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THE TWIG
January 21, 1955
HATS OFF TO OUR COOKS!
The cooks step out front to give a smile to all the Meredith girts.
By PATSY BARRETT
Many of us at Meredith have not
had the opportunity to meet the
cafeteria staff, since they are al
ways busy preparing our meals. We
all did get to hear them, though,
when they sang so beautifully at
the Christmas banquet. Let’s take
a tour through the kitchen!
The chief chef for the school,
Harry Dunston, has been in charge
of preparing our meats and vege
tables for 23 years! Harry has been
working on the kitchen staff longer
than any of the other 22 members.
Right on hand to assist Harry
with his task is Ben Morgan, the
assistant chef. Ben is also the one
who wakes us up in the morning
by ringing the bell, and who an
nounces the serving of meals in the
same manner.
Serving in her sixteenth year of
service in the kitchen is Ruth Beck
with. Ruth’s- job includes keeping
everything in order on the tables
in the dining hall.
While meeting the staff mem
bers, I was overcome by the de
licious smell of baking bread. Our
baker, Lang Henton, before coming
to Meredith ten years ago, was a
baker at State College. I was in
terested in learning that both Lang’s
wife and son are employed in the
kitchen. His wife, Georgia, is in
charge of preparing all those tasty
salads.
Georgia said, “This is my fif
teenth year of making salads here,
and I have enjoyed every day of
it.”
Their son, Henry, works only part
time because he is in school.
Wake Forest Site
Of B.S.U. Meeting
The Wake County B.S.U. Coun
cil met at the Wake Forest Baptist
Church Tuesday evening, January
11, 1955. Ten Meredith students
attended the meeting. Joe Strother,
a ministerial student from South
eastern Seminary, brought the mes
sage on, “Ye Are the Light of the
World.” Shirley Spoon was in charge
of publicity here.
The Wake County B.S.U. Coun
cil is composed of representatives
from Wake Forest, Southeastern
Seminary, State College, Shaw, and
Meredith.
Shirley Spoon and Anne Tunstall
are the regular Meredith represen
tatives to the council and Marjorie
Jackson and Lois Dobson are al
ternates, but other students are wel
comed to the meetings.
Helping Georgia prepare the five
hundred salads a day is Lela Smith,
who is serving in her tenth year at
Meredith. Lela’s husband, Tommy
Smith, is also employed in the
kitchen.
After learning that Willie Mor
gan was in charge of preparing all
of the desserts, I just could not help
but drop a hint to Willie that
chocolate pie is my favorite.
One of my questions, which was
how the cafeteria could manage
to prepare three meals a day for
five hundred without being so
rushed, was answered by Mary
Ann Ligon, an employee of the
kitchen for 15 years. Mary Ann
said, “We each have our own job
to do, and we are responsible for
having it done by a certain time.”
Most of us are familiar with Ame
lia Hall, Mary Turner, and Eliza
beth Cain. They are the three girls
who serve in the cafeteria and are
noted for their friendly greetings.
Bill Williams, Albert Crenshaw,
and Annie Mae Parsons have also
been employed for a number of
years in the kitchen.
One of the duties of Lucille Cha
vis and Charles Collins is setting up
the food on the serving line.
Other workers who are £>n the
job by 6:15 a.m. every morning in
order to prepare our breakfast are
Jack Boney, Luther Dones, Ralph
Pape, Dot Robinson, and Maggie
Montaque.
Our hats are off to the kitchen
help for their faithful service!
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Leah Scarhoroosh, Music Edkor
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WHERE MEREDITH
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RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS
(Continued from page one)
Union. She is a graduate of Deni
son University, has studied at Union
Theological Seminary in New York
and has both studied and taught at
the Carver School in Louisville
(then the W.M.U. Training School).
Before her recent marriage she
taught in Burma.
Other committee chairmen ap
pointed by June Vann, who was
elected by the student body, are pro
gram, Janice Dennis; worship, Mary
Frances Kerley; publicity, Margaret
McArthur; music, Marjorie Thore;
arrangements, Mary Jo Pinner; hos
pitality Rebecca Barnhardt; so
cial, Virginia Mumford; discussion,
Mary Frances Colston; continua
tion, Lela Melvin; books and litera
ture, Barbara Andrews; and finance,
Nancy Reece. Shirley McLean,
B.S.U. president, and Virginia Mor
ris, conferences chairman, are a part
of the planning group. June under
lines her hope and expectation that
this united effort will be a campus
wide effort, with particular concern
for the students who have not yet
found their place in a worshiping
congregation as members.
OH!
(Continued from page three)
and Jim were childhood playmates,
though they only started dating last
June. The wedding will probably
be some time this summer.
Hortense Wiggs received an en
gagement ring from Bruce Wilkins.
They grew up together in Smith-
field and went together in high
school. They will probably be
married in late summer. Bruce and
Hortense are going to build a house
this summer.
Ann Austin from Clayton got a
diamond from Hugh Thompson of
Salisbury. Ann met Hugh on a blind
date and they got pinned just three
weeks later. They plan to finish
school before getting married.
Sally Drake To
Present Exhibit
Sally Drake will present her
graduating art exhibit Tuesday, Feb
ruary 10, from 7:30 until 9:30 p.m.
in the Art Gallery of Meredith Col
lege. The exhibit will include paint-'
ings done through her four years at
Meredith: oils, water colors and
pencil drawings. Sally’s major is art
and her minor is Spanish.
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Your music editor now feels that
she has a new lease on life, and
even the thought of the dreaded
forthcoming exams makes no im
pression on her once-fevered brain.
Even the sentence on a recital pro
gram stating: “This recital is in par
tial fulfillment for the degree of
Bachelor of Arts with major in
piano” no longer brings with it dark
foreboding. My outlook on hfe has
changed overnight, it seems — and
that night was January 14. Sincerely,
I wish to express my deepest thanks
to those who helped me so much
in the preparation and presentation
of my recital by their words of en
couragement — and otherwise. I’ve
learned that friends are a vital part
of such an event and their support
may mean success or failure. You’ll
be looking forward to the other
graduating recitalists to be presented
in the coming months, including
Mary Dare Moore, Hortense Wiggs,
Mary Lois Cadle, Jettie Rea Brad
shaw and Katie Lee Currin, pian
ists; Phoebe Barnhardt, organist;
and Mary Lou Bell, vocalist.
Mr. Carl Weinrich, organist, was
presented in concert here on Jan. 7.
Mr. Weinrich, who for many years
has been considered by many as
the pre-eminent organist on the
North American continent, included
in his program works of Bach, Shep
herd, Haydn, Reger, and Liszt.
Recent Civic Music concerts have
featured the young Viennese pianist,
Friedrich Gulda, on January 13,
and the famed London Ballet on
January 19. On February 3, the St.
Louis Symphony will appear as the
fifth Civic Music concert.
Third in a series of Chamber Mu
sic Concerts for this season will be
presented January 29 by the Buda
pest String Quartet. One of the out
standing performing groups in their
field of Chamber Music, their pro
gram will include “String Quartet in
E flat,” op. 33, No. 2, Haydn;
“String Quartet in G minor,” Op. 10,
Debussy; and “String Quartet in E
flat major,” Op. 127, Beethoven.
Music faculty members are also
quite busy with performances. The
phenomenal technique and superior
performace of Mr. John O’Steen’s
recital January 11 was unforget
table and the annual faculty recital
on January 17, sponsored by Sigma
Alpha Iota, was enjoyable for all.
The next recital will be presented
by Miss Suzanne Axworthy, pianist,
on February 9. This performance
promises to be one of high quality
appealing to all in attendance.
Exam time is with us again. The
unavoidable has come. Thus it is
that with your permission, I reprint
from my column of last year a few
words that great men have through ‘
the years given — words of advice,
encouragement and otherwise, that
during this week, especially, may
apply to the struggling musicians at
Meredith. First of all, Samuel Pepys
has viewed the entire field of music
with these words: “Musick is the
thing in the world that I love most.”
To the voice department goes en- '
couragement in these simple words:
“You, too, can sing.” To pianists,
Schumann has given these direc
tions: “Play with strong, ‘even’ rhy
thm! The playing of certain pianists
resembles the staggering and jerky
walk of a drunkard.” To organists
we say: “There is a tendency today
to foreget that music is something
to be heard, not merely studied.” To
other classes go these words: To
music history students: “I think
there is too much sentimental non
sense going on about appreciation
of music.”—Geoffrey Shaw. To
conducting class: “Our life is but a
music score which we shall play
at will.” To chorus members: “To
do part-singing one needs a head
equipped with two sets of the five
senses. Half of the senses listen to
the song in harmony, and half are
trying to keep on their part.” To all
of us go these heartfelt words:
“Even tho’ an elephant never for
gets — you might,” and from me
come these words—“Good luck on
exams! I hope we survive.”
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