“Some Changes Made”
in Palio, Stunt:
See Page Five.
THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
READ ALL ABOUT:
A Summer in Europe—
See Page Three.
Bee Tonight
Students, Faculty Will Participate
In Contests, Folk Dances in Court
ALL HOGS WILL COME RUNNING at the call of these experienced hog-callers, here hemg taught the
finer points of the art for the Corn Huskin’ Bee tonight by last year’s champion, Dr. Campbell Shown get
ting in voice are, kneeling, freshman Mary Jo Griffin, of Rocky Mount; standing, left to right, ^sha arri r,
juidor, of Wallace; senior Becky Knott, Oxford; Dr. Campbell, president of the college, and Bess Francis,
sophomore, Waynesville.
Little Theatre Announces Cast of
Fall Production, “Good-Bye, My Fancy”
Officials Attend
Inauguration
The Meredith Little Theatre
has announced the cast and pro
duction staff for its fall produc
tion, “Good-Bye, My Fancy,” to
be given on November 17 and 18
in the new auditorium. Direct
ing the fast-moving comedy for
the two performances here is
Miss Judith Mayes, new instruc
tor in speech and dramatics of
the college and adviser to the
student drama group.
Assistant directors for the
comedy, written by Fay Kanin,
will be Marilyn Mills and Beth
Morgan, while LeGrace Gupton
heads a large production staff
in charge of staging the play.
Girls in Cast
Meredith girls included in the
cast are Micky Bowen as Agatha
Reed; Betsy Canaday as Grace
Woods; Betty Lou Gladstone as
Ellen Griswold; Ellen Westmore
land as Professor Birdeshaw;
Annie Pearl Brantley as Miss
Shackelford; Fay Walker as Su
san; Virginia Corbett as Ginny
Merrill; Becky Buchanan as
Clarisse; Katherine Waynick as
Mary Nell; Peggy Boles as Carol;
and Jean Pace as Jo. Mr. Harry
Dorsett, of the department of ed
ucation at' Meredith, will play
the role of Dr. Pitt.
Also in the cast are Paul Fitz
gerald, as Claude Griswold;
Maurice Capps as the telephone
man; and Browny Lalich and
Alvin Paetzel as the two janitors.
As .of last week, two leading
male roles and one leading fe
male role in the cast had not
been chosen.
Plot of Comedy
“Good-bye, My Fancy” is the
story of a liberal Congress-
woman who returns to her old
Alma Mater to be awarded an
honorary degree. Since her war
time experiences in Europe, she
has devoted herself to the task
of acquainting people with the
actual horrors of war. For this
reason she has brought a docu
mentary movie with her to be
shown to the young graduates at
the school.
Her movie is considered harsh
and improper by the trustees,
however, so Miss Reed has a
fight, on her hands. The con
flict exposes the president as a
spineless and irresolute figure,
instead of the upstanding and
outspoken professor with whom
Miss Reed had been in love, or
thought she had, for so many
years. The disenchantment
drives her into the arms of a
wartime acquaintance who, as a
photographer for a national
magazine, has come to cover the
event on the campus. And from
there on, it’s just one big happy
ending. This comedy is con
sidered particularly appropriate
for a college Little Theatre be
cause of its college setting and
cast.
Building Sets
Of particular interest will be
the sets used for the comedy; for
the first time the production will
have completely new sets which
are being built by the stage
crews, under the direction of the
production manager and the di
rector. The set is a box-interior
style with a ceiling; there will
be no overhead lights as the
stage will be lit from front and
back by spotlights. This ceiling
will be put up with pulleys and
will be permanent for use in
later productions. Members may
use points earned for gaining
membership in the Little The
atre.
At the impressive inaugura
tion of Gordon Gray as presi
dent of the Greater University
of North Carolina on October
tenth, Meredith was well repre
sented by Dr. Carlyle Campbell,
Dean L. A. Peacock, Miss Louise
Fleming, Mrs. Vera Tart Marsh,
Dr. Lillian Parker Wallace, and
Dr. Edward Preston. Dr. Camp-
hell, representing Meredith, and
Dr. Wallace, representing the
University of Denver, marched
in the academic procession made
up of college presidents and
other dignitaries of colleges and
universities from Maine to Cali
fornia.
Autumn is here, and winter
is fast approaching; the one sure
sign of the summer’s end is
Meredith’s annual Corn Huskin’
Bee. Tonight all the local angels
will exchange their wings for
hillbilly costumes, in anticipa
tion of an evening full of fun
and frolic.
At 6:15 p.m. the dignified din
ing hall will receive a band of
picturesque hillbillies, each with
a special date. So all new stu
dents remember to dress in the
most outlandish costumes you
can find and come in couples.
Naturally, dinner will not be
served to such rare guests with
out entertainment.
Eash class has chosen a mem
ber to take part in the tall tales
contest. The class representative
whose story is most impossible
to believe is judged the winner.
It’s too bad that teachers don’t
accept as easily excuses which
resemble these tall tales; acade
mic life would certainly be
easier for students.
After the tales have been told,
the sing-song contest takes place.
These songs are also sung by a
representative from each class.
Good music, too—just the kind
hillbillies like.
Contests
The first part of the program
will be contests in corn-husking,
hog-calling, chicken-calling, and
others. Faculty as well as stu
dents participate. In fact, every
one forgets formality and joins
in.
The Folk Dance group wil.
then take over as the court
becomes the scene of dancing
figures. There is to be a square
dance for everyone, with Lon
nie Powell from the Raleigh
recreational center calling fig
ures. The Folk Dance group will
show a few of its dances to
everyone. For instance, one fa
vorite is “My Man’s Away in the
Hay.”
By the time everyone is tired
from dancing, it will be 8:15—
time for all the hillbillies to say
good-night for another year.
Chairmen for Event
The Corn Huskin’ Bee is
sponsored by the Athletic Asso
ciation and Betty Yates, AA
social chairman, is general man
ager. Sarah Jane Newbern is in
charge of the contests, Barbara
Pearson of the dancing, and
Joyce Covington is decorations
chairman. Hope Hodges, presi
dent of the AA, also will be very
Dusy with this annual event.
Besides personnel from the col-
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CIVIC MUSIC CALENDAR
1950-51 Season
Monday, November 6, 1950
Pianist—Leonard Pennario
Monday, November 27, 1950
Opera—The Charles L.
Wagner Production of
“La Boheme”
Thursday, January 4, 1951
Joint Program hy the Na
tional Male Quartet and
Raya Garhousova, cellist
Friday, January 26, 1951
Tenor—Lauritz Melchior
Thursday, February 22, 1951
Symphony—Houston Sym
phony Orchestra, with
Ania Dorfmann, piano
soloist
Friday, April 6, 1951
Soprano—Astrid Varnay
All concerts will be given in
the Raleigh Memorial Audi
torium at 8:00 p.m. Member
ship cards for the season
concerts are transferable, but
cannot be duplicated if lost.
Representatives
Students who will take part
in the sing-song contests tonight
are Lib Anglin, from the fresh
man class; Ann Baucom and
Kappy Stanfield, sophomores;
and Shirley Bone, Donna Wals
ton, Margie Joyner, and Daphne
Bordeaux from the senior class.
Junior class singers will also
compete.
Husking corn will be Sarah
Cooke and Margie Stewart,
freshmen; Melrose Cannady and
Kathleen McGown, sophomores;
junior class representatives; and
Helen Brunson and B. J. Hedge
peth, seniors. Calling in the
chickens for the freshmen is
Sarah Dale; for the sophomores,
Ellen Westmoreland; and for the
seniors, Annie Pearl Brantley
and Stella Matthews.
Practicing their tall stories
this week for tonight’s perform
ance have been Miriam Allen
and Kitty Wymark, freshmen;
Betsy Canady, sophomore; and
LeGrace Gupton, senior. The
junior in this contest had not
been chosen last week.
And calling the hogs will be
Margaret Wilson and Mary Jo
Griffin, freshmen; Bess Francis
and Dot Brown, sophomores;
Asha Farrior, junior; and Rosa
lind and Rebecca Knott, seniors.
New Unified Budget Approved
By Majority Vote of Student Body
The Meredith student body
voted by a two-thirds majority
to adopt the Unified Budget
Plan for another year on Tues
day morning, October 10. This
will be the second year that
such a plan has been in effect.
The amount for each person is
reassessed each year and thus
far has not been set for the cur
rent year. The total is reached
by averaging the contributions
given Tor each drive over a
period of two years.
The faculty and the adminis
tration are also asked to contri
bute to the budget. This fee is
not compulsory; when the budg
et is adopted students are asked
but cannot be compelled to pay.
The, reason for this is that no
person can be forced to give to
charity.
Purpose of Budget
The purpose of the Unified
Budget Plan is to comply with
the student demand for elimin
ating door-to-door requests for
contributions which occur con
stantly throughout the year. The
list of drives which would be
covered in this plan are the fol
lowing; World Student Service
,Fund, Cancer Drive, Red Cross,
Cary Street Mission, March of
Dimes, and special contingen
cies. The Community Chest and
Christmas Seals are taken care
of in a different way and there
fore do not appear in this list.
Plda for Support
Patsy Emory, vice-president
of the S. G. and chairman of
the Unified Budget Committee,
stated that last year there was
a lack of cooperation in making
contributions after the budget
was adopted. She has hopes
however, that it will have better
support this year, since its pur
pose was carried out last year.
Other members of the Unified
Budget Committee had not been
elected last week.
Constitution
The full constitution of the
Unified Budget Committee is as
follows;
Article 1: Name
This committee shall be called
the Unified Budget Committee.
Article 2: Object
The object of this committee
shall be to collect and allocate
the funds of the committee.
Article 3: Membership
This committee shall be com-
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