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February, 1950 THE DIALETTE Page 3 News Spotlights... Mrs. Margery Macaulay, High School language teacher, and Miss Nannie Watkins, College Spanish teacher, were initiated in to the Spanish National Honor Fraternity, the Sigma Delta Pi, at a meeting held Wednesday, Feb- uary 22, at Davidson College. Mrs. Macaulay and Miss Watkins were two of the three honorary mem bers taken in. There were seven active members. While on the Davidson campus, they were guests at the Guest House, and both had warm praise to give to their hostesses. >5; * ♦ j(c ♦ Five Montreaters—one of them Margery Washburn, composer, di rector, and producer, and four of them actors, Jo Ann Gordon, Herenia Morales, Martha Get- singer, and Helen Duke—present ed a short skit at the Methodist Church in Black Mountain, Wednesday morning, March 1. This skit, based on the work of the Red Cross, was given before a group of Chairmen of local Red Cross Drives. Miss Elizabeth Hoyt is Chair man of the Montreat district, and the drive will begin soon after long week end. Students are re quested to begin saving their mon ey now in order to make liberal donations. >|c * Nine members of the Montreat College Choir, under the direction of Miss Ann Arthur, and accom panied by Miss Margaret Cun ningham, gave a fifteen minute radio broadcast over station WISE, Asheville, Tuesday, Febru ary 28, at 1:45 p. m. The group was composed of Mirta Borges, Pat Woody, Pat Harley, Jane Holt, Catherine Byrum, Willa Dean Glass, Charlotte Roth, Betty Jean Chaplin, and Sarah Ann Sherman. They sang before the American Business Men’s Association in the George Vanderbilt Hotel and were dinner guests of the Association. * ♦ !je Mrs. White attended a meeting KEY CITY SHOE SHOP Black Mountain, N. C. of the Daughters of the American Colonists, Daughters of 1812, and Daughters of Colonial Wars in Chai'lotte, N. C., on Tuesday, Feb ruary 28. She is retiring Secretary of the Daughters of 1812 and was installed as Historian of the Daughters of Colonial Wars. The highlight of the occasion was a joint banquet held by the organ izations. 4: Betty Attwood, President of the S. C. A., and Betty Jean Chaplin, Vice-President, represented Mon treat College at the North Caro lina Ecumenical Student Confer ence held in Chapel Hill, Feb. 4. This was an inter-racial and in ter-denominational conference, the first of its nature to be held in North Carolina. After returning, they had a chapel program and reported to the student body high lights of the experience. Both of them were impressed with the ap parent success of the conference and expressed their hope that similar ones would be held each year. The YMCA and YWCA from the University of North Carolina held a week end conference at Mon treat the first of February. Ap proximately 150 students from the University attended this confer- On Saturday, February 25, at 7:30 p. m. the “mighty Sophomore Class” (as the posters proudly displayed) presented the fourth in a series of movies being shown in Anderson Auditorium. These movies date several years back, but they are top-rate and star out standing Hollywood players. For good acting and interesting plot, they often outrank present day box office breakers. Only two more are scheduled for the year. The first of these is THE MAGIC BOW, starring Stewart Granger and Phyllis Calvert. This is a por trayal of the life of the great violinist Paganini, and w'll be shown Saturday, March 18. The Sophomore Class appreciates your patronage. IN BLACK MOUNTAIN IT IS The REXALL STORE C. C. UZZELL OUR EXCHANGES . . . Many students do not know about the Exchange Department of the DIALETTE. No, it isn’t a place where you can “swap” room mates, or return damaged proper ty; but we’re sure that some of you would be interested in using it if you knew about it. Our Staff exchanges newspapers with other college publications throughout North Carolina and other South eastern states. These papers are usually mailed to Prances Brown, who is very willing to share their contents with anyone interested. If you want to find out whether or not the boy friend at Catawba College in Salisbury is stepping out on you, just grab our semi monthly copy of their “The Pi oneer” and read the gossip col umn! Or if you’re more desirous of learning which basketball team is beating which, satisfying facts may be gleaned from the sports pages of “The Davidsonian.” Be sides these two papers, we get copies of the following: “The Blue and Gray,” Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tenn. “The Erskine Mirror,” Erskine College, Due West, S. C. “The Wilson Echo,” Warren Wilson Jr. College, Swannanoa, N. C. “The Sweet Briar News,” Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Va. “The Collegian,” Greensboro College, Greensboro, N. C. “The Hilltop,” Mars Hill Jr. College, Mars Hill, N. C. “The Lookout,” Montreat High School, Montreat, N. C. These are not all of the schools with whom we exchange; so if you’re wondering about some others, be sure to check with Fran and find out. RICE’S QUALITY STORE DRY GOODS & NOTIONS READY-TO-WEAR CLOTHES Corner State St. Montreat Road GOFF Radio Service Sales and Service Opposite Post Office Black Mountain Renowned Singer Gives Interesting Program For Montreat Students Montreat had the rare privi lege Wednesday, February 1, of hearing the distinguished Mr. Earl Spicer, renowned singer of the concert stage. He was born on a farm in Acadia and as a boy sang in the Church choir. While he was in college, Mr. Spicer found time for studying voice, piano, and organ, as well as singing in the Glee Club and College Quartette, and playing the bass viol. Later he studied in New York and London. Mr. Spicer has sung with lead ing orchestras here and in Eng land and among his college tours have been several appearances at Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Minn esota, and many other colleges and universities. His informal man ner, rare sense of humor, and magnetic personality have made him a favorite of all who hear him. Mr. Spicer presented a concert of old English and American bal lads. He introduced into the pro gram an amusing quiz, in which the audience gave titles of Shake spearean plays as answers. Among the many songs he sang were the old English ballad, BARBARA ALLEN, a Gilbert and Sullivan song, and the confus ing GOING TO MORROW TO MORROW. After having been brought back for several encores, Mr. Spicer “wound up” the evening with the popular cowboy ballad, OLD PAINT. KEY CITY PHARMACY Prescription Druggists Phone 5231 Revlon - Yardley Cosmetics Black Mountain McMURRAY CHEVROLET CO. 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