on it.

When the student checks out a book, he will hand the clerk at the desk his card. She will slip it into a charging machine and then return it to him.

This automated system has several advantages, explains

Mrs. Margaret Barefield, assis­tant librarian.

First, it is quicker. The stu­dent's Photo ID card is placed in one side of the charging ma­chine, the transaction form — and later an embossed book card — on the other. Then with one sweeping motion, the infor­mation on the student's ID card is transferred to the other form for various library use.

Second, the system is neater, the assistant librarian points out No longer will the librarian have to ponder over those "legibly" written signatures.

Third and last, the new charge system may cut down on the number of missing books be­cause the check-out person will have the necessary information

more readily handy. To check out books and other

library materials every person must have an ID card, whether his is a student, faculty member or other employee, or a member of the community.

"There can be no transaction without the Photo ID card," Mrs. Brown strewsed.

Elaborating upon the speeded-up process under the new sys­tem, Mrs. Barefield said that preparing overdue notices will be simplified in that it will be necessary to type in only author and title on the transaction form to be mailed out.

"Under the old system we had to type in a variety of informa-t i o n , ' ' Mrs. Barefield said. "However, when we put into op­

eration our hard-embossed book card system, we will be able to skip the title-author step, too."

The library, she said, had or­dered the hard-embossed cards — enough for the more than 25,000 books currently in stock — and that they should be arriv­ing soon.

However, before we will be able to use them," Mrs. Barefield added, "the cards will have be punched with all essen­tial information such as call number, author, title, and sub­ject. Then these cards will have to placed in all books."

She anticiapted that this part of the new system would prob­ably not be in operation before the middle of the semester.

Bugs Sleepers By JUDY CAMMON

Everyone knows tlhat it is a rat race coming to school every morning at 8. You just had to sleep that extra 10 or 15 minutes and then you found out you had to stop and get gas besides.

Well, now you know you're gong to be late. That is unless you break the speed limit a little. A little, did I say?

A humorous thing happens usually at least once a week, however, that makes you won­der if you are really breaking the law

It seems that since the police force is required to come to col­lege that they tend to be late ev­ery once in awhile, too. After all, they are only human.

So if you've got to speed com­ing to school just be sure to get behind that policeman, not in front.

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BIG UN'S BACK!!! — Gulf Coast Fans are once again seeing the familiar bulk of big Dan Joyner, the 6'6" Sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio, who was so in­strumental in Gulf Coast's successes last year. Dan saw his first real action in the conference tilt with Chi-pola and played his usual fantastic game. Commodore Coach Jack Jackson is looking for Dan to carry a big­ger load as the season progresses with its many confer­ence games still in sight.

Record - Breaking Team

Deserve Their Ranking BY DARLENE MILLER

In spite of a poor showing of GCJC fans at the Saturday night finals of the Division I Thanks­giving Tournament, the Com­modores put their triple th rea t into action for the sixth t ime and came home with the cham­pionship, one of the four they have copped this season.

After eliminating Chipola and a hard-nosed ABAC outfit. Gulf Coast faced OWJC. Okaloosa-Walton's new basketball coach. Bay Ross of P a n a m a City, is a personal friend of GCJC's Coach •Jack Jackson. He followed a hunch and recruited in Ohio.

The results were a final ma tch between the Commodores and the Raiders, both undefeated teams, for the Thanksgiving tro­phy. That g a m e was more than most people expected, but found Gc on top a t the Raiders , both u n d e f e a t e d t eams , for the Thanksgiving trophy. That game was more than most people expected, but found GC on top at the end and two Com­modores, David Langston and Dennis Bell, on the All-Tourney Team.

Holding out against tough Ala­b a m a State Champs Walker, GC captured another trophy and opened their bid for a s ta te ber th with a must win over North Flor ida 's Sentinels.

Gulf Coast 's own premier holi­day tournament proved an inter­esting, hard-fought, and success­ful one.

Defending Tennessee Champs Cumberland, Walker of Ala­b a m a and finally Chipola fell to the Commodores ' fast-break as they snatched another trophy frona the gaping a r m s of their foes.

The Commodores then broke for Chris tmas, having compiled a 15-0 record. They came back

and, with a 17-0 record, had bro­ken seven school records—four ol them !)rrs>inst Soisth Florfd.i. (most points in one game, 159; biggest game win margin, Bl; most field goals scored m one S^ame, 6.5; and most points in one half, 80).. The others inelude most season eonse«'utive wins with 17, most rebounds in one game with 8.5 against Troy State, and had tied the record for most 100-point games in one season with 10 (That record is now broken, too).

GC's -lecond bid for a s tate berth was a successful, biit hard-fought one, against OWJC a t home.

H i g h l y resi)ected Brcwton-P a r k e r ol Georgia came to Pan-a,ma City to match unblemished records with Gulf Coast. The re­sult, was Walt Fi tzpatr ick 's daz­zling display ol being in the, r ight place a t the right t ime, for a 102-73 upset by the rampaging Commodores.

Feelings a re running high all over campus that the Com­modores ' first loss, a conference tilt with Chipola of Marianna, was not really a loss but a mis­conception a s to who out-p!ayed who. Nevertheless, ttie Com­modores will be ready with Da­vid Langston, Dennis Bel!, Tom Riccardi , David Jones, Dan Joy­ner, and all ol the res t to show all of northwest Florida, and the s ta te a s well; that they deserve their No. 17 ranking in the na­tion and a better one in the s ta te .

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The Cincinnati Bell Always Keeps His Cool On Court

By DARLENE MILLER Who is Dennis Bell? His

phenomenal basketball skill is common knowledge to GC fans, but what makes him tick?

The unanimous answer to this question by the t e a m m a t e s of the 6'5" freshman from Cincin­nati is "his love of basketbal l ." In their book, Dennis is a "100 per cent basketball player 100 per cent of the t ime . "

"Dennis is a good dres­s e r — h e ' s real conscientious about his clothes," said J im Middleton. Dan Joyner added that "Bell is well-mannered, be­sides the fact that he's from my hometown."

Everyone who knows Dennis Bell, nonathletes a s well a s ath­letes, agree that he is extremely easy to get along with. "No mat­ter what the situation. Bell nev­er loses his cool."

A tiny rumor that Dennis is a pract ical joker, a "go-ahead-and-do-it" type, was backed up by several of his t e ammates . Coach Jackson chuckled and, fondly sarcast ic , said, "He's a goof-off."

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Still another student brought to mind the incident when Bell lost a contact in the middle of a skirmish for an elusive basket­ball. "The situation wasn ' t in the least funny; contacts a re ex­pensive. What was funny was seeing Bell on his hands and knees and Tom (Riccardi) doing the same, gazing into each oth­e r s ' eyes . "

It wasn ' t until after the Christ­mas break that it was dis­covered tha t his n ickname a t home was "Skeezer ." "Where in the world did you get a name Frazier . Bell, noticeably dis­

gruntled, mut tered something and slipped out the door.

When asked to say how he felt about Dennis in one word, t e am captain David Jones paused for a moment and then said, "What CAN I say about Bell?"

There is no question as to the admirat ion for Bell 's basketball ability. David Langston once said, "There isn't anyone who can rebound with Bell ."

This has been just a passing glance a t Dennis Bell, the top basketball player who loves his sport, is constantly singing, and listening to records, like t h a t ? " queried Coach Bill

One word descriptions of him ran from " m e s s y " to "aggres-s i v e ' ' to " m m m m m m " to "great," but there is one word t h a t s t i c k s in everyone's mind—'COOL."

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Jimmy LeSage, the former chairman, transferred to Flor­ida State University this semes­ter.

The reason for the estab­lishment of such a com^mlttee grew out of the first SGA Gripe-lu held in October. During the gripe-in- it is customary for the students to let their elected offi­cials know what is "bugging" them.

It became apparent at the ses­sion that the only "beef" was c a r d i>laying. The question raised was, "Why can't students play cards in the main student center?"

Not knowing the reason, and believing there was no reason why students couldn't play in the Student Center, Ron Johnson set out to find the answer.

He approached Dr. Kichard Morley, college president, and was told that the policy was that such activities were to be played in the recreation room above the main student center. When asked if it was allowed in the main student center, the answer was, "NO."

This infomation was brought back to the Senate and the stu­dents, and resulted in the estab­lishment of the committee to re­search and propose a change in the policy.

Before LeSage had resigned as chairman, he had made much headway on the card play­ing problem. His first action was to send out requests to the vari­ous junior colleges in the state asking them for their policy on card playing.

Replies were fast in coming, mainly because the committee members had sent along with

the requests a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

It seems that many schools have run across this activity on campus and have an established policy on the subject. One col­lege, Chipola Junior College, al­lows card playing in the stuiJent center, but not in the cafeteria.

An action was taken by Presi­dent Johnson to in\'Ite Dr Mor­ley to an SGA Senate meeting to answer any questions about the policy. The visit was very valu­able, ia that it gave the attitude of the administration. The com­mittee mesnbers were assured tha their efforts fo change the p o l i c y would be accepted that their efforts. to change the subject was not closed as far as the administration went.

The new chairman. Smith, al­though busy with his elected duties, is now completing the tallying of a poll taken before the end of the last semester. The outcome will be interesting to see.

The poll asked such questions as, "What is your present under­standing of the card playing pol­icy?" and "Do you feel this pol­icy is fair?"

Another question asked, "Do you feel there should be more re­strictions placed in the policy, or are there many restric­tions?" An overall opinion was that under no circumstances should there be any gambling connected with the activity.

"Whatever the outcome of the committee findings is you can rest assured that the committee members are working to estab­lish a policy acceptable to all concerned," Smith assured this reporter.

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This news was released by Dean Eisman who went on to say that, "A student shouldn't be able to walk on stage and look like he's receiving a diplo­ma when he isn't. If a student is short one or more hours, he will wait and graduate on July 17."

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Two-Year Nursing Program Offers Much For GC Students, Both Present, Future

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When Cissy Cantrell Carley, a graduate of Gulf Coast Junior College, decided to go into nurs­ing, she chose to return to the College and enroll in its two-year nursing program.

Daughter of Dr. William Can­trell, chairman of the Social Sci­ence Division at the college, Mrs. Carley made GCJC her choice because she was im­pressed by the "intense instruc­tion and quality and dedication of the instructors."

Mrs. Carley is one of 42 se-

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lected students, including two men, in the College's fuUy ac­credited nursing program.

She also is a member of the Freshman nursing class, which makes up the larger number of students in the program. This class is comprised of student nurses who range in age from 18-50, many of whom are mar­ried and have children.

"Such an age distribution adds stability to our program and to our community," says Mrs. Ann Sytrett, nursing edu-

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Students who graduate from the intensified two-year pro­gram, which balances theory with experience, receive an As­sociate in Applied Science de­gree in nursing. By taking and passing a state nureing exam, they can become registered nurses after completing the pro­gram at Gulf Coast. Behind them when they receive their degree are 66 accredited hours, 33 of which are in nursing edu­cation and 33 in general educa­tion.

Asked to explain the two-year Associate degree in nursing pro­gram, Mrs. S^frett, who has six years of nursing and teaching nursing experience, said that ike comparatively young pro* gram was developed in 1952 by leaders in the field of nursing as well as education to meet the demands for more nurses. The program at GCJC was opened in the fall of 1963.

"The purpose of the pro­gram," she explained, "is to produce a skilled bedside nurse rather than a supervisor or head nurse as the other types of pro­grams are doing."

This does not mean that stu­dents who graduate from the College's two-year program can­not become supervisors or head nurses, Mrs. Syfrett hastened to point out.

"Many of our graduates have assumed head nurse positions part of higher educational curri-culas, Mrs. Syfrett said.

"The broader education a stu­dent nurse gets is necessary to keep up with the rapid changes taking place in medicine and science. The educational founda­tion helps nurses grasp the sig­nificance of these changes more readily and to put them into practice with greater yroficien-

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College's nursing program de­pends upon the interest and co-o p e r a t i o n of community agencies as well as the physi­cians and staff of the local hos­pitals.

"I think it is one of the great­est community services we have," says William H. Harri­son, Bay Memorial Hospital ad­ministrator. "It has enabled us to expand our medical services and care that would have been impossible otherwise. After six months of practice, these stu­dents have turned into some of the best nurses that we have" Harrison elaborated.

Mrs. Salome Johnson, director of nurses at Bay Memorial, is also enthusiastic: "It 's my baby " she says. "These stu­dents are making excellent nurses. They function well with proper in-service training after they graduate, and they seem aisxious to continue their learn­ing."

Local physicians who work in one way or another with the nursing students or graduates from the College concur with Harrison and Mrs. Johnson.

Dr. John L. Fishel, specialist in cardiology and internal medi­cine and a member of the advi­sory committee to the nursing education program, says that t h e program is "certainly worth-while, turning out good nurses to meet the growing de­mand that must be met."

Dr. Malcolm Traxler, pediat­rician, emphatically agreed that t h e program is "definitely needed." He said the student nurses coming out of the two-year program are well-equipped to perform the responsibilities demanded of them.

"We couldn't begin to fill the nursing needs if it were not for such community nursing educa­tion programs like the one at GCJC."

"The program is adequate," responds Dr. Byron McCormick, specialist in urology, "to supply much needed nurses. Nursing is a number 1 job for the future."

"We continue to i-eceive favor­able response on our students and graduates," Mrs. Syfrett adds.

Every Tuesday and Friday, the student nurses leave the for­mal classroom for the on-the-

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"We will be needing to find more intern spots for our stu­dents, and we need to provide them with as many different types of patients as possible to make their training as com­prehensive as possible," Mrs. Syfrett explains.

In a few more weeks, the nursing education division will move from the Fine Arts Build­ing into the new Nursing-Tech­nology Building, where more classroom and conference space will be available:

"We will be able to do so much more with our students, especially in the area of individ­ual instruction, when we get into the new building," Mrs. Syfrett said.

She reported that the division would have new equipment, in­cluding teaching mannikins, both adult and child sizes, and a new hospital unit complete with electrically operated bed.

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Former Student Assumes Campus Repro Position

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How many people do you know that speak Mandarin Chinese fluentU? Even though you might rack your brain fu­riously for several minutes it is probable that your list will never get very large. And yet there is one man on Gulf Coast campus to whom the high-pitched wails of the "little yellow people" ac­tually mean something.

His name is Jay Brooks and for about a year now he has been in charge of the campus reproduction center. M the name Brooks seems to ring a bell, it may be because Jay's fatlier, Mr. James Brooks, has taught English at thei college for some years.

In fact Jay himself attended GuM Coast in 1963 and *63 when his major was modern lan­guages. When, in 1963, he joined the Navy he used his knowledge of language to become an inter preter. He was sent to a lan­guage institute in California and there picked up Chinese in one year along with snippets of oth er languages ranging from Rus­sian to Swahili.

While serving on a destroyer. Jay worked principally in the radio room although he did do a lot of photography and was re­sponsible for compiling, single-

handed, the cruise book from one trip to the Mediterranean.

On his release from the Navy, Jay decided to explore further the latent interest that he had had in printing. He joined the circulation department of the Panama City News Herald but, as he explains, it was the techni­cal side of putting a paper to­gether that really fascinated him.

"Every spare moment I would be hanging around the press room or the composing room and it was nothing to see me there until quite late in the eve­ning," he said.

He did not know it at the time, but the knowledge he thus gained was to become very valuable to him in the future. The fact that ke knew people at Gulf Coast and had once worked on the Gull's Cry soon led to his being asked to return to the col­lege, this time as a member of the staff, and work a photo­grapher and printing technician.

' ' I had only three days part-time training before I took over," Jay said. But, in spite ol that, he has been producing ex­cellent work ever since.

However life is far from re­laxed in the reproduction center as I was soon made aware dur­ing our conversation through Jay's continued trips to the

press to sort out some minor problem with one of the com-pliated pieces of machinery.

He has only a student on work study to assist him and, very of­ten, they both work long hours to ensure that the thousands of forms and form letters that they reproduce are finished on time. They are also responsible for the programs for various events and, in a few years, Jay hopes that they may even be able to publish the Gull's Cry.

In wliat spare time Jay has, he has managed to find room for an interesting course which is being offered at the college for four hours every Monday night. This is the Dale Carnegie speech course which is designed to help anyone who is liable to be re­quired to deal formally with the public.

"The text books for this course are such things as 'How t owin friends and influence People' and 'How to stop worry­ing and start living' and I am sure that it will to make all those taking it more rounded individ­uals," said Jay.

Thus It is then that a man with such a varied career as Jay has had comes to be a regu­lar member of the Gulf Coast campus. And at least now if you want to hear some Mandarin Chinese you know who to visit!

Gulf Coast's Commodore Hall

Is 'Home Away From Home' Commodore Hall, 1912 Moates

Avenue, is home away from home for the Gulf Coast Junior College athletes.

"We're continually trying to make it more like home," John Colmery, athletic director says.

Colmery, new at the college this year, said 52 boys from the vairious varsity sports are now housed in the dorm's 30 rooms.

"In addition to trying to pro­vide them with attractive, con»-tortable surroundings, we are experimenting with a dorm stu­dent council," Oolmery reports.

"Each squad has a represen­tative on the council to give each team the feeling that he has a part to play in making the Hall the kind of place the boys can enjoy and be proud of. They feel that better communication now exists."

The council meets on first and third Tuesdays, Colmery adds.

Colors of the dorm's exterior are blue trim and shutters ac­centing an otherwise all-white building. Gold curtains frame the windows and closets, while gold spreads are used on the beds. Blue carpeting is found in three out of four wings, and gold carpeting in the halls and lobby.

In addition to a room for ev­ery two boys, the Hall has snack bar facilities, a den, lobby, and central bathroom in each wing. The Hall is fully air conditioned.

As to future plans, Colmery emphasled that as much as "we want the parking lot and a road from the dorm to the road leading to the college paved, we must wait upon the city to do this because of easement re­quirements."

The athletic director added, however, that the athletic divi-s i o n is developing a pre-v e n t a t i v e maintenance JHW-gram, under the supervision of

D<ai Vickery, to keep dorm equipment and furnishings con­tinuously functionable.

"We don't want to wait until something breaks down or wears out before We do some­thing about it," he stressed. "By such a preventative program, we can assure the boys of great­er convenience and cut costs of operation."

Furnishings in the Hall in­clude two beds in each room, a study desk, chair, and lamp. In

the lobby and den are comfort­able lounging sofas, and in the den, a television set.

WhUe each boy is responsible tor keeping his room in shape and helping keep the other rooms and facilities clean and attractive, a resident manager is teniporarUy supervising dorm activity. This activity includes bed checlcs, mail service, and monitoring of vending machin­es. His hours run from 11 a.ni. until 11 p.m.

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COMMODORE ATHLETES have a friendly chat out­side the main entrance to Commodore Hall, where var­sity players are housed. Left to right, they are Bob Bimtin, Tom Carnes, and Scotty Fell<er.

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