Alumnae Supplement to The Twig
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1945
Luncheon Proves
Gala Occasion
Winnie Rickett Pearce
Excels As Toastmaster
At Annual Event
The annual luncheon of the
Alumnae Association was held in
the dining hall immediately follow
ing the Association meeting on June
2, 1945. Winnie Rickett Pearce, ’25,
served as toastmaster for the oc
casion, which was attended by ap
proximately three hundred alumnae
and friends of the College.
Following the singing of “The
Star Spangled Banner” by the as
sembled group, the toastmaster
made a short speech of welcome
and introduced the special guests
for the occasion. These included
President and Mrs. Campbell; Miss
Anna M. Baker, Dean of Women;
Foy Johnson Farmer, ’07, the
speaker of the morning and an
alumnae trustee; Marguerite Mason
Wilkins, ’30, president of the As
sociation; Miss Beatrice Donley,
head of the department of voice,
who sang at the morning session;
Mr. Satterfield, field representative
of the College, and Mrs. Satterfield;
Mr. Hadcock, director of the Expan
sion Program, and Mrs. Hadcock;
Dr. J. Rufus Hunter, past president
and present member of the board
of trustees; Mr. R. N. Simms, mem
ber of the board of trustees, and
Mrs. Simms (Virgie Egerton, ’04);
Mabel Claire Hoggard Maddrey, ’28,
and Maude Davis Bunn, ’10,
alumnae trustees; Mrs. Charles E.
Brewer; Miss Mary Shannon Smith,
former professor of history in the
College; Mr. J. G. Boomhour, former
dean of the College, and Mrs. Boom-
hour; Miss Mary Hanchette, in
structor in piano in the College and
sponsor for the Senior Class; Miss
Helen Price, professor of Latin and
Greek, and Miss Annie White,
former house director. Other guests
included the resident members of
the college faculty.
The Class of 1945 was inducted
into the Association with the tradi
tional ceremony, and Rachel Strole,
president, presented the class doll
to be added to the alumnae collec
tion.
The recognition of reunion
classes, under the direction of Ellen
Brewer, ’18, took the form of con
ferring of the degree of LL.D. (Loy
al Loying Daughters) on a repre
sentative of each class. Marguerite
Mason Wilkins read the citation and
recipients of degrees were hooded
with appropriate ceremonies. 'The
citation read as follows:
Because of your love and loyalty
to your Alma Mater, and in recogni
tion of your reunion year, by
authority of the Alumnae Associa
tion and upon recommendation of
Father Time and Mae Grimmer, I
confer upon you the LL.D. degree
(Loyal, Loving Daughters) and de
clare you entitled to all the rights
and privileges pertaining thereto
(even to the paying of your Loyalty
Fund and continuing your active
membership in the Association year
by year—yea, even to the sending
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GRADUATES OF 1945 JOIN RANKS OF ALUMNAE
Alumnae Hold
Annual Meeting
Foy Johnson Farmer
Speaks On Meredith
College and the W.M.U.
Many Gifts Presented
By Loyal Alumnae
Many tangible expressions of love
came to Meredith on Alumnae Day,
June 2, 1945. The gifts included
books, pictures, a silver vase, a mir
ror, bonds, and money.
Two original hand-colored bird
prints, mounted and framed by the
late Catherine Moseley Love, were
presented by the Class of 1935, of
which Mrs. Love was president un
til her death in 1943. The prints
came into the possession of the class
through the kindness of their late
president’s mother, Mrs. H. A.
Moseley of Warrenton, N. C.
The Class of 1920, honoring their
silver anniversary, gave a silver
vase to the College. Madge Daniels
Barber, permanent president of the
class made the presentation. She
also presented to the Association a
mahogany gavel, made by students
of the high school in which she
teaches in Ardmore, Pennsylvania.
Books received totaled six; two
from the Philadelphia Chapter of
Meredith Alumnae, one from the
Class of 1909, and three from the
Class of 1920. One of these volumes
was given in memory of three de
ceased members of the Class of
1920.
The Class of 1935, observing their
tenth anniversary, presented two
twenty-five dollar bonds purchased
with special tenth anniversary gifts
from the members.
The youngest alumnae group, the
Class of 1945, made two presenta
tions: a class doll for the alumnae
collection and a donation of twenty-
five dollars to the Ida Poteat Loan
Fund.
From the Alumnae Association,
the College received the mirror,
presented to the faculty for the
Faculty Parlor. The Association
also contributed $2,100 to the Swim
ming Pool Fund, increasing to $7,-
000 the total given by the organiza
tion for this purpose.
Association Will
Edit Supplement
Eight Issues to Carry
Alumnae News and Views
The Alumnae Supplement to the
Twig, which apepars for the first
time with this issue, is the out
growth of the resolution passed at
the last annual meeting of the
Alumnae Association “that the
alumnae sponsor a supplement to
the Twig, in lieu of a Bulletin.” The
publication, to be prepared by an
alumnae staff, will appear eight
times during the college year and
will be mailed with the Twig to all
alumnae.
The Supplement represents an in
termediate step between the
alumnae columns of former years
and the independent alumnae maga
zine which the Association hopes to
publish in the near future. The aim
will be to keep alumnae informed
on matters of interest at the college
and on news of Meredith alumnae
and friends wherever they are. The
staff will accept responsibility for
the former, but alumnae coopera
tion will be needed in supplying
items of interest concerning individ
ual alumnae and friends.
“Every day in every way, Mere
dith gets better and better.”
Especially do I say this to myself
(if not aloud) every fall as I re
turn to the campus to witness the
beginning of another school year.
Fresh paint in halls and rooms
makes us conscious that Mr. Zeno
Martin, college bursar, and others
have been busy through the sum
mer, improving the physical ap
pearance of Meredith. Perhaps
there will be new buildings by next
fall. We certainly hope so!
New faces among the faculty re
mind us that Dr. Campbell and
the Board of Trustees have been
marvelously successful not only in
meeting the demands of the new
day, but also in upholding, the
high academic standards of the
American Association of Universi
ties and other accrediting agencies.
Every year we miss more and more
those faculty members “long loved
and lost.” Meredith grows in ap
preciation for those founders and
faculty members who laid well the
foundation for today. The trustees
in a beautiful and fitting way at
their July meeting presented gifts
of silver to those living who have
served the College twenty-five years
or more. Those so honored were
J. Gregory Boomhour, former dean
of the College, who joined the staff
in 1904; Mrs. Gertrude Royster
Sorrell, former head of the depart
ment of physical education, 1905;
Dr. L. E. M. Freeman, professor of
religion, 1910; Catherine Allen,
former head of the department of
modern languages, 191'7; Dr. Mary
Lynch Johnson, associate professor
of English, 1918; Ellen Brewer, head
of the department of home econom
ics, 1919; Lattie Rhodes, secretary
to the president, 1920; S. G. Riley,
head of the department of history
and government, 1920; and Dr.
Ernest F. Canady, head of the de
partment of mathematics, 1920.
Recognition was accorded also to
six members of the board of trustees
who have served for more than
twenty-five years: Dr. James Yad
kin Joyner of LaGrange and R. N.
Simms of Raleigh, since 1902; W. A.
Thomas of Statesville, 1910; W. H.
Weatherspoon of Raleigh, 1917; Mrs.
S. J. Everett of Greenville, 1918;
and Dr. Z. M. Caveness of Raleigh,
1919. Two servants of the college
who have served more than twenty-
five years, Catherine Evans and Will
Nichols, were presented with purses.
The large number of new stu
dents each year makes us realize
that Meredith is growing as the
years go by. Doesn’t it sound won
derful to hear Dr. Campbell say
that Meredith is full—even guest
rooms and practice house? There
is a waiting list, signifying that
Meredith offers the type of educa
tion which the girls of today want.
They want mental acumen, practical
knowledge, and skills—yes! But
they also want inner strength for
the Atomic Age. All this can be
found in a Christian college like
Meredith.
Features which will appear
regularly in the Supplement will
include a message from the presi
dent of the Association, a report on
the progress of the Loyalty Fund, a
calendar of events at the College,
and the usual news of chapter meet
ings, marriages, births, and deaths.
Subsequent issues will carry also a
column of class notes, featuring each
time a selected group of the reunion
classes. Requests will be made for
information for this column, and
alumnae are urged to cooperate by
sending the desired details and pic
tures as promptly as possible. The
staff will welcome suggestions for
features and news articles and will
solicit aid from alumnae in the
preparation of such material.
The committee for editing the
Supplement, appointed by the pres
ident of the Association, is com
posed of Norma Rose, ’36, chairman;
Mary Lynch Johnson, ’17; Eleanor
Edwards Williams, ’37; and lone
Kemp Knight, ’43.
Executive Committee
Meets At College
The first meeting of the Execu
tive Committee of the Meredith Col
lege Alumnae Association for 1945-
46 was held Friday, September 2l
in the alumnae office at the College
Eleven members of the committee
were present.
In the course of a business ses
sion several decisions concerning
events in which alumnae will be in
terested were made. The complete
calendar will be found elsewhere
in this issue, but attention should
be called especially to Meredith
Week, October 8 to 15; Homecom
ing Day, set for Stunt Day, October
27 or November 3; and Founders’
Day, which will be observed this
year on November 9 instead of the
traditional first Friday in February.
The president was requested to ap
point a committee to handle details
of a radio broadcast to be sponsored
by the Association on that day.
Committee chairmen reported
progress on the various projects
under way, and after some discus
sion a motion was carried that inas
much as the Association had
realized $124.87 from the coupon
and magazine projects last year,
both of these should be continued
another year.
President Campbell, speaking to
the group, brought a gratifying re
port on enrollment, faculty addi
tions, and other such matters. His
statement that there was definite
hope that the building program
would be started by next spring was
particularly welcome news.
Following the meeting, the officers
were guests of the College for a
cafeteria luncheon in the dining
hall.
The annual meeting of the Mere
dith College Alumnae Association
was held Saturday morning, June 2,
1945, in the Astrotekton Hall. Mar
guerite Mason Wilkins, president,
was in charge of the meeting, which
consisted of usual committee re
ports, recommendations of the
Executive Committee, and the
morning address by Foy Johnson
Farmer, ’07, of Raleigh.
Reports were given by the chair
men of the various committees.
Mary Yarbrough reported an in
crease of approximately $500 in the
Ida Poteat Loan Fund. Jane Greene
reported for the Bulletin Commit
tee. In the absence of Bernice Kelly
Harris, Chairman of the Friends of
the Library, reference was made to
a printed report of gifts to the
library and the commission on
magazirle subscriptions for the year.
Displayed in the hall was a maroon
and white chain of names, prepared
by the Loyalty Fund Chairman,
Lois Stafford Kelly, each of the
seven hundred links in the chain
representing an active alumnae.
Reba Parker Hooks, reporting for
the committee, announced the ad
dition of twenty-eight Life Members
during the year. The hope was ex
pressed that before the end of the
year the 30 per cent active mem
bership goal would be reached.
Mae Grimmer, Executive Secre
tary and Treasurer, reported on the
financial status of the Association,
the addition of nine new chapters,
and the progress of the Expansion
Program. She presented also the
recommendations of the Executive
Committee, which were accepted
unanimously by the Association.
Among these was the recommenda
tion that each alumna should re
double her efforts in behalf of the
Expansion Program. It is hoped
that the goal of $565,000 soon will
be reached. In the coming year all
are to continue to help with the
student enrollment, as well as strive
to reach the goal of 40 per cent for
active membership in the Associa
tion. Replacing the Bulletin, a sup
plement to the Twig is to be pub
lished during the coming year.
Authorization was also given for a
survey, conducted by means of a
questionnaire, for determining the
occupations of all alumnae.
Margaret Craig Martin, ’30,
Chairman of the Hospitality Com
mittee reported that approximately
two hundred had registered, and
that Kathryn Privott Sledge, ’35,
held the distinction of having come
the longest distance, from Gadsden,
Alabama. Bringing the largest
number of coupons were Madge
Daniels Barber, ’20, and Ophelia
Johnson Nance, ’20, both of Penn
sylvania.
Blanche Burke Satterfield an
nounced the results of the competi
tive ballot for officers for 1945-1947.
(A complete list of the officers may
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LOYALTY CHAIRMAN REPORTS
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
1945-1946
Chapter Presidents’ Meeting,
October 6.
Meredith Week, October 8-15.
Founders’ Day, November 9.
Council Meeting, November
10. Also Palio and Stunt
Night.
Alumnae Luncheon during
Baptist State Convention,
November 13-15, in Raleigh.
Alumnae Luncheon during
W.M.U. Convention, March
12-14, in High Point.
May Day.
Commencement, May 31-June
3.
Alumnae Day, Saturday, June
1.
Margaret Craig Martin
Now that the new year is under
way and we turn our thoughts from
summer to the pleasant things of
fall, please tie a little string to your
finger so that it will remind you
to send that $2 or $2 (plus) to Mae
Grimmer for the Loyalty Fund. Just
in case some of you still don’t know,
the “Loyalty Fund” is our name for
alumnae dues or that little amount
which keeps you an active member
in our ever increasing organization
You will be delightfully surprised
to know how much we have grown
in “active” membership during the
last few years—from a mere 15 per
cent to 30 per cent and now this
year our goal is 40 per cent. We
can reach this if we get that “early
bird” habit which will eliminate
the last minute spurt.
Did you know that we gave the
College $2,100 last year to be added
to the Swimming Pool Fund? Let’s
have a great deal more than that
this year. From all reports, we’ll
have some dreams in the process of
realization when spring comes
again.
Watch this active membership
Chain of Names grow: Annie Sarah
Barkwell Abbott, Lillian Horton
Ammons, L.M., Mary Farrior
Baker, Madge Daniels Barker, L.M.,
Hildreth Squires Barnes, L.M.,
Virginia Anne Craver Barnett,
Marguerite Harrison Berry, L.M.,
Lois Arnette Bliss, L.M., Ruby Har-
ville Boyles, L.M., Ellen Brewer,
L.M., Lida Page Bridges, L.M., Mar
garet Bright, L.M., Anne Ashcraft
Brooks, L.M., Clarice Holder Bryan,
Dr. Blanche Tabor Burchard, L.M.,
Mary Louise Huffman Cornwell,
L.M., Martha C. Dail, L.M., Eliza
beth Dark, ’45, Elva Wall Davis,
L.M., Annie D. Denmark, L.M.,
Lulie Dickson, L.M., Janie Parker
Dixon, L.M., Lillian Draughan,
L.M., Ada Briggs Edgerton, L.M.,
Lois Edinger, ’45, Fannie Memory
Farmer, L.M., Foy Johnson Farmer,
L.M., Minnie Farrior, Hester P
Farrior, Mirvine Garrett, L.M., Cal-
lie Dunlap Gibson, L.M., Eleanor
Lilley Gobble, L.M., Bernice White
Goodman, L.M., Juliette Loving
Green, L.M., Jane Greene, L.M.
Mae Grimmer, Mary Little Henley
L.M., Emma Byrum Hobbs, L.M.,
Bertha Carroll Hoyle, L.M., Frances
Jones Jackson, L.M., Mary Lynch
Johnson, L.M., Eunice Edmundson
Johnston, L.M., Josephine Arnette
Kendall, L.M., lone Kemp Knight,
Katherine Nooe Knox, L.M., Dr.
Bessie Lane, L.M., Sophie Lanneau,
L.M., Evelyn Squires Lloyd, L.M
Margaret Pope McIntyre, L M
Betsy McMillan, ’45, Leila Mem
ory McMillan, L.M., Ann Bradsher
Martin, L.M., Juanita Arnette
Matthews, L.M., Louise Mays, L.M.
Odessa Arnette Memory, L.M. Ethel
English Moyers, L.M., Hattie Sue
Hale Newcomb, L.M., Sarah Nooe
L.M., Sophronia Jordan Nordan’
Phyllis Mays Nottingham, L.M. Mae
McMillan Olive, L.M., Kate Johnson
Parham, L.M., Rosa Paschal, L.M
Rosa Hocutt Powell, L.M., Evelyn
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