VOL. 15, NO. 9
MONTREAT COLLEGE, MONTREAT, NORTH CAROLINA
JUNE, 1950
Borges, Byrum
Give Recitals
Miss Mirta Borges must be
listed as one of Montreat’s
“firsts”. Saturday, May G, at eight
o’clock marked the first senior
voice recital in Montreat’s his
tory.
A mezzo-soprano, Mirta has
studied four years in the States,
her first teacher being Mrs. Marj
orie McGlung Parker, of New
York. This past summer was spent
in New York CTy, at Eastman
School of Music with Mr. Leonard
Trcash as instructor. Recently she
has been under the voice direction
of Miss Margaret Cunningham,
voice teacher at Montreat.
Mirta charmed her audience, both
with her stage presence and her
song. Her voice, a most beautiful
one, is rich, firm and very im
pressive. The selections she chose
showed off her versatility well—
Italian, German, French and Eng
lish—and her enthusiastic audience
had no criticism for any of the
pieces she sang. Two of the most
melodic were Donaudy’s “O Del Mio
Amato Ben” and “Che Faro Senza
Euridice (Orfeo)” by Gluck. En
joyed also were works of Schubert,
Schumann and Strauss in the
German selections “Carnival” by
Fourdrain, “Finer Jetee” by Faure.
Griffe’s “We’ll To The Woods,”
“Velvet Shoes” by Thompson, and
“Song” by Sammond were equally
as beautiful.
Mirta’s poise was outstanding,
she seemed to be a veteran of such
performances. Her audience was as
delighted as she with the lovely
flowers she received from her
friends and admirers. A host of her
friends joined her at the reception
given in her honor by Miss Cun
ningham and Miss Anne Arthur af-
te r the recital. A most sincere wish
for success is extended to her from
all her friends at Montreat.
DR. FOWLE
On May 13, in Gaither Chapel
at 8:00 P. M., the Montreat Col
lege Music Department presented
Miss Catherine Byrum, mezzo-
soprano, in her senior voice re
cital, the second in the series of
ec'itals at Montreat this year.
She was accompanied by Miss
Betty Gibbs. Betty Gibbs, who is
a music minor at Montreat, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. B.
Gibbs of Clayton, Georgia. Be
sides her music activities, Betty
is very active in campus life,
and will serve next year as pres
ident of the student body.
Catherine is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. V. P. Byrum of
Great Falls, South Carolina. She
has studied at Montreat four
years and has taken part in var
ious other college activities other
than music. She has been a mem
ber of the College Choir for four
years, has belonged to the Col
lege Music Club four years, has
been active in the College Chorus
for two years, and has shown her
versatility by being active in
athletics and an M-Club member
for two years.
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DR. JAMES L. FOWLE AND THE
REV. I. M. ELLIS TO LEAD FINALS
REV. ELLIS
Marshals Are Chosen
For Commencement
The College faculty has ap
pointed the marshals from each
of the Freshman, Sophomore and
Junior Classes, to lead their class
mates in the Commencement exer
cises on April 29.
The girls were chosen accord
ing to their personality, scholar
ship, and participation in cam
pus activities. The three from the
Junior Class were Betty Gibbs,
Jane Holt and Pat Harley. The
Sophomores were Glenda Selman
and Carolyn Williams. Sarah
Ann Shei-man and Helen Duke
will lead the Freshmen.
The entire commencement pro
gram is under the direction of
Miss Margaret Smith, head of the
Physical Education Department.
U
PATRONIZE
YOUR
ADVERTISERS
The commencement address of
Montreat College and Montreat
School for Girls will be given by
Dr. James L. Fowle of Chatta
nooga, Tennessee, while the bac
calaureate sermon will be de
livered by the Rev. I. M. Ellis of
Gastonia, North Carolina.
Dr. Fowle is by birth a native
of North Carolina, having been
born in Washington. Receiving his
education at several fine schools,
he took his B. D. degree at Union
Theological Seminary. At first
Dr. Fowle devoted his energies to
evangelistic work, then for five
and one half years filled the
pastorate of the Central Pres
byterian Church, St. Louis, Miss
ouri. During the past 21 years,
he has been ministering to the
First Presbyterian Church of
Chattanooga.
He has given freely of his ad
ministrative ability to the Church,
serving as a member to the gen
eral Council of the Presbyterian
Cburch, U. S., and chairman of
the Denomination’s Program of
Progress Committee. Dr. Fowle is
also a member of Church Exten
sion of the Southern Presbyterian
Church, the Assembly Field Coun
cil of Religious Education, and
commissioner of the general As
sembly in the years 1928-31-38-43-
44. He has been instrumental in
fathering the development of King
College at Bristol.
Dr. Fowle’s service to his com
munity and state is an account
of an unselfish career. His activ
ities have included such diverse
fields as Community Chest work,
preventive medicine, interracial
understanding, YMCA and YWCA
work, and the Boy Scout move
ment. During the war years, he
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