PRESS
ASSOCIATION
lOLLEGE LmARY
RALEIGH, N, C.
THE TWIG
ATLANTA
CONFERENCE
Volume X
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., OCTOBER 31, 1930
Number 6
N. C. STUDENT FEDERATION
MEETS AT STATE C0LLE6E
MR. DATTIN TO PRESENT
FIRST FACULTY RECITAL
National Conyention to be Held
in Atlanta
On Wednesday, October 22,
the Eastern Convocation of the
North Carolina Student Federa
tion met at State College with
State and Meredith acting as
host and hostess. This convoca
tion was organized at Chapel
Hill during May of last term,
and of which about twelve
North Carolina Colleges are
members. Its purpose is to for
ward a greater coftperation
among the North Carolina col
leges and especially to promote
Student Government. This is
a new organization and al
though it could not be called in
the experimental state, it is still
open to suggestions and the
prospects are most hopeful.
A group composed of about
fifty representatives were at the
meeting last May, at which time
they drew up the'Constitution,
aims, and purposes, and elected
as their president John Long,
a member of the Rowland stu
dent body. The real founder
of the State ^organizations is
‘‘Red” Green who is the pres
ident this year of the Carolina
Student Government. He and
John Long were the originators
of the idea, and it was they who
called tlie meeting last May.
The principal speaker at the
meeting of this organization was
President Frank Graham of
Chapel Hill who is a devoted ad
mirer of Students and Student
work.
This last week was devoted
to the second meetings. It was
composed of the Colleges in
Raleigh and those east of t]ie
city. During the rest of the
week there was a meeting of
the western and central colleges
which met for the same purpose
as the Eastern Convocation.
Those present who are not
members of the Eastern Con
vocation are; President Green,
Chapel Hill; President Long,
and President Murrow of the
National Organization. The
meetings were held in Pullen
Hall, State College. The first
meeting convened at two-thirty
Wednesday afternoon, with a
fair representation from
number of colleges. The i^eet
ing was opened by a welcoming
address by Dan Paul, President
of the State College Studenl^
Government. This was followed
by another welcoming address
from Dr. C. E. Bl'ooks, Pres
ident of State College. His ad
dress was exceedingly helpful
and was not only a welcome
(Continued on page four)
The first of the series of six
faculty music recitals will be
given Sunday afternoon,
November the second at 4 o’clock
when Mr. Isaac Lucius Battin,
Professor of Music will be heard
in an Organ recital. Mr. Blat-
tin’s program is as follows:
Choeale Prelude
Ich ruf zu dir—Bach.
Grande Piene Symphonique—
Franck.
Claire de Lune—Kaeg-Elert.
Clioral—Jongen.
Largo—Handel.
Toccata—Widor.
This concert will be followed
by a Cello recital on November
the ninth by Miss Alveda Rosel
and Miss Martha Galt. Miss
Ethel Rowland accompanied by
Miss Virginia Branch will be
heard November the sixteenth.
The Meredith Trio will give
their recital November the
twenty-fifth. Mr. Battin
(Continued on page Jour)
Varied Programs Will Hake Up
Future Concerts
will
Meredith Girls Attend
Conference In Atlanta
“Pack up all our cares and woe
There we go, singin’ low—
Hail Atlanta!”
Singing a song that goes like
this, twenty-three Meredith
girls left on Wednesday, Octo
ber 29, for Atlanta, Georgia,
where 2,000 students from sou
thern colleges are gathering for
the Second Quadriennial All-
Southern Baptist Student Con
ference. The conference will be
in session October 30-November
{Continued on page /owr)
NEWS SERVICE BUREAU
ORGANIZED AT MEREDITH
Mereditli has recently or
ganized a News Service Bureau
which is to handle all college
news items which will be of inter
est throughout the state. It is
under the auspices of the college
authorities while the items them'
selves are handled by the various
reporters. There is a reporter
from each class with a managing
editor in charge. Anne Simms
has been chosen by the college
authorities for this responsible
position in which line she has al
ready proven her ability. Tlie
reporters from the various classes
are:
Mildred Kickline, Senior
Class; Lina Lee Spence, Junior
Class; Dorothy Meritt, Sopho
more Class; Elizabeth Wroton,
Freshman Class.
All the large colleges and uni
versities have paid news servicc
bureaus, and this is quite a step
for Meredith and will help put
her foremost among the import
ant colleges. It is one of the few
women’s colleges in the state to
have any news bureau at all.
Sweaters to be Given
to the Best Athletes
One of the most interesting an
nouncements of t]ie season was
made by Bruce Gore at Stunt
Night when she announced that
this spring three honor sweaters
would be awarded to the three
best atliletes in the college.
The awards will be made by
the athletic board on the basis of
scholarship, college spirit, sports
manship and athletic ability.
Dorothy Rowland, last year’s
athletic president was awarded
a Trophy statuette just before
this, upon which will be engraved
“Meredith’s Ideal Athlete, 1929-
30.” Dorothy had to be taken
out of track last year on account
of a sprained ankle, but came
back strong in basketball, mak
ing the varsity team and a letter.
She also won tennis singles in
. (Continued on page three^
Seniors Win Loving Cup
In Annual Stunt Night
Freshman Class Elects
Officers for the Year
Great excitement went on
over in Stringfield Hall Tuesday
night, Oct. 21, when the Fresh
man Class elected the rest of
their class officers. After the
first six weeks of school, as is
the custom , the Freshman Class
holds an election for all their
officers, except the president
who is elected by the Junior
Class at the first of the year.
Gwennie Crowder, the Fresh
man president presided over the
meeting which consisted of
quite a lot of discussion and
excitement, since there are so
many capable girls in the class
of ’34. After some time the
class finally agi’eed upon the
following officers!: Martha
Davis, vice president; Caroline
Wray, secretary; Virginia Gar
nett, treasurer; Katherine
Davis, Cheer leader; and
Garnett Shipman, Student
(rovernment representative.
With such a good selection of
uftieers, the Freshman Class is
snve to haA'G ii successful year.
Freshman Class Comes Second
With Modern Stunt
Sensation
DR. C. E. BREWER FILLS
AN EXTENSIVE PROGRAM
For the past two M’eeks Dr.
Brewer has been filling quite an
extensive program. On Wednes
day of last week he attended the
Wilmington Association at
Teachey. He spoke on Chris-
tion Education in general and
Meredith College in particular.
He reported that he found fine
sentiment for Meredith and had
the pleasure of enjoying the fel
lowship of many old friends and
former students of Meredith.
The Association welcomed Dr.
A. J. Bai*ton, the new pastor at
Temple Church in Wilmington,
as a new member.
On last Thursday he attended
a meeting of the Cape Fear-
Columbus Association, at New
Hope Church, near Whiteville.
Rev. I. T. Newton was modera
tor. President J. A. Campbell
of Campbell College, made the
(Continued on page four)
THREE SENIORS PLAY IN
FIRST RECITAL OF YEAR
The fij'st student recital of the
year was given on Thursday
was given on
afternoon at 4:00 o’clock. The
program, which included num
bers by three seniors in piano,
Blondie Morse, Frances Cox,
and Ruth Phillips was a varied
one and was presented in a man
ner which evinced artistic ability
and preparation. Giving variety
to the program were a vocal solo
by Mary Lucile Broughton, an
organ solo by Margaret Wells,
and a violin solo by Eleanor
Hunt.
These recitals given by stu
dents in the department of music,
will be given weekly throughout
the year on Thursday after
noon at four o’clock. They offer
to all students an excellent op
portunity for becoming better
acquainted with standard musi
cal works and for developing an
appreciation of them.
The program for the first
weeks recital is as follows:
Piano—Prelude and Fugue,
major—Rach.
Blondie Morse
Violin—Minuet—Handel.
Eleanor Hunt
Piano—Ronianza, Op. 28, No.
—SchunAnn.
Ruth Phillips
(Continued on page four)
Seniors first! Freshman
second! that was what the
judges decided at the Annual
Stunt Night which was held in
the college auditorium Satur
day, October 25, at 8:15 o’clock.
Bruce Gore, president of the
Athletic Association, which
sponsors Stunt Night gave the
Address of Welcome. She told
of Stunt Night as being one of
Meredith’s traditions and ex
pressed her appreciation for the
interest bo many had shown by
their attendance.
The Seniors who were first on
the program displayed their
usual originality in the play
“Polar Stars and Stripes” writ
ten and directed by Evelyn Mc
Call, Senior Class president.
The scenes of the story were
laid in Raleigh and at the South
pole; the latter which was
sought after becoming weary of
so many holidays in North
America. However, a new revo
lution was waged at the pole
after which Susan Layton, who
might have been mistaken for a
real Englishman, signed a
Treaty with tlie Penguins
promising to declare their inde
pendence to the President of
North America. The other parts
were plaj'ed by Elizabeth
Ayscue, Anne Sinuns, Anne
Thacker, Velma Preslar, Lilly
(Continued on page three)
N. C. C. P. A. MEETING
AT GREENVILLE THIS WEEK
The North Carolina Col
legiate Press Association is
meeting in Greenville, N. C.
this week at E. C. T. C. The
meeting opened TJiursday,
October 30, and will close to
morrow, November 1. So far
the convention is reported to be
one of the most successful ones
ever attempted in the State.
There have been many very in
teresting addresses and the dele
gates have been guests at a
number of social functions. Mr.
Everette Couch, editor of the an
nual at State College, is Pres
ident of the Association; and
Miss Evelyn Wright of E. C.
T. C. is the Secretary.
Girls from Meredith attend
ing the conference are Sarah
Briggs, Kitty Makepeace, Lois
Uartness, Ruth Kennedy, Gay-
nelle Hinton, and Blondie
Morse.