HiLLTOP VOLUME III—NUMBER U ■ '<:. I AOR ' TUESDAY. MAT 2, 1961

Dr. Epps Dies at S. C, Home Tuesday, April 25

Dr. Jennie Lee Epps, head ot the Humanities department and its English section, died Tuesday morning, April 25 at 6 a. m., at Kelly Memorial Hospital in her home town of Kingstree, S. C. She was 62.

Several LaGrange faculty mem- bers attended the funeral at Kingstree last Wednesday after- noon. Survivors include a brother and two sisters. Miss Leila Epps and Mrs. J. R. Ritter, all of Kings- tree. Another brother had passed away last year.

Dr. Epps had been on a leave of absence since December, though 6he had had to be hospitalized several times during the fall quar- ter.

She joined the LaGrange faculty in 1932 as professor of English. She had previously taught at Gre- nada College in Mississippi from 1929 to 1932 and was an instruc- tor at Columbia College in South Carolina from 1918 to 1928.

She received her B. A. degree in Latin and English from Colum- bia College in 1918, at which time she was named first honor grad- uate. Her M. A. was conferred by the University of South Carolina in 1925 and her Ph. D. by the same institution in 1929. She also did summer work at Peabody Col- lege, the University of Northa Ca- rolina, Columbia University, and Harvard University.

While at Columbia College she received special medals in math- ematics, English composition, cre- ative writing and general scholar- ship. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Dr. Epps held many student offices during her under- graduate career.

She was a member of the Meth- odist Church. Among professional organizations, she held member- ships in the Modern Language As- sociation, the National Council of Teachers of English, the American Association of University Women, and the Southeastern College English Association.

At LaGrange. Dr. Epps served on. the Advisory Council, library, curriculum, self-study, student publications, teacher training, and

NEWS BRIEFS .. CHAPEL AND HOUR OF POWER . . .

On May 4, Dr. Waights G. Hen- ry, Jr., will speak at 10:00; this will be his first time to speak in chapel this quarter. The chapel speaker for May 11, is the Rev. Sam C'ark, pastor of the Brook- field Methodist Church, near Tifton. Rev. Clark was here last year, and his original interpreta- tion of a current play was a pop- ular part of his talk.

May 3, Ed Nelson, a senior pre- ministerial student from Augusta, will preach at the Wednesday night worship service. On the fol- lowing Wednesday, Ed Cook, a freshman pre-ministerial student from Marietta, will preach. The Christadelphians will be in charge of the song service.

• • • STAMMER SCHOOL . . .

Dean Harwell has stated thai students considering coming to summer school should come to a decisior soon- Pre-registration for

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Jerri Chappelear to Reign As Queen of May Day Rites

Jerri Chappelear will reign as Queen of May Day this Saturday, with Orion Hunt as King and Dale Turner as Maid of Honor.

The WAA has invited the par- ents of present students to the annual event, and the alumni of- fice has sent invitations to 2600

alumni. Miss Martha Sue Wood Is faculty chairman for the event.

Registration for the event will begin at the Smith-Hawkes walk- way at 10 a. m., followed by the annual meeting of the Alumni As- sociation in Dobbs auditorium at

110:30, with Mrs. T. Scott Avary

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DR. JENNIE LEE EPPS

conference fund committees. She was advisor to the SCROLL and QUADRANGLE staffs.

The professor listed her hob- bies as gardening, sewing, knit- ting, and crocheting. She traveled in Brazil (1922), Europe (1930) including England, and Canada. She read Latin, French. German, and some Greek.

Her Master's thesis topic was "Three Literary Concepts of the Devil." The Doctor's dissertation was on the "Influence of Milton on the Major New England Poets." Dr. Epps was a Milton specialist.

Besides her teaching, Dr. Epps did civilian service in the Navy Department in the summer of J944. ;»

Martha Green Sings Friday

For the first time in two years a student voice recital will be gi- ven on the LaGrange campus.

On May 5, at 8:15 p. m., Martha Green, a native of Summerville. will present her senior recital. Martha studied for three years under Mist Elizabeth Gilbert and the present year under Prof- Sid- ney Murray.

Martha's program will include ■selections from such composers as Handel, Pasquini, Caccini, Cavalli, Schubert, and Saint-Saens.

The singer has had leading roles in Puccini's "La Boheme" and. two weeks ago, Mozart's "The Impresario." She has been a mem- ber of the Choralaires and the girls' ensemble for four years, and hns fcpen a soloist for two years in the First Presbyterian Church C.hAr.

Martha is a member of Kappa Phi Delta sorority.

Charlie Banks, who transferred to LaGrange from Reinhardt Coll- ege last fall, was critically injured by a hit-and-run driver while re- turning to school Saturday night. He is in an Atlanta hospital.

Miss Julie Haydon left this morning after a week's stay on the campus. She presented an out- standing feature oTthe Fine Arts Festival.

By Beth Ingram When students return to the

Hill next fall after summer vaca- tion' they will be greeted by three new faculty members, appointments were announced by ne administration last week.

An addition to the science de- partment will be Mr. Richard H. Bennett, Jr., who comes to us from Clemson College in South Carolina, where he has been a faculty member for several years, lie did his undergraduate work at Duke University, from which lie received the A. B. degree, and at Emory University where he received the B. S. He also holds the M. S. degree from Emory, and an M. S. degree in electrical engineering from Union College.

Aside from teaching, Mr. Ben- nett has held the position of en- gineer and production supervisor for the Tennessee Power Compa- ny. He belongs to the American Institute of Engineers and has had a paper published in the journal of that organization. Of Mr. Ben- nett's appointment, Dr. Henry has this to say, "Mr. Bennett comes to LaGrange to strength- en the teaching force of the Science Department. Whereas his primary interest is in physics, he will also teach some math cours- es."

Mr. Bennett is married and has one grown son. He is a native of Norfolk. Va.

* * * Mr- Richard D. Jolly will be

another addition to the science faculty. He has served on the fac- ulty of the Colorado Academy in Denver, has taught high school math in Missouri, and has also taught electronics at Keeslcr Air Force Base in Mississippi.

He did undergraduate work at

Florida State University, Mississ- ippi College, and received his B. S degree at Mississippi Southern College. He has done graduate work in math at Kansas State Teachers' College,, and will receive his Master's degree at the Univer-

isity of Illinois this ilimmer. He is ! a member of the National Council ! of Teachers of Mathematics.

A native of Meridian, Mississ- ippi. Mr. Jolly is married and is the father of two school-age children. Concerning Mr. Jolly's appointment, Dr. Henry made this comment: "His graduate stu- dies have been taken in an insti- tution that is considered in the forefront of the development o' teachers of modern mathematics."

» * » Rev. Toombs H Kay, Jr., a na-

tive of Royston, Ga., will assume his new duties on the faculty of the Religion Department beginn- .ng Summer Quarter. He is a member of the North Georgia Conference of the Methodist Con- ference, and has served several pastorates. At present, he is pas- tor of a church in Jamaica, New York.

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of West Point in charge- Dean C. Lee Harwell will speak

on "The Case for the Liberal Arts" at 11:30 in V^e auditorium, with the Choralaires providing the music. A picnic lunch will be spread on the quadrangle at 12:30.

Reunions for the classes of '01, '11, '36, '51, and '56 will be held after lunch, with photographs made at 2 p. m. Campus tours and open house for all campus build- ings will be held in the early af- ternoon.

The crowning of the May Queen and the presentation of the pag- eant, "Stairway to Paradise," will be presented at 3 p. m., at Calla- way Auditorium.

The day will be brought to a close with a dance in the gym at 8. P. M. Music will be furnished by the Continental Jazzmen.

Pilgrimage Of Love...

TRD3UTE TO DR. JENNDS LEE EPPS

In the somber, grey hours of an April morning—in the hush and quiet preceding dawn—they set out together on a pilgrimage of love. Five of the many who knew and loved Dr. Jennie Lee Epps— to whom she had been variously related as teacher, friend, and professional associate—journeyed to Kingstree, South Carolina, to bid a last farewell to one whom they admired and held in deep af- fection.

Their conversation, on the way, ranged among many topics but in- evitably returned to one subject,

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BELOW: Jerri Chappelear will reign Saturday as May Queen.

Curtain Raisers Set New Officers

On April 20 the Curtain Rais- ers elected officers for the coming year. Heading the group as presi- dent will be Gail Woodruff. OTfier officers are Billy Hearnberg. vice- president; Mike Lane, correspond- ing secretary; and Cindy Bennett, treasurer.

Officers for the junior class have been elected and are as fol- lows: president, John Gipson; vice- president, Helen Herd; secretary. Jane Mathews; treasurer, David Turner; chaplain, Muland Beckum.

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The bustle in a house The morning after death Is solemnest of industries Enacted upon earth,— The sweeping up the heart, And putting love away We shall not want to use again Until eternity.

—Emily Dickinson. THE SHEET OF paper stayed in the editor's typewriter for

a long time before the words began to come. The realiza- tion that death had claimed her was slow to sink in.

Dr. Jennie Lee Epps was so much a part of this place that one cannot help but think that an age in the college's ex- istence has passed on with her. As with a work of art, the world cannot yield up a replacement for Dr. Epps.

"They ought to name a building for her," someone said when the news of the great teacher's death was reported. But a building is not enough. Her monument will stand In the hearts of many students and fellow professors.

For almost thirty years Dr. Epps gave of her life to La- Grange College and to her students. For most of those year she carried the burden of the English instruction almost single- handedly. In addition, she kept a watchful eye on each new SCROLL and QUADRANGLE

Two years, ago, when Dean E. A. Bailey passed away, Dr. Epps sat on the quadrangle and quietly wept into a small handkerrchief. When asked to write her feelings at the time of the Dean's death, she compared, in her characteristic brevity and meaningfulness, certain aspects of his life to a "lost art." Certainly the making of her life was also an art now lost to a rude and blundering world.

She liked to tell with pride that graduates of many years past would come back and greet her with the "Whan that Aprille ..." they had struggled over as sophomores.

And the end came to her life last week in the springtime, in a Chaucer kind of April.

IheL. C. Contribution TWENTIETH-CENTURY America has become, in the pro-

cess of growing into world leadership, has found itself to be in a place of leadership in the arts, too.

A new excitement and spirit of experimentation has per- vaded the American scene since the Ashcan school of Philadel- phia artists first began to break from European romanticism and the techniques of Arnold Schoenberg were enlarged on by American composers.

America has added new dimensions to all the arts in the present century. She has contributed Martha Graham to the dance, George Stevens and Otto Preminger to the motion pic- ture art, Edward Steichen to photography.

Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams have contributed masterpieces to the world stage in their "Death of A Sales- man", and "Streetcar Named Desire." Off-Broadway is a total- ly new concept in drama within itself.

The list of American composers of world repute is a volu- minous one, Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Howard Hanson. and Samuel Barber are a very few among the many American composers in the repertories of every symphony orchestra. Leading composers of foreign birth have found a haven and ar acceptable creative climate here. Igor Stravinsky, perhaps the world's greatest living composer, now lives in California, for instance.

Native poets Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg have cap- tured Americanism in their lines, e. e. cummings has contribu- ted a poetic form as unique as his signature. American-born T. S. Eliot, probably our greatest living poet, has enlarged the dimensions of poetry.

In other literature, this country has given forth the beauty of Thomas Wolfe's four novels, the roughness of Hemingway, the wit of James Thurber, the individuality of H. L. Mencken, the depth of William Faulkner.

Can the creative surge continue? We think so. Every day there are evidences of creativeness, even on the LaGrang:e campus. An art student approaches his canvas . . . the practice room piano responds to an authoritative touch . . . the Dobbs stage is traversed by the rehearsing actors. Something signifi- cant come out of THIS school? Why not? A challenge.

Confetti

"Would the person who threw that firecracker please come end help me revive my roommate!"

SYLVIE SAPPHO . . .

Enter Lady Macbeth

HILLTOP NEWS EDITOR RAY BARFIELD Editor-elect - Richard Carlton Associate Editors Harrietts Kuhr, Marianne Whelchel News Editor _ — Joel Dent Sports Editor - - Jimmy Trice Society Editor - Julia Massey Religion Editor - - Andy Owen Reporters: Ollie Sue Gainous, Paul Kendall, Mike Lane, Mum An-

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Among the more or less major problems that one encounters when living in a dormitory is the "How can I sleep late?' problem. After making it through three years of dorm life with some slight degree of sanity, I should like to warn those, who have been sheltered, of the hazards th"at they may encounter when trying to get a few extra hours of "shut- eye."

As strange as it may seem, the weather can alter to a great ex- tent, sleeping conditions. Cold winter mornings are absolute murder to anyone wanting to snuggle down in the covers for a lew extra winks before facing the world. But just as I get comfort- able my radiator begins to make a sound that bears a definite resem- blance to army tanks plowing through the middle of the room-

Rainy mornings present another problem—that is, if you have a leaking window. Let it rain for only a few minutes and my room- mate is driven, insanely, from her bed by the steady drip of water in her face. Even fair days pre- sent a problem. When the sun dawns bright and clear (right in my face) I have the feeling that I'm living in Sun Valley and per- haps I shoud sleep in sunglasses.

One morning in the dead of win- ter I was awakened in the we" hours of the morning by someone trying to beat my door down. Af- ter mumbling, "come in," three or four times and receiving no answer, I dragged myself from the bed and slowly pulled the door open, bracing myself on the re- cord player.

Much to my surprise there stood Mr. Overcash campus cop. I have faint recollections of his telling me some sad story about a visitor in the dorm whose boy- friend was waiting downstairs to take her to a 4:30 a. m. train. Why didn't the girl hear her alarm? Why did he insist on pick. ing on my room, out of all the others in the dorm, to find out where the girl was staying?

My final warning to my shelt- ered friends concerns the kitchen help. I am positive that LaGrange College is the only institution whose kitchen help arrives at 5:30 a. m. I shall never understand their ability to yell as loudly as they do at such an unearthly hour. Nor shall I ever know why they insist on emptying garbage

cans at 6:00 a. m.

I have often heard that a word to the wise is sufficient. If you are among the said wise, heed my word before you are rudely arous- ed from sleep early some morning. Each night before going to bed, don dark glasses and ear plugs, wrap the radiator in sound proof material, put down towels to catch the rain, and then flop a pillow over your head and dare anyone, and I mean ANYONE, to wake you up.

PHIL FLYNN . ..

Arm In Arm1

Another step toward the long awaited student - admnistration understanding of one another has been taken.

With the new student govern- ment having only been in office a little less than a month, the La- Grange C ollege a d m i nistration has pledged full support and backing. This is a gesture which all student gov e r n ments have! been given an which no student government of this college could ever get along without.

In the years gone by, the school administration has done every- thing in its power to help in every way, the undertakings of the stu- dent government. Needless to say this help has been more than useful and necessary it has been of the utmost value in aiding the student government to help the student. The administration is always on the ready or the be prepared stage when it comes to helping the student by himself or through the student government.

Last year's student government, so I am told, undertook many things in the line of help to the student and to the school as a whole. Each time they undertook

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By Ray Barfield It was a pleasant night on the

quadrangle. The breeze of an early spring

evening was in T evidence- T h el lights from the| library lent a \ flourescent glow* to the scene On;i this Friday night \ there was activi-j ty else where,j so most of the I windows -in the] girls dorms were] dark. In Hawkes] the lamp with' the green glass covering shed a soft, reluctant glow beneath the half-drawn shade On the north end of Smith, another flourescent light illuminated Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Behind the vine- enclosed porch, two lovers talked. The night watchman made his rounds.

Later came the high-heeled clatter of the time for the girls 10 be in. The breeze played hide- and-seek with the leaves of the large trees. It was the kind of a nignt for horseplay to create hap- py shouts from Turner. From j'itts a Johnny Mathis record gave the wind a voice. Mr. Overcash traced the route from Dobbs to the girls' dorms to the gym to Turner and oack again.

It was that kind of night. Noth- ing special, nothing significant transpired. It was just one of those beautiful spring nights on the Hill.

• • • Otherwise. Circle K members

turned garden specialists on that surmy Monday afternoon last week, with Mom Stambaugh calling the plays and George Cok- er, ace Student Council official, pulling up the "weeds" . . . Prof. Exra Sellers reminded his art students that fame and sunglasses DO mix . . . Ann) Knight impart- ed the awful secret that the "fath- er of our country" had wooden teeth ... the melodies of step- singing floated across the quad- rangle at sundown and, a little la- ter, a beautiful girl became Pi Delt sweetheart at a jukin' dance ... the boys on the porch of Turner joined JFK in the Great Rocking Chair revival ... Dr. Melson gallantly yielded to Geor- ge Sargent's higher bid for Mrs. Melson's cake at the WUS auct- ion ■ . . Miss Sue Fuller proved that famous people can be very, very nice," .. and the campi broke out in a rash of shirttails and sunburns.

» » • Al Pinson to Richard Carlton,

when the former learned that the latter had been chosen to take the reigns of the HILLTOP NEWS for next year: "You'd bet- ter watch out for cannibals. If you don't you might be editor-in- chief!"

• • • Andy Owen has a disturbing

situation with the short story he's writing as a term project in Cre- ative Writing: it's turned into a novelette.

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// "Leo" Returns By Richard Carlton

In the early part of April, a mysterious man walked into the office ol Dean of Students. He carried a bundle wrapped in news- papers; these he discarded while relating a story to Mrs. Margaret Talbot. He muffled his name; however, he said Chattanooga, Tennessee intelligibly.

The visitor placed on Mrs. Tal- bot's desk a carved lion which had been "confiscated" several years ago by an embittered young suitor. The young man had called upon a girl, but he was asked to leave by. the school officials.

Not being allowed a date from the school, he decided to take some property from the school. He saw the lion, and it was soon gone. This act before long weigh- ed heavily on his conscience and so the lion has been1 returned.

Mrs. Talbott at first thought this act of returning the lion to be an omen of the future, but af- ter consideration decided the lion was in its own den. Now, there is a certain candelabra missing from the school. "Wonder who?" she says.

SGA iVEoves^To Clarify Rules

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the summer quarter wiH be held at an early date.

• * -• MSMtOTBFICERS . ...

Kathy Erwin was elected pre- sident of the MSM group on April 23 at the First Methodist Church. Frances McKinney will serve as vice-president; Arma Smith, sec- retary; and Jimmy New, treasu- rer.

The group has announced hopes to se;;d a delegate to the National MSM conference in Illinois during August.

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The Student Council meeting of April 25 was chiefly devoted to the clarification of several rules and policies concerning social matters, according to President Andy Owen.

The council ruled that no sports clothes may be worn on the campus on Sundays except in- side the dormitories and in the restricted sunbathing areas.

A move was made to impose a stricter check on those girls who might come in 'late. A double as- terisk was placed on the rule list- ing for girls, indicating that in- dividual cases will be tried as such ty the Student Council.

Girls who sunbathe on the Hawkes fire escape must have on shorts rather than other forms of sports attire, it u&s moved.

The council decided to recom- mend lo the administration that the parlor of Hawkes be open to the girls and their dates at any lime.

The freshman girls' rule con- cerning single-dating was trans- ferred to the permission sheets.

In other action, a long-term restriction was removed from a mile boarding student on the grounds of his good behaviour si.ice the restriction was imposed

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Mary Ann Wages In Shaw Play Lead

By Beth Ingram A vicious rumor has been cir-

culating about the campus that Miss Mary Ann Wages is por- traying Pygmalion in the forth- coming play by the same name. This rumor is false! If you remem- ber your mythology you'll realize that Pygmalion made a beautiful statue and then fell in love with her.

The play PYGM\fcUON by Ber- nard Shaw is the story of an Eng- lish cockney girl, Eliza, who is coached by two phonetics profes- sors, Heruw Higgins and Col. Pick- 19 and*20. ering, and Is passed off as a Hun- garian princess.

The broadway hit "My Fair Lady," was adapted from "Pyg- malion," and music from the play may be used in this production.

Mary Ann. who will play Eliza. is a senior from Winder, Georgia. Her major interests are speech and drama, and "Pygmalion" is her senior piay. When asked why she chose this particular play, she laughed and sakC"~I donTTcnow. I just like Bernard Shaw."

Rehearsals for the play resume this week, after stopping for the Fine Arts Festival.

Mary Ann is very excited about the play and says that a lot of hard work is forecasted, too.

Miss Sylvia Strickland win di-

rect the play. The cast is as follows: Henry Higgins. Bill Griffin;

Eliza Doolittle, Mary Ann Wages* Col. Pickering, Dean Brown; Mrs. Higgins, Ollie Sue Gainous; Mrs. Eynsford Hill. Cynthia Bennett; Miss Eynsford Hill, Mimi Ander- son;; Freddy Eynsworth Hill, Mike Lane; Doolittle, Larry Tho- mas; Mrs. Pearoe, Gail Woodruff; Nepommyck, Alex Gruber; Maid, Angela Avant; Hostess, Angela Avant; Host, Larry Parker.

The play will be presented May

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Miss Epps. Chatting happily for the most part, tney spomaneousi> recalled fond memories of La- Grange College's beloved teacher. And as they did, they were un- consciously revealing the many facets of Miss Epps- personality and character that made her a teacher whom students loved and cherished—yes, and stood in awt of—long after their college days were over; the kind of person whose friendship was of incalcu- lable worth.

T.iey chuckled as a member of the group retold a favorite story of Miss Epps—the one about her trip home in rainy, icy weather that almost equalled the ice storm in LaGrange this year. Ice was forming so fast on the windshield of her car that the wipers had ceased to operate. Miss Epps stopped at a country store and asked the woman clerking there if she had any glycerin that she could put on the windshield to prevent the formation, of ice. "We don't carry anything like that," the woman replied.

"What can I do?" Miss Epps persisted.

"I don't know," the women re- plied indignantly. "We don't have weather like this around he»e.' And she left he" prospective cus- tomer to her own ("evices- Only a person with this teacher's keen sense of humor- a brand of hu- mor which was distinctly her own —could appreciate fully the com- edy of this episode. This same hu- mor led her to address a member of her department as~""a skepticK, a here tick, a cynick, and every other kind of nick (except St. Nick)—H beatrack, yes (and I'll attend lo thet later)," as the re- cipient of a letter recalled, rath- er proud to bo chastisecT in such

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one of their tasks, the adminis- tration was right there with helping hand. For this reason, not only with last year's student gov- ernment but all of them, the stu- dent at LaGrange College has so much more than many students at other institutions of higher ed- ucation do not.

Each student government group that comes into office always asks the student to bring complaints or suggestions to them so they can work hand in hand with the administration to make things ev- en better for the student here at L. C. The new student government has even put suggestion boxes a- round on campus to aid the stu- dent in getting his ideas to them. With this plus the friendly and

helpful attitude of the administra- tion, there is hardly any way at all, that things on this campus wilj not get even better, if there is room, than they already are.

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About 40 students met with Mrs. Gordon Cook, Mr. Austin Cook, and Dr. Henry yesterday concerning the dining hall situa- tion.

Eppsian terms. They couldn't talk about Miss

Epps long, of course, before they mentio-ied her very real love of nature— »rd especially of its sim- ple beauties. Foi ex-mple, one re- called how on a trip to AtTafita Miss Epps had called attention to some delicately shaped weeds which the heavy morning frost had turned to rich shades of pur- ple.

In the same veil?, when they discussed the flowers at Miss Epps' funeral-—and there were many large, expei.s\e, and im- pressive wreaths and sprays—one remarked, "Yes, they were beauti- ful, but you know, Miss Epps would have loved best of all the large vase of homegrown pink ros- es and that pot of geraniums," How well he knew her taste.

They all agreed "that the old cemetery at Kingstrce provided an appropriate final resting place for Miss Epps. It seemed proper that her grave shot Id be under a vast, graceful oak tree from whose branches hung sweeping, long gray beards of moss. They remembered how much Miss Epps loved the moss of her coastal home.

In anuUiT mood, one of the pil- grims recalVd an amusing story that Miss Epps liked to tell on herself. It took place some years ago when L.iGrange College had a president who observed the Sab- bath very strictly. Thin, as in re- cent times, Miss Epps lovingly tended her campus flower garden, even on Sunday if the need arose. On this particular Sunday morn- ing she and a friend spied a few

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Spring Athletics - Full Steam By Jimmy Trice

The spring athletic program at L.- C. is well on its way by hav- ing either practice or regular play jlready s t artod i n the annual events.

Men's softball is already in full swing a lthough having some con- troversy with the w e a t h e rman . Thus far, we see Gamma Phi Al- pha in the lead having two wins to their credit against no loss- es. Sigma Nu Pi Kappa both have and have no games to their cre- dit in the win column.

Practice sessions for the girl's softball is winding up and season play will begin shortly. The brack- ets for the girl's tennis compe- tition has already been posted and

and Pi lost one

SCA Begins WUS Drive

The Student Christian Associa- tion is presently in t.ie midst of a drive to raise funds for World Uni- versity Service. The drive is being carried on by the World Related- ness Committee under the leader- ship of Jeanie Brdges.

The Commttee hopes that through informing students about the purpose and accomplishments of the World University Service they will kindle student enthusi- asm for participation.

Briefly defined, WUS is an in- ternational STUDENT service or- ganization, the only one of its kind in the world. It is internat- ional in that it is the cooperative effort of students and professors in forty-one countries ... It is student in that WUS works en- tirely within the college commu- nity; it is the effort of college -students to help fellow students in distant parts of the world ... It is service in that its program of action is set up to help meet the most critical and basic needs.

this will be underway in a short time.

It is still undecided as to whe- ther the men will have intra- mural tennis this year. It has been announced that the fraterni- ties will compete in swimming.

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Coming up Soon!! Field Day . . . Track . . . Broad Jump . . . Sack Race . . . Shot Put . . . Dis- cus . .

* * * There are not too many tennis

matches left this year. Even though our team is having hard luck this year let's continue to stand behind them as they are representing our school-

» * * Some of the boys on campus

who entered in the City Bowling League have done some fine bowl- ing and have chalked up quite a few wins in the past weeks,

Setty Jones New Frat SWeetheart

At the annual Pi Delta Kappa sweetheart dance, held Friday night, April 21, at the Elk's Club, Betty Jones was announced as the fraternity's new sweetheart.

Betty is a sophomore who hails from Decatur. On campus she par- ticipate*; in varied activities. She is a member of the art league and the Spanish Club. She has recent- ly been elected secretary of her sorority, Alpha Kappa Theta. The blonde-haired, blue-eyed art ma- ji.r enjoys water skiing and swim- ming during her leisure.

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hardt Junior College where he was valedictorian of his graduat- ing class. He later studied at Duke University and got his B. D. at Emory University, graduating cum laude. Since then, he has done graduate work at Columbia University, Union Theological Se- minary and New York University, where he expects to receive his Ph. D- in June. He has been a member of numerous honorary and service organizations on the campuses where he has studied.

Even though Rev. Kay never

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Joel Dent, 1st Male SCA President

Interviewed By JULIA MASSEY

At eight o'ciock on a Monday morning, I approached Joel Dent and asked him how it felt to be first boy, in the history of La- Grange College, to be elected S. C. A. president. In spite of the early hour, Joel had a ready re- ply: "I'm not a boy!" he quipped. After acknowledging the fact that he is a twenty-one-year old man, we arranged an interview for later in the day. Joel had a good blend of this quick wit and humor with his more serious side. These traits will be assets to him as he under- takes the job as head of the cam- pus' most outstanding religious or- ganization.

Joel, who is majoring in history and minoring in English and philo- sophy, had proved himself a lead- er before accepting the S. C. A. presidency. Before transferring to L. C. from South Georgia College, located in his home town of Doug- las. Joel was a member of the college chorus, the dramatic club, the Ministerial Association, and was editor of the college paper for

[two years. While attending South ' (Georgia, he also served as the I youth director at the Douglas First Methodist Church. During the present school term Joel has worked as Youth director at East Highlands Methodist Church in Columbus. When he came to La- Grange in the fall of 1960, Joel became a vital part of several campus organizations. He is a member of the Choralaires. the publicity chairman of the Minis- terial Association, and the news editor of the HILLTOP NEWS. From January through March he served as treasurer of the S. C. A.

When I entered the Smith T V. room to interview Joel, he was relaxing with his entire six feet and one inch draped over a chair. This time I rephrased my quest- ion. I asked rather timidly, "How does it feel to be the first MAN to be elected S. C. A. president at L. C?" With a quick and friendly smile that broke into a grin. Joel, gave me his answer. "Well it's unusual and it must mean that there are more men on campus than there used to be. It also must prove that men are ris- ing in this world" On a more serious note, Joel said, "I do feel that being elected to this post is

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weeds among the i -.■%•■ rrs and quickly bent over to pull up the offending plants. Catching a glimpse o: '.he president himself approaching around Smith Build- ing, Miss Epp1- c,u;cMy arose and became engrossed in admiration

-r the blossoms, necessarily leav- ing her unwary friend to be caught red-handed and subjected to the presidential frown. Her de- light in recounting this " episode demonstrated the elfish or "Puck- ish" spirit w.iic'li made Miss Epps the thoroughly winsome person that she was. "And A-ho bufMiss Epps" one ju> vVd "would hive vritti'n n thesis entitled 'Three Concepts of the Devil'?"

A former student told of Miss Epps' tolerance: a quality that endeared her to many. When ano- ther teacher ^renounced this ex- student's child spoiled," Miss Epps smiled and said a w ord in dofense of the accused; jhe understood the child's behaviour. She was never especially fond of pets, ano- ther recalled, hut =1 e always tol- erated—even showed special kind- ness to—those of her friends. Miss Epps was genuinely tolerant of others, the group concluded— tolerant of their shortcomings, their foibles, and their opinions which contradicted her own. And to the membersr of her depart- ment she granted a large measure of freedom and independence, a freedom v;;;"ch might at times be disconcerting to a newcoire-, one of the group confessed, while thoroughly approving Mi«s Epps'

•lion that ench one could teach best in hi? own ir dividual m:inner.

These pilgrims d scussed ttv* way students stood in av c o" ihis great teacher, a person modest, shy, and reserved, yet warm and understanding. Her wealth of knowledge and the subtle richness

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attended LaGrange College, it's in his family. He is married to the former Sara Beggs, who gradua- ted here, and two of his broth- ers, John and Terry, both attend- ed this college. The Kays have three children, two daughters and one son. Dr. Henry has this to say of Rev. Kay, "He has been educated in some of the best schools in the South and North- east, and he is a strong addition to the Religion Department."

a great honor as well as a chal- lenge. A lot of people will be watching the entire S. C. A. cabi- net this year' to see if it can do ?ts job, and a lot of people will be watching me to see if a boy can do this job of president."

Joel, whose pet peeve is insin- cerity, showed a sincere concern as he talked about the S. C. A., and its plans for the next year. He said, "I feel that the S. C. A. is one of the most important or- ganizations on campus. The coun- cil and those who attend S. C. A. meetings are not a body of peo- ple who have "arrived," but are rather a group of seekers?' Joel continued. "The S- C. A. is a type of education itself. Through the varied programs we try to touch every area of life to help us to grow spiritually as well as intell- ectually."

When Joel spoke of the S. C. A. committees, he said, "The most important work is done in the committees. We have good chair- men this year and hope to do some good work through these smaller groups. The work rests on the chairmen; the president only coordinates and guides these chairmen and their work."

"Tine success of any organiza- tion depends on the respect that the officers of the group have from the members. We want to get to know the people on the Hill. When we can talk to them about our organization—Its pur-; poses, its program, and its chal- lenge."

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of .er personality made st ;dents see her almost as an Olympian who some.iow scorned the Mount and c'.ose the Hill for her abode. but they Inew also that she had for mem and for L C. a very hu- man, a very deep and abidins love.

Naturally these five spoke of former students who would want t0 know of Miss Epps' death, and suddenly they realized that hers was a quiet, unpretentious Came ihat literally spread itself around the world. Immeasuraole is the influence, they decided f. at this teacher had had awn her stu- dents, many of whom have made pilgrimages back to L. C. to see Aliss Epps and to show her their children, whom she entertained with all the success of a genuine grandmother. The basic human concern which crownel her wTs- dom and tempered her scholarship these friends fourrl illustrated in the pride she took in her several namesakes and a]ain in her album bulgiiig with pictures of children of her former students."

Poignant was the story t.n's group learned from one of Miss Epps' nieces. During those last few dayt of critical illness when she was under heavy sedation. Mis; Epps would say, "New let's turn to page 54 in the text . .' To tlit last Miss Epps was a dedi- cated teacher. To her, the class room—-learning itself—v/as the very center and purpose of the col- lege.

The pilgrims returned, weary and sad but thankful that rhe'r lives had come under the influ- ence of Jennie Lee Epps. Each one along with countless others, in the words of Emily Dickinson, will rejoice that "I held this jewel i.i my ,'iirgers," and that there still remains "an amethyst remem- brance."

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