GOOD LUCK, SENIORS! 1 THE DIALETTE HAPPY VACATION! ! VOL. 14, NO. 8. MONTREAT COLLEGE, MONTREAT, NORTH CAROLINA MAY, 1949 Miss NcGaughey To Give Commencement Address Kane To Be Editor H. S. To Publish Own Newspaper At a recent meeting of the Ed itors and advisors it was decided th^t for the best interests of the College and High School, each school would have separate news papers. A trial issue of the High School paper will come out May 21st. A contest was put on to pick a name which will be announced with the first issue. The new staff elected this year is '’’erry Kane, Editor- in-Chief; Lee Brewer, Business Manager; Lucille Black, Associate Editor; and Martha Dabney, Art Editor. The rest of the staff will be ap pointed at the beginning of next year. In order to avoid too much competition, ads will not be soli cited from Black Mountain and the paper will be financed in other ways. Juniors Lead Seniors Through Centuries In Banquet Program On May 7, which fell on Satur day evening, about five and fifty persons gathered together in the dining room of Assembly Inn to honor the end of college days for thirteen of those present, and also to celebrate the passage of a few more (we hope) into the honored state of seniorhood. This affair, known as the Junior-Senior Ban quet, was slightly different from those held in previous years — young men guests were not ex cluded. After the Invocation by Dr. Mc Gregor, the Welcome and Re sponse were given by the Junior and Senior class presidents, Elea nor Enloe and Lucille Vaught, re spectively. The theme of the Banquet was “Gold For The Forty-Niners,” be- —Continued on Page 8 H. S. Seniors Starred In Modern Comedy The Senior High School class presented their annual senior pro duction, “You’re Young Only Twice,'” a three act comedy by Joseph Spalding, April 30. The scene was laid in a sorority house on a State University Campus during a summer session. The plot involves a scheme to evict a returned alumna who has endangered the summer’s fun by being made guardian of the camp us hero. The plot backfired and the alumna won worthy respect and married the boy’s father. Characters in the play were; Mrs. Trigg, Jean Stephens; Soph ie, Barbara Gladstone; Libby Frohman, Gerry Hoffman; Helen Hunter, .lane Norman; Beatrice Newman, Martha Brown; Avis Laurel, Bitsy Phillips; Irene Pratt, Lizabeth Wilson; Dorothy Randolph, Mary Lou Gue; Miss A^atha Dunning, Lilly Starling; Van Wych Waterhouse, Bradie Cox: Emil de Suto, Lida Martin; Stubby Holcomb, Kaye Lowery; Chester Pearson, Ophelia Will iams; Lowell Cooper, Barbara Crawford; and Van Wych Water- ’'ouse, Sr., Jean Courreges. The play was directed by Dr. Fronde Kennedy, and property managers were Cindy Waddell and Charlotte Hisle. Mrs. McGregor and Miss Bell are the Senior Class Sponsors. College Seniors Will Present “THE RIVALS” “Bob, a country bumpkin, is a rival of the handsome Captain Absolute for the hand of Lydia. Mrs. Malaprop objects to the af fair because Captain Absolute has presented himself to Lydia as a mere ensign, hoping she will love him for himself alone, (and Lydia does!). Meanwhile, Mrs. Malaprop has been having a love affair with an unknown admirer, one Sir Lucius ©’Trigger, who supposes Mrs. Malaprop is a delectable Dr. Charles G. McClure, Charlotte Minister, Will Deliver Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday As Montreat celebrates its third graduation day since becoming a senior college, speakers, worthy of the occasion, will be on the campus for the exercises. The Rev. Charles G. McClure, D. D., pastor of the Caldwell Memorial Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, N. C., will preach the Baccalaureate sermon on Sunday morning. Dr. McClure was born in Georgia, but went to the Uni versity of Tennessee to work for his A. B. degree. He is a grad uate of Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia and was granted his Doctor of Divin ity degree by King College in 1946. creature named Delia. The plot builds through one side-splitting situation after another, up to the uproariously funny duel scene, where all is explained and for given.*’ This is the review of THE RI VALS by Richard Sheridan to be presented by the Senior College Class on May, 21, at 8:00 P .M. Really, though, this is mild com pared with the play itself, for it 'R a scream from beginning to end. There is Mrs. Malaprop with her misapplied words. Bob Acres with his red hair and bowed legs, and scene after scene which will keep you in stitches. Characters are Mrs. Malaprop, Lucille Vaught; Lydia, Anne Mc- Clintock; Captain Absolute, Pat Cox; Julia, Elizabeth Miller; Faulkland, Vickie Samburg; Pag, Mildred Jones; Sir Anthony Ab solute, Carey Lee Pratt; Sir Luci us O’Trigger, Polly Hagan; Thomas, the coachman, and the chambermaid, Silvia Sanchez; Squire Bob Acres, Edie Mc Mullen; David, Betty Whittle; and Lucy, Virginia Wood. The evening will prove to be one of mirth and entertainment for everyone! Miss Janie McGaughey, Secre tary of Woman’s Work in the General Assembly, will speak to the student body and especially to the graduating class on Mon day morning. Miss McGaughey re ceived her A. B. degree from Agnes Scott College and did grad uate work at the Biblical Semin ary in New York. Since then she has taught in several girls’ col leges. Her experience makes her well qualified to give a gradua tion message to the seniors at Montreat. She received an Honor ary Doctor of Religious Education degree from Southwestern in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1942. Mi.ss McGaughey has also written sev eral books in addition to her activ ities in the Presbyterian Church. The Bacculaureate sermon will be preached Sunday morning. May 22, at 10:45 o’clock in Anderson Auditorium. The Commencement exercises will be held at the same place Monday morning at ten. There are twelve graduates from the College and twenty from the High School. Faculty Announces Class Marshals The faculty has elected two marshals from each class to load the choir, faculty, and classes in marching at Commencement. These girls are chosen for schol astic ability, character, and march ing ability. From the College Junior class arc Prances Brown and Betty At- twood; College Sophomore class: Betty Mae Hoylman and Cordic Hylton; the College Freshman class: Lois Liesinger and Pat Mc- Dougle. Prom the High School classes the following were chosen: Jun ior class; Martha Dabney and Pdarie .lackson; Sophomore class: Maiy Ann Doty; Freshman class; Molly Myles.