forei8n beauty chosen May ~een ATTENDANT • Terry Baird ATTENDANT • Ani!a Olbrich! 172 • May Fete Royalty Miss Maria Rios, a senior from Mexico City, Mexico, was chosen to reign over May Fete activities April 29th. Maria said she never dreamed she would be selected to represent her social club, Beta Tau Gamma. She feels " it is a great honor" to be selected May Queen and added, "I will always be thankful to everybody who voted for me, but most of alii am thankful to Him who let me have this wonderful experience which I will take with me in my heart and my memories when I go back to Mexico." Maria is majoring in public relations because " I love people and I am interested to learn from them and help them in any way possible." " I like to meet people from different countries and to communicate with them . I try to know not just their outside but their feeling and their way of thinking. I try to help them find the true way which the Bible shows. Maria feels the most impressive thing about Harding is " the true Christian life which each student lives and devotes here. " She loves the club activities "especially when we go to Morrilton to play with the children or go to sing and visit the elderly people's home. These are things that make me feel good within myself. These type of activities are inspiring and I personally believe that today's young people need more of these things. These activities keep us busy in mind and body, in unity praising God and close to each other." Her attendants were Terry Baird and Anita Olbricht. Terry, a member of Zeta Phi Zeta social club, is a junior elementary education major from Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She was "very surprised and very honored" to have been selected a finalist. She feels patience and endurance are her best qualities. Anita, a senior from East Syracuse, New York, is an art education major. Vice-president of Zeta Rho, she is a member of the Art Guild and JOY. "Very exci ted" about her selection as a finalist, she said the combinat ion of academics, social and spiritual atmosphere on campus is "a rare combination found no where else." She feels everything that happens to her is because of God. Without God I can't do anything and with God all things are possible."
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