Ben Lippen School - Challenge Yearbook (Asheville, NC)

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Tuesday Apr1l28 1970 Ltppen ne Page 3 USC APPOINTS GRAHAM AS HEAD COACH The news of Tucker Grahams accepttng the posttton of head football coach at the Untverstty of Southern Caltfornta came more or less as a surprtse to the casual reader of the sports page But to hts former classmates thts was pleasant and expected news Whtle a coach at Occtdental for two years Graham developed a super offense whtch combtned the power of the stngle wtng the trtcktness of the 'T and all the touchdowns needed to roll over opponents Though the 'T Stn gle Wtng combo has been used before none of them has ever been used wtth such powerful success as Graham s 'T W Whtle sttll a sentor at Ben Ltp pen School Tucker Graham show ed remarkable abtltty at handltng the ptgsktn from the quarterback slot and an excellent knowledge of the sport At the end of the football season Graham was chosen by a select group of coaches to parttctpate tn the 3rd annual Opttmtst Bowl Game tn Ashevtlle Though he wctghed only 145 lbs Graham held hts own and was pratsed by all as he led the West to a 26 6 vtctory over the Eastern All Stars by passtng for two touchdowns set ttng up one more and hts general ball handltng and fteld general shtp The followtng year on a full scholarshtp Graham went to N C State where due to an addt ttonal 15 lbs added durtng the summer he made ftrst strtng Freshman and showed such abtl N C S Varstty used the T rather than the Wtng Hts pass tng as tn htgh school was sttll superb and he led State to tts ftrst undefeated season tn 15 years Due to hts prowess on the fteld he made honorable mentton on AP and UP All Amertca The next summer he spent tn hts hometown of Los Angeles work tng out wtth the L A Dons Returntng to State the follow tng fall Graham conttnued hts remarkable play spurrtng the team on to 8 vtctortes and one tte the latter wtth Army And as the All Amertcas were rolled off the press Graham was on the vast matortty of second team ltsttngs Hts Sentor year was the ftnal great star tn hts football crown That year State was faced wtth the toughest opponents ever faced tn the htstory of the school some of whom were U of Mtchtgan Army and Notre Dame Weeks of hard practtce patd off and the opentng game wtth the U of South Caroltna was won wtth case The schedule got rougher as the season progressed but so dtd State and they conttnued thetr wtnntng ways by defeattng all opponents topptng off wtth a 13 0 vtctorv over the I-'tghttng Irtsh tn whtch game 'Tuck passed for one touchdown and handed off for the other It would be need less to say that he was a unam mous chotce for all All Amertcan ftrst teams Upon graduatton he tmmedtate ly stgned a ftve year contract wtth the Chtcago Bears at S25 000 a year and started out by breaktng most records set by the old ttme great Sltngtn Sammy Baugh of the Washtngton Red sktns He conttnued wtth the Bears for seven years and then accepted the head coachtng Job for the Freshman team of hts old! Alma Mater For two years Graham turned out wtnntng teams and then ac cepted the posttton as head coach at Appalachtan State Teachers College tn Boone N C At the texptratton of hts three year con tract at A S T C Graham went ftnto a two year research and study of football tacttcs offenstve and defenstve formatton At the end of thts pertod of study Graham then trted out hts techntque at Occtdental where he had such success that the U of Southern Cal tmmedtately start ed worktng on htm for hts stgna ture on a ten year contract at an enormous sum per year CONGRATULATIONS ' Tuck' Ole B L ts pulltng for you and we know that vou wtll lhave loads of success 1 Alumnus KOS lBud Jackson I I jam packed Madtson Squarc Garden Carl Chastatn kayocd Buddy Jackso to rettre from boxtng sttll 'toldtng thc ltghtwetght tttle At 38 Carl ts the oldest boxer on record to have rettred possesstng a boxtng CTOWH Carl took an easy vtctory off Jackson by kayotng htm tn 1 29 of the 9th round tn a 15 round ordeal Hts pneumattc drtll style left conttnued to serve htm tn pre partng Jackson for the ktll de spttt tts weakentng from age Chastatn states that he expects to rettre from acttve boxtng wtth the posstble exccptton of exhtbt tton bouts DONATION tCont from bagel col ll a place tn the Etnstetn Memortal Laboratory one of the foremost halls of sctence of that ttme He accepted the posttton and rematned there two years promtstng apprentice spectaltztng 1957 however Dr Hales atten tton was suddenlv drawn to the tndustrtal posstbtltttes of a newlv dtscoverd process whereby t was posstble to make the fur of the common bat suttable for weavtng tnto a soft strong cloth Whtle hts contemporartes stood around wondertng what to do wtth thetr marvel thts far stght ed daring young sctenttst tmme dtately began a sertes of expert ments by whtch he hoped ultt mately to develop a practtcal and efftctent method of sptnntng the fur tnto thread Hts ftrst attempts were failures but he doggedly conttnued hts work tn the face of bttterest dtsappotntment It was wtth a trembltng heart on June 13 1963 that Dr Hale opened tn the face of a scofftng publtc hts ftrst hostery mtll t whtch he tntended to use the new cloth for the manufacture of mens hose In the ftrst vear of Droductton the Gargovle Hostery Mtll produced 10000 patrs of socks made from espectally cul tured long staple bat fur and treated wtth a permanent antt odortzatton process httherto un known to the tndustry Once tt had gatned the conft dence of the publtc the product sold wtth such raptdtty as to FIECESSIYBIE BH l!TllTlEdl3lE IHCFEBSQ tn factory capacity Two gtant mtlls equtpped wtth the most modern machtnery have replaced the ortgtnal factory whtch ts now only a monument to a prodtgtous new tndustry After ftve years of operatton the company sold tn 1969 the staggertng amount of 51 000 000 patrs of Gargovle socks The problem of supplytng raw matertals now threatens to slow the tndustry at least, tempora rtly So far there are only twen tv seven great bat farms tn the Untted States most of them tn the southeast However tt has been found that bats may be successfully ratsed tn the Rock tes and west whtch fact may cause the tndustry to branc westward A phtlanthromc man Dr Hale TVIBRTY YEARS- ts ustng hts great wealth tn many ways for the good of others Be stdes generous gtfts to Chrtsttan work he has establtshed scholar Ashtp funds for sctence students tn ,many colleges and schools We apprectate better than we can expres Dr Hales ktnd gtft 'It ts through hts thoughtfulness Athat we are at last able to com plete payments on the new class room butldtng Ltttle Deacons Trounce Maroons In Exhibition In a fast movtng exhtbttton game the Ben Ltppen Deacons demonstrated thetr hard httttng las they rolled a ftghttng Lee Ed wards ntne 16 3 Phtl Wrtght pttchtng for the Ltppen men demonstrated hts amaztng control wtth the horse htde by allowtng only four htts whtle the Deacon barrage con nected wtth Jones dtsplay for nlneleill The Lttle Deacons exhtbtted thetr amaztng httttng power tn that each member of the team connected for Thts barrage Montetth who doubles and ttmes at bat were Meredtth at least one htt was led by Bob htt a stngle two a homer tn ftve Closely followtng and Chastatn who each connected for three htts tn four ttmes at bat Chastatn Mon tetth and Bell all scored home runs The game played on the Ben Ltppen dtamond began Lee Ed and three down Montetth htt a double and was brought tn by a second tn the bottom half mak tng the score 1 0 The Deacs collected two more runs tn the second as Morrtsett htt a double wtth two men on base The Maroon Devtls took thetr ftrst run tn the thtrd as Ross batted Jones tn Chastaxn clouted a homer tn the bottom half of the thtrd tnntng wtth two men on maktng the score 61 Lee Edwards second and thtrd runs came tn on a forced run and a Deacon error The Ltppen men stacked up ftve more runs as Bell slapped a second homer wtth the bases loaded and Chastatn followed sutt wtth the horsehtde satltng over rtght fteld In the bottom of the ftfth Meredtth htt a double brtngtng one man tn and agatn Montetth socked a two bagger wtth the bases loaded brtngtng tn two more to score Chastatn btngled for a stngle and Bell came tn on an overthrow In the last of the stxth Duncan was forced home on a walk and Morrtset came tn on a fourth Lee Edwards error The Maroon Devtls were held scoreless through the seventh gtvtng the 'Deacs a 16 3 vtctory tConttnued next column? tCont from page 2 col 41 for the advancement of the school After the payment of numerous debts blue prtnts were drawn up for the extenston of the north end of the m toward the east wtth a matn oor rtght off the parktng lot Thts three story brtck butld tng provtded for all the offices and class rooms and housed ex cellent laboratory factltttes some what relxevtng crowded condt ttons tn the matn butldtng whtch was then converted wholly tnto dormttory space excepttng the dtntng room and lobby etc The basement of the Dorm as tt ts now called was remodeled pro vtdtng for a student recreatton center tncludtng a more complete and modern store A fourth floor was also butlt onto the wtng of the Dorm provtdtng eleven more rooms In 1960 plans were drawn up for the other extenston of the gym gprovtdtng a swtmmtng pool and Iequtpment storage space 1 Durtng thts ten year pertod 'many tmprovements were made tn the grounds such as gradtng and extenston of the lawns and culttvatton of trees and shrub bevy In 1962 the 8350000 Program of Progress was tnstttuted wtth an tntttal fund of 8200000 havtng as tts purpose the completton of the athlettc ftelds and provtston of more luxurtous faculty apart ments Juntor Hall was torn down and tn September 1964 the new fac ulty apartment butldtng was opened for occupatton The fteld below the football fteld was purchased and convert ed tnto a baseball dtamond ten nts courts and an addtttonal fteld for non varstty acttvtttes larged and the hard surface was converted tnto a soft turfed grtd tron A uarter mtle track was marked o f around the fteld The banks around the fteld were con verted tnto grandstands ot form a horseshoe shaped bowl Along wtth these tmprovements and extenstons the enrollment has tncreased to 150 ptcked stu dents from all over the country many the sons of alumm Box Score Ben Ltppen Morrtsett Meredtth Bell 3b Montetth Chastatn Macbeth Duncan Allan 2b Wrtght p Lee Edwards c f lf Ross lf Gassoway ss Angus lb Plemmons cf Rector 3b Banquo c Evans 2b Wallts rf Jones p SO W Wtnntng Pttcher Wrtght Lostng Pttcher-Jones SATU RDAY S P E C l A L The New Soptentum Splut with Tan Talum Sauce Cruxbed Xeropbyze Nuts lSpectol from Morsl DUGGAN S HOT DOG JOINT Unc Ken s Hangout 210 PATTON AVE AiA. 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Tuesday, Apnl 28 1970 LIPPC n LIte Page 2 ALUMNI NEWS We receIved a letter today from another alumnus of Ben LIppen School of the dIstInguIshed class of 50 Jerry Allan An under taker In Hevenlldaze Pennsyl vama he fInds hIs work thrIvIng and consequently very Interest lhg We quote from hIs letter For three years I have been U19 only mortIcIan lh thIs town of 10000 populatlon Up txll sIx months ago I had had Just enough work to keep me faxrly busy The reason for thIs seems to have laIn In the qualxty of medIcal servIce thIs town was famous for There were twentv M D s herwall of them top notch physIcIans surgeons den tIsts and specIalIsts Last October dIsaster In an unexpected fomm struck the medx cal professIon of HevenlIdaze A new suxgeon a young sprout fresh from school hung out hIs shmgle In mv sectlon of town In three months he had establxsh ed a record heretofore unequaled In modern llmES only four out of all the patIents who had passed under hIs hand In the operatIng room ever lIved long enough to tell theIr storv to anyone besldes SaInt Peter Thexr hltherto untarmshed professxon vllely blotched bv thIs upstart Intruder seven of the former doctors commItted SUlClde sIx dxed of shame four left the country In self exxle and three swapped thetr scalpels for shovels and took up grave dxggmg MeanwhIle there was such a tremendous boom In my busIness that I was forced to rent a four story buIldIng and set up a re u lar assembly lIne method I ha t Increase my VChlCleS from one ambulance and one hearse to a fleet of sIxteen ambulances sIx teen hearses and two trucks- the latter to carry caskets bad that In order to take care of all the DUSIDCSS we were forced to forsake conventlonal funerals and slow processIons and use a system co ordInated somewhat lIke taxI servIce at Grand Cen tral statIon When an ambulance delIvered a patlent at the surgeons front door It moved to the rear where 1h about twenty mInutes the corpse was loaded In for delIvery to my plant On an average of every twenty mmutes a full cas ket was set In a waItIng hearse to be hurrIed away By a new streamlmed process we prepared a body In one and a half hours and usxng four assembly lmes we kept up wlth the doctor As In the days of the forty nIners people were crazed be yond help at the slght of easy money Hundreds of busInesses closed down as bay wmdowed managers bespectacled clerks overall clad Jamtors and even some pretty secretarles dashed out to help reap the profIts of grave dlgglhg wood choppIng casket makmg or as was usually the case wtth the secretanes ar rangmg bouquets Money so blmded these poor IdIots that they could not realIze the source of the awful tragedy People kI11ed themselves worklng a fact whIch only added to the confu S10h Mme was not the only busI ness whose profIts skyrocketed l- lorIsts doubled theIr Incomes In Sld6 of two weeks Lawyers swanned to the town to sexze a share In the legal transactIons re gardmg PFOPCITIQS of the deceas ed The casket factory at Ded manton was swamped wIth orders from Hevenlldaze and lumber companIes were fast c1earIng out theIr yards Fortunately one old Judge re tamed hIs sense of sound Judg one evenIng for a meetmg that lasted far Into the nlght I under stand that the doctor was brought In for questIonIng at that tIme but rumors have so bungled the truth that one cannot belleve anythmg he hears Nevertheless Just before thlngs settled back to normal I was glven the mangled body of the doctor In questIon to prepare for crematxon In connectxon wIth the Clam of 50 we cannot neglect to men tIon Kenneth Duggan He was one of the boys Ken was the class entertaIner responsible f good share of the mIschIef orI eInatIng In the SenIor dorm In 1950 He supplemented hIs hxgh school educatIon by a full course at CecI1s Busmess College In Ashe vIlle After hIs graduatIon he dIsap Deared Into Tennessee But bad penny alwavs comes back thev say-only the maxIm doesn t apply lh thls case Yes Ken came back ten years ago and set up busIness on Patton Ave Before long Duggans Hot Doc JoInt be came so popular wlth Ben LIppen bovs that they patronlzed no other fountam But there Is more than Just good busmess relattons between B L and Ken Duggan He IS a personal frIend to each of the bovs alwavs chattmg pleasantly wIth them as thev sIt In hIs store Ben LIppen teams can always depend on Ken to be at the game Hes our fan In every sport and Its a mxghty good reason that keeps hxm away from any event Kens hangout popular wIth all the school kIds has grown out nf threee buxldxnes In ten Vears It was hlS easv gomg manner and cheerful personalIty that made hIs success AFRICA THEAS tCont from page 1 col 41 suroassed that of OlIver Gold smIth lh depIctIon of character But the greatest was yet to come Fourteen years later Mtotos accomplxce Ndugando began a most brI1lIant career second onlv to that of the great master of drama WIllIam Shakes oeare Some of the greatest that have been revealed to me thus far Include such romances as the storv of Ruth others concern Gldeon In hIs battle agalnst the MIdIanItes Job Moses etc I am under the convIctIon that these dxscoverres wIll Inaugurate a revo1utIon In the development of the worlds great llterature specIfIca1lv In the fIeld of classI cal drama Dr Plepgrass has been wxdelv accepted as one of the greatest lIterarv crItIcs of the dav second only to the late Mrs T H Lath am HIs reports have been readI lv accepted bv the llterary cxrcle and matenal Is to be Inspected bv a group of the most promment crItIcs of our country fo1lowIng Dr Pxepgrass s translatlons lt IS suspected that these dramas wIll soon be performed In every playhouse and theatre o fthIs and many forelgn coun trIes M98hWhlle plans are belng for mulated for the Introductlon of Ndugando Into our countrv wlth a formal educatlon In the EnglIsh language by manv of the promI nent professors of the day Dr PIepI!rass Is to be awarded the 1970 PulItzer PTIZE for his brIngIng to 1Ight these fabulous dIscoverIes Dr Plepgrass states that he receIved hIs Introductxon and basIc knowledge as a foundatIon for hIs study In lxterature under the renowned crItIc the late Mrs T H Latham Instructor of Eng lIsh at Ben LIppen School Upon graduatxng from Ben LIppen Dr ment He called In the selectmenlmepgrass commued study at Prmceton UnIversIty where he recelved HIS LItt D degree He then enrolled In PrInceton SemI nary where he receIved hIs tram Ing In theology and hIs bachelors degree In dIvInIty From the Semmary he Salled for South AfrIca under the AfrI ca Independent MIssIon and has served there to date CONCERT FEATURES- tCont from page 1 col 21 The audIence became hushed wlth an almost reverent SIIBHCE as the beautxful openIng chords of Beet hovens Nxnth Symphony poured forth and after a few mInutes a murmur of approval rlppled through the audItorIum as the crowd sat back to remaln spell bound for the remamder of the composltxon WIth grace and skIl1 worthy of hIs great predecessor Arturo Tus canInI DavId Bndgman led hIs orchestra on through the Intrlca C165 of the great symphony to the grand fIna1e The voIces of the chorus In the Ode to Joy and the trIumphant Joyful spIrIt of the Impressxve German words and the muslc swelled forth Into a mlghty fInal crescendo lt was not untIl the last chord had completelv dled away that the enraptured audIence dared break the sacred QUIEIDCSS of the moment In a tremendous burst of applause Wlth the termInatIon of hIs re cent tour DavId BrIdgman wI1l return to New York to make a serles of recordmgs wIth the Bos ton Symphonv Orchestra Through the fall months the maestro plans to be In London as guest conduc tor of the London Phllharmonxc Orchestra lh some specIal presen tatmns Uoon hIs return to the UnIted States In December he hopes to beevn plans for a tour throueh the Western states lIkelv IncludIng a vIsIt tn HBWBII wIth hIs famous Boston Symphony Or chestra HIGGINS CRASHES- Cont from page I col 31 The offtcers surrounded the buIldIng whIle HIggIns hImse1f ooIntIng a submachme gun through a small aperture In the wall called In Surrender up yo stIllIe an reach HIS demand was answered by a wIld round of shots from tlfle frelghtened men 1hS1de At thIs the deoutles battered down the door whIle HISQIHS fIred a burst at the bootlegeers who were Dre oarIng to defend themselves Three men fell and after a short hand to hand scuffle wIth the at tarkers the rest surrendered Hundreds of cases of lll1Clf whIskey were stored In one room of the buIldIng and It I5 sus pected that as much more 15 cached away lh the near vIcInItv The whole was valued at S1 000000 The offIcers placed a charge of dynamlte In the JOlhf and blew up the apparatus and 1Iquor The onsoners were escorted back to WInd Cave and sent to the Coun ty JaIl ImmedIately When asked to comment on the 9DlSOdE Hxggms drawled Wal thar wamt much to t When ah heered bout thet thar carn lIkker back up thar lh the woods ah les called In mah depIty an told hxm ah sez JIm thars some voung tellers up thar a makIn whlte lIghtnIn agln He sez 'Wal ah reckln well les have to ketch em So we ketched em Thats all thar were to t ah reckIn LIppenItes mIght be Interested In a lIttle more about HIKZIHS Paul came to Ben LIppen as a freshman graduatmg four years later wxth the famous Class of 50 Although he was Oflglhally IntendIng to be an engxneer HIg gms changed hIs mInd soon after graduatmg and declded on a polIcemans lIfe He attended Dell School of CI-Imnology In Ashe vxlle WIth the comp1etIon of hIs schoolxng there he JoIned the RaleIgh N C polIce force re maInIng for four years whIle re CEIVIDQ valuable tralnlng ln 1957 he moved to Jackson County Kentucky and In 1959 was elect ed deputy shertff for two years In the succeedmg electIon he was voted sherIff and by hIs merI IOFIDUS accompllshments has kept the offIce for eIght years DISC JOCKEY Howdy kIds' TIme to BIVE you latest scoops on current platters Pull up your easy chair If you re lucky enough to have one and Just settle back and dream whIle that sIngIng coach carrIes you off on one of hIs sentImenta1 moon trIps Our own Tucker Graham took tIme off from sprxng practlce to cut another wax for ColumbIa under the name of And You Were There StrIct melancholy sentlment 15 the theme and Tuck ers rendItIon Is golng to sway everv fxbre of your feeble mascu lIne frames On the other Slde of the record Tuck slngs an old hIt Hung Chow Blues For the gentlemen who prefer the hIghest form of culture one of our alumnx agaIn hIts the spot 1Ight as Maestro Bndgman takes hIs baton before the Boston Sym phony Orchestra for a recordxng of DImItrI ShostakovItchs Sym phony No 9 Op 70 Other popular hIts makmg ra Id advance up the rank of the t Parade are Now That I Need You Papa Sentlmental Rhap sody and Maxwell Street Paper Bo Summary And You Were There-Hung Chow Blues Tucker Graham tCo lumbIa 7 dIsc 33 U3 Symphony No 9 tShostako man Conductxng fCo1umbIa 12 d1SC 33 U3 Now That I Need You Papa Chastam and hIs Smoky Mountam Flddlers fVIctor 10 dIsc 78 Sentxmental Rhapsody DInah Day Vlctor 10 dIsc 78 Maxwell Street Paper Boy Paul Taxt Decca I0 dIsc 78 TWENTYYEARS OF PROGRESS The past twenty years has seen a great Improvement In the cam pus and facI1ItIes of Ben LIppen School ThIs Issue of the LIppen LIte has been dedxcated to alumnl news therefore our edItors de cIded to EIVE a bnef resume of the development of our school In 1950 the campus was com posed ol the maIn buIldIng whIch then housed the dormItorIes of flees classrooms and dInIng room Then the gym had only the playIng floor and an unfmxshed basement The other buxldmgs were the chapel Huston Hall and Jumor Hall the facult apart ments The only playIng Ield was the athletlc fleld whIch had only a hard clay surface The fxrst step In the progress of development was the completlon of the basement of the gym pro vIdIng for a FQCTBBQIOD room and showers and lockers for home and vIsItIng teams F0ldlhg bleachers were also Installed In the meantxme as the enroll ment Increased to 100 the maIn buI1dIn underwent a process of remode Ing to accommodate the Increased number of students The wIng was modeled and fm Ished to accommodate 58 students In 1957 a glft of a quarter of a mIllIon dollars was donated to Ben LIppen School by a frIend wIth IDSSYUCIIODS that lt be used tContInued on page 3 col 41 , ' . . I . ' , ' ' I 4 or Aa ' V . .. , - x , ' . - He' , ..f.g a 3 -11 x g --The stage of affairs becatne so tals. ln mv estimationyhls genius ' Vifchlv B0St0r1.SyInPh0ny: Bfidgg

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Tuesday, Apr1l 28 1970 L1ppen Lrrc Page 4 LIPPEN LITE Ben Llppen School Asheville N C Executive Council Ed1tor 1n-chref Paul Ta1t Bus1ness Manager Herman Jackson Faculty Advzsor Mr Ed Toews Edltorlal Board Ass1stant Edxtor Bob Davls News Edlwl' Bob Monte1th Sp1r1tual L1fe Ed1tor M1lton P1epgrass Feature Edrtor Ben Bell Sports Ed1tor Paul Graham Reporters News Staff W1ll1am Koontz John Spangler Ph1l Ph1ll1ps Spiritual L1!e Sta!! Bud P1epgrass Clayton Br1dgman Feature Staff Arnold Brown Joe Shelton Dave Bell Sport: Staff Dan Mered1th Ph1l Wrrght Bob Webster Buamees Statt C1rculat1on Manager Stan Elefson T PISIS Larry Dav1s George Hxglnns P otographer Ben Bell Arhst Dave Webster lEdlfOIIBll Fr1ends faculty and student body th1s s r1 I celebrate the ann1versary of my twentxeth year a Sen1or at n 1ppen Through out the years I have seen students come and I have seen them go- some honorably and some dlshonorably I have seen l1ttle guys enter B L as seventh graders to graduate SIX years later some foot ball basketball and baseball stars others w1th br1ll1ant academlc ach1evements to grace the school records I have out stayed the best of my teachers and dur1ng th1s per1od Ben L1ppen has changed headmasters f1ve t1mes New bu1ldmgs have been erected and the campus has undergone a steady SETIES of 1mprovements wh1ch have made 1t among the most beaut1ful 1n Western North Carol1na Hence 1t IS w1th the vo1ce of exper1ence that I speak now of the Class of 50 Twenty years-hmm long tune' Class of 50-some class' Tuck er Graham I can st1ll see h1m pass1ng the pxgslun w1th the men 1n green-or fakm out ' Clayton Bell the suck1e we called h1m Jerry L11 Allan the Prnt S1ze Casanova Paul H1gg1ns the Kane tucky k1d w1th his backwoods accent and com cob p1pe- and all the other guys who made that memorable class Thev were promlnent 1n school pol1t1cs too some of those guys Paul H1gg1ns was Pres1dent of the Student Body Dav1d Bfldgmlh was Secreta Treasurer of the Student FY Counc1l and laved a lead 1ng part lh draw1ng up the new const1tut1on Clayton ell and Stan ley P1epgrass were on the Student Court It IS strangelv co1nc1dent that twenty vears after the1r gradua t1on they should f1gure so prom1nently aga1n th1s t1me 1n the news of the nat1on and the world It seems appropr1ate to stop and con slder B L s progress dur1ng the past twenty years to rev1ew brlefly the news of her alumn1 of 50 and to rem1n1sc of those davs gone by For th1s reason as ed1tor 1n-chxef I take the l1berty to dedlcate th1s rssue of L1ppen L1te to the members of the class of 50 wherever they are today 1n the1r sundry walks of l1fe Besxdes BHICICS condensed from th1s weeks news we feature a short summary of Ben LIDDGDS hlSt0l'V s1nce 1950 and a few m1s cellaneous memory collect1ons from that year COURT MARTIAL- 1Cont from page l col 41 en to death at the gangway 1n the fashron of the old Br1t1sh cap tams The men were horr1f1ed at th1s outrage but dared not pro test Two days out from base the Asheville ran 1nto heavy seas and the neglect of a seaman who left open the portholes 1n the gal ley caused the destruct1on of all the fresh vegetables and meat Order1ng a meetlng of the crew Elefson demanded a CODIESSIOD by the gu11ty man but no one spoke a word The crewmen fear ful of a repet1t1on of the former 1nc1dent refused to 1dent1fy the man ln a rage Elefson ordered the men back to the1r stat1ons prom1s1ng small rat1ons of dr1ed hernng and hard tack for the re ma1nder of the voyage to Bomeo Two months after arr1v1ng at Bomeo the exploratlon work was successfully f1n1shed Stxll 1n a bad temper because of a months delay Elefson dehberately dered the anchor we1ghed before an adequate supply of food had been stowed lh the larders Then he fltl0hEd the men strrctly Whenever a man turned up too weak for work he was conflned to the br1g on dr1ed herrmg and water In extreme cases the men rotested but were only ordered ack to work At last unable to bear cond1t1ons any longer the crew sent a delegatlon of off1ce1s headed by L1eutenant Comman der Yohn Chr1st1ansen to demand that the sh1p put 1n at Wake Is land the follow1ng day The Rear Admrral ordered the OIIICBFS beaten and chamed 1n the br1g Paul Ta1t for darmg to protest Neverthe less he d1d allow s1x hours at Wake for restocklng the sh1p Arr1v1ng at San D1ego last Sep tember a month late Elefson re CEIV9d a warm welcome from the Naval off1cers 1n charge of the base He was severely repr1 manded for h1s tardmess and promptly flown off to Wash1ng ton w1th h1s reports He found on arr1v1n2 that Yohn Chr1st1ansen was f1l1ng complamt w1th the Naval Court aga1nst h1m for cruelty and v1olat1on of the Na val Code wh1ch states that except for 1nsubord1nat1on dxsloyalty d1sobed1ence or mutxnous con duct no off1cer or seaman 1n the Navy may be confmed or beaten w1thout proper tr1al When answermg a reporters quest1on about why he was so brutal the off1cer re l1ed Iguess lt became 1ngra1n 1n me wh1le at Ben L1ppen my roommates and I were cont1nually flghflhg JUNIOR SENIOR DATE SEI' The Jun1or Class of Ben L1ppen School announces Mav 9th as the date for the Junlor Sen1or Ban quet GARGOYLE SOCKS Woven from Long Staple Cultured BAT FUR All Specuolly Treated mth Ant: Odorono GENTLEMAN'S UTOPIA Brlfmore Ave A f 'A ' , , MS, , y , fr ' . . 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E . 1 v 'SI' , ' Spmtuol Llfe 'IFC ORGANIZER BPBAKS Noted Youth for Chrut speaker and orgamzer Clayton Bell, stop ped here at Ben L1ppen Monday, Apr1l 20 and spoke at our fourth per1od chapel An alumnus of Ben L1 pen School Class of 50 Rev B lay ton Bell of Montreat N C IS known for h1s splendld work lh organ1z1ng YFC Chapters xn New Orleans La Mobrle Ala and Salt Lake C1ty Utah three of the toughest c1t1es 1n the Unxted States A dynamxc speaker w1th great ab1l1ty to hold the attentlon of vast crowds Clayton Bell IS very l1ke h1s brother 1n law B1lly Gra ham whose m1d centu cam pa1gns 1n Los Angeles an Boston sr: now be1ng duphcated by Rev Followmg h1S outstandmg Irve week campa1gn 1n the Queen C1ty Charlotte N C where he earne the tltle modern B1lly Graham Clayton Bell passed through Ashev1lle on h1s way to Memph1s Tenn where he plans to open a two week YFC campargn Sunday He stopped at Ben L1ppen hi! hlgh school alma mater and Headmaster Toews 1nv1ted h1m to speak to the student body durxng the chapel per1od Choosmg as h1s text the account of the Feedmg of the Fxve Thou sand as found rn John Clayton Bell aptly appl1ed It to the world s1tuat1on today He brought to our attentxon the st1ll unsupp11ed sp1r1tual need of the nat1ons ment1on1ng part1cularly the new awakenmg 1n Afr1ca and South Amer1ca Speakxng of the Unlted States he ment1oned the great work of Youth for Chr1st and Ch1'1st for Amer1ca organ1zat1on.s Rev Bell also recounted some of h1s recent experlences lh Char lotte as he dealt w1th many of those who came forward to ac cept Chr1st tell1ng of the hungry yes sp1r1tually starved people o our own country In closmg Rev Bell urged us to g1ve to the Master our talents however small that He m1ght take them as He dld the lads loaves and frshes and use them ID the break1ng of Bread to hun gry mUltltUdES Twenty Years Ago The Sen1or Class rall1ed from a drscouragmg S225 1n ads to S850 Wlthlh s1x weeks Toews leadmg 1nd1v1dual sales w1th over S200 The Student Counc1l drafted a comprehens1ve Const1tut1on fo the Student ASSOCIBIIOD Bell was dubbed Rebound Ex pert Br1dgman started the year w1sh1n for a wheelbarrow Ben lppen d1amond men wal loped Ashevxlle School IWICE 1n one week 9 3 and 25 15 H1gg1ns forsook squ1rrel hunt lh to load cameras for GEOFKIB be les' Return expert Toews bought and retumed two typewntexs one Brble one radxo one b1ll fold and a plnball machrne The Sen1or Class enjoyed the trad1t1onal second semester slump under brogans Elefxon thrived on a d1ed of dned herrxng and raw omons wh1le everyone else w1lted Bridgeman and P1epgrau con tem lated SUlCldE when collapse of t e Challenge seemed 1nev1ta c Whlle Ta1t sobbed Glfllh and Graham attempted to remedy 1-11 gins apparent dilemma regar mg Junior Sen1or but suffered an unexpected backf1re The third floor became notor1 ous for m1dnlght Jamborees f1re works track meets box1ng matches and baseball games Secret Casanova Duggan blush ed at the mBhllOh of a mystenous Lmda Coach Case and Lou1se Rhymer Engaged December 3 1949 Mar r1ed May 24 1950 Ben L1ppen was well on 1ts way to a Blue Rrdge Conference Cham pronshrp 1n baseball Carl Chastam boxed and played baseball almost as well as he pla ed hockey repgrass got lost lh a North Carolrna bllzzard Some of the senlors-upon oc cas1on enyoyed rldes ln Mr Basss truck and other veh1cles L 11 Allan became noted as the Sen1or Sluggarfdl on the baseball FACULTY BIOGRAPHY MR. EDWARD TOBWS Th1s 1ssue of L1ppen Llte fea tur1ng as 1t does news of alumn1 of the Class of 50 we thought It appropr1ate to place beSlde the other names of that memorable class another verv fam1l1ar to all of us here now Therefore 1n our bmgraphy sectron th1s t1me we lntroduce to our readers our Headmaster Edward George Toews On December 27 1932 1n UD per Darby Pennsylvan1a Ed ward George made h1s prem1er debut uoon l1fes great stage Born to L1lllan Eva and Gustav Peter Toews Edward was the youngest 1n a fam1ly of SIX Early lh l1fe he leamed that mama s1mply was not go1ng to let h1m have h1s own way-at least not at home team Ed entered school at Aldan Pennsylvama when he was four He progressed quxte stead1lv and 1n June 1947 was graduated from the Aldan Junlor Hugh to enter Upper Darbv H1gh School the followlng fall The summer of 1948 he became lnterested lh Ben L1ppen School through the IH fluence of former Coach Pat Pat terson so the fall of that year found Ed at B L makmg new fr1ends at a new school On Mav 26 1950 Edward was graduated from Ben L1ppen and he left to enter Wheaton 1n Seo tember Wh1le at Wheaton Ed malored lh Chrxstlan Educat1on w1th the VISION of a teacher s desk 1n the back of h1s m1nd A clever student 1n h1s f1eld Ed was graduated from Wheaton w1th honor Ih 1956 Feelmg that he needed further tramrng before takmg up his profess1on he en rolled 1n Penn State College for two years graduate work Upon the completlon of h1s post graduate work Professor Ed ward Toews accepted a pos1t1on as mstructor of Soc1al Sclences at a sen1or hlgh school rn Phrladel ph1a He had kept th1s pos1t1on for three years when he was of fered a place lh Stony Brook School He accepted and remaxn ed there for four years He was well l1ked by the bovs and he leamed to love them l1kew1se But 1n 1966 he felt led to ac cept Ben Lxppens offer to come south and teach at h1s Alma Mater He was welcomed 1nto our mldst as Instmctor of Soclal Sc1ences and Boys Counselor In 1968 he was appointed to the of f1ce of Dean and last year upon the rengnatlon of Mr Baker he was aopolnted to Headmaster As Headmaster Mr Toews has been one of the best l1ked th1s school has ever had A real frxend to us boys he IS always ready to s1t down and have a fr1endly chat or g1ve some sound advlce where 1t IS needed We f1nd mlrrored 1n h1m the depth and beauty of Chnst and h1s l1fe IS a constant testxmony of strong faxth and great power