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March 18, 1949
THE TWIG
Page Three
TROXELL-WATSON
CONCERT HEARD
3ailiion s^een
The second concert of the
Meredith College Artists Series
was held in the College audi
torium Tuesday evening, March
8. At this time two New York
artists, Barbara Troxell, soprano,
and Chester Watson, bass-bari
tone, presented a joint recital to
Meredith students and visitors.
Miss Troxell has a very beauti
ful lyric-soprano voice and dis
plays remarkable interpretation
in her singing. Her aria, “Ah!
Perfido,” by Beethoven, was
thrilling. Mr. Watson also proved
his artistic abilities. The audi
ence was very responsive to
his singing and seemed very well
pleased with his rich baritone
voice.
While these artists were visit
ing on our campus, many of the
voice students had the privilege
of talking to them and singing
for them. This personal contact
was indeed an inspiration to the
students.
'ihe next concert in the Mere
dith series will be given by Gum-
nar Johansen, pianist, on April
8. Mr. Johansen is a very famous
pianist from Denmark. He will
be on our campus for two days.
On Wednesday and Thursday,
April 23 and 24, the Raleigh Dis
trict Music Contest will be held
here at Meredith. So do not
become alarmed when you see
throngs of high school students
wandering over the campus. On
these days junior and high school
bands, glee clubs, quartets, and
soloists will come here to be
judged and rated.
The Glee Club had a very
successful tour last week-end. It
was a very enjoyable trip and a
great experience. On Tuesday
night, March 22, the Glee Club
is going to Campbell College to
give a concert. During the month
of April the Choir and Glee Club
are planning a series of radio
programs over WPTF.
DANCE GROUP
(Continued from page one)
companying music will charac
terize the mood of the dances,
while the colorful native cos
tumes will portray the real
beauty of the people’s dress
Mrs. J. T. Lynn is the piano ac
companist for the Festival.
Those participating in the Fes
tival are: Harriett Ashcraft,
Jane Biggs, Anne Boykin, Jen-
nett Bramble, Rita Britt, Dot
Childress, Carolyn Covington,
olyn Crook, Mary Lou Culler,
Martha Davis, Mary Lou Daw
kins, Norma Fagan, Ve^ie
Graves, Becky Lynn Grimn,
Carolyn Crook, Mary Lou Culler,
Marth Hare, June Harmon,
Victoria Harrell, Billie Hart,
Nancy Hefner, Evelyn Hodges,
Fleta Hooten, Betty Jean John
son, Carlene Kinlaw, Jacque
line Knott, Lucyann Liddy,
Jean McLamb, Frances Leigh
Meadows, Jerry Miller, Betsy
Mills, Betsy Ann Morgan, Julia
Parker, Peggy Patrick Barbara
Pearson, Ellen Peeler, Julia Pow
ers Dorothy Sadler, Elaine
Saunders, Mary Lou Sawyer,
Frances Smith, Margaret Hope
Smith, Frances Spruill, Barbara
Stone, Barbara Swanson, Dor
othy Swaringen, Sally Lou Tay
lor Marjorie Tolan, Mary Jane
Utley, Frances Ruth Ward, and
Evelyn Wilson.
Southern Baptists operate
through their 21 state conven
tions I total of 30 senior colleges
23 junior colleges, and mg
academies. The Southern Bap-
tist Convention operates four
theological seminaries for the
training of ministers.
The first book printed on the
North American continent was
a hymnal, produced on a pnn -
ing press brought across the At-
lanHc by Puritans. The book was
entitled Bay Song Book.
Top hat and orchids—a hop event in Mimi Stacy’s social whirl. And
nothing lends itself to that special occasion like a romantic fashion . . .
it’s gray marquisette with lace inserts over pink satin, plus a bewitching
lace stole.
Little Theatre Presents
George B. Shaw Production
“Pygmalion,” a George Ber
nard Shaw production, was pre
sented by the Raleigh Little
Iheatre from March 7 through
March 14. The play was under
the direction of Mr. Ainslie
Pryor.
'The setting of the play was
London, England, during 1912.
Mr. Ted Jackson played the
part of the professor, Henry Hig-
gens. Mr. Jackson has been in
Raleigh since January broad
casting for the Tobacco Network.
Eliza was played by Diana
Maupin. She has always wanted
to play the part, and she brought
all her personal enthusiasm and
English background to the role.
Mrs. Higgins was played by
Mrs. Mary Long, the wife of the
technical director. She was a
member of the Carolina Play-
makers.
Colonel Pickering was played
by Richard Sterne, an instructor
in Social Studies at State Col
lege.
Freddy was played by Bill
Hoffman, a junior at State Col
lege. He has acted in plays at
Meredith College.
Miss Ruth Woodman played
the part of the parlor maid. She
is instructor in organ and theory
here at Meredith.
The next production of the
Little Theater will be “Com
mand Decision,” the story of
high command in World War II
in the Air Force.
Meredith College Presents
Adams for March Lecture
J. Donald Adams, author and
book review columnist of The
New York Times, was guest lec
turer here on Thursday evening,
March 3, on the topic “'The Shape
of Books to Come.”
In analyzing contemporary
literature, Adams asserted that
the modern publisher faces num
erous difficulties in his efforts to
maintain the appeal of books in
competition with movies, radios,
and television. The modern
reader, said Mr. Adams, has com
pleted the cycle from picture
writing and reading back to the
same thing, for only pictures and
brief statements can hold the
average reader’s attention. In
the last analysis, he explained,
the publisher is dependent upon
the author to increase the read
ers of tomorrow.
Adams was presented by Dr.
Carlyle Campbell, president of
the college.
Girls Continue
Thoughts of Week
“Mary had a little lamb,
A cunning little sheep;
He tried to follow Mary, but
He died from lack of sleep.”
And so almost did Dr. Jordan
and Dr. Johnson who followed
the Meredith Mary where she
went in her thoughts, her ques
tions, her ideas, her arguments,
and her problems. In fact two
juniors decided that Emphasis
Week is different from exam
week only by the fact that we
ask the questions. It was like
exam week perhaps in that we
were forced to stop and think,
thereby creating a chain reac
tion of thinking, or perhaps a
stray thought that was lost by
Saturday morning.
Or, it might have been a week
of fun; the half-formality of an
afternoon tea, the evening in the
hut, the friendly mealtime con
versations, the honest discus
sions found in the bull sessions,
the hilarious climax of “Our
Mess to Chew” and “Fair Fal-
staffa and Her Troubles,” and
finally the important friendships
established with the leaders.
But for some of us it was more
than that. We saw effects where
we had not looked for them; we
heard about this kind of love,
an old story, and yet somehow a
new one, in our classes, at the
Bee Hive, and in our rooms. We
began to recognize for the first
time the actual potency of the
love that Christ had taught us so
long ago. This love even seemed
practical and, for some of us,
possibly practiceable; as Dr.
Johnson reminded us of our fail
ure as Christians in that “we
are trying to sell the tooth
brushes that we never use.”
Some of us realize also, as Dr.
Johnson pointed out, that much
of our concern for the non-Chris
tian conditions of the world is
only a magnification of our own
miserable plights. As we ex
amine ourselves and as the
weight of the week’s message
settled upon us, one student
could say, “For the first time in
my life I’ve seen a solution to
my problems.”
Others who looked for some
thing in Emphasis Week found
it too, a talent of love and under
standing; and, as Dr. Jordon ex
plained, we are here to do busi
ness with it.
Betsy Ann Morgan.
COFFEE GIVEN BR
MEREDITH FACULTY
OPEN LETTER TO AL CAPP
Honored recently at a coffee
hour given by the faculty of
Meredith College and the Wake
County chapter of Meredith
Alumnae in the Blue Parlor of
Johnson Hall were Mrs. W. Kerr
Scott, wife of Governor Scott,
Mrs. H. Pat Taylor, wife of Lieu
tenant Governor Taylor of
Wadesboro and president of the
Meredith College Board of Trus
tees, and Mrs. C. Gordan Mad-
drey, wife of Representative C.
Gordon Maddrey of Hertford
County.
Mesdames Taylor and Mad
drey are both alumnae of Mere
dith, Mrs. Maddrey having
served as president of the col
lege alumnae association from
1935-1938.
The guests, including mem
bers of the Sir Walter Cabinet,
wives of the Raleigh Baptist
ministers, Meredith faculty
members, and Meredith trus
tees, were greeted by Mesdames
Albert L. Haskins, Jr., and Vera
r. Marsh. Receiving in the hall
were Mesdames J. LeRoy Allen,
and Cooper Taylor, and Miss Lila
Bell. Mrs. J. Wilbur Bunn and
Miss Lillian Grant introduced
guests to the receiving line
which was composed of Presi
dent and Mrs. Carlyle Campbell,
Mrs. Kerr Scott, Mrs. Hilery
Bryson, president of the Wake
County Alumnae Chapter, Mrs.
H. P. Taylor, and Mrs. C. Gor
don Maddrey.
Receiving throughout the Blue
Parlor were Mrs. Hunter Pope,
president of the general Alum
nae Association, Mrs. L. R. Har
rell, and Dean and Mrs. Leisch-
man A. Peacock.
An Italian cutwork cloth cov
ered the table which was attrac
tively centered with an arrange
ment of spring flowers and can
dles. Mesdames R. N. Simms,
B. Y. Timms, B. Y. Tyner and
Zeno Martin and Miss Mae Grim
mer presided at the coffee serv
ice. Assisting in serving were
Mesdames J. E. Williams, Jr.,
William Dowell, and Misses
Billie Ruth Currin, Harriet Rose
and Betty Jean Yeager.
Mrs. Lillian Parker Wallace,
Mrs. Mary Egerton, and Miss
Norma Rose were hostesses in
the parlor, and goodbyes were
said to Miss Julia Harris, Mr.
Theron Upchurch and Mrs. Jack
Wardlaw. About 200 guests
called.
Mrs. L. R. Harrill of Raleigh
was the chairman in charge of
arrangements.
OFFICERS ELECTED
(Continued irom Page One)
Rising sophomore class officers
are: president, Jean Miller; vice-
president, Sally Massey; Stu
dent Government representa
tives are Barbara Cox and Marie
Edwards. Secretary and treas
urer for the rising sophomores
will be elected later.
GRADUATION PLANS
(Continued from page one)
Sunday morning at eleven. Dr.
Reinhold Niebuhr of Union
Theological Seminary in New
York City will deliver the Bac
calaureate sermon. Meredith
students feel quite fortunate in
having Dr. Niebuhr for this oc
casion. Dr. Cooper will give an
organ recital at 4:30 p.m. Sun
day afternoon. Senior Vespers
under the leadership of Mar
jorie Wilson will meet in the
Grove on Sunday evening fol
lowed by the reception for the
parents in the Blue Parlor.
The final service of the Com
mencement Exercises will be
held on Monday morning at
March 13, 1949.
Dear A1 Capp:
Promise us that you’ll never,
never do it again! Think what
will happen to the world! It has
been in a drastic condition, Mr.
Capp, a dreadful state! Oh please
promise that you’ll never again
do away with all the shmoos!
You see, you are not the only
person who was wounded for the
cause of the shmoos. You suf
fered physically because you are
the guilty party, but we the
mere on-lookers, suffered far be
yond your pain! We suffered
mentally, and if you ever went
to college, you’ll understand
how torturous such a condition
can be! No, Mr. Capp, we did
not have tomatoes thrown into
our faces (nobody round here
gets her hands on a whole to
mato, and two slices of one would
hardly be sufficient). Neither
were we chased by mobs of male
L’il Abner fans. (You must re
member that we have limited
privileges.) Our feelings were
rather pathetic to behold. There
we’d go plodding to class lifting
our sad voices in song, “Maybe
Shmoo’ll Be There.” But there
Dr. Campbell
Gives Address
10:30 a.m. At this time the sen
iors will receive their degrees, j were no shmoos! Why, I happen
The speaker for this service has I to know that the citizens of Mud-
Dr. Carlyle Campbell ad
dressed the Raleigh branch of
the American Association of Uni
versity Women at their monthly
meeting on Thursday, March 10,
at 8 p.m. in the Peace College
Chapel. Dr. Campbell’s subject
was “The Role of the Political
Party in National Government.”
Election of officers for 1949-50
was held.
since strike three was called
against the mighty Casey.
But all the discontent has
passed now. This is March 13,
the day of the return of the
schmoo!
I know you have been receiv
ing almost as much mail as Greg
ory Peck, but I hope that you
will realize the importance of
this letter, and keep the shmoos
alive!
Thank You, Mr. Capp, for their
return, and as a representative
of the shmoo-lovers, I am
Shmoocerely yours,
Carolyn Covington.
not yet been announced.
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