Furman University - Bonhomie Yearbook (Greenville, SC)

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SAM ARNOlO Director Furman Band The Furman Band, under the direction of Mr. Sam H. Arnold, won statewide acclaim for its performance this year. The forty-five members played all types of band and orchestral music. Spirited sonss and precision marching made the bond a feature at football games. In the spring the band toured the Carolinas and Georgia. On April 22 the annual spring concert was presented in connection with May Day Festivities. Playing for Commencement ended the year's work. OFFICERS JIMMY SENN.................. MALCOLM SLIFKIN............. JERRY WILLIAMS.............. HERBERT TYLER ............... . . President Vice-President . . Secretory Social Chairman FLUTES BASSOON Marion Lark BASSES Elncda Padgett Sybil Humphries Robert Tyler Wilfred Platte Frances Bailey Clarence Smith Cecil Cave CLARINETS SAXOPHONES Sue Tally PERCUSSION Malcolm Slifkin Phil Moore TROMBONES Jerry Williams Ruth Hermon Robert Stewart David Daniel I f v 1 • » Jimmy Senn Jimmy Phillips Charles Reaves Jimmy Bonner Frank McCravy Clyde Taylor (Drum Major) Richard Arcilcsi Jimmy Culbertson Charles Yoeman Linda Messer Joe DeVorc Ronnie Neal Lila Scott Nancy Evans Nell Hill CORNETS HORNS Robert Siegmann Hawkins Cook Joan Raines STUDENT DIRECTORS David Cothran Herbert Tyler Sybil Humphries BASS CLARINET Robert Moorer Bob Ellis Don McMinn Roger Poore Jimmy Senn OBOE Frances Steadman Jimmy Rampey BARITONE LIBRARIAN Charlotte Orman Paisley Jackson Jimmy Senn

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MRS. SMITH A Capella Choir The Furman A Capella Choir combines the singins talent of almost fifty women students. The group, in its second year under its title of A Capella” and under the directorship of Mrs. Charlotte Reed Smith, increased its number and did most of its programs from memory. The major presentations of the group for the year were special musical programs at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter and a program of secular music in the spring. Officers were Hilda King, president; Catherine Hester, secretary Patsy Blair and Hester Welborn, publicity chairmen; May Frances Bailey, social chairman; and Ann Godshall, librarian. Accompanying the group at rehearsals was Sara Ann Gambrell. I SOPRANOS Nettie Algcod Evelyn Cleveland Elaine Koger Barbara Goodman Ann Godshall Helen Gurley Julia Hollester Joan Lipscomb Ella Jane Matthews Carol McCombs Janice Moore Gail Sloan Hester Welborn Gretchen Weber Clarice Wise II SOPRANOS May Frances Bailey Patsy Blair Frances Booker Linda Bullington June Collins Anna Clyde Fraker Virginia Coleman Rochelle Hall Catherine Hester Hilda King Donna Klinger Elaine Lanford Ann Nicholson Helen Phillips Caroline Harrison Sybil Dawsey ALTOS Lena Califf Janice Campbell Dee Davidson Sara Jane Dodson Edith Evans Sara Galloway Anita Heckle Eloise Kenncmorc Emily Mainwaring Eileen Muckcnfuss Dot Sanders Frances Self Frances Skelton Terry Thomas Mary Lou Walsh Carolyn Watkins Emma Jean Walker Barbara Ann Brannon 28

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COWARDS! WHY HAVE YOU MURDERED HIM? CRIES PAT MEALING AS OUEEN MARY OF SCOTLAND Theatre Guild The Theatre Guild began its twentieth season with Mary of Scotland , the 75th major production, and completed a successful year with top-notch performances o? The Corn Is Green and The Importance of Being Earnest Under the leadership of Nancy McManaway as president. Dean Campbell as vice-president; Jo Anne Mac- I M IN A COMA SAYS JO ANNE MocKINNON AS BESSIE WATTY IN THE CORN IS GREEN . Kinnon as secretary, Al McNeely as treasurer, and McDonald Held and Dr. Dorothy Richey as directors, the Guild achieved its purpose of promoting greater interest in drama at Furman. Eleven members were tapped for Alpha Psi Omega—the height of every Guilder's ambition. PRODUCTIONS MARy OF SCOTLAND” . . . October 21-22 . . . Historical play by Maxwell Anderson. Leading roles played by Pat Mealing, Norma Richardson, and Frank Copehart. THE CORN IS GREEN” . . . December 2-3 .. . Comedy by Evelyn Williams. Leading players were Nancy McManaway, Dean Campbell. Jo Anne Moc-Kinnon, and Fraser Lyon. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST . . . March 31 April I . . . Oscar Wilde's great English comedy. Leading roles taken by Dean Campbell, Al McNeely, Leah Thompson, Mary Vann Hughes, and Jane Terry. 30