Anderson College - Columns / Sororian Yearbook (Anderson, SC)

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Standing, Left to Right: Rita Burley Melvin Brown, Reba Hutto, Eugene Nalley, Martha Keever, Bill Richey, Mabel Lee Johnson, Carolyn Cothran, Jim Langston, Mimi Livingston, Sydney Vivian, Anne Abercrombie, Pat Wallace. Seated, Left To Right: Mary Kirby, President, Ray Kimbrell, Milton Dickson, Carroll Shands, Professor E. H. Vivian, advisor. Anderson College Players The fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Ander- son College witnessed new heights in accomplishments for the Anderson College Players, under the direction of Professor Everett H. Vivian, chairman of the Depart- ment of Speech and Drama, and the audiences for the various productions have been impressed by the unusual talent and teamwork displayed by the members of the cast and the director. As part of its golden anniversary celebration An- derson College presented the Players in The Diary of Anne Frank, a play in two acts by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett based upon the actual diary kept by a thirteen-year-old girl who, with her parents and other Dutch Jews, hid from the Nazis in an overcrowded garret in Amsterdam, Holland, during the Second World War. This major production was given on October 20, 21, and 22, and the players performed with a German accent. Another outstanding presentation was a drama of the War Between the States, Tlie Breaking of Bread, which was staged at the college during the chapel hour on December 1.3 and again in the evening for the public. Dickson appeared as the Rebel and Brown as the Yankee in the play that brought out the human side of the soldi( r of the lS60 ' s when Southerner met Yankee in a forest. At the convention of the South Carolina Speech Association, which was held at Columbia College in tlie city of Columbia on February 24 and 2.5, 1961, Dick- son took a prominent part on the program with por- trayals of both Otto Frank and Mr. Van Daan, and he also performed in several scenes from The Breaking of Bread. Nalley and Misses Eathel Bowie and Gayle Anderson were other students attending the conven- tion, and Professor Vivian discussed the problems and technicalities of producing plays. Miss Kirby serves as president of the Anderson Col- lege Players, while other officers are Miss Livingstone as treasurer and Sydney Vivian as secretary. lum wi Pf

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DIRECTOR Mrs Pauline Poplin Anderson College Choir The Anderson College Choir is unique in its setup in that it is both a class, carrying credit hours and a student organization. Made up this year of 40 singers selected early in September by audition, the Choir re- ceives intensive vocal training from the head of the voice department. During the year approximately 55 worthy choral selections are learned and performed. The Anderson College Choir as its name implies, emphasizes the best in sacred choral literature but per- forms also secular and folk selections as appropriate. Serving as president this year is Frances Hiers, as vice president, Sue Payne; as Secretary - Treasurer; Elaine Blitch; serving as the robe committee are Jan Biggers, Carroll Shands, Frances Rivers, and Barbara Dempsey; serving as Librarians are Martha Louise Alli- son, Lynda Richbourg, Mimi Livingstone, and Mary Kirby. From the Choir a Sextette is selected each year. This year the Sextette is composed of Beverly King, Sue Payne, Joyce Walters, Jo Shirley, Elaine Blitch, and Reba Hutto, and Martha Louise Allison as accom- panist. They sang for Rod Heller Day in Seneca, college chapel at Christmas time, and sang and produced Bastien by Mozart. First Row, Left To Right: Sydney Vivian, Jan Biggers, Mimi Livingston, Millicent Crawford, Jo Shirley, Judy McGee, Norma Ford, Gail Anderson, Betty McKinney. Second Row, Left To Right: Martha Mims, Joann Woodham, Sue Payne, Lynda Richbourg, Rita Burley, Joyce Walters, Marsha Groover, Cynthia ffunnicutt, Carroll Shands, Dianna Callaham. Third Row, Left To Right: Brenda Davis, Barbara Dempsey, Frances Hiers, Martha Phillips, Anne Abercrombie, Martha Allison, Beverly King, Martha Keever, Fleba Hutto, Brenda Biggers, Mary Ann Finely. Fourth Row, Left To Right: Cathy Sumner, Betty Ann Fisher, Geraldine Haydock, Marilyn Cochran, Karen Allen, Linda Hart, Frances Rivers, Irene Kelly, Mary Kirby, Elaine Bhtch, Sandy Johnson.

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Standing, left to right: Sydney Vivian, Professor E. H. Vivian, advisor, Milton Dickson, NIelvin Brown. Seated: Carroll Shands, Mimi Livingston. What ' s new is more than an idle question with members of The Yodler staff, who search for scoops and for the news behind the news, and who struggle with layouts and heads and stories in a race against the ever- nearing deadline. The Yodler not only reported, but made news this year, as Editor JoAnn Coker moved the campus stu- dent newspaper from a monthly to a twice-a-month publication, changed its appearance with a re-styled nameplate for page one, and introduced new features. Chief assistants were Kathy Fetscher, Associate Edi- tor, and Trudy Fowler, keeping The Yodler out of the Delta Psi O meg a As a result of Professor Vivian ' s leadership, Delta Psi Omega, the national honorary dramatic fraternity, has joined the South Carolina Speech Association, and on May 11, 1960, there was held a public initiation serv- ice for seven candidates for membership. They were Dickson, Timms, and Misses Livingstone, Harden, Crick, Miles, and Sammons, and they received membership in the dramatic fraternity on the basis of their perform- ances in a major production and on their knowledge of the meaning and symbols of Delta Psi Omega. This fraternity was organized on March 20, 1929, for the purpose oiF providing an honor society for per- sons attaining a high standard of work in dramatics and, incidentally, through the expansion of Delta Psi Omega among the colleges of the United States and Canada, to provide a wider fellowship for those interested in the college theater. The fraternity is not intended to take the place of the regular dramatic club or other producing groups, but as students qualify they are re- warded by election to membership in this society. Yodler Staff red as Business Manager. Working with the big three was a staff of reporters and advertising solicitors, oper- ating second semester from new quarters in The Pent- house, third floor of the new student center. In March, JoAnn, Kathy, and Trudy, with new staff members Mackey Davis and Bill Richie, went to the S. C. Collegiate Press Association Convention in Colum- bia. Their suitcases were a little heavier on the return trip, for they brought back the cup for the best college paper in the state from a campus of 750 enrollment or under; a certificate for the best page-one layout (done by Jo Ann); a certificate for the best sports story (written by Bill Moore); and for the best feature story (written by Barbara Gibson). JoANN COKER Editor Standing, left to right: Ruth Swindle, Mimi Livingston, Bar- bara Gibson, Jo Shirley, Mary Ahce Mauldin, Gail Anderson, Bess Ofrias. Seated: Trudy Fowler, Carroll Shands, JoAnn Coker, editor-in-chief, Kathy Fetcher. 26