The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-02

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musical background was provided
Elizabeth Evans, president OF
the society. opened the sealed en-
velope containing the names Of the
new members and gave them 10
the old members who went down
into the audience, lighted tapers
in hand, an9 tapped the new men;-
bers. Those selected this time we
Mary Reynolds, Shirley Be. ger.
John Kucton Flora McIver. Wini-
fred Harriss, Jeannine Stanley,
Marilee Boone, Kathryn Se,lars,
Mary Ann Hamilton, Diane Costel-
10, Pat Williams, Richard Galphln
Marilyn Goodman, and Sarah
Kathryn Jordan. On returning o
her seat after the ceremony, Flora
T. McIver remarked, I'm 50 ex-
cited and trembling so much I can
hardly llvel" A new smile, but
very effective. Mary Ann Hanlll-
ton was the lucky one, cause She
walked off the stage to be greet
ed by her boy i'll blue" Bill Las
sitter. But white uniforms are the
order of the day now, SO Bill was
in his whites. He was there, and
that's all that mattered.
This week we are really p.n.:d
of our very own Charlotte r lss
who walked away with II
"Queenship" Of the annual Wallace
Strawberry festival. None Of us
even knew she had planned to tn
ter, SO the news was quite a sur
prise to everybody. But wee
mighty glad she Won, and we sno'
do envy her and all of her good
fortune. Who wouldn't like to 20
to Hollywood as the guest of Kay
Kyser and get to see Van John
son? l guess sne will 60 as SION
as school is ove.:. But l don't see
how she can possibly conce II late
on studies It'll the end of the yea
1 only wish that all of US could
be present at the festival to see
her begin her reign which l know
will be a great success. We wish
you all the luck in the World,
Charlotte, and know you will AXE
good, for the south is well-knowr
for Its beautiful girls. Show those
C~alifornians that that old tradition
still holds true!
I read an editorial in the Ra.
leigh paper not many days age
which was on a very timely
subject. 1t was written by a ia.
dent. And the subject was the
Junior-Senior prom. 1t seems as il
the juniors had really put them.
selves out 70 give the seniocs tine
best year dance yet. Most of the
girls had bought beautiful towns
so the fellas would be proud OF
them and have lots to remember
about their very own prom. But
when the time for the prom lame,
the boys went-as stays. OF course
the girls were unable to go. and
those boys that did 80 IA. to
spend most the night talking to
other fellas cause there we're hard
ly any girls there to dance with.
OF course couples were there who
60 steady, but these were on,v a
drop in the hat" Needless = a
the dance was far from ',elag a
success. Our w prom is &c. ing
nearer, and the juniors are work.
ing hard to give US a dance worth
remembering So come on, fellas.
Girls look mighty pretty n eve
ming dresses, ana | don't know a
single girl who doesn't emf ~ a
night Of dancing. Sure, you a
go stag ana not have to W Try
about asking Dad for the :dr or
spending SIM e Of that money
you've been saving to buy d new
tennis racket. but you'll have lots
more fun with a girl, and they'll
have an awful lot ii fun with you.
Try it and see!
1t sho' wasn't an ideal way of
starting off Monday morning b It
we were glad to nave it o1e1. IT
was a national two-hour test on
social, economical, d scien :fic
progress OF today. And o.n of
the questions wound have sturr ped
Einstein, much less those 5ra..ls"
out at school. One Of then was
to choose the statement winch de-
fined the function OF the alto a:ic
theory, or words to that sifsct!
How do you think you could have
done, Mother and Dad?
"Oh, look at the beautiful Naval
ROTC Cadet" This was 4 com.
mon statement which you -ould
have heard without strainins t., do
so had you been walking pds, the
chartered bus which took the girls
choir to Greensboro this past
weekend. Many of the girls had
never seen Duke campus, 50 we
took the long way home and came
back through Durham and Ra.
leigh. Singing was the most o,t.
standing occupation on I'll e wav
back, but a few people read b ,oks