January, 1947
THE DIALETTE
Page Three
MADAME X SNOOPS
Apparently Santa Claus was
very good to the Montreat girls.
Quite a few received “sparklers”
for Christmas — Mildred Bailey,
Azielee Kepley, Maria Jane Perry,
Frances Tucker, Martha Taylor,
and oh, yes, Vivian Hodges (hers
was the fire-works variety) . . .
Cheer up! Don’t let those New
Year’s resolutions get you down.
Sue Griffith resolved to go to
every meal this year and not eat
between meals. Good luck. Sue!
. '. Rose Marie Moore wants to
double her art gallery during 1947.
Have you seen the huge addition
she received recently? . . . “To
'get a man” is Pat Cox’s New
Year’s resolution. Well, Pat, you
still have over 300 days . . . Things
that you may (?) see during 1947
—Carey Lee Pratt flying to Ly
dian Club meeting in a helicop
ter; Elizabeth Miller working on
the “New York Times” next sum
mer; publication of a history book
by Ann Browning; Frances Brown
elected to Congress; Sue Burney
modeling for an exclusive dress
shop in Washington; and Kather
ine Harrell drawing cartoons for
the Saturday Evening Post . . .
Happy New Year!
Here are a few remarks
Madame X heard while going
from class to class and place to
place the past week.
Said Sonna Serio to Anne Car
penter;
“I’ll bet you come from a burg
where all the hicks congregate at
the post office for their mail.”
Anne: “What’s a post office?” '
And then one time when I hap
pened to be in the office. Miss
Hoyt came in and said to Steve:
“You say there was a collector
at College Hall to see me? Did you
tell him I was out?”
Sieve: “Yes ma’m, but he didn’t
believe me.”
Miss Hoyl: “Well, I guess I will
have to go and tell him myself.”
Said Miss McClure to Rachel
Laney:
“Never mind the date, Rachel;
your test is more important.”
Rachel: “Yes, ma’m, but I want
ed to have something right on my
paper.”
And then, one day in Philoso
phy Class Miss Spencer asked
Azielee Kepley:
“Azielee, what is Platonic
love?”
Azielee: “Warming chairs, burn
ing lamps, playing records, sitting
around the Inn lobby, and watch
ing him leave at 10:30.”
One day in the lunch line I
heard Sarah Vinson and Annie
Laurie talking:
Annie Laurie: “What is a mon
archy?” '
Sarah: “A people governed by a
king.”
Annie Laurie: “Who would
reign if the king should die?”
Sarah: “The queen.”
Annie Laurie: “And if the queen
should die?”
Sarah: “The jack.”
Miss Turk was talking to Sue
Reiner at the Infirmary the other
day.
Miss Turk: “Sue, what would
you do in the case of a person eat
ing poisonous mushrooms?”
Sue: “Recommend a change of
diet.”
In algebra class Miss Wade was
explaining to Pat King:
Miss Wade: “Now we find that
X is equal to zero.”
Pat: “Gee! All that work for
nothing.”
Madame X believes that per
haps Montreat girls need a rest
from the ordeal of everyday class
es—perhaps exams will offer the
change they need!! Reckon??
Woodcock
Motor Co.
Formerly Key City Motor Co.
ALUMNAE NEWS
Wanda Jacobs, ’44, is the wife
of the brother of Mary Frances
Becker, ’44. Mr. and Mrs. Becker
live in Richmond, Va.
Janella Williams, ’40, Mexican
Faith Mission, held a recent Bible
Institute in Buenos Aires.
Helen Glenn, ’41, now an old
married woman, paid Montreat a
visit in September.
Mary Caine (Blaire) Allison, ’43,
is mother of a daughter several
months old.
Farnsworth Mercer, freshman
college, ’44, is another lady with
a married name. She and her hus
band live in California.
Mildred Floyd and Dorothy
Brown, ’both ’45, are schoolmarns
in Walterboro, S. C.
Mary DesChamps, ’46, teaches
in Bladenboro, N. C., while Ida
Owens, ’46, teaches in Meggets,
S. C.
Emma Lou Hughes, ’42, is the
wife of a certain Capt. Lynch,
now serving with the occupation
forces in Japan.
Amy (Petitt) Barker, ’42, served
as D. R. E. in Norfolk until her
recent marriage.
Joan (McKinstry) Reidy, ’41, is
now with her Army husband in
Germany.
Genevieve Polstol, ’43, was mar
ried Dec. 7th in High Point, N. C.,
to Dr. Samuel Hart.
Mrs. George McCarty of Atlan
ta, mother of two little boys, is
none other than Connie Perry, ’37,
believe it or not.
Another recent wedding in the
alumnae ranks is that of Louise
Agnes Wells, ’42, to Carl Wright
Clontz on Nov.29 at Monroe, N. C.
Mary Delle Wilkins, ’36, ex-
WAC, is at home in Oxford, N. C.,
catching up on her college work.
Jane Wall HS, ’44, is a Navy
wife with a new son. She is at
pesent in Cocoa, Fla.
Lenor and Audrey Fleeman HS,
’46, are going to school at Trinity
College in Burlington, Vt.
Polly Ribelin, ’35, is Mrs. J. Hcr-
vey Ross of Michoacan, Mexico.
Nancy Boyd, ’36, is located at
Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Mrs. Harry J. McSloy (Cornelia
Brown, ’47) sends greetings to all
her schoolmates. She is in Love
land, Colorado, where Hubby is
studying at Colorado A. & M.,
and she is working for the Depart
ment of Agriculture. She says she
is very anxious to get in touch
with Isa Clay, ’37, located at the
University of Colorado.
Princie Maphet HS, ’32, started
1947 off with a new job as secre
tary to Dr. James Appleby at
Union Theological Seminary in
Richmond.
Ruth Love Lee, ’46, cheerleader,
member of Alpha Psi Delta, and
junior at Presbyterian College,
reigned as Homecoming Queen at
that institution in November.
MONDAY MORNING
It was Monday morning and Dot
stood in the middle of her Assem
bly Inn room gazing about her.
One bed had been slept in, the
covers had been thrown back which
showed there had been a mad rush
to breakfast. The other bed could
hardly be seen for the books, mag
azines and papers that formed
great pyrmids and gave the ap
pearance of an Egyptian village.
The chairs looked like grotesque
figures. The desk chair wore a red
plaid jacket, a white scarf, a green
flowered house coat, with a blue
hat on one post and an orange one
on the other. Under it were three
pair of shoes-red sandles, black
pumps and rather dirty saddle
shoes.
The dresser was covered with a
general mixture. It served as pan
try shelf, dressing table and catch
all.
The desk looked like an African
jungle with toy dogs, horses, rab
bits, and bears sticking their heads
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