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Folk Dance Concert
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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1946
Number 11
Students {Dance Groups To Present Spring Concert
Propose
Changes
New Committee is Elected
To Investigate Existing
Government Organization
At the fourth session of the
Thursday night student body
meetings, March 14, Mary Jo
Clayton, chairman of the Com
mittee of Seven, reported on the
work of the committee up to the
present time, and the student
body passed a motion to accept
that portion of the report which
was discussed, to be submitted
to the Student Executive Coun
cil for consideration. The Coun
cil will act upon the suggestions
and submit those which are
deemed advisable to the Faculty
Committee on Student Govern
ment for approval. Those recom
mendations which are passed by
all three groups are to go into
effect for the coming year, 1946-
1947, and will be printed in the
Handbook for next year.
The committee members are
the following: Mary Jo Clayton
(chairman), Jane Watkins, and
Jean Griffith, elected by the stu
dent body; Liz Shelton, Joan
Drake, Mary Beth Thomas, and
Colleen Brown, elected as rep
resentative from each of the
classes. Following is the report
of this committee:
Recommendations from the
Committee of Seven for the sec
tion in the Handbook entitled
“Class Privileges.” (pp. 32-36.)
Note: Regulations concerning
dancing were delayed to be dis
cussed with sections entitled
“Dancing,” pp. 40-41.
We recommend that the sec
tion entitled “Class Privileges”
read as follows:
Each student is to have social
privileges of the class of which
she is a member according to
academic classification. For ex
ample, a second year student
who is a Freshman has Fresh
man privileges.
Privileges taken after 6:00
p.m. count as evening engage
ments. Students who take eve-
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Groups to Dance Tonight in Auditorium;
March 23 at Raleigh Little Theater
STUDENTS ELECT
CAMPUS OFFICERS
Tonight at 8:00 p.m. the Folk Dance Group and the Creative
Rhythms Group under the sponsorship of the Meredith College
Athletic Association will present their joint Annual Spring Dance
Concert in the College Auditorium. Again on Saturday night,
March 23, the Concert will be danced at the Raleigh Little Theater
in order that the Raleigh audience may attend.
The Folk Dance Group composed of 45 dancers under the
directorship of Miss Doris Peterson will present five groups of
period dancers:
Program I
THE FOLK DANCE GROUP
European Dances
Weggis Song .—.Collected by Augustus Zanzig
A Swiss folk dance to the music of one of their
best loved “walking songs.”
Kanafaska.... Collected by Elizabeth Burchenal
A folk dance claimed by both the Czechs and Moravians,
Kanafaska is known for its gaiety, its fast vigorous
steps, and its simple' accented melody.
Swedish Hambo — Collected by
In the recent elections, stu
dents were selected to head two
of the campus publications, and i
girls were also chosen to fill two |
of the Student Council offices. I
Jean Parker is the new editor for
the Oak Leaves. Jean's home is i
in Winston-Salem, and she is ma- I
joring in business and minoring i
in Spanish. During her sopho
more year, she was vice presi
dent of her class and reporter for
the Twig. After graduation, she
would like to work with a for
eign exchange company so that
she will have an opportunity to
use her business training and
Spanish.
Virginia Campbell has been
elected business manager of the
Oak Leaves. Her home is in Ra
leigh, and Virginia is a piano
major. After college, she plans to
do graduate work in music.
The new editor of the Acorn
for the coming year is Jean
Branch of Goldsboro. An Eng
lish and business major, Jean
plans to go into journalism after
graduation at Meredith.
Of the new officers for student
government, Joan Drake, of
Griffin, Georgia, has been chosen
as vice president for the Council
for the incoming year.
Frances Thompson, of Silver
Springs, Maryland, has recently
been elected secretary.
MEREDITH CHOOSES 1946 MAY QUEEN,
ATTENDANTS FOR SPRING FESTIVAL
For the 1946 May Day Festival at Meredith, Emma Sutherland,
of Wallace, North Carolina, will reign as Queen. When she was a
junior in high school, she won a beauty contest which was spon
sored by a producer from Hollywood, and her senior year she was
voted the most attractive in her class. In 1941, she was the maid-
of-honor in the Strawberry Festival in her home town.
At Meredith, Emma is a home®
economics major. Her sopho
more year she was class attend
ant to the May Court.
Blue-eyed, dark-haired Flora
Ann Lee of Raleigh has been se
lected to attend Queen Emma as
maid-of-honor in the May Court.
An English major. Flora Ann
was Junior Class attendant last
year.
Each class will select two rep
resentatives to the May Court.
Those chosen by the Sophomore
Class are Helen Wilkerson, of
Willow Springs, and Doris Har
ris, of Raleigh. Helen was May
Queen in the high school which
she attended and was chosen the
prettiest girl in the Senior Class
there.
Emma Sutherland
Members of the Folk Dance Group and Creative Rhythms Group pose
in costume to preview their Spring Concert to be given to night. (Photo
by Cooper)
Watkins, Spiro, Bowers Present Graduating
Recitals March 26, 27, College Auditorium
Three seniors, Jane Watkins, soprano; Margaret Spiro, violinist;
and Sallie Ray Bowers, pianist, will give graduating recitals this
month.
Jane Merritt Watkins, dramatic soprano, will give a voice
recital in the College Auditorium on Wednesday evening, March
27, 1946 at 8 p.m. She will be accompanied by Martha Hamrick,
pianist, a student of Stuart Pratt.
Jane has studied with Mrs.
Dr. Cutten To Speak
In CollegeAuditorium
Kappa Nu Sigma Sponsors Lecturer;
Banquet to Honor New Members
The Kappa Nu Sigma Honor
Society of Meredith College will
hold its annual spring meeting
on March 29, at which time they
will have as guest speaker Dr.
George B. Cutten of Chapel Hill,
N. C. The lecture will be in the
College Auditorium on March 29
at 8:00 p.m. Dr. Cutten’s subject
had not been announced.
The lecture will be preceded
by a banquet for the members
of the honor society, plus the
two new members which will be
chosen from the Junior Class.
The new members will be honor
guests on this occasion. Follow
ing the lecture there will be a
reception in the college parlors.
Dr. Cutten will not be making
his initial visit to Meredith, since
he delivered the Founders’ Day
address last year. Dr. Cutten,
graduate of Yale University with
the Ph.D. degree and former
president of Colgate University,
is a distinguished writer and
lecturer.
The reception, honoring the
speaker and two new members,
will be held in the College parlor
and seniors and faculty mem
bers are invited. Mary Jo Clay
ton is the president of Kappa Nu
Sigma this year.
Allen Thompson Labe and is now
a student of Miss Beatrice Don
ley. She has been a member of
the First Baptist Church Choir
and the Christ Episcopal Church
Choir since coming to Meredith.
She is now choir director at For
est Hills Baptist Church. Jane is
also a member of the Raleigh
Oratorio Society.
The program follows:
Hark! The Echoing Air....Purcell
Affani del Pensier Handel
Che fiero Costume Lengrenzi
Aria—Deh vieni non tardar,
Mozart
from “Le Nozze di Figaro”
Aria-
-II est doux, il est bon,
Massanet
from “Herodiade”
Contemplation Widor
II neige Bemberg
Trdume Wagner
Zuerignung Strauss
Awakening Golde
Canterbury Fair Leslie-Smith
Prelude Ronald
from “Cycle of Life”
When I Go AZone....Buzzi-Peccia
Margaret Spiro
Margaret E. Spiro, violinist,
will play her graduation recital
in the College Auditorium on
Tuesday evening, March 26,
1946, at 8:15 p.m. She will be
assisted by Sallie Ray Bowers,
pianist.
Margaret is a transfer student
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Anne Schley Duggan
The National Dance of Sweden
Na Ty Louce Zeleny (In the
Green Meadow)—Collected
by Anne Schley Duggan
One of the loveliest of the
European peasant waltzes,
which comes to us from
Czechoslovakia.
Shinin’ Moon — Collected by
Doris Peterson
A Russian Folk Dance which
shows the vigorousness and
fire of the peasant people of
that country.
Country Gardens—Collected by
Cecil Sharp
An English Morris Handker
chief Dance.
Colonial Dances of America
Oxford Minuet — Collected by
Herb Greggorson
A minuet only in pattern and
exactness of design—the dance
is the oldest of the American
Circle Dances.
Virginia Reel—Collected by Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Ford
One version of a very popular
social folk dance of colonial
America.
Singing Quadrilles — Collected
by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford
A combination of three waltz
quadrilles, “Couple Down Cen
ter,” “Flower Girl Waltz,” and
“Waltz That Girl.”
Early American Dances
Schottische—Collected by Herb
Greggorson
A combination of two of
America’s eight standard
schottisches, “Military,” and
“McGinty.”
Sally Waters — Collected by
Doris Peterson
A progressive round dance en
joyed by pioneer Americans
in the “ ’49” era.
Polka — Collected by Doris
Peterson
Dances of America’s Southwest
Spanish Circle — Collected by
Herb Greggorson
A favorite waltz brought to
this country by Spanish sol
diers in the early days of the
southwest.
Cielito Lindo — Collected by
Doris Peterson
Cowboy Dances
Skater’s Waltz — Collected by
Lloyd Shaw
A favorite waltz of the late
19th and 20th century west
ern cowboy.
Cowboy Square—Collected by
Doris Peterson
Program II
CREATIVE RHYTHMS GROUP
I. The Dream
The sleeper and her two
dream - selves, the images
and time space of her dream.
Choreography by Jenny
Rembert and the Group.
Music from “Contrasts” by
Bartok.
Black Is The Color
Fantasy based on the early
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II.