Coker College - Milestone Yearbook (Hartsville, SC)

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106 Seated: i} ike | Lucy Parker, Chairman UTE Na ali Ligon, Parker—Chairman, Graham. Standing: Holmes, Umbers, DuBose, Burgess, Hucks, Mixon, ic .Mr. J. D. Reynolds—Sponsor. Dance Committee dees e “I could have danced all night!’’ So sing the Cokernuts the morning after a Coker dance. Other comments on the dance or “Wasn’t the band good!” and “Wonder who thought of those original decorations?” An interview with the Dance Committee will reveal just what these industrious and original people do in preparation for a dance. Lucy Parker, chairman, calls a meeting in Acree Parlor. The members, with sponsors Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, discuss possible dates for the next dance, then they discuss bands. This year the Clemson Jungaleers played for both the Fall and the Christmas dances, Once the Committee has secured a band, they begin work on the decorations. For this year’s fall dance, a football theme was used. College pennants decorated the walls of the dining room with gay “mums” and gay yellow bows. The Christmas dance featured a 10-foot snowman made with much difficulty, as real snow just wasn’t available. During intermission at the Christ- mas dance the Pershing Rifle Team from Clemson gave an ex- hibition of their drilling ability and formed an arch of sabers for the Beauty and Cutie Queens and their courts. Once each year a big-name band plays for a dance—thanks to the Cokers. This year it was Les Elgart! Lucy and her Committee really outdid themselves this time, decorating with a black and white theme. The Dance Committee has a great deal of fun deciding on bands and decorations, but they also have their difficulties. There is always the financial problem to consider. “Can we afford to get that band? ” or “We just can’t pay that much for decorations; let’s plan to use something else this time.” But, somehow, the Com- mittee manages to stretch its funds just far enough and trans- forms the dining room into a beautiful ballroom. Once again it’s “Let’s dance!” time at Coker.

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Modern Pance Club The dance—“Jazz’.—the music—Stan Kenton’s ‘‘Abstraction”—the performers—dance club mem- bers in red and black leotards. And so they danced throughout the year, for the Dance Re- view, the Arts Forum in Greensboro, and May Day. They choreographed for hours, days, and weeks under Mrs. Saunders’ careful supervision. Per- haps there was one difficult measure of music, or a clash between movement and personality, which only practice could eliminate. After long hours of practice, perfection was reached and another grand performance was given. In their perform- ances we saw many personalities, much talent, and a sense of pride, because a strived-for accom- plishment had been reached. First Row: Pennington, Allen, Dibble, Oates—President; McSwain, Holroyd, Second Row: Kay, Price, Booker, Kissane, Chinnes. Third Row: Gillam, Roney, Boatwright. Mens Club Coker boasts a new organization on campus this year—The Men’s Club! The main objective— to keep the boys informed about what's going on! Forty members, dormitory and day students, make up this group which is sponsored by Dr. Fahrner. They started the year off by sponsoring a beauty and a cutie for the Beauty-Cutie Con- test. A ping-pong tournament was a high light of the year. Besides projects, these boys had their i fun too—for instance, swimming every Wednes- day night in the college pool! For an up-and- coming group of coeds plans for the future are getting bigger and better. First Row: Speredonakis, Fahrner—Sponsor; Mixon—President; McLeod. Second Row: Alexander, Anderson, Stonecypher, Mc- Lean, Hucks. Third Row: Holmes, Anderson, McNeese, Gibson, Hayes. Fourth Row: Rutledge, Jacobs, Woods, Lesene, Williams, Garland.

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ee = First Row: Williams, Culpepper, Croswell, Kelley, White, Bailey, Lowe, Tyner—President. Second Row: Hayes, McCormick, Wallace, McLean, Fox, Rutledge, Taylor, Byrd, King. Third Row: Tyner, E. White, Rolfe, Collins, Whittle, McNeese, Tedder, Dukes. Fourth Row: Williams, Hucks, McLean, Anderson, McDonald, Alexander, Dr. A. A. Fahrner—Sponsor; Mixon. Fifth Row: Gibson, ‘Thomas, Stonecypher, Smith, Day Students Club “No Civ. this morning?!” Imagine the heartbreak of driving all the way from Florence for one class and then not having it! These day students of ours perform miracles that even we dorm students think impossible. For instance: how perfectly ghastly for us to have to drag out of a warm bed and go to class. That minute late was due to an extra minute in bed after the alarm went off. How much more terrible it must be to have to get up and drive from Florence, Chesterfield, or Bishopville to Coker and be on time for an 8:30 class. Somehow, the day students keep informed of the “going-on’s” around Coker, usually better than we who live here. It’s uncanny, how they find out about those announcements in the dining room that we didn’t even hear! The canteen is a familiar place to the Day Students. Here’s where you find them when they have a free period. Occasionally, like everyone else, you'll find them in the library studying! Sponsored by Dr. Fahrner and headed by Joyce Tyner, these day students meet regularly to keep up-to-date on the activities and special news of Coker. Joyce Tyner, President