The Student Body of
Meredith Welcomes
Duke Glee Club
THE TWIG
B. Y. P. U.
Study Course
November 24-27
Volume IX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., NOVEMBER 21, 192&
Number 8
Mr. and Mrs. Jiggs Are
Hosts To Joint B. Y. P. U. ^s
Program for Social Very
Unique and Highly
Entertaining
On Saturday evening, Novem
ber 16, Mr. and Mrs. Jiggs were
at home, in the Astro hall, to
the members of the Wake Forest
and Meredith B. Y. P. U.’s. As
the Wake Forest guests arrived
they were met by Misses Marion
Harris and Kathleen Young and
shown to the place where they
drew their partners. Then the
couples were directed to the As
tro hall, where each couple was
given a slip of paper having upon
it the names which they were to
use as they were introduced to
the receiving line. It was quite
interesting to meet President
and Mrs. Hoover, Count and
Countess Snootem, Col. and Mrs.
Charles Lindbergh, Punch and
Judy, the Prince of Wales with
Clara Bow, and many other fa
mous people. Miss Ruth Preslar,
president of the Meredith B. Y.
P. U., introduced the guests to
the receiving line, at the head of
which stood Mr. and Mrs. Jiggs.
Mrs. Jiggs was becomingly
dressed in an imported gown of
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Interesting Program
At Classical Club
Two Recitals Given
Thursday, Nov. 14
The third in the series of
Thursday afternoon student re
citals was given in the audito
rium at 5:30, November 14. The
program was especially interest
ing, being composed of organ,
piano, and vocal numbers. As a
whole, all the numbers were well
played. Margaret Wells played
especially well Bach’s Short Pre
lude and Fugue in D Minor and
the Chorale Prelude for organ.
Glennie Paul gave a brilliant and
understanding interpretation of
the allegro of Beethoven’s Sona
ta, Op. 53.
The program consisted of the
following articles:
Orgftn—(ft) Short Prelude
and Fugue in D Minor Bacli
Organ—(b) Chorale Prelude Bach
Margaret Wella
Plano—Moonlight MaeDowell
Margaret Bridges
Plano—Ave Marla Bach-Gounod
JosaiQ Pay Greene
Piano—Foeme Brotik Grieg
Catherine Mitchell
Voice—(a) Renienihranee Salter
(b) Kashmiri Sotig Finden
Mary Lucile Broughton
Piano—Eu Antomue Clianiinade
Lucile Johnson
Piano—Sonata Beethoven
Op. 53 (Allegro)
Glennie Paul
Then, on Thursday night, the
Music Department again broad
casted a program over WPTF.
This program was made up of
the following numbers:
Organ—(a) Short Praludo
and Fugue in D Minor Bach
(b) Chorale Prelude Bach
Margaret Wells
Plano—Ave Marla Bacb-Gounod
JesBie Fayo Greene
Piano—Poeine Erotik Grieg
Catherine Mitchell
Voice—Rose in the Bud Forster
Morning Speaks
Josephine Lyles
Piano—Sonata Beethoven
Op. 63 (Allegro)
Glennie Paul
The Helen Hull Law Classical
Club held its regular monthly
meeting Thursday, November
14, in the social room of first
floor B. The president, Ellen
Bradaher, presided over the
meeting, and Irma Motte, in the
absence of the secretary, called
the roll and read the minutes of
the October meeting. The pro
gram for the afternoon, “Wom
en of Classical Times,’' was in
charge of Vida Miller, program
chairman. Verona West de
scribed the dress, shoes, coif
feur, and jewelry of the typical
Roman matron. Oreon Bostick
gave a charming word picture of
the life of a Vestal Virgin. Pau
line Kitchin discussed "Juvenal’s
Description of a Roman Wom
an.” Roberta Royster presented
a picture of the Greek woman
in her talk on “Some Interesting
Facts About Sappho.” Several
Latin songs were sung as a con
clusion for the program.
Miss Price announced to the
club that a prisce will be given
to the student who offers the
best suggestions for a way of
celebrating Vergil’s birthday an
niversary at Meredith. All Latin
and English students especially
are invited to enter this contest.
Delicious refreshments, con
sisting of hot tea, olive-cheese
sandwiches, pickles, and salted
peanuts, were served by Reba
DeVaun, Sara Elizabeth Jenkins,
and Lillian Aldridge.
The December meeting will be
held at Miss Price’s home, and a
very interesting program on the
Roman holiday, the Saturnalia,
will be presented. All members,
old and new, are invited to be
present, for an enjoyable after
noon is being anticipated by
every one.
Golden Bough “Taps”
Twelve New Members
S. S. Class Entertained
At Marshmallow Roast
Do you like to toast marshmal
lows? Then you should have
been a member of the Second
Mile Sunday School Class last
Thursday. At 4:30 Miss John
son lighted a big fire, and soon
the fun began, Marshmallows
were plentiful, and so were
grapes and peanuts. And oh I
how good they tasted! Some of
the faculty members also en
joyed Miss Johnson’s hospitality.
(With apologies to Edgar Guest.)
The world is full of gladness,
There are joys of many kinds;
There’s a cure for every sadness
That each troubled mortal finds.
And my little cares grow lighter
As I begun to toast,
ISven now my eyea grow brighter
As of its brown I boast.
Student Volunteers Meet
The Student Volunteers held
their regular meeting Thursday
afternoon, November 14, in the
B, S. U. office. The program in
volved a round-table discussion
of Africa. Several girls took
part in this discussion. Plans
were made for the next meet
ing. Meeting was then dismissed.
Thursday night, November
14th, in Wingate Memorial Hall,
Wake Forest, the sixth annual
tapping of the Golden Bough,
honor society of the college, was
held. Twelve new men were ad
mitted into the membership of
the organization. These were:
Charles A. Maddry, Durham; J.
W. Gaddy, Jr., Marshville; Bruce
M. Tomberlin, Swiss; Graham W.
Denton, Raleigh.; Harvey C. Car
roll, Hamlet; Edwin B. Whitaker,
Andrews; Robert N. Simms, Jr.,
Raleigh; Ellis C. Shoe, Spencer;
Henry P. Allen, Lumberton; A.
A. Dowtin, Asheville; Dana E.
Jester, Winston-Salem, and J.
Samuel Holbrook, Traphill.
The address of the evening
was made by Hon. R. N. Simms,
who is a graduate of Wake For
est and now an attorney at Ra
leigh. Mr. Simms used as his
subject, “A Worthy Goal,” and
under this he developed the ob
jectives of the Golden Bough,
which are Scholarship, Leader
ship, and Character. He empha
sized the importance of obtain
ing a classical education while
at college, rather than devoting
one’s time entirely to vocational
and practical training. Wake
Forest will never die, said Mr.
Simms, as long as the loyal and
devoted faculty continued to
percise through the Christian
influence of their daily lives the
qualities that are the aim of the
Golden Bough. Mr, Simms paid
the greatest tribute to the past
and present faculty, which has
so strengthened and ennobled
the college. He urged the impor
tance of setting a worthy goal
for one’s college career and then
striving to attain that goal.
Immediately after the address
the old members “tapped” the
twelve new members in a very
impressive ceremony. The elec
tion has been greatly anticipated
by the upperclassmen for the
last few weeks, since the date
for the election was announced.
The Golden Bough was organ
ised in 1925 by Dean D. B. Bry
an, with the purpose of stimu
lating excellence in scholarship,
leadership, and Christian activ
ity, and it is generally regarded
as the highest honor that can be
bestowed upon a student to be
tapped into the society.
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Duke University Glee Club
Sings Here Saturday, 23d
Miss Galt and
Mr. Battin Give
Second Concert
Playing the Grieg Concerto in
A Minor, Martha Carolina Galt,
professor of piano at Meredith
College, again demonstrated her
ability as one of the finest pian
ists in the South, in giving be
fore a large audience a brilliant
and sympathetic performance of
this work.
Miss Galt’s performance was
the outstanding event of the
second of the Meredith College
faculty concerts, which was
given jointly by Professor Bat
tin and Miss Galt. The program
opened with three organ num
bers, works of Rollo F. Maitland
and his daughter, Marguerite,
both of whom are making note
worthy contributions to Ameri
can music.
The first number, Mr. Mait
land’s “Concert Overture in A,”
was marked by careful phrasing
and the maintenance of a smooth
legato, as well as sympathetic
understanding of the composer’s
intentions. In the next two
numbers, Mr. Maitland’s “At
Sundown” and Miss Maitland’s
“Canzonetta,” Mr. Battin dem
onstrated his ability to interpret
lighter compositions as well as
more classical works.
The Grieg concerto, which
formed the last half of the pro
gram, was a fitting climax to the
concert. From the moment that
she crashed into the stupendous
chords of the introduction to the
thrilling run at the end of the
la.st movement, one felt that
Miss Galt was entire master of
the situation. Technical diffi
culties did not seem to exist, and
the tempi throughout the first
and last movements were faster
than usually heard—just as
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Appears Under Auspices
of Senior Class of
Meredith
On Saturday evening, Novem
ber 23, the Duke University
Musical Club will give a concert
under the auspices of the senior
class. .
The Symphony Orchestra,
under the direction of Mr. E. G.
Leftwich, will render three of
the four numbers, following with
the fourth number, possibly as
an encore:
Light Cavalry Overture—P. Von
Suppe.
Lustpiel Overture—ICeler Bela.
Pilgrims’ Chorus from Tannhauser—
Richard Wagner.
Grand Opera Selections.
(Including Lucia de Lammermoor,
Bohemian Girl, Poet and Peasant,
Lohengrin, Barnarole. Faust. Ar
ranged by E. Ascher.)
The University Club Jazz Or
chestra, also under the direction
of “July” Leftwich, will render
a group of some six or eight late
popular hits, semi-classical num
bers, and novelty act.
The Glee Club (32 singers)
will render a group of Southern
negro spirituals and the follow
ing numbers of a higher type:
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Social Calendar
For Week
Saturday, Xov. 33:
p. m.-“l)ulco Musical
Club Conccrt.
SinulHy, Nov. 24:
p. ni,—Music Fnc-
iilly Contcrt.
8:00 p. ui.—B. Y. P. U.
Study Course*.
Monday, Nov. 25:
0:30 p. in.—n. Y. P. V.
Sitiuly Course.
Tuesday, Nov. 2(1:
0:3(» p. m.—15. Y. P. U.
Study Coursf.
■VVcdnc.sidny, Nov. 27:
«:80 p. ju.—13. Y. P. U.
Study Course.
TIuii'i«dny, \nv. 28:
TltankRgivintj: lloUdiiy,
Friday, Nov. 20:
6:45 p. in.—Englisli Olub
Mrs. Wade Bostick
Talks At Vespers
The subject of the vesper serv
ices on Sunday night, November
17, was a missionary one, China
being the particular country of
the discussion.
The meeting opened with sev
eral songs, including “Savior,
Like a Shepherd Lead Us” and
“0 Zion, Haste.” Dr. Brewer
offered a prayer then for the
missionaries in the foreign
fields, especially for those in
Chinese territories.
Helen McDaniel, who was a
visitor for the week-end at
Meredith, and her sister, Nancy
McDaniel, gave a dialogue in
Chinese. They both wore cos
tumes from that country. At
tired in the dress of a native
Chinese bride, Oreon Bostick
sang in Chinese “Come, Thou
Fount of Every Blessing.”
Mrs. Wade Bostick, a recently
returned missionary from China,
residing at Wake Forest while
on furlough, was introduced by
Kathleen Durham as '‘Oreon’s
mother.” Mrs. Bostick’s mes
sage was one of strong appeal.
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Mrs. C. A. Dixon Talks
At Chapel Exercises
On Thursday morning at the
chapel hour Meredith had as
guest Mrs. Dixon, the sister-in-
law of Dr. Carroll, the college
physician. Mrs. Dixon, in her
message to the students, told of
the founding and development of
the Pocket Testament League,
an organi7,ation that has gradu
ally crept around the world and
now is a very powerful influence
for good. Mrs. Dixon’s talk was
unusually interesting and im
pressive because of the fact that
she herself is really the founder
of the league, and has always
been a devoted worker toward
its advancement. She is a native
English woman, having lived in
England until her marriage to
Dr. Dixon, the noted preacher.
When she was but a girl at
school,, so eager was her desire
, to lead her fellow-students to her
i Christ, and so earnest was she in
■ seeking means of presenting the
light to them that her future
brother-in-law, anxious to aid
her in these noble efforts, gave
. her a pocket Testament, with the
suggestion that if she kept it al
ways with her it would prove an
ever-present help in bringing
others to salvation. It fully
proved itself to be all of that,
and as well became a wonderful
inspiration and* guide in her per
sonal Christian life. Gradually
other friends followed her ex
ample in this habit, forming an
informal “Testament Club”
among themselves. At the sep
aration of the friends, the club
naturally suffered dissolution.
However, in after years Mrs.
Dixon one day mentioned this
incident of her school days to
her husband, who was so
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