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THE TWIG
May 28, 1932
Published Monthly as the Official Organ
of the Student Body of Meredith
College
Mae Campbkli, Editor
Dorothy MEiiniTT Associate Editor
Sallie Council Associate Editor
Eliza Bniccs [iiisincss iVIanager
Emily Milleh Managing Editor
Maiiy Florence Cummings
Managing Editor
Nancye VtcCELMO. Managing Editor
Mary Lois Pahker Asst. Bus. Mgr.
Cornelia Atkins Bus. Mgr.
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IN APPRECIATION
The Senior class 1ms been most
fortunate tliis year in the selec
tion of the two main commence
ment speakers, Dr. Bernard C.
Clausen and Rev. Forest C.
Feezor.
That Dr. Clausen is returning
to Meredith for the fourth time
to deliver the commencement ad
dress is proof of his appeal to the
faculty and students of the col
lege. Dr. Clausen, as pastor of
the First Baptist Church in
Syracuse comes in contact with a
great number of 3’oung people
and is interested in their various
activities.
Dr. Clausen, as slvown through
a statement in the Golden Book
for Januav}', 1932, believes that
jazz is “the best preaching in
America today. The song liit of
last year (‘We’re Happy in Our
Blue Heaven’) was a simple, joy
ous tribute to tlie wonderful hap
piness that comes in the midst of
a ;loyal, old fashioned Ameri
can home.”
Every one is looking forward
with keen interest to liearing Dr.
Clausen Tuesday.
Tlie class is again fortunate in
having as tlieir Sunday speaker
Rev. Forest C. Feezor, pastor of
Tabernacle liaptist Church in
Raleigh. I\Ir. Fce/or luis been
to ]\Iere(lith this year as revival
spcukci' and on several other oc
casions.
Mr. Feezor also has a groat
interest in the young people. He
has recent]}' come to Raleigh
from Missouri, wliere lie was in
close contact with the young peo
ple of tliat state, being once head
of the department of Bible at
William Jewell College, and
later jiastor at tlie Second Bap
tist Church of Liljcrtj', Mo.
The facult}’ and student body
feel as if Mr. _l'’ce/or were a part
of I\Icredith and always look for-
M'ard to liaviiig him take part
in any of the school activities.
Juniors Give Sister
Class Good-bye Party
The Juniors entertained the
Freshmen in the Astro Hall on
Saturday night, May 21. The
Freshmen waited in the college’s
parlors for a while before even
one Junior appeared. Finally,
a most ungodly looking, black-
dressed M’itch gave the trembling
Freshmen intructions. The
Freshmen were not to speak a
word all during the party. They
were then led up dark stairs into
a room completely dark except
for a blue blaze in the back of
the room. There were figures
and forms of all kinds of “odd
si>irits” roaming about. As a
result—the Freshmen screamed
and slirieked.
This was the first time that
tJie Freslimen of ’35 liad ever
really felt the triie “odd spirit.”
The Juniors sang many songs
and taught the Freshmen the
only one that they are alloM’ed to
sing. The evening ended with a
bountiful serving of “hot dogs”
and punch to every one.
DR. POTEAT LECTURER OF
KAPPA NU SIGMA SOCIETY
Krazy Kracks
This being tlie season wlien
new S. G. Councils are getting
to work and proctors reign, xve
are reminded of rvhut Thackeray
said of proctors:
"Whose taste it is our privilege
to follorv.
Whose virtue it is our duty to
imitate.
Whose presence it is our inter
est to avoid.”
Did you hear about the sopho
more xvho xaas in a hurry for her
hair td dry and didn't have an
automatic dryer? She got her
roommate to iron it dry!
Another bright sophomore re
marked when it zoas atmounced
that “/ Love You Truly” xvould
be played, arranged by Mar-
g uerit e Warren, that she
thought that had long ago been
arranged for her.
And then there teas the Eng
lish student who thought it a
compliment when Miss Johnson
wrote on her paper, “this tends
toward ‘fine writing’”
When Dr. Carroll was talking
on the grave importance of draw
ing deep breaths, a noted xvit
said, "Oh, but if s'such a stretchy
affair!"
What do you suppose is the
meaning of this? ‘‘The crocuses
are crowing; the southern zeph
yrs blowing; Jhe nectarines are
necking by the sea; the cat tails
caterwauling; the caulifloxvers
calling, and spHng is springing
up along the lea!
The yelloxv coxaslip's slipping;
the catnip starts a nipping, and
the saps along the street begin
to stir. You know that spring
is springing when the blue bells'
heUs are ringing, and tlw pussy-
xvillow buds begin to purr.”
Hoxv ^ about the dogxvood’s
harking? Has spring come to a
menagerie?
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years of college life, practically
abandon whatever religious be
liefs they have formerly held.
“Tills attitude, that of aban
doning one’s cherished beliefs in
college, is a dangerous one and
should not be encouraged,” con
tinued Dr. Poteat. “From the
days of Homer, Dante, and
Shakespeare, we’ve been a long
time reaching the j^resent point,
for knowledge must wait on the
development of instruments, the
means with whicli to work,,
and the mastery of these.”
Furthermore, he set forth the
wisdom of first being goocl, and
then intelligent. “Religion with
out culture,” lie said, “is partial;
culture without religion unsat
isfactory,” but culture and re
ligion combined tend towards the
victorious and triumphant life.
Following the lecture a recep
tion honoring Dr. Poteat was
held in the college parlors, mem
bers of the faculty and honor
society attending.
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
CONCERT GIVEN MONDAV
ELIZABETH BYRD GIVES
LAST RECITAL OF YEAR
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beautiful from the standpoint of
interpretation.
The last group was a delight
ful contrast. The program end
ed with a brilliant and powerful
Rhapsodic in C Major by the
modern composer Dohnanyi. The
complete program is as follows:
Gavotte frgm Iphigenia in
Aulis, Gliick-Brahms.
Gigue from Fifth French
Suite, Bach.
Pastorale variee, Mozax’t.
Gavotte from Sonata for Vio
lin, Bach-Saint-Saens.
Concert stiicke, Op. 79, Weber.
Orchestral accompaniment on a
second piano by Miss Crawford.
Two Preludes, No. 6 and No.
17, Chopin.
Etude, Op. 25, No. 7, Chopin.
Waltz, Op. 34!, No. 3, Chopin.
Cradle Song, Schubert-Go-
dowsky.
Rhapsodie, C Major, Dohn
anyi.
SHAKESPEARE PLAY IS
PRESENTED BY SERIORS
Rev. Forest Feezor to Conduct
Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday
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basketball team, and at other
times president and treasurer of
Classical Club Banquet
Revives Roman Customs
At the last meeting of the year
which was a farewell to the
Seniors and election of new of
ficers, the Classical Club had a
Roman Banquet, the first to be
tried at Meredith. The Senior
members and the officers were the
guests and reclined in the Roman
style to cat. The other members
were the slaves who served the
banquet and provided the pro
gram. The final feature on
the program came as a great sur
prise to the seniors and officers,
who had not been informed of
their deaths. It was two funeral
orations as a final tribute to the
outgoing officers and Seniors.
One was a parody of Mark An
thony’s over Caesar, by Carolyn
Wray; Caesar, in this case, be
ing the president, Lucy Glenn
Gill. The other oration was a
more general one and was given
by Margaret Tilghman.
After the program was con
cluded, the new officers were •
unanimously elected:
President, Dorothy Merritt.
Vice President, Martha Vic-
cellio.
Secretai-y-Treasurer, Aleyne
Reich.
Reporter, Inez Poe.
Program Chairman, Margaret
Tilghman.
Sue Hester, Sarah Elizabeth
the Athletic Association. He!Vernon, and Inez Po'fe were on
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Piano, Polonaise, C Minor,"
Chopin, Gaynclle Hinton.
Violin, Adagio Patliotique,
Godard, Eleanor Hunt.
Voice, Death and thj^ Maiden,
Schubert; Contentment, Salter;
Day is Gone, Lang; Mary Lu
cille ]iroughton.
Piano, Rhapsodic, C Major,
Dahnonyi, Elizabeth Byrd.
Glee Club, Moon Marketing,
Weaver; The Night Wind, Far
ley ; Dawn, Curran.
Two pianos, Espana, Cha-
bries, Mary Lee, Lucile Johnson.
Accompanists will be Gaynelle
Hinton and Louise Thomas.
was also vice president of the
college Y. M. C. A., being al
together one of the finest and
most popular students the col
lege has ever graduiited.
Since his graduation from
Wake Forest, Mr. Feezor has
been a student at the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary at
Louisville, Ky.; head of the de
partment of Bible at William
Jewell College; and pastor for
the past five years at the Second
Baptist Church of Liberty, Mo.
Mr. Feezor is well known and
loved at Meredith, where lie con
ducted the annual revival in Feb
ruary. Mrs. Feezor, who was
formerly Young People’s Di
rector in Dr. Truett’s churcli in
Dallas, Texas, was also a guest
of the school at this time, and
is remembered for her inspiring
devotional talks at morning
watch.
the nominating committee. The
program was arranged by Doro
thy Merritt, outgoing program
chairman. ^
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Tw’o romances ran throughout
the play. Beatrice and Benedick
were brought together after Hero
and Claudio were intrigued by
Don John.
Other characters were: Don
Pedro, jslayed by Charlotte
Makepeace; Leonato, Mary Eliz
abeth Elam; Antonio, Ruth
S a m pie; Balthazar, Lucile
Broughton; Borachio, Elizabeth
Stevens; Conrade, Pauline Ca
gle ; Friar Francis, Norma
Smith; Sexton, Pearl Williiams;
Margaret, Lillian Aldridge; Ur
sula, Rosalee; Seacool, Kathleen
Young.
MEDALS PRESENTED
SATURDAY NIGHT
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head of the English depart
ment. The following girls won
recognition: Dorothy Merritt,
Sarah Elizabeth Vernon, Mary
Henley, Doris Weaver, Carolyn
Wray, Erma Fisher, Margaret
Olmstead, Elberta Foster, Eve
lyn Fowler, Eleanor Lilley, Nan
cye Viccellio, and second Stuart
Weatherspoon and Sarah Eliza
beth Jenkins.
The program was ended by a
recessional of the individual
societies.
Commencement Address Again
to Made by Dr. B. C. Clausen
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Theological Seminary in 1918;
and of Syracuse University
where he received his D.D in
1922. He was ordained as a
Baptist minister in 1917 and was
a Chaplain of the U. S. Navy
from 1917-19 in anti-submarine
service on board the U. S. S.
North Cai’olina. From 1915-18
he was associate pastor of the
Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon,
New York and was pastor of the
First Baptist Chui’ch in Hamil
ton from 1919-1920 when he was
called to Syracuse. He is a
member of the Delta Sigma Rho
and Phi Beta Kappa.
In less than eleven j'ears he
has preached to 1,200,000 peo
ple at his regular services in the
Syracuse Church. He is annually
invited for speeches before stu
dents of Wellesley, Vassar, Cor
nell, Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts
Agricultural, and other colleges.
“Preach It Aagain,” “The
Miracle of Men,”' “The Door
That Has No Key,” “Pen
Portraits of the Twelve,” “Pen
Portraits of the Prophets,” “Pen
Pictures in tlie Upper Room,”,
“Pen Pictures on Calvary,” “Pil-
gram’s Progress in Pageant,”
“The Technique of a Minister,”
and “Tested Programs for Spe
cial Days” arc some of his most
successful books.
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