THE AURORA "Let There Be Light"
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KNOXVILLE COLLEGE FOUNDED 1875 THE AURORA "Let there Be Light" PUBLISHED Six TIMES A YEAR BY KNOXVILLE COLLEGE Vol. 72 KNOXVILLE COLLEGE, KNOXVILLE, TENN., DECEMBER, 1958 No,'2 ^i tm*iMMMjii*i*wti#i»wtiii#]jitii«i«nt# BULLETIN A fire which originated in a trash chute routed the residents of Wallace Hall, a dormitory for junior and senior women, ••••• Monday, December 8, shortly after nine o'clock. Damage was ••••• extensive enough to cause the removal of the group to the al ••••• ready crowded Elnathan Hall until > plans can he made con cerning the handling of the Mrs. Colston Dr. Colston 4*- growing problems of space. .o ••••• Dormitories for both wo ••••• ••••• men and men are presently ••••• ••••• under construction and are Wmti % £jririt of % (Elrmt Glpli scheduled to be ready for oc ••••• ••••• cupancy by early spring. ••••4&• 4S* 1 * I ?-fF k -Jr •**- ••••• K. C.'s Choice—First Row: Jackie Roberts, Rosemary Martin, Elaine ••••• '58 Grad Given tk Wood. Second Row: Jamesena Boyd, Shirley Lewis, Ann Vinson, Jeff ••••• N. Y. C. Post Owens; and third row: Garmon Moore, Richard Jackson, and Anthony 48* Blackburn. —Photo by Walls ••••• 48* 48* • ••«• ••••• Knoxville College Chooses Ten ••••48*• ••••• 43* 4••••»• Representatives For Who's Who ®l|e (ttdfefam*, karoos, pitlfydhttma, Heart fS- BY DESSA BLAIR Knoxville College chose ten outstanding personalities for the list ••••• 48* of who's who among students in American universities and colleges. 4* attfr |Happg ••••• The five students renamed for the school year 1958-1959 were: 48* Richard Jackson, Anthony Blackburn, Rosemary Martin, Jamesena Boyd and Elaine Wood. Richard Jackson, a senior, is member of the concert choir, NEA, endowed with great leadership Panhellenic Council, the Council qualities. He is a member of the for gracious living and the Aurora K. C. Alumnus Receives Student Union and Alpha Kappa staff. She was also an attendant Second Graduate Degree Mu Honorary Society, he is also to Miss K. C. (1957-58) and the Phi Beta Sigma Sweetheart (1957- by Dessa Blair, Aurora City Edjitor the past president of the 1yJ A 58). Her major is elementary edu- Mrs. t!harlehe Michael who received a Masters Degree 6T"Art in A Cjsj? «*"H j-jheLnresidgpt of_ curriculm and teaching at Teacher's College, Columbia University has Miss Gloria .'Williams, a 1958 the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. •eation and she plans marriage to recently received a Masters Degree of Science in special education with graduate, was recently appointed Anthony Blackburn, a senior Continued on Page 3. emphasis on reading from the University of Tennessee. Children's Counsellor with the from Cordele, Ga., is Polemarch of Mrs. Michael has taught English ing faith in education because I Department of Welfare of New Kappa Alph Psi fraternity, former in high school for four years and am possessed with ceaseless York City. The position is under vice-president of the Student Holidays Ahead was employed as an elemetary faith in people." civil service. Union and of his class (sophomore teacher for five years, most of A sociology major, Miss Wil 1955-56). He is a member of the This is a time of the year that which time was spent at Knoxville liams plans to devote her career Y. M. C. A., Panhellenic Council, all of us look forward to seeing. at Cansler School. Mrs. Michael BULLETIN to one of working with children. Year Book Editor, 1957-58, Sports We all wait for this time of the is now employed as a speech She feels that there is a great Editor of the Aurora and statis year to go to our different homes therapistb y the Knoxville City ESSAY CONTEST need for people who understand tician for the college athletic de to find that warm and tremend*- Schools. DEADLINE NEAR the younger generation. partment. rous feeling among our parent's, Mrs. Michael who is a Delta has Miss Williams is the daughter Blackburn's major is history and loved ones and friends. It is a merited membership in two Time is running out in the giant of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Williams his minor is physical education. time when our hearts rejoice in national hoorary societies namely: Aurora's Essay Contest based on of 932 Dameron Avenue, N. W., He is a very prominent figure on expressing the glad tidings that Alpha Kappa Mu and Gappa Delta the topic: "What the Aurora Knoxville. Mrs. (Vernon) Williams the campus and he believes in this season brings. Pi. Means To Knoxville College." All is also a KC graduate, class of '41. wearing out rather than rusting Our Christmas Holidays begin She is very active in various essays must be in the Aurora In recent correspondence, Gloria out. Wednesday, December 17, at 4:00 community organizations such as office or postmarked inot later than sent best wishes to her campus Rosemary Martin, a senior, is p. m. and end Monday, January the League of Women Voters, midnight February 1, 1959. See friends and regards to her instruc- Basileus of Zeta Phi Beta sorority. 5, 1959, at 8:00 a. m. Y. W. C. A. and the Mental Health the complete set, of rules on page tore "... who made it possible for Miss Martin has a very pleasant We hope that all of you will get Association. She is affiliated with two. me to receive this position." personality seasoned with charm. home and return to school safely the administrative bodies of many She is the daughter of Mr. Ralph and will be ready to start another local, state and national profes Martin, an instructor at Knoxville year's study. sional organizations. College, and she inherited her We, the members of the Aurora Mrs. Michael says her most father's initative. staff," wish all of you a merry, challenging job is the rearing of Miss Martin is a member of the merry Christmas and a Happy her two lovely sons, one a senior N. A. A. C. P., Alpha Kappa Mu New Year. in high school and the other a Hononary Society, Panhellenic seventh grader at Vine Jr. High Council, and Youth Fellowship. School. The Chemistry major is the K-Cean To Wed She attributes much of her suc Science Editor for the Aurora. cess to the very devoted efficient Jamesena Boyd, a senior posses Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Walton of husband, Mr. Joseph M. Michael sed with xuiique seriousness, is Eutaw, Ala. announced the en who is also' a Knoxville College Basileus of Alpha Kappa Alpha gagement of their daughter," Miss graduate of '3>8. Mr. Michael is Sorority, parliamentarian of the •Sadie Lee Walton of Chicago to employed in the personnel depart senior class, president of Alpha Samuel F. Yette, son of the late ment by T. V. A. Kappa Mu Honorary Society and Mack and Mrs. Mack Yette of Mrs. Michael places great value Literary Editor of the "The Bull Harriman, Tenn. The wedding on the experiences that she receiv dog" (1957-4y8). She is a member will take place Dec. 27 at the St- ed' as a business woman. It was of the concert choir, Garnet Mas Paul CME, Church, Chicago. ' during the ten-year period as que and the literary seminar for The bride-elect, a teacher in partnership with her husband in upper-classmen. Miss Boyd was the Chicago school system, is; business that she learned much in president of her class her soph a graduate of KC where she was the area of human relations which omore year. Miss KG in '54-55. She is a mem has helped her immesley in the ber of AKA sorority. field of education. Elaine Wood, a senior, is little CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT—Knoxville College continues to have grow in body but big in mind. She be Her fiance, a grad of Tennessee She wasi also employed as clerk ing pains noted in construction of the men and women's dormitories; lieves that life can be what you State University and the Univer for four years by the T. V. A. road improvement; and an educational unit addition to McMillan chapel. make it. She is the daughter of sity of Indiana School of Journal With such varied experiences it is Picture top left shows the super structure of the men's dorm being Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur R. Wood who ism is associate editor of Ebony not surprising to hear her say, "I raised; top right, road being hard surfaced looking toward! the women's are instructors at the Tennessee magazine of Chicago. He is a teach because I must, I must teach unit. Bottom left, materials and supplies in foreground is testimony School for the Deaf here in Knox member of APA and the Sigma because I have an unfaltering faith work is on the march; bottom right, the educational unit rises at Mc- ville. Miss Wood, dean of pledgees Delta Chi professional Journalistic in education; I have an unfalter Millian Chapel. —'Photo-by Phyllis Ames of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, is a fraternity. W\t $&nxxwi of (jloristmases to Tfou nub 1% ^mt prosperous of ^fe Wears Page 2 THE AURORA, DECEMBER, 1958 THE AURORA Volume 72, Number 2 — December, 1958 Attending Church "This I Believe" About Teaching By Daisy Dykes Published six times a year—October, December, February, March, April, By Walter Kennedy, IV During my stay here at Knoxville College I have learned much June—at Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tennessee The act of going to church is a about the progress being made through teaching. Each year National A MEMBER OF THE INTERCOLLEGIATE PRESS privilege as well as a matter of Educational week is observed, but for some reason, the moral point of choice.