Rotunda vol 27, no 12 dec 17, 1947

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StB Fai . Merry Christmas

The Rotunda FARMVILLE, VA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1947

VOLUME XXVII

Student Government Dance Scheduled For January 10 S. (J. Members Servej AsCommitteeileads YWCA Committees

Simkins' Book Annual Pageant Reaches Public Centered Around Throughout South "0 Holy Night" Historical Book Sold in Bookroom

Y Dramatic . Club To Direct

Happy New Year No. 1-

ACE Announces Date For Teacher Exams Savage Will Act College To Release As STC Examiner Booklet for Seniors

Student Government Danre, the first big activity of the new year 1 on the campus is to be held Jan-1 The South. Old And New: A "O Holy Night", the traditional uary 10, 1948 from 8:00 to 12:00 The y. w. C. A. committees. History 1820-1947 by Francis But- S. T. C. Christmas pageant, will p. m. The plans, which have just j which have been functioning since ,er simkins „ now on sale in DOolc be Kiven Thursday night, DecemThe American Council on Edubeen released by Elinor Overbcy. September have completed their tores throughout the south and ber 18. In the auditorium right afcation lias announced the ninth Shortly after the Christmas Publicity Chairman and Tucker rolls with the addition of the up- in the college bookshop. The price ter dinner. The prayers commit annual administration of Its Ni Winn. General Chairman, state, perclassmen. Freshmen who are of this first edition is $4.50. tee of the "Y" is in charge of the holidays. State Teachers College tional Teacher Examinations In that the tickets which are to go! included in these lists are those will release a new booklet entitled Farmville on Saturday. February Dr. Simkins. professor of His- presentation, on sale as soon as school re- who signed up at the same time tory at S. T. C. completed his students participating in the "So You're a Senior" As the title 7 and Saturday, February 14. opens, are equally available to the upperclassmen did. manuscript in September of 1946 pageant are: Judy Rucker and indicates, it has been prepared 1946 everyone. Upperclassmen who have been , IX ter two years of work, most of Jesse pickett as the angels' Lee for high school seniors and is deThe Common Examination batThe rereivinc. line for the af- added to the Prayers Committee | which was performed in the Read- Robertson. Romine Mahood, and signed to give them some assist- tery, consisting of general educafair is to be made up of Dr. and] under Barbara Grizzard are: Jean i jng Room of the college library. pe(?Ry Bryant as shepherds; Andy ance in making their plans [or tion tests, will be given on Pi I) 1 Mrs. Dabney S. Lancaster Dean Dunn. Ruth Eggleston. Ann Lang- Certain important facts were add- Adams. Edlth Dumar and Pete employmenl or add, onal tra ' Special examinations covering and Mrs William Savago. Dr. and bein. Ann Younger. Lee Robinson, ed to the book after 1946 to bring Patterson as the three kings: Z aftTr thev e rd uated the subject matter to be taught Mrs. Gordon Moss.. Dean smith. ■ Ruby Griffith, Betty Romeo. Nan- It up to date. The author has stat- Laura Lee st,ck,eyi Emily HastThc booklet iT Prefaced I to a will be administered in FarmwMe Tucker Winn. Winn Elinor Overbey, Overbey. cy Klbler, Betty Barker. Nancy d that his work is more that o. of lngs ,„„<. and «.„,„ w MOAH<,« tt3 a. ;• u-, 7. i I, , . ^ . n. it State Teachers College Dean onrt Nancy or» McAden Ware brief'. , u from Presklent Jeanne R'ntley. Jane Fox and Bruce. Dot Doutt. Juanita Weeks. observation than research and the wise men: Jean Dunn as the caster, addressed to the seniors, William W. Savage will serve as Jacqueline B jbbitt. \ Eleanor McAder. Mary Frances that he is first of aH a teacher Madonna; and Blllle MuIllns as Po!lowln), this is a eoneisc discus- Local Examiner. The rhaperoues. who were also ■ Zillette. Harriet Bowling. Margie and then a writer. Dr Simkins Josepn Applicants for the Teacher Exsjon of lne ^ mvolvpd ^ mak wrote his book in his spare time. named, are: Mr. and Mrs. T. A.; Caske. and Julia Tuck. aminations should apply to Dean ! ,n A chorus of ten girls, consisting & Intelligent plans and a sug- Savage < in person or by mall) The South, Old and New is the MacCork'r Mr. Kavmond French. The Church Cooperative Cornof Jean Jones. Barbara Sours, i f,eated J£ °f so"rces of nelP ln (luring the month of December if Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Oraham. Dr. mittee under Anne East lists the first one volume regional history , rr,K. i_ . _ . . dolnu this. For those planning to and Mrs. George W Jeffers. Dr following upperclassmen: Nelly possible. No applications may be and Mrs Robert Brumfield. and Cordero, Carol Crosby. "Chris" author begins with the year 1820 Calnoun_ cbariotte Willis, Ruby pertinent questions which any- received after January 7 accordDr and Mrs. Curtis Higginbotham. Bunch, Ruby Griffith, Jackie, for he believes that Is when seeing to location of cental Griffith. Bobby Pollard, Jean one should ask about the college Also Mr and Mrs. Ralph Wake- Hancock. Kitty Hanklns, Elsie, tionalism was born. Candidates for teaching posithat he or she plans to attend. field, Mrs. Mabel McCoy. Mrs. Hawley. Nancy Jennings. Loida The book is a history of the Thomasson. and BeUy Tllson will The answers which State Teach- tions and students in the DepartCaroline East ham, Miss Rosemary Lahoz. Ella Smith. Ruth Tlll^t. south as a conscious minority and sing Christmas carols. The carols ers College can give to these an ment of Education will be examHam. Mrs Mary Watkins and "Gee Gee1 Yonce. i its uniqueness is the fact that Dr. tnat wl|I be sung are: "While the summarized. ined at this center, other candidates m this area may also take Miss Winnie V Hiner Under Anne Versa, the Sing ; Simkins has devoted one-third of Shepards Watched Their Flocks The booklet is well illustrated the examinations by applying to This dance was started last year ■ Committee has added the follow- j his book to the old south and twowith views of the campus and by Night". "We Three Kings of by the Student G^rnmcntAsso-^'^^^^i^-J^'-^^ to the new south. He bepictures showing vuloua student Dean Savage. The Teacher Examinations an elation in order to have one dance ■, "B Hylton. Ray Phillips, Hilda lleves and endeavors to show in Orient Are". "Silent Night". "O activities here. administered in a number of the Which is entirely open to all stu-j.Edwards, Jacquelyn Watson Snr-1 his first publication that the south Little Town of Bethlehem", and Copies of the booklet will be sent dents, and it is being given again I ah Squires. Nancy M. Taylor. I is different from the rest of the "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" to seniors in the high schools school systems and colleges in the (his year'in an effort to'ma.ke "an Margaret L Jeryls. Dorothy, United States and that there is a A solo, "O Holy Night" will be throughout the state. Mrs. Mary United Slates on the announced annual affair of it. As yet an or-! Ch"mrbersj, *"", Atkinson. Wlnl-| marked distinction between the Watkins, Executive Secretary of dates The results may be submitted to any cooperating school chestra has not been obtained Ifred Beard' Mlckie McKeever. and j new south and the legendary old sung by Jean Watts. the College, will be glad to send This program is being present- copies to all persons whose names district or institution. * The member, of Student Gov-1 Rutn Hathway. Upperclassmen. I south" Sue Walker. Nancy Jensen.! The South, Old And New is a ed under the direction of the prayernment who will serve as comare given to her by students now mittee chairmen are: Tucker Helen Connelly, and Mary Ann living picture of Dixie which every ers committee of the Y, Barbara I enrolled here. Wlnn, General Chairman: Jane Stevens are the new Freshmen on true southerner will want to en- Grizzard, chairman, and the Y Fox, Music Chairman: Marjorie ^Mem*r*Jp, Committee under joy. There are now on sale 4.000 music committee. Betty Jordan, Miller, Decorations: Frankie Dod- **«• wf««ht- Upperclassmen copies of the first edition. chairman, with the aid of the cosson. Ticket Chairman: Evelyn who have signed up for thlscomPatterson. Chairman of the Floor m,t w are: PhyUls Asher Martha tume and lighting committees of Mar Commit tee. and Elinor Overbey. *■*«*. Dalila Agostini, the Dramatic Club. Lou Alphln, Nancy Bruce, BTCs Choir and Madrigal In charge of the Publicity. jorle Burns. Dot Bradley, Betty ers will present a program of muDr. Francis Butler Simkins. au- sic ovei radio stiition WFI.o Jane Brockway. Emma Crute. Dot thor of The South. Old and New: Thursday afternoon at 4:15. raldwcll. Doris Conner. Dot WinA History 1820-1947. will present ton, Jean Watts. Barbara Jane The program will Include "Ye Dr. A. Curtis Higginbotham ol a paper entitled "Religion And Sons of Israel', Mendelssohn. ley, Jean Dunn. Allie Jane Fel- 8. T. C. will attend the hundred | The Everlasting South" before •Alleluia", Mozart: ton. Jane Fox, Jane Ghiselin. and and fourteenth annual meeting of Before tin Dr. Graves H. Thompson, of mem bus of the American Historl- Paling of the Stars". Krainei . Shirley Irving. Also Jean Hall- the American Association for the neyer. Joan Moore. Marcella Advancement of Science which | Hampden-Sydney, was honored ™' Society in Cleveland. Ohio on , and •■(;1,llv ,„ o^, ,n ,,„. , Books charged to students in •Tandel, Elizabeth Ogburn. Mary win be held in Chicago. December [by election to the president of the Pf"?^1. 26 J*6, W"\ ™Pre*nl est", Pergolesi. The Madrifnls will December will be due in the llb- Parham. Betty Lee Reid. Sara 26th to 31st <5n„.h0,-„ s^Hnn nr ,v,« PI„. .„ i -Southern Historical Society. smg lwo numbers under the dlrsry on the date stamped in the Rawler. Lorraine Summardall. The A A A S Is the largest IT * . Classical, Alfred A. Knopf, publisher of rr,„on of June r„,„ Betty back of the book. If this date is Hizabeth J. Scott. Frances Squire. sclence relation In this country ■ Assoc 'al,on °' the Northwes' and "^""Sg T"' HI'"H ^'f? "'"■' WI" "' "" '"""""" "' ,„n„B„w ,ho hnnir . tn ^ ra Carol Soyars. Joanne Sterling. and DCrhaDs the largest in the South. at the associations annual w»n a luncheon in his honor fol-■ n„ College Choir and the in December, the book is to be re- Nwm- ^^ and ^ Dav(s ^J"™»j£Z™«A £„£? session. November 27, 28. 29. In ™'n* th,e *« "S2m" i™T HampdM Svcl""y 0to« °>* turned or Is to be renewed for The following upperclassmen ences will cover almost every scl- Birmingham, Ala. . "f ri, .„„/ 'y U"s i'f"'"1""" «l 4:«0 P »> l» *e 'college auditorium for the Faun another period By renewing a have signed up on the Library entific subject conceivable, ville Womans Club. Mr. Ned Crawbook due In December, the stu- Committee under Dolores DunAnother member of our faculty, dent may then keep It out for the can: Leila Mae Ferratt. Jane Wil- rjr. George W Jeffers is the rep: director of both the farmvilla Choir and the Ffempdtn Christmas vacation. Students are Hams. Ann Mundy. Nelwyne rrSentative for the National AsSydnej group advlsed, however, to return all O'Brien. Mildred Davis, and Lela SOciatlon of Biology Teachers on took.', to the library before the Bouldin. the A A A s Council. He has vacation, unless they expect to Naomi Davey. Addle Dodd and als0 Deen appointed to the Natuse them during the vacation. Jean Thomasson have been added |0nai committee for a National For days now, I have been blouse with a tie I couldn't IIMSI "The South Old and New" by to the Music Committee under gCienCe Foundation Dr. Jeffers Francis B. Simkins Is now on sale Betty Jordan, . . not with 'hose flirty 111' has found It Impossible to attend walking around in a blissful it in the College Book Store. The The Public Affairs Committee the meeting this year. daydream. Everyone seems so pearl buttons winking at me. So price Is $4.50 per copy. ''mtinued on Page 5 much happier, everything so much brushing aside my better Judg The choir of S. T. C, the Madnicer. My eating is up to usual ment and giving in to temptation ni,.ilt ,Smi„.,. illu| t , , ( and I can even smile in my 8:05 I bought it. v ll m class. Could all these feelings be on the way out. i saw some '" '"" " Hampden-Sydney attributted to the Christmas hol- battle-ship grey stockings, i put- wi" render ■ program oi mu h At a recent meeting of the Jun- days Well, of course. Once a chased a pair for Cousin Annie, ,. assembly tOmorroi All will be ior Class the committee chairmen year I love everybody -except bill pair for my spin v. aunt who Is Christina n Imbei for the Junior dance were ap- ollectors, and that one time is at still hoping and as It happened lust happened mind vou. thev had "" """' "",W' "" ***** "Hey! Guess what—we may of a book? No time to look for pointed. Betty Jefferson was ap- Christmas. Mr N,,< pointed General Chairman of the my size; I bought a pair for my"' ' Crawley will pn I 111 This year I made up my mind have a fire drill tonight." a handbook now! Which stairs do self. I ";/./ ni iii,- stin ir Bet you heard that remark, *e go down? Walt! Someone Is dance. The other committees and I would have none of this last their chairmen are as follows minute shopping My original Next stop era . a lovely A. Walter Kramer. Alhluiu bj too, several times In fact. But if still asleep—you mean they have, M,.n you were a Freshman and had n't heard all this ruckus? Come Music. Janle Fox and Jean Watts; plan was to do all shopping this store really. They had Just gotten M()/UI, y,, s,„, never been through a S. T. C. fire on, come on—don't you know the Decorations, Jo Black and Gwen summer, but due to orw thing or in some very chic perfume A new <i, lss ,in Cress; Floor, Ruth Rodogna. Hel- the other I didn't get around to •out called "Sinful Lust", which ' " . """ '''""' '" ''•'"' '" "" drill you probably didn't pay much building is burning down? attention to It. You were soon to Finally the building was cleared en Londeree, Pattl Page and Jane t. Last week, though, I awoke to \ Is supposed to drive the Mrongei ""''"' by I'' ri The Madrigal Bingei undei thi see that whoever made the remark and half of S. T. C, stood on the Taylor; Clean-up, Leonora Simons the fact that Xmas was Just | 'stronger, that is' sex simply wild. and Lois 8teppe; Tickets. Lee three weeks on*, and this little; I considered a gOOd lil'.e l|ii. m direction ol June Cregar will pre had their facts straight, sidewalk^ outside, shivering. procrastinator had better "pitch, At my present state nothinc could All was quiet on the halls— "Next time I'm going to grab Robertson and Betty Romeo. hurt. I also bought "Oh. Vou 'sl'"! •s"'"'""^ CHrtitm* Bono, The date for the dance has not in" right away. everyone was asleep or nearly so me some socks on the way out." With my Christmas list stow-' Kid" for my grandmothci « ■**■ Ml" song; Cf» tal NtaM when suddenly It happened. A "If it WERE a fire Instead of been set as of yet and more defiAfter a few more Mops and by (MM); and WkU$ .s/c;,/,,,,/ long, low, pitiful sounding siren just a drill, at least It would be a nite plans will be announced at a ed away in my little brain, wallet later date. in chapped red hands, I marched quite a few more purchases. I *a* Watchtd Thtit floi ' Uv Nu/hi let you know that something was little warmer out here." purposefully down the street, forced, because of ubsoluti Fi- by Walter Wild. frolng on. You lay there for a secWhen the all-clear 'Or are allFirst, I wanted to find a pair of nancial Depletion to call It a day. I Last Sunday night, ond or two trying to figure out clears only for air raids?) soundpajamas for my suitemate <l But I felt it was a day well spenl and Choral Club presented their What It was when suddenly it ed there was a mad dash for the hasten to add my roommate and I now have many more things annual Cl oncerl In the dawned on you. Of course! You building, beds and warmth. That Dr. Dabney S. Lancaster plan' I were going together'. As I There Is Just one drawback I college auditorium with should have thought of It sooner is when the hall-presidents got 'due to the poll-: neglected to get my roommate attendance Oi —It was a fire drill. Up you Jump- some work in—with all the noise. to attend an Episcopal Church walked into Of this paper no names or suitemate and about a dozen nth- hundred In the audience Thi ed and the confusion began. including a few sirens produced convention In Greenwich, Conneci a Now let's see—shoes and a -olely by vocal cords they are ticut on December 27, 28, 29. The places may be used, but you can er people their presents. The (act program was purpose of this conference Is to use your imagination! i thought has induced me to set down on iiami, on Honda) coat natch, it's cold out there, really busy. foi thi tk and drizzling to boot. Put windows But all in all It was a lot of fun study ways and means to mak.f I'd Just check the blouses because paper a promise to begin my night Oue ncc Man: up or down9 Door open or shut" frsstlnf and all. Just so they religion more vital to both the I happened to need one Then I Christmas shopping for the next ion wi BUM '1948' on Dl Emma I'm Lights on or off? Towel wet or font have them too often It will laculty and student body on col- !>»»' It Oh, it was love at first I lege campuses. sight A lovely white tailored 126, 1947 Iconti dry? Will a notebook do Instead be alright.

Complete Rolls

Library Hooks Due Prior to Holidays

* STC Faculty Member To Attend Convention During Holidays Dr. Thompson Heads Classical Association

Dr. Francis Simkins Will Present Paper To Historical Group

Choral Group* Sing Over Radio Station Tomorrow Afternoon

STC Procrastinator Premises To Shop For Xmas 1948 Now

Choral Grouos Sing To Next Assembly

Confusion Reigns Supreme As Siren Tolls Midnight Tune

Jefferson To Guide Junior Dance Plans

Lancaster To Attend Church Convention


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