November 3, 1950
THE TWIG
Page three
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By JANE SLATE
Far from dull has been the
music activity around the cam
pus for the past two weeks and
that goes for the ensuing weeks.
The newly-formed chorus has
made its first appearance at the
Raleigh Baptist Associational
Meeting. Appearances to follow
will be on Sunday at the B.S.U.
Convention in Meredith’s new
auditorium; at the Baptist State
Convention in Durham Novem
ber 14; and a broadcast on
Founder’s Day, November 10.
Students trom foreign countries who attend local colleges were entertained at a tea in the Hut by the Sigma I understand the chorus has a
Pi Alpha, honorary language fraternity, last month. Shown above pointing out their respective homelands real treat for us in December,
are, left to right, Sonoko Yarmamoto of Tokyo, Japan, a senior at St. Mary’s; Kare Kragas, from Oslodjjput J guess it’s a mite earlv to
talk about that now.
The first in the series of
Chamber Music concerts was
Norway, a junior at State; Flor de Maria Munoz, of Puerto Rico, a junior at Meredith; and Frances Almond,
Salisbury, a senior at Meredith, who is president of the college chapter
LOCAL CHAPTER OF SIGMA PI ALPHA
PLANS VARIED PROGRAMS FOR YEAR
Initiation for four honorary
members, Blanche Won, Junlin
Wong, Flor Munoz, and Laurice
Hlass, into Sigma Pi Alpha will
be held on Thursday, November
16. This initiation will be in ad
dition to many interesting
programs planned for this year.
In November, Mrs. A. I. Ladu,
modern language teacher at
Needham Broughton High
School, will show slides and tell
about her trip to Europe this
summer. The State College
Chapter of Sigma Pi Alpha will
be guests at a Christmas party
in December.
For the January meeting. Dr.
Q. O. McAllister will review his
book on the teaching of lan
guages. M. E. Delgado will bring
his conversation class from
Wake Forest for a debate in
February. For the March meet
ing, Hugo Giduz, who is in
charge of student teaching in the
modern language department at
Chapel Hill, will be the speaker.
In April the French and German
classes will be in charge of the
program; a picnic and the in
stallation of the new officers are
planned for the May meeting.
In addition, the new members
are initiated at State College
in the spring.
The organization got off to a
big start in its year’s work with
an open house on October 15.
From three to five in the after
noon the members of the
fraternity were thrilled to see
foreign students from Meredith,
Peace, St. Mary’s, State, Shaw,
and St. Augustine come into the
Hut, which was decorated with
green boughs and grinning jack-
o-lanterns. The guests were
greeted by the officers, the
sponsor, and Dr. Q. O. McAl
lister, head of the modern
language department. The
gathering was very informal,
and after the guests had had
the opportunity to meet each
other, everyone was served
punch, peanuts, candy, and
small cakes.
Today with the newspaper,
cablegram, airplanes, and all
the modern means of transporta
tion and communication, man is
no longer isolated from other
peoples. In fact, the modern in
ventions have drawn the peoples
of the world together until it is
not at all strange for one to say
“Good Morning” to a man from
China, Norway, or Germany.
Thus, the Sigma Pi Alpha, na
tional honorary fraternity for
modern languages, recognizes
those students who have a high
scholastic standing and who
work to increase interest in
modern languages.
Miss Lucy Ann Neblett is the
sponsor for the Meredith
Chapter of Sigma Pi Alpha. The
1950-51 officers are: Fran Al
mond, president; Jane Earl
Burch, vice-president; Barbara
Ballenger, secretary; Julia Pres-
son, treasurer; Grace Autry,
publicity chairman.
PALIO PLANS
(Continued from page one)
event on Friday night will be
Sally Massey, vice-president of
A.A., who announces the events
of the evening. In the court of
Hope Hodges, president of A.A.
and chief magistrate, will be
four yeomen; Anne Creech,
Grace Hamme, Faye Walker,
and Joanne Graybeal. Four
ladies-in-waiting will also be in
cluded in this court.
Judges for Event
Chief judge for Palio this
year will be Jean Griffith Wall,
a former president of the Athlet
ic Association. Judge for the
seniors, as class representative,
will be Mrs. G. R. Culberson,
also an alumnae of Meredith and
a resident of Raleigh. Mr. Carl
Goerch, editor of the “State
Magazine,” has been selected by
the junior class to judge the
event; for the sophomores, Mrs.
J. Winston Pearce of Durham,
Meredith alumnae and a past
president of the Student (gov
ernment Association, will be
here.
Students in charge of Palio
for their respective classes are
Donna Walston, vice-president
of the Senior Class; Jane Slate,
vice-president of the Junior
Class; Doril Williams, vice-
president of the Sophomore
Class; and Barbara Austin, vice-
president of the Freshman Class.
Stage Crew Makes
Progress On Set
Not all the hammering going
on in the new auditorium is
coming from the same construc
tion crew which has been work
ing, lo these many months, to
finish the building. On the con
trary there are now female
workmen—or should I say work-
ladies, pounding away at their
tasks, and they are not sympa
thetic girls who decided to pitch
in and help Guion Construction
Company finish the auditorium.
However, they are interested
persons who volunteered to help
build. scenery for “Goodbye,
My Fancy,” the fall production
of the Meredith Little Theater.
Lyn Belton, Micky Bowen,
Millie Green, Bonnie Morgan,
Grace Pugh, Elsie Wicker, and
“Potsy” Averre have all been
sawing on plywood, nailing to
gether boards for doors and
windows, and painting fiats. The
ambitious girls are even making
a permanent ceiling which can
be used for future plays. Miss
Mayes is doing the overseeing
for all these activities, and is
doing quite a lot of work her
self! She needs many more girls
to help with the building, so
volunteer to help out—and win
some points toward your Little
Theater membership.
Peggy Benbow is handling the
business details of the play; she
has been busy writing concerns
in Raleigh advertising the play,
while Dickie Phillips has been
assimilating modern costumes.
The main difficulty she is en
countering is the securing of
fourteen evening dresses re
quired for one scene in the play.
The scenes, by the way, take
place at a modern college, and
concern a famous woman’s rem
iniscences about her school days
and her love affair with the man
who is now the president of the
college.
FROM THE MUSIC WORLD
presented here on Monday,
October 30, by the Duke
Ensemble. I might add that any
of you who don’t have tickets
for the series and would like to
hear one of these concerts may
secure tickets at the door.
One of the eagerly-awaited
events in the world of music
is the touring of the London
Philharmonic under the direc
tion of Sir Thomas Beecham.
Among the people attending the
concert at Duke tonight will be
some of Meredith’s students.
In closing I shall call your at
tention to the showing of
“Faust and the Devil” at the
Varsity Theater, November 12
through 16. Tickets are being
sold at the Meredith Music
Store.
FEATURE WRITER (?) AIRS ASSORTED
VIEWS ON MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS
By MARIE EDWARDS
The editor of this fine up
standing newspaper gives the
worst assignments to her report
ers! “Go to see Dr. Johnson, find
out the origin of the name
‘Angel Farm’ and write a long
feature on the story.” The mere
fact that the whole story could
be covered in three choice sen
tences isn’t taken into considera
tion. “Write on!” she rages .
Anyway, it seems that way
back in 1915 Meredith received
a new president. Dr. Charles
Brewer from Wake Forest Col
lege. “Uncle Charlie” had been
the dean over at W.F.C. and a
warm feeling grew up between
the* two institutions. Folks
started calling the Meredith
girls, then attired in middie
jumpers and such, “Uncle
Charlie’s angels”—sort of the
opposite to the Wake Forest
“Demon Deacons.” When Mere
dith decided to try fresh country
air and moved out to the present
site of the college, which had
been the Tucker Farm, the name
Angel Farm developed. My most
humble apologies to Dr. John-
son.
Down on first Stringfield
there is a strange menace! Mat
ter of fact, it’s getting so a girl
can’t wash her hair without the
blinding light, of a fiash bulb
camera disturbing her. Beware
of Brooksie Stone, amateur pho
tographer!
By the way, here’s a joke. All
Rehearsals are in fulL swing,
backstage work is flourishing,
and it’s all going on so that you
may enjoy an evening of fun
seeing “Goodbye, My Fancy.”
Don’t miss it!
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dean’s list students are excused
from laughing .
Baby Ear of Corn: “Mama,
where did I come from?”
Mama Ear of Corn: “Hush,
dear, the stalk brought you.”
The new hours around here
are terrific; now Meredith girls
can see the whole feature at the
movies. I was getting real good
at piecing the end of the show
to the beginning of it by figuring
out the middle. Follow me? One
thought, though—what in the
world can you do with a blind
date from seven to twelve? Five
hours of home towns, majors,
life history, and the weather.
How many times did you gaze
longingly at those big panda
bears at the State Fair? Bet
your date just about went broke
trying to get one for you - - -.
Well, the secret is to date the
State College basketball team.
They just about bankrupted the
poor fellow with the basketball
concession,—won every last one
of his teddy bears.
Barney Schettler never has
any trouble getting her phone
calls. Other day a transfer up on
third Jones burst in the room
and said, “Hey, Barney, I think
you’re wanted on the phone.” In
her sweet Tennessee twang
Barney wanted to know why the
girl “just thought” she had a
phone call! “Well, the voice on
the other end just said, “Hello,
is that you, you old hillbilly?”
Oh, it’s a great life—if you
don’t weaken!
James E. Thiem
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