GAMES THIS
WEEK
The Twig
SHOW THE OLE
SPIRIT
Vol. II
Meredith College, R&leigh. N. C., May 4, I923
No. 17
THE CHARM SCHOOL
A HOWLING SUCCESSS
AUJHlixNCli >EAKS STATE OF COL-
LAl’Si:? STILL LAUGHING
Ul’KOAKIOUSLY
“The Charm School," a three-act
comedy presented oa last Saturday
night by the Phllarethlan Literary So
ciety, was the direct means of turning
the whole audience into a scene of
jollification—laughter until laughter
was no longer possible.
Handicapped at the start by a del
uge of rain and so forced to begin the
performance late, the actors had a
bit of di/nciilty warming their audi
ence up to the subject, but once won
over, the audience proved most
docile.
In tile opening scene in the boys’
room where Austin Bevans, an auto
mobile salesman with ideas, who
wanted to teach school; David Mc
Kenzie, a law student, who wanted to
be a farmer: George Boyd and Jim
and Tim tjiniijlvius, ,vho toll not ui.d
never seriously considered spinning,
are found discussing the most prob
able manner of procedure to gain
money without work—into this con
dition of heavenly bliss comes the
news that Bevans has inherited Paiv-
view School. This he regards as a
lieaven-sent blessing wltli. a mort
gage attached and proceeds to maite
of It an opportunity and a charm
school where girls are taught things
their parents “wouldn’t want them to
know”: i.e., things) to make them
charming.
Tills he does eventually in spite of
Miss Hays, tlie president of the school,
her secretary, Miss Curtis, and the
Senior Class and its president, Elsie
Benedotti, who receives education in
this school to such a degree that even
he, Buccombs to her charm.
Aside from the humorous situations
brought about by tlie twins, the source
of much of the fun of the evening
was none other than Helen Sentelle's
inimitable representation of the old
maid secretary, a most real personifi
cation of the description “she meant
well" with its varying shades of mean
ing. Her chief aggravation sprang
from the headstrong actions of the
leading-lady who went so far as to
propose (in a most modern fashion)
to the owner of the school and thus
lose for him to her guardian a wagor
of the school. This part was ably
played by Dot McBrayer.
The whole performance, and In par
ticular the men’s parts played by girls,
was indeed a credit to the one to
whom much credit Is due—Dr. Hor
ton, the director.
Junior - Senior Banquet
A Brilliant Affair
3rEi\, MUSIC, FLOWERS, AND UPPEK CLASSMEN
HAVE PART IN CULJriNATION OF
GALA OCCASION
The Junior-Senior Banquet, which
took place Friday evening, April the
twenty-seventh, stands os a peak in
the range of festivities at Meredith
for the season of 1922-23. The invita
tions were for eight o’clock and at
that time the Juniors, as hostesse-j,
received in the college parlors the
Seniors and other friends, As dinner
was announced, the guests adjourned
to the dining room, that looked like
a breath of spring Itself with its gala
decorations of varied balloons dan
gling In the air amid branches of dog
wood and pine. The background was
a latticework covered with similar
branches ot gi'een. Shaded llghl!-.
gave a glow of red that harmonized
with the multicolored balloons, mak
ing the color scheme most effective.
The tables were arranged in a
square with a small one in the center,
at which were seated the guests of
honor: Dr. and Mrs. Charles E,
Brewer, Miss Alice Zabriskie, Miss Ida
Poteat, Miss Huth Livermon, Presi
dent of tlie SeniOi Class. On each
table there was a centerpiece of
American Beauty Roses.
Unique place carda with tiny bull
dogs, the Senior Mascot, and red let
tering carried out the Senior colors
of red and black. The menu, adher
ing to the same color scheme, was in
the shape of '23 and included the
toasts of the evening.
Fruit Cocktail
Chicken a la Tutankh-amen
Spiced Cantaloupe
Petits Pols Mushrooms
Potatoes A lu Maitre d' Hotel
Clover Leaf Rolls
Cceur de Palmier en Manche
Saltines Celery
Bombs of Nineteen Twenty-Thres
White Calce
Cafe demi-tasse
•■'Iliits Salted Nuts
Golden Nectar
Just before the Bomb(5 of 1023 was
served, Misses Etta Dunn and Elaine
Goode, daintily costumed as red roses,
tripped in and distributed confetti and
favors of red and black paper caps.
The showers of confetti, jaunty head
dresses ami the inevitable and ine.\-
bv-rntinp; o* J'bo>’.: twn hun
dred balloons transCormed the dining
hall into an airy cabaret scene. Ray’s
orchestra, of Raleigh, played the en
tire evening.
Miss Piiuline Patton, the president
of the Junior Class, acted as toast-
mistress and welcomed the guests In
a most cordial manner. “In the spring
a young man’s fancy liglitly turns to
thought,? of love, so, in the spring the
thoughts of every Junior turns to the
Junior-Senior Banquet.” Her intro
ductory renmrks were illuminiiti>d
with bits of vivacity, assuring each of
the guests of a hearty welcome by the
Class of '24,
Miss Patton introduced the toasts
that cnme in the following order: ’24
to '23, by Miss Tura Thompson—
TO THE CLASS OF '23
We might wish for each of you an
Aladdin’s lamp, which rubbed, would
{Continued on page
STUDENT CONFERENCE
held in GREENSBORO
MEHEDITJI REPRESENTATION
LAK(.'i; AT CONVENTION AT
N. C. COLLEGE
FIRST APPEARANCE
OF CAPS AND GOWNS
KLACK-ROBED SENIOR DIGNITY
CAUSES IMPRESSIVE CHAP.
EL SCENE
Thursday morning the appearance
of the Senior class in caps and gowns
called up conflicting emotions in the
hearts of the under classmen. Upper
most in the minds of all was the hope
that some day they might be worthy
of the same honor and all that It Im
plies. This Impressive ceremony had
(OonUnued on S)
TENNIS TOURNAMENT
AROUSES GREAT INTEREST
TIE BETWEEN SOPHOMORES AND
SENIORS TO BE PLAYED OFF
NEXT SATURDAY
The tennis tournaments began for
this year with tho match between the
Senior and Sophomore teams. The
Sophomores won the flrst match 6-3
and 6-4, The Seniors were successful
in the second 6-3, 4-C. 8-8, The tie will
have to be played off Thursday. Barre
Pritchett and Clarice Tuttle are mem-
(Oontinued on page S)
0]i last Friday morning, the girls
were seen hustling uloug with their
suitcases in hand and making their
way to the station to be off to the Bap
tist Student Conference. The Wake
Forest delegation joined the girls at
the station and the journey to Greens-
boro was made more pJensant by their
song,s and college yells. The people
in Greensboro met tho students and
carried them to the various homes.
Ibe first session of the Conference
was hold two-thirty on Friday after
noon in the First Biiptist Cliurch, with
l.)r. Frank II. Leavell, E.xecutive Sec
retary, presiding. Dr. J. C. Turner,
pastor of the church, gave the word
of welcome and hospitality which were
t'ollovved by words ot appreciation by
Mr. Pant Kelly of the University of
!3o);'h Carolina. At the oloit c,f ;hlj
session, the delegates were invited to
dinner at the MethodisL Church, Then
the atmosphere was alive with college
yells, stunts, and songs.
After dinner the Conference reas-
.senibled for t)ic night session, pre
sided over by Dr. ,1. I'. Boone, The
))rincipal feature of the program was
tfie address uii "The Consecration of
Vouth.” by Dr. G. W. McDaniel of
Richmond, Virginia.
Tho Saturday morning program was
planned in order to solve the practical
problems of tlie many campuses repre
sented. Mr. E. H. Puryear, of Rich
mond college, presided. Miss Louis©
P’oronian, traveling secretary of the
Inter-board Commission, made an earn
est appeal that everyone should win
Ills own campus for Christ. Then Dr.
J. P. Boone followed with the “Prin
ciples of a Constructive Campus Reli
gious Program.” Miss Elizabeth
Turnley of Chowan college, talked on
•‘Time and Place for prayer on the
CampuR." She suggested that we
tithe our time as well as our money.
The final feature of the morning ses
sion was the address by Dr. R. J.
Bateman, Asheville, N. C., on "The
Majesty of tho Local Church."
Tho Saturday afternoon program
was presided over by Mr. W. H. Brown
of Furman University. Dr. J. P.
Boone talked on “The Demand for
Student Religious Secretaries in De
nominational Schools.” After the
Saturday afternoon session, the North
Carolina girls met with the W. M. U.
(Continued on page 4)