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Mention “The Twig” Wlien You Buy Published Biweekly as the Official Organ of the Student Body of Meredith College Risrht! Volume XVIU MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., MARCH 11. 1&39 Kappa Nu Sigma Has • Banquet At Old Rose Tea Room March 9th Scholarship Society Selects Dot Green, F. Culberson as N e w Junior Members; Dr. T. H. Jack Will Speak at A n n u a 1 Lecture Scheduled for Next Month The Kappa Nu Sigma Honor So ciety held its anntial banquet on Thursday evening, March 0 at the Old Rose Tea Room. It Is a cus tom o( the society at Its annual banquet to tnko into the society the two juniors who have maintained the highest scholastic average over a period of two and one halt years. The two new junior members are Frieda Culberson and Dorothy Green. Frieda Culberson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Culberson of Asheville, North Carolina. She is an English major and an active member ot both the Colton English Club and the Classical Club, ot which she is secretary. She Is also Junior editor ot the Acorn and fea ture editor o( the Twig. Dorothy Green is from Danville, Virginia and Is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. George Oreen, naptlst missionaries to Ogbomosho, Nige ria, West Africa. She has recently been elected president ot the stu dent government association ot Meredith for the 1939-1940 session. She wns born in Oghomosho but has been In the United States since she was twelve years old. She is now president of her class and is a member ot several clubs. The Kappa Nu Sigma Honor So clety of Meredltli College was founded with the purpose of en couraging and rewarding good scholarship in Meredith College. It has as its motto three words, “Beauty, Intelligence, Wisdom.” There are student, faculty, and alumnae members in the society. —Continued on page 3. SINGS IN RALEIGH NKIjSON eddy GLEE CLUB TO GIVE CONCERHIARCH 21 Program Is Divided Into Two Parts; Songs by the Club, and ‘Gitana,’ an Operetta The Meredith Glee Club will pre Bent its annual concert Tuesday night, March 21, under the direc tion ot Miss Ethel Rowland. The program this year will be divided IntO’ two parts. The first part will be formal, and will consist of two grouBS ot songs by the glee club and a piano number by Virginia Council, the accompanist for the glee club. The second part will be the presentation of a Spanish op* eretta, The Ottana. The formal program will be as follows: Irish Folk Song. Arthur Foote There's a Brown Bird Singing Haydn Wood I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair Stephen Foster Piano solo by Virginia Council Etude No. 2 Chopin At Times My Thoughts Come Drift ing..,'. Brahms The Smith Brahms Floods of Spring. Rachmanlnoff- Harrls. The operetta, by Joseph Roeckel and Mrs. Alexander Roberts, con sists of three acts, each In colorful Spanish costume. The scene ot the first act is laid in the woods near the Alhambra, at a gypsy camp. The second act is a scone by the enchanted fountain, and the third is In the castle of the Alhambra. The principals ot the operetta are Frances Dixon as Zayda, Paulyne Stroud as the Queen, Jessie Currin as the King, Mary Gavin as the lady of the fountain, and Mary Lois Overby as the page. Bettle Vernon will be the' solo dancer. Fpr the performance ot the ope retta, the regular glee club will be augmented by Virginia Qreene, Vir ginia MoOougan, Hazel Johnston, Muriel Upchurch, Margaret Weath* erspoon, and Sarah Moore Bryant. N. EDDY SINGS HERE MARCH 24 Popular Screen Star Appears in Concert Only Once in N. C. Nelson Eddy will give a concert In the Raleigh Memorial Audito rium Friday evening, March 24. presented by Marvin McDonald. This concert in Raleigh will be the only appearance he will make In North Carolina this year. His tour includes four other Southern cities: Richmond, Va., Columbia, S. C,, Chattanooga, Tenn., and Miami, Fla. He began his tour of the South on February C. Seventy-Ave Meredith girls have planned to hear Mr. Eddy's pro gram of classical and Bemi-classl- cal music. This is an increase In the number of Meredith girls who heard him sing in 1937, showing the extent to which Mr. Eddy cap tivated his previous audience. Mr, McDonald has stated that the demand tor tickets is very great and that all seats have been sold except those on the stage. CLASSES CHOOSE ATTENDANTS FOR 1939 M^COURT T. Wall, T. Herring, For Seniors; H. Can ady, E. Marshburn, Juniors; M, Bunn, B. Fleischmann, Sopho mores The May Queen and her mnid-of- honor, having been chosen last fall by the student body, the four class es have met to choose the two from each class who will be the queen’s attendants. The queen of the day this year wlll'be Annie Lee Johnson, of Apex, Annio Lee is the college marshal this year, a member of the Sliver Shield leadership society, a mem ber of the nominating committee, and she has been chosen by mem bers of her class as the most at tractive senior. Mary Gavin, of Sanford, wilt be the maid ot honor. Last fall the student body voted that the maid of honor be the runner-up In the election of the queen Instead of be ing chosen by the queen as in pre vious years. The class attendants who have been chosen by the classes are: seniors, Theresa Wall, of Winston- Salem, and Thomaslne Herring, of Kinston: juniors, Evelyn Marsli- burn, of RIchlands, and Helen Can ady ot Raleigh; sopliomores, Mar garet Bunn, of Zebiilon, and Betty Fleischmann, of Greenville. The two freshman attendants were chosen from the following: Sallle'Arnold, ot Raleigh, Trudy Suiter,, of Scot land Neck, Prances Buchanan, of Laurlnburg, ond Betty Clingan of Covington, Virginia. In tlie flnal election Sallie Ar nold and Frances Buchanan were selected. Number 10 W.F.-MEREDITH HAVE STUNT Njm MAR. 18 Meredith Girls Admitted Free Of Charge; Various Con tests on Program INTER-SOClETY DEBAIHEB. 27 Astros Are Victors in Debate on State Con trol of Colleges NEW MEMBERS TAKEN IN OMEGA Dramatic Group Installs Two Pledges; Mary Jan& Lind- ley, Alta Critcher The Eta Nu Chapter at Mere dith ot Alpha PsI Omega, national honorary dramatic society, in stalled two new members. Mary Jane Lindley and Alta Critcher, on Wednesday, March 8. The installation lasted from 6 o’clock In the afternoon until 8 that night. The two pledges flrst went through a secret initiation In Dr, and Mrs. Charles E. Brew er’s parlor in C Dormitory, after which they were entertained at a banquet at the Tally-Ho Inn. Alpha Pel Omega is one ot the three largest honorary fraterni ties In tiio United States. The Meredith chapter was organized in May, 1938, with eleven charter members, for the purpose of giv ing recognition tor outstanding work In dramatics. In order to bo a member, one must have com pleted approximately twioe as much work in dramatics as is re quired for Little Theater member ship. This year the work ot Alpha PsI Omega has been mostly in co> operation with Little Theater ac tivities. Present members of the organ ization are; Minnie Anna Forney, president; Minetta Bartlett, vice president; Geraldine Tuttle, sec retary; Mildred Ann Oritcber, and Annie Glizabetb CowaM. Other new members will be ad mitted after the spring produotlon ot the Little TbMt»r, An inter-society debate was held between the Astro and Phi Liter ary Societies on Monday night, February 27. at 6; 45 In Astro Hall. The query for dlscuasion was, “Resolved; That all four-year col leges and universities should be uiider State supervision.'' The Astro Society, represented by Marysla Chtmlelinska and Vir ginia Lancaster, upheld the af- flrmative side of the debate, where as, the negative was defended by Sara Moore Bryant and Marietta McLennon, representing the Phi Society. The main points used by the afUrmatlve were; 1. Education wants to strike out intolerance, which Is found In denomlnotlonal schools through strict rules. 2. State schools give n much greater advantage to students il- nanclally, 3. State schools give a better life socially. The speakers upholding the negative side used as their main points the following: 1. State control unwise in the ory. 2. State control is detrimental to education. 3. Education can best be car ried on by private enterprise. The debate was won by the Astro Society. Rachel Poe was time-keeper and Helen McIntosh, presiding officer. Judges were Misses Maude Clay Little, Lois Byrd and Ada Pfohl, Tiy Ray Pn-TMAN, Old aoUl and Black The largest and moat elaborate of Meredith and Wake Forest Joint Stunt Nights will take place next Saturday night In the Wake Forest gym, as buses, cars, and, if necessary, wheelbarrows, are dratted into service to transport Meredith girls to the scene ot the festivities. Sponsored by the Wake Forest Athletic Association, the affair will be under the supervision ot Mere dith B, S. U. and Student Govern ment omclals and Athletic Direc tor Jim Weaver ot Wake Forest, Plans have been completed for the use ot several buses, and students may make the round trip to Wake Forest for thirty cents. There will be no admission price at the gate tor Meredith girls. Prizes will be awarded those giving the best Wake Forest stunt and the best Individual performer. These are only a few of the con tests, however—for there will be little appllng,” fraternity and non-fraternity skits by the Wake Forest boys, as well as red-hot swing music by Bill Vanden Dries and his Deacons of Rhythm. Publicity Director Walter Hol ton and his assistant, Prank Cas- tlebury, both of Wake Forest, were on the campus Wednesday afternoon arranging details for the night, which, according to the cryptic Holton, will be both "co lossal” and "mammoth.'' Barbara Behrman, president of the local B, S. U., has urged that everyone who can possibly do so make plans to attend the event. If you wish to go, get in toufih with Barbara, PHIS VICTORIOUS OVER ASTROS IN AKNOAUONTESI “Twelve Pound Look” Name of Phi Play by James Barrie MISS FRANCES M. BAILEY IS DIRECTOR OF PLAYS Cast of Winning Presentation Included Barbara Behrman, Sarah Cole, Doris DeVault, Mary Tilson Edwards; Astros Present "Surpressed Desires” FRESIfflEN PLAN PARIVMAR. 11 Tropical Motif Will Feature in Program Decorations TWe freshman class is having Its party Saturday night, March 11. The decoi'atlons are going to be tropical. Palms and grass will be used. Cathrlne Chlffelle is chairman of the committee on dec orations. Sally Arnold and Ann Barrow are also on the commit tee. Billy Vanden Dries and his or chestra from Wake Forest will furnish music for the evening. A variety program will be car ried out during the evening. Miss Addle Davis is chairman of the entertainment committee. Others on the committee are Nancy Cal loway, Mary Ann Canaday and Nancy Johnson. Mary Hester Powell is chairman of the refreshment committee, Trudie Suiter and Betty Clingan are also on this committee. Other meiiibei's of the class are taking part in the entertainment and general management ot the party. The Phllaretlun Literary Society was the winner of the cup for the society plays sponsored by the Little Theater on February 23, Each year the two literary socie ties, Astrotekton and Phllaretian, hove presented plays under aus pices of the Little Theater, To the winning society there has been given a banner. This year a new system wns organized which will give a cup to the soclety'that wins as many as two ot the three plays givep, The winning society will have its name engi'aved upon the cup. Annie Elizabeth Coward, of Goldsboro, president ot the Lit tle Theater, presented the cup to Mary Jane Lindley of Winston- Salem, president of the Philare- tlan Literary Society. Miss Frances Bnlley directed the plays. The cast for the winning play, Twelve Pomd Look by Sir James Barrie, was: Sir Harry Sims Mary Tllson Edwards Lady Sims Sara Cole Barbara Behrman Tombs, butler Doris DeVault The stage manager was Mary Belle Bullock; the property man ager, Betty Fleischmann; the cos tume manager, Rachel Poe. The Astrotekton Society pre sented a lively comedy Stip- prexxed Desire, by Susan Glas- pell. On the same night, the fresh man class presented Three PWs hi u liollle by Rachel Field, Dorothy Green New Student Government President For 1939-40 HEADS STUDENTS DOROTHY GREKN GAVE CLUB HAS lIVEiytlEETiC Officers For Spring- Term Elected; Sarah Hudson, Pres. Meredith-State B. S, U. Councils Entertained On February" 21at, the Meredith B, S. U. CouDoi] entertained the State College Council with a social hour in the Astro hall. A welner roast at the chimney had been planned, but it was rained out; however, the weiners were pre pared in the kitchen and served with tea, The Gavel oluh met in the Asti'o hall on February 27 at quarter to five. Sarah Hudson presided, and Dot Willson acted as secretary. After the roll call and the read ing and approval of the minutes, the election of offlcers for the spring semester took place. Sarah Hudson was elected president; Hel en McIntosh, vice president, and Dorothy Willson secretary and treasurer. Margaret Noel received the office of sergeant-at-arms, and Dot Willson was elected to serve as parliamentarian tor the next month, The olub adjourned with the customary Stroke o( the gavel. E. HOWELL IN SERIES OF ORCM_RECITALS Dr. Cooper Presented Pupil In His Regular Series of " Weekly Broadcasts On Tuesday night. February 28 from D to 0;30, Dr, Harry E. Cooper presented Miss Elizabeth Howell in bis regular scries of weekly organ broadcasts over W, P. T. F, The program wns broadcasted from thu college auditorium by remote con trol, Miss Howell played the following pieces: Choral: ffert/llcii T/iul MMi Ver- Bach The organ chorals, which Bnch ■ intended for use In the church service, contains some of the most delicate and beautiful pas sages to be found In old music literature. This choral 0 Sacred Head, How Wotimled is one of the most beautiful and Is found In most hymnals today, ChrUtus ne«ej*Te®ft...,Ravanello An Easter song of triumph In which the trumpets are heard to reiterate time and again "Christ Is Risen! Christ Is Risen To day!" aoherxo (From E Minor SonatoJ Rogers This Scherzo is purely a conccrt number. It is a most pleasing example ot the Scherzo form, the essence ot which is sport, just, and brightness. lievorte Dickinson The composer of this piece is a New York organist. Thou Art The Rock Mulet A composer, organist, and mnsi- olan ot high culture is Henry Mulet. Since 1D23 he has been a tltulor organist at the grand orgue In ,St, Philippe du Roule, From his manuscripts of organ pieces, Mulet has published only the Carillon and the Esqulsses by Zantlnes. This cQniposltlon Is from the latter. TO BOLD STYLE SBOWAPRI1.20 State Textile School To Present Colleges In Fashion Show The State College Textile School win present the twelfth annual Style Show on April 20. The fab rics ore designed and woven by the boys and given to the girls representing the different schools. This year nine North Carolina col leges aro entering 115 girls. The following colleges will be repre sented; Elon, Floi'a MacDonald, Greensboro, High Point, Louls- burg, Meredith, Peace, Queen's Chlcora, and St. Mary’s. All ot the girls from Meredith are from the freshman clothing class, but the other schools are not limiting the girls to this particular class. The girls from Meredith wore chosen by their own class. Each of the thirty-six girls in two sec tions modeled her dress made dur ing the Ilrst semester. This pre view ot the style show was held In Phi Hall, and the class voted on twenty of those parlicipating, The ilfteeu having the greatest number of votes are the ones chosen to enter the style show. In choosing the girls, the class kept In mind the following points; tho general appearance ot the girl —such as the color, line and de sign of her dress; how the dress was worn—the stage appearance of the contestant; mannerisms which might detract—such as pos ture. earrloge. grace, ease, etc. The work done on the dresses for the Style Show is done us a part of the regular classroom work, • The following girls will repre sent Meredith; Ruth Adams, Sally Arnold. Nancy Calloway, Mary Anne Canadaj-, Mary Frances Cooper, Virginia ailllland, Ida Mowell, Eula Hutchinson, Edwlna Lawrence, Rebecca Patterson, Jac queline Prevost, Amelia Pruitt, Marjorie Rhea, Nancy Stroup, and Lois Upchurch, N First Election Is Held March 3; Followed by Run-oif March 4; Aileen Snow Defeat ed by Small Margin; Other Candidates, Minetta Bartlett and E. E. Coggins The first election for the year 1339-1940 wns culminated on Sat urday, March 4, when Dorothy Green of Danville, Va.. daughter of Dr. and Mrs, George Green of Nigeria, Africa, was elected presi dent of the Student Government Association, The student body voted during the chapel hour on Friday morning. Candidates nom inated by the Nominating Commit tee Included Minetta Bartlett, Kin ston; Edna Earle Coggins, Inman, S. C.; Aileen Snow, Maplewood, N. J.; and Dorothy Green. Due to the fact that no one of the candi dates had a majority, a re-vote had to be taken Saturday between Aileen Snow and Dorothy Green, in which the latter was victorious. Since she has been a student at Meredith, Dorothy has been very prominent in campus activities. She was vice president of her class and on the Tioig staff her freshman year. As a sophomore, she wns a reporter for the B. S. V. Council, reporter for the A. A. Board, feature editor of the poetry editor ot tho Acom. and Sho is president class and poetry Acorn this year. of the junior editor of the DR. JOHNSON TRUSTEE FOR S WL IN KY. Meredith Teacher Chosen One Of Three Trustees at Large; Attends Board Meeting BIOLOGY CLUB MEETS IN ROTUm FEB. 24 Discussion of N. C.’s Work in Scientific Research Led By S. L. Clarke Dr. Mary Lynch Johnson, one of the three trustees at large for the Women’s Missionary Union Training School, attended a meet ing of the board in Louisville, Kentucky, February 21-23. The principal discussion during the seven meetings was the re building of the school on Its new site adjoining tho Southern Bap tist Theological Seminary. The site Includes seven acres and the plans tor the building are mod ern and adefiuate In every respect. The jiew administration build ing will be uanied McLure Hall— named for Maud Reyuolds Mc Lure, who wns for mauy years Drincipal of the Training School. Tho center of their school life is the Heck Memorial Chapel named for Fannie E, Heck, president of the Woman’s Missionary Union of the South when the Training School was first built. North Carolina gave the stained glass Windows for the chapel aud sends chickens each year for the girls' Easter dinner. There are about 75 girls ot- tendlng the Training School, Three are Meredith girls—Isabelle Mor gan. Carmen Morgan, and Ruth Yutes. There are four others from North Carolina. The Bnrbor Biology club held Its I'egular monthly meeting Friday, February 24, in the Rotunda. Sada Louise Clarke, vice president of the olub, was in charge of the pro gram, which consisted of n discus sion on North Carolina's work in sclentinc research. Evelyn Marsh- burn told of the work Stato College boys are doing In connection with the fungus disease that is killing chestnut trees In North Carolina. Helen Jones talked on "Recent Re search on Thunderlees Lightning." Kathleen Jackson gave an account of premature age which is due to mineral starvation. Art Exhibit Prepared For Display by Class At present there 1s on display in Ihe art room an exhibit depicting tho development of landscape paint ing, This exhibit was made by and for the doss In Art. Problems of Form. The pictures In Ue exhibit are a series of paintings that show land scape paintings from the time of Glotts to the present time. Various and sundry pictures collected by Miss Ida Poteat ond Miss Mary Tillery were used as models. Members of the class mounted the pictures for their own study and later decided to form an e». hlblt for the public.