Rotunda - Vol 38, No 16 - March 25, 1959

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2 She VOLUME XXXV Longwood College, Farmvlle, Va., March 25, 959 No. 0 ( ONNE GOODMAN Goodman Selected As New Presdent For (lass Of 960 Conne ( uatcs major from Ples, has been elected presdent for 9 Conne s member of Alpha Kappa Gamma, ratonal honorary leadershp fraternty; Theta Sgma Upslon socal sororty; Orchesls and was junor class representatve to Student Government. Barbara R o s s t e r, a busness major from Arlngton, was elected Vce-presdent; Mary Anne Montague, an elementary educaton major from Roanoke, wll sen* U buy; Anne B. Palmer, a bology major from Newport News, wll tarvs as treasurer; and Lnda Lane, an elementary educaton major from Rchmond. s senor house presdent. 6 DeatS Stramhan Elected as presdent of next junor class was Cora Strauchan. an elementary educaton major from Heathsvlle. Cora MVed t enter* for her freshman and sophomore years at Longwood and s an actve member of House Councl, Cotllon Club, Kappa Delta socal sororty and Norrn Neck Club. Pat Southworth. a physcal educaton major from Rchmond, was elected vce-presdent Clara Dell Kdd. an elementarv e luraton major from Ebony, wll serve as secretary; Kay Perce, an elementary "duraton major from Colonal Heghts, wll serve as treasurer; and Beverly Kersey, an elementary educaton major from Rchmond, s Junor house presdent. oue Chases tgala The freshman class has chosen Ellen Powell. socal.deuce major from Bmpo r sophomore class presdent. Ellen was freslu presdent, a member of Freshman Commsson, and s a member of Alpha Sgma Tau socal sororty. Bl lay Wlson, an elementary educaton major from Danvlle, was elected vce - presdent; Nancy Pretty, an elementary educaton major from Danvlle, wll serve as Pal Rckey, an elementary educaton from Rchmond, wll serve as treasurer and Lea Bur- Dette, an art major from Amela. sophomore house presdent. Assembly Speaker Mr. W. A. Scarffenberg, Executve Secretary for Natonal Commttee for Preventon of Alcoholsm, wll speak on preventon of alcoholsm through educaton and research rar than! at as Tuesday, Aprl 7. arch on ths socologcal carred on all over world by Mr. Scarffenbergs organzaton and or organzatons as well. Mnor Heads Take Offce Mnor offcers elected by student body for four major oratons on campus Student rnment, YWCA. House Councl, and Athletc Assocaton have announced by Major-Mnor ns charman. Also elected was Freshman Counselor for next year, B tag college under mnor offcers who were recently led for school year are Student Government offcers Jean OConnell, vce - presdent; Odom, secretary; and Cherron Kelly, treasurer. House Councl offcers are Jula Wllams, vce - presdent Page Davs, secretary and Shela Gallowav, treasurer. Takng r postons as Athletc A Delaton offcers are Joan Creel. vce-presdent; Mary Hte Grayson, SCretary; and Barbara Brantley, treasurer. Newly elected YWCA offcers nclude Helen Wente, vce-presdent; Margaret Shropshre, secretary; and Wrtley Rane. treasurer. Jeanlne McKenze, a freshman from Norfolk, was elected to serve as Freshman Counselor next year. Varous Donatons Yeld Fund $2,300 The Endowment Fund, estab- Uahad at Longwood College as a 75th Annversary project for ton of Alumnae of Longwood College, has reached $2500. Longwood students, through r varous organzatons, strongly supported Endowment Fund wth a gft of $6)5. The faculty and admnstraton added $285 as a 75th Annversary gft and alumnae contrbuted $60. The ncome from fund wll be used to offer addtonal benefts to members of Lonswoods faculty. t wll be legally organzed and admnstered through a qualfed com- mttee whch wll be n a poston to accept gfts to college from ndvduals as well as phlanthropc organzatons. The fund s a contnung fund wth a goal of $25,000. Regstraton On Tuesday. Aprl 9, Junors wll regster for 959 Fall sesson. Regstraton wll be held all day n Sophomore Rec. Each student wll regster at an assnned hour durng whch she does not have a class scheduled. Assgnments and drectons for regstraton wll be posted. After Easter, tentatve program cards and a schedule of classes wll be gven out. Ths wll gve students an opportunty to arrange a schedule and see major professors for approval before Aprl 9. Announcements wll be made r concernng regstraton of sophomores and freshmen. New Cabnet Of T Assumes Dutes For Comng Year New offcers and commttee heads for YWCA assumed responsbltes offcally at nstallaton servce Monday nght at Epscopal church. Jean Peyton, presdent, was for-, mally nstalled by Helen Jean Young, out-gong presdent. Jean n nstalled Helen Wente as vcepresdent. Margaret Shropshre as secretary, Wrtley Rane as treasurer, and Jeanne McKenze as freshman counselor. The charmen of standng commttees formng Y Cabnet are as follows Bunny Vernon and Nancy Morrs, prayers Matte Blewett and Vrgna Kemp, servce; Ann Hardy, bg sster-lttle sster; Beverly Whte, church cooperatve; Bonne Keys, lbrary; Nancy Harnsburger, membershp Dodle Webster, musc. Also on Cabnet are Jo Ann Garner and Ann Snyder, publc affars; Wnne Egolf and Dors Keslng, publcty; Brenda Parsley, sng; Nancy Pretty and Mary Anne Montague, socal; Anne B. Palmer and Cherron Kelly. Y-Come Josephne Crowder. day student repre- sentatve. Ruth Denton. presdent of Student Government, and presdents of varous church groups are ex-offclo members. Boa, Bzarre Fxture, Fascnates Students By JOANN KLEMBCKfl When alumnae returned to Roods Campus for col- 75th Annversary last week end. y ware probably surprsed to fnd a boa constrctor part of exhbts prepared for m. To students, however, snake has become one of usual fxtures of Scence Buldng. Brors Gft The snake belongs to Dr. Edgar Slhvell, Assstant Professor of Bology, and was gven to hm by hs bror, a student at Mchgan St a t e Unversty. Dr. BtDJwelTl bror n turn, got boa constrctor from a bology student at Mchgan beng d and had a large managerle of anmals to fat rd of. The two and a half-year old snake s now on exhbt n hall of Oe Buldng n order that people mght have opportunty to sat Boas are confned to W Hemsphere and are related to python whch s found n Afrca and Dr. BnHwell snake s from South Amerca and s more easly than ts Central Amercan clous. Boa* lake from ten to ten and a half to attan full growjh, and at ths tme y range from 5 to 8 feet n length and sx nches n dameter. No Dead Prey They wll not eat dead prey, but must kll r own food by constrcton. Boas wll not kll unless hungry, and snce y are very clean, y wll er not attack an anmal that s drty, or wll clean t before eatng t. Ths varety of snake sheds ts skn about every sx weeks, and durng ths tme t becomes vrtually helpless because skn over becomes opaque, leavng anmal practcally blnd. t does not eat at ths tme, but soaks n tratar bath to several weeks and bads ts skn Dr. Stllwell, who has had boa xtor n hs offce June, says that he "plans to t untl t becomes too large to handle. and n be "wll probably gve t to a zoo." Student Comments Some comments on new addl- HOfl wer somethng lke ths " hope t never gets out whle m around!" "When t grows up, hope m not n mmedate vcnty!" "Hope t never gets terrbly hungry and decdes ts mealtme s when m n Scence Buldng!" "f t ever gets loose, ll be frst one to leap up on nearest lght fxture!" Cotllon Sgns Morrow COTLLON COMMTTEE HEADS (L to r. Ann Glover, Cass Connor. Melnda Frankln. Betty Spvey pool deas for eemtn d Students To Regster For Rooms Aprl 2 Room drawng for next year wll take place Aprl 2 wth Junors! drawng numbers from 4-6 p.m., sophomores from 7-8 p.m., and men from 0 n p m At desgnated tme class wll form a lne outsde " r offce and enter one at a tme to draw and regster a number. At that tme those not returnb next fall wll fll out a blank slatng ths fact. Room assgnng wll be done on Aprl 7, 8. 9 followng a smlar procedure n Mss Spears offce. The grl wth lowest number and her chosen reanmate must bo frst, Brnkle To Depct Snow Whtes Role lnannualmaudaj When Queen of May, Amy McPall, enters Dell ths year,. nymphs of sprng wn whsk her away to land ol A.f bar past Bnow Whte Wth dark har and skn far. Snow Whte berw f wll be U» n form of Vck Bn her wll bo P r D 0 S Cha Norma Redmon, and gauanl huntsman, Nancy D The fearful Wtch and wcked queen wll be portrayed by Mary Ellen Snow Whlt wond rful ft and staunch supporters. U be here too Carol wll be gentl and Gnna Chapman, Grumpy rdmore, S lalmon, Bashful s Nancy To add even more merrment, four of Snow Whtes anmal. be on hand. Barbara el, Carol a lvely rab- and sunk nymphs ol who brng are Wat- Barban v le Mann runan pe..caton.. supply groups for danc tnals and and of Uter follow n- coeseetwlv. She wll 4 n r choce of not sute; her loomates number wll be crossed out and y wll fll out dormtory blanks. f a grl does ml app r n He eorrel place n lne accordng to mmler has drawn, and f she h. DOl al joned anor grl who has a lower numb r n whch cs e her number wll have been cr out", or f she cannot lon Contnued on Prze A wals Top Lmerck n n untl Colonnade wll award $5 for best Ufll an ;. - <.. wll be pad tor best lmerck submtted wth an thrd for pack. to an empty L an able menton Hn "Happy Talk, word an Yo. often as you w lmerck ad MM;. ( Mlonad Spansh Flm Albenz To Play Here \nrl Th tna, ncludl ; Practces are expected to get way week after Easter vacaton. club members or Muscan To Play For Dance Aprl annual Cotllon Hub dance whch wll be b d Aprl u n Man Rec from untl 2 p.m. wll feature Buddy Morrow and hs hand. Th comng event wll mark Buddy Morrows second appearance here al Longwood n msf Cotllon club played host to hs band a early dance, Bhaa Gave Start Wde experences on hs top, Morrow played. h Arte Shaws orchestra. leavng Shaw, Buddy joned orclu..ra of late Eddy Duchn for a horl perod. Then he went wth \ pe for a tour of aters and hotels to West Then famol Paul Whle man offered lnm a Job wth hs band. M; nexl tep was to jon Tommy Dorsey orchestra n a featured role. Several years later Buddy Morrow loned Jmmy Dorsey he Wt featured on trombone at all lcadnx spots and locatons from coast to Over 2otl(l de loekeys voted Buddy Morrow No. most promt n band n country n 95 Annual Bllboard Maga- DSC Jockey Poll. Morrow drew Mch Dg vole tha no or band was near hm n competton. $0,000 Trombone Although mlar to one Buddy Morrow owns could [W on market for $!">00. one he uses has been nsured Cause of specal d n horn whch was cu tom-mada, The RCA Vctor records that Ml for Morrow are " Canl f, B rtad," "Starway to "Dragnet," and "G o t You on Mv Mnd." plus numer- s phlo oph;.d leader "Do ol try to ducate pub, bandstand, nstead play tl musk that y ( pnmtlee Heads TVtng as H for ths years ne lne StoltZ s n of t l program. llofl Club are Co nor pre dent; Betty Spltre war; Ann and Mr. advsor. Lemon, Rogl Lxhbt Recent Ol Pantng! v Norfolk Museum Norfolk Mu tngs whch Mrs Jance P of Art,!. o Art, here at LOK- 0 p rt of nttled " trad bv of Arts. Ths teacherng as new works whch mary, Btedeal Poses M ols ttled "The Koumpar- " d to tng. also n xplorer No.," t Ant fn for pure!; duled untl pa le, and most

3 Paee 2 The Rotunda l Ml! ll l MA Mlll.ll N,»20 durng hull.ys *nd esmns. trmrltf Vrgna n<. d,, Bdtor-n- Chr». Ma U»le Prrdly BtalMH M.nacer Fetlurt Edtor.S-Tl. l.,. Edtor ". rmhy ton tnasar AdvtrtMlnl Manners Fatuty Advtoor sj srrum by tl Press n-ss A»a<catlon Kullat frm plaea), ntel M-sa. lstanl Naw Edtor; Hal " Aulatant Edtor; Judy Dctrleb, A Fra Han buntar, Murj Gl lt Kc K,rtera Han Bhafer, Clauda n <. Susan Bardan, Mary Latch Blroora, ; M n!a Baundara. Praneea Ajhworth, Sally Thomas, Su* Ellen.! >n Klutlt. Kmty Judj Dctreh, Harj. Elmora, Carolyn drnataad, Branacon a, Nancy Shaw. Durs Clapp. Grace Balvln, Off! " at Karmvllr, Vrgna, under tad for natonal advertsng by Farmvllla Herald. Easter Dscoveres t cant that celebraton of Easter season com n sprng of year. The tme when nature reawakens n ts fullest glory ponts must dramatcally to tha momenl when man reached hs greatest vctory. we marvel n rebrth of our world n nature, we feel l need for a rebrth n our own lves. As clmax of Lenten perod approaches and we prepare to enter nto observance of Easter may we reflect on sgnfcance ths holj day has lor our lves. Chrst overcame that we mght also overcome. He suffered tha we mght lve and beleve that lfe dots exst for our souls beyond ths world. f we arc n dscover mystery of Easter we must get out nto our world and wtness wonder of sprng unfoldng of a tny flower wnd rufflng brght new a brds lltng SOUK- Bask n beauty of spr t ome new beauty n a pece of musc, a good book, an nqurng conversaton or some deep soul- ng thnkng. And make greatest dscovery that Chrst s n all lfe. Merle Rdnger Support Your Offcers! f Buccess can be measured by nterest, partcpaton, and support, n newly-elected offcers of your Student Government Assocaton, House Councl. Youn# Wom- M. \ ocaton, and Athletc Assocaton are assured of a mosl successful year. The unusually hgh percentage of each class votng n both major and mnor electons ndcates your nterest and your u llngness to Berve your school, You have placed your Confdence n se able and competent leader-; and uth your contnued cooperaton and support, am sure that wll be a most successful "Longwood" year! Hot,. Boswell Charman Major-Mnor Electons Founders Day Thanks To all who aded n makng Pounders Hay a happy one. hank you. y all who worked BO hard for t and all who reman on campus to partcpate n events or to be hosumnae guests feel tha day was happly and well spent. Wthout you. brthday celebraton al could not hav been J able. ) are students lle-blood of COl lfe; your m and loyalty are essence of Sprt. Such sprt was yours n helpng to brate Fo mde Da). Thank you. Mss Mary Nchols, Charman, Roundel Da "tunttee Parng Roommates Th caus of mpatblty between re that abll lapt to varmeeta ts hardest t< e of one roommate who retres early, o late; one wants wndow up, or down; one n moke, or l«allerj oke, Tl "s all o me wth or fre P rha] troublen< mate who "borrows" anythng from n to a formal dl an) tmes wthout "lent who earned tolerant n her al ttude untl her conduct toward her roommate n ad) traveled a lone wa) on road to tn;. ople whe may be later on re than half wa) n b< how an nterest n your roommates do- ; es and buy your ow n toothpa tak plac HAPPY MMA n N rng lo WU\ Mr Beulah. Cunnngham Hou e Mor THE ROTUNDA, \VEDNE,S*AY. MARCH 25, 959 Fashon Fnery Heralds Easter The Faculty s«t/s u/e <jotte Rngng Bells, Rngs Hghlght Week End By SANDK FARSH and PAT FOSTER Church bells were rngng to announce marrage of Longwoods Hamlet to Wllam Mercer Lowery,. Saturday afternoon at St. Johns Epscopal Church n Farmvlle. Betty Lockrdge seems to be followng n Masons path; she s now proud possessor of a sparklng gem commonly called a damond. The lucky guy s Bob Armcntrout. a junor at Vrgna Tech. Sophomore Louse Johns s also wearng a sparkler se days. She receved hers from Roy Lane Pearson, a DU at U. Va.. ths past week end. Whoops paper was about to go to press and we dscovered that Betty Wood has just now become pnned to Roger Mayes, a sophomore and a KA at Unversty of Rchmond. Just look at tn n ths Longwood freshmans e A smlar glow can be dscovered about Sarah Lampton. She receved a Delta Upslon pn ths week end whle partyng at U. Va. Pan-Hell Queen Longwood grls are stll travelng around as usual to varous campuses, seekng r wonderful \ ends of exctement. Pette Shela Galloway, a Kappa Delta pledge, represented (ha Ph Delta Thetas as r prncess for tn Sprng Pan-Hells at Randolph-Mal over al! or Candda"! C r»l llal Shela! Representng ths college at U.. Va. ths past week end for numer- ols partes were followng Louse Johns. Peggy Mulln. Sarah Lampton, Mary anna Overholt, n Olver, Peggy Tyre, Becky Wooldrdge, Man Lee Jones, Gall. Evelyn Beckham. Carolyn Clapton, nv"v dark, jorrl R M Grammcr, and Carolyn l Also ttnr were Clauda Wlson, r, Eleanor Bradford. Page Davs. Jacke Da. S^an OHara, Judy Rob-., and Lucy Trotter Hyng at Washngton and Ph Kappa Mary Lnda am Betty dner was enter-! at Duke On f Camp was ng a rful tune at Lambda Ch Alpha All-State Ban at Hotel Rchmond n Rchmond. By Way, he Lambda Ch el our neghborng college. Han was proud to h. Ann Swertfegcr, el l over celebraton*. ou - Da] Wash End Founders Da sat of many ol unnaa oe-! day. «who Bought r.mpuses of varous coll a frolckng week end at Randolph - Macon were Melssa Rowe. Kay Perce. Pat ONel, Sue Humphres. Ann McDonald. Bonne Keys. Martha Rucker, Bonne rby. Cherron Kelley, Patsy Carr. Carol Barnes, Neva Arnn, Shela Galloway, Ann Scott. Beverly Gaskns. Becky Wooldrdge and Pat Hckey. Whle Mare Fsher traveled to Roanoke College for KA partes and Merle Rdnger spent week end at Unversty of Rchmond. Pat Morgan and Else Jordan went to state of North Carolna for r enjoyment. Pat was seen at Elon whle Else was entertaned at North Carolna. Sue Caravella and Brenda Dodd seen at Washngton and Lee havng an equally good tme at U. Va., we are sure, were Vck Brnkley, Fran Steger, and Los A-hvvorth. Lynchburg College receved Sarah Jane Buston; VP welcomed Patt Roach Norfolk Dvson of Wllam and Mary entertaned Dela Hggns. and Lnda Doles and Henretta Dollns had fun at MCV partes n Rchmond. Suts, Jacket Dresses Prove Chc n Many-Hued Wools, Slks By JACKE GBSON Al early Easter calls for Ught- wool suts n smart plads. The three pece walkne-sut s qute popular among Longwood stufor holdav season. Slk prnt suts and talored jacket dressea are n elegant taste and round out he sprng selectons. Stylsh Slks The jacket dress s a very practcal costume to carry over nto ht- tatber. Thev may be purchased n brght slk prnts, heavy Conor checks and dark sold colors. n slks you wll fnd tucks from necklne to hem, cape aleeves, and Longwood Lbrary Gans New Books n ths paper we have already talked of people, places and thngs. Now let us expostulate on a topc of conversaton seldom used, especally by students books. The lbrary has just receved several stacks of new books. For you students of Cvl War. re u> WVWal new selectons. "The Scarlet Gudon" by Ray Toepfer takes a group of men and boys from backwoods of Alabama nto battle n "Yankeeland" and shows how pressures of combat affect m. n "To Appomattox." Burke Davs tells exctng story of last days of Cvl War and events whch led to surrender of Army of Norrn Vrgna. All female college students, especally busness majors, wll want to read "The Woman Executve" by Margaret Cussler. Mss Cussler tells all about woman executve how she got where she s, whore she s gong, and why. The long lst of new books ncludes a number n educatonal feld "The Amercan Hgh School Today" by Doctor James B. Conant offers a penetratng analyss of problems and needs of our hgh schools. G. Z. Bcreday n "Publc Educaton n Amerca" explores all latest problems of educaton n Amerca. n feld of scence s "The Next Hundred Years" by Harrson Brown. James Bonner, and John Wer. t offers an exctng pcture of world of next hundred years and a challengng presentaton of some of major questons that we wll soon be called upon to answer. These are only a few of many nterestng books that our lbrary has recently receved. wde accented c ol a rs. Neutral tones from strng bege to soft cnnamon wll compete wth popular splash flowered prnts. \\ler necklnes and blkger collar. pockets, sleeves, and nocketbookfl whch could not get much aetm to be new.rend. Har Whms* Har s also n fashon news, but ts qute fake-blondes may be nc a dark reel pgtal under r flowered Easter bonnets Ths s SnOUgh to scare away any dgnfed Easter Bunny! Pearls, lnestones. and colored wll soon be seen enhancng a varety of har styles at harlne or atop head. Whte slces and bag may seem to be rushng season a bt patent s choce and wll carry you through summer months. Shoes are qute a stylsh attracton; nothng s too darng or too ex- rene. Color s watch word, f you plan to make good use of a last years dross or sut. Add colorful ~ores. and you wll be n heghth of fashon. See you on Ffth Avenue. Gloves, n Elegant Ars, Vared Trms Gloves have an especally elegant look ths sprng. Trmmng tech nques are many and vared and always subtle. Typcal are* all-over pn tucks, applques and dscreet beadng. Embroderes have a handmade, delcate ar. They appear n both vvd colors and such soft shades as pale preen, blue and yellow. Some are empre - nspred desgns of fruts or flowers. Eyelets and perforatons serve as decoratons and also offer coolness. Lear trms are popular, too, and lear s often combned wth fabrc. Patterned sheer nylon teamed wth French kd looks new, feels lght and comfortable, whle washable lear and stretch yarns are anor favorte combnaton. Fear-weght washable kd, p-, que. prnted cotton and stretch " s are all n fashons favor. Hgh-count cotton gloves are closely knt, very soft to touch and. n some cases, gve appearance of doeskn. Easv-care vrtues are offered by strped nylon sheers and nylons trmmed wth scallops, French knots and fagotng. Novelty jerseys wth band and fold trm- mng are or good glove choces. nun n armlle Herald Players, Jongleurs Score Success Wth Shakespeares Clever Comedy By NORRS MUNSON tn Longwood Players - Hampden-Sydney Jongleurs combnaton has scored a success. Ther recent producton of Shakepean - wonderful comedy, "A Mdsummer Nghtt Dream," under lable drecton of Mr. Davd wll be long remembered. Molly Workman, n a most beble portrayal of Helena, captvated her audence from her frst entrance and sustaned t throughout entre acton of play. Her plavful a. B -he chased ) nl trus through woods, added lfe to producton. The hstronc talents of Donna Boone as merry sprte, Puck, play. Remarkable was fact that a reaoctdent to her hand hndered [her performa lttle. nterestng, too, was effectve use she made of her dsguse n form of a hand puppet Garnett Smth. n role of Ob eron, kng of fares, turned n hs sual outstandng performance As Ttana, hs queen. Fran Steger and her band ol fares added en chantment to magcal land. Or fne performances were gven by Vck Brnkley. George Hunter and Jm Rohbns, wth both George and J.m makng r ntal appearance on Longwood Senors Vck Brnkley, Molly Workman, Amy McFall, Donna j Boone, and Charter Wells made r fnal appearances n a major producton. Much credt to m, for y have added to The Sentnel By MATLDA POWELL Make moan, my dear frend, make moan; n sorrow hang your head. The mghty one has bread hs last sentnel s dead! "Ugh ages h <&, seasons clod hm well; l at gate, whle or round hm fell. happen.!.. and many secrets slur V-t whle prasng hs dark beauty, none wondered how he fared. t last black death crept up and cast on hm a q Ah, weep, dear fn tear for dyng sentnel note The poem above was wrtten as a trbute to old taad OB front lawn of Ruffner and was cut l W ek.l luoaam of many productons durng last four years. The n tes added a delghtful touch to already comc stuaton. Outstandng n ths group was Bll Ragsdale who magnatvely aed te o s Shakespearan character. Bottom, weaver, and kept rustcs scenes movng at rollckng pace. The audence partcularly enjoyed r antcs performed before Theseus court wth Bll Ragsdale and Jm Neal takng honors, aded by Randy Keller. Bll Kempton, and Ben Morgan. Specal menton goes to costume and lght desgners who dd an excellent Job. The set that Mr. Wley descrbed as lo.n.alstc" was unbelleveably affecttv Consstng of ramps and platforms, t was arranged dynamcally n planes and nclnes whch covered most of stage area and part of orchestra pt. The dfferent levels made t possble to have nterestng and vared stage pctures and provded more surface hm stage acton. Just by flyng n Mne tres of unrealstc colors, t was transformed from court of Theseus to a forest scene. The dramatcally effectve use of l passages heghtened and helped to Matter All n all, Mr. Wleys drecton of Shakespeares romantc fantasy was enjoyable, exctng, and n true tg wth hs record of successes.

4 w m ON THE JOB LMfwvol Martn Bus Murpe her tank sut. hands fluff Photo begnnng swmmrr Frend To L C Swmmers Enjoys 20 Years Servce tv..k ROGERS A landlubber herself. Mrs Wlle Knght has helped to keep Longwood grls "n asrm" (a over Her peeullu poston s due to fact that, although she her-elf cannot wtm, -he cares for more than 400 swmsut by Longwood mermads. " thnk ng s a fne sport." she d, n added ruefully, "but never learned how myself m too old to learn now." \o LM MS known U Martha. uy that -he lkes her arork. Unfortunately, re have been oasual- D connecton wth her Job. Not that anyone has lost a Uto Just a sut or two. Ths happens when grls msplace r suts or laundry loses m. Martha began bar work n connecton wth pool when her sster stopped. DurnR 34 years that she has worked for college, many changes have occurred. "Just Fsh Pond" "When came here, college was much smaller than t s now." she sad. "There wasnt any swmmng pool n.st fsh pond Where Sophomore Ree s now." Martha remembers use of Student Buldng as an audtorum, and also burnng of Whte House Hall, located where present Tab!) Hall s now. " dont know what caused ml "but t sure was a bg one." Tmely Topcs By MARTHA GRAY SHRLEY and JLDK WRLCB Ten years ago, on Aprl. 99, nted States lno.e, tradton that had cxsted sne >. foundaton of republc. Despte gloomy predcton! ol a m. Unted States jo.ned a peacetme mltary alllanc NATO, North Atlantc Treaty Organsaton n past decade both crtcs and supporters of NATO have bad opporl nltjr to accomplshments and to decde wher Unted S or foolsh n enterng allance. As t happen.-, \mo- <>f crtcs are strangely quet today. ndeed, some of m may now be heard on opposte sale, wns ptrol that NATO really does not go far enough n ts realzaton and ts alms. On ts loth UDlV NATO stands as hope of free world. Btterly revled by Sovets as a burglar mght revle a tough polceman and too target of repeated and few let attempts to weaken or d-solve t NATO remans great and n- dspensable bulwark aganst aggresson n E u r o p e or North ca. Here n Prnce Kdward County been an appeal by NAACP askng that, startng n fal, re be ntegraton n eleln Vary -enn!. n Rchmond on Aprl 4 re wll be a convenng of ft deral crcut court at whch can t wll hear arguments on case. \ Hm.M are told to resst ntegraton by James C. Da\ congressman from Georga. He was man after-dnner speaker at Vrgna Democrats annual Jeffer- n recallng tmes when she her-elf was a teen-ager. Martha sad. " uaed to he crazy about softball. played frst base." Stll very actve and energetc. M Knght has two chldren and sx grandchldren. Martha says she hopes to contnue workng here for several more years, " enjoy meetng grls here." she sad, "and especally ones who return to vst after yve been marred." Placement News June and graduaton are Just around corner for senors and \ many have accepted teachng postons n Vrgna and made or defnte plans for next fall. Valnda Joyner. Elzabeth Nchols. Else Dck, and Joan Dorsey accepted Jobs wth Far fax County school system. n Newport News. Ann La Bonte. Joann Fvel, and Margaret Moore wll at Longwood. Jo Lynn Holland and Lnda Fleshman have accepted postons n Prncess Anne County and Roanokc. respectvely. Also acceptng jobs n Prncess Anne County are Betty Splvey. Jula Grey Wallace, and Vrgna K u y k. Anne Kezah, Ernestne Stoltz, and Margaret Harrs wll be wth Norfolk County schools. Molly Workman, who was regranted a Woodrow Wlson Fellowshp, wll begn her graduate studes at Duke Unversty n fall Hetty McClenny has accepted po ttton al mamatcan at Langley Feld. Church News The YWCA held ts annual EasmrlM Servce at 64") ths mornng n Sunken Garden. resln leran The Westmnster Fellowshp held ar at church last Sunday, Followng meal, Reverend Mal- D lrn C. Mclver spoke on "Chrs-, lan Ufa on Campus." Rev. Mctver la dlreotor of Department of Campus Chrstan Lfe for Q embly of Presbyteran Church. Fellowshp was j held afterwards at church. West rel has planned a squaren fellowshp ball Aprl 0 Al nans are nvted to attend. Bble study wll be held n Dottle Hamltons apartment Thursday null! from 7 to 9 p.m. Dave from Hampde-Sydey wll lead t. son-jackson Day celebraton. The mport of n message semed to a Vrgna should never have l court-compelled begnnng of ntegraton n several formerly all-whte schools last month One of ways he suggested for segregated schools to "organze wth all who beas we do and n work to- wth all energy and determlnatlon we possess to wn batth A "relentlesh war" has been declared by Presdent Elsenhower aganst nflaton. He has appealed to naton to help curb what he OaDs "wld spenders" n Congreee, THE ROTUNDA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, %9 Page 3 Conferences End Wnter Sports.v M-MtJORK FREESK The North Carolna State Wolfpack won ttle of Atlantc Coast Conference wth a 85-">6 score Over North Carolna. But snce Wolfpack s on NCAA probaton and nelgble to play n Natonals, Tarheels wll be representatves. Swmmng n Sourn Conference swmmng tournament, VM won champonshp wth 0 ponts. The Ctadel was runner-up wth 75 ponts. n thrd place was Davdson Wth 64 ponts. Runnng a close fourth was VP wth 6 ponts. Ffth was Wllam and Mary wth 38 ponts, and sxth was West Vrgna wth 30 ponts. Alumnae Games Now s tme that colleges are havng alumn football games. The Unversty of Rchmond team routed r alumn by a score of The alumn of Unversty of Vrgna overcame regulars wth a 2-8 vctory for alumn. Wth sprng just blossomng forth, all nterest wll be on outdoor sports that are popular for ths season of year. Tenns, track, outdoor swmmng, and, of course, baseball, wll soon be n news. Keep watchng. Athletes Schedule nstallaton Wednesday, Aprl The Athletc Assocaton wll nstall ts offcers n A. A. games room Wednesday. Aprl. Clauda Whpple, a Junor from Mddlebrook. has been elected to lead Assocaton n ts actvtes for comng year. Servng wth Clauda wll be vce-presdent Joan Creel, a Junor from Warrenton; secretary Mary Hte Grayson. a sophomore from Radford; and treasurer Barbara Brantley. a sophomore from Suffolk. Class Games Managers Leadng class sports partcpaton wll be class hockey managers. Los Peters and Jo Savage class basketball managers, Sarah Buston and Lnda Sudduth; and class volleyball managers. Faye Rpley and Clara Lee Parker. Pat Southworth and Vrgna Parker have been chosen to serve as varsty hockey managers. Varsty basketball managers are Carolyn Thorpe and Mable Healy. Gladys Patrck wll be n charge of tenns, and Trna Chldress wll take over archery. Managng softball and wsket wll be Wnne Egolf. Standng Commttees Several Athletc Assocaton workng commttees have also been chosen. Workng on publcty are Erlene Queen and Jane Stegall. Bobby Caples. Alma Wrght, Pat j Shelton. and Ann Smmons wll serve as socal commttee. The recreaton commttee ncludes Mate Fadely and Judy Martn. Glg Matland. Jeannette Townsend. and Morag Nocher wll work on ways-and-means commttee. Faculty Wns Mr James Helms led faculty team that defeated students March 25 at faculty- student volleybal game. Also playng for profs team were Dr. Robert Brumfeld complete wth red baseball cap*. Mr. Wl ham Noble wth a new harcut, Mss Barbara Dowd, Mrs. Elea-, nor Weddle Bobbltt, Dr. Rchard Meeker. Mr. John "Spke Ken- j.edy, and Mr. Robert Merrltt. LANSCOTT GFT SHOP Specal Annversary Sale Regster for Free Gfts Month of March LANSCOTT GFT SHOP NANCY ANDREWS Coach Commends Andrews Archery The "leadng sprt" for archery at Longwood s Nancy "Drat Andrews, accordng to Mss Rebecca Brockenbrough, Assocate Professor of Physcal Educaton. Nancy, a senor physcal ton major from Roanoke. has been actve n archery snce her freshman year. She attrbutes ths nter est to fact that "t s an ndvdual challenge and t gves you Oaf acton." Manager of el - a teams for three years, Nancy to have mproved her skll each year. n BM annual Women ntercollegate Archery Tournament hfl made Claa A wth 456 ponts. An mportant memhe of archery team ths \ "As a whole, we could have best team we seem to have llloc, people are more sklled than f y keep al t, l looks sa f we wll have a much better tl Otter Sports Archery s not Us whch "Drawerg" has been Her p athletc eludes varsty nocey for three both varsty and ol < H20 prng tant f n recognltl Nancy fall. " would lke nter nterestng, wo.pular Relax ot Snack Wth Your Frends Man Rcc & Senor Rec Longwood 9 s Archers Rate Hghest n South Archery amor Ths cry team wll wth Westhampton and Wllam and Mary, For beatng th ll,ul Mary May m Wll. Ul n l W May 6 here. legraphk fceel ddtl ] ( nt< Tournament Th meet" wh low a ;. d n whch to shoot. The d are dvded nto two ablty n arche r. At end of ths ffteen day pe lod th scores for each grl are senl n to offcals f tournament. n 957 Lot n 958, t n e frst team tth. whch was hghest place for sou The "telegraphc m ndvdual nch rs accordln r score. n 958, Wth ary ponts for "A" Senors Parade Cops AA Contest On Tuesday. March M tb class went "on pan took prze for r entry m annual class nong co. red by Athletc A t> too, Sng charman l class was Joanne Sloop, Or eha n n a rs hnor Joann ner; sophomore. Dode W freshmen. Ann Unwell and t.nna Chapman. Whle Judges M. Gbert, Mr RlcharM Br oka and Mr. Clfford Smth were makng r decson, class of 962 honored n- sponsor M mond French, wth r own specal rendton of "( Brown." Anor hghlght of contest was return of "old Pal Hlokey, Maran M Nancy Branscomb, and Dot H gns. BD and w. n place n song contest for second year, sne opton k "" P to la year \ drews made 456 ponts. was placed n els where 850 ponts are. 59 ponts, Color Cap Competton les nter COlleglate meets bery, re are also ntermees at Longwood n May mpetltlon for Color Cup. Managers for class teams are > and Trna Chtl- \.. ne wshng to shoot must practces wnch are he. at 4 p.n on Monday and rh e nterested must M Krb.ec. HrKkellbrough, who s n ol archery, to be. a bow, Classes Compete For Coveted Cup The Color Cup competton be Red and Whtes and and Whtes progressed ths n class volleyball and basketball games The game results were as fol- March 6 n Volleybal] freshmen defeated junors and junor- defeated freshmen; Rophomorea defeated senors and senors defeated sophomores. March 7 n Basketball senlpbomorea and n hn. n defeated Junors. eh " n Volleyball sophoted junors n two senors defeated fre hmen twce Ch " n Basketball senldefeated freshmen and sophomores defeated Junors. h 23 n volleyball senor led Junors and defeated freshmen. March m basketball senors mnors; sophomores defeated freshmen. So far Oreen and Whtes have taken lead n ponts for color Cup. The COll e changed ts name n D to Slate Normal School at Fa mlle. The name of college was eha Bd to State Teachers Kannvlle n 924. Collage receved ts nl name n 9-9. HP, HP, HURRAY for GREYHOUND*way to save money! 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5 . Page 4 THE ROTUNDA, WF.ONES^AY, MAftCH. 25, 959 Faculty News Dr. K ( As- of < and ) U d. r term. Dr. pre- v ( from Thu whcl «s ol Y Dr. ol ohapt. >M of ] u. p tor A. (ll-- Lank- Lnda Doles and Barbara H Glea ng Edtor-n-Cef and Bustof Rotunda, preof v. Ml Emly sented f servce and d rs" Day plshment to nne of r asactlvltl reek fol- sstanl annual Rotunda sup-. ad,. Brthday h 9., \rs Meetng B. Ol D l. wood Col- to " tructural hngusl partl n a ; P Of "H " Mr..rs of J bull tn. Spear» < levelaad stant od Colt natlon Natonal tlon w a held March 9 d, Oho. Vstng Prncpals Gve Suggestons tt PhoU OLD AND NEW ROTUNDA BEADS, Lnda Doles, Barbara Hunt, Cberrj Oorham, Dala reddv enjoy annual banqurt at Longwood te. Nne Receve Recognton At Annual Rotunda Supper per. Wedn. March. Rec tfteatea from were ghlln and P rs; Judy c rom. News Edtor; Henretta D Edtor; (n. tor. Volet Gors Edtor; and Barl d certfcate- to her. and Dale P d] A ustanl on Man A token of remembrano D for a year of fa. Regstraton wth a la; wll SM her place and must go to end of ll. lne regandess of number she has drawn. Bp* clfled tmes are junors. Aprl 7, > p.m.; sophomores, Aprl 8. M p.m.; freshmen, Aprl B, num-! 58, -2 p.m.; number- >( C p n..ven a week to make room pn f a n y probl rse from unusual o e edtoral and but staffs presented a gft to both Lnda and Barbara. The waffle -upper, whch s held each year at Longwood House,! dcor to a new year for Rolund. t was offcal beglnnlng of a year of publcaton under new edtors and.-.ff and a to old ones. A group of approxmately ffty p opt a, ncludng edtors, staff Elzabeth Burcharman of faculty com- Kotunda, attended n supper. Annual Scence Trps Planned For Aprl,2 The scence department wll sponsor a physcal and bologcal scences feld trp to North Carolna Aprl and and 342 wll vst Duke Unversty gar- Chapel. Later y wll go to Chapel Hll and vew actvtes at planetarum. The one hundred Longwood stu- are takng trp n tw. Ms. One secton wll go on Aprl! and return that evenng, and or secton wll go on Aprl 2. Those takng scence last year who ddnt get to go wll be able to go ths year. Cotllon Club Extends 70 Bds Cotllon Club sprng bds were recently ssued to 70 grls. Most of th grls who receved bds are men. The club.- m mbershp ncreased ths year from 350 to 400 members. The followng Krls receved bds Robn Arthur, Becky Abernathy. H uv Abbott, Ann Allen. Bette Ashley. Sue Agee, Nancy Buckngham. Matte Blewett, Jean Bass. her, Sue Beardmore, Mary Blar Booth, Lee Burnette, Helen Brown. Mary Anne Bl Lou Booth, B tty Brttton, Carr. Anne Clarke. Archer Cassada and Sue Caravella.», Olns Chapman, Susan Crlsman. Barbara Copeland. Nancy Cecl, Jane Calls. Barbara Ann Cole. Chapman, Patsy Campbell, Brooks Detrch. Betsy Dunn, Lz Delchmann, Barbara Dunn Lz Dozer. Lnda Davenport. Brenda Dod. Judy Detrch, Helen Drash, Mary Davs. Betty Rce Dawson, J. Carolyn Ellott, Carolyn Frances Ellott and Mary Leach Elmore. Also, Wnne Egolf, Pal Lnda Forrest, Sande Farsh, Lna Fppen, Vrgna Ferguson, Peggy Green. Ellen Grady. Fran Gallahan Freedom Crusade Sponsors Contest Are you nterested n gong to Europe? Would you lke to broadcast your own message of truth behnd ron Curtan? Wrte a truth broadcast for Crusade for Freedom. You may be one of sx top wnners who wll be gven a free trp to Europe where you wll broadcast your truth message n person to people of Czechoslavaka, Hungary, Bulgara, and Romana. Or you may be one of 200 wnners who wll hear r own message sent to Communstc world on r prze a Hallcrafter short-wave rado. f you are a ctzen of Unted States, you may enter contest by wrtng an orgnal statement to Communst peoples about your desre to help m recognze truth and tellng m truth you thnk y should hear. Complete n 29 words or less phrase "As an Amercan support Rado Free Europe because..." and send your entry to Crusade for Freedom, Box 0-C, Mt. Vernon 0, New York by March 3. For furr nformaton and entry blank! Rose Mare Lawee at Man Cunnngham, 208. Bonne Garter, Jean Gardy. Ann Howcll. Pat Hckey, Lnda Hartman, Betsy Hunt. Melssa Harrell. Jula Hollyfeld. Jula Holland. Dot Hggns. Ktty Hawley. Pat Hurst. Keaton Holland, Ann Hll, Shrley Barman, Margaret Hard. Charlotte Halle, Pat Home and Georga Harrell. Also, rs Hnes. Becky Hardy, Pat Hampton. Bonne rby. Else Jordan, Judy Jones, Betty Jones. Judy Jordan, Betsy Joyner, Lnda Jeffres. Betsy Kelsey. Vrgna Kemp, Bonne Keys. Mary Lnda League. Dotsy Moody. Gnne Moss, Nan McLoughln. Lnda MacPherson, Dbby Mohr. Shrley Mlls, Mary Byrd Mcou. Carol Ma- n, Magge Sue Mathas. Jeanne Mc- Ken/e, Pat Morgan, Nancy Mo ton, Agnes Masse, Gg Matland. Jance McClenny, Dotty Nelson and Patty Norman. Also. Pat OConnor. Judy Owen, Maryanna Overholt, Lo Dors Puryear. Nancy Pretty, Ellen Powell. Sandra Parker. Jean Peyton. Betty Patterson. Jacke Poole. Paulta Patterson. Carolyn Rar.corn. Judy Robertson, Jean Rahn, Mary Robbns, Ann Ranson, Jo Savage. Lnda Spense, Volet Scott. Clara Mles Shumadne. Mare Smth. Betty St. Clar, Judth Stokes, Nancy Shaw and Sue Sharp. Also, Glenna Snead, Marge Schumate. Lnda Sullvan. Judy Smth. Patte Sadler, Kak Turner. Page Tolson, Becky Tuck. Helen Jean Taylor, Judy Tucker, Lucy Trotter, Margaret Tat j Wlle Taylor. Dors Tolley. Betty,Tucker, Mary Frances Blersama, Emly Shelton. Vrgna Sheldon, Betty Lee Smth. Patsy Skelle. Jacke Skelle. Betty Wood. Betsy Wl-on. Andy Weeks and Wendy- Warren. Ors were Carletta Wsecarver. Barclay Woodward, Janet Wan- W and L Sophomore Awarded Scholarshp A Washngton and Lee sophomore, Henry Howze Harrell, won a coveted scholarshp Saturday. March 2. Cherry Oorham was chosen by a faculty commttee as Longwoods nomnee for scholarshp offered by Vrgna Branch of Englsh Speakng Unon. Ths $750 scholarshp wll enable wnner to attend a summer school n England at un\ of hs choce for sx weeks. Cherry was one of 6 students nomnated for ths award by varous colleges of Vrgna. Wrght. Mary Betty Watkns, Sandra Weaver, Tae Wamsley, Clauda Whpple. Sandra Wse, Gnny Whlpple, Ann Wells. Pat Wllamson. Mary Alce Whte, Jacke Waller. Marta Molna. Laura Molna, and Jacke Dacousso. Students Offered Work n Europe More Job opportuntes n Europe ummer.. Work ths sum forests of Germany, on constructon n Portugal, on farms Oermany, Sweden and Denmark, n a kbbutzm n srael, on road constructon n Norway. Well re are se new Jobs avalable as well as Jobs n reland. Swtzerland. England. Prance, taly, Span and Holland are open by consent of governments of se countes to Amercan un- ) students comng to Europe nmer of 959. Last year, frst group of Amercan students made r way Atlantc to take Part n actual lfe of people of (bete countres. The success of ths project last summer has caused a deal of enthusastc nl and support both n Amerca and Europe. Tns year, program has been expanded to nclude many more students and Jobs. Already, many students have made applcaton for 959 slmmer Jobs. The Jobs con- forestry work, chld care work females only, farm work, hotel work (lmted number avalable), constructon work, and some or Qualfed Jobs requrng more specalzed tranng. For furr nformaton on placement servces and travel arrangements, wrte Amercan - European Student Foundaton. PO Box Vaduz. Llcchtcr. Swtzerland. Cgarette Contest Phlp Morrs has done t agan! Ths tme contest prze 7 nch RCA Vctor televson set. The contest, whch wll close Aprl 23. s open to all Longwood sorortes and Hampden- Sydney fraterntes and ndependents. The set wll be dlsplavd at Hampden-Sydney College Shop and at Longwoods Man Rec. Start turnng n Phlp Morrs product wrappers now. and. February Wl Wth fn (o r d lor Madr reshman Ch Vs Presd nl For >9-60 Sesson to Do You Thnk for Yourself?. Does t bor you to admt that you havent read a very popular bookl 2. Do you thnk re are d cheatng n a game or examnaton? n foods you f sure youd dslke wthout havng YE!,. Would you e serously conrerned to YES read n your horoscope tha catastrophe would befall you tomorrow? ym D NO D TAKE THS TEST AND FND OUT */ 5. Do you often fall short of cash several days before your pay or allowance s scheduled to come through? 6. When youre drvng, do you lke to be frst gettng away from a stop lght about to change? 7. Would you be reluctant to learn a new sport n presence of frends who were experts? 8. Have you found t to be personally true that "a mans best frend s hs dog"? " YES n " YES wll The all n dn dellnc. ol 9. Do you beleve your choce of a flter cgarette should be based on hearsay? Yl «, ~D f youl* le knd of person who thnks for yourself, n choosng a cgarette wll be based on a careful study of facts not on quck decsons. Men and women who thnk for mselves usually sun ke VCEROY. Ther good judgmenl telll m res only one cgarette wth a thnkng mans flter and a smokng mans taste. And that cgarette s VCEKOY. // red "NO" to eght out of nne QHMftbna above, you really thnk /or yourself! tt, km * wlllmnana MMM C<K». The Man Who Thnks for Hmself Knows - Famlar pack or crush* proof box. ONLY VCEROY HAS A THNKNG MANS FLTER... A SMOKNG MANS TASTE