October 29, 1948
Mary Humphrey Awarded
Scholarship By Club
When four of the class A col
leges for women in North Caro
lina opened last month for the
present school year, namely
^^pDonald College, Mere
dith College, Greensboro Col
lege, and Salem College, a young
woman entered the senior class
these schools holding
a q>250.00 scholarship granted by
the State Federation of Wo-
rnen s Clubs from its educa-
^onal fund, the Sallie Southall
Cotten Loan Fund.
The recipients of these out-
right grants were selected from
last year’s junior classes by com
mittees composed of faculty
members and the president of
each school. The qualifications
for the awards were based on
character, leadership ability,
and scholarship rating.
Mary Humphrey was awarded
the scholarship to Meredith Col
lege upon her fine record as a
student and leader. She is ma
joring in English and Spanish
with the expectation of becom
ing a high school teacher of
these subjects.
It is the purpose of the Sallie
Southall Cotten Loan Fund com
mittee, of which Mrs. J. M. Hob-
good of Farmville is chairman,
to continue to make these
scholarship awards annually,
perhaps including other wo
men’s colleges as funds permit,
as well as continuing to make
loans to worthy girls who are
seeking an education to become
teachers, nurses, secretaries, and
teachers of Bible. Applications
for the loans should be made to
Mrs. Hobgood.
From the Loan Fund, named
for (Mrs. Kobert R.) Sallie
Southall Cotten, pioneer state
and national club woman, 126
young women have been edu
cated.
(The preceding article is re
printed from the October 24 is
sue of the News and Observer
and was written by Mrs. Charles
G. Doak.)
3^a^kion ^^eenA o/ the %Veeh
STATE FAIR CHARMS
MEREDITH JUNIOR
Sleepy Time Gals ... in soft flannels that are oh! so comfy . . . PAT BLACKMON
is in a white tommy
coat, sprinkled with dainty pink and hlue flowers, and trimmed in pink satin rihbon with lace insertion'
Roommate MARILYN MILLS is wearing yellow pajamas piped in white, and a popular plaid jacket of
warm contrasting colors in yellow and hrown. (Photo by Cooper)
Teachers Are Human...
WAKE ALUMNAE CHAPTER
(Continued from. Page One)
years. Dorothy Wordsworth’s
journal was used as a guidebook
on the tour.
Mrs. Hilary Bryson, president
of the chapter, presided over the
business session which followed
the program. Plans for the com
ing year were outlined and re
ports made by the chapter of
ficers. Miss Mae Grimes, alum
nae executive secretary, and
Mrs. Roy Liles, loyalty fund
chairman, also gave reports of
their work. Announcement was
made of the coming meeting of
the fall council and of Palio
Stunt activities on October 30.
The local county chapter will
entertain at an after-dinner cof
fee hour in honor of visiting
alumnae and new members of
the faculty and staff on the
evening of October 30. Palio
weekend is homecoming week
end for Meredith alumnae.
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By Ella Adams
Freshman to sophomore:
“Have you seen the new soci
ology teacher? My, isn’t she
cute!”
Sohpomore to freshman:
“Yeah, she’s cute all right,
just finished her economics
test!”
These scholarly-minded
campus cuties are referring to
Miss Betty Street, the young,
attractive instructor of soci
ology, economics, and geog
raphy who is new to the staff of
Dr. Parker’s sociology depart
ment. Miss Street is a rather
small brown-eyed brownette
with a sweet smile and a busi
ness-like walk. She takes her
work quite seriously here and,
as she is beginning to know the
students better in her classes,
she is most anxious for them to
like her as well as she likes them
(and Meredith).
Miss Street comes to Meredith
from Chapel Hill where she ob
tained her master’s degree in
sociology at the end of the sum
mer session. Her home is in
Savannah, Georgia, where she
attended Armstrong Junior Col
lege. Then she went to Georgia
State Woman’s College in Val
dosta for her A. B.
Following her graduation
from Georgia State Woman’s
College, Miss Street taught for
three months in the high school
of Savannah. Her next position
was as director of the Y.W.C.A.
teams in Savannah, in which
capacity she remained until she
came to Chapel Hill.
At present living out on Hill-
crest Road with four other
Meredith teachers. Misses
Parker, Woodman, Hilderman,
and Ashley, and happily oc
cupied with one of her favorite
pastimes, housekeeping. Miss
Street finds Raleigh a very nice
place to live. When queried as
to why she chose North Carolina
after spending so much of her
life in Georiga, she replied, “My
father originally came from
Shelby. Why, North Carolina is
an old friend!”
With all of the rest of the
Meredith students and faculty,
the Twig staff wishes to join in
welcoming Miss Street to our
campus.
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Meredith Gauntlet
Greets Celebrity
Looking strangely like a
gauntlet, several long lines
made up of Meredith girls were
scattered on the highway just
outside the school gates last
week. Visitors probably won
dered who the misfortunate vic
tim to run the gauntlet would
De, although by careful obser
vance one could see that no
weapons were on hand for the
occasion—only books snatched
during the mad dash from
classes.
Spirits ran high in the crowd
(Continued on Page Four)
Spirit of Palio
By Beverly Batchelor
Amidst the flurry of students
hurrying to required Palio prac
tices and stunt or skit re
hearsals, several junior girls,
bright-eyed with anticipation,
still have time to confide in an
unbelieving sophomore: “Of
course we’re going to win Palio!
Just wait until you see those
costumes!”
Or possibly the grand seniors,
with a solemn and knowing air,
confess that they are going to
start the tradition all over again
by winning stunt. At any rate,
the suspense is high as a result
of all of the laughter emitting
from the hushed locked-door
conferences of the class officers,
the mysterious rustling of paper
and cloth from the social rooms,
and the complaining buzz of
sleepy girls as they struggle out
to a 7:00 a.m. Palio practice.
The competitive spirit of the
original Palio festival has been
caught by the majority of en
ergetic Meredith students.
From the disorderly hordes of
girls attempting to march in
time to “You’re The Queen of
our Hearts” or “Meredith, Our
Alma Mater”, there was slowly
forming, day by day, colorful
groups of erect militarists who
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WILLIAM POWELL
ANN BLYTHE in
'MR. PEABODY AND
THE MERMAID"
It walks, it talks—but it has
no heart! It's a strange creature
that found a fascination for Lib
Jones. It merely winked and
Lib froze on the spot. It smiled
and chills ran up and down her
spine; but at its suggestion to
dance Lib became an ice cycle.
In front of all these people?
Dance with you? Her refusal,
however, brought nothing but
frigid stares.
This problem demanded ac
tion. Should she give with the
old cold shoulder or defrost a
little? The tune “Don’t Leave
Me in the Cold Baby” lured her
closer and together she and it
began to do “a-n-ice cube-an-
rumba,” in front of hundreds
of people. Icy glances came from
all corners but Lib danced on.
It wasn’t so bad after all. It had
charm in a cold impersonal
way; and Lib thought it could
be quite merry if it didn’t
freeze up so. But she had a feel
ing it would stick a girl on cold
storage and leave her there.
Still—it would be a fair catch
—but who would want to catch
a walking and talking refrigera
tor at the State Fair? B.H.
swing rythmically in perfect
step to these beloved Meredith
songs. Now, as the days fly by,
the secret meetings and class re
hearsals are giving way to stunt
dress rehearsals and Palio prac
tice for the entire student body.
Palio eve is here. After all of
that composing, directing, sew
ing, hurrying, correcting, and
shouting, Meredith is ready for
homecoming. Tomorrow we
shall reap the rewards of all our
labors.
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