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Banquet
Tonight
THE
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Art
Evening
May 10
Volume XI
MEREDITH COLLEGE. RALEIGH, N. C., MAY 6, lf)32
A. K Washburn Elected Head
Of N. C. C. Press Association
Campbell, Coundl, Brings,
and Palmer Represent
Meredith
Electing A. V. Washburn, Jr.,
of Wake Forest, as president,
the spring convention of tlie
N. C. C. P. A. came to a close
Saturday morning, April 23, in
tlve Aycock Auditorium of North
Carolina College at Greensboro,
where a threc-day meeting had
been held.
Other oifficers elected at the
time were- John Min ter, Duke
University, first vice president;
Miss. Virginia Allen, Nox'th
Carolina College, second vice
president; Miss Edith ' Storm,
Queens-Chicora, secretary; and
James Creecli, State College, was
re-elected treasurer.
The prize winning publica
tions for the year were an
nounced b}' the president, Ed
'riiomas of Duke, and the ed
itor and business manage^r of the
respective first prize publica
tions were awarded silver loving
cups. The winners in the news
paper contest were: Technician
of State College, first place; the
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Sophs Make Creen
Stockings New ''Soph
Day Off” Tradition
y “Soph day off” began Satur
day morning, April SO, at seven
o’clock, when the sopomores ap
peared in white dresses and green
stockings on the dining room
steps aiid woke up the campus
with yells. The spectacular ef
fect of green stockings will with
out a doubt make tliem a new
even tradition. At each meal
the sophomores had special ta
bles, and at supper they all sat
at one large table.
The climax of “Soph day off”
came when at eiglit o’clock p.m.
tlie sopliomores entertained the
State and Wake Forest soplio-
mores with a leap year party in
the society halls. The Phi hall,
where the.ijoys and girls first
met was arranged as a hotel
lobby. Here the girls asked for
their first dates, and then they
M'cnt into the Astro liall, which
was filled with tables and chairs
arranged in cabaret fashion and
decorated with balloons. D. B.
Moore’s orchesftra, from State
College, furnished music during
the evening. %
After Virginia Garnett, pres-
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New President
Num))er 10
Juniors Give Banquet
in Honor of Seniors
A. V. Washburn, President-Elect
N. C.'C. P. A.
Lucile Johnson Presehted
in Graduating Recital
A very beautifully rendered
program was presented by Miss
Lucilc Johnson in her graduat
ing recital on Friday evenifig,
A])ril 22. Lucilc is a town girl,
the attractive daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. F. T. Jolinson, of Ra
leigh, and is a pupil of Miss May
Crawfoj'd, professor of piano in
tlie music- department at Mere-
ditli College. *
The allegro from the Con
certo in D Major, by Mozart,
opened the program, with Miss
Crawford playing the orchestral
accompaniment. FoHowing was
the first group of compositions
comprising tAvo contrasting num
bers of Schumann, Warum, and
Novellette, Op. 21, No. 1; two
Preludes, Nos. 7 and 9, and an
Etude, Op. 10, No. 8, by Chopin.
In cach of these the performer
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Airplanes Feature of
B. S. U. Banquet in April
“Airplanes” M’as tlie tlieme
carried out at the banquet given
April 20, by tlie outgoing B. S.
U. Council in lionor of the in-
co^iing Council, '
The I^ii Hall, which M’as the
scene of the baniquet, was trans
formed into an airport. The
tables were very cle^'erly ar
ranged in the shape of an air
plane and the lighting was ef
fected by tlie use of beacons.
Pine trees and dogwood served
as a boundary for the airplane
field. On the stage was a min
iature air field with a hangar
and the miniature planes on the
field. Here, too, were smaU bea-
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Perfect in its every appoint
ment was the banquet given on
last Saturday evening by the
Juniors class of Meredith Col
lege in honor of the Senior class.
The college dining room,
which was the scene of the enter
tainment, was transformed into a
“Pleasure Island.” Pine trees
were placed at intervals through
out the hall, and trailing vines
were suspended from the ceiling.
The guests found their places by
means of ottractive’ place cards
in the form of sailors. In the
center of each table was apii’ate’s
chest filled with treasure. The
pirate idea was carried
out further i n the menu,
M'hicli consisted' of Pleasure Is
land cocktail, pirate plunder,
bullets, ocean foam, sea wee|| and
coral, ship’s biscuit, life savers,
sand bars, shells, rum and gems.
During the evening the fol
lowing toasts were given; Wel
come, Rachel Biggs; “To the
Passengers Soon Leaving,” An
nette Donovant; Response, Ed-
wina Martin; “To the Captain,”
Martha Vicellio; Response, Miss
Ellen Brewer; “To the First and
Second Mates,” Pauline Barnes;
Response, Miss Caroline Biggers;
“To the Ship’s Chief Steward,”
Isabelle Kinsey; Response, Miss
Mary Frances Welcli; “To Our
Captives,” Charlotte Palmer;
Response, Gilmer Cross; “To
the Good Sliip Meredith,” Mary
C.' Shearin.
Avery interesting act was per
formed by members of the fresh
man class. Those jn tlie sailor
dance wore Loreta Nichols,
Charlotte Gammage, Jo Turner,
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Meredith Students Attend
Social Service Conference
“Taxation and Social Wel
fare” was the topic of the Nortli
Carolina Conference for Social
Service, which was held in Dur
ham April 24>, 25, and 26.
The conference opened Siin-
day with a ■special students’
service at the Duke Memorial
Methodist Church, witli Dr. Jus
tin Miller, Dean of the Duke
University Law Sdhool, giving
the opening address. Dr. Carl
C. Taj'lor, Raleigh, and Dr.
Frank P. Graham, University
of North Carolina, speaking on
“State Economic and Social
Planning” and “E c o n o m i c
Change and Social Adjustment,”
respectively, were the other out
standing people who gave spe
cial messages td the students on
Sunday. During the remainder
of the,conference the students co-
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Nellie Norris Crowned Queen
At Annual May Day Exercises
May Day Queen
I
Nellie Norris Reigns at
May Day Fete
Mary Lucile Broughton
Gives Only Voice Recital
One.of the most enthusiatically
received of the graduating re
citals tliis spring \vas the voice
recital given by Mary Lucilc
Broughton Friday evening,
April 29. Mary Lucilc, who is
a puj)il of Miss Etliel Rowland,
voice teaclier in the music de-
])artment of Meredith College, is
the ]Jopular daugliter of Mr. and
Mrs" John Broughton of Hert
ford.
Tlie program ranged from an
aria from the Italian opera “Mi-
trane” to Englisli, Fi-ench and
Gorman folk songs and ballads.
All tiie numbers were sung with
rare cliarm, technically were very
interestingly rendered.
Tile complete program was as
follows:
She Never Told Her Love,
Haydn. ,
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Eliza Briggs Elected
Little Theatre Head
Eliza Briggs of Raleigh was
recently elected yjresident of the
Little Theatre Club for the year
1932-33. The Little Theatre
lias made a splendid showing in
its tliree productions of this
year. The membership is a
most select group, and careful
choice was made for its president.
Tlie other officers for the coming
years are: Vice, president, Mar
tha Viccellio; secretary, Nancy
McDaniel; treasurer, Nancyc
Viccellio.
Solo Dances by Virginia
/ Garnett and Mary Lee
Are Features
With Nellie Nor ris as Queen,
Meredith observed its annual'
May Day exercises in the grove
Thursday afternoon. A novel
featift-e of the event was the par
ticipation of the alumnae, with
Mrs. J. Wilbur Bunn, of Ra
leigh, as Queen Elizabeth; Miss
Carolyn Peacock, ’27, Sir Walter
Raleigh; Mrs. David Worth
(Olive Pittman, ’29), as Coun
tess of Pembroke; and Miss
Ethel English, the Earl of Lei
cester.
Evelyn Squires read the pro
logue after the processitin had
marched into the grove. It was
led by the heralds, Eli/abeth
Hester and Ruth Winslow. The
May pole dancers, pea-saiits,
Peter Pan, sailors, charioteers,
butterflies, and garland dancers
followed. The queen’s atendants,
crown bearer and train bearer
formed the last of tlie pj’oces-
sion before the entrance of the
queen. Minwal Cates was maid
of honor; the senior attendants,
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Nell York Wins Grand Prize
at State Textile Exhibition
At the recent annual Textile
Exposition and. Style Show of
the textile students of State Col
lege, Nell Yoi'k of Mei'cdith won
the grand prize a yellow after
noon dress of embroidered voile,
from Hudson-Belk’s. Nell wore
a costumc made from a green
figured durable j)lain suiting
designed by J. P. Garrison and
F. L. Wilson.
Tlie Meredith prizes were
awarded as follows: First prize,
a string of crystal beads from
Jolly’s Jewelry Store, to Estelle
Farris, for her fancy striped
^ beach j^ajama creation; second
prize, a rod pocketbook to “Jo”
Broadwell, for her green and
white three piece suit; third
])rize, a pair of Hose from Ken
ney’s and a beauty treatment
from Poole’s, to Mildred Am-
burn, for her lavendor negligee;
fourth prize, hose and ear rings,
was awarded to Kate Allison,
who wore a red sport suit.
This year makes the thir
teenth time the exposition has
been held and the sixth time for
tlie style show. Eighty college
girls modeled costumes of their
OM'n make and twenty prizes were
awarded the makers of tlie'win
ning costumes by local mer
chants.