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C. A. House- Party, Mar. 20-22 THE TWIG RALEJGH, N. C. Volume X MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C, MARCH 20, 1931 Class of ’33 Entertains Sophs of State, W. F. Saturtlfiy night the Class of ’33 of Mereditli was hostess to the Classes of ’33 from State find Wake Forest at a most enter taining’ party given in the socicty halls. The gallant sophs were met in the parlors and di rected to the halls by their charm ing hostesses. Tlie “getting ac quainted” was carried out in a very unique way. A sliamrodc leaf with a lunnbcr on it was pinned on each person as he en tered the door. Thou a card was given each ojie with questions on the back which wore to be asked to the number indicated. Many new acquaintances «-erc made and much fun resulted in answering those questions. After every body know everybody else, each person filled liis date card. After tlie dates every one' assembled in the l*hi Hall where they were'ou- Coming March 28 ‘The Rivals’ Number 19 Dr. Spilman Talks on Book of Revelation (Oontinued on page four) Excellent Organ Recital Given by Mr. Battin The splendid organ recital given by Mr. I. L. Battin, head of the music department at Meredith, on Sunday afternoon, March 15, was again a concert which exhibited his unusiml skill as an organist, and liis versatile powers of interpretation in many passages of contrasting effects, some with tlinlling brilliance, others with quiet tendci'ness. The program was opened by Moquaine’s “First Symphony,” the Allegro of which sliowed com plete mastery of the-idiom of the organ and increased in interest from.tlie beginning to the end, where it worked up to a thrilling cHnm.K of tljc joyfulnesa charac- tcri.stic of the theme. The An- (Conlinued on pope your}' m Miss Martha Davis of Winston- Salem is to be the president of the Sophomore Class next year. Dr. B. W. Sj^ilman is giving at Ciia])el exercises a very inform ing series of talks on the Book of Revelation. Quoting from the first two of his splendid lectures Dr. S])iJumn said “John was one of the first five selected by Jesu.s. Ho was converted near the Jor dan when John the Baptist was preaching. Later Jesus selected fisiiermen while at their work on ithe Sea of Galilee and Jolm was one of the four. From the large number of disci})les Jesus selected twelve apostles and among the twelve John was one. He was one of the three always nearest Jesus. Jolin was with Jofus when lie raised the daughter of Jairus from the dead. He was on the mount of transfiguration and with hiij Master in the garden of Getlisemane. When Jesus was placed on trial before the gover nor John stood by wliile all the other apostles left him. He saw Jesus and talked with him man^' times during the time following His resurrection. He was pres ent at Pcntecost when the Holy Spirit came on His followers. “After the Crucifixion of Jesus Jolm took Mary, the mother of Jesus, into his home in Jerusa lem where he had lately moved. James, the brother of John, was killed by the order of Hei'od and he himself and Peter were fre quently in prison. Peter went into the far east to carry on his liiinistry while Jolm remained in Palestijie and later went into Asia Minor. “John lived to be about a liun- Miss Edwixa 1\L\htix, of Win- stoji - Salem, newly - elected p)'csident of Senior Class for 1931-32. CAMPUS LEADERS FOR NEXT YEAR CHOSEN Life of J. C. Harris Related by Dr. Spilman At a joint meeting of the Pliila- retian and Astrotokton Literary Societies on jMarcIi Ifi, at I’.jr. in the College audiboriuni, Oi’. B. W. Spilman, iti a very interesting way related to the moMibers of the societies,’ as well as to faculty m'embers fuid others, the life history of Joel Cliandlcr Hari-is, interspersed with Uncle Uennis stories. Joel Chandler Harris was born Lucile Hamby Gives Graduation Recital ^ In her graduating recital la.st 1-Viday evening, March 13, I,u- cile Hamby played a program which revealed unusual technical skill and interpretative ability. Her recital marked the cuJmina- tioM oi tliree successful years of piano study with Miss Crawford. '^riie numbejvs of tlie ])r(igram wei-e varied and interesting, ranging from the “Allegi-o” from HeL‘tho^•en’s Concerto in C. in Piatonton, Georgia, December .Major, to the Jight delicate final 9,1848. At an eai'ly age he went rnimijer, “The Afaiden’s Wish” to wo]-k ay .an a[)prentice i'or hy Choj>in-Li,s>;t. I.ucile jirovcd Joseph Turner. Ho worked as her al)ility to transport her autli- typc setter on a paper called The cnee with her through the chang- Countr/j Gontlcmnv. During his in.ir moods of tlie compositions. {Conlinuccl on ixige four) Student Body Votes To Reduce Budget As a result of a recent meet ing of the Nominating Commit tee the budget has boon reduced from to $9.00. The cut was due to the careful planning of the members who are leaders of the organi;«ations most effected by the budget. It was decided tliat membership in the B, S. U. should bo made optional, and tliat it should be siipported solely by the i)roceeds from t!io “B-Hivo” and voluntary contributions. As a result of the reduction the Acorn will be published quarter ly, v'hilc the Twig will appear only once every two weelis in stead of weekly, as has been the (Continued vn^page four) Elizabeth Stevens, of Hia’h ' O Point, daughter of Rev. Hennan T. Stevens, well known Ba]>tist leader, was elected last week as president of Meredith’s Baptist Student Union ' for 1931-32. “Lib” is vice president of the V. W. A. this year and treasurer of the Student Government. She is a member of many organiza tions and has proved to be a very active leader and capable officer during her three years at Mere dith. Xext to the B. S. U. election in importance was the election of class ])residents and publication editors. Prue Choate, managing editor of the Twig was elected editor for 1931-32. Prue has been a member of the Twio staff for two years. She is B. S. U. publicity director tiiis year and iias a real “jiose for news,’* She’s lui actress, too—remember her pai-t in the junior stunt? She’s a really live wire and things are sure to hum next year. Lilliaii Alcli'idgc has been elected editor of the Aconi; and Doi othy Tay lor, of the Leaves. Jiidging from the work they have done this year, it is safe to say the pub- boyhood days m the Turner [jlantation Harris was often seen in. the ccmipany of an old Negro, CJoorgo Tei-roll, who told him ajher superior musicianship from ■eat many stories which were the ouict bcmnjiin/r to the bril- Tlie “Allegro ( on Bris” from licetliovcn’s CoJicerto in C I\Iajor ()j)ened the program ajul showed later included in the famous talcs of Uncle Renms. At the ago of seventeen Hari'is obtained a j)osition as telegraph operator at Macon, Georgia. A few years later he took charge of a })rinting office owned by James P. ITari-ison. It M'as while he held this position that he first met Uncle Benuis, an ignoraiit, mi- , learned Negro gardener who of ten stopped at the printing office and told stories of “Brer Fox,” “Bi'cr Rabbit,” and “Brer Ba’r.” From this ])osition Harris moved to Savannah where he met and, in the s)>ring of 1873 njarricd, Ksther I.aran, a French Cajmdian. After several years of mai'ried life, they were (Continued on pope four) Bride-Elect Honored With Lovely Tea . Misses Mary and Doris Til lery and Martha Galt entertained at a lovely tea Saturday after noon from four until flve-thhty in tho i>arlors of IWereditli Col lege in honor of Miss Nell Pas chal, a bride-oloct of April. Yellow and white was the color schomc carried out in the decora- (Oontinuea on page three) (Continued on pope three) Meredith Trio Sings at Business Club Luncheon Meredith College was highly represented at the American Bu.‘iiness Club luncheon held in Lhc C'arolina Hotel, Monday, March l(j. Dr. Charles K. Brewer gave a very interesting talk on the origin and meaning of tho Amer ican Business Club. Meredith’s weH-known trio, composed of Misses Ruth Star ling, Alma Dark, and Mary hu- cille Broughton, Avas present at tho luncheon, and sang several beautiful numbers. Miss Ruth Starling sang a solo, “He Loves Me,” and Misses Alma Dark and Mary Lucile Broughton sang a duet, “WhcYi Twilight Weaves,” by Beethoven. quiet boginjiing to the bril- Hatit C’adenza. Miss Crawford played tho orchestral accompani- (Conlijmccl on page four). Little Theater Will Present “The Rivals” At last the Little Theatre is to cojiic firtli and Jet t!»e school know that it is still active. Just wait until you see this jilay which the cast, under the supervision of Dr. W. Horton, is working on. As n»ist of us know, Dr. Iloi-ton is a splendid dramatic director; this was jiroved to the jiuiiors and seniors in the jiresontation of “All of a Sutlden Peggy” by the Astros in ’28. Just a word abijut “Tho lUviils”; this i)lay by Sheridan is one of the most L'uiei'taining coincdies ever writ ten. i\ll Kjiglish students will ho ]iarl;icularly interested in caro- {C'oiUiJiJK'rt on pcujc four) Miss Rachkl Biggs of Lumber- ton has been elected president of the 1931-32 Junior Class.
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