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

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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

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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

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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.