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The DIALETTE is the official news
paper of Montreat College, and is pub
lished monthly by the Dialette Staff. Its
purpose is to give the student a fair and
unprejudiced view of campus life.
EXECUTIVE STAFF
Editor Leta Miller
Asst. Editor Janet Ruth Smith
Business Manager Margaret Leech
Advertising Manager Mary Williams
EDITORIAL STAFF
News Editor Sylvia Holcomb
Reporters Margaret Coleman
Eleanor Seagle, Nancy Cresap
Barbara Dorton
Feature Writers Norma Karstens
Shirley Swofford
Humor Editor Helen Kinsey
Sports Editor Garlene Seagle
Typists Mary Greene
Mae Foon Eng, Betty McGuire
Art & Publicity Peggy Johnson
Sponsor Miss Elizabeth Maxwell
me about the availability of a youth leader,
and I suggested that he write to you.”
“Miss , a 1953 graduate of Mon
treat College, is employed by our school
as a senior high English-French teacher.
Any teacher training college or university
should be proud to list Miss as a
Letter To The Alumnae:
graduate. I have spent 11 years in ad
ministrative work in high school and
Miss is the finest first year
teacher in my experience.”
“We are most happy to have Miss
Dear Friends;
How we wish you could be in Montreat
right now! But, we’d really prefer that
you be here with just the Montreat fam
ily. This weekend the Westminister Fel
lowship of Appalachia Synod is meeting
on our campus. At the moment Mr. Ellis
is in the lobby playing his marimba.
You would be very happy at what you
would find in Montreat, I feel sure. The
concerts given by our music faculty would
thrill you. You would be very proud of
the accomplishments of our College choirs
and High School Glee Club.
As you visit in classrooms, you would
be particularly happy over the academic
work which is being done. We are striv
ing to have the academic standards and
the situations for learning such that our
girls will stand out in front of any group
of graduates.
We have had, I believe, in all respects
our best year. For this we are deeply
grateful and greatly indebted to our fac
ulty and to our student bodies.
Within the last few weeks, we have
written to the employers of our four-year
graduates. I wish each one of you could
see the letter that was written about you.
These letters rriake us at Montreat feel
very good indeed. May I quote from just
a few of these:
“Thank you very much for your recent
letter concerning Miss . We are
teaching with us, and have heard many
good reports concerning the fine program
at Montreat. Miss represents to us
all that is fine and good in young woman
hood today. A spiritually sincere person,
she has had much good influence upon
the many youth groups with which she
works—in the church, in the community,
and in the school. Our school and com
munity appreciate Miss and feel
that we are better because she is here.
We ^re grateful for the part you have
played in the development of her career
as a teacher and Christian citizen.”
“Mrs. graduated from this School
CONCERTS HIGHLIGHT SPRING
of Nursing in 1952. She ranked first in
a class of 47 students. She had an average
of 96% on her State Board examination
and her percentile rank on the National
League of Nursing Comprehensive exam
ination was 96.7. This indicated that only
3.3 of the nursing students in the United
States ranked higher than she did on these
examinations.”
With all the letters which we received,
I believe there were only three which
indicated that in some respects our grad
uates were disappointing to those for whom
they were working.
We thank those of you who have shared
in our Living Endowment. Although we
have some reason to be encouraged about
this, we have reason, too, to be very much
disappointed that so many of those who
would be leaders in our group have not
remembered to help us provide a Christian
education for worthy and superior girls.
We confidently look forward to the time
when we can be well up toward the top
of the colleges in the number of alumnae
who are sharing in the Living Endowment
Fund.
mighty proud of her and she is doing a
grand job here in every respect. She has
all the qualifications necessary for one
engaged in the type of work that she is
doing. Just the other day someone asked
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Mrs. Victor Schoen is her instructor.
The music for this recital will include
compositions by Scarlatti; Bach; Bee
thoven; Brahms; and Batok.
As a part of the Commencement activ
ities, Mary Ruth Marshall will be presented
in Senior Recital on Thursday, May 2
Included on her program will be selections
by Pergolesi; Handel; Schubert; Brahms,
Faure; Bemberg; Saint-Saens; Beach; Her
ert; and Diack.
Mary Ruth will close her program vmth
“May”, which was written by Mr. HaroW
Frantz for this recital. Ivey Dee Chaffin
will be the accompanist.
Mary Ruth, also, has been a tnember
of both choral groups. Her voice, in so o
or group work, has added much to pro
grams in Black Mountain and Asheville
as well as in Montreal. Mary Ruth’s pres
ent instructor is Mr. Allan Guy.
wonderful it would be if our alumnae
would really bestir themselves and ^^eir
communities to find those girls who wou
make good Montreaters!
You will be interested in portions o a
letter which 1 received from Dr. James
E. Hillman, Director of the Division ot
Professional Service of the Department o
Public Instruction for North Carolina.
“I wish to commend you for the prog
ress which has been made at Montrea
College under your administration an
leadership. The institution has more near
ly arrived than I had any reason to ex
pect at the time it entered upon its pres
ent program.
“I do believe there is a place for a
school of the kind you would want to see
Montreal be. You are making progress
toward achieving that goal. I know tha
much progress has been made. You nee
only money, and the support of your
Church. You DO need both. Without tha
help, I see no way by which the institution
may be fully accredited as a senior
col-
In 1946-47 the gifts from all sources
amounted to less than $4,000. Since then,
we have averaged $36,000 per year. Then’,
there has been as much as $9,000 raised
to help individual girls. But for this help
from friends all across our Church, the
College would have been closed.
Many of you will have received a letter
asking that you interview some particular
girl about coming to Montreal College
this fall. We have received, I believe,
at least ninety percent of our students
through the interest of preachers. How
lege. With such assistance it should e
possible to meet any standards.”
1 assume that all of you know abou
the interest of the General Assembly in
trying to find the place for Montreal Co-
lege to serve the Church in the fulles
way. Will you not be much in ferven
prayer that the Spirit will definitely guide
and direct and lead our Church to do tha
which will enable Montreal to fulfill its
fullest mission?
We wish sincerely that everyone of yon
could return to the campus for our Com
mencement.
Most cordially yours,
J. Rupert McGregor,
President
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