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The Crescent - May 7, 1955

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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives and Museum at Digital Commons @ George Fox University. It has been accepted for inclusion in "The Crescent" Student Newspaper by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ George Fox University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. lew Associated Muaeni uoay unicers iteveaiea loaay; lartley, Newkirk, Hoover, Lamm Cop Administrative Ranks Results of the April 19 student cabinet, Roily Hartley who will ber of the Metropolitan League balloting for Associated Student head the student group for next All-Star team. At a recent FTO |>ody officers for the 1955-56 year is a junior religion major meeting he was elected Regional school year as disclosed by this from Talent, Oregon. Roily has Director for Future Teachers of year's president, Orville Winters, actively particpated in many cam­ Oregon. Deputation work con­ show the election of Roily Hart­ pus activities. sumes most of his ••weekends. ley as the new AS president. Also He was this year's junior class Roily graduated from Talent elected to fill the important stu­ president, Future Teachers of high school in 1952 and is the son dent positions are Pred Newkirk, America chapter president, a of Mr. and Mrs. George Hartley, vice-president; Joyce Hoover, sec­ member of Student Ministerial Talent, Oregon. He transferred to retary; and Don Lamm, treasurer. Association, and a Youth for George Fox from Southern Ore­ Roily Hartley, President Christ Bible club sponsor at Ti- Roily Joyce Don gon College of Education after Fred Retiring as vice-president of gard. He was chosen as basket­ his freshman year. Hartley Newkirk Hoover Lamm this year's Associated Students ball team captain, and was a mem- Fred Newkirk, Vice-president A sophomore music major from Melba, Idaho, Fred Newkirk will assume the vice-presidency of the pring Recitals AS cabinet. Fred is a 1953 grad­ uate of Greenleaf Academy, Green- leaf, Idaho. He has been engaged lafed For May in musical deputation work as a member of the Trumpet Trio, Lydia McNichols, instructor of the a cappella choir and church ice, and Carl Reed, instructor song director and junior church piano, announce the presenta- leader. He is a member of SMA, in of their students in several Vol. 66, No. 12 GEORGE FOX COLLEGE. NEWBKKG, OREGON Saturday, May 7, 1955 Singing Men, GFC club, and is ac­ iring recitals to be held in tive in class and other organiza­ sod-Mar Hall here on the cam- tional activities. Fred is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Newkrk Joyce Hoover, soprano voice stu­ Hoover'Hole' Gets Melba, Idahe nt of Mrs. McNichols, will give Welcome tynom the 2«ee*t r junior recital on Tuesday, New Shrubs, Trees Joyce Hoover, Secretary ly 10, at 8 p. m. She will be As Queen of the May, I extend to you a warm and sincere Joyce Hoover, a junior from sisted by Marilea Curryer, alto, George Fox college campus has "Welcome" to the May Day festivities of George Fox College. Greenleaf, Idaho, will record the d Bill Hopper, tenor. received a face lifting this past Alumni, friends and prospective students, the program of minutes and assume the duties of Miss Hoover will be singing a week, partly in preparation for the secretary as she steps into sup of bird songs, "My Heart, the day has been- designed for your pleasure and my wish is that May Day but mostly in connec­ you will enjoy it to the utmost. May we journey into the land the position of student body office. y Sweet Voice" from Samson tion with the renovation of Hoover Joyce is a music major, a mem­ d Delilah, "Summertime" from 'Hole'. of merriment and fantasy where smiles, laughter and gaiety ber of the a cappella choir for have pre-eminence. rgy and Bess, and the "Saphic Long range plans which have three years, vice-president bf Stu­ le" by Brahms. She is to be been presented and okayed place On this day as birds fill the air with cheery music and dent Christian union, president of companied by Miss Ardeth a new chapel, music hall, and aud­ the fragrant flowers nod their smiling faces, may you be more Women's Athletic Association, als at the piano. itorium in the former Hoover aware of the One who is able to put an eternal song in your heart. last year's Queen of Hearts, and Dick Zeller, bass, is to give Hall site. "Before those plans are Let us join together to make this the most significant and a member of Gold Q. She is giv­ i senior recital on Tuesday completed the area should look enjoyable of May Days. ing her junior voice recital next ening, May 24. He has complet- nice," says President Ross, "and QUEEN YVONNE I Tuesday. five years of vocal study, the so, therefore, with the help of it four under the instruction Howard Harmon, a transition Don Lamm, Treasurer Mrs. McNichols. He held a plan has been undertaken." A graduate of Greenleaf Acad­ emy and a junior at George Fox, e in Mozart's "The Magic Thursday afternoon most stu­ ute/' a college production in Top Grades Earned May Day Events Don Lamm captured the office of dents left other work or studies treasurer. Majoring in social 54, and has been bass soloist to help plant flowers, shrubs and A.M. r the Community Chorus in By FOOT Students Breakfast 7:30-9:30 studies and minoring in religion do a, general cleap-up job. One Don plans to enter the ministry mdel's "Messiah" the past three- hundred sixty rose bushes were Registration 10:00-12:00 ars. Three freshmen and one special Open House 10:00-12:00 upon graduation. He was sopho­ planted on the edges of Hoover student received a perfect grade more class president, freshman Bob Byrd, tenor and a four 'Hole.' The center section will Fairyland Parade 10:45 ar student of Mrs. McNichols, point average of 4.00 for the six- Tournament Games 11:15 representative to student council, eventually be made into lawn weeks period ending on April 20. is a member of GF club, SMA, to give his junior recital Friday with little nooks and shady areas P.M. ening, May 27 at 8 p. m. Bob Freshmen earning this were Chris­ Lunch 12:30 and is active in college sports. with brick and cement built-in tine Childs, Rollie Rogers and Don won first place in the 1955 io held a role in Mozart's 'The benches. Coronation, Maypole Winding 1:30 igic Flute" in 1954 and has Herbert Sargent. Dorothy Her- Open House 2:00-4:00 Old Pulpit Contest. He is the en tenor soloist with the Com- rick was the special student able Ladies Auxiliary Tea 2:80 son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lamm .mity Chorus the past two years. to earn top grades. Game 3:00 of Caldwell, Idaho. Four piano students, under the Leading the other classes were Dinner 6:00 Inauguration will be during 3truction of Carl Reed, are to Past Head Dies Ardeth Beals, junior, with 3.60; Music for the Queen 7:45 chapel Tuesday, May 10. presented in a Sonatina Re- Dr. Henry B. McGrew, the sec­ Karen Hampton, sophomore with :al in the college Music Hall, ond president of George Fox col­ 3.63; and Orville Winters, senior, lesday evening, May 17. lege, passed away at his home in with 3.50. Ardeth Beals, junior, will be Altadena, California during the Five other seniors' grades gave lying two of Scarlatti's Sona- past week at the age of 87. Be­ them a place on the honor roll s. Faye McCord, freshman, will sides serving as college president for this six weeks. Included in playing Haydn's Sonata in D. from 1900 to 1907, Dr. McGrew this list were Gwen Reece, 3.45; •ed Newkirk, sophomore, will was outstanding in the Quaker Clinton Brown, 3.36; Florene ay ^Mozart's Sonata in C and ministry for many years, and Price, 3.18; Richard Zeller, 3.10; net Hight, sophomore, will play he also taught and headed other and Rosemary Ramsey, 3.00. sethoven's Sonata in E. colleges. Following Ardeth in the junior class was Arnold Lee with an average of 3.47. Others on the list in this class included Joanne Campus Views On News Joanis, 3.38; Willis Valech, 3.27; By Mackey W. Hill and Roily Hartley and Mabel Val­ President Eisenhower affirms that he is committed to the moder- ech both with 3.00. e way of doing things. One of the best indications that he is follow- A GPA of 3.50 gave Charlotte g this in his close relation with Senator George, Democratic Chair- Passolt second place in the soph­ an of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Undoubtedly the omore class. Following close be­ •esident must have the support of moderates from both parties if he hind her were Kara Newell, 3.43; to get his program across. Moreover, the contry has stood in need Patricia Day, 3.18; and Wayne r some time of a genuine bipartisan foreign policy and the President Cole and Stephen Ross, 3.00. offered the best promise of its realization with the moderates. That The freshman class was able senhower respects Democratic George most highly is born out by the to have the highest number of rn of policy that has developed over the proposed TJ.S.-Red Chinese students on the honor roll. Joyce Iks. Chou-en-lai, during the recent Bandung Conference, said with Hester, 3.93; Faye Hanson, 3.80; merican ears as well as the Orientals in mind, that China is disposed Meredith Beals, 3.67; Naomi Klie- veit 3.59; and Beverly Belles, 3.57, negotiate with America. At fiist, Secretary of State Dulles re- were freshmen with an average iffed the suggestion and of course certain Senators reaffirmed loud- sufficient to earn them a place that any talks with Red China could be in no other guise than an on the list of honor students. ipeasement policy. Senator George took the position that we must Other members of this class earn­ i "big enough and great enough" to meet With the Communist and ing the same honor were Gene­ nsider Asiatic problems. The Administration now is willing to talk vieve Mills, 3.44; Faye McCord, ith the "Chi-Como" with Nationalist China on matters that does not 3.33; Richard Mott, 3.31; Janette ider cut tyie position of the Nationalists. Hadley and Carolann Moor, 3.29. Also on this list were Doris Pear­ It became apparent at the Bandung Conference that the Commun­ son and Ethelwyne DeLapp with is arc confronted with some alerted and determined adversaries in an average of 3.21; and Neva Cox, c region of the Far and Middle East. The delegate from Ceylon Shirley Gurn, Carol Parrctt and ive one of the strongest indictments of the Communist tyranny that Neil Pierson all with a 3.00 aver­ QUEEN YVONNE HUBBARD, and Prince Consort Dick Zeller pose on record. It angered Shou-cn-lai of China and perhaps along with age. for their portrait. Her majesty, a senior from Willamina, Oregon, is her opposition forced Red China to take a more moderate position, majoring in English and planning to enter the field of elementary edu­ cation this fall. Prince Consort Dick is a senior music major from any of the delegates in spite of the smoothness of the Communist CHOIR SCHEDULE plomat affirmed their growing alarm over the imminent threat of Sun., May 8: Sherwood Friends Salem, Oregon. ammunist colonialism. (evening) They win rule over the activities of the day beginning with the It is heartening to America that other men have the courage to Sun., May 15: Timber (afternoon) traditional May Day breakfast and ending with music for the Queen and up and be counted against the Communist tide. Ililisboro (evening) tonight. George Fox Coffege Library There Is No Past—But Only Now TROTTING POLL COUNTS HELLO 5 Maytime and May Day time. We who knew May "Good Morning"—"Hi"—"Morn- was to utter words of good morn­ that he belongs as a vital member Day in our college days naturally turn backward ment­ in' "--"Hello"—are the typical ing. According to the statistics to any group. ally to our school years, and review the day as we salutations used by one person of the poll there were 7 who vol­ A warm smile and a cheery knew it. "The good old days" we might say. to another upon the first meet­ unteered the initial verbal utter- greeting have removed many ing of the day or upon any other ings and 37 who responded only clouds from people's lives. They But to some of us who have continued to reside in meeting during the day or night. after they were spoken to. (For are free but the results are un- the college community after college days were over, These were found to be the the sake of accuracy, the other measurable. Try it out today and observe from year to year the activities preceding most common expressions escap­ morning greeting was written). while you're on the campus and May Day and the festive day itself, it is interesting to ing from the lips of drowsy col­ Of course, everyone knows the see if it doesn't work. We assure realize that here are the traditions and the same events legians during those first hours difficulty of being over-exuberant you it will. after waking according to a re­ after a short night's sleep and —Charlotte Passolt we knew in our time—that in May Day's there are no cent poll taken on the George this undoubtedly has a great ef- "good old days". Only the names and faces are differ­ Fox campus by a local sidewalk fet on slow response in the morn­ ent. There are the same fluffy-gowned may pole wind­ psychologist. ing. Regardless of this slow re­ chapel jiufUiUfUu ers and "bow-tied" boys . . . the radiant queen in her Because this poll may not be sponse it doesn't take very long absolutely accurate and authen­ for everyone to assume the wide­ April 25 royal robes, with her proud but stiff Prince Consort tic like the well-known Gallup awake position. Anyone can check Rev. Paul Gunther, a returned . . . the shy little flower girls and train-bearers bear­ poll, we should probably show the. results of being friendly any­ missionary from Thailland, spoke ing the royal train unevenly. some discrimination between the time around the GFC campus. on the call to the mission field. two and call this the "Trotting One thing is certain—people are To alumni and friends of the college who may be always ready to respond if they're April 26 poll'. The SCU sponsored an Ency­ privileged to return only on May Day or other special Whether you have guessed it spoken to. If anyone wishes to assume the clopedia Brjttannica film "The days, it is somehow gratifying to see that some things or not by this time, this, poll was Great Religions of the World". taken to prove that we think role of the turtle and stay in his do not change a great deal through the years. The tra­ shell he will probably never feel It showed the main beliefs and ditions of May Day are valuable if only to bring us all George Fox college is a friendly practices of the Islam, Buddahist, college with friendly students. Christian, Judahist and Hindu back to our day in comparison with their day, and to The results of this poll ar,e fixed religions. to show it. TODAY'S THOUGHT realize that this is May Day and today there is no past Minds jire like parachutes. ApriJ 27 In the survey, which lasted ap­ They only function when they are or future but only now. . proximately three hours, a total Miss Eugenia Price gave a chal­ open. lenging testimony of her own —Gertrude Ankeny of 45 students were put to the —Lord Thomas Dewar 'friendly' test. No pressure was Christian experience. At the pre­ made—in fact, the only way any­ The true art of memory is the sent time she writes the script one could cause a mark to be put art of attention. for the radio program "Unshack­ "Every Soul Hath Its Song ..." down in the little black notebook —Samuel Johnson led" in Chicago and has also writ­ ten several Christian books. Spring has indeed 'sprung' and every one seems April 29 to be feeling the effects. Finals in the Old Pulpit contest Almost any nice day one is able to find the presi­ Skipping Senior Summarizes Sneak were held and the winners were presented. Judges decisions gave "They Made it!" reported the By then it was dinner time, af­ dent digging or planting some where around the cam­ Don Lamm first place, Quentin pus, or the dean pitching in witty his shovel to help last Crescent. Of course we made ter which, haying eaten, of course, we congregated in the Empress' Nordyke second place and Roily finish some project. The students too have had their it! That's the way we planned it! Hartley third place. I'm speaking for the senior sneak Georgian Lounge which we had share in the campus yard work. all to our sneaky selves. Needless May 2 More than one person managed, after several ef­ in case you hadn't heard. For al­ to say we enjoyed "us" there but As stated by President Milo most a year we seniors had been presently decided to go window Ross, the chapel was "conducted forts, to drag himself out of bed only to discover new planning what we think was the shopping (That's alj we could af­ by the conducting class". Ethel- muscjes (or almost new muscles which hadn't been most spectacular sneak in GFC's ford). Four of the girls were en­ wyne DeLapp, Margaret Hancuff used very often previously) begging for linament, or history. Fifteen strong, we dis­ tertained with a semi-private con­ and Bob Fiscus, the three stu­ what-ever-else-have-you. appeared from the campus be­ cert in the main lobby of the hotel. dents in this class taught by tween 12 and 4:30 p. m. Thursday, Lydia McNicbols, each led a se­ Yes, spring has 'sprung' and there may be bursts On Saturday, we were conduct­ lected group of students in one April 21st. Around 5:30 we met ed through the Dunsmuir Castle. musical number. of spring fever here and there, but the larger bursts near Kelso and from then on we It was marvelous! I personajjy of activity seem to have become the surest immuniza­ wondered if anything could ever May 3 had a most educational and inter­ A SCU meeting led by Arnold tion against any inclination to sit and dream of wild- esting journey. (Up to that point impress me again. Something did, for soon afterward a carload of Lee brought the passing of a re­ flowers. Almost anyone would prefer planting them we were too nervous to enjoy our­ us stopped at the Christ Church vised constitution for the organ­ to help fulfill his dreams and the aspirations of the selves. ) Cathedral of Victoria. Such a ization. rest of his campus associates. After the work is done Having made arrangements magnificent structure! May 4 there comes a feeling of satisfaction, knowing that with Paul Puckett several weeks Compared %o our stay at Vic­ A piano trio presented a varied ago, we spent Thursday night toria, the trip back was unevent­ group' of musical numbers. Mem­ this day something was accomplished. (what was left of it) at Quilcene, ful. However upon arriving at bers of this trio which plays main­ Spring shows in our dispositions, too. Everyone Wash. Early Friday we headed home we discovered the juniors ly for their own enjoyment are seems to j»e carrying hjs own happy song around in his north again, arriving at Port had thoughtfully prepared our Miss Jessie Britt, Miss Rachel Angeles in time for the 8 a. m. roomB so we'd have an exciting Aldrich and Mrs. Evalene Eddy. soul. It is reflected on our faces, in the lilts with whiph ferry for—ahhhhh! Our long-await evening, which we did, until 1:30 Miss Aldrich is a member of the we walk, in the new tone of voice we use and in the ed destination—Victoria B. C- a. m. GFC faculty. Their selections in­ amazing speed with which we work. By 10 a. m. we had. checked into It is impossible in these short cluded "Ballet Music" from Rosa- the famous Empress Hotel and paragraphs to relate to you the munde by Schubert, "Overture to ffftiat kind of a song in this we have inside our soon after headed for the lovely lovely time we had on our sneak. Oberon" by Von Weber and Ber- hearts? What makes us burst with gladness as we Butchart Gardens. Such a day It was wonderful to say the least. bert, and "Stars and Stripes For­ walk in the sunshine of spring? we had! And no rain! After Here's hoping you juniors next ever" by Sousa. "lunching" at the Hudson's Bay year will have as good a time as May 6 It is one song or it is an entire cantata whose Company we were off to tour we had—we hope you, too, are President Milo Ross addressed musfc contains a song for greeting the day, one for the Parliament buildings and mus- able to "make it." the students and faculty of Geo­ worlj and one for play, and another, a gentle lullaby uem. —Rosie Ramsey rge Fox college. at eventjme, to accompany us to bed. Is there something magic about the sunshine, the new flqwers, the budding trees and the returning birds SAM SAYS TRY WHISTLING IN THE DARK Last Tuesday night was not a typical night. At be picked. Man certainly has done wonders with which gives us this song? least, not in regard to weather conditions. Mind you, tr.ees. It would be very bad if they would fall off I don't really think so; I believe more firmly that I'm not complaining for 'twas a wonderful night; the the tree for they would roll down the slightest hill. the songs in our souls are planted there by God. Per­ moon was shining and the stars were blinking their I was bouncing my golf ball and still I heard haps they are stirred into a newer note by spring and flashlights in the cloudless sky. someone whistling. When I its qualities, but the songs are inspired from this deep­ I began to notice the sky be­ bounce a golf ball I can't follow it tween the gym and Kanyon Hall. with my eye so I drop it and wait er source. Of course as most of the students for it to come into my range— —Joyce have guessed, I was on my way then I grab it. There are other from Robert's Roost to Edwards disadvantages to wearing a cast Hall, a good four blocks. but I value my life too much to It's amazing, the things things mention them. there are to see in four blocks. Walking on down the street I As I walked I kept hearing some­ met Lowell and interrupted him as to place and person he had seen Entered as second-class matter at the Postoffice at Newberg, Oregon. one whistling. I saw the night and been talking to respectively. Published bi-weekly during the college year by the Associated lights on all the buildings futal