The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, April 10, 1953 Page: 1 of 4
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Wtlaon, freshman at Huston-Til-
lotson.
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SANDERS, FOLSE IN RUNOFF; PETERSON WINS
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Veep Race Twixt
McLelland, Riddle
^ .^Hsworth Peterson was
jg: elected president of the Stu-
|4 debt Christian Association in
a poll count Thursday. Two
run-offs to be held Tuesday
i wriil be between Claude Me-
.Wland and Jimmy Riddle for
the office of vice-president and
between Skippy Morse and
of
ri;. boy’s posters.
^ Other offices are Nancy Hamilton,
secretary; Rodney Roberts, trea-
The
Megaphone
Weekly Publication of Texas' Oldest University
' Paul Perry for keeper
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-^Results of the balloting for the
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Volume XLVU
Georgetown, Texas Friday, April 10, 1053
Number 23
• surer; Kay Borden, campus serv-
Ice; Sue Carper, social chairman;
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Sarnia Nasir, international* rela-
tions; Bill Glaze, deputations;
Hallauer Gowned Last Night;
Ferguson Directs Coronation
Helen' Johnson, girl’s posters;
Dawnia Oox, girls’ contact; Drexal
% Riley, boysr cori&ct; Bobby Lund-
gren, community services; and
H Bafbari Hart, poblUfty.
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Valone, Bergquist
pfFo' Give Art Show
A wide variety of media and
techniques will make the Faculty
Show, scheduled to open Sun-
afternoon, one of the most in-
E^pjaattsting to be presented at South-
western in several years. Partici-
Kj pating in the show will be J; ).
Valone, head of the department of
art at Southwestern, and Carl 0«
Bergquist, instructor in .art and
I i• ex-student secretary.
After its opening, from 3:00 to
5;00 Sunday in the Home Econom-
:ic£ Building, the show will con-
tinue to hang for about one week.
Annual Ceremony
Honors Miss S. U.—
Miss itifary Elizabeth Hallauer^
of Brackenridge* cereived the
highest honor that can be bestowed
upon a woman student at South-
western University last night in
the University Auditorium.
Amid the beauty and splendor
of a royal court, Miss Hallauer
was crowned “Miss Southwest-
ern” of 1952 and 1953 by Dr. Wil-
liam Carrington Finch, president
of the ^University.
The program zegan with the
processional of the Royal Court.
As her Majesty Queen Mary Eliz-
abeth of the House of Hallauer
entered the court, Princfc Charles
Adam, Junior, of the House of
Malesky will escort her to the
royal place. As the Queen knfelt
before her throne for the impres-
sive coronation ceremony,, Presi-
dent Finch presented to her the
gold mantle of achievement, the
gold sceptre of leadership and the
crown of pearls symbolizing the
high ideals of scholarship and
Christian womanhood for which
Southwestern University was
founded.
The annual Coronation of “Miss
Southwestern” is one of the out-
standing events of the school year.
It is directed by Mrs. Ruth Mor-
gan Ferguson, dean of women,
and features some of the best tal”
ent of the University.
The setting for the royal pro-
ceedings was a queen’s dais
with a throne draped in black vel-
Crowned last Night
'0 Valone will exhibit a number of
} oil. paintings, chiefly figure an<f
stilT life wprks, and several life
|. drawings. Quite well known in
'.Texas art circles, Valone took a
{125 purchase prize in a Texas
*”~e Arts Association Show lat
y yeqr and currently has two paint-
t, mgs banging in a show in Austin,
of his paintings were to be
seen in the Dallas Museum during
the Texas State Fair last fall.
, Bergquist works will include sev-
eral portrait photographs, some
drawings, and possibly some wood-
cuts, bas-reliefs and other things.
The show will be open to the
public and should provq interest
to * the Southwestern student
faculty member particularly.
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Wednesday Program Features
Choir, Fine Arts Pupils
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The A’Cappella Shoir of Hus-
ton-Tillotson College in Austin
present a program ip the
Auditorium oh April 15, at
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i outstanding Negro choral
group has traveled over various
of Texas giving concerts
has bsen highly praised for
performances. It is directed
Cash. A male quartette
• college will also sing
it. * *>'
Lundgren, Malesky
Vie for 2nd Office
Albert Sanders and Roland
Folse are on the Southwestern
presidential ticket for a run-
off election of Student Asso-
ciation officers to be held
Tuesday. Jack Ramey and
Guinn Williams were squeezed
out of the race during Thurs-
day’s scramble to the polls.
In the only majority vote of the
day, Lewis Sommermyer won over
Bob Peacock to become represent
tative to the J. D. West Fund.
Run-offs for vice-president will
be between Bobby Lundgren and
Chuck Malesky. In the secretary-
treasurer race Sue Carper, Haz-
en Lewis and Jackie Salmon will
vie for office.
A political rally in front of Lau-
ra Kuykendall Hall set off the
electioneering. Ann Dooley intro-
duced candidate Albert Sanders,
Billie Beryle Eason spoke for Ro-
land Folse, Bill Engvall said a few
words for Guinn Williams and Joe
Hegar made a speech for Jack
Ramey.
Each of the candidates for vice
president spoke for himself, touche
ing the topic of the honor system
as part of the responsibilities of
office. Then for the office of secre-
tary-treasurer-jack Sorell intro-
duced Jackie Salmon; Bill Eng-
vall, Sue Carper; Frank Douglas,
Catherine Morgan; Frank Tyson
and Jack Seals, Bert Fox. Bar-
bara Keene was an extra attrac-
tion on Bert Fox’s behalf with a
campaign song.
Irvin DeVore served as master
of ceremonies for the rally and
the Southwestern *band under the
direction of Ralph Jones supplied
the pep music.
“Miss Southwestern’ of ’53
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CLUCK’S STUDIO
Homecoming’ Unites
Former Musicians,*
Scheduled April 18
A reunion of all former Band
members will be held in connection
with Homecoming on April 18.
Along with Dr. J. C. Godbey, foun-
der of the band at Southwestern,
there will be invited the former
band directors who have served
the University since Dr. Godbey
relinquished that position. Tom
Johnson has already given his af-
firmative reply.
Wednesday nigh
Five Georgetown students from
arioais Negro colleges of the
state and who have received music
scholarships provided largely by
student organizations of the uni-
/ will also perform. These
> Jean Rae Higgins, junior
i-Tillotson; Nancy B. Shank-
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i; Carl Henry, 1
Masjk and Wig’s
‘Stage Door’
Opens April 23
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• As their final attraction of the
school year,' the Mask and Wig
Players will present “Stage Door”
In a two-night performance in the
Main Auditorium oat April 23, 24..
Leading the cast of 32 Charac-
ters v in the three-act Broadway
comedy hit is Miss Ina Ruth Gar-
rison, senior drama - major frt>m
Blooming Grove.; Portraying the
role of Terry- Randall, young act-
ress who cOmes to New York In
search of a stage job, Miss Garri-
son will bow out in the final of
brave, struggling debutantes of
the theatre who share the devo-
tion, inspiration and determina-
tion to make good in it.
Besides being the story of Ter-
ry Randall, who remains loyal to
the real art of theatre craft, the
audiences will meet Keith Gur-
gess, played by David Lehmberg
and Irvin DeVore, Terry’s boy-
friend and a high-minded play-
wright, who trades his idealism in
order to write for Hollywood; Jean
Maitland, who will he portrayed
by Barbara Keene, the girl who
deserts the struggle for a chance
on "Broadway and goes to Holly-
wood before she learns to act.
Sallie Falkenbury is to act the
part of Linds. Shaw, the girl who
chooses the easiest way to avoid
admitting defeat.
There is Madelieine Vauclain,
played by Diane Harkrider, who
came to New York to get away
from Seattle but is always getting
“shipped back there” in the “Num-
ber Three Company” of a show;
the tragic end for sensitive Kaye
to be played here by
Coco Richert; the wise-cracking
cesses and heartbreaks of a group
of young, eager, attractive act-
resses who make t&eir headquar-
gram will be musical numbers by terg at a theatrical boarding house
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ley; Mrs. Orcutt, “past-glory” act-
ress, as portrayed by Janey Smith;
Harry Davis and Jimmy Baines
will portray movie producer David
King ley, whose heart is in the
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Sixth Annual Audio-Visual Workshop
Closes Friday After Week-Long Run
The Sixth Annual Southwestern Audio-Visual Workshop
drew to a close Friday after a week-long meeting attended
by* approximately 50 interdenominaional church workers. M.
Howard Knox, pastor of the First Methodist Chuch in Grand-
view, Texas, and former director of public relations at South-
western, is dean of the Workshop.
Representing eight major Pro-
testant denominations, the Work-
shop has as its basic philosophy
promotion of the best use of au-
dio-visual methods and materials
in all aspects of the Church’s
work. Program for the week in-
cluded work and interest groups
covering the audio-visual field, and
scheduled previews of noteworthy
films.
Work groups formed around
lively comedy under the direction
of Angus Springer will be por-
trayed by Helen Krywoszej, Bar-
bara Wolfskill, Bert Fox, Betty
Ann Doss, Mary Ann Springer,
Pat Shirley, Mary Marshall Hig-
■JrwKtfr Canfield, done by Ann Boo- fging, Erma Lee-Smith, Ann Mood.
Shirley Bray, Jerry Ann Cooper,
Irma Cantu, Jody Morgan, Sue
Holt, Barbara Hart, Paul Perry,
Claude McLelland, Drexel Riley,
Jerry Smith, Joe Bert Sisscm,
ir roles im the light and igus Springer, and Joe Hegar.
“Programming Audio-Visual Re-
sources for Youth,” “Program-
ming Audio-Visual Resources for
Adults,” and “Organizing and Ad-
ministering the Local Church Au-
dio-Visual Program.”
Interest . groups centered on
“Creating and Using Inexpensive
Teaching Material,” “Radio and
Tv,”» “Home and Foreign Mis-
sions,” and “Use and Care of Au-
dio-Visual Equipment.”
Topics for the evening pro-
grams include "Production Prob-
lems in Visualizing the Life of
Christ at Treated in the Living
Bible Series,” given Monday eve-
ning by, Donald R. Lantz, Religi-
ous Education Director, Family
Films. Inc.. Beverly Hills, Cali-
fornia; “Human Growth and De-
velopment,” given Tuesday eve-
ning by Ernest Tiemann, Direc-
tor of the Bureau of Visual In-
struction, University of Texas;
Timmy _p<Ain«nn, An-land “Alcohol Education,” given
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