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Stunt Night
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On Campus
Volume IX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., OCTOBER 31, 1929
Number 5
Juniors Win First Place
In Annual Stunt Night
Classes Present Unique
Stunt in Contest
for Cup
The annual Stunt Night, held
each year under the auspices of
the Athletic Association, marked
the culmination of weeks of
practice and energy. This oc
casion took place on Saturday
night, October 26. Each of the
college classes presented a stunt
which was judged by five disin
terested persons on the basis of
originality and on presentation,
and a silver loving cup was pre
sented to the class excelling in
their parts. This year the cup
went to the Junior Class, while
second place was awarded the
Sophomores.
The Junior stunt was entitled
S'pi'ings of ’99. It presented a
situation of 1999 in which peo
ple were made of springs, and
all their actions were automatic.
The "winder” was lost by the
keeper of the key; therefore, the
principal action of the plot con
sisted in the search for the key,
the excitement of which was
augmented by the fear of the
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Tea For New Faculty
Members In Parlors
Outstanding among the social
events of the faculty depart
ment was the tea given Wednes
day afternoon, from four until
six, by the members of the old
faculty in honor of those who
have been added this year—^the
new faculty. The setting for
this occasion was the college par
lors, which were cleverly deco
rated with fall leaves and other
decorations suggesting Hallow
een.
Receiving at the front en
trance were Dr. Julia Harris and
Dr. Delia Dixon-CarrolL Miss
Mary Lynch Johnson ushered
the guests to the parlors, where
they were met by Dr. and Mrs.
Charles E. Brewer and Doan
and Mrs. J. Gregory Boomhour.
At the head of an informal re
ceiving line were Misses Gi'ace
Lawrence and Caroline Riggers,
who introduced the guests to the
new members of the faculty,
composing the receiving line.
These were stationed in the
chaperone’s pai'Ior.
The tea table, placed in the
rose parlor, was appropriately
decorated with yellow cosmos.
Softly burning yellow candles
lent a mellow glow to the scene.
Miss Ida Poteat presided over
the tea table, assisted by Misses
Galt, Mary Tillery, Virginia
Branch, Mary Spruill, and Mrs.
Blalock, ■w'ho served tea, ices,
cakes, nuts, and candies.
The heads of the various de
partments bade the guests good
bye as they passed through the
blue parlor.
Many friends of those con
nected with the college, and
many who were interested in
Meredith, called during the eve
ning.
Classical Club Holds
First Meeting of Year
The Helen Hull Law Classi
cal Club held its first meeting of
the year last Thursday after
noon in the social room of first
floor B. The meeting was opened
with the new president, Ellen
Bradsher, presiding. Pearl
Jones, secretary, called the roll
and announced the amount of
the club dues for this semester.
Vida Miller, program chair
man, was in charge of a very
unusual and interesting program
based upon the topic, “Greek
and Roman Mythology.” Sara
Elizabeth Jenkins discussed the
“Origin of Ancient Myths and
Legends.” Elizabeth Ayscue de
scribed the Tarpeian Rock, giv
ing numerous historical and
legendary facts about its past.
Margaret Craig gave a very
vivid characterization of the
chief Greek goddess, Hera, re
lating various myths in which
she played the leading role. A
synopsis of the Greek myth,
“Echo and Narcissus,” was pre
sented by Lillian Aldridge. In
conclusion, the members of the
club sang several Latin songs.
Delicious refreshments, con
sisting of salted peanuts, Eski
mo pies, wafers, and marshmal
lows, w’ere served by Blanche
Obenahain and Ellen Bradsher.
The second Thursday of each
month was decided upon for the
regular date for the club meet
ing. All members, both old and
new, were urged to be present
at the next meeting.
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
REVISES «T1TUT10N
Important Changes Are
Voted by Student Body
at Recent Meeting
Spirit of Rivalry Grows
As Hockey Season Opens
Play Day To Be Held
In Greensboro Soon
The first week-end in Novem
ber has been set aside as Play
Day at N. C. C. W. in Greens
boro. This is the second annual
meeting of this organization to
be held there. It is an old cus
tom in other sections of the
country, but is new to the South.
The first Play Day was held last
year in Greensboro, and was
such a succcss that it is now an
agreed annual custom.
At this time student represent
atives from fifteen colleges
come together for a day of
sports and mass games. Each
delegate chooses two groups of
sports which she prefers from
the following three: Hockey and
soccer, baseball, and individual
challenges, which include tennis,
stunts, quoits, croquet, and arch
ery. The players are then
chosen for each team and the
games begin.
One of the main objectives of
Pla.y Day is to give opportunity
for keen friendly rivalry between
groups (and not colleges) ; there
are no ancient grudges to stir
up bitterness, and no traditional
ill-will to be fostered by rooters.
It gives the girls a wonderful
chance to play loith rather than
agamst each other; it is to play
for play’s sake!
The program for this year’s
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Several important changes and
additions were made which the
members of the association arc
asked to note in the following
copy of the constitution:
Article I—Name
The name of this organization
shall be the Meredith College
Athletic Association.
Articlc II—Purpose
The purpose of this associa
tion shall bo to promote interest
in athletics and to develop good
sportsmanship.
Article III—Membership
Section 1. All members of the
student body are automatically
members of the association.
Sec. 2. Membership fee is in
cluded in budget.
Sec. 3. Members are entitled
to admission to all athletic
events and to the use of all equip
ment maintained by the associa
tion.
Article IV—OrgHnization
Section 1. Officers. The offi
cers of the association shall be a
president, vice-prtisldenL, secre
tary, and treasurer,
See. 2. Nomination of Officers.
Follows regular order of college
nominations.
Sec. S. Election and Qualifica
tions of Officers. Officers shall be
elected from the following incom
ing classes: (a) President, Sen
ior; (b) vice-president, Junior;
(c) treasurer. Sophomore; (d)
secretary. Sophomore.
The requirements for eligibil
ity to office shall be as follows:
(a) Scholarship—the same as
that of playing on a class team.
Sec. 4. Duties of Officers.
(a) It shall be the duty of the
president to call and preside at
all meetings of the association,
to be an ex officio member of all
committees, to approve all bills
before they are paid, and to per
form all other duties usually in
cident to the office. It shall be
the duty of the president to ap
point special committees when
needed for special duties. On re
tiring from office she shall pre
sent to the incoming president a
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Former Meredith Girl
Gives Talk In Chapel
On Saturday morning, October
26, the chapel program was most
interesting to the entire student
body. Dr. Brewer announced that
a girl who had graduated from
Meredith twenty-six years ago
would talk to us. When she was
a student at Meredith she was
Miss Maude Burke, but now she
is Mrs. C. H. Dozier.
Mrs. Dozier expressed amaze
ment that this could really be
Meredith. Her first visit to ‘new’
Meredith brought her many sur
prises, as she noted the changes
and improvements made since
her graduation.
For over thirteen years she
and her husband have been
working on the mission field in
Fukuoka, Japan. They are in
charge of a mission school there.
She is the only Meredith girl in
the entire Empire of Japan who
is working towards the advance
ment of the Kingdom there. And
she prayed that soon many other
Meredith girls could join them in
their work, for people are de
pending on Meredith girls, she
declared.
As a conclusion to the pro
gram, Mrs. Dozier joined with
the student body in singing the
Alma Mater. It was the first time
she had ever heard it sung, but
many times, she said, she and
her daughter played and sang it
together in Japan. Every girl’s
heart thrilled to the thought of
having an Alma Mater that
means so much to someone so
far away on foreign fields.
Classes Show Competi
tion for Hockey Cup
Will Be Strong
A nip in the air, the shrill of a
whistle, the thud of a round
wooden ball on a stick—and our
first hockey season is here.
About one hundred girls have
already signed up, and there are
others coming in all the time.
Those of you who haven’t, take
a whack at it; see what it’s like.
If you have forgotten to sign up
with your manager, come out
anyway when wc are practicing
and try out.
Watch the board for the time
and place of practice. Unless a
special notice is posted, the prac
tices at 5 o'clock on the athletic
field will continue.
To you girls who don’t know
the game, we’ll tell you it’s great.
It is the very essence of fall’s
crispness and hard, clear blue
ness. There’s the same thrill in
it that you have when the foot
ball team is racing down the
field.
Work on our new athletic field
is in progress. It is on the west
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Practice Begins Now
For Season of Tennis
Miss Brewer Talks
At Vesper Service
Officers of 1929-1930
Athletic Association
General Officers of Athletic
Association
President—Dorothy Rowland
Vice-President—Bruce Gore
Secretary—Elizabeth Thornton
Treasurer—Velma Webb
Tennis Managers
Senior—Elizabeth Apple
Junior—Bruce Gore
Sophomore—Lottie Belle Myers
Freshman—Isabel Kinsey
Hockey Managers
Senior—Dorothy Gillie
Junior—Elizabeth Ayscue
Sophomore—Edwina Martin
Freshman—Jane Jones
One of the most enjoyable ves
per services held this year was
the one in the Rose Parlor on
Sunday night, October 27. Sev
eral songs were sung and prayer.s
ofl'ered in opening. The main fea
ture of the program was a talk
by Miss Ellen Brewei%
Miss Brewer’s message to
those who gathered for a period
of worship and devotion was one
entitled “Joys of the Road.” The
book, “An Anthology In Praise
of Walking,” she said, is a very
thought-provoking work. Then
Miss Brewer asked, “Do we as
sociate the journey of life with
the same joy? Do we see too
little of it at the time?”
There are many beauties on
the road. There are also people
who miss these beauties. The
seasons, the green freshness of
spring, the warm summer suns,
the multicolored leaves of au
tumn, the winter snows—some
people do not see them. “So
many beautiful things you pass
right by," said Miss Brewer.
Then the companionships
along tho road were brought out.
‘'God novciv loved me in so sweet a
wiiy buforo;
'Tia only Ho who cnii such lilees-
Uiga send:
And wlien His lovo would now ox-
pvesslon find.
Ho brouRht (hen to me and said,
‘Behold, a fviejul!"
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Tennis rackets swinging; ten
nis balls bouncing; girls going to
the tennis courts! And in Octo
ber, when tennis season doesn’t
come until the last of April ? Yes,
indeed! Blcredith is going to
play tennis this year, and in or
der to make the season a success
ful one, the players are starting
in time.
Those who play tennis say that
it is one of the finest and most
interesting of the sports, and
they can do no more than invite
the girls who have never played
to come and see for themselves.
It makes no difference how Httle
one knows already about the
game, or how narrow her pre
vious experience in it has been,
for Miss Anderson is giving in
structions each afternoon and
will bo glad to ari’ange times to
help anyone wishing to learn
tennis.
Conditions seem unusually
conducive to a lively year in this
sport, as the courts are to be
worked on and the back-stops
moved considerably further
back, which is an item that will
add to the convenience and pleas
ure of playing. Also, tennis balls
and rackets can be bought now
right here on the campus, in the
athletic ofiice, for the same
prices at which they are sold in
Raleigh.
Miss Anderson and the girls
who are already frequenting- the
courts each day are very enthu
siastic over the prospects for the
game on our campus. Girls, see
your class tennis manager today
and come on out, join in the fun
now, and begin the practicing in
November which will help to win
for your class the cup to be
awarded next May. It’s the only
way to victory!