Coker College - Milestone Yearbook (Hartsville, SC)

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for changes in our beloved institution. We decided that it might even be necessary to break some of our own traditions just to keep in character. Barbara Roney was our president, Mary Alma Gee paid the bills and jumbled the books. On returning to school, those of us in South found our- selves without a house mother, since Mrs. Woodward had taken over the inhrmary. Someone suggested that maybe we could get a house daddy, but for some reason the sugges- tion never got anywhere. In a few days our new mother arrived and it was not long before Mrs. Cain become very dear to each of us. One of the first traditions that we managed to break was our own of winning the song contest. In order to overcome the sorrow of losing, we busied ourselves with our first semester money-makingf?J project. For some reason the market for octupi and felt Christmas stockings was not very strong, but we had fun anyway. Was it two thousand, two hundred, or twenty dollars that we made on this adventure? Will we ever forget the influenza epidemic? Everyone on campus seemed to be excited over the situation except Mrs. Woodward. And who was it that said Coker was too back- ward to get the Asiatic flu? It couldn't have been Lynnette Brinson who enjoyed a week's vacation as a result of the flu. At the Christmas dance we were very proud of our Barbara Dibble, who became the third in our line of Cutie queens. Soon after Christmas we began rehearsals for our produc- tion, Redskins to Rockets. After two successful presenta- tions at Thornwell, we journeyed to Florence to give a com- mand performance for thirty-two select guests. The spring brought Ray Anthony to the Coker campus. What a dance! Mary Alma, did you and Sylvia plan to keep all of those wild promises you made to two of the band members? Many traditions were broken when we treated the senior class to a gala banquet and dance at the Sonoco Club. First of all, we were the first class to give the Junior-Senior at the beautiful Sonoco Clubg and second, ir was the first time the president of the college had to pay for the band. We had a very successful year in sports-winning the hockey, volleyball, and deck tennis tournaments and also the crew races. On May Day we beamed with pride as we watched our attendants, Barbara Roney, Barbara Dibble, Bonnie Cone and Shirley Land, take their places in the May Court. It was not until Class Day when we received our rings and robes that we realized that we were about to leave our junior year behind and become sophisticatedC?D seniors. And were we sophisticated seniors? Well, anyway we were seniors. You might say we were vogue on the outside and vague on the inside. It seems that the fad of hoola-hooping had overtaken the entire class, nobody could outdo champs Shirley Land and Molly Creadick. Billie Kissane was elected our president for the second time and Faye Gurley was secretary-treasurer. We really kept senior hall alive, which was no easy job, as our little class of twenty-two who lived on the two fioors of Central didn't quite fill it up. We were small in number, but our spirits were higher than ever-dampened only slightly when we were met by that big fat senior syllabus. We immediately started thinking about a show for the early spring. Shirley, what inspired that number you sug- gested . . . Somebody Touched Me in the Dark Last Night ? The big thought in everybody's mind was practice teaching and writing seminars. A few of us started on our teaching, but we just kept thinking about seminars. We scored two firsts in the hockey tournament, tying with our sister class for the championship. We were the first hockey team to elect a homecoming queen and the first to hold the record of being unscored against in three years. For the song contest we had a hard time choosing between a pep song with a Latin beat or one with a march rhythm. We finally decided on the latter. It didn't win, but we won the alma mater prize for the second time. One day in December it snowed, and snowed, and snowed, and stayed for a week. We were happy as a roach about it . . . especially the table girls, who gleefully jumped out of bed at 6:00 every morning that week to Hx breakfast for the entire school while the cooks were snowbound at home. When time came to select our senior superlatives we couldn't break the tie between Faye and Sylvia for class wit, so we named each one a half-wit and everybody was happy. Cynthia continued to gain fame by winning golf tourna- ments. We predicted that she'd be our first class member to become a celebrity. One night we had a leg contest-not an ordinary one, but one to select the most bowed pair of legs. There was a large number of contestants and the decision was such a diffi- cult one that a tie was finally declared between a certain threesome. After Christmas we really sparkled-third fingers, left hands, that is. Our class set a record for bringing back dia- monds. Faye set a little record of her own by bringing back the most unusual fraternity pin we'd ever seen-from a boy we'd never heard of. After we were all convinced that the situation was on the level, she admitted it was just a joke. You know the story of the boy who cried Wolf, Faye. We were still thinking about a class production, and finally came up with a very original musical fashion show. We were proud and thrilled over our bonnie'l May Queen, Bonnie Cone. Dottie Harvey was elected maid of honor and Betty Crawford, crowner. Our attendants were Pat Crawford, Faye Gurley, Martha jackson, Billie Kissane, Shirley Land and Nancy Phillips. And all of a sudden it's over.,In caps and gowns we smile sophisticated and confident smiles, but inside we wish so much that we could have just a little while longer together. We want to be on our own, you understand, but just for one more day . . . It's over-but we have enough memories and friendships to last a lifetime, though the years may scatter us aprt. SIGNING OUT

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fs' ' Hg .ar -,s 5 .Z i- Za H . ,W . -M -Q. mn J-WN. if H s SHERRILL JORDAN, Presirlent A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance . . . and also a Coker junior. She is gaity, charm, wit, poise, sincerity. She is the link between yesterdays dreams and tomorrow's fulfillments. A junior, the essence of laughter and good times, returns in September as an upperclassman. She shows her sparkling and winsome personality as she wel- comes her little sisters, greets old friends, and makes New Central dorm the jolliest morgue ever. In the midst of this busy life, she accepts new responsibilities and begins specialization in her major field. Earnestly she-a Junior of '58-'59-begins practice for the hockey tournament and song contest hoping to excel her past performances. Her ability and talent are rewarded as her class jubilantly accepts the pep song trophy for the second time. A junior is confidence as she tackles various class projects. Diligently she and her classmates first mem- orize, then practice, and at last perform Blithe Spirit, the junior play. This taste of success leads to more achievements, as her class enters its most beautiful in the Beauty-Cutie Contest and wins both recognition and honor. A jolly junior is a many-sided personality. In addi- tion to her other abilities, she is a perfect hostess to the seniors at the junior-Senior Banquet and Dance. This is an exciting event for all, but most especially for a junior-it is the result of her plans, her work, her hopes. NELL GARDNER, Secretary-treasurer On Class Day, as cap and gown are donned for the first time and Coker ring is worn at last, a junior is more jolly than ever as she Hnds herself safe now in the Senior Class. MR. AND MRS. JAMES COLBERT, Sponsors R'-eg V: W M my