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Raleigh, N. C.
U'elcomc to
Miss Royster
Vol. II
Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C.. Friday, Februaiy 17, 1922
No. IS
TWO UPPER CLASSES
ARE GUESTS OF N. C. S.
AGRICULTURAL BOYS
Tlic Shift! Collcj^c A”’ricullunil iiicii jiiivo
Hieir aiimuil rcccpfKtn Sutiinhiy l-'cb-
i-iuu-y 11, lt)22. 'I’lie oiitire Morodifli stu
dent 1k)(1v whs iiivitod. Imt only mcinlicvs of
tli(‘ t\v«f u|Vpcr (iliiss(‘s \vor(“ jillowc’tl lo iittciid,
iiiid iilxint tliirty-Kv(‘ .Iiniinrs atul Seniors,
cjipHl)ly elmporoiK'd Ity Mr. j-inninlioiiv and
Miss Koystcr. took nclviiiitaire of llie (i|i[ior-
nuiity to go.
'I’lio rceeplioii was liclil in llii' Aiiri-ultnriil
IjiiiMiiiii', wliieli WHS lilenilly Jifliinic wifli
red li^-lits iiliil lie.ii-ts suspended frniii flie ceil-
inji’. Who said hoys,wcr‘ imt i>:oik1 inlerior
d(‘e(M'alors' We kindly rel'er rhein to llio
vStjite Collofi'P a^'i'icuUunil hoys.
A reeeiviuii' line, eonipost'd nf nieinlnTs il
the t'acnhy anil llieif wives srinul iif the head
of tlie stairwiiys. on seeond lloor. when- the
reception proper was held. ’To hel|> the eiiu-
|»les uet ae(pniinf-d. ii hoeklel was ^iven eiieh
il'irl in wliieli to write Hie names of all tlie
hovs she met. 'TIk' prize, a Ix'X ol candy,
was ”'iv(‘n a P‘aee jriri wint had ov(‘r Iwo hun
dred uauK's.
1‘mieh was served dnrinji' the evening-, and
111 ten o'clock Iceland dninly was served. A
Few niinntes later the siirnal was u-iven lli*
Meredilh jiii'l.s to leave, and surrowl'uily we
depiirted. wishing' that tlie SlaU' ('olle^e A;^ri-
eiiltnral Ueeeprion came olienev than jusr
nnee a vear.
MR. BLAIR GIVES
UNIQUE LECTURE
FRIDAY EVENING
MISS ROYSTER AS
DEAN OF WOMEN
RECEIVES WELCOME
MISS BETH CARROLL’S
WORK IS APPRECIATED
It. would iiitt he rijiilir to h't time pass hy
aiiv loHfi'er without j^ivinji' some expression
of a])pr(‘ciafion to Miss l^elh (.^irroll. Presi
dent of StudMit (jnvi'runient. for the servi'es
she has rendered all of us inrinii' .Miss Camp-
hell’s illness, and wliile the olHce of Dean of
Woinon was vacant. 'I'he responsihilify for
Iho disci]iliu' of a student hody as larji'e as
.Meredirli. is ton larfi'O fo fall on any one jier-
son’s shoulders, especially any one as younii'
as Beth. But from the heiiinnitifi' of "Miss
('anipbeH’s illness, until roeeiitly wlion "Mi.^s
lioyster was appointed as her supceasov, tiio
lirunt of all this has fallen on Beth, and she
has borno it faithfully and \in'oinplainin>i'ly.
Dr. Brewer oertaiiily .spoke for the stuflent
A >rereopticun exhiliif in our chajH’l n, l-'ri-
day evenin''' of stme n1' the masterpiei-es of
painrin;i' in the .Melropolitan* Museum of
New York hy -\lr. -I. .1. Ijhiir of ihe State
D(’|nirtnient of Kilucarion j^ave much pleas
ure to our colh'^i’e conmiunity and some in-
r‘rested friemis from the city.
’[’here were tifly or nioi'e pictures shown
co\-erinn a wide Held of suhjects. ;uid Mr.
Ulair's description with personal refi'rences
to rile artists scaiu' of wliom he knew personal
ly. niaile iIk- lrea>ures of the ^reat (hilh-ry
\’ery real.
'The "Woniiin ('leiiuini:- Her .Nails” hy
Uendirandt. a pm-frail hy !-'ranz Hals, ihe
Chasi- portrait of \Miistier. Snriii'ant'- por
trait of Mantuaml on' time president of ihe
.M useiun. Alihey's ”('ordclia.” (’onier's su [ ('rh
ocean picrur‘s. I'.vamples of Cu'ot"s poetii:
huidsciipi's, “l’(‘acc and IMcnty” by Innc'ss,
unrl out' liv onr o\\’ii N’oi'th ('arolimi M'li-t
[•;iioi DiUiii'crliidd. *'Sliunln-rini;- Misls." \\i r'‘
oinsiiindin^,- ill their heiinty.
The art departmeni' of the ci'lli'U" puriii'U-
lariv appr‘ciated the privili\i:e and benelit
of such a lecture aul iliank'd .Mr. lilaii' very
heart i 1 v for beiiiu’ wi Hi iiii' n> ^ivi’ so "eni'roiis-
iv of his lime and kiinwledju:e u> Inrihi’r de-
\'elopnieni of onr appreciation of arl. a tliiny-
'ri ..iin'ly neetled Ity the masses o! i.nr [)eople.
[|e has kiinlly cniisenied lo >:ive ns at a
la(i-r tlate some pictures from ibe (‘orcoran
lallery at \VashiniitoH.
Mereclillt's newest oliih held its first regu
lar iiicetiii'i' on 'I’lH'sday aflerntvon. .Vfti'r
all business was tlispciised with. Mr. ('ami-
dav beran tii' prci>irain by presenting- sevi'i’iil
miscellaneons, puzjcliiiji' nninl>i‘r prolili'Ui.s,
with tlu'ir solutions. I’essie [)aven])ort ihen
ex|)laiiied the origin and use nl; neternii-
iiants, and ^lariiaret Wyntt showed the way
to use .Napier's Kods. presentinji' a rorni of
multiplication wliieh imnle the present sys
tem appi'ar as ciiild's i>lay. Andrea Cov
in,liton. in lli‘ concludin^i;' nuinlier. (old of
many arraii:emeiifs of unifi'ie sijuarts and
enlii's.
•\ snci-essoi' has been appointed Ui Miss
Campbell, as Dean of Women, it is iK.ne
other than .Miss {iertrnde Royster, who for
many years has been onr etticienr Dii'cetor of
Physical I'Mncafion.
^\ben Dr. IJrewer announced to us her ap-
pointnieni. al the chapel hour on last |-'rilav
imn'iiini;-. be was p-ei'ted with an enormous
auKinnt of cheeriuti' and handclap])iu!i. show-
inii' whai a ,i:eneral favorite Miss Koysler is
witli the ^irls. Stran^’e to say. w* were snr-
pi-iseil. bill bow many times linriuii’ ibe dav.
was the followinii’ remark bearil i ’“I ilon't
see why vve were surprised. It is th‘ most
natural tbiii^- in the world. She i exactlv
the one for the place. '
Inder-d. shi' is the ''oik* for th‘ pla-e.” .No
one could suit eillier students or fa-uUy bel
ter. iSesidi's l)eiiiji' ji lover tf (iirls ;ind
thtiroHii'bly nmlersliiudin^' llieir nature, ,Miss
liiiyster has been coniH'cted with Meredith
lon^- ruoiiiih Ui know and iiiah-rsland every
.Meredilh iradition and cusroin—perhaps
miirh bi'iiei' than any one in tin* faculty. Slu'
has sei‘11 iiiiil helped ns ^row 1'ri*m a very
small be^'inniiijL: lo an ,\ I collci;e.
While ser\ in^ in her former capacrity. .\l iss
Uoy.'lei' \v:is ;i lown re>ident. Xow sh‘ hii-
moved into Miss ('aniptiell's forni(‘r ajiari-
nieiits. and bus beeonie a member of our col-
h‘"e comnninii''. Wi* ^ive her a hearly wel
come :iml bid hi'r ”)ds]ieetl in tier new work,
and ]iroini'i- lier onr loyjil su]i[)u't on e\’‘ry
side.
body, as well as hiinself, when he voiced liis
rtppreciat iou nf ]3ptli’s services tlic other moni-
iufi'. 'I'lirpe cheers for Beth, and may she
‘ver hold the sairie place in our hearts tlmt
she does now.
Tbri'c coui])lefe stills Were discovered in
a loiiib in a ei'inetery in Somerset, .\fassa-
ehnsetls. by nil undertaker. .\ntln‘irities bi'-
lieve inoi.n-shini'rs have been making' li>|Uor.
as ibere wt're evidences of recent vise ol the
stills.
The .-luily of newspa]]crs i« in ihe ciirri-
ciilnni of West point. Military .\eadeniy.
The cadi'ls are i-e(]uir(‘d to read two ilailies
as pjirt of fbeir class work, and pass exami-
natiins on dedu-tions from iniporlant edito
rials and stories. The jiapers are read after
breakfast and the i-adets are ipii/.zed orally
on tiie day's news. 'I’lieu they snniinarize
the impirtant hii))penin^s. doinestii- and
forei,iU. and ex))lain their si^nfieance.