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RALEIGH, N. U THE TWIG Volume IX MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., MAY 8, 1930 Number 23 **Son *s * * Picture Presented At the Chapel Exercises Fitting Tribute Paid To Faithful | Many Guests Come fOF Hospitality Week-End Service To Meredith By Mrs. Norwood The chapel service Friday morning, May 2, was one which interested every person on Mere dith campus; in fact, it would have been interesting to every girl who has ever been to Mere* dith. It was “Son^s Day,” and that made it a day of impor tance. The occasion was the pre sentation to the college of a por trait of Mrs. Norwood, painted by Miss Mary Tillery. Miss Ida Poteat planned the services and wrote to many former Meredith students and invited them to the service, some of whom came co pay their tribute to “Son.” Dr. R. T. Vann, former presi dent of Meredith, was one of the principal speakers. He could not, he said, say what he wanted to about Mrs. Norwood. He re called the faithful work she had done, how she had labored un ceasingly for Meredith, and how POD* t«v«> FIFTH ANNUAL MAY DAY IS HELD AT MEREDITH Wake Forest Glee Club Gives Concert May 5th The Wake Forest Glee Club and Orchestra, appearing at Meredith on Monday evening, May 5, met with a very enthusi astic audience. The Glee Club sang perhaps best of all their numbers Schumann’s “The Two Grenadiers.” The quartet amused the audience with the singing of “Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sy rup”—"allays all pain,” “cures the freshmen.” The “Intermezzo” from “Cavalleria Rusticana” was one of the best numbers rendered by the orchestra. The Music Department of Meredith, which sponsored the concert, entertained with an in formal reception in the college parlors immediately afterward. Hospitality Week-end, May 3 and 4, was a great success. Ap proximately sixty high school senior girls from various parts of the State accepted the invita tions which had been extended by Meredith students. The week end seemed to be a pleasure to both guests and hostesses. An interesting round of enter tainment had been arranged by the hospitality committee, of which Miss Mae Grimmer, Alum- na2 Secretary, was chairman. The track meet Saturday after noon, which was held on the ath letic field and in which all four classes participated, started the week-end’s program. Immediate ly following it Meredith alumn® and other friends of the college took the visitors on a tour around the city. At 6 o’clock Saturday evening the visitors and the Meredith granddaughters, daughters of Meredith alumnae, were honor guests at a formal dinner. The Meredith granddaughters sang a song to the visitors; then the whole student body joined in singing Meredith songs and giv ing cheers for the visitors and for Alma Mater. The climax of the program (Continued pap* Miss Glennie Paul Is Crowned Queen of the May At May Day Fete The Field Day Victory Is Won By Senior Class With Glennie Paul, senior class president, as this year’s queen, Meredith observed its fifth May Day on Tuesday, May 6, at 4:45 in the grove. May Day is an annual presen tation of the Physical Education Department, of which Miss Roys ter is director. The festival be gins with a grand entry and gen eral procession of all dancers and attendants. The two heralds, Marguerite Mason and Margaret Craig, led this. The dancers fol lowed and formed an aisle through which the attendants and queen passed. The two at tendants, in order as they ap peared from each class, were: Mary Price and Elizabeth Price, freshmen; Mary Talton and Gay- nelle Hinton, sophomores; Ruth ning of Mrs. Erlynne, to whom Successful Play Given By Little Theater Club On Saturday night, May 3, the Little Theater Dramatic Club presented their annual play. The play this year was a celebrated one of Oscar Wilde’s called “Lady Windermere’s Fan.” This play is an interesting tragi-com- edy concerning a sophisticated set of members of London so ciety. Lady Windermere becomes ex ceedingly jealous of Mrs. Er lynne, to whom Lord Winder- mere has been giving large sums of money. Mrs. Erlynne is really the mother of Lady Windermere, whose father she had left when her daughter was a mere infant. Lady Windermere never finds out who Mrs. Erlynne really is, but she and her husband are rec onciled through the clever plan- i Freshman Class Follows With Close Score, Capturing Second Place Mrs. McKimmon Talks In Meredith Auditorium The second of the series of vo cational lectures was given in Chapel on Wednesday morning, April 30, by Mrs. Jane S. Mc Kimmon. Her talk was about home demonstration work. Her enthusiasm and evident love of the work were the strongest ar guments she could have used to Phillips and Louise Mumford, juniors; Blanche Obenshain and Margaret Whittemore, seniors. The maid of honor, Edith Buch anan, came next, followed by Eleanor Lamm, crown bearer. The procession ended with the queen and her train bearer, Mar garet Ann Cooper. Ruth Lan- ford was the jester and cut ca pers as jesters do, following the procession as she chose. (Coniinued »n page tvo) Club of Women Voters Holds Meeting Here On Saturday, May 3, at 2 p.m., the annual track meet took place on the athletic field. It was an exciting race from start to finish. From the time the opening whis tle signaled for the 50-yard dash to the final running broad jump there was the keenest kind of competition. Each class put up a good fight, but the seniors cap tured the meet with 30 points. The freshmen ran them a close second with 27l/a points; sopho mores third with 221/^ points, and juniors last with 22 points. In individual honors Elizabeth Ayscue, junior, won first place with 18 points, and Virginia Green, freshman, came second with 17 points. Roxie Collie, sophomore, and Jessie Raiford, senior, tied for third place with 15 points each. At the close of the meet Miss Anderson awarded stars to E. Ayscue and J. Raiford, and let- iters to V. Green and R. Collie. The order of events was as follows: Ai. t , 1 1 -j i*i. 50-yard dash: Ayscue, first; ‘ M ^ V. Green, second; E. Thornton noon, May 2, the sophomores en tertained their sister class with Lay Windermere becomes very much attached. (Continued on pagt three) Seniors Entertained By Little Sister Class The Meredith College League of Women Voters held its first meeting Tuesday evening, April 28. The main feature of the pro gram was a most interesting and: Ruth Winslow sang several pop- an informal party in the grove. The seniors were met by a group of their little sisters, singing a song of welcome, and were taken by their little sisters to where chairs were arranged in a semi circle about an impromptu stage, back of which was a large nu meral, ’30, of flowers and green vines. Mary Lucile Broughton and impress the girls with the good The program was as follows. Where’er You Walk (Handol)—Glee Club. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup; Drink To Me Only—Quartet: Messrs. J. K. Blackburn, P. U. Fletcher, S, W. Hughes, E. T. Harrell. A Japanese Sunset (Deppen): Piftli Hungarian Dance (Bralims)—Orches tra. Two Finnish Student Songs (Palm- gren): Summer Evening (incidental solo by Mr. D. N. Parker); Finnish Lullaby-—Gleo Club. The Two Grenadiers (Schumann)— Glee Club. Serenade (Schubert) —Orchestra. Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana) (Mascagni)—Orchestra. John Peel (Andrews)—Gloe Club. The Drum (Glbaon)—Glee Club. The Bells of St. Mary’s (Adams) — Glee Club. Quartet (Selected). I’opular Numbers—Orcliestra. (Vocal Trio Refrains by Messrs, Blackburn. Frank Fletcher, Fred Fletcher). Popular Numbers—Mr. E. E. Page. De Sandman (Protheroe)—Glee Club. The Lost Chord (Sullivan)—Glee Club. Wake Forest Alma Mater. McKimmon emphasized was the fact that it takes hard work and a great deal of self-sacrifice to do anything well, but especially to be a good home demonstration agent. She told about the kind of work it is and the many things a woman must be and know to be able to do it. A woman must be at least 27 years of age before she can have had the experience necessary to make her able to cope with the circumstances that might arise in her work. She must have a good education, with special em phasis on'Home Economics—at: enlightening talk by Miss Elsie G. Riddick, who is the president of the North Carolina League of Women Voters. Miss Riddick ex plained the program of work adopted by the League for North Carolina. The emphasis was placed on the welfare of the working child in this State. The goals set are: First, a stright eight-hour day, six-day forty-eight-hour week for children under sixteen. Second, a sixth-grade educa tion before a child under sixteen may stop school to work. Third, prohibition of children under sixteen from a specified list of dangerous employments, such as cleaning machinery in motion, working around exposed electric wires, running elevators, etc. Miss Riddick told how these third; J. Raiford, fourth. Time, 8^/^ seconds. Baseball throw: Collie, first; Abernethy, second; Raiford, third; Hough, fourth. Distance, 162 feet 11 inches. Running high jump: Ayscue, first; Robinson, second; Oben shain, third; Thornton and H. Maney, fourth (tie). Height, 4 feet 4%. inches. Shot put: Raiford, first; Aber nethy, second; Collie, third; fContiuued on page four) least two years are required. She be attained and the must have a practical kno\yledge member of the League of jnany things besides what is in the support and in included in her r'ork. She must know enough psychology to be able to approach people in the right way and give theiA sugges tions that will be accepted and used. She must be able t > speak (Cmtinv«dmpao*tv») terest of child welfare in her own community. After her talk Miss Riddick answered questions asked by the girls and described the method of voting by the Australian ballot. ular songs, which furnished much pleasure to the group. Then about 14 sophomores came upon the scene, each of whom represented some particular sen ior whom they took off as far as possible in dress and actions. The converfeations between them were very characteristic of the seniors whom they represented, and afforded much amusement. Sophomores wearing and green served the supper, during which the 14 sophomores returned, this time representing the seniors ten years hence. Their conversation took the form of prophecies, which were nat urally of much interest to the seniors concerned. At the close of the program a chorus of sophomores dressed in sport suits sang a song of wel come to the seniors, which they followed by an attractive chorus dance. Leaving the stage for a moment, they returned carrying corsages which they distributed among the seniors, as tokens of their love for the sister class. The party broke up with en thusiastic songs and cheers from jboth sophomores and seniors. Excellent Recital Is Given By Dr. Poteat One of the most splendid and enjoyable concerts given at Mer edith College under the auspices of the music faculty of the col lege was the organ recital given by Dr. Hubert M. Poteat, of Wake Forest, Sunday, May 4, at white 5 o’clock. Since he was requested to play some orchestral transcriptions. Dr. Poteat gave an entire pro gram of them, forming a beau tifully balanced recital. Dr. Poteat showed great mas tery of expression and skill in each selection and the audience was most enthusiastic and ap preciative. The program consisted of the following numbers: “Overture to Rienzi,” Wagner; "In the Morning,” Grieg; “Marche Slave,” Tschaikowsky; “Ase’s Death,” Grieg; "Les Preludes,” Liszt; “Andante Cantabile,” Tschaikowsky; “Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla,” Wagner; “Largo” from “New World Sym phony,” Dvorak.
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