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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXI
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., MARCH 14, 1947
Number 10
Two Pianists
Play Recitals
The third senior music recital
will be presented tonight at
eight o’clock when Elizabeth
Stillwell of Sylva, North Caro
lina will be presented in her
graduating piano recital in the
Meredith College Auditorium.
Before coming to Meredith,
where she has been a pupil of
Stuart Pratt, Elizabeth studied
with her mother, Mrs. E. P.
Stillwell, and Mrs. Grover Wil-
ken of Sylva. This year Eliza
beth is president of the Mac-
Dowell Music Club. The follow
ing program will be presented:
French Suite No. 5 in G
Major Bach
Sonata in C Minor Mozart
Whims from “Phantasy
Pieces” Schumann
Nocturne Op. 62, No. 1....Chopin
Polichinelle Op. 3, No. 4
Rachmaninoff
Etude Op. 2, No. 1 ..Scriabin
La valee des cloches from
“Mivoira” Ravel
The Juggler Op. 31, No. 3, Toch
Martha Hamrick will present
her recital in partial fulfillment
of the Bachelor of Music degree
next Friday evening at eight. A
Raleigh girl, she received her
A.B. degree in January. She is
Twig editor and president and
accompanist of the college choir.
Her program follows: :
LAST POLL
NAMES SIX
Major Elections Completed
In Last Ballots
Superlatives photographed above are, seated, Jetta Funderburk, Most Attractive; Jean Griffith, Most Ath-
letic; Joan Drake, Most Popular; Vicky Manty, Most Original; Madge Futch, Cutest; and Helen Wallis, Miss
Meredith Standing behind are Virginia Holcomb, Wittiest; Emily Hine, Most Versatile; Nancy Gates, Friend
ly®®*! and Stella Lassiter, Most Stylish. Ernestine Clark, Best All-Round Town Student, and Jean Branch
Most Intellectual, were not present when the picture was made. Photo by Cooper.
Now Comes the Gentiles’
Savior Bach-Busoni
Fantaisie in F Minor Chopin
II
Two Intermezzi, Op. 119,
Nos. 1 & 3 Brahms
Etude in D Flat Major Liszt
HI
Etude in A Flat Major..Scriabin
Funeral March for a Rich
Aunt Berners
IV
Concerto No. 3 in C Minor,
Beethoven
Allegro con brio
Largo
Rondo
(Assisted by Stuart Pratt)
Each recitalist chooses mar
shals who serve during the eve
ning of her recital. Elizabeth
Stillwell has chosen the follow
ing girls: Joy Stillwell, Jo Britt,
Forestine Snyder, Doris John
son, Dortha Hennessee.
The following girls will serve
for Martha Hamrick: Olive Mil
ler, Ruth Hall, Betsy Jean Holt,
Mary Lou Dolabins.
SENIORS TEACH
IN RALEIGH
March 10-14 Brings
Posture Contest
The numerous posters that
have been distributed all about
the Meredith campus this past
week proclaimed that Posture
Week was here. The Freshman
Class can be held responsible for
those artistic displays. Prizes
were awarded for the most at
tractive posters during the
chapel service Wednesday
morning.
The feature of the week was
the posture contest sponsored by
the physical education depart
ment. At the chapel service six
teen students having A posture
were judged as they walked
across the stage. Teachers con
tinued to judge the students at
various times during the week.
Special recognition was given to
(he winners of the contest at
of aner Friday evening.
There are thirty-two seniors
who are doing their student
teaching in the Raleigh schools.
Six of these students are at
Hugh M o r s o n High School.
Bertha Ball, Dot Massey, and
Edith Timberlake are teaching
home economics; Bette Linney
and Carolyn Lockemy have
work in the field of the social
sciences; Agnes Parnell teaches
English. Also, ten seniors are at
Needham Broughton High
School. Josephine Britt, Etta
Hooper, and Joyce Temple are
teaching social sciences. Others
are Letha Bullock and Zelma
Murray, home economics; Mrs.
Frances Cartier and Josephine
Joyner, English; Betsy Dell
Maxwell and Elizabeth Snipes,
history; Margaret Wilson,
French. Nancy Middleton is at
Hardbarger’s Business College.
Others doing student teaching
have primary or grammar school
work. These are Dot Clarke,
sixth and seventh grades at
Wiley; Madge Futch, third grade
at Fred Olds; Nedge Morgan,
third grade at Boylan Heights;
Miriam Hill, first grade at Hayes-
Barton; Nancy Gates, third
grade at Fred Olds; Angeline
Shields, second grade at Fred
Olds. The remaining student
teachers are music majors. Sal-
lye Carraway is at Fred Olds
and Lewis; Emily Hine is at
Lewis; Virginia Holcomb is at
Thompson; Christine Kornegay
is at Hayes Barton; and Eliza
beth Stillwell teaches at Wiley.
Blind Students
Render Program
Two students from the N. C.
State School for the Blind were
featured at the regular chapel
service Tuesday, March 11. The
two boys played violin solos,
sang, and offered solos on the
piano. Together they did Mas
cagni’s “Ave Maria” with one
singing and the other playing a
violin accompaniment.
CALENDAR OF SPRING
EVENTS
14, Elizabeth Stillwell’s Re
cital
15, Peace, Meredith, St.
Mary’s Play Day So
ciety and Freshman
Plays
21, Martha Hamrick’s Re
cital
28-29, Spring- Folk Dance
Concert
State I. R. C. Meeting,
Meredith as Host
31, Civic Music Concert,
Ezio Pinza
APRIL
1, Virginia Holcomb’s Re
cital
3-9, Spring Holidays
11, Saxe Farmer’s Recital
12, Sigma Pi Alpha Na
tional Congress
16, Peggy Parker’s Recital
17, Civic Music Concert,
New York Philhar
monic Symphony Or-
cll6stl*3.
18, Ruth Miller’s Recital
19, Junior-Senior Banquet
22, Miss Ruth Woodman’s
Recital
25, Helen Teachey’s Recital
26, Freshman Party
Horse Shoe
29, Mrs. Frank Beaver’s
Recital
MAY
2, Glee Club Concert
3, May Day
6, Gladys Gregory’s Re
cital
7, Betsy Jean Holt’s Re
cital
9, Esther Hollowell’s Re
cital
10, Sophomore Party
13, Lucille Sawyer’s Recital
16, Nancy Dickens’ Recital
17, Nancy Resch’s Art Ex
hibit
Classes Elect Attendants
Each class has recently elect
ed two attendants to serve in
the May Court with Queen Jetta
Funderburk and Esther Hooker
her Maid of Honor. The seniors
named Geneva Witherspoon and
Letha Bullock as their repre
sentatives. Lou Ella Hoots and
Betty Davis were elected by the
Junior Class. Edith Cooper and
Jeanne Dickens will represent
the sophomores, and Hazel Wil
liamson and Dot Childress will
serve as freshman attendants.
In a later issue. The Twig will
feature the pictures of the May
Court.
STUDENTS TAKE
ART HONURS
Recently the art classes ex
hibited work of the first semes
ter. A court of school and civic
critics voted awards to several
students. Frances Wall received
first place in composition;
Bethea Wells, second in compo
sition and in sculpture; Jean
Bradley received two first
places, one in art history and
one in painting; Mary Beth
Thomas received a first and two
second places, first in figure
drawing and second in creative
design and in art history. Alice
Renner was awarded first place
in first year drawing. Marty
Davis received second in first
year drawing; Doris Johnson
received second in figure draw
ing; Nancy Resch received sec
ond in painting; Rosemary Ful
mer received first in interior
decoration, while Ruth Hall took
second place. Lois Harmon was
awarded first place in creative
design, and Sunshine Bellamy
received first in sculpture.
Carl Sandburg
Lectures Here
Carl Sandburg, noted poet and
biographer, appeared in the
Meredith College auditorium on
Monday evening, March 10, in
troduced by Dr. Lodwick Hart
ley, Head of the English depart
ment at State College. Mr. Sand
burg was born in Galesburg,
Illinois in 1878. His great life of
Lincoln in six volumes, is con
sidered to be the best so far
written. Known as “America’s
most truly native poet,” he be
lieves that his early work in a
brickyard, pottery house, hotel,
and as a harvest hand in Kansas
wheat fields equips him to be a
poet of industrial America. In
1904 Mr. Sandburg published
his first tiny pamphlet of
twenty-two poems. In 1914 he
was awarded the Levison poetry
prize for a group of poems now
known as “Chicago.” His lecture
might well be entitled, “An Eve
ning With Carl Sandburg.”
On February 27 the continu
ation of the school elections for
the 1947-48 term took place in
which the following girls were
elected: Frances Alexander, edi
tor of The Acorn; Ann Wallis,
chief counselor; Barbara Swan
son, secretary of the Student
Government; Martha Davis, vice
president of the Athletic Associ
ation; Edith Stephenson, first
vice president of the Baptist
Student Union; and Mary Vir
ginia Warren, vice president of
I the Student Government.
Frances Alexander is an Eng
lish major. For the past three
years she has been the co-writer
and director of her class stunt.
During her sophomore year
Frances was class editor of The
Acorn. This past year she has
served as feature editor of The
Twig. She has also served as
publicity chairman of the Colton
English Club, vice president of
her Sunday School Class, and
program chairman of the B. S. U.
Ann Wallis, an English major,
is a member of the Classical
Club, the Colton English Club,
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She has also served as a B. T. U.
officer. For the past year Ann
has served on the Student Gov
ernment and has been business
manager of The Acorn.
Barbara Swanson was a mem
ber of the hockey team her
freshman year, and for the past
two years she has played on her
class basketball team, serving as
captain of the team this year.
She is now treasurer of the
Astro Society and is sophomore
representative to the Student
Government. Barbara is also a
Little Theater pledge and a
member of the International
Relations Club.
Martha Davis was winner of
the freshman hockey stick, and
this year she has been captain
of the hockey championship
team. She has also played soc
cer, basketball, softball, and
badminton and is a member of
the Equitation Group. Last year
she served as freshman repre
sentative to the Athletic Associ
ation, and this year she has been
its secretary.
Edith Stephenson is a history
major and a Phi. During the
past three years she has been
secretary of her Sunday School
class, co-chairman of B. T. U.,
and B. T. U. director on the
B. S. U. council. This year she
has also been treasurer of the
Phi society and secretary of the
Junior Class.
Mary Virginia, during her
freshman year was president of
her Sunday School class. As a
sophomore she served as presi
dent of the Sophomore Class,
and this year she is treasurer
of the Student Government and
vice president of B. T. U. She is
also a member of the Home Eco
nomics Club, Barber Science
Club, Equitation Club, Glee
Club, and Silver Shield.
Elections were halted during
Religious Emphasis Week, but
they have been resumed this
week with the election of dormi
tory presidents. Little Theatre
president, second and third vice
presidents of B. S. U., and secre
tary of B. S. U.