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VAN TYNE I
TOMORROW !
NIGHT
THE TWIG
KREISLER
CONCERT
DECEMBER 4th
Vol. Vlll
Published Weekly by Students of Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C., November 22, 1928
This Week Dedicated
to Memory of
^Schubert
AN INTERESTING PRO-
GRiVM IN HIS HONOR
GIVEN BY MEMBERS
OF MUSIC FACULTY
This week ig being set aside over
all the world la memory of the
greatest romanticist in music that the
world lias ever Icnown—Franz Schu
bert. Scbubcrt was born in Vienna In
1797. He was the thirteenth child in
a family of fourteen. The family,
though not very wealthy, was Intelli
gent and musical. All the children
were given musical instruction at a
very early age. Frana waa given violin
lessons by hia father when he was
eight years old. He wag a very apt
pupil.
Schubert had a voice o£ unusual
ability and when he was eleven years
old, he became a member of the Im
perial chorus, and went to live In the
chorus school. Often, while he was
N. C. Education
Association Meets
in Duriiar
SEVERAL MEMBERS
OF MERI-:dITH
FACULTY ATTEND
I»«. HARRIS ItHAnS INTERESTIXO
FAl'KR
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Unusual Number of
Schoiarsliips and
Prizes Open
MOST VALUABLE PRIZE
IS S25,000 OFFERED BY
WILL C. DLRANT
The meeting of the North Central
District of the North Carolina Kduca
tion Association met In Durham, No
vember 12, at the Durham High School
Several members of the Meredith
Oollege faculty attended this meeting,
and one of the number, Dr. Harris
read a very interesting and moat help
ful paper before the Latin Teachers
on “Dante’s Use of Virgil In the Fur
gatorio.’’ The introduction of this
paper emphasized the interdependence
of teachors of Latin ant] teachers of
English. The paper, aa a whole, de
veloped the idea that Dante introduced
Virgil In the poem to make the other
world objective.
State Boys Will Hold
Annual Barn Warming
Saturday Night
WHOLE PROGRAM
TO BE QUAINT AND
OLD-FASHIONED
Announcement has been made by the
Dean’s oflice that an unusual number
of valuable prizes and scholarships are
open to students, graduates, and in
structors in the ‘University.
The most valuable prize that may
bo won by college men this winter is
the $25,000 prize offered to the citizen
of the United States who will present
the most practical plan for the efficient
working and enforcement of the Vol
stead Act and the Eighteenth Amend
ment. The donor of this prize is Will
C. Durant, automobile manufacturer,
and one time chairman of the General
Motors corporation.
Those who wleU to compete for the
Durant E'nforcement prize must pre
sent their ideas in not more than two-
thousand words and mall their essays
to The Prize Committee on the ISth
Amendment, Room 2401 Fisk Building.
Now York City, on or before December
1. Announcement of the winner will
be made on Chrlstmaa day.
The Southern Commission on In
terracial OoSperatlon will award throe
prizes to students of Southern colleges
amounting to $200 for the best esBays
on the subject of '‘Justice in Race
Relations" or kindred subjects.
If tho prize winning papers have
been delivered as orations or have been
published in college periodicals, the
money will be distributed as follows:
one hundred dollars for the best paper,
sixty-flvc dollars for the second paper,
and thlrty-fivo dollars for the third
paper. If the prize winning essays
MANY .lUMORS AM> SE>'IO«.S EX
TECTING TO ATTEND
The annual recoptlon given by the
Agricultural Students at N. C. State
College will be held on Saturday night
the twenty-fourth of November. The
reception is always given in the form
of an old-fashloncd country barn
warming. All tho girls wear gaily col
ored gingham or calico dresses and
the hoys wear blue overalls, red neck
ties and broad straw hats. The gym
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Home Economics Club
Gives Program on
Table Decorations
DELICIOUS REFRESH
MENTS A FEATURE
OF AFTERNOON’S
ENTERTAINMENT
The Home Economics Club held Its
regular monthly meeting Tuesday af-
ternoon, November 18. Bveryono pres
ent enjoyed and was very much bene
fited by a program given on tho sub
ject of “Table Decorations.” The Club
had as Its honor guests. Miss Mar
garet Nash, a former member and of
ficer of this club, and Mlgs Ellon
Brewer, head of tho Home Economics
Department.
After the progi-am and discussions
those present onjoyed delicious re
freshments served by the refreshment
commlttoo.
No. 10
BAPTISTSTATEGONVENTION
PERVADED BY SPIRIT OF
CHEERFULNESS
PLEDGES TOWARD CEN
TENNIAL CAMPAIGN ARE
STILL CONTINUING
MFREDITII TRUSTEES DECIDE
THAT MEREDITir IS TO HAVE
TAVED DKITE AND SIDK-
IVALKS
The State Baptist Convention held
its regular session at High Point last
week. There wag a large attendance,
and we hear that Meredith was well-
represented. Dr. Brewer brings back
reports from the convention that
i!0und good to anyone interested In
State Baptist work.
A most encouraging feature was tho
vein of cheerfulness that pervaded
when the Carnes question was discus
sed. The Baptists rallied loyally to
the call to pay off the debt thus In
curred and wont about their usual con
vention proceedings without letting
the slightest bit of gloom overshadow
them.
In the report of the board to Dr.
Maddry as to the progress of the Cen
tennial Campaign, the statement was
made that out of the $900,000 already
pledged, ?1C.OOO of this has been
pledged sincc August the first. This
shows that there is no lack of spirit
in the campaign and among Its work
ers $105,000 has been received in cash
already, and much more—both in
pledges and real cash—will be turned
in soon. Tho report ended with a plea
to press the campaign in the noxt two
years so that its objective will be glori
ously reached.
The Trustees' Meeting ended with a
doclalou which appeals to the heart
as well as to the comfort—of every
Meredith girl. At last we are to have
a real “honest-to-goodness” paved av
enue leading up to our main building
and two real paved sidewalksj In
structions were given to the House and
Grounds Committee to go ahead and
make the contract for the job and have
tho work done as soon as possible.
Thero is a hint of a "whlte-way" in
the future, too, Let's give three checrs
for the Convention and for the Mere
dith trustees!
B. Y. P. U. Study
Course Being Given
lliis Week
BOOKS OFFERED PRAC- '
TICAL AND INTERESTING
Sl'LENDIl) CHOICE OF TEACHERS
On Monday evening, November the
nineteenth the girls who were in
terested in taking one of the B. Y. P.
U. study courses gathered in the
chapel before going to their respective
classes.
Several interesting courses are be
ing given this year, among which are
the following: “Pilgrim’s Progress foi
±J. Y. P. U.," taught by Dr. Tnrner.
pastor of the Haycs-liarton Baptist
Church; “Tho Senior B. Y. P. U.
Irtanual,” taught by Mr. Y. C. Elliott;
“The Plan of Salvation," taught by
Mrs. Ivey; “The General Organization
of B. Y. P. U.,” taught by Mr. Ivey;
“The Junior and Intormediato' Teach
er’s Mamial,” taught by Miss ‘Winnie
Rickett; and "The People Called Bap
tists," taught by Dr. Ellis, pastor of
the Pullen Memorial Baptist Church,
The attendance at the classes has
been unusually good, so far, but it is
not yet too late to join one of them.
They are all practical as well as in
teresting, and offer a good chanco to
improve the average of each union, if
all B. Y. P. u. members will enlist.
Wake Forest Society Day
an Event Much Enjoyed by
Meredith Students
LARGE ATTENDANCE,
THOUGHTFUL CHAP
ERONES, IDEAL HOSTS
PROGRAM OF COLTON
ENGLISH CLUB UNUSUAL
AND AMUSING
A PUPPET SHOW,
USING CHARACTERS FROM
CHAUCER, PRESENTED
SPIRIT OF ENGLAND CARRIED OUT
IN REFRESHMENTS
Carolina Boys of Cleveland
County Enjoy Party Given
by Meredith Girls
PROGRAM OF ORIGINAL
STUNTS AND DELIGHT-
FUL REFRESHMENTS
ENJOYED
Last Saturday evening the Cleveland
County Club of Meredith* entertained
the members of their brother Club at
Carolina. The party took place in the
Phi Hall. Boys were there, girls wei’e
There was a big blue bus standing
in front of Meredith on Saturday after
noon to take the girls over to Wake
Forest for Society Day, an annual
event at that college. Miss Blggera
and Miss Annie Cooper chaperoned the
girls. The girls reported a lovely
time; the boys were Ideal hosts and
the program, game, banquet and recep
tion were unusually enjoyable. The
following girls attended Society Day
from Meredith; Eula Lowe, Beulah
Lowe, Hazel Miller, Louise Myers,
Sarah Osborno, Mary Perry, Tucle
Phelps, Ruth Preslar, Anna Rogers,
Hnllle Mae Rollins, Frances Scar
borough, Lcma Sloan, Euzelia Smart,
Charlotte Tedder, Mary Talton, Thel
ma Tadleck. Zula Thomas. Nellie Up
church, Belle Ward, Mae Williams.
Ruth Williams, Nelda Williams. Bev
erly Anders, Elizabeth Apple, Louise
Ange, Nellie Booker. Rachel BeaslL'v.
Oreon Bostick. Janet Brown, Elizabeth
Daniel. Mary Lovie Floyd, Lucile Gam-
bill, Irene GambiLl, Mae Harrell, Gay-
nclle Hinton. Mary Harris, Eliaabeth
Hamrick, Emma Hartsell, Pearl
Hodges, Nell Howell, Mary Allen
Hendrix, LeClalre Jacobs, Christine
.Johnson, Evelyn Jolley, and Annlo
Keith.
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Miss Herndon Talks at
Meeting of International
Relations Club
MEXICO SUBJECT OF AN
INTERESTING DISCUSSION
GREAT EDUCATORS SPEAK
AT SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
ON EDUCATION
DR. CHASE PRESENTED
PROBLEMS OF SOUTH
WHILE DR. FREEMAN
DISCUSSED PLACE OF
NEWSPAPER IN
EDUCATION
On Friday afternoon, November six
teenth, the Colton English Club held
Its second monthly meeting of this
year. The program for the afternoon
was In charge of the Chaucer class
which ia taught by Dr. Johnson. The
class presented a feature of the life of
the people of Chaucer's time, a mo
tion—the moat usual variation of tho
puppet show. The puppets wore made
by members of the class and were
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The International Relations Club
met Thursday night November 15,
1028. Miss Herndon gave an informal
talk on Mexico. She told'of the people,
the cities, and the Induatrloa of this
neighbor. She also pictured the prob
lems and diHlcultlea of this country.
Mexico has a long coast line which
makes foreign attack easy. It is a
volcanic country. The most menacing
situation, however, has been foreign
control of her land. Steps toward the
improvement of this situation have
been taken. Outsiders, largely from
the United States and Great Britain,
own practically all of her oil wells.
Dr. Harry W. Chase, president of the
University nf North Carolina, and Dr.
Dotiglaa Freeman, editor of the Rich-
mond A’ejos Leader, were the chief
speakers on the first day’s program of
the Southern Conference on Education
Dr. Chase presided and delivered the
opening address of the conference at a
dinner meeting at the Carolina Inn
Thursday at noon. Dr. Freeman spoke
at the session Thursday night.
“The progress of science and indus
try is casting the South into a new
mold, and if this transition period Is
to be bridged successfully the educa
tional Institutions of this section must
train young men and women to live
In a world very different in many and
fundamental ways from that of their
forefathers,'' Dr. Chase declared In hla
address.
The speaker pointed out peculiar
problems of the South in reference to
the race question, the problem of agri
culture, the peculiar features which
distinguish Southern industry, its lack
of concentration In a few groat centers
with city slums, its strong traditions
and philosophy toward labor. He said
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