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THE TWIG
December 11, 1953
CONSUMER ECONOMICS CLASS MAKE
FIELD TRIP; HEAR ALEX PERPEN
The consumer economics class
has been active this year in getting
out and putting the course to prac
tical use. On one field trip several
startling facts were uncovered. The
members of the class met at the
bus stop one Saturday morning,
and, armed with pencils and paper,
boarded the bus to count the busi
ness outlets on the two and a half
miles of Hillsboro Street between the
city limits and the Capitol. They
found twenty-four—(count ’em!)—
twenty-four restaurants and eating
places. Besides these outlets for pre
pared food, there are nine grocery
stores. There is no need for going
hungry on Hillboro Street!
Ihere should be no problem
about running out of gas—nineteen
filling stations are competing for
your business. If you are particular
about your brand, five of the sta
tions sell the same products at a
range from 28.9 cents to 32.5 cents
per gallon of regular gas. How do
these facts relate to a course in con
sumer economics? What are the im
plications of this status of over
competition? This trip helped to
whet the curiosity of these economic
students.
“Bringing the consumer the most
value for his money is our policy,”
Alex Perper, representative of Sears
Roebuck, told the consumer eco
nomics class Saturday in his talk
about merchandising policies and
the consumer interest.
In the discussion after the talk,
so many questions were asked that
Mr. Perper was asked to come
back again. At the next class meet
ing, he answered questions about
any phase of the Sears organization.
Of particular interest were his re
marks about the job opportunities
and advancements open to women
college graduates.
Mr. Perper is a graduate of the
School of Textiles at State College.
He also received his Master’s Degree
and taught at State.
Andrew White Gives Views on Singing;
College Girls Are His Favorite Andience
llarfe, tlje iingels! ^ing
Leah Scarborough, Music Editor
“Hark! The Meredith angels
shout! Eight more days and we’ll
be out.” That seems to be about the
most popular music about the Mere
dith campus right now as every
angel counts the days till Santa
Claus will come. In addition to the
vigorous proclaiming of this en
couraging song, there seem to be
some other songs that are Jieard
quite frequently also. Could it be
those numbers for the chorus con
cert to be given Dec. 13? Rehear
sals and more rehearsals! They seem
to pop up from nowhere in never-
ending succession, but for those
hardy individuals who survive, the
results will be worth the effort. It is
encouraging to feel you know when
to “come in” because that may pre
vent your singing in the concert one
of those impromptu wrong-entrance
solos that make trap doors in the
risers so desirable. One value of re
hearsals is quite evident also in the
sense of personal accomplishment
we feel. 4t is worth our time to be
able to sing with a feeling of pride
in achievement Britten’s “Ceremony
of the Carols.” The Christmas con
cert of the chorus will this year in
addition to its performance at
Meredith be presented at Campbell
College on December 15. In case
you miss both of these performances,
tune in on Christmas day to radio
station WPTF for the annual broad
cast by the chorus. Watch your
newspaper for the time.
No Christmas is complete with
out caroling and neither is the last
night before vacation at Meredith.
As the buses carry us about the city,
members of Sigma Alpha Iota will
lead our carols. There’ll be music in
the air. As the poet expressed it:
“Its melody, rhythm, harmony.
Gloriously fill the air.”
The two awed but eager repre
sentatives of The Twig stood trem
bling before Mr. Andrew White,
concert artist, until he revealed the
fact that he was a “Southern Ala
bamian” and son of a Baptist minis
ter. Having established this mutual
bond, the reporting novices began
questioning him about his past,
present and future and were met
with a response indicative of a vi
tal and warm personality. His an
swers are well worth sharing.
“Progress is the test,” declares
Mr. White, concerning the varying
techniques employed by instruc
tors of voice. “Every individual will
require a technique suited to his ca
pacities,” he further stated. Mr.
White is well qualified to discuss
voice instruction since his pupils at
JAN PEERCE WILL
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weight, had dark hair, or was of
the wrong facial type. Such an
swers from directors discouraged
him greatly. When he moaned to
his wife though, she told him re
peatedly that he was just tall
enough, slim enough, and blond
enough and that he was exactly the
right type. “Somewhere,” she said,
“you’re going to meet a manager
who’ll also want you just as you
are. He’ll want your type.” This
manager was Samuel Rothafel who
engaged him to sing at the opening
of the great Radio City Music Hall.
On opening night the show ran too
long and Mr. Peerce’s number was
omitted to his very great disappoint
ment. But the start had been made
and other opportunities soon came
In 1941 Mr. Peerce’s growing
reputation was climaxed by his de
but as Alfredo in La Traviata to
Metropolitan opera. After his per
formance he was described in these
words. “There are other fine Ameri
can tenors but few so versatile
as Mr. Peerce.”
Heavy-set and short-statured,
Mr. Peerce has dark hair, intense
eyes, and a soft affable manner. He
is stocky in build, and about five
feet five in height. He wears glasses
and his black hair is long in back.
For performances he wears con
tact lenses.
The program for the Monday
night concert has not bqen an
nounced.
Drake University, Des Moines,
Iowa, include both students and
townspeople.
“A song is like a stage produc
tion. It must have meaning for
the singer and tell the audience a
story. Singing is the recreating of
the composer’s thought and idea.”
Thus says Mr. White concerning
techniques of memorization. Again,
he emphasizes the importance of
individual differences. He likes to
write the text of each of his songs
several times to insure complete
memorization. He also finds it help
ful to hum the tune as he writes. His
technique of memorization, then is
to see the music, hear the music in
relation to words, and write the
words. He stresses the value and
importance of the awareness at all
times of the accompaniment.
Mr. White, who is at ease before
any audience, says that to no great
degree has he ever been bothered by
stage fright. He says rather, “The
feeling is one of anticipation. What
good would it do to worry?”
When asked if he had any favor
ite selections, Mr. White said, “No!
I like ’em all!” He laughingly (and
the reporters suspect amusedly)
added that his favorite audience was
one of college girls.
Mr. White discussed some aspects
of membership in Fred Waring’s
Pennsylvanians of which he was
formerly a member. “One must
possess musical a’s well as vocal at
tributes. Members are chosen by
audition and the competition is
rigid.”
“Any more questions?” asked
Mr. White, and though Leah and
Mutt might have listened all night,
we meekly said. “Thank you” and
left starry-eyed after our first inter
view with a celebrity.
N. C. LITERARY AWARDS MADE;
DR. ALLEN NEVINS SPEAKS
North Carolina’s top literary
awards were presented last Friday
night at a meeting of the State Lit
erary and Historical Association.
Mr. Le Gette Blythe of Hunters
ville and Dr. Mary T. Martin Sloop
of Crossjiore won the Mayflower
Cup for their volume. Miracle in
the Hills. Sir Walter Raleigh
Award winners were Mrs. Frances
Gray Patton of Durham and Mrs.
Inglis Fletcher of Edenton. Mrs.
Patton was awarded for her book
The Finer Things of Life. Mrs.
Fletcher was awarded for her con
tribution to Tar Heel literature
through her series of historical
novels dealing with North Carolina
colonial and revolutionary times.
The last in this series was Queen’s
Gift.
Dr. Allan Nevins, distinguished
historian and professor of history at
Columbia University was a high
light at the Friday night session. His
subject was “New Looks at Ameri
can History.” Dr. Nevins himself
is a two-time Pulitzer Prize win
ner for his biographies of Grover
Cleveland and Hamilton Fish. His
Ordeal of the Union won the Scrib
ner Centenary Prize and the Ban
croft Prize for History.
Dr. Nevins suggested in his ad
dress that the time had come to
reaccess — and rewrite — the re
cent history of our times.
Many Meredith students, espe
cially history majors, were present
and heard Dr. Nevin’s address.
Among them were Jinx Corbett,
Doris Knott, Pat Loftin, Barbe
White, Cathy Atkins, Salty Salter,
Pete Hampton, Phyllis Trible, Jane
Condrey, Nancy Brown, Charlotte
Taylor, Betty E. Smith, Jean
Journigan, Dot Hunt, Margaret Mc
Arthur, Bennie Farqhanson, Doro
thy Morgan, Ruth Barnes, Dee Dee
da Parma, Eva Townsend, and
Betty Griffin.
Dr. Alice Keith, as one of the
vice-presidents of the association
presided at a luncheon on Friday,
Dec. 4. Dr. Wallace, Dr. Keith, and
Dr. Lemmon are activp in the
work of the group.
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MEREDITH STABLES
SECURE NEW HORSE
Meredith acquired a new horse
recently. His name is Beau For
tune’s Boy, the first colt of Beau
Fortune. He is a seven year old
Chestnut gelding. Five-gaited, he
has won ribbons in many shows in
North Carolina. Mr. Max Watson
of Spindale, North Carolina gave
the college the horse. Mr. Wat
son’s son has shown him in many
places here in North Carolina and
in Florida. The horse had been
stabled in Simsonville, South Caro
lina.
PUBLICITY
Mrs. Harry Cooper is managing
school publicity until the Christmas
vacation.
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B.S.U. NEWS
"Our Calling as Christians^— to
live as World Citizens’’
On December 1, reports from the
State B.S.U. headquarters indicated
that about $500 had been contrib
uted by Baptist students throughout
the state through the L-I-S-T-E-N
campaign. Meredith students have
given about one-fifth of this amount.
Sylvia Deans, campus chairman, an
nounces that the October offering
was $50.20 and the November total,
$42.33 from this college com
munity.
A council has been formed by
representatives of the B.S.U.’s of
Wake Forest College and Seminary,
State College, Shaw, and Meredith.
The council, which is called the
Inter-Collegiate B.S.U. Council, has
the purpose of creating better rela
tions between the various campuses
through joint projects.
The council plans to sponsor dis
cussions, special programs, sharing
times, and projects in which many
students from the campuses may
participate. The two Meredith rep
resentatives to the council are June
Vann and Jennie Barbour. Our ad
viser is Dr. Leslie Syron.
Next week in vespers a demon
stration Student Night program will
be given. Mimeographed sheets of
information that will be helpful to
students who will be participating in
Student Night programs in their
home churches will be distributed
there. Copies of the information
may also be secured from the B.S.U.
room.
On Friday night, December 4,
the State College B.S.U. Council in
vited Meredith girls to a party at
their cabin.
The prayer rooms on second
Stringfield and second Brewer are
both open now for use by the stu
dents. These rooms have recently
been cleaned and painted.
November 30-December 4 was
observed on the Meredith campus
as the Week of Prayer for foreign
missions. Special programs were
presented each night at vespers on
the theme “We Have Seen His
Star” (missions over the world).
The week culminated in the pres
entation of the Lottie Moon Christ
mas Offering, which amounted to
about $70.
The program at the YWA gen
eral meeting on Wednesday, De
cember 9, was presented by Miss
Ivey and the children at the Baptist
Goodwill Center.
On Saturday afternoon, Decem
ber 5, the second B.S.U.-sponsored
discussion was held. The discussion,
which was on family relationships,
was led by Floyd Moore of the Guil-
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