W olgnoom Meredi h Co Rdc-,li, I i X c. Election Returns 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, 9.n.U IS cL l_illLiC' i'ixctxtci 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.

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