Knic;hts' queen wins it asain Knights social club knows how to pick a winner. For the second consecutive year, their club queen and nominee for Petit Jean queen took top honors at the yearbook presentation. Senior English major Sylvia Pectol from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, succeeded last year's queen, Mary Margaret Ramsey, as she received her crown at yearbook activities May 1st. Sylvia said she was "flattered and excited" when she found out she was a finalist. Not unknown to Harding royalty, she previously served as a 1977 May Queen nominee and as senior representative to the Homecoming Court. She did admit that "Satan thinks it's fun to work on my vanity." She feels her greatest asset is "having God as my Father. The thing that gets me through every day is realizing His love, accepting it, and in return loving Him back." Sylvia feels the most impressive thing about Harding is "the day-to-day Christian examples of faculty and students that have changed my life and made me more Christ-like." A member of Tofebt social club, she serves as treasurer of SNEA, is a member of Sigma Tau Delta English fraternity, went on International Campaigns and belongs to the Ireland Missions Group. Serving as Sylvia's attendants were Teri Alexander and Christi Turner. Teri, Theta Tau's club queen, is a senior physical education major from San Jose, California. A member of GATA social club, she belongs to the PEMM Club and Kappa Delta Pi education fraternity. She is listed in Who's Who and se(Ved on the 1977 Winter Festival Court. Teri said, "I really appreciate the way I've been loved and accepted at Harding. I believe all people's strongest asset is to be able to love and to show it." She feels the Lord has really blessed her and was honored to have been selected as a finalist. Christi, Sub-T 16's queen, is a junior from Tupelo, Mississippi. A special education major, she belongs to Shantih social club. She felt "very honored" to be selected a finalist, describing it as "something special," Christi feels God is the only strong point she has and said that Harding has caused her to realize "how much my family has done for me and how grateful for them I've grown to be." ATTENDANT • Teri Alexander ATTENDANT • Christi Turner Petit 'ean Royahy • 171 l
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