Piedmont College - Yonahian Yearbook (Demorest, GA)

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Above: Charlie Wilson relaxes. Above: The Big Eaters dig in. DRAMA CLUB PRESENTS J. B. On Saturday evening, June 4, the Drama Club presented scenes from Archibald MacLeish ' s Pulitzer Prize drama, J. B. The play was directed by Mr. James Lindholm, faculty advisor for the club, and the cast included Gayle Smith, Andrew Simon, Fred Steele, Miss Elizabeth Coffee, David Adams, Margaret Puckett, and Mr. Lindholm. Below: Fanny Crowder, Jim Cantrell, and Gayle Smith all looking enthusiastic. Below: Andy Simon (Nichols) demonstrates a Satanic leer while preparing for his part in J. B. 27

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SPRING CLASS DAY Left: Betty Wood, Gayle Smith, an unidentified body, and Fred Steele dramatize a scene from Edgar Allan Poe ' s ' Annabelle Lee. The 1960 edition operatic revivals Boris Gudunov Wilson presiding, Spanish Dance by Simon, Highlights of Commons Hall, rade by the men of of Class Day saw notable and dramatic scenes from and Annabelle Lee. Gene the production featured a Estella Searing and Andy of the Year by the women and a Lovely Fashion Pa- Babcock Hall. Above: Commons Hall residents Barbara Eich, Betty Wood, Dale Farmer, Fannette Crowder, and Shirley Segars reinact the trash can rolling. Below, far left: Fannette Crowder and David Adams re- produce a scene from Boris Gudunov singing an operatic translation of the Alma Mater. Below: Class Day at Lake Russell. 26

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At the sixty-third Graduation Exercises, June and Aug ust 1960, fifty-seven seniors received their Bachelor Degrees in the Arts, the Sciences, Elementary Education, Business Administration, and Physical Education. The reward of four years ' work and the climax of weeks of preparation, the Commencement Ceremonies were attended by alumni, parents and friends of the graduates, and underclassmen. In June Alumni Day was celebrated with a special dinner, meeting of both the Board of Trustees and the Alumni Association, and the Drama Club production of J. B. The Torch Club, an honorary society for Piedmont women, held its annual breakfast at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Percy. 1960 GRADUATION Three honorary degrees were conferred in June and two in August. In addition the 1960 Library Prize for Poetry was presented by Miss Elizabeth Coffee, college librarian. Seniors graduating with honors and those representing Pied- mont College in the annual publication Who ' s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities were recognized by President Walter who presided over the ceremonies. Right: Senior Class President Asliton Godley presented the 1960 class gift to the college library — a world globe and atlas and a selection of books, fiction and non-fiction, chosen by the class and the librarian. ■ , I 1 cin OF IKE Clttt OF IMO 1 iM n Tl I ml .Ml I 1 If II If • J-, » i 28