THE DIALETTE
Vol. 13, No. 3.
JIONTREAT COLLEGE, MONTREAT, NORTH CAROLINA
December, 1947
Christmas Programs Are Announced
Glee Club Presents
Initial Program At
Christmas Party
Heretofore, the college choir
and the High School Glee Club
have given a joint Christmas
Concert. December IG, 1947, will
be a momentous date for the Glee
Club, for they will present their
first program alone.
The concert will consist of
Christmas songs, out.standing for
their beauty. Those taking solo
parts in the program are Leo
Brewer, Mary Taylor, Madge
Brownlee, Lib Cannon, Joy Hard,
Jane Norman, Mary Holshoiiser,
and Barbara Gladstone.
Other exciting things will hap
pen this same evening, such as
the distributing of gifts. These
are the ones given by the Angels.
Those to distribute them are
Mary Anne Phillips, Marie Jack-
son, and Jo Anne Gamble. The
poem, “Twas the Night Before
Christmas,” and a letter, “Is there
a Santa?” will be read. Following
the Christmas tree, carols will be
sung.
Choir Concert Includes
Part Of “Messiah’’
Strains of world-famous Christ
mas music, aptly depicting the
Christmas anthems of different
lands, rang out from Gaither
Chapel December 13, when the
college choir presented their
Christmas cantata.
Songs used included five selec-
toins from Handel’s “Messiah”
These were:
“And the Glory of the Lord”
“For Unto Us a Child is Born”
“He Shall Feed His Flock”
(Solo by Charlott Roth)
“Come Unto Him”
Solo by Sarah Baker)
"The Halleluijah Chorus”
The Choir and the Inner Choir
also rendered several other
Christmas anthems.
MISS ANNIE WEEli
VJIES LOIS ELTJS
OUR SPOTLIGHT POINTS WITH PRIDE . . .
Dy Charlotte Hisle and TLsh Clark
This fall the High School was
happy to find that Miss Webb,
our “leading lady,” was with us
again. We all know her, perhaps
as a chemistry, algebra, or geo
metry teacher from last year; but
I was curious enough to want to
know more about her. Maybe you
are too.
Miss Webb was born in
Charleston, but wended her way
to Tennessee where she attended
the lower schools o f learning.
Then she started forth on those
days we hope (?) to reach—
college! She migrated from Agnes
Scott to Peabody, to New York,
and Cambridge, England, acquir
ing B. A. and M. A. degrees.
After finishing her directed
travel in the land of learning, she
started directing others along this
path. In the course of time, she
has taught in Kentucky, Mississ
ippi, Flora MacDonald, and Mon
treat. She was teaching here be
fore any of the present faculty,
although she hasn’t been here all
that time.
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Miss Ellis belongs so complete
ly to Montreat that it seems im
possible that she was born as far
away as Issard County, Arkan
sas and has been in Montreat only
since the fall of 1941. Before
coming here, she lived in Geor
gia and in Tennessee. She re
ceived her A. B. degree from Ers-
kine College, majoring in Eng
lish; and she has taught in North
Carolina, Virginia and Kentucky.
Miss Ellis is housemother for
the entire High School student
body and teacher of senior Eng
lish.
Although we think Miss Ellis
is faultless, she says that she is
shy, especially about having her
picture made ,and that she hates
to admit being wrong.
Her hobbies are sewing, gather
ing and arranging flowers, writ
ing letters, traveling and eating.
Concerning the latter, she says,
“I used to draw the line on mush
rooms and honey, but I can eat
even those things now, if the oc
casion demands.”
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Christmas Angels
Spread Happiness
Santa Arrives At
Montreat Thursday
Night
That good will about which so
much is said this time every year
will be especially evident in Mon
treat for the next few days. All
the girls drew names on the
twelfth and since, have been se-
cretlj' performing good deeds for
the person whose name they
have. They are also buying small
gifts to go under the tree at the
Christmas party December 18.
According to the sophomores,
who are sponsoring it, there will
be carols, skits and other Christ
mas entertainment. Then too,
there is the rumor that M:-. and
Mi-s. Claus will drop down from
the North Pole a few days early
just to distribute the gifts.
“Good Tidings of Great
Joy” Presented By
Three Groups
“For, behold, I bring you good
tidings of great joy.”
Last evening as the high school,
college, and community folk gath
ered in Gaither Chapel to com
memorate the birth of our Lord
Jesus Christ, this was the theme
foremost in their minds. The pro
gram consisted of two parts, “Joy
To The World,” and “Joyful We
Adore Thee.” The ever-familiar,
ever-loved manger scene was the
center around which it was en
acted. Green shrubbery cuttings
were used for decorations and
candles for light.
Offering taken during the serv
ice is to go to the Joy Gift, a
fund for retired ministers and;
missionaries, and widows and
families of ministers and miss
ionaries.
The high school glee club sang
carols before and after the serv
ice, and the college inner choir
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