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The Red and Black
Till RSDAY, MAY I, 1969
Flowers Signify
Bride's Beauty
By SHARYN RANK
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We seem to have lost
sight of what it means to he
feminine.*' stated Connie
Stewart, faculty member of
the School of journalism and
advisor to Gamma Alpha Chi,
in a talk on femininity which
she nave recently at the Alpha
Chi Omega sorority house
She continued by saying
that today's women have be
come a generation of "give it
to us" girls in their struggle
for equality. There are wom
en in the same fields as men
— art. education and govern
ment
Mrs Stewart related the
results of a survey which was
conducted in one of her class
es Boys were asked to com
pare the girl of their dreams
with their own girlfriend.
The majority of boys stated
that the ideal girl would wear
rollers only in the dormitory,
would always keep her nails
neatly manicured, would wear
light make-up and would al
ways wear clean clothes.
They expected the dream
girl to always brush her teeth,
to never have bad breath and
to wear levis only to beach
parties and only occasionally
to class. The boys answered
that they wanted the ideal girl
to dress to please them, not to
dress like all of her girl
friends
“Too many girls are smoth
ered by the sorority look,"
answered one boy Another
stated that if a girl is natural,
he loves her
FEMININE PRIDE
The boys continued by ex
pressing the opinions that
their ideal girl would never
use profanity, tell crude
Springtime has long been the most popular season for
weddings One explanation for its' popularity may be the
availability of an abundance of beautiful flowers
Kiirlv rBCOrt ‘ show to*
flowers dale as far back as
Greece as a pari of the wed
ding ceremony. The beauty of
the fresh flowers is said to
symbolize the bride's flower
ing womanhood
During the Middle Ages,
both the bride and the groom
wore flowers The groom
pinned back his cloak with a
large nosegay of orchids Aft
er the wedding, he was re
quired to eat the calyx, the
center of the orchid, guar
anteeing his household of
many children His bride
wore a chaplet of white roses,
an emblem of the chivalrous
age
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The country of Kngiand
probably began the popularity
of June as the month for wed
dings The bridal white rose is
at its peak in Kngiand during
June ---
The brides' bouquet is tra
ditionally a gift from the
gr<x>m Before the wedding
the bride is supposed to re
move a single flower from her
bouquet for the groom's bou
tonniere
The custom of tossing the
bridal bouquet to unmarried
attendants and guests was not
introduced until the 14th cen
tury Before then, the unmar
ried male guests participated
in scrambling for the gart
er".
During the age of Queen
Victoria, many brides saved
one or two flowers from their
bouquet The petals were
pressed and worn in a locket
around the neck
Weddings in the 1960 s may
set a record for quantity of
flowers at a wedding Recent
ly. a " flower child bride'
wore a gown made entirely of
daises for her wedding She
walked down a rose petal
strewn isle to her orange-
blossomed garlanded groom
Coeds Select Greeting ( tints
Five-hundred students participated in the card
survey that was held Tuesday, April 29, in Cre-
swell Hall Sponsored by the Penhellenic Coun
cil. the survey was designed to assist greeting
card manufacturers determine the cards that
will be sold in the coming year The students
who participated in rating and evaluating the
cards received free contemporary buttons. Susan
Damall of the product tesUng department of a
well-known card company, coordinated the su
rvey She was assisted by Panhellemc represen
tatives Miss Darnall remarked that another
card survey may be held here sometime in the
near future
Men Compare ‘Dream Girl’
To Girl They Actually Date
jokes, or use speech cliches.
All agreed that girls should
take pride in their feminity
When the answers they
gave were compared to the
girls that they date in reality,
it was discovered that almost
all of the rules were violated
However, all agreed that their
girlfriends took some pride in
their feminity.
The boys completed the
survey by staUng that they
believe it is worth the few
extra dollars that girls spend
to beautify themselves They
also expressed the opinion
that the Ume they spent wait
ing for their dates is worth
while.
Mrs Stewart concluded by
stating that a girl should.
take pride and dare to be
herself outwardly and inward
ly"
iKditor's Note: Following are
the impressions of Miss Alice
Garrard, National College
Queen, on the pageant and her
part in it)
By ALICE GARRARD
Friendly inquirers continue
to ask me about my new Utle,
National College Queen, and
how it happened that it was
bestowed upon me As I muse
over the events of the past
few months, I can only con
clude that a major miracle
brought me to where I am
today
My sorority, Delta Delta
Delta nominated me to fill out
one of the four entry blanks it
received from the National
College Queen Pageant
The entry blank was six
pages worth of thoroughness,
including the essay theme
"Why I Decided to Attend Col
lege." I can remember typing
it while watching a segment
of the Lawrence Welk Show.
When I received a card
from New York thanking me
for sending in my entry blank
on time. I nonchalantly tossed
it on my desk, thinking this
would be the last I would hear
from the pageant When I got
a call from the pageant direc
tor a few nights later, I re
membered that card and re
read it, visualizing it chuc
kling at me
As I heard myself called
"queen.” I was glad the lady
on the other end of the phone
could not see me. This
queen" had huge bags under
her eyes from studying for a
test the night before, and lines
crisscrossing her face where
she had been snoozing on a
spread
ACCEPTING TITLE
Since I had never consi
dered myself anything but
normal and average. I had
trouble accepUng the Utle
"College Queen" Although I
was very flattered to receive
it, I purposedlv neglected tell
ing my friends about the hon
or What does one say at a
Ume like that? “Hey, every
body, meet your new queen' "’
Feeling this way about a
state Utle. I hesitate to relate
my feelings about the naUonal
one That I would even be a
finalist never entered my
mind because I had only
placed in one of the seven
announced events. I Two essay
events were never announced,
and I accredit my winning
score to them i
When Orson Bean called
my name as a finalist. I con-
Unued to stand in my posiUon
on stage unUl I was judged
from behind from several
other candidates I had been
waiUng for him to correct his
error
Die six finalists — repre-
sentaUves from Utah. Ha
waii, Ohio, Nevada, West Vir
ginia and Georgia — then
faced a panel individually ft
fell mv lot to discuss sex and
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College Queen Returns Home
the arts and the new morality.
That topic can get fantastical
ly complicated in a three-
minute time allotment
Finally the Ume came
when the top three winners
were announced by master of
ceremonies Bean. He called
the name of West Virginia,
then Utah. At that point I
knew something was drasU-
cally wrong was drasUcally
WTong because he had already
announced the name of the
girl that everyone, especially
me. knew would win.
Suddenly, I was in the cen
ter of the stage, accepUng
roses from reUring queen
Valerie Dickerson. A moment
later I tried to salvage these
flowers from the onslaught of
49 college queens
STUNNED FEELING
How did I feel'' Not the way
I had always imagined a new
ly-crowned queen would feel.
Instead of being happy to the
point of elaUon. 1 was
stunned, simultaneously soar
ing through the air and glued
to the floor
Yet the ten-dav stay in
Palm Beach left more Ulan
these impressions on me.
There were delightfully hu
morous moments, like the
instance when the zipper in
my formal lacked three inch
es of meeting, and four strug
gling people were responsible
for my appearance on stage
the final night
In Washington, D.C., at a
congressional recepUon for
the college queens, a friendly
waiter sang parts of "Georgia
on my Mind to me and gave
me the test for a true Georgi
an Holding out the palm of
his hand, he said. "Spank my
plank.' so I did.
I was introduced to two new
dishes: escargots and green
noodie? Die escargots were
fine as long as I considered
them just that and not snails
Everyone should try green
noddles
In the Safe Driving event. I
tried so hard to impress my
patrolman companion that I
did everything wrong, from
running stop signs to speed
ing. The kind officer told me
that each driver is allowed
one-half of the road and to
please get on my half
He suggested that I also
look the word "stop" up in the
dictionary, that I would find it
means "to arrest all moUon.”
I told him he used a fine
choice of verbs.
After becoming l^auonal
College Queen. I visited a
hospital and had lunch with an
outstanding family in Palm
Beach, priding myself' on
making no rash mistakes.
However, my bubble burst
when I returned to my hotel
and noUced that I had worn
mismatched shoes — one blue
leather and one black patent
leather shoe. In a moment, I
learned to beware self-com
placency.
Of course, I bring very in
spiring memories back to
Georgia with me. such as a
statement made by the reUr
ing college queen: "Now,
wherever you go, you can say
T know at least one person in
every state.’ "
My small hometown and
my sorority gave me warm
homecomings, but the thing
which touched me most was a
visit to my home by an elderly
gentlement in the community
He had put on his best suit and
walked two blocks to welcome
me home. With tears in his
eyes, he said. "I've never
kissed a queen before "
If I can live up to the image
I saw of me in his eyes, I shall
look forward to a very IruiUul
year.
Red
Navy
White
Black Patent
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