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Message From Dr. J. R. McGregor
Dear Friends—
College Major Officers for 1953-54. From left to right: Mary Jane Gillispie, Athletic Association; Ann
Broom, Christian Association; June King Student Government Association; EMinore Kreiger, Sun Dial Staff,
BACCALAUREATE SPEAKER
The graduating classes of Montreat Col
lege and Montreat School for Girls are
very fortunate in having as their bac
calaureate speaker this year Dr. Vernon
S. Broyles, Jr., Executive Secretary of the
Board of Church Extension, Atlanta, Ga.
Dr. Broyles, a native of Rogersville,
Tenn., received his B.A. and D.D. degrees
from Davidson College, and his B.D., Th.M.
and Th. D. degrees from Union Theolog
ical Seminary, Richmond, Va. He did post
graduate work at the University of Teubin-
gen, in Germany, and at the American
School of Oriental Research, in Jerusalem.
Dr. Broyles has had pastorates in Vir
ginia, Mississippi, and Georgia. Frier to
his present position he was pastor of the
North Avenue Presbyterian Church in
Atlanta.
The baccalaureate service will be in
Gaither Hall at 11 A.M., Sunday, May 25.
Smoak Concert
On March 7, the Department of Music
presented Mary Ann Smoak in her Senior
Recital. Mary Ann, daughter of the R,
A. Smoaks of Aberdeen, is one of the
best loved students on our campus, and
her recital was looked forward to by all
Accompanied by Frances Mouzon, she pre
sented an interesting and varied program
including French, Italian, German and
English songs.
Her first group consisted of four Italian
songs, followed by four German ones. The
first part of the program closed with
two arias, “Faites—lui mes Aveux” from
Faust’ and “Voi Che Sapete” from ‘The
Marriage of Figaro’. After the intermis
sion she gave two French songs and
closed her concert with a group of four
English numbers.
I suppose I really should start this
letter as I feel like starting, with “Dear
Girls”, or “Dear Montreat Girls”, rather
than “Dear Friends”; because I feel that
the first term sets us apart, making our
relationships more particular and more
meaningful, “Dear Montreat Girls” means
the richest and best of friendship, which
we treasure very, very much.
At Montreat we think of you more
than you would believe and also often
talk together about you individually with
a sense of genuine pride and joy. We
do hope that the year has been an espec-
ially good one for you.
We have had our very best year at
Montreat; I think all of us here are def
initely agreed about that. Folks far and
wide have been so gracious towards us.
We have heard from many of you, and
every letter from you or about you has
made us happier.
I wish everyone of you could know
those who have joined our faculty and
staff this past year. We eagerly look for
ward to your being here to meet Dean
Holt and the others who are doing so
much for us. In every division and de
partment of the curriculum we are mov
ing forward. ’
You have heard, with a great deal of
satisfaction, I am sure, of the increased
enrollment this year. Several transfer
students and the larger freshman class
are of the same type of superior girls
we have had. They have brought genuine
delight to all of us.
The new catalog will announce some
changes in the curriculum of which I be
lieve you will heartily approve. We believe
the changes will enable us to do a much
better job in the last two years of college
in preparing girls for what they want to
do. Also, it will give us more freedom to
emphasize, maintain, and develop our
wonderfully fine spiritual atmosphere. We
are remembering always that our program
is Bible centered, Christ centered, and
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