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Published by the Students of Montreat College
LIFE'S PURPOSE
What is success? Is it honor; is it
a piece of work well done? Success
does not bring happiness or peace. A
great book well-written will not satisfy
the heart and soul of man. A great
college built in his honor, a great for
tune in the bank, or a name in the
' heaulmcs of evevy paper, or a name on.,
the bill boards of theaters may mean
success but would not mean happiness.
It does not mean contentment, and it
does not mean peace. There is only
one real reason for living, and that is
service. A life of service, a life dedi
cated to Christ for His service will
bring happiness, real success, and
peace. Whether this service is render
ed in the home, in the classroom, in the
literary world, in a hospital, in the
business world, the joy of being of ser
vice to other people brings these things
—not because wc seek them, but be
cause we find them at the end. To
what extent we can forget ourselves, to
what extent we can lose ourselves in a
task that is bigger than we are, to this
extent we shall find happiness and suc
cess. Christ has said, “He that shall
lose his life for my sake shall find it.”
I o what extent we can forget ourselves
our personal ambitions, our dreams,
and plans and lose ourselves in God’s
plans and visions and dreams for our
lives, to that extent we shall find the
rneaning of the word success.
When life is over, we shall look back
to find that we have found the pot of
gold at the end of the rainbow, that
we have found happiness not because
we have sought it, but because in mak
ing others happy we have found it for
ourselves.
MONTREAT, N. C., NOVEMBER. 1939
(The following is an excerpt from
the speech made by Dr. Spencer at the
opening chapel exercises, September 7,
1939.)
Founder’s Day to be Obseryed f
ALUMNAE NEWS
What is the purpose of life? Some
would say happiness, and others would
say success. Many people spend their
lives seeking happiness only to grow
old and find that they have not reached
their goals. It is like those people who
would seek the pot of gold at the end
of a rainbow. They spend their lives
doing that, but they never reach the
end of the rainbow, and never find the
gold, so one never finds happiness at
the end of life when happiness has been
the purpose of living.
\Ve have been honored this year in
having quite a few Alumnae visit the
dear old Alma Mater.
Jennie Hutton of the ’38 class stayed
a few days in Montreat before going on
to college at Erskine.
“Stuff” Thomas, Anne Acree, Joy
Juniper, Bashie Chastain, and Helen
Rust, five of the ghls who graduated
last year, are working in iVIorganton.
They have been over for visits, but not
as much as we would like. \Iartha
Williamson, also of that class, is teach
ing the grammar grades here.
Laura _Mae Brown is teaching high
school science in Montreat. We know
it is an awful temptation. Miss Brown,
to wear plaid shirts to class.
^ Alice Timmons drove by Sunday
witii hei boy friend, to pav us
a visit.
Sarah and Alargaret Niblock spent
a day and night with us. They are
just the same, always laughing.
We enjoyed having Thelma Hinkle
spend a week-end with us.
Two girls in the Freshman College
last year, Betty Harmon and Clara
Rosick, came up for a little while
Sunday.
Irene \\ right, one of the Alumnae
and a member of the popular young
set of Asheville, was married on Octo
ber 14. Her sister, Marjorie Wright
another Alumna, participated in the
wedding.
Sara Burrows, a former student
body president, paid us a short visit
a lew weeks ago. We are proud to
say that Sara does not forget Montreat
and often comes back.
Mar)^ Mellette_ (class of ’35) and
IMcdra. Deans visited the College re
cently.
We were also glad to have back with
us for a short while, Betty Elmore
(better known as “Smellmore”).
We have enjoyed seeing these girls
and hope to see more of the Alumnae
on Thanksgiving.
November 30 has been set aside this
year in Montreat College for the sec
ond annual bounder’s Day celebration.
At this time all the alumnae are in
vited to come and help us honor the
founders of our college.
The occasion will bring old friends
together again for a happy day of fel
lowship in which they will have the op
portunity of observing the major cam
pus improvements and additions effect
ed during the past few years. The
crowning event will be the Thanksgiv
ing Banquet on Thursday evening.
1 he principal speakers for the evening
will be Dr. R. C. Anderson, President
of the College; Elisabeth Welton, Pre
sident of the Alumnae Association, and
Ann Scruggs, President of the Student
Body.
The Assembly Inn is offering the
following special rates to the alumnae:
Thanksgiving Banquet $ .75
Lodging (one night) 1.00
Breakfast .50
Ihe Homecoming event promises to
be above par in every respect and plans
are being formulated to insure a suc
cessful and joyful occasion. This ac
tivity marks an outstanding feature of
the social calendar of the year. We
cordially urge all alumnae to return at'
this time.
IMPROVEMENTS
As the years come and go, lAIontreat
College continues to grow. Each year
we see a definite improvement over the
last. One of the improvements of
which we are very proud is the new
addition to the library. Now we have
a much larger room in which to read.
Mso postofficcs have been placed in
each of the dormitories. This saves
much confusion and enables the girls
to receive their mail in a much shorter
time.
PHOTOGRAPHERS
I-or the past week, photographers
front Irestons Studio in Asheville,
1\. C., have been taking pictures for
the Sun Dial, our annual.