MEREDITH COLLEGE LIBRAli^
HALEIGH, N. C.
THE TWIG
Vol. VIII
Published Weekly by Students of Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C«, April 12» 1929
No 22
Emma Hartsell of
Brevard is Director
of Sunday School
Department
Annie Sarah Barhwell and Ellzalietli
Stevens Will Work With Her
The student body of Meredith Col
lege has recently elected Miss Emma
Hartsell, of Brevard, N. C., director of
the Sunday School department for next
year. In electing Emma to this ofUce
the girls are conferring upon her an
honor and a responsibility, for . tho
Sunday School department is the
largest religious organization on the
campus. Emma’s talents of leader
ship, her charming personality, and
her deep consecration assure for the
Sunday School department a success
ful year.
Other officers of the Sunday School
department for the year 1929-30 are
Miss Annie Sarah Barkwell, of Weeks-
ville, assistant director, and MiB.s
Elizabeth Stevens, of High Point,
secretary.
Miss Pauline Powell, of Clinton, the
retiring director, and her co-workers,
Misses Elizabeth James of Oxford and
Margaret Peele of Raeford, have
worked loyally and tirelessly in build
ing up the Sunday School department
and much praise is due them.
The B. S. U. Council
for Year 1929-30
m
A Short Resume
of the Year’s
B. Y. P. U. Work
Miss KiiMi Fi‘(‘»hir Will ire Director
For Year
NEW B. S. U.
PRESIDENT
Miss Marguerite Mason of Greens
boro, N. C, has been elected by the
members of the student body as pres
ident of the general B. S. U. organiza
tion on the campus for the year 1929-30.
During the three years which the
newly elected president of this res
ponsible office, has been at Meredith
she has been recognized as a capable
student, having been awarded the
Ruth Livermon scholarship for the
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Kathleen Durham of
Lumberton Has
Been Elected
Y. W. A. President
This picture shows the members of
the B. S. U. Council for the year
1929-’30. Reading from left to right,
first row, they are: Misses Vida Miller,
of Kernersvllle, secretary of B. S. U.;
Marguerite Mason, of Greensboro, pres
ident of B. S. U.; Emma Hartsell, of
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A MESSAGE FROM THE
HOME SERVICE BAND
The Home Service Band has on its
membership roll 32 members. The pur
pose of the Band is to study the dif
ferent phases of Christian work, to
help the members to And their place
of service, and to increase the desire
and purpose tor whole-hearted Christ
ian service. The programs are planned
for the purpose of giving information
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Office Will (live Her an 0])])oi’tHiiJty to
Show Kxecutive Ability
Kathleen Durham of Lumbevton,
N. C. has been chosen by the student
body as President of the Y. W. A. for
the year, 1929-1930. Kathleen is one
of the most popular girls on the cam
pus and has shown her ability by suc
cessfully tilling several offices during
her two years at Meredith. She was
a class officer her Freshman year, has
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B. S. U. Installation
Services to be
Held April 21st
At 6:15 on Sunday evening, April 21,
the faculty, student body and friends
of the college are cordially Invited to
attend the simple and Impressive in
stallation service of the Baptist Stu
dent Union.
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STUDENT SECRETARY
Miss Madaline Elliott fills her place
as Student Secretary on Meredith Col
lege Campus most admirably. She is
a graduate of the class of 1028 and
had, since her freshman year, held of
fices in numerous student organiza
tions. She is peculiarly fitted as the
leader and adviser of the student reli
gious activities on the campus because
of having held during her senior year
the office of B. S. U. president,
As B. S. U, president she guiJed thnt
organization into realms of high
achievement; ihe made a place for hev-
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A Short History of the
Baptist Student Union
The Baptist Student Union at Mere'
dith will soon witness the close of the
third year of its existence. Although It
is young in years, it has already
brought about many helpful changes
upon the campus.
In the spring of 1926, several stu
dents who were greatly concerned with
the religious life at Meredith, became
Interested in the Baptist Student
Union, because they felt that there was
a lack of cqjiird^natlon among the
various religious organizations. Re
ports from schools and colleges all
over the South where the B. S. U. was
functioning increased their desire of
having an agency upon the campus that
would supervise, correlate, and unify
the religious activities of Meredith stu
dents. Aided by Dr. Charles E. Maddry,
Marguerite Harrison, ’27; Mai’y
Frances Biggers, '27; Annabelle Ab
bott, '26; and other student leaders
presented the matter to the student
body, which unanimously gave its con
sent to the organizing of a B. S. U.
Mary Frances Biggers, of Mars Hill,
was elected president for the year
1926-27.
Even In the first year of its exist
ence, the B. S. U, played a very active
part in the life upon the campus, A
visit from Mr, Frank H. Leavell, South-
wide B. S. U. secretary added to the
enthusiasm and consecration of the of-
Retiring B. S. U.
President
Miss Ruth Truesdell, of Charlotte,
the retiring president of the Baptist
Student Union, has combined executive
ability, personal charm, and deep conse
cration in carrying on the many phases
of B. S, U, work this year. Through
her daily living for Christ and her
persevefarce in otriving to pi*t flrat
things first upon the campus, she has
magnlfled the position of B. S. U. pres
ident and has won the love and admira
tion of each student at Mereditb.
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During the past year the B. Y. P. U.'s
have tried to uphold the standards and
aims of the organization, and give it
the place on the Meredith can\pus that
an organization of such nature should
hold. An effort has been made to reach
every girl on the campus and enlist
her in the work, thereby fulfilling one
of the aims: -“All Baptist Young
People Utilized.”
The educational program of the de
partment has been emphasized too, so
that the motto "Wo Study That We
May Serve” might be lived up to as
well as the enlistment Ideals.
Besides the weekly lesson materials,
the union held during November the
B. Y. P. U. Study course week, during
which time six study courses were of
fered and about one hundred and
seventy-five members enlisted for the
classes.
The officers of the organization have
served faithfully and well during the
past year, and now that their term of
office draws to a close, we wish for
them futures filled with service as
gratifying as the past has been. We
also wish for the B. Y. P. U. of 1929-’30
great success under the capable and
loyal directorship of Miss Ruth Preslar
and her co-workers.
Foreign Service Band
“I can do all things through Christ
which strengtheneth me.” Through
the power of these words the Foreign
Service Band has tried to keep the fires
of missionary Interest and zeal burning
In the lives of its members. This
group, which is spoken of as the baby
organization, because ot its small meni’
bership, is by no means the weakest
organization. In its purposes, plans,
and endeavors it seeks to reach around
the world.
This group is composed of all girls
on the campus who are planning to do
definite Christian service in foreign
fields. The members are: Loretta
Seawell, Iva Carroll, Gladys Blaylock,
Roxie Collier, Orion Bostic, Edna Mae
Duval, and Lillian Odum. Two ot these
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Wake Forest
B.Y.P.U. Entertain
Meredith Unions
The B. Y, P. U. Organization of
Wake Forest College entertained its
sister organization at Meredith delight
fully on Saturday evening, April G.
Shortly after eight o'clock a large
group of boys and girls began to as
semble in the Astro Hall, where every-
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Members of Retiring
B. S. U. Council
This picture shows the members i.f
the retiring B. S. U. Council. Reading
from left to right, first row, they are:
Misses Pauline Powell, of Clinton, dl-
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B-Hive Best Known
Unit Organization
of B. S. U.
Elizabeth Apple JIus Reoii £lect«d
Ne^v Manatrer of the Store
There is, perhaps, no unit organiza
tion of the Baptist Student Union that
is better known or more frequently
visited than the B-Hive. Although it
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