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Q - How long does Judicial Board save the tapes from a trial? Who hears them? If they are saved, where are they stored? DAB & LM A - The following answer was supplied by Cindy Crisp, Chairman of Judicial Board. If the Judicial Board acknowledges that an accused student is not guilty, the tapes for that trial are only kept for a couple of weeks, after which they are erased and reused. However, the tapes from a trial when a student is guilty are kept throughout the time limit of that student's sentence and then erased. The Judicial Board, the Judicial Review Committee, the President, and if necessary, the Board of Visitors may review the tapes if a question arises. For example, except for the Judicial Board, these others would not hear the tapes unless the case was appealed and some point needed to be clarified. Periodically the files are checked, and records of "dead" cases are destroyed and their tapes erased. The tapes are kept locked in the Judicial Board file cabinet in the office adjoining the Student Government room in Lankford. Q - Why can't refrigerated water fountains be installed in the dorms that don't have them? Even if each hall can't have one, can't each dorm have one? JMD A - According to L. P. Henderson, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, all dormitories have, to their knowledge, refrigerated water in the fountains. The floor fountains are self-contained, however, the wall fountains are supplied chill water from a refrigerated compressor which supplies circulated water throughout a building. If chill water is not in a fountain, the head resident should be notified in order to file a request to the Buildings and Grounds Department to have it checked. Q - When is the air-conditioning going on in the high-rise dorms? JS A - The air-conditioning has been turned on, according to the Dean's Office. Q - Why is Curry the only dorm in use for summer school this year at Longwood? PJ A - Margaret Nuckols, Assis tant Dean of Students, supplied us with the following answer. Curry is the only residence hall presently planned for use this
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Mr. Ray E. Alie was Master of and Betsy Ann Nutter, Elizabeth Ceremonies and Jennie Metcalfe Anne Reese, Sue Scarborough, welcomed the guests as the fes- and Deborah Lee Warren, freshmen. tivities began at 1 p.m. Janet Leigh Howard made a The court consisted of four atbeautiful May Queen as she reigntendants from each class, the maid of honor, and the Queen ed over her court with style and herself, Janet Leigh Howard. The poise. Janet is a senior biology girls made a striking picture in major from Hoanoke, and has their dresses of assorted pastel many honors to her credit. She is a member of Geist and shades of green, yellow, blue, served as a past secretary for and orange. The maid of honor, that organization. She is also a Pamela Watson wore a delicate lavender dress of the same style, member of Lynchnos and Sigma while Janet was in a very ap- Kappa sorority. She presently pealing white dress of a slightly serves as secretary of the senior different pattern. All the dresses class, and was elected to Who's were of dotted swiss, and con- Who in American Colleges and veyed the mood of the May sea- Universities. Not the least of her son tastefully. achievements was receiving the Members of the court included: title of Miss Longwood 1972, a Debra Ann Chapman, Vicki Aileen position she held with grace and Doss, Deborah Lynn Hyatt, Janet responsibility. Janet is more than May Queen Janet Howard, center, poses with members of her Word Pearman, seniors; Joyce well-qualified for the honor of court - from left, Debbie Hyatt, Debbie Chapman, maid of honor Carol Morene, Denny Moyers, May Queen. Pam Watson, Vicki Doss, and Janet Pearman. Pamela Jean Watson, the maid Barbara Lee Renick, Deborah Lynn Waldron, juniors; Bonnie of honor, is a senior English By ANGELA FOLEY Delta, Kappa Delta Pi, Sigma major from Lynchburg and also Joy Cross, Susanna Dunn Prospective students began Alpha Iota, Lynchnos, Pi Gamma has many activities on her school their May Day on Saturday with Mu, Lambda Iota Tau, and Phi Fowlkes, Susan LeeSmithey, Patricia Kate Whitley, sophomores; (Continue to page 8) that traditional activity so famil- Beta Lambda. iar to Longwood students, regisOthers included: the Athletic tration, which was held in the Gold Association, Residence Board, Room and ran from 9:30 a.m. to Student Union, Freshman Class, **A *.. 12 noon. Gyre, Afro-American Alliance, Admissions was set up in the C Longwood Players, Virginian, room where Mr. Alie, Mr. Grone- Rotunda, Home Economics Club, m weg, and Mr. Hamilton presided Student Education Association, :::: :::: as: :::: iI V^'^x overthe issuing of pertinent in- Granddaughters Club, Junior *■■• ■■*■ ■■■■ ■•■• i-ZmmM^ formation to interested students. Class, and the Department of When asked about the turn out, Natural Sciences. all three men agreed that it had The displays were set up to been satisfactory, and Mr. show the highlights and most sigGroneweg added proudly, nificant aspects of each organ"We only have one catalogue ization, and were in general, colleft." orful and informative. Some Also for the benefit of pros- groups showed slides, others had pective students was the inter- photographs and scrapbooks, and est fair, located in the various all displayed something they felt available rooms in Lankford. was exemplary of their organUnder the direction of Mr. Bruce Montgomery the students Participants in the interest fair ization. from the campus school perform the traditional May Hole dance. were: Alpha Sigma Alpha, Sigma The afternoon's proceedings Kappa, Alpha Phi, Alpha Sigma blossomed into activity with an Tau, Alpha Delta Pi, Delta Zeta, extremely colorful and picZeta Tau Alpha, Alpha Lambda turesque May Court presentation.
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Board Of Visitors Appoint Replacements In Dean's Offices By JANET LYNN TENNYSON At the May 4 meeting of the Board of Visitors, Dr. Evelyn A. Mayer, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, was appointed associate dean of students, succeeding Dr. Mary Heintz. Dr. Heintz was named dean of students at an earlier board meeting to succeed Dr. Ruth Wilson who will retire September 1 after 16 years' service to Longwood. Dr. Jan L. Harris from Virginia Beach was appointed assistant dean of students, and Mr. Thomas R. Dougan from Knoxville, Illinois, was named director of student activities. Dr. Mayer is a native of Mifflin, Pa., and holds the B.S. degree from Lock Haven State College, the M.Ed, from Shippensburg State College, and the doctorate in counselor education from the University of Virginia. Her previous positions include
serving as a health and physical education teacher and counselor in several Pennsylvania high schools, assistant dean of women at Shippensburg State College, and assistant dean of students at the University of Virginia. She comes to Longwood from Bloomsburg State College where she is associate dean for student life. Dr. Harris is a native of Richmond and will come to Longwood from a position as counselor in the Virginia Beach school system. She holds the B.S. degree from Madison College, the master of science degree from Old Dominion College and the doctorate in education from the College of William and Mary. She has taught in the Henrico County and Norfolk City public schools and served as assistant director of counseling at Old Dominion University.
The Annual Awards Assembly By SUSAN WOOLDRIDGE The annual Awards Assembly, was presented Monday night in Jarman. Presiding over the event were Karen Kay Ashwell, president of Honors Council, and Patricia Ann Hudson, past president of Alpha Lambda Delta. Margaret (Molly) R. Lee of Roanoke was the recipient of the Dabney Lancaster Scholarship. This award, established by the Student Government Association, is presented to a student who has acquired the spirit of Longwood and is a worthy example of educated womanhood. Junior Rita Herryman received the Elizabeth Jackson Scholarship. This award recognizes a student who has rendered dynamic service to the College and who has exemplified qualities of character and integrity in all her academic and personal endeavors. The Fred 0. Wygal Scholarship was presented to Sue Scarborough, Head Colleague. The
award is presented each year by the Freshman Class to a member of that class who has participated in extracurricular activities. Jeanne B. Davis received the Richard Baron Award recognizing the History and Social Science major who has attained the highest average in her field. The John C. Clark Award was presented to Barbara Patteson, Betty Ann Littlepago and Diane White received the Kappa Delta Pi Scholarships and Mary Ann Bently was recognized for completing the Honors Program. Honors Council Certifies for Hie highest scholastic average were presented to Nancy Lee Goodman, 3.03; Sherry Leigh Smith, 3.81; Patricia Ann Hu'l 3.94; Janet Lee I lippen, 4.00; ii. Dale Bryant, 4.00; and Kathy Jean Smart, 4.00. Publications Hoard presented awards to Mary Alice Noel, editor of the VIRGINIAN: Debbie (Continued on Page 8)
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THE ROTUNDA
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Something Next Spring Besides The Roof. . . f When I attended my first May Day program at Longwood during my senior year in high school, I came away feeling as though six hours in a car was hardly worth the campus tour given once I arrived. I was expecting not only my first look at a "big weekend" at Longwood but to come away with some flavor of the college - and I was more than disappointed in my expectations. The May Day program held this past Saturday was, however, a far cry from my initial experience of a few years ago. While I would hesitate to put it on the same plane as Oktoberfest, there is no denying that May Day is the major spring event on campus. And, as such, it should not only be continued in the coming years - although we obviously can no longer have a literal "May Day" weekend - as a chance for prospective students to see the campus and meet people, but as an opportunity for current students to invite family and friends to longwood instead of going home to visit them. Rather than take a reactionary stand on the question of "tradition for the sake of tradition true or false at Longwood," I've been attempting to form an objective opinion. Any major activity which, in this case, happens to be traditional should be one which allows everyone to participate in one way or another, and in whatever manner they choose, presenting or enjoying the presen -
tation. Once we limit the scope of an activity by confining it to only certain purposes and restricted goals, it loses much of its appeal and participation. May Day this year, however, went a long way towards providing "something for everyone." The opportunity for planning and participation was open to everyone, and in almost every imaginable form. Judging from the reactions of the incoming freshmen I talked to, they were given the chance to see not only the physical structure of the college but ample opportunity to see the rest of what Longwood is all about. Let's continue to build upon the fine basis for a big "spring weekend" that was founded this year It may mean something other than the end of school to look forward to - and benefit from. Debbie
Dear Editor, We would like to pose a few questions to the individuals who decided that everyone else was going to get up with the Seniors on Sneak Day. What pleasure was there in getting out of bed and riding around the campus blowing your horn? Do you realize how many enemies you made of your fellow classmates who for once had a morning to sleep and were rudely awakened at 6 a.m. and kept awake for 45 minutes? Think about the poor underclassman who had to go to classes that morning. Forty-five minutes does not seem like a lot of sleep to lose but when it's 45 minutes out of only four hours, it means alot. Mind you, there are many seniors who are insulted if this is to be indicative of the behavior of mature 21 year old college students. Do less than 10 cars represent aSeniortradition? And most of all, was it worth a smashed fender? Becky Jefferson, Sandy Oliver, Elice Fusco, Kathy Moffitt, Susan Harrell, Denny Moyers, Terry Moyers, Lucy Gresham, Carolyn Campbell
May Day Dear Editor: As a freshman with three long years ahead of me at Longwood, I am deeply concerned over the possibility that May Day week end, in its present form, will no longer be a part of our traditional activities in the spring. I have heard that these activities may be moved to April and I do hope so, because not only is this a chance for students to enjoy much of the same participation in group activities as they can in Oktoberfest, but it is a chance to bring friend and families and prospective students and their families to the campus. This past week end Longwood welcomed approximately 150 sophomore, juniors, and seniors in high school, who, with their families, accounted for almost 500 visitors on our campus. As has been recently voiced, there has been a great deal of discussion and contention over which college traditions are worth retaining. I feel I speak for many others as well as myself in advocating the retention of the May Day festivities. Thank you, Melissa Johnston
CATALYST (Continued from Page 1) summer because it is felt that this hall will be sufficient to house the resident students in attendance. If the number of students is greater than presently anticipated, the top floors of Frazer will be opened for the first session. Frazer will be used this summer to house the freshmen participating in the summer advisement program initiated by Dean Hlackwell's office. Also, conference groups will be housed in Fra/er, It was impossible to obtain answers to three of the questions turned in to us last week, due to conflicting schedules and a great time shortage. For those who submitted the questions, they will appear in next week's Catalyst.
you. America is grateful for what you are, and much in need of what you can become. I wish you GodDear Editor, In the past, being a peapicker speed on the great adventure that was considered an honor among lies ahead. Richard Nixon green and whites. Now with the new policy which has been initiated this year, anyone who wishes A Reminder to become a peapicker can. It was one of the few things a per- To the Editor: son could do and not have a high Teaching people how to combat grade point average and still be crime can be training lessons for honored for work done in the past. the would be criminal. Maybe it I feel that signing up to show that would be better to remind them of you would be interested in being all the disadvantages of being in a peapicker is good. But guar- jail and of all the things they would anteeing the fact that if you sign be missing. up you are a peapicker is ridicuWilliam R. Sullivan lous. I believe that from the list Vale Ore 97918 Box 250 of those interested Sophomores a vote or selection should be made. This would still retain the past A Student's Prayer tradition but allow anyone who was interested to be considered EDITOR'S NOTE: for the job. Sincerely, The following was submitted Jane Chalkley.
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Nixon's Congrats To the 1973 college graduates: I am inclined to be sparing with words of congratulations, advice, and challenge to this year's college graduates, for you hear more than enough of them at commencement time, and you are eager to turn from words to action. From early childhood, for the most part, the classroom has been your world. Now the world becomes your classroom. The education you have gained so far is precious capital. As you invest it in the service of mankind, it will continue to grow and pay you rich dividends. Your opportunities for service and achievement are wide. For the first time in your lifetime, the world is on the threshold of an era of lasting peace. The United States is astir with the forces of a profound renewal -social, economic, political - and reaching for new possibilities in its third century of independence. The coming age will belong to
CAPE GIRARDEAU - Sometimes the thought of approaching final exams affects even the best of students. The following anonymous poem was recently found posted on a bulletin board in the music building of SEMO University. Perhaps left behind by some poor student afflicted with pre-exam eyestrain, it aptly describes the state of mind shared by many students at his time of the year. A Student's Prayer Now I lay me down to study, I pray the Lord I don't go nutty. And when I learn all this junk, I pray the Lord that I don't flunk. Now I lay me down to rest, Thinking of tomorrow's test. If I should flunk instead of pass, I pray the same for the rest of the class. If I die don't bury me at all, Just place my bones in the study hall. Place my book upon my chest And tell the teacher I did my best.
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REPORTERS Becky Nicholson, Sharon Curling, Jeannie England, Jean Tare, Betsy Nutter, Jane Blood worth, Jan Schaffer, Sarah B. Young, Brenda Tune, Pertis Bowling, Janet Coleman Published weekly during the college year except during holiday* and examination period* by the students of Longwood College. Farmvllle. Virginia. Entered a* Second Clast Matter. March 8. 1934. at the Pott Office at Farmvllle. Virginia, under the Act of Congress. Represented for national advertising by National Education Advertising Services. Inc. Printed by the Farmvllle Herald. All letters to the editor and articles mast be tamed In to THE ROTUNDA office by Friday night preceedlng the Wednesday they are to be published Exceptions will be determined by the editor. Opinions expreaaed are those of the weekly editorial board and Its columnists and do not necessarily reflect the views of the student body or the administration.
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Wednesday, May 9, 1973
'The Matchmaker/Jane Austin And The Napoleonic Wars By MR. DONALD C. STUART, III This was to be a serious review, detailing the various excellences and faults of the Longwood Players' THE MATCHMAKER with somber precision. Being an orderly sort of person, I had written it well in advance of the performance, knowing that unpredictable surprise was not a typical vice of the Jarman residents. But leaving the theater I overheard a conversation between a Sparkling Wit from a neighboring seminary and his Longwood date. Her name was Angelina, and she sported the Sparkling Diamond which is a seasonal fad among seniors here. His was Harvey Spotlight; his mother had named him after the bilehued press releases which are the bulk of campus mail. Quoth Harvey, leaning on his umbrella and addressing the tall elms fronting Jarman, "A Great Thrill! a transport, an enchant-
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ment, a work of purest artifice. I was fond of the play; so fond of it, in fact, that I liked it for what it was rather than what it might have been." Angelina: "Harvey . .canwe go to the Nottingham NOW? All weekend we haven't gone ANYWHERE." "Love, where went the spirit of May Day? This was to be a Panic festivity, a celebration of Spring when weeds shoot long and lovely and lush, when Cupid sprays young hearts with teeny silver arrow charms to end long winter's pedantic slumber. Place your ear to the ground and you hear the distant rumble of matrimony. Rise and the wind brings the soft lilt of angelic choirs caroling to amuse the liddell girls. And you want beer? " "Harvey . . can we PLEASE go?" 'Angelina, the play's the thing. Beautiful artifice! FINE DE SIECLE sets, effective costumes, conniving romantic women, standing ovation. Of course, to be fair, monotonous sets, no idea of how to make up or play an old man, spotty pacing. But the audience knew what deserved the laugh. Janet Baker was great, and Jeffree Hudson's mincing was superb. Rick Scott: splendid. Chip Magee: Knight of the Royal Farce. There's the heart of the matter. If only Reter and Funderburk weren't so serious in their amorous speculations...." "Harvey, it's just a play; we
build sets for three hours' credit and wait for the cast party. My roommates would LOVE getting married all at once but it doesn't happen like that. Harvey, you're going to get your umbrella all dirty poking it into the grass like that. Come on . . " "Angelina, so prosaic and realistic. Such an ugly blunder. Don't pinch me. Did Jane Austen worry about the Napoleonic wars? Did she praise the marriage game? Americans have a morbid belief that sweaty fornication is a closer approximation to Real Life than imaginative conversation and pleasant fie tions. Every time that play tried to be realistic it crashed. B. Dent was almost perfect except that we know that is really him. Now I say that' Be Yourself is wretched American Bromide #1. That is living in Sin, ungraced by the thinnest patina of respectable conventions. And the other heresy against artifice is living in Holy Wedlock, wholly by conventions. What dull conventional idea of Aged Misanthrope with Floury Hair was Vandergelder? Did you know Thornton Wilder is the best student of James Joyce in this country?'' "Harvey, I'll be down at the Nottingham. As long as I have the diamond, you're not essential. Good Night, Harvey." "Good night, Angelina. I'll stay here under the elms. By the by, the diamond is more artifice, a zircon, in fact. But good night .."
Dr. Rosemary Sprague Introduces Authors At Richmond Dinner Dr. Rosemary Sprague, Distinguished Professor in English at Longwood College, served as mistress of ceremonies at the annual Book and Authors Dinner held May 8 at Miller and Rhoads Tea Room in Richmond, Virginia. Approximately 1,000 persons were invited to attend the dinner, sponsored by the Junior League of Richmond. Dr. Sprague replaced previous Master of Cermonies Edward Weeks, editor of the ATLANTIC MONTHLY. Mr. Weekshad served as master of ceremonies for twenty-one years. Dr. Sprague is the first woman to recieve this honor. As mistress of ceremonies she introduced five authors whose books were published this spring. Lieutenant Colonel Anthony T. Herbert's book, SOLDIER, tells of his experiences in Vietnam. Jerzy Kosinski, a Polish writer, wrote THE DEVIL TREE. Dodge Fieldings'book.FIELDINGS' FAVORITES, discusses various hotels and inns throughout Europe. Also introduced byDr.Sprague was Marion Sander, author of the biography, DOROTHY THOMPSON: A LEGEND IN HER TIME. The final author introduced by Dr. Sprague was Colin Simpson who wrote THE LUSITANIA. In preparation for the event Dr. Sprague read these authors' books between grading class themes and performing other such duties here at Longwood. Also, before the dinner she had the opportunity to talk to the authors in order to add last minute details to her introductions. She expressed a feeling of great ( honor upon being chosen to follow Mr. Weeks as mistress of ceremonies.
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Longwood Junior Collects Children \s Poetry As Hobby By JANE BLOODWORTH Whatever else they are known for Longwood ladies will probably never achieve the reputation of having the most varied and unusual types of extracurricular activities. Most students seem to spend their spare time pursuing such interests as hockey, beer drinking, soap operas, and plain, honest gossip. In this respect, Judy Hamm, a junior, seems to distinguish herself. For one of Judy's great pleasures in life is that of reading and collecting children's poetry. As one would suspect, she is an Elementary Education major, and has taken the required children's literature courses. However, she has pursued this hobby in her free time, using her classroom training only to help her better select the poetry. Judy rediscovered and became enchanted with this form of literature five years ago. She decided that she wanted to start a poetry collection to keep for her own children to read and enjoy. "I really enjoyed doing it, and I just kept at it," said Judy of that long-range project. Since that point, much of her spare time has been spent reading, sorting, and printing it in pen and ink, into two collection books. James Whitcomb Riley and Robert Louis Stevenson are the two poets who appear most frequently in Judy's collection. She says that she likes them particularly because of the type of dialect found in the poetry. "It is a natural dialect, a plain, simple one," she said. Aside from dialect, Judy says that she looks for "poems to bring out the child's true identity. I try to choose poems that he can relate to himself." Judy also considers rhythm and melody very important, esi ally in poetry for younger children. In fact, that, to her, is the merit in Mother Goose rhymes. "Their main worth is enjoyment of the rhythm and melody," she said. "As far as literary value, it has very little. They are expecially good for preschool children, however." Other poets and poems which Judy considers particularly appropriate are "To a Butterfly,"
by William Wordsworth, and "Just Like Me," by EthelJacobson. Judy has also collected mud. f Lewis Carroll's poetry. She considers this poetry valuable particularly because it stimulates the child's imagination. "He's a little difficult," Judy said, "but children like the gibberish talk." Aside from sorting and collectin", the poetry, Judy has also illustrated each poem in her collection. Those Illustrations are done in ink washes, pen and ink, and water colors. In an effort to describe them in one word, she said, that they are "realistic.'' "In my illustrations, I ti view things through a chll eyes," she said. Judy has even attempted writing children's poetry on her own. However, she has yet to add any of her own works to the collection. Explaining this rejection of her poetry, Judy said, "My collection books are tilled with the most universal of children's poems I could find. I want something to appeal to ill of them. So far, my work just has not reached those standards." Judy hopes to teach elementary school in Appalachia afti r graduation from Longwood. She hopes to use her poetry collection to introduce rural children to literature, and encourage them to read for themselves. "If you expose a child to poet rv when lie's young, he'll corii' love it," Judy said.'-It al: o lV( them guidance In electing poetry on their own." When asked why she prefers poetry to other forms of children's literature, Jud) aid that it is "short and alive. A tea can do a lot with it, because if she reads well, the child can into it. It comes alive.1 Of all the poetry that read, this passage from William
Wordsworth's "To a Butterfly" is one of Judy's favorites, "We'll talk of sunshine and of song, And summer day:., when uv are youi, ,
Sweet childish days, that were as long
As twenty days are now." "It makes children appreciate their own feelings," she said of this quotation.
LongwoocTs Madrigal Singers Present An Evening Of Song By JEANNIE ENGLAND A beautiful evening of song was presented by the Madrigal Singers last Tuesday night as they performed their annual Spring Concert in Longwood's Sunken Gardens. The Choir, under the direction of Mr. James McCombs, began their program with the Processional, "Let All Who Sing Be Merry" by Vecchi, followed by Thomas Weelkes' "Some Men Desire Spouses," "MonCoeurse Recommande A Vous" by Orlandus Lassus, and "Maidens Fair, of Mantua's City" by Giovanni Gastoldi. Part Two of their performance consisted of "Five Canzonets" by Daniel Pinkham, William Walton's "Put off the Serpent Girdle," and "The Nightingale" from "Pammelia." For the final section of their program, the Choir sang "0 Come, Creator Spirit" byTomas
Luis de Victoria, "Psalm 123" by Virgil Thomson, Jan Sweelinck's "He has Risen," and "Now I Lay Me Down to .Sleep" by Randall Thompson. The Recessional, "Alleluia," closed the performance. Members of the Madrigal Singers are Laura Allen, Brenda Carwile, Sandra Curnutte, Donna Hamilton, Kay Ellen Jones, Martha Langford, Deborah Locks and Parn McCrickard. other members are Wrengay Rawls, president, Ann Garland Smith, secretary - treasurer, Mary Porter, librarian, Mary Elizabeth Hahn, publicity chairman, and Carol Rooney, rehearsal accompanist. \\nt< "Volunci • hington, D.( 20013
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Virginity: Another Outdated Tradition? By BARBERA RAD FORD In 1961, psychiatrist CarlBinger said: "The contemporary mores of young people are so different from those which governed their parents' or teachers' lives that a common meeting ground between them scarcely exists." A leaflet from Planned Parenthood recently appeared in THE ROTUNDA office. There were several interesting articles, but Mervin B. Freedman and Marjorte Lozoffs section, "Some Statistics," was by far the most eye-opening. Prior to 1965, liberal social critics could defend college students against charges of promiscuity because there was no proof of revolutionary sexual changes on campus. Since 1965 the situation has been considerably altered. Revolutionary changes have taken place in the attitudes of the college student toward sex since that time. The behavior of college men does not appear to have changed much since the decade following World War I. In 1930, about 50% of (he men in college had liad some sexual intercourse. This figure remained fairly stable for several decades. Recent figures from a study of prominent universities suggest that about 60 per cent of male upper classmen liave had intercourse. Tli biggest change in the men's sexual activity has been in the choice of partners. Before, most premarital sexual partners of college men liad been women of lower socio-economic status, prostitutes, and noncollege women. Iltn married some ''iris, the good girls, ami played witli tinothers. Apparently, the two rarely mixed, With increased sexual activity among college women this pattern lias been eroded. Nowadays a college man is likely to have Ml relations with a woman of comparable social Station, Changing Women The true change, or sexual revolution, has been in the activity of the college woman. Between 1915 and 1930 the number of women who had sexual intercourse prior to marriage doubled or trebled.
In Katherine Davis* study of premarital sexual experience of women who had been in college in the early 1900's, seven per cent stated that they had had inter corse prior to marriage. In the 1930's Dorothy Bromley and Florence Britten reported that 25 per cent of a sample ofcollege women had engaged in premarital intercourse, and this figure remained stable for several decades. A Kinsey Report prepared by Alfred Kinsey and co-authors in 1953 reported an incidence of 20 per cent nonvirgins among a national sample of college women aged 20. Freedman and Lozoffs study in the 1950's found that 22 per cent of the seniors were not virgins, and in 1965 that same team of researchers found that in two western universities 40 per cent of the senior women had had sexual relations. In 1963 Isadore Rubin said, "Despite the changes that have taken place since the turn of the century, primarily in females, the tempo of change in sex beliavior and mores is not a rapid one." There is evidence that Ribin spoke too hastily, because there have been dramatic changes in the sexual activities of college women. At one of the above-mentioned western universities the number of nonvirgins was as high as 60 per cent in 1970, while at that same university in 1965 there was only a percentage of 49. This figure may not necessarily represent a national average, though, because at this particular university the women were as sexually active as the men, and the percentage of nonvirgins among senior women was slightly higher than among senior women.
Promiscuity This change in sexual activity should not be interpreted as promiscuity running rampant on the nation's campuses, especially among the college women. Freedman and Lozoff said that college women and men who are having sex relations are likely to have established an emotional relationship of some intimacy. From 1960 to 1965 the propor-
tions of college women who had sexual relations before marriage were mostly couples who were engaged and couldn't wait. The behavior of the college woman since 1965 has resembled the behavior of the Scandinavian college woman. The American college woman is likely to have intercourse with a man in whom she is involved in a relationship of some affection or intimacy, even though they may not be formally engaged or even informally committed to marriage. This does not mean that college women are liable to have several lovers before marriage, but that they are likely to have a deep emotional attachment to several men before committing themselves to marriage. Very few college women agree that physical attraction is sufficient reason for sexual relations, while college men are still prone to sexual activity for the purpose of physical sport. Freedman and Lozoff state that this may be the reason that women experience fewer feelings of guilt, remorse, uncertainty and confusion in connection with sex than do men, "Sexual gratification is likely to be at its height when emotional intimacy is wedded to physical attractions." So far, college women and perhaps a large number of college students, have rejected the ethic of sexual relationships in the absence of emotional commitment, but the mores have certainly changed from the repressive Victorian heritage of sexual control through guilt, fear, and shame. Young people are free to enjoy greater sexual satisfaction than ever before, but hardly without protest. The new ethic, nor New Morality, lias met with protest from puritanical moralists, traditionalists, and the more conservative individuals. Even those individuals for whom religious sacraments are of some moment, may be troubled. There are grounds for concern on other bases than on abstract morality. When the powers of authority decrease, the peer pressure increases and this could force some students into a sexual relation for which they are not ready. There is the Longwood
lady who came to college a virgin, dated a man during Orientation week, had sexual relations with him, and refused to see the guy again. She never slept with another man until she was married several years later, Freedman and Lozoff write, "The erotic ambiance of daily life suggests to many students that if they are relatively inexperienced sexually, there is something wrong with them,"
before they are ready. This is a problem a Longwood student who will be teaching could have to face - and may not have an answer to, because of her own lack of knowledge or naivete.
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In the 1930*s, the college saw its job as protection of the young innocent girl entrusted to its care. But has the college in 1970 changed its opinion? Granted, Early Sex Longwood has no rules specifically prohibiting sexual interIn 1965, not only did the num- course during open house, but ber of nonvirgins increase, but probably the open door policy has the age at which they first en- prevented that. But what hapgaged in sexual activity declined. pens when the open door doesn't Prior to 1965, the number of work any more? women who had engaged in sexRichard F. Hettlinger, a proual intercourse before entering fessor of religion at Kenyon Colcollege was negligible. The num- lege, writes in "Sex and the Colber has risen strikingly in the lege Student," "Students recogpast seven years, according to nize that their seniors are ready Freedman and Lozoff. to share new academic experiIn 1965, the authors of "Some ence and knowledge with them; Statistics" concluded that this they do not generally sense that precocity did not augur well for same privilege is offered them future development. "Those col- in extracurricular matters. They lege seniors who seemed the 'best suspect that 'the purpose of the off sexually - that is, those administration is not so much to who, regardless of actual experi- prevent sexual relations as to ence, seemed to have a consider- maintain the dignity of the dorms able capacity for warmth, inti- and the happiness of the alummacy, and bodily enjoyment and ni.' " at the same time an appropriHettlinger also offered one ate amount of control over their suggestion that could be used as sexual behavior - were not like- a guideline to all future legislaly to have been sexually pre- tion concerning sexual activity in cocious." The students who had the college dormitory. "To tell young men and womstarted sexual careers early in secondary school usually had en that the institution has aldeep-lying personality difficul- ready settled what is permissible ties. private sexual behavior is to deny Some of the men were insen- them the freedom for growth. Of sitive and shallow. Both men and course, the university has the women conveyed the impression right to impose penalties for any of individuals who were not like- behavior in its buildings; the ly to travel very far along the question is whether it is sound paths of intellectual and personal educational policy to threaten development. The seniors who disciplinary action against those seemed on their way to success who exercise their freedom of were those who were introduced choice in a manner of which the to sex slowly and with a gradu- adult establishment officially al unfolding of the pleasures and disapproves. gratification of the physical re"The function of an institulationship. tion of higher learning is not the Until recently liberal parents unchallenged perpetuation of culcould side with their children in tural mores, and a college only their late secondary and college fulfills its educational task adeyears against prudery and con- quately if it is sensitive to new vention, but peer pressure is insights in ethics as well as to pushing more and more young new knowledge in science, hisadolescents into sexual activity tory, or languages."
Seminar In Christian Thought Explores World Of Psychic Phenomena By MARY JO STOWERS The mysterious world of psychic phenomena was the topic discussed by Hugh Lynn Cayce, well-known lecturer and investigator of psychic phenomena, Thursday afternoon intheCoyner Building. He was the guest lecturer for the Seminar in Contemporary Christian Thought. Mr. Cayce's father, Edgar Cayce, was an internationally known psychic and clairvoyant, and he has continued with his father's research into the field of psychic phenomena. His topic was "Psychic Phenomena: Implications in the Growing Awareness Today." He said there were basically three areas of the occult. One deals with the local medium, such as palm-readers, spiritual camps, and other such groups. Another area was that of spiritualism as a religion, where a medium serves as a minister and there are messages from the dead at evening services. Another area to be studied was professional psychics, or those who are willing to be studied under laboratory conditions, in a variety of ways. Mr. Cayce told the group that recently there has been an increased movement to promote psychic elements such as courses in psychic movement, mind dynamics or mind control, where the mind can visualize dead figures through the power of suggestion and receive aid from them for the rest of their lives, if they so desire. A third way to promote the psychic movement is through occult teachings.
Today there is also an increased interest in primitive native influences, such as the Southwest Indian Medicine Man, and witchcraft or devil worship. Mr. Cayce made it clear that he believes everyone has elements of the psychic in them; some are just more developed than others. He has travelled extensively searching for people with psychic gifts and has found many. One woman in Russia, for example, moves objects simply by concentrating onmovingthem. A child in Brazil remembers a previous existence, with vivid details. He thinks psychic phenomena can come from or out of such things as the unconscious mind, because memory, he believes, is the source of much that is psychic. Much research has also gone into the idea of survival of bodily death - that those who have died are capable of communicating with the living after death. Then there is the idea of the "Universal Mind," "Cosmic Consciousness," or "Thought form." This deals a great deal with memory and matter shaped by thought. This theory holds mat thoughts are considered to be real material things with form and this adds a whole new dimension to life. After the lecture, there was a short question and answer period, where he said he felt Ouija Boards and automatic writing sessions were dangerous ways to deal (or "Dabble") in the occult. Mr. Cayce felt meditation was a much
In-coming Freshman Will Face A Different Orientation Program By JAN SCHAFFER A different type of orientation program will be presented to the in-coming freshmen this year. The chairman of this program is Linda Gill and the new head student assistant is Beth Skinner. An academic orientation program will be held during the summer from July 22 to August 3. The freshmen will be divided into four groups of 150-200 in each group. The first group will come on Sunday and leave Tuesday, the second group will come on Wednesday and leave Friday, the third group will come the next Sunday and leave Wednesday, and so on. These groups will stay in Frazer. During these two days on campus, the freshmen will have advising one day and register for fall classes the next. Linda Gill said that some social event would
be planned for one of the two nights. To help with these activities there will be 20 volunteers. The freshmen will come in the fall on Saturday, August 25. Before classes start on August 30, the freshmen will go to the regular orientation programs such as freshmen capping, colleague banquet, summer reading program, Y. W. C. A. installation, and A. A. banquet. One tentative plan is to have several faculty members give lectures on what their classroom is like. This year more free time will be allowed for the freshmen during orientation week. The Student Government plans to have a fashion show one day in Jarman. Also, during this week, the Student Union will show movies. A concert and mixer are planned for the following week end.
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better way. In answer to a question about his opinion of the recently publicised Jean Dixon, he said she had a definite gift that was centered for the most part around religion. She is an acquaintance of his, who amazes him when she sometimes takes out a crystal ball to gaze into it. Concerning the religious aspects of the occult and the part God plays in it, he said that it has been developing over a very long period of time but he believes the occult and the psychic had their origin from a superior being and have evolved from that.
Juniors Discuss Graduation Attire At Class Meeting By SHARON CURLING Traditional black will be the color of the caps and gowns to be worn by the class of '74. This was decided at the Junior class meeting last Thursday night. There was discussion about changing the gown color to light or dark blue, but the change was rejected. Robin Glascock, junior class president, informed the girls that order blanks may be picked up from the Head table or Mr. Harper. The gowns must be ordered by May 25 and will cost $6.00. Checks should be made payable to the bookstore. Elected as Oktober feast chairman was Joanne Tucker and Susie Hicks was elected as Red & White Party chairman for Orientation week.
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Dragon Chandler, Becky West, Sue Robins, and Sue Schaelor were some of the active participants in "Red Rover," one of the day's "group activities."
Seniors 'Sneak' Midst The Rain By DEBBIE BASTEK Although the ever-present possibility - and sometimes realityof rain threatened most of the day, approximately 100 seniors took advantage of "Senior Sneak Day" opportunities for the planned trek to Holiday Lake last Thursday. Spirits ran higher as the rain fell harder soon after the seniors arrived and took shelter under a picnic "pavilion." "Hey! Look at the sun," "Where?" "I don't know. . ." came the rather wry comments by the participants. Shortly following the arrival of
more members of the class of '73, and visitors, including Dr. Willett, Dean Blackwell,and Dean Nuckols, the sun appeared and the seniors took to the paddle boats and canoes for races. Later in the afternoon a few brave souls went swimming. Senior class president Debbie Hyatt later remarked, "We about froze to death!" A picnic at the cabin on Longwood Estate ended the day's festivities. "I was really pleased with the way it turned out," Debbie continued, adding,ÂŤ'I wish more people had turned out. I really had a ball."
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Sophomore Class Plans Banquet And Skits For Seniors By SHARON CURLING Tomorrow evening at 7:00 in the downstairs dining hall, the senior banquet will be held. Given by the sophomore class as a farewell to their sister class, 300 seniors will be participating. Roast beef, baked potato, broccoli and jello salad are on the menu. After the meal, the seniors will be entertained by the sophomore class who will present an original skit entitled, "Picture Those Years." According to the skit chairman Pat Saunders, the purpose of the skit is for the "seniors to have a good time." When interviewed last week, Pat said, "If we keep coming up with ideas like we have up to this point, the skit should turn out real well." Pat Saunders and Peggy Kendrick are in charge of the whole evening. Other committee chairman are Carolyn Campbell, invitations; Carol Kersh, favors; Susan Davis, program; Melanie Taylor, set; andMariette Zucchi, music.
Assembly Tonight In Jarman The Senior Class will present the traditional farewell program tonight in Jarman at 7:00 p. m. This year's Senior Assembly will be based on the magic from "Fiddler on the Roof" and is therefore entitled "Senior on the Roof." The program is intended to give Seniors an opportunity to present the changes that have occurred at Longwood in four years as they have seen them. Instead of doing this year by year, as has been done in the past, this year's class has chosen broad topics, such as alcohol, open house and curfew, to por-
tray. This will be done through special lyrics written to the music from "Fiddler on the Roof and short skits. Another part of the show will be the tapping of new members by Cahoots and the presentation of the ARC award. Cahoots will choose new members from the Junior Class who they feel meet the qualification of being totally apathetic. The ARC Award is presented to members of the Junior and Senior Classes who have demonstrated their leadership abilities, but who have received no recognition for their work.
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New Faculty Members Appointed By The Longwood Board Of Visitors By JANET LYNN TENNYSON The Longwood College Board of Visitors has appointed nine new faculty members for the 1973-74 academic year. In the department of education, Dr. Elmer Wallace Bowington and Dr. Ray B. Sizemore were appointed associate professors, Mr. Richard J. Aubry, Jr. assistant professor, and Mr. John Edwin Arehart instructor. Dr. Bowington will come to Longwood from VPI & SU where he is assistant director of the Learning Research Center. He holds the B. A. degree from the University of the Americas (Mexico City), the master's degree and doctorate in education from the University of Virginia. Currently provost of the John H. Daniel Community College campus at Keysville, Dr. Sizemore holds the bachelor's and master's degrees from North Carolina State University and the Ed, I), from the University of North Carolina. For 10 years prior to his appointment to the John II. Daniel Community Colfa e, Dr. Sizemore served as professor of education at Western Carolina University. In 1970, he served as a special consultant at the International Conference of U. S. Schools in Tangier, Morocco, and participated in a seminar at the University of Madrid. He has also directed several important special projects, including an N.D.E.A. Institute for Teachers of Disadvantaged children. Mr. Aubry holds the B.S. from the American University, M. Ed, from the University of Virginia where he expects to receive his doctorate thi , 11. He has been an elementary and primary teacher in Prince William and Fairfax Counties, a graduate as: it at UVA, and directorhead teacher at Sabot School, an early learning center. Mr. Arehart erved for a year with the Peace •, in Nepal
where he taught English to grades three - eight and mathematics in grade eight. In addition, he has taught in the high schools of Sussex and Albemarle Counties and at a private boarding school in Alexandria. He holds the B.A. from South-western at Memphis and the M. Ed. from the University of Virginia. In the English department, Miss Martha Emily Cook and Mr. Massie Clarence Stinson, Jr., have been appointed assistant professors. Miss Cook is a native of Nor cross, Georgia, and holds the B. A. degree from Maryville College (Tenn.) and the M. A. from Vanderbilt University where she is completing requirements for her doctorate. She has served as instructor of English at Georgia Southern College and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was also managing editor of the "Southern Literary Journal" Mr. Stinson holds the B.A. and M. A. degrees from the University of Richmond and is working toward the Ph.D.degree from the University of South Carolina. He comes to Longwood from Bluefield State College (W. Va.) where he is assistant professor of English, Dr. Thomas More Harrington has been named assistant professor of foreign languages. A native of Boston, Mass., he holds the B. A. degree in philosophy from Harvard College, the master of arts degree in philosophy and mathematics from Cornell University, a second M. A. (in physics and French) from Boston College, and the Ph. D. in French from Harvard University. In addition, he studied at the Ecolo Normale Superieure in Paris. The recipient of fellowships at Harvard, Cornell, and Fcole Normale Superieure, Dr. Harrington is the author of a book published in Paris last year. His previous positions
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include working as an associate analyst for IBM Corporation in New York City and teaching French at Maimonides School in Brookline, Mass. In the history and social sciences department, Dr. Margaret S. Sanford will be assistant professor of anthropology and sociology. She earned the baccaluareate degree at American University and the Ph. D. in anthropology and sociology from Catholic University. She has taught at the University of Maryland, BloomsburgState College, and Clarion State College in Pennsylvania. Dr. Francis Richard Kidder was named assistant professor of mathematics. His educational background includes the B. A. and M. A. degrees from San Diego State College and the doctorate in education from the University of Georgia. After serving for 20 years in the U. S..Navy, Dr. Kidder was a high school teacher in San Diego and assistant professor of mathematics at Chattanooga State Technological Institute.
Police Kept Busy As Trespassers Roam LC Campus By BETSY NUTTER Reports from the Dean of Students office indicate a busy week for Campus Police. May 3 Campus Police received a call that a prowler was seen at Stubbs after curfew. Police investigated and apprehended a male talking to a Stubbs' girl at the end door. He was ordered to leave campus, and told that further action might be taken for trespassing. The student was identified and, according to Dean Wilson, presumably reported herself to Residence Board. May 3 Campus Police received another call from Stubbs reporting a prowler at 1:30 a. m. Investigation led to the apprehension of two males, one of whom was apparently trying to assist a Stubbs' girl enter the dorm through a window. The student was reported to the Head Resident and the males were told to leave the campus. Also on May 3 Campus Police arrested a white male from Charlottesville for indecent exposure. He was standing beside a car with a beer in his hand urinating on the sidewalk just after 12:00 a.m. On May 4 another male was arrested in front of Stubbs for indecent exposure. Chief Smith stated that he was "not too insistent that students get involved. We're just interested in information. We do prefer that students take legal action if necessary but do not insist on it." He urges students to immediately notify Campus Police if they are a witness to a misdemeanor or a felony. This is essential if the Campus Police are to be affective.
The Health Care Management advancement. Candidates for admission will Program at Virginia Commonhave completed a minimum of wealth University is a two year major program for students in 60 credit hours of undergraduate the junior and senior years, lead- work in an accredited college ing to a Bachelor of Science or university, with a 2.0 gradedegree. The major emphasis of point average on a 4-point scale. This academic preparation will the program is management of long term care facilities and also include three prerequisites: geriatric patient care. accounting (6 credits), economics This transfer program of stu- (6 credits), and statistics (3 creddies will accept students not its). Application for admission will only from schools and departments in Virginia Commonwealth include completion of the applicaUniversity, but also from other tion form to be returned with the colleges and universities, includ- application fee of $10.00. A copy of the college transcript for uning community colleges. This is a coordinate program dergraduate work already combetween the School of Allied pleted must be sent to the UniHealth Professions, Department versity. of Hospital and Health AdminisApplications will be accepted tration, and the School of Busi- beginning March 1, 1973, for ness, Department of Business admission in August, 1973. ProThe Senior Class Presents: Administration and Management. Ing completed applications SENIOR ON THE ROOF The faculty represents both may be expected to take from schools. three to five weeks. Every apSenior Assembly Graduates in Health Care plicant will be notified of UniMay 9 in Jar man Management mav anticipate ca- versity action by mail. reers, such as, in nursing homes, convalescent facilities, rehabiliHigh Tide Junior Bathing tation centers, multipurpose service centers, and agencies charged with responsibilities in long Suits Bikinis And term and geriatric care. Those already employed in the health Tunics B'Kinis Too! care field may enhance career
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Freshman Reading Committee Proposal Is Adopted By Board By BECKY NICHOLSON The Supplementary Reading Committee for incoming Freshmen brought a proposal before Legislative Board last week. Dr. Sprague's book, Imaginary Gardens, was suggested because the author would be present on campus, and therefore the discussion groups would be more interesting. The Board discussed two considerations in relation to the proposal. First, the book would be good public relations. More students would willingly participate in the discussions if the author were present to answer questions. In the past it was a tremendous problem to entice Freshmen to read these books during the summer. This proposal may solve the problem. The second consideration was the price. The book sold for $5.95. Several Board members pointed out that Freshmen would be unwilling to pay this amount for a book. Members decided that the books could be shared and sold to Freshmen the following year. The Board adopted the suggestion, and the committee will send out questions along with the book as a guideline for discussion. Pat Lipps, Chairman of the SEA at Longwood brought constitution changes before the Board for approval. Organization Evaluation's Committee passed the constitution except for a question concerning the quorum. Betsy Nutter, representative from the Evaluations Committee was present to ask Pat why the quorum was dropped. Pat stated that
it was not necessary to state this in the constitution. The Board agreed to accept the constitional changes of the SEA. Board members and advisors commended Barbera Radford on the success of the Variety Show for the Student Disaster Fund. Help Out now has a total of $338 in its account. Legislative Board decided to keep the same title, Help Out, for next year's charity fund. Approximatedly $300 will be divided among needy students during this month. The remainder of the money will be kept for next year's fund. A scholarship fund in memory of Diane Collet was organized recently by the Home Economics Department. The Board thought of donating money to this fund instead of to the Rescue Squad, as previously planned. Yet, members agreed that it was better to donate the money to the Rescue Squad in Altavista which was involved with the accident. May 3 a meeting was held for summer school students to vote for 1973 officers. The results are Gerry Sue Davis chairman of Legislative Board, Betty Watson chairman of Residence Board and Karen Ashwell chairman of Judicial Board. The vice-chairmen of the Boards are Peggy Chapman, Bernadine Walker and Joyce Morene, respectively, secretaryteasurer of Legislative Board is Nancy Burr, Nancy Gonzales is secretary of Residence Board and secretary of Judicial Board is Bonnie Vassar, Beryl Dixon was elected Orientation leader and Debbie Tyree Student Union chairman.
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Colleges In The News Students Demonstrate Over 200 students turned out at U. Va. last week in Mclntire Amphitheater to demonstrate in favor of regrassing the area and removing the existing parking facilities. Dante Germino, government and foreign affairs professor, told the group that restoration of the amphitheater to its original place in University life "would give us an added sense of continuity with our past and an assurance that at least some familiar landmarks will withstand the onslaught of the bulldozer sometimes mistakenly called progress." The students made mock trees out of balloons wich bore the signatures of students supporting the restoration of the 50 year old structure. Plan Allows Added Education (IP) The new Bachelor of Liberal Studies/Junior College Option at the University of Oklahoma is designed to provide an alternative to additional education to the growing number of adult students who are taking advantage of their local community colleges, according to Dan Davis, assistant dean of the program. Davis said a recent study of metropolitan community colleges indicated that more than 40 per cent of the students were 25 years of age or older and take courses as they can. However, once the student has completed his first two years of college he finds more limited opportunities to complete the final two years of a four-year program, Davis claims. tfhis, he says, is the reasoning behind the new junior college option - to allow the busy adult student to pursue his degree through guided independent study at his own location and through short-term residential seminars on the OU campus. The curriculum of the BLS program includes three broad areas of knowledge -humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. The student does not "major" in a particular subject. Instead, he studies in each of the three areas and gains broad understanding and knowledge which is the foundation for additional study. To be eligible for the junior college option, a student must have completed 60 hours of junior college work. Once admitted, he attends the week end Introductory Seminar. Duringthe seminar, the goals and purposes of the program are explained and outlined, the methodology and procedure are explained and the students past academic achievement is evaluated. Guilt Confessed By Rape Suspect (CD.) James Grey Livesay testified during a preliminary hearing in Albemarle County Court last Thursday and admitted he and three others abducted and raped a 20 year-old University coed March 19. The 23-year oldLewisburg.W. Va. man said he and his friends, James Melvin Johnson Jr., 22, David Jerome Skeen, 18 and a 16 year old boy, all of Scottsville, had been "looking for girls" for three hours before they forcibly abducted and raped the coed.
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As All Matches Are Won By PETTIS BOWLING The Longwood tennis team put in a strong showing when it defeated Roanoke College last week. None of the Longwood players lost their matches. Debbie Ellin and Charlotte Fugett, playing doubles for Longwood, continued a winning streak that extends over two and onehalf seasons. They have won all their regular season games thus far. Coach Phyliss Harriss commented that the team has lived up to her pre-season expectations. The team has a winning record thus far, and she expects to end the season that way. Speaking of her players, Coach Harriss said, "I'm real proud of the team this year. They've been really good." The team's spirit has been excellent, the coach said, though many matches were rained out. Even the practice sessions were enthusiastic.
On May 17, Mrs. Harriss said the team will have a cook-out at her house to end the season. According to tradition, the new members of the tennis team are responsible for entertaining the older ones. This year, the only new member is Debbie Weaver, so she has the honor all to herself. When speaking of next season, Coach Harriss says she looks forward to the matches. She is losing Debbie and Bobbie Ellin, but the coach expects new people to come in and strengthen the team. The earliest match now scheduled for fall tennis is at the University of Virginia on September 26. Longwood-Roanoke Scores Singles: Debbie Ellin-6-7, 6-4, 6-2; Ellen Broderick-6-1, 6-1; Bobbie Ellin - 6-4, 6-4; Bobbsie Bannin-6-2, 6-1; Doubles: Ellin-Fugett -8-0 (proset); Ellin-Broderick-6-1, 6-0.
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Pie Eating Contest Highlights The Annual A.A. Field Day By PETTIS BOWLING
H20 Club And Corkettes Present "Never-Never Land' By JEANNIE ENGLAND A trip to "Never-Never Land," featuring favorite storybook characters and movie stars, was the theme of the May Day Water Show, presented by the H20 Club and Corkettes. The program began with Kathe Kutsher, Debbie Vail, Robin Wallmeyer, and Betsy Raines presenting their own version of GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS, followed later by the Caterpillar, whose "parts" were played by Linda Pastrick, Boni Longley, Paige Mehlhaff, Cathi O'Donnell, Val Murray, and Debbie Vail. Betsy Raines and Kathe Kutscher presented their story of Peter Pan and his Shadow, and Captain Hook's Swashbuckling Pirates were played by Sherry Beatty, Robin Wallmeyer, Vickie Gardener, Pauline Mula, Donna
Neal, and Beth Skinner. A trip to the wild jungle of freedom, featuring six lion cubs from BORN FREE, was presented by Pauline Mula, Paige Mehlhaff, Boni Longley, Debbie Vail, Val Murray, and Sherry Beatty. For their closing skit, the Clubs performed their own interpretation of a scene from HELLO DOLLY, featuring Kathe Kutsher as the unforgettable matchmaker and Linda Pastrick, Betsy Raines, Beth Skinner, and Vickie Gardner as the Waiters. Acknowledgements for their program were given to Miss Nancy Andrews, Sponsor, and to Debbie Chapman and Kathleen Fidler.
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By MELANIE BULL Miss Cindy Baughn was chosen as 1st runner-up and Miss Congeniality in the Miss Lynch burg Pageant held on April 14. Cindy participated in talent, swimsuit and evening gown competition. Her talent was a dramatic monologue in which Cindy acted the role of a little boy who had to face the death of his father. When asked how she felt upon receiving the two awards, Cindy said, "Naturally I was very shocked and pleased at receiving the Miss Congeniality award. This award meant more to me than anything else." Cindy was sponsored by Westover Dairy in the pageant. She is a senior at Longwood, majoring in English, Speech and Drama. Cindy is a member of the dramatic honorary society Alpha Psi Omega, the Longwood Players and Zeta Tau Alpha sorority.
By PETTIS BOWLING The end of April brought the beginning of softball intramurals, and girls can be seen swinging the bats most every afternoon now. Bev Turner, chairman of the softball intramurals committee, explained that a team can loose once and still win "the whole thing." Competition is now between dormitories and sororities. It will advance up to class level and then to color teams. Bev said the finals will probably be during the seven-day period before exams due to delays caused by rainy days. There is plenty of participation from girls of all levels of skills. The purpose of the intramurals is fun, and the Athletic Association wants everybody to enjoy them.
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tle blueberry filling could cover one person! By the end of three minutes, the pies were pretty much mangled and the contestants were full, so Daryl Driskill, Carolyn Calloway and Bev Turner picked the three eating the most pie. They were Dean Gussett, Sue Wall and Chris Baylor. From these three, crowd applause determined the winner Sue Wall. Dean Gussett was second and Chris Baylor was
The Athletic Association's Field Day was held last Wednesday from 4 p. m. to 6 p. m. Studer's saw everything from relay races to a pie-eating contest. Daryl Driskill, chairman of Field Day, got things started with the bicycle race. The four participants included two young men, one of which — Eddie Walcott — won the race. India Watkins placed second for Longwood. Eddie won again when he team - third. ed with Danny Mitchell to take Afterward, a pie-throwing batthe wheel-barrow race. tle ensued, with Chris Baylor Susan Wall put in a good show- catching most of the pies - in ing in various other relays, and her face. Feda Sutton could almost be taken When asked her opinion about for a professional sack-racer. the pie-eating contest, Sue Wall Other enthusiastic athletes had one comment, "Gross!" participated in things like the crab walk, the three-legged race and a tricky relay which required carrying a golf ball in a THE NOTTINGHAM spoon. Friends cheered each other on, and exortationswereas INN loud as the laughter. Hilarity reigned in the high NAPPY HOUR point of the afternoon- the pieMonday, Tuesday eating contest. By this time the original crowd had greatly inAnd Wednesday creased, anxious to see if anyone could really eat a whole Nights blueberry pie in three minutes. Ten brave Longwood girls join7:30 to 8:30 ed Mr. Gary Groneweg and Dean James Gussett at the tables, and Also Tuesday & whole blueberry pies were set Thursday, before them. Daryl yelled "Go!" and the 3:00 5:00 PM contestants went - fingers first. The spectators seemed quite I.D. Required amazed at how completely a lit-
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News Briefs Dean Fears For Life Ousted presidential consul John W. Dean III told Sen. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. at a secret meeting that he fears for his life, a qualified source says. Weicker said he did meet secretly with Dean for two hours and 45 minutes Thursday but refused to disclose the substance of the talks. The Connecticut Republican said that Dean gave him "no grounds to go ahead and implicate the President" in connection with the Watergate scandal. Dean turned over the key to a safe-deposit box yesterday to Chief U.S. Dist. Judge John J. Sirica and said the box contained confidential documents he removed from the White House for fear they would be destroyed after Nixon fired him. Watergate: Hunt Watergate conspirator E.Howard Hunt, in secret testimony disclosed at the Pentagon papers trial, has given details of what he said was a White House-directed break-in at the office of codefendant Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist. Hunt, describing the 1971 break-in as a "bag job" to the Watergate grand jury in Washington, said it was authorized by Egil Krogh, then administrative aide to presidential adviser John D. Ehrlichman.
Wednesday, May 9, 1973
Watergate: Longwood's Opinion Of A Current National Scandal By STAFF The most controversial issue in the nation today is the Watergate conspiracy. It has been compared with the famous Teapot Dome Scandal that rocked the administration of President Warren G. Harding in the 1920's. Like Watergate, the Teapot Dome Scandal involved high administration officials and made the front page headlines of every newspaper in the country. What do students at Longwood think about the present Watergate Affair? There are mixed opinions on campus concerning Watergate. Some students are definitely against what is happening, some are in favor of the governmental cleanup, but, in general, the student consensus is that they don't know enough about the controversy to voice an opinion. On June 17, 1972, five months before the Presidential election, five burglars were arrested at the Watergate apartment complex in Washington, D.C., where the Democratic National Headquarters were located. Evidence now points to the Committee for the Re-Election of the President who allegedly hired the burglars to spy on the Democrats. This led to the exposure of Republican Party members who supposedly were involved in bugging Democratic Headquarters and conspiring to cover up their activities. In his televised speech of Ap-
ril 30, President Nixon stated that he found out only about six weeks ago the extent to which several of his key advisors and staff members were involved in the affair. Nixon assumed full responsibility for the incident. Nixon said that there will be no "white-wash at the White House," and many of the men allegedly connected with the affair have resigned. The obstruction of justice, bribing of witnesses, forging of papers, wiretapping, perjury and using the mails to defraud are the federal offenses involved in the Watergate incident. The big question facing the nation is to what extent the President was involved in the actual conspiracy or the cover-up. In the mock election on campus last year, Longwood students came out strongly in support of Nixon. Opinions now vary strongly. "My opinion of Nixon has not changed since the Watergate affair," stated Debbie Chapman, "because I don't believe he is directly involved with the incident." "I wholeheartedly agree with Nixon when he said that too much time and money has been spent on Watergate," Debbie continued, "and I don't take this statement as an 'easy out' for the President." "My opinion of the President after his Watergate speech is definitely lower than before," Nancy Stallard said. "I feel the
Churchmen Deplore Watergate Religious leaders until now mostly silent about the unfolding Watergate scandal, this week termed it a moral blight at the Awards Given At Assembly apex of government that has shak(Continued from Page 1) en the underpinnings of democracy. Some churchmen also crit- Bastek, editor of THE ROTUN- tributions to Journalism. icized President Nixon's report DA; and Debi Abernathy, editor Other awards were ATHLETMonday night on the matter as of the GYRE. Other awards went ICS: Deborah Carneal, Olive T. inadequate and deceptive. Citing to Janet Tennyson, BarberaRad- Her Award. BUSINESS: Linda the President's praise fora "de- ford, Becky Nicholson and Sharon Bolt and Deborah Davis, Outtermined grand jury' and "vig- Curling for THE ROTUNDA, and standing Freshman Business orous free press" which brought Mary Jane Vandenburg, Jeannie Education Majors; Barbara the burglary-bugging to light, the Metcalfe, Carol Anderson, Ruth Spence, Pi Omega Pi Book ScholHev. Dr. David Hunter general Dobyns, Mary Ann Bentley and arship. ENGLISH: Kathy Shanks, secretary of the National Coun- Ellen Morrison for THE VIR- Mary Clay Hiner Scholarship; cil of Churches, commented. "To GINIAN. Eva Kay Page, R. C. Simonini, identify oneself with that which GYRE presented cash prizes Jr. Scholarship; Margaret Mcone has previously ridiculed and to BrendaBurchett,poetry;Cathy Kinney, Scholarly Book Awards. meted is to show forth a de- Skinner, fiction; and Joanne FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Marilyn ception which has characterized Cooksey, art. Lynne Pierce re- Burdick, Emily BarksdaleScholthe Watergate affair from the be- ceived the Pi Delta EpsilonMed- arship; Robin Fekety, Helen ginning." al of Merit for Outstanding Con- Draper Scholarship; HOME ECONOMICS: Kathryn Wood, Lora May Bernard Award; Audrey Oliver, Silver Trivet Award; Cindy In response to questions concerning academic probation, Crisp and Sarah Robinson, WorTHE KoTUNDA obtained the following information from Dr. thy Johnson Craft Scholarship; James Gussett, Assistant Dean of the college. MUSIC: Cathy Webb, Music EduQuality point average required end of: cators National Conference College Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Award; Wrengay Rawls, OutLongwood 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.0 standing Service to Vocal Music. Emory and Henry 1.65 2.0 1.9 Awards of Merit were pre(1st semester) sented to members of Alpha ■tern Mennonite .75 1.5 1.75 2.0 Lambda Delta, Sigma Alpha Iota, Virginia State 1.0 2.0 1.6 2.0 Phi Kappa Phi candidates and Stratford 1.1 1.6 1.9 2.0 Athletic Association. 1st semester) Recipients of the Edith Stevens Norfolk State 1.2 1.5 1.8 2.0 Award, Freshman Chemistry VPIandSl 1.25 1.5 1.75 2.0 Award, David Wiley Award, Hainpden-Sydney 1.4 1.7 1.9 2.0 Longwood Players Awards, and Lynchbui 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Rebecca Brockenbrough Award R.M.W.C. 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.0 were also announced. Washington and l 1.5 1.6 1.8 "1.9 Bridnewater 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Ko.moke 1.6 1.75 2.0 2.0 You're always Virginia Wesleyan 1.6 2.0 2.0 2.0 Mary Washington 1.6 1.6 2.0 2.0 Hadford 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.0 welcome Hollins 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.0 Old IXuninion 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.U at Man Baldwin .75 .90 1.00 1.00 (3.0 system) t Briar The college reserves the right to exclude any student whose academic standing is unsatisfactory. William and Mary .78 1.00 1.00 1.00 NATIONAL BANK 3.0 system) VCU 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
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(Continued from Page 1) record. Pam is a Geist member, served as assistant editor of the Rotunda last year, and was historian of her freshman class. She speech was over-emotionalized, is a member of Alpha Sigma Alvague, and basically didn't say pha sorority, for which she anything." serves as secretary, and belongs "Frankly, President Nixon to the Longwood Players. Pam isn't the only one counting the was an orientation leader this days until the end of his term," year, and is a member of Pi she continued. Delta Epsilon, the national jour"I feel as though the Water- nalism honorary. Pam was a gate Affair is nothing new," said beautiful complement to this Abby Sue DeMoines - I'm sure years May Queen. this has been going on in preThe court was entertained by vious administrations. Now that the traditional may pole dance. the war is over, the Democrats The dance was performed by 26 need something to complain students from the campus school, about, and attack openly their who were under the direction of opposing political party." Mr. Bruce Montgomery. Mr. "I feel that Nixon owes it to Montgomery is the assistant dithe people to face up to the true rector of the campus school and happenings at Watergate," is also the director of music Gretchen Van Heucheroth stated. there. "Truth and honesty should preThe children put on a charmvail even at the expense of im- ing performance, and did an adpeachment." mirable job of executing the "As much as I want to be- somewhat complicated maneuvlieve that our President is not ers with the ribbons. They added connected with the Watergate ina delightful touch to the entire cident,*' stated Nonie Accettulle, proceedings and concluded the "it seems nearly impossible that ceremonies with a cheerful note. Nixon had no knowledge of the issue. As far as possible involveFlowers for ment, I hope that the entire case will come to light," she continMother's Day ued. In general, however, most students stated that they knew so little of the affair that they didn't feel qualified to make any statements. Many expressed total boredom with the whole affair, and one student, when asked what she thought about Watergate, replied: 392-4151 "I think it should be closed."
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