Rotunda vol 26, no 2 oct 2, 1946

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Library Teacher. CoUer kte lViUe, Virgin*'UTO^ SUPPORT Y. W. C. A. PROGRAMS

The Rotunda

VOLUME XXVI

FARMVILLE, VA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1916

CONGRATULATIONS NEW AKG MEMBERS

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AKG Taps Six Girls In Chapel Today Y Cabinet To Meet At Longwood To Discuss Plans East Will Present Theme, Year's Plan October 5 and October 6 mark the dates for the "Y" Retreat, which will be held at the main house at Longwood. On the pro: rtUB for Saturday at 3 o'clock, will be a short call to worship and devotions will be by Virginia Tindall, secretary of the Y. W. C. A. Martha Rusell East will pn sent the theme for the year •Ouch is "The All Sufficient i Iilist".

The program will be centered mound the Circle of Faith'' nidi is an idea used by the Naii. >1 Intercollegiate Christian ( uuneil Discussion will follow preMiHI of the program with • ingest ion., foi practical applicallon After the discussion, supper nu aii Informal sing will follow. La! if en in the evening, there .il be a discussion on the part ■hat the "Y" can undertake to do on uiu campus. Following this, 'hue will be a recreation period •ud short worship before "lightsj .ait".

Sunday, morning watch will be I HI the lawn at Longwood led by Laura Jane Comerford. The . blntt will return to school folluwlng this service. Officers of the Y. W. C. A. are ..i ideifl. Maltha Russell East; tlce pre.ident. Patsy Dale; secretary Virginia Tindall; treasurer, ■ii v Chambers, and freshman , ounaallor, Judy Reick. Members of the cabinet are Martha Gilliam, chairman of the -ing committee; Laura Jane Cornel ford, prayers; June Cregar, music; Sue Davis, publicity; Jane t Mantiply. public affairs; Mary Wyatt, Social; Lcvlce Altizer, town girls; Evelyn Patterson, library; Ellen McMullen. service; Betty Pairet, membership, and Charlotte Orizzard, church cooperative.

Fraternity Rates National Acclaim

Miss Bugg Announeesj November New Registrations

2 Set 78 Students Join STC Dramatic Club Pour students have registered j For AKG Circus since September 23 according to announcement by Miss Virgilia Announces Ellett At the first regular meeting of Bugg, registrar. One of these is a OXi one a transfer, and one is an old student who has been out because of illness. The new students are Agnes f'urker of Oirdletree, Md.. who Is i ransferring from San Francisco Junior College; Jean Moore of Newport News; Calvin Blalock, a \.teran from Oreen Bay; and Dorothy Coe Foster of Clifton Forge ho is returning to S. T. C. this quarter.

Lyceum to Feature Talented Artists At 8 30 on Friday. October 11. Cecalia Gnevek, pianist, and Will.im Hess, tenor, will present th'; lust Lyceum of the season in the S. T. C. auditorium. Tickets will MI on reserve in the Registrar's; Mice on Thursday. October 10 Many well-known selections will be presented on the program, /•mong these are Air from Contus bv Arne: My Lovely Celia. Monro;' I awn as White as Driven Snow, \Vil>on: When Dull Care, Leverage; Ballade in G Minor, Chopin; -eh Lit be lMch. Beethoven; Waldfuhrt, Franz, Valse Improtnpt. 1 is/t; Consolation in D. flat major. ! lot; l>o No Go Mv Love, Hage,.n ..'..Waruui, Tsehaikovsky; E 1 in nun I* Stele from Tosea by Puccini; and The Sea by McDowell.

Headlee Is Head Of Annual Affair November 2 has ben set as the date for the AKG circus, according to Margaret Ellett. president of Alpha Kappa Gamma. This event is held every year with each class presenting a stunt. Anna Headlee, senior from Norfolk, has been named general chaiiman of the annual circus. Later on. she will name the com-

ANNA HEADLEE

inittee hads who will work with her. and she will reveal in the near futuie the theme for the circus. Anna is active In the work of Last Monday. September 30, Ar- the Y. W C A., and is president ilre Studios of I exini'.ton began ■i Kappa Delta Pi. She is also a taking individual pictures for the, i iember of Pi Gamma Mu. Virginian. College Annual. "Stu- j dents are urged," said Sue Hundley, "to be on time for their appointments." Subscriptions are now being takOn Monday night. September 23. en for the annual. The price is $5.00 for annuals with plain covers seventy seven girls signed up for this year's Choral Club. During ami this may be paad $1.00 down and the rest upon receipt of the the first quarter June Cregar. junannual. The price of the padded ior from Tazewell, will direct the covered annuals will be announced in< inbers, and she will be assisted by Mrs. Jean Strick Moomaw. later. Friday, December 13. has been Piactices began last week with Seventy-three students are on : et as the deadline for annual sub- the club singing many familiar the Dean's list for fall quarter ac- scriptions. songs. cording to Miss Virgilia Bugg, registrar. Those girls who are on the I Jean's List are Hilda Abernathy. C'ochran; Maria Addleman, Cumberland; Lucie Addleman, Cumberland; Wilma Allen. Prospect; j Iovice Altizer. Farmville; MarBy JANICE SLAVIN caret Ames. Pungoteague; Martha ; 'Thy halls and thy arcades'— Upon entering and leaving the Anderson, Andersonville; Rebecca Anderson, Chatham; Eula Ay res, eekM I can truthfully say I have dining room, you are immediately Farmville; Sarah Bennett, Keel- never seen so many steps and transformed into a sardine. In fact, the only difference between ing; Jacqueline Bobbitt, South halls in one place in my life. You walk calmly down the hall you and a saidine Is that the sarHill; Betty Bondurant, Farmville; Beverly Boone, Baltimore, Md.; assuring yourself that this Is the dine remains stationary and you I -'la Bouldin, Remo; Jane Browder way you went to class yesterday— get pushed around. Don't worry I awrencevllle; Jacqueline Burk- but wait! Yes, you're lost again about that, though. You couldn't iiolder, Thaxton; Pauline Carter, B seems to no avail to ask an up- possibly fall down. Towson. Md.; Mary Armistead per classman where the room is On top of all this the shrieking Catlett, Wicomico; Dorothy Cham- to which you would very much and crowding at the post office bers, Red Hill; Iris Coleman, Pros- like to go. For some strange rea- aiound 10 a. ni is something that pect; and June Cregar, Tazewt 11 son they don't seem to know much would drive an insane person craAlso Patsy Dale, Homeville; Bet- about it either. Oh, well, that's zy. If you get what I mean ty Davey, Danville; Audrey Lee life. Here we freshmen have been We bewildered freshmen cer- pitying our lot: but now It's time Davis, Farmville: Mildred Davis, Paces; Gertrude Driver, Skippers; tainly have good excuses for not to consider the million and one Anne East, South Boston: Martha being on time to class. Now may- steps the juniors and seniors take. Russell East, South Boston; Mar- he if we had a road map By the time they reach the third garet Ellett, Jennings Oridnary; Another disastrous experience floor, they either look like the Mary Lou Feamster, Beckley, W. a good many freshmen have un- original Sad Sack or the man Dorothy Freeman, Lawrence- dergone is that of the highly with the drape shape. And don't ville; Maxine Gayle, Eclipse; Jane waxed halls and steps. Ker-plop. you feel for those seniors who Glenn, Prospect; Mary Ethel and your best pal is at your feet, wear the dirt thin between here Goode, Ferrum; Sarah Oreene, and I don't mean proposing! If and the Farmville High School0 Richmond; Evelyn Hair. Danville; this happens to you, pick your- Oh, well, somebody is going to Janice Halstead. Norfolk; Martha self up iIf possible) and head for btnflt from all this shindlging. Hatcher, Richmond; Anna Head- the Infirmary. More than likely It's not the butcher, the baker, lee. Norfolk; and Virginia Holli- you'll be in bandages for the next or the candlestick maker You guessed it. the shoe maker Conttnued on Page 4 six months.

Publication Begins Taking of Pictures

77 Girl? Sign Up For Choral Group

73 Students Make Fall Deans List

Feet Ache, Bones Crack In S. T. C. Daily Rounds

the Dramatic Club Tuesday, September 24, seventy-eight Freshmen girls signed up for one of the six apprentice groups under the clubs direction. The largest number chose the Acting group, headed by Martha France^ Webb. Included in the acting group of apprentices are Jane Ghiselin. Betty Ferguson, Betty House, Sara Lee Wilkinson. Mary Jane Hite, Virginia Hollifield. Selma Epstein. Jans Fogus, Helen Walthall. Helen Dostch. Katie Bondurant. Arolien Troxler. Betsy Ward, Alice Hewitt, Jacqueline Eagle, Pauline Conner. Betty Na.chnam. Pat Paddison, Ann Nock. Patsy Kimbrough Nancy Winder. Phylis Asher, Adeline Dodd. Janice Slavin. Tonnie Cramor, Peggy Lloyd, Emma Sydnor, Virginia Reid, Griswald Bosley. Betty Jean Webb. Martha Kit•i 1" n. Elizabeth Bragg, Jean Tolley, and Dixie Roundy. Working under Betty Scroggin's committee on make-up will be Helen Walthall. Myra Wilson, Nancy Muecr, Kitty Cormichall. Nancy Lee Mattox. Polly Richardson, Shirley Wilhtead. Dot Lys'omb. Jane Brimmer, Betty Etheridge. Frances Dodson, Suzle Bowie, Jt an Hobbs ano Shirley Young. Owen Cress's Costuming group includes Jude Hughes. Betty Myrs. Sara Fiances Reynolds. Harriet Ratchford. Ruth Eggleston. Pat Hall. Jean Lynch. Betty Miles. June Banks, and Mnry Louise Hurt On the committee to secure properties are Barbara Andrews. Charlotte Newell. Hope Duke. Mary Crowgey, Annette Jones and Martha Kitchen. This committee is headed by Christine Shiflett. Helen Arlington and Jane Gray have signed up to serve on Dorothy Ramage's Lighting Committee. The Staging committee under Pat Carter wil linclude Rennie Hendrlck.'on. Sally Faster. Koiner Baker, Jane Lone, Ellen Ann Stone. Nency Main Davis. Matha Hylton, Frances Collie. Bobbie Jean Robertson. Ann Moss and Helen Hardin.

Dean Smith, Council Clarify Some Rules For Girls' Benefit Dean Martha Smith Smith and the student council have clarified some of the regulations which are frequently misunderstood by the students. "Students are asked", said Margaret Lohr, president of the student council, "to use this published list as a reminder The clarified rules are as follows: I. All students: 1. Must return from out of town by 11:00 Any infraction of this rule will result in forfeiture of wek ends off campus except when taking cuts week-ends. 2. Must return from day trips by 10:00. 3. Must get permission from a member of the Home Department to visit In town alter 6:00 P. M. 4. Must not leave the campus during dance Intermission or after the dance. 5. Must be in their dormitories by 12:45 following a dance. Escorts must leave Immediately after they take the girls to their "dorms". 8. May go to the movies on week nights with out-of-town data This is included in the amount allotted per quarter. 7. May go to the train station until 6:00 P. M. without signing up. 8 May walk to Longwood any afternoon by signing up in the home office.

Joan Circle Began AtS.T.C. In 1928

Margaret Ellett, president of Mill'.i Kappa Gamma which issued bids to six "iris in chapel this morning.

Tindall Names New Choir Members Thirty two girls were accepted bv 'he college Choir ai a result of tryouts. according to an announcement by Virginia Tindall. president. These girls will be on probaIon till Christmas, then they will become members. Those who were taken in the Choir are Mary Louise Alphin, Eleanor Ba^s. Linda Black, Griswal'l Bagley. Edith Brooks, Nomeka Bryant, Gene Bush. Betty Jean Cecil, Laura Jean Comerford, and Thelma Diggs. Also. Frances Dodson, Dorothy Doutt. Julia Agnes Foster, Nell Foster, Owen Grow. Frances Hall. Sue Frances, Mary Helmer, Renee Ilortcn. Hattie Hyatt, and Grace Toppas. Also, Katherine Kennedy. Duane Mondrie. Martha Morehead, Nancy Rushing, Betty Ann Smith, Betty Jcnn Snapp. June Walsh. Marjorie Williams, Becky Yonan. Peggy Mm i e uiid Eleanor Overby.

Thirteen Students Make Straight A's In the 1946 spring quarter, thir..•II students iii.i'le straight A's. Eight seniors obtaining this rerun! were Mildred Altice, Jane Anderson, Anna Lee Blanton, Emily Carper, Earline Kimmerllng, Dorothv Overstreet. Jacqueline Ritchie, and Virginia Treakle. Three sophomores who made all A's were Betty Bondurant. Annett:Grainger and Myra Motley. Mary Ann Adams and Mary Young were the only two freshmen niHking all A's spring quarter.

Parham Gives Names Of Hall Presidents For School Session Hall presidents for the doming year have been announced by Kitty Parham. president of the House Council students lervlni u hall i : •. .re Phyllis Fulcher. • nst floor Annex; Jean Wait and Ann East, second floor Annex; Maitha Olllum. third floor Annex Charlotte Pittard. second floor Whitehouse; Muriel McBride. third floor Wliitehou.se; Jaannt Boyd. second floor Student; Audrey Newman, third Floor Student; Jacqueline Reynolds, second floor Post Office; and Doris Lamer third (Ii 01 PO t Office. Also, Dorothy Manning, Bertha Sanderson. Mary Parham and Peggy 8mlth. second floor Main; Ruth Tillett and Janle B. Somtlurd floor Main; Dorothy Wmton. Library hall Also Heidi Lacy, first floor SenContinued on Page t

Kitty Parham. senior from Petersburg; Patsy Dale, senior from Homeville: Shirley Slaughter, senior from Lynchburg; Betty Bibb, senior from Lynchburg: Virginia Tindall. junior from Hatton, and lean Benlley, junior from Roanokc were tapped in chapel this morning by Alpha Kappa Gamma, national leadership society Kitty Parham is president of tinHouse Council, and president of the Pan-Hellenic Council. Patsy Dale is vice president of the Y. W r A., and a member of the college choir. Since entering State Teachers Ccl'^ge. Shirley Slaughter has '.cen active in newspaper work, and this year is editor-in-chief of • he Rotunda. Betty Bibb is secretary of the ■cnior class and is active in Dramatic Club work. Virginia Tindall .s president of the college choir and secretary of the Y. W. C. A. Kan Bentley is secretary of the Student Government Aaodatlon. Last year she served as Campus League Chairman. Alpha Kappa Gamma, honorary society for leadership, was organ ized in 1928 It represents the merging of local societies which had been founded in order to brim; together groups of representatives students and faculty members, whose purpose was to foster high ideals and standards of leadership Mpha Delta Rlio. OTganlMd In !925, became the Joan Circle of Alpha Kappa Oamma and was one •if the charter members of the orI anizatlon. Margaret Ellett II president of the Joan Circle of Alpha Kappa Gamma. Other officers are vice ;.resident. Martha Russell East; POn tary, Anna Headlee. and treaiii 11, Margaret Lohr.

Graduates Assume Various Positions Sixty-nine graduates of June. 1946, are teaching this year while other graduates are working in various fields. Those teaching include Nellie Allen, Buckingham; Carolyn Alphin, Madiosn Heglhts; Jane Anderson, Purcevllle; Jean Anderson, Holland; Mildred Bailey. Waynesborn; Frances Beard. Covlngton; Ann Bell, Farmville; Lucy Bowling. Purcevllle; Lucy Brail, v S T C; Margaret Brannon. Eldon; Betty Brothers. Chuckatuik; Barbara Brown. Morrison; Edith Bryant. Cradock; Ann Butt, Portsmouth; Mae Cardwell. Campbell County; Emily Carper, Culpeper; Phyllis Cook, Waynesboro; Minnie I.I Crumpler, Eanbrldga; Dorothy Ciimmings. Arlington; Kathren ■•ft, Hopewell; Margaret Fleming, Victoria; and Horence (iodwm. Potrsmouth. Also. Evelyn Orizzard, HopewaD; Minnie Hawthorne, Charlotte Court House; Margaret Hewlett, Suffolk; Rosa Hill. Hopewell; Martha Hobnaii. Worsliam; Nancy In ill Wi | County; Ada JohneOfl Waynesboro; Lucille Jones. Win. Ma.i tha Jones, Bu k ham: Mary lynch Taiewell; Nancy McCauley, Amelia; Margate! rre, Hopewell; Katherine Maddox. Lynchburg: Betty Martin, n'l, Caroline Moon Bonn, bora Emma Mounti astle, < •otte Court House; and Mary Not Amelia Also, Dorothy Overcash. Winer; Dorothy Oveistre.i Bedlord County; Margaret Orunge. Marlon Junior College; (, Ann Patterson. Hopewell. BevContinued on Page 3


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