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VOL. 16, NO. 2.
MONTREAT COLLEGE, MONTREAT, NORTH CAROLINA
OCTOBER, 1950
Lelia Blackwell Elected
Freshnten President
At last the tension and suspense
are ended—the freshman class
has chosen its leader for the com-
inj? year. Lelia Blackwell, the
new president, is well known al
ready for her fine school. spirit
as she has whole-heatedly entered
into everything from tennis to
the S. P. S.
Lelia, known by all her friends
as “Lee”, was born on May 14,
1932 and hails from Caswell
county, North Carolina. Her fam
ily consists of, besides her father
and mother, two older brothers
and a younger sister. Lelia and
her older brothers have really set
quite a standard for the young
est one to live up to—they have
all been editor-in-chief of their
high school paper, the COBBWEB.
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Homecomiii*^ Planned
For November 23
Arrangements for the Annual
Thanksgiving Banquet and Home
coming Day on November 23, have
this year been entrusted by Dr.
McGregor to the Senior Class.
Plans are under way to make
the day a memorable one. The
traditions will be kept up. The
old girls will find a warm wel
come; the soccer game for the
school in the morning and the
college in the afternoon will be
the special daylight activities.
The outstanding feature of the
day will be the Banquet at seven
in the evening. Senior committees
are busily engaged in planning
table decorations, program cards,
and special entertainment skits.
Mr. Stubbs and Mrs. Dodrick are
bestirring themselves to plan a
menu that will surprise and de
light.
The old students returning will
find a warm welcome from the
Freshmen, Sohpomorcs, and .Jun
iors at Howerton Hall and from
the Seniors at Assembly Inn.
Mrs. Maund Is
New Registrar
This summer Mrs. Tallulah
Maund returned from Chapel Hill
to assume the, duties of Registrar
for Montreat College. She is really
not a newcomer to Montreat, for
'.be taught business education here
for two years previous to this
one.
Mrs. Maund was born in Dalton,
Georgia and grew up there. She
attended the Georgia State Wom
en’s College in Valdosta and was
.■graduated from the University
of Georgia, receiving a B. S. in
Commerce. Before coming to Mon
treat, Mrs. Maund lived in At-
anla where she was connected
with the U. S. Public Roads ser
vice. She has a daughter, Mary,
who is in the fifth grade of the
Black Mountain Grammar School.
Mrs. Maund enjoys hiking,
swimming, playing tennis, and
listening to good music. She and
Mary both like the mountains very
much, and Mary says that she is
especially fond of Camp Montreat,
whore she spent the past summer.
All Montreat extends Mrs.
Maund a warm welcome, saying,
'‘We’re glad you’re back, Mrs.
Maund; the best of luck to you
:n your new job. We wouldn’t wish
for a better person to take this
osponsible position.”
Kappa Pi Beta Taps Six
Six surprised and delighted
girls were tapped for Kappa Pi
Beta, the college honorary liter
ary society, during chapel Satur
day, October 14. After they were
brought to the front of the room
by the old members, Lelia Black-
well, Lib Clodfelter, Heidi Funke,
Terry Kane, Ellinore Krieger, and
.Julia Rankin read their contribu
tions to the student body. Their
no!able ability was shown in the
articles which ranged from a cyn-
icnl poem on love to a short story
about sheep.
Montreat Student Honored
AGNES GODERT
MRS. DIXON THACKER LEADS
‘‘Wasn’t that wonderful?”
“She’s marvelous.” “I certainly
enjoyed it.” These wore only a
few of the comments made after
Mrs. May Dixon Thacker spoke
at chapel services October 11. Her
mes.sage was simple and sweet,
and God couldn’t have spoken
through a more gracious servant
of His word.
Mrs. Thacker emphasized the
part that women have played and
can play in the spreading of God’s
word. What wonderful examples
of live she gave! She told of the
beautiful love between a king and
his wife, and of their dreams for
each other. The king worshipped
his wfe and wanted her to have
the most beautiful palace that
anyone could possibly build. How
ever, the queen died when her
daughter was born, and so her
husband’s dream of sharing with
her the most beautiful palace in
the world was crushed. How could
he boar the injustice of her death?
He was broken-hearted, and yet
he felt that he should build the
palace. Perhaps in that way he
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Miss Agnes Godert, president of
Student Christian Association, and
one of Montreat’s most outstand
ing students, was recently elected
acting president of the Westmin
ster Fellowship Council of the
Synod of Appalachia. She assumed
the duties of her office on Septem
ber 24 and will continue as pres
ident until April.
The Council will meet April
6-8 at Montreat College, and will
then elect officers for the follow
ing year. Betty Carroll of Mary
ville College is serving with Agnes
as secretary for the Council.
Another honor also to come to
Agnes is that she has been chosen
one of four young people from
the Presbyterian Church, U. S.,
to attend the Constituting Assem
bly of the National Council of
Churches of Christ in America.
The Assembly will be held in
Cleveland, Ohio, November 28
through December 1. A total of
forty “Visiting Youth Delegates”
will be allowed to attend, and
they will serve as ushers and mess
engers. They will have the priv
ilege of meeting and talking with
the great personalities of this
meeting.
Congratulations to Agnes on
both these honors, and all good
wishes go with her as she serves
her Christ.
Mr. Russell To Sponsor
At a recent meeting the prayer
group leaders chose Mr. William
Russell, Montreat’s master of
chemistry and algebra, to sponsor
this year’s Prayer bands. At the
meetings of the prayer group
leaders, Mr. Russell will give sug
gestions for topics of discussion
and methods of stimulating inter
est in the groups. Under his guid
ance the prayer bands are looking
forward to a year of wonderful
comradeship with God, .and we
know everyone will benefit from
Mr. Russell’s warm interest.