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ALUMNAE NEWS |
.Miiry LoiB F’erfell. 'IG, who la teach-
iiiK lU Xtii'fh Curolina CoUogi; (or
Women, siiont a week-end at home
wlili lior i>;irent.s, Mr, aiul Mrs. W. J.
Ferrell. AMss Ferrell Bpent last win-
lor ill New York studying with ifirncst
[-Tiitchcaon.
Cuniieii Rogers, '18, anil Mary Susiin
Steele, 'la, both former members ot
^Meredith faculty, are studying at Cor
nell this winter. .Miss Rogers is worlc-
ing far her .M. A. defjree. and Miss
Steele for her Ph. D.
Invitations have !>L>e» issued to the
marriage of Ada l-oiiise Shearin, '07,
and Mr. \V. \V. Farker, of Heiuleraoii.
'i'ho weddiuK wjil take place Novem
her 7-
aiias Sheai'iii was once inatruclor in
oryiui at .Meredith. She has been very
active iti thnrcli vvorlc in Rocky .VIoiint.,
iier homo now. She will be missed !)>
her friends and usiiecially hy the
(•hurch.
I>1'. iUanche llnrriis, ’10, wl)o hiia
been crUically ill in piiiladelphla. has
Improved siilTiciently to be brought
iiome at Clinton. .M. C. She Wiia grad
uated in lfl20 from the Philadelphia
Ooneral Hoi^pilai in Pliiladeipiiia, iiad
served lier luterushiij In the Woman's
Medidai College and was ready to
sail for China more than a year ago,
when she was taken ill.
Alinnie Middleton Anderson, '11, who
lias hod charge of a girlw' school iu
i^eiiing, Chiiiii, is liooie in Warsnw, N.
C-. Oil a fiirloiigli.
Ur. l£liziibcth Vann, '17. is expetiled
homo sNoii. She will tako a position
iiK school physlcliui at Sainnrcand
Manor, ,1aiuiary 1, 132;i. She was grad-
Miilod iit Wiiinan's .Mcdical College at
I’hlludeliiiiia and /las lioen interne for
a yoar at St. -MarKiirel's Hos|iltal. In
Piltsbn rgh.
Hose Coodwiii. 'U (.Mrs. K. K.
I’oulei. has been inslranicnliil in or
ganizing a music liepartnuint at Fiii'-
maii L'niversity. where Iier husband i«
a prui'essor.
ViHllors in ilie College tills full in-
olnde Monilrit! Dmfo. '21. Lonfse Flcin-
ins. '21. Ann ICliza Urewev, 'T2. .Minnio
.\ash. ’Ill, Liz'/.ie Gordmi, '22. Alary
l.-ily Blalock. '22, lOlix.Hbeth Culloni.
•21,
There was a half-distreased look on
the faeo of the recently arrived Sciin-
'UnavlMn u.s he slowly discussed the
•lew liMifiuuge he had been iearnintr
"Aye tank,” he said, ‘'dis country have
tunny huiRnage, Wau ayo get. hei'e
my sister she say alie too fut; she muHt
faat. I go slore to buy cap. and tho
clerk he say the color in dis eup It
ban fast. A man he tell me to He my
borse 'fasf i,„t the man n.ve hcjughl
him from, be say he already iian very
'fast' horse!"—[Jx.
According 10 the statistics of the
National Catholic Wolfaro Council
college graduates makfng' up only 1
per cent of the national population
comprise more than 50 per cent of
ihose who achieve leadership In life
North Carolina Collegiate
Press Association Meeting
(Continued from. I^age One)
writing, as In other, was laclc ot form.
As an example of this she gave ScotL
Kilzgei'aJd's This tiiOt: vf I’driiilisi;. and
offered In contrast the form evidenced
in the OOyisin']! or in (lie Vniiin iJc ^Jilo.
She said, "A man Is ca[iublc of recog
nizing form when he sees it, but he is
incapalile of executing it without a p:\t-
tern." She cailcd for imitation oL' form
but originality of niattcr. “One thing
wliicii Is oflen lucking in the writing
of college siiidonia" she dcchircd, "is
olijcctive thinking." Dr. ilai'ris voiced
her belief that the Collegiato i-’rcsH As
sociation is an organizutioti which has
within its power to do mare to re
move Ihe "sligma which ha.s been cast
uinni the Stale's litL'rary abiilties."
tiuui any other one organization,
lAjlUiwing the luhlret-s of iJr. Harris,
It. S. Pickens, of (?arolinii, gave u talk
on IliwI WrlHiiii. In his lalk be dwelt
on tiie technique and the imiinrtance
of correct head writing for college
newspapers. Me descrltied head writ
ing as on art and as not merely re-
ciuiriug niechanival knowledge of units
of space. He interspersed his talk with
e.\amplea of iioth bad ami good head
writing, ranging anywhere from ihe
Xrii- York Tiiiifs to tiie average col
lege newspaper.
At eleven o'clocl; the dclogales
viaiteit the 'riuns IniiUliilg, where they
v'iewei the newsiiaper in the making,
aad by which some lu-actieal Uiiowl-
eiige uf tlie meehani'u! and of newsini-
per wocif was gained.
Th(‘ afternoon sesKioa iicgau ai two
o'clock, convening in Hie College
c:ha|iel. At this lime (he Asaoclaiinn
lieard a talk on one of tlio most prac-
ticiii ijroblums with which college jciur-
ualisis lire fiieed, namely, lliiHiiiv.-t.s
Muiiaorr.sliii). 'i'liis lallc was given by
Steve Urody, of tiie t'aroliim To/- Ihrt.
The emphasis of bis sjiepcb In the main
was laid uiion the advertising ratio.
"College inti)lli.!atlons should so con-
iliict the busiiu’Hs oiid that a iiereent-
ago of alverl iHiiig will pay l'i>r
tile piiblieallon of the paper." he aaiil,
and added; “Sliould you (itid tbiit you
are not ai)le to meet this stpiulai'd you
should i'lHier decrease the size of tlie
paper or publish it less frequently,
The aecond address of the atteruoon
was by Dr. Cluia. P. Weaver, of the
i'higlish Depariiiient of W'ake Forest
'oitegc. i-lis subject was; "The Shiirt
Siory and the College Magazine," iJr.
Weaver emphusized the iniportance of
the short story as the most important
and popular literary Corjii of today, and
declared that the laate for the short
story has been created by the eon-
doilsatloil of newspaper style.
'I’ho afternoon sosaioii was cloaed by
nn address by Friincis Bradshaw,
Doiin of Students at Carolina, on the
‘■Relationship of the Faculty to the
College Publlcationa.” He traced the
rapid growtli of the idea of student
publications and showed the change
of attitude of the faculty concern
ing student publiCHtions, He empha
sized the Intereat nnd the sympathy
shown hy the college facilities of today
toward the publications of their re
spective colleges.
On Friday evening the convention
liolegntes were the guests of The Acorn
and Tiiic Twj« at a baiifiuet, in the
College Uinlng Hall. The prevailing
idea was evidenced in The -Aooni pro
grams and Tjik Twjq place cards as
well as liy the (lecorations which were
made up of autumn leaves and still
more acorns and twigs. Following a
[ive-course dinner, Fannie I’aiil, as
Loasimasl.or of the occaaion, Ciilled
iilion Alice Lowe, being the president
of the Association, for an after-dinner
S|)eec]>. Tliis was followed by an ad
dress by Mr. Carey Hunter, ,fr. ‘‘The
Mross and Public Opinion." The final
number on the evening program was
:t lonsl to (.he North Carolina Collegiate
I’l't'ss Association, which was proposetl
in a very appropriate way by Mr. \V.
,). Cash, of ?he OM CuUl 0H1 Bind!.
The final session of the convention
was tiio imsincss meeting Saturday
morning, held in the PhllaretUiii So
ciety Hall. This included retJorts
from tiie inibllcations present at the
inet'Ung, reports of the secretary and
the trciisnrcr and of the various com-
niiltcos, The main things discussed
ill this meeting were the writing con
tests 1.0 be held In the spring and the
adoption of a resolution, al ihe sug-
gcstion of the executive committee lo
prepare in pamphlet form an an-
Ihology of North Carolina coilcge mag
azine stories for the year l!)22-2a. The
committee, appointed by the president
to be In charfie of this consl.sls of
Miss Nell ('j'liig, .N. C. C. W.; W. .1.
Casii, Wake Forest College, and R, R.
Pickens, I'niversity of North Carolina.
i^tifoiv !Kljouniment an inviiation
wns e.\teiidod to liie Association to
meet at (jueena CoUcge, Chnrlotte. in
April, and was unanimously [icceplod.
The following delegatPR were )>res-
cnt:
IC''ich Hunt iiud Jiaclioi Jordan. Sa
lem I'ollego; Alelhii Mracy and Annif
1-arks .Moore, Queens College: Aileen
(.owi’ani.'e and Sai’iiii White, Gi'cons-
tioro College: .Nell Craig, Vivginin
Wood, .Mary Theresa Peacocl;. Ftiriba
Slongh, N. C. C. W.; \V. ,J, Cash. H, H.
I’.rowning, ,Ir., ,J. R. Knott. I, C. Part.
W'ake Forest; L. .1, I'irody anil R. I)
Pickens, University; I-. D. Klltlns and
R. R. .Jones. Davidson; R. K. Smith.
Leiioii'; Robert .Marshall, Guilford;
J. IJray and S. L. Lynan, Elnn; A.
.M. Fountain and L. K, Unper. N. C.
SUile; Rfibert Gibson and .lames Se-
crlst, 'I’rinity; A, Lowe, Frances Paul,
Frunces Ilnywood, Phyllis Mays. Ruby
Spainhour and Daphne Owens, .Mere
dith.
Toacher; ‘'Johnnie, what do yon
know about the Hawiian Islands?"
Jolmnie (Just waking up): “Mam?"
Toacher (impatioinly): “Hawaiir’
Jolinnio (stretching): “,Tust fine;
how’s you?"—Ex.
M. Wilkinson: “I don’t know what
to do with my week-end,"
B. Diinlels: “Put yotir hat on It."
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" KINDRED OF THE DUST "
TlirRSDAV . FRID.AV - SATI RI.AV
BESSIE LOVE, in
“FORGET ME NOT” •
One cf the fine picl:u»cs cf trie year.
“THE ENCHANTED CITY"
A Dream of Love.
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Hiih Grade Candies Fancy Sclec ted
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(Cimlinueci from Page Onei
Altiiough (he servii’c was an exccji-
tioniilly Kood one. it seemed to thosf
who knew her u very feeble expression
of appreciation (or her life. Her so
journ al. .Meredith seemed all too brief.
Hut in spite uf its brevity there wore
Ideals set forth In her life which will
lilosiiom Into reality in the iivcss of
Meredith stnden1.s iintl the world will
be n better place bocansc slio Jived
In it.
Socrates: “Oosli! .Ml Hemlock!"
Noah: "Two of u kind!”
.lonah: "Hope everyihinK comes out
all righl."
ICvc: "I'll bite.”
Henry VIII: ''Mero's where I KOt
nbeiul of Anne Boleyn."
Cleopatra: “Stung again."
Samson: “i guess 1 brouuht down
the house.”
Ilobecca: “Well! WelU"
St. Vitas: "On with the dunce-"
Parmer: "See hero, yming feller,
what are you doing ui) that tree?"
Boy; “One of 3’o«r applei? fell down
and I'm trying to put it back.”—tGn.
Young Indy: “Wore yon pleased
with the new school, little boy?”
Little boy; “Nuw. Dcy made me
wash me face an’ w-hen I wont home
de dorg bit me ‘cause he didn't Unow
me.”—Ex.