January 22, 1954
THE TWIG
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“OAK LEAVES” STAFFERS WORK
TO MEET FEBRUARY 1 DEADLINE
Do you know what happens on'
February 1? For the staff of the
Oak Leaves, this is a very import
ant day—the annual deadline. If
you meet “deadlines” for papers and
tests, you have only an idea of the
work that goes into this job.
About twenty girls make up the
staff of the annual. Peggy Jo Dal-
rymple heads it as editor, and help
ing her are Alyce Epley, associate
editor, and Dot White, art editor.
Anne Moore, Pat Eberhardt, Betty
Ball, Joyce Causey, Jean Forbes,
Barbara Brantley, Connie Wood-
all, Peggy Jo Williams, and Lula
Ann Pope are the class editors who
are in charge of the various sections.
The staff is chosen in the spring,
and work begins almost immediately.
The idea for the plan is decided
upon before school starts in the fall.
The two main jobs are assembling
the pictures after they are taken
and making the copy, which must
be proofread several dmes before
it goes to the printer. When it is
returned, there is the big job of
checking it carefully and correcting
all errors.
This year, for the first time in
three years, there will be advertise
ments. Patty Melvin, business man
ager, Jane Spence, Jean Morton,
Margaret Ingram, Becky Barnhardt,
and Margaret Lane are in charge of
the advertising. The rest of the
money for the annual comes from
the student budget fee, the classes,
and the clubs. If the deadline of
February 1 is made, a discount is
given.
Dr. Lanham is sponsor for the
editorial staff and Dr. Canady for
the business staff.
Edwards and Broughton in Ra
leigh is doing the printing and
Lynchburg Engraving in Lynch
burg, Va., is handling the engraving.
Small But Interesting
The old adage “good things come
in small packages” may certainly be
applied to Marilyn Green, freshman
from Albemarle. Marilyn’s five feet
are packed full of talent which has
supplied her with opportunity for
two very exciting summers.
It all began back in the summer
of 1952. There was a Stanley Coun
ty contest to select a winner from
the county to compete in the Radio
Queen of the South contest. The
winner was to receive an all
expense paid week trip to Florida.
Marilyn won over ten other girls,
and soon found herself in Miami
Beach where she spent a marvelous
week. Here there were 25 contest
ants from six southeastern states
trying for the title of Radio Queen
of the South. During this week, the
girls sang at night spots, concerts,
and at the Community Center in
Miami Beach. Finally came the
night of the crowning, June 30.
Again Marilyn was the judges’
choice and became the 14th Radio
Queen when she was crowned at the
Saxony Hotel by the queen of the
previous year. One Kiss was the
song she had selected which called
her to top place.
More trips were in store for her,
because the prize for the Queen was
a four-day trip to Cuba. Marilyn,
her mother, and the Radio Queen’s
party—first, second, and third place
winners included — enjoyed a mo
mentous visit, meeting the Cuban
President at his mansion, sight-see
ing, and getting a view of Cuban
night-life at the Tropicana and the
Monmarte.
That is enough summer to last a
long time, but Marilyn wasn’t
through yet. This past summer, she
went back to Miami where she
reigned over the events of the con
test week, culminating when she
crowned 1953’s queen, Claire Sim
mons of Monroe.
Then, back to North Carolina
where she had still another con
test awaiting her, this time repre
senting Albemarle in the Miss
North Carolina competition. Mari
lyn ranked 4th in talent and was
one of the twelve finalists in the
contest held at Morehead City.
All these events seem to indicate
that there is quite a future ahead
for petite Marilyn with a voice far
from petite.
MARY EVA CHALK
(Continued from page one)
Moore, playing Three Preludes and
Nocturne by Chopin.
Miss Chalk’s second group in
cluded Massenet’s Aria II Est Doux,
II Est Bon from Herodiade, and
her last group of selections included
Bernstein’s I Hate Music, The
Green Dog by Kingsley, and When
I Go Alone by Buzzi-Peccia.
Marshalling for the concert were
Mary Cobb "Westbrook, Myra Bris
tol, Raye King, Jennie Barbour, and
Betsy Cox.
A reception was held immediate-
Marilyn Green
MOORE ART EXHIBIT
OPENS HERE JAN, 15
Susan Moore’s exhibition of ab
stract paintings opened in the
Meredith College Art Gallery on
January 15. Miss Moore was present
for the opening and commented on
her paintings. She is a graduate
of Saint Mary’s and Salem College.
She has studied with Jacob Law
rence and Josef Albers and dur
ing 1949-50 studied in Paris. Miss
Moore has had one-man shows in
the New York Contemporary Art
Gallery and in the Weatherspoon
Gallery at Woman’s College in
Greensboro. One of her paintings
“Paris in Spring” was sent to Paris
as an example of American con
temporary art.
The exhibition will be open
through January 30.
DR. ETHEL TILLEY
APPEARS OX T.V.
During the Christmas holidays
Dr. Ethel Tilley attended the an
nual convention of the American
Philosophical Association at the
University of Rochester in Roches
ter, New York. Dr. Tilley was
chosen to be a member of a panel of
three to represent the convention on
television one afternoon. The panel
were interviewed as to what phi
losophy is, what it means today,
what philosophers do, and what the
place of women is in philosophy.
ly following the recital in the Blue
Parlor.
Miss Chalk will complete her stu
dies at Meredith this semester, grad
uating on January 30.
REGISTRATION
Registration will be held in the
gym on February 2. The freshmen
and sophomores will register in
the mornnig and the juniors and
seniors who have already pre
registered will check their tuition re
ceipts and fill in schedule cards in
the afternoon.
Dr. Johnson Attends
Modern Language
Association Meeting
Dr. Mary Lynch Johnson, head
of the English Department, at
tended a meeting of the Modern
Language Association in Chicago,
December 28-30. The meeting was
conducted in general and sectional
meetings. The presidential address
entitled “Champions of the Great
Traditions” by Dr. Hayward Kenis-
ter of Duke University was well re
ceived. Another speech worthy of
note was given in a sectional meet
ing by Kemp Malone of John Hop
kins University.
Dr. Johnson saw at the meeting
Dr. Elizabeth Moore, former head
of the Department of Modern Lan
guages at Meredith.
There were many favorable ref
erences to the sectional meeting of
the same organization held in Corn
ing, N. Y., which Dr. McAllister,
head of the Department of Modern
Languages attended. Dr. McAllis
ter reported in the fall that this
meeting was attended by business
men and educators who discussed
the value of liberal arts education.
While in Chicago, Dr. Johnson
visited Northwestern University at
Evanston, Illinois and Chicago Uni
versity.
BACK STAGE WITH SHEL
Heard some interesting reports
on the reading of John Brown’s
Body, by Throne Power, Raymond
Massey, and Ann Baxter at Greens
boro last week. Those who attended
said it was a superb performance.
Following the pattern of modern
stage settings the cast had only a
curved blond wood bench cushioned
with a red pillow for their prop.
Here on campus, the Kappa Nu
Sigma presented a modern moral
ity play entitled This Is the Glory.
The members of the Playhouse nod
their approval at the^ wonderful
amateur acting displayed. I’d like
to suggest that each society pre
sent a play during the year. What
about it? It’s a good chance to ad
vertise your society, to display tal
ent, and to prove (or should I say
improve) Meredith’s interest in dra
matics. Do I hear any support from
the student body?
Remember that the Barter The
ater is scheduled to return on Feb
ruary 24 with Two Gentlemen of
V'erorut. Plan to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Reers to
Speak to History Group
There will be held in the Faculty
Parlor a meeting for majors in the
Department of History, on Friday,
February 5, at 5:00. The speakers
will be Mr. and Mrs. Burton Beers.
Mrs. Beers, the former Pauline
Cone, a graduate of Meredith who
now serves as Curator of Manu
scripts at Duke, will speak on the
Curatorship of Manuscripts. Mr.
Beers, at present a candidate for
Ph.D., will give us useful informa
tion on Graduate Study in History.
FIFTEEX GIRLS RECEIVE EXGAGEMEXT
RIXGS DLRIXG CHRISTMAS HOLID/WS
Fifteen Meredith Angels re
turned to school after the Christmas
holidays proudly wearing lovely en
gagements rings they had received
during their vacations.
Pat Crenshaw, the only freshman
in the group of newly engaged An
gels, got her ring December 29
while at her home in Spartanburg,
S. C. Pat’s fiance is Bob Freeman,
also of Spartanburg, who is now at
tending M. I. T. in Boston, Mass.
No plans have been made as yet
for the marriage.
In May 1951, Mary Jane War
rick met George Brannon on a dou
ble-date. This December 19 she re
ceived an engagement ring from
him. George will gradate from state
in June in mechanical engineering,
and Mary Jane will graduate from
Meredith. No date has been set
for the wedding.
Paul Rogers, Jr., surprised Caro
line Jackson with an engagement
ring on December 21. The couple
has made no definite wedding
plans, for Paul is now in the Air
Force stationed at Ethan Allen Air
Force Base, Vermont. Paul, a Wake
Forest graduate, is from Caroline’s
home town of Tabor City, N .C.
Joyce Jones returned to Meredith
wearing a ring given to her by
Bob Brown on December 22. Bob
attended Wake Forest but will be
in Wilmington, N. C., until Feb
ruary when he will leave for Qr-
lando, Florida, where he will report
to the Washington Senator’s spring
baseball training camp. No definite
wedding plans have been made.
Peggy Jo Dalrymple met Rudy
Kirby at a Tau Kappa Epislon rush
party during her sophomore year at
Meredith. Rudy, now a senior at
State, gave Peggy Jo an engagement
ring Christmas day. No immediate
plans have been made for the wed
ding.
Qn Christmas Eve, Ernestine
Cottrell received her diamond from
Bob Holsclaw, who is now stationed
at Fort Jackson, S. C., taking ad
vanced basic training in prepara
tion for leadership school in the
army. Their plans for the future
depend on Uncle Sam right now, but
Ernestine plans to finish school.
Becky Upchurch, of Raleigh, be
came engaged to Jim Way of
Coatesville, Penn., on Christmas
Eve. Jim is a V. P. I. graduate and
is now working on his master’s de
gree in chemical engineering at
State. He will complete his work
in March, but no definite wedding
plans have been made by the couple
as yet.
Joyce A. Gerald, of Loris, S. C.,
visited Lois Williams during the
Christmas holidays and gave her a
diamond Christmas day. Joyce is in
school in Durham, N. C., and Lois
plans to finish another year at Mere
dith before getting married, so they
have set no wedding date.
Pat Dowell went to Macon, Geor
gia, during the holidays to visit her
fiance, Hewlette Connell. Pat got
her ring Christmas eve, but she
and Hewlette have made no spe
cific wedding plans yet. The couple
met at Mercer University where
Hewlette, now in medical school
in Augusta, Georgia, graduated in
1953.
Freida Moss became engaged to
Ray Snyder, a senior at Wake For
est, on Christmas Eve. They plan to
be married this June if possible,
after which Ray plans to enter den
tal school at Carolina and Freida
hopes to obtain a teaching position
in the Chapel Hill vicinity.
Bobby Long gave Lil "Wooten
her engagement ring as a New
Year’s gift on January 2. Bobby is
in the navy and stationed in Cali
fornia, but he and Lit plan to be
married sometime this year.
Anne Carter got her - diamond
from Corum Smith on December
26, while visiting him during Christ
mas. Anne and Corum met at Mars
Hill where they both went to school
for two years. Corum is now a sen
ior at "Western Carolina Teachers
College. No plans for the wedding
have been made by the couple.
Marjorie Lane and Fred Warren,
both of Selma, N. C., became en
gaged Christmas Eve. The couple,
who have been dating since high
school days, plan to be married
RAINBOW
FLORIST
Phone 7647
Dr. Joliii Yarbrough
Attends Conference
Dr. John Yarbrough attended the
meeting of the American Associa
tion for the Advancement of Science
in Boston from December 27-31. He
is serving his second year as a mem
ber of the National Council which is
the governing body for this organi
zation.
During the course of the meeting
Dr. Yarbrough represented the
N. C. State College Chapter of the
Sigma Xi at its annual convention
and also participated in the annual
Academy conference representing
the North Carolina Academy of
Science.
Rasketball Dormitory
Competition Regins
Basketball practice started last
week with around fifty people out
to test their shooting eye. Compe
tition is among the four dorms, and
each dorm gets to practice twice
a week. A double round-robin tour
nament is planned, so that each-
team plays every other team twice.
This will take longer, and conse
quently, the practice period will not
last as long as usual. Check the
bulletin board for practice dates and
other announcements concerning
basketball.
when Fred is discharged from the
Air Force next December. Fred has
just returned from a two-year stay
in Japan and Korea and is stationed
at Shaw Air Force Base, S. C.
Buddy Tucker decided to start
the New Year out right, by giving
Bootsy Renfro a diamond on New
Year’s Eve. Buddy, a Duke graduate
in electrical engineering, is now in
Albany, Georgia, with the navy.
The wedding will take place June
19, 1954, in Bootsy’s home town
of Wendell, N. C.
CONGRATULATIONS
The Twig staff wishes to con
gratulate the staff of the Wake For
est Old Gold and Black on their
All-American Honor Rating for
1952-53.
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