SUPPORT “ARSENIC
AND OLD LACE”
THE TWIG
REGISTER
AND VOTE
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXIX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1955
Playmakers Here February 23
Cast Will Present
Arsenic and Old Lace
This season the Carolina Play-
makers have chosen as their tour
ing production one of the most
popular plays in the American
theatre. Arsenic and Old Lace, by
Joseph Kesselring. A hit both on
Broadway and in the movies, the
show, now being done by com
munity and university theatres all
over the country, has delighted
every audience which has seen it.
Some of the most delightful char
acters in American comedy appear
in Arsenic and Old Lace. The play
revolves around two very sweet ok
ladies whose only failing is that they
like to commit murder — but for
charitable reasons. They are aider
and abetted in their schemes by
their definitely paranoid nephew
Teddy Roosevelt Brewster, who
throughout the play, persists in
charging San Juan Hill (the stairs)
and building the Panama Canal in
the cellar. Another nephew, Jona
than, is Public Enemy Number I
and resembles Boris Karloff so
much that Karloff played the role
on Broadway. His side-kick. Dr.
Einstein (originally played by Peter
Lorre) is a surgeon whose chief de
light is cutting up the wrong people
Add to this general mayhem a play
writing policeman, a minister, the
miniser’s daughter, and a nephew
who thinks he is normal despite the
fact that he’s a drama critic, anc
it’s no wonder that people will go
again and again to laugh at Ar
senic and Old Lace.
Arsenic and Old Lace was first
produced by the Carolina Play-
makers in 1942.vThe play had so
much success in Chapel Hill that
this year it was decided to revive it
for state-wide tour. The production
will come to Raleigh and be pro
duced at Meredith College on Feb
ruary 23, 1955, at 8:00, in Jones
Auditorium. The Tyner Education
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Thirty Seniors
Practice Teach
Thirty seniors are doing their
practice-teaching this semester.
Those teaching in grammar schools
are the following: At Myrtle Under
wood, Jo Bond Brock, grade 2;
Jennie Barbour, grade 4; Lou Ann
Griffin, grade 4; Lynn Morris, grade
2; Billie Bateman, grade 3; Louise
McCall, grade i; at Fred Olds,
Susie Rucker, grade 3; Bebe Car-
rell, grade 3; at Thompson, Velma
Smithwick, grade 2; Nance Doherty,
grade 1; at Eliza Poole, Lillian
Leary, grade 3; at Frances Lacy,
Becky Bamhardt, grade 4; at Bar
bee, Jean Sheets, grade 5; at Emma
Conn, Jane Collins, grade 1; at Boy-
lan Heights, Jane Lancaster, grade
1; Peggy Bennett, grade 2; Mary
Frances Colston, grade 4; at White
Memorial, Mary Glenn Randall,
grade 1; and at Wiley, Myra Doster,
grade 6.
The following girls are teaching
in high schools: at Needham
Broughton, Frances Patterson
teaching home economics; Annette
Caudle, business; Pat Dowell,
English; Janette Honeycutt, English;
Evelyn Boone, English; Joyce
Stevens Endo, English, and Emma
Lou Chappell, home economics; at
Hugh Morson, Barbara Andrews,
English; at Cary, June Thomas,
business, and Lois Gerald, home
economics; at the Methodist Or
phanage, Earline Martin, home
economics.
CAMPUS-WIDE ELECTIONS TO
BE HELD MARCH 3 AND 10
Once again we find the time is
drawing near for the selection of
new officers at Meredith College.
Registration for elections will be
held February 23 and 24, and the
elections take place March 3 and 10
from 11:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.
Marion Fitz Simons, Chapel Hill, and Eva Mae Kenzie, Chapel Hill, as Martha
and Abby Brewster, the two sweet old ladies who commit murder for charitable
reasons in Joseph Kesselring’s hilarious comedy, “Arsenic and Old Lace.” The
Carolina Playmakers production of this popular comedy will play for one night
only at Meredith College on February 23 at 8:00 p.m. The show is sponsored by
the Tyner Education Club.
Dean’s List Released
For Fall Semester
On February 11, 1955, Mrs. Vera
Tart Marsh, registrar of the college,
released the Dean’s List for this
spring, which includes those stu
dents registered for at least twelve
hours who have completed and
passed all courses with a number of
quality points equal to twice the
number of semester hours taken,
plus three.
Abernethy, Julia Isadora;
Adams, Annie Inez; Allen, Ruth
Jeanne; Atkins, Catherine Mercer;
Ball, Betty Joan; Bamhardt, Phoebe
Jean; Bone, Martha Louise; Brad
shaw, Jettie Rea; Bramlett, Martha
Ellen; Bright, Mary Kathryn; Bunn,
Clara Ray; Cadle, Mary Lois; Cal-
oway, Rebecca Anne; Causey,
Joyce; Colston, Mary Frances;
Cooke, Carol Phillips; Cottrell,
Ruth Ernestine; Culberson, Eliza
Lee; Current, Molly Lysbeth; Cur
tiss, Carolyn Joy; Deans, Barbara
Jean; Dempsey,. Miriam Delores;
Dobson, Berta Lois.
Dowell, Patricia Burnett; English,
Margaret Anne; Forehand, Betty
Baker; Gerald, Mary Jon; Greene,
Betsy Carol; Harton, Aurelia Eliza
beth; Hartsell, Pamela Rose; Har
vey, Mildred Holland; Hudson,
Clara Lucille; James, Molly Marvin;
Johnson, Barbara Kay; Jones, Jo
Ann; Lane, Betsy Carole; Layne,
Bessie Margaret; Lee, Annette; Mc
Arthur, Margaret Marsh; Mc
Arthur, Marilyn; McCall, Martha
Louise; McLean, Beatrice Shirley;
Maddrey, Edna Gwendolyn; May
nard, Amanda Jane; Meredith, Bar
bara Lee; Moore, Mary Dare;
Moore, Trudi; Morris, Dolores
Diane; Mott, Margaret Gertrude;
Newton, Sally Stephana; Nock,
Bette Alice; Owens, Wilma Grace.
Parr, Anne Channing; Peeler,
Bess Lenora; Plowman, Carblyn
Wood; Puckett, Jean Elizabeth;
Reece, Nancy Carroll; Reep, Mar
lene Norrita; Roberson, Sarah
Elizabeth; Roberts, Martha Ann;
Ruppelt, Nina Frances; Scar
borough, Leah Olive; Selley, Jo
Ann; Simmons, Geraldine Dare.
Slate, Margaret Elizabeth; Smith,
Dorothy Elizabeth; Sneeden, Effie
Irena; Spoon, Shirley Marie;
Thomas, June Carolyn; TTiore, Mar
jorie Estella; Vance, Elizabeth
Baird; Wallace, Nancy Finch;
Wiggs, Hortense; Worth, Ada Lou;
Yancey, Peggy Anne; Lee, Helene
Zinka; Pinner, Mary Jo.
BUILDING PLANS
TO BE DISCUSSED
The regular semiannual meeting
of the Meredith College Board of
Trustees will be held at 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday, February, 22. At this
meeting some plans for next year
will be made and financial and other
reports will be heard by the group.
The main topic of the meeting will
be the building plans of Meredith
College. The architect will be
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As preparation for elections,
guides for voting have been dis
tributed among the student body.
Sandra Peterson, chairman of the
Nominating Committee, will explain
the voting procedure in chapel on
February 24. Pictures of the candi
dates will be posted in Johnson Hall
as further aid in voting.
olficially posted the next morning.
Election officials are as follows:
C^hairman of Elections, Patty Mel
vin; Registrar, Louise McCall;
Judges, Joan Allen and Mish Eng
lish; Class Officials; freshman, Mar
tha Bramlet; sophomore, Peggy Jo
Williams; junior, Jane Lambert; and
senior, Kathleen Clemmons.
The results will be tabulated by
the Nominating Committee and the
Judge of Election. The candidates
will be notified of the outcome the
same night, and the returns will be
Piano Recital Given
By Mary Dare Moore
Mary Dare Moore, a senior from
Salisbury, presented her graduation
piano recital on Friday, February
11, 1955, in Jones Auditorium. She
is a student of Mr. Pratt. Her pro
gram included “Prelude and Fugue
in G Minor,” Bach; “Rondo,” Op.
11, Hummel; “Intermezzo,” Op.
116, No. 4, Brahms; “Prelude,” Op.
9, No. 1, Scriabine; “Prelude,” Op.
28, No. 12, Chopin; “La Vallee des
Cloches,” Ravel; “TTiree Preludes,
Kennan; and “Concerto in A
Major,” K. V. 488, Mozart, in which
she was assisted by Mr. Pratt.
Mary Dare had as her marshals
Becky Bamhardt, Nancy Doherty,
Mrs. Truman Smith, and Hortense
Wiggs.
The pictures of candidates for
election on the first slate will be
posted March 1. The candidates
will be introduced in chapel on
March 1, and brief speeches will be
made for those running for presi
dents of the A.A., S.G., and B.S.U.
Phoebe Darnhardt
Gives Recital
Phoebe Bamhardt of Concord
will be presented in her graduation
organ recital tonight in Jones Audi
torium. This recital is a partial ful
fillment of the requirements for the
degree of Bachelor of Arts with a
major in organ. Her program in
cludes “Toccata and Fugue in D
Minor” by Bach, “Fantaisie in A
Major” by Franck, Reubke’s
“Sonata from the Ninety-fourth
Psalm,” and “Fugue in G Minor”
by Dupre. Marshals are Becky Cal
loway, Ann Cashwell, Joyce
Causey, and Peggy Smith.
Phoebe is a member of Sigma
Alpha Iota music fraternity and
Silver Shield and is College Mar
shal and May Queen. A Dean’s List
student every semester since she en
tered Meredith, Phoebe was also
recently voted into Who’s Who
Among Students in American Uni
versities and Colleges.
Dr. and Mrs. Campbell Entertain
Seniors in Series of Suppers
Hortense Wiggs
To Give Recital
On February 25
Anne Tunstall, Mrs. Campbell, and Janette Honeycutt give Dr. Campbell moral
support as he gives his rendition of Dixie and Yankee Doodle for his guests.
By ANNE TUNSTALL
One of the most pleasant things
about being a Senior is being invited
for a buffet dinner and a visit in the
home of Dr. and Mrs. Campbell.
Entertaining the entire Senior
Class is a huge task which our presi
dent and his wife undertake each
spring. The Angels being honored
consider these dinners as not only
warm gestures of hospitality but as
delightful occasions when they have
a glimpse of the president “off
duty.”
Last Sunday evening twenty of
us braved the nasty elements and,
bedraggled, dripped our way into
the Campbell’s home where we
found a cheery welcome. Before
dinner. Dr. Campbell played us
several excellent recordings which
his daughter had sent him, We
Hortense Wiggs of Smithfield,
N. C., will present her graduation
recital on Friday evening, Febru
ary 25, at 8 o’clock in Jones Audi
torium. The program will include
compositions by Mozart, Brahms,
Chopin, Griffes, and Prokofieff.
Hortense is a student of Stuart
Pratt, head of the piano department
at Meredith. She has been a coun
selor, Dean’s List student, a mem
ber of the chorus and MacDowell
Music Club, and an officer of organ
class. This year she is serving as
president of Sigma Alph Iota.
Marshals for the recital will be
Mary Dare Moore, Nancy Doherty,
Bebe Correll, Sara Mangum, Rose
Dorman, and Gladys Smith. The
student body is invited to attend.
listened to Robert Frost read his
own “Mending Wall,” “Two
Tramps in Mud Time,” “Fire and
Ice,” etc., and we were later thrilled
to hear Judith Anderson read Edna
St. Vincent Millay’s “Renascence.”
Mrs. Campbell, assisted by Mrs.
Marsh and Mary Bland Josey,
served us a delicious meal with
bountiful “seconds,” dessert, and
large quantities of steaming coffee
— what more could a college girl
wish? Dr. Campbell’s time was
largely dedicated to enlightening
those of our group who had not been
previously exposed to selections
from his “high brow” record col
lection. Andy Griffith took the spot
light with his renditions of “Romeo
and Juliet” and “Swan Lake.” The
most hilarious moment of the even-
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Spring Fashions
Modeled by Phis
The Phi Society presented a
fashion show of spring styles Satur
day afternoon, February 12, in the
Meredith auditorium. Ellisberg’s
sponsored the showing, which con
sisted of sport, casual, dressy, and
formal outfits. A Valentine theme
was carried out in decorating, with
Cupids and hearts scattered over the
stage and programs.
Models were Becky Calloway
Kay White, Joyce Bailey, Libby
Wehunt, Barbara Stanley, Barbara
Brantley, Jackie Yates, Jean
Cooper, Ernestine Cottrell, and
Sharon Patterson.
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