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brary stern 1s.ryland College ;'JV\~;eb:yTo Pan-H~I Hop Honor Queen Stars Donahue The Annual May Day festivities, Spring Tide, the annual Pan-Hal sponsored by the Women's Council of dance which climaxes the May Day the Student Government, will begin at festivities, will be held in Gill Gym 1 :30 p. m, on Saturday, May 5, in the on May 5 at 8 :15 p. m. Sponsored by amphitheater. the Jntersorority and Interfraternity Pat Perry and Ethel Coffman, as Councils, this last and biggest dance heralds will Jead the procession. They of the year promises to be a unique will be followed by the class duchesses event that no pleasure seeker can af- and attendants, who will be preceded ford to miss. by Janet Hering, the May Queen. The Dance music will be provided by one duchesses are as follows: senior, Mary of the leading college band favorites Bankert; junior, Ginny Hale; sopho- in the nation, Sam Donahue and his more, Patty Ray; freshman, Pat Rob- Orchestra. Donahue's versatile aggre- erts. Betty Bachtell and Peggy Tim- gation has barnstormed around the mons will represent the seniors as at- entire country, playin; to countless, tendants; Jeanne Dixon and Eva thousands and visiting some of the Lindahl, juniors; Sally Fisher and Pict1,red abo1!e is the May Qneen and her Gow·t: (Standing, left to right) Adeline Allen, finest band locations scattered from and Sally F;,hIT,N"~:,at"d; Nancy Kroll, sophomores, and Nell Jeanne Dixon, Janet Hering (Queen), Betty Bachtell, Peggy Timmons, Nancy Kroll, coast to coast. Included in his tours Wicker and Adeline Allen, freshmen, Robert3, Ginny Hale, Ma·ry Bankert, and Patty Ray. have been many college prom dates Sharon Spangler will be flower girl, for some of the most famous schools and Johnny Peck will be crown bear- and universities in the country. The orchestra is recognized as the ideal youth, and vitality, and most impur- Dr. Ensor will crown the Queen, after which two folk dances will be tant, the band plays the type music presented. To signify the coming of that today's collegiate set enjoys. spring, a traditional Maypole Dance Most people know Sam to be the will be given by Dorothy Arnold, Bet- leader of one of .America's greatest sy 'I'Ipton, Dorothy Phillips, Beth Z28. Witzke, Alice Yearley, Ann Spears, Jane MHby, Sonya Wine, Jean Willis, Vol. 28, No. 14 Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md. May 1, 1951 Betty Lou Brandenburg, Dottie Lee Phillips, and Barbara Winters. An English Circle Dance will be presented by Betty Callender, Ina French Comedy Sigmas Win Bridge Players To Presenf Grice, Joan Hampel, Ernestine Lang- raIl, Carolyn Mangels, Kay McLaugh- TournamentHonors "rhe Mad Woman" lin, Nancy Holloway, Jane McLeod, Slated In Garden On May twenty-fifth, the College Kay Nowack, Elizabeth Kuhn, Janet Le Voyage de Monsieur Perriduni On March 9, the four sororities on Players will present their final pro- Pyrtle, and Rosalie Otto. duction of the year. This presentation will be the annual production to be the Hill met in McDaniel Lounge to Musicians for the occasion will be presented by the French Club on Mon- match their wits and playing skills at of the annual senior play is directed Jean Hendren, Betty Parsons, Libby day evening, May 14 at 8 p. m. The the annual inter-sorority bridge tour- by Miss Esther Smith and is the first Schubert, and Dottie Shoemaker. play will be staged in Robinson Gar- nament. I event of the 1951 commencement den, weather permitting; otherwise in The Delta were arly represented by week-end. The selection this year, is a College To Welcome Blanche Ward Gym. The director is Janice Benson, Betty Harlow, Dorothy delightful but wise fantasy by the Sam Donahue celebrated Jean playwright, French Miss Margaret J. Snader of the French the Iotas, Lien and Susie Reinhardt; Chamberlien, by High School Students Department. of represented Nixdorff, Amy Shivers. Sig- Girandoux. Overflowing with pene- dance bands, but few realize the com- wit, the title is The Mad Wom,.. trating The play, an old French domedy Herma Betty Students from neighboring high the nineteenth century, will be of- ma players included Betty Duval, DO., (m of GllaiUot. Into this has been plete "know how" ability that he has. By "know how," is meant his ability woven a fable of common sense, spun freshman by a predominantly schools will be guests of the college on fered including: Tom Douglass, as ris Joiner, Lou Kellner, and Babs of the silken threads of logic. In short, to compose, arrange and play the cast, May 5. Payne. Carolyn Mangels, Joan Bren- we have, given us, an extremely aim- saxophone itself. In all three fields A committee of students, headed by Monsieur Perrichon; Jane Hutchison gle, Tine Langrall, and Charlotte Jan- pIe----and yet so reasonable, remedy Sam really excels. Jim Sullivan, working with Mr. Uhrig as Madame Per-richon ; Elizabeth Nor- ney headed the Phi Alpha team. Each _fot: e.socecwme world in the throes of__ Qritics speak of the component Perriehon; Larry of the Public Relations Office, has pre- wood, Henriette Desroches; Michael ",.,.orjt.y'__"]QO"",_" '""-'<:;I"""-ih\,, :1',.. .. .1> .. ". anguish caused by a few ruthless, un- parts of a band as sectrons: namely,- Armand Taylor, pared the program for High School Trupp, Daniel Savary; Fred Hubach, ing"u scorer present. scrupulous men. Ironically enough, the rhythm, reed, and brass. Sam insists Guest Day. Registration will begin at Jean, servant; John Clayton, the por- Victors To Receive Trophy brains behind this clever reasoning that the excellence of his vocalists, ten o'clock, followed by guided tours The Delta and Sigmas toward the are those of a woman. Exactly the ·Ginger Lumara and Bill Raymond, of the campus. For this, displays are ter'; Lionel Lee, the station agent; end of the tournament held the lead, correct proportion of humor and ten- warrants the classification of a fourth being prepared by the biology, phy- Betty McWilliams, the newsstand but the Sigmas won over their oppon- derness, imagination and wit, were section. Most people agree. sics, and education departments. Dr. girl; and Lois Cermak as the innkeep- ents by one and one-half match points. combined in the mind of the author All told, the Donahue combination Ensor will greet the guests at lunch in Plot Outlined The intersorority council will present to result i~ a play which won the has played over one hundred proms in the dining hall. Afterward, they are the victors with a trophy, establish- "Drama Critics Circle" award for the' the past two years, with twenty more invited to participate in the afternoon Perrichon, successful businessman, ing them as the bridge champions for best new play by a foreign author to scheduled for this current semester. May Day activities on campus. wants to travcl to Switzerland to par- the year. be presented in New York for the This makes San Donahue and his Or- Apart from High School Guest Day, ticipate in mountain sports. He is ac- The Intersorority Council sponsored years 1!l48-49. It has also enjoyed a chestra one of the top college favor- the committee has initiated student companied on his trip by his wife, who a bridge party last Saturday in the successful run on the road. ites. visits to their high school alma meters has great social aspirations for her- Grill for all sorority members and Lead Played By McLaren The evening will be higHlighted to give informal talks to seniors in- self and her daughter, Henriette. their sponsors. The leading role of Coren ten Aure- the crowning of the May Queen while by terested in college. Desroches and Savary, two friends, Refreshments of potato chips and lia, the mad woman of Chaillot, is are eager suitors for the hand of cakes were served, and a door prize intermission entertainment will be Henriette. The rest of the plot is the of writing paper was won by Jo Kom- played by Pat McLaren. Pat, who has provided by the Death Valley Gang Zepp To Head 5 CA story of their struggle to become Mon- panek. repeatedly distinguished herself in her and the TV Quartet. sieur Perrichon's choice. studies as well as in her chosen activi- Elected in the recent Student Chris- The first act takes place in the gare ties during her four years on the Hill, tian Association's election were: Ira de Lyon; the second, in Switzerland Yount. i~eC~::~i~;~o~ee:f c~~~e~os~a~;~or~;~~ Civil Defense Zepp, president; Corinne Schofield, near the mer de glace; and the third, The French clubs of file Baltimore for PL' cl vice-president; Kay McLaughlin, sec- on the terrace of the Perrichon home City high schools and those from production at Western Maryland rogram ist« retary; and Ashby Collins, treasurer. in Paris. Mar-yland colleges and universities many years. The remainder of the The following is a statement from A musical program will precede the have been invited to attend the per- cast numbers over forty members of Carroll County's Civil Defense Pro- President Ira Zepp: presentation of the drama. Bev War- formance. 1\11'. Erich Juhn, director of the senior and junior dramatic arts gram has recently been organized and "A cabinet is being organized to ner and June Lambert will sing a the Burlitz School in Baltimore and classes. Don Bailey has contributed is rapidly approaching full-scale op- plan and c_oordinate next year's duct, solos will be rendered by Winnie who app::ared at a recent mee.ting of his talent to the designing 'of the en- eration, according to Dean L. Forrest program. It is my sincere pur- Spenser and Jo Kompanek, and a the French Club, has also received an tire setting, all of which is original. Free, chief _air raid warden for the pose to make the SCA more respon- violin solo will be pIa·yed by Karl invitation. county. sive to the student needs by allow- ing them to participate in pro- AIR RAID SIGNALS The program has been divided into grams, and the ideas for those pro- WMC To Present Concert In Baltimore the following sections, each with a grams arise from the students The following Air Raid Warn- leader and a group of deputies: air themselves, thus permitting the Western Maryland College Mid-Cen- ance will be by ticket only. It is hoped ing Signals are established for raid wardens, airplane spotting serv- SCA to permeate aU aspects of the tury Celebration to be held at the that the student body will be well rep- the information and guidance of ice, auxiliary police, transportation college community." Lyric Theater Monday night; May 7, resented at the Lyric. Tickets are free all residents of .Maryland. group, emergency housing group, and will set the stage for the Metropolitan and may be secured from the Public AIR RAID ALERT the group in charge of refugee care. Baltimore campaign. Relations Office. (Red Signal) As yet there have been no specific Library CI.riRes Policies The evening's program, to be cli· Campus personalities leading the A three-minute warbling (ris· directives _from state or national maxed by the presentation of a Scroll performance include Louis Pietro- hlg an'a falling) blast on a headquarters, but the local organiza- The College Library has issued the forte, director of' the College Singers siren. The rising and faIling tion is planning to handle the problem following explanation to clarify a few of Honor by Governor Theodore R. and Male Quartette; Betty Branden- blast will be sounded on a 15- of caring for refugees from the Met- McKeldin, will ~Iso contain three oth- policies which seem to have become er series of events: The Concert of burg, direetor of the. Women's Oc- second cycle, making twelve ropolitan Baltimore and Washington confused in the minds of the students. Song; A Panorama of College Life; tette; Alfred deLong, director of the (12) such cycles in three min- areas in the event of attack. As Library notices received by the stu- and the Ceremony of Tributes. College Choir; Oliver K. Spangler, ac· utes. bridges over larger watell'""expanses dents should be- attended to immedi- The musical program, springing companisti Philip Royer, director of This warbling siren will allow would probably be destroyed, the nor- ately while the transaction is fresh in from the inspiration of the ca~pus the Violin Quartette; and Donald the public to distinguish the air mal exodus from the major cities the minds of all. If a mistake has been production, Concert of Song, will lead Bailey, Production Manager. raid alert from any other sirens would be in this direction. made, it is much easier to correct it off the performance, to be followed by Over $770,000 has been subscribed presently in use. A siren will soon be installed on the at once; and it may save you money the sho,Ving of the coIlege technicolor to date in the Mid-Century Advance ALL CLEAR (White Signal) Hill" in the vicinity of Alumni Hall. .to check on the notice. film, Westen!. Maryland Looks Ahead. Program. Following· the Baltimore Three one-minute steady siren The siren will be a new and bigger Fines will be stopped on lost books Preceding the presentation of the drive which includes Baltimore City, blasts at two-minute intervals. one to replace the one on Pennsylvania as soon as they are reported to the Scroll by the governor, a ceremony of Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Howard, The l!Qove signals are being Avenue as it would be relatively in- librarian, and no further charge will tributes will bring four distinguished and Harford Counties, the Advance adopted by New York, New Jer- effective as an air raid alarm because be made if the book is located within non-alumni Baltimoreans to the stage. Program will move on to Metropolitan sey, Pennsylvania, and Michi- of its low location. two weeks. At the end of that period They will present short verbal trib_ New York, Philadelphia, and Wil- gan, which are four of the most A meeting has already taken place It is felt that populous states. the student will be charged the cost utes to the college in recognition of mington, closing about the end of uniform warning precedures for on campus to establish basic plans for of the book plus fifty cents for the the outstanding contribution Western June. a civil defense group on the Hill, and extra work involved. If the book is Maryland has made over the years to Sally Fisher's father, W. Lloyd these states will be most helpful a few days after the return of stu- found iater, the cost of it will be re- the professional life of the State. Fisher, is the general chairman for for the public. dents in the fall, an effective organi- turned to the student. Admission to the May 7 perform_ the Baltimore campaign. zation will be in operation.