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C : : ~ : i lpr:~~~:t"w:~: i : :s~~~!~~r: ~ : : c e : sC ~ : ~ ~ l~ ~ a ! ~ ~ ~ :: : ; \ l~~~ce~e;~~ee~ : f ~ ~ !junior Ceil Baker in her campaign and Rhonda Koplin with Ellen corresponding present Studentspeech. Her wish came true, as Blum as manager. Vice-president- Council officer gave a brief sum-Ceil was elected the 1968-89 stu- tal candidates were Jeanne Wil- mation of her duties.dent Council president on Mareh Iiams and Grace Ann Klees, with On Friday, all students were15. Toy Ann Porter and Nancy BOYCe given an opportunity to vets fromOther junlor~ C'ho~en to serve as doing the man~ging. respectively. first through fifth periods. Mrs.

Student Council officers next year Corliss Carr, with manager Clare Francis Brubaker's fifth and sixthare Jeanne Willlams, vice presi-] Eschmann, and Lynn Booker, with period government classes haddent; Corliss Carr, secretary: anti Jackie Bu;ington, were nominees constructed voting booths andSheryl Douglas, treasurer. f~r the office of secretary. Penny handled the voting.The election was the climax 0 1 ' "Wooten ar-d Paula Taylor manag- At the end of sixth period, Miss

a week of much hard work lind ed treasurer candidates Sheryl AIlJl Henry called all candidatescampaigning by the two eandl- Douglas and Joy Bedgood. to the ottlce, and then announceddates nominated for each office. . M~nday, March ~1: .saw the ~e- tna results on the intercom, as allNominations had been made the gllln~ng of ~e c.xel~~g election heaved sighs of relief after a day: : ; i ~ : e e w:Oe:Sis~ing a~f ~~~~u~:: ::~:. p;:et~~lV:lI ~~~lc~t:SS~~:t~; of tense waiti~g.

NEW STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT, CEIL BAKER, re.ads Student class presidents and current Stu- the candidates. r The in:nalla~on of lh~8e new ~f-Council ccns+ltutlcn with advisor, Mrs, Louise Maxwell, while other dent Council officers. On Wednesday, an assembly was leers WIll ttl e place In ?llay lJlnew officers look on. They are (left to right), Jean"B Williams, vtce- I Candidates for the top student held for the purpose of tntroduc- order to have them ready for ac-presldenti Sheryl Douijlas, treasurer; and Corliss Carr" secretary, I government posts and their cam-! ing the eight candidates to the stu- tion next fall.

B a k e r D r a w s T o p S t u d e n t V o t e ;C o u n c i l I n d u c t i o n S e t F o r M a y

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Koplin Gets Top Annual Jobthe projects. Their checklist in-cluded originality, neatness, or.ganlzation, accuracy of cbserva.tion, and use of experiments.Ratings also depended 011 theanswers given by" each student tothe judges' questions on her re-search and its. related field.

a n d D i a n e Wood received the top'Lante rn' post.

Jackie waters and OrganizationsEditors Marjorie McNair and Bren-da Stroman will assist in advanc- ring the progress or the annual iServing as copy editors will beMarcia Kaney and Cafhv Williams.The business staff will be head-

Eighth graders Barbara Swlcord,Margaret Meeks, and Patricia Wil-liams won third place in the jun-ior life sciences field. Their entry,"What Are the Parts of theBlood?", included blood slides,posters of blood cells, and a con,talner of plasma.

IIn a joint effort freshman Bren-

da Pyles and sophomore Jackie: Holton placed third in senior div-I Isicn zoology with their work on"Affects o Hormones on Secon-. 1 dary Sex Character is ti cs".II A ll of the participa ting students. were required to enter a log, atypewritten formal report, and aI demonstration of their projects. SCIENCE FAIR PARTICIPANTOn the night of March 7, six GRAN GRANT stands in front of

I judges from Auburn Unlversjty her prixe-winning project "A Sttidyand four Jrom Wesleyan inspected of the Growth of MOId...I Induction Cites 11 Senior Journalists


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Monday, March ?S, 1968

, well< the halls in ~H;!onee'''' "appreciat~ these paIntings, give them as much support asDear Editor, b\Jt " possible.I Wilt1.JOlike to suv a few words I ' Deal' Can you imagine how the play-r.eglll'ding the noise: all OVe!:' the Lasseter's hallways crs fed when they are working

school fr,uT'th period. are more than those of themselves to death doing the1 . was sitting in my Iourtb per most school" but with the paint- best they can at a ball game, and

lod class ,biking an impor~,ant tei't,! i~gs on ~oall. from tho Instruction- trying to win to k~ep up. the

.upon which my who"," six weeks I at M. a tertals Ce.nter they are even SCllU01'S. name and pride, ana theavercze depended. It was impos- more SU, r thmk it is wonderful oppo~ite team is 'so Ioud thatsible to do well on it because that ;,1:8 exposed to these mas- don't even know if ]'IlIrkthree different times I heard terpieces because Iami'liarity with supporters are still nround or not!S(JOlCOnC clompi!1g do:vn toe JudI I them heJp~ us appreciate them, I Imagine It. makes them Iecl likein what sounded like COlUbiltf I wish tnat the ey.pl~il- walking away right. then saying,boots, '1 which with "Why should I bother? Theygi l: ;~n~Oli~~~d, S~; ;:~g ~~~~s.w~~ ;~; 't .inUed~er~e~e. !adbenef it~enlh~j~ ~:n;~s~e"lI l1Y care whether we wincould talk the loudest, J didn't! students who do not take art by Thl k b t it A ' nedo well on the test, because c v ~ n l pointing out techniques and cr. of thl;'1 su;p~~erls' thntr~et.~o;eoOplewith the door shut, the noise made: roots thct t_hey would not otber- kucw he's for Mark Smith or areby uresc inconsiderate girls sound-] wise r&og.[!Ize. vou one that nobody knows ise d t l ; i i : s ~ ' a H ~ : : ~ ~ l d:r ~ e : O b ' g O D " 1 w;:~p::~:~e :::: ~ ~ ~ : ~ p . ~ '~!round?

I . d th Sincerely.enough to grant us the privilege earns arcorr:pame nem."w e don't rea lly want to read things like this in our newspaper, to wulk freely to lunch and hack.j Sincerely, . Ba~s Dyche uWe get enough of that ill 'The Macon Telegraph and News" read And yet the majority o[ us abusel Clare Eschmann "girls would like to cDmpete :ec:~~~~;s ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ : ~ ~t~e a~lot~oil~sc~~ri~e~.'L~~:,~r:~:t C ~ : , : : ~ , tvents p~~ ~ 1 ~ ; : t r i V i l e g ( lt one time or thej "q~ite e lack of spirit" DC?l~ra!~i~~;~s agree that Lasseterthat copy of t.he qunsttonnaire was followed by not one mark. rt is not ouly for am:' Pd'iilCgl:"SI D f o t r ~~~tQr,. th t th~ he High Sehof>l shou~d have a bas-~~:'h:;~~' ~~d~~:~n~t~~:~s t~~em~~~:,m~:s,,,1,~:Cic~~can T e l e " r ~ : : ~~o~ sake thnt !!~ in w~lk hee~ seems ~ohl~: of ~pjrit ~~ ou; ::;=:l~l!~:mbY ~:'~r~~asgi:Js,st:~~~News." '" ."" ' :~I~~!i:(1~fl~~::~~\~~.~ Jlel"V~~~n~~:, '.' . year. ','., _ an overall ngreement :vas evideuc-Unfortunntelv, the poll results 115 n rortcctcd tl.1C nticu tIl th t ,[ Recellth Spirit week at eo bv a total of 417 signatures ongeneral attitude. None or the vcrv basiclVith the exception cunner cern; an(. n is Lasseter, some classes two 'petitions.of nne concerning the third 'Party candidate, \V3~ an. th~ reason ~{~ar~ hue, t O I much several 'Here CI.'T' a tew of the rca-swered correctly by more than ::;3% learn. So pJcM;C, if dUnl1[; f~t~l'th cresses didn't. As a matter of . of I~~,,'it'.ter High

Although tnts lar.k of awareness seems view or yml. are not stutJywg'l wouldn't have known it arms we. '" > " d' h ven t ~ basketball team. We?ur c~)"\.:t.ant.eX?o,~ure to ."t.,he stones th.'l.t m,'.de r News," ar-e. cons} ernticn for W iJ "";" day unless SOHlCOllC had ~(~el'. boys at. Murk Smith

It defml:ely extsts. D~sPlte the eno:m~.tls ~~ruber oi " told you. arc "hogging" all the sports. TheLassctc~ltcs hea.T thut 'MWS c~mes .flrst "I' every hour on ~~~ecrelY, I Anourer in which t.11p. tirls would like to c-ompete withf?r various radio ~lld.TV stations It apparently ~comes wav down the xuen McCullough r J,~ desperately, is ae ~ther snhnols in certain activities,l is t ~;~l~Il I~e~n :rr:d~)~j~~rr~~~;~:e :~ C~~SS~:ot~: t m~~~t ~~ \~icl lla

te~npted to powt out st.1j.:S ny whieh such an btere~t could b e l worlil in general lmd r C o t o ' H p . . t ' 2 .strm~~~~:"'r, .seho~astic adlicvemcllt ITI()l'C Uum inUJrest. The st~~!,~~g'll does not .good, stud.:c!:t. l'ca.hze~ .that a. ~nal1!f's one>,; mind tn to h(: lnsteatt,~~:~t~xnel~\/:'~ r~~~~a;i~~~, ~~~I~;:flu~t(\ ll~~ of T o t:;;\(~:l~~1 ! : t ; I ~ l a l t'r for he ' :and wld~ ~wak", not onJ:y neccssltl!CS h:.1t trlt' practice I . Iof g~~~ ~~~~iti;:oa~ ~J:~~i~1~~~i~ll~u~r:~~~t Of out~nntti_l ~a;~a;~~~ be 1 ,bute to a student's ~uccess, A regular time :;nd a phc,~ equipped I cause .IL~eH CBnnot\\'ifh thl! student'~ tools-pencils, paper er~ser. ' ect., help o~t ~:l'ill~,._owev:,l',tremendO\l~ly In eliminating di,~t:tactions This enDbks 0& to COil. aId In rCllloVlnr, tJ1e~:~~a~:Y()~f t~~e sUP~s~ct.d~~'sha;~~k1n~1l::~ ...;ClC~~~Il;i~~~. l~I~~V~~':!~~~t1~e:"~M.~oe:oc~~Plele1~.~~d~nt Ul:~crstalld t.lIe (lVcrall pictu ..: ar ..he "big" i.de.~ it ilio I etb~ok~ and ot :W;t obj l'oc tse.:.urunalel! tne necssJty of "erarnffimg'- ;,'fhen test time al'l'IVes. sonl value shuu.1.! not be

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CIVIL DEFENSE TeST particiPlnt Toy Ann Porter takes radiation reading of Sharon Smith while Conna lanta, where sheCollins distributes the group'$ sole fot>d for the six hQUr$, fortified wheat crack.n. graduated from

Druid Hills HighSchool. She com-

Three Mercer seniors, Misses weeks of student teaching to beBetty Elliott, Judy McQuagge, and "very challenging". Outside herRuthie Wilhei t, entered Lasseter z:w~~a~:rc:~d~:C~:~\:::~classrooms as student teachers on which includes

speech class to['mentally retard-ed children atthe Timmy Tur-tle Nursery. SheIs also the presl-dent of Phi MllSorority and amember of the Judy McQua9ge

MIss Betty ElliottMiss Elliott is supervised by

Mrs. Ann Williams, She came to

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20 Senior s Learn To Survive teresting expert-ence and will be very helpful toAtomic War In Fallout Shelter : e A ~ ~ a e n ! a ~ " a ~ ~ s a ~ : ~ ~ t t n : ~ t / ~ ; s ~iS s M ~ ~ t h ~ :t h ~ I 1 ~ ~ ; tstory major and a biology nnncr. teaching with Mrs. Louise Max-

by Jackie Sparks Secretary of Phi Mu Sorority well came to Mercer from Corum-"We interrupt this program to uncomfortably confined. A girl Cheryl McDavid, Jenny MacMillan, and a member of the Student Na- bUS,' where she graduated from

;;~~~ t~~U; o : ~ e ~ ! ~ ; ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ : ; ~ ~ ~ ;~ r a ~ e ~ : e e r b : ; 1 ~ u a 7 i ~ ~ e ; ' a ; e ~ s e o a ~ :~~~ki~iC~f~~~iia::.ncy Stephens, ~ ~ l ~ : : ta ~ : a ~ : : k ~ : ~ c i t ~ ~ O ~ c ~ ~ :o l u m b u sigh ~~~OO;~C h o : ; m : ~Command. Fifteen Russian mis- improvising with materials at These girls visited the City newspaper and annual. at Lasseter, shesilos armed with nuclear warheads hand. Council meeting 0 n Tuesday, says, "I bopo tohave been spotted heading towards "This is no joke. 'rhts Isn't March 19- at the invitation of Miss Judy McQu2gge teach my stu-the United States. Proceed to the any fun. I want to go home." Mayor Ronnie Thompson. . . dents some' '-"I:nearest shelter ~m:ncditltdy. Ire- The girll'l had expected a free day, On March 29 three of the par- l'IlS.s M:Quag.ge, who IS stude~t : ~: u \0 bi~!:~~t~~k, Th;r~;eeSd 1;0u~(~r nee~~;?t ~v~;:n:~~i~on~:~~~~ ;:/~:\~o~:i~!~:n!~ ~~~ df:~~r~:/~~:lt:~P~:~ : : : ~ ; , g~:i1sM~::un;er:m:e::th~ from Mrs. Max.sheller Immediately." . latest gossip. The test was in the TV viewers of the Del Ward Florida, An and dud myself in a classroom." Af-t\;~he~~e:;-~:te~or~~d C~~J:dl:rI;:' ;;~~es~etlve:~ld they had to prove Show 011Cbannel13 at 1:15 p. m. . her ter graduating, Miss Wilheit ex-suits, confusion and an "it's-all- 6.Year.Old Lunch poets to go back to Columbus orover" a ttitude . Defense against Tension was eased somewhat at possibly stay in Macon to teach.this lies in preparation and educe- the announcement of lunch. Water She .maiors in 'biology and minors

.alon. which had been stored since 1962 in psychology, -,r - -~ ,-- -Course in Survival ',VIlS clphoned into decontaminated Miss Wilheit is president of her

Who will survive and who will cups and rationed out. Small crac-not? Twenty Lasseter seniors are kers, ttlstin;: very much like staleprepared to face the crisis with a saltines without the salt, were dis-knowledge that there is definite trfbuted. one pel' person. A me-hope for existence, even ntter the merit of joking and joviality a C - 1hO~O::e o:i r~sn~c::~~yW;~~k part in ~ ~ : P ~ ; ~ : : d~to"l:nnc~~o~~~::ee~\a civil defense course on manage- strained monotony.ment of a public fall out shelter Problems From OutsideThe course wr.sist~d. of four tw~. The decisive test came in thehour lectures by Civil Defense ~I' mid-afternoon. Unknown to therector George Hardy a n d a sax- helterees the manazer was in.hour ~tay under realis~c shelter ~ruct"d to feign radiation sick.cOlldihon,s. Problems like those ness linn was removed from the Chorahers Cheryl Fullingtonpossible In an actual shelter were shelter She was the one who had BETA CLUB MEMBERS Jackie Sparks, Penny Woote-n, Karen Ouds,in.icctcd . by outside; monitors -made the decisions and had deter. Mllrgut Davl, and Clare Eschmann practice for their performance at and Mary Williams performedCHy Auditorium 1\~an~g:r 3eor~e mined their execution. All opera. the state convention. Not pictured is Debra Cook. with the All-State Chorus beforeC, Chalker and Pollee ...aptam nons ceased, and for a moment it the Georgia Education AssociationPaul Koaee. was like a country without au. on March 15, becoming the firstOn satl ;: :a :~~Yf~;: :n l~ :.&the gir ls th~~~. phone rang: "We have 6 Lasseter Beta's Cond uct ~=S~~~~i: :e e;l :S i:1 p::~~ate in

met in the basement of the Macon a report of looters in your The two spent three days pre.~ t~~ lUdjto:it~l~ai~jn~~rl"ih~ut the ~ r o ~ ~ ~~';to;~~:.~e ~;:~~:~t~r::~: Songs At State Convention ~~~:n~n ~:tl~~t:was off in the. ager, Clare Eschma.n~,. immediate- Two thousandcelght hundred around the Dinkier Plaza Hotel rehearsing witharea allowing .~n s q : a : ~ !~~\rfer ~ ! i t ~ S S t : 1 ~ ~ ~ l : ~ ; P ~ ~ ~ ~ : ~ ! ~ e . a ~ ~ a ~ ~otces joine~ in song in the At. and. th~ municipal a~~torium. other All Stateperson. Al~ lights \ ei ~ C . werc stationed at the shelter en, Ianta audttonum March 8-9 as six Kiekmg off the activities was a ~~o~s, or~h~~~te;~ean~~:~:O~:I:~n ag~~;~I,t~~o:~~~ trance and activities resumed, . ~ ~s:!~~a~~~~r!~: ~~:a s;;~!n~o~~ ~~~::dses~on t~;~~:Y ~;!~h ; ~ ~members.I irst s teps and appointed her staff. "best class I've had" I vention. speeches from Beta members cam- Cheryl, Mary,The group began to function. Despite the organiMd recrea- The songleaders were Debra palgnlng for state office. and two other C. FullingtonRegistration forms were filled out, tion, the afternoon pass-ed slowly Cook, MargIe Davis, and Karen A second general session con. Lsssetentes attended clinics in;~~g;~dr .~~~~~o~~: t.~o~;~~: i~ :~~~t~ =m:~Ch a;~rl a::~~m~ ~~~e da; tc~: : ~~~~~~~di~~p~~~~ V~~~leangl~~ ~~~~:m~t~ ~~I!~~~~~n:~;n ;: ; c~~~ ~:~~I~!o~h:nJdan~t~~n~:~sra7eP~;; :were established with shelter The session ended on time with l I ' i Eschmann on the guitar, Jackie dtdetes. Following adjournment. 'outs. From the : : : ; I ~ ~ : - : : ~ oASth:y~ear:.e(!:o:e. :~~ls;n~l:bg~:~~~ ~~~~:~~e'~f~~a~~:\~ ~ : ~ : : n\~~~y~:;~:jQ~i~~~_ pe;~~~t ;:s~~:e ~~~:: ;;::;St~~n a~~ ~~~r0th:tu:~~::mitees hf'gan to group off and deal, I'IIl'. Chalker commented that remnlnder of the tf-mercber dele- tended discussion programs relet- who auditioned,discuss procedures for the day. "they were the best class I've ever gation dlstlbuted song sheets, illg to various phases of Beta. Club only 300 were'I'he morning passed. 'The dark- had ali flIr as response and atten- The group led the singing at the org-anization. chosen for the

ness, the periodical broadcasts on tion go". request of national Beta sponsor, Saturday night the Lassete rttes Chorus.a loud-speaker of outside condi- The twenty girls who participat- Mrs. Hannah Leitner. The job In- witnessed the installation of new "T h e s e stu-tions, the cold cramped space, ed. aside from those already pic, eluded conducting folk singing for state officers and heard Dr. Noah Mary William, den t s workedmuffled whispers and a blinking turod or named were Anita Bailey, all the delegates in two song ses- Langdale of Georgia State College long and diligently on the music,flashlight; it was too real. The Janet Blacksheare, Carol Brent, sions and a musical interlude duro speak during the state Beta hall' and I am pleased that they weres ituat ion- became detes table. One Nancy noyce, Lynn Boland, Jackie ing a stage setting change. cruet at the DinkIer. Several then chosen. I'm sure they will repro-corner of the shelter with a detec- Buffington, Kay Bull and Brenda Although the Lasseter group attended a dance held at the audl- sent Lascstcr in the finest way,"


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P a r t y G e a r s B e g in T o G r in d F o r '6 8 P r e s i d e n t ia l R a c e................................................. The U. S. election machine is ..

LBJ Heads Demo Hopefuls :~~~:::;:'~ : r : P ; ; , ~ : : : ~ ~ ~ d j ~ :ivalry Keen For GOP NodJohnson A recent Gallup poll shows that board for this summer's national Nixon A liberal Republican, Rockefel-

SUrely the most familiar face of Johnsen's popularity is not drop. convention nominations. According to many polls taken lor severely damaged his populurlthe 1968 Presidential campaign ping Wi:h the American public, The campaigns of the national across the country, Richard Nixon ty with the moderate Republicanswill be that Ot the man who bas hilt continues to rest ~t 38% ~p. nominees will climax in Novem- is the Republican candidate by his handling of the Februaryfor the past fOUr"ye.ars been ~,t p:o\'~l of the way M IS handling bel' when the nation to the for of the United States garbage strike in New York. Mod-the stern of the S~lP of state, his Job. polls. Surprisingly, not the in 1968. crates feel that he, as Governor ofPresident Lyndon Baines Johnson. McCllrthy President that the American pub. Nix-on is what a pl)lltician would New York, should not have goneIn 1930 as a young 'I'cxaz school- Eugene M~Carthy is a taU, gray- lie will elect, but state party slates call a "middle-of-the-road Repub- over Mayor Lindsey's head by or.

teacher, he was a long way from man of 51. His casual wit, in- of electors. Hnan" whose viewpoints are net- dering garbage men back to work.the highest of and many varied interests The winning ticket, though it tber completely liberal nor com. S t ron g Rockefeller supportersike in the land. reflect the versatility of this '68 may have edged with only a : pletely conservative. he point out that, nevertheless, heBut by 1953, he hopeful. narrow majority, receive aU is not running on a plat. did put an end to a strike whichhad be~ome Sen- McCarthy's campaign platform the state electoral votes, in Geor- form. he says, if elected, he will could have caused a serious healthate ma]o~itY lea is distinguished by his stand for gla's case 12. These arc to be stop the war. He does not state hazardder and, III 1960, de-escalation and gradual with- cast in December and counted in in what manner Rockefeller has not stated hisbecame Vir a . drawal from Vietnam. Although the U. S. Senate in, January, mak- this will be done, exact views on the Vietnam war,President of the he is an old friend of Johnson's, ing the official Presidential choice. but points to his but he is known to be a strongLyndon Johnson United States. he is a frequent critic of the II" ~ .. term as Vice. supporter of civil rights.

The war in vjetnam will certain- rent administration. President under He was raised by John D. Rocke.~d:t:s1~~llb~~c~ r;e~~~~!~~a~:~: fa;!:r,S~: ~ec:m~i:n~~~!~t:rai~; A l a b am a n T h r o w s : :e l~~~~ve~f at~: ~~:~ic~~'~r::~:Ya:~ b ; : : ; i t : ; r ~ ~~Already Johnson's policy is clear: 1949. He once studied to be a Korean War dur- dition.the U. S. wi l l remain in Vietnam, monk and is still deeply religions, T h O d H I R " lng this time. Ric-hard Nixonand the war will be conducted at so.nettmes implying that philoso- I r a t n l o g In the past two elections ina not much Iastcr pace than is ala phy and religion are the only bon- h' h Rlchard Nixon has partiel-ready' being done. or able professions. George Wallace, a third pared he has lost. In 1960 he lost Former actor turned California

Though he is regarded as a rath- candidate in the '68 race, hts bid for the Presidency and in Govo:rnor, Ronald ~eagan has ste~.er quiet loner, Senator McCarthy (or stronger states rights and "the 1902 lost his bid for. governor of ped Into the S~.tllg~ton ~e :Oh.has no lack of colorful ideas, as wav of life," His Calif rnia Why then is he so tical stage. IS mtcrcs saveis evid~nced by t~e four books he strikes out at what _ hig~l~ fa~'or~d today? chang:l:fe!:~7 k~~~ o~~:/~g:~l~n~has written. He IS also noted for calls the "intellectual ento One signlflcant reason for his to a 1a remarkable memory from which cull that tries to run things like present popularity is his expert- the. Republican Presjdentia norm-come the many quotes that sprjn- they do in Russia." ence in government. Another is nation.kle his speeches. An Alabama farm he at- his diligent service to his party. Another doubtful runner, Rca-His interests range from poetry tended the University Nixon also has party image. In gan claims he will not participate

to classical music to sports, In- 'Working his way Republican politics he is an old in pre-convention campaigning,eluding skiing, tennis, and ice through as a pro- pro and stands firm. His constant but also expressed a desire to bebockey. resstonat fighter, attacks on communism arc also in California "favorite son" candidateL - _ : = = = = = = = = : : . _ ~ { C ~ , : " t : i " : : : : V ' : d . . : ' : " . : : P : : " : e .:5 . : ' : : ' t : V " : ' " : _ ' : . ' ) . he gained the his favor. at the GOP pow-wow.r ti.tl~ of bant~m. In 1946, Richard Nixon was Reagan, a definite "hawk", be-welg~t champion elected as a Uiljt~d Statc5, Sen.a- ueves the war in Vietnam can be

of Alahama.. tor from Califorma .. From .19;J3 more quickly ended 'by escalationGeorge- Wallace "r n e growlI";g to W6i Nixon 'was vice President of bombiii'g;"""""'"~ ~ : : l~ ~ ~ ~ m a!U-:~~~~:l ~~~~~:tc~~ of the United States. A.former Democrat, he s~'itchedvotes from both major parties in Rockefeller parties and became a lea~lllg Rethe '68 election. Nelson Rockefeller is perhaps publican in the conservative man.

the strongest "dark-horse" in the net of Barry Goldwater. In keep-I GOP race; man.Y feel that he is ing with this outlook, Governor~

the only man who could beat Reagan stresses that eO~leges andJohnson. However, 'he seems to universities must remain centers

.,' ,'; have uri-Nixon-l ike doubts about of study and research instead. ~fr(;_C.'n O t I ' trying for the Presidential nomina- b~eomi~g areas for riots and civil

': l tfon a third time. disobedience.

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In a single recent week, Amert- the point of actual lighting ' " I minister.~ : ~ d c ; : s ~ : l ! ~ e C d~ ~ ~ ~ l a : : d~ : l ~ ~ : \ h : g e ~ o v : ) : : ~ e ~ i ~ ~ ~ .u p p o r t sw~~d : I ~ : ; ; : : ; : ~ . ~ s ~ ~ e W i ~ ~ a : : .88% of Lasseter's entire enroll- Civil rebellion against Diem's fici ..l U. S. position is that we arement. The U. S. now has approx- dictatorship eventually led to hisl def.endlng the South Vidnarne.seimatety 525,000 men stationed in assassination in 1963. In the lBj and ourselves against CommunistS.OI1:thVi('tn~m. Such large ~nd months that followed So~th V i ~ t ' l aggression, several fQr~i.gn powersr.o~tly commitment in a forelgn I nam had no less than eight die. have accused 'us of trying to makeland prompts several questions. tators, with the takeover by Ngu- Vietnam a U. S. colonyFirst, how diu we gtlt there? yen Can Ky In June 1965 making . Whatever our true purpose

After the French were routed out the ninth. I there, rising tosoa and incre2singuf vietnam ,in 1 9 5 . : : 1 by the Com: ,only ~st fall d~d the. dcmocra- c:ommitm~nt. raise a fourth qucs-mnntst factlO~ led by Ho ChI be election prOl_rus.ed Since 1954

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non, one ~hIC,h.must ~c ~mweredMinh. Ho retalncd control of thc take place, namrng Nguyen Van by every individual: .1~ It worth

while Ngo Dinh Diem pro- T h i e u president and Ky prime it?himself head of the newI South vietnam. 19 Y OldIncreasing raids by the power- - eo,-

thirsty North led Diem to ask the!:~~:~~;cl~~:~rn:dt\;s.:rio~~~e:~~ Taps F renchAsia Treaty Organization (SEATO)agr>'lemfmt. Led by graceful Pee:!zy Fleming. ski team bowed to French speedSecondly, cxaetlv wbom are w e IU. S, skaters took home an ~rraYI demon, Jean-Claude KilIy,

supporting? Despite the fact that of gol~ and silver from the wmter III 1111,Norway pulled in theIn the opinion of Charles De-j France had in that Asian country the U. S. increased its support to O I ~ ~ i ~ C :';m~; :; t~~~c~t~;='andl ~ar~~t ~~:ber'.~! i;ed;~:d: ' f~~

Gaul!.e,. president of the Fren.chi from the mfd-tacc's uut il19.~4. The Demo Hopefuls virtuosity all her own, figure skater ~~ a;:tal num~~r o t medals wonRepublic, the U. S., not the S o v i e tFrench w?uld. probably st:~l own Peggy Fleming .wa~ the only U. S.! since the Winter Olympic's origin.~:ion;n~~p~~~e~:~ate~~ th~~.:~e:~ : f ~:~o~:~g :u:c~:setn 1~0!~~~~~:~ (Continu~e"f~:;y page 4) ~~~ltestant to wm a gold medal in I ~~t~ t;OV~~lSUr~i~~ill~I~C:sp:~~~~~Europe France's present strategy defeated by the Viet '11mh Robert Kennedy, now a U S France had to send for morel moth e to undermine the United States' Of course French pride 18 a Senator from New York, cast a SLIver after the 500 meter women'sl ..,influence chIefly originated Irom very' touchy' thing Mavbe De late bid for the Democrat ic noun speed skating race Thrce astont.hB man's be~hef. ... '. ., c.,aUll.' "'. s oot fl'rgptte~.hO'N they nil.tjO./1 J..\JSl ovel.' a Wi.l.t!kago.. A lslH;uAlJH~f'lC/J:U girls, Mary ~ r < : ! ' Y ! ! I ' S I E D l 'E N U L [ 1 0 NIn 'World war I, the U. S, sigm- had not been allowed to jom Iendine critic of the Johnson Viet- DIane Holum, and Jenny Icish, allficantly aided the Allied powers, Russia, England, and the U. S. at nam policies, he has opposed tile tied for second place. Russia's mys-including France ' . ill :l:a:lr defeat the Yalta Conference durt~g world bombing and called for greater tery girl, Ludmita 'film/a, placed I N S U R A N C E A G E N C Vo,f Germany, f~'eel Itg~ f I'a~ce from War TI. Perhaps t h a t bltter rs- U. S. effort to negotiate peace. first.Gel'ma~ mvaston. Iinllowtng the scntmcnt has arisen, as in other I Kp,nnerly'~ trademarks are his Cutting melting ice, retiring~~~~:tli~n 1~~4,~::~~~k:~f)~,.h,~~~U~l!~~:'dt~Cea~~~a.\~~.~"~'h~;e!~~~an:~~l~ac~I~~~ksp::Ch~a:~d~f:~~~~e~e i\~~~~~m~~;~c~~c~.f~~h~~~ W . E. Pendleton C. P. c. u,entered Pans. More than twenty Frenr.h are, retatrcelv speaktns, Lenrrue suits, and a Hlckory Hill of Austria barely edged Tim Woodyears. later, ncceuuc ordel':d .:11 the "have-not's." Perhaps, and menager-ie of pets and ten chil- ~f the U. S. in men's free skating.~~:~l:cS:~l ~:~~~e~U!' l t ;~:~cr~~~~1u~lly. so, that .old h~l1"(:d.for th", dren. Plagued by flu bugs, l?\'c bugs,1 ~ , American tour-ist W i t h h!s. rude H i s interests include a dlerce del" :~iSS~,:,~g~'t="~': . , o ~ m ~ P I ~ 'w ~ m ~ " : ," : ' d ~ = : : ; : : ; : ; = = = = = :L~~dthe past twa years, France and s.nobbish wars has reached a vouon to hts children and sports, "spinouts", L1C U. S. "Ajptners'bas further struck out at the United J~ak In France. but be writes off all TV except

b~, :t "'~ t .hruu: ,\h ,>""" ,. ",l GUrpd lli tlg" \nHl. lC~Cr the reason Il!av.hc.. now" Fro.;r ..rn~ "" boriuS. A = - 1 BILL MERIWETHERincidents, a~Qng which are: rn A recent rIot,s .: lml dcm.oIls,ratlOllS ligiolls man, RFK keeps holy .water Ph h. t eaken the value of ag'.l!lst a.n. ything Al."".lCf.li. prove in near-ly every room at Hickory otograp er~;IP~~~ri~a:ollar; (2) With- that to ~he" !o'renc~ ,I~e~pl:, the Hill. He neither smokes nor 747 W J t Sf 742-2055

crawat Irom the integrated com- United states name is .mll~ Im drinks. ~ = = = = a = n : u = = : .= = = = = = = = = = ~ann structure NiI.TO; (3) Con- Recently Dcrjaullc said, 'lawstant at the United States' the press likes strong news cock-

vietnam tails and 1 can assure you that IWhat is the reasoning behind won't be serving milk in

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Hopak, Troika Invade Gym;Stomp Clamped LHS StyleCSh~bo~ar, Hopak, Troika. and tton, the bop, the

Kalvehs Invaded the gym last six step . hop, polka~eek:; . These are a few of the step, waltz step.International folk dances per Iorm- Hopak step, Var.e.d by all Lasseter physical educe- sovienne s t e p,tion students. and the Scot.Climaxing the six weeks, each tlsche step.

gym class was assigned a dance I Gym studentstc polish. Mter practielng and 3~ were graded bysembling makeshift costumes, the gym teachers,

From the ninth grade are classes just ~~he:a;:: ::::~, M ! e i i!;;~~r~I~:~n::~a~e~t~W:~~S' done many years J. McCulloughcia Gresham, andenth graders arc Janie a~~me American ~;;. ~:~~c~~r~;iC~n :::e~:~~:!;~ni~anJ:;~o~~y ~e~:od dan ne a taught wert! performed.join juniors Cheryl were "The Grand So much interest was aroused byMary Williams, Sheryl ~ ; ~ ~ ~ ' y ~~r~s~ ~ ! e : : e~:U:~a:i!~~e:~d W::n:l~Linda McMichael, Vickie "Teton Mountain lowed to. watch the classes duro: Z : t ~~no~~ves, who are Stomp", "R e ding their study haUs.. . . - - - - - - . . . . 1 Highlights Music Month ." b " , D re;';n~ . !~ :::"~Y'' ';IBand,Chorus Win

The Semin?ry Sing~rs fr~m As both religious and secular num. Da~;~~::d'S:'~::I~e~! ! :~:d~:~~IMUSiCeet Honor sbury 'Iheologleal Seminary m Wil bers and featured a male quartet with the Danish "Seven Jumps" Lasseter's senior high chorusmO,re, Kentucky, presented a ver- and a brass ensemble. and "Crested Hen" Austria'S "Sev- and High Hatter Band broughtsatile performance March 11 in Occupying an earlier spot on en Steps," and "The Chimes of home a total of three superiorthe Lasseter gym as a part of the Lasseter's music calendar was the Dunkirk" from Belgium. Adding ratings and one excellent rankschool's March Music Month pro- Middle Georgia College Ensemble, even more international flavor from the Central Georgia Musicgram. ~vho receiv~d ~ standing ovation were MexicD's "La Raspa," the Fes~val hosted by Wi.Uingb~mThe az-vclce men's choir was di- In t,he auditorIUm, March 4. A English "Carcassion Circle," the Junior ana MeEvoy Senior High

reeted by Mr,. John S.. Tre.maine ~l~nSg~~t:~tc~n~ :~:~~~:e~:I~~ ~~~~;~ .:~R ,? ~~~ho~~e~~ ;:y~ SC~~:ISc~;n:a;~~ei~ed verdicts ofand a.ccompamed by his. Wife at varied the program, ! fUI>~" ~ssack :n1~S~~accompanied "superior" 011 both their prepared~ = = = = = = = = ~ ~ tep:":::n:o."':::Th~,~c:o:'.:nc~"~t~m:C~10~d'~dmong the songs presented the Ukranian "Hopak" Hungary's p r- es en ta ti on 0 : "Summer Breeze".- ware "How Old Are You?", "The "Cshebogar," and the Russian and "Salvation Is Created" and

Way You Look Tonight", "Roll, "Troika." ' their performance in an impromp-Jordan, Roll", "A Man's Best tu sight "reading.Friend Is His Horse", and "Ain't- . These dances descended from Mrs. Helen Wilson, Lassetera.~~a:cl~~~:g N ~ ~ V : . "usic Month ~~l:!eth~a~~~~gw:!~~I;:; t~:s;led~! ~~:~~~ d~~:ct;~~i::po~~:~ t:i~t '~~~agcnda was an appearance by the er .generation, . G.radually, a sym'l sing for rating, they received

IContinental Air Command Band bohe dance within each country I many fine comments from thefrom Robins Air Force Base. Per. became associated with the culture judges."

lJtlacon, Ga. ~~~:~~~nt. : a r ~ a D ; ~ i .nhe~:.:~ O\:h~:e::~:ess o f learning these W l~ ~ l~~:;e c:o~~:~ej~;~:~ ~~~Bridges. A special Icature of dances, students were taughtl' ~ors, gr.:ldcd participati!1g srovne.___________________ their. program was The Pipers, a I many steps and positions, some o.n such things as intonation, dlc- -. ~:g~::etr:~1ti!r:lmSC:~~~ls k~;t:~ed! ~:r. \ \ ; h ~ ~ ~n:le::ed at~;a::njof;~!: :;:~:=-thm, balance, and stage

The High Hatter Band .mder the~.~r:.~:ut;:(t,~:.:~--:i~;.~:.~~:/~\::~;.~~~~:~:cO::f r:~~gBi~~ : ~ : . ~ s : e ~ J1: :

: , : : ' ~ , ' : ; ' ' 1 J . . . ~ ' . ~ " " ' . . '~ " ' ~ : { , . : , ; , , ~ ~ ~ < : 1 2 ~ ~ ~_ . ~ perter" rating for the group's

sight reading.Mrs. Wilson rerteeted that "our

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tering thing a girl could wear on outlines and accentuates delicate She had so many children she "A teacher should be as well pre-~: ~~r~~g\\::t~h~;y~e~irfOl?::~~'~{\~;i: ~ : ~ r . : ~ : ~ ~ C : i o w i : :;~~cr~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ : d ~ ~ ~ t E ! r e : : ~ I : ~ o r':hl~; pu~i;~~~e~~~n"~h~!a~h:r~:'Shoes: r ~ ; . ' ; she expectsher studentsthe most ra vIshing coiffure. which falls to the waist under- C her y I McO


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THE LASSETER LANTERN Monday, March 25, 1968

I S p r in g T il t Y ie ld s 1 3 - 9 R e d W inFor the.second straight year, the Af.ter a 14."Y3[d run in the s e e " 1 defense -held them, though, andMark Smith Red team trounced ond quarter by Dirk Thomas, the the buzzer sounded with the ball

the Blacks in the annual intra- Blacks were halted and the Reds on the 31.school game this time with a 139 went for tI~clrsecond talk M i k e l D' k Th I d th dtally, '. J~ekson raised the score' to 133 ain~d wit:ml~ i~ 20 =tte~r;,I ~e. Bl:hCkS~um~e~ to an ea:l~ ~~~ : n ~ O ~ C : : ~ ; : : S : l ~ ~ l ~ A ~ ~yard ~Iike Jackson (or 36 in 12, ~Ildaea fi;~d ,;oal ar~y c~:nmcB:~j- Inthe middle of the third quar- i~mC~:ri:si.tchelladded 29 yards infay. _ Bonifay, who kicked ofl, ter, the Blacks returned a puntlquarter-backed, and booted PAT's to the 45, followed by a Bonifay The highest number of ticketanti field goals for the Blacks, was pass and a Thomas rush which sales in the class competitionkept busy all night. pegged the scorn at 13.9. gained for eighth grade the privi-th~e:~~~ t t o: ~~r:~ :~::t:;e\:~e~ The UJacks did not have another lerge of naming Sis l\1eek~ andthey recovered a Black fumble on chance to score until the last 37 Vi ayne Young queen and king ofthe 37 yard line. Carries by l'Il.ike se~onds of the game. The Red Ithe 1968 Hed and Black Game.Jackson 11 n d Jimmy Mitchellbrought the ball to the 19, whereQuarterback Chuck WelJs hitRandy Sloan with a perfect pass,making the score 53,

t . HIl'.l_ - IAs beaketball and wr~st.l;n~ , '\tournaments marked the ends 01 I,' I C HAR LIE W O OD , INC . 1 : 1 1these respective seasons, Ioothall .I--'-.!.- - ; - ; : = = = = = = = = = :once again took over !IS springtraining drills began, The :Mark;---------,ISmith Bul ldogs, 1968 edi tion, began!practice on February 19, with theI annual Rd and Black tilt comingby Fran Grant on March 8. The "Dogs should proveleap over the nE't Seeded first among fornlgn con- i an able foe ill the new Region AAA.Ian LeSCbIY'i tenders in the Macon tourney, I next year

ended International Leschly ts 7th in the world in erne- One unusual racet of thisTennis which was teur tennis, season's r.pring drills was the ab-played in the Wesleyan g."mnasium.1 When asked "What advice would sence of Coach Leo Brooks. ConchThe litLle southpaw trounced ~Iou give lo high school tennts Brooks, who served as head de-Britisher anke Sangster in 4 sets players," Jan st: ressed three im- fensive mentor for three years6 - 3 ( ) ~ ~ ; ' . ! ! : ~ 1 ~ ; ~ ~uickness enabled! ~~~~~,n\t;ti~:co'~~l,rS~at~~U t . ~ : \ ' ~ a : l ~~~h i~a~~i~O:o ~::~r~ C ~ r ~ ~ ;1-------him to brenk gangster's serve, r c - I third, keep :I fast gr ip . Also bend a Douglasville mobile home~

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