ijr43rd. Year MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1961 Vol 43, No. 12

Maesfro's Concerf'Really Grabs' 'Em

Southwestern's first jazz concert

was held last Saturday afternoon

in Hardie Auditorium. Though suf-

fering somewhat from shaky prep-aratiorns, the concert was a com-plete success.

The music was that of "The

Maestros Inc.," a locally organized

group of jazzmen, fronted by

musician-arranger Onzie Horne.

The band consisted of thirteen

musicians and two singers. Mr.

Horne's personable introductions

lent an air of relaxed formality

to the concert.

The first portion of the concert

began with some smoothly tailored

compositions characteristic of the

Count Basie influenced Mr. Horne.

It was immediately apparent that

nally Celebrated sica Team the musicians of the band were ofIRAthe typically high caliber of the

young jazz musicians Memphis al-

To Perform On Piano, Violin, In Hardie ways seems to produce. There were

SP n a few times that the band did have

trouble with organization and a fewThe eminent Dutch violinist Kees Kooper and his Ameri- technical mistakes. These seem

can wife, pianist Mary Louise Boehm, will appear in Memphis wholly attributable to the bad play-

on Saturday, December 9, under auspices of Southwestern ing conditions imposed by Hardie

Patrons of Music. The concert will be at 8:30 p.m. in Hardie Auditorium. The outstandingly high

Auditorium at Southwestern. quality of arrangements is ex-The young artists have already gained an outstanding plained by the fact that Mr. HorneThe young artists have already gained an outstanding has at one time been one of the

international reputation through their many appearances in top arrangers for Count Basie and

this country and in Europe. Critics and audiences alike have now continues actively in his com-

lauded their great spiritual insight and innate sense of style, posing and orchestration.

their youthful vitality and bril-+- (Continued on page 2)

liance, and their masterful com-mand of technique, which place

them among the top artists of their

generation.

Internationally Renowned Artists

They have a isustaining program

on WRVR FM and TV in New

York and both are recording artists

for 20th Century Fox Records.

Before coming to the United

States, Mr. Kooper was considered

one of the major violinists in his

native Holland. At his debut in

the famous Amsterdam Concertge-

buow in 1949, the excited public

brought him a standing ovation.

In 1951 the young virtuoso added

further laurels to his name as aprize winner in the International

Queen Elizabeth of Belgium Violin

contest in Brussels, which is con-

sidered one of the most difficult

competitions in the world.

Miss Boehm, a native of Iowa,

made an auspicious debut in

Chicago at the age of 18. She

reached full artistic maturity under

guidance of the master pianistsRobert Casadesus and Walter

Gieseking, and has concertized ex-

tensively both in the United States

and in Europe.

The two artists met on the con-

cert stage in Paris, and were mar-ried three years later. In additionto continuing their separate ca-

-reers as soloists, they have com-bined forces in joint recitals andin chamber music with great suc-

cess.Their joint recital in New York

in 1956 was described as one of themost impressive debuts of recent

years. The New York Times com-mented on Mr. Kooper, that he its"an important new talent in theviolin field. He plays -with 'an elo-quence not often encountered in

our concert halls . . ." Miss Boehm,"a formidable talent, demonstratedpowerful technique in her solonumber, Schumann's 'Etudes Sym-phoniques.' "

The artists have just returnedfrom another European tour, on

their way back playing concertsin London and Iceland.

The Memphis concert is free andthe public is invited.

McCullough Starts On WayTo Top With Lilting Voice

Soprano Diane McCullough, a

soloist often heard during her four

years in the Southwestern Singers

and in her work at Lindsay Me-

morial Presbyterian Church, has

climaxed her Southwestern career

with her senior recital Tuesday

night, December 5, at Bohlmann

Hall.

Choosing her program from works

by Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Brahms,

and Dvorak, Miss McCullough,

whose previous performances have

consistently shown a healthily grow-

ing musical stature, displayed a

new excellence appropriate for a

senior student. Perhaps inappropri-

ate-rather, perhaps unusual-for a

senior student is the fact that she

seems to be some distance yet from

her full musical maturity.

We feel, as is often the case for a

learning singer, that she istill shows

her solfeggios and arpeggios. Her

exhibited technique was flawless

throughout - precise and clearly

enuciated diction, fluid tone never

out of control (even sometimes

more restrained than it merited),

agility on the Vivaldi allegro and

Handel Hallelujah from "Esther,"

flexibility in Brahm's Vier Ernste

Gesange. After such sound is pro-

duced, one feels a bit guilty to

dirty the air with applause.

Although walking the minimum

of the first mile, as concerns the

technical demands of her num-

bers, then going yet another

league, she still has some dis-

tance to go into that realm

never fully viewed from any point

of technique, either musical or

journalistic. Her treatment of

Brahms-from gentle, slightly mel-

ancholy delicacy to surging, yet

controlled power, shows she's on

her way. And she'll get there. When

she does, oh brother . .

Johns Wilkins and Mehrling

Winder To Discuss'Arab World' Tonite

The third guest speaker in South-

western's University Lecturers

series is Dr. R. Bayly Winder, asso-

ciate professor of Oriental studies

at Princeton, who will discuss "The

Arab World" at 8:30 p.m. Friday,

December 8, in the Adult Education

Center.

The expert on Near Eastern Af-

fairs and Memphis Alumni of

Princeton will be honored at din-

ner in Catherine Burrow Refectory

prior to the lecture as guest of

Southwestern.Dr. Winder received his B.A. de-

gree from Haverford College and

his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from

Princeton. He has taught at the

American University of Beirut in

Lebanon and was visiting lecturerat the University of Michigan and

the University of Southern Cali-

fornia.

Living in Lebanon for three

years, Dr. Winder became in-terested in the Syrians' role in the

emergence of Arab nationalism. Histhree years of work with the

American Field Service in the Mid-dle East, Italy, and Western

Europe contributed to his inter-national consciousness. He traveled

Annual Drive LaunchedBy PRC To Aid StudentsAnticipated $2000 To Further EducationFor Higher Institutions of U. S., World

Each year the Protestant Religious Council sponsors afund raising drive to partially answer some of the pressingneeds in our community and in the world at large. It hasseemed obvious to many observers that one answer to thelack of understanding in the contemporary world would beeducation. Therefore, beginning today and through the comingweek the PRC will ask for your consideration and support ofthree projects in the field of education.

The first will be a contribution+ -

to the United Negro College Fund,

a national organization, which ad-

ministers scholarship funds to 32private Negro colleges all over the

South. The UNCF goal in Memphis

is $15,000, all of which will go to

LeMoyne College. All Memphis col-

leges are participating in this

drive.

The second project is one sug-

gested by Dr. Dietrich Ritschl,recent Religious Evaluation Week

speaker. He, in extensive travels

behind the Iron Curtain, has seen

a great need for books of all types

Andre Kumuamba, Congolese

college student who received a

portion of last year's PRC-drive

money to assist him in comingto the United States to study,will be on campus this Sunday#d Monday...Sunday evening at6:15, he will speak to the West-minster Fellowship on the partthe Christian churches have

played during the recent violencein the Congo.

On Monday, under the spon-sorship of the PRC, he will ad-dress the student body in chapelconcerning education in theCongo.

Danforth Group CarolsFor Incurables Monday

Monday night, December 11, at6:00 P.M., all would-be Christmascarolers should meet in front ofTownsend Hall for a night ofcaroling through the neighborhood.

Mrs. Rhodes and the Danforthgroup on campus have organizedthis project to raise a donation forthe incurables. The caroling willnot last over an hour and one-

half. As the group will go throughHyde Park singing carols, Mrs.Rhodes will go to individual houses,asking for donations. This onedonation from carolers every yearis the only annual revenue of theincurables, and is only augmentedby separate, individual donationsthroughout the year.

Danforth cordially extends aninvitation to all Southwesterners tojoin in a fun-filled project for theChristmas season.

in Africa in 1959 on a PrincetonAfrican Travel Grant .and servedas consultant on education to theFord Foundation in the UnitedArab Republic.

Dr. Winder is co-author of AnIntroduction to Modern Arabic,translator of Constantine Zurayk'sThe Meaning of the Disaster, fromthe Arabic. and co-editor of TheWorld of Islam.

He is a member of Phi Beta

Kappa, the American Oriental So-

ciety, the Middle East Institute,

and the Near East College Associa-

tion.

in church-supported educational in-

stitutions. The PRC decided to con-

tribute a portion of the funds to

be used in buying books, which

will be channeled to these institu-

tions through Dietrich Ritschl. The

books will include politically neu-

tral novels, sociological texts, theo-

logical books, and others of a type

which will present a literary and

sociological picture of the West.

In regard to the third project, a

bit of background may be neces-sary. In the Union of South Africaa white population of about 17%holds a complete monopoly on polit-ical and economic power. The of-ficial policy of government towardNative education, as expressed inits charter, is that it should bebased on "the principles of trustee-ship, non-equality, and segregation. ." In accordance with this policystatement, the last "open" univer-sities in the Union were closed tonon-whites in 1960. The responsewas the formation of a committeeby the Rev. Ambrose Reeves, An-glican Bishop of Johannesburg, Mr.Alan Paton, author of Cry, the Be-loved Country, and others; thiscommittee is shown as the SouthAfrican Committee for Higher Ed-ucation (SACHED). The committeeestablished a tutorial system ofeducation for non-whites in Johan-nesburg and Durban, with fundscollected through the World Uni-versity Service and the NationalUnions of Students. Our third proj-ect will be a contribution toSACHED.

Our monetary goal for thils yearwill be $2000, and the money col-lected will be distributed on a per-

centage basis among the three proj-ects. Those chosen to serve as can-vasers in this year's drive are asfollows: Ann Autry, Beth Poe,Susan Chalfant, Anne Atkinson,

Mary Mansell, Marilyn Stewart,Margaret Minyard, Patricia Glad-ney, Jan Hockaday, Nell Buie,Myrna Schaap, Madge Wood, JudyMerrill, Anne Crowell, Judy Emery,Maggie Schlubach, Chris Brosell,Rebecca Moore, Joan Herbert, MaryLou Quinn, Gail Hoover, Laura

Smith, Barbara Yost, Ginna Hen-

king, Marilyn Martin, Lyn Melvin,Martha Myatt, Lou Ellyn Hindman,Trudy Walker, Sarah Pickens, Judy

Hollingsworth, Mary Weeks, David

Gray, Howard Edington, Billy Hunt,

Bill Griffin, Ed Albright, Lee Car-roll, David Watts, Bill McColgan,

Ronnie Gresham, K. C. Ptomey,Henry Pope, Bill Arnold, CharlieKillinger, Tommy Vanden Bosch,

Johnny Calloway, John Davis, L. R.Mills, Joe Duncan, Steve Richard-son, Roy Selvidge, Jim JohnstoniDossett Foster, Tommy Geiget,Doug Meeks, Jimmy Moore, War-ren Nance, Jim Lindenberger, BobWells, Joe McCown.

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About Campusby Diane Lobaugh

As much as I hate to keep mymhaterial at the fifth grade level,nevertheless these 10 year olds are

more amusing

than most 20

year olds. You

know - "Out of

the mouths ofBabes . . ." In

my class, we

were workingon the propermethod of intro-

ducing people, and the means ofhelping two strangers get acquaint-ed. One little girl was waving herhand violently to volunteer an ex-ample of a good introduction. Lesther hand should drop off before myvery eyes, I called on her and gotthe following, "Once I saw in a-movie where two people were in-troduced. The lady said, 'Miss Nor-man, I'd like you to meet Mr.Jones; Mr. Jones I'd like you tomeet Miss Norman.' And then thelady said, 'You two get acquaintedwhile I go fix the gin." After aQuick, voluntary cough I said, "Welldo you think it was a good idea forthe lady to just leave them aloneto get acquainted. Don't you thinkshe might have suggested a topicof conversation that would interest.them both?"

"Yeah," said one of my pupils,"she coulda said, 'why don't you

two go fix the gin?"

Now what could I say? Who can

deny that gin has been known tobring people together?!

Is it true, or just a rumor that acertain senator for Arkansas willsoon come out with a strong standagainst sororities? Or at leastthose sororities who sing louderthan he can talk. Just take my ad-vice, if your sorority has a Pi oran A anywhere in its name, don'tapply for a Fulbright scholarship!

Congratulations to Gina Henkinsand Tom Lowry who are pinned.

Tonight fraternity men on cam-pus will grab their best gals, puton their brightest smiles, and headfor a night of fun, and "brotherlylove" at their annual Christmas

parties.

All the ATO's will head toward

their house about eight o'clock in

plenty of time to take advantage

of the music of Ed Bruce and

company and the Christmas type

decorations.

Kappa Sigs will journey in the

(Continued from page iThough suffering from bad

acoustics, and an unfortunately

high loudspeaker level, the remain-

der. of the first portion of the con-

cert continued on very smoothly,

punctuated by Mr. Horne's humor-

ous comments, and highlighted with

adequate renditions by singers

Juanita Reddick and Charles

Campbell of some standard songs.

The short break came as a wel-

come relief to both musicians and

audience alike, and the band came

back in the second portion dis-

playing the full capabilities of a

well rehearsed jazz band, in vary-

ing from a smooth, plush soundon ballads, to an exciting complexbut clean sound of the stimulatingup-tempo numbers. The audienceseemed to warm up more to theband after microphone problemswere somewhat cleared up. A dis-tinct high point came when fivemembers of the band formed aquintet and played some modernjazz typical of the small combomusic played in America today.

Very outstanding was the per-formance of baritone saxophoneplayer Floyd Newman. His excel-lent solo work showed a fantastictechnique in weilding the hugebaritone as if it were a tenor. Thesolos of tenor ,sax man GilbertCable were always consistent andswinging. The bass player, RobertMcGee, along with the drummer,Will James, exhibited all of thebasic drive and rhythmic feelingso characteristic of a good rhythmsection. Trumpet player HerbertThomas performed adequately, butseemed to be held back in hisimprovisation by a limited tech-nique. However, playing the cupmute on an extremely fast tempoedarrangement of "The Mark ofJazz," he seemed to overcome hislimitations in technique. After

a big evening at the Hotel KingCotton complete with music pro-vided by Rufus Thomas. The Pikeswill party at their lodge from 8-12with the Bobcats playing the musicand Santa Claus making his usualnear midnight appearance to dis-perse novelty gifts to the Pikesand their dates.

Dinner is first on the agenda forthe SAE's. The "Shifters" will beon hand to supply plenty of music,and Jerry Duncan will turn Santafor just one night.

Another Santa (in the form ofButch Kimbro) may be spotted atthe Sigma Nu house, giving appro-priate gifts when the fraternityl

opposite direction. They've planned I gathers at eight.

Your StudentCouncil

by Margaret Johnson

The Student Council appointedRefectory Committee, headed bySteve Richardson, presented its re-

port on refec-

tory conditions

to Dean Jones.

The primary

bases of the re-

port were (1)

evidences of un-sanity, and (2)excess of grease.Dean Jones

promised to approach Mr. Spring-field with the problem, himself,immediately, and if no action betaken toward a solution, allow thecouncil to confront Springfield.

As a function of the EducationCommission, the High School Visi-tation Team will soon start itsrounds with Beth Poe and BlairGilmer as chairman. Several stu-dents will be chosen, on the basisof their speaking ability, to serveon this committee whose purpose itis to present the various aspects ofa college education to students ofneighboring high schools.

The Women's UndergraduateBoard has decided to begin theseries of lectures on "Love, Sex,and Marriage" the first week ofthe second semester. Also, insteadof only three speakers, a gyne-cologist, a minister, and a mar-riage counselor, this year a psy-chiatrist will be added.

Sophomore Class president, Ho-ward Edington announced plansfor the Christmas Vespers to beheld Friday, December 15, at 11p.m. This will be a communionservice and Canon Rue Moore willdeliver the message.

Joe Duncan, as president of theJunior Class, invites the faculty,staff, and entire student body tothe School Christmas Party, Fri-day, December 15 from 5-6 in theCafeteria. Santa Claus will be pres-ent to read his traditional "cut"letter.

Don't forget Danforth CarolingMonday night at six o'clock untilseven-thirty. It will be a lot of funand is for a good cause as well.The proceeds will go to the Homefor Incurables.

By now you should have heardCyril Hollingsworth speak in Stu-dent Assembly on the National Stu-dent Association "and a panel dis-cussion in the AEC on the samesubject. Monday night there will beDorm Discussions and Tuesday,night, a debate in the AEC at 6:15.You are urged to attend every oneof these informative presentations,planned for your benefit, so thatyou will have the "why and where-fore" of your vote in the Refer-endum Wednesday.

much coaching by Mr. Horne, thequintet very reluctantly consentedto play a number called "LastNight" which they had recentlymade quite popular under the name"The Markeys." This was an im-mediate success with the rock androll minded audience. Any whoup to. this time had held anyreservations about the group ortheir music quickly last it. Aftera few more modern jazz numbersby the combo, the band re-assembled, and the excitement andenthusiasm of the concert beganto rise reaching a climax in thelast number played. This was anextremely successful satire of cur-rent rock and roll tunes, with allof their heavy accentuation of theafter beat and limited ,variations.The surprising thing about thisnumber is that it was done withsuch a taste that the smoothnerssand drive of the band as well asthe excellent soloists seemed tocaptivate both jazz enthuiasts androck and roller alike. Thus South-western's first jazz concert ended-with a standing ovation.

First Discussions On NSABring Variety Of Opinions

"The formation of the UnitedStates National Student Associa-tion in 1947 was the result of adesire on the part of Americandelegates to the World StudentCongress in Prague to be able toemploy a channel of expression ofU. S. students to students of theworld," said Cyril Hollingsworth inconvocation on Wednesday. Mr.Hollingsworth presented a reportto the student body on the actionsof the USNSA Congress held thissummer at the University of Wis-consin, where he was on officialobserver.

Prior to the legislative plenary,the representatives at the Congressspent the first six days in work-shop and committee meetings. Themain topics for discussion werethe House Committee on Un-Amer-ican Activities, the Peace Corps,liberalism, conservatism, socialism,the young Democrats and the youngRepublicans. The Congress isusually liberal in the resolutions itpasses.

Resolutions

An emergency resolution wasquickly passed urging the LatinAmerican national unions of stu-dents to wire Fidel Castro askinghim for clemency in the trial ofseveral young men for counter-revolutionary activities. The Con-gress also protested the sealing ofthe East Berlin border prohibitingthe movements of students amongBerlin's universities. A resolutioncalling for the abolition of theHouse Committee on Un-AmericanActivities passed. As might be ex-pected, the issue was quite con-troversial. Segregation was coveredin several resolutions--such as vot-ing rights and non-violent actions.The Northern students expressedan earnest desire to learn moreof the Southern situation fromSouthern students represented atthe Congress.

Mr. Hollingsworth advocated themeetings of students to discusworld problems and expressed astrong feeling that Southwesternis missing a great deal by its lackof membership.

AEC DebateThe National Student Association

is a national union (confederation)of the students in the United States.The pros and cons of membershipin the NSA was debated Wednes-day night at 6:15 in the AEC.Cyril Hollingsworth and Bill David-son spoke in favor of NSA: MarthaMyatt and Gerald Holter opposedmembership in the organization.The following quotes express theviews of these students on South-western's rejoining the nationalorganization-the student body willvote in a referendum on Dec. 13.

Cyril: "The purpose of NSA isto present the best possible opinionof American students."

Gerald: "If the duty of NSA isdogma, it is fulfilling its duty tothe students of the United Statesand the world. All its resolutionsare given as the absolute decisionof the group. It may be the mostrepresentative body. What else isthere ?"

Bill: "If the purpose of NSA isto voice opinions of American stu-dents, it's not fulfilling its purpose.Only one-fifth of the country's col-leges are members representingone-third to one-half of the collegepopulation."

Martha: "All opinions seem tobe 'the' majority opinion. Votetallies are not recorded."

Bill: "If you wish to go on recordas, voting against a resolution, youcan give your name to the secretaryat the Congress."

Martha: "Most schools jointhrough their student governments;the representatives are hand-pickedby the Student Council."

Bill: "There now is a trend to-ward having the representativeselected by student bodies on thebasis of his platform. This is theway we would do it here. Eachcandidate would take a stand onspecific issues and the studentswould choose their representativeon this basis."

One consensus of the oppositionseemed to be that too much powerwas vested in the National Execu-tive Committee.

Cyril and Bill pointed out thatthe officers are elected and serveterms of only one year. Bill spot-lighted that much internal reformwas spearheaded by Jerry Duncanat last year's Congress.

Martha denounced NSA's resolu-tion last year supporting the stu-dent riots in Tokoyo protesting thevisit of President Eisenhower. Cyrilquickly countered that the resolu-tion merely upheld the right ofstudent action and deplored policebrutality.

Questioned about the quality ofrepresentation, Cyril stated, "I knowthe representation could be better."The leadership of the Tennessee-Kentucky region was cited as par-ticularly bad.

Gerald commented on resolutions,"I really can't see how these thingsare helpful. They're helpful in get-ting student opinion, but little else."

Martha: "No proposals, just reso-lutions."

Bill concluded by emphasizingthat he doesn't like to hear of aresolution being labeled "the Amer-ican students' opinion" withoutSouthwestern having voted againstit if opposed, although the collegewould have but one vote.

Across The DeskCategory: Rhyme Scheme

Never mind the why and whereforeI hate NSA and therefore,I'll oppose this referendum every year!With its "Yankee nigger causes,"With its "Red restrictive clauses,"It has no relation to S-W, dear!

I must mind the why and wherefore'Cause it's pertinent and therefore,Students of the world need NSA!For its "chanel of expression"For its "fight against oppression"It has vital meaning to S-W, dear!

Ring the merry bells of Palmer,Rend the air with hot debatesOn the union of S-W with the students of the States.Take a stand on every issueKnow the why and wherefore, too-

So that when the vote is taken, outcomes will depend on YOU!

S.M.H. (Pinafore, literally!)

IFriday, Dec. 8, 1961THE SOU'WESTER

Friday, Dec. 8, 1961 THE SOU'WESTEIt Page 3

Leffters To The Editor On NSAIN OPPOSITION

I would like to put before the

students of Southwestern the fol-

lowing facts concerning USNSA,

form the basis of my opposition to

re-enrollment of the college in this

organization.

1. NSA opposes the fraternity

system. The Communist element

in the United States is also opposed

to the system. Is it not possible

that the students of NSA have

been influenced by the wrong side?

It is to be noted that the Bill of

Rights gives us the privilege to

form sororities and fraternities in

IN FAVOR

I'm sure there is general agree-

ment in the assumption that it is

good and necessary for American

students to have a forum in which

they can voice their opinions on

matters of national and interna-

tional concern. The criticism has

been made many times that U. S.

students have a passive attitude

toward matters of public import-

ance in comparison with students

in most foreign countries; there-

fore any effort in encouraging the

participation of college students in

this area would be considered

granting the right of peaceful as- praiseworthy, it would seem.

sembly.2. NSA supported sit-in demon-

strations in Southern cities. It canhardly be denied that there is a

Communist element involved in the

recent upheaval in the desegrega-tion issue.

3. NSA, at its convention thissummer, took a stand against theHouse Un-American ActivitiesCommittee.

Representative ?

4. The organization represents50% of the student population of

the United States, but only 1/6 of

the eligible student bodies of the

nation. Membership would there-fore seem to be greatly dominatedby the larger schools, which defi-nitely represent ideas contrary tothose of smaller, private colleges.

5. Most schools enrolled in NSAare from the northeastern and

midwestern sections of the coun-try. Are their views on the contro-versial subjects of the day likelyto be of the same inclination asours? Think of the voting pro-cedure. Who will doubtless carrythe majority of votes-the north-

ern or southern schools? AlthoughSouthwestern may voice its opin-

ion and be recorded appropriately,this still is invalid representationof our ideas. All the general pub-lic would know is that NSA feels a

certain way and that we belong toNSA, and therefore support its

views, irregardless of the opinion

Southwestern may have originallyexpressed.

Money Influence

6. The organization is primarilysupported by endowments fromprivate foundations and enter-prises. The executive officers earn

$3,000 per year. Is it likely that

these leaders of NSA would not

be strongly inclined to act as their

benefactors might advise? This

would not be true representation

of the students of the United

States, but would be another organfor voicing the opinion of large

money-holding concerns.

7. In votes taken on major issues

at the convention this summer the

liberal element won consistently bylarge majorities. This is not an

indictment against the liberal ele-

ment, but is it not logical to thinkthat the more liberal thinkers are

quite likely to be influenced by"new" ideas that might perhaps be

suggested by a dangerous group?8. Granted that the students of

North America should be repre-sented in national and world af-fairs, and should have a commonground for voicing their opinions.

But should not we, as students of

Southwestern, seek membership ina group that would more ade-

quately represent us?

Individual Expression

In the midst of this controversy

on our own campus we must notlose sight of the fact that a na-

tional organization is not the onlymeans of expressing approval ordisapproval of the issues in theworld today. There still remain,over and above all else, our capa-

bilities, duties and rights as in-dividuals.

RACHAEL CLOTHIER

No Coercive Power

NSA is the most representativestudent group in America for theformulation and announcement ofstudent opinion on questions thatconcern the public. It representsover 50% of the American collegecommunity in population, althoughonly 1/6 of U. S. colleges are mem-bers. It speaks clearly and sharplyon many diverse issues from Ac-ademic freedom to the Berlin crisis.A confederation of schools who arein no way bound to follow the pol-icies laid down by the Congress andwho can freely withdraw at anytime, NSA has no coercive powerand can at any time do no morethan urge the implementation ofthe stands they take on variousquestions.

Southern Seclusion?

Assuring therefore that in theoryNSA is an organization worthy ofSW's membership, I would like tosuggest that the real issue involvedis not that of what stand NSA

takes on freedom rides, Berlin, orAlgeria. Speaking as freely andcritically as it does, NSA is doomedto stir up much antagonism inmany quarters. No one could beexpected to agree with everythingof importance that it says; in asfar as I am familiar with its struc-ture and its stands, there areseveral places where I very muchdisagree with what is says anddoes. In my opinion however thebasic issue lies in facing the ques-tion of whether we as Southernstudents are going to withdrawinto seclusion where we fail to findagreement with our ideas. It haslong been held by many outside theSouth that in spite of admirablefeatures one finds here, Southern-

ers often refuse to open their mindsto facts and opinions which con-flict with their own. Instead we areaccused of surrounding ourselveswith only those persons who agreewith us, reading only those thingswhich reflect our opinions, anddogmatically clinging to past tradi-tions with blind confidence in theirvalidity. Much of this may well betrue.

Exchange Viewpoints

It is only in the vigorous ex-change of ideas and opinions thatan intelligent and mature stand canbe formulated on any question. Bymeeting with students from other

parts of the country, SW studentscan benefit from a clash of ideas;reexamination of our position onquestions of national concern inthe light of other viewpoints thanour own will keep us from becom-ing sluggish and content.

I would urge everyone to serious-ly consider the importance of SWbecoming a member of NSA. NSAneeds the voice and vote of theSouthern school in formulating its

stand on crucial issues, but equallyas important, SW needs thebroadening exchange of ideas andthe demand to defend vigorouslyour stand on issues as well as arealization of our role in the world-wide student community, whichNSA can give us.

CAROLYN HAIGLER

UNDER THE

To hell with Helen! She didn'tstart the Trojan War atall. 'Twasmerely a dispute over grain fieldsin S. Russia. So says Prof. LeonardFrey.

Risking the possibility of flyingfrom the Frey-ing pan into thefire, I urge Southwestern citizensnot to believe a word of it. Why letthe facts interfere with romanticimages? How disgustingly disillu-.sioning it is to picture the "toplesstowers of Ilium" toppling becauseit was an economic necessity forthe achaeans to get through theTrojan-guarded Bosporus to S.Russia.

And Prof. Frey says the wholestory's probably a lot of bunk any-how. Well, Hollywood believesHomer, and there's a feature filmto prove it: "Helen of Troy," nowat Loew's State.Blonde Rossana Podesta makes

a bewitching Helen, and JackSernas plays the passionate Paris.

Though greatly fabricated andoften fallacious, the film is fast-moving: Patroclus is killed byHector is killed by Achilles is killedby Paris is killed by Menelaus. Andthe whole delightful merry-go-down is filmed in Cinemascope andTechnicolor: Achilles drags Hectorbehind his chariot and then gets itin the heel. Another gallant war-

From TheSidelines

Last Saturday night the Lynxbasketball team lost its first gameof the season, much to the dismayof everyone. Several freshmenshowed great promise in scoring,rebounding, and general game tac-tics.Carl Fisher, Ronnie Annies, -andKen Gann played an exceedinglygood game for their opener. Fisherwas high scorer for the Lynx with25 points, a very good showing.However, others are not to be neg-lected. David Miles and Bill Taylordid a justifiable job in reboundingand defense, as did Keith Arman.

Though Little Rock Universitywas the opponent, they had a veryadmirable trait. The few peoplethat attended the game from L.R.U.made quite a bit of commotion. Attimes this was frowned upon, buta thinking person has to admitthat it shows school Ispirit. OnSouthwestern's campus one in-dividual was known to have saidthat showing a little school Ispiritat an athletic event was undigni-fied. How wrong could this personbe? It is definitely the duty andresponsibility of each of us as astudent at Southwestern to makea little noise. The terror of a homecourt is supposed to be the supportgiven by the students. The spec-

tators are so close to the players

that every noise can be heard.Many games have been won bythe encouragement of the specta-

tors and the cheers which they

give. It is also true that as muchsupport should be given to the

athletic events of the school as isgiven to other organizations and

drives around the campus. Thoughthere are approximately 800 stu-

dents at Southwestern, there wereless than half that many at thegame last Saturday.

Various people have stated that

something drastic should be doneto encourage school spirit and stu-

dent attendance at such things as

basketball games. This so-calledspirit and attendance is almost aprivilege of which each of us

should take advantage. The nextgame played on Southwestern'scourt is the Dixie Tournamentstarting December 14. The AthleticDepartment is expecting a fullhouse, so everyone try to attend.See you at the game.

West Livaudais

Lynx Quinfef Loses In Two OpenersAgainst Teams Of Arkansas, Alabama

Little Rock University nipped the Lynx Cats 66-63 lastSaturday night in Southwestern's opening basketball game. Inthe final minute of the game, Little Rock's Easten swished twoquick baskets to establish a lead and a victory for L.R.U. CarlFisher, with 25 points and eight rebounds, kept the Cats roll-ing to the end. David Miles controlled the boards with 23 re-bounds. Clark, of L.R.U., who had a915 point average, scored only 16points Saturday night. His failurecan be largely credited to KeithArman's close guarding. One ofSouthwestern's many weaknesseswas its defense, which was far be-low par. All that can be said aboutthis loss is that "we played a hardgame; we just lost."

The Cats met another defeatMonday night under the hands ofBirmingham Southern. There isn'tmuch that can be said about a 17point loss. L.S.U. defeated Birm-ingham 61-58 three nights beforethey met the Lynx Cats.

Southwestern played Delta Statehere on Dec. 7, and will meetLambuth there on the night of Dec.11. The Cats will be facing a goodand experienced team. Lambuth, inthat they are allowed to subsidizeplayers, will have an advantageover Southwestern even before thecontest begins.

The Dixie tournament, in whichLittle Rock University, Birming-

rior whom the gods forgot gets anarrow through his neck, and ofcourse his armor rings rattlinground him, as darkness cover hiseyes.

Also on hand are Cassandra (shetold 'em to beware of those gift-bearing Greeks), Priam and Hec-uba, Odysseus, Ajax, Agamemnon,and "a cast of thousands" includ-ing Brigitte Bardot as a slave girl.

The Trojan Horse sequence isinteresting; the orgy accompanyingits entry into Troy is enough tomake any horse spill its contents.

The tables are turned in "'Helen,"for the Trojans are definitely thegood guys, and the Greeks slinkaroulnd in dark beards and clang-ing armor that disturbs the tran-quility of otherwise rosy-fingereddawns. Tsk, tsk, tsk, Dr. Frey.Grain fields, indeed!

The Foam-Rubber PyramidCoupled with "Helen of Troy" is

another Fox film, "Land of thePharoahs," concerned with thebuilding of the Great Pyramid ofKhufu at Gizeh.

Joan Collins plays the wily,wicked Nellifer who's trying to getthe throne of Egypt. She teachesthe heir to the throne to play amusical instrument guaranteed todraw cobras.

The buildings of the pyramid asPharoah's tomb is indeed a sightto see, even if the stones are madeof foam rubber. The film doesgive good glimpses of Egyptianreligion, the belief in the after-life-and the camera's treks into thetomb's interior are fascinating.

The ending is exciting: Nellifergoes into the pyramid to attend thecryptic ceremones for the deadpharoah (Jack Hawkins). As partof the service, she's to set in mo-tion the means of sealing the pyra-mid. She overlooks only one thing:

she's inside! As the huge rocksthat cover the entrances slide intoplace, leaving the barbarous beautytrapped, the film's suspense mountsto a real climax.

The lusty Nellifer is sealed inthe Cheops pyramid with a verydead pharoah, one high priest, anda dozen eunuchs!

ham Southern, Millsaps, and South-western will participate, will takeplace in Mallory Gymnasium be-ginning at 7 p.m. on Dec. 14. Oneof Southwestern's main weaknessesis that the percentage of shots fromthe field has been very low. Don'tmiss the Dixie Tournament. It willbe a duel to the end. First andsecond place trophies will beawarded on the night of Dec. 15after the final playoff.

When a team has full support, itusually shows full effort. Our teamcan only win when it does showfull effort. We can help it.

Remember-

December 13

1. NSA Referendum

2. Last Day to Prereg-

ister

LYNX LAIR LAUGHSA Lament of Youth

Two things I've gotten fulland ample: Good advice andbad example.

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