PHI PLAY
APRIL 25
Vol. IV
THE TWIG
Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C., April 17, 1925
PHI PLAY
APRIL 25
No. 18
EMINENT COMPOSER
GIVES RECITAL OF
HIS OWN COMPOSITIONS
Charles Wnkcflclil Cn1nian, Tooted
Soup 'Writer, Gives Frogrnni of
His Own 'Works
New iTowisIi tJiiiversify to Aim nt Ail
Tnnccment of Science by Un«
trnniniele1 Itescnrcii
ASSISTKl) BY MISS IJBEKIIART
Ca«1maii Gives Inter|«retiitioiis of Orig
Inal In1Iaii SIiisIc
Meredith has been especially hon
ored by a recital of the works of
Charles Wakefiehl Cadman, given by
the composer himself, assisted by Miss
Eberhart, of our own faculty. Miss
Eberhart was able to give a particu
larly good interpretation of the songs
of Cadnian, because the words to
nearly all of them were written by
her mother, who has been working
with Mr. Cadman for a number of
years. Her rich contralto carried the
melody, while the composer accom
panied her on the piano, drawing the
deepest meaning from the music. The
program was as follows:
Magic.
Moon Flower.
I Was a Rose (Garden of Mystery.)
From the Village (Thunderbird
Suite.)
Andante con Desiderlo (Sonata in
A Major.)
The Desert's Dusty Face (Oriental
Suite.)
Flowers of Forgetfulness.
Autumn Leaves.
The Shadowless Hour.
Three numbers “From Hollywood”;
(a) June on th% Boulevard.
(b) Twilight at .Sycamore Nook.
(c) To a Comedian.
I Found Him on the Mesa.
The White Dawn is Stealing.
From the Long Room of the Sea.
Spring Song of the Robin Woman.
(Shanewis.)
Three Moods for Piano:
(a) Nubian Face on the Nile.
(b) To a Vanishing Race.
(c) The Pompadour’s Fan.
The first group was vocal, starting
the program with the spirit of loveli
ness which permeates Cadman’s music.
I Was a Rose was a lyric of inexpres
sible beauty. The next three numbers
were for piano, Fro7u the Village hav
ing been adapted and arranged from
a genuine Indian theme. The Desert's
Dusty Face was somewhat new in that
it treated of movie making in the des
ert. Autumn Leaves, from the next
group of songs, was almost oppressive
in its realistic desolation. The words
to it were written by Charles Dickens.
The Shadoxoless Hour had just come
off the press, and had never been sung
in public before; we perceive that it
is up to the Cadman standard.
Three Numbers from Hollytoood, was
written for piano and dealt with the
most picturesque and romantic Ameri
can city. Mr. Cadman explained that
the last number of the group was to
Charlie Chaplin. We now understand
how music may possess humor. The
music conjured up the ridiculous mus
tache, the baggy trousers and exag
gerated shoes of America’s favorite.
At this juncture Mr. Cadman played
a number of original Indian tunes on
a flageolet, and showed how these
could be harmonized In the white
man’s style. The next group of songs
reflected the plaintive notes of the
Indian melodies. From the hong
Many noted scholars and diplomats
gathered at Jerusalem for the opening
of the Jerusalem University, April 1,
American Jews who have been the
chief financial supporters of the move
ment to rebuild the Jewish Homeland
had the largest representation of any
country in the world In the exercises.
Advance figures set the number of
visitors to Jerusalem as over five thou
sand.
Lord Arthur Janies Balfour, English
statesman, who at the age of seventy-
seven, made the pilgrimage from Lon
don to Jerusalem, delivered the prin
cipal address at the dedication exer
cises.
UNIVERSITY SITE
A panoramic position on Mount Sco
pus has been secured for the univer
sity; to the west lies the city of
Jerusalem, to the east the Dead Sea is
visible, and the valley of the Jordan;
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HEBREW UNIVERSITY
OPENS NEAR JERUSALEM
LinUAKY OF 350,000 BOOKS
Tcacii fln1 Train Those Who WJII
Take Part in Inteiiectiiai and
S|>irltnai Kcvlvai of Paiestliie
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LIST OF BANNER ROOMS
FOR MARCH 1025
.“HONOR BRIGHT”
GRADERS GRADED
AT ANTIOCH COLLEGE
STUDENTS TO GRADE PROFESSORS
AT ANTIOCH COLLEGE
“Do you know, I got a B in English
15, and I never cracked a joke In that
class all term.” “You’re lucky. My
economies class gave me a C, and right
after I had gone to the trouble of writ
ing a new series of lectures and reno
vating all my old jokes.”—Imaginary
conversation of two profs at Antioch
(Ohio.) President Morgan recently
placed blanks in the hands of all the
students, on which they will rate the
Individual membex's of the school’s fac
ulty.
MAIN BUILDING
224—Ruth Janet Sikes, Mary Allison.
223—Margaret Overton, Annie F.
Harris, Rachel Wilkerson.
220—Winnie Rlckett, Bessie Lee
Moss.
218—Grace Butler, Margaret Lassi
ter, Lillian Walters.
219—Margaret Eagles, Margaret
Wilkerson, Katherine Shields.
217—Charlie Daws, Vlrdelle Mat
thews, Sarah Thomas, Grace Webb.
211—Alma Kendrick, Annie Will
Kendrick, Novella Kcndrick, Neva
Pearl Kendrick.
221—Elinor Lane, Martha Liverman.
215—Ruby Harville, Vlrgle Harvllle,
Lonle Gordon.
213—Elizabeth Higgs, Mary Blount
Martin.
206—Mary Covington, Lena Coving
ton.
207—Iona Daniel, Lillian Evans,
Margaret Helms.
FAIRCLOTH HALL
15—Annie Grace Williams, Monta
Clark.
49—Nlta Garrett, Leila Owen, Au
relia Garren.
17—Edith Maynard, Mary Tatum.
12—Elsie Jackson, Gertrude Sample.
18—Ruth Heatherly, Mary Moss.
11—Maude Brock, Nannette Mc
Clure.
19—Gladys Currln, Velma Poplin,
Velma Patterson.
20—Mildred Poole, Clara Brooks.
22—Mabel James, Jessie Belle Strick
land.
21—Lucy Knight, Ruth Hilliard, Iris
Yelvington.
23—Annabel Abbott, Katharine
Cooke, Elizabeth Purnell, Elizabeth
Richardson.
9—Mary Bowers, Maude Bowers.
7—Katie Dail, Grace Neathery.
8—Edith Morgan, Glennie Morgan.
5—Ruth Bruce, Irene Edwards.
6—Sybil Myers, Beatrice Townsend.
3—Mary Martin, Helen Oldham, El
len Broadwell.
2—Frances Harris, Margaret Hey-
wood.
50—Maggie Hobbs, Alice Lawrence.
1—Bertelle Blackwell, Vada Hester.
I 25X—Margaret Henderson.
“YES, WE HAVE NO IDEAS,”
FEATURE ASTRO PROGRAM
SONG IliT HOT FKOM TIN PAN AL.
LEY SrAKKS ITS DEBUT IN
ASTRO SOCIETY
In spite of the decision of the judges
that the negative side won the de
bate and that we do have Ideas, I am
ample proof of the affirmative, for
“Yes, I Have No Ideas,” when it comes
to an original write-up of the pro
gram given by the Novelty Group in
charge of Portia Alderman on last
Saturday night.
In the first place the “Star-spangled
Banner” is out of style, and you may
remain calmly seated whenever you
hear the inspiring strain of “Oh, say
can you see.” But woe betide the man
who fails to remove his chapeau when
the band begins to play, “Yes, We
Have No Ideas.” He is a blackguai-d
and a traitor, for this Is our new na
tional anthem, which was sung for the
first time in the Astro Hall by Mar
garet Cone Tucker. As the last
echoes of the cheers which greeted this
died away, Margaret Overton started
to read a paper explaining the origin
of the song and extolling the high
Ideals contained therein. In conclu
sion there was an extemporaneous de
bate to decide the Important question
ENGLISH LIT CLASS
ENTERTAINED TUESDAY
BY MISS JOHNSON
MISS MARY LVNdi JOHNSON EN-
J’ERTAiNS Hf:U CLASS iN IftTH
CFNTITRY POiyi’KY WITH
FKA.ST AT LASSITER’S
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‘HONOR BRIGHT’’
PARIS STUDENTS RIOT
AFTER APPOINTMENT
OF SCELLE TO FACULTY
STUDENTS RIOT IN LATIN QUAR-
TEH AS RESULT OF APPOINT
MENT OF PROF. SCELLE TO
FACULTY OF PARIS
LAW SCHOOL
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Lively scenes are to be witnessed on
the streets of the Latin Quarter, Paris.
Street fights between police and stu
dents, Royalists and Communists, have
been going on for some time. The con
flict was caused by the appointment of
Professor Scelle to the faculty of the
Paris Law School by the Herriot min
istry. The students refused to listen
to Professor Scelle when he twice at-
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PHI PLAY
Honor Bright
April 25 College Auditorum 8 P.M.
Tuesday afternoon, April 7, the
members of the English 6 class board
ed the car going toward Lnssiter’a
Mill, bearing sniulry mysterious bas-
Itels and packages. On arriving at
their destination, a huge fire was built
by the class, supervised by Dr. Harris,
who told several interesting stories
she had heard at Carolina during the
holidays. Then, a number of sticks
having 1)een cut, the baskets and boxes
were unloaded, disclosing all the
requisites for a hearty and tempting
dinner. There was bacon, lettuce,
mayonnaise and rolls from which were
made delectable club sandwiches, and
there were pickles, stuffed dates, dev
iled eggs, sandwiches, Nabiscos, and
last, but not least, a pot of coffee made
by Irene Edwards, who will certainly
miss her calling if she does not decide
to make coffee every morning for—
but that’s another story. There was
real, pure, thick, genuine cream which
made the coffee (luite equal to the nec
tar of the gods, and we did not be
grudge them their ambrosia and their
Olympus as we sat on the dam eating
club sandwiches and drinking coffee.
The crowd Avas in a hilarious mood.
Wu wonder if Irene put anything in
the coffee except coffee. Dr. Harris
had a sly look—perhaps she was the
guilty one. Her sallies of wit kept
everybody laughing. It was feared that
all would eat so much that no one
would be left to tell the tale. Jackie
Durham and Dot McBrayer sprinted
a few hundred yards and back to aid
in digestion, and to enable them to eat
some more, for there were the marsh
mallows still untouched. Leone War
rick was observed to gaze with long
ing eyes on the coffee grounds in the
bottom of the pot, saying meanwhile in
mournful tones, “That’s all there is,
there isn’t any more.”
After the basket was packed with
the remains of the feast, the coffee
cups and pot, the crowd trudged slowly
back to the end of the car line where
they caught the next trolley back to
town. The motion of the car reminded
Miss Johnson of her experiences on
shipboard last summer, and she sang
an original song to the tune of “My
Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean.”
The class now feels better able to
cope with the mysteries of nineteenth
century poetry, and certainly are bet
ter acquainted with each other.
The following were the lucky ones:
Jane Beavers, Minnie Honeycutt, Mar
garet Lineberry, Jackie Durham, Dot
McBrayer, Elsie Elkins, Elizabeth Pur
nell, Annabell Abbott, Irene Edwards,
Leone Warrick, Daisy Barnwell, Miss
Johnson and Dr. Harris. All these feel
that it would be useless to try to ex
press their appreciation to Miss John
son, or to attempt to tell her what a
good time they had, but they hope
she understands anyway.
How thoughtful of the men who rule
the times and fates of baseball’s
powers.
To have the season’s biggest game
when girls can wear their EJaster
flowers!