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THE DIALETTE
April 1948
THE DIALETTE
The DIALETTE is the official newspaper of Montreat College,
and is published monthly by the Staff of Student Publications. Its
purpose is to give the student body a fair and unprejudiced view of
campus life.
STAFF
Executive Staff
Editor-in-chief Elizabeth Miller
Associate Editors Louise Chandler
Frances Brown
Business Manager Winnie Ferguson
Advertising Managers Marjorie Robertson
Martha Atkinson
EDITORIAL STAFF
Literary Editor Jane Holt
News Editor Jane Cook
Club Editor Charlotte Roth
Feature Editor Cordie Hylton
Humor Editor .Margery Washburn
Sports Editors Mary Ruth Denman
Ophelia Williams
Art Editor Jane Bachman
BUSINESS STAFF
Exchange Manager Betty Gibbs
Typists Rose Marie Moore
Ouida Swann
Paulina Hagen
SPONSORS
Miss Margaret Wade Mrs. Keith Townsend Miss Carrie McElroy
‘^The Children of the King ..
“The children of the King are
we, the children of the King”—
feet move in rhythm; heads are
held high with pride, the pride
that comes in being of an organi
zation dedicated to the educating
of young . women in a Christian
way; and hearts surge with feel
ing. The columns lengthen; our
faculty heads the lines—gowns
draped with the pale blue of
Columbia University, the orange
of U. T., the blue of Chapel HiU
and the blue and gold of Mon-
treat College.
Girls follow, and white row upon
row is built as they take their
places. Freshmen, Sophomores,
Juniors and then the white line
breaks—gowned in gray and
black, the Seniors make their way
behind the others. Three times be
fore we’ve marched down this
same aisle, kept time to this same
music and lifted our voices with
the same glorious wordg, “the
children of the King are we . ..”
The words tumble forth, and each
step, each sight calls forth hords
of memories. Eyes grow a bit
misty as four years speed through
our minds-^walks in the brisk,
mountain air, treks in the snow,
the blue hills at sunset, hymns
sung together, heads bowed and
hearts lifted to God in prayer,
hikes thru the woods, the rush for
meals, the falling of variegated
leaves in autumn, the sounds of
sleds and falling snow in winter.
the song of bird and brook in
springtime. Each has its own
particular place in each one’s
heart. Their sum total cannot be
defined. Nor is it necessary to
confine this feeling for Montreat
within the walls of words. We’ve
tried so often, but to each girl it
means different things— her
Montreat. How can a place mean
something different, yet the same
to every person there ? I think
that is one proof of Montreat’s
bigness and greatness—she can
meet the needs of many people.
But enough of retrospect—^we
live not in the past, but in the
present and for the future. The
first period of our lives has been
chiefly one of getting. We enter
now more fully into a period of
giving^ What do we have to give?
Has it been worth it—these years
spent in school ? What have we
gained that we may share and on
which we build ? Some facts, along
with the realization of how little
we know; the power to think for
ourselves; more ability to get
along with others; a sounder,
deeper faith in God.
And yet there is no end to this
period of getting and no beginning
to the period of giving. We put
no period to signify the end of a
phase of living. Graduation from
Montreat as an institution of
learning, yes, but may we never
graduate from what Montreat
has sought to teach us.
H. S. Seniors Present
“The Little Minister”
The Senior High School class
will present on May 15, a three-
act play entitled “The Little
Minis,ter” by M. Barrie. The story
unfolds in Thums, Scotland, in
1860. When the play opens, Nora
McClain, one of the prominent
women in kirk (church), and Jean,
the new servant in the manse, are
awaiting the arrival of the new
and very young minister. When
the minister, Gavin Dishart, final
ly arrives, he is escorted by the
town riffraff whom he tries to
reform.
That evening a gypsy girl leads
the town weavers in a revolt
against Lord Rintoul, who owns
the town. The gypsy is captured
and goes to Gavin for help.
A few days later the gypsy
keeps Gavin and the doctor from
sending Nanny, an old woman, to
the poorhouse. By this time the
gypsy has fallen head over heels
in love with the minister, much
to the astonishment of the whole
town. From then until the end it
is an exciting love story that you
won’t soon forget.
The cast includes Virginia
Buckner, Karen Johnson, Patsy
Alexander, Eleanor Birdwell,
Mary Virginia Brooks, Mary
ED SAYS ...
The editors, in writing the head
line for the April issue of the
Dialette, were desirous of empha
sizing the fact that we had our
first so-called “Religious Em
phasis Week” this year and over
looked the fact that Montreat
College has observed a week of
special services almost every year.
More corrections, please! Were
sorry that Vicky Samburg’s name
was accidentally left out of the
list of new Cabinet members in
the April issue. Vicky is the new
Vice-President of the Studen
Body.
George Anna Griffin, not Betty
Ruth Kuykendall, will be Pub
licity Manager for the Hign
School Athletic Association next
year.
As you will notice, the Senior
High School Class history, wiU,
prophecy, etc. are not printed m
this issue along with the college
write-ups. Since the High Schoo
Seniors are having a class day
program, they chose not to is
close this information until t en.
Helen Vanes, Charlene Crease-
man, Fay Kitchens, Norma HiU,
Sue Ledbetter, Tish Clark, and
Mary Blanton. ^
VERE FRUOR SEMPER
A recent study of Mythology
with two of my classes has re
minded me of the fact that through
the ages man has welcomed the
return of spring with beautiful
stories and joyous songs. In Ovid’s
Metamorphases we read of the joy
of Ceres, the Earth Goddess, when
lier daughter Proserpine returns
after spending several months in
the abode of the dead. The Norse
Mythology, which depicts the
various phases of winter as Frost
giants and other cruel beings, has
given us a number of symbolic
I stories, one of the loveliest of
which is the account of the wooing
of Ged (the earth) by Frey, god
of summer sunshine. Even the
Indians of our own land rejoiced
at the return of gentle spring and
j told of it in the charming myth
I about Glooskap’s journey to find
I and bring back the Queen of Sum-
! mer.
As I have walked around the
campus during the last few weeks,
I have felt that the central truth
in all these myths—the sharp con-
the delicate
leaves appear
trast between winter and spring
has been illustrated by our su
roundings. Not so long ago th
mountain sides were
bare, and the erees were bare
ruined choirs where late
sweet birds sang.” Then ^1”^*
came and glorified the landscap •
It has been inspiring to wa
green of the n
the valley and
spread gradually up the ^lopej- »
has been thrilling to see the gras
ibocoTTie gi'een and luxurian
The verdure-clad
sides and rich soft carpe o
uriant grass make an
setting for the glorious ^
the gay azaleas, the delicate P «k
and white apple blossoms, an
fragrant lilacs, beloved ^ ^ f
Central Park, with its sweep
verdant velvety lawns ^*^d c
ful flowering bushes is mde
most appropriate setting o
annual festival in which we ce
brate the return of spring,
MAY DAY.
Mrs. Katherine White.