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The 1980 Quadrangle A-3 The 1980 Quadrangle Editor and Publisher LANCE BENSON Managing Editor GREG JASINSKI Graphic Design CAROL ANDREWS Associate Editors MINDY STOKES, CAROLINE ELLIS, RICK JONES, JANE COOLEY Business Manager SHEILA WARE Art Assistance TOM TRUETT, BORIS KNOPF Production DAVID WHITE, MARGIE LAWLER Photographic Technicians DAVID GRIFFIN, MARK WHITE, GREG JASINSKI Contributing Photographers SONJA WILLIS, CAROLINE ELLIS, EDWIN BATCHELOR, STEVE GRANTHAM, BRYCE NEAL Typesetting LISA SMITH, JULIE GRIFFIN Identification MAE TOWNS, MARTHA TONEY, NANCY ALFORD, THERESA BASILICO, JERRY FOLEY Seniors RICK JONES, MINDY STOKES Underclassmen BUBBA NEWELL, LISA SMITH, CAROLINE ELLIS Organizations JANE COOLEY, MINDY STOKES Sports DONNA RITTER, DAVID GRIFFIN, FLOYD COLLINS, JOE JASINSKI Faculty Administration CAROLINE ELLIS Galerie DAVID GRIFFIN, MARK WHITE, GREG JASINSKI, BRYCE NEAL Advertisements SHEILA WARE Graphic Effects CAROL ANDREWS, JOBETH JACOBS, TOM TRUETT, EDWIN BATCHELOR Circulation LISA SMITH, JULIE GRIFFIN, MARIE DONLUN, CARLA SWEET Adviser NANCY ALFORD Inspiration MR. BILL Inside . . . What Happened (A-l) Those Graduating (B-49) Those Grinding (C-87) Those Grouping (D-100) Those Competing (E-141) Those Instructing (F-157) Those Photos (G-173) Those Supporting (H-197) An Explanation Perhaps no publication of this nature is complete without an explanation of the purpose or motivation with which the staff for a year operated. Considering the ultimate construction of the book, there is no reason why it is as it is - fairly deep material. The inspiration has been revealed earlier, so why go into that? The staff explored the many possibilities open to such bodies, and came up with the following pages - what more can be said to clarify that statement? The task is never enjoyable, but suffice it to say that after it was all over, more was known than in the beginning. Enjoy the book for what it represents, and leave it at that. G.J.
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A-2 The 1980 Quadrangle McNeill Delivers Address A. Shepley The forty-ninth Convocation of LaGrange College was highlighted by a speech given by Reverend W. Melton McNeill. Seniors were required to attend the service. Seniors to be graduated in 1980 were honored at the one-hundred and forty-ninth Convocation of LaGrange College held on September 19, 1979, in the college gymnasium. On hand for the event were Ron Dooley, President of the Student Government Association, who offered the opening prayer for the program, Dr. Charles F. McCook, chairman of the LaGrange College religion and philo- sophy departments, who read the scripture passage, Dr. Charles L. Hagood, former President of LaGrange College, who presented the speaker, Reverend W. Melton McNeill, who addressed the seniors, Dr. Waights G. Henry, Chancellor of the college, who provided the benediction at the conclu- sion of the program, and several hundred students. Using the Charles Dickens ' novel, A Tale of Two Cities , as the source for the theme in his address, Reverend McNeill told the group that he knew not what the future held, but he did know who held the future. Quoting from the Dickens ' novel, Reverend McNeill explained, we are in the best of times, and we are in the worst of times. He went on to explain that technology and other advan- cements have provided society with the best of times, while the world problems plague society with the worst of times. He concluded by inspiring the graduat- ing class to solve those problems troubling the world to create, the best of times and the best of times. The program concluded as Dr. Waights G. Henry, Jr. provided the benediction and dismissed the assem- bly. While some students regard the convocation proceedings as unimpor- tant, others view it as a chance to be recognized as seniors before the gradua- tion ceremony. Editor ' s note: The senior class should be recognized in this manner each year out of respect for those individuals who have successfully completed a college curriculum. Another good point is that it is the only time that the LaGrange College Alma Mater is sung as far as present students are concerned, and, unless it is learned, students may graduate from the school to return as Alumni, and still not know the school battle anthem. Tuition Rising - Some Help On the Way Skyrocketing tuition costs are leaving student financial-aid programs in the dust. In the last ten years, the average total cost of public colleges has risen $1092 - from $1017 in 1968-69 to $2321 in 1978. For private schools, the price tag has more than doubled - from $2321 a decade ago to $4668 in 1978. Soon the American dream of sending everyone to college may become history. There is no relief in sight. In the fall of 1979 the price per year of most elite schools has hit the $9000 mark, according to a survey conducted by the College Entrance Examination Board (the same people who give the SAT); tuition at nearly every college in the nation is up eight to ten percent. The federal government will spend more than $3.7 billion on five student financial-aid programs in 1980. Federal funds recently received a boost when Congress passed the Middle Income Assistance Act opening programs to students previously ineligible. Families earning up to $25,000 annually now qualify for federal money; the prior cutoff point was $15,000. Much of the new money is earmarked for the Basic Education Opportunity Grants (BEOG) and Work Study, two federal programs that have been helpful to middle class students in the past. Congress will spend $550 million on Work Study in 1980, which will proba- bly mean more Work Study jobs, not more money for each student currently enrolled in the program. Now, a student can make about $900 a semester through Work Study.
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A-4 The 1980 Quadrangle Convocation (continued from p. 1) Grange, West Central Georgia, and the entire state and region. The College is on the threshold of a new era. It is poised and ready to play in the future an even greater role of leadership in the field of Christian higher education in the state and region. I am thrilled to be able to play a part in this future and pledge to continue the College ' s dedica- tion to academic quality, to keep close its ties with The United Methodist Church, and the community of La- Grange, to seek vigorously to recruit outstanding, worthy young people who can profit from its educational program, to continue to employ the principles of sound fiscal management and to work tirelessly to strengthen the College ' s endowment. I look forward to working with the Board of Trustees, the students and faculty, alumni, citizens of LaGrange, and the United Methodists of Georgia, he added. A native of Chester, S.C., Dr. Murphy was reared in Thomaston, Ga. He received his A.B. degree from Emory University, Magna Cum Laude in 1950, and his Master of Divinity degree from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in 1953. LaGrange College honored him with a Doctor of Divinity degree in 1978. Dr. Murphy was a member of the North Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church from 1952 to 1967. During that time he served as minister of United Methodist churches in Decatur, Newton County, Dekalb County and Athens. He was director of religious life at Oxford College, Emory University from 1959 to 1962. At this time he also served as minister of the Allen Memorial Church in Oxford. From 1966 to 1976 he was at Florida State College in Lakeland, Florida where he served in various positions including Dean of Students and Executive Vice President. It ' s possible that what happened that night in the LC cafeteria was all a hoax. It ' s possible - but it wasn ' t. Too many people left the performance with their mouths hanging open in disbelief for it to be a hoax. That performance was, of course, the Mr. Fingers Show supremely presented by Mr. Irv Weiner. Weiner, better known as Mr. Fingers, has been around the magic circuit for quite a while, and it is certainly evident. It ' s evident not only in the way he performs his tricks but also in the way he talks to his audience, using it as part of his act. He psyches them out - Notice how my little finger is extended. Watch it carefully ... it doesn ' t mean a thing - because he knows they ' re all there with one thing in mind. To find out how it ' s done. But Weiner won ' t oblige. That ' s not the way magic works. Weiner ' s tricks deal with the mind as well as with the eye. The eye is exploited when he sticks a hatpin through his arm and actually draws blood and when he manages to get a steel ring around each of his arms with his thumbs securely taped. The mind is exploited when you believe what you saw. Everyone in the audience saw it but no one saw it at all. Weiner had heads shaking throughout the entire show. What people once held as fantasies were now happening right in front of them. The son of two deaf mutes, Weiner learned early to communicate with his hands and other body language. At age three I was an actor. The kids used to call me Fingers Weiner. Thus, the name of his travelling show. Weiner studied how to recreate the greats. I ' d take their themes and embroider upon their routines. My magic has a startling effect. Magic is little miracles. It ' s creating the impossible. But it is possible in the true art of magic. The performer said he carries a tremendous amount of things to the various campuses, because he adapts his show content to the individual campus. Whatever it was, magic or mind- bending, it was amazing, and that is what Weiner tried to get across to his audience, Magic is a great act. It ' s too bad we don ' t see it as much anymore, he said. According to Weiner, his show was an act. To the people who witnessed it, it was more like an experience. An act is sawing someone in half in order to deceive the eyes. Having your mind toyed with is more than that - it ' s for real.
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