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CIRCULA TION
Vol. IV
Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C., November 28, 1924
No. 7
VOCAL RECITAL GIVEN
BY MISS EBERHART
AUDIENCE C]IAI»Ili;i> BY VOICE
AND PERSONALITY OF
CONTKALTO
On Thursday evening, November
20th, Miss Constance Bberlmrt, appear
ed in her first recital at Meredith, and
delighted a large audience with her
rendering of the varied and well chosen
program. The stage, artistically deco
rated with ferns and baskets of flowers,
presented a lovely background for
Miss Eberhart, who was charming in
a quaint gown of rose color. The
college auditorium was completely fill
ed, and there were many people stand
ing in tiie rear of the hall.
Miss Bberhart'3 program was decid
edly heavier than any we have heard
at Meredith for some time. Her first
group was French, the aria, "Ah Mon
Fils,” being sung exceptionally well
showing a rare depth of feeling and of
interpretative ability. The next group
was entirely in Bnglleh and was equal
ly divided between familiar songs and
newer and more unfamiliar ones. “Thy
Beaming Eyes” and “The Last Hour”
are probably two of the most popular
modern concert songs, and Miss Eber-
hart’s singing of them was both sympa
thetic and beautiful. The other two
songs in the group were both Cadman
numbers, one of them “Moonlit Tears"
being introduced for the first time on
the concert stage. Miss Eberhart en
cored this group with another Cadman
song, “Magic,” which is also quite new.
The next group was German, “Uber
Nacht” being perhap.? moot popular
with the audience. Then followed two
Italian songs, the aria from “Aria and
Euridice” being sung with a great deal
of dramatic interpretation.
The final group presented four mod
ern songs by American composers, built
on Indian themes. Probably no other
part of the program made such an ap
peal to the audience as did this group,
the hauntingly beautiful Indian mel
odies being particularly well suited to
Miss Eberharfs contralto voice.
As a whole, the recital was excep-
tlonally well done, and offered a rare
•treat to Raleigh music lovers who
have been anxiously awaiting it for
some time. Miss Eberhart is to be es
pecially congratulated on the quality
of her program, and on her highly
artistic and successful rendering of it.
Program
Des Roses (Ariane) Massenet
Ah, mon Fils (Le Prophete) Mycrhccr
Thy Beaming Byes MacDoivell
The Last Hour Kramer
Moonlit Tears Cadvian
Flowers of Forgetfulness Cadman
Uber Nacht WolJ
Aus Meinengrossen Schmerzen Franz
Rachem Mana-Zucca
Gla il sole dal Gange Scarlatti
Che Faro seuza Euridice
(Orfeo ed Euridice) Gluck
Innovation to the Sun God — Troyer
Her Blanket Lieurance
Her Shadow Burton-Cadman
The Moon Drops Low Cadman
SPECIAL SERVICE BY
PULLEN YOUNG PEOPLE
I’JIOCKAM TO HK OIVKN «Y YOl’NO
PEOPLE OF PULLEN CIIUIICII
NOVEMKEK »0
H. G. Mooiie, Chairman
C. V. Tai.i.y, Head Usher
Song—No. 35, Praise Him, Praise
Him. All standing.
Prayer—All standing.
Chorus—Peace be still.
Choir and Executive Committee.
Announcements—Dr. Bills, pastor.
Scripture Reading—II Peter 1;1-10
Johnnie Moffltt.
Special Music—From School for
Blind.
Prayer.
Song—No. 14, True Hearted, Whole
Hearted. All standing. (Ushers en
ter for collection with last verse.)
Offertory—Girls’ Duet.
Program—Subject: “Young People
and the Church.”
Past Relationship—R. R. Fountain,
Present Relationship—D. O. Price.
Introduction of local workers—D. M.
Warren.
Response of B. Y. P. U.—Willa Dean
Lane.
Response of Sunday School Class—
P. M. Hendricks.
Response of Music—State College
Quartet.
Closing remarks—Dr. Ellis, pastor.
Song—No. 154, Banner of the Cross
Benediction.
REV. E. N. JOHNSON
GIVES CHAPEL TALK
I'ASTOll OF FIRST BAPTIST OF
DUNN ADDRESSES STUDENTS
I MEREDITH B. Y. P. U.’S
ENTERTAIN WAKE FOREST
l(. Y. P. U. PAUTV PROVES iREAT-
EST SOCIAL SUCCESS
OF SEASON
CONTEMPORARY WOMEN
POETS SHOWN BY PHIS
MODERN WO>IEN POETS DISCUSS-
ED IN INTERESTING MEETING
OF PHI SOCIETY
The members of the Phi Society en
joyed thorouphly a very interesting
and enlightentng program on the Con
temporary Women Poets, Saturday
nif?lit, Novemlier 23.
Amy Lowell’s "Paltorne,” a delight
fully quaint poem of real feeling, was
{Conliniicd on par/e four)
Mr. Johnson read from 22d chapter
of Acta, Paul’s vision and his declara
tion of his call to Apostleshlp. What
transformed Paul, the persecutor, to
Paul, the disciple? Acts 26:19 “Where
fore, 0 King Agrippa, I was not dis
obedient unto the heavenly vision.”
Paul was loyal to what he saw. What
one is or does determines on what
one sees and the response made to
what he sees. God has a purpose for
everything he does. He didn’t show
Paul the three-fold vision merely for
pleasure. Neither merely that he
might know or see. Back of knowing
—back of seeing is one big purpose—
the preparation for service.
The proper relationship must exist
between the vision and the task:
A man with a vision and without
a task is on the way to becoming
a sorehead. A man with a task and
without a vision is on the way to
becoming a hard-shell. A man with
out either task or vision is a figure
head, while a man with both vision
and task will become a loyal, useful
Christian.
There always comes the temptation
to Ignore tasks and gaze on vision.
It is easier to stand and gaze than
to go out and work. Another temp
tation is to go about the task and
ignore the vision; the task becomes so
important that the splendid vision
fades into the background. In that
case we are being disloyal to whai we
see in those who are ever loyal to
the God-given task there comes the
rapture of a joyful heart and heavenly
peace. The joys of achievement, of
innocence, of victory of a larger
vision.
If we are loyal to the visions of to
day God will give us larger and more
dplendld visions tomorrow. If we are
true to what we see here in college,
then in after-life God will reward us
with finer and greater visions.
Meredith B. Y. P. U’s. entertained
the B. Y. P. U’s. of Wake Forest al
Meredith College on Saturday night
November 22, with an informal social
Soon after 8 o’clock the boys, hilar
ious over their victory of the after
noon, joyfully made their way to the
society halls where they were met by
the entertainment committee, who
pinned a Bible name on each guest's
back. Then the girls who were in the
opposite hall met them with like sym-
ools on their backs. Much merriment
tollowed as each tried to find out the
name they possessed.
The next game was a “newspaper
race” represented by “Miss Meredith”
and “Mr. Wake Forest.” Meredith
won through the cheers of her many
supporters.
About this time, Misses Ellen Broad-
well and Alberta Harris came in as
“Jack and Gill” with their pails of
“all-day-suckers” which they gleefully
distributed. Dignity was in the bacic-
ground for the next few minutes lor
preachers, seniors and all became chil
dren again.
Then the crowd was called into one
society hall for a miscellaneous pro
gram. Misses May Misenheimer and
Generia Huueycutt gave fitting read
ings. Then Misses Odessa Arnette and
Crystal Davis gave a charming stunt
entitled “The Result of This Social.”
:'his brought out the many things that
could happen from the social, especi
ally Dan Cupid’s works.
i\Iiss Nell Cheek and Mr. J. C. Pe-
vclle won the prizes presented to the
best entertainers of the evening.
Ret'rcsliments consisting of ice crcam
and cake were served to the crowd
who by this time were acquainted and
“well coupled off.”
(Continued un Vayv }onr)
Sophomore Night Off Proves an
Innovation
SOPHS HOLD TllEiR CEKEMONIES
OUT IN TIIE OPEN, THUS INTRO-
DUCING NEW CUSTOM
SOPH NIGHT OFF!
Sophomores have come!
Freshmen all run!
They are all scared ’most to death!
Sophomores are mean—
Worst ever seen!
We’re Just a happy-go-lucky class!
We play our Jokes on the Freshmen
so green.
You should just hear 'em holler and
scream.
The owl of the Sophomores is hoot
ing tonite—
Better watch out or he’ll bite!
Yea Bo! and the owl hooted not only
at night but from six a.m. on unJl
the last weary Sophomore crawled
into bed near twelve last Friday night,
November 21st.
At six o’clock in the morning as
’most everybody can testify, the Sophs
gathered in the hall of the first floor
of Main. Then the fun (which didn’t
subside until eighteen hours later) be
gan! Drowsy Freshmen cocked an ear
to hear the tramp of a heard of oxen
•going past the old home place. Sud
denly the dream fades with a bump
when the supposed oxen break into
yells and
“Get up Freshle
For this Is Sophomore Day!”
First Faircloth, then East, then
Faircloth again, Main Building and tho
various cottages were visited, eacn
Sophomore displaying the traditional
black hand of the Odd classes.
After an hour of gentle awakenings
the alarm clocks subsided for a half-
hour only to resume operations at
seven-thirty when the Seniors hoisted
the Sophomore flag amid yells, songs
and enake dances on the part of both
classes. A triumphal entry, late to
breakfast preceded by more songs
and yells in the hall concluded the
morning’s publio activity. Of private
activity, however, there was no lack.
Freshmen learned to work. By the
end of the day they ought to have been
entitled to a diploma from the school
of house-cleaning and stocking-wash'
ing.
The slight drizzle at noon in nowise
dampened the spirit of the lusty Soph
omores who held a peppy meeting im
mediately after lunch. Then more pri
vate activity all the afternoon until
five forty-five when, as if by magic
the halls became devoid of Soph
omores. There was a wild tumult
however, in the vicinity of the Math
room.
The dinner bell rang and the doors
were thrown open to reveal a hall
filled with orange lights. Seniors
gowned in white occupied the three
tables next to the Sophs. After every
one was settled came an interval of
expectant waiting. Then the doors
were flung open by two pages and the
pianist and cheer leader marched in
Finally again rang the song:
Sophomores have come!
Freshmen all run!
FRESHMAN VIEW OF
SOPHOMORE NIGHT OFF
FKAK AM) TREMIILING
TWENTY EUJHT OVER
AT LAST
OF
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Friday, November twenty-first, nine
teen twenty-four, was a day loug to bu
remembered in the hearts ' of the
Freshmen of ’28!
Early in the morning we were awak
ened by the dreadful voices of the
Sophomores, which caused a quicken
ing beat of our heart and a shaking of
the knees. We slipped to the win
dows, and peeped thru the blinds, to
see if they had started their mischief
—but what a relief to find out that
we still had a few hours of peace, for
they were only reminding us by taunt
ing songs and yells that the fatal day
had at last come! A black glove
adorned each Sophomore’s hand and
it seemed to our eyes to reach up any
minute and grab us in its clutches.
With a dread never known before in
our lives we remained behind our
closed doors during the breakf&.st
hour. As soon as breakfast was over,
Sophomores could be seen, here, there
and everywhere hunting up Fresh
men to clean their rooms or go on un
necessary errands for them. Those
with eight-thirty classes snatched
their books up, and made a dash for
their classrooms, casting a triumphant
look at those left behind to do the
“dirty work.” All through the day
we skipped about like shadows, and
whenever we started anywhere we
opened the door and took a good look
about the hal's making sure that no
Sophs were in sight. Never in our
lives have we been so courteous, so
willing, and so ready to do.
From five to six during the after
noon wc could at least breathe freely,
under the watchful protection of our
big sisters who entertained us in the
"Y” room. How much this cheered us
and helped us to endure the ordeal *o
follow!
The dlnins-room at dinner portray
ed the "spooky” atmosphere of On'
black hand. The blinking owls—the
mascot of the Sophomore class greet
ed us from every side. No sooner had
we taken our places than the door
opened and two Sophomores walked
in. dressed in orange and black co.s-
tiimes with masks on. Tliey all en
tered and marched in and out the
tables singing and finally grouping
themselves with the Seniors, After
many yells and songs the dinner drew
to a close and the Sophomores left for
a night of frolic, while we climbod
the stairs to wait in fear for their re
turn.
About ten-thirty we heard a cry of
“all Freshmen down on the campus,"
and with a hurried snatching of coofs
and slippers wo flew down the steps
to where they were gathered after we
had all assembled, next came the com
mand “Ta the tennis court!” One
and all we obeyed the orders without
a minute’s delay.
A bonfire was lighted and there
poor Freshle met his doom! Around
the big fire, amid mysterious shadows
we did the snake dance, winding in
and out. After making us give yells to
the Seniors and Sophomores the rain
came to our rescue and with thankful
hearts we returned to our rooms. If
was with a sigh of relief that we heard
the clock strike twelve, and Ave knew
that the dreaded Soph night off was at
last over.