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Vol. 2, No. 3, Form 3547 MONTREAT COLLEGE, MONTREAT, NORTH CAROLINA May, 1959 A Look Around the Year It all began back in September. The school year, that is. One uppperclassman seemed to have prophetic powers when she said, “Cheer up; things could be worse, and they probably will be.” She certainly knew what she was talking about. The Living Endowment had continued to grow over the summer. Then along came October and all the gripes about the new cut policy. Most stu dents wished it was one policy that some one would cut from the records. Billy Gra ham was conducting the Charlotte Crusade. The backyard of College Hall was under going a change which it never quite under went. P. C. Weekend left most girls. “Discard rumors,” they said, so we did. Uncle Jess and Puddin’ made the grand tour in November. Rich decided to go to Washington, and an editorial entitled “Where Progress Begins” appeared in the Dialette. Montreat was off to a good start. Two men had gotten themselves elected to Cabinet, Homecoming drew alumni. Most people enjoyed the Banquet. The —Turn to Page 2 SCA CONSTITUTION REVISED At a recent meeting of the old and new executive officers of the SCA Council, the Constitution was discussed and tentatively revised to meet the needs of the junior college. Several groups were combined and the number of groups decreased from nine to five. The new groups will be Spiritual Life, Evangelism, Christian Edu cation, Stewardship, and Music. The group leaders will be chosen next year after the first group meetings. Formerly, member ship in all groups was completely volun tary; this will continue to be the case with the exception that prayer group leaders, chosen by the Council, will automatically become members of the Spiritual Life group. These revisions were approved at a meeting of the student body on May 19. The executive council will consist of Julia Worrell, president; Peggy Barnes, vice- president; and Mary Ruth Bell, secretary- treasurer. Miss Elizabeth Wilson will serve as advisor to the group. Goodbye Grads, Good Luck All Exodus Begins as *SB-S9Ends Long before they receive their diplomas, most of the Seniors have already made decisions about their chosen fields of work for next year. The majority of them will be going into church-related, educational, or secretarial work. Jo Thomas will be the only member of her class returning to Montreat. She will be head resident in the women’s dormitory and assistant in the offices of the registrar, dean of students, and field representative. She commented that this position presents a great challenge to her, and she will be striving to make the junior college an excellent one. Bennett Accepts Call To North Brazil Post The Rev. and Mrs. Stanley Bennett re cently announced that they would be leav ing Montreat in August, having just re ceived their appointment as missionaries to the Presbyterian Church in North Brazil. Mr. Bennett has served as pastor of the Montreat Presbyterian Church for the past five years. Ho met his wife here while she was a student at Montreat College. Mrs. Bennett, the former Jo Ella Dunaway of Charleston, W. Va., was the college May Queen in 1955. They were married in Gaither Chapel on May 22, 1954, and now have two sons, Lee, four, and Timothy, two. Mr. Bennett received his Bachelor of Arts and his Bachelor of Divinity degrees from Erskine College and School of Divin ity at Due West, S. C., and was ordained to the ministiT on April 10, 1951. Mrs. Bennett, a 1955 graduate of Montreat Col lege, received a Bachelor of Arts degre with a major in Bible and Christian Educa tion. —Turn to Page 3 Several seniors will be working with the Christian education program in churches, but have not yet made definite decisions about where their work will be. Those in such a position are Frances Arrington and Martha Alter. Others have already made definite commitments about their D.C.E. work. Jean Broske will be working in the Presbyterian church in Statesboro, Ga., and Mabel Wicker will be employed by the Covenant Presbyterian church, Col umbia, S. C. Two graduates will be combining mar ried life with careers as school marms. Connie Harrison, soon to be Mrs. Bobby Crotts, will teach first grade in High Point. Mary Thom Windsor, soon to be Mrs. Winter Calvert Culler, III, will also enter the field of elementary education. Other school teachers will include J. Lou Dedrick, who will teach Bible in the publie schools of Nottoway County, Va.; Mary Glenn Poarch, who is still considering a job as social studies teacher in a Maryland school system; Joyce Stuart, who will be working in the Asheville public school system; Martha Rose Miller, teaching fifth grade in Jonesville, N. C.; Jean Mash, teaching sixth of seventh grade at High Point; Sara Rhyne, who will teach social studies at her Alma Mater in Gastonia; Patty Gray, who will teach sixth grade in Abingdon, Va. Barbara Priest and Virginia Pressley will be teachers, but as yet have made no definite plans. Georgia Landers, whose marriage to Ben —Turn to Page 3 MERRITT TO HEAD LOS AMIGOS At a recent meeting of Los Amigos, Carolyn Merritt was elected to the pres idency of the club for the school year of 1959-60. She will succeed Mary Schenk, a first semester senior from Memphis, Missiouri.
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