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Volume X
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., APRI L 24, 1931
Number 22
JUNIOR-SENIOR
BANQUET IS GIVEN
ON APRIL 18
Indian Theme Lends Color
to Setting and Program
On Saturday night, April 18,
the annual Junior-Senior Ban
quet, honoring the Senior Class
of *31, was’■given amid a setting
of sylvan loveliness tliat carried
with it the romance and color of
the Indian theme which charac
terized botli decorations and en
tertainment for the banquet.
The Juniors and Seniors met
their guests in the parlors at
eight o’clock; and at eight-thirty
the couples went to the dining hall
and found their places by means
of attractive place cards on which
was painted the head of an Indian
chief. The dining liall was lovely
with its background of pines,
ferns, and green vines. The cen
ter tables were arranged in a
large semi-circle facing the im
promptu stage which, with its
background of pines, its camp
fire and wigAvam, waterfall, and
Nortliern Lights glowing above
tlie tree tops made a realistic set
ting for tlie entertainment pro
vided at intervals during the eve
ning by members of the Fresh
man Class. “Little Sisters” of
the Juniors, whicli was an orig
inal dramatization of “Hiawa
tha’s Romance,” based on the
story as told by Longfellow.
Margaret Peacock, president
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Meredith Students See
Ben Greet Performance
A large number of Meredith
students attended the perform
ance of “Hamlet” by the Ben
Greet Players in the Little The
atre, Chapel Hill, Tuesday night,
April 14. The First Quarto
Version, 1603, was presented,
coining as a surprise to tliose Avho
were expecting to hear the fa
miliar soliloquies of tlie folio
edition. Tliis First Quarto Ham
let was ))]-inted an.d y)ublished in
1603, only two co])ies of which
are now known to exist, one in
the British Museum and the other
in the Henry Huntington Li
brary in California. This ver
sion, being less than half the
length of the Second Quarto
(1604) and First Folio (1623)
versions, was acted in its entirety,
not more than fifty lines being
omitted.
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m
Miss Ethel McConnell
Miss Ethel McConnell
Spends Week on Campus
Miss Ethel Farrington Mc
Connell, Associate Southwide
Baptist Student Union student
secretary, arrived at Meredith
College Monday night, where she
will spend a week with the girls.
Miss McConnell — otherwise
known as Miss “Dick”—is well
knoAvn all over the Southland,
especially among the students in
tlie colleges and universities.
Her territory includes eighteen
Southern states bordering from
Washington and Maryland to
New Mexico, and Illinois and
Missouri to the west; while Nash-
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Faithful Friend of
Meredith Passes Away
On March the twenty-second,
Meredith lost one of her best and
most loyal friends, “Donis”
Stroud. The funeral was held
on the afternoon of March the
twenty-third. While the family
was entering the church the choir
sang one of “Donls’ ” favorite
hymns. His pastor. Rev. D. J.
Flynn, then read a selection from
I Timothy, 3, the commission to
the deacons. “Donis” himself was
a dcacon in his church. A ])rayer
was then offered by the minister
of the .colored Ei)iscopal church.
Dr. Vann talked on the subject,
“ ‘Donis’ as a Friend.” Foilow-
ing this his minister urged the
people to follow “Donis’ ” exain-
j)le in faithfulness and service and
urged the wliite and colored peo
ple to try to understand each
other better. The service was
closed by a quartet singing
“Crossing the Bar.”
“Donis” first came to our cam
pus while Dr. Vann was president.
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MARY LOUISE JOHNSON
CHOSEN TEXTILE QUEEN
Mary Louise Johnson, of Ral
eigh, was awarded the grand
prize and named “Textile Queen”
at the annual textile exposition
at State College Thursday, April
16. This is the third time in the
past four years that a Meredith
girl has won this honor.
Grace Carr, of Washington,
D. C., was one of the first prize
winners. Meredith led the prize
winners with five places; the ot!i-
ers who won places are: Sledge
Ricks, Mary Bess Van Landing-
ham, Hattie Mullis, and Janie
Blalock.
The textile exposition is held
annually at State College, this be
ing the twelfth one. Tlie style
show has been held for four years.
Its purpose is to demonstrate the
diversification of fabrics that can
be made from cotton and from
cotton and rayon combination.
Meredith representatives put
on a preliminary showing in
chapel Wednesday, April 15, and
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Frosh Break Records
To Win Track Meet
A dazzling blue day just brisk
enough to give more pep to the
already anxious contestants, and
only a few spectators to cheer
them on to victory. So began
Meredith’s second annual track
meet, Monday, April 20.
It was a highly successful
meet; four Meredith records were
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WELCOME PRESS
ASSOCIATION!
Welcome to Raleigh
and to Meredith, all you
members of the North
Carolina Collegiate
Press Association!
Meredith’s especially
glad you’re here. The
whole campus is yours
while you’re here in
Raleigh! We have
awaited your coming
with the greatest eager
ness. We’re glad you’ve
come!
Kathleen Durham
Kathleen Durham Is
Elected May Queen
Winning over two other nomi
nees, Mary Barber and Helen
Abernethy, Kathleen Durham
was elected Meredith’s May
Queen in a recent election. Kath
leen is Plii Society president this
year and is a ver}' prominent
member of her class. She has
had a part in the class stunt every
year and was a class officer her
freshman year. She has been a
member of the B. S. U. Council
for two years, being Y. W. A.
president last j'ear. Slie was a
Phi marshal in 1928-29 and was
on the S. C. as a vice house prcsi-
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Sarah Briggs Has Poem
In Best College Verse
There have been numerous
honors to Meredith in the past
few months, among which is to be
included an honor which has come
to Sarah Briggs, wlio is now serv
ing as editor of the Acorn. For
a new anthology of college verse.
Best College Verse, Harper
Brothers, there were submitted
4,200 poems from college stu
dents throughout the United
States. From these 240 were
deemed worthy of publication.
Sarah was among the successful
contributors. She has been out
standing in literary work at
Meredith, serving three years on
the 'i’wK! staff, and as editor of
the Acorn. She was lash year
given the Colton English price
for tlie best literary contril)ution
tothe//co?'». in the year 19fi9-3().
The j'jocm which won this iioiior
for Sarah will ap])ear in the next
issue of the Aeorii and will be read
with much interest by those who
are interested in her success.
NORTH CAROLINA
COLLEGIATE PRESS
ASSOCIATION MEETS
IN RALEIGH
Meredith and State Joint
Hosts to Student
Representatives
Representatives from publica
tions of twelve North Carolina
colleges and universities will meet
on the Meredith and State cam
puses Thursday, Friday, and
Satui’day to attend the spring
meeting of the North Carolina
Collegiate Press Association, ac
cording to Everett Couch, presi
dent of the association.
Meredith and State will act
jointly as hostess and host to the
members of the association, two
delegates from each publication
attending.
Delegates will register at Mere
dith Thursday afternoon, where
they will be given a tea by the
home economics department of
that college. Friday and Satur
day morning will be given over
to two business meetings. At tlie
former time ])ublications of the
colleges will be judged by promi
nent newspapermen of the state,
the results being announced Sat
urday morning. The newspaper,
magazine, and annual of each col-
leg'o will form a basis for the
judging.
Saturday morning officers for
the coming year will be elected by
members of the association, who
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Phi Society To Have
Entertaining Program
An e,s])ecially oiitertaiiiingpi'o-
gram is being planned for the
Phi Society next Aionday eve
ning, -\|)ril 27. 'I'liore will be
special music by the College
Biiiul, wliich will also furnish the
acconipaninient for the singing
of the evening. 'I'lie special fea
ture of the program will be an
extem])oraneouH debate on some
light, amusing sub'iecL The de~
halors have been chosen, but they
will u(it know their (juery until
the meeting begins. Those tak
ing part are: Allirmative, ]\Iary
b'Ji/aheth 101am and ^■ida Miller;
negative, Bessie Stevenson and
Sai’ah Briggs.
'Phe judges will be Misses Day,
i\IeC’anless, and Yarborough.
INIembei's of the Societv are
looking forward to this as being
one of the most interesting meet
ings of the year.