The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-27
''Cynthia
Reports
CYNTHIA JOHNSON


1t sho' has been a long time
since l wrote a column for all of
YOU, but ever so. haven't forgot
ten good ole Wilmington and all
the gang back nome. Lots of things
have happened here at school to
bring back memories OF people all
of us know and days we all shared.
The other day l was fortunate to
receive a phone call from someone
who had graduated from MINIS
with me and is now stationed at
Bethesda Naval hospital, in Mary
land. Yes, that somebody was Joe
Gray and you just can't imagine
how wonderful it was to hear a
person say you all' in a perfectly
natural tone instead of in a teasing
sort of way. He promised to come
over to school one day. but at
present he is on night duty.
Here at school there are quite a
few southerners in the student
body. There are some from North
Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia..
and Alabama. We really have a
time when the different states play
each other in football. but more
about that later. Hailing from N. c.
are Miss Thelma Jeffreys from
Goldsboro, Miss Elaine Frlssell
from Burlington, Miss Suzanne. Ell
lis from Greensboro, Miss Dale
Creech from Tarboro. and Miss
Adelaide Warren from Greenville.
Moving a little farther down south
thar even North Carolina there's
Miss Lucy Davis from South Caro-
lima who knows Byah Thomson
from home. So we can talk about
Wilmingtonians rather than who
won the Civil War. l am taking
a course in speech at Marjorie
Webster in Washington. D. c.. and
the instructors really have fun with
nv accent. But there's a girl here
who receives a little more ridlcul-
ing than I do Miss Sue Cain from
Alabama. But we are good sports
about it all. and deep down we
know that the ''Yankees' are just
Jealous of the way we talk.
This past Saturday night Mar
jorie Webster college had It's first
formal dance of the season. Miss
Webster was hostess, and escorts
we're the ''steadies" of some girls
and fellas from Harvard, Bulls
Prep school, Columbia Tech. Uni
versity of Maryland. and members
Of the Brazilian Navy. Yes, they
we're straight from Brazil. There
are right many girls here grom
Cuba and Puerto RIGA. so the South
Americans come over frequently to
see them. And when the dance
tempo turns to the rhumba, you
should see them take the spotlight.
We lad a Paul Jones, and the
first boy I net was Fred Jones
from Greenville, South Carolina.
Later on in the evening they had
a ~jitterbug contest. and Fred and
| walked away the winners. think
it was that old New Hanover boogle
that gave US the victory.
Last weekend brought quite a
few North Carolilians to Maryland
for the Carolina-Navy game-and,
thank goodness. Carolina vas vic
torious. Some of the boys visited
rs at Marjorie Webster - Dave
Kicks from Greensboro, Vance An
derson from Raleigh, Sidney Gard
ner and Frank Nash from Colds
boro, and yes, Ned Herring from
Wilmington. When he walked in the
foyer, I vas more surprised tnan
II would have been to find an auto
mobile in my Christmas stocking!
Hunter Howard was also among
those up for the game. They said
they liked D. c., but they certainly
did miss Chapel Hill. And l know
exactly what they meant. The moon
rises just as large and white from
behind the pines here on the cam
Ipus, but it just isn't the same
moon that comes up from behind
the pines on BrookWood Avenue in
Wilmington.
FaE is here in full swing. and
all the trees are adorned in bril-
liant hues of yellow, rusty-red, and
deep golden. The wind is freezing
cold and whips around the build
ings with a chilling fury. But win
er in Washington will be nice be-
cause the fall here has been SO