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VOL. 16, NO. 5
MONTREAT COLLEGE, MONTREAT, NORTH CAROLINA
JANUARY, 1951
MONTREATERS CHOOSE HARLEY
AND TODD TO REIGN MAY DAY
Choir Assists Biily
Graham in Broadcast
From the time Dr. McGregor announced
that the choir was going to assist Dr. Billy
Graham in a broadcast, until the day they
actually heard themselves performing, they
bubbled with excitment that just could
not be suppressed. We had all been listen
ing to “The Hour of Decision” which came
over the ABC network each Sunday after
noon. To be the ones selected to render
the songs led by Cliff Barrows was such
an honor and privilege that we couldn’t
help but talk about it all the time.
We arrived at the Graham’s lovely home
here in Montreat at three o’clock one af
ternoon and began rehearsing. The pro
gram was to be tape-recorded for the
broadcast on December 17. Mr. Barrows
showed much patience with us the three
hours that we practiced.
When the evangelistic team arrived with
all their equipment, which included a piano
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PAT HARLEY
Seniors Present
THE TEMPEST
The Senior Class presented their marion
ettes in a version of Shakespeare’s play,
THE TEMPEST, on Monday evening, Jan
uary 6, 1951. The actor-operators were
members of the Shakespeare class last
year, when this play was studied, and a
tentative presentation of the play was a
class-room project.
The marionettes were made under the
guidance of Miss Sarah Kitchen of Black
Mountain, who is an expert puppeteer.
Miss Kitchen presented several of the fig
ures used in the show, notably the fairy-
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Resolve to commit the past with its
mistakes and its failures to God’s mercy,
and then strive for greater spiritual pro
gress in the future.
Resolve to cultivate a character too noble
to cherish potty resentments and grudges.
Resolve to strengthen and deepen in 1961
the ties that bind you to your friends and
dear ones.
Resolve to develop inner spiritual re
sources so that your happiness and your
peace will not be at the mercy of every
chance intruder.
Resolve to make a specific contribution
to human happiness and well-being so that
it can never be said that you lived in
vain.
—John Sutherland Bonnell, Pastor,
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church,
N. Y., in Presbyterian Life
Queen, President Of Senior
Class, Outstanding Student
Tall, queenly-looking Patricia Harloy,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Harley
of Warner Robins, Georgia, will reign as
Queen of May at the annual May Lay
festivities of Montreat College and IPgh
School this spring. She was chosen le-
cently by popular vote of the college
student body.
Miss Harley is a member of the Senior
Class, is majoring in English, and plans
to teach next fall. She is President of the
Senior class and is an active member of
other organizations on the Campus. S' e
is also outstanding in the field of sports.
The maid-of-honor, Dottie Todd, was
chosen from the senior class of Montreat
School for Girls. Dottie is the daughter
of Mrs. Frances M. Todd of Plumtree, N.
C. She is popular with the whole student
body and appeared in the May Court last
year as Junior representative.
Besides the queen and maid-of-honor,
the May Court is composed of eight otb.er
representatives—one from each class in
the college and School for Girls. Betty
Charles McLeod, runner-up in the election
for Queen, was elected representative for
the college Senior Class. Rebecca Glenn of
Gastonia, N. C., was the choice of the
Junior Class. Nancy Armistead of Mon-
treat, N. C., will represent the College
Sophomore Class, and Carolyn Fritts of
Lexington, N. C., was chosen by the fresh
man Class.
High School representatives are Mary
Don Doty, Rogersville, Tenn., Senior re
presentative; Toni An of Inchon, Korea,
Junior representative; Nancy Broce of Cam
bria, Va., Sophomore representative, and
Jeanette Verreault of Valdese, N. €., Fresh
man representative.
May Day exercises are to be held on
the lawn at Central Park and Anderson
Auditorium.