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THE TWIG
May 30, 1931
ms
Official Organ of The Student Body
oj Meredith College
Reflections of an
Undergraduate
Distinguished Alumnae
PniiF. Choate Editor
MiNWAL Cates Assistant Editor
'p4m,iNE Barnes Business Manager
Sallie Councii Managing Editor
Dokotiiy MKnniTT Managing Editor
Mae Campbell Managing Editor
Lottie Bkllk Myers /4sst. Bus. Mgr.
Eliza Briccs /iist. Bus. Mgr.
REPORTERS
Emily Miller
Frances Gray
Maiiy Lois Parker
Mary Flore.nce Cummings
Grace Lawrence
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Farewell Sekiors
Seniox’ Class, this is our last
formal means of saying good
bye to you! We had rather I’C-
frain from thinking of your not
being back next year. The sad
ness at tlie thought of your leav
ing Meredith is lessened when we
think again of the bright and
liappy future before cacli one of
you.
You have been most success
ful in all your undertakings here
at Meredith. Your contribution
to tWe college has been most note
worthy. Your record has been
cointncndable. We treasure tlie
association we, as under
graduates, luive had witli you,
and your friendship has been
one of our deare.st })Ossessions.
As you leave us, Class of ’31,
yt)U take witii you our love and
best wishes for much success and
hajjpiness in all you undertake.
“I wish that I could graduate
this year” has always been my
wish since I have been an under
graduate. I heave a sigh of half
envy and half regret when I
realize timt tlie fortunate Senioi’s
will soon be on their way for
“New Worlds to Conquer.”
There is a certain thrill and
feeling of anticipation tliat comes
to an undergraduate as he hears
the names of his senior friends
being called and sees them go up
and receivc that long sought for
sheep skin. We can just imagine
the time when we will be going
up to get ours. Perhaps we
won’t be so dignified—maybe
we M’ill even stumble in our hurry
to get that all important docu
ment. We feel as if we would
laugh and cry right there on tlie
stage and throw our dignified
caps in the air and shout:
Hurrah!
But we stop our dreaming and
get back to reality. All tliat
is in the^dim future. We will
have to come back next year.
Come back and go up one notch
higher where we will receive a
cliallenge to help us carry on
wliere the graduates have left off.
The undergraduates are the ones
to unfurl tlie banners and carry
tlie standards. Graduation is
for one-fourth each year. Our
time will come later. Seniors—
\\’c’re on our wav-
Welcome Alumnae
Coinmencenient is made
uhvuys more joyous Ijy the
pi-esence of our older
-isters! Alunuiac, we’re
i*l;ul vovi are here! We’re
hujipY bcc’iuiso you rernem-
ln.'1-od to return as an Astro
.(!■ a Piii. We’re glad you
'•fuiie back to see tlie twenty-
i.inth class of 'lleredith
^■ruduate. We’i-e glad you
Ning as heartily as we,
••'i'ou’ro t!ie (lucen of our
hearts, Alma Mater!”
Annual Feature
'■Annuals.'' What does that
reniiiid viu of.^ Ttie first thing
that pop|)od into my mind was
the good old annual batli. There
arc a great number of otiier
“anmials”—drosses, dances, and
ol), such a great, great many
kinds. Still there arc the “an
nuals” that causes so much racket
at the end of scliool.
What a queer gathering of
things h-ppear in these so called
annuals. Dutch girls, white
girls; and, may I say, a class
within itself in the thing called
the atliletic group. Girls witli,
I know, their best dresses on—
or maybe, some one elsc’s best
dress. Girls with tlieir hair just
freshly pressed—no I mean,
curled. Girls with their best ex
pressions on. And how many do
gleam in satisfaction when they
glance at their j)hotugraph which
they know and I know that tiie
|)hotographer had a time work
ing over it to make it even
[ircsentable. Maybe, I am slam
ming too much. However, may
I say it is “more truth tlian
poehry.^”
Wliat a sti'iking difference arc
tiicse present annuals in contrast
to the annuals of lojig ago. Witli
dresses cleaning the liooi's and
hair sweeping the ceiling tlie
girls even dare to smile a bit
eoquettislily. How their lionrts
swelled with anguish at their verv
daring nature. With dresses to
the ground, the girls .stand in
pritle and have their picture
“took” while they are holding a
tenni.s jvicquet. ^'er3' athletic;
picture we must say!
\Ve must admit, our Jinnuals
would be as much out of place
and style beside them as the an
nuals of yesterday are now!
Now that commcncemcnt is
here again, the thoughts of many
students, alumnae, and college
friends turn to commencements
of former years, and to the
graduates sent out from each-of
the classes of those yeai-s. The
verj' great number of different
lines of work in which these
alumiiae have entered is extreme
ly interesting. Missionaries,
teachers, musicians, poets,
authors, college presidents, doc
tors; these, and many others,
constitute the fields of work which
Meredith graduates have chosen.
Among the prominent mission
aries are Mrs. C. K. Dozier,
(Maude Burke, ’03) and Sophia
Lanneau, ’02. Mrs. Dozier,
whose daughter, Helen, is a
Sophomore at Meredith, is doing
evangelistic work in Shimo-
noseki, Japan. In addition to
this, she does Y. W. A. M’ork,
and conducts cooking classes for
the women. Miss Lanneau is
devoting her life wholeheartedly
to the girls’ school of which she is
principal in Soochow, China.
College presidents and deans
arc found in the alumnae lists.
Rosa Paschal, ’02, was a pro
fessor and dean of women at
Meredith from 1904)-1919. She,
after receiving her M.A. from
Columbia in 1925, was dean of
Greenville Woman’s College,
Greenville, S. C., and is at
present the acting president of
that institution. Annie Den
mark, ’08, is president of Ander
son College, Anderson, S. C.;
French Haynes, ’19, who received
lier Ph.D. degree from Cornell,
is now dean of women at Howard
College, Birmingham, Ala.
Bessie Lane, ’11, Elizabetli
Vann, ’17, and Blanche Tabor,
’17, have all made tlieir place in
the jjrofessional world as doctors.
Di-. Lane attended the Woman’s
Medical College of Pennsylvania.
Slie is now practicing medicine
in Raleigh with Dr. I)elia Dixon
Carroll and is rendering dis
tinguished service in her chosen
profession. Dr. Tabor is a
general ])ractitioner in Cherry-
dale, '\''irginia. Elizabeth Vann,
the daughter of Dr. 11. T. Vann,
is an interne in Saint Elizabeth
Hospital, Washington, D. C.
In the business world are found
Marvel Carter Campbell, ’12,
who owns the Blue Willow Tea
Room in Winston-Salem, and
f.illian Wilkinson Boschen,
Kx-’14), who has an antique
sho]), the “0 Cro’ Coc,” in Free
hold, N. J.
Politicians and club women are
re])rcsented by Meredith grad
uates. One of the outstanding
examples of these is Margaret
Fergusoji Sackctt, *04, M'ho was
located for some time at Fort
Coliins, Colo, as corresponding
secretary of the Colorado Federa
tion of Woman’s Clubs. Here in
Raleigh are Maude Davis Bunn,
’10, president of the Woman’s
Club, and
III ALUMNAE COLUMN
f
officehs
President—Mrs. Benjftmin W. Phrham,
Oxford.
Vice President—Mrs. Randolph But
ler, Rocky Mount.
Recording Secretary—Mrs. W. L.
Wyfitt, RHleig)].
Coniinercemcnt Speaker—Mary Lee
Herring, Fuquay Springs.
Alumniie Secretary—Mae Grimmer,
Mcreditli College.
Cammittce Chairvmn
NomlnHtiiJff—Curoiyn Mercer.
Hospitality—Janie Parker.
Social—Mrs. W. Z. Betts.
JReitniort Chwuefi
'06, ’14, ’10, ’10, ’17, ’21, ’29.
Comme/icement Dates
May 30—June 2.
Alumnae Da}/—?londay, Jvne 1.
CoMMITTEr CnAIU.MKX
Nominating—Carolyn Mercer
Hospitality—Janie Parker
Social—Mrs. W. Z, Betts
Rkunion Ci.assks
’OG, ’H, ’15, ’10, ’17, ’21, ’29
Commencement, May 30-June 2
Alumnae Day, Monday, June 1
Welcomk !
Wliat n welcome piece of news we liave
for youl Miss Mary Shannon Smith, one
of our most beloved former professors
is going to come.ail the way from Green
ville, Soutli Carolina, to be with us com
menceinent, She lias promised to talk
to us collectively at our alumnae lunch
con, Monday, June 1, iind individually nt
otlier times. Nothing gSvt^s us more
picasure than to make this announce
ment.
Anotlier piece of news whicli we arc
glad to pass on to you, is that Janie
Burns, of tlie reunion class of '29, is
going to play a piano solo at our annual
business meeting, Monday morning, June
1. We might tell you, also, that the
Granddaughters will figure in this pro
gram. They haven’t divulged just wliat
they'ic going to do; but wlmtever it iS;
it will be siiort and snappy. There are
tliirty-nine of them; come find out who
they are.'
Hcsides the usual literary addrc,
which Mary Lee Herring, of the Class of
1927, of Fuquay Springs, will give this
year, there will be three f\ve-minute
speakers on the program, all of whom
we feel fortunate in liaving secured: Mrs.
W. N. Jones, iiresident of the State
Woman’s Missionary Union and also
trustee of the collegc, Mrs. Maude Davis
Bunn, and Mrs. Virginia Egerton Simms.
Each of these will present matters which
vitally concern alumnae and the college.
After the serious business meeting, we
will hasten to the Capital Club to enjoy
the frivolous luncheon occasion, at which
Nell Covington Hardee, ’16, “one of the
most charmingly frivolous of all our
graduates,” will preside as toastmistress.
And at this point may we remind you,
if you wish to attend the luncheon, to
ft the alumnae secretary at the college
know nt once, as .just 200 places are
being reserved.
By the time this issue of The Twio
eomcs out, many of you will be with us.
But for those who cannot join the family
circle, we are publishing a list of alumnae
who have already (May 23) written us
to reserve rooms for them. There will be
many others of conrse;
Mildred Allen
Annie May Aslicraft
Annie Sarah Barkwell !'
Margaret Bright
Janie Burns
Iva Carroll
Mary Pruette Carroll
L.onise Craven
lone Gulley Creech
Marv Lilv Blalock Eames
Gladys Elliott
Nell Paschal Galt
Annie Gibson
Diane Brown Griffin
Mary Hninliy
Nell Covington Hardee
Lorena Helms
Harriett Herring
Lucy Sanders Hood
Teressa Dew Husi>ands
Annie Marie Jackson
Lois Johnson
Mary Johnson Lamiieth
Katlierine Knowles Lewis
Mary Livingston
Bert Brown McMurray
Isabel McKcn/.le Moore
Leila Nolen ■
i.aviece Chambliss Oliver ,
Nellie Page
Katherine Johnson Parliam
Ada Sliearln Parler
Jeannette Johnson Parrott
Janie Parker
Hose Goodwin Pool
Edna Earle Hinton Porter
Maie Hinson Porter
Atidie Robbins
Della Roberson
Virginia
Egertoli
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Joins with
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in
Congratulating You
Upon the completion
of your studies
and
... it is our sincere liope that the end of the
school year will not mean a severance of
relations—but—that in the future, as in
the past, it will be our 3)rivilege to servo you.
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