THE TWIG
Vol. VI
Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 24, 1927
No. 8
Faculty Entertains Class of ’27
SENIORS OF STATE AND WAKE FOREST
INVITED GUESTS
COLLKGE QUADltAXGLE SCENE
OF GAIETY
On Monday evening, February 14th,
from eight to eleven, the faculty of
Meredith College was host at a lovely
lawn party given in honor of the
Senior Class. The faculty had as ad
ditional guests the Senior Classes of
N. C. State and Wake Forest.
The State and Wake Forest guests
were met at the entrance of the Ad
ministration Building by a commit
tee of the faculty, consisting of Prof.
H. J. Perry, Miss Nettie Herndon, and
Miss Catherine Allen, appointed for
the particular purpose of welcoming
the outside guests. From there the
boys were ushered through the halls
and out into the quadrangle where the
scene was properly laid for the party.
About the lovely fountains, glittering
and glimmering as the light from the
multitude of artificial lights fell upon
them, lovely girls were reclining upon
luxuriantly cushioned sofas prepared
especially for the occasion. Lights
innumerable were hung in the quad
rangle revealing the beautifully mown-
lawn which formed a mossy carpet
upon which the dainty slippered ladies
were to tread. The first sight to greet
the eye of the rapidly arriving guests
was that of Miss Spruill, clad in but-
ter-fly costume, entertaining tli© au
dience with a charming little aesthetic
dance, while Dr. Dingley Brown
played softly upon his guitar.
Strolling here and' there about the
charming space assigned for the even
ing’s activities, the handsome men
and charming girls formed pictures
worthy of note. During the course of
NEW BUS SYSTEM
IN OPERATION
TALENTED MUSICIAN
GIVES INITIAL RECITAL
ON NEW ORGAN
MISS FKA>'CIS FULCIIUM
DELlOH'i’S LAHCE AUIHENCE
CONVENIENT SCHEDUJiE AND
CHEAPER HATES WEtCOMED
ARRANGED BY FRIEND OF THE
COLLEGE
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MEREDITH ART STUDENTS
WINS NATIONAL PRIZE
jnss EMILY CARNIE 1JRINGS FAJfE
TO HERSELF AND TO HEU
ALMA MATEll
Beginning Monday morning the
long wished for bus system for Mere
dith began operation. This great im
provement in transportation Is wel
comed equally by faculty, students,
and visitors. The new busses are
De Lux, high powered and comfort
able. They run every ten minutes
from Capitol Square for the sura of
fifteen cents for the round trip.
An unregretful adieu is given to the
old bus system.
That the new arrangement has al
ready wrought a great many changes
is quite evident. The street cars are
no more overcrowded. The “Colly’’
rejoices for already certain Individuals
are planning to invest their unspent
“fifteen cents” thereabouts. Fayette
ville Street is hilarious at the thought
of no more traffic hold-ups. The call-
down for signing in late has even
Inst its popularity, but State College
mourns Meredith’s speedy passing.
The new system was sponsored by
a special friend of the college, whose
name we are not allowed to publish,
a man well acquainted with the
condition of the average col
lege girl’s pocketbook. He is also a
DR, AND MR.S. HltOWN ENTEIITAIN
AT INFORMAL llECEl'TION
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One of the most outstanding events
of the year was an organ recital given
in the chapel,'Friday evening, by Jlias
Frances Freeman Fulghum. Miss
Fulghum, a talented musician, has
studied in Germany for two years
under Dr. Schubert Kruppenheimer,
and has just completed six years of
study under Dr. Dingley Brown, head
of the Music Department of Meredith
College. She has recently accepted a
position for next year as head of the
organ department at Peabody Insti
tute.
Miss Fulghum has the distinction of
having first performed upon the hand
some new organ, a recent gift of
Henry Ford to Meredith. This organ,
costing $2,954,635.79, is one of the
finest in the United States and is espe
cially noted for its tonal qualities.
Miss Pulghum’s technique was excel-
ent, and she showed an unusualy sym
pathetic interpretation of her difficult
program. She possesses a charming,
vivacious personality and her audience
was held spell-bound from the minute
she stepped upon the stage, wearing a
dress of gold cloth and carrying a
sh»ath of American Beauty Roses.
Miss Fulghum had as her ushers the
following young ladies: Miss Elizabeth
Edwards, chief;: Miss Verna Belle
Jackson, Miss Geneva Benthall, Miss
Musette Kitchin, Miss Mary Ayscue,
;MIss Mabel Sanders, and Miss F. M.
Hoogland. These young ladies were
Meredith Dramatic Club Presents Hamlet
KEEN APPRECIATION OF GREAT DRAMATIST
SHOWN BY AMATEURS
NEW “Y” STORE OPENED
FEBRUARY 24
OIFT OF FORMER
MEREDITH GRADUATE
INCLUDES TEA ROOM, BOOKSTORE
AND GRO(^ERY STORE
DRA3IA S’I'AGED IX SPACIOUS
M:W AMl'lllTHEATRi:
-UISS JAMli lU'IJNS TAKKS ROLE
OF HAMLET
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The Y. W. C. A. announces the open
ing of the new “Y” store on Thurs
day, February 24. at 3:00 p.m. This
iinique building including a tea room,
book store, and a grocery store was
made possible largely through the
kindness of Miss Bessie Jackson, a
former manager of the "Y" store, who
donated three thousand dollars tow
ards its erection.
On Thursday afternoon ice cream
and sandwiches will be served free to
the first fifty visitors. Come early
and avoid the rush.
This building situated somewhat
west of C Dormitory was begun a year
ago. It is an up-to-late fire-proof brick
building. It includes three distinct
rooms; namely, a book store, a tea
room, and a grocery store which is to
operate on the “Piggly-Wiggly”
plan. All the modern conveniences
and accommodations may be found in
all throe of these departments.
The latest and best magazines,
novels, and books of all kinds indu'd-
ing text-books necessitated by the col
lege curriculum will be on sale in the
book department. With the consent
of the faculty, all textbooks will here
after be ordered and sold through the
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Annual Field Day Celebrated at Meredith
The Meredith students are very
glad to hear that one of the girls from
our own campus was so highly hon
ored as to win first prize in the' art
contest which took place in New York
city January 12, 1927. This contest
was given under the auspices of tlie
Metropolitan Museum. All the col
leges of both the North and South
were asked to have their students con
tribute some of their work to this
contest.
Miss Carnie has been working on
her wonderful copy of Gainesborough’s
“Blue Boy” since September when she
entered college here at Meredith. We
consider that she has done remarkably
well. We are very proud of her and
hope that in the future she will con
tinue her work and make Meredith
still more proud of her.
This copy of “Blue Boy” will be
taken from New York city to the Art
Museum in Paris where wo hope that
Miss Carnie will be made more famous
because of her work.
We take this opportunity to express
publicly our appreciation to Miss
Carnie and to wish her more success
in the future.
NEW ATHLETIC FIELD, SWIMMING POOL AND TENNIS COURTS FORMALLY OPENED
DR, LIVINGSTON JOHNSON MASTER OF CEREMONIES
SENIORS WIN FIFLD DAY LOVING CUP
The annual Field Day of Meredith
was celebrated last Wednesday, a per
fect day for the occasion. Since from
time immemorial field day has been
a holiday, the whole student body was
present, their dresses a mass ol white
spotted by the various class colors.
The new athletic field was formally
opened by a speech by Dr. Livingston
Johnson, the master of ceremonies.
Mrs. Octavia Norwood was chief time
keeper and Dr. Law referee and
starter.
The track meet occurred first. The
events were good and the participants
well trained. The events were won
us follows:
50 yard dash Lena Winberry
Discus Mildred Allen
Running high jump....TIe between Nell
McCullen and Mabel Beeker
Baseball throw Katrina Gill
Running broad jump-.ClHrlssa Poteat
Hurdles Cleone Cooper
Relay Valeria Belle Nlckols, Ellen
Johnson, Virginia Murchison
After this the tennis tournament
was played on our new concrete court.
tlie fifteen new courts being formally
opened by the game. The freshmen,
represented by Gladys Chesson and
Lib Wilder, won first place. Second
place was won by Carolyn Peacock
and Nancy Woods, representing the
seniors.
The crowd then moved into our
magnificent new gymnasium and tITe
swimming meet was hold. The
awards were as follows:
Margaret Nash, fastest swimmer.
Elise Matthews, underwater swim
ming.
Mattie Lassiter and Mai'y Herring,
fancy diving.
Tie between Olive Pittman and
Willia Thompson, plunge for distance.
The points were then counted and
it was found that the seniors had
won the Field Day loving cup. This
was awarded with appropriate re
marks by Miss Horne, and the seniors
celebrated their victory by a snake
dance down the field. Meredith
monograms were then awarded by
Miss Ellen Brewer and Miss Williams
to those participating and to the mem
bers of the baseball teams.
After a big picnic dinner in the
grove, the crowd assembled on the
bleachers surrounding the baseball
diamond. Freshmen and Juniors,
bearing Junior class colors, sat on one
side and the Seniors and Sophomores,
decorated in their colors, on the other.
The Junior team was as follows:
Musette Kitchin, pitcher; Sara 01inei‘,
catcher: Ellen Broadwell, Mary Willis,
Virginia Link, Lib Richardson, Page
Morehead, Mary Rodwell Hunter, and
Mary Lee Copeland.
The Sophomores were: Davie Belle
Eaton, pitcher: Janie Burns, catcher;
Mattie Lee Eagles, Lib Morton, Edith
Walters, Livingston Patton, Polly
Powell, Pauline Newton and Peggy
Lupton.
The game was a most exriting affair
and after first one side and then the
other being in the lead, fit the ninth
inning the score was 7-7. Thirteen
innings were played, but when the
game stopped because of rain the score
was still a tie, 9-9. The whole day was
declared a success in every respect.
One of the loveliest spectacles ever
seen at Meredith College was the an
nual Shakespearen play presented by
tlie Dramatic Club of the College in
the beautiful amphitheatre on the
afternoon of Wednesday, February the
sixteenth. The largest cro"-'i ever
seen at Meredith was out to witness
this performance.
This year the group presented
“Hamlet,” and was lucky in securing
Miss Anne Hathaway of New York
city ap coach, who for a number cf
years has made a special study in the
presentation of Shakespearean plays.
The play was a huge success and an
honor to Meredith College. The lead
ing role was taken by Janie Burns,
who played the part of Hamlet. Janie,
with her real dramatic aliility and
skill, took the character of Hamlet
out of fiction and made of him a real
living creature just as John Barry
more has made Hamlet live again for
thousands of people, so Janie brought
him back to us. She held the audi
ence spell'boimd by her wonderful elo
quence in fhe soliloques. Her inter
pretation of Hamlet, his moods and
his temperament, was wondei^ul—
though she did have some trouble
with her costume and especially the
handling of the sword.
The part of Ophelia was played by
Nellie Daniels and her sweet and inno
cent interpretation of this part im-
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FRENCH TABLE IN
DINING ROOM ORGANIZED
MISS UEEKER ORGANIZER AND
HOSTESS
Miss Mabel King Beeker, one of the
best known freshmen on the campus,
has after many attempts succeeded in
organizing a French table; that is,
one table is reserved in the dining
hall for the best French students in
the different classcs. The purpose of
this is to promote Frencli convci’sa-
tion as much as possible outside the
class room. Not a word of English is
spoken at Ihc table after every one
is seated.
At the request of Miss lloeker Miss
Allen, the head of the Frcnch depart-
nmnt, has agreed to take her lunches
at this table. Then Miss Porter and
Miss Homo have also consented to
visit this table very offen.
Miss Beeker, of course, is hostess
at the table and we all I'cel that she
is most capable as she has been In
France Tor quite awhile.
The girls (if the French department
are very enthusiastic over the plan.
They feel that they will i)e beneflted
and also receive much pleasure from
this new arrangement.