Birmingham Southern College - Southern Accent Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

Text from Pages 1 - 192 of the 1940 volume:

LIBRARY OF BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE Xt. BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE 5 0553 01001606 8 1 J CopricjLi mo, . W. RDBERT MITCHELL Mtor; WILLIAM F. VANCE Z4,W.U Wanarj. In SeptRmhRr, 193B, Raymond Ross Paty hrnught a drawl, a delicate Irish wit, and a new force for learning when he hecame President of Birmingham-SDuthern College. He took over the College with the same ease that ' Southern took to him. His tactfolly progressive ideas and guick-smiling diplo- macy have left the community aware that here is a fine Southern Educator rapidly becoming a great one. To him the 194D J!a IQevue IS dedicated. V- ! aiii onc I OSS pah J emonai fc : ? : -: . ' : ' ■• ' , ' ' ' -4 k-ij ' M m ' . - t m %S ] • ♦ L U- ■ Yuur IMU Xi Acinic is an attrinipt present an accurate and culuriul record ul the events of tlie year. Believing that the present can he hest revealed by thruwinij it into relief against the past, we have tried to indicate some of the events and traditions that have made the f ollege what it is, as well as present a possible pattern for future developments, fn these pages we hope that we have placed the intangdile guality which makes ' Southern a distinctive college community. a Ion. Ia66e6 leS. y tklatlc6- Ljreehs L ra ci niza ti ons . f ' FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH FIFTH SIXTH SEVENTH Your 1940 La Revue is the first annual ever to be Color Indexed. To find the section you want, glance below at the index, then flip the pages until you come to the corresponding color bar. r r u J KJ .yvdmlmdtratlon Behind the intricacies of schedule sheets, honor points, and paying bills to the Bursar, click the smoothly turning wheels of the administra- tive machinery. These are the men who have built up a tradition of stern and unyielding serenity of purpose. But along with the supposedly cold countenance of the Dean or the tiny grade slip which too-often holds the tragedy of a student ' s work there lurks a purpose: the guidance of young men and women in preparation for a career. The ideal itself is rarely mentioned, but the work toward more efficient methods of achiev- ing that end is never finished. The lights of the library may blink off at ten o ' clock; those on the second floor of Munger Hall often burn through a later darkness. Those who guide the College tread the narrow line between student and alumnus, faculty and trustee. This year they struck fire from old grads rabid with football and received scant praise for an improved sys- tem of awarding scholarships. I But, smoothly as they function, even this efficiency can be thwarted by an ordinary ten-inch snow. On Tuesday morning of examination week they huddled to watch the flakes drift across the Quadrangle, fill Arkadelphia Road. They nodded glumly, swallowed hard, and post- poned all tasks. The students were warmed to learn that at least the elements had some control over the Lord High Executioners. I Under this group the student feels that he is moving, that he is part of a plan. Many changes have come with the second year of President Paty ' s leadership — the substitution of intramural for intercollegiate sports, the improved adviser system, the Committee on Students ' Use of English, and Alumni Scholarships. These developments have given the undergraduate a sense of direction for his sorties into the higher learning. There is a new tenor of intelligence about the Hilltop. - Ij J tockkam lA oman 6 vDalldln f More goes on in Stockham than meets the eye. Teas, receptions, and Y Cabinet meetings are only the beginning; everything from long talks with the Dean of Women to even longer sorority bull sessions make its walls tmgle. The pervading feminine at- mosphere is occasionally disrupted by fraternity gath- erings and conventions of one sort or another, but the Sunday swish of long skirts had become its old song. ke ll- oav ' d of ' ustees O. V. Calhoun — - - Prcsidcnf Ed. L. Norton Vicc-Prcsiileiif Edgar M. Glenn Sccrcfary Fred M. Jackson - Treasurer W. A. Patillo Asshfanf Treasurer C xecu live L oil I II I if tee Ed. L. Norton, C w r 7;rt Fred M. Jackson, Y ice-Chair iiuvi LoNNiE P. Munger, Secretary O. V. Calhoun Hugh A. Locke Robert Echols Edw ard C. Moore Marvin A. Franklin Mrs. W . H. Stockham S. O. KiMBROUGH President Raymond R. Paty (Ex-Officio) Bursar Newman M. Yeilding {E. -Officio) j m6ldent fKaumoncl Ko65 j- at i After serving as social worker in the West Virginia coalfields, teacher in a preparatory school, and as bri- gade signal officer at Fort Knox, Kentucky, during the World War, Dr. Pat y has well-prepared himself for the Presidency of Birmingham-Southern College. Born one of nine children forty-four years ago in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, he attended Webb School, Emory University, and the graduate schools of Columbia and the University of Chicago. He was professor of Bible and Religious Education and later Dean of Men at Emory. He has served as Director of Fellowships for the Julius Rosenwald Fund as well as Director of the National Youth Administration for Georgia. In 1921 he married the gracious Adelaide Martha Pund, of Augusta, Georgia. They have three daugh- ters: Martha Anne, Mary Pund, and Jane Muse Paty. He became President of Birmingham-Southern in 1938. lie J- reiident s ..J oi 2), ' ean 14 a 1 Wyiitt W.ilkci- Hale .icts as Dean and Registrar with a suavity whicli reflects his six years experi- ence at that post. He heads the premier fact-finding body of the campus. Dr. Hale, Griswold, Wilmorc, Lively, and company hoard more details than the World Almanac — including grade slips and addresses along with sundry facts good and bad for the student. And they work smoothly; students and faculty alike learn to ask the Registrar ' s Office. Dr. Hale has had a wide career of meeting people, from selling shoes before he entered college to his time spent in the graduate schools of Columbia and the University of Minnesota. This year on his sab- batical leave he rambled over half the United States inspecting other colleges and picking up ideas. Join- ing the college faculty in 1923, he took over his present position in 1934. Born in Gadsden thirty-nine years ago, he married Madelyn Thomas Hale, who is a nice person to know, too. (L-rjLiiie aiiiJaif Jvall i5ur6ar f (: eu man a me I iei4 ly eildin ' J n --r fii . Red-headed, quiet-talking Newman M. Yeilding has been Bursar of Birmingham-Southern since 1926. He is the one member of the College Big Three who is Birmingham bred and educated. After graduating from Central High School, now Phillips, he entered ' Southern and received an A.B. degree in Social studies in 1922. While a student he was active in and out of classes, becoming business manager of the College paper in his senior year. He worked four years with the family concern in Birmingham and joined the facult - as Bursar. All keepers of the till are suspected of being hard and mercenary, but Mr. Yeilding ' s ruthlessness is chiefly a myth . . . Whatever he might do, it ' s acccm- plished quietly and with dispatch. And he may smil- ingly give you an inch, but you won ' t get away with a mile. He married Miss Annie Lou Fletcher, and they have two boys and a girl: Manly, Anne, and Fletcher. If you add a bit to the endowment fund, you may call him Red. iudcnf y cfii ifif £$uil t U ' ?■•; W T - :mf r M- ' .rJ-Jean d oiine l Wailc ace oom I long ago discovered, said Dean Moore, that you can always do one more thing. Teaching classes, being Dean of Women, speaking before more clubs than the average person knows exist, and trying psychological experiments on her dog. Trouble, she stili fmds time to head KDE, national professional sorority for teachers, and to be active in the A.A.U.W. and other civic-minded organizations. But counsel- ing students remains one of her greatest loves and best services to ' Southern. Never too busy to listen to the often hazy plans of coeds, she finds girls with something of her own ambition. After receiving an A.B. from Southern, she taught in the county and then came back to school herself, getting an M.A. from the Hilltop and doing gradu- ate work at Peabody and the University of Chicago. She has taught all levels from the first grade through college work. Her enthusiasm for educational work has an infectious quality which one feels merely by talking with her. . I ' tmi yhiiiipi rJLibraf-i ne J ' aciA.it i Raymond Ross Paty. LL.D. President Wyatt Walker Hale, Ed.D Dean and Registrar Newman Manley Yeilding, A.B __.. Bursar Cecil Emory Abernethy, M. A Instructor in English Raymond Floyd Anderson, M.A Director of Music James Elmer Bathurst, Ph.D Professor of Psychology Louise Branscomb, M.D. _ __histrnctor in Sociology William R. Battle, A.B Director of Intramural Athletics David Phillip Beaudry, Ph.D ...Assistant Professor of Economics James Saxon Childers, M.A Professor of English Benjamin Franklin Clark, Ph.D Associate Professor of Chemistry Agnes Clements, B.S Instructor in Biology James Horace Cou ' liette, A.M Professor of Physics Marion Jane Crawford, A.M. Secretary to the President Penelope Prewitt Cunningham, A.M Assistant Alumni Secretary Ruth Newcomb Edwards, A.B. Instructor in Sociology Hiram Benjamin Englebert, A.B. Assistant Director of Intramural Athletics Marsee Fred Evans, Ph.D. Professor of Speech Lex Jefferson Fullbright, A.B Assistant Director of Physical Education Jennings Frederick Gillem Assistant Athletic Director William Ellis Glenn, M.A. Assistant Professor of Mathematics Mary Lou Grlswold, A.B Secretary to the Dean William Tilden Hammond, A.M. Assistant Professor of Romance Languages LaFayette Randoloh Hanna, LL.B Instructor in Economics Dorothy Louise Hammer, M.A Librarian Martha Haralson, A.B Library Assistant Frances Harris, A.B Instructor in Mathematics Emory Quinter Hawk, Ph.D Professor of Economics Ernest Martin Henderson Instructor in Art Douglas Lucas Hunt, M.A. Assistant Professor of English Charles H. Hunter, Ph.D Exchange Professor of History Margaret Hughes, B.S. in L.S. Assistant Librarian Harold Horton Hudson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Religion William Worthington Jeffries, M.A Instructor in History Ernest Victor Jones, Ph.D Professor of Chemistry Annie Mary Jones- Williams, B.L.S Assistant Librarian J. D. Kaylor, A.B.... Assistant Manager of Bookstore David Martin Key, Ph.D Professor of Latin and Greek James Harrison Kincaid, B.S Instructor in Biology Otis E. Kirby, A.B Instructor in Religion William Lester Leap, Ph.D Associate Professor of Sociology William M. Lively, A.B Assistant to Dean Gene McCoy, A.B Assistant in Physical Education Department Harry Earl McNeel, A.M Assistant Professor of Spanish Richebourg Gaillard McWilliams, M.A Associate Professor of English John Milton Malone, A.M Associate Professor of Education Charles D. Matthews, Ph.D Director of the Library Stuart Mims, A.B __ Instructor in Speech Eolinc Wallace Moore, Ph.D Dean of Women and Professor of Education Wesley Adulpluis Mooi-c, A.M. ._ Professor of Malhemat ' n Egbert Syclnoi- Ownbey, IMi.I). ._ Associalc Professor of English Wilbur Dow Perry, Litt.l). - Professor of F.tf lish Russell Spurgeon Poor, Ph.D - Professor of Geology Maurice Powell, B.S. _ histrnvtor in Chemistry Austin Prodcehl, Ph.D — . Professor of German and Philosofiby Claude Mitchell Reaves, Jr., A.B.,. ..— ..,. Assistant Bursar Joshua Paul Reynolds, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology Woodcy Rawlinson Roberts, B.S. ,.. Library Catalo ' uer Leon Franklin Sensabaugh, Ph.D Associate Professor of History Henry Thomas Shanks, Ph.D Professor of History George R. Stuart, Jr., M.A. Assistant to the President James Allen Tower, Ph.D Assistant Professor of Geof:,ral hy Sheperd Vincent Townsend Instructor in fournalism Helen Meade Turner, B.S Instructor in Physical Education Alfred Frank Urbach, M.A. Dircc ' or of Orchestra Robert Walston ... _ - Assistant to Bursar William Alonzo Whiting, Ph.D.... Professor of Biology Dorsey Whittington Director of Conservatory Margaret Anne Wilmore, A.B. Assistant to Registrar Perry ' Wilson Woodham Assistant Bursar and Lecturer in Economics Samuel Buford Word, M.D Instructor in Sociology Theodore Roger Wright, A.M. - Instructor in Education (hircl i C iie l iew of fh? ..J4illlop FTT — anMnrn-TTTTTi - ke S tuident ' althall, Hctlin. Riley, Ruffin, Johnson. Hamilton, Brabston, Doggett, Davis Frcsidcnf Bruce Johnson Vice-Presideiif ___ Jimmy Cooper Secrciary -Treasurer Rudy Riley s. enaie h The Student Senate brought down the gavel on the final bit (;f busi- ness for the Spring ' 40 semester with a satisfied bang. That final meeting on the night of Monday, May 6 ended the history of the Student Senate forever. The Senate legislated itself out of exist- ence by voting in an amendment to the new-made Constitution whereby the work of both the Senate and the Coed Council will be done hence- forth by an Executive Council composed of both men and women. But, to quote one of the Senate members, this year ' s work ' re-vital- ized the student government, and its effects will endure for years to come. They have re-written the school ' s Constitution, formulated a new honor code and re-vamped the Student Activities fee and its allo- cation. They have also found time to put on a top-notch dance. One of the principal effects of the new constitution will be to insure better continuity from year to year in student government on the Hill- top. It provides that the retiring president of the Executive Council shall introduce the president-elect to his duties. The president-elect shall be taught to interpret and use the Constitution, and shall be familiarized with the unfinished business of the group. The new document also pro- vides for the filing of minutes from year to year so that the new Council can pick up right where the other left off with no preamble. President Bruce Johnson states that the Senate would have put sev- eral amendments in the new Constitution if the year had been a Kttle longer. embers Donald Brabston Jimmy Cooper Louie Davis Billy Doggett Paul Hamilton Howell Heflix Bruce Johnson Rudy Riley Durell Ruffin Shelby Walthall ne o-C d 6 Thorpe, Calljway, Price, Turnipsecd, Jones, Douglas, Paty, Bell OIL-s President Alice Jones V ice-Preside II f Mary Eleanor Bell Secretary-Treasurer Doris Turnipseed L ouincit Revolutionary tendencies dominated the wcjmen ' s student govern- ment this year. It all started in the fall elections when the sororities did themselves proud by abandoning the clique system entirely and going in for honest politics in a big way. The resultant council proceeded to sponsor a new honor system, revise the outmoded point system and sup- port the Senate in their redistribution of the student activity fee. And then there were the inevitable May Day plans to occupy about two months of deciding color schemes and dances and stunts and keep- ing everybody guessing who was to be the Queen. The Cat ' s-Paw, stunt night substitution for the usual flowery May Day celebration, is fast on the way to becoming one of the Hilltop ' s best and most colorful traditions. Members of the Council also planned and carried out two large teas honoring high school graduates. These affairs are held in Stockham at the beginning of each semester when a new crop of freshmen are about to descend upon the Hill. Newest move gotten under way by the energetic councilors this year is a plan for an executive council, a combination governing body to replace the present scheme of separate Senate and Council. This change will be taken under consideration during the Fall elections. nleinbei ' S Mary Eleanor Bell Barbara Callaway Sarah Douglas Wilbur Fite Alice Jones Martha Ann Paty Mary Margaret Price Betsy Royce Leslie Thorpe Doris Turnipseed 25 26 27 28 29 : L diloi ' ial -jyfaf E. L. Holland Editor Bob Luckie Managing Editor Bill Mizelle Managing Editor Miles Denham Sports Editor Sarah Shepard Social Ed tor Bob Lively Virginia Van der Veer Frank Cash Lester Gingold E. L. Holland, Editor ke J iiiio f The Progressive Newspaper for Bir- mingham-Southern Students appeared the first Friday of school, and every- body had to learn to say Hilltop News instead of Gold and Black. It ' s face was lifted, typographically speaking; in 1 Downing Street, its new home in the library basement, the editor and his cohorts were to hold forth with air raid arias, new movements on the campus, and bull sessions on everything from pohtics to Who Stole Tom ' s Girl. Six pages rolled off the press in contrast to the traditional four. Pages of pictures were compiled before the year was over — pictures of events happening on the campus and made by home-grown photographers, a distinct innovation in the history of the paper. Of course the photographs later found their way to the Hilltop News walls and beamed beatifically down on struggling repor- ters the rest of the year, but they didn ' t seem to mind, and it amused the boys Muiiagni Editor Mizelle On.uiu ' .n --iliill Jim Moriarty Biisi)!csi Miiiniiicr Charlie Wiisr Circiilalioii Mdtui; fr Flay McPiilrson Ann Rinnert Martin Knowlton Howell Heelin Jim Moriarty, Business Manager evu6 who wandered in to call up their girls on Friday nights. The Office had a phone, you see, and gloried in the power pertaining thereto. Lights burned late in the basement on Wednesday nights as last copy was written and headlined. They burned later the last days of March when the feminine members of the staff strug- gled over the April Fool edition. The editor, tradition decreed, was always out of town for the issue; he really was this time, representing Southern at a national meeting of college leaders. Throughout the year he had a liberal policy of giving space to anyone who cared to write to the paper. Pacifism, housing conditions, and world predic- tions occasionally filled its columns. Mr. Childers saw to it that wandering typewriters were returned to the fold, and that the paper had a wide scope of action open to it. Another innovation was the paid staff. Formerly the editor, business manager, and managing editor drew a salary, but during ' 39- ' 40 the staff re- ceived a small, but real compensation for their efforts. Every Tuesday and Thursday, 10 Downing Street was crowded with aspiring journalists waiting for ' incent Townsend and his class. Many of the stories written were accepted for the News and niches on next year ' s staff secured for the contributors. W. RDBERT MITCHELL (Lailof D. HIS YEAR, as usual, La Revue has sought to be different. The color index is the first ever used in an annual and the summary of college history is also new. Group pictures have been retained in the organization and Greek section, a policy which is definitely on the way in progressive annuals throughout the country. More snapshots of student activities have also been included. La Revue started out the year in an auspicious manner. We were given the old Y Cabinet room as an office and were ornately furnished with table, typewriter, and three folding chairs. Then one day we had the fact thrust upon us that we were being given the air; our office was being turned into a radio control room. So, taking our table and type- writer we moved into the snake corner of the Hilltop News room where we soon acquired enough litter on our desk and pictures on the wall to resemble our fellow publication across the room. Enough people drifted in and looked over our material that we are confident nothing in the annual will be news at all. But it has been an interesting year and a progressive one too, for the move increasing the lower division fee so that everyone gets an annual was initiated by La Revue and passed by the student body. This step will enable the 1941 editor to put out a finer book, as well as reduce the organization rates. This year will see more La Revues printed than in the past several years. WII.I.IAM E. VANCE ijuiine -i er euvie C diloriai J h W. Robert Mitchell Edilor-hi-Chief Cecil Parson Assistant Editor Sarah Shepard Assistant Editor Donald Brabston _. Assistant Editor Miles Den ham Sports Editor Bernice Brev; er Mack James Bob Summers Bill Cleage Ford McDonald Marjorie Vance Cecil Curtis Bill Mizelle Charles Ware Lester Gingold Claire Morrison Willis Woodruff John Graham Marguerite Osborne Wyatt Jones Mary Beth Powell Sammy Pruett Otto Robertson ijuiinea •-ita.ff William F. Vance Business Manager Thad McDonald Associate Manager Ann Rinnert - Associate Manager Louise Strickland Associate Manager Wallace Smartt - Associate Manager Frances Blake Fred McCord LeGrande Passmore Clarence Wilburn Howell Heflin Charles Moore Margaret Ann Perkins Bob Murray- George Huddleston L RY Kate Xungester NL RBREY Payne Bill Morrow ke olleQe f Starting with a bare cubbyhole in the back of the Student Activities Building, two soap boxes, and a cat- alog listing of a course in Theory and Practice of Acting, Mr. Aber- nethy — who quickly became Chief Ab — and Tommy Ryan spent the summer in putting in a pin rail, building a traveler, and dreaming of Thespian accomplishments. ' Chief Ab Yiind Lady, a melodrama without screams, was the first major problem attacked by the College Theatre. Having glued the flats and hemmed the curtain, Rebecca Gray and Jennie Webb did a major part of putting up the set. Tommy was in constant demand and, in spite of his time-saving devices, managed to get the set up on time — fully five minutes before the curtain went up on the first show. Robert Burr even had time to finish his painting and get off the stage before the show began. When the curtain jammed and the lights failed, the actors, with brandy glasses in their hands and curtains draped over their left ears, went right on with the play. The stage technicians did a much better job on the next play, tage Door, and were ably supported by the cast. Eulette Francis surprised everyone by learning her light cues; Tommy came backstage to change the spotlights only once; Robert Green kept the curtain working smoothly; and stage manager Cecil Curtis kept things well-coordinated backstage. On the third show, Outward Bound, Robert Green, having worked faithfully on the first two shows, took over the job of stage manager. The entire organization functioned smoothly. The hams climaxed their season ' s work admirably. And everybody had a good time. In the Spring the College Theatre officially replaced the defunct Paint ' n ' Patches. For hard work throughout the production of three shows the following students were invited to become members. L Jean Arnold Marjorie Jean Bevis Robert Burr Cecil Curtis Wilbur Fite Eulette Francis Mary Garrett Rebecca Gray Robert Green Arthur Griffin em bers James Hatcher Margaret Hickman Doris Holtzclaw Nelle Howington June Jaynes Alice Jones Martin Knowlton Ford McDonald Flay McPherson Richard Morland Leland Nichols Marbrey Payne Olivia Belle Payne Tommy Ryan Florence Throckmorton Jayne Walton Charles Ware Jennie Webb OL I, eaim Came September and a flock of eager amateur stagehands. But there was plenty for all of them to do — flats to be built and stretched and glued, the curtain to be hung and hemmed, mazes of wire to be put into the frame which Tommy and Mr. Ab had built from the soap boxes and which was to become Bet- sey, portable (so Tommy maintains) switchbox and pride of the Theatre. Technician Rt an Take it like this, Dunn, says Mr. Ab while Marjorie Jean Be is look on. . . . Rebecca Gray and Jennie Webb do flat work. . . . Alva Wade and C. M. Dend) ' rehearse tagc Door. . . . Rest hour at the Footlights Club. . . . And that ' s hew I became a movie star ... Tense moments in Stage Door. . . . Stage hands at work . . . a added Most of ' Soutltrn ' s class-consciousness went the way of the Russian Revolution with thfe inauguration of the division plan, wherein there are only two groups — ifliose who have served two years and those who have more than two to |o. Students are no longer assigned seats in Chapel according to theirj standing, and comradeship cuts across class lines. Even the lowly Froai may sit beside the Senior beauty of his choice with- out arousing so much as an indignant whisper from other Seniors. Dur- ing their final semester, the graduates-to-be suddenly feel that hollow, poignant feeling, alid reminiscence wells up within them; they realize their seniority. Tm fact that there is no hazing except to those who ask for it lends an indeaendent air to the greenest recruit. e During the ei, than ever before, to force the Freshn ance to stir up the organized and rebel get their caps aftei month on the camp a something about it he becomes less harried Senior looki ing something coul hty-fourth session the classes became more unified n the Fall of ' 39 some upperclassmen hatched a plan en into rat caps. The Frosh, hoping by their resist- issue and bring down the tradition upon themselves, d. They overplayed their hand, however, and didn ' t all. The cocksure attitude of a greenhorn after a s sometimes arouses the harried upperclassman to do but nothing ever develops. As the Frosh grows up, , more worried. Years later he finds himself the g on the new crop of brassy newcomers — and wish- be done about it. cot vy But the classes jictually never fuse; there is a difference in the think- ing of Freshman ai d Sophomore, Junior and Senior. As each advances to a higher position in the School ' s activities, he feels the responsibility of scholarship, of soci« ty, and of the future demand to be made upon him. -gy- •.■ ?.. Fred McCord Sam Carter President Vicc-Prcsithiit Marv Elizabeth Simmons Marv Margaret Price Sccrcfary Treasurer Ok e S eviior Remember four years ago when Bruce Johnson was just Max ' s kid brother from Harriman, Tenn.? When Leila hadn ' t learned to make fish faces, Alva Wade was a scared freshman, Sam Carter and Wallace Smartt had never heard of T.K.A., and Red Holland wore the loudest socks and coats in school? Those were the days when Ramsay was still Science, the sundial had a top, and upperclassmen were gloating over the newly paved road past the tennis courts. Dr. Snavely addressed his Cultured Christian Gentlemen and Gentlewomen — all of ' em — in chapel every Wednesday and Friday. Students fussed about the honor system and looked forward to the day when they would go to chapel not under compulsion but of their own free will; sure they would go! Pattie Smith made the dirt column as regularly as Fridays rolled around. Eulette Francis ' name was to take her place the next year. Henrietta Boggs wrote her classic story of Southern ' s May Day. Her description of the purple horrors caused such a furor that Miss Ransom, girls ' gvm teacher, recommended a balloon dance for the next year. Miss Turner, new at Southern, tried out the idea. It worked fine, except for the small boys and dogs who insisted that balloons were meant to be played with and that the Queen ' s train was an excellent thing to ride. May Day was celebrated after school on the campus quadrangle, with everybody and his family out to see Maid Marian. The Campus Newsreel, the only one in the country, recorded stu- dent life of ' 37- ' 3 8 in a series of movies. Nell Mancin, Elizabeth Patton, and Mary Elizabeth Simmons paraded for the cameraman (technicolor, too), and were selected by Helen Hayes to appear in the Beauty Section of La Kcvuc. Betty Hasty was the paper ' s nomination for Miss Person- ality. Agitation for a student lounge was begun by Gold and Black dreamers who wanted to see more opportunity for real student life — and more quiet in the library — become an actuality. The lounge movement gained supporters; we more or less dignified seniors have lived to see its results. Come to think of it, we ' ve seen a lot of things. J-rcd McCord ' s and Fred Outlaw ' s idea of a Senior Walk has materialized; the Student Ac has become more collegiate by the month; the gym and natatorium are developing into the real thing. The class of ' 40 is going to be easily typed a few years from now. We old timers will be so amazed at the changed campus that there ' ll be an epidemic of I remember when ' s as soon as we set foot on the Hilltop. a36 Acky . . . W.irc oh Ware, did he: get that hat . . . Results of O.D.K. ' s four-for-a-nlckcl cigars . . . Smilin ' Sammy . . . Curtis or Robert Taylor? . . . Amazon initiate Hoover gets coy . . . ' hat do youze hear from the Mop ? . . . Footballer Sands displays driving pins . . . Bojangles hits (?) a high one . . . You should have been Hasty, Barksdale . . . Leila waits patiently. rS55Se L ember6 iirsi Row. Ci;ci i.iA Abrahams Birmingham Treasurer, Mortar Board 4; Phi Beta Kappa 4; Le Ccrcic Prancais, Secretary 2, Vicc-Presidcnl 3, President 4; Vice-President, Mu Alplia 2; Secretary, Alpha Lambda Delta 2; Secretary, Delta Phi Alpha 4; Vice-President, Plii Sij ina lota 4; Secretary, Kajipa Delta Kpsiion 4; Vice-President, Belles Lcttrcs 4. Claudia Barton Birmingham Phi Beta Kappa 4; Treasurer, Thtta Chi Delta 4; Y.W.C.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Theta Sigma Lambda 4; Delta Phi Alpha 2, 3, 4; Alplia Lambda Delta I, 2, 3, 4. Mary Eleanor Bell Birmingham Vice-President, Mortar Board 4; Phi Beta Kappa 4; President, Religious Council 4; President, Kappa Delta Epsilon 4; Y.W.C.A., Treasurer 3, Secretary 4; Tri Tau, Vice-President 2, President 3; Vice-President Coed Council 4; Secretary, Clariosophic 3; Delta Phi Alpha 3, 4, Lester Blackburn Guntersville Theta Chi Delta 3, 4; Theta Sigma Lambda 2, 3, 4; Skull and Bones 3, 4; Y.XLC.A. 1, 2, 3, 4. Second Row. Emma Dean Booker r B Birmingham Y.W.C.A. I, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Choir 2, 3, 4. McLemore Bouchelle 2AE Birmingham Phi Beta Kappa 4; Skull and Bones 2, 3, Vice-President 4; Theta Chi Delta 2, 3, 4; Delta Phi Alpha 3, 4; Beta Beta Beta 2. Bernice Boyd Birmingham Phi Beta Kappa 4; Theta Sigma Lambda 2, 3, Secretary 4; Phi Sigma Iota 3, 4; Treasurer, Kappa Delta Epsilon 4; Secretary, Alpha Lambda Delta 2. Bernice Brewer Birmingham La Kcnic 4. TIjird Roiv: Emmette Brown AOIT Birmnigham Paint ' n ' Patches 1, 2, 3; Belles Lettrcs 1, 2; Y ' .W.C.A. 1, 2, 3. Sam Carter Birmingham President, Theta Sigma Lambda 4; President, Theta Chi Delta 4; Varsity Debate 2, 5, 4; Tau Kappa Alpha 2, 3, 4; Treasurer, Omicron Delta Kappa 4; Vice-President, Senior Class 4; Phi Beta Kappa 4. Milton Christian Birmingham Associate Editor, Golil and Black 2, 3; Hilltop Ncus 4; La Rci lie 2, 5. Bill Cleage S.VE Birmingham President, Sigma Alpha Epsiloit 4; B.isketball 1, 2, 3; Y ' .M.C.A. I, Cabmet 2, 3, 4; Lj Rciue 1, 2, 3, 4, Fourth Row: Paxton Coleman 2AE Interfraternity Council 4. Ella Will Cowan Paint ' n ' Patches 1, 2; Glee Club I, 2, 3; Y.W.C.A., Cabinet 1, 2, 3, 4. Louise Cox Y.W.C.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Sigma Epsilon 2, 3; Paint ' n ' Pat;hcs 2, 3. Lew IS Crance A2 Fifth Row: Ellen Cross KA Amazons 3, 4; Paint n ' Patches 1, 2, 3. 4. Robert Currie Y. LC.A. 2, 5, 4; Orchestra 2, 3, 4; Band 2, 3, 4; Theta Chi Delta 3, 4. Cecil Curtis Phi Beta Kappa 4; College Theatre 4; GolJ an,! Black 2; La Re i lie 4. Bessie Davis WV Kappa Delta Epsilon 4; Glee Club 1; Y.W.C.A. I; Sigma Epsilon I, 2: La Retiic 1 Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham Jackson, Mississippi Birmingham Birmingham Ti L embers I ' rs How: JiMMii: Davis ' I ' lu-ta Clii Uck.i 4; Uck.i I ' lii M| lia 4. Jack Duii ei; AE Y.M.C.A., Cabinet 1, 2. William Easter Theta Clil Delta 2, 3, 4; Thcta Sifima Lambda 2, 5, 4; Y.M.C.A. 3. Orizaba Emfinger Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham Uriah Second Row: Frank Flde Birmingham Phi Beta Kappa 4; Debate 1; Glee Club I, 2; Chiiir 2, 3; Y.M.C.A. I; Gohl anil BUu k 2, 3. EuLETTE Francis IIB ' I Birmingham Phi Beta Kappa 4; Pi Delta Psi 3, 4; Theta Sigma Lambda 2, 3, 4; Kappa Delta F.psilon 3, 4; Paint ' n Patches 2, 3, 4; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, Cabinet 3, 4; Tri Tau 2, 3, 4; Alpha Gamma 2; Belles Lettrcs 2; Lii Rctiii ' 2; Cold anil Black 2; Pan Hellenic 3; College Theatre 4. Glendon Galloway Birmingham Glee Club 1,2; Y.W.C.A. 1, 2. Joe Ganster Birmingham Glee Club 3, 4; Choir 3, 4; Y.M.C.A. 3, 4; Toreadors 3, 4; Delta Phi Alpha 4. Third Row: Lucille Garlington F B Birmingham Glee Club I, 2. 3, 4; Y.W.C.A. 1, 2, 3, 4. Hugh Garrison Bessemer Theta Sigma Lambda 2, 3, Vice-President 4; A.LM.M.E. 3, 4; Track 1; Y.M.C.A. 1, 2. Mary Elizabeth Glenn Birmingham Y.W.C.A. 1, 2, 3, 4. Fort Hambaugh 2AE Birmingham Football 1, 2; President, Interfraternity Council 4. Fourth Row: Sarah Hammond ZTA Keystone Amazons 3, 4; Alpha Gamma 3, 4; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, 3, 4; Kappa Pi 2, 3, 4. Josephine Harris KA Birmingham Amazons 4; Paint ' n ' Patches 1, 2, Vice-President 3, President 4; Pi Delta Psi 4; Coed Council 2, 3. Howard Hartsfield Birmingham Toreadors 3, 4. Betty Hasty ZTA Birmingham President, Zeta Tau Alpha 4; Belles Lettres 1, Secretary 2, ' ice-President 3. President 4; ' ice- Presldent, Amazons 4; ' ice-President, Coed Council 3; Alpha Gamma. President 2, Treasurer 3, 4: Y.W.C.A., Cabinet 1, 2, 3, 4; Pauit ' n ' Patches 3; Student Lite Committee 4; Pan Hellenic J. Fifth Row: Frances Hayes IlB ' t Birmingham Phi Beta Kappa 4; Pi Delta Psi 3, President 4; Y.W.C.A.. Cabinet 1. 2, 3. 4; Tri Tau, Vice- President 1, President 2, 3; Le Cercle Lrancais 1, 2, 3; Gold and Black 1; Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4: Choir 3, 4. Earl Hendon Birmingham E. L. Holland Birmingham Managing Editor, Gold and Black 3: Editor, Hilltop Ncicx 4; Student Senate 2; La Kct iic 2, Associate Editor 3, 4; Paint ' n ' Patches 3, 4; Omicron Delta Kappa 4. Doris Holtzclaw AOII Birmingham Y.W.C.A. 1. 2. 5. 4; Belles Lettres 1. 2. 3: Alpha Gamma 2. 3; Paint ' n ' Patches 1. 2, J, 4; College Theatre 4. L ewibey ir l lidw: Sarai I I loovrR MiZF, A ' !2 Birmingham Presidoiit, Alph;i Chi Onu-Ha 4; Aniazuns 3, 4; I ' dn Ik-llcnic 4; Coed Council 2; Alpha fjimma 3; Glcf Club 2; Choir 3, 4. Kelly Ingkam Birmingham Ministerial Association 1, Treasurer 2, 3, I ' resident 4; Chi Sigma Phi 4; Y.M.C.A., Cabinet I. 2, Secretary 3, Cabinet 4; Student Volunteers I, 2, President 3, 4; Vice-President, Eta Sigma Phi 4; Religious Council 4; Debate I; Cjlee C lub I; Omicron Helta Kappa 4. Bruce Johnson A . Harriman, Tennessee President, Lambda Chi Alpha 4; President, Student Senate 4; Omicron Delta Kappa 3, Vice- President 4; Y.M.C.A. 1, Cabinet 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Choir 3, 4; Hilltop Quartette 2, 3, 4; Manager, Band 2, 3, Director 4; Orchestra 2, 3; Student Life Committee 4; Skull and Bones 2, 3, 4; Mu Alpha 3, 4. Alice Jones KA Birmingham President, Kappa Delta 4; President, Coed Council 4i Ama ons 4; Paint ' n ' Patches I, Secretary 2, 3, President 4; Y.W.C.A. 2; Pi Delta Psi 4. Second Row. Irvil Jones Birmingham Alpha Lambda Delta 1, 2, Treasurer 3, 4; Eta Sigma Phi, Secretary 3, President 4; Kappa Delta Epsilon 4; Y.W.C.A. 1, 2, 3, 4. Olive Kennedy La Sociedad Castellana 4. Mary Alice Key ZTA Alpha Gamma 2, 3, 4. Leslie Knab AOn Third Row: Jo Marian Lackey F B Gold ,uul Black 3; Y.W.C.A. 2, 3, 4. Roy Lasater 2AE Football I, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club I. Marion Lehman Sigma Epsilon 2, 3. Peggy Lenz AOII Y.W.C.A. I, 4; Alpha Gamma 2; Sigma Epsilon I, 2, 3, 4; Paint ' n ' Patches 4. Birmingham Birmingham Trussvilb Birmingham Apopka. Florida Birmingham Birmingham Fourth Roiv: Bob Luckie KA Birmingham Glee Club I; Gold iiiul Bhu k I. Assistant Business Manager 2, 3; Y. LC.A. I, Cabinet 2, 5, 4; Managing Editor, Hilltop iVi ' irs 4; Omicron Delta Kappa 4. Nell Mancin AOII Birmingham Paint ' n ' Patches I, 2, 3; Alpha Gamma 1, 2 3; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, 3, 4; Belles Lettres 3. 4. Margaret Maxwell Birmingham Theta Sigma Lambda 4; Kappa Delta Epsilon 4; Y.W.C.. . 4. Fred McCord Roanoke President, Senior Class 4; Omicron Delta Kappa 4; La Rente 4, Fifth Row: Richard McMichael Trussville Football 1, 2, 3, Captain 4; Baseball I, 2, 3: Track 1, 2. Nat Mewhinney 2. E Birmingh.mi Gold and Black 2, 3; Hill ot ' A ' . s 4: La Rciiic 2. Virginia Mink Birmingham Y.W.C.A. 1, Cabinet 2, 3, 4; Tri Tau 2, 3, 4; Student Volunteers I, 2, . 4. Bob Mitchell ATO Birmingham President, Alpha Tau Omega 4; La Rci iic 3, Editor-in-Chiet 4; Belles Lettres 1, Secretary 2. Treasurer 3: Interfraternity Council 4; Y.M.C.A, I, 2, 3; Toreadors 5, 4: Omicron Delta Kappa 4. L ewioey s ' . 7 Row: Richard Morland KA Birminjjham Omicron Delta Kappa 5, I ' lCsidL-nt 4; Ilaskc-tball 1, 2, 3; Track 1, 2; Student Senate 2, J; Intcr- fratcrnily Cduneil 4; Student Life ConitTiillee 4; Y.M.C.A., Cabinet 2, 3, 4; College Theatre 4. Eldridge MoTi; II KA Birmingham Basketball 1, 2, 3; Baseball 2, 3; Atliletic Committee 4. Clyde Movers ' i. ' Birmingham International Relations 4; Toreadors 3, 4; La Sociedad Castellana 3. Grace Jean Murphy Fairfield Alpha Lambda Delta I, Vice-President 2, 3, 4; Kappa Delta Lpsilon 4: F.ta Sigma Phi 4; Student Volunteers 1, 2, 3; Sigma Epsilon I, 2, 3; Y.W.C.A. 1, 2, 5. Scroiid Row: Marion Murphy nB t Amazons 3, 4; Y.W.C.A. 1, 2, Cabinet 3; Belles Lettres I, 2. Gus NoojiN 5AE Birmingham President, Sigma Alpha Epsilon 4; President, Interfraternity Council 4; Omicron Delta Kappa 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 2; Athletic Committee 4. Fred Outlaw ATQ Paint ' n ' Patches 2, 3. Billy Parker 2AE Pi Delta Psi 4; Skull and Bones 2, 3, 4; Tbeta Sigma Lambda 2, 3. Third Roiv: Birmingham Birmingham Bessemer Susan Parks Birmingham Phi Sigma Iota 3, 4; Y.W.C.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Alpha Gamma 3, 4; Beta Beta Beta 2, 3. Olivia Belle Payne C )Y Grove Hill President, Theta Upsilon 4; Choir 4; Glee Club 4; Paint ' n ' Patches 3, 4; College Theatre 4: Y.W.C.A. 3, Cabinet 4; Kappa Delta Epsilon 4; Amazons 4. Caroline Postelle AOII Birmingham Mortar Board 4; Alpha Lambda Delta 1, 2, 3, 4; Pi Delta Psi 4; Theta Sigma Lambda 2,3, 4; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, Cabinet 3, Treasurer 4; Amazons 4; Belles Lettres 2, 3,4. Aubrey Pounds Roanoke Y.M.C.A. 1, 2; Kappa Phi Kappa 3, Secretary 4. Fourth Kow: Elizabeth Powell AOIT Birmingham Choir 3, 4; Glee Club 3, 4; Sigma Epsilon 3; Y.W.C.A. 3, 4; Clariosophic 3: Kappa Delta Epsi- lon 4. Mary Margaret Price nB I Birmingham Coed Council 3, 4; Mortar Board 4; Y.W.C.A., Cabinet I, Secretary 2, Vice-President 3, Presi- dent 4; Religious Council 4; Theta Sigma Lambda 3, 4; Theta Chi Delta 4; Alpha Gamma 5, 4; Belles Lettres 2, 3, 4; Treasurer, Senior Class 4. Ward Proctor II K A Scottsboro President, Pi Kappa Alpha 4; Interfraternity Council 3, 4; Football I, 2, 3, 4. Sammy Pruett Jasper Track 1; Basketball 1, 2; International Relations Club 3, 4: Glee Club 4; Go . j«. Bljck 1. 2, 3; Hilllult Ncui 4; Ui Rtiiu- 4. Fifth Row: Vicente Ramos Havana. Cuba Kappa Phi Kappa 4; Le Cercle Francais 3. 4; La Sociedad Castellana 3. 4: La Societe du Cafe du Matin 4. Martha Richardson IIB 1 Birmingham Mortar Board 4: Y.W.C.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Belles Lettres 1. 2. 5. 4; Alpha Gamma 2. 3, 4. Rudy Riley Dothan Omicron Delta Kappa 4; Secretary. Student Senate 4; Toreadors 5, 4: Treasurer. Clariosophic 2: Y.M.C.A. I; Pi Gamma Mu 2, 3; Glee Club 1. Lucy Robertson Birmingham L emt?er6 Birmingham iiirmingham Birmingham Birmingham I ' iisl Ron: Janet Robinf.ttf. Kappa Delta Kpsilon 3, 4; Alpli.i lambda Delta 1, 2, 3, 4. Charles Rogers II KA President, Pi Kappa Alpha 4; liitcrl ' raternily Council 3, 4. Clayton Rogers Y.M.C.A. 1, 2; Toreadiirs I, 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Choir 1, 2, 3, Treasurer 4. Sarah Shepard r l B President, Gamma Phi Beta 4; Mtirtar Board 4; Y.W.C.A. 1, 2; Vice-President 3, Cabinet 4; Tri Tau I, President 2, 3; Kappa Delta Epsilon 3, 4; Amazons 4; Secretary. Pan Hellenic 4; Hittiolt Nnis 4; Gohl ami Bl,u k 3; l.u Rata- 3, Assistant Editor 4; Glee Club I; Phi Beta Kappa 4. Second Row: Mary Elizabeth Summons KA Birmingham Secretary Senior Class 4; Amazons 3, President 4; Paint ' n ' Patches 1, 2, 3, 4; Pan Hellenic 2, 3, 4; YAV.C.A. I, 2, 3, 4. Wallace Smartt Birmingham Tau Kappa Alpha 2, 3, President 4; Varsity Debate 2, 3, 4; Y.M.C.A. 1, 2; Associate Manager, La Rciiic 4. Pattie Smith KA Birmingham Gold and Black I, 2; Treasurer, Phi Sigma Iota 4; Paint ' n ' Patches I, 2, 3, 4; Le Ccrcle Fran- cais 2, 3; La Rriiie 4. William Stevens Birmingham Omicron Delta Kappa 4; Track 1, 2; Kappa Phi Kappa 3, President 4; Pi Delta Psi 3, Treasurer 4; Salutatorian, Senior Class 4; Y.M.C.A. 1; La Societe du Cafe du Matin 4. Th ' n-il Row: Dorothy Strong AOn Birmingham President, Alpha Omicron Pi 4; Amazons 3, Vice-President 4; Pan Hellenic 4: Paint ' n ' Patches 2, 3, 4; Y.W.C.A. 1. 2, 3, 4; Belles Lettres 2. 3, 4. Maud Thomas Birmingham Y. X C.A., Cabinet 1, 2, 3; Alpha Lambda Delta I, 2. President 3, 4; Le Cercle Francais 2, 3, Secretary 4; Kappa Delta Epsilon 4; Phi Sigma Iota 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3. Margaret Thompson Birmingham Glee Club I; Y ' .W.C.A. 1; Alpha Gamma 3, 4; Sigma Epsilon 3, 4. Morris Thompson AS Dora Fourth Row: Nancy Thompson Birmingham Le Cercle Francais 2, 3; Y ' .W ' .C.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Sigma Epsilon 3; Alpha Gamma 2, 3, 4: Glee Club 2. Doris Turnipseed Birmingham Phi Beta Kappa 4; Secretary, Mortar Board 4; Cheer Leader 4: Glee Club 1; Secretary, Kappa Delta Epsilon 4; Alpha Gamma, Vice-President 2, 3; Tri Tau, Secretary 2, Vice-President 5; Y.W.C.A. 3, Vice-President 4. Marjorie Vance Birmingham La RfiKi- 4; Y ' .W.C.A. 1, 2, 3, 4. Alva Wade Birmingham President, Mortar Board 4; Y ' .W ' .C.A. 1, Cabinet 2. 3. Vice-President 4; Clariosophic 1, ' vice- Paint ' n Patches 3. Secretar President 2; Debate 1; Alpha Lambda Delta 1. Vice-President 4: Phi Beta Kappa 4. Fiff j Ron- Clarence Wilburn MoundviUe Y ' .M.C.A., Cabinet 1, 2, 3, 4; Kappa Phi Kappa 4; Theta Sigma Lambda 3, 4: Clariosophic 1, 2: 4; La R.iHC 4. Le Cercle Francais James Wilson Harold Wood Leila Wright nB l Birmingham Amazons 4; Glee Club 2, 3. 4; Choir 3, 4; Y.W.C.A. 1, 2, 3. 4; . lpha Gamma 2, Treasurer .?, 4: Belles Lettres 1, 2, 3, 4. Birmingham Birmingham ke jvLVii umor Fint Roil-: St ' coiiil Row: T .ihil Row: Claude Al bright Ruth Allan AOn Birmingham Birmingliam Mavis Battle GT Livingston, Ala. Anna Louise Beattv ZTA Birmingham Coed Council 2: Alpha Gamma 1, 2; Y.W. C.A. 1. 2. Donald Brabston ATQ Birmingham Y.M.C.A., Cabinet 1. 2; Baseball Manager 2; La Sociedaii Castellana 2; Toreadors 2, 3; Stu- dent Senate 3; Theta Sigma Lambda 2; Inter- fraternity Council 3; Go , ami BUick 2; As- sistant Editor, La Keittc 3. Mary Frances Andrews Y.W.C.A. 3. Birmingham Julian Brannon Birmingham Ruth Bell Birmingham Y.W.C.A. Cabinet I 2, Vice-Prestdent 3; p Brixton ATQ Birmingham Debate 3; Le Cercle Francais 1, 2; Belles Let- Ralph Bankston Basketball : Y.M.C.A. 1, 2, 3. Sayre, Ala. 1; Tri Tau 1, 2, 3. Anne Berry TIB Birmingham Bobbie Burke Y.W.C.A. 3. Birmingham If Ti la- ■ L Martorie Tean Bevis Birmingham Michael Baranelli Birmmgham iviarjuish. jL.ni-i Paint ' n ' Patches 1, 2, 3; College Theatre 3; Lit Ktiiie 2, 3 Nell Echols Burks LIB Birmingham Kappa Delta Epsilon 3; Pi Delta Psi 3; Alpha Gamma 3; Y.W.C.A. 3. Theta Sigma Lambda 3; Tri Tau 2, 3; Y.W. C.A. 1, 2, Cabinet 3; La Rriiie 3. Bessemer Robert Burr College Theatre 3. Birmingham Wayne Bynum 6T Birmingham Amai on 3: Coed Council 1; Alpha Gamma 2: Y.Vi ' .C.A. 1, 2, 3. a ass I ' iisf Row: Bakuaka Cai.i.oway T ' MJ liirminj ham Am? ons -. Mu Alplin 1, 2, ; Cocii CouiKil t; Glee Club 1, 2, 5; Choir I, 2. }. Hoiu RT Camp iilv liirniinyham President, Ilet.i K.i]ip.i ; Interf r itcrni t y Council } ; Y.M.C.A. I. 2. Janf. Campbi-LL Birmini;ham Y.W.C.A. 1. 2. I; Glee Club I. 2. 3; Tri T.iu 2. S. Second Row: Anne Carcill ZTA Alpha Gamma 1.2, 3. Tom Childs Le Cerclc I-rancais 3; Choir 2; JoHNit Cole Y.W.C.A. 1,2; Uilllop AVx i 3. Thin! Row: Club Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham Anniston, Ala. Jimmy CooptR KA Student Senate 1. 2. 3; Thcta Chi Delta 2, 3; Y.M.C.A. I. 2. 3; Religious Council 3 ; Intcrfratcrnity Coiincil 2 ; Athletic Com- mittee } : Oiiiitron Delta Kappa 3; Baskctb.ill 1; Baseball I: Foot- ball 1, 2. Ed Coury A24 Dorothy Deaver ZTA Valdosta, Georgia Birmingham President, Alpha Gamma 3 ; Secretary, Belles Lcttrcs 3 ; Y.W.C.A. 1, 2, 3; Gold and Bla.k 2. foni h Row: Miles Denham Birmingham Gold and Black 1 . Sports Editor 2; Sports Editor, J-!ill o(i A ' (  3; Sports Editor, Ld Rctiic 2, 3. Tom Dill AXA Gadsden, Ala Omicron Delta Kappa ; Student Senate 2 ; Glee Club 1 , 2. M.ina- ger 3; Choir 2. 3; Hilltop Quartette; La Rctiic 2, ; Gold and Black 2; Y.M.C.A., Cabinet 1, 2. 3. Billy Doggette BK Birmingham Omicron Delta Kappa 3 ; Skull and Bones 2, President 3 : Thcta Chi Delta 2, 3; Secretary, Intcrfratcrnity Council 3; Y.M.C.A., Cabinet 2, 3; Student Senate 2, 3. Fiff j Row: Frank Dominick KA Birmingham President, Kappa Alpha 3; Om cron Delta Kappa 3; Y.M.C.A.. Cabinet 1. Secretary 2. Tr easu er 3 ; Inter ■ratern ty Council 3; Theta Siyma Lambda 2, 3. Trice Dryer ZTA Birmingham Alpha Gamma 2, 3; Y.W.C A. 2 3. Betty Dunn KA Birmingham Paint ' n ' Patches 1. 2; Y.W .C.A . 1, 2 Sixth Roic: Grace Fealy UU Birmingham Eia Sigma Phi 2, 3. Gordon Fletchiir AXA Birmingham Gladys Gaines Birmingham Choir 2, (; Glee Club 1. 2, Y.W.C.A. 1, 2, 3. Sci ' cnih Row: Grace Gamble Birmingham Vice-President, Tri Tau 3; Y.W .C.A. Cabir et 3: arsity Debate 3; Paint n Patches 5; Choir 3; Glee Club Julius Gambrlll Birmingham James Gandy Birmingham Bucball 2. J; Y.M.C.A. 1. ke jvivil uniov first Rou: SccumI Kow: Third Row: Cecil Gioden ' s II K A Alexander City, Ala. Debate I; Paint ' n ' Patches 1, 2. Ralph Giles ATfi Hilltop Nciii 3. Birmingham Beulah Gilliland AXn Birmingham Tri Tau 1,2, : Alpha Gamma 2, 3; Paint ' n Patches 1, 2. 5; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, 3. Ila Glover Birmingham Theta Chi Delta 2. 3; Delta Phi Alpha 2, 3. Jean Glover Birmingham Theta Sigma Lambda 2, 3. Belton Griffin Bessemer Skull and Bones 2, 3; Theta Chi Delta 2. 3. Julian Guffin KA Birmingham Choir 1, 2, 3; Glee Club I, 2, 3. BiLLiL Louise Guthrie Y.W.C.A. I, 2. 3. Laurette Haywood Y.W.C.A. I. 2. 3. Biriningham Birmingham Margaret Hickman Birmingham Y.W.C.A. I, 2; Vice-President, Tri Tau 2; Paint ' n Patches 3, 4; College Theatre 4. Jim Tom Hogan 2AE Birmingham Delta Phi Alpha 2, 3, 4; Skull and Bones, 2. 3, 4. John Howard AX.V Autaugaviile, Ala. President, Student ' oluntccrs 2; Vice-Presi- dent Religious Council 3; Y.M.C.A., Cabinet 1, 2, Vice-President 3; Student Senate 2; Freshman Debate 1: Varsity Debate 2, 3: Tau Kappa Alpha 2, 3; Oniicron Delta Kappa 3. Nllle Howington Birmingham Tri Tau 2, President 3; Y.W.C.A., Cabinet 1, 2, 3; Choir 3; Debate 1, 3. George Huddleston Birmingham Gold and Black 2; La Reijte 3; President. Toreadors 3; Vice-President, International Relations 3. Virginia Hudson nB ' t ' Birmingham President, Pi Beta Phi 3; President, Pan Hel- lenic 3; Treasurer, Amazons 3; Y.W.C.A. I; Belles Lcttrcs 1. Dorothy Irving ZT. . Birmingham Belles Lcttres I, 2, 3; Alpha Gamma 2, Secre- Mary Louise Ivy ZTA Birmingham Alpha Lambda Delta I, President 2. 3; Alpha Gamma 1, Vice-President 2, 3: Belles Lettres I; Le Cercle Francais I; Y.W.C.A., Cabi- net 2, 3. Theron Jackson Birmingham Toreadors 2, Vice-President 5. Bryan Jinnett Tennis Team 2. Birmingham Latrelle Jones 2AE Sclma, Ala. Football 2, 3. WvATT Jones Cullman, Ala. Vice-President. Chi Sigma Phi 3; La Keiiic 3; Y.M.C.A. 3; Delta Phi Alpha 3; Toreadors 3; Student Volunteers 3; International Relations 3. a a66 I-itsI Row: MaUV Kl.LLY KA Louisi KNt) ' i icJN Z ' l ' A K.i[ip.i Delta l p iilon }, Birmingham Birmingham JUDSON Llcroy Y.M.C.A. 1, I ' rcsidcnl .V Lanctt, Ala. 3; iiaptiM Stuilfnt Union. Vitc-Prcsidcnl 2, Sccoiiil Row: Yancly Lewis — AE Betty Lou Loehr r B Pan Hellenic 2; Lii Rri ' m 2. Evelyn Lowery T j nl Row: John Malone AXA Y.M.C.A. 1, 2, J; Skull .inJ Bonci I. Iiirmin.i;h.ini Birmingh.ini Birmiiigh.im Birmingham ull and Bones .1. Sarah Alice McCain Ashville, Ala. La Sociedad Castellana 2, 5; Y.W.C.A. I. 2 Clariosophic I. Caunette McDonald Birmingham Alpha Lambda Delta 1, 2, 1; Phi Sigma Iota .1. Voitrth Row: Ford McDonald Sylacauga, Ala. Chi Sigma Phi 3; Y.M.C.A. 2. ; Ministerial Association 2, 3; hit Kcriie 3. Thad McDonald Jasper, Ala. President, P.K. 3; International Relations 2, 3; Y.M.C.A. 1, 2; Associate Manager, Li; Rctiic 3. Jack McGill KA Birmingham Hilltop Quartette I, 2, i : Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Choir I, Manager 2, President 3; Y.M.C.A,, Cabinet 1, 2, President 3; President, Religious Council 3; Mu Alpha I, 2, 3. Fifth Row: Katherine Meadow KA Y.W.C.A. 3. John Moriarty Tennis Team 2, 3. Claire Morrison 6T Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham Theta Sigma Lambda 2, 3; Eta Sigma Phi 2, Vice-President 3; Religious Council 3; Secretary, Baptist Union 2; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, 3. Sixfh Row: Bob Morton KA Birmingham Y.M.C.A. I, 2, 3. Wyllene Murphy Birmingham Choir 2, 3; Glee Club 2, 3; Alpha Lambda Delta I, 2, 3; phi Sigma Iota 3; Le Cercle I-rancais [, 2, 3; Orchestra I: Y.W.C.. , I, 2, 3; Baptist Student Union I, ' ice-President 2, President 3. Robert Murray Birmingham Skull and Bones 3; Tlieta Chi Delta 2, 3; Y.M.C.A., Cabinet 3; Omicron Delta Kappa 3; Parade .Manager 3. Setciilh Row: Jane Newton L eds Glee Club 2; Student Volunteers 1, 2, 3; Y ' .M.C.. . 1, 2, 3. James Ogburn AX.V. Birmingham Y.M.C.A. 1, 2, 3. MARGUERrrE OsBORN BT Hackleburg, Ala. Glee Club 3; Pan Hellenic 3; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, 3; Li Rfine .3. H ke jvini umor First Row: Second Row: Third Row: Bill Pardue BK Birmingham Beatrice Rains ZTA Birmingham Alpha Gamma 3; Y.W.C.A. 3. Margaret Sessions IIB Birmingham Y.W.C.A. 1, 2, 3; Belles Lcttrcs 1, 2; Alpha Winifred Pearce Glee Club 2. Birmingham Clarence Rainwater Birmingham Orchestra 1, 2, 3; Band 1, 2, 3; Thcta Sigma Lambda 2, 3. Clay Sheetield Foolball 1, 2, 3. Thomaston, Ala. Mary Penruddocke AOII Birmingham Belles Lcttres I, 2; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, 3; Paint ' n Patches 2, 3. Emma Lee Pepper AOII Birmingham Amazons 3; Y.W.C.A. 1, 2; Alpha Gamma 1, 2, 3. Elizabeth Roark Y B Birmingham Alpha Gamma 3; Y.W.C.A. I. 2, 3; Sigma Epsilon I; Belles Lcttres I: Tri Tau 1; Bap- tist Student Union Council, Vice-President 2, 3. Birmingham Paul Rockhill ATfi Toreadors 3. John Salser Wilfred Sands IIKA River View, Ala. Football 1, 2, 3; Baseball 2, 3. James Posey Birmingham Eleanor Schuster AOn Birmingham A.I.M.M.E. 3; Tennis Team 2, 3. Thcta Sigma Lambda 2, 3; Y.W.C.A. I, 2, 3. Birmingham Birmingham Clementine Shurbet GT Irondale, Ala. Theta Sigma Lambda 2, 5; Y ' .W.C.A. 1, 2, 3; Tri Tau 2. Kathryn Sims Birmingham Tri Tau I, 2, 3; Y.W.C.A. 1, 2, 3. Jack Smith Powderly, Ala. Skull and Bones 2, 3; Theta Chi Delta 2, 3. Frank Stevenson K.V Birmingham Band 1; Y.M.C.A. 1, 2, 3. Horace Stevenson K.V Birmingham Tennis Team I, 2, 3; BanJ I, 2; Y.M.C.A. a a66 iiirmingii-in Virsl Row: Ann SuMNiMi V.Vi ' .C..A. I. Barijara SuTHrrti and AXU iiirminghani r ' ;in Hellenic ' ; Y.W.C.A. 1, Cibinct 2. 3; Ama ms l ; Tri Tau 2, 3. JULIA Thiemonce AOn Iiirminf;ham I.c Ccrclc Francais 2, . ; Mu Alpha 2, 1; Phi Sigma lota 3; Y.W ' .C.A. 2, 3; Choir 3; Giec Club 3. Second Kotc: Bertha Thomas Birmingham Y.• ' X C.A. I, 2, 3. Joanna Thorpe F B Birmingham Mu Alpha 1 , Secretary 2. President 3 ; Gloc Club 1 , 2, 3 ; Choir 1, :, ' ; Y.W.C.A., Cabinet 1. 2. 3. Leslie Thorpe r i ' B Birmingham Alpha Lambda Deica I, 2, Treasurer 3; Mu Alpha I, 2, Vice- President 3; Y.W.C.A., Cabinet 1. 2. 3; Glee Club 1, 2. J; Choir ! , Secretary 2, 3 ; Clariosophic I ; Coed Council 3. Thin! Row: Florence Throckmorton KA Birmingham College Theatre .3. Norman Tingley Attleboro, Mass. Y.M.C.A. 1. 2. 3; Ministerial Association I, 2, Treasurer 3; Chi Sigma Phi 3. Carroll Truss A2 Birmingham Band 1. 2, 3; Orchestra 1, 2. 3; La Sociedad Castellana 2; Y.M. C.A., Cabinet 1, 2, 3; Varsity Debate 3; Glee Club 3. Fourth Row: Robert Tucker Birmingham Y.M.C.A. 1. Charles Turner Birmingham Hilltop Quartette 1 , 2, 3 ; Choir I , President 2. 3 ; Glee Club 1. 2. 3; Mu Alpha 1. Vice-President 2, 3; Y.M.C.A., Cabinet 2. Treasurer 3; President P. K. 2. Eo Tyson Birmingham A.I.M.M.E. 3. f j Row: Bill Vance A2 I Birmingham International Relations 2, 3; Paint ' n ' Patches 2. 3; Student Volunteers 2, 3; Y.M.C.A. 1, 2, 3; La Sociedad Castellana 2, 3; Chi Sigma Phi 3 ; Manager, Varsity Debate 3 ; Tau Kappa Alpha 2. 3; Business Manager, La Rritir 3; Omicron Delta Kappa 3. Virginia Van der Veer IIB ' i ' Birmingham Got J aud Black 1. 2; Hilltot Nnr 3; YAV.C.A. 1; Belles Leitres 1, 2; Alpha Gamma 1, 2; Pan Hellenic 3; Coed Council 2. Roy Varnado Sixfh Roic: Shelby Walthall Zephyrhills, Fla. International Relations 1 , 2, 3 ; P.iint n Patches 1, 2. 3 : Student Volunteers 2, 3; Y.M.C.A. 1, 2, 3; Chi Sigma Phi 3; Vice- President, Ministerial Association 2 ; Freshman Debate; Varsity Debate 2, 3; Tau Kappa Alpha 2, 3; Student Senate 3. Charles Ware Verbena, Ala. Football [. 2, 3; College Theatre 3; Baseball 2; U Kr, „c 3. Elise Wheeler AXfi Birmingham Amai ons 3 ; Choir 2 ; Alpha Gamma 2. 3 ; Pan Hellenic 3 ; Y. . C.. ' . 1 ; La Sociedad Castellana 2; Sigma Epsilon 2. Scicjifh Row: Osyka, Miss. Eugenia Willl ' VMS AOII Jasper. Ala. Y.W ' .C.A. 1, Cabinet 2, 3 ; Clariosop hic 1,2. Don Wineield BK Birmingham Choir 2, 3 ; Glee -Club 1 , 2, 3 ; Interfratcrnity Council 3 ; Pi Delta Psi 3. Walter Wolf Cullman. Ala. Delta Phi Alpha 2, President 3. Secretary. A.I.M.M.E. 3; Omi- cron Delta Kappa 3; Football 1, 2, 3; Y.M.C.A. I. •S •S Si PI L ewioey ' S Vint Row: Glenn Abernathv KA HoBSON Adcock Sammy Altano Almeta Anderson IIB I Pete Antonio James Ardis KA f f Ii Ron-. BllIJI, BoRUl RS Julia Bouchelli KA Gwendolyn Brannon Mary Eleanor Bridges Ernest Brown Josephine Brown ZTA ev Second Row: Mary Euline Austin Tom Avirett Allen Balch Howard Banton Barbara Barfield Caroline Barker r i B Sixth Rote: Catherine Bullock AXV. Margery Burland AXO Ethelyn Burns KA Jack Cale KA Dyer Carlisle KA Clara Ceiambers Third Row: Anne Barnes Jane Barrett AOn Jane Bayliss Ernestine Bazemore Alene Belcher Ross Bell ATQ Seventh Row: Pam Cheatham AOn Pat Clancy ZTA Reba Clark Ralph Cleage Tom Cleveland KA Franklin Cogdell AX A Fourth Row: Margaret Bellows ZTA Vista Berry Julian Bishop KA Margaret Bitz Shulamith Block Frieda Bonds Eighth Row: Anne Collier ZTA Dana Collins Jane Collins V ' PB John Combs Mary Frances Cook r I B Elaire Cooper rcE B Ninth Rou : Laney Cowan KA Norton Cow art Lucille Cox Mary Elizabeth Cox Talmadge Cross BK NX ' alter Crumpton em.bef ' 6 First Row: Leland Culligan AXA Carl Culverhouse AXA Ross Daidonk Betty Lou Davidson Dorothy Davis TA Charles Dean, Jr. ■V A Raw. Blue hAusT AXC2 Wilbur 1-ite BoiiiiY Fleming Lucy Ford woodrow forshee Frances Franke SccDinI Roil : Bill Deitenbeck HK Wanda DeRamus Marjorie Dolvin AXn Jim Dent ATO Mary Dorough Sarah Douglas S ) Row. Mary Franklin Robert Franklin 5AE Mary Frasier Frances Friddle AXn Jean Fugitt AXQ Evelyn Fulks 1 4 B Third Rule: Bobb:e Downs ZTA Kathleen Draper Mary Driscoll Addie Lee Dunn KA Margaret Dunn Elizabeth Edwards Seventh Rou-. Helen Galloway AOII Lillian Garmon r l)B Mary Garrett Estelle Gibson Florence Gillem Claude Glenn KA Fourth Row: Eugene Edwards 2AE Virginia Elliott Robert Evans BK Virginia Evins IIB James Farley Leonard Farley Eighth Roiv: Albert Goldfarb Joe Gordon IIKA Clayton Gore KA John Graham Ai l Joe Grant ASiI Eleanor Gray Ninth Row: Rebecca Gray nB$ William Green JvLary Green Elizabeth Gregg Ruthe Griefith AOII Katherine Grimes IIB ' J ' •1 Si €11 w L embey s Firs Roll : WooDi IN Grove Catherine Grubbs Phyllis Ann Grundmann Edith Gustaison Anne Hale AXa Lillian Hallmark lif hRow: Eleanor Howse John Huddles ion Ai ZTA Bill Hudson i K C. H. Hunt HK Glenn Jackson Harold Jac:kson IIKA Sccoini Row: Mary Hamilton ZTA Paul Hamilton KA Sherrill Hancock Betty Ann Hard John Harless Mary Harris nB S a7 j Row: Virginia Jackson nB i Martha Jacobs ZTA Lynwood James AXA Mack James Glenadele Jenkins XQ Mary Frances Johnson Third Roiv: James Hatcher Howell Heflin AXA Jane Henderson 113$ Pete Henson Bess Hinds Wanda Holland Fourth Row: Harvey Hood Willis Hood KA Joe Horn 5AE Cyrus Hornsby ATQ Dorothy Howard Walter Howard Scicnth Ron: Ralph Jolly Charles Jones Doris Jones KA Margaret Jones Dorothy Jordan John Kain ATO Eighth Row: Joe Kiger Margaret Knapp ZTA Martha Lancaster James Lanford Joe Langston Virginia Lasseter 0Y Ninth Ron : Myrtle Launius AXn Bill La vies BK Carlton Law rence KA Doris Lawson Jeanette Leslie KA Evelyn Lew is ZTA , evyibey s i ' inl Row: Kl ' NNETH LiLES ATQ Annie Lillie Bob Lively 5AE Mary Evelyn Lollak AOlf Lydia Lucas KA Frances Lucky 11B I lif h Ron: Avis Mii)Di.i;roN f-)Y Earl Mitchell liK Billy Mi .elle A ' l ' i2 Dee Moody Mary Moon ' -)Y Bill Moore KA Second Row: Harold Malpeli Rosemary Marshall KA Katherine Martin r t R ZoE Martin r l B Harriet Matthews KA Mary Frances May riB4 S .v Z) Rati ' : Katherine Moriarity ITB Ethel Morland nB t Mary Jane Morris ' .T. Bill Morrow Raymond Moss Janette Muxkettrick Third Roif: James McAdory KA Eugene McCain Kenneth McCartney Bill McCulloch KA Constance McElroy Jane McGavock Seventh Roic: Mary Nance AOIT Ed Neil John Nelson KA Ewell Nev;ton Leland Nichols Anne Noble KA Fourth Ron : Howell McInnish Louise McLane Felicia McLaughlin AOn Bob McNutt Flay McPherson KA Mitchell Melof Eighth Row. Mary Kate Nungester Cornelia Ousler KA John Outlaw AXA Mickey ' Oxford Eloise Pass ; AIartha Ann Paty ZTA ' Ninth Row: AL RBREY Payne Doris Pepper KA Margaret Perkins FifB Elizabeth Phillips IIB I ' Georgia Phillips Harriet Phillips KA L ewibey 6 First Row: Mary Jane Phillips Virginia Pickens Marie Pike IIB Mary Beth Powell James Preston KA Florence Price IIB • ; Row: Betsy Royce KA Mary Elizabeth Rubel durrell rufiix Bettye Russell Sam Russell XTil Nora Savio Second Row: Mary Laura Priest Catherine Pritchard Nettie Jean Ray William Ray Mary Reed HB Ruth Reed Sixth Roil ' : Bennie Scogin Nell Scogin Ann Scott Betty Scott AXn Ervcin Self IIKA Mary Glee Sharpe Third Row: Terrell Reese Sam Reid KA Ann Reynolds John A. Reynolds KA Mary Ann Rice AOn June Rich Seventh Roiv: Henrietta Sharpe Annie Laurie Shellnutt Wendall Simmons George Simpson Bill Sims Elton Sims BK Fourth Row: Elizabeth Richardson Ann Rinnert John Rittenhouse Edward Robertson Jane Robertson Otto Robertson BK ATn Eighth Ron : Malcolm Sims Eleanor Smith Jack Smith Montez Smith AXn Claude Sxoddy 5AE Douglas Spidle Ninth Ron: Walter Spradley KA ' irgin ' ia Spranger Catherine Stewart Rosa Stewart AXn Louise Strickland Bill Sullh-an :5 AE .1 ■1 ' fi K L embey6 First Row: La Faye Sumner Carol Sutherland AXO RoBBYi: Tate r I ' B Mac Thomas Pauline Thomas Ann Thomasson •■ A R„u: Fu(,i NiA Wall IIIM ' Mary Walsh AulI Jayni; Walion AOir Billy Ware Anna Warmouth Sarah Watsox KA Second Row. Harry Thomson Tom Thompson Julia Thurman Mary Tiller r B Nell Tipton Claudine Trotter S v A Row: Jennie May Webb KA Harriet Wheeler KA Mary Wheeler AXO Gayla White John Whiting AXA Marie Wilcox AXf2 Tbinl Kow: Dorothy Troiter Martha Tucker Louise Turbeville Courtney Twining IIBif Cazimus Tyburski Jeanne Tyson AXQ C ' u Sciciitlj Rou: BiLLiE Wilkinson Isabella Williams Louise Williamson Rebecca Williamson ZTA Beth Willis AOII Frances Wilson KA v) Fourth Row: Frances Varner HB Jackie Vincent Frances Vo:gt ZTA Frances Waite ZTA Perry Walker Sue Walker Eighth Row: Harold Wingfield BK Caroline Winston Jane Wirth AOH Alice Wise KA Mary Augusta Wood AOII Marvin Woodall KA Ninth Row: Willis Woodruff Mary E dna Word Peggie Wright Marigeorge Wynn Ruth Yarber Frances Zbinden ZTA J idto i ¥ Lincoln was still practicing law in Illinois, John Brown had made a question out of Kansas and Nebraska, and the Republican Party was forming for the first campaign in its history when the cornerstone for the main building for Southern University was laid on Wednesday, June 11, 1856. Plans were under way for such a university since 1824, when the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church recommended that a seminary of learning be established. In 18 54 the university had a hard time finding a location. A debate at Eutaw, Alabama, almost ended in a fight before the citizens of Greensboro finally won the argu- ment by putting down the money for the initial buildings to be built in Greensboro. Fifty students matriculated in 18 59, and the university assets already totaled over $200,000 with good prospect of doubling that amount within the following two years. Civil War and Reconstruction cut deep into the hopes and plans of the University, but it persevered. Greensboro prospered with the school, and in a couple of decades the enrollment had increased to two hundred. In 1898 the other half of the present College was founded by the North Alabama Methodist Conference. Birmingham College had its difficulties, too, until it was better established. It lasted singly for twenty years. Then, in 1918, both Methodist conferences joined hands by com- bining Southern University and Birmingham College. Birmingham- Southern College was to be located on the campus of old Birmingham College atop Enon Ridge. ' ' IISTOHY JhwviQn ike l k f e [yjeav ' 6 As the factual material concerning the history of the College is available in book form, we thought a more per- sonal history written by people who have made and seen history made in its various periods would be of greater in- terest. So, we have had Ben F. Ray, prominent Birmingham attorney, who attended Southern University and L. N. Shannon of Stockham Pipe, who went to Birmingham College, give a few sidelights about their college life. In a little more serious vein we have had Dr. Suavely and Dr. Paty write of their aims and accomplishments. outliern Uhuuersitij By Ben F. Ray The dry September day was stifling with heat when I alighted from the train in Greensboro with $262.50 to get me through a year at Southern Uni- versity. Someone directed me to the President ' s mansion, and I banged on the door. Although Dr. Samuel Hos- mer had never seen me before, he let me spend my first night hi college in the President ' s home. Once oriented, I found the Univer- sity small but pleasant, with only three buildings: the Administration Hall, a rambling three-story brick structure, housed an auditorium and the library; the Athletic Building; and Hamilton Hall, the men ' s dormitory across the road from the campus. Almost all of the classes were held in the Administra- tion Building. Dr. Samuel Hosmer was President of the University until 1910, when he was followed by Dr. Andrew Sledd, who later became a Pro- fessor at Emory University. Dr. Theo- dore Jack, now President of Randolph- Macon College, was Professor of His- tory, and Dr. Rutherford Key was Professor of Latin and Greek. Although there were never more than twelve or thirteen women in the school, the social life revolved around them. Most of them were active, in- telligent and athletic. Those were the horse and buggy days. Nothing could please a boy more than to pull on his high-topped shoes and peg - bottomed, bloomer - hipped trou- sers, struggle with a starched high col- lar and flowing bow tie, spray a dash of cologne about Ins c.iis, don a frock coat anil liowlcr hal, and I ' cnt a two- horse surrey for a pleasant afternoon with one of the yount; ladies. Miss Clyde Whitmire was one of those ladies — very small, weiyhiny no more than a hundred pounds; an ex- tremely intelligent and attractive young woman, as well as an exceptional athlete. One day she rented a horse in Greensboro and galloped gaily through town in a most unladylike manner; although she was completely habited in the latest riding fashions, she rode — of all things — astride. Next day at assembly a shocked Pres ident Hosmer told the student body that any such breach of manners in the future would bring dire punish- ment and possibly expulsion. ... I won- der if three gu ' ls in the new riding class at Birmingham - Southern have ever seen a side-saddle, and whether Presi- dent Paty has had to rebuke any of his girls for riding with a leg on either side of the horse. We took our football seriously and had our hair cropped short before each game. I remember one trip to Mobile: we played Spring Hill on Saturday and on Monday fought another bruising game with the Medical College. R. J. Haskew ( Old Hass ) broke his arm at the elbow; another man broke his nose, and I broke a finger. ( )ld I lass I laskew, ncjw a promi- nent Methodist minister in South Ala- bama, shared a two-room shack with B. C. Glenn, who also became a minis- ter. One Sunday afternoon while those two were (Hit sparking the ladies, sev- eral of us boys tied a mule to the door- knob inside the main room of their shack. Glenn took the matter lightly, but Haskew declared that the only thing which kept him from wrecking the school was, the mule had acted de- corously during its stay in the house. This was the heydey of the literary societies, and Belles Lettres and Clari- osophic were rivals in all academic ac- tivities. Debaters and essayists ruled the campus. We had only one college publication, Tl.w Rciici ami Biillefhi, which I edited during my final } ' ear. There were not more than 130 students graduated in the four years I was there. When our class of thirteen members graduated in 1911, we looked back upon four years unique in modern his- tory. There had been no wars during those years — nothing had worried us except our debates, Caesar and Livy, Homer and Plato. We had been com- pletely at peace in Greensboro, and our most exciting moment came from watching Halley ' s Comet spread a dull red glow across the sky as it fled past the campus. That was all the excite- ment we had. There were no wars the world over. ijiriniiin ia ii L oileae By L. N. Shannon Picture, if you can, three frame buildings and a brick one tucked away in the thick woods of Enon Ridge, a Traming School where the Library now stands, no Bookstore or Activities Building or Ramsay, certainly no Stockham Woman ' s Building — and you will see Southern as I knew it from about 1908 to 1912. The administration building, the onl} brick structure on the campus, was called Owen Hall; and there were three men ' s dormitories. East Hall, Central Hall, and West Hall. The Training School, a preparatory institu- tion connected with the College, stood near the spot where M. Paul Phillips Li- brary stands today; several of our classes were held in the Training School. Dr. Simpson was President of Southern when I arrived, but was soon succeeded by Dr. McCoy. Hardly more than two hundred students attended during my four-year stay. I have good reason to remember West Hall: the Dining Room and the pantry were located there. Pug Green ' s room was on the second floor of Cen- tral Hall, just across from the pantry in the other building. When we felt the urge to raid the icebox, we would sneak into the pantry and toss the food across the opening between the build- ings and up to Pug Green. Then we would slip up to his room for the feast. . . . Hazing freshmen was a common diversion. Often we would solemnly take a f rosh from his comfortable room and carry him deep into the woods back of Munger Bowl and leave him roosting on a limb all night long. The football players wore stock- ings then, and thought it the height of football fashion to wear nose-guards which covered the entire face. There were just enough players at Southern to make a team — Charley Jackson, John Lambert, Bob Rains, Cotton Par- ker, Shorty Davenport, Weary Sloan, Leslie, Matthews, Taylor, Levy, Fariss Cook and I fought the battles with Howard. John Lambert was also a 440-dash champion, and married one of the two co-eds on the Hill. John Norton was foremost in organizing the first tennis team on the campus, but since there was no court around the campus we had to build one at the foot of the Hill. Among the faculty members were the Presidents, Simpson and McCoy, Professors Clyde Vann, Homer Spen- cer, Hammond, Lucius P. Giddings, and Professor Puckett. I remember Professor Puckett very well. He had returned from Europe with one of those Continental goatees which were so popuhar at the time. On commencement ni,s;ht of ISM 1 three oj four of us boys, including Bob llange, lay in wait for Dr. Puckett as he strug- gled up the path to the top of the Hill. We planned to ambush him and slice the goatwhiskers off his chin. ll tour of us hit him at once, but never have I seen a man fight with the intensity Professor Puckett displayed that night. For a good quarter-hour he swatted us up and down the path and around the ravines. We couldn ' t get a grip be- cause he slipped about like an eel, pelt- ing rights and lefts. Finally our four- to-one advantage told, and we threw liim down. But even then we could not wield our scissors; he kept strug- gling fiendishly. At last we managed one good snip at his goatee, sheared off one side of it — and fled into the night. Professor Puckett said not a word, but returned home, clipped the goatee on the other side to preserve an appearance of balance, and returned to the exer- cises. After the ceremony, he called us into his office and reprimanded us. But we weren ' t expelled as we ex- pected; the Professor was a sport and let us go with nothmg more than a se- vere tongue-lashing. And each of us knew that he had won the fight on the Hill. Those were the days of the sailor- brimmed straw hats with the flashy bands, and hard-toed shoes were fash- ionable. One of the interesting sights on the campus was Mr. R. H. Mungcr putter- ing up the } lill in his big, smart-look- in, imported, Panhardt automobile. The students would often gather round and gape at the beauty of the machine. One day Mr. Munger coasted to the bottom of the Hill, seriousK ' adjusted all the gadgets and the chain drive, and backed the PaiiLnirdf iif) Enoii R ' uhj c! We boys thought we had witnessed the ultimate wonder of the world. (l- imi in ah a n i -J ou tli cm CJL ae By Guy E. Snavely When I assumed the presidency of Birmingham-Southern College in 1921, it was iny ambition and earnest hope to make the college second to none in the countr} ' . In spite of raising entrance require- ments and tuition fees, enrollment in- creased rapidly from slightly over two hundred to an average of nearly one thousand, not counting the students enrolled in the summer school or in the afternoon and evening division. This accomplishnient resulted from improvement in standards and equip- ment, in buildings and campus, and in faculty. The facultv £;raduallv increased from ten In number to over fifty. Men and women of high character and preparation in the best universities of this country and abroad were added. Their standing, as evidenced by their writings and labors in departmental associations, added greatly to the pres- tige of the college. The endowment was increased from less than one hundred thousand dollars to nearly a million dollars. Two large gifts to the endowment were made by the General Education Board (Rocke- feller Foundation) of New York. The citizens of Birmingham have been loyal supporters and contributors. Most con- spicuous among the group have been the Mungers, Stockhams, Erskine Ram- say, and M. Paul Phillips. The campus was expanded from fifty-five to one hundred and thirty acres. The athletic field was con- structed. Roads were paved, much landscaping was done, and by pressure on the city government, the streets ad- joining the campus were also paved. A number of worn-out buildings, mostly small, were torn down and the fine large college buildings erected in their place. During my presidency seven new buildings replaced eleven old ones. Obviously the greatest accomplish- ment of which we can be proud is the recognition obtained by the college in the academic world. Shortly after the opening of the second year of our presi- dency, we became an accredited mem- ber of the Southern Association of Col- leges and Secondary Schools. Three years later we were put on the ap- proved list of the Association of Amer- ican Universities, the highest recogni- tion that can be obtained by an Ameri- can college. At the conclusion of our presidency, we were awarded a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Previously we had been granted chapters of Kappa Phi Kappa, the edu- cational fraternity, Omicron Delta Kappa, the leadership fraternity for men, and Mortar Board, the leadership fraternity for women. My service as national president of Kappa Phi Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa was addi- tional recognition of the standing of the college. ne uli are By Raymond Ross Paty To predict the future of Birming- ham-Southern College is a job I would not care to undertake. Could any man twenty years ago, even ten years ago, have foreseen the college as it is today? Birmingham-Southern is maturing so rapidly that all of us have difficulty keeping pace with its day-by-day de- velopment; certainly I can not race ahead and see its future. But if I can not actually see what lies ahead for the college, T can surely dream about its future. And 1 am will- uig to tell those dreams, because 1 hope that such a statement may prompt sug- gestions and advice from trustees and alumni, faculty members and urnder- graduates. By thus sharing our hopes and our thinking, we can quicken our friendship; and we can help to develop a Birmingham-Southern College that already is a gathering place of cultured men and women, a place where stu- dents come and live for a while, then go away and remember. My ambition for the college is not that some day we may have a vast stu- dent body in the midst of an extensive outlay of buildings and grounds. In my thinking about education I have long ago unburdened myself of the adding machine and the measuring rod, and I hope that the college will con- tinue sincere in its disregard of num- bers and size. I trust that it will for- ever hold true to the policy, on which it has already embarked, of limiting its student body to boys and girls of abil- ity and promise. The future will not change the pres- ent ideals of the college. We will con- tinue to believe that the purpose of every liberal arts college is to stimulate each student in his pursuit of the Good, the Beautiful, and the True. The col- lege that is humble as it considers its opportunities, and determined as it considers its obligations, can not waver In its confidence that achievement in the direction of truth and beauty is boiii persfjnally and socially desirable. Birmingham - Southern recognizes its opportunity and accepts its task: the college must provide books, laboratories and teachers that will all play their parts in assisting boys and girls to gain a fuller understanding of beauty and truth, and so to blend that understand- ing into their daily living and thinking that it will continue with them long after they have been officially gradu- ated. The specific and immediate plans of the Trustees and of the College Plan- ning Board include a broader program of health, recreation and sports for each student of the campus. To fulfill this program, the building of a gymna- sium is essential. Once the gymnasium is built, the Planning Board will turn its efforts to the erection of a science building with adequate laboratories and classrooms. Then the Board plans to provide a Fine Arts building. These buildings are important; they are necessary. But they are only inci- dental to the greater plans which are inspired by the determination that the college shall better serve the needs of all its students, both before and after graduation, in order that each shall attain the finest development of which he is capable. ■t iciona 1. Southern University Main Building, Greensboro. 2. Birmingham College faculty and students at the turn of the century. 3. Owen Hall, Munger Hall ' s predecessor in 1904. 4. Cinder Star, Coulliette and the Southern Track Team, 1918. 5. Site of present Munger Bowl twenty years ago. 6. Birmingham-Southern faculty and students. May, 1921. 7. Student Activity Building fire, 1927. 8. Football rally in Old Student Ac, October 15, 1926. Dean Hale, Dr. Posey, and Dr. Prodoehl in left foreground. 9. The Glee Club which toured Europe in the summer of 1926. 10. Breaking ground for Munger, 1927. Idiom 11. Add to Goodness, Brotherly Love, says the Mun- ger cornerstone laid in 1928. 12. Munger in the making, November, 1927. 13. Andrews Hall fire, December, 193 5. 14. Tablet erected by Class of 1931 in memory of Mrs. Owen. 15. Address by Dr. Snavely at the laying of the Stockham cornerstone, March 17, 1931. 16. Ceremonies as Science Building officially becomes Ramsay Hall. 17. Staking off the proposed gym. 18. The drum beats its final challenge as ' Southern ' s last football game approaches. 19. Work starts on the new gyni. •Pfsin ' iif i tfir L I, V ■: Bii 1R - SSSIm ] yf -- 5 « li: . ki6 eay 0 ) ;os 7(- l ' a; c: Wee Wilbur reigning . . . Calling Doctor Kildarc . . . South- ern spirit exemplified ... A float from across town . . . We had fun while it lasted ... Pi Phi float from star- board . . . The world-wide Y . . . Hildy on the gill ... A. O. Pi on parade . . . Literally smothered in poseys . . . The Oucen from another angle . . . K. A. parade their queen . . . Ironing out the last wrinkle . . . Southern ' s own spiffy band . . . Tot- tering on the brink . . . Wedded bliss . . . S. A. E. wins fraternitv prize . . . Alpha Chis cop sorority first place . . . Murray, efficient parade manager . . . Liles finds himself . . . Riding the rumble seat . . . Tb ' n Page: hiting ' s motorized unit . . . ' hich one does it favor . . . Glenn is at home with motors . . . Loving cup (le) . . . Pinky ' s lemonade wasn ' t sweet enough ... A history-making dance, remember? . . . Choir embarks en tour . . . Red Holland edits The Hilltop -ViH.T . . . Dr. Paty goes col- legiate . . . Deaver, [ingea and Win- field chat . . . ' Pretty Decent Water, ' savs the Crown Tire ' . . . 3. nap6 IDl (Jpjxisitc I ' anc: Ye editor . . . Royce turns on the j lamour . . . Cookie is safe at second, deah me . . . Busting with glee . . . Stacked up . . . Hefiin behind the eight ball . . . They should have told us . . . Confabing at O.D.K. convention . . . We know they are free. Peck ... At night game against Au- burn . . . Presidential candidates do some speculating . . . Ccury handles the ball in the open . . . McGill hears a sad tale . . . Campus watch at Tur- key time . . . The choir uniformed in white . . . Packing up their troubles . . . Huddleston gets around — with the Senator ... A wee bit o ' Scotland . . . Beauties and the beast . . . Faculty con- fab . . . Trim twiller, Billy Borders, was drum majorette . . . Tbii Page: Lester Blackburn, South- ern ' s first solo airman . . . Couple of red hot Ironers . . . All Gcd ' s Chillun Got Shoes . . . Mingea with a dope . . . Danger — Soft Shoulder . . . A.T.O. speaker. Dr. Crooks . . . Babv Face Hatcher . . . Flash Graham and Jitterbug Perkins . . . Cherubic Robin Faerber. engraver deluxe . . . White trash . . . Dill caught stealing own car . . . 3. nam ID: (Jpjiosi c l ' a: c: Those thermomctert didn ' t go much higher ... Pi Phis arc willing to gamble . . . Our choir . . . Chief Ab . . . Intramural slugger swats . . . Sweetheart of A.T.O. . . . Lively at work . . . Down for a dope, we go . . . Dr. Livingston, we pre- sume . . . Pinky blows himself up . . . A.T.O. ' s have lost their senses . . . Sandwich queen . . . ' Tween classes . . . O.xtord makes Florida tennis team . . . Cheerleaders, bold and true . . . How- ard politics, too . . . Fede acting, as usual . . . Dr. Crane in assembly . . . They weren ' t kidding . . . LesHe Thorpe, choir soloist. This Page: Soon she comes ze revo- lution, quotes ccmrade Mizelle . . . Professor Anderson at Glee Club din- ner . . . A.T.O. bigwigs collect prizes . . . Contact . . . Cleveland runs riot . . . Jones, the son of a gun . . . Reminds us of dominoes . . . At the polls — politickin ' . . . Quick, the doc- tor . . . Flirtins; with the uniforms. ' eaui tied After so much explc so mucn exploitation of loveliness at the hands of Greeks and ' poets who knew only one kind of line, there seems to be little left for the panegyrist. But the beauties at Southern are an especially provoca- tive group. Whether they ' ve become sirens through mass-production or heredity, the women with the compelling eyes give tone to this stretch of Enon Ridge. J There is no set definition of beauty, and when it comes to women every man is his own connoisseur. Some like them short and sweet with imploring, dog-like eyes; others cater to the tall sophisticate who tempers her wit with a palatable dash of bitters. Innumerable variations from these extremes contrive to please everybody. In any case, the man of the campus must be considered before any standard of beauty is estab- lished. He likes to think that Miss Venus gives him the type of beauty he demands. Usually she anticipates what the man likes before he him- self is certain. If she doesn ' t, she isn ' t a beauty. The tragedy of a beauty section is that it can offer only a sample of the creamy skin, the silky hair, and the magnificent torsos to be found in the four hundred oiher girls the length of the Hilltop. The Venuses are only those who, after a desperate struggle, have emerged from the pile with compact in dne hand and coveted title held aloft in the other. one They are good sports. To be a beauty, a girl must take a heavy part in the activities of the College. She cultivates a male following and manages to chit-chat with an amazing number of men in an amazmg number of corners. Most of ' em, seen or unseen, do not blush any more — which is a pity. But neither do they waste their sweetness on the desert air. ntellfi As for their intelligence, ask any man who has lied to one. w rit ( % nf ' t ) y « MR. L A S K Y SeLcU ZIL BEAUTIES Last November Mr. Jesse L. Lasky came to Birmingham seeking movie talent. Editor Mitchell saw the movie man while he was here, and asked him to judge La Rcviic ' s beauties. He agreed to pick the final six contestants from pictures sent to hmi. 0, Nl ' NIGHT in January, fifty-five beauties, selected by vari- ous college organizations, paraded across the Munger Auditorium stage to the strains of music by Milton (diristian. Artist A. I.. Bairnsfather, News Movie Editor Vincent ' I ' ownsend, Alabama Theatre Manager Francis Falkcnbcrg, Photographer Charles Preston, and Mrs. Morris Bush were the judges assigned to select fifteen comely co-eds to go into the finals. But the judges didn ' t select fifteen girls. They selected seventeen because of inability to agree on just who were the prettiest. Anne Berry, selected as one of the finalists, transferred to Alabama shortK- after the contest, and so does not have her picture included. Color movies and stills were made of the sixteen and forwarded to Mr. Lasky in Hollywood. His was the difficult job of selecting six to lead the beauty section. The editors of La Rcinc are grateful to him for taking time off from his work to choose the girls on the following pages. ' — ss ' t } ?! Jt ' J = J4eleii Ljallowaij W Wancin a V o J arali J4oovei ' rancei { oiqlit 4oanna korp i t 3Ln WrPL.0 nn 1 f iaiicii lODipJoii 11 horn pi J - al L lancii ?ttil Jjunn I tics 1940 brought mfeny dire predictions about the future of athletics at Birmingham-Southern. Shocked at the announcement of an intramural program, sports writers presaged a hasty return to intercollegiate com- petition; but neither Students nor alumni voiced outright protests. Since conference athletics proved a heavy financial and intellectual liability, those who gave the matter thought have decided that the intramural pro- gram is at ' Southern to stay. M Crux of the wSle plan is that, instead of the few who donned the gold-and-black satin under the old regime, all students may now partici- pate in physical activities. Already a course in horsemanship has been set up under the new plan. Southern graduate and football star William Battle, the incoming recreational director, has been successful with the program at other colleges. Already interest in smaller sports— fencing, bowling, soccer, and swimming — is increasing as the scope of the set-up becomes better understood. S 1940 is the transition year. As plans for the erection of the $100,000 gymnasium (and iiataforiiim, says the sign of the proposed site of the building) materialize, all concerned have their eyes trained on September, when the new system will begin to function. The success of the gym will determine to a great extent the success of the intramural program next year oot Coaches Jenks Gillem and Lex Fullbright D. HE HANDS of the big electric clock over the scoreboard drew closer to- gether. Nearly eight thousand football fans sat tensely watching the twenty-two battling figures on the scarred gridiron. The hands of the clock blended together over the zero mark, a whistle shrilled and into history went the final chapter of the Birming- ham-Southern-Howard football series . . . the final score, Southern 9, Howard 6. Dick McMichael ' s 67-yard touchdown run and Gus Noojin ' s placement for the extra point, clinched victory for the Hilltop eleven early in the third quar- ter of the Thanksgiving Day clash, but that was far from the ball game. Coach Ben Englebert Co-C(il) (iius Dick McMichael and Rutherford Key The Panthers went into the game given at best an outside chance. They were out- weighed, outnumbered as to reserves and listed as the underdog by the experts. But they went into battle determined to make Birmingham - Southern ' s last stand in intercollegiate football a successful one. And they played a game that will long be remembered as one of the best of a long series of good football games. Howard controlled the action during the first half. Resorting to power plays, the big Bulldog eleven battered its way to the Panther goal line, with George Daugherty, All-Dixie Conference full- back, smashing across the line for the score. That was all of the scoring for the first half, and it appeared likely to be enough to provide the ' Dogs with a win- ning margin. The fans were hardly in their seats after intermission, however, when Daugherty punted to Dick McMichael. That worthy tucked the ball under his arm, headed for The Hilltop ' s Last Intercollegiate Football Squad Pep Meeting Before The Howard Game ke ::J a6t the sidelines and then flirting dangerously with that white boundary stripe raced 67 yards for the six points that tied up the ball game. Coach Gillem rushed his place- kick specialist, Halfback Gus Noojin, into the game and little Gus spelled vic- tory with a boot that neatly split the uprights. The extra two points, coming on the last play of the game when half a dozen Panthers nailed Durward Williamson be- hind his own goal line, came merely by way of adding insult to injury. I ' he game was in the bag when Noojin made his kick good. Not that the Bulldogs didn ' t have their chances after that. They did and came very close . . . almost too close to points that would have meant victory. But it was Southern ' s day and the crowd began Between Halves at the Spring Hill Game , e ea6on to realize it as one by one Howard ' s chances faded and time grew shorter. Orville Hause, Howard quarterback, had two shots at a field goal. Both kicks were close . . . close enough to make Panther supporters hold their breaths and half-rise from their seats. But both missed and the game went into the books as a Southern victory. That one game stamped the 1939 eleven as a success, although the record for the eight games played prior to that one was far from brilliant. They played well enough in losing to Auburn, 6-0. They not only kept the Plamsmcn away from the Panther goal for three quarters of the game, but threat- ened themselves. Their deepest thrust into Auburn territory penetrated to the nine-yard stripe. The Panthers then traveled down to New Orleans and lost a heart-breaker to Loyola. The Wolves converted that all-important extra point and won, 7-6. That same extra point operated in our favor against Louisiana Tech and the Pan- thers won, 7-6. A trip to Macon brought TyburskI M.ikes Four Over Tackle Against Howard ... Six Points for Auburn . . . Noojin Scores Against Spring Hill . . . The Howard Touchdown! M$i Snapped a Couple of Minutes Too Late .... Most ' Southerners Remember This as Howard 6, ' Southern 9 McMicHAEL, Back disaster as Mercer handed the Hilltoppers a 10-0 hcking. After batthng Millsaps to a 7-7 tie, the Panthers went to Stark- ville and took their worst kicking of the season. The tough Mississippi State Ma- roons brought a bruising, battering-ram attack against the Cats and rolled up a 28-0 score. The extra point jinx functioned again the game with the Chattanooga Mocca- sins and the Panthers lost 13-12. Playing Key, Guard Proctor, Back Ware, Tackle Pierce, Center NoojiN, 3 (7c on their home field, Munger Bowl, how- ever, the Hilltoppers staged something of a comeback to nip an alert Spring H team, 13-6. The game was declared open to the public and some 6,000 souls packed Munger Bowl to see the Panthers win their first genuine home game in six Aldridge, Fjid _ nbute HOLLIDAY, End I Varnado, End To the men who represented the Hilltop in its last year of intercollegiate football. Their fine spirit and sportsmanship will be long remembered. Lack of reserves required them to be iron men; guards were trained to play end in as little as a week, others did double duty, playing whatever position the situation might require. The fighting spirit they displayed in every game was trebled in the last effort that brought that sweet and final victory Thanksgiving Day. To these men pictured here and on the preceding pages. La Rei ' iie pays tribute. Wolf, Guard ' Jackson, Guard Royal, Guard Jones, Back i¥:am Cochran, End Sheffield, Tackle Tybursm, Back Ei.iioT, Tackle Lasater, Tackle Strain, Guard at .k- . JkN ' Noojin ' s Boot Makes It ' Southern 7, How ard 6 -.v-4 ' . '  • ' ' . The Tennis Team Jim Posey, John Moriarty, Ed Neill, Horace Stevenson, Manager Marvin Woodall, Robert Johnson V. evini Birmingham - Southern ' s tennis team, playing one of the toughest schedules in the South, came through with its share of the laurels this Spring. Led by former State High School Champion Eugene McCain and red-haired Robert Johnson, who was a member of Ramsay High ' s champion- ship doubles team in 1937, the Panthers won matches from such highly rated teams as the Uni- versity of Tennessee, Sewanee, Mississippi State, Chattanooga and Emory. They lost their share of matches, too. Three of the defeats were to a trio of the South ' s best tennis squads, namely, Louisiana State ' s undefeated Tigers, Vanderbilt and Spring Hill. The Hilltop squad suffered no loss of prestige in dropping those matches. Had they won any one of them it would have been classed as a distinct upset. In playing L.S.U. the Panthers won three sets . . . not bad in view of the fact that the Bayou Bengals swept through Alabama ' s Crimson Tide, Georgia Tech, Florida and a number of other other teams without losing a single set. Contributing greatly to the team ' s success was a newcomer to the team, Ed Neill, a former Phil- lips High ace. Ed played consistently well all year and won more than his share of matches. Others who gave their time and talents to the team were John Moriarty, former Phillips player who has been a regular on the team for the past two years; Horace Stevenson, a veteran of three years standing; James Posey who returned to ac- tion this Spring after being forced out of com- petition last year due to outside interests, and Julian Guffin. Last remaining intercollegiate sport on the Hill- top, tennis has been favorably looked upon by school authorities and plans are being made for a better team than ever next year. Improvements in the tennis courts are already under way and more and better matches will be brought to the campus next Spring. Tennis fans on the Hilltop had the opportunity of seeing such top notch teams as the University of Florida, Sewanee and Mississippi State in action on the campus this season. y avnuiv a L 6 at tk oiiinem . . . Rumors began to circulate as early as June, 1939. Even in September many of the campus bull sessions were dominated by this one topic. For a while, there was even talk of getting the Student Body to sign a protest petition to nip the whole business in the bud. The Howard Crimson could scarcely have lasted through the year without Hilltop Ping Pong Tournaments to chuckle over. You see we left them nothing else to chuckle over. But here it is June, and we have an intramural program. No one knows exactly where it came from, because everyone was too busy explaining why intramurals wouldn ' t work. Nevertheless, an astonishing number of students put in an unprecedented amount of labor on intra- mural football, basketball, baseball, tennis, and golf. Without a definite organization, the stu- dent body has designed a workable system which opens some type of athletic activity to everyone. The construction of the new Gymnasium will furnish a permanent base on which to build a lasting program. According to advance publicity, this marble hailed palace will have a jade swim- ming pool, and private dressings rooms for students. Directing the program is W. R. (Bill, class of ' 3 0, K.A., O.D.K., Kappa Phi Kappa, three letter man) Battle. Since his graduation from South- ern, Battle has put in intramural programs in a number of schools in Alabama and Florida. Birmingham-Southern entered the select group of schools which have seen the light athletically for a number of reasons. Hilltop sports were a financial liability. Participants in the games were placed at a distinct disadvantage when they were compelled to be both football players and students. The students were indifferent to the efforts of the team whether it won or lost. Those limited to sidelines sportsmanship should have an oppor- tunity to participate for themsehes. The truest sign that the Hilltop has accepted the new order is the fact that you may hear an occasional student say miramural without add- ing or intermurals, ' er sompthin. Director Bill Battle JnL erf-rat emit I 7 football An unusual show of interest was displayed by the teams and spectators in the inter-fraternity football league this season. The K.A. ' s won the title with a record of six wins and no losses, de- defeating a fighting A.T.O. team 18-7 in the finals of the playoff. The A.T.O. s had beaten the Beta Kappas 6-0 in the first round of the playoff and the K.A ' s. had overwhelmed the S.A.E. ' s 27-7. The K.A. ' s won the opening game of the season from the Delta Sigs and from there steadily got better as the season progressed. Their squad was the largest and best organized of all, and they com- bined a deadly offense with an airtight defense. Their standouts were Dickie Morland, Tom Cleve- land, Jack Cale, and Jimmy Preston. The Beta Kappa ' s were not flashy cr blessed with any particularly bright stars, yet when the points were counted they usually had their share. Their chief weapon was an impregnable defense, with enough offense being furnished bv Hobert Camp, Don W ' infield, Billy Chappell and George Stagg to enable them to make a fine showing. Next come the A.T.O. ' s, led b - Vivian Callen, Pig Brabston, Bob Mitchell, and R.ilph Giles. A scrappier team was never on the field than this one; they were never beaten until the final whistle and with a little more material would have pushed the winners more. I Boss Vance Out at First The S.A.E. ' s got off to a slow start and then improved rapidly as the season progressed. Not having an over-supply of football material, such players as Fort Hambaugh, Billy Hudson, Bill Cleage and Paxton Coleman kept them in the run- ning and they ended the season with only two losses. The Lambda Chi ' s had too few men, but the regulars fought their hardest and with an accu- rate passer would have fared better. John How- ard, a star, was lost at the first of the season due to a leg injury, and this left the burden to be carried by the hard-charging Howell Heflin, Martin Knowlton, Heyward Beckham, and the sensational halfback, Tom Dill. The Delta Sigs had some individuals who played as well as the best, but they could never function as a unit. Their stars were Morris Thompson, Joe Grant, Henry Aston, and Melvin Pruett. The PiK.A. ' s were unable to gather enough men to play their games — most of their men playing varsity football and therefore ineligible — so for- feited all of them. ntenra temitu (Dashethail The Interfraternity Basketball Championship was captured this year by a smooth clicking and hard fighting Kappa Alpha quintet. The Pikers set the fastest pace during the regu- lar season, rolling up a total of six victories against no defeats, but in the finals of the four team play- off the K.A. team proved to be too strong an opposition and copped the title. A picked favorite from the opening whistle, the K.A. lads went into every game with the odds in their favor until an unnoticed S.A.E. five handed them their first defeat by a score cf 20 to 19. The PiK.A. crew also spelled defeat for the champions in an exciting, 60 minutes of war- fare that found the final score reading 3 2 to 3 0. A scrappy A.T.O. quintet was the third team to make the playoff. Finishing the season with a record of four wins and two defeats, the A.T.O. team met defeat in the first round of the playoff at the hands of the K.A. aggregation by a score of 39 to 30. After winning three and losing three in the regular season the Lambda Chi ' s were eliminated in the playoff, 3 8 to 3 0, at the hands of the final- ist PiK.A. squad. Eugene Pierce, PiK.A. forward, was the out- standing player on the Hilltop this season, piling up an enviable record in point making. Scoring not less than ten points each game and the amaz- ig total of 41 in a single game, this top player netted 110 tallies of the regular season. MoRLAND Gains Around End in Interfraternity Finals O t- Joe Grant, stellar Delta Sig forward, rang up 51 points iluring the season and was considered one of the best players on the campus. Grant was a fast man and a clever passer. Tom Gleveland, guard on the Kappa yXiplia team, was largely responsible for his team ' s suc- cess. Noted for his dribbling and smooth ball handling, Cleveland was the mainstay of the K.A. attack. LeGrande Passmore, captain of the A.T.O. quin- tet, was a consistent player and through his cap- able guidance he led his cohorts to the playoff. Howell Heflin, sparkplug of the Lambda Chl ' s, was one of the high scorers of the season and led his teammates to the playoff. The basketball season on the Hilltop was one of thrills, upsets, and keen interest. The K.A. five proved their superiority and for the second straight year won the championship. : ' JnbrfUrnihj SoftUt With a balanced team of hefty hitters and ef- fective fielders the K.A. softball team captured the fraternity league trophy. The victory in the final round meant not just a year ' s championship, but served as a means of determining last year ' s champions, as the PiK.A. ' s and K.A. ' s failed to play off their tie last year. The champion K.A. ' s were humbled in one of the biggest upsets of the season when In their regularly scheduled game the Piker team com- That ' s Mv Man posed of pitcher, catcher, and two fielders de- defeated by a lopsided score a full K.A. team. Early season co-favorltes were the K.A. ' s and S.A.E. ' s, but the latter failed to come up to ex- pectations. Standouts In the S.A.E. lineup were Hambaugh with his nifty fielding and Hudson who did a big share of the stick work. Moments of sloppy fielding handicapped an otherwise fair A.T.O. team. The other fraternities had trouble gathering together teams and forfeited most of their games. As a rule the pitching and fielding were not so good as In other years, but the batters showed more power. Aldridge and Morland led the pitchers, while Grant, Self, and Pierce poured heavy hickory to the leather sphere. Hambaugh Back Again this year the Hellenes determined the trend of social events on the campus. Big things were afoot from the beginning; a Fraternity Committee met to discuss a proposed fraternity row; the organizations pitched in to aid the Physical Education Building fund; and the intra- mural setup was given a preview when the frats fought it out on the football field. The Fraternity Committee also attempted to strengthen the position of the fraternities by solving student and fraternity prob- lems. House rules were rehashed; there was a discussion on changmg rush rules; and plans were discussed which will help to make available information on out-of-town students. I I Nothing will come of fraternity row this year, but the project is by no means dead. Early in the year the sororities blossomed out with touch-football teams, and some of their hefty halfbacks blocked viciously enough to draw praise from the lads who licked Howard. In fact, the Greeks had an excellent athletic setup this year, putting out teams in football, soft- ball, basketball, and bowling. The women could bowl, too — and did. On the social front there were dances, teas, steak frys and picnics too numerous to allow much sleep. The Interfraternity Council gave a dance and a steak fry; and the Amazons, led by Hippolyta, inaugurated the Spring season with their girl-break. Except for exam weeks, there was no escape from the hum of activity. tit , ' y vstiL i-M if M n terfra temitu i Vint Row: Morland. Camp, Coleman, Hjmbaugh, Fletcher, Mitchell Scconii Row: Dominick, Passmore, Huddleston, Doggett, Gordon, Little I c Preside if Fort Hambaugh Vice-President Joe Gordon Secretary Billy Doggett Treasn rer Tom Dill Cc OUVlCl The Interfraternity Council had a pleasantly busy year, passing laws right and left. Nobody seemed to remember at the next meeting what had been passed previously, but jolly good fun was had by the boys in passing them. Political arguments were heated at the time of the Fall election, with everyone sticking up for his fraternity ' s rights. The Spring election found too many candidates for anyone to agree upon, so every- thing was open and above board. Rush rule changes were discussed and some improvements in the setup were secured in cooperation with the Fraternity Committee. Prexy Noojin got council members to pledge their fraternity sup- port to guard the campus the week of the Howard game. The practice field was kept well rid of suspicious persons who might have been secur- ing information Howard could use. Highlights of the year were the hayride-steakfry held at Lovers ' Leap and the dance after the Howard game. The hayriders avow that never was there a colder ride than that truck ride home. After successful interfraternity football and basketball seasons, the council, under the guidance now of Fort Hambaugh, turned its attention to minor sports. Many were discussed but bowling was the only sport the busy fraternity members found they could handle. Few fraternities rolled away at the pins, however, most of the games going by forfeit. More fortunate was the softball competition into which the fraternities put more effort. The role of the Council will probably continue to grow in impor- tance as the new Physical Education setup makes its entrance and as the administration turns its attention to fraternity problems. L em bers Alpba Tan Ouiega Bob Mitchell LeGrande Passmore Beta Kappa HoBERT Camp Billy Doggett Delta Sii ina Phi John Huddleston Carroll Truss Kappa Alpha Frank Dominick Richard Morlaxd Lambda Chi Alpha Tom Dill Gordon Fletcher Pi Kappa Alpha Bob Mixge. Joe Gordon Sigma Alpha Epsilon Paxton Coleman Fort Hambaugh iaoawia i5eta vSeta L haDiev ' ipi m - 1 tint Rou-: Butsch, Mizelle, Giles, Callcn. Mitchell, Franklin, Brabston, Passmore, Russell, Rockhill. Second Ron; R. Rice, Hornsby, Averett, Bowers, Dent, Hawk, Liles, Trueman, Robertson, Bell, Anderson, Kain, H. Rice. Frcudciit Bob Mitchell Vice-President John Franklin Secretary Vivian Callf.n Treasurer Donald Brabston yylpka au Kyi ip meaa f This year the A.T.O. ' s brought their mcmbcrsliip up to a new high — twenty-seven wearers of the Maltese cross or crescent and stars. T.ach of the boys addecl his own particular bit to make the fraternity a well- rounded group. Tops in scholarship for two straight years, the fraternity mcludes three Phi Beta Kappa scholarship winners. Kenneth Liles, Donald Brabston, and Cecil Parson looked with scorn upon mere B ' s, pihng up enough honor points to supply a couple of fraternities. Hugh Hawk, Jim Dent, and others also wooed erudition, while some of the boys just wooed. Liles was one of four boys to dash about the ccjuntry on the debate tour and Tau Kappa Alpha rewarded him for his outstand- ing work. Mitchell made O.D.K.; Brabston continued to have a hand in everything, being new Council Treasurer, member of the Senate, Torea-, dors, Assistant Editor of La Kcviic, and successor to Virginia Economist Billy Barksdale as accounting instructor. Mitchell and Parson are editors of the Torty and Torty-one book, respectively, and Mizelle was manag- ing editor of the paper during the second semester. Brab led the small but scrappy football team which went to the finals of the competition. Coach Passmore guided the basketball team to the playoff and got himself named on the all-star interfrat team. Coach, Chief Mitchell, Sophisticated Sambo Russell, also known as Curly, and glamour boys Franklin, Callen, and Bowers managed to be around when anything of social significance was happening. Several of the boys became fairly well entangled with the fair sex, and some just thought they were. Just a couple of pins got away, which is pretty good, or pretty bad, depending upon your viewpoint. Chief cooked up the Small Dance idea which became a weekly (well, almost weekly) custom. Ten or fifteen couples gathered Friday nights at the house for jooking purposes. Very nice, and incidentally, very inexpensive. The annual Spring Formal put a fine finishing touch to the dance season in May. enihcr. Walter Anderson Ray Averett Ross Bell Jerome Bowers Donald Brabston Fred Britten Milton Butscli Vivian Callen Jim Dent John Franklin Ralph Giles Hugh Hawk Cyrus Hornsbv Johan - Kain Kenneth Liles Bob Mitchell Bill Mizelle Fred Outlaw Cecil Parson LeGrande Passmore Herbert Rice Richard Rice Otto Robertson Paul RockhiU Sam Russell Sydney Trueman Robert Whiddcn Tint Row: Walker, Wingfield, Camp, Winfield, Chappcll, Hutson. Seco„d Row: Doggett, Waters, Pardue, Borders, M.tchcU, Lavies. Sims, Crowdcr, Evans, Robertson, Deitenbeck, Bathurst. K_Jnicefi President Hobert Camp Vice-President William Pardue Secretary Billy Doggett Treasurer Richard Waters J(. fp aDDa Psi Chapter of Beta Kappa inaugurated a perambulating version of the social whirl this year: they took carloads of members to the dances held by Beta Kappas on other campuses, including Auburn, Mississippi State, Georgia Tech, and Chattanooga. They really moved onto the Hilltop during the Sprmg, choosing as fraternity headquarters a new house on Eighth Avenue across from Simpson Building. But they not only shifted location, they dug in and produced results in scholarship. The Birmingham-Southern chapter won a cup over all other Beta Kappa chapters in the nation for scholastic improvement. On the chapter roll are included Bill Doggett, who is good enough not only for the Student Senate but for ODK as well. Too, Beta Kappas turned out lusty cheerleaders in Don Winfield and Billy Chappell. Next year ' s president is Bill Pardue, who replaces chubby-cheeked Robert Camp. Hobert gained attention by mixing a jovial personality with sar- torial perfection. He leaves a hard gap to fill at the Beta Kappa house. In keeping with campus tradition. Beta Kappa opened the formal season early in December with the first big dance. The Eighth Avenue boys also gave one of the more original parties of the season with their Farmer Pest, where hayseeds ruled in rustic glory. It proved to be a real hit. In sports, though they won their way to the football playoff, the Beta Kappa teams joined the rest of the campus in being just another team for the high-riding opposition powerhouses to blitzkrieg into sub- mission. Hobert Camp and Earl Mitchell teamed with Don Winfield to take individual sports honors. Dr. Bathurst, advisor to the local chapter, is Grand Historian of the National organization this year. . Bryan Adams A. J. Borders Hobert Camp Talmadge Cross Sam Crowder Bill Dietenbeck Billy Doggett ' inhcr. Bob Evans C. H. Hunt Bill Lavies Don Matthieu Earl Mitchell Bill Pardue Ed Robertson Elton Sims Malcolm Smith James talker Richard Waters Don Winfield Harold Winsfield 4 (J eta Hjelta kapter IDi [int Ron: Sanders, Huddleston, Coury. Second Row: Moody, Grant, Coupland, Graham, Truss, ' ance, Aston. Office.. President John Huddleston Vice-President Carroll Truss Secretary Dee Moody Treasurer „.„ .Carroll Truss Ujeua lawia f Highlight of the Delta Sig year was the little love note from the Dean saying Congratulations on your complete reversal of form. The Dean referred to the first place positions of the fraternity at mid-s;mes- ter. Main reason given for the rise in scholarship was the soothing sym- phonic music which the boys play continuously for inspiration. The record collection of Club Andrews in 308 is so big that you can play for thirteen hours without repeating a platter. This doesn ' t begin to cover the Delta Sig honors, however, since it includes ODK ' s Bill Vance and Earl Sanders, next year ' s Interfrat Coun- cil President John Huddleston, and International Relations Club enthusi- ast and debater Carroll Truss. The Toreadors Club, noted bull-shooting frat of the Economics Department, leans heavily on the Delta Sigs for prolonged argument and expert cross-examination. Outstanding among the freshmen of the group is Joe Grant, who has become one of Coach Battle ' s righthand men in the organization of intra-mural activities both this Spring and in the larger scope of activi- ties planned for next year. Politically, the Delta Sigs have Bill Vance business-managing La Rei ' HC, a second year, and John Huddleston, who not only prexies his fraternity and the Interfrat Council, but goes around trying to scotch rumors that he also owns stock in the Plaza Grill. Manager Vance is reputed to have his thumb on the pulse of many an activity in every phase of campus life. John Flash Graham has acted as staff photographer for the Hilltop News, while Carroll Truss and Bill Vance (again!) are on the Y. Cabinet. Delta Sigs continued their all-day tradition with a picnic at Double Oak Mountain in May. With Dr. Glenn advising next year, they promise to climb high in the fraternity register. em bers Henry Aston Connie Coupland Ed Coury Lewis Crance John Gr.iham Joe Gr.inr Jchn Huddleston Dee Moody Earl Sanders Carroll Truss Bill Vance PLi a xp h apie fiat Roil-: Guftin, Hamilton, Morland, Hood. McGIII, Dominick. Copeland, F. Stevenson, H. Stevenson, Woodall, McCulloch. Second Rou: Preston, Jenkins, Bishop, Cale, Cooper, Abernathy, Reid, McAdory, Moore, Clark, Morton, Cleveland. Third Ron ' : Neill, Ardis. Allen. Kennedy, Banton, Poarcli, Reynolds, Lackey, Cowan, Spradley, Purdy, Lawrence, Gore, Nelson. hceri President Frank Dominick Vice-Presideni Jack McGill Secretary E. B. Copeland Treasurer Frank Stevenson X aoDa ipp r u The merry-go-round of another active campus year has made a complete revolution, and in passing the cultured ' Southern gentlemen of K.A. snagged more than their share of the honors. Behind the capable generalship of Dickie My-Hero! Morland and the pass-snagging of Tom I ' ve-Got-It! Cleveland, the boys annexed the interfrat football trophy. A hot pace was set by the K.A. five in the hardwood league, and the orange shirts sank enough baskets to win the trophy. On the diamond, too, the boys boosted their batting averages while winning in that field of endeavor. But the achievement the boys will write home about is the scholastic average of the fraternity, which seems high enough to place the coveted scholarship cup on the K.A. mantle. Individual honors were not lacking. The Kappa Alphas took an active part in all campus activities. Paul Killer Hamilton and Jimmy Cooper drew on their togas and took seats in the Senate. When the oracle spoke this year, he called three from the K.A. roll: Dickie Morland, president of this service organization, welcomed to O.D.K. membership brothers Frank Dominick, Bob Luckie, and Jimmy Cooper. Believing that all work and no play would make even a K.A. dull, the fraternity did their best to keep the social end of their life in full swing. The annual dance, a novel Hallowe ' en party, several outings, house dances, and the annual Florida house party completed the social calendar. Next year, behind the leadership of Bob Stoney Morton, the brothers expect to do bigger and better things in going forward with administration to make ' Southern the foremost school of the South. n I embers Glenn Abernathy Bibb Allen James Ardis Howard Banton Julian Bishop Jack Gale Dyer Carlisle Tom Gleveland James Gooper E. B. Copeland Laney Gowan Frank Dominick Clayton Gore Leland GraA ' Julian Guffin Paul Hamilton Willis Hood Bill Jenkins Curtis Kennedy Earl Lackie Bob Luckie Carleton Lawrence Jimmv McAdorv Bill McCulloch ' Jack McGiU Bill Moore Richard Morland Bob Morton Ed Neill John Nelson Saxon Poarch James Preston Evans Purdy Sam Reid John A. Reynolds Walter Spradley Horace Stevenson Frank Stevenson Lirvin ' oodall keta u aotei ipi First Rou: Ogburn, Fletcher, Batson, Dill, Johnson, Mslone, CuHigan, Whiting. Second Row: Copeland, James, Moriarty, Combs, Heflin, Beckham, Howard. Smith, Outlaw. Officers First Scincsfcr Preside ! Bruce Johnson Vicc-Prcsidciif Martin Knowlton Secretary Edgar Batson Treasurer John Howard Second Semester Tom Dill John Malone Edgar Batson Leland Culligan cJLawibda L ki . Ipka The varied personalities of the members of Lambda C hi Alpha added much to the Hilltop college life for ' 39- ' 40. The remarkable antics of Communist Knowlton, Senator Heflin, and Irishman Moriarty were well balanced by the more stable personalities of Student Body President Bruce Johnson, next year ' s president, John Howard, and Choir Manager lom bill. Lambda Chi Alpha, though a new name to the Hilltop at the begin- ning of the year, has quickly taken the place of the old Theta Kappa Xu. At the beginning of the Fall semester, a joint convention of the two was held in Birmingham in which the T.K.N. ' s and the L.X.A. ' s merged to become the largest college fraternity in the world. The boys over on Arkadelphia came out of their hermitage this year with their first annual dance honoring the college contingent. They have also entered the field of high finance with the down payment on the house in which they live. Rabble-rouser Knowlton carried on an eloquent defense of the rights of the common man with his sit-dov n strike for more refills on Deacon ' s coffee. The year ends with him unshaken in his determination to be a C.LO. organizer, though his ambition faltered slightly during his dreams of an ambulance driver ' s job on the Western Front. Hilltop News Business Manager Jim Moriarty assured adequate financial backing for the most elaborate paper ever attempted on the campus. This, combined with C.A.A. flying course and his perennial imitations of Frankenstein ' s Monster, kept James Aloysius busy. A complete reorganization of the Student Constltutioi was accom- plished by Bruce Johnson during his presidency of the Student Body. The competent job he performed is expected to be continued on just as high standards by John Howard. Other outstanding members of the chapter include Student Senator and T.K.A. member, Howell Heflin, and the graduating winner of the Spanish Medal, Fred Harrison, Second Tenor Hayward Beckham, and Preacher James Ogburn. em L ' rj Edgar Batscn Cjrlton Brown George Brown Frank Cogdell Ed Copeland Leland Culligan Carl CulverhoLise Tom Dill Lee Duvall Gordon Fletcher Fred Harrison Howell Heflin John Howard James Lynwood Bruce Johnson Martin Kncwhon John Malone Jim Moriarty James Ogburn John Outlaw Bob Stevens John C ' hitin£; ., Mp Hdimm ■ yur- l« ■it. lint Ron : Aldndgc. E. Phelps, Miugea, Rogers. Secom! Rou: S. Phelps, Fowler, Jackson. Mitchell, Gordon, Little, Self. NccrJ Fall Spring President Charles Rogers Robert Mingea Vice-Prcsich ' iif J. T. Aldridge Forrest Little Secrefary. Lamar Davis Joe Gordon Treasurer Robert Mingea Lamar Davis Pij(. w aoDa .yilpka The Pi K. A. ' s grabbed off honors in all fields ot athletic achieve- ment this year. J. T. Baby Aldridge took heavyweight laurels in the Birmingham News Golden Gloves Tournament, while his superb pass- snagging gave him undisputed possession of the varsity right end. Few were surprised when National Pi K. A. tapped him for their All-America squad. In fact the Pikers have long been an athletic bunch. You can ' t forget Ward Procter, Peck Sands, and Eugene Pierce — all scramblers after the pigskin — who with Aldridge add up to almost half the first- string squad. Procter ' s name in four years became a by-word for classy blocking; then in February he graduated and was immediately snapped up as a good coaching bet for West End Fiigh. An outstanding athletic achievement came when Eugene Pierce — called in at center while Procter, the regular signal-caller, was out with an ailing ankle — stepped into the pivot post and called the last Little Battle of the Marne while tossing the oval to the backfield. He called ' em straight enough to win, too. The boys burned up the league in basketball and baseball during the early part of the season, but lost out in both sports in the finals. Once again Pierce cavorted, being the outstanding basket sharpshooter in the fraternity. You can ' t forget the Pi K. A. beauties, either. Forrest Little, one of the most congenial souls on the campus, was elected Mr. Fiilltopper in the A. O. Pi extravaganza which was staged in Munger. Bob Mingea, the new president, licks his chops and casts a covetous eye toward the athletic cups for next year, too. The Pi K. A. ' s believe in exercise. To fill out Ward Procter ' s unexpired term, Joe Gordon was made Vice-President of the Interfraternity Council. At the final meeting. Gordon was elected secretary of the Council for the coming year. n .,i ember J J. T. Aldridge Ward Bryant Lamar Davis Warren Fowler Cecil Giddons Joe Gordon Harold Jackson Forrest Little Robert Mingea Ed Phelps Sam Phelps Charles Rogers Wilfred Sands Erwin Self Frank Scone Ariabama Jj ota L napier pi tint Ron : Lively, Hudson, Horn, Robertson, Dean, Holt, Hanna, Edwards. Scroiui Ron : Snoddy, Hambaugh, Parker, Duffee, Mrs. Johnson, Jones, Hogan, Bouclielle, Leaver. Third Ron-: Updike, Jackson, Ford, Strain, Lasater, Clcage, Coleman, Simpson, Cash, Franklin, Colhns, Sullivan, Martin. ' President Bill Cleage Vice-President Paxton Coleman Secretary Billy Parker Treasurer ._. Jack Duffee J iama 4lpka n C f sdon A goodly share of the campus cups and honors fell to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon boys this year. They started the ball rolling with a record pledging of fifteen boys during I ' all rushing. The close of the Spring term finds Sons of Minerva in O.D.K., Phi Beta Kappa, Y Cabinet, and the editorship of the Hilltop Nci s. The cup for the best fraternity float of the Howard-Southern parade, as well as the cups for bowhng and golf now rest on the frat mantle. Noojin, Bubble Eyes Lasater, and new Prexy Latrelle Jones did their part to make the Hilltop ' s swan song in intercollegiate athletics end with a crashing crescendo. The S.A.E. ' s won their way to the playoff in interfraternity football, basketball, and baseball, but bowed each time to the invincible K.A. machines. Kaiser Bill Clejge kept the boys in line after the mid-term gradua- tion of Prexy Gus Noojin. During Cleage ' s reign the S.A.E. ' s gave their colorful Come As An Ad party as well as their dinner-dance at the Club. Active in campus activities, the Sig Alphs had the president of the Council both semesters in Noojin and Hambaugh. One the staff of the Hilltop News are next year ' s editor, Frank Cash and reporter Bob Lively. During the first semester the photographic work of Nat Mewhinney did much to make the paper a success. Freshmen Joe Horn, Bill Sullivan, and Bob Lively were members of the Freshman Commission, while Horn and Cash are members of the new Y Cabinet. S.A.E. ' s musically inclined lads, Culley, Lewis, Sullivan, Snoddy, Harper, and Updike attained campuswide recognition for their slithering syncopation on election day. Durnig the rat revolt in the Fall, Minister of War Hudson, Minister of the Treasury Horn, and Minister of Propa- ganda Lively took an active part in the humbling of the high and mighty upperclassmen. Phi Beta Kappa Bouchelle did his bit to make the average rise as well as the wrath of each pledge who went through the S.A.E. ' s favorite custom. Hell Week. en ! het Phil Baird McLemore Bouchelle Frank Cash Bill Cleage Paxton Coleman Douglas Collins Jack Duffee Eugene Edwards Harry Elliott O. L. ' Pord Robert Franklin Fort Hambaugh Henry Hanna Stewart Harper Jim Tom Hogan Allen Holt Joe Hern Bill Hudson Fred Jackson Latrelle Jones Roy Lasater Duff Leaver Bob Lively Jack Martin Ed Mason Bob Monette Billy Parker Billy Robertson George Simpson Claude Sn oddy Bob Strain Billv Sullivan Ed Updike j- ankellenlc L ouncli First Roif: Evins, Huddleston, Hasty. Hudson, Jones, Simmons, Wheeler. ScconJ Row: Voighc, Penruddocke, Osborne, Shepard, Payne, Sutherland. Strong. Prcsiilt ' tit Vice-President Secretary — Treas2irer OFFICERS ..Virginia Hudson Alice Jones Sarah Shepard Betty Hasty Emmette Brown Wayne Bynum Betty Hasty Sarah Hoover Mary Huddleston MEMBERS Virginia Hudson Alice Jones Olivia Belle Payne Sarah Shepard Mary Elizabeth Simmons Dot Strong Barbara Sutherland Virginia Van der Veer Frances Voight It ' s been a quiet year for Panhellenic members what with all the sororities behaving themselves and keeping reasonably within the bounds of the rush rules. They didn ' t . even have one good fight. The rotating presidency rolled around to the Pi Phis and placed Virginia Hudson in that precarious post. The K.D. ' s in the person of Florence GiUem will take over for 1940-41. Main social function of Panhellenic is the annual tea for prospective Greeks, when sorority members turn out in their most impressive clothes and go-gettem manners. Membership in the organization consists of the president and rush captain of each of the Hill ' s seven sororities. , mazon6 Firsf Ron : Hammond, Cross, Hudson, Hasc ' , Simmons, Strong, Mize. Sfcoihl RoK.- Murphy, Wright, Bynum, Cjllaway, Huddlcston, Sutherland, Moon. Third Row: Deaver, Pepper, Payne, Jones, Shepard, C ' heeler. OFFICERS President Mary Elizabeth Simmons Vice-President — ._. __. Dorothy Stroxg Secretary ...__ Betty Hasty Treasurer — Virginia Hudson MEMBERS Wayne Bynum Virginia Hudson Marv Alice Scruggs Barbara Callaway Alice Jones Sarah Shepard Sarah Hammond Mary Moon Marv Elizabeth Simmons Josephine Harris Marion Murphy Dot Strong Betty Hasty Olivia Belle Payne Barbara Sutherland Sarah Hoover Mize Emma Lee Pepper Elise Wheeler Mary Huddleston Caroline Postelle Leila Wright The girls get the breaks at least once a year — at the Amazons dance. Members were really able to enter into the spirit of the thing this time, it being Leap Year and Spring and all. The club ' s Fall function, open house at Stockham, featured fraternity presidents passing the punch and Dr. Paty dishing it out. It addition to these affairs, the Amazons make the limelight on initiation days, when new members appear on the campus in black cotton stockings and new enormous white bows in their hair, and snakedance around the bookstore much to the amusement of the noon-hour crowd. Membership of Amazons includes three representatives from each sororitv on the Hill. The club has no particular aim, which saves a lot of unnecessary work and worry. wka Ji ip wieaa f a aoiev ' ip L Sated: Mize, E. Wheeler. SlanJiilg: Hale, McEachern, GilUland, Faust, Burland, B. Sutherlana, Dolvin, Matthews, Launius, Scott, Smith, Frlddle, Hughes, M. Wheeler, Bullock, Hodges, C. Sutherland. President Sarah Hoover Mize Vice-President Elise Wheeler Secretary- - Rosa Stewart Treasurer Jean Fugitt y lpka L Kil Ov m.eaa f For a long time the Alpha Chi ' s will look back on 1939-40 as a big year in their history. Among the high spots were winning the cup for their float in the last Howard-Southern parade and placing two beauties in La Kci ' iic (Sarah Hoover Mize and Betty Scott). The Valentine ' s Day Ball, the annual Mother ' s Day Tea, and winning third place in inter- sorority scholarship added more laurels to the chapter ' s collection. The climax for the year came in April when the Hilltoppers were hostess to six other Alpha Chi Omega chapters at the Southern Province Convention. Frances Friddle, chairman of convention arrangements, deserved and got a big hand for the smooth running schedule. A Cappella caroUer, retiring president and recent bride Sarah Hoover Mize was toastmistress at the formal banquet which climaxed the conference. Grace Cutler Hamilton started something when she consented to become a Mrs. Prexy Hoover followed suit, and then Treasurer Jean Fugitt was pinned and set the date. Jeanne Tyson had a different sort of date to worry about — the dead- line when she was the prize archy of the April Fool Edition of the Hill- top News. That issue of the paper played up the poetic young cockroach, and Jeanne ' s poeticisings would have pleased Don Marquis himself. Louise Smith was the sorority artist. A member of the Southern States Art League, she might have picked Marjorie Dolvin as a model of cuteness. Bebe Faust, Birmingham ' s princess in the Straw berry Festival, played the piano in the College orchestra. And speaking of princesses, the Alpha Chi ' s had three in the Christmas Carnival: Elise Wheeler, Betty Scott, and Marguerite Hodges. Margery Burland led the chapter scholas- tically with a 2.6 average, but she had stiff competition from Alpha Lambda Delta ' s Glen Jenkins and Rosa Stewart. Rosa, incidentally, played the cello in Mr. Urbach ' s Little Symphony and was soloist with the College Glee Club. m,„L eri Catherine Bullock Margery BurLind Grace Cutler Hamilton Marjorie Dolvin Bebe Faust Frances Friddle Jean Fugitt Beulah Gilliland Marguerite Hodges Helen Hughes Glenn Jenkins Myrtle Launius Evelyn McEachern Carolyn Matthews Sarah Hoover Mize Louise Smith Montez Smith Rosa Stewart Barbara Sutherland Carol Sutherland Jeanne Tyson Elise Vheeler aa U elta L kapter IDi first Row: Cheatham, Griffith, Kimbrough, Williams, Allen. Strong, Powell, Wirth, Walsh. Galloway, Wood. Second Row: Rice, Penruddocke, Barratt, Holtzclaw, LoUar, Postelle, Brown, Schuster, Lenz, Mancin, McLaughlin, Thiemonge, Pepper, Nance. President Dorothy Strong Vice-Presidenf Caroline Postelle Secretary... Peggy Lenz Treasurer Doris Holtzclaw 4lpka o. wiicwyi The A. O. Pi ' s cashed in on one of the most unusual and best ideas of the year when they produced Mr. Hilltopper, the search for the Ideal Ed, in April. The show started what will probably grow into an event as traditional as the selection of Miss Birmingham-Southern. Proceeds of the contest went to the sorority philanthropic work among the Ken- tucky mountaineers. Jane Wirth and her accordion added to the fun at the contest. Caroline Cooky Postelle livened up the year for Mortar Board and the sorority with her unpredictable Cookycracks that would make St. Peter chuckle. She will be succeeded in the leadership honorary by Julia Theimonge, an accomplished pianist. Julia and Elizabeth Powell went on tour with the College Choir and learned all about Alabama en route. The College Theatre kept sisters Powell, McLaughlin and Holtzclaw bus}- for a good part of the Spring, with Elizabeth and Doris on the produc- tion end and Flea McLaughlin impersonating the pleasantly addled young woman in Kind Lady. Helen Galloway and Nell Mancin were chosen for the beauty sec- tion of La Rci ' iic. The duo was so attractive that it was repeated in the May Court later in the year. Amazon prexy Emma Lee Pepper ' s dates will be subject to campus scrutiny around the last of February, 1941; the man of her choice will lead the dance of Southern ' s Warrior Women. The more active — really active — side of life on the Hill was repre- sented by Jayne Walton and Mary Ann Rice, who literally sported around in Alpha Gam, the sports hobby group of the Y.W. which late in the year became affiliated with the state W.A.A. Pam Cheatham was secretary of the organization. Spring hit the chapter with drastic results. They became the talk of the campus as ring after ring appeared. President Dot Strong, who was lovely in the cameo frame at the annual sorority Rose Ball, will be keeping house up north from now on; Eleanor Shuster, Cooky, Nell Mancin, and Elizabeth Powell will also forego single blessedness. Ruth Allan Jane Barratt Emmettc Brown Pam Cheatham Maxine Davis Louise Fort Helen Galloway Ruthe Griffith Doris Holtzclaw Mary Buff Kimbrough m,j. embers Peggy Lenz Mar)- Evelyn Lollar Felicia McLaughlin Nell Mancin Mary Ann Nance Mary Penruddocke Emma Lee Pepper Caroline Postelle Elizabeth Powell Mary Ann Rice Eleanor Schuster Dorothy Strong Julia Thiemonge Jayne Walton Mary Myrtis Walsh Eugenia illiams Jane Wirth Mar ' August.i Wood . ipka Kko L kapt First Row: Callaway, Cook, Loehr, Huddlcston, Shepard, Tiller, Barnes, Roark, L. Thorpe. Scccu! Rou: Garnnon, Pcrkms, J. Thorpe, Z. Martin, Tate, Collins Fulks, K. Martin, Barker, Cooper. Officers President Sarah Shepard Vice-President Lucille Garlington Secretary Elizabeth Roark Treasurer Barbara Callaway awiwia PL Gamma Phi ' s gave a Hell, Heaven, and Earth party in September and the variety lasted all year. Sorority life included everything from football to the annual Carnation Ball. Pledges Barker and The Twins, who were a threat with the pigskin in September, glided decorously at the sorority ' s tea dance in October, dressed in Scotch kilts and escorted scotties in the Last Parade in November, and gingerly carried dolls the week before initiation in the Spring. Barbara Callaway and Leslie Thorpe, Coed Councilors and soloists with the A Cappella Choir, decided to keep up the twosome, so both made Mortar Board. With Elizabeth Roark and Sarah Shepard, this brought the sorority ' s representation up to four. Cookie and Elizabeth Roark pal-ed it in Stage Door and on the basketball court until Elizabeth cracked a finger and had to stop. Incidentally, the chapter got to the semi-finals in the tournament. Barbara Callaway and Carolyn Barker were the chapter ' s contribu- tions to the May Court. Hilltop News Society Editor Sarah Shepard had a fellow aspirant to journalism in Peggy Perkins, who with Mary Frances Cook is a blues singer extraordinary. Robbye Tate and Evelyn Fulks carried the banner for the Freshman Commission; and Jane Collins and Joanna Thorpe added to the musical talent of the sorority. Gamma Phi ranked second scholastically. Just to keep things from getting monotonous, other chapter accom- plishments included a beauty (Joanna Thorpe), numerous K.D.E. ' s, four artists, a Phi Beta Kappa, and a G-man fiance (Irma Barnes ' ). Betty Lou Loehr and the Martins tried out their first culinary ef- forts one April night on an unsuspecting group of Mortar Boards. But they couldn ' t cook like Mammy, so the sorority did penance bv making four hundred little clothes-pin darkies, with which to decorate Interna- tional Convention tables in June and advertise the South. Sorority mem- bers are steadily becoming more excited about the convention in Wash- mgton, at which they will be cohostesses with other chapters in the prov- ince. Six of the girls are planning to motor up to the Capital City with official and new president, Barbara Callaway. embers Carolyn Barker Irma Barnes Barbara Callaway Jane Collins Mary Frances Cook Elaire Cooper Evelyn Fulks Lillian Garmon Mary Fiuddleston Betty Lou Loehr Katherine Martin Zoe Martin Elizabeth Roark Sarah Shepard Robbye Tate Leslie Thorpe Joanna Thorpe Ma ■ Tiller ipka MpMon L napti tint Row: Noble, Pevear, Simmons, Harris, Jones, Royce, Cross, Throckmorton, McPherson, Ousler. Seconil Ron: Bouchelle, Burns, Glllem, Jones, Pepper, Phillips, Wise, Watson, Lucas, Wheeler, Comer, Marshall, Meadow, Leslie, Webb. Fresideiif Alice Jones Vice-? resident Josephine Harris Secretary _ ._ Betsy Royce Treasurer Ellen Cross appa Jelta ipp Kappa Delta ' s have always known tliat Mary Elizabeth Simmons was beautiful; their opinion was seconded by Paramount Pictures, who placed M.E. in the finals as Southern ' s representative in the All-American Beauty Contest. In addition to being pulchritudinous, she was also presi- dent of Amazons and secretary of the senior class, as well as a perennial May Courter. Mary Elizabeth and Flay McPherson were the sorority twosome in the Beauty Section of La Reviic. Also on the scintillating side were seven of the sisters, who were chosen as fraternity float sponsors in November. Doris Jones, Doris Pepper, Betsy Royce, Mary Elizabeth Simmons, Lydia Lucas, Rosemary Marshall and Cornelia Ousler shared honors on the parade thrones. The chapter showed its skill in the field of sports by winning first place in the inter-sorority bowling competition, and by having one of the three sorority basketball teams to tie for second place in that contest. President Alice Jones held the gavel m Coed Council meetings and also presided over Paint and Patches. Three members displayed a defi- nitely Thespian trend; Jennie May Webb, Florence Throckmorton and Flay McPherson were active workers with the College Theatre. Flay was also the star ad-getter for the Hilltop Neic ' s. In fact, she was a more than busy woman. Excited over the possibilities of a varied Gym Drive, she planned and executed a Fashion Show, all the proceeds of which went to the Gym Fund. Kappa Delta ' s claimed two of the four Alpha Lambda Delta ' s who became active in September — Grace Pevear and Florence Gillem. Flor- ence, incidentally, is the chapter head for next year. Julia Bouchelle and Betsy Royce were members of the Y.W.C.A. Cabinet; Josephine Fiarris. before graduating at mid-term, was president of Paint and Patches, and Alice Jones was vice-president. Acky was included in the 1940 edition of Who ' s Who in American Colleges and Universities. The sorority ' s novel sports dance, a girl-break affair in April, gave the coeds on the campus their last Amazonian shot of the vear. Margaret Bissell Julia Bouchelle Ethelyn Burns Gay Comer Ellen Cross Addie Lee Dunn Florence Gillem Josephine Harris Alice Jones Doris Jones Jeanette Leslie f f ciiiuerj Lydia Lucas Jane McGavock Flay McPherson Rosemary ALirshall FLarriet Matthews Katherine Meadow Lucie Monette Ann Noble Cornelia Ousler Doris Pepper Grace Pevear Fiarriet Phillips Betsy Royce ALiry Elizabeth Simmons Florence Throckmorton Sarah Watson Jennie Mav Webb FLarriet Wheeler Frances Wilson Alice Wise Vint Row: Wright, Phillips, Reed, Grimes, Gray, Hudson, Hayes, Morland, Burks, Anderson, Hard. Second Row: Van der Veer, Sessions, Pike, Twining, Lucky, F. Price, Evins, Henderson, Moriarty, Howe, M. Price, Blevins, McCoy, Jackson, Wall, May, Varner. President Virginia Hudson Vice-President... Frances Hayes Secretary Marion Murphy Treasurer Mary Margaret Price Pi Eeta PL If cookies shine, Pi ' s can too, says Alabama Alpha cjf Pi Beta Phi. The whole group shone this year, piling up an all-time high with a 2-point scholastic average last June, and continuing to lead the campus in scholar- ship all year. Among the brightest lights of the chapter was Mary Margaret Price. To top off her record of Y president, senior class treasurer, chemistry and math honoraries. Mortar Board and Who ' s Who in American Col- leges and Universities, she plans to enter Emory for a Master ' s degree this Fall. Eulette Francis and Frances Hayes made the Phi Beta Kappa list in the Spring, which also brought the Beauty Parade and elections for May Court. Mary Frances May and Anne Berry were selected for the Beauty and Favorite section of La Rcvtie, and Virginia Van der Veer and Rebecca Gray were among the Queen ' s attendants on Stunt Night. Five sisters did their part toward making the Glee Club one of the best in the country, and the chapter as a whole continued its unique rendition of camp and hillbilly songs. On the sports front, Virginia Evins was elected president of the Women ' s Athletic Association for next year. The chapter placed second in volleyball, and tied with the K.D. ' s and Gamma Phi ' s for second in the basketball tournament. Virginia Hudson was president of Panhellenic, and will head K.D.E., teachers ' honorary, next year. Frances Hayes was at the head of Pi Delta Psi. Virginia Van der Veer, the Hildy of the Hilltop Nczcs, co-edited the April Fool edition of the school paper. She and Nell Burks were the Pi Phi additions to the scroll of Mortar Board. Rebecca Gray continued the dramatic tradition with work on the set in Kind Lady, and a fine job as Suicide Kate in Stage Door. Nell Burks followed her footsteps down the Thespian path. The Pi Phi ' s were seemingly the Y ' s women on the campus, with five members on the Cabinet and representation in the Freshman Com- mission. Frances Lucky is the new secretary of the organization. Jane Henderson Sally Sue Howe Virginia Hudson ' irginia Jackson Frances Lucky Mary Frances May Sara McCoy Ethel Morland Marion Murphy Elizabeth Phillips Almeta Anderson Ann Bleyins Nell Echols Burks Virginia Eyins Grace Fealy Eulette Francis Rebecca Gray Rosalie Gresham Kathryn Grimes Betty Ann Hard Frances Hayes Marie Pike Mary Margaret Price Florence Price Mary Reed Margaret Sessions Courtney Twining Frances Varner Virginia Van der Veer Eugenia Wall Leila ' right ■ I i L kaoter IDi First Row: Moon, Blake. Payne. Bynum. Second Row: Gil more, Middle ton, Morrison, Frazier, Shu r bet, Lasslter, Davis, Battle, Brown, Osborne. KJtncerS President Olivia Belle Payne Vicc-Pn ' sitlcnf Frances Blake Secrcfary Mary Moon Treasurer Wayne Bynum keia UlDSlic f Mon The new Theta U fireplace gives a friendly atmosphere to the sorority room in the northwest corner of Stockham. The friendliness carries over into its inhabitants. Irances Blake, member of the math honorary and a Y Cabineteer, brightens the day for students who enter the library with an overdue book in one hand and a quarter going the way of all fines in the other. It almost makes paying a pleasure. Mar- guerite Osborne, economics major, could probably suggest more ways than that to spend one ' s money, but couldn ' t we all! Marguerite wants to be an economist some day, but calls it shooting for the moon. Jayne Frasier will also shoot, but in a different way; she ' s going to be a lab technician, and shoot people for blood samples. When Mavis Battle transferred from Livingston, she found herself in an artistic group. Josephine Brown is an up-and-coming toe dancer, dancing on programs throughout the city. Martha Lancaster spends most of her time at the Conservatory, where she is taking courses in piano. Virginia Lassiter ' s choice is the organ. She plays regularly at one of the churches in the city. Dramatics are represented in the chapter by Olivia Belle Payne, an old trouper. Olivia was one of the back-stage reasons why Kmd Lady was a success, and had a part out front in Stage Door and Outward Bound. In addition to being in the thick of everything concerning speech and radio, she found time to be president of Theta U, a member of the College Choir and Glee Club, a member of Panhellenic, Amazons, and K.D.E. Sorority scholarship came up in two places, with Bessie Davis, Clem- entine Shurbet, and Avis Middleton leading the sisters. Louise Gilmore was a featured attraction at the state Theta U conference in Tuscaloosa in the Spring. She was the initiate at a model initiation staged by the chapters at the convention. Incidentally, Louise is a sportswoman of no mean ability, being a more-than-capable horsewoman, swimmer, and ball player. The sorority as a whole seems to be mathematically and educa- tionally inclined, being well represented in both Theta Sigma Lambda and K.D.E. inbci ' i Mavis Battle Frances Blake Josephine Brown Wayne Bynum Bessie Davis Jane Frazier Louise Gilmore Virginia Lassiter Avis Middleton Mary Mcon Claire Morrison Marguerite Osborne Olivia Belle Payne Clementine Shurbet -y tpna V ivi L kapter IDi First Kou: Rami, BcaU} ' , Morris, Davis, Robinson, Hasty, Irving, Waitc, Ja cobs, X ' oigiit, Grundmann. Second Ron: Bellows. Hamilton, Paty, Smith, Collier, Ivy, Milton, Knowlton, Enslen, Lewis, Downs, Knapp, Dryer, Deaver. ! Vyesldeiit- Betty Hasty Vice-President Dorothy Irving Secretary Sarah Hammond Treasurer Margaret Bellows Leta avi y4lpka Haste doesn ' t make waste when it ' s Betty who ' s Hasty, say the Z.T.A. sisters. President of the chapter her senior year, member of the Student Life Committee, president of Alpha Gamma and of Belles Let- tres, vice-president of Amazons, and of Coed Council, a member of Paint and Patches and a Y.W. Cabineteer, she set a record few can equal. Who ' s Who inclusion came as a natural result; on top of her other accomplishments, she was a May Court repeater and the heartbreaker of the campus when it was learned she was Mrs. Herbert Acton. Mary Alice Scruggs Key also decided it took two to make a home, and married part of Southern ' s last football team early in the Fall. Zeta Tau Alpha lent a cosmopolitan touch to the campus in Mary Eleanor Bridges, Switzerland habitue, who was in demand as a first-hand experiencer of skiing and such. Mary Eleanor also launched a campaign against silk stockings to boycott the Japanese. Her posters livened cam- pus publicity campaigns for various events. Pat Clancy, Louise Knowl- ton, and the Kentucky Derby did their part in making the Bluegrass country and University of Kentucky happy. Martha Ann Paty, Coed Councilor, cheered up life on the Hill with a happy-go-luckyness that was a joy to behold. Sarah Hammond, Betty Hasty, and Dorothy Deaver attended the sorority convention at Mackinac Island as the Maine part of their sum- mer last year; this June they will inspire the chapter with ideas for the province convention which will be held in Birmingham, with the Hilltop chapter as hostess. Frances Voight and Pat Clancy were chosen for the Beauty section of La Reine. New president Dorothy Irving ' s red hair and Phyllis Ann Grundmann ' s eyes also merited inclusion. Athletics were represented in the chapter by Rebecca Williamson, who was a member of the cheering squad, and by Jane Enslen, who made the tennis team. ' inbers Anna Louise Beatty Margaret Bellows Mary Eleanor Bridges Pat Clancy Anne Collier Dottie Davis Dorothy Deaver Bobbie Downs Trice Dryer Jane Enslen Phyllis Ann Grundmann Mary Virginia Hamilton Sarah Hammond Betty Hasty Dorothy Irving Alary Louise Ivv Martha Jacobs iVLirgaret Knapp Louise Knowltcn Evelyn Lewis Josephine Milton Mary Jane Morris Martha Ann Paty Martha Robinson Martha Gary Smith Frances Voight Frances aite Rebecca Williamson Marie W ' inf ield raamza ' 9 tiond The two-yar-old Committee on Student Life has brought a decided change in the organizations on the Hilltop. Clubs no longer exist merely because there is i tradition behind them; they work toward definite pur- poses. All organizations which do not function, or which overlap with another, are being merged or abolished. This policy keeps down groups organized with 1 ttle intent. The comini of the Torties found few to mourn the passing of the literary societies; Clariosophic is gone, and Belles Lettres has had its last meeting. Two i lecades ago college life revolved around the debates, the bull-sessions and the discussions held after literary society parleys. They go the way of r ccoon coats and bowlers. But other tion on the cam] all honors and re : of a fine collect Raymond Ande jat rs The deb; deserve, visited with minor a record for th i sera: :c The big Mortar Board, excel. roups are going strong. Perhaps the liveliest organiza- us is the Glee Club. This year on tour they won almost urned home for a concert which left the students aware on of voices made better by the leadership of Professor son. , although not supported as wholeheartedly as they thirteen colleges all over the South and came through hes. Debating seven times in six days is something of oifcanizations are still leading the way: Phi Beta Kappa, 4id Omicron Delta Kappa keep alive the itch to lead or ni c. i CaLd OFFICERS President Jack McGill Vice-Presidetif John Howard Secretary Frank Dominick Treasurer Charles Turner MEMBERS Billy Baxter Billy Doggett Julian Bishop Kelly Ingram Tom Cleveland Truman Morrison Charles Dean Robert Murray C. J. Y.M. ' s, unck ' r the leadership of Jack McGill and an unusually effi- cient cabinet, have put in a busy year. Not to be outdone by their sister organization of Young Women, they also undertook to be of aid t(j be- wildered freshmen by putting out a Y handbook, containing sundry and various information concerning the College. In addition the fresh- man commission of the Y.M. sponsored a vocational guidance course to settle any questions of a future career which might be puzzling the minds of the newcomers. Throughout the year outstanding leaders in Industry, Government, Religion and other fields have given interesting and valuable facts, figures and opinions covering wide areas. A movie cartoon program at which free lollipops were presented to all attending was something refreshingly new in the way of Y programs. Practical Christianity was stressed this year and vital questions and problems were raised and discussed. Toward the end of the year most of the Y ' ers embarked on one of their periodical Camp Cosby retreats, at which time they heard an address on Love, Marriage and Divorce. reiliDiau ' oniniiMi Oil OFFICERS Prcsiiicuf Joe Horx Vicc-P reside I! f Bill Sullh ' ax Sccrcfiiry Laney Cowax Bob Lively MEMBERS John A. Reynolds C. H. Hunt Walter Spradley Benny Scogin wc . The Y.W. is one of the largest of all campus organizations and one of the most competently active. They began getting things done in a big way at the first of the year and managed to keep up the pace a full nine months. A new plan for making freshmen feel at home is the Big Sister scheme, put into operation this Fall for the first time. Each Y.W. upperclassman is assigned to sponsor one newcomer to the campus, intro- duce her around and be available for advice and other miscellaneous aid. Beside this friendly gesture, the Young Women took a truckload of freshman gu ls out to Camp Mary Munger for a picnic and general fri- ' olity one afternoon. One of the most sensational speakers of the year, Mrs. Mildred Morgan, came to the Hilltop upon the invitation of the two Y ' s. Mrs. Morgan ' s subject was Men-Women Relations and after her chapel ad- dress she held conferences in the Stockham reception room. Remarkably enough the student body really opened up and aired their respective grievances against the opposite sex. And then there was the Student Book Exchange opened in one cor- ner of the bookstore at mid-term. This venture was a decided success and will be operated by the Y.W. again next year. ( abine t OFFICI.RS President Mary Margaret Price Y ice-President Alva Wade Secretary _ Frances Lucky Treasurer. - Caroline Postllle Julia Bouchelle Sarah Douglas Lucie Ford EuLETTE Francis Betty Ann Hard Betty Hasty Mary Louise Ivy MEMBERS Marion Murphy Olivia Belle Payne Ann Reynolds Betsy Royce Sarah Shepard Fa YE Sumner Barbara Sutherland Joanna Thorpe Dorothy Trotter Jayne Walton Eugenia Williams Louise Williamson reskmaii Uc ODiniiiMon OFFICERS Mary Beth Poviell Prciidciit Mary Kate Nungester Vice-President Martha Ann Paty Secretary Doris Turnipseed Adi Jean Arnold Ann Blevins Evelyn Fulks Mary Harris MEMBERS Georgia Phillips Marie Pike Florence Price Martha Gary Smith Robby Tate Claudine Trotter Jean Tyson LJ nlcron Jjeita a appa pp. Frcsidcuf Vice-President ... Scciefary Treasurer OFFICERS ..Richard Morland Bruce Johnson Bill Lively Sam Carter Sam Carter James Cooper Tom Dill Billy Doggett Frank Dominick E. L. Holland John Howard MEMBERS Kelly Ingram Bruce Johnson Bob Luckie Fred McCord Bob jMitchell Richard Morland Robert Murray Gus Noojin Rudy Riley Bill Stevens Bill Vance Walter Wolf Leadership came into its own at ' Southern this year when the local Kappa Circle of O.D.K. acted the host to the Southwestern Province Convention held here on the campus this March. Former ' Southerners Dr. Snavely, Dean Mead, Dr. Smith, and Dr. Searcy lent an air of homecoming to the festivities, upon which President Dickie Morland spent many an hour of planning. So thorough was Dickie that he had a man with a stenotype machine tap out every word uttered in the two-day session, even down to the last Hrumph. Omicron Delta Kappa recognizes leadership ability of male students. Dickie Mor- land, Bruce Johnson, and Sam Carter, O.D.K. ' s triumvirate oligarchy, practically held a monopoly in restraint of trade among campus activities. Among them they officered almost everything that was done by Hilltoppcrs during the year. They wound up the year with a very successful picnic in spite of being rained out at Lane Park. Spirits undampened, they continued their picnic at Studack. ■L onar ijoam Hffi 1 1 « ' ? il iOflT ' ' OFFICERS President _ Alva Wade Vice-President Mary Eleanor Bell Secretary... ._ ._ Doris Turnipseed Treasurer „._Cecell Abrahams Cecelia Abrahams Mary Eleanor Bell Caroline Postelle MEMBERS Mary Margaret Price Martha Richardson Sarah SheparJ Doris Turnipseed Alva NVade The leading women of Mort.ir Board .utiibutc their success this year to unusual congeniality among the members. Not that there is ever dissension, but this particular chapter spent most of their college careers together and thus were able to get along bcautifulh ' . y mong worthwhile projects sponsored b - the group were a picnic for all out-of-town girls, given at the beginning of the year, a career conference for the benefit of high school seniors, and the annual supper for outstanding junior women. The senior honorary taps an entire new chapter wholesale in the Spring of each year, choosing members for qualifications of scholarship, leadership and service to the college. JaiA. J appa J4wka ppt ip OFFICERS President - Wallace Smartt Vice-Tresid eitt... ._ John Howard Secretary-Treasurer.. _ - Dr. M. F. Evans Debate Manager _ _ ...Bill Vance Sam Carter John Howard MEMBERS Walhice Smartt Bill Vance Shelby Walthall The debaters of Tau Kappa Alpha are the campus travellers. A trip through the Carolinas, Virginia and on up to Washington this Spring gave members of the squad a week ' s worth of broadening. It is reported that Kenneth Liles took his chance to enlighten the natives by reading Schopenhauer in corner drug stores. Tour was con- ducted under the auspices of Wallace Smartt, president of T.K.A., who made all arrange- ments for contesting with rival teams. Newest home development is the Debaters Date Bureau, initiated and run by Bill Vance. Purpose, of course, is to provide dates for visiting debaters, and the organiza- tion has had a very active year. On the side Vance is the manager of the varsity debate squad and arranges all home debates. Women invaded the sacred, pro-masculine precincts of Tau Kappa Alpha this Spring with the election of Nelle Howington and Ruth Bell to active membership. Tau K.A. ' s report with pleasure at least three times as much interest in their or- ganization since last year, as evidenced by the statistics that four were tapped for mem- bership last Spring and nine at this year ' s ceremony. [ arsitu Jjebate • ' The Varsity Debate Squad is composed of Tau Kappa Alpha men and would-be T.K. ' s. The T.K.A. disciples of Demosthenes are the upper crust in debating circles. They hold all the offices, control the membership, and direct the activities of both varsity squad and freshman team. The division of labor allots the squad home defense and endows T.K. ' s for a chase up East to extol t he virtues of the Hilltop. This year such far away teams as the College of the Pacific enjoyed the sumptuousness of Club Andrews, free feeds off Deacon! and Ferdinandian frolic in Munger 3 05. The 1940 season marks the high point in debating activity in the number and enthusiasm of the squad aspirants. Audiences, as usual, failed to share either. The team broke precedent this year by embracing femininitv into its membership. Bettv Scott promises to affiliate next year, gentlemen. High spot of the year was the Huntingdon debate, matching Southern pugnacitv and Huntingdon pulchritude. MEMBERS Ruth Bell Julian Bishop Sam Carter Grace Cmiblc Paul H.imilron Howell Hcfiin John Howard Nelle Howington Charles Jones Kenneth Liles Mitchell Melof Bill Morrow Anne Rinnerc Wallace Smartt Carroll Trus« Bill Vance Shelby WalthaU Charlie West Marvin ' ' cKHiall t LJf-j-icers President Charles Moore Yice-Vresidcuf Wyatt Jones Secretary Mary Kate Nungester Treasurer Dorothy Trotter Faculty Adviser..-,——,- Dr. Harold Hutson c. HI SIGMA PHI is the newest Greek group on the campus. The Ministerial Association and the Stu- dent Volunteers began to sufler from general apathy s(j the ' combined into an organization called the Religious Fellowsiiip Group. In order to give an air of glamour and mystery to the club, they then changed the name to Chi Sigma Phi. Purposes of the group are religious fellowship, inspiration, ministerial conferences and refreshments. Membership is elective, but the organi- zation does not classify itself as an honorary. With Dr. Hutson as fac- ulty advisor and chief inspiration, the group intends to hold informal Monday night discussion-meetings upon matters pertaining to their com- mon interest, and occasionally to import speakers to lead them on. einbcvS Arthur Carlton woodrow forshee C. H. Hunt Glenn Jackson Kelly Ingram Ralph Jolly Wyatt Jones Ford McDonald Charles Moore Bill Morrow Jane Newton Mary Kate Nungester Marbrey Payne Mary Beth Pow ell TILL LalN Sprouse Faye Sumner Norman Tingley Claudine Trotter Dorothy Trotter Bill Vance Shelby Walthall Phi Beta Kappa BETA OF ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM. ALABAMA The Beta of Alabama Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa announces the election of the following memters in course; Cecelia Perl Abrahams . Claudia Frank Barton ' . . ' .■ . - . Mary Eleanor Bell McLemore Bouchelle - . , Bernice Boyd Sam Frank Carter, Jr. Rosario Armand Costanzo Cecil Curtis Frank Joseph Fede Eulette Francis Frances Virginia Hayes Virginia Praytor Sarah Bouchelle Shepard Doris Virginia Turnipseed Alva Bibh Wade Members are requested to see the Secretary of the Chapter as soon as possible. E. SYDNOR OWNBEY, Secretary. February 20, 1940. anpa .Jjelta piilon ipp fc V. OFFICERS President - — Mary Eleanor Bell Vice-President - Doris Turnipseed Secretary JMartha Richardson Trannrer ._ Bernice Boyd Cecelia Abrahams Maty Eleanor Bell Bernice Boyd Bessie Davis Eulette Francis Irvil Jones MEMBERS Mary Moon Grace Jean Murphy Olivia Belle Payne Elizabeth Powell Martha Richardson Janet Robinette Mary Madge Seales Sarah Shepard Maude Thomas Doris Turnipseed The future teachers of KDE did their part toward the furthering of the pedagogic profession at the beginning of the year by inviting freshman women to a series of programs about the assets of a teaching career. They then retired for a while but had to get busy again during the week of the A.E.A. convention, playing general hand)- girls to their more advanced sisterhood. Main contribution was the skit they put on for Hilltop educational alumni at their annual banquet. Practicall) ' a whole chapter of new members will have their hands full next year entertaining the national convention of KDE which will descend on the Hilltop some time in the Spring. 1 yi Jjeita ysl OFFICERS Preside if Vtce- ' Presidenf. Secretary Treasurer.. Frances Hayes .-Josephine Harris ...EuLETTE Francis ..William Stevens Ruth Allen Eulette Francis Josephine Harris Frances Haves MEMBERS Robert Johnson Alice Jones Billy Parker Caroline Postelle illiam Stevens Barney Wilson Don Winfield The psychologists of Pi Delta Psi have been mainly concerned with the world of the spirits and the supernatural late!) ' . They held two seances but were able to report no results other than some rather mild and unexciting table rapping. Aside from these investigations, the members have been tending to their regular twice-a-month meetings in which reports on introverts, complexes and Freud are featured. f2uu and y-5c one5 OFFICERS President Vicc-Presidevt . Secretary Treasurer Billy Doggette .McLemore Bouchelle _ John Malone Frank Cash Dyer Carlisle Torrence Cale Frank Cash Billy Doggette Belton Griffin McLemore Bouchelle MEMBERS Willis Hood Bill Moore John Morris Robert Murray John Malone Bruce Johnson Billy Parker Billy Scogin Marvin U oodall Jim Tom Hogan Skull and Bones, the Hilltop ' s pre-med ring, closed out a lively yc.ir when they met the first week of May at the new Hillman Clinic to see a motion picture cf an operation. At the bi-monthlv meeting which preceded the picture show, the Skull and Boners saw a real, live of eration. Thev sat breathlessly in the peanut at Hillman and watched a laperoidomv. One doctor gave a play-by-play account while two others cut. The chief aim of Skull and Bones is to present a closer slant on the actual practice of medicine before the student goes to medical school. Jketa L kl Jjeita Vreudent Vice-President.,. Secretary-Treasurer . OFFICERS _Sam Carter ....Robert Currie ..Claudia Barton Glenn Abernathy Claudia Barton Mac Bauchelle Torrence Calc Sam Carter Frank Cash James Cooper Robert Currie Jimmie Davi? MEMBERS Lamar Davis Billy Doggett John Drury William Easter Ila Glover Belton Griffin Willis Hood Arthur Horton John Howard Billy McCulloch Robert Murray- Jimmy Preston Mary Margaret Price Jack Smith Charles West Dick Waters Theta Chi Delta is chemical and honorary. Its meetings are very imposing and the innocent layman who wandered into a meeting would probably feel the necessity of taking of duo of Acetyl Salicylic Acid pellets after listening to their scientific double talk. Programs this year have been centered about the general theme: Chemical Appli- cation in Local Industries ' and featured talks by the district ' s chemical and industrial leaders, as v ell as trips through their plants. The peripatetic chemists got as far away as Gadsden ' s Goodyear plant, taking time out for relaxation en route with a picnic b) ' a waterfall. Jketa J iama cyLambda ' 9 OFFICERS President Sam Carter Vice-President Hugh Garrison Secretary Bernice Boyd Treasurer Frank Cash Michael Baronclli Claudia Barton Jesse Bates Lester Blackburn Frances Blake Sulamith Block Bernice Boyd Sam Carter Frank Cash Tom Cleveland Frank Dominick Sarah Douglas John Drury Addie Lee Dunn ' illiam Faster MEMBERS ' irginla Evins Eulette Francis Hugh Garrison Jean Glover Martha Haralson Betty Ann Hard Frances Harris Tom Herndon Margaret Maxwell Billy McCuUoch Howard Moore Claire Morrison Billy Parker Caroline Postelle X irginia Praytor Jimmy Preston Mary Margaret Price Clarence Rainwater Terrell Reese Elmer Rhodes Eleanor Schuster Clementine Shurbet alter Snow Frank Stone Tom Thompson Alva Vade Dick Waters Clarence C ' ilburn Margaret Anne ilmore Theta Sigma Lambda automatically honors everyone who makes a B average in math — which makes them a kirge group. Main acti ities include a part) for the fresh- men in the Fall and the biggest picnic of the year in the Springtime. Aside from these frivolities they have very serious meetings, featuring talks on the fourth dimension and how to run a comptometer. ke dSirmmakawi - J outhern holr C! f trS. ' O Pi J c F r, 7 Roif ( ( ' fo right) : Leila Wright, Leslie Thorpe, Bebe Faust, Joanna Thorpe, Lucy Ford. Julia Thiemonge, Mary Garrett, Jane Collins, Barbara Callaway, Grace Gamble. Sfcoi tl Ron-: Rosa Stewart, Kathleen Draper, Elizabeth Phillips, Ann Thomasson, Glen Jenkins, Mary Reed, Don Winfield. Olivia Belle Payne, Virginia Spranger, Georgia Phillips, Frances Hayes, Wyllone Murphree, Jane Davis. Third Ron : Eleanor Gray, Betty Davidson, Laney Cowan, Paul Fiamilton, Toni Dill, James Hatcher. Claud Snoddy, Julian Bishop, John Scott, Emma Dean Booker, Elizabeth Powell. Fourth Ron-: Bob Lively, Clayton Rogers, C. H. Hunt, Arthur Horton, Billy Baxter, Charles O. Jones, Joe Ganster, Waldo Stubbins, Haywood Beckham, Charles Turner, Bruce Johnson, Jack McGill. :7. HE CHOIR completes this year as the best college choir in the state. Raymond R. Anderson ' s singers won all the honors in the spring contests at Opelika, taking three out of the four events which they entered. The Hilltoppers opened their season when they joined choruses from churches in the city in December to present Handel ' s Messiah at the College. This oratorio opens a four year cycle during which famous works will be given each Christmastime. The next appearance of the choristers was in their Formal Dinner Concert in February. The concert had to be a success, with the cost at one buck a head from the audience. In April, the choir took to the road, delivermg programs in cities over the state. The season v as closed on May 3, with their concert to Birmingham music lovers in their program in Munger Hall. u vinka f rlic campus musicians of Mu Alpha have had an unusually busy- year what with handling all the publicity for Mr. Anderson ' s Mes- siah, getting up two chapel pro- grams, two Sunday teas, and their monthly concert-meetings. At th.-se affairs members provide their own entertainment by accompanying each other vocalh ' and instrument- ally. Cecelia Abrahams Billy Baxter Clurles Calkins Barbara Callaway Don Culley Betty Davidson Tom Dill Sarah Douglas Addic Lcc Dunn MEMBERS Lucie Ford Jean Fugitt Eleanor Gray James Hatcher Mary Ellen Jackson Jack McGiU Mitchell Mclof Virginia Minningcr Lcland Beryl NichuU Eloise Pass Ann Powell Rosa Stewart Julia Thiemonge Harry Thompson Joanna Thorpe Leslie Thorpe OFFICERS Preside II f Joanna Thorpe Vicc-Prcsidciii Leslie Thorpe Sccrvliiry-Tvcaiurcr Lcland Beryl Nichols tpfia cyLambda .JJ ella ip Alpha Lambda Delta is a very, very honorary organization for freshmen women ' ho pile up a 2. average during their mitial two semesters. Main program of the group this year was to sponsor a series of teas to which girls in high school honor societies were invited. Guests were shown over the campus, advised on courses and incited to become future A 1 p h a Lambda Deltas. OFFICERS Pjcsidcfif. _ Sarah Douglas Vicc-Prcsiilcnt. Caunette McDonald Secretary Annie Laura Shellnutt Treasurer Leslie Thorpe Irma Barnes Shulamith Block Sarah Douglas Frances Friddic MEMBERS Florence Gillem Caunette McDonald W ' yllene Murphree Grace Pevear Nora Sario Annie Laurie Shellnutt Leslie Thorpe l women 6 . y tkletic . yvd ociatlon OFFICERS First Semester President _ Dorothy Deaver Vice-President __Mary Ann Rice Secretary Dorothy Irving Treasurer Jayne Walton Second Semester Virginia Evins Phyllis Ann Grundmann Pam Cheatham Mary Ann Rice Wayne Bynum Pam Cheatham Dorothy Deaver Trice Dryer Jane Enslen Frances Friddle Ruthe Griffith Phyllis Ann Grundmann MEMBERS Sarah Hammond Betty Hasty Doris Holczclaw Dorothy Irving Mary Louise Ivy Martha Jacobs Margaret Knapp Evelyn Lewis Mary Margaret Price Wanda Ray Mary Ann Rice Mary Alice Scruggs Doris Turnipseed Frances Voight Elise Wheeler Frances Zbinden Women ' s Athletic Association is the impressive new name of Alpha Gamma, ex-sports hobby group of the Y.W.C.A. Under the guidance of Miss Helen Turner, the Alpha Gams merged themselves into a chapter of the state and national W.A.A. organization about mid-way of the term. During the Fall Alpha Gammas were pro- moters and champions of the girls football tournament, unique feature of the newly organized intramural program. Next year the W.A.A. will take over direction of all women ' s sports competition, including football, basketball, volleyball, baseball and tennis. avi avi an ' liliil — lirtMiT .eaMwM l OFFICERS First Semester Pnwu fiif Ann Reynolds Vicc-Prcshlcnt-.- Eulette Francis Sccicfury June Rich Trcamn ' r Nelle Howington Second Semester Nei.le Howington Grace Gamble Marv Kate Nunglster Barbara Sutherland Ruth Bell Ouid.i Blackcrbv Jane Boyd Jane Campbell Mary Frances Cogdell Grace Gamble Beulah Gilliland Katherine Grubbs Betty Jane Hayes MEMBERS Lillian Hallmark Nclle Howington Vaneta Jay Margaret Jones Crystal Kampakis Mary Kate Nungester Eloise Pass ' irginia Pickens Ruth Reed Ann Reynolds Annie Katherinc Looney Barbara Sutherland Claudine Trotter Dorothy Trotter Martha Tucker Robbye Tate Marv Elizabeth W ' iUiams Members of Tri Tau have put in an awfully strenuous year, what with studying plays and poetry and being the official Hilltop feminine debate squad. The organization is the speech hobby group of the Y.W ' ., a small, er - earnest and very active group. Main event of the ear was the debate competition with the boys ' varsity team of the University of Alabama. Members of the Southern squad are Ruth Beil, Claudine Trocter, Grace Gamble, and Nelle Howington. JL L ynci r 1 aier On the city ' s western border, Reared against the sky, Proudly stands our Alma Mater, As the years go by. Chorus Forward ever, be our watchword; Conquer and prevail, Hail to thee, our Alma Mater! Birmingham, all hail! Cherished by thy sons forever, Mem ' ries sweet shall throng Round our hearts our Alma Mater As we sing our song. PATRONS BIRMINGHAM CDNSERVATDRY DF MUSIC DR. 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His legs moved a little, like seaweed stirring. O ' Hara had heen in the water a long time — ahout two hours, he reckoned. That was a long time for a paunchy man of forty- five to keep himself afloat. His wdiole hody felt limp and water- logged, as though the sea had soaked into his muscles and melted them. His chest hurt from hreathing sparingly to keep his lungs full of air so the) ' would luioy him up. He watched the lightening of the sky with growing wonder. There was an intense fa.scination in it. He hadn ' t expected to see dawn again. A cloud near the horizon hegan to glow quite suddenly. O ' Hara watched pale golden fire creep along its upper edge. It must have been very far away, for he could see no sign of the nn as yet. In a few minutes, the cloud was hordercd all the way around with brightness, and other dark cloufls nearljy Ixrgan to smolder. The horizon took on a pinkish tinge. It was now light enough to see. The steamy night-mist was disajJi earing from the water. () ' llata lifted his head and churned slowly with his legs. lie turned himself completely around. and saw nothing but the limitless expan.se of the ocean. Again he revolved, watching for some break in the great circle of the horizon. Well, that was that. Since three o ' ckxrk. he had heen clinging to the vain hope that someone on the Iwat had seen him fall, and that the yacht was cruising around, searching for him. But the boat was probably twenty-five or thirty miles away by now. The sunrise would lie beautiful. O ' Hara could see the whole bowd of the sky from where he lay riding the gentle swells. He would wait and see the show ; then he would let the air out of his chest and take a great lungful of water. The sunrise was beautiful. O ' Hara enjoyed it fully, not missing a detail as he turned himself slowdv to see the whole skv. 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Senseless to be reluctant about it. lietter to go quickly than to struggle through endless torture. Already, his whole body ached with weariness. He took a last look at the brilliant morning sky, making his little circle once more as he saw a faint line along the horizon, as though the com- pass that had laid it out had wavered. Morning mist not yet touched by the sun. O ' Hara com- pleted his revolution and faced the sun again. Now he would let himself go down. He put his face under water, keeping his eyes open. The salt stung his eyes for a moment; then left them clear. The water was a dull, unearthly green. He raised his arms and felt the cool sea slide up past his elbows, over his hands. ( ) ' Hara lo(iked u|) at the surface and saw the wavering design of light on the crests of the lazy waves. It re- minded him of tlic lines of white fat running through a slice of good ham. He realized that he was holding his breath. He felt himself rising. His head broke the surface, and (J ' Hara snorted the water from his nose and gasjjed the clean air, feeling pain in hi.s tight chest. . little of the water got down his throat, and it had a bitter, salty flavor. That line of mist on the horizon. It was to the west. I ' lorida was over that way. But he would not be a fool and tell himself that it was lanrl he saw. 0 Hara ' s shrewd business-man ' s brain wouldn ' t let him make a sucker of him- self. He wouldn ' t l e tantalized following a will- o ' -the-wisf). His limbs moved soggily. . wave slapped him in the face, and he coughed. The sun would probably have raised the line of mist from the western edge of the water by now. Xo. It was still there. O ' Hara thought it over. The yacht had been on its way to Havana. They had put in at Jack- sonville. It was possible. He squinted at the thickness in the blue line tetween sk - and sea, letting his eyes run back and forth along it. slowl}-. There was a smudge down toward the left. 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I ! ■ considered, lie could end his weariness (|uickly liy suckin.i, ' in a chestful of water. Or lie cotild swim toward the the land until he went down. (J ' Jlara wondered how far he wuiild j et. Alayhe a mile. There was something weak and s])ineless ahout sucking in a chestful of water. O ' JIara forced more air into his burning chest and went under the water to shuck off his pants. He came up with a wheezing gasp as the pants sank into the blue darkness below him. He flopiD€d weakly until he was rid (jf his shirt and undershorts. O ' Hara could see his bare body through the shimmering green. His Ijelly was soft and white and round, like that of a fish. He wondered if there were any sharks in the region. He had removed his shoes and coat when he had fallen overboard. It wasn ' t strange, now that he thought of it. that nobody had seen him fall. The others of the party had retired about two o ' clock, after dancing on the rear deck by the light of the electric moon hung from the boom. O ' Hara had gone to his stateroom. He ' d sat on the edge of his Inink, feeling slightly sick from the drinks and the roll of the boat. The cabin seemed stuffy, and ( ) ' Hara hadn ' t been sleepy, so he ' d stepped out on deck. The whole yacht had been dark but for the running lights at her bows. A stead - south wind had Ijeen blowing. Cj ' Ilara had gone forsvard. but had found the gates closer! to j revent .lUch ];erson.s as himself from getting into trouble while there was no one awake to help. So he ' d hrjisted hi.- middle-aged form clumsily over the gate, and had slip].)ed. It hadn ' t occurred to him to yell a.s he was falling. Xot until he ' d come to the surface again liad he cried out. Then he ' d hailed the yacht until her red anrl green rimning lights had di - appearefl in the night. D ' Hara dragged one limp arm over his head and started swimming. The first few strokes filled him with a sensation of futility. His breath came short and sharp, and his arms — his whole body — felt like dead weight, dragging him down. He put his face close to the water to ease the strain and breathed with his mouth halt under. He wondered when they would discover that he was missing. Xot for several hours yet. About nine o ' clock, the steward would come to his stateroom and rap gently on the door. When there was no answer, he would go away. A half hour later, the Filipino boy with his little set of chimes would go through the boat sounding the last call for breakfast. The stew- ard, anxious to tidy up O ' Hara ' s room, would come back and knock again. He would knock HOT TIRED DRINK THIRSTY BOTTLED CARBONATED BEVERAGES Manufactured by COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY ORAiNGE CRUSH 7-L P BOT. COMPANT BIRMLNGHAM NEHI BOTTLING COMPANY BUFFALO ROCK COMPA T DR. 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O ' Hara ' s wife was back in New York, and New York was far away. The captain would enter the dining salon with a smile and a hearty word for everyone at his table. His eyes would stop at the enijjty chair on his left. The cheeriness of his ])rofessie)nal manner would give way to an air of sympathetic concern. He would ask the others at the table if Mr. O ' Hara was indisposed. Someone would say something about appetite and the stormy deep, and the captain would laugh his booming laugh. The captain would call the room steward. He would ask the steward if Mr. ( ) ' Hara was con- fined to his room, and the steward would be- come a very imcomfortable man. He would grope for words while the curious passengers watched smilingly. The captain would snap at the man to speak up. and the steward, sweating with con- fusion, would rejdy that Mr. O ' Ifara v.as not lonfined to bis room. The eapt;iin would inij al - him with an icy glare and ask him where . lr. O ' Hara was. The steward, flushing ].ain fully, w ' luld shift from one for;t to the other anfj blurt something flis- connected about a bunk not being slept in. ' )n the jjoinl of hurling another question at the man, the captain would break off, clearing bis throat loudly. Somcfjne wrmld laugh. The emljarrassed steward would make his escape while the cajjtain attacked his grapefruit witii intense concentration. O ' Hara ' s train of thought was Iiroken as he choked on a mouthful of sea water. Tlie sun was getting hotter. It beat flown on his bald spot and on the base of his neck as he wallowed painfully along. He thought of the dejith of the water lieneath him, and sufldenly had the sensa- tion of a man hanging from the window of a tall buikling. He wondered how long it would be. Could they go on all day without realizing that O ' Hara was not on board shi]}? O ' Hara thought not. 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Official Photographers for the Birmingham-SDuthern College Year Book lo wliilc a lliurough search was made ' I ' lic ]ia-.- stngcrs, i ' uii(jus and excited, would a k scores of questions of the harried crew. Tht- captain would radio the Coast (juard, and then would send a inessa.t;e to the owner of the yacht in New Y(jrk, The ownei ' v ould come hack with instructions to stand hy and aid in the search, and the Coast C.u.ard would go into action. There wcnild he hoals comhing the whole Atlantic coast of h ' lorida. And there would he planes. They would search for three or four days he fore they gave u]). A great, wretching ])ain was growing in O ' Hara ' s stomach. The dull, melting ache that had been in his arms had worked its way to his entrails. He gritted his teeth, trying to force strength into his arms. They flopped into the water before liini, one — two — one — two, with deadly monotony. They did not seem to be pro- [jelling him. They seemed to be trailing iiast his body ineffectually as he stroked. The sea water was thick molasses that dragged at him. Memories of the trij) on the yaclit seemed a century old. O ' Hara longed for the complete exhaustion that would end the continuous torture of physical effort. His head turned alternately from side to side as he forced his gasping mouth up for air. With each stroke, the sea, brassy under the sun, tilted ,and swung dizzily past liiiti. lie closed his eyes. O ' ilara thought that it might occupy his miti ' l to count the strokes, lie counted up to two hunflred and ([uil when he realized that it made time jjass even more slowly. D ' Hara jiaddled dog-fashion and raistd his head. His vision steadied, and he Uxjked at the dim streak that was the edge of the .sea. It seemed no nearer. This can ' t be me — O ' Hara. he thought. Tins is happening to somebody else. They must have discovered that he was miss- ing from the yacht by now. It struck C Hara that there was absolutely no evidence of what liad happened to him. They would question everyone on board. ' I ' hat fat woman with the l(jrgnette would say that she had seen someone lurking by the smokestack. The flashy brunette with the queer, slanty eyebrows would say that she ' d heard a struggle outside her stateroom in the night. The men would swear that they had seen him in a dozen different places. O ' Hara occupied himself with his imaginative idea of the inquiry. The sun was high in the sky now. It bit into O ' Hara ' s soft, white shoulders. The shoreline seemed no closer. He wondered if he had made any headway. Maybe he was swimming against the tide. A. C. Montgomery, Fresident MONTGOMERY REAL ESTATE INSURANCE COMPANY REAL ESTATE, RENTALS, MORTGAGE LOANS, INSURANCE 528 No. 20th St. Birmingh.im, Ala. 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Mayhe his ])ro,s,n-( ' ss was so laliorcd and pain- ful llial he had lost his mental i.ieture of tlu ' original distanee, Mr niinlil ha c ent the dis- tanee in half without realizins; it. I ' .ut O ' llara thrust this idea from his mind. Mis jiraetieal hrain refused to allow him t(i drludr himsell. He tried to hit on some method of measuring, ' his progress. vStraining his head baek, he lookefl for something to mark his position hy. There was only the vast expanse of glaring water and the hot, empty sky. Neither could he think (jf any way to measure time. ( ) ' Hara wondered how much longer he had to live. The newspapers would carry headlines of his disappearance. When the news hit W ' M Street, National Steel would drop ten points. That combine which had been trying to get a corner on Baird. Incorporated, would find that they had a white elephant on their hands. National Steel would be in a spot. The_ ' couldn ' t afford to re-incorporate. They would have to appoint a new president to preserve the corporate structure. Young Blake, probably. O ' Hara sputtered, thinking of young Blake as ])resid nt of the great steel company. Well, it would be all right if Swanson an ' l the others could keej) him in hanrl. It woul ' i throw a ter- rific load on Swansoii, as vice-president and gen- eral manager. If they could keep young lilakc in hand, tilings might straighten out all right, hut if he got ambitious and tried to u.se his new ]iosition to influence the management of the com- pany. National Steel might take a .seriou-s beating. The corporation would jjrobably buy O ' Hara ' s stock from his estate. 0 Hara had a fleeting moment of annisement as he thought of National Steel ' s squad of lawyers trying to make a deal with old Mcr ain. CJ ' Iiara ' s personal attorney. Alcltain would di ' ive a hard bargain. His family would be well fi.xed. His wife would contrcj] over half a million dollars, and his son and daughter would have about the same amount to sjJit between them. They wouldn ' t mourn long on that kind of money. Mrs. O ' Hara was a well-preserved blond, and would look well in black. She was just on the right side of forty, carefully corseted, and wealthy. No doubt she would marry again. O ' Hara thought about his son at Princeton. ' hat would he do with several hundred thou- sand? The boy had gotten into a scrape a few months before, and had remarked to his father Cnii! Iilitiictifs of SOUTHERN ICE CREAM Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents Only Couiplcfe Stock in the South McKesson Robbins Doster-Northington Div. 1706-08-10-12 First .Avenue North BIRMINGH.AM. .AL.A. Long Distance. Phone 3-4171 ConipUiucnts of HILL GROCERY COMPANY There is a store in your neigbhorbood Coniplitnents R. D. BURNETT CIGAR CO. 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A wave breaking across his back felt like cold steel sla])ping an open wound. He looked toward the shore. Jt shimmered and danced so that he could hardly see it. He could not tell if he had made any headway. Hell wasn ' t fire — bell was water. Why did his cursed arms keep moving? Wouldn ' t they ever wear out? He watched them floundering in the water, fingers trailing life- lessly. When they ([uit, he would be through with this. He swore at them and put his head underwater: then brought it up again. He wondered how fleep the water was. They would never know what had hapij ;ned to him. vSomeone might even Ix; arrested for his murrler. There were many people with money-motives. Carson, for instance. He stfXKl to profit by his employer ' s death, and he ' d been on the yacht. Why. he and O ' Hara had left the others at the same time. They had gone below deck together. Ife was the last person who had seen O ' Hara. They would bring him to trial. Carson was a nervous man. He would fidget and keep his eyes on his feet. When the prosecutor ques- tioned him, he would stammer, stumble, contra- dict himself. O ' Hara coubl see the judge putting on his little black cap. He could see the dazed Irxjk in Carson ' s eyes. He had heard of such things happening to innocent men. Slowly at first, then faster, the sea was spin- ning around and around. O ' Hara was at the center of a wdiirlpool. He watched carefully until he saw the ribbon of land, and then he pawed at the water, pushing himself in that di- rection. But the ribbon of land was spinning with the water. O ' Hara wondered why. The suction of the whirlpool was pulling him down. His arms and legs were loose, and it pulled them off. He felt them tear slowly away from his torso and go sinking down and down. Compliments of TRAYLOR OPTICAL CO., INC. F. F. Postell, Optometrist 319 No. 20th St. 3-0876 Compliments of GRANTS JUNIOR DEPARTMENT STORE With Complete 5c and 10c Lines W. T. 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Western Avenue Ch icago, Illinois ' I ' liat waMi ' t ri.ulil- O ' llara IcHjkcd ddwii aii ' I the sea .st(j|)i)C(l luriiiiif ' . I lis arms ami lc.i;s were slill iiilacl, Tlicy were still nioviiiL;. 1 Iv CMiildii ' l sec llic land aii ' iiinrc. ' I ' hr ylarc (il tlir lire was in his cscs. ' flic waves were hin-ninf,r with liuli ' flames thai | lay - ' d along the crests and disappeari ' d. ' I ' lu- fire splashed over O ' Hara and hnrned his shunlders and neck. The sea staited turnint; ai ain. ' ) ' l lara wanted a smoke. It had heeii terrihh- Ioiil; since he ' d had a sninke. IHs lun. s aclu ' d for a cii, ' arctle, and his mouth was cottony and tasteless. There was green grass hefore him. Tail, waving grass with cigarettes scattered anifuig the .stems. ] ' nt then the grass caught fire from the cigarettes, and it was the burning sea again. 1 ' here was no grass in the sea. O ' Hara sIkjoU his head and swore. The water was still turn- ing around, h ' lashes of blue sky and green water and fiery sunglare. He was just dizzy. It was natural for him to be dizzy. Circulation of blocid to the brain affected liy his labored Ijreathing. Physicists said that matter could not be de- stroyed, and that force was never expended — it just translated itself into equivalent force. What happened to the force of consciousness after it left the body? Maybe it e.xi.sted forever. O ' llara wondered how it would feel to go drifting around in space. not having to breathe or work his arms and legs, Xuts! That wasn ' t logical. ' Hara ' s businr.-.ss- traincd mind wouldn ' t let him accej t such an o].i- tiniistic and unfounded idea. M ' llara ' s closed his eyes. I ' .Jackncss canv: down on him. He was in lied. He was tossing about, fighting with the covers. I fe let his head sink to the ])illow and brought u] willi a start as water shot up his nostrils. He snorted and opened his eyes. }fe tried to raise his head to look icjward the shore, but his body would not respoiifl. The ])ain of lieing tired was getting slight and far awa ' . He ccjuldn ' t feel his arms and legs at all. They were vague and distant. Maybe this was how it felt to be dead. The aches, even the torture in his chest, were fading. He blinked liis eyes and saw the gilded green of the water. Xo. li he were dead, he wouldn ' t be al. le to see. The water sjjlashed over his shoulders, and he felt the sunburn. His toe struck sand. He felt it, so there was still a sense of touch in his body. Death was supposed to be without feeling. And O ' Hara wasn ' t conscious of having taken any water into his lungs. He could hear himself breathing. His toe struck again. O ' Hara turned his eyes downward and saw that the dull b ' .ue of the deep iiad been replaced by the gleaming white of sand U, T ramat ' izcd Photography! 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