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

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CONTENTS Editor Sandra Hendrickson Bill Robinson Associate Editor Martha Jane Patton Sandra Hendrickson Copy Editor George Morgan Martha Jane Patton Business Manager Thornton Fleming Collins Powell Ass ' t. Business Manager Pete Wuehrmann Thornton Fleming DEDICATION 14 ADMINISTRATION 16 ACTIVITIES 46 BEAUTY 80 GREEKS 96 LEADERSHIP 124 ORGANIZATIONS 144 SPORTS 164 CLASSES 194 ADVERTISEMENTS 228 13

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Our year has been significantly different. For the first time, this entrenched pattern has been weakened — although it has not been conquered. Vitality has been evidenced by the student body. Although it may be called slight by some, it is perhaps a first link of a chain which may eventually lead to the develop- ment of a student body composed of mature, sensi- tive people — rather than mere students. Certainly this must be the true goal which the dreamers had in mind when they began to fight for a student body which would do little more than fight them back. We must strive to do far more. It remains for us to develop the potential within ourselves to its greatest extent. For only by doing this can we give substance to plans which, without our effort, will be little more than dreams. ]2

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DEDICATION A man of ideas and conviction — dedicated to overcoming the inconsistency in human nature which defies progress. — defied by those he was determined to help. Dreams and promises poured forth to deaf people . . . . . . what kept him going? You would have quit. I would have quit. Why didn ' t he? Certainly he is intelligent, as well as highly educated. Anyone who ca red to review his record would know that. ' ... he is no man ' s fool. Our President knew . . . . . . what we were too blind to see. Now we are glimpsing . . . . . . perhaps if given long enough . . . He is dignified, personable, dedicated . . . ... he does have a hard time reaching students on their own level. He can and will overcome this. He is sensitive . . . If more of us would realize this we could under- stand him better. He has courage . . . . . . the backwoodsmen who tried to brand him a traitor learned this . . . They were awed by it. He has been called a dreamer — realities have stemmed from his dreams. So, he is more . . . He is a builder. No one can deny the evident progress. He will make even more. Of course, he hasn ' t been completely alone . . . ... or has he . . . The 1967 Southern Accent Staff wishes to do more than dedicate this annual to Dr. Howard M. Phillips; we wish to thank him for what he has done, to pay tribute to him for his courage, to apologize to him for the blindness of the Student Body, and— to wish him well for the future. Perhaps now we more fully realize how closely his future is linked with our own.