THE TWIG
Volume IX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. G„ MARCH 20, 1930
Number 18
Competent Girls Chosen
In Election of Officers
Society Presidents, Publication
Editors, and Athletic Pres
ident Elected
As the elections for the va-
riqus offices on the campus con
tinue, it is found that in every
case the most competent girls
are chosen to fill the places of
those who have served this year.
Ruth Phillips will be the pi“e$-
ident of the Astrotekton Liter
ary Society, while Kathleen
Durham will serve in the same
capacity in the Philaretian Lit
erary Society. Both of these
girls possess rare charm and
ability, having demonstrated
this by the various offices that
they have held and the activi
ties in which they have led for
the past three years.
Kitty Makepeace will be the
editor-in-chief of the Oak
Leaves, the College annual, for
the year 1980-’31. Kitty has
worked on the staff as assistant
editor, and it is believed that
she is fully capable of being the
chief manager of a publication
which is the pride of the Col
lege.
SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT
MEREDITH GIRLSATTEND
W. M, U. C^VENTION
Nancy McDaniel and Miss Elliot
Serve On Program At
Meeting
Sophs Entertain Saturday
Night In the Society Halls
EDITOR OF THE TWIG, 1931 j N. c. State and Wake Forest
College Boys Are Visitors
At Meredith
EVELYN McCALL
Evelyn McCall Chosen
Senior Class President
At a recent meeting of the
Junior Class, Evelyn McCall of
Marion, North Carolina, was
elected Senior Class president
for 1930-31.
The new president is excellent
ly fitted for her office and is one
Sarah Briggs, a present mem-; of the most popular members
ber of The Twig staff, and j of her class. Since her Fresh-
one who has worked on the staff man year she has entered ac-
Meredith delegates to the
Woman’s Missionary Union
Convention at Elizbeath City,
March 11-13, have returned
with enthusiastic reports of an
unusually successful convention,
full of inspiring speeches, and
other features.
The convention began Tues
day evening, March 11, the main
feature of the evening’s pro
gram being a sermon by Rev.
Ira D. S. Knight, of Durham,
on the subject, “The Place of
Women in the Kingdom Enter
prise.” On Wednesday morning
Miss Alva Lawrence presided
over a conference for the dis
cussion of the Young People’s
work, speaking on “The Chris
tian Women of the World Be
fore the Master.” Miss Blanche
Sydner White, corresponding
secretary of the W. M. U. of
Virginia, conducted the devo
tional service, giving “Our
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for the past two years, was
unanimously chosen as editor-
in-chief of the Acorn, the
monthly publication, for the
year 1930-’31. This publication
is sponsored by the two literary
societies, and its contents are of
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Meredith Music Hour
Broadcast Friday Nite
On Friday night, March 14,
at 7:45 o'clock the regular Mer
edith Music Hour was broadcast
over Station WPTF, from the
College auditorium, A varied
and interesting program took
place at this time. A new fea
ture on the program were two
trios by Josephine Lyles, Ruth
Starling and Mary Lucile
tively into many phases of work
on the campus and has proved
to be a capable and efficient
leader.
Evelyn has been prominently
connected with a number of the
college publications, including
The Twig and the Oak Leaves.
She has also contributed greatly
to the success of her class in its
various stunts and entertain
ments. The future Senior Class
prides itself in having Evelyn for
its president next year.
M. Marcel Bouteron
To Give French Lecture
On the evening of March 27
the French department will
^ sponsor a lecture to be given by
Broughton. Annirieigh CoTey'J?* Bouteron, of Paris.
rendered most beautifully, Pa-
lacca Brilliant by Werber, with
Miss Crawford at the second
The lecturer is authority upon
Honore de Balzac and his works
and will speak upon the subject.
piano playing the orchestral ac-i Ann^ de la vie de Bal-
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companiment by Liszt.
The program was as follows:
Plano—Pa]acca ErllliaQt Weber
Aaaie Leigh Coley
(Orcbestral accompQQlment by Llazt
played by Miss Crawford on second
plaDo.)
Voice—My Sweet Repose Schubert
Otella Vaughan
Piano—Andante fi'om Concerto
6 Minor Mendelssohn
Frances Cox
(Orchestral parts on socond piano
by Miss Crawford.)
Vocal TrioH—
The Waters of Minnetonka
To A Wild Rose MacDowell
Jo-Lyles, Ruth Starling,
M. L. Broughton
Piano Quartet—La Capricleuso,
Eggeling
Luclle Hamby, Prances Cox,
Bloudle Morse, A. L. Coley
zac,” illustrated by slides.
All who are interested in the
French language and literature
are cordially invited to hear M.
Bouteron.
Glee Club Presents
Its Annual Concert
Tuesday evening, March 18,
the Glee Club gave its annual
concert in the College audito
rium. The program was com
posed of numbers by the Glee
Club, and several solos. Frances
Cox played a piano solo, “Pol
onaise, Op. 46” (MacDowell),
which added a great deal to the
interest of the program. The
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Dr. Maddry Delivers
Encouraging Message
The chapel exercises of Fri
day, March 14, were conducted
by Dr. Charles E. Maddry, sec
retary of the Baptist State Con
vention. In his interesting talk,
Dr. Maddry told briefly of the
history of Wake Forest and
Meredith; how in the early nine-
'teenth century a young Baptist
preacher named Thomas Mere
dith came down to North Car
olina from Pennsylvania, and
under his leadership the Bap
tist Convention was organized
in 1830. Then, four years later,
in 1834, Wake Forest College
was founded. In 1836 Thomas.
Meredith proposed the organi
zation of a like school for young
women. But the committee, after
considering the plan, decided
against it, saying that all the
funds were needed in the growth
of the new Wake Forest. It was
not until 1899 that the dreams
of this great Baptist leader
came true, when Meredith Col
lege opened her doors to the
young women of North Caro-
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BLONDIE MORSE
Blondie Morse Elected
Editor of Twig for ’31
At a recent nominating com
mittee meeting Blondie Morse
was unanimously elected to
head the staff of the college
newspaper. The Twig, for the
coming year. By selecting Blon
die, one of the most capable and
efficient girls on the campus has
had conferred upon her one of
the outstanding offices connected
with the school, and she has al
ready shown by her faithful and
competent work that she is wor
thy of the honor and responsi
bility.
Blondie has worked on The
Twig staff for the past two
years, and at the present time is
i serving as managing editor.
; Blondie the entire student body
has found ara editor whose every
aim will look toward the progress
of her Alma Mater through its
paper, and whose efficiency will
assure a realization of her aims.
Another milestone in the
sophomore year has passed with
the Meredith-Wake Forest-State
Party last Saturday night,
March 15. The girls entered
the Astro Hall at 8 o'clock to
find that for once there were
enough boys to keep every girl
delightfully occupied playing
hostess. The hall was attrac
tively decorated in the State col
ors, red and white, with the ’32
numeral in a very prominent
place. After the crowd had as
sembled a girls' chorus, dressed
as painters in overalls and car
rying paint buckets, welcomed
the boys with a song and dance.
Then the painters distributed
date cards in the form of open
books, on which were spaces for
eight dates.' The dates lasted 15
minutes each.
During the fourth of these
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Weekly Student Recital
Given Thursday Evening
Le Cercle Francais
Has Monthly Meeting
Maid of Honor Chosen
For the May Festival
Recently Miss Edith Buchan
an was chosen maid of honor to
attend the Queen in the May
Festival. This marks the intro
duction to Meredith of a custom
that has been common in other
schools. The May Queen is
granted the privilege of choos
ing her own attendant, and Miss
Glennie Paul, the Queen, has
chosen Miss Buchanan, who is
to be the first maid of honor In
a Meredith May court.
Le Cercle Frangais held its
On Thursday afternoon,
March 13, at 5 o’clock, in the
Meredith Auditorium the regu
lar Student Recital occurred. At
this time various numbers were
presented, consisting of piano
and vocal selections. The pro
gram was interesting and very
well presented.
The program was as follows:
—Sonata, Op. 10, No. 3 (Presto),
Beethoven
Annie Leigh Coley
Vocal—Now Sleeps tlie Crimson Petal.
Quilter
Prances Whitehead
Piano—Polonaise MacOowell
Frances Cox
Vocal—Star vicino al bell’idol Rosa
The Brown Bird Lehmann
Josephine Lyles
Piano Quartet—La Capricieuse,
Kggeling
Blondie Morse LiicSlle Hamby
Frances Cox Anule L. Coley
regular meeting on Friday aft-i^mj^ Psif«v» Ta
ernoon, March 7. The presi- 7 ®
dent. Marguerite Mason, opened
the meeting with a few cordial
words in French. Following this
the club sang La Marseillaise,
the French national hymn.
Then the junior class in French
presented a delightful and in
structive program. The first
number was two of La Fontaine’s
By Astrotekton Society
The Astrotekton Literary So
ciety presents on Saturday eve-*
ning, March 22, a three-act play,
“The Patsy,” by Barry Conner.
This play, which features some
of the best dramatic talent on
numoer was two or L,a fontaine s released
Fables, dramatically rendered by supervision of
. , z' Miss Marv Til erv. and wi nn-
Kathlyn Goodwin. An amusing
causerie occasioned by the unex
pected meeting of two Americans
in Paris followed. This was
given by Velma Preslar and Lu
cile Ward. Next followed a cau
serie in a glove shop partici
pated in by Nelda Wilson and
Elizabeth Minton. During this
the club was initiated into the
intricacies attendant upon the
purchase of gloves in a foreign
shop where no English is spoken.
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Miss Mary Tillery, and will un
doubtedly be one of the most
successful society plays given in
years. Admission will be 50
cents and the first act will begin
at exactly 8:15 o’clock. The cast
is as follows:
Mr. Harrington Ruth Starling
Mrs. Harrington Kitty Makepaaco
Grace Harrington-.Marguret Baretoot
Patricia Harrington Mabel Bagby
Bniy Caldwell Dorothy Gillie
Tony Anderson Mary Barher
Sadie Buchanan Helen Bennett
Francis Patrick O’Flaherty,
Blizabeth Ayscue