University of Arkansas Monticello - Boll Weevil Yearbook (Monticello, AR)

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32 Student Life netic Force”’ featuring David Stuart, Bruce Mills, Audtry Thomas, and Ron Blackman. While there aren't really limos or celebrities (and the students generally have nothing to promenade about) the Talent Show is a respected entertain- ment event on campus. Besides giving some really good amateur talent a chance to perform, the show is also good for a few laughs.

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Without being malicious, one might assess the talents appear- ing as not overwhelmingly good but, in some cases, surprisingly so. Competition is held in two categories, individual and group performances. Robert Almond won a first place for his talent, singing, with Sissy Maxwell and her tap dance routine running second. In third place was singer Debbi Casto. The group catagory probably generated more excitement, since the highest placers played country and western music which seems to better accomodate the , majority of UAM students. “The Blue Grass Band” with Daryle Wallace, Bert Lambert and Danny Morrow took first place honors. If awards were given for original names, the previously mentioned RNCB wou ld be the hands-down winner, but the quin- tet of Bryan Davis, Jim Flatte, Dennis Robertson, Monty Meek and Jim Metcalf had to settle for second. Placing a close third was ‘‘Mag- Debbie Casto took third place in the individual grouping with her rendition of “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers Anymore” ...

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Blue Grass Band member Daryle Wallace gets the spotlight as the band picks its way to a first place finish. Pattie Moffatt Monticello, Arkansas A M 1939-40 UAM, or Ark. A M College as it was known in my day, has come a long way since my attendance and graduation in the 40’s. The number one problem to- day, AREA PARKING FOR VEHICLES, was no problem then, as so few of us had cars. There was a college bus which made runs to and from town four times a day, and those of us who lived in Monticello either car pooled with fellow commuters or rode the college bus. There were also special college buses which transported groups to concerts and plays in Little Rock or Pine Bluff. Quite often the buses were not in tip top condition, and on one occasion on a return trip from Little Rock a water hose on the bus broke, and we had to stop every few miles to get water from ditches to put in the radiator of the bus. Needless to say, our trip home that night was a little lengthy. As a member of Phi Sigma Chi Sorority | participat- ed in social events and college functions which the sorority promoted and supported. The spring formals were aiways a high point of the year, and much work and preparation went into the planning and culmina- tion of these dances, as there was much competition among the sororities and fraternities over which one would have the most spectacular theme and decora- tions. The college jazz orchestra, second to none in my way of thinking, was an outstanding group of musi- cians who played for all college dances. Their fame was widespread, and Lee Wallick, band director at that time, was responsible for getting the high caliber of dedicated musicians who were members of the band and orchestra, as he personally helped any wor- thy musician who was not financially able to put him- self through college. My association with the college both as a student and as a member of the staff has been a most pleas- ant experience, and | have always felt a close tie with the school because the property on which the college is located was owned by my grandfather, Judge Wil- liam T. Wells, and my mother was born in the house that was the ‘‘President’s Home ” until it was torn down some years ago. The ‘‘Big Oak’ and the ‘‘Pond”’ were both a part of my grandfather's plantation, and | have often heard my mother say that her initials are carved on many limbs of the ‘Big Oak’’, where she played as a child.