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- --- II()I.LI\:S C()L!YCI':, ()CTOBI': R ). l en l , IIOI.Ll:\S, \ ' IRCl\:l.\ ------=-----~ ------Names of Honor Students TINKER DAY ALREADY Announced by the Dean HOLLINS OPENS FOR IN THE ATMOSPHERE In Con\"ocation, on Septemher 23d, Mi"" EIGHTY ·NINTH SESSION \\' illiamson announced the names of the Ilonor Students for the session. In doing this Mis" Chilly days, colorful hilbides, falling lean'" ! \\'illiamson follo\\'cd the tradition of alway" At eight o'clock, 011 Septemher 18th, the - enter Octoher. And sometime along in Octo- dn'oting the tlrst ('om'ocation to the rnding I formal opelJing of Ilollins College took place in her, enter Mr. Turner in knicker" to hreakfast , of these name". the Little Theatre. The solemnity of the oc or, to he more explicit, enter Tinker Day. The Ilonor Students at llollim are those' casion \\'as enhanced \)\ the academic proces !)I)('t"f There i" 110 holio:1\' Oil the lIollills c:1lelld:u- \\'ho h:1"(, a"eraged 2.3 merit point" for e\'{~ ry ... iOIl , led hy Mis" M att~ ' L Co('\.;e and \\'hich hrings a more eager thrill of antlClpa- hour of ,\'ork taken the prn' ious year. In ad I E. II. Kirk, of Baltimore, Maryland. tlon . From the tlrst of the month until the I dition to this, they must he good citizens of I Doctor (;eorge Braxton Taylor, the chap , lain, opened the exercises ,\'ith an in\·oC:ltion. fated moment :1rrin' s hreakfast suddenl.\ I the College community. emerges from its earl." morning letharg." and ' The Honor Students are as foil o\\' s : Follo"'ing this, Mr. M. Estes Cocke welcomed hecomes the gayest meal of the day. The whirl SE'\IOR CL.\ss-Jeannette Bauer, Hn'erly the ne\\' students and announced the changes of chatter usuall,\' more common to lunch Chalker, Katherine Dilworth, Mar\' Elizaheth I in the faculty for the coming session. Miss drO\\'lls out all other noises. Of course. the Foo"he, M .lr,\' Alice McConnel, Fra'nces Mears, Cocke then introduced Doctor Kirk, the speaker tahles under the dome are on the qui '(',:'1'(' to Elizaheth Rice and Janet Stirling. l of the eyening. he the tlrst to see Mr. Turner. and then there I ,lC'\IOR CI.Ass-Elizaheth Coleman, Ro\Hna I Doctor Kirk, D . n., 1.1. D., recei\'ed his \\ill he the u"ual hurst of applause. For e\'t'ry- I ])oolan, Elizaheth Durkee, EJ"heth Ellis, lIelen , educati(Jn at South\\'esterIl College, Memphis, one is looking ftH\\'ard to the da-,",s outing, the Louise (;arher, Kate Holland, l.elia Hornor, Tenne:-,see. II e is nm\' the pastor of the Frank- climh up old Tinker, the singing on the rock Rosamond Larmour, Katharine Locke, Margaret 1.\ n Street Presbyterian Church, in Baltimore. ;llld the stunts after dinner. \\'eed and Elizaheth Young. and a memher of the facult\, at Coucher Col There is seldom an afternoon no\\' " ,hen SOPIIOMORE CI.,\ss-Frallces Sinclair Bacb. lege. lIe is 'HII kno\\'n, hoth as a speaker and thIN' girls on the hocke\ field or the tenni" Dorotll." Donovan, Mar,\' II. Fletcher. Sophia a \\' rI ter. ('()urts fail to look up at old Tillker alld \\'onder Fox, Sara K. Cilliarn. Adria Kellogg, :'v1artha Doctor Kirk's speech \\'as centered around "hell thn \\'ill he climhing the moulltaill. Care\' Kurth, Mildred Raynolds and Nail the need for a ne,,' potential of energy. He ;\t "uch a time it is interesting to turn hack to Cook Smith. interpreted the present depression as the fruit it .... pa"t and see \\' here old Tinker got its namr. ~ ------ ALUMNAE NOTES I II JOCiety Eleanor Wilson, '30, is Secretary to the Dean at Swarthmore College. , Angie Turner, '30, was married on Septem ber 12th, to Mr. Sidney Jeffries. In the wedding Evelyn Woody, Ruth Martin, Lois Pruitt, party were many Hollins girls including Mary Mozelle Dalton, Margaret Nabors and Jean Turner, Margaret Jeffries, Anna Whitman, Hartsook attended the football game at V. P. I. Fannie Botsford, Vera Wilhelm and Nancy last Saturday. Lee Turner. Mary Watkins, May Gilmore, Page Rudd Anna Bohannan, '30, was married this and Betty Robinson were at the opening dances summer to Mr. Booker Carter, of Martinsville, at V. M. J. last week-end. Virginia. The couple are now living in Rich Camille Dawson spent last week-end at her mond. home in Salem. Cecelia Scott, '30, will be married on Octo Adelaide Dana and Beatrice Thickens went Some Student Government Group Leader ber loth to Doctor William B. Hester. Eliza to the dances at Chapel Hill last week. , is to be heartily congratulated. The other day beth Morris, Mary Lee Wiltsee, Mary Elizabeth Louise McNulty had as her guest last a Freshman answered the 'phone and wouldn't Perry are among the attendants. Thursday night, Maury Tice, ex '34, of call a girl, because it was quiet hour! The engagement of Elizabeth Trenbath, '3 I, Roanoke. to Mr. Irving Fitzpatrick, of Montclair, New Lieutenant E. S. Dyer visited his sister, What with the Tea House so dressed up Jersey, was announced in June. Mabel, last Saturday. f and doggy, and dear old Violet gone from Mr. and Mrs. William Harrington (Vir Mal Tabb, ex ' '32, of Hampton, Virginia, behind the cookies, have you noticed how ginia Jones, ex ' 3 I) announce the birth of a son. visited Betty Taylor last week. ' dressy the clientele is becoming? Hats, gloves Virginia McClamrock, '29, has recently been Misses May and Caroline Bush, of Greens- and purses are very necessary; in fact, Quite elected president of the Hollins Alumnre boro, North Carolina, were guests , of the Col- indespensible to the well-dressed Tea House Chapter in Greensboro, North Carolina. lege during the past week. goer. Margaret Partlow, ex ;3 I, was elected to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Tankard visited Florence Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Alabama last week. Cries go up from Third Floor, West, "What last spring. Mrs. W. T. Sockwell motored up here shall we do? What shall we do?" The only Elizabeth Love, '3 I, is studying at Geneva, with friends last week-end. Margaret ac solution that has been found, after much re Switzerland, this year. companied them to her home in Greensboro. search into the case, is either to procure a table Sue Rutherford, '3 I, is doing social" work Elizabeth McCleary, '31, Eleanor Bomar~ for the Victrola so that Jay and "Wa" can in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. ex '3 I; Dorothy Quarles, '30, and Julia Harns play it in their room, or to present them with Dorothy Quarles, '30, is working on her barger, '30, were on campus last week. some soft needles. " Masters Degtee at Radcliff. Ruth Martin, Evelyn Woody, Mozelle Dal , An then there was the Freshman who ex Helen Kabler, '3 I, is studying at the East ton, Ruth Johnson and Kit Witchen are attend man School of Music in Rochester, New York. ing the opening hops at V. P. 1. this week-end. claimed, upon looking into her French gram mar, "Oh, do ' they put Greek in these books, A scholarship was awarded her for her senior ------~n~------composition presented at Hollins last spring. too ?"They were phonetic symbols. Mary Adams Holmes, '3 I, after studying Annual Y. W. C. A. Party at Heidleburg during the summer, is traveling , The Green Elephant is to be congratulated in Europe. Is Enjoyed by Students on the excellent business which they have had in the past week. The Junior Class is fortunate Mabel U zzelJ, '3 I, is living at the Parnassus Club , while studying at Columbia University. The , annual Y. W. C. A. party for the in the splendid management of their shop. Freshmen was given Saturday night, Septem Mary Belle Deaton, '3 I, is teaching public school music in Statesville, North Carolina. ber 19th, in the gymnasium. The program con Doesn't it seem ludicrous to see the Class of sisted of twelve dances, for which Locklayer's '32, who still feel (and occasionally act) like Frances Lineberger, '3 I, after making her debut in Raleigh, North Carolina, early in Orchestra furnished the music, interspersed Freshmen, bouncing around in an atmosphere September, will sail for a year's ,study in with stunts put on by the Freshmen. Those in of caps and gowns, dignity, candles and ap Florence. East staged their impressions of On Entering proaching A. B. degrees? Well, children will Peggy Barker and Jane Underwood, '32, Hollins, while those in West gave a short skit grow up, you know! have transferred to Northwestern. called Radio. The decorations were very Betty Greenland, ex '33, is now studying at effective and added just enough color to relieve The change of the dinner hour back to six Washington University in St. Louis. the barrenness of the · gym. Streamers of o'clock should do much to mitigate the suffer AnnebelJe Anthony, ex '33, has pledged Chi brightly colored paper hung from balcony to ings of all those who have been annoyed by Omega at Florida State Col1ege for Women at balcony to create a gay setting. And to top hunger pains. Tallahassee. everything off, refreshments were served in Elizabeth Thompson, Louise Moore, Anne Kellar. What a relief' to discover that seeing two Wynn Fleming, Peggy Underwood and Harriet The Y. W. C. A. party is one of the most girls who are almost identical in appearance Wynne are among the debutantes to be important social activiti~s of the year since it is not a sign of cock-eyedness but just the preseI)ted in Atlanta this season. comes at the beginning and is the first real proper recognition of family resemblance. Anne Ingalls, Mary Taylor Withers, opportunity for the old and new girls to meet Otherwise optical illusion might be a common Frances BeJl and Ruth Wills are at \Villiam and mix with each other. The committee complaint on campus since so many "old girls" and Mary College this year. succeeded in making it more enjoyable than have brought little sisters to Hollins. usual this year by means of the card dances Sarah Welch, '3 I, has a position in a chemi cal laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina. and organization of the program. Two more have at last reached the , goal Kitty Hildreth, '34, is now studying at the ------~~o~------of any schoolgirl's expectations. Julia Lamar University of Virginia. Her sister, Jane, '28, Dr. Gladys L. Palmer is and Sue Wood were pledged last Tuesday to is a technician in the hospital at the University. A. D. A. They presented as their requirements Page Stone, '26, will be married in October Doing Research Work for initiation, the stirring old' "dramie," TIle to Mr. Leonard Muse. Hour 0/ Reckoning, playing the leading roles Charlotte Patch, '3 I, is teaching public Dr. Gladys L. Palmer, former Professor of of Myrtle Myrdblap and Reginald Harrington school music. Sociology at Hollins College, has resigned her Zilch very creditably. Their friends wish them , Lela Bowers, '13, is majoring in physical position here in order to do important research much happiness in their new activity. education at William and Mary Extension work sponsored by the University of Pennsyl School in Richmond. vania. Dr. Palmer's study, which deals with A certain Senior reverted to the long women w'orkers, was the subject of an As- forgotten days of "Senior Deference Week." ~ sociated Press dispatch from Washington on She explained gently, but firmly, to some errant Hollins Girls to Take Part September II, ]93 1. Having gathered material Freshmen in the Hotel Patrick Henry that the I from many industrial ~chools throughout the Hollins room was the rendezvous for upper Inorse H ShOW at Sam: Ie country, the article stated that the result of the classmen alone. research proved women workers to be seekers A number of Ho11ins girls will participate of variety of location or occupation. Several , If Dr. Taylor continues to make mysterious in the Horse Show to be given in Salem this striking examples were cited, such as one girl allusions to various chapters in Genesis, Isaiah, afternoon. Those who will ride in the show who had held nine johs in thirteen vears, and or what have you, Hollins will soon be known are: Kay Schmidt, Leonora Alexander, Barbara another who held thirty johs in all parts of as a school of Biblical research.... And gather Van Dyke, Leah Jones, Tim Brown. Betty the country during a ~pan of twenty years. ye 'round, all who were not bold and brazen Brede, Beverly Chalker, Katherine Dilworth, Dr. Palmer's study will doubtless throw enough to investigate--the third requisite for Elizabeth Hancock, Mary Anne Dannenbam some li~ht on the much-discussed problem of the boy goinll; off to college is not a-toothbrush, and Dickie Robertson. women in industry. hut a swel'tlll'art!