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SENIOR ISSUE
The Twig
Raleighf N. C
jriUome I'ric'nds
.-Ilitmnae Trustee's
Vol. II
Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C., Friday, May 26, 1922
No. 1
LARGE NUMBER OF THE
ALUMNAE EXPECTED TO
RETURN TO MEREDITH
(.'linimt'iiUL'iiiciit. tiiiio iiiul tliu Alumiuic!
Why, of coufsc, for wliocvov liciu'd of u clcci.'Ut
('oiiinu’iici'iiient witliouf Alunimie? If sucli u
tiling over liuppL'iictl, it (;aii not cluiiii tliu liotioi’
of belonging to MtTeditli’.s liistoi'v, for just as
sun* iis Coinnii'nwun'nt time I’olls i'OIUkI, tlicso
il(l wnlls of oni- Aliiiu Muh'r wipe awny tears
of lonolino-is, put on tliat blissful niotlipv sniilo,
iincl say to us wlio arc Ikm'O, “Children, your
uUliT sisters iiro (joining l)ac?k, niy eliildrcn wlio
hav(> gone far from, lionie; rejoice with me iit
tlieii' return and give tlieni a loving wolconio.”
'I'lioii r;ouu'onc says, “ileretlirh, why arc you
smiling so joyously this year?’’ And it seems
Meredith answers hnek, “’I'liis is my biggest re
union year yi‘t.” It is true, too; besides the
whole host of eliildreii of every class who. are
eoming back, the elusses of ’02, ’07, ’12, ’IT, nnd
’20 return for their renui'UK. 1902—how long
!igo, for twenty years have la|).«ed sinec our.l?-
iiic. Mdlfi' sent forth her first young, ("'ordially
we greef rheni and tin’ others also, and hasten
to dust the ])iir]oi's for the ri*cp]ition which
the faenlty give for (uir Alumnae
afte)' their business meeting.
Talking about meelings ro-
tiiiniis us that ilonday afternoon
is a gala time for rhe Alumnae.
’I'he big oecasion will have its
aus|iicio«s boginniiig (at two-
ihirly) on the college green
where the reunion i-lasses pc'rform
again the sfnitfs of unshackled
girllioo), discarding for a little
while the* sober dignity of lieing
a business woman, of drilling
nine too eager minds in irregular
verbs, and of feaehitig new citi
zens Iiow to wash dishes inox-
]KMisiv(dy. From the campus, the
Alumnae wil] procced to the Pliil-
aretiau halls to discuss many
weigiity unitters in the Associa
tion meeting; yet most of all to
rojoiee together that Jferedith is
uow nchially going to move into
a new house. Think of it! What
a fitting reward of her youthful labors! l^ut
someono may ask, “What do you mean by
.Association?” Simply this, that those older
children believe they eau be held in closer bonds
(C'ontlnvrd oh paic 'i.)
NEW MEREDITH TO BE
BUILT ON TUCKER ES
TATE NEAR METHOD
-Meredith (.'ollege will o]n‘n in rhe fall of
li)2.‘) Avith a million dollar plant erected to ac
commodate five hundred stuilents a hundred
and thirty-five acre tract to be bonght from
Dan .\lleii and the Ashby L. Baker estjile wilhiii
a ([uarter of a mile of the city Hmils, (rompris-
ing a part of the old Tucker estate.
'I'he nt?w site, chosen from three under con
sideration, wiis decided upon unaninnnisly at a
mcteting of the l^oard of 'i'rnstees of the ('olh'gc
hehl May K». Although a site on the Moi'decjii
|iroi)erty northwest of Ualeigh and a site near
the f'ounti'y {.'Inb had their advocates, the
mincu-ity gave way and nnule the vote for the
'I’ucker ])roperty unaninn)us. The c)nsideratioii
is ^fi0,000.
He^j;inniug at the luird-surface cross roads a
few hundred feet this side of ilethod, the line
of the new property runs north 4,100 feet aud
then on its uortlu'ru boundary, 2u00 feet east
toward Ualeigh. 'I’he southern boundary paral
lels the ('arv road for 2,600 feet. The property
thus com])i‘ises a rectangle of finely wooiled
cuttt ^aimu'I (Cnurlt
rci]ucst the linmiv of uiniv ). vcscuci' at the nuivviu^c nf
tljciv ftanglifi’v
Jliutlj 3Sicl|arbsnu
tn
^\\ J\ll£u
nu (I^ucs^au, the thivtictli at fnur n’rlnch in
tljc nftciruiniu at ^^rrE^it^| CoUciji’ OII]api*l
^ialciijli, ^^irtl] Qlarnliua-
(At
^ortl| (llnniluia.
country, level and according to the consensus
of opinion of the board, ideally fitted for
collegc purposes. There is a largo siu’ing and a
nahiral depression which can be formed into
ail artificial lake or swinuning pool.
Jill}' Operate fsfi'cct Cars
.Not before however, can di.'|m.sitiun bo
made of rh- presi'ur iiis/itufion and work com
pleted on the new. l>y that time, it is anlici-
pah'd, the Carolina I’owi-r and J.iglif Cunipany
will have a. line exteniled, certainly to Alethod.
I lie city limiis (if Kalcigli lie just a ((uai'lcr
of a mile irom the ,M(‘redith (.'ollege bordei'.
The new [irii|ici'ly is now traversed bv the
Highland Farms roal whicli, it was announced
yeslerday, will lie changed so that it will border
the proiicrry. In tiiis way, tin* college .ite will
In- bi.unded on all sides by a good road, and on
one .-ide by a hard .-urface highway, a part of
several national systems.
XereUitli Sfalion
Plans ah'o contcmplaie the removal of tlie
.Method station a few hundred feet toward
Ivaleigh, and the idninge of the name of the
Station from .Method to .Meredith.
Competent arehite(!ts have advised the board
that an institnti(m of the sort tliat is desired
t'or tin* accomnmdation of fiv(* hundred students
will cost a]i|U’oximately a million dollars. A
connnittee of the trustees composed'of
.Foni's, li. X. Sims and ^i. Caviness. will
look a Iter the (letails of the transfer of the pro|)-
erty and kindred nnitters relating to the c}iang>‘
from one location to another, and
will report to the full meeting of
tlie lioard of 'rriistees on May 2!1.
wlii'n definit»“ action looking to-
waril the financing of the ])ro-
gram will be taken.
The decision of the board of
trnsti'es 'May ]:’, was jakeii after
the sub-eommittee a[i]>oiiited at
the hist ciimniencenienr to inves-
ligate and repi)rt on the available
sites had made its report. 'I'his
emnmittee was t*omposed of 7.. 'M,
Cjiviness, W. X. Jones. ('. J.
Hunter, .r. V. Joyner, if. S. ICes-
ler. Jliss Ijerfha Cai-roll, and Liv
ingston dohnson.
.Uembers ii' tlio Board I’rosotit
'riie members of the Uoard of
Trust(‘es. which met at eleven
o’clock, Ifay 18. Avere; W. K,
13radshaw, W. X”. Jones, S. ^CeUn-
tyre. W. 0. Kiddick, K. 11. Higgs-
bee. H. X. Sinnns, W. A. Thomas,
(t. T. Watkins, W. 11. Weathersjioon, J. 'P. J.
Battle, E. McK. (loodwin, ('. J, Hunter, L.
Johnson, J. D. 13oushall, ilias IBertha Carroll,
Z. M. Caviness, B. F. Huntley, fl. Y. Joyner,
jr. Kesler, D. 11. Pcnton, W. L. Poteat.