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Founders
Volume XI
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FEBRUARY 5, 1932
Number 6-a
MEREDITH FOUNDERS’ DAY HAS BEEN
AN ANNUAL HOLIDAY SINCE 1912
Meredith Dormitories Are
Named in Honor of
Meredith Founders
Doing honor to tlic multitude
of men and women whose love
and scrvice in the past have made
possible the Meredith of today
and establishing connection witli
tliousands of alumnae, and
friends of the institution, widely
scattered over the earth, at home
and in foreign countries, Mere
dith will celebrate its annual
Founders’ Day on Friday,
February 5. Founders’ Day is
a college holiday at wliich time
there is a speaker for the morn
ing exercises and a faculty re
ception for the afternoon.
' The first Founders’ Day of
wliicli there is any record was
observed on February 8, 1912
at the old site in Raleigli, now
occupied by the Mansion Park
Hotel. Every year since then
one day has been set aside in re
membrance of all who con
tributed to tlie founding of tiie
college, observed the first week in
February, usually the first
Tliursday or Friday.
Tlie first idea of a Baptist Col
lege for women found voice in
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Y.W.A. Vesper Talks Made
on Rainbow Treasures
Duke University Concert
Occurs on February 13
A series of talks on tliis topic
—Treasures to he Found at the
End of the Rainhoro—made an
unusual and impressive ])rograni
for the Sunday evening Y. W. A.
scrvice in the blue parlor.
The devotional reading by
Pauline Cagle was followed by a
solo “ThuiUcs be to God” by
Mary Laura Vaughn.
Prue Choate then revealed
first the ‘^ll'uhy of Courage,” her
discussion bcin^ c»>riclied by sucli
definite illustrations as tlic
coui’age of Joan of Arc, and of
Florence Nightingale, “the lady
witli the lamp,” to wliom Queen
Victoria paid liomage by wearing
a Ruby Pin witli the inscription
“IJlessed be the Merciful.” After
tliis tl»e Y. W. A. hymn 0! Zion
Haste was sung.
Charlotte Gammage tlien re
vealed tlie Sapphire Blue of
Truth, emphasizing tlie necessity
of being true to ourselves, and
fellowmen, 'and our God, and
after tliis, the auxiliary sang We
Would Be True.
Mary Frances Hayworth re
vealed the Topaz of Fidelity,
Loyalty, awl Devotion in Friend
ship, followed by the song What
a Friend We Have in Jesus.
In closing, Martha Viccellio
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One of the best of the Musical
treats that a Meredith audience
will receive during the spring
semester will occur Saturday
evening, February 13,'at eiglit
o’clock when the Duke University
Musical Clubs, consisting of the
Glee Club under the directioi’ of
J. Foster Barnes and the Sym
phony Orchestra and the Jazz
Orchestra botli under the direc
tion of “Jolly” Leftwich, will
present a program in the college
auditorium.
Tliose M’ho heard these excel
lent musical clubs in their pro
gram last year know that they
])leased the audience very much.
One thing that made their con
certs especiallj' enjoyable is the
fact that the program offers va
riety. This year there will be
selections by the orchestra and
entire glee club, incidental solos
with the numbers by the Glee
Club, selections by a quartet, and
a novelty act in the form of a
play. Variety in the type of
numbers given will be noted also
as the Glee Club selections in
clude classical pieces and negro
sj)irituals. Included in the reper
toire of the Duke Symphony are
compositions by Wagner, Verdi,
Mendelssohn, Schubert, and
Dvorak. One of the features of
the Jazz Orchestra will be the
popular “Faded Sunmier’s Love”
along with other melodies of the
day.
The Duke University Musical
Clubs’ toui's this year have in
cluded such cities as Greensboro,
Charlotte, Luniberton, Concord,
and other cities of ecjual impor
tance.
The concei-t \vhich will be
given at Mereditli February 13
is being s})onsored by the Senior
Class.
DR. THURMAN KITCHIN
of Wake Forest College, who is to be
Pounders' Day Speaker at the
Exercises this Morning
Octagon Soap Coupon
Campaign Organized
Now that examinations are
over students arc entering whole
heartedly into the Octagon
cou|>on campaign. A few days
ago tlie class presidents mot with
Jliss Grimmer and discussed the
plans for beginning the saving
of a million cou))ons. They
elected members from every class
as captains. The class presidents
are Kdwina Martin, senior;
Rachel Briggs, junior; Jlartha
Davis, soi)homorc; and Jane
Pai'ker, freshman. The pres
idents, with the aid of the cap
tains, will plan the canjpaign and
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Many Reunions of Alumnae
to Observe Founders' Day
DR. THURMAN D. KITCHIN TO BE
FOUNDERS’ DAY SPEAKER TODAY
Dr. Koo, of Shanghai, Is
Y.M.C.A. Speaker at State
Founders’ Day will be observed
by alunmae in apj)roximatcly
fifty communities in North Caro
lina, and'several other states are
preparing for gatherings this
afternoon, according to iliss
Mae Grimmer, Alumni secretary-
As an incentive for these meet
ings, a special program, which
will be broadcast over Station
WPTF, Raleigh, \u\a been
arranged. The Meredith College
Glee Club, under the direction
of Miss Ethel Rowland of the
\'oice department, will opeii the
])rograni with two numbers.
Following these I\Irs. Maude
Davis Bunn, president of the
general ^Vluinnae Association will
extend greetings to alumnae
listening in. Miss ]\Iary Brock-
wcll of Goldsboro, will render
a violin solo, acconijjanied by
Miss \'irginia Branch of the
C'ollege Music staff. Then
will follow the reading of tele-
gi-anis and messages received
during the day from chapters,
clubs, grouj^s, and individual
Alumnae. This will be followed
by a speech by Dr. Brower, afber
which the Glee Club will con
clude the thirty minute program
by singing the Alma Mater.
It is expected that the moot
ings will bo held in the follow
ing communities as well as in
otliers from which no report 1ms
yet been I'oceived: Ahoskie, Al[)c-
niarle, A])ox, Asheville, Atlanta,
(}a., Bladenboro, Burgaw, Bur
lington, Canton, Charlotte, Clin-
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Many students of Meredith
College took advantage of a rare
opportunity by going to hear Dr.
T. Z. Koo of Shanghai, China,
vice president of the World’s
Christian Federation speak in
Pullen Hall at State College
Friday evening, January 29.
The lecture was sponsored by the
Y. M. C. A. at State. Dr. Koo
talked on “International Jlind-
odness.” His lecture was de
livered in simple stylo, and he
pi'csented to his hearers the
fundamentals of World Under
standing, opinions of his own
which he has gained through ex
tensive traveling and foreign
relations.
Dr. Koo said tliat the human
heart does not desire turmoil,
but that there is within over3'onc
a pathetic yearning for peace,
but there is no peace to bo seen.
U'he forces that prevail to be
contended against, Dr. Koo said,
are four-fold. They a^’o: Politi
cal, Cultural, Economic and
'Racial. The chief causes of
political unrest are the abilitj’
of war and suspicion to over
come reason, a condition which
he believes to exist in China and
Japan today, and the tendency
of ])olitical slogans, such as
“C.'hina for the Chinese” to out
live their day. “We have,” Dr.
Koo said, “built around us
cultural walls so that we cannot
see beyond them to the cultures
of other continents.” This is the
course he thinks, of the misunder
standing between the East and
West.
The main trouble with us
economically is that each country
thinks that her economic security
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Faculty to Give Formal Re
ception; Alumnae to
Have Broadcast
Dr. 'J'hurman D. Kitchen,
president of Wake Forest Col
lege, will be annual Founders’
Day speaker at tlio College today
at 11 o’clock a.m. This Found-
ei-s’ Day will mark Meredith’s
33d anniversary.
There will be the usual holi
day after the lecture, with a re
ception by officers and faculty
membcj's in the afternoon from
4:30 to 6:00 o’clock to which
friends anl patrons of the col
lege have been invited. A special
radio broadcast program by
Alunmae of the college will be
given in the evening from 6:15
to 6:'i5 o’clock.
Tlie usual reception of the
student govci-nmont to friends
of the students in the evening,
will not be held until a later
date.
Professor Battin has ar
ranged several musical features
for the program at the morning
exei’cises.
Revival Services Will be
Conducted by Dr. Feezor
B. H. Spence of Ontario
Is Prohibition Speaker
Mr. B. H. S])once of the prov
ince of Ontario, Canada made
an interesting address to the
student body of Meredith C'ol-
Icge during the chape! hour on
Thursday, January 528. His sub
ject was I’rohibition. '^I'ho ob
ject of the address was to show,
by coni]>arison, that the United
States is much better off with the
18th Amendment than Canada
is without a similai’ law. In Mr.
Spence’s opinion the United
States woukl be wise to retain the
l’i'ohil)ition Law. In C'anadu
thei'e is supposed to be govern
ment control, however, anyone
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The annual I’evival held at
Meredith by the B. S. U.
January 8-12 will be conducted
by Dr. Forest C. Fee/.or, wlio
is now i)astor at Ta!)crnacle
Baptist Church in Raleigh.
!))•. Feezor is a native of North
Carolina, born in Davidson
County and i-eai'ed in Lexington.
He was graduated from Wake
Forest College in 15)20, after
having I'ccoivod practically alt
the honors that a student can
reccive. He was one of Wake
Forest’s most distinguished do-
l)aters and orators, i-epresenting
the college on anniversaries and
connnencement occasions, and
engaging in a number of inter
collegiate debates throughout
the South. Me was a leader of
the miiiistei-ial students of the
college. He starred in athletics,
being one of their leach’ng foot
ball ]jlayers and captain of the
basketball team and at other
times president and treasurer of
the Athletic -\ssociation. He was
vice president of the colioge
Y. ]\L C. A. Altogether, he was
one of the most pojiular atul
finest students the colleiie ever
had.
Since his graduation from
college Dr. Feezor has been at
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