Coker College - Milestone Yearbook (Hartsville, SC)

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With a handful of programs, a Coker arm- band, a pretty evening dress, and a pleasant smile the ushers greet guests and students as they enter the auditorium. These are the girls who arrive there thirty minutes before anyone else and remain on the job until the house- lights are dimmed. They must see that every- One receives a program, and reserve or locate seats for latecomers. Whether at convocation, community concerts, faculty recitals, lectures, the Literary Festival or graduation, our charm- ing ushers are there—tready with a smile and a helping hand. LEFT TO RIGHT: Ulmer, McGuirt, McCracken, Myers, Head Usher, Thomason, Cantey and Castanes. bee UE Ee The harsh clang of a bell echoes through the dormitory at one A. M. Students awaken with fear, or sleepily reach to turn off their alarm clocks. Then the realization comes—this is a fire drill. Automatically lights are turned on, windows opened, raincoats and towels grabbed, doors closed. Already the fire wardens on each hall are on the alert, checking rooms, counting noses outside, and hurrying to the bell tower to report. “But we didn’t get out in two minutes flat,’ Chief Player says. So we gripe a little when we have another drill, but only because we can have confidence in our fier wardens if a real fire threatens Coker. LEFT TO RIGHT, FIRST ROW: Savvas, J. Lowrimore, Joyce Player, Chief. SECOND ROW: Nash, Huggins, Eaddy, Porter. THIRD ROW: Sullivan, P. Crawford, McFaddin, Du- Bose, Calhoun.

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. é é Whiiors’ e Cle The smallest, yet one of the liveliest clubs on campus, is the Physical Education Majors Club. This club encourages participation in campus sports and gives its members training in in- structing when High School Play Days are held on campus. With the Sock Hop as an original money- making project, they introduced new Saturday night entertainment. A typical meeting might find them at Miss Crary’s for a spaghetti supper, taking a memorable canoe ride on a windy day, or journeying to Charlotte to see the Harlem Globe Trotters. LEFT TO RIGHT: Locklear, Lowrimore, Lawhon, Player, Savvas, President, Miss Crary, Sponsor. Chapel BP roctors Before mass meeting begins, students, laugh- ing and chattering, leisurely fill the auditorium. But one group of girls is already there and at work. There ate our chapel proctors—the right hand women of the president at Student Body meetings. Checking attendance, they are S| careful not to overlook the girl who carelessly | sat in the wrong seat, or the eternal stragglers who arrive after the last bell. The chapel | | proctors must distribute any material and collect | | votes. Theirs is a necessary job always well done. LEFT TO RIGHT: S. Rodgers, Head Proctor; Umbers, Ulmer, Long, Thomason, Yarborough.

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LEFT TO RIGHT: Boatwright; Mixon; DuBose; Chairman, Hosey; McLester; Currier; Parker; Blakeney; J. Johnston; Savvas. ee Coperies Patsy Hosey, Chairman “Dance Committee will please meet in Acree Parlor immediately after dinner!” And once again the wheels begin to run that will take the whole school to a night of dancing and enjoyment. Discussing, planning and ar- ranging become the bywords for the inevitable question, “What band are we going to have?” The group delves into a search that produces such popular names as Gerald Carrigan, Neal Compton, the Stardusters, and (our ap- preciation to the Cokers) such names as Dorsey Brothers and Billy May. Once the band is named, the committee launches into the work of selecting decorations so that, like Cindereila’s pumpkin-coach, the dining room will be transformed into a ballroom. In doing this, consideration must be given to such matters as the type of orchestra, the occasion for the dance, and the time of year. “Do you think orange and brown crepe paper with colored leaves will make a hit for the fall dances?” “Dance com- mittee is reminded to meet in the lounge to make stars for the Christmas dance!” “You mean we're actually go- ing to go modern for this one?” Then comes the day when Herb and Jerry get out their hammers and saws and begin work on the band- stand. Ladders are dragged and willing girls dressed in Bermudas, smiles and eventually dirty faces, paint leaves or cut stars far into the night. They hand paper, lower or lift flowers or colored balls until there is but one short hour left before dance time. And, wouldn't you know it? That one important thing has been forgotten and someone must go for it, someone must make the mad dash to find it, to discover where it was so carefully hidden. Indeed it is a situation that calls for quick think- ing and our committee comes through with flying colors. Finally, miraculously, the crepe paper is in place, all the tickets are sold, and listen—the band is playing—and thanks to the dance committee, we at Coker begin another night full of “moments to remember.”