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

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ORGANIZATIONS JpROM the stenches in the lower reaches of Simpson to the lyrical atmosphere o£ Dr. Key ' s office on the top corner of Ramsay, the current crop of joiners and organizers on the Hilltop prepared themselves adequately this year for life — life in Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, British War Relief Societies, and for the Saturday Afternoon Literary Review. Local sadists joined Skull and Bones, receiving the proper stimu- lation from the cadavers on the cold slabs at the Hillman, while the more notorious bull-shooters chattered to their heart ' s content in Tau Tau Tau. Variety, as the Hilltop News would say, was the keynote of or- ganization life on the Hilltop. Jealous Pan-Americans, under the leadership of Gingold, added Entre Amigos to the list which in- cludes Eta Sigma Phi, and Le Cercle Francais. Desiring further knowledge of life and bees and birds and things, biology enthusiasts organized Chi Nu Tau. And as for the rest of the clubs — well, read on: you ' ll find them meeting and talking and meeting and talking just like all the well-bred clubs do.

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OF THE YEAR Abernathy His perfect diction is one of the first things you notice about Dr. Cecil Abernathy, and rightly so, for he is a professor of English and the director of the College Tlieatre. Known to his students as Dr. Ab, said doctorate acquired last year at Vanderbilt Univer- sity, he has a passion for good plays, and consistently proves this by presenting such ones as The Male Ani- mal, and by his collaboration with Mr. Anderson in the production of the operetta Tolanthe. Mims Stuart Mims has as many activities as a mince pie has ingredients. In fact, you might say that he has a finger in every pie. From his secluded studio atop the Student Activity building, he teaches young hopefuls about the intricacies of radio work. Deeply interested m this subject, he writes plays and broadcasts from WAPI, and is a weekly commentator on his own. He identifies himself with the student life by being advisor for the AOPi ' s. Cadek Seemingly modest and retiring when he is quietly lunchmg with several of his pupils in the cafeteria, Ottakar Cadek is quite the opposite when he is con- ducting the college orchestra. The pieces the orchestra have played in chapel programs, and the contributions they have made to various dramatic productions are ample proof of Mr. Cadek ' s musical ability and capa- bility, for the orchestra has shown marked improve- ment under his direction. He also has the honor of being Concert Master for the Birmingham Civic Sym- phony Orchestra. I 19

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