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CONGRATU- LATIONS, SUPERLATIVES THE TWIG LET’S GO CORN HUSKING Chancellor House To Speak at Meredith On Founders’ Day The annual Founders’ Day serv ice will be held in Jones Auditorium at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Novem ber 2. Dr. Mary Lynch Johnson, professor of English, will give a history of the college, after which two numbers will be sung by the > Meredith College Chorus under the direction of Miss Beatrice Donley. i These are: Sing to the Lord, by Aichinger and McKinney, and Lord, Who Hast Made Us for Thine Own, by Gustau Holst. The main speaker for the service will be Chancellor Robert B. House of U.N.C. at Chapel Hill. Chancellor House is a native North Carolinian, having been born at Thelma, North Carolina, in 1892. He is a-graduate of U.N.C. and Harvard, having received hon orary degrees from Catawba and Bowdoin colleges. Versatile in his abilities. Chancellor House is not only an archivist and an adminis trator, but is also the author of The Public Letters and Papers of Gov ernor Pickett, The North Carolina Manual and Miss Sue and the Sheriff. Appointed chancellor in 1945, Dr. House is also vice-presi dent of the University. The seniors, alumnae, and friends of Meredith will be honored at the annual reception to be held in the Johnson Hall parlors between 4:30 and 6:00. This will climax the ob servance of Founders’ Day, 1954. Contest Held By Mademoiselle Each year Mademoiselle con ducts a contest to select members of its College Board, twenty of whom are selected to be paid guest editors of Mademoiselle’s 1955 College Is sue, which they will prepare during June, 1955, in New York. Women undergraduates (under twenty-six) are eligible to enter the contest. Candidates are asked to write a 1,500-word criticism of Mademoi selle’s August 1954 issue, first dis cussing the magazine as a whole and then criticizing in detail the field which most interests them. If you are interested, come by the Twig office for further details. RULE CHANGE The Student Union at State has recently been cleared as one of the public functions on that campus which we may attend without special permission. The Student Govern ment Association voted unani mously to accept this Handbook change and to comply with the con dition that we must attend the Union only in the company of mem- ■ bers or in especially invited groups. Expansion Plans Are Underway Plans are actually under way for the first new building of the Mere dith expansion program. A new arts building, to be located on the west side of the campus, is being planned. An architect was ap pointed last summer and tentative sketches for the location and fa cilities were drawn up. These sketches are being discussed by the faculty and will then go to the ex pansion committee. After this, final detailed plans will be drawn up. It will be an L-shaped building, par allel with Vann. SENIORS ELECT SUPERLATIVES Faculty Attend Academic Meetings Miss Lucy Ann Neblett of the department of modern languages made a trip to Charlotte, North Carolina, attending the Modern Lan guage Department of the South Piedmont section of NCEA where she was one of the principal speakers. Choosing as her topic “Reading Adventures Suggested by Book II of the Official State Spanish Text,” Miss Neblett presented the background, history, discovery of the novel, short stories, drama and verse of approximately thirty-five Spanish works. Miss Ellen Brewer, head of the home economics department, stud ied for six weeks this summer at Oregon State College in Cornwallis, Oregon. She also visited the home economics departments at the Uni versity of Oregon and the Uni versity of California and attended a meeting of the American Home Economics Association in San Eran- cisco, July 5-9. Dr. Sarah Lemmon of the history department and Dr. Leslie Syron of the sociology department officiated at the Social Studies Conference of the North Carolina Baptist Colleges, which was held at Mars Hill College on October 15-16. Dr. Lemmon, president of the conference, presided at the opening session of the conference Friday afternoon and at the Saturday morning session. Dr. Syron, who is secretary of the conference, intro duced the main speaker at the Fri day night session. Dr. Ethel Tilley of the psy chology and philosophy department attended a conference on the Teaching of Oriental Philosophy at the University of Wyoming in Lara mie, Wyoming, October 14-16, where she spoke on introducing- -o oriental philosophy into college courses that don’t specialize in this subject. Dr. Tilley was one of fifty persons who participated in an East-West Philosophical Conference at Honolulu in 1949, and in 1950 she attended a conference at West ern Reserve University in Cleve land. Dr. Campbell attended the State Baptist Convention. Dean Peacock and Mr. Belcher attended the Coun cil on Christian Education of the convention on October 19 at Thom asville. It was held at the Mill’s Home Baptist Church. Chamber Music Holds First Concert The Raleigh Chamber Music will hold its first concert of the year tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. in the auditorium. The first performance will be that of the Duke Chamber Orchestra. The concert program is com posed of Bach Concerto in E Major for the violin and string orchestra with Julia Mueller doing the solo; Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A Major, featuring the strings, two oboes, and two horns; several short pieces with string accompanist in cluding a clarinet solo, an oboe solo, and a bassoon solo; Block Concerto Grosso for piano and strings with Juanita White, a pupil of Olga Samaroff, soloist. This is the first of the four con certs to be held this season. Students may secure season tickets for $2; however, tickets will be sold at the door for each concert. The other concerts in the series will be the Quintetto Boccherini on November 20, the Budapest String Quartet on January 29 and the New Art Wind Quintet on February 26. All of the concerts are on Satur day and begin at 8:00. The Mac- Dowell Club members serve as mar shals. The superlatives for the class of 1955 are Becky Calloway, Miss Meredith; Suzie Rucker, Most Popular; Ernestine Cottrelh Most Original; Jennie Barbour, Wittiest; Betty Ball, Most Intellectual; Joyce Bailey, Most Atheltic; Joyce Burns', Best- All-Round Town Student; Phebe Barnhardt, College Marshal- Ruth Jeanne Allen, Most Versatile; Mary Lib Delbridge, Most Attractive, Jane Collins, Cutest; and Effie Sneeden, Friendliest. Nominations for Senior Class superlatives were made by secret CLASSES AND FACULTY COMPETE IN ANNUAL CORN HUSKING BEE ballot on Qctober 14; elections were held on Qctober 15; and run-offs, Qctober 18. Becky Calloway and Betty Ball received a majority on the nomina tion ballots. For the other superla tives, the girls with the most nominations were: Suzie Rucker, Ruth Tyson, and Ruth Jeanne Allen, Most Popular; Ernestine Cottrell and Becky Barnhardt, Most Qriginal; Jennie Barbour and Frances Patterson, Wittiest; Joyce Bailey and Ruth Jeanne Allen, Most Athletic; Joyce Burns and Jane Col lins, Best-All-Round Town Student; Ruth Jeanne Allen, Nancy Doherty, Bess Peeler, and Becky Barnhardt, Most Versatile; Joyce Bailey, Mar garet Brunson, June Vann, and Mary Lib Delbridge, Most Attrac tive; Jane Collins, Anne Jane Bar- brey, and Dot Hunt, Cutest; and Effie Sneedon, June Vann, and Ruth Jeanne Allen, Friendliest. Run-offs were held between Ruth Jeanne Allen and Bess Peeler, for Most Versatile: Mary Lib Del- bridge and Margaret Brunson, Most .Attractive; Dot Hunt and Jane Col lins, Cutest; and Effie Sneedon anc June Vann, Friendliest. Phoebe Barnhardt was chosen College Marshal in a campus-wide election last spring and is automati cally a senior superlative. Becky Calloway, an English major from Concord, is well known as the president of the Student Government, is a member of the Silver Shield, and was president of her junior elass. Hailing from Shelby, Susie Ruck er, Most Popular, is an eduea- tion major. She is president of the Astrotekton Soeiety and was on the S.G. council last year. Her bubbling personality is well known to every one. Ernestine Cottrell, Most Qriginal, IS president of the Philaretian So ciety. An art major from Lenoir, she has been a freshman counselor and is a member of Kappa Nu Sigma, honorary scholastic fraternity. Always full of wit and never speechless, espeeially at tall tale time is Jennie Barbour, Wittiest. Jennie is an education major from Dunn and returned to Meredith last year from a year and a half at Camp bell College. Betty Ball, Most Intellectual, has shown her ability in more ways than studies. She is editor of the Oak Leaves and a member of Kappa Nu Sigma. An edueation major from Seotland Neck, she was secretary of her junior elass. Most Athletic, Joyce Bailey, has shown prowess on many of the ath letic teams, beginning her freshman year by winning the coveted hockey stick. She is now president of the Monogram Club. Joyce is an educa tion major and comes from Benson. Joyce Burns, Best-All-Round Town Student, is president of the day students. However, she is seen around the campus quite a bit, es pecially at A.A. Board meetings and on the softball field. She is a biology major. Campus Marshal, Phoebe Barn hardt, is an organ.major from Con- eord. She is secretary and treasurer of Silver Shield, is a member of S.A.I., and was a transfer counselor last year. She transferred to Mere dith from Salem, where she was president of the freshman class. Ruth Jeanne Allen, Most Versa tile, is president of the A.A. and of the Silver Shield. She is well known for her friendliness, sincerity, and willingness to work. An education major, she is from Creedmoor. Most Attractive, Mary Lib Del- bridge, is from Spring Hope. A busi ness major, she is active in the business club and is chief typist for The Tvvig. Mary Lib was an at tendant in the May Court her fresh man year. Jane Collins, cutest, is a day stu dent and a transfer from Woman’s College. An education major, she is a member of the Edueation Club and the Mrs. Club. Effie Sneeden, Friendliest, is a religion major from Wilmington. She was on the S.G. Council last year, is president of the Religion Club, is vice-president of the Senior Class, and is on the annual staff. Freshmen Honored By Big Sisters the newly-arrived a Big Sister-Little Ann House and Rovilla Myers ^e shown above getting ready for the Com Husking Bee. Qctober 29 will bring one of the most fun-filled nights at Meredith College. It will all begin with the girls in their various costumes com ing into the dining hall. Everybody dresses up, and this time they have a chance to really be original. After supper, the court is the center of at tention. Square dancing will be held in front of the hay-covered dining room steps. After the dancing, the prizes for the most unusual costumes will be awarded. The chicken calling, sing song, hog calling, tall tale, and corn husking contests will take place. Each class and the faculty will have representatives competing in these contests. There will be prizes for the individual contests and an overall winner. Following the presentation of the prizes, there will be group singing, so let’s all wish for a harvest moon to shine on our Meredith Corn Husk in’ Bee. Honoring freshmen at Sister Party at the hut on Qctober 13, at 8:00 p.m., was the Junior Class. An appropriate “Hobo Theme” was characterized by the decorations in the hut and by the dress of the freshmen and juniors in their newest hobo fashions. As they sat “in style” on the floor of the hut, Barbara Southworth, who had charge of the entertain ment, introduced the talented junior performers who kept their audience thoroughly entertained during the evening of singing and fun. To climax the night of gaity, the hobo girls were exceedingly sur prised when an invitation was ex tended for all to enjoy refreshments before venturing back to their rooms and to their studies. Foundation Announces Graduate Fellowships The National Science Founda tion has announced that it plans to award approximately 700 graduate and po postdoctoral fellowships for scientific study during the 1955- 1956 academic year. These fellow ships are awarded to citizens of the United States who are selected solely on the basis of ability. They are offered in the mathematical, physical, medical, biological and engineering sciences, including an thropology, psychology (excluding clinical psychology), geography and certain interdisciplinary fields. Graduate fellowships are avail able to those who are studying for either masters’ or doctoral degrees at the first year, intermediate or terminal year levels. College seniors who expect to receive a bacca laureate degree during the 1954- 1955 academic year are eligible to apply. Further information and applica tion materials may be secured from Ae Fellowship Qffice, National Research Council, 2101 Consti- tutiM Avenue, N.W., Washington 1-/.