Millsaps College - Bobashela Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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Parade of Among the first of the rigorous tasks of the newly-organiz« BOBASHELA was the series of elections held during the fall. Tl excitement that these elections brought to some individuals atoned f the long hours and the midnight oil consumed during the previoi weeks in the BOBASHELA office. No doubt, the most entailed pr ceeding was the nomination of twenty candidates to appear in tl Parade of Beauties. To hold a practice at a time that is convenie for twenty co-eds is one of the more impossible feats at Millsa College. However, with sacrifices on the part of some, all twen contestants congregated in the Christian Center for a rehearsal. Whether or not each of the nominees saw the Players ' production of Julius Caesai the set will long be remembered by all. The greatest shock came with the announceme that several girls would be expected to float gracefully up ramps and steps that Rom; soldiers had found difficult to scale. With lengthy instructions and tedious, teeterii practice, all soon learned entrances, positions, and stances. All that remained was t anxious waiting for the day of the review. To increase the contestants ' tension, the Feature Staff craftily arranged a coffee precede the actual review. It was at this time that the judges were given a chance observe each individual closely. To the experience of the judges the BOBASHELA owi the success of this coffee. Composing the panel of five were Mrs. J. Paul Faulkner, a form judge in Atlantic City; M Frances Jellinek, a form Rockette at Radio City Mu; Hall; Mr. Maurice Thompsc program director at a lo [ 28 ]

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beauties levision station; Mr. Sam McRae, a prominent Jackson businessman; id Mr. Phil Irwin, former director of the Miss Mississippi Pageant, luring the coffee each judge chatted with two nominees for an interval : time before rotating to another group. This permitted every girl to icome substantially terrified and the judges to have personal con- xtions with each candidate. The only element that passed unconsidered ' the judges was the rain-spotted condition of the suits of some girls bo were caught in a downpour which arrived promptly at the time the coffee. iiortly before seven-thirty the night of the twenty-second of November, lofig TR-irts oped in raincoats or even plastic bags were to be seen sweeping hurriedly over mud les and rain-drenched sidewalks. The time finally arrived for the initial line-up in 1. Soon twenty lovely contestants delicately arrayed the spot where Caesar had been ed nights before. Then came the announcement of the ten finalists. Slowly names read out alphabetically: Mary Frances Angle, Sara Frances Carr, Sally Cunningham, hia Dubard, Jean French, Betty Ann Maxey, Charlotte Ogden, Ann Perry, Fay )st, Sandra Rainwater. Each girl appeared on stage to a round of eager applause while n staff photographers hung precariously from ladders in the wings. Appearances made, ■s convened and adjourned, and a white envelope slipped to the emcee, the top five ies were announced. Applause, throngs backstage, and many pictures climaxed the le of Beauties for ' 60- ' 6 1; he actual climax was a good ' s rest in twenty beckoning itory rooms.