Aurora University - Pharos Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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Religious Emphasis Week The speaker for the daily ser- vices of Religious Emphasis Week this year was Dr. M. Ray McKay, who is pastor of the Second Bap- tist Church in Little Rock, Arkan- sas. His skilled presentation held the interest of the students as they thought on spiritual things. Many were helped and strengthened by the personal conferences with Dr. McKay. Not only did Dr. McKay speak at the daily chapel services, but also he talked to the Student Christian Association group, to the Theological Club, to the Foreign Missions Fellowship, to the Menis Dorm group, and t0 the Offs Campus Women. The Annual Religious Emphasis Week at Aurora College took place during the week of February 19-23. The general Chairman of the Religious Emphasis Week program was Asa Colby. A number of student committees helped plan the music, literature, and pub- licity to make this week a success. A spectacular piece of publicity was the booth containing the overHowing pitchers, symbolic of the rivers of water. Dr. Ethel Tapper was chairman of the committee for devotional literature which was on display in the main corridor of Eckhart Hall. Students and faculty members purchased many desirable books from this display for their own personal use. Student members of the planning committee included Robert Merritt, Wes- ley Hartley, Robert Cole, Jean Wood, Earl Crouse, Elaine Knight, James Hickey, Jodeen Fitzgerald, Edward Young, Donald Lindo, Helen Stephens, George Polhill, and Marilyn Bohy. Other stu- dents, not in this committee, participated in sub committees and in chapel services. A general spiritual uplift was felt during this week and carried over throughout the remainder of the year. azsa

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Spotlight Assembly World famous artists were presented at our Spotlites this year. Musicians will long remember the Hallelujah Quartet under the direction of Norris J. Stokes. This group depicted phases of south- ern life in which the Negro has had a most familiar part. Lois Fisher, cartoonist and author, presented a cartoon-illus- trated dramatization of her book, Bill and His Neighbors, which deals with the problem of race and religious prejudice from a psychological point of view. William Kilgore, secretary of the Fox Valley hlanufacturers Association, gave us a graphic as well as oral presentation of main- taining the American way of life. Mary Graves of Chicago aided us in looking with insight into our own lives with her talk, HYou and Your Worldfi It appears to have become a tradition to have Sam Campbell come to us annually to interpret to us the meaning of nature with his movies and talk. Other spotlites such as the one featuring Colonel Rhys Davies, 0. B. E, P. S. 0., Legion of Honor and the one which launched the Campus Fund Drive under the direction of Louia Gransee were appreciated for their Civic value. A broadening educational experience, our spotlites featured informative programs and entertainment. The selections for our spotlites were under the chairmanship of Jean Mclver. Lois Firher

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Woman's Day HThe Howers that bloom in the Spring, was the theme of the Woments Day. Pansies, daffodils, lilies, and roses decorated the gym where the ladies in their finest array enjoyed a Southern fried chicken dinner. The talent of some of the women students provided an after-dinner entertainment. After open house at Wilkinson Hall and the Off Campus Womenhs room, the ladies went to Lowry Chapel to get a birdhs eye view of the coming fashions. Models were chosen from ages four to forty. Later, the dayts events were Climaxed by a tea in the Dewing Room where many new acquain- tances were made.