Tennessee Wesleyan College - Nocatula Yearbook (Athens, TN)

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Were you at Wesleyan during summer, 1963? Fowler and Centennial Halls were open, but most of the students were commuters, many of them teachers working on certification. The annual Tennessee Literature Seminar brought several no- table writers including Wilma Dykeman to the campus. Following this, a Creative Writing Work- shop sent elementary teacher out under the trees to compose Italian sonnets and haiku. One such teacher was Miss Beulah Ottinger, a sister of Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Robeson, whose personal beauty testified to the truth of the rumor that as young girls the Ottinger sisters were notorious heart- breakers. Senator Kefauver ' s untimely death was the saddest event of the warm months. His memo- rial in the D-PA brought national attention to its author, Wesleyan student Allen Dennis. During two different weeks the Holston Conference ' s Sen- ior Youth Assembly and the Woman ' s Society of Christian Service gave life to campus activities. And if you were lucky. Miss Bradley gave you some ice cream from her hand-operated mixer — cranked by Betty Williams. Were you — by any chance — with Chi Rho when it (part of it) got lost going to Parksville Lake? Did you see Miss Jones when she came for her introductory inter- view? Did Dr. Adams send you a picture postal 12

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Andy Harper and Harry Coble are magic words because they represent the transform- ing power of the individuals whom they iden- tify. Under their influence a Chattanooga boy can become a Pirate of Penzance, or a Knox- ville girl can become a Cockney Eliza Doolit- tle, or a Maryville lad can develop into a scene- stealing Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Witness: from the Spring Show of 1963, Gilbert and Sullivan ' s The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty, Lundy Lovelace (opposite page) as the Pirate King and Tom Gutridge (right) as the Sergeant of Police. Below are some members of the cast of Wesleyan ' s pro- duction of Tivelfth Night, part of the local observation of Shakespeare ' s Quatercenten- nial. Behind the Wesleyan footlights Fabian (Randall Trent) and Antonio (Haney How- ell) conspire, Viola (Rachel Edds) and Sebas- tian (Jim Bacchus) smile on Oliva (Agatha Shumake) , and Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Joe Eldridge) and Maria (Nancy Lutes) do what it looks like they ' re doing. Who can forget, though, Tom Gutridge ' s Malvolio! And Doug- las Henry ' s musical contribution as Feste, Oliva ' s allowed fool who had an excellent breast to sing. .ataa» yl-.«rtrtMi««l(iwa»ffl ' i itw.JSgJW - ■ ■ 11

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card from the Marine Biological School? Did you miss the Archers and Mr. McClary when they were at Rugby cataloging the Hughes Public Library? September brought new faces — both faculty and students . . . Mr. Blazier . . . Miss Hedley . . . Miss Jones . . . Mr. Ketron . . . Dr. Lacy . . . Mr. Senn . . . Dr. Schafer ... on leave — and much missed Mr. Sallis and Mr. Alton Smith . . . un- happily a recurring illness kept Mrs. Myers out of the library most of the quarter . . . President and Mrs. Mohney went to Europe with a group of Methodist Educators (see Mrs. Mohney, opposite page, bottom, among the ancient ruins of Athens, Greece) . . . they were welcomed back by a giant sign across the back of Blakeslee Hall . . . Brown and Dana, folk-singers, twisted the nose of the Student Body, which loved the pain ... an active concert series included Jose Molina ' s Spanish Ballet and the Kaleidoscopes . . . President Kennedy ' s assassination brought academic life to a standstill as the College sponsored an impressive memorial service on November 2 5... the flag flew at half- mast until students returned in 1964 . . . Basket- ball started with all of its accompanying excite- ment . . . John Lee, it was noted, had grown even taller . . . And the faculty got ready for a Christ- mas party to end all Christmas parties: rumor has