The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20
"~>ynthia
Reports"

Old Sol reigned supreme at
Webster this past weekend, and
left the mark of his strength and
power on quite a few of the
femmes here On the hill. Shorts
and T-shirts were unfolded and
doaned with the enthusiasm that
only beautiful warm spring days
can bring out in us. When lunch
time rolled around glowing cheeks
and unusually shiny noses were
the first signs of the premature
Suntans being acquired. AID when
chairs were filled at suppertime,
beet-red faces, aching legs and
arms, and generally stove : up
characters managed to remain
seated long enough to eat. Then
there a a run on salve and
creams of all sorts, and the Sun
day sun shone down on but a few
who were brave enough to risk a
second exposure.
Tennis racquets in hand, college
cuties and dates strolled down the
winding road that leads to main
campus, pushed open the wire
mesh door to the tennis courts,
and began to engage in some
fancy footwork on either side of
the net. After spending most of
the afternoon chasing around a
tennis ball, with an occasional
connection between racquet and
ball, tired girls, weary fellas, and
sunburned bodies crept back up
the hill, made adieus brief, and
headed for the GOODNESS Of the
dorms. Yes, this past week : end
was quite a taste of what is to
come il the sunny days ahead.
Eut from all accounts, Sol will
add many more to his court Of
sunburned beauties before this
school year is over.
Throughout the nation people
read of and unused breathlessly
over the newspaper a c counts of
the annual Cherry Blossom festi-
val held on the banks OF the Tidal
Basin. But only those who saw it
as I did can really appreciate its
beauty in color and majesty. Nam
cy Anderson reigned as queen
midst a bevy of beautiful girls
who composed her court. The eel
ebration began with the GROWING
of the queen by Acknowledgement
Tom Clark, who, incidentally,
placed the rhinestone tiera on the
head of Miss Anderson back
wards. But all things were cor
rected, and the festivities proceed
ed as planned. Airplanes roared
overhead, s%prinkling the entire
gathering with millions Of deli
cately tinted cherry blossoms. 1t
looked as if thousands OF little
pink stars had turned loose their
holds and dropped through space
from heaven to h. Even
though the trees were not IN full
bloom at the time Of the festival,
they were just as lovely as ever,
the blue of the Tidal Basin send
ing back ripping reflections OF
pink blossoms on a background OF
very green grass.
The members of the Speech de-
psrtment gave a tea this past
in honor Of a lady who
has made a name for herself in
the field of radio. She is Mrs.
Markell, and is at present afflll-
ated with the Columbia Broadcast
ing System. She spoke on the ad-
and disadvantages OF fol
radio as a profession, and
the place we as girls may nope
to find available to us in this field
81, the completion Of u college
courses. l was interested to see
that she stressed journalism IN
radio as one of the most impor-
tant phases, and n OF the phases
affords the most opportunl-
ties. The table was laid with an
.pen-work Danish lace cloth and
set with a silver tea service and
silver sandwich trays and candy
dishes. The president of the senior
dramatic society poured tea. Bril-
liant yellow forsythia and golden
jonquils put the finishing touches
to a very lovely scene. The
honoree was presented with a cor
sage Of. pink roses. Mrs. Markell
is rather small, has dark auburn
hair and grey eyes that just
matched her suit. She spoke with