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
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