Pfeiffer University - Chimes Yearbook (Misenheimer, NC)

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PROPHECY I tore the sheet from my desk calendar and stuffed it absent- mindedly into the waste basket. My mind was busily traveling the road back to my Pfeiffer school days. Here it was June, 195 1 . . . ten long years since my graduation there in 1941. Mar- velous, the way I have been able to keep up with the where- abouts of my classmates! Take Martha Huneycutt. for example; she's been Home Economics teacher in Oakboro High School for five years; Kate St. Clair is head nurse at Richmond Medi- cal College. Ina Berrier is very active in church work near her old home town; Martin Cutler is the famous Freshman ball coach at the University of Pitt. And there's Katherine Akers, the music director at Pfeiffer now . . . her engagement to Earl Williams, that idol of Holly- wood. has recently been announced. I always knew, even back in college that Jean Barbrey would teach Psychology. Yes. she's in a prominent North Carolina univeristy now; and incidentally, Warren Coble is Hygiene teacher there too! It is even rumored that their college expecta- tions along the matrimonial line are soon to be realized . . . which reminds me of Ed Beaver and Bill Ballew, those two Southern gentlemen from the old North State. Of course, they couldn't escape talent scouts always! It is estimated that their Box Office appeal is even greater than that of the famous Marx brothers! Heath Flowe. History teacher at Concord High, has just com- pleted his research on the Underlying Causes of War. which he expects to make public soon. Along the line of research. I pause to think of Fred Sabo, that eminent scientist now of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, who completed the study of cats which he began on Pfeiffer campus. Now his interest lies in his famous collection of prehistoric reptiles, which may be seen in the University of Pennsylvania science laboratory. That Kentucky belle, Opal Carroll, is back among the blue grass, where I understand that she and Lucille Herrin are em- ployed as private secretaries in a large business concern in Louis- ville. The field of business also looked inviting to Bill Culp, who owns a number of chain stores operating through eastern North Carolina. Frances Wain's flashing smile can be seen all over the United States on billboards, magazine covers, and newspapers, since she became Miss North Carolina back in 1948. Then there are those who married and have more or less settled down . . . Miriam Rus- sell, Rachel Snyder, Mary Alice Smith, and of course. Donald Durham and Katherine Furr. We all knew that would happen, back in 1941. when every cloud had a silver lining for them. David Lee Wilson is teaching music in South Carolina: Alice Honbarrier is an ideal minister’s wife in Salisbury. Now. let me see . . . did anyone go back to the farm after learning how to manage one at Pfeiffer? Oh. yes . . . Hugh Bess and Newell Thomas! They’re partners in that big farm just out of Oakboro!

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' SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTORY At the beginning of the 19 39-40 school year, 1 1 6 Freshmen enrolled at Pfeiffer. After a hectic week of initiation and introduction to the general college curriculum, they con- vened for the election of class officers. Jimmy Steele was chosen President, and Roy Brown. Vice-President. Under the leadership of these students and the sponsorship of Miss Canfield and Mr. Lefko. the class spun into progress and took its place on the campus and in the classroom. Several students became members of the “Order of the Sundial ”; and at the end of each semester, a host of Freshmen’s names was on the Dean’s Honor Roll. An eventful year it was—filled with outstanding Freshman achievements in scholastic work, in varsity and intramural athletics, and in the varied fraternity life on the campus. In September, 1940, only 63 registered as Sophomores; but by the middle of the year, four more were added, making a total of 67. Fred Sabo was elected President; Earl Wil- liams, Vice-President; and Martha Huney- cutt, Secretary-Treasurer. The sponsors for the year were Miss Ricketts and Mr. Winkler. In the field of student leadership in campus activities, Roy Brown was chosen editor of the Torch, and Donald Durham became editor of the PaJaCa, the college yearbook. A book of student compositions in prose and poetry, entitled “The Voice of the Lark,’’ was pub- lished under the direction of Miss Spencer. Other activities of the school year included the annual Washington Ball, the All-School Banquet, the Alumni Banquet, the class play, and the May Day Program. i

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 Robert Moore. Sidney Oliver, and James Ballard decided army life was the life for them, and they're all working hard now to help keep the National Defense up to par. while Johnny Robison chose the navy as his career. He said the statement about a girl in every port was untrue . . . maybe because he has a wife at home. Imajean Hoppers and Helen House are married to the boys back home, and Marian Cook is married too, even though she was a man-hater back at Pfeiffer. Myrna and Edna Hathcock are both working . . . Edna is Librarian at Furman University in South Carolina, and Myrna teaches in the grammar school department in Denton. I had wondered where Gene Carroll was, but the other day I heard him in his daily radio program announce a dedication— to Mr. and Mrs. James Steele (the Mrs. being the former Mary Virginia Kennedy) in honor of their fifth wedding anniversary. Hazel Saunders. Rozell Shumolis. and Evelyn Styles all have office positions in Marion. North Carolina; Ruby Floyd lives on the sea coast of South Carolina, and teaches kindergarten at Myrtle Beach. The children enjoy very much the hillbilly songs she sings to amuse them between lessons. Forrest Daniels, through the aid of Mr. Moser, acquired a coveted position as French tutor to a millionaire s son in Winston- Salem. The millionaire has a daughter too. who recently started taking lessons. Charles Tolle, back in the north, is athletic director at North- western University in Illinois. Somehow, we all knew that Tolle boy would make good! Neil Melvin, the big game hunter, recently added another name to the list of animals which he has in his private zoo in Southern Pines. The captured animal is an ornithorhynchus, which we studied about at Pfeiffer, but never expected to see. Malcolm Nelson, naturally, is chef in the new and popular Curbstone Restaurant in the heart of Troy. Recently, a French- man remarked that his cooking was comparable to that of those celebrated French cooks. Speaking of the culinary art, I am reminded of Yvonne Worthy, who is happy in her southern home. Georgia. She has recently become quite famous for her desserts, and is owner of a bakery shop in Atlanta, as partner to Marjorie L.indley, who runs her dress shop in the same building. John Robeson, who was very proficient in scenery making at Pfeiffer, is indispensable in Hollywood, too. If you'll look carefully, you'll see his name flash on the screen just before one of those well-known MGM productions. The other day, I walked into the office of the Editor of the American Magazine. It was Roy Brown, of course; that debonair young journalist of college days, who plays the double bass in a popular orchestra just for relaxation. “Well, Roy,” I asked, “Any scoops?” He took his feet from the desk and waved me to a chair. Nope,” he said, but I've just finished reading Wyat Helsa- beck’s latest novel. I m going to run it as a serial.’’ Yes, Wyat is a noted writer, and this new novel was none other than the one that he began at Pfeiffer: NO HOUR OF TRIUMPH. Roy thought it would be as great a success as his former ones had been. I sighed, as with difficulty I brought back my mind to the present, for my thoughts had been pleasant ones. Finally, I began my search for inspiration to write a new poem, staring unsceingly at my office walls, and finding no inspiration there. ALEENE Ray.