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THE TWIG
December 12, 1947
Social Studies
Conference Held
The third Social Studies Con
ference, sponsored by the North
Carolina Council for Social
Studies, held its two-day session
in Raleigh last Friday and Satur
day, December 5 and 6. The Sat
urday session of the conference
was held at Meredith College,
with a luncheon at noon in the
Hut.
On Friday night the Confer
ence met in a joint meeting in
the Sir Walter Hotel with the
State Literary and Historical As-
I sociation, of which Dr. Carlyle
I Campbell, of Meredith, is presi
dent this year. Dr. Julian Boyd,
of Princeton, delivered the eve-
i ning address on “Thomas Jeffer
son and the Police State.”
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Jon Crain To Star
In Opera Tonight
Tonight at eight o’clock in
Memorial Auditorium, Puccini’s
forty - three - year - old music
drama, “Madame Butterfly,”
will be presented under the
sponsorship of the Raleigh
Civic Music Association. The
production will be the ninth an
nual itinerant opera production
of the veteran impressario,
Charles L. Wagner.
Directing the score will be Ed
win McArthur, distinguished
young American conductor, who
has been guest conductor for
such well-known institutions as
the Metropolitan and San Fran
cisco operas, the New York Phil
harmonic Symphony and the
Philadelphia Orchestra. Mr.
McArthur will preside over a
complete orchestra of New
York’s best musicians, a hand
picked chorus, and a set of
America’s finest young singing
cictors.
In the title-role, Mr. Wagner
has cast Mary Henderson, so
prano, who has been praised for
her portrayals of such roles as
Violetta in “La Traviata” and
Marguerite in “Faust.” The lead
ing male protagonist will be Jon
Crain, tenor, who sings the role
of Lt. B. F. Pikerton, U. S. Navy.
Mr. Crain received his first offers
for opera and concert work when
he was soloist with Xavier Su-
gat’s troupe. His present engage
ment with Mr. Wagner’s touring
opera company is the first major
assignment in the field of endea
vor that is his choice.
MARSH ELECTED
PRESIDENT NCACR
Mrs. Vera Tart Marsh, Mere
dith College Registrar, was re
cently elected president of the
North Carolina Association of
Collegiate Registrars at the twen
ty-fourth annual meeting of the
organization in Greensboro. The
meeting was held in connection
with the assembly of the North
Carolina College Conference,
November 19. Mrs. Marsh is the
twenty-fifth president and the
third woman to hold this high
office in the Association. Other
officers to serve with her are
Roy Armstrong of the Univer
sity of North Carolina and Hu
bert C. Dixon of Gardner-Webb
College. In recognizing Mrs.
Marsh’s recent honor, it is also
noted that in addition to her
duties as registrar, she is secre
tary to the Meredith faculty,
and a member of the resolution
committee of the North Carolina
Conference.
Meredith Freshman
Attends Convention
Frances Lancaster, a Mere
dith freshman, is very much in
the news these days. Frances
was one of the North Carolina
young 4-H’ers chosen to repre
sent her state at the annual 4-H
Club Congress held in Chicago
last week. Last year Frances
won a great deal of recognition
in her home county, Edgecombe,
and took first place honors such
as State Dairy Foods Demon
stration Champion.
Speakers heard during the
conference sessions included Dr.
J. Henry Highsmith, of the State
Department of Public Instruc
tion; Dr. William Plemmons, the
Executive Secretary of the State
Education Commission; and Dr.
Helen K. Mackintosh, Specialist
of the U. S. Office of Education.
Copies of various social stud
ies texts which have been sub
mitted for adoption and other so
cial studies materials were on
exhibit all day last Saturday in
the Meredith College Rotunda.
Those attending the confer
ence also visited the Department
of Archives and History to see a
display of documents illustrating
North Carolina’s part in gaining
and maintaining American Free
dom. The Freedom Train, which
stopped in Raleigh last Satur
day, was also visited.
Conference meetings were
open not only to members of the
Council of Social Studies, ele
mentary, secondary, and college
teachers and administrators, but
also to all those interested in im
proving social studies programs.
Plans were made and sugges
tions offered about the Social
Studies Curriculum Bulletin to
be published by the Department
of Public Instruction.
LITTLE BROWN LADY
(Continued from page five)
someone who loved to dance and
have fun as much as she did.
This person wanted to take her
to a real dance. Her family was
shocked, for as long as the
daughter had danced by herself
it was quite all right—but to go
to a real dance was unheard of
and absolutely forbidden. But
the young girl slipped out and
went to the dance anyway. When
she returned that night, her an
gry brother was waiting for her
in her room which she was nev
er again to leave. There can be
seen today the blood on the wall
where he strangled her.
No one knows why the ghost
returns to Meredith. Some say
that the pain of her own heart
is stilled by the happiness and
laughter she finds on the cam
pus. Others say that she comes
to encourage girls to have fun
and enjoy the good times of
youth. But whatever the pur
pose, the appearance of the “Lit
tle Brown Lady” has become a
part of Meredith tradition.
Editor’s Note: The above arti
cle was written by Marilynn Fer
rell. The material was taken
from “Alumnae Programs,” pub
lished by the Alumnae Associa
tion of Meredith College, 1926-
27.
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Christmas Banquet
On December 17 the three ma
jor campus organizations, the
Student Government Council,
the Athletic Association, and the
Baptist Student Union, will
sponsor the annual formal
Christmas banquet in the col
lege dining hall. New faculty
members will be guests of honor
at dinner and at an after dinner
coffee given for them by the
Student Government Council.
All non-resident students also
will be guests for this occasion.
Dining hall decorations will
carry out the theme of the fes
tive yuletide, and the Student
Government Council will play
Santa Claus to the whole school
in giving out address books.
Dr. Lillian Parker Wallace,
of the Meredith History Depart
ment, was in charge of arrange
ments for the luncheon given in
the Hut on Saturday. Meredith
students majoring in history and
sociology and members of the
International Relations Club as
sisted in serving the luncheon.
Dr. Alice B. Keith, also of Mere
dith, was in charge of reserva
tions for the conference, and
Miss Anna G. Smith was in
charge of room reservations.
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SACSS HOLDS
ANNUAL MEETING
Dr. Carlyle Campbell, Dr.
Charles W. Burts, and Mr.
Claude F. Gaddy went on Sun
day, November 31, to the South
ern Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools, which held
its annual meeting in Louisville,
Kentucky.
Queen, Maid of Honor
Chosen for May Court
The May Queen and the Maid
of Honor for the Court of 1948
were elected yesterday in a stu
dent body meeting. When the
paper went to press, the results
of the election had not been
made known. Details and pic
tures will appear in the next
issue of The Twig.
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