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SENIORS
THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
GOOD LUCK
ON EXAMS
Volume XXVIII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1954
No. 11
Meredith Chorus
Gives Coneert
The Meredith College Chorus will
present the Commencement Con
cert Friday evening. May 28, at
8:00 p.m. in Jones Auditorium.
Soloists are Mary Lou Bell, mezza-
soprano; Mary Lois Cadle, pianist;
Mary Bryan Reid, soprano; and
Hortense Wiggs, pianist. The chor
us is under the direction of Miss
Beatrice Donley, head of the voice
department at Meredith, and is ac
companied by Katie Lee Currin
and Betty Miller.
The program of religious and
secular music is as follows: The
“Bell Chorus,” by Gustav Mahler
with solo by Joanne Brown; “By the
Waters of Babylon,” by Paul Beck-
helm; “God Who Made the Earth,”
by Leo Sowerly; “God be Merci
ful” by Karl Ahrendt; “Song of Des
tiny” by Brahms; “In That Great
Gettin’ Up Morning,” arranged by
Noble Cain; “I Couldn’t Hear No
body Pray,” arranged by Harvey
Gaul; “Honor! Honor!” arranged
by Hall Johnson; “A Merry Mad
rigal,” by Gardner Read; “Coun
ty Fair,” by Ernest Kanitz; “In My
Dreams I Sorrowed,” by George
Hue; “Breadbaking,” by Bela Bar-
tok; “Lo, the Winter Is Past,” by
George Mead.
Mary Bryan Reid and Mary Lou
Bell will sing “Tuttle fior” from
“Madam Butterfly,” by Puccini.
Hortense Wiggs will play Mozart’s
“Fantasia in C minor,” K. 475, and
Mary Lois Cadle will present
Chopin’s “Nocturne,” Op. 9 No. 3
and Prokofieff’s “Visions Fugitives,”
Numbers 1 and 14.
Dr. Campbell’s
Portrait Unveiled
Stanislav Rembski, Polish artist
of Baltimore, Maryland, was en
gaged by the entire student body
to paint a portrait of Dr. Carlyle
Campbell, Meredith president since
1939, as an expression of the affec
tion and appreciation of the col
lege community for him. Members
of the faculty and staff contrib
uted the frame. Patsy Bland, presi
dent of the Student Government As
sociation, presented the portrait in
chapel on May 17, and it was re
ceived on behalf of the college by
Mr . William C. Lassiter of the Col
lege Board of Trustees. Also taking
part in the service were Dr. Edwin
McNeill Poteat, college trustee, and
Caroline Jackson, Mary Jon Ger
ald, Rebecca Calloway, and Bar
bara Jean Deans, class presidents.
After the unveiling ceremony, cof
fee was served to off campus guests
in the Blue Parlor by Miss Louise
Fleming, Dean of Students.
Seniors to Gr: 31
Alumnae Make Plans
For Graduation
Meredith Association
To Take in Seniors
The various committees of the
Meredith Alumnae Association are
very busy now making their plans
for graduation. The annual business
meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m..
May 29, 1954, in Jones Audi
torium with Miss Carolyn Mercer
presiding. The highlight of the morn
ing will be the annual Alumnae
speech by Dr. Norma Rose. The
Granddaughters Club will also have
a place on the program. After the
meeting, a luncheon will be held in
the dining hall, at which time the
seniors will be inducted into the
Alumnae Association. Following the
luncheon, open house will be held
in the Alumnae House from 2:30
until 4:30.
Twelve reunion classes will be
present. They are as follows: 1904,
’17, ’18, ’19, ’20, ’29, ’36, ’37, ’38,
’39, ’44, ’52. The class of 1952
will be returning to see their little
sisters graduate.
Ruth Barnes
Awarded Fellowship
Ruth Barnes, a senior history ma
jor, has been awarded a $600 fel
lowship to Radcliffe College in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. After
completing a year of graduate work
in the management and training pro
gram there, she hopes to go into
professional service in the United
Nations. Of the 200 students who
will take this course, only twelve
have received fellowships.
SCHOOL OF CHRISTIAN STUDIES
TO BE HELD JUNE 14-18
Final program details for the sec
ond annual Meredith School of
Christian Studies on the campus
June 14-18 have been completed.
Consisting of a series of lectures
and vesper services conducted by
prominent religious leaders, the
school is being held “to bring
thoughtful ministers and laymen to
gether in study and discussion un
der leaders who are making major,
scholarly contributions to Christian
life and thought.”
One of the lecturers will be Dr.
Marjorie Reeves, lecturer in Mod
em History at Oxford University,
England. A member of Britain’s
Ministry of Education and a popu
lar speaker in her country as well
as in Europe, Dr. Reeves will
have as her general theme at Mere
dith, “A Study in Christian History.”
Another featured speaker will be
Dr. John W. Decker, a Virginian
who now is secretary of the Inter
national Missionary Council with
headquarters in New York. For 14
years a missionary to China, Dr.
Decker will form his talks around
the subject, “The Christian World
Mission and Our Times.”
Dr. Nels F. S. Ferre, professor
of philosophical theology in the
School of Religion at Vanderbilt,
will deliver his series of lectiures on
the general topic of “Christianity
and Society.” The Fulbright Lec
turer to Oxford University in 1951-
52, Dr. Ferre is a well known au-
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Baccalaureate Sermon
To Be Delivered By
Dr. John Oliver Nelson
Sunday, May 30, 1954, at 11:00
a.m.. Dr. John Oliver Nelson, Pro
fessor at Yale University Divinity
School will deliver the Baccalaureate
Sermon. Dr. Nelson, a Pittsburgher,
graduated magna cum laude from
Princeton University. His B.D. De
gree was from the University of
Edinburgh in Scotland and Mc
Cormick Seminary in Chicago, fol
lowed by a Yale Ph.D. in philoso
phy of religion and later a Litt.D.
from Westminister College in Penn
sylvania. Besides these degres. Dr.
Nelson has edited the Intercolle
gian, the national student Christian
monthly, from 1942 to 1949. He
has also served on national com
mittees of great importance such as
the Inter-seminary Movement, Stu
dent Volunteer Movement, Haddam
House, and Presbyterian Tribune.
Dr. Cooper to Give
Annual Recital
The eleventh annual organ reci
tal of Dr. Harry E. Cooper will be
presented on Sunday, May 30, at
4:30 p.m. in the small auditorium.
Dr. Cooper gives this recital each
year during graduation week-end
for the enjoyment of guests on the
campus. This year’s program in
cludes the “Introduction and Alle
gro” from “Cuckoa and Night
ingale Concerto” by Handel, “Cho
rale No. 1, in E major” by Franck,
“Fantasietta with Variations” by Du
bois, “Pastorale in G major” by
Wachs, “Dreams” by McAmis, and
“Toccato on ‘Von Himmel Hoch’ ”
by Edmundson.
SENIORS PLAN
LAST VESPERS
Senior Vespers will be held on
Sunday night. May 30. The ves
per service, planned by Doris Al
len, chairman, Charleen Swanzy,
Sylvia Deans, Joanne Brown, and
Phyllis Tribble, will be held at 8:00
p.m. in Jones Auditorium. The pub
lic is invited.
Faculty Sponsors
of Classes Chosen
At the last class meetings the fol
lowing faculty sponsors were elected
for the coming year: Sarah McCul-
loh Lemmon, sponsor for the
sophomore class; Helena Williams,
sponsor for the junior class; and Su
zanne Axworthy, sponsor for the
senior class.
Dr. Lemmon came to Meredith
in 1947 as an assistant professor
in history, teaching history of the
United States and the British Em
pire. She received her B.S. from
Madison College, her M.A. from
Columbia University, and her Ph.D.
from U.N.C.
Miss Williams is known on cam
pus for her teaching of golf and
modem dance and for her sense
of humor. After receiving her B.S.
from W.C.U.N.C., she joined the
Meredith faculty in 1952. Miss Wil
liams is an instructor in physical
education.
The new senior class sponsor,
Suzanne Axworthy, came to Mere
dith in 1952, after teaching at Al
bino College, a Methodist girls
school. Miss Axworthy, a member
of the music faculty, received her
A.B. from the University of Ro
chester and her M.A. in piano and
theo^ from the Eastman School of
Music.
Class Day Exercises
To Be Beld May 29
The seniors and sophomores are
preparing for class day. May 29,
4:30 p.m., to be held in the court.
At this time the sister classes honor
one another with songs and gifts.
Early Saturday morning the sopho
more class will pick daisies for the
daisy chain through which the sen
iors will pass. At present the pro
gram is as follows; the processional
of the sophomores, carrying the
daisy chain on their shoulders and
singing “Seniors, Dear Seniors”; the
processional of the seniors through
the daisy chain; welcome to all the
guests by Carolyn Jackson, presi
dent of the senior class; the seniors’
song to their big sisters, the class of
’52, and their response; the presen
tation of the sticks and stones to
the sophomores, a tradition of the
even class; the “Big Sister-Little Sis
ter” song with the sophomores’ re
sponse; presentation of class day
skit; presentation of gifts; and re
cessional to Johnson Hall steps
where the sophomores form the nu
merals of the graduating class. Fol
lowing the program the seniors will
elect their alumnae class officers.
Annual Awards to be
Made Society Night
On May 29 at 8 p.m. outstand
ing students will be recognized dur
ing traditional Society Night. After
the processionals, Betty Lane will
welcome those who are present and
the main address will be given after
an introduction by Lynn Belton.
Among the awards and honors
presented will be the Astrotekton
and Philaretian Literary Awards,
the Athletic Association Awards,
the Ida Poteat Art Award, the
Elizabeth Avery Colton Award, the
Education Department Award, the
English Award, the Sigma Alpha
Iota Professional Music Fraternity
Awards, Alpha Psi Omega Dramatic
Fraternity and Meredith Little The
atre Award, and other special
awards. At this time new members
will be tapped into Silver Shield and
Kappa Nu Sigma, and the $100
Freshman Citizenship Award will
be presented by Mrs. Vera Marsh,
college registrar. This is the second
presentation of the award, which
was given by Miss Margaret
Schwartz, the assistant dean of stu
dents here last year. After recogni
tion by Dean L. A. Peacock of those
students who are represented in
Who’s Who Among Students in
American Colleges and Universi
ties, the Alma Mater will be sung
and the recessional will close the
program.
Dr. Oliii T. Binkley To
Give Graduation
Address
Monday, May 31, 1954, will mark
the graduation of the senior class
of Meredith College. The Baccalau
reate Address will be given at 10:30
a.m. in Jones Auditorium by Dr.
Olin T. Binkley of the Southeastern
Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr.
Binkley, a native North Carolinian,
graduated from Wake Forest Col
lege and was awarded the honorary
doctorate .there in 1951. He also
holds the Th.B. from the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary, the
B.D. from Yale Divinity School,and
the Ph.D. from Yale University. He
has served as pastor of churches in
New Haven, Connecticut, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina, and the South
ern Baptist Theological Seminary,
and is now Professor of Christian
sociology and ethics at Southeast
ern Baptist Theological Seminary,
Wake Forest.
Following the address. Dr. Car
lyle Campbell will confer the de
grees to the graduating class. Special
musical selections will be presented
by the Meredith College Chorus un
der the direction of Miss Beatrice
Donley.
Annual Dedicated
To Dr. Lanham
In chapel on Wednesday, May
19, the Oak Leaves was dedicated
to Dr. Louise Lanham, who is re
tiring this year after eighteen years
at Meredith. She was chosen by a
secret ballot of the annual staff and
the senior class. The Twig pays a
tribute to Dr. Lanham in this issue.
(See page 5).
Summer School
Begins on June 7
Meredith summer school will be
gin June 7 and end July 17. People
planning to attend will register in
the library at 2 p.m. Monday, July
7. Classes will begin Tuesday
morning and will meet from 7:45
to 1:00 p.m. Monday through Sa
turday except July 3.
Tuition for two courses giving 6
hours credit will be $60.00. Reg
istration fee is $2.00 and if you
plan to be a resident student the
tuition will be $78.00. The fees
are payable one half on registra
tion and one half June 26. No
refunds will be allowed for with
drawals. Meals will be served in the
college dining hall.
Recreation and social programs
are planned. Weekly round table
discussions of current affairs are
traditional. Buses leave frequent
ly from Johnson Hall for town. The
outdoor pool will be available.
It is possible to acquire a maxi
mum of six semester hours of credit.
Courses are being offered in art, bi
ology, education, English, geogra
phy, government, history, mathe
matics, music, and religion, but the
college does not guarantee to offer
any course for which there is not a
minimum registration of six stu
dents.
ANOTHER BOY!
Congratulations to Dr. and Mrs.
Roger Crook on the birth of 7
pounds and 12 ounces of baby boy,
James Austin, on May 12 at 3:19
pm. David, Joseph and John, broth
ers of the newcomer, as well as
James, are all named for charac-
tqfs in the Bible. The proud father
has “no comment.”