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BETTER
SPEECH WEEK
THE TWIG
BETTER
SPEECH WEEK
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Vol. VII
Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C., March 9, 1928
No. 2(^
Honor Society Banquet and Lecture 'the astro society
PRESENTS
Banquet at Peacock Alley a Gala Occasion
I)R. SHAPLEY’S LEt'TURE DE
LIGHTFUL AND EDUCATIONAL
One of the most important events of
the College Calendar for the spring
semester was the address given by Dr.
Harlow Shapley professor of Astro
nomy at Harvard in the Chapel on
Tuesday evening. The address was
sponsored by the Kappa Sigma Nu
Honor Society and was attended by a
large number of visitors as well as
all the Meredith students. Dr. Shap
ley illustrated his iecture with slides
showing views of the heavens. It was
indeed most interesting and gave every
hody something to think about con
cerning man and his relation to the
universe.
Prior to the lecture the Kappa Sigma
Nu Society held its annual banquet
at the Peacock Alley Tea Room and
it was indeed a lovely affair. A num
ber of alumnae as well as invited
guests were present and a sumptuous
banquet was served.
The program was as follows;
Short talk by President—Martha
Maynard.
Toast to guest of Iloncr Pago
Leonard.
Response—Dr. Shapley.
Toasts to other guests—Eloise Green
wood.
Response—Mr. Boomhour.
Toast to Alumnae Members—Katie
Lee Walton.
Response—
Toast to Meredith our Alma Mater—
Bess Thomas.
Response—Dr. Brewer.
At the conclusion of the program,
the participants of the banquet jour
neyed back to Meredith, where Dr.
Shapley gave his much appreciated lec
ture. It was surely one of the most
pleasant evenings spent on our Campus
and we hope Dr. Shapley will visit us
again.
FRENCH LECTURER
VERY DELIGHTFUL
CHARLES GOS TALKS ON
SWITZERLAND AND
THE ALPS
ILLUSTRATED WITH MAGNIFI
CENT SLIDES
Members of the French department
were delighted with the lecture given
by Charles Gos upon the subject:
Switzerland and the Alps. It was il
lustrated with a magnificent collection
jf slides.
Our lecturer was a descendant of an
old French Hugenot family. His an
cestors left France after the revoca
tion of the Edict of Nantes, which had
guaranteed freedom of thought to
Protestants since the time of Henry
IV. Rather than suffer persecutions or
become Roman Catholics, this family
and thousands of others left Prance
and took up their abode at Geneva,
SATURDAY
NIGHT,
MARCH 17
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CAVINESS CLASS BREAKS
ALL RECORDS
CLASS MEETING
ANNUAL BANQUET AT
PEACOCK ALLEY
TEA ROOM
WAKE FOREST
FRATERNITY ENTERTAINS
STATE COLLEGE
CLUB ENTERTAINS
ASTRO HALL
GAYLY DECORATED
EUROPEAN TOUR
ONE HUNDRED STUDENTS
INVITED ON TOUR
U. I. E. DELEGATION TO EUROPE
EVELYN JOLLEY PRESIDENT OF
MEREDITH CLEVELAND
COUNTY CLUB
The State College Cleveland County
Club entertained the Meredith college
club at a delightful party on Saturday
evening, March 3. The Astrotekton
Hall was gayly decorated in the State
colors, and punch of a corresponding
color was served throughout the even
ing.
When all of the guests had arrived
they were allowed to participate in
a lively hunt for peanuts, hidden about
the room. Since the girls, as cats,
were forced to “meow” when they dis-
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ENJOYABLE AFFAIR
The annual banquet of the Alpha
Gamma Chapter of the Gamma Sigma
Epsilon Chemical fraternity of Wake
Forest College was held Saturday
night at the Peacock Alley Tea Room.
The members of the Fraternity spared
no efforts in making the affair success-
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ADOPT MOTTO
Wake Forest
Wins Debate
UNUSUALLY FINE DEBATE
DEBATERS HAVE ABILITY AND
TALENT
Wake Forest College and Furman
debated in the Meredith College Audi
torium last week. The query was, Re
solved, that the United States should
cease to protect by armed force capital
invested in foreign lands, except after
a formal declaration of war.
Representing Furman University,
the affirmative, Charles W. Burts, and
J. K. Looper. Representing Wake
Forest College, the negative, W. W.
Cohoon and O. T. Binkley. The de
bates showed excellent preparation; as
well as real talent and fine training.
The Caviness Sunday school Class
broke all past records last Sunday by
making a per cent of 95. They had as
their goal 100 per cent and it can be
seen that they did not fall far short
of this aim.
This class is wide awake all during
the. week—they don’t work on Sunday
only. Last Tuesday night they had
their monthly business meeting. Near
ly every member of the class was
present together with Dr. and Mrs.
Caviness. At this meeting the class
adopted the motto “Forward For
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Our Head Cook
Improving
TOM IS
VERY APPRECIATIVE
Miss Brewer’s Class
Visit House in|
Wilmont
GIRLS DELIGHTED WITH
PLAN OF STONE HOUSE
CLASS DRAWS HOUSE PLANS
DR. BREWER VISITS HIM
BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLES
UNION COUNCILS MEET
MEREDITH AND
WAKE FOREST
HAVE JOINT MEETING
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DISCUSS PROBLEMS
On Tuesday afternoon, March 6, at
four o’clock the B. Y. P. U. councils
of Wake Forest and Meredith had a
joint meeting in the Meredith audi
torium. They discussed problems and
plans of B. Y. P. U. work. Those at
tending the meeting enjoyed very much
the privilege of planning with their
brother college for better work in all
phases of B. Y. P. U. in the future.
We are happy indeed to be able to
announce that our head cook, Tom Bur
rell, who was reported very sick in
last week’s issue, on account of in
juries from a gas explosion, is im
proving daily. His greeting is always
“Good Morning” though you visit him
at twilight, noon, or midnight; but
this affords no cause for alarm as it
is just a custom of Tom’s. He told the
nurse last Sunday that she need not
•fix him any dinner—“for my white
folks will give me dinner.” Miss
Welch, with her characteristic eager
ness to see that every one has some
thing nice to eat, has already sent him
a tray of appetizing food. He can eat
anything he wants to, fortunately. Dr.
Brewer visits him every day or two.
We rejoice with him in Tom’s rapid
improvement.
Miss Brewer’s Household Manage
ment class visited the attractive and
“long unoccupied” stone house in Wil
mont last week. The class has been
busily working on house plans for
the past month. All of the girls are
thoroughly enjoying this difficult prob
lem even if they sometimes “tear their
hair” trying to find out just how to run
a stairway up or down through their
houses or some such intricate problem.
Miss Brewer thought it would be very
helpful for the girls to see a “sure
enough” house and criticize it. The
interior of the stone house is just as
In accordance with its policy es-
ablished two years ago, the Confedera
tion Internationale des Etudiants has
again invited one hundred American
students, representing the National
Student Federation of America, of
which this college is a member, to
tour Europe this summer as its guests.
Meredith, having been one of the
charter members of the N. S. F. A. is
entitled to send a limited number of
students on these tours. Although
this is but one of the activities of this
nation-wide organization (it being con
cerned throughout the academic year
with every problem likely to be met
by member colleges) it is already a
growing one. In the past two sum
mers over two hundred and twenty-
five American students have toured
Europe in this way. In a reciprocal
manner also, last summer the N. S.-
F. A. entertained a party of Europeans
here, while this winter it will play
host to a large delegation of South
African students. The tours are be
yond the experimental stage and have
been endorsed by such prominent
people as Lord Balfour, David Lloyd
George, Aristide Briand, John D.
Rockelfciier, George Wickersham ana
men of equal prominence have con
tributed to their support.
So many students attempting to tour
Europe by themselves have found that
they have both wasted much time
and money in choosing an incomplete
itinerary, and also have seen only
the frame work of Europe in their
trip. For these reasons the N. S. F. A.
relies almost entirely on student mem
bers of the C. I. E. abroad in the ar
rangement of programs, feeling that
Europeans know their countries points
of interest better, and that students
of their countries are best able to
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BETTER SPEECH
WEEK
BETTER SPEECH
WEEK
DR. HARRIS
SPEAKS AT CHAPEL
MEMBERS OF MEREDITH FACULTY
AND MEREDITH GIRLS PARTI
CIPATE IN RALEIGH
PROGRAM
The Womans Club of Raleigh is
sponsoring Better Speech Week in our
capital. Mrs. George Ramsay with the
members of the committee from the
Woman’s Club have planned an exten
sive program for this week in behalf
of Better Speech Week.
There are to be speakers for Better
Speech Week in each school and col
lege in Raleigh. Dr. Harris made a
very helpful and delightful talk to the
Meredith girls on Wednesday morning.
MR. ROLAND SPEAKS
Y. W. C. A. HEARS
FINE TALK
INSPIRING PROGRAM
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Members of the Y. W. C. A. had the
privilege of hearing an inspiring mes
sage given by a ]^Ir. Roland in Vesper
Sunday night at 6:45.
Mr. Roland told in an interesting
manner the story of his conversion as
a small boy and the struggle he went
through with at first trying to do the
will of the Master. He impressed upon
us the happiness that comes into our
lives when we win a soul for Christ.
Mr. Roland has travelled through
eleven foreign countries and through
every state in the United States except
one. The beautiful thoughts he gave
us as a result of his climbing the
Alps will long linger with us. In
with the varied and extensive work
he has accomplished, he has distributed
33 million vest-pocket size Bibles. His
life and his work have been a blessing
to the Y. M. C. A.’s of America.