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Volume LIX LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, FEBRUARY 3, 1959 Number 29
Trio, Green, Lanin Spark 50th Fancy Dress Ball 1----------r------IKatherine Porter
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I To Open Class Next Tuesday
Kathenne Anne Porl('r, noted author who will be a lecturer m residence here this semester, will hold her first semmar next Tuesday, it was aMounced today by Dr. Marvin Perry, chairman of the English Department
Next Tuesday's class, to be held at 4:00 p.m. m duPont Auditorium. wiU be the firtt m her series of informal discussions about literary topics. The cln~s. which will carry no credit, will be open to all interested students and faculty members. These elasses will be informal In arrangement, the subject matter being decided upon by Miss Porter and her students.
In addition to her weekly seminars, Miss Porter will deUver a public
!lecture during each or the four months o£ her residence. The first or these addresses. where she will give readings (rom some of her wo1 k!!, will probably be Friday, February 20 at 8:00 p.m.
The auUlor of numerous short stories and novelc;, Miss Porter was In re>idencc at U. Va for lhe fall semester.
~tiss 1\lar,aret Uardy or lloll ins Will> t\t rs. Robert E. Lee a she led tbe figure Friday niJht '' ith Fancy Dress President Murray Wadsworth.
After o wide background in many fields of creative writing and extensive travels. Miss Porter is now concentrating on writing fiction. Besides her most recent novel, Pale llorse, Pale Rider, she has written Flowering Judas, Hacienda. Noon Wine, The Leaning Tower, and The Days Before.
Colorful c ;,;t W or Prints Presented to UniYersity
Washinl{ton ond Lee has received o !flit o£ some twenty antique prints of the Civil War and lhe Reconstl-uctlnn period. The prints are lhe gift of Dt·. J. W. Hinton, a prominent New York surgeon and a native VirglnJan.
The prints were sent as a gUt to the Department or History. They have been delicribed as unrealistic, hut colorful and Interesting interpretl\tlons of the Civil War. The prints were made soon after the War. -- ------Riegel To Address Society On Soviet Propaganda
Automatic Rule Takes 30; Faculty Reinstates Five
Thirty men have fallen under the automatic rule at the end of the first semester, according to the office of the dean of students. Seventeen o( these are upperclassmen and thirteen nrc freshmen . At a meeting of the Executive Commiltee oi the Faculty
W&L Gives Land To Town
yesterday, three upperclassmen and . two freshmen were reinstated. The Washington and Lee has gJVen five men reinstated will be under to the Town of Lexington two strips "C" average probation this semester., of university property which will fa-
' ciUtate widening o£ two Lexington This years number of men falling streets, President Francis P. Gaines
under the automatic rule marks a announced last week. ~cant drop, according to the The university wW give up eight dean s office. In comparison to pre- feet seven inches of its property vious years, the totals seem to show fa~ on Lee Avenue between Nelan improvement. In 1954, 55 men fell son and Washington Streets, and under the rule; 1955, 45 men, and In four feet of its land along Wnsh.ing-1956, 47 men. ton Street between Lee Avenue and
Placement Notices lhe new univerSity dormitories approximately 100 yards to the north.
Mr. 0. W Riegel. head of the Journalism Department, will speak on Tuesday, February 17, on "Communist Propaganda ln Western Europe." M.r. Riegel's oddre was
b On Wednesday, Fl"bruary 4, Mr. originally scheduled for tonight ut D. B. Morrisette of International
Town officials requested the university's action as a mea.ns toward greater traffic safety along Lee Avenue nnd Wnshlngton Street. Both areas will be scenes or increased activity when Washington and Lee puts lt.s new dining and dormitory £ociUtles into operation next Sept.ember.
has been changed to lhe 17th. Business Machines Corporation will The W&L prore~~or spent last be on this campus to interview mom
year in Europe, ond has had wide bers of the senior class who are inexperience in analysis of propa- terestcd in a sales career. ganda. He Is director of the Lee Memorial Journalism Foundation, In Also on Wednesday Mr. F. K. addition to his dulles ns professor Morrisette of the W. T . Grant Comof joumnlism. pony will be on this campus to talk
Mr. Riegel will bJ>e·tk In the Stu- with men interested in a career with NOTICE dent Union to the W11~hington Lit- W. T. Grant. Mr Morrisette will tnlk An tmJ>Ot·tant meeting of the crnr) Socletv nt 7 00 on the 17th. about his company's Ml ends-In-Train- Caly editorial t~t.aff wW be held All mterestcd studc.>nls ~tnd faculty lni program which ea to store Wednesday, February 4, at 5:00p.m., members m·t' invited . 1 (Continued on paae 4) t in lhc Student Union.
Michael Mora
Michael Mora To Speak Here
• Wadsworth and Vice-Presidents Lead Lavishly Costumed Figure
Fifty years of Fancy Dress pngean-, ford Invitations vice-president Bert
I try were climaxed Friday night to Hudnall dressed u the Governor of the music of Urbie Green and lhe Kentucky, escorted Miss Frances glitter of hundreds of costumed Steger of Longwood to represent the revellers. The celebration, having be- First Kentucky Derby Ball gun with a cocktail party that after- Appearing from the front door oi noon featuring the Kingston Trio, I a Southern mansion at the back end was set under fuU sail with the of the i)'m, the figure passed by the Figure that evening faculty box~. turned and bowed,
Led by Dance Set President Mur- nnd proceeded down the floor. Each ray Wadsworth and his five vice- vice-president was followed by aU presidents, the Figure displayed the frnternity presidents, both editors ultimate in costuming. Wadsworth, a of the Rin1-tum Pbi, the officers of KA senior from Tallahassee, escort- the SBA, members of the Dance lng Mj$5 Mary Margaret Hardy of Board, and other campus dignitaries. Hollins College and Birmingham, The party which begun Friday was dressed as Robert E. Lee in afternoon was finished in high style his Confederate uniform. by the music of Lester Lanin the
Of the vice-presidents, Sandy next afternoon and night. Playing Proctor, SAE sophomore in charge for a concert Saturday afternoon beof decorations, was dressed In Span- fore a pnckcd gymnasium, Lanin lsh garb. He escorted Miss Tita Davis thrilled his oudience with spit·ited of Hollins. ZBT senior Henry Hecht, Jau rendltions of traditional favordressed as Shakespeare's Petruchio. lles as weU as modern hits. escorted Miss Allain Crenshaw of Lanln made a return visit that Mary Washington. He was in charge evening for the formal dance where of the Figure. Representing le Bal he again proved a favorite with the
Today's 11nnounccmcnt of the Gen- des Operas, Bo Stewart, KA senior students. When told that he was eral Manager of the Norfolk Port from Allanta, was accompanied by "great.'' Lanin repUed, "Just grateAuthority as a speaker for Interna- Mll>S Nancy Coppage of Sweet Briar. rut. I enjoyed It all." tiona! Relations Week completes the He was in charge of faculty arrange- The formalness of the Saturday three-man slate for the February ments. Dressed in Chinese mandarin dance was lent an informal touch by 10-12 affair style for the Mardi Gras theme, Lanin's tOSSJng autographed party
Michael M Mora who has dl- KA Sophomore publicity chairman hats to the dancers. And a Sigma reeled the commercial activities of I Charles W~. from Marion, Va., ceremony, complete with top hats Virginia's busiest port for the past escorted Miss Betsy Sanders or Rad- and a mysterious chant, added a several years, will speak about In- touch or humor to the affair. ternational trade. Of the two speak- L 'b t U l' 1 J ' I Set Presld w ds rth ers already announced, Walter Millis t er ~11 na 1- nqu1ry ent a wo • contact-
J ed after the festivities were over, wm deal with the mmtnry field. and 160 years T 00 Late was high in his p~ of the vice-Or. Philip Jessup will speak about presidents, the Dance Board. the international law. Waslungton and Lee University's faculty, and Herb Agnor Cor their
Mr. Mora will deliver his main ad- 210-year-old history is a subject work on Fancy Dress. He gave dress on Wednesday February 11, of great interest l.o schoolchildren special credit to Bo Stewart and when he will discuss some of the and Americana buffs, but a recent John White for thelr architectural effects which the European Common request for lnformation put the feat of constructing a Southern Market will have on American for- school back 160 years. mansion in Doremus gym, and to eign trade. On the second day, he A Colonial Heights youngster, Sandy Proctor Cor the elaborate will lend morning seminars on the "very interested in the academies In murals. Proctor waa assisted by Bob r~nt moves toward convertibiUty Virginia, though I am a girl," wrote Ahola, Tom Rankin, and many of European currencies. and on the t.o "Liberty Hall Academy, Lexing- others, nil of whom Wadsworth work of the Norfolk Port Authority. ton, Va." for pamphlets and other thanked.
Mr. Mora has recently returned material. ----·- - --- -----from a two-week visit l.o South Liberty Hall Academy, as such America, where he examined foreign existed near the present campus of trade facilities He Is described by Washington and Lee from 1782 to Professor John M Gunn, IRW chair- 1789, when the name was changed
Stolen Goods Recovered By University Proctor
man, as "a polished speaker ·• to Washington Academy in recogni- Washington and Lee University's The European Common Market, Uon of a gift of James Ri.ver Canal new proctor, working in cooperation
which Mr Mora will discuss in his stock from George Washington. In with Lexington pollee, has succeeded first address, has been the cause for 1~2, fire destroyed lhe academy 10 recovering property valued at some concern on the part of Ameri- bu1lding, and the school was moved I more than S500 which was stolen can commercial interests. Because it to Lexington where it soon located from Washington and Lee students establishes a low-tarUT area among on the site of the present campus. by a Lexington juvenile university six European indautrial nations, yet University officials have maUed the officiala disclosed last w~k retains a uniform customs duty for schoolgirl a brief h~ry. or Wash- Proctor Charles F. "Bob" Murray, outside products, the ECM might lngton and Lee Uruvers1ty and a former Lexington pollee lieutenant, stifle American exports to those picture of the ruins of Liberty Hall aya the property was stolen from countries. The member notions, who Academy. It was the best they could student cars parked on or near the began their commercial alliance at do. crunpus. Items included a portable the beginning of this year, are Italy, radio, a new portable typewriter, France, West Germany, Belgium, the NOTICE tuxedo, overcoat, a suitcase filled Netherlands, and Luxembourg. The story Ins ide Washington and with clothes, and miscellaneous
Prof. Cunn has announced the fol- Lee which appeared in the Fancy smaller Items, he aaid. lowing schedule for IRW: Dress Issue of the Southern Collegian Following his initial Investigation, Tuesda~ , Feb. 10: Mr Millis will was written by Jerry Susskind and Murray requested local police to
speak on "The Irrationality of Wnr," Stmdy MacNabb. Sandy MacNnbb apprehend and question the suspect, In Lee Chapel at 7.15 p.m. lB n columnist of lhe Tuesday Edi- resulting in the return of the stolen
(Conllnued on poge 4) Uon of the Ring-tum Phi. goods.
fGolden Jubilee' of Fancy Dress Marks Fiftieth Anniversary . • •
Cl\il W11r and Wa•hltl(ton'<~ lnnugurntlun ro:.tumn were amonr thf' mo .. t popular at the f'rida) nirht dance. The 'h: FanC'~ Or~' \ict-prt' idenb ~ in front of the ~southcm man.,lon" wllh their dote\. TI1ey are ( from PhoiOJrrapher Thorn Borthwick here raptured some or the paJenntry and J&.lety of the Golden Jubilee Fancy left to ri11bt) llenr) llecht with 1\11 Allain Cren~ha'' • Sand) Proctor with !\1i:.~ Tlta Onb, Charlie Wa.,\um
Ore &11, "here Urble Green and his Dixieland onhrl>tra pin.) ed to a packed nmna,ium . with ftli,., Bet'l Sander,, Do lew art with l\11» Nanc)Copp8Je, and Bert lludnall with 1\11,., France"~ Steaer.
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Alan McLeod. Dick Roberts, Larry Bowman. Joe Goldstein, Ronnie Allenstcin, Roy Carpenter, Mason New, Remer Lane, John White, Dick Reid, Worth Brown, John Montague
A University's Purpose The begtnning of a new semester IS more than a rime for
registration, selection of courses, and weak resolutions to ''do better." It should be a time for reconsideration of che basic purpose of a university and a university's education.
In this week's 1ssue of che Saturday Review, Archibald MacLeish, the eminent educator and poet, has written a pen· etracing essay on "What Is a True University?" Mr. MacLeish points out that che American University has a ''Purpose" with a capital P. Quoting Woodrow Wilson, Mr. MacLeish defends the proposition that the American University must have a Purpose; and char Purpose should be the training of rhe young for American life, for che nation's service. The difference berween American education for service co the nation and ocher educational systems devoted to training foe the Scare, Mr. MacLeish says, is that American education should create a whole man rather chan a specialized cog for the machinery of rhe State.
Mr. MacLeish states that u ••• education, above all university education, is not a portable welding system that can be picked up and carried across social frontiers to do the same job on one side as on the other; education is a function of the society in which it exists. Education in America is American or it is not education, for education, to quote (Werner) Jaeger .. . is 'The process by which a community preserves and transmits its physi· cal and intellectual character.' ,.
In this struggle between the Soviet and the American ways of life, the p rocesses of education may well become streamlined training methods to produce servants for the mass State, serv· ants who are functions rather than men. Now, the service to rhe nation has become service to the state, rather than service to rhe nation that once meant service co a community of free men. Mr. MacLeish further states that uThe service of the nation may have been an adequate educational goal fifty years ago when nation and community were more or less rhe same thing, but today, when the old American concepcion of community is one thing and the new American Nation is very rapidly becoming another, the 'American University' must define irs purpose for itself. It must choose the needs it proposes to satisfy, nor on the basis of the Defense Department's priorities, but on the basis of the character of rhe community, which it is the University's duty to preserve and transmit."
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gess for society. Yet, the function of an American University is the preservation and transmittal of ideals which make American civilization a free community. When the University loses thia function, it may well be that American civilization will no longer exist.
Thus, the first obligation of a true University, an American University, is a moral and idealistic obligation. Washingcon and Lee should create excellent doctors, lawyers, business· men, and scientists, but irs primary function ia to create men firsr, and doctors, lawyers and so forth second.
Prestdent Gaines comments that Washington and Lee "has made two great committals of the spirit," and continues:
" One of these is that this University, subject to no type of political control whatever, is none the less dedi· cated to the democratic form, the accepted American form, of social organization; to the ancient freedoms and particularly to the liberty of the mind with its at· tendant right of inquiry, which underlines aU other authentic liberties; to the dignity of the individual-a conviction reflected in such modes of student govem· ment as the Honor System-and thau ultimately to the dignity of man.
"The other enduring adherence of this University is declared in che first by-law of its official regulations, fi rst in importance as well as in time, which affirms that, while secretarian domination in the school is prohibired, The obligation to in· culcate the Christian ideal is hereby acknowledged.'"
The Purpose of Washington and Lee, then, is that of preservation and transmittal of American ideals to men who will one day take their place in American society; first as men and leaders, and secondly as experts in their chosen professions. The maintenance of this Pur· pose is the core of existence for the University; without this purpose the University will no longer exist.
The 50th Fancy Dress Murray Wadsworth, the Dance Board, and all those con
cerned with the "Golden J u.bilee" Fancy Dress Ball deserve the commendation of the student body for a dance set that was in keeping with the excellence of years past.
The bands for the weekend disproved any doubts that they were not of the calibre a Fancy D ress weekend deserves. Both Urbie G reen and Lester Lanin provided highly skilled, colorful and pleasant entertainment. Sandy Proctor, the vice president in charge of decorations, also deserves the gratitude and commendation of the srudent body fo r the excellent decorations for which he was responsible.
The 50th Fancy Dress Ball was in a tradition of excellence that has grown with every year. If Washington and Lee is fortunate to continue to procure the talents and effortS of those who made possible this Fancy Dress, we are certain that the tradirion of excellence will be maintained for another 50 years.
Freshmen Provide Incentive The announcement made today that only 30 students fell
under th e automatic rule at the end of the first semester might be considered evidence that the general academic progress of the student body is definitely on the upswing. In comparison to la.st year, the number marked a signi6c.ant reduction. Last year, 48 men fell under the automatic rule at the end of the same period. T his year, 13 of the thirty were freshmen ; last year, 3 1 of these were freshmen. The number of upperclass· men falling under the automatic remained the same.
Two fresh men and three upperclassmen were reinstated. Dean Gilliam commented that aU reinstatements were borderline cases.
There is no doubt that modem civilization needs specialists, and anyone with the most basic understanding of successful economic systems understands that specialization has provided technical and material pro-
We hope that this evidence of academic improvement in the freshman class will be repeated or excelled next year, and perhaps that the achievement of the freshmen will provide some incenrive co upperclassmen to maintain the standards of which
: they are capable.
Campus Conservatism and Athletic Policy Questioned
responsibility." Look around. you will perceive 1t· m parties, In studies, in extrPcurricular activities, in plans for the future, most people nre content to be caught up ln the rushing herd, and to avoid setting personal goals above the common standard.
Yet at &eeiTI! to me that each generation has a definite responsibili ty to do better than the previous one, and thAt all or our previous advanct>s in civilization would have
In your recent series of editorials been impo~s!ble w1thout someone's you characterized the predominant determmation that progress must nttltude hero as "eon. ervntism." 1 be made And I do not refer to rnathink that what you call conser- ~ terlal ad\'ances as much as to lnvaUsm actually is apathy tellectunl, t'thical, political, and so-
l make this distinction: conser- cial achievem!'nls. vati~m sprinJCS from o definite set EnthusiAsm, then, is the cbl!ence of ideals, the essence of which is of progress. Enthu.silwn? We call It a preference for well-established "gung-honcS:t." and deride people Wily l! or life. Apathy, on the other who pobSet$ it. Yet to th06C people hnnd, exists because of 8 lock or with this quality belongs the !ulure ideals; it is aimlt>~ and vegetative, of the world much as a potato vine growing in a This Is not a plea Cor universal dark cellar. gung-bon~. J merely suggest that
Tht> great majority of Minks have, on clo:.e in pecllon, no real preierence for the status quo. We are Just Cf.{otice confused by conillcting Ideals, and All second sem('!!ter fec.-s nnd dorterrifled by confljcting notions, to I mitory rents are duo now. They are the extent ~t we hold allegiance payable in the otnce or the Trcasurt.o little that IS worthwhile. Ow· only er, Wwohington HaU 4, between 9;00 r~oursc has become 1.0 Uvo a life a .m . and 4:00 p.m , 01• the blll may as it hi~ u.s from day to day, and be sent home upon rcquesL to roll \l.lth the punches. Please attend to this nt once.
we recognize the recent campus attitude for what it is, nnd show a UtUe more receptiveness to the people who refuse to conform to IL
Sincerely yours.
Library 1ro <iet New Records
Edward Webster, Jr. Washington and Lee University's McCormick Library has been selected as a repository for limited
January 31. 1959 edition reeordJngs of American mu-Editors sic by the Society for the Preserve-Ring-tum Phi lion o£ the American Musical Merit-Washington and Lee University age, Inc., librarian Henry E. Cole-Dear Sirs: man, Jr., announced.
1 should like to make a few com- Coleman also announced the gift ments an regard to Mr. J ere Tolton's of "several dozen" classical music article in the J anuary 30th edition scores by Mra. A.S.J. Tucker o.f of Tho Rlng-tum Phi concerning Rockbridge County. Including trios, subsldlt:ed athletics. In the first place quartets, and quintets, the scores are I (loubt iC athletes would be segre- bclng bound and will be available aated from the ttudent body. Flora, t soon Cor circulation, Coleman said. the last man sub&JdJzed here, knew Mrs. Tucker has Indicated she will his brothe•·s and I'm sure many other present additional ICOres to Ute 11-sludents very well. Secondly I be- brary In the future, he added. ueve that our Honor System is The fir11t issue of records from the strong enouah lo prevent such ea- musical heritage society Included capudes as lhe one which occurred "Sonatu Cor Early Piano" by Alexat West VIremia; alter all a gym l ander Reinale; "Qunrt.etto ln D Maexam Is no dlfTerent from any oUter. jor by J oseph Gi!.hot, and "Quartetto And as Cor R.O.T.C.-well that is op- In E-Flat" by John Christopher Moltiona! bert: ler. Thi!$C and future issues will be
Personally I believe that ow· eon- , made a part of McCormick Library'• stant l~s ore li ~ameful dis- Anderson Music Room collection, and grace. lt bas ~n arl(Ued that we wlU be used m classes in muStcal wiU play school• that are of the I hlatory and appreciation. same calibre u we, but who the heck The society sa.,ys its purposc is wants to engnge East Cup Cake Tech. to help acquulnt music students with
And so w have what someone nru; called "a alampt.'<le away from E. S. Mattingly, Treasurer 1 Henry Parker W1llis Hooton I (Contlnuecl on pare t )
The So..-iet Chess Game
Soviet Industry Growing; Threatens U.S. Economy By SANDY MacNABB
The Chinese, before attempting to build the great wall, spent generations gearing the national thinking to the magnitude of this project. Little children. were taugh waU building games and the university students devoted thelr time to engineering studies.
The Soviet Union, facing a great economic challenge, has taken advantage of some pre·developcd thinking patterns. The Russians have developed the world's greatest chess players. They think in chess terms. They have public seminars which discuss the merits of new opening moves and which study the techniques of past champions.
A Cundament.al prerequisite of a chess player is that he be able to plan several moves in advance and that he anticipate the moves of his adversary and plan to meet them. Nlk.lt.a Krushcbev is no exception. He is always several moves ahead in his planning. His recent speech, in which he sets out the new Soviet seven year plan, has started me wondering what is the overall plan of his strategy.
His observations that the cold war is expensive and undesirable to both sides are rather obvious but I wonder how sincere they are. Mr. Krushc:hev lays most or the bt.me for the cold war at the feet or the United States. He complains of our world- wide denunciation of the Soviet UnJon and of our constant attempt to contain the Soviet Union in a rig of air and missile basel!.
He predicts lhaL Russia will catch up to U.S. production about 1972. These claims do not seem to be greatly exaggerated. The reports of American visitors to the Soviet Union describe the industrial growth as amazing. Indus trialist Cyrus Eaton stated after returning f-rom a recent tour or Soviet industry, ''Tht> men who head Russia's government, industry, and banltlng are distinctly able ... are moving swlflly lo make the utmost of the broad array of resources that abound ln their vast and varied terrain."
These observations are concurred with by such economically sound minds as: Edward T. Ryerson, former chairman of the board of lnJand Steel, Walker L. Sisler, president of Detroit Edison, Dr. Keith Glennan formerly of the A.E.C. Md now head of the Notional Space Agency.
Soviet production has increased 15 per cent in the past eight years, e.g., from 30 per cent of the U.S. total in 1950 to 45 per cent in 1958. It Ia not difficult to see the overall strategy when we lisU!n lo Mr. Krushchev's speech and review the industrial statistics. We then begin to wonder about the earlier predictions of economic enclrclmncnt und of the caplt.aliat nation.~ "dropping Uke over-ripe plums."
How are we movinlf to meet the-w Soviet mo\ es? What are we dom. to win the economic war? Are we firhtlnr the economic war tu p~erve public or prh•ate interest? These are the questions tbot come to mind wben I read of lbe role of the CIA (Central lntellirence Arency) in O\·erthrowlnr MoSiaderh in Iran and the concurrent benefit to the Anglo-Iranian
• Oil Co. (which is ~uu under pros-
eculion by the Department oC Justice. Secretary of State J ohn Foster Dulles and hl& brother AUan Dulles (head of CIA) were former members of the law firm of SuUivan and Cromwell who represented t.be Anglo-American Oil Co.
ProCessor Hans J . Morgenthau, of the University of Chicago, asks, " ... can we still afford the luxury of thinking about our economic problems in the obsolete terms oi socialism vs. capitalism, spending vs. saving instead of facing the real issue: expansion vs. stagnation?" he asks: "Can it (lhe U.S.) still afford the production of scores of slightly dillerent models oC essentially the same mercb.andise, production which serves no economic need but only the whim of the producer and consumer?"
These arc interesting questions. It seems obvious that when we face such a well organized economic foe as the Soviet Union that we must have a united economic front, i.e., one which will place public interest over privet~ gain. This is not. only essential it Is criticaL
The question which remains Is who will take the leadership, the Executive or Congress? The record of the present adminlstratlon is that of moderation and inaction. Unless there are some severe administration policy changes to meet. the challenge of the coming election I should guess that it is up to the 86th Congress to assume the burden of outlining a new policy which will permit the United States to continue to grow economically and which will protect our industry from the eminent threat or the Soviet Union.
A Grairr of Salt
Norton Defends His Criticism By NORTON
"Why be negative, 1 asked Norton? "Why not sing the joys of college li!e rather than damning them? Why do you write so pessintist.ically? Your column seems more or a whole-68le condemnation or people t.htm any expression of lovt> for them. Why don't you like them?"
"I do like them," Norton replied, "but at times I like them much better as individual personalities than as soclnlly shaped beings. I hove the dangerous habit oC seeing this age through the eyes or another and so through the 'joys of college liCe.' I don't usually condemn them until 1 hove questioned myseU thoroughly, and 1 run not n wholesale misanthrope, as you suspect For instance, I love to see n real sense of esprit de corp among fraternity broUu.~rs, and I can see the real value or Crntemities when this is fel t.
"The danrer coot when t.he individual h. li tifficd h) lhr voup, or "hen the rroup dictates without really kno" lntr why, as fraternitie!i do at tlme durinJ 'llrll \\-eek.' But , I M'em to be (ttttn, off tht subject AJthouJh there ar«- certain!,) 'colleJe joy~· to ~ bad, still we need to reCOJlllze a pur~l&e In being here.-. I rtuestlon whether our values are set In the
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W-L Hoopsters Face Hampden-Sydney Thursday Tigers Are Favored But" McHenry Hopes to Win
Washington and Lco'a basketball team opens a three-game home at.and Thursd.Ry night, and Coach Bob McHenry fii'Jrea that li hla winless Generals don't take one or these, they may have to walt for next year to notch a victory.
The Generals meet HampdenSydney Thuradny night in perhaps thcir best ch ance of the three upcoming Doremus games. But the Tigers, 84-66 conqucrera o( W&L ot Death Valley earlier in the aeason, wiU be solid favorites despite the Generals' home court advantage.
One (actor in Mdlenry's favor is the return to action of tbe dependable scorer Mal Lassman, who W&l"l hiltlnf at a 16.6 clip throufb the first fh e famet. Wbm he didn't return from Chrlitma..'l u-
or strength was the beat they've done.
The best marksman, stat.lsticaUy, is 6-4 center Phil P almer, who has hlt 22 of 55 field goal attempt.s for a 40.0 percent mork. But, slnce moat of Palmer's shots are under-thebasket lay-ups, a player missing GO percent or his snowbird attempts isn't exactly a sharpshooter, McHenry muses.
Lassman, Surface, and 6-5 Gene Girard, the team's top point man with 105, all average around 38 percent on lield goal accuracy, and this Is just average for college ball. The other General starter, 6-1 forward John K!rk, has 8 for 46 and a 17.4 mark.
Among the reserves ther are others
McLaughlin Is Pleased With '59 Grid Sched.
A hoJ)('ful ~lt>am with a qtlsfied l(lar(', such was the expr(' ·ion of Coach McLautchlln as he discussed h1s plnns for lh(' 1959 football senson. Already over 4000 miles have bc-L-n traveled by the coaches in order to contact fre~;hmen prospects. And this effort has not been In valn as over two hundred applicants have (•xpre ed an interest In playine for wa~hington and Lee. Among the candidates is an all- tale center from
havlng trouble finding the range Sometimes &tarter Rocky Gaul, a 6-3 forward, is only 14 for 51 (26.2), and 6-S forward BiU Buice IS 3 for 33 (9.1).
General Crldders hope for winnint season with the addition or Dickln'!On and Carne,.le Tech. McLautblln feels team will face more realistic cbedu.le. In 1960 J ohn Hopkins " Ill be added to complete a nine game -.chedule.
Basketball Outlook In rebounding, the stat.lstlca are as bad, if not worse. Opponents have out-jumped the Generals by nn average of 62-37 for the season.
I Girard is the top W&L rebounder with 7.2 recoveries a game, and only Palmer ( 4.7) is over the 3.8 mark among the others.
Girard Injured; Surface, Lassman Back
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cation on time, Mdlenry suspended him throuah W&L's four January engagement .
Washington and Lee's staUatlclan, who for the past five years reveled in the mathematically superior performances of Lee Marshall end Dom Flora, has had to dig deep for anythlng resembling a bright spot. But he finally found it.
According to computations based on points scored Ln proportion to total playing time, one General probably is among the tops in the country. Joe Hess, a 6-0 forward , appeared Ln six games for a total of aome 15 minutes, scoring 20 points Ln all. At this point per minute basis, li Hess were a started, he'd be adding up points at. a 50-point per game clip.
But Coach McHenry can't even give him a chance to prove himself now, !or Hess dropped !rom the squad just before exams.
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The Generals Basketball team rolls back lnto action against. the Hampden-Sydney Tigera in the lirst game aince the exam break here Thurs-
McHenry will also have his other regular guard, Frnnk Surface, on hand for the Tigers. Surface missed the Generals' last outlng against Vlrginio because or an infected toe. Surface has average 12.1 through eight games. Blue Wrestlers Face Duke
Saturday night, the Generals en- I At Home This Saturday tertain The Citadel, which bested them 89-69 at Charleston, S. C., and the following Tuesday night, Davidson is the vlst tor. In an earlier c:Jash, the Wildcats downed W&L, 98-71.
The Generals, who have lost to their nine opponents by an averate or 33.9 points a came, ha\'e round that hw tle and 5pirit are poor sub Ututes for s.bootinr accuracy and reboundin1 when It comes to winnlnf ball p.met.
Alter extending William and Mary into double-overtime in the season opener, it look llke the non-scholarship Gener11ls would be capable of upsetting a few opponents on thelr 16-game slate. But the initial show
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One of the more encouraging bit.s of news is the return to the mat of Bob Wyatt, a 177- pound freshman. Bob sprained his ankle just after Christmas vacation but seems to be in top shape at the present.
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Co ch Bob McH lth h eludes two boys over 6-5. Their I a enry, a oug 1 • _.,_, L<- b 'd' _ ... G Is leading scorer, Fred Hawker IS only
reiU..LiU~ '"" non;-su 51 11L";' enera 5-9 but is a difficult man to stop. ~ve !~led to wm a game m 9 start.s, Coach McHenry classes him :us the IS looking forward to the game and "M'ght Mite'" emphatically stated, "We're going 1
Y • to beat them and I wont everybody Coach McH('nry IS only sure or to come out and aee us do it." thrc:e starters for Thursday's game.
At the last meeting or the two teams Hampden-Sydney came out on top by a score of 84 to 66, but the Blue and Whlte were playing without the services oi Juntor IUard Mal Lassman who had been suspended (or d.isc:ipUnary reasont. Lassman, who leads the team with a 16.6 a\'erage, will be back in the lineup Thursday and is expected to provide a steadying influence on the team and take up some of the scoring slack. As It is, the Generals will not be at full strength. Capt.aln Gene Girard, who leads the squad with 65 rebounds, gashed his hand and may not be able to start. Guard Frank Surface missed the last game before exams with blood polsonlne, but will be back In the lineup a lthough 15 pounds underweight
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These are Lassman and Surface at llJards. and Phil Palmer a t center. Either Girard or Rocky Gaul will start at one forward. dependmg on whether G1rard's hand comes around or not. The other forward is up for grabs between J ohn Kirk and freshman Dave Beale. Coach McHenry's main problem will be rebounding and he will try the maximum advantage out of the hclght he has ava~lable. The coach also plans to have a couple or surprises. strat.egy~. for Hampden-Sydney.
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MacNabb Is Senior Law Head Norton Defense I think I can se-e our tru~ $ltuation I better, not hAving come from the snme rnvironment. II we can see through the veneer, then we can build !:Omrlhlng worthwhile.
Lineup for Duke Match (ConUnued from paae 3)
wrcs;Ued for the Hill School in Pott.&town, Pn , long co1aidered the best prep S<:hool in the Ee:;t in wrt'stling. The Eastern lnlcn;cholosUcs have been won by llill (or the past eleven years and boUt Dyer and Merscrc:Au were InterK hol.astic champtons for two yean. Danny was also cnplain of the 1957-58 Hill squad.
"Sandy" M11cNobb oC Bnyahore, Long Island. wns elected prt'Sident of tht- senior l11w c:ln this n!tc:moon. McNabb was elected to suc:c:~ Jam Stump, KA, who resigned the po-
llion when he WM elected president of the Student Bar Association prior to the Chru;tmas hohdnys.
The nl.'w <'ltior class president hold:. an AB de~ree from Cohcatto UnivcrSltY where he was a member or Theta Chi SOCial Cralcmity. He ts currently a nll'mber or Phi Alpha Dt.-11.8 legal fr¥tclllity and is a columnh;t for the Tuesday edition.
Placement Notice (Continued from pt\(e 1)
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On Fnday, February 6. o repreenLCttive of IK-cranl{, Milhk~;n & Co.,
lnc:. wtll be on ~ campus to inlcrvtcw seniors. Deering, Milliken is an agent for 27 Textile Plants known as the Deering, Milliken Group of Mills. The proarams. lcad.tng to supervisory p<Ntions in the Plant.s, Plant Staff and Administrative functions and Sales "ttl be discussed.
All int.ert-sled scmors are urged to make appomlmcnts in the Placement Office to meet with the above reprcsenlati ves..
Grid Prospects Good (Cont inued from paJe 3)
Pnd shall add much f!upport to the tc~m as a whole
On Februarv 16 Coach Ma<.· is pbnnml{ to &tart a sprtn1C prat tice that will run twelve days terminating wi th an lntra-squar game Saturd y, February 28 The proceeds for this game will go to the Student War Memorial Scholarship Fund
Adding to his comments on the future, Coach Mac: scud, "the schedule for next year will be a little more realistic. Wittenburg and Southern ntlnois have bef:n dropped and in their places are two teams that are more in our led~uc" He "~ rrferrlng to Dickinson College .md Carnegie Tech.
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Entering for the fiNot ttme are: William R Burlu, Lexington (\'PI): Paul H . Colley, J r ., Roanoke (RPl) ; Page Gancll, PorL.,mouth, (W&L) : Anthony F. Gerikl!, HaddonJleld. N. J (W&L '56); and Wllllnm W. Moore, Huzelhurst, Miss. (Sewanee).
Returning after timt> m the services are: John M1c:hael Gamer, Miami, Fla.; Henry C. Morgan, Norfolk.
Eight l.1w studen ts graduated in January Tht-y are Wolter Weldon Burton. Donald JamH Currie, Leonard Ch.orl~ Gr~nt'll."'Um. Marrs Allen May, Kin~wood Sprott, J r ., Ro~rl Edward Stroud, Charlt-.J Evans Swope, and Robt'rl Norfleet White
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Wednr\dll~. Feb. 11 : Mr. Moe-a will speak on "The Europenn Common Markel and Amcnc m Forcil{ll Trade," m ~ ChaJ)('I at 8·00 pm.
Mr. Mills will conduct a scmin r on the dtpiomatic h1story of the Untled States at 9:20 a.m. in duPont Auditorium Thursda~ , Feb. J2: M1 . Morn will
discus:; r.:cent movea toward convertJbtlity of Europc.m currcnci<.-s al 10:15 a.m. in Newcomb 8.
Mr Morn will also diliCUSS tht Porl of Norfolk and tiS Port Author ity at 9:20 n.m in Newcomb 8.
Prof. Jessup will spcnk on "Current Problems in Amcric: .n Forett,m Policy," Lee Chapel at 8:00 p.m.
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