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Volume X MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C, DECEMBER 12, 1930
GERALD JOHNSON ADDRESSES STATE
LITERARY AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Pleads for Intellectual Courage That Leads Men to Fight
the Battles of Men Who Express Ideas
BLONDIE MORSE GIVES GRADUATING
RECITAL ON LAST FRIDAY EVENING
Talent and Genuine Musicianship Shown in Artistic
Performance—Unusually Outstanding Student
e
Two" of the outstanding fea
tures qn the program of the
thirtieth annual Nortli Carolina
Literary and Historical Asso-
ciation, which met last week at
the Sir Walter, were addresses
by Gerald Johnson and Horace
Kephart. Mr. Johnson, noted
author, membei' of the editorial
staff of the Baltimore Sun and
widely known exponent-«f liber
alism, who lias come out of North
Carolina, gave the principal ad
dress of the opening session.
His address on the tragic fate of
past intellectual adventurers in
Nortli Carolina, and tlie widen
ing horizon for free thinking and
expansion he believes lies in the
future, was most interesting. Mr.
Johnson developed the statement
of Walter Lip^raan’s, that “Tlie
greatest adventure of American
life today lies in the South.”
Tracing the tragic fate in their
native state of O. Henry and
others who dared think beyond
conventional bounds, the speaker
jtUuded to the two shining ex
amples of North Carolina sup
port of intellectual freedom and
attainment in the past—the ris
ing to the defense of John Spen
cer Bassett at Trinity in the
famous Booker T. Washington
controversy, and the support and
reception of the works of tlie
poet, John Charles McNeil.
Then he empliasized that it was
not material support for which
he pleaded, but the intellectual
courage tliat leads men to fight
the battles of men who express
ideas; not tliat they are in ac
cord with their thoughts but be
cause they believe in their right
to express them.
Mr. Johnson delivered an elo
quent and irresistible appeal to
North Carolina to furnish the
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Meredith-State Croup
Have Discussion on Brazil
With the rcccnt Brazilian re
volt as the subject of discussion,
the,International llelabions Club
of Meredith College met with the
International delations Club of
North Carolina State College
' Tuesday evening in the social hall
of the State College Y. M. C. A.
for tlie aiinual fall term meet of
the two clubs.
The opening remarks that Sec
retary Simpson made in recog-
liizing thc_w*i^i’irig government
in tlic revolt received most of the
discussion. Several of tlie mem
bers asked why the United States
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Dr. Canby, Editor, Critic
Speaks on ‘‘Books’*
Speaking on “Books” in terms
of the future rather than of the
past, Dr. Henry Seidel Cauby,
editor of the “Saturday Review
of Literature” of New York, ad
dressed the student body and vis
itors Saturday, December 6. Dr.
Canby is a native of Delaware,
graduated at Yale in 1903, has
lectured there and at Dartmouth
College, Cambridge University.
Dr. Canby considers tliat the ne\v
books contain curves which point
toward the future. The signifi
cant new books reveal the ten
dencies of the next ten, twenty, or
thirty years.
The first class of books he dis
cussed were those which are be
ginning to return to the old-
fashioned plot. They are full of
personalities. Psychology had
the effect of making writers
analyze the phases of the clitCtac-
tei's. They tore them to pieces,
a process which was very interest
ing but in wliicli something val
uable M^as lost. Books of the past
twenty or tliirty years have not
provided characters which are
remembered. One cannot forget
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Two Piano Recitals Show
Excellent Ensemble Work
As the,sixth of the Meredith
faculty concerts Rliss Martha
Galt, assistant professor of
piano, and Mrs. Marjorie Bush
McConnell, of Augusta, Ga., apT
peared Sunday afternoon, De
cember 7, in a splendid program
of music for two pianos. The
recital was outstanding in every
])articular, each number being
played with a wealth of color,
style, and technical perfection
showing the 'highest musician
ship. A large audience heard the
recital which was enthusiastical
ly received.
Tlie program opened with the
“Allegro con spirito,” from
Alozart’s Sonata in D, in which
not only was the ensemble perfect
ill the diflicult runs and trills—
as is seldom this case—but in
which the 'feeling, the vivacity
and carefree joyfulness of the
music, w(VH equally good. This
was followed by the “Romance
and Valse,” from Arensky’s
Suife, Op. 15, also well played.
The difficult Liszt “Concerto
Pathetique” came next and was
played with trei^ndous vigor,
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UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB
GIVE CLASSIC CONCERT
The University of North Caro-
hna Glee Club, under the direc
tion of Harold S. Dj^er, rendered
an intdi’csting and unusual con
cert on Saturday night, Decei^i-
ber 6, in the Meredith Auditori
um- . The group lived up to its
reputation in the excellent pro
gram which was presented before
an-enthusiastic audience.
.The program was divided into
four parts; the first was devoted
to sacred songs and included
“Now Let Every Tongue Adore
Thee,” “Ave" Maria,” and “O
God of God.” Two piano selec
tions by the pianist, Harry L.
Knox, followed, “Norwegian
Bridal Procession” and “Novel
ette in B Minor.”
, In entering the second group
devoted to songs of North
Europe, Mr. Dyer remarked on
the air of melancholy which
seems to tinge all Russian art,
even when concerning itself about
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Freshmen to Present
Millay^s “Aria da Capo*’
The Freshman Play, “Aria Da
Capo,” by Edna St. Vinccnt Mil-
lay, will be given Saturday
night, December 13, at eight
o’clock. A fine cost has beeni,
cliosen and with Miss Mary Til
lery as director, a good perform
ance is expected from the Fresh
men. The play subtly shows
how tragedy and comedy ixre in
separably linked in life—^\vith
tears today and forgetting
laughter coming with the mor
row.
The cast is as follows: Pierot,
Rutli Sherritt; Columbine, Vir
ginia Garrett; Corydon, Nancy
Viccellio; Thyrsia, Ganiette
Shipman; Masque of Tragedy,
Eliza liriggs.
t Since the play will take only
luilf an hour and is followed by
the B. Y. P. U. Party, the
Dramatic Club would be glad to
have the Wake Forest boys^come
a half hour earlier and attend
tly: play.
Meredith-Wake Forest
Party
The Proverbial Saint
Nick will visit l\Icredith Col
lege Saturday evening, De
cember 13, when the College.
B. Y. P. U. entei*tains the
Wake Forest B. Y. P. U. '
at its annual joint party.
Bingo Party Is Given for*
Seniors by Alumnae
One of tlie most novel enter
tainments given lately was a
Bingo party given by the Wake
County Chapter of the Meredith
College Alumnae in honor of the
Senior Class of Meredith College
Wednesday afternoon December
3, from 4) o’clock until 6 o’clock
at the Y. W. C. A. whicli was
formerly Faircloth Hall of old
INIcredith. The party was given
in the old gym and several of tlie
class rooms which have been con
verted into a social center at
the y.
Mrs. C. 0. Abernathy, presi
dent of the Wake County Chap
ter of the Alumnae; Miss Mae
Grimmer, secretary of the Alum
nae Association, and Evelyn Mc
Call, president of the Senior
Class assisted by Irene Thomas,
Student Government president;
Kathleen Durham, presidL'nt of
the Phi Societj^; Ruth Phillips,
president of Astro Society; Mary
Barber, chicf marshal, and Bruce
Gore, president of tlie Athletic
Association, received at the front
door.
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New Books Are Added
To Meredith Library
A number of new books have
been added to the library within
the past few weeks, according to
Miss Foi'geus, head llbz-arian.
The Life and Letters of Joseph
Conrad, by Aubry and Emman
uel Kant^ by Chamberlain ai-e,
perhaps, the best known of the
new books. The classes in
Plnlosophy will be particularly
4ntorested. The Chicago Sym
phony Programs from 1920 to
1930, a collection of ten volumes,
will be of use to the music stu
dents. The complete works of
Joscpli Conrad in twenty-six
volumes have been on exliibit for
the past week. The Mahcno-
rjcon, a new translation by Ellis
mid Lloyd, ari-ived too late for
use in the Sophomore English
classes, but they will find it of
value next year. Other bioks
were:
Fhyskal Training for Elc~
meninry Schools, Clark.
Chcitiical Progress in the
Soiith.
Life iji Letters of Willum
Howells, edited by Mildred
Howells.
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A piano recital, remarkable
for the talent and genuine
musicianship shown in its artistic
performance, was the graduat
ing recital given by Blondic
Morse on Friday night, Decem- ''
ber 5. This recital marks fJie
successful culmination of four
years’ study with Miss May
Crawford, during which she has
been an unusually outstanding
student.
In her recital Blondie exhibited
high interpretive ability, depth
of feeling, and a technique that
was noteworthy for its power
and adequacy, whether mani
fested in the gorgeous octaves of
Weber’s “Concertstiick” or in
tlie difficult scale passages of a
Chopin Etude.
Tlie program was opened by
Bach’s “Prelude and Fugue, C
Major,” which Blondie played
with’ a quiet dignity, a tlienmtic
clearness, and careful shading -
that were suitable to the compo
sition.' The playing of the
second nunibei*, Beethoven’s “Al
legro from the Sonata, Op. 53,”
was marked by a warmth of feel
ing and a technical facility that
gave brilliance and effective
emotional color to the rendition.
Opening the second group of
the program were two composi
tions by Chopin, “Prelude, Op.
28, No. 3,” and “Etude, Op. 26,
No. 2,” into wliich Blondie put
all the loveliness and charm es
sential to Chopin’s style. “Hark,
Hark! the Lark,” by Schubert-
Liszt, was the closing number in
tin’s beautiful group.
Following these were three
compositions by Brahms: “Inter
mezzo, Op. T6, No; 3,” “Ballade,
Op. 10, No. 1” (From the Scotch
Ballad “Edward”), and “Rhap
sodic, Op. 79, No. 2.” It was
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Life of Ellen Richards Dis
cussed by Home Ec. Club
The Home Ecojioinics Club
held its regular meeting Decem
ber 2 in the sewing laboi-atory.
I'his was the third meeting of
the Club. Ill tlie first two meet
ings the new ofliccrs were in
stalled. I'lie o/fieers and com
mittees for this year are: Ruth
Britt, ))resident Loi.s Hnrtness,
vice president; Janie Blalock,
aeci’etary and treasurer; Jose-
jihhio Broiulwell, reporter; Annie
Mildred Herring, chairman oi
the program committee, and Lou-
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