Summer School Weekly
Volume 3
THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1955
Number 1
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Watermelon Festival
To Be Held June 24
The seventh annual watermelon
festival will be held under the Davie
Poplar on Friday, June 24, at 7:00
o'clock. The big event is under the
sponsorship of the summer activities
council, with Jean Marr and John
Kerr heading the committee in
charge of the arrangements.
The entertainment for the evening
is of a wide variety. Chancellor
House and the faculty band will pro
vide part cf the evening's music.
More entertainment will be provided
by Jim Wallace at the piano, prob
ably treating the crowd to a rendi
tion of his "University Hymn." Ao
a special attraction will be Jim Crisp
and his combo with Murray Wall
featured as vocalist.
The highlight of the evening will
be the coronation of the Queen und
King of the Watermelon festival. Ail
fraternities, sororities, and dormi- ;
tories are urged to submit their cn- j
tries before the deadline on Mon- j
day, June 20th. j
Welcome Party Is
Proclaimed Success
"The welcoming party held last
Friday night was a big success des
pite the rain," stated Ray Jeffries,
head of Student affairs.
The dance, held intermittently in
the Y-Court, the Y-Building, and
another nearby building, was some
what hampered by the scattered flur
ries of rain, which kept the students
moving from outside to inside and
vice-versa between rains.
Serving as hostesses for the affair
were: Saliie Cowles, Sarah Alice Jack
son, Sandra Thornton, Hazel Craw
ford, Henri Van Order, Peggy Ward,
Ruth Lott, Boo Fortier, & Ancy
Hoover. Saliie Cowles and Woody
Sears were co-chairmen of the event.
Community Sing To
Have Fine Entertainers
On Sunday, June 19, at 9:00 P.M.
there will be a community sing in
front of Graham Memorial. Nancy
Murray, the director of this activity,
has obtained some fine entertainers
to perform at the sing.
John Parker, Jr., is a guitar player
who also sings. He is a sophomore,
is a pre-med student, and is an ex
perienced performer. Sandy Thomas
will be another performer. He com
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Five Women Graduate
Counselors Appointed
The appointment of five women
as graduate counselors in the under
graduate women's dormitories for the
first summer session has been an
nounced by the dean of women,
Katherine Kennedy Carmichael.
They are Ethel Marcella Reed,
Sylva; Ruth Marion Estes, Rocky
Mount; Nancy Murray, Raleigh;
Nancy Blair Eliason, Statesville, and
Jeanne Straiton, Charlotte.
The graduate counselor seiwes as
a liaison between the students and
the Dean of Women's Office, as ad
viser to individuals in the dormitory
and to the dormitory government.
She works with the hostess to as
sure the physical and mental well
being of the dormitory. The women
will also be graduate students in
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Summer Enrollment
Exceeds Expectations
Enrollment, which had been ex
pected to be around 2400 for the
Summer, has now exceeded the 2900
mark according to Dean Guy Phil
lips. Contacted yesterday by telephone,
Dean Phillips stated that enrollment
for the first session now rests at 2939,
some 429 over last year. Comment
ing further, Dean Phillips said that
;his year there is a decided increase
over last 3ear, especially on the
mdergraduate level and among
vvomen students.
Exact breakdown of the enroll
ment will not be available until
sometime next week. However, it
has been noted that the excess
feminine enrollment has required
that Stacy Dorm (usually a men's
dorm), be. converted into a women's
dorm for the Summer.
Dormitories in use by the male
students this Summer include: Joy
ner, Old East, Old West, Grimes,
Connor, Steele, Ruffin, Mangum, and
Manly, with Battle-Vance-Pettigrew
eing used temporarily.
Women's dorms in use this Sum
mer include Mclver, Kenan, Spencer,
Alderman, Smith, Carr, and Stacy.
Alexander Dorm is being occupied
by married students and their fami
ies this Summer, while Cobb and
Vhitehead are being used by the
University Extension Service.
During the past week Aycock,
Lewis, Everett, and Graham have
been occupied by the boys attending
Eoys' State.
Program Endorsed
By American Legion
The campus is covered with "Boys'
Staters" this week. This program is
conducted for the North Carolina De
partment of the American Legion,
which sponsors these annual Boys'
States, by the Institute of Govern
ment. Roddey Ligon from the Institute
of Government; Bob Byrd, his as
sistant, and 20 counselors have set
up the program for the approximate
ly 375 boys who are here. The boys
have a full day beginning at 7 :00
A.M. with breakfast at Lenoir until
10 :00 P.M. and lights out. They hear
speakers until 3:00 P.M. when they
can take part in swimming or other
forms of athletics.
Among the outstanding speakers
at Boys' State are Albert Coates,
Director of the Institute of Govern
ment; Fred Weaver, Dean of Student
Affairs; James Powell, Director of
the State Bureau of Investigation ;
George Barclay, Head Football
Coach; Paul Robertson, State Com
mander of the American Legion ; and
Thad Eure, Secretary of State.
Each Legion Post chooses an out
standing boy to represent its district
at Boys' State. The purpose of Boy3'
State is to better inform these repre
sentatives of the workings of local,
state, and national government. The
boys are dividing their dorms into
cities, counties, and states, and are
electing boys to fill the governmental
and representative posts. Other ac
tivities of the "Boys' Staters" include
an oratorical contest, "The States
man" (their newspaper), Softball
games, tennis, and plans for a band.
At the ends of Boys' State, the
two outstanding "Boys' Staters" will
be chosen, and will represent North
Carolina at Boys' Nation.
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Ch
orus
Rehearsals Have Begun
Rehearsals for the Summer School
Chorus began Monday evening at Hill
Hall.
The Chorus, under the direction
of Gene Strassler, is made up of
mixed voices and is open to all stu
dents, faculty members, and towns
people. High spot of the chorus' activities
for the Summer will be a concert to be
given July 12th at 8:00, and will
feature Mass For Double Choir by
Vaughn-Williams.
Anyone interested in joining the
chorus is invited to attend the re
hearsals, which will be held each
Monday and Thursday evenings ai
7:00.
SCENES FROM WELCOME PARTY
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