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
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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.
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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.
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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;
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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
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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.