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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXXII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1957
No. 2
CLASSES READY FOR CORN HUSKIN’ REE
SENIORS SELECT
SUPERLATIVES
On October 21 the Senior Class
met at 5:00 in the rotunda to elect
senior superlatives with Senior Class
president, Peggy Bone, presiding.
The superlatives are as follows;
Miss Meredtih, Inez Kendrick from
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Most
Original, Jane Stembridge from For
est City, N. C.; Most Intellectual,
Sally Newton from Kenansville,
N. C.; Most Versatile, Juanita
Swindler from Charlotte, N. C.; Wit
tiest, Virginia Byrne from Winston-
Salem, N. C.; Friendliest, Nancy
Wallace from Raleigh, N. C.;
Cutest, Anne Howard from Con
cord, N. C.; Most Attractive, Lula
Mae Jones from Kinston, N. C.;
Most Popular, Kay White from
Greensboro, N. C.; Most Athletic,
Margaret Creech from Four Oaks,
N. C.; Best All-Around Town Stu
dent, Becky Murray from Raleigh,
N. C.
DR. SYRON NAMED
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
Dr. Leslie W. Syron has recently
been named head of the Sociology
and Economics Department. Dr.
Syron, affiliated with Meredith
since 1945, received her A.B. at
Mary Baldwin College; A.M.,
Ph.D., at the University of North
Carolina. Dr. Syron succeeds the
late Dr. Elizabeth Head Vauehan.
Dr. Johnson Receives Honorary Degree
Dr. Mary Lynch Johnson has
been awarded an honorary Doctor
of Humanities degree by Wake For
est College. The honor came last
spring at the commencement exer
cises at Winston-Salem. The cita
tion read when she received the
degree is as follows:
B.S.U. CONVENTION
TO BE HELD IN DURHAM
The annual fall convention of the
Baptist Student Union of N. C. will
be held November 1-3 at the First
Baptist Church of Durham.
Approximately 1,200 college
and university students are ex
pected to be in attendance at the
two-day conference which has as
its theme, “Christ in you — the
Hope.” The main points of the
theme will be developed by Dr.
L. P. Johnson, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, Danville, Va.; the
Reverend Bill Lawson, Baptist Stu
dent Director, Southern Texas Uni
versity, Houston, Texas; and Dr.
Baker James Cauthen, Executive
Secretary of the Foreign Mission
Board of the Southern Baptist Con
vention, Richmond, Va.
Miss Miriam Robinson, Executive
Secretary of the Woman’s Mission
ary Union of North Carolina, will
bring a series of worship medita
tions before each major address.
DR. L. P. JOHNSON
Other special guests will be
Dr. Frank Stagg, Professor of
New Testament Interpretation and
Greek at the New Orleans Baptist
Theological Seminary, and Dr.
G. Learnie Keegan, Secretary of
the Department of Student work of
the Baptist Sunday School Board,
Nashville, Tenn.
Jimmy Powell, a senior at Wake
Forest College, is president of the
group,^ and the Rev. Harold Cole
is the State B.S.U. Secretary.
Meredith will be well represented
in the convention program also. In
the program of music, Margaret
Morgan will be organist for all
of the sessions in which the forty-
five voice State B.S.U. Choir un
der the direction of Ivey Heath
from the University of N. C. sing.
Several girls from Meredith are
to be members of this choir. Jean
Strole will be pianist for all of the
congregational singing in the series
of worship services. Serving as con
venors of three of the Bible study
groups will be Betsy Green, Nancy
McGlamery, and Lou Winstead.
Jane Maynard, Meredith B.S.U.
President, will give a report from
one of the meetings of the North
Carolina Student Christian Council.
One of the leading features at
the convention will be a discussion
of the International Week-end to
be held Thanksgiving in Williams
burg, Va. This conference will be
especially for international students
studying in the United States. Dr.
R. H. Crook of the Meredith faculty
will speak in this Nr C.-Va. con
ference.
Pat Maynard, college represen
tation chairman of the Meredith
B.S.U. is in charge of collecting the
one-dollar registration fee from all
students interested in attending the
convention, November 1-3.
“She has contributed many ar
ticles to various journals both
within her field of English and out
side. Her History of Meredith Col
lege has recently come from the
press. This is a welcome answer
to a long felt need.
“She holds membership in the
learned organizations in her field;
better still, she makes a contribu
tion to the efforts of these groups.
She won the Carson Browning Prize
from Cornell University.
, “From the testimony borne by
those who know her best, she has
a remarkable power ‘to invigorate
life through learning.’ Whatever
she is teaching from classes of Old
English verbs to Shelley’s concept
of ideal beauty is so exciting, so
significant, so enjoyable that her
students would like to share in the
joy of learning and knowing.
“She has a genuine respect for
sound scholarship and a corre
sponding impatience with both shod
diness and pedantry. This accounts
for the absence of any trace of
pride or ostentation about her own
achievements. Under her guidance,
students come to recognize and ap
preciate that quality of workman
ship which characterizes all real
scholarship.
“The striking example of the art
of living which she sets in her teach
ing and other contacts with stu
dents is a pearl of great price. With
a selflessness and patience that
prompt her, far beyond the call of
duty, she gives freely of her time,
her sympathy, and her wisdom to
the slow learner and to the troubled
student. She has a keen sense of
humor that can clear a heavy class
room atmosphere and soften a
well-deserved reprimand. It also
adds a note of contagious merri
ment to any goodly fellowship.
Finally permeating but never ob
truding itself in her teaching,
counseling, and casual contacts, is
the radiant vigor of her Christian
faith.”
A Book Tea will be held on
Tuesday, October 29, from
4:30-5:30 in the ' Hut. Thq,
topic for discussion will be the
works of Dickens. Everyone is
invited to attend. *
COW-MILKING AND PIE-EATING CONTESTS .
ARE NEW FEATERES AT THIS YEARNS REE
Tonight, October 25, a favorite
tradition will be observed — the
annual Corn Husking Bee. Spon
sored by the A.A., Corn Husking
began twelve years ago, October 26,
1945, from an idea originated by
Doris Peterson, who was head of the
physical education department at
that time. Each year the festive
event recurred until it became a
time-honored tradition.
Corn Husking will actually begin
at supper with a short form of en
tertainment illustrating the events.
At 6:45 all students, faculty and
friends gather at the dining hall
steps where the program begins with
a song fest.
All students and faculty enter into
the spirit of the occasion by wear
ing costumes appropriate. After the
costumed figures march in front of
the judges, points are given for the
most unusual costume.
Contests Follow
This is followed by the contests
which are held between each class
and the faculty. These include the
tall tale contest, hog-calling, pie
eating, sing-song, cow-milking, and
corn-husking itself.
Pie eating and cow-milking are
two new contests which have been
added this year. The cow-milking
contest is not only judged upon the
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rapidity of milking, but also upon
the ingenuity which each class used
in making its cow. Pie eating will
replace chicken calling. This contest
will be judged upon the amount
consumed in a certain amount of
time, rather than just the amount
eaten.
The General Steering Committee
for Corn Husking are Barbara
Browning, chairman, and Mrs.
W. K. Massey, supervisor. The con
tests are under the direction of
Carolyn Barrington; Anna Fay
Jackson is in charge of decorations;
Bobbie Conley is the invitation and
program chairman; Stuart James has
publicity and photography; Eleanor
Bowden heads the refreshment com
mittee; Peggy Williams is in charge
of hospitality and the sing-songs;
with Ann Finley in charge of enter
tainment.
Judges Named
The judges for the contests are
Dr. McLain, Dr. Syron, Dr. Wal
lace, and Dr. Jones with Mr. Turn
as first alternate and Miss DeHoney
as second alternate. There is a new
addition to the contests this year;
the winner will be awarded a loving
cup as first prize. The winner of the
Corn Husking Bee will be decided
by the number of points gained in
each contest won.
FOUNDERS DA YSET
FOR OCTORER 31
The forty-ninth annual Found
ers’ Day will be observed by the
student body, faculty, friends and
guests of Meredith College on
Thursday, October 31, 1957.
The special events will begin at
11:00 a.m. in Jones Auditorium
with the processional of the seniors
and speakers. The Meredith Col
lege Chorus, under the direction of
Mr. Edwin Blanchard, will render
the special music. Dr. Campbell,
president of the college, will wel
come guests and friends and intro
duce the speaker.
The Founders’ Day address will
be delivered by Dr. Robert M. Les
ter, Executive Director of the
Southern Fellowship Fund, an
agency which provides scholarships
for college faculty members. Dr.
Lester received his A.B. from Bir
mingham - Southern College and
Vanderbilt University, and his Doc
torate of Letters from Birmingham-
Southern College. After serving as
a member of the English Depart
ment at Columbia University, Dr.
Lester became the Secretary of the
Carnegie Foundation for the Ad
vancement of Learning. In connec
tion with his work with the Car
negie Foundation he has published
two books, 40 Years of Carnegie
Giving and The Audit of Experi
ence. Dr. Lester is a member of
Phi Beta Kappa and in the 1957
Who’s Who in America. His office
and home are now located in
Chapel Hill.
A portrait of the late Dr. James
Yadkin Joyner, after whom Joyner
Hall is named, will be unveiled by
his son. Colonel William Joyner,
during the Founders’ Day program.
After the unveiling the portrait will
be hung in the entrance of Joyner
Hall. Dr. J. Y. Joyner was a trus
tee of Meredith College from 1894
until 1948 and the North Carolina
State Superintendent of Public In
struction from 1902 until 1919.
An informal reception will be
held Thursday afternoon from 4:30
until 6:00 in the Johnson Hall
parlors honoring the new faculty
and staff members. Meredith sen
iors are invited to attend. Receiv
ing the guests in the Hostess parlor
will be Dr. and Mrs. Campbell; Mr.
Whisenhunt, president of the Board
of Trustees; Dr. and Mrs. Massey,
president of the Executive Commit
tee of the Board of Trustees; Mr.
Deyton, vice-president of Meredith
and his wife; Dean and Mrs. Pea
cock; Miss Louise Fleming, dean
of students; Mr. Belcher, business
manager, and his wife; Mr. and Mrs.
Watts, president of the Alumni As
sociation; Mrs. Martin, president of
the Wake County Association; and
the Executive Committee of the
Board of Trustees and their wives.
The new faculty and staff mem
bers will receive in the Rose Par
lor and refreshments will be served
in the Blue Parlor. Various faculty
members will introduce the guests
to the receiving line, pour tea,
serve, and say good-byes.
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DR. ROBERT M. LESTER
Meredith College libran
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