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Show Moderator r Ltiude Stall Doily 3 ; At March 5th chapel session, the students and faculty of Westminster, had the privilege of listening to Dr. John Mackay, moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Mackay, aside from holding the highest office in the Presbyterian Church, is also recognized in his dis' of President as tinguished position Princeton Theological Seminary, Christian statesman, educator, and mission-- . ' . ary. ZA L4 I THE PARSON March 19, 1954. Volume 6. touch o- THE Irish yecoi in Readiness: - Curses Stage Mardi Gras DOBM DANCE DRAWS NEARER By Evelyn Lambrose Finishing off the Mardi Gras Mardi Gras Number 11. sea- Girls quarters will don flashes of green mixed with the Blarney Stone and a. evening amidst the' shamrocks, Saturday Eve, March 20. son with everything necessary to add to the atmosphere of the past, two colorful weeks, was the annual carnival staged by the' Nursesof St. Marks Hospital, March 12. Awards Posted fun-packe- The.annual Girls Dorm Invitational will get under way at Spanish class and SC A booths copped Booths, food, dancing, and an aucfirst arid second prize awards, last d articles were tion of hand-mad- e February 27, night of the memorable ac all those the and diby present, Mardi Gras, which was under the Dinner-Danc- e 7:30 p. m. with a full course dinner served by candlelight. en-oye- rection' of the language department tivities combined made for a suuccess-u- l evening. ; and various organizations about the Funds that were received through college. this affair will be used to .Chosen for their originality in cos the money needed to sendappropriate a student tume were Mary Lcjuise Routh and nurse the to annual representative John Roberts, while the Guest Prize Nurses Convention in the East. went to the Japanese Dancers. Another intermission winner was the skit, Ferdinand, the" Bull.' Honorable ' V was taken by the ' French Mention 0 A' musical program' will follow the dinner and then a full evening of dancing to some of the bands of the country via the record bar. -- - well-know- n 1 ; Chaperons for the event are: Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wilcox, and Mr. and Mrs. Simpson. Students Acclaimed By National . Booth. General chairman of the affair is Maurine Morley; dance program, Sara Lee Erickson; decoration, Marian Garner; dinner, Toby Larsen; clean-up- , Elaine Taylor; musical program, Gertrude Schweider; dance Judges were Miss Edna Pierce, program director of the YWCA, Miss Edna Pearce and . Dr. Zoila Avalos from Havana, Cuba. Picked by a poll of faculty members - Special thanks are in order for the Brown. and students, Joe Rainaldi, Bob Mcthe contributed German students, yho Henry, Larry Wegkamp and Maurine food for the booths. dorleys names were chosen from Westminster College to be recorded in Last minute details attended to by dance committee. Reading, left .y the national organizations Whos Ghoir Who Among Students of American .to rightr Mary LQUSQ Routh. Carol Matson, Donna Runsted and . Organization . Colleges. The four prominent persons were 'e. . in the r wee . hours of Wednesday morning, the Westminster Concert Choir returned home after a successtour of Nevada. The ful two-dachoir, under the direction of William Bushnell, gave performances in Wells, y , Miss Marcia Johnson accompanied the choir as piano soloist, Elko, and Ely. Mademoiselle Conducts Contests elected among many applicants judged upon the basis of leadership, service to their school arid scholastic ability. Each year, names from all the leading universities and colleges are submitted for consideration to the organization. 7. president " ahead Tor its By Jean Gerber of This year for the first time. Made- future, to attend the W.O.W. meeting moiselle magazine is conducting two as scheduled for Monday night, March writing contests concurrently: the an- 22. nual College Fiction Contest and the A representative from Gorham SterDylan Thomas Poetry Contest. ling will be present to puut on disThe purpose in mind is to encour play contemporary place settings of age new talent and to give the college silverware. student a chance, for the publication Although the date is not definite, of his work in a' national magazine. some time in the early part of April, ' Prizes awarded will be $1,000 for a stewardess from the United Airlines, fiction writing,' $500! for each of the will deliver her talk on various openitwo best stories written by women ngs along the line of airline uundergraduates, and two $100 poetry prizes. Stories and poems should be Attempts are being made towards submitted by April 15.! securing guest speakers that might give All interested should notify ; Mrs. the students a wide scope of job posBaldwin for further information. sibilities in their respective fields. eventful projects s is . host-esses- . to Take Place of Play .Miss Betty Erickson, president, of tbe Westminster Players, announced that the play, Anne of a Thousand Days", has been cancelled due to the r unprecedented amount of activities and programs which has caused students to be absent from school during this extra-curricula- off-camp- , , . A . ( thirty-thre- e t. not allow for the positions of Historian and Reporter to be chosen. This shall be taken care of in the near future. Three projects are to be expanded upon within the next two months. One of these is a money-makin- g project on which all members will participate. Money obtained will go towards a scholarship for the one outstanding member of Stevenson. A second objective is the honor assembly to be presented near the middle of April. Members will be recognized, and all those having membership for three consecutive semesters will receive the highest academic award given by West minster, that being the- Stevenson Memorial pin. Chairman of the group is Ronald Larsen, who stated that the last project to be ensued is that of the Stevenson Banquet to be held as scheduled, May 13. Irene Warr and Bert" Smith are acting as All students who obtained their 2.5 average and secured Stevenson recognition will be named in the next :ssue- of The Parson. Historian and will also be posted Reporter positions at this time. Mr. Bosch, who was called out of town unexpectedly, is expected bade to school Monday and will resume Secretary-T- reasures, Another; annual girls preference ball is in the making as the Women of Westminster inaugurate combined pfforts to make for a successful spring formal dance under the appropriate theme of Secret Love.; --- : If ... Three speech students entered the recent area speech contest at the University of Utah. Marda Baldwin, Bill (Jock) Jameson and Roberta Roberts received the rating at Excellent" by the judges. Mr. Jameson entered the Interpretationand Radio events; Miss Baldwin entered the Radio event. active mem- Ratings have not been received on these two students!" viewed Ronald Larsen were appointed respectively to these offices. Tinje would : U w' - vice-presiden- Women of Westminster, would to uurge all those interested in plan- and ning for their home accessories for the f jf? i r bers. I . , V The Stevensons of Westminster Their able sponsor, Professor Bosch, Mr. Lees and M. Gibson coached are looking forward to the remainder into effect their first meeting at the contestants, and Mr. Gibson repof the school year in which they plan put which the group elected a president resented Westminster as a judge. to put into action some worthwhile and Marie Ohashi and Coming Meetings Ohashi, . - Stevensons Plan P rojects For Coming Year - 0. W. Slates Marie Pat. Ballinger. , ; Students Enter Speech Meet. Tours (lovada d Womens Literary Club will be the site for the affair on April 23. Committees chosen at a recent W. O. W. meeting are as follows: Decorations: Setsu Ota, Janet Salleman, Mickey Kerikas. Orchestra and Program: Bobbie Adams. Tickets: Maurine Morley. - , It has been requested to aM tiat Instead, an experiment in dramatic , reading and characterization will take corsages are allowed. before Easter, on Thursday, place just Girls that are interested in purAprill5th. contact students chasing tickets can do so by Approximately twenty-fou- r of the will be used in this presentation which ng.any one of the officers Marie will be called An Easter Reading Westminster: Women of The reading will be directed by Jay Setsu Ota, or they may obtain W. Lees, assisted by Roy B. Gibson Ohashi, The student cast will be announced them from the committee in charge with the activities. later. of the dance. - Foreign Film Presonicd By Sigma Pi Alpha . , Marriage of Figaro, which was the last in the series of foreign films sponsored by Sigma Pi Alpha, was presented March 17, in the Westminster Auditorium. : According to Dr. Myrai. Yancey, fac-tadvisor of the language fraternity, y profits made on the annual film project - were ; satisfactory considering conflicting events that were going on at the time. An announcement of proceeds will be posted soon. Choir to Tour Logan The Westminster College Choir, under the direction of William Bush-nel- l, 'will present a concert, Sunday evening at the First Methodist Church in Logan. ; , 3 , Among the numbers to be presented by the choir will be Harry Robert Wilsons arrangement of The Lords Prayer, Muellers Now Thank We All Our God, and an English trans-- i lation of the French song, Madame, Jeanette. Soloists with the .choir will.be Cathy Cone, contralto, and Ted Poole, baritone. bass- - |
