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

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Iccted Paul Kassouf for the position. Kasso, as he is commonly known, set out to renew the ad contracts of last year and the magazine began to show signs of prosperity until Heflin rendered a bill which spoiled all hopes of profit. But this did not concern the rest of the staff, especially the three Editors. Glenn Abernathy, Rebecca Gray and Myra Ware Williams who worked like regular Trojans all year, trying to keep the magazine up to the high standard of excellence which was set by last year ' s editors. Their first issue was a credit to themselves and Buck McCulloch, the photographer, for the cover was a picture of an athlete in the gym, and was such a striking and unusual shot that it will long be remem- bered. The consecutive issue featured covers as attractive, though our vote for he most handsome of all was the one on which the Quad Cover Girl was pictured. Lucie Ford, senior and accompanist for the choir, was this year ' s cover girl, and she was so obviously the one for the honor that the editors found it practically impossible to keep her identity a secret until the day of publication, as was the custom in the past. The Quad editors made a bad impression on the Southern Accent staff at the first of the year, for, after a strenuous battle with Heflin, they confiscated the sofa which had adorned the Southern Accent ' s cub- byhole. But, in spite of lounging languorously on the sofa, they managed to put out four super-duper issues of Quad. We take our hats off to Rebecca Gray, Glenn Abernathy and Myra Ware Williams. With the publication of the third issue of the magazine. Editor Glenn Abernathy left the staff to attend Heterology school at MIT. Immediately a new election was called and Cornelia Banks was chosen his successor until general elections came on. A frequent contributor to the publication, the new Editor was also active in other journalistic fields as were her associates, Williams and Gray. Fought over by both the Publications Board and the Executive Council, this year, Quad won new laurels and acclaim from the Campus as a publication worth keeping. J

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QUAD Edilors: Rebecca Gray-Glenn Abernathy-Myra Ware Williams Business Manager: Paul Kassouf Pbotographer: Buck McCnlloch Shown here is the Quad squad, Paul Kassouf, Business Manager; Re- becca Gray and Myra Ware Williams, Edi- tors. Glenn Aber- NATHY, other Editor, went up East ' before we could get a pose of him. Not withstanding his de- parture the entire staff perpetuated the mag in the eyes of the campus by continuing the good work of their predeces- L NTERING its second year of publication, Quad was put on a firmer financial basis when money was appropriated by the Executive Council to continue it. The fact that it would continue was evidenced by the popular vote showered on the question of the magazine ' s permanence last year by a grateful and complimentary student body. They appreciated the fine choice of articles and short stories by the Editors of the original Quad, the foundling of student publications. The popular election of student editors of the literary magazine was also received with acclaim and a multitude of candidates flocked to be qualified. When the smoke of battle cleared, Rebecca Gray, Glenn Abernathy, and Myra Ware Williams emerged victorious besides having been elected editors. Immediately they adopted a new official of Quad, the Business Manager after much meditation (there had been no manager) they se-

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J HIS year, the music department has conducted a very ef- fective program, designed to bolster student morale. It began the season with an evening of American music. Included m this Fall Concert were ballads, folk dances, spirituals, and religious anthems of every period in American music. During the annual Christmas festival, the college choir joined local church choirs in traditional candleUght services. The hohday music was climaxed with a convocation performance of Saint-Saens ' Oratorio de Noel with Rex Windham sharing honors with professional soloists of the city. February brought the super-production of lolanthe , most melodious of all the works of Gilbert and Sullivan. Mr. Ander- son trained the voices and conducted the performances; Mr. Cadek prepared the orchestra; Mrs. Van Houten directed the dances; Dr. Abernathy and the College Theatre staged the pro- duction. . The spring tour of the choir was made in cooperation with the U S.O. The singers were acclaimed in a series of concerts which ' extended into many sections of this state, but they gained heaviest applause when they sang in tribute to the men of the American Army. The COLLEGE CHOIR Jane Davis Prcsictcl Shelton Key Vice-Prcsidcnl Evelyn Beasley Secretary Bill Sleeman Treasjurr Paul Hamilton B isiness Manager C. H. Hunt Librarian Rosalyn Ritchie ... Historia,, MEMBERS Clayton Ackley . . . Almeta Anderson . . . Barbara Barfield . . . William Baxter . . . Evelyn Beasley . . . Louise Camp- bell . . . Lynn Chitwood . . . AUie Christian . . . Coe Cunningham . . . William Curl . . . Betty Davidson . . . Jane Davis . . . George Douglas . . . Sarah Douglas . . . Jean Dwyer . . Bebe Faust . . . Lucie Ford . . . Mazie bandy . . . Mary Garrett . . . Eleanor Gray . . . Paul Hamilton . . . James Hatcher . . . Marguerite Hodges . . . Arthur Horton . . . Kathryn Horton . . . Bill Hotalen . . . C. H. Hunt . . . Hugh Hunter . . . Glen Jenkms . . . Shelton Key . . . Anna Kidd . . . Charles Lagman . . . Faye Little . . . William LoUar . . . Mary Jack McNeel . . . Katherine Moriarity . . . Cornelia Ousler . . . Edith Plosser . Charles Porterfield . . . Charles Prince . . . Allen Reddick . . . Mary Richardson . . . Rosalyn Ritchie . . . John Scott . . . Marie Shoemaker . . . Joyce Siniard . . . Bill Sleeman . . . Elizabeth Smith . . . Soula Smith . . . Claude Snoddy . . . Virginia Spranger . . . Waldo Stubbins . . . Orion Truss . . . John Tuggle . . . Jeanne Waters . . . Rex Windham . . . Don Winfield. Cr(r(} w WB II ! r 1 ' r 1 1 II W Hi yp. Mil H M II U