PHI PLAY
“SEVENTEEN*^
MAR. 13
THE TWIG
PHI PLAY
“SEVENTEEN’'
MAR. 13
Vol. V
Meredith CoUege, Raleigh, N. C.. MARCH 5, 1926
No. 14
MRS. FERRELL HOSTESS
TO MUSIC SENIORS
CLASS COLOKS USED IN SUPl’EB
AND FAVOKS
With many thrills anti tingles of
joyful expectancy the music Seniors
left the college about six o’clock last
Friday to go to Mrs. Ferrell’a home.
For three years and a halt we had
looked forward to this time, for each
year the music Seniors have come
back with marvelous tales of the love
ly times they have had at Mrs. Fer
rell’s parties.
Miss Parker met us at the door and
showed us where to put our wraps.
From there we went into the wide
and spacious living rooms. How
cheery and cosy the fires made us
feel! We gathered around the warm
blaze and gossiped about our early
days at Meredith. The girls were
lovely in their colorful new spring
dresses. Soon our hostess came In
with many apologies for being late,
but we forgave her, because she teaches
until six. Mary O’Kelley then played
several piano solos which were greatly
enjoyed.
Then we went into supper. “Oh,
what a lovely table!” was the cry
heard from all. Everything was car
ried out in our colors, green and
white. Four green candles were
lighted on the table, and in the center
was a bowl of white narcissus, at
each place was a place card, with a
darling St. Patrick’s flag and In a tiny
green box were peanuts. The chicken
salad was in the mould of a tiny
tower with a flag of parsley bravely
flying. Hot coffee and the most de
licious of waffles were served. I re
fuse to say how many waffles we each
consumed. When that course *was
cleared, a beautiful cake covered with
white icing and topped with green
candles and with our class numeral
in green was brought In. We each
cut a slice and some were very lucky,
for there was a ring, a wish bone, a
penny, a thimble, a heart, etc., in the
cake. Block ice cream m green and
white was served. Our favors were
green and white baskets filled with
green and white candy. In each basket
was a clever joke and a funny picture.
In the contest of who could blow out all
of the candles, Daisy Holmes excelled
and was presented with a green and
white handkerchief made by Mrs.
FerreH.
All too soon we had to say “good
bye,” and make our way homeward.
I can assure you it will be many a
long day before the music Seniors
of '26 will forget Mrs. Ferrell’s party.
Those who were the lucky ones en
joying her hospitality were Mary
O’Kelley, Daisy Holmes, Grace Butler,
Mildred Poole, Annie Grace Williams,
Katherine Cooke. Margaret Gone
Tucker, Lena Mae Williams, Mar
guerite Blackstock, Katherine Shields,
Janet Sikes arid Thelma Goodwin.
Student Elections Approach
Student Officers For Year 1926-27
L R. CLUB DISCUSSES
RUSSIAJV REVOLUTION
IJfTEHESTINC POINTS MAPE
SPEAKEKS
The Russian Revolution was the In
teresting topic for discussion at the
International Relations Club meeting
held on Friday evening. First Ivy
Grace Doughton discussed the govern-
nient set up after the overthrow of
the autocracy. This Soviet govern
ment is composed of an all Russian
congress of 1000 representatives with
in which is a committee of 300 mem
bers and a cabinet of 18 members
which really rules with a sort of dic
tatorship. This government is ruled
by the Communist party, which elects
Its own representatives by means of
force through the Red army and other
agencies. This government national
ized all industries and natural re
sources which brought demoralization
and starvation to many of the poorer
classes. Only those who work for
production are allowed to vote under
the new government. The treaty of
Brest-LItovsk is the peace terms bo-
iWeea Gei inany aiiu Kussia lu tlie
part of 1917, when Germany took so
much of her land and resources away
from her when she '-as helpless, not
being strong enough to de; and her
own rights.
Pauline Sawyer discussed Allied In
tervention In Russia during the third
period of revolution. In this discus
sion she brought out the efforts of the
Allies to bring Russia over to the
right side and aid her in getting or
ganized. Margaret Haywood told of
the Internal Conditions caused by the
policies of the Soviet Government and
how these conditions had caused the
people to be oppressed and in a demor
alizing condition. Their Ideas of an
Ideal state throw the whole political
and economic conditions in confusion.
The Allies of Russia were spoken of
briefly by ''''•'nie Mae Ange. Her
main point of emphasis was on the
state of Czecho-Slovakla which has a
population much akin to that of
Russia.
After this the club adjourned feel
ing they bad gained some helpful in
formation on a subject that Is inter
esting, but about which there is very
tittle reliable information.
OFPICEKS EOJt lEAIt ll>34i*37 I’O
nE ELECTED
V
EXCri’EJIENT IIUNS HIGH
“Meredith is an awfully dull place,
they never seem Interested in one
thing over there,” remarked one of
our friends the other day. Why cer
tainly it is quiet—haven’t we been
taught that “speech is silver but
silence Is golden?” However, I do not
believe the friend referred to speech
alone (for that would Indeed be an
unjust accusation, n'est-ce pas?) What
she really had In mind bordered more
on indifference, lack of enthusiasm,
and a listless attitude toward the
movements of the surrounding world.
One can plainly tell that the author
of that statement never received a
degree from Meredith College, or else
she would have known that we are
sufficiently large to have a little crea
tion all of our own, and that when
we have attended to all the numerous
demands upon our time out here, we
have not time, money, or brains to
manage outside affairs. I can give
my word of honor, that neither Edison
nor President Coolidge himself could
keep in touch with Miss Young as
she leads us first through Paradise
Lost and then through the Inferno In
rapidi succession, with Dr. Winston as
she drills upon us the necessity of
learning all about HjSO,, -with Prof.
Riley as he bravely leads us through
the entire World War for the second
time, and at the same time keep track
of the World Court procedure as well
as Russian Bolshevism. However, we
are getting the training needed for
future participation In world affairs,
and when the occasion demands we
become as enthusiastic as any college
cheer-leader (even Including the gym
nastics incidentally thi-own in for
good measure). And the time Is ap
proaching which, of all times, de
mands our attention: that most thrill
ing, most nerve-racking season—^that
of student elections.
“Vote for Wilson! Wilson Is 100
per cent for the people; a man of the
people and for the people!” And so,
before any public election, the people
are so fed upon the echoes of the good
qualities of the candidates, all of
whom always possess the identically
same ones, that when all the excite
ment Is over the poor eardrum seems
still to be responding to the absent
stimulus and our heads go buzzing
round and round in the accustomed
vain attempt to absorb the "all im
portant- message of each politician. A
ENGLISH CLUB MEETS
MESfHEKS STUDY TOPIC OF IKISII
LITEMATURE
(Continued on page four)
At the regular meeting of the Col
ton English Club last Thursday even
Ing an unusually Interesting discus
sion of Iriah Literature was presented.
Ml-ss Elsie Elkins gave a few gen
eral facts concerning its origin and
development. With the Irish Renais
sance there were two influential
schools of thought, and it was through
art instead of politics that Ireland
"came out of the corner.”
Miss Juliet Coleman told of the
famous Irish poet, William Butler
Yeats, whose two main elements In
life were his fatherland and song. He
was full of dreams and fancies and
his poems are melodious and have a
lyrical quality. There Is also a cer
tain Irish lilt in them which lends an
unusual charm. The Cradle Song
and Neva' Give all the Heart are
two typical poems which give a dis
tinct Irish atmosphere.
Miss Mary Ayscue told of James
Stevens, whose aim in life was to
supply Europe with a new mytKology
to take the place of the old of Greece
and Rome. His first volume of works
was poetry and was entitled Insurrec
tion. The Crock of Gold is known as
his best novel. In all of his writing^
there is a certain striking wistful note
which Is probably due to the fact that
his childhood was perhaps spent in
the worst of circumstances. However,
we have no accurate record of his
birth.
Catherine Cox discussed J. N.
Synge, another important Irish writer.
However, his artistic life was late in
Beginning because he used wisdom
and took plenty of time in developing
his talent. He wrote some sketches
early in life which were the germ
of his later plays. He left Ireland
after leaving college and had some
advantageous foreign experiences. We
see much of his personality In his
poems, but in his plays he becomes
highly objective. There is realism
and a weirdness about his plays which
was characteristic of all Irish drama.
Shadow of the Glen was received with
hostility at first because it was a
satire on Irish peasantry, but it was
characteristic of Synge to take the
bare facts of Irish life and weave them
into a story.
We left greatly benefited after this
extremely interesting and helpful dls-
cusBion of a very vital topic.
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL
STUDENT VOLUNTEER
CONFERENCE A BIG
SUCCESS
X. C. C. \Y. AXI) a. V. IIO.STESSES
The fifteenth annual student volun
teer conference was held this past
week-end at N. C. C. W., Friday. Sat
urday, and Sunday, February 26-28.
Many colleges were represented all
the way from the sandy shores of
Eastern Carolina to the mountain tops
which border Tennessee. Although
the niain meetings were held at
N. C. C. W., G. C. helped considerably
with tlie entertainment of the dele
gates.
The conference opened Friday even
ing with an address by Dr. W. L.
Poteat, President of Wake Forest Col
lege, on the Siilrlt of the Modern
Youth. Dr. Poteat characterized the
modern youth by the following;
abounding energy; spirit of enterprise;
an enthusiasm which makes of every
goose a swan, every girl a queen; the
spirit of adventure, the desire to ex
perience all sensations; and the spirit
of revolution. He adds; “the spon
taneous Instinct of youth is good and
reliable. Young people are the gas
which runs the automobile of civili
zation—but where would we go were
It not for the brakes of old age? The
instinct of youth today is no different
from the instinct of the youth of yes
terday, the reason for the term mod
ern, Is the new situation in which
these marks display themselves, which
is caused by (I) application of mod
ern science to the forces of nature;
(2) emphasis and extension of
democracy. . . .
“If there Is anything wrong with
the young people of today they got it
from their parents. The youth of to
day are tending to recover the spon
taneity of God. . . . Instinct of
youth, lead, spread wings of faith, and
venture.”
Just after this session all the dele
gates met in the reception rooms for a
social hour directed by the Y. W. C. A.
where entertainment, music, and re
freshments were enjoyed by all
present.
There were many speakers Satur
day morning, Mr. George Greene, re
turned missionary from China, Lieu
tenant L. A. Oxley, director of bureau
of work among negroes, Mr. Way-
land, another returned missionary,
and Mr. Lee, Chinese student from
Duke University. The discussion of
this session was concerned chiefly with
China and work among negroes. The
following are some of the main trends
of discussion: The anti-Christian
movement in China Is a good sign be
cause if our Christianity did not
arouse antagonism, It would have to
sink to a lower strata. China needs
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BOOTH TARKINGTON’S
“SEVENTEEN
8:00 P.M.
PRESENTED BY PHILARETIAN LITERARY SOCIETY
MARCH 13, 1926
ADMISSION .50