Hardin Simmons University - Bronco Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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HSU elects McCurdy as the 1988-89 Queen As part of the events during the Sing weekend, Jeanetta McCurdy was se- lected by popular vote to be the 1988 University Queen. The four other final- ists served as university princesses alongside her. The final balloting took place on Thursday, Nov. 3, with Dr. Jesse C. Fletcher making the announcement during ceremonies on Saturday, HSU’s first Family Day. Dr. Fletcher made Mc- Curdy the presentation of the traditional bouquet of red roses. The ceremony, which was presided over by Dean Nolen, began with a pres- entation by the 1987 Queen, Julie Scar- gall. Princess Beth Barris of Beeville, a biology major in secondary education with a minor in physical education, be- gan the procession of finalists. She was escorted by Victor Barris and accom- panied by a musical selection by Brent Casey. Next came Princess Karen Darsey, escorted by David Darsey and accom- panied musically by Alesha Vardeman and Mark Mullino. Darsey, a native of Albuquerque, N.M., was a psychology Princess Susan Doyle followed. A so- ology, Doyle is the daughter of mis- sionaries to Guatemala. She was escorted by Charles Doyle with a mu- sical selection by Alex Hawkins. Princess McCurdy preceded Prin- cess Jill Patterson, an elementary ed- ucation major with a minor in reading from Duncanville, Texas. Patterson en- tered to a musical selection by Michelle Allison while escorted by George Pat- Dr. Fletcher then crowned McCurdy as Queen. McCurdy, a business man- agement major from Albuquerque, Student Union and Student Foundation. She served as a summer missionary to Hungary and Yugoslavia, was named to Alpha Chi, the national collegiate honor society, Alpha Mu Gamma, the foreign language honor society, and Alpha Kappa Psi, business fraternity. She is also a member of Elmcrest Baptist Church of Abilene. 30

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 Audiences enjoy carnival on stage Van Ellis Theatre opened its 1988-89 season with Jean Anouilh’s Thieves' Carnival, a comic work differing from Anouilh's usually more dramatic pieces. Director Dr. Trish McAdams, said the play was selected as one to showcase the strengths of a department full of new faces. The play appears to take place in Europe at the end of the Nineteenth Century. One reviewer described it as a cotton-candy land, and between Larry Wheeler's set and the characters them- selves, it indeed came across just that way. Among the main characters are a British family of the jet set who have gone to the French resort of Vichy. There, senile Lord Egard (Roderick Vann) and his wife, Lady Hurf (Marcie Lea), encounter the father-son duo of Dupont-Dufort, crass opportunists try- ing to assure their fortune by marrying the wards of the elderly British couple. But the Dupont-Dufort threat of Dean Nolen and Zach Richardson is not the only one as three thieves, masquer- ading as Spanish grandees, worm their way into the English family’s good graces. Chris Haas plans to take the family’s riches, but his plans are upset by the romantic involvement of the youngest thief, played by Jeff Thompkins, with the younger ward, Ju- liette, played by Tammy Taylor. Sara Wetzel played the older ward who, al- though often chased was never loved. Jay Cline played the third thief who could not win Eva (Wetzel). 29

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