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Volame XI MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., OCTOBER 31, 1931 Number 3
C. D. BOOTH WILL
SPEAK HERE ON
ARMISTICE DAY
Noted British Lecturer to
Talk on “British For
eign*’ Policy
C. Douglas Booth, traveler,
publicist, lecturer, authority on
Balkan affairs, who has spent a
number of years in the Near
East and the Balkans colIccting
political and economic material
for a now book, will deliver a
lecture upon “British Foreign
Policy” in the Meredith College
auditorium November 11, 1931
at 8:30 in the evening.
The lecture will be given un
der the auspices of the Inter
national Relations clubs of Mere
dith and State College. The
faculty and student body are in
vited to attend.
Mr. Booth was boi*n in Canada
and was educated at St. An
drew’s College, Toronto, and at
Loyola University. During the
war he held tlic rank of major in
His Majesty’s Forces. He has
devoted seven years to the study
of Mediterranean and Balkan
problems, and has resided or
traveled in Morocco, Egypt,
Rliodes, Patmos, Athens, and
Belgrade.
His lecturing experience is
varied and includes considerable
political work for the National
Liberal Party of England, work
in the United States for Liberty
Loan and Red Cross drives while
witii H. M. Forces during the
war, and later experience lectur
ing in both England and the
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Vacant Officcs
Filled Recently
Officers for several vacancies
were recently elected. But the
chief election in the past several
weeks was that of the freshman
class president.
Jane Parker has been elected
president of the Freshman class.
The Freshmen have elected Vir
ginia Brown as cheer leader.
The Philaretian Literary So
ciety has two ne wofficers, Ruth
Johnson, secretary, and Eliza
beth Hester, marshal. Mary
Frances Snead has been elected
as a marshal for tlie Astrotectan
Letirary Society.
The new treasurer for the Ath
letic Association is Vera Lee
Thornton.
The Sophomore class has elect
ed Amorette Byrd Student Gov
ernment representative.
Tliei‘0 are two new general of
ficers in the B. Y. P. U. Kate
Allison has been elected associ-
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Freshmen Make Debut
in 'The Promised Land
An audience composed large
ly of tlie student body and town
people enthusiastically greeted
the first major production of the
Mercditli College Little Theatre,
the annual play of the freshman
class entitled, “The Promised
Land,” by H. W. Robinson, pre
sented in the college auditorium
on Saturday evening, October
17 at eight o’clock.
The play, as a whole, was more
character poi’trayal tlian action
and among those who played
stellar roles extraordinarily well
and with some attempt at finesse
were Josephine Ball as Mike, the
red-haired stuttering hired man,
and Elizabeth Lee as the crabby,
eccentric old grandmother. Jean
Lassiter as Mary, Susal Wall as
Susan Moran, Hilda Herring as
Ed Moran and Marjorie Fodrie
as Uncle Ezra completed the
cast.
The story centered around the
Moran family of which two mem
bers had given their lives in the
land of promise, according to
their idea, Oklahoma. However,
continued ill luck and disap
pointment had discouraged the
remaining members of the family
with the exception of the young
son, who resolved to stick it out
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Exhibition of Soap
Sculpture Held Here
An exhibition of soap sculp
ture will be liold by the Meredith
College Art Department which
began October 26 and will con
tinue through November 10 in
the faculty parlor of Vann Hall.
The exhibition includes about
100 pieces wliich were entered
in the seventh annual contest for
small sculptures in white soap,
sponsored by Procter & Gamble.
About 5,500 pieces were entei’cd
in the original contest. The 100
selected pieces were exhibited at
the American Anderson g^Ulerics
in New York, and include the
sculptures of professionals, ama
teurs, both adults and children,
throughout the United States,
Canada and several European
countries.
White soap as a medium for
sculpture achieved prominence
with the first annual competition
seven years ago. Since then it
has grown in popularity, both
with amateurs who made soap
carvings for amusement and
home decoration, and with pro
fessional sculptors and ax’chi-
tects for experimental models.
The educational value of soap
sculpture has been recognized by
directors of museums, ai't schools,
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Dr. Charles E. Brewer who
with Mrs. Brewer celebrated on
Wednesday, October 28 the for
tieth anniver.sarv of their wed-
ding.
Informal Reception Ends
Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, October 24 was
a day of special note to Mere
dith College for it marked the
Ruby Anniversary of the mar
riage of Dr. and Mrs. Charles
E. Brewer. During the entire
day messages, gifts, und all good
wishes were received by Dr. and
Airs. Brewer.
In the afternoon from four till
six Misses Ellen and Anne Eliza
Brewer entertained informally
at a reception in the Blue Par
lor which was made lovely by tall
liglited tapers und quantities of
brilliant red dahlias.
Miss Caroline Biggers and
Mrs. Talcotfc Brewer received at
the door members of Meredith’s
faculty and student body and
friends of the president and his
wife. The receiving line was
composed of Dr. and Mrs. Brew
er, Mrs. Stover, sister of Mrs.
Brewer, and Dr. and Mrs. L. E.
]\i. Freeman, who were celebrat
ing their wedding anniversary
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STATE B. S. U.
MEETING AT DUKE
OCT. 30-NOV. 1
Southwide Baptist Teachers
Are to be Convention
Speakers
Several hundred young Bap
tist students fi’om colleges all
oven North Carolina will be
^vending their way to Durham,
Friday for the annual State Bap
tist Student Conference. This
conference will open witli the
seven o’clock mooting Friday,
October 80 and will end Sunday,
November 1. Mr. W. Herschel
Ford, Wake Forest College, is
president of the state-wide or
ganization; and Miss Mary Eliz
abeth Elam, Meredith College is
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Press Convention of
N. C. Colleges Meets
Approximately 150 editors
and business managers of North
Carolina collegiate publications
met at Duke University from
October 22-24) for tlie annual
state convention. Edward
Thomas, of Greenville, N. C.,
editor of tlie Duke Chronicle is
president of tlie association un
til the next meeting of the asso
ciation some time next spring.
Rutli Kennedy, business man
ager of the Mereditli Oak Leaves
is vice president; and Dorothy
Edmonson of Queens-Chicora
College, is secretary.
Business meel-ings and the
Duke-Wake Forest football
game filled tlie program. The
convention was addressed Thurs
day night by J. L. Horne, Jr.,
of Rocky Mount, publisher of
the Evening Tdegrmn and pres
ident of the North Carolina Press
Association, who outlined some
of the essentials for a newspaper
man. He warned college jour
nalists not to depend too largely
on a college education for a foot
hold in the newspa]Der field.
“Go ahead and finish your col
lege course,'* he .said. “Get your
degree if you will, and start out
in the ^vorld’s uni^■ersity of ex
perience. To my mind there is
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Little Theatre Club
Elects New Members
The first mooting of tlie Mere
dith College Little Theatre for
this year was hold in the social
liall of Jones Hall on TImrsday
evening. At this meeting thi’ce
active members and three asso
ciate members were voted in.
Tlic active members included
Misses Beatrice ^'^ogel, Ethel
Swanson and Nancye Vicellio
and the associate members Misses
Virginia Garnett, Emily Miller
and Eliza Briggs. The old mem
bers include Misses Lottie Bell
Myers, Mary Lee, Nancy Mc
Daniel, Rachel Biggs, Martha
Vicellio, Pat Abcrnethy, Sallie
Council and Roxie Collie. The
officers of the Little Theatre are:
Roxie Collie, president; Nancy
McDaniel, vice president, and
Martha Vicellio, secretary-treas-
urer.
The Little Theatre is com
posed of a select group of tlie
college campus, who are not only
primarily interested in dramat
ics but who also take an active
part in the productions. Those
^vho play leading parts in the
major plays staged by the va
rious organizations are elected
to the club as active members
while tiiose who play minor roles
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ANNUAL STUNT
NIGHT TO BE
GIVEN NOV. 7
Traditional Competition
Between Classes Spons
ored by Athletic
Association
Stunt Night wliich will be on
November 7 this year is not a
new affair but one which holds a
high place in Meredith tradi
tions. It is the big event of the
fall term.
Stunt Night was started in
1913 as an event in which class
competition could express itself
in cleverness and originality.
All were given an equal chance;
fifteen minutes were given as the
outside time limit. And, inci
dentally, it was a great financial
boon to the athletic association.
Before 1923 there was no de
cision made as to the best stunt;
it was left to Dame Rumor to
decide which was the winner. But
in that year, a silver loving cuj)
was presented to the winners, the
class of ’23. Since that time the
competition is unlimited, there
is more formality of inter-class
singing and the greatest compe
tition between the “evens” and
the “odds.” The “poor little
freslimen” have the hardest time,
for the sophs feel it their Chris
tian duty to discover their stunt
and give the poor things away.
Last 3’ear the senior class took
the loving cup with their stunt
“Polar Stars and Stripes” M'hile
the freshmen came second with
“Wouldn’t YOU like to knowP”
Meredith-W. F. Party
In Novel Track Meet
The Meredith B. Y. P. IJ. was
hostess to the Wake Forest B. Y.
P. U. at a truck meet in the Phi
hall Saturday night, October 24.
The hall was dccorated in the
colors of the four colleges which
were to be represented in the
meet—Orange, for tiie Podunk
School of Peanut Butter; blue,
for tlie Cheatum College of
Chigger Flat; green, for the
Misery School of Matrimony,
and red, for the Pickle College
of Predicant.
As each person entered the
hall, a color was pinned on him,
and he went to the “stand”
which was decorated in that
color. The presidents of the col
leges were then elected. Each
college also had a cheer leader
who led the yells for the meet.
The cheer leaders were Pat
Abernethy, Ruth Harrison,
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