HAPPY
EASTER
THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
ATTEND
VOCATIONAL
CONFERENCES
Volume XXVIII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1954
No. 9
ANNUAL FACULTY-STUDENT
PLAY DAY SLATED APRIL 22
APRIL 15-23 VOCATIONAL
INTEREST WEEK HERE
The Annual Faculty-Student Play
Day, sponsored by the A.A. Board,
will be held here April 22, from
> 2:00 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.
Play Day begins with the crown
ing on the dining hall steps, of a
duchess, chosen from the student
body, and a duke, chosen from the
faculty. Then the students, divided
according to dormitories, the day
students going with Vann, will com
pete with each other and with the
faculty in games. Each group will
have its own yells and songs.
There will be individual and group
challenges in any and everything
from hopscotch to bubble gum con
tests.
After all the games and challenges
• are played off, there will be a
picnic supper in the court. Potato
and sack races will follow supper.
The announcement of the day’s
winners will conclude the program.
Faculty Opponents
As each Faculty-Student Play
Day comes and goes, some of our
faculty members either more firmly
establish their reputation in their
, particular sport, or have their vic
tor’s crown uprooted by some eager
student. We would like to mention
a few of these personalities whom
you will probably see in action,
and whom you have the right to
challenge if you so desire come
April 22. Dr. Ralph McLain gets
an evil look in his eye as he takes
up the Ping-pong paddle each
spring. He is known to have a
mighty fast left-handed serve—so
, beware. Wear your glasses when you
play this man. You’ll need to see the
ball. Dr. Campbell and Dr. Wallace
have both burned the tennis nets
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Classes Elect
’54-’55 Officers
Next year’s Senior, Junior and
Sophomore classes recently elected
officers at their respective meet
ings. Heading the Senior Class will
be Joyce Causey of Tarboro with
Effie Sneeden of Wilmington as
vice-president. Dot Hunt of Raleigh
as secretary, and Annette Caudle of
Peachland as treasurer.
Barbara Brantley of Spring Hope
will lead the Junior Class with Cathy
Atkins of Albemarle as vice-presi
dent, Betty Jean Deloatch of Roa
noke Rapids as secretary and Carol
Everett of Charlotte as treasurer.
The Sophomore Class will have
Barbara Churchill of Fuquay as
president, Gwen Maddrey of Ra
leigh as vice-president, Barbara Stan
ley of Smithfield as secretary, Betsy
Wells of as treasurer, Mary
Helen Cooper and Jo Ann Selley
as class representatives to the Stu-
■ dent Government Association.
Pictured above are Dr. Norma Rose, Emily Faye Johnson, Dr. Mary Lynch John
son, and Ann Lovell who are getting in some practice with the croquet mallet
before Play Day.
Alumnae Seminar Held April 10;
“Foreign Language” Was Theme
‘Foreign Languages” was the
subject of the 12th Annual Alum
nae Seminar that met on Meredith
College campus Saturday, April 10.
The seminar was sponsered by the
language department of the college.
At nine-thirty Saturday morning
the seminar opened with a coffee
hour in the alumnae house. A spe
cial program of dances from Mexico
was presented by Miss Lucy Ann
Neblett. Foreign foods were served.
Following the coffee hour. Dr.
Quentin O. McAllister, head of the
modern language department of
Meredith College, opened the lec
ture session in the auditorium with
a speech on “New Trends in Lan
guage Teaching.” Between parts of
the lecture program a group from
the Folk Dance Club under the
direction of Miss Doris Peterson
presented a group of foreign dances.
Miss Lois Johnson, Dean of Women
at Wake Forest College, then lec
tured the group on “New Oppor
tunities for Students to Use Lan
guages.” At this time two Rotary
Scholarship winners—Mary Bland
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April 15, 16, and 19 through 23
is Vocational Interest Week on the
Meredith Campus. At this time the
students have an opportunity to
hear and talk with men and women
representing various vocations.
Vocational Interest Week is de
signed to help the students choose
a vocation suited to their interests
and abilities, and is set up so that
the students may hear one speaker
each day from 10:20 until 11:05.
Throughout this week the faculty are
available for group and individual
conferences by appointment.
On Thursday April 15, the coun
selors presented a short skit which
was written by a committee com
posed of: Mimi Royster, Jo Work
man, Jody Strickland, and Frances
Moncrief. On April 16, Friday, Dr.
Key L. Barkley of the State College
psychology department spoke on
Choosing a Vocation.” These two
chapel programs were designed to
introduce Vocational Interest Week
to the student body.
The following groups will meet;
each girl is urged to attend one:
Monday, April 19—
Physical Education — Therapy
and Recreation — Music 201
Psychology — Auditorium
Library Work — Library
Science — Laboratory and Medi
cal technicians and Research —
S. 16
Plans Made for
Hospitality Weekend
Miss Louise Fleming, dean of
students, announced recently that
plans are under way for Hospitality
Weekend to be held here May 1-2.
As many high school girls as can be
accommodated will be invited for the
May Day festivities. Pasty Bland
and Jane Williamson Teague are
working with Mrs. Fleming on
plans for the week-end.
Tuesday, April 20—
Sociology — Auditorium
Home Economics — Science 17
Armed Services — Blue Parlor
Music — Recital Hall
Wednesday, April 21—
English — Hut
Mathematics — Art 14
Religion — Auditorium
Thursday, April 22—
Business — Secretarial, Account
ing, Retailing, Buying, Advertising,
and Teaching—Recital Hall
Foreigh Languages — Art 15
History — Archives, Teaching,
and Government Service — Hut
Friday, April 23—
Art — Designing, Interior Deco
ration, Commercial Art — Art 16
Education — Kindergarten, Pri-
rnary Education, Secondary Educa
tion — Auditorium
Radio, Television, and Journa
lism — Hut
FOLK DANCE
CLUB PERFORMS
On April 7 the Folk Dance Club
gave a program for the Parent-
Teacher Association at the Swift
Creek Consolidated School. The
dances performed were Gypsy
Dance, Japanese Cherry Blossom,
Inca Princess, Scotch Sword Dance,
Irish Lilt, Bavarian Schuhplattler.
The girls were at the Fayetteville
Woman’s Club April 9. Since the
program was on American folk dan
ces, they danced a Colonial Minuet,
Inca Princess, Varsovianna, and a
Square Dance.
Another performance was given
at the Alumnae Seminar here Sat
urday, April 10. The girls danced
Scotch Sword Dance and Spanish
Balero.
On April 16, the club will go
to Fort Bragg by special Army bus
where they will give a full program
for the soldiers convalescing at the
hospital there.
Dr. S. E. Gerard Priestley Addresses Meredith Students
“Quality Street”
Is Postponed
The Meredith College Playhouse,
the cast of “Quality Street,” and the
director, Mrs. da Parma, regrets that
it was necessary to postpone until
the fall their production scheduled
to be presented here April 22-23. It
• was impossible for the dramatics
organization to cast three male roles
in “Quality Street.” The Playhouse
hopes to present a superb produc
tion of thus Barrie play early next
semester. Beth Morgan is this year’s
Playhouse president, and Mary Cobb
Westbrook has been elected to this
post for 1954-55.
Chorus Sings at
Centennial Program
The seventy-voice Meredith
Chorus sang in Chapel Hill, Thurs
day, April 8. The chorus sang as
part of the Centennial Celebration
of the First Baptist Church there.
Under the direction of Miss Bea
trice Donley, and accompanied by
Katie Lee Currin, the group sang
‘Great is the Lord,” Handel; and
“By the Waters of Babylon,” Beck-
helm.
Dr. E. McNeill Poteat brought
the evening message on “The Mean
ing of the Church.”
Other groups presenting music
during the week-long centennial pro
gram were the 'YWCA Student Nur
ses’ Choir, the choir of the Durham
First Baptist Church, the Chapel
Choir of Campbell College, the Uni
versity Men’s Glee Club, the School
of Dentistry Male Chorus, and the
BSU Choir.
By LORETTE OGLESBY and
VIVIAN BYRD
“Our task is to understand the
world that we are privileged and
destined to live in,” Dr. S. E. Gerard
Priestley told Meredith College stu
dents in an address on America’s
role in an age of crisis Tuesday,
April 13. Speaking with a charm
ing English accent, he told us that
what 160 million Americans think
about the world will determine its
destiny. While we were in the
growing-up process, many changes
brought about by ever-advancing
science and technology were being
made—changes that broke down in
ternational barriers. Just as when
one gets to know a person of another
country, he contributes to and gains
from the relationship, so when one
country comes to know and under
stand another, the two can be mu
tually helpful.
“Our security is not to^be found
in revolting against the age in which
we live, but in establishing law and
order. We are just beginning to lay
the cornerstone of the temple of in
ternational law and order. If we are
to play the part of leader we must
face reality, come out of the ivory
tower.” In closing Dr. Priestley said
that youth in taking their place in
this changing world will, like the
rebuilders of Jerusalem, have to
hold a trowel, the symbol of re
sponsibility and reconstruction, in
one hand and perhaps a sword, the
symbol of justice, order, and law,
in the other.
In an interview after his address.
Dr. Priestley stated that of the 70
college campuses visited in the
United States, greater interest in
world affairs was evidenced on the
campuses of women’s colleges.
Comparing American college youth
with students in other countries, he
stated that we are generally less seri
ous and politically-minded than
they. This difference is attributed
largely to the shorter period of
youth in other countries, and the
greater responsibility of foreign
youth to speak for the illiterate
masses.
Dr. Priestley has not won his six
degrees without sweat, sacrifices,
and tears over a period of 15 years.
He declares that to achieve one
must have a plan, not merely drift
along. But goals are not sufficient
in themselves; one must have sticka-
bility (a good word, he said).
For his Doctoral dissertation and
his several masters’ theses Dr.
Priestley chose such subjects as
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Pictured with Dr. Priestley during an interview after his lecture are Bess Peeler
Vivian Byrd, and Lorette Ogleshy. ’