THE TWIG
Volume IX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FEBRUARY 27, 1930
Number 16
Classical Club Gives
Deligrhtful Roman Play
A Roman Wedding presented
by the Classical Club Thursday
evening, February 20, proved a
delightfully entertaining as well
as an instructive feature, reveal
ing many interesting customs.
The players were successful in
creating an atmosphere of old
Rome, and the curtain rose on orators.
Legion Contest Won
By J. S. McKinnon
Eight young orators repre
senting different colleges of the
State featured in a State-wide
contest held Saturday night in
the Meredith auditorium. This
contest was under the auspices
of the North Carolina Depart
ment of the American Legion.
Our Flag” furnished the sub-
Meredith Sorrows In
Death of Mrs. Vann
Voice Recital Sunday
a scene that might have been a
bit of the old Latin world itself,
with Cicero as a central figure
there. Those taking part showed
ability and training; and espe
cially praiseworthy were the
mastery of the Latin lines on
the part of the players, their
pronunciation and interpretive
expression, which enabled 'the
audience Ho follow the action
with more ease than it had per
haps anticipated.
The play opened at Cicero’s
house, with Terentia, his wife,
complaining that he neglects her
and devotes too much time to the
prosecution of Catiline and to
study. Her son, the young Cic-
The death of Mrs. Richard
Tilman Vann, which occurred QiveS
on Friday evening, February 21,
was an event which brought sor
row to the entire faculty and
student body of Meredith Col
lege. Mrs. Vann was loved by
all who knew her and had num
bers of friends all over the State,
Juniors and Freshmen Win
Amid Riotous Enthusiasm
dreds of Meredith girls who had
known her.
Mrs. Vann had been in ill
The first prize was a gold j but she had especially endeared
medal, especially designed for] herself to the hearts of the hun-
this Americanization contest of
the American Legion, and $50
in gold, and was awarded J. S.
McKinnon, of State College. Mr.
McKinnon not only had a good
speaking voice, but he made tell
ing use of specific incidents all
through his oration which added
to his delivery.
The second prize, $25 in gold,
went to H. H. Hobgood, of the
University of North Carolina.
Mr. Hobgood opened his speech
with a very effective picture of
the Flag flying over Fort Moul
trie, Charleston, S. C., during
the Revolutionary period. He
One of the most delightful of
the faculty concerts that have
been presented this year was
the vocal recital pre.sented by
Miss Rowland Sunday after
noon, February 23, in the audi-
SCORES:
Seniors vs. Juniors, 11-15
Soph. vs. Frosh., 11-18
torium. In spite of the inclem-
The Odds went down in de
feat before the Evens Monday
night, after a spirited contest in
which the players of both teams
exhibited fast work and skillful
playing. Both games were fights
ency of the weather, there was from start to finish. First one
a large audience which gave team and then the other gained
Miss Rowland an enthusiastic
ero, adds to her anxiety by his told how the men of the Stone
unsatisfactory school report and Age, when warring against
his declamation that he too will
be an orator some day. How
ever, he promises to study his
geometry harder for the reward
other tribes, used the skins of
animals held aloft on sticks, to
rally their fighting men. The
smooth delivery, commanding
offered by Cicero. Lucius Piso, presence, and descriptive pic-
a friend of Cicero, calls to.tures of Mr. Hobgood's speech
ask the hand of Tullia, Cicero’s made the decision of his and Mr.
daughter, for his son, Gaius] McKinnon’s oration very diffi-
Piso. Terentia is pleased withj cult for the judges,
the prospect of the marriage,' Honorable mention went to
but Tullia and her father prefer Alan Frew, of Davidson Col-
health'for a number of years, reception. This was the second
having been confined to her 8"’-?"’
home during that time. Some
months ago she was stricken
with paralysis and was confined
to her bed until the time of her
death. She suffered a relapse
last week which finally resulted
in her death Friday night.
Funeral services were held in
the Scotland Neck Baptist
Church Saturday afternoon at
3:30 o’clock. The pastor of the
church, Rev. W. E. Goods, offi
ciated, assisted by Dr. Living
ston Johnson, Dr. Charles E.
Maddry, and Dr. C. F. Meserve,
of Raleigh; Dr. W. V. Savage,
of Churchland, Va., and Dr. M.
L. Kesler, of Thomasville. After
the Scripture reading by Dr.
given with the skill and mastery
that she has shown herself ca
pable of before.
The program was well chosen
and well arranged. Miss Branch,
the accompanist, lent interest to
possession of the ball.
The first half of the Senior-
Junior game ended 6-8 in favor
of the Juniors. Ayscue for the
Juniors played an excellent
game; by her skillful and quick
guarding she kept the score from
rising in favor of the Seniors.
Obenshain was the outstanding
the recital with her sympathetic player for the Seniors, making
accompaniment. i eight points. Hunt, Junior for-
The program included the fol-, ward, rolled up the score 11
lowing numbers:
Avo Mai'la Liizzi
Who Is Sylvia? Schubert
Au8 nieinen gvossen Schmerzen....Frana
Ich gi’Olle iiiclit Scluimann
Thy BeamiHg Eyes ...MacDowcll
The Little Silver Ring (reQiiesl)
points.
The outstanding feature of
the Sophomore-Freshman game
was the great pass-work of
(Cimtinueii (m page four)
The Northern Daya Cliatlw
Thou Art So Like a Flower-.Chadwick
Ai'Ia—My Heart Is Weary
A. Goring Thomas
ch.«,in.,do Barber Biology Club
Maddrv and a nraver bv Dr Spirit Flower Campbell-TiiJton . --
Ser DrLhns^n snoke of th;i drying of Water Thursday evemng, February 21,
^esjer, ur. Jonnson spoke ot thej CampbeiiTiptonlat 6:45. After the meetinir was
beautiful Christian character of do Not Uo. My Love Hag«man>a)lpfl tn nr1pr fl elini'f lincinoaQ
Mrs. Vann, and the numberless The Cry of Rachel saiter "eSn followed
fvienHfi !>io Viiiri iiM’fVi Viaw Tii«. a»5ii- r?nBdr« ® Sion loiiowea in wnicn Iheta
Holds Fine Meeting
The Barber Biology Club met
to wait till she is older. She at
last consents to the betrothal on
account of the straitened cir
cumstances of her father. The
lege, who had an excellent
speech, and the most powerful
voice of the evening, but a too
long hesitation probably cost
Musical Composer
Talks In Chapel
friends she had w-on with her The star Rogers ,.,«c : j
At pQvtfiig Rogers JscKson wfts noTnin&t6u £tnd
Gironietta Sibelia elected to membership in the
Trees Rasbach; club. An announcement was
Take .3oy Home Bassett niade concerning the national
flower contest in which the wild
witnesses arrive, the contract is Mr. Frew a higher place.
(Coniimicdonpageiwo) The orators in their order
were Robert N. ,Simms, Jr., rep
resenting Wake Forest; Leon M.
Hill. Atlantic Christian College;
H. H. Hobgood, University of
North Carolina; William Hire,
Guilford College; J. G. Pratt,
Duke University; Alan Frew,
Davidson College, and J. S. Mc
Kinnon, State College.
Mr. Charles Lee Smith, Dr.
H. 0. Lineberger, and William
B. Duncan were the judges for
the contest, while Prof. Edwin
Paget, of State College, who is
on pniic two)
splendid personality. The choir
of the church rendered “Rock of
Ages,” “My Faith Looks Up to
Thee,” and “How Firm a Foun
dation.” At the grave the bene- Meredith Girls Shown
diction was pronounced by Dr.i
Savage. The myriads of beauti-l
ful floral offerings expressed' statistics regarding the our members voted in favor of
(contuiufdanpnpetwo) luimbev of marriages is entirely the wild rose.
The first number of the pro
rose led the columbine by 230,-
In Favor of Marriacre votes. We were very pleased
at this, because the majority of
Thursday morning, February
20, Mr. Lamar Stringfield gave
an interesting discussion of
American folk songs at the
chapel hour. Mr. Stringfield is
a recogniiied American com
poser of music and a conductor
of orchestras. He was to have
played the flute, which is his solo
instrument, but was unable to
because of an injury received in
a recent accident.
Mr. ^Stringfield received his
education at Wake Forest Col
lege, and while he was there he
was a student of Dr. Brewer’s.
Later he went to New York to
continue his study of music.
Last year he won the Pulitzer
prize for the best composition.
Meredith students were indeed Miss Porter, of the French De-
fortunate in having the oppor- partment, who gave a most de-
Dr. Nelson Speaks
To Home Ec. Club
reliable, but in some cases it was
impossible to secure the number
of children in the homes of the
gram was a short talk on “The
National Arboretum” by Mil-
alumnaj. The Meredith girls are dred Goodwin. She gave some
indeed scattered to the four cor-j facts which were of interest to
The Home Economics Club had!ners of the earth and the ad-1all lovers of nature,
its regular monthly meeting] dresses of some were not known, I Evelyn Sherw'in gave a
Monday afternoon, February 18,'while others did not answ'er the “Spring Flower Review,” the ob-
at 4:45 o’clock in the Sewing questionnaire sent them. |ject of which was to acquaint
Laboratory of the Science Build- It is of interest to note thatithe club members with the local
in only one! class, 1903, all of the I flowers which appear in early
girls, sooner or later, entered spring. In the course of the re-
ing. The speaker for the occa
sion was Dr. Thomas Nelson,,„
Ihead of the Textile School of N. matrimony. The class of 1910 view she illustrated the flowers
,C. State College.
Colton English Club ! Dr. Nelson gave a most in-
Has Monthly Meeting retJn
I and give another lecture on
The Colton English Club held!“Textile Fabrics in General” at
its bi-monthly meeting Friday, I the next monthly meeting of the
February 21. After the reading, club. His lecture on Monday
of the minutes by the secretary, was most instructive and his fu-
the meeting was turned over^ to ture visit is anticipated with
much enthusiasm and interest.
claims the honor of having the
largest family, nine children.
There have been fourteen
mentioned with pressed speci
mens and colored plates.
In a short report Rachel Hog-
tunlty to hear him speak. As
the son of the late 0. L. String
field, of Wendell, who was one of
the founders of Meredith, he
lightful talk on Richard Rolle
of Harpole, a medieval writer.
Miss Porter declared she
thought it impossible for one
is particularly endeared to Mer- man to have written as much
edith. as he did in the short time
Mr. Stringfield illustrated
parts of his discussion with se
lections on the piano. He played
“Cripple Creek,” a composition
of his own which, he explained,
is based on an American folk
tune. Mr. Stringfield is heartily
in favor of stressing folk songs,
and he has already done much
research along thfs line.
he was supposed to have lived.
His literary productions includ
ed treatises on the Gospels,
translations of the Psalms, hom
ilies, religious poems, and phil
osophic discussions. She gave a
sketch of his life and read some
interesting bits from his works.
At the close of her talk re
freshments were served.
Dr. Nelson in his talk gave
the history of silk, and then
traced the hi.story of rayon from
the wood pulp, which is the be
ginning article with which to
work, down through the finished
product—rayon. This talk was
presented before a large num
ber of club members and guests.
At the conclusion of the meet
ing Dr. Nelson remained for din
ner in the College dining hall as
guest of Miss Ellen Brewer,
head of the Economics Depart
ment, and Annie Mildred Her
ring, president of Home Eco
nomics Club.
deaths among the alumna; only gard gave a little of the history,
two of these were not married, methods, and results of “plant
breeding.” Everyone should
have vital interest in a topic of
this kind, because plant breed
ing is a method by which na
ture’s processes are hastened.
Current events from the latest
science magazines were re
viewed by Ruby Lee as the last
number on the program. These
served as an incentive to fur
ther discussion, during which
Miss Barkley told an interesting
“two-headed snake” tale.
We are all looking forward to
the next meeting of the club,
which will be held March 6 at
6:45 p. m. in the College audi
torium. At this time Dr. C. H.
Flory of the State Forestry Di
vision, will give a lecture which
will be illustrated with moving
pictures. Any visitors will be
welcome at this time.
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