Coker College - Milestone Yearbook (Hartsville, SC)

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Barbara and Ann choreograph a dance. UPlie pear ateleasem re. plicmen a telease -5, straighten up ... don’t just do it, dance it...’ and Mrs. Saunders continues to call directions and give suggestions. Whether it is working on a dance for Arts Forum in Greensboro or choreographing part of the Coker May Day program, your ability did not come overnight. It came after many practice hours, after bending, lifting, prancing, leaping, after doing steps and striking poses that- you felt were foreign to your personality. It came often after being completely frustrated because one measure of music that you could not choreograph. Yes, from chaos and con- fusion, from hours of both physical and mental work spent Beth Blackmon, President. molding a God-given talent come the rich rewards of beauty, grace, perfection of form—and the great inner satisfaction of time well spent and a job well done. FRONT ROW: N. Johnson, Roney, L. Williams, Ligon, Currier, F . Rogers, Holmes, Oates. BACK ROW: Mims, Huggins, Blackmon, Clark, B. Crawford, Holroyd, Ward, Boatwright, Hosey.

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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.”

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tnor ports “What were those requiremnts again?” “Tread water a minute, float for a half minute, and swim the length of the pool 6 times, and no fair putting your feet on the bottom at the shallow end.” Swimming is one of the minor sports at Coker, and some of us took it for four years and still had to get a doctor's certificate to say we weren't physically fit to swim. There must have been some fish, however, because we came in second on College Play Day. Peggy Rogers won the tennis matches for us that Play Day and Shirley Lawhon won the singles in the Coker annual tennis tournament. Others, by the way, were still struggling to learn to “keep that side to the net.” Mr. Smith did much to activate the interest in table ten- mis, and there was always someone in the canteen ready to chal- lenge him to a match. As usual, the volleyball tournament caused much excitement as class fought class for points that may have meant the President’s Cup. Crys of “set it up,” “play your positions,” “Spike!” and “rotate” filled the gym and with no casualty but a broken light fixture the seniors won the tourna- ment. Down at the college club other cries were heard: “Stroke up... lean forward ... feather your blade . . . PULL!, and crew practice was underway. “Down to the bridge one more time, girls,” and a chorus of groans go up. What excitement the day of the races when the whole school turned out to watch, and how wet the winning captain was when the girls threw her overboard! In golf we discovered that all “birdies” didn’t fly and in archery we “applesauced” with other archers, and at the end of the year we realized that these sports were meant to build sound bodies and alert minds and develop the spirit of cooperation among us. Susan and Liz synchronize those strokes! ... Will Liz land flat or not? Sophomores practice for a big game .. . Pompie pings one back to Shirley, and Miss Crary seems to enjoy it... Peg warms up for those matches against Winthrop and Furman... Joyce, Carol, Virginia and Maxine are out for a little cruise around the lake .. . Cynthia gives out with a mighty swing .. . Frankie and Carleene aim for the bull’s-eye. f