Salisbury University - Evergreen Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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Shirley Powell conducts one of the weekly Sunday Evening Vesper Hours THE FRESHMEN reversed procedures a bit to play hosts to upper classmen at the Freshman Formal on December the sixth. A week later satin and taffeta “formals” and “tuxes” were exchanged for short dresses, socks, hair bows, knickers, and lollypops, for at this time the Christian Association entertained at a “Kiddie Party.” Perhaps the novelty of blase students returning to childhood days made the evening such a tremendous success. “Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understand¬ ing,” the theme of the Christian Associa¬ tion, has characterized all of their 1940- 41 activities. For, they have indeed “found wisdom” and received ‘binder- standing” in the Vesper Hour, presided over bv members of this association every Sunday evening at 6 o’clock. At the first meeting of the organization, Miss Beatrice Milligan, of the Asbury Methodist Church, presented valuable guides for the year’s program. Developed from this were the monthly meeting topics, which were “Missions of China, India, and Africa.” A wealth of material has been gleaned from these informal discussions. Officers who served this year were: Pres¬ ident, Billie Shugart; Vice-President, Robert Gibson; Secretarv, Frances Dur¬ ham; Treasurer, Thomas Flowers; and Adviser, Miss Ruth Powell. 24

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DRAMA! A thrilling moment with Carroll Speck, Stokes Sharp, Donna Hoyt, Arthur Ward, in In the Shadow of the Glen” THE MUSES, indeed, could not have been disappointed this year in the inter¬ est and effort expended in dramatics, for at each bi-monthly meeting, an experi¬ mental play directed by one of the mem¬ bers of the group was presented. Two especially good productions were: Wild Hobby Horses , directed bv Georgia White, and The Bad Penny , directed by Marjorie Wright. On March 29, at “All - High - School Seniors’ Day,” the Sophanes Players went “Hindustanic” with Jack Stuart Knapp’s Command Performance. The Hindu setting of a Maharajah’s palace, and the colorful costumes, captivated the audience at the very beginning, and rightly so, for many of the properties, the property of Mrs. Beulah Allen, came directly from India. J The production of In the Shadow of the Glen, a one-act play by John Millington Synge, was proof of the fine work of this club. The ability of the playwright to capture the poetry and cadence of the Irish peasant speech, made him the most distinguished writer of the Irish Renais¬ sance. Phe Board of Directors of the Sophanes Players consisted of the officers: Wright, Newcomb, Jones, and Johnson, as well as Mrs. William Howard Bennett, ad¬ viser and director, and Speck, Keilholtz, Walsh, Clinard, and Marvil. Phe dramatic club, under the guidance of Mrs. Bennett, has continued to main¬ tain its high standards of producing only the best plays and of doing them well. 23

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THE ASSEMBLY Program Planning Committee consisted of an adviser, Mrs. Thomas, and two senior eo-workers, Catharine Appleton and Goldv Tyler. Mrs. Thomas interviewed the facnltv; Catharine Appleton did a little publicity work by drawing a poster, weekly, which told of the coming assembly program; and Goldy Tyler did his bit bv acting as chairman at each of the assemblies. Of course there was a slight mix-up when these two seniors were teaching, for a nine-week period, at the same time. How¬ ever, Carroll Speck came to the rescue bv acting as chairman for Goldv. Catharine was not fortunate enough to find a handy “stand-in” so she continued making posters, which were probably influenced by her first-grade environment those “fateful” nine weeks. Among the outstanding assembly pro¬ grams this year were: the discussion of national defense by E. Paul Burkholder; the Irish play, “In the Shadow of the Glen”; the Freshman Speech Class na¬ tivity play; the Princess Anne College Ouartet; and the program of instrument¬ al music under direction of Benn Maggs. Toward the end of the year, arrange¬ ments were made with the radio station, YBOC, to broadcast the weekly assem¬ bly. This helped to bring S. T. C.’s ac¬ tivities closer to the citizen of the com¬ munity and acted as a great inspiration to the students themselves. Freshman speech class presents a nativity play 25