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THE TWIG
October 31, 1947
Profile of Dr. Clyde Parker
By ELLA MAY SHIRLEY
Have you noticed a quiet man
walking to and from classes? Do
you know who he is? Let’s see
what kind of person he is. This
man, Dr. Clyde N. Parker, is the
new head of the Department of
Sociology.
Although Dr. Parker is a Vir
ginian, born in Prince George
County, Virginia, he is quite
modest. Other vital statistics in
clude the facts that he is mar
ried, has three children, went to
the University of Richmond and
Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, and did summer
school work at the Universities
of North Carolina and Virginia.
While he was in school Dr. Park
er participated in sports as a
member of the track team and as
a member of the freshman high
jumping team. He was interest
ed in debating, and in connec
tion with that activity he was
elected a member of the Tau
Kappa Alpha Fraternity. His
hobbies are hunting, pursuing
the art of numismatology (I
dare you to look it up!), and
traveling. He has traveled over
quite a bit of the U. S. and in
Canada and Mexico. Since he is
a good sociologist, he won’t say
definitely that one section of the
country appeals to him more
than another, but confidentially
I think he’s prejudiced towards
the scenery of North Carolina
and Virginia. This former min
ister is interested in music of
almost all types. He added that
he was “no jitterbug.” He is in
terested in art, too, but he
doesn’t particularly care for
modernistic paintings.
When asked about Meredith
' and whether he was satisfied,
'Dr. Parker said he was inter-
! ested in Meredith as a field of
Christian education before he
came here, and he had been in
terested in sociology for many
I years. He is correlating these in-
i terests by teaching here, and he
said he was “not only satisfied,
but glorified.” Dr. Parker for
merly held a pastorate in Peters
burg, Virginia. While there he
was instrumental in organizing
the first interracial commission
in Petersburg. He led the cam
paign for United Chinese Relief
and his “set up” was praised by
Stettinius, who adopted that plan
for national use. He was presi
dent of the general Baptist work.
Not only does Dr. Parker find
time to teach and preach, but he
has written several books and
magazine articles.
PALIO AND
STUNT HISTORY
For years. Stunt and Palio
have been Meredith’s most ex
citing feature. Stunt night, first
held in 1915 at the suggestion
of Bertie Brown, class of 1916,
consisted of humorous skits. Be
ginning in 1916, the skits or
stunts were required to be origi
nal, and interest was developed
by keen competition and the at
tempt for each class to keep its
ideas secret. By the fall of 1923,
rivalry had become so great that
a class would steal the stunt of
another. The Sophomores, espe
cially, tried to steal the Fresh
man stunt, and it was the great
est triumph for them to be able
to give an exact duplicate of it.
As stunts were presented in or
der from the Senior Class down,
the poor Freshmen were at a loss
if the Sophomores did steal and
reproduce their stunt.
For a long time, class stunts
followed set ideas, except Sen
iors and Juniors followed any
pattern. The Sophomore stunt
was loud and rowdy and the
Freshmen gave high school
types, but each year has brought
changes in ideas until stunt is
now elaborate and highly origi
nal. Class rivalry and loyalty are
the most intense, regardless of
the extent of trying, one can’t
get a word out of a member of
another clas sabout its stunt.
According to old records, the
tradition for a long time was for
Seniors to win stunt, and they or
the Juniors have won the silver
loving cup, first given for the
best stunt in 1923, with two ex
ceptions when the Sophomores
won. So great was the excite
ment of the Sophomores when
they won in 1939, the first time
in ten years, that they put out
an extra, a one-page issue of
The Twig. When the Juniors
won in 1932, they came to Sun
day morning breakfast with
bands on their heads to keep
them from swelling.
In 1935, at the suggestion of
Miss Marian Warner, who had
seen the Palio festival in Italy,
Palio was combined with Stunt
Night. Since the Middle Ages,
the Palio festival has been held
in Sienna, Italy. The village
divides into wards, with elabo
rate banners, which are skill
fully used in dances, and a huge
banner is given to the winner of
a horse race. Before this race, all
the racers, accompanied by the
singing, banner-waving crowd.
WSSF Drive
Is Held Here
Having as its theme, “Three
R’s for Peace-Relief, Rehabilita
tion, and Reconstruction,” the
World Student Service Fund
campaign got underway at Mere
dith College on October 20 with
a goal of $600. It was sponsored
by the three major organizations
on the campus — the Baptist
Student Union, Student Govern
ment Council, and Athletic Asso
ciation.
Jean Gaddy, general chair
man, had as her assistants the
hall proctors and Y.W.A. circle
leaders, who solicited funds on
each dormitory hall. Sunshine
Bellamy headed a group from
the Athletic Association, who
canvassed the faculty.
Money derived from the drive
will go to students in devastat
ed parts of the world including
China, Bulgaria, Greece, Aus
tria, Switzerland, and France. It
is to be used for food, books,
study-grants, medical care, and
housing.
PEPSI-COLA OFFERS WITH THE CLASS OF '47
(Continued from page four) ,
larship Board, 532 Emerson
Street, Palo Alto, California, not
later than January 1, 1948. Each
applicant is to have an official
transcript of his undergraduate
record through the junior year
sent directly to the Pepsi-Cola,
Scholarship Board. In addition,
the applicant should request two
professors who know him and
his work well to send directly to
the Pepsi-Cola Scholarship
Board a recommendation on the
forms provided. The recommen
dations and transcript should
also reach the Board by January
1, 1948. Candidates are advised
to file their applications as early
as possible.
Announcement of Winners
WESLEY FOUNDATION
(Continued from page five)
Nov. 2. Student Round-table Dis
cussion of Preceding Meet
ings. Tom Faulkner (Presi
dent of Wesley Foundation),
Bob Hendy, and Joe Bryant.
Nov. 9. A Teacher of Religion
Looks at Technology. Dr.
R. E. McLain, Professor of Re
ligion at Meredith College.
Nov. 16. The College Trained
Churchman at Work in a Com
munity. Mr. Clyde Dillon, Ra
leigh business man and promi
nent Methodist layman.
Nov. 23. Methods of Spiritual
Development in Four Years at
a Technical College. Dr. A. J.
Hobbs, pastor of Edenton
Street Methodist Church.
Nov. 30. A Senior Looks Back on
His Four Years at College—
Keith Howell.
A Senior Looks Ahead to His
Work in a Community—
Jennings Teal.
A Young Lady’s Impression of
the Fall Program—Marian
na Mizelle.
Dec. 7. Christmas Play — Bar
bara Shellsmith, Director.
RUTH MARTIN
Ruth Martin has graduated—
from college to grammar school.
Winners will be announced by
March 15, 1948. All colleges
and universities will be sent a
report listing the finalists and
the winners. Applicants and i . , .
winners alike are under no ob-;
ligation to the Pepsi-Cola Scho-' sound, it is certainly a step for-
larship Board; no fees, premi- ward for Ruth who, with pencil
urns, or pledges are required; the box and note book, returned to
sole obligation of a winner is to | school this fall, but this time to
succeed and to make a contribu-j teach “thirty-six very adorable
tion to the extent of his ability! children in the third grade over
to the American way of life.
YWA PLANS
(Continued from page four)
Ellen Goldston and Elaine
at Hayes-Barton School in Ra
leigh.” Since the first day, says
the new teacher, her time has
i been consumed with “report
cards, daily attendance records,
book receipts, questions by the
hundred, and, of course, teach
ing itself plus numerous other
details connected with the life
of a school teacher.” With such
a busy schedule, Ruth has lit-
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The Showplace of the Carolinas
ride their horses down the
church aisle to the altar, where
both rider and horse are blessed
by the priest. The Palio banner
is cherished for the following
year by the ward whose rider
won the race! Palio at Meredith
is an adaptation of that festival
in Sienna.
Editor’s Note: The above arti
cle is reprinted from the Twig,
October 27, 1944.
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Sixty members were present
at the first general meeting for
the year, which was held in the i tie time for many outside activi-
Hut last month. The subject of, ties. That is going to be changed,
me program was “Beneath the | she declares, for “now that I am
Cross of Jesus. The Y.W.A. getting used to my work, I plan
has based its program plans for to get back in the swing of
the year around an imaginary some athletic activities — to
trip on which the members will
visit mission fields in foreign
countries and here at home. It
is hoped that in doing so the | people,
members will become better ac-1 she is
quainted with the mission work | time.”
being carried on all over the| . .
^orld. ' Among others that are teach-
: ing from last year’s class are
Among the possibilities for' Christine Kornegay, Wilming-
community missions which have! ton; Jean Griffith Wall an
already been discovered are: assistant in Physical Education
teaching at the jail, teaching at I at Carolina; Dorothy Clarke,
the prison, and directing classes I Roanoke Rapids; Irene Frye,
for blind children at Pullen Bap-1 Erwin; Nancy Gates, Kinston;
tist Church. Plans are under-1 Etta Hooper, Columbia, N. C.;
way for visits to St. Luke’s, and Dorothy Howerton, Gasto-
Home, the Negro T. B. Sani-|nia.
torium, and the Baptist Good-:
will Center. It is not difficult to j
see, then, that with the able lead-i r> i • i i • i -ri
ership of its president, Emma; Little Theater
McPherson, the Meredith Y. W.
A. is well on its way in accom
plishing its fourth ideal—that of
devoted community missions ac
tivity for the spiritually and
physically needy around us.
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Ruth Gordon’s nostalgic comedy
drama. Years Ago, which is a
story of fifty years ago about
Miss Gordon’s efforts to persuade
her father to permit her to go to
New York to study for the stage.
Frederic March starred in the
play last year. Watch for further
announcements about the play.
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