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Sunday, June 7, 1 9 6 4 ST. MARY'S CITY, MARYLAND Vol. 5 -----No. 6
G r a d u a t e s R e c e i v e D e g r e e s T o d a y
Local Garden Club Gives
Lecture-Demonstration
On Flower Arranging
Two members of Ikebana In­ternational
presented a lecture-demonstration
of Oriental flower
arrangement on Monday, May 18,
at 1:30 p.m. in St. Mary’s Hall,
under the auspices of the Town
Creek Garden Club.
Mrs. Kenneth Davis, vice presi­dent
of Ikebana International, has
studied oriental flower arranging
for 20 years. Born in California,
she has lived most of her life
in China and Japan. She lectured
on five of more than 20 schools
of oriental arrangement.
Mrs. Marvin Neese, who holds a
Masters Degree in the O’Hara
School, has studied in the orient
for 5 years, while stationed there
with .her husband. A one-time
resident of St. Mary’s County,
she is editor of Ikebana Inter­national
Magazine.
Top award winners at graduation are (top row, left to
right) Susan Faumtlerroy, Good Citizenship award; Mrs-
Regina Hammett). First Honor Graduate award; and Kath­ryn
Bishop, award for outstanding character and influence
for good. From left to right, bottom row, are William Pat­rick,
Good Citizenship award; John Slade, Beslt All-around
Male Student; and Kathleen McKenna, Best All-around Wo­man
Student. Pictures were not available for Mrs. Hammett
and for John Slade.
President Bids Farewell
My congratulations to all of you who are members of this first
graduating class of St. Mary’s College of Maryland. In saying fare­well
to you, I want to express for the administrative staff and faculty
our appreciation of the fine record you have established in your two
years at St. Mary’s. We are glad that this class of 1964 has received
the first diplomas bearing our new name. It associates you in a spe­cial
way with the progress and development of our college. You have
played a vital part in the realization of many of these changes. It
is our wish that this college has enabled you to set standards of
excellence for yoursfelv°s in the years ahead. We are confident that
we will take pride in your achievements and contributions in the
communities in which you will reside. Thank you for being the qua­lity
of persons you are and may you always go with God.
May Russell, President
T o p A w a r d s
Commencement exercises award­ing
A. A. degrees to the Class of
1964 were held Sunday, June 7,
at 2 p.m. During the Graduation
ceremony, coveted awards were
presented to both freshman and
sophomore students for their ac­hievements
in scholarship and
leadership at St. Mary’s College
of Maryland.
Receiving the First Honor Gra­duate
award was Mrs. Regina
Hammett, who plans to teach next
year at St. John’s.
Kathleen McKenna received the
Best All-around Woman Student
award, and John Slade received
the Best All-around Male Stu­dent
award. Both Miss McKenna
and Mr. Slade have participated
actively in various organizations
at St. Mary’s for the past two
years-
Awarded the Good Citizenship
medals were Susan Fauntleroy
and William Patrick. The award
for outstanding character and in­fluence
for good was presented
to Kathryn Bishop.
Other awards went to Debbie
Scarff for achievement in science;
to Marie Morgan as the most
promising student of aft; to Janet
Buchanan for achievement in
music.
For the most outstanding work
in art, John Fletcher received a
$25 Purchase Award.
The award to the outstanding
student in the Department of
Business went to Agnes Ruth
Garner; and the award for out­standing
achievement in Home Ec­onomics
went to Alice Grace
Stambaugh. Robert W. Norris was
.honored as the most outstanding
player of the men’s varsity bas­ketball
team.
REMINDER
Sophomores Registration
on
September 15, 1964
School To Honor
1914, 1939 Alumni
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Alumni from the classes of 1914
and 1939 will be honored at St.
Mary’s College of Maryland
Homecoming on June 13-14 this
year. Hostesses from the different
alumni chapters will greet return­ing
alumni at a social hour in the
Calvert Hall sitting rooms during
registration on Saturday from
11:30 - 12:30, preceding the lunch­eon
and business meeting.
A new feature this year will be
a Hootenanny on Saturday evening
at 8 p.m. Led by Bob Schwier of
the class of ’65, old friends and
new will gather to sing songs in
the Kent Hall recreation room.
On Sunday boat rides, swim­ming
,and recreation will be fol­lowed
by a picnic luncheon in the
Garden of Rememberance. High­lighting
this year’s homecoming
will be the dedication of the new
boat .house k> the college by past
alumni president, Mildred Sped-den
McDorman of the class of
1914.
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