SUPREMACY OF ZEUS
IN CLASSICAL CLUB
The classical club iii’esented Feljru-
ary G, a very jnteresting pvogram on
Zeus." Ilis fabulous blrtli, [irecociouH
infuncy, unqiiestioiied supremacy,
ejiitliols, luilimited powers, and a fsw
of his numerous love affairs were dis
cussed iu the following order:
Birth. Infancy and Supremacy of Zeus
—Elizabeth Kimsey.
Xames ;ind Powers of Zeus—Marie
I-Iorno.
Some Ivovc Affairs of Kens—Turu
Thompson.
Zeua iu EuRlish Literntiivc—Gladys
Strickland.
/'.Gus iu Art—Katharine Xooe.
Various myiholoKical subjects will
l)c used fis material I'or programs dur*
iug the remainder of the term.
A rather uulque contest excited the
TOnccrn, and called forth the intel
lectual powers of every one present.
Answers to tbe following questions
were required, What Is the motto of
IVferedith. Wake Forest, of either the
Astrotektoii. or I’hiUiretian Literary
Societies, the State, and the United
Slates? Astonishing similarities as
10 these were noted, The course oi: th
Mississippi river la iiiie tlic verb /rro.
for it is irregular. Latin verbs re
semble love letters, because they have
persidiial ciiflings. and are intense. The
first person singular oi; Latin verljs in
Ihe future tense,- third conjugation is
like an old maid, having no beau (i>i-
while the tiiird person, singular, is
like a wild horse, since it has no bit.
For having the greatest number of
correct answers, Tura Tbonvpson ve-
ccived a small, leather note-i)ook witli
the olul) niotlo, "Fial Lvx."' in gilt
Ic'.ters, and a purple pencil attached,
currying out Iho club colors.
illlss Pliny Allen, a former member of
Meredith faculty, was a guest at this
meeting.
.ni;ju:in'rji tea.kooe ami its
pijoitri^rs
The Valentine idea was carried out
very successfully 'it tl'6 'I'ca-Rooni on
Tuesday. The menii was worked out
In the Valentine colors o£ red and
white.
Tea was served again on Friday aft
ernoon and will be served Tuesday and
Friday of next woek. Everyiiody re
member the Teu-Room days and help
us boost the Tea-Room.
We need cooperation also in talcing
care of the kitchenette utensils and the
very individual blue china. II any
of the “Y" property has wandered your
way please bring It back. ReniembGr,
kitclionotte while you are using it,
too, that you are responsible for tlie
and must leave the room clean and
the dishes washed and locked up.
ineose attend to these things, for If
the carelessness in these respects con
tinues, the equipment will be locked
for,only “Y" use.
THE
Tjii:i{jj'8 lnh^ui: at
KVKUY SCHOOL
A light burns day and night at the
shrine of a marble bus rclirf of the
founder’.^ wife at Coker College, Harts-
ville, S. 0. The tablet is in a formal
drawing room.
The students at North Carolina Col
lege for ‘Women tip-toe into chapel.
Whispering is also taboo.
Girls at Greenville Woman's Col
lege drink 50 gallons of milk every
day.
At E'ast Texas Slate Normal Col
lege the president and guests are prop-
:iriy seated on the stage behind Ihc cw-
lain. A sign is given and the curtain
rises. Act 1, Scene 1, chapel,—Jiap/isl
Vliulcnt.
'i'lie American Association of Uni-
vorsity Women now has 20,000 mem-
liors.— /■:.rc}niniic.
A i>cf>simist is a person who would
look I'or tliD proverl.ial thorn in a bed
t)f roses.—Kicchajtyc.
Wife (retorting): “No my dear, I
don’t spend too much. IL Is you who
don’t earn euougli.”
V, Harvllle (sentimentally): "Oh.
, Mia^i Hiirbor, what would tliat oak tree
say if it could talk?”
Mis-'S n:u‘l)cr: “i am an elm tree."
IJr. Winston: “Who made the first
■'11 t'lflf'?''
-■'I. Eagles: "Why, Paul Revere, of
ccinrse."
There never was a privilege that
didn't carry with 1t some resiwnsibil-
itios—you're a cheat if you accept one
::nd neglect the other.—Exchmuc.
And IhiH for comfort tliou must know,
'I’imes that are ill won’t still bo so;
Clouds will not ever pour down rain;
A sullen day will clear again.
—IIcrHclc.
Miss Johnson: “Did you ever cry
.)ver u l)ook. Miss White?"
Bernice W'iiite: “Well, let me see,
[ believe I did shed a few tears over
a physics book once."
‘‘One of them city fellers tried to
sell me the Woolwortli bulldlug.”
‘•What did you say?”
•'I sez. ‘All right, young feller, wra
it up.’ "—V.xchunfte.
nanka Freeman: “I shall never mar
ry until I moot a man who is my
direct opposite.”
Frances Haywood; ‘‘Oh Ranks, there
are a number of intelligent boys over
at Wake Forest.”
.lack; “Why do you keep asking me
if I was wounded in the wav?”
Jill: ‘‘Because you seem to have lost
the use of your anna.”
Miss Anna Swan •ft’as seven feet,
eleven Inches tall and weighed only
9C ponnds.
W 1 G
UKUiirr i rTi'in-: foh i'iii
I'UHSMIKM'
It would seom Dan Cupid is exalted
sovereign of the chair of honor in one
of our literary societies and as well
appears to be a ‘‘sure lire” markamnn
and deadly dexterous with his bow
and quiver. Full four of onr honored
ahimni, consecuUve presidents of the
Philaretiau Literary Society, through
the years 19in-l[)22. have been the
fortunate victims o£ his favorite sport
and have snccumbcd, with grace and
•:crc-nily lo the p'.'rsonnel of his vastly
large and nipidly increasing host.
Four years ago. in lfllS-1.91?, Miss
Celia Herring graced the president's
chair of Ihe Phi Society, but now re
sides iu Kai Kong. Honan. China, as
Mrs. Gordrui K. Middloton; iu IHKi-lDSO
■Miss Uor-ie Martin did honor to the
!)tti;;e and crnvvned lior sncress in Juno.
iri22. with the name of .Mrs. Leith Hol
loway. Washingtoa, D. C.. and follow
ing cior-einher footsteps Miss Moultrie
itrakc' fell iulo the protective and
eincieut hands of Mr. Wilmer Hells
na December llG, ll>22. honoring now
the homc-town of her Alma Mater wiib
her residence in C-.imeron Park.
To cf)uipleto fmr years of efl'icieut
wurk this Siune "Sir Dun" celebrated
his own day of Uie year iu his usuiii.
and as well in an additional manner
for Tlio arrival of Hr. and ^irs.
W. D. ‘.Mubee (o their home on New
Bern Aveiiue, Raleigh. N. C.. brings
the fourth of I’hiliivotian presidonls
uuilev thu kt-n af alir.nni rjbservatiou
•ind a sepoiui to residence in Mere-
dilh’s vicinity.
The following ilem from the Bir-
niiuiil'iim X'lffi informs us of the mo
mentous ‘•4lh event”:
■'.‘\n imiirossivo mystical event of
interest throughout Ihe Slate look place
Monday, l-’iibrnary r.th, at thu home of
Mr. and IMrs. William Bnrlon Dowell,
wiieu their lovely dini^hler, Miss Lilia
Earle Dowell, became the bride of
■Mr. William Bruce Mabee, of Raleigh,
X. C. Rev. Roy S. Tlcrshey pnmounced
the marriage vows, using Ihe ring
cereniony. at 11 o'clock.
"The house was decorated with ))alms
and ferns interspersed with ealla
lilies and quantities of yellow Jouciuils,
‘•The bride was becomingly attired
in a tliree-plcL-e suit of sand-colored
poiret twill with small hat of liartuo-
nizing shade. Her llowers were val
ley lilies and forns fashioned Into a
corsage bouquet.
•‘Mr. Mabee and his pretty younp
bride left soon after the ceremony for
u wedding trip. Afior February 15th
they will be at homo in Raleigh. N. C.,
where the bridegroom is actively on-
gaged in research work for the State
Departtnent of Agriculture. He is the
son of Jilr. and Mrs. W. W'. Mabee of
Glasgow, Mont.. and graduated from
the Montana State College in 1919.
"The bride Is the only daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William Burton Dowell,
the former being prominently con
nected with the Sloss-Sheffield Steel
and Iron Company. Mrs. Mabee grad
uated from Mereditii College, Raleigh,
3
j College iletos
Iva Pearson, ’I.*), has come to Raleigh
since Christmas ly accept a position
with the Tabernacle Baptist Church.
Dorothy Russell was at home In
(Miapel Hill i'or the wcelv-cnd.
Mrs. D. R. Britton of Coleraine vis*
Itt'd her ilaughler, Hulh Shaw, during
the past week.
Mary lOvolyn Senlell, ‘22. of Tar-
boru spent the past week-end iu the
College and Ciiy.
Geoi'gia Bunn visited lier sister in
town during the week-end.
I’hylliti Miiys. Thelma Johnson and
iJurotiiy Miller spout Sunday with
friends in town.
Katlileen Matthews, ’L’2, who is teach
ing this year In Kings -Mauutain vis
ited Gladys StricKlaud last week.
IJelb Huntley, '22. who is teaching
in LiiGrange spent the wi.-ok-end in
lawn.
i^izzle Gordon, '22, who Is teaching
iu tllaytijn, visited Virgic llarviile on
Sunday.
HAI'ILST CHII.OIiFN JlliAUl'Y
i’inzi:.s
IJiiptist babies an- the prettiest iu
all the DoiniuU-n of Canada, actnrding
lo a boauiy eouti.'St ju-si concluded hy
the T(U'onto Star. Ovur S.aui) yuuug
children were entered in the contest
and Daptist tots won first and sccund
prizos. First lionia's went lo Doris
Hyde, 3 years old, on t!io cradle ridl
of llui I’arkdiiJe Sunday School at
Toronto, while tbe sl'Coih! prize was
capUircd by Joanna Calvin of Hanover.
MAI’TLST STIUKNTS >V1.\ liilODl-S
SCinH.AlfSllll'S
Two Southern BaiHirit cuilego stu-
denls have been olio.^eu for Rhodes
scholarships at Oxfurd I’nlversity
next year, William lUiicUhurn, a grad
uate of rurnuiii I’niversity having
won Ihc South Carolina ap])oinlnu>nt,
while Robert Lee linker, a lJ)lfi grad
uate of Locust Grove Institute in
Gaorgin, now studying at IJi'own 'I'ni-
vorsity, has been elected from tlie
I'niied States at large. He is the lirst
man cliosi^i from Iho country at large
and won that distincti()n over a nuni-
lira’ of competitors.
N. C., last Jtnie and has enjoyed a
wide popularity in llirnilngham where
she has made her home since child
hood and it is regretted that her
marriage will lake her to another city
lo reside.”
And we wonder if a now adage
should be coined: "Phllaretlan presi
dency promises potential masculine
protection.”