THE TWIG
Vol. VIII Published Weekly by Students of Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C., February 1, 1929 No. 14
DR. BREWER MAKES
SURPRISING ANNOUNCEMENT
MEREDITH WILL OFFER
DEGREE IN MUSIC AND
WILL EXPAND COURSE
IN HOME ECONOMICS
The student body was delighted
by an announcement made by Dr.
Brewer at a recent cliapel cxerciae.
The announcement was the cumula
tive result of a faculty meeting and,
later, of a trustees’ meeting. It
was to the efFect that a degree in
music would be offered those music
pupils who are to graduate this
spring and, as a second part, a new
teacher Avas to be added to the De
partment of Home Economics, thus
making it jiossible for the Home
Economies majors to securo a
certificate to teach in the State High
Schools.
.The rcquii'oinents for a degree in
music differ aonicwhat from the re
quirements for a diploma. For the
graduates of ’2!) and ’30 they Avill
he forty-two hours of literary work
with ii consequent reduction in the
hours of theoretical find pi'acricai
music. .\fter 3930 forty-oight
hours of litorary work will be re
quired of all applicants for a dogreo
in music.
The Ifoine Economics ].)t;|jnrt-
mont, uj»oii tlio olootioii of a new
teacher, will he enlarged but the
nature of llii^ ]ir0|)0sed changcs it;
not yet definitely known.
Anioag the most prominent events
that have been featured on Meredith’s
social calendar lately, the Faculty
Stunts, the yarty given by Miss Welsh
to the .January “Snow-balls," and the
Masciuerade stand out.
Durhif; the ciuurantine thu (acuity
must have been moved by pity for
tlielr students, for ou a certain Thurs
day night they gave an entertainment.
The girlti showed their apyreeiatlon
and Interest—or was it curiosity?—
by aiipearing in great numbers. Dur
ing the llrst stuut, which iiappened to
be ‘‘The Class-room from the Teacher's
Point ol! View,” many doubtful and
sometimes guilty expresHions were
wiped off by the cleverness with which
the “taking off” was done. Dr. Harris
gave a piano rocital to the delight and
astonishment of the audience—for no
one wouhi luive guessed that she liad
graduated from St. Mary’s in piano.
Miss Tillery gave a vocal imitation of
an orchestra in the person of Profes
sor I-don’t-know-how-slcl. The Misses
Spruill and Steuven gave a duet, but
they must have been "throwing'! their
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE
TO PRESENT NOTED
LECTURERATMEREDITH
M. MICHENOT TO
SPEAK ON FRENCH
DICTIONARY FEB. 12
JI. AM> 3IME. IUJFIUT WILL GIVE
PROGRAM OF OLD FRENCH
SONGS FEB. Sr>
Ou February 12th the students In the
French, given by M. Daniel Michenot
pleaeur£ of listening to a lecture in
French given by M. Daniel Michenot
of the University of Nancy, France.
He comes to Meredith under the aus
pices of the Alliance Francaise of the
U. S. and Canada.
Professor Michenot is professor of
phonetics and will give some prac
tical suggestions along the line of
speaking French. He will illustrate
his remarks upon French diction by
readings from Jean de la Fontaine and
Moliere. A great treat Is In store for
lovers of the French language.
On February 25th Monsieur Dufrat
and his wife will present a musical
program before the students of the
French classes.
They will sing the songs of “Old
Fianoe" dressed in th« costumes of the
provinces of Normandy, Brittany, etc.
These songs will be preceded by an
interpretation in English. Wherever
Monsieur and Madame Dufrat have
given their program of French folk
songs they have met with great suc
cess, aiul their audiences were most
enthusiastic. The faculty and entire
student body are invited to be present
at this entertainment.
voices, for they seemed to come from
behind the sceues. “The Lighthouse
Tragedy” was acted with such a deli
cacy of feeling that tears stood in the
eyes of the audience—from laughter.
The last number on the program was
very enlightening as to tlje faculty as
it might have been before It acquired
its mantle of dignity. Mr. Cauaday
and Miss Lawrence certainly showed
their atUlny ability in “Be Thar Any
Trains Coin’ IQast Today?” These
numbers could not fail to bring the
faculty and student body into closer
sympathy. The audience left the
chapel with the deeper realization that
the faculty is dellghtftjlly human and
very clover.
Miss Welch delightfully entertained
the girls whoso birtlulays come in Jan
uary with a ‘'Suow-ball” party last
Friday night.
On Tuesday night, January the 22nd
at about 8:U0 o’clock, groups of girls
(or aren’t some of them boys?) in gay
or grotesque costumes appeared from
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Annual Founders’Day
to be Celebrated
February 15
DAY WILL BE FILLED BY
A LECTURE, A TEA
AND S. G. RECEPTION
I»|{. K. T, VANN AVILL JJELIVER
AimRESS FOR OCCASION
Meredith College will celebrate
its annual Founders’ Day on Friday,
February 15. This celebration is
one of the most important events of
the college year. There are four
principal reasons for its important
position on the college calendar.
In the first place, it is a half holi
day, though, really, there are no
classes at all. Next, there is always
a splendid address by a noted
speakei’. The afternoon is given
over to the faculty ton and the even*
iug to the Student Government re
ception.
Dr. R. T. Vann, who was for
fifteen years President of Meredith
College, will be the speaker for tho
morning. He has uot yet annouiiced
the exact title of his address but
it is to be concerned with some phase
of the history of the oollege, The
address Avill be supplemented Ly a
program of special mn?ic by the
college choir.
.From 4;30 until 6:00 the fiicully
will be “at home” in the parloi-s 1o
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Art Department Entertained
With Attractive Party
ORIGINALITY KEYNOTE
OF AFFAIR
in:S[Tl/l’S OF CONTESTS SURI’RIS.
TNG AN1> AMUSING
Miss Ida Poteat and Miss Mary
Tillery entertained the students of the
Fine Arts Department, art history and
art education, at a very attractive
parly Saturday afternoon in the studio
from flve till six o'clock. The "Well
of Inspiration," a huge bowl of delici
ous iced punch, afforded the guests
nnuisement in drinking until “the in
spiration came."
A contest was held to see who could
exhibit the most originality and talent.
Out of a few irregular lines scrawled
on a piece of paper, each guest was
supposed to complete a creation and
give it a name. The results were very
Interesting and curious to see. No two
were alike. The three prizes given
for the fiimpllcity of line and original
ity, were to Misses Marion Fiske,
Maisle Patterson, and Ethel Wilkins,
The last feature of the party was given
by Miss Mary Tillery, who performed
an original Czechoslovakian chant.
This was the only nmnber of its kind,
and it held the audience spellboimd
luitll It was over.
JOSE ECHANIZ, DRILLIANT
VIRTUOSO OF THE PIANO,
GIVES CONCERT
AUDIENCE PLEASED WITH
HIS PROGRAM AND WITH
HIS WONDERFUL PLAYING
On Tuesday night, January 29, an
other of the concerts sponsored by the
Civic Music Association was presented.
This concert was given by Jos6
Echaniz, a Cuban pianist. Mr. Echaniz
has already won fame through his bril
liant playing, in a write-up of the
New York Herald Tribiive, it was eaid
of him that he was "Undoubtedly a
most brilliant virtuoso of the piano,”
and after hearing him, it is easy to
understand his fame.
His program was as follows;
Symphonic Etudes Schumann
Scherzo, B Minor Chopin
Prelude, D Plat Chopin
Ballade, A Flat Chopin
Peterera Turlna
Zapateado Turlna
Fandango (from "The Three-
Cornered Hat”) De Falla
Cradle Song Schubert-Godowsky
The Trout Schubert-Godowsky
Chorus of the Spinners (from “The
Flying Dutchman”) ....AVagner-Llezt
Twelfth Hungarian Rhapsody Liszt
NOTICE!
Junior Class dues must be paid by
G o'clock Tuesday afternoon, February
12th. Some one will be outside of the
rotunda to collect them on that date,
Hon. 0. Max Gardner, after a public
career of more than twenty years, has
at last reached the goal of his ambi
tions and, at the age of forty-six, is
taking charge of the liighest olllce
within the gift of the people of North
Carolina, Governor Gardner was born
in Shelby In 1SS2. Ho was the young
est son of Dr, Oliver Perry Gardner, a
couuty doctor, who had served as a
captain in the Confederate army.
During his boyhood, Mr. Gardner at
tended the public schools and worked
on his father’s farm, When he was
sixteen, the Spanish-American war
broke. out in Cuba, and he left home
to liglit for his country. He was re
fused the privilege of enlisting in the
army, however, and finally succeeded
only in signing up as a teamster with
the Second Regiment of Illinois. Dur
ing the rest of the war with Spain, he
served as a "mule skinner” In Florida
and Cuba,
When the war was over and he re
turned home, he began to think of go
ing to college. He had won a scholar
RALEIGH CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE TO HAVE
BANQUET AT MEREDITH
ON FEBRUARY 7
HON. O. MAX GARDNER
AND JOHN E. EDGERTON
SPEAKERS FOR EVENING
A LAHOK ATTEN1>AN(;E IS
EXPECTED
The Kaleigh Chamber of Com
merce will be entertained at a ban
quet in the dining room of Meredith
College ou Thursday eveuiiifi, F(;lmi-
ary 7. Tlip hosts are expecting
between five and six hundred gue.st.^,
members of the local Ciuimber of
Commerce, their friends, and the
legislators of North Carolina. The
interesting iirogram for the evening
will feature two addresses. Governor
0. Mai: Gardner will deliver Avords
of greeting and express appreciation
for the opportunity to attend the
banquet. The speaker of the evening
will be Mr. .Tohn E. Edgerton, Pres
ident of the National Association of
Manufacturers. Mr. Edgerton is a
native of Tennesee but a resident of
New York. Ilis topic is to be The
Imhislriaf Sitvulion from XalionnJ,
Stale and Local SlaniJjwint.s.
A yearly banquet, liehl dui-ing the
meeting of thu state legislatnre, is
traditional witli the Kak-igh Cham
ber of Coniinerce. Tiulcod, n yciirly
ship, and soon lie loft home to come
lo Kaleigh and enter State College,
thou known us A. & M. College.
Ho came to school with the de-
tormhuitlon to be a cliemlst, and he
snci-eeded ia getting his 13.S. degi'ee
In three and one-luilf years. His col
lege days wen- very fruitful, especially
In tlie field of nthletlcs. He was an
outstanding tackle on the A, & M. foot
ball (cam, aiul was even named several
times as one of the all-Southern eleven.
He was also manager of the base ball
team one year.
Not only did ho excel in athletics,
but In literary activities he was al
ways in the front. He won medals in
both debating aud oratorical contests,
and was elected to practically every
ofnoe then existing.
He graduated with honors and then
remained at the College for two years
a.s instructor in chemistry. He con
tinued his football, and began reading
law in the office of R. H. Battle, a
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Meredith Fills Social Calendar
in Spite of Quarantine and Exams
FACULTY STUNTS, A BIRTHDAY PARTY, AND
A MASQUERADE ARE FEATURES OF ENTERTAINMENT
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Our New Governor-Served as Teamster
in Spanish-American War
EXCELLED IN ATHLETICS AT COLLEGE-STUDIED LAW
IN RALEIGH—A PUBLIC CAREER OF TWENTY YEARS