Montreat Anderson College - Agape / Sundial Yearbook (Montreat, NC)

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Mon treat College THE S U N D I A L News from the Societies and Clubs Page Five AN EVENING OF MUSIC On the evening of December 9, the Music Club presented !this program in the chapel: 'Duet: Minuet ......................................Friml Margaret Thompson. Mary Wynne Williams C’s Chords .........................................Blake Country Dance ..................................Anonymous Ruth Richardson Song: Star Eyes....................................Speaks Margaret Sanders !Romance, For the Left Hand Alone................Spindler Mar ’ Wynne Williams Duet: TTic Indians Are Coming......................Bilbro Flower Parade ..............................Bilbro Peggy Dennis. Isbell Ager Song: Gifts .......................................Speaks Nell Sarles Duet: Country Dance ................................Nevin Cornelia Brown. Secondo Wind Harp ...........................................Ogle Geraldine Key Song: My Star...........................Mexican Folk Song Alice Prime The Rosary .........................................Nevin Margaret Thompson Duet: Turkish March ............................Beethoven I la May James, Sccondo Song: The Rosary ...................................Nevin Nancy Fontaine May Night .......................................Palmgrcn Margaret Botts Duet: Poet and Peasant Overture.....................Suppe Mary Bcckctt MUSIC Music does a lot to put the school spirit into us when we seem to lag a bit. the school leaders have decided, and so each class has written, or will write, its own particular song, and is also expected to elect a song leader. One Saturday night Betty Brown of Black Mountain enter- tained us with a program of tap-dancing, acrobatics, and sing- 1 ing. Afterwards the entire school took part by singing the school songs. 'File choir officers for the second semester are: Florence Wardrep. president; Charlotte Sanders, vice-president; Alice Prime, secretary: Sadie Hall Woodruff, librarian, Josephine Hyatt, keeper of the robes. On Saturday evening, February 29. the choir sang two se- lections at the banquet of the Southern Camp Directors Associ- ation at Assembly Inn. It also sang two anthems the next morning at a religious service of the association, leaving there in time to have its regular part in the service at the Montreat Church. -----o----- A few new members have been added to the Music Club bsince Christmas. Mrs. Crosby Adams has given two more chapel programs of piano solos. In the first one she played “Londonderry Air.” arranged by Manncy; “Kllin Revel. by Hyatt; “Romanze,” by VonWilm, and Minuet in E Flat. by Beethoven. The second consisted of the following numbers: “A Little Girl Im- plores Her Mother. by Rubkoff; “Heard in a Conch Shell. by Parker, and The Cow Keeper's Tune. by Grieg. 'Fhe hymns which Mrs. Adams has asked the girls to mem- orize during the second semester are: January— The First Nowell. February— Immortal Love Forever Full. March—“When 1 Survey the Wondrous Cross. April— The Church's One Foundation. May—“Dear Lord and Father of Mankind. This is to remind everybody that it is not too late to begin learning them. ----o----- PHILALETHIA LITERARY SOCIETY The first meeting of the Philalethian Literary Society after returning from vacation was limited entirely to business and the election of officers for the new term. The following girls received these respective offices: Peggy Porter ........................President Connie Perry ...................Vice-President Isa Clay ...................Secretary-Treasurer —Peggy Porter. President ----o----- DELTA BETA LITERARY SOCIETY The officers of the Delta Beta Literary Society for the new semester are as follows: Rosa Bell .......................... President Melva Huckabv ..................Vice-President Henrietta Lyle ............Secretary-Treasurer Rosa Bell. President ----o----- TRITONIA LITERARY SOCIETY The new officers who were elected in the Tritonia Literary Society were: Florence Wardrep. president: Harriet Brown, vice-president, and Cornelia Wolfe, secretary and treasurer. —Fi.ora ce Wardrep, President. DECLA I APION CO N TEST In the Tritonia Society the winners were Frances Cunning- ham. first place; Peggy Sloop, second place, and Margaret Botts. third place. The Philalcthia winners were Martha Reid Beilinger and Ruth Collette, while the Delta Beta winner was Dorothy Key. In the contest between the winners of first place, the suc- cessful contestant was Frances Cunningham.

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Page Four THE SUN DIAL Montreat College Social Activities GEORGE WASHINGTON PARTY Montreat College held its annual George Washington cos- tume party at Assembly Inn on Saturday evening. February 22. The guests were received by officers of the student body and by the presidents of the literary societies. When all had as- sembled. Elinor Miller, acting as official hostess, called the guests together around the fireplace, where the main features of the program were to be given. It has been the custom for each class to present a stunt pertaining to the occasion, so at this time these stunts were given. The judges had a difficult time in making their decision, but finally decided to give the prize for the best stunt to the Senior High School class. The Senior Collegers were given second place. After the stunts school songs were sung, and the costume parade was led by Margaret Botts and Charlotta Sanders. A prize for the most original costume was awarded to Favc Smith. Then cherry pie a la mode was served. When it had been thoroughly enjoyed to the last drop.” the grand march was led by Peggy Sloop and Mildred Knox. The march ended by the fireplace, with all singing the Alma Mater. And now everyone is looking forward to February. 1937. o VALENTINE PARTY On Saturday night. February 15th everyone went down to the chapel. What for? For the annual Valentine Party, no less! All the girls enjoyed the evening, playing games, listen- ing to the popular music played on the piano by a guest, and eating cake. All in all it was an occasion to be remembered. ----------o---------- CLASS ENTERTAINMENTS On Tuesday evening. February 4. the Junior class held a Supper in the rooms of the Home Economics Department. The supper was under the management of the class sponsors. Miss Wade and Miss Hoyt, and the class president. Mary Ruth O’Quinn: however, the whole class took part in its preparation and service. The evening’s entertainment was furnished by the class “orchestra” which was enthusiastically received. Two other projects have been carried through by the class when they sponsored the sale of sandwiches and sundries, the afternoons of February 14 and 18. Miss Brooks entertained the Sophomore class with a tea. Games were enjoyed, and delightful refreshments were served later in the evening. The Sophomore class was entertained with a Valentine Party given by Mary Bauman at her home. After appropriate games had been played, ice cream and cakes were-served. On January 12 at Parksidc Cottage Miss McElroy enter- tained the Senior High School class at tea. Those present re- port it a most enjoyable evening. ----------o---------- RESOLVED: CRIME DOES NOT PAY (Continued from Page One) That night Tom went quietly to his room to await Joe’s coming. He had taken watermelons before, but never from Mr. Whiting who lived on the other side of the river and was known all over the state for the watermelons he raised. There- fore. Tom was excited, and waited happily for Joe. Finally he heard three short owl calls. He answered them, as he hur- riedly started to climb out of the window. After a few seconds he joined the boys in the street below. All set? asked Joe Yes. replied Tom. Well, let’s go then. They walked down to the river bank in silence, for they were . ill thinking of the vast treasure they were out to take. When they arrived, they immediately started in search of a boat that was not locked. Tom. being the first boy to discover one. shouted to the others, Hey fellers, here’s one. They all came over and started getting in the old rowboat. Tom and Joe pushed it from the shore line and then waded out to it and got in. The two smaller hoys were to row. as they were the slaves of the older oil ’s. But when they took the first stroke, horrible squeals came from the rusty oars. “We’d better pole it across, ’cause he might have a watchman over there.” said Joe, when he heard the squeals. Luckily, they found some poles in the bottom of the boat, which they immediately put into use. After a few minutes they came to the other side and docked the boat on a sandy beach right in front of the watermelon patch. All right. said Joe. when they were all ashore. “Two of you stay down by the boat to catch ’em as we roll ’em down to you. The rest come with me.” They crept cautiously up to the bank, through the barbed wire fence, and into the watermelon patch. Tom crept along on his stomach until he saw a nice water- melon. Then he took his knife, cut the stem, and rolled it toward the bank. Here’s one. he whispered as he rolled it down the bank; he waited until he heard the thud it made when one of the boys caught it. Then he got others and did the same thing with them, until he heard Joe’s whistle, a signal which meant that they had enough. When they got ready to get in the boat, there were so many watermelons that they decided to swim across the river and push the boat along with them. All right. Come on. fellers,” said Joe. as he plunged into the cold water. The others scrambled after him. The water was so shallow that in some places they had no trouble at all with the boat. Everything was fine until Tom said. “Isn’t the water gettin’ higher on the boat ?” “It sure is.” answered Joe. 1 guess we’ll have to dump a few watermelons out of it.” They stopped a few minutes to get them out. While they were doing this, somebody accidentally pulled the already over- loaded boat over too far. Down the river went all the water- melons. with the boys swimming after them. There was no use. they soon realized, for the melons floated faster than the boys could swim. They swam ashore. “Well, it was too bad that that had to happen, said Joe. If I ever lay my hands on the one that turned the boat over. I'll knock his block off. I guess we can’t do any more tonight, though. See you tomorrow. They all scattered, each to spend the rest of the night in dreams of luscious watermelons just out of reach. Tom was a very disappointed boy. as he walked dejectedly homeward. He had gained nothing that night except some very wet clothes and an empty stomach, for he had not eaten any supper, because he had expected to fill up on watermelons later. As he climbed up to the window and through it, he wondered if the old saying that “crime docs not pay were not true. Coming to the conclusion that it was true, he resolved never again to steal any watermelons. —Peggy Dennis

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Page Six Montreat College THE SUN DIAL Alumnae Notes This is Station LX MI, located at Montreat College, Mon- treat. North Carolina. The following program originates in the Alumnae department of The Sun Dial, Montreat's lead- ing newspaper: Good evening, everybody, this is your Montreat Alumna; Reporter speaking. Let's sec where everybody is. “Well. Iris Machen is now Mrs. John Tigert V and is living in Gainesville. Florida. “Irene Wright is an honor student at the University of North Carolina this year. Calling all business men! Don't you need a stenographer? Inez Tucker is taking a business course at Rode Hill. “Lanie Miller is at home in Chester. South Carolina, and Prince still calls on her. Lillie Mae Jolly is teaching in Greenville. South Carolina. Do you suppose she still ‘balks tackwards?’ Mildred Yandell is married. Back to Montreat has come one of our former high school students, none other than Ethleen Reimcr. Erin Turner and Elsie Barron are teaching. Erin is at Recovery. Georgia, and Elsie is at Dadcville. Alabama. “When the second semester rolled up. Shirley Turner en- tered Florida State College for Women. Did you know Betty Mills is married? The farther South she is. the better Mary Mellette likes it. She is in New Orleans now. “Martha Carroll is now a junior at Winthrop College for Women. “Connie MacDonald is working in Asheville. “Becky Seafler has been working in Florida, and Miriam Atlee is in training in a hospital at Petersburg, Virginia. And that, ladies and gentlemen concludes our program this evening. This is Station LMNI. Montreat College. Montreat, North Carolina. Good evening, folks! BOOK REVIEW Miss Dickinson, the librarian, has a very delightful way of remembering the faculty and students at Christmas. She pre- sents them with a novel for the library. The novel which was the gift this Christmas was I'fin of Iron by Ellen Glasgow. Ellen Glasgow, a Virginian, writes about the people she knows. The setting for this novel is in the Appalachian moun- tains. She selects a Scotch-Irish Presbyterian family, the Fin- castles. who were pioneers in this region around which to center her plot. This vein of strong blood is found in the present generation of Fincastlcs. who live in Ironside. When I finished reading this novel. I felt that I had just become acquainted with some living people. Ellen Glasgow has a very vivid way of describing her characters: they step off of the pages and become live creatures. Grandmother Fin- castle is a stoic pioner though she is living in modern times. Her son.. John Fincastle. is a radical theologian. His wife is a nervous, amicable woman. Ada Fincastle, their daughtc», has the staunchness of the family strain. Ralph McBride, her lover, is not strong enough to rise above circumstances. Several other characters are introduced such as Janet Rowan, the spoiled only child of newly rich parents, and Toby Waters, the idiot. There are people who meet life the way Ellen Glasgow has her characters meet it. and yet 1 always regret that she doesn’t introduce a really admirable character. —E. Hoyt. VISITING SPEAKER During the week of January 21st the students of Montreat College had the privilege of hearing M:ss Virginia Holladay, a teacher from Central School at Lubandai, Africa, speak sev- eral mornings in chapel and at night in the living room of the dormitory. Miss Holladay was the first teacher at Central School, which is a school for missionaries’ children. Among the topics discussed by Miss Holladay were Getting the Best Out of Life. “Living With Ourselves.” and Follow- ing God's Plan. She also gave intimate verbal pictures of her life in Lubandai and of the work being done there. ----------0---------- YOUNG PEOPLES ORGANIZATION As the school year draws to a close. I wish to take this op- portunity to thank each one of you for your hearty cooperation and for your ready response to the work of the young People’s organization. You have contributed much toward making our society helpful to all of us. I appreciate everything you have done. Now as we have considered the different phases of the theme. “Christian Youth Building a New World, there comes to us a challenge to help build the world for Christ. In this program we each have a place which no one else can fill. With- out us the work will go on. but our part will be left undone. Let us remember always to think of others first, to he gentle and kind, to be honest and true, to stand up for the right, and to tell others about God’s love. “Every youth has a task of his own. For the Father has planned it so; He seeks the way. and He alone Can show him the path to go.” —Elizabeth Fleming, President. ----------o---------- MONTREAT GRADUATE HONORED All the school loves a poet (apologies to Shakespeare). This poet is none other than one Anna Hastings, college graduate of • 935- who is now teaching in Leeds. South Carolina. A group of her poems has been selected in a nation-wide search for talent and printed in American Voices. 1935. American Voices is an anthology of three hundred and forty-five poets who were se- lected from twenty-five hundred submitting entries. Needless to say. Montreat College is very' proud of Anna, and congratulating her on gaining this honor, wishes her con- tinued success in the field of poetry'. ----------0---------- AMERICA. THE BEAUTIFUL” Far down the future’s hazy vista, time Will come a child will say, “Grandfather, tell About that place. America—the one That had a place you called ‘United States.’ And tell about the man called ‘Washington.’ Was lie the only one? You never tell Of anyone in that United States but him, And anyone in Rome but Ctesar. Why? Did they have schools just like we have? They did? And did they go to Mass? Be just like us? Well, what became of all the people there? They had a war? What’s that? Oh, yes. we played That once. You have to play till everyone Is dead, and then you start the game again.” —Mildred Lee Brooks.