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

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BUSINESS MANAGER IRENE HUNVALD Irene, the efficient executive in the eyes of everyone on the Hilltop (muc h to her distaste) was the natural choice for the never-ending job of begging adds and keeping film bills from collecting. With all her air of the business tycoon, Irene made all honor societies. Al- ways the one with the calm pres- ence of mind, Irene made the year a peaceful one where the dollar was involved in the Southern Ac- ACCENT Front row: Brent, Elliott Second row: Owen, Stephenson, Robinson, Tanner, Hawkins, Braswell, Kessler, Sarinopoulos, Hunvald Second row: Ellis, Shugerman, Martin, Vann, Brittain, Cheyney, Israel, Reynolds, Warner

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ui EDITOR BUBS OWEN Trying desperately to interest ev- ery student in the publication of the 1946 Accent , Bubs pleaded with one and all to have pictures made. However, the greatest un- dertaking of the year was the De- cember Beauty Pageant, the pet project which was the editor ' s nightmare for weeks. Running from Bookstore to Munger, leading peo- ple by the nose in order to take snapshots kept Bubs at an endless round of chores. If the ' 46 Ac- cent was not entirely by Hill- toppers, it would be of them. E It N EDITORIAL STAFF Anne Ellis . . . Betty Hawkins . . . Rebecca Martin . . . Ernest Nathan . . . Jane Robinson . . . Flora Sarinopoulos . . . David Shugerman . . . Cosette Stephenson . . . Ralph Tanner BUSINESS STAFF Pat Brittain . . . Betty Kessler . . . Martha Reynolds . . . Farley Warner Please go down and have your picture made for the Annual . How many times were those words fpoken in Convocation? In the production of the 1946 Southern Accent, there was the endeavor to capture the bright spots and the dull spots of the year ' 45- ' 46 . . . the year which saw the false alarms of armistice and, finally, the close of the conflict. The ' 46 Accent reflected the limited war enrollment which sky-rocketed to the old pre-war standard. The fall quarter was a reason of uncertainty and restlessness. Old students returned to make out sched- ules for the next quarter. Becky Martin and Flora Sarinopoulos copied names and activities. Picture- taking became the craze of the campus for everyone who could focus on one spot was collecting snaps for the Accent. Ernest Nathan waylayed friends and professors every hour of the day for the click of his shutter. The 1946 Beauty Pageant was the talk of Hilltop circles during the fall quarter. The beauties were nominated by all organizations on the campus and from this group, the sixteen which appear in your Accent were chosen. This Southern Accent is the story of good times and dull, longed-for successes and failure, work and play of each student on the Hilltop in 1946. 28

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EDITOR BARBARA BRENT Barbara, in her nonchalant manner, never wrung her hands nor screamed for help when the staff turned their articles in to her at the eleventh hour. Dividing her time between the Birmingham Printing Co., and the Conservatory, Barbara succeeded in maintaining her musi- cal inclinations and publish the Hilltop News at the same time. Who ' s Who welcomed Barbara and her individuality. I L L T O P The return of many men . . . some pre-war students, some new ... to the Hilltop created a whirring of tongues about all issues in the world today from Normandy tc Normalcy . The Hilltop News heard all and told all. Thus, 1946 was a lively year for the printed word of the HTN. The mechanics of a post-war Hilltop were recorded in every issue of the paper. With Norma Ham securing the latest social gossip, G. G . keeping before the students the topics of discussion from each honorary group, and Mary Benefield ' s popular return to the old idea of Peep ' s Diary , the Hilltap News sustained college interest and man- aged to keep out of too many controversial issues. To keep the financial woes of the Hilltop Nsws to a minimum, Agnes Rogers and her colleagues such as Pat Brittain and Carol Cheyney, tramped the streets of the Magic City every week. This was a year of change at Southern, and the Hilltop News recorded this change on every page. STAFF Elsa Allgood . . . Rita Allgood . . . Mary Bencfield . . . Bobby Bowen . . . Joe Braswell . . . Mary Bullock . . . Carol Cheyney . . . Gloria Goodall . . . Norma Ham . . . Betty Hawkins . . . Jane Hutchins . . . Rebecca Martin . . . Jane Rhodes .. . . Cosette Stephenson . . . Ralph Tanner . . . Kathleen Wilkins 30