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Volume XII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. 0., NOVEMBER 1,1932
Number 2-a
’34 Words Win Stunt Night Gup
For Junior Class of ' 34 Again
Seniors Take Second Place
With''Before and
After"
By the cooperative efforts o£ one-half
the Junior class of '34 as participants
and the capable direction of the pres
ident, Virginia Garnett, the "original
Juniors” repeated their unusual victory
of last year with a now usual and ac
customed victory by winning the Stunt
Night cup again. The name of the
stunt very appropriately (of course)
was " '34 words.” As usual the pro
grams were dtstritouted in a novel way.
The first scene.was In a newspaper
ofQce in which Howe E3. Hope, Junior,
played by Peg LeGrand, was city editor
and In love with Sophe Memory (Eliza
Briggs), daughter of the editor; N. V.
Memory, Senior, played by Frances
Gray. Howe B. Hope, Jr., wrote a per
sonal ad of ’34 words to Sophe Mem
ory Just before being' fired by N. V.
Memory, Sr., who entered with Lord
Hunt de Crooke (Evelyn Barker), a
character dear to the heart of every
senior! The ad was “run off” by the
printers in the office, supposedly, and
then distributed to the audience as pro
grams in the form of pieces of news
paper with the names of the characters
surrounding the ad. The message con
cealed in the first letter of each of the
34 words was “Great news. Meet me
tonight at roof garden."
The second scene followed in the roof
garden, the best feature of which was
the announcer for station J. C. M. C.,
Winnie Cup, played by Emily Miller.
Jo Arnette was the roof garden soloist
who sang “ '34 Words” with very ef
fective lighting effects. Sophe Memory
and Howe E. Hope, Jr., had a lover’s
quarrel which led up to the third scene
at the Heart ’N Love Repair Shop to
which Sophe Memory went In search
of a cure for heartache. The chorus
in this scene made a special hit. As
they turned their backs one at a time
the following signs were read: “Do
you have H. A.?" “Heart Ache? Try
Heart’s Ease.” "Lovers Cry for It.”
“It Satisfies.” The grand climax came
in the usual startling style of the
juniors as.the hero drove on the stage
in a little Austin, nearly brought down
some of the sccnery instead of the
house, and rode off with the cup al
ready in his pocket, figuratively speak
ing.
Some of the other special features of
the stunt were the old maid, Dixie
Lee Ball who came on a bicycle unlike
Diogenes, but with a lantern, to the
operator of the repair shop only to be
told they did not make new hearts for
people; the reporters in the first scene,
the orchestra at the roof garden, Ruth
McCarney as head waiter, and the
stenographers’ chorus. Lord Hunt de
Crooke was a special success as the
“title" which the editor was seeking
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Athletic President
Pat Abernetky, President of the IToman’s
Athletic Association
Dr. Walter N. Johnson
Speaks at Assembly
Dr. Walter N. Johnson, for
mer Secretary of Missions of the
North Carolina Baptist State
Convention, the author of sev
eral books relating to steward
ship, and professor of steward
ship at Mars Hill College, ad
dressed the student body and
faculty Saturday, October 22,
at assembly, on the subject, Is
the Wot'ld Getting Better or
Worse Constitutionally and
Temperamentally f His scrip
tural text was from Matt. 13:
Let both- ffroio together until
harvest.
Dr. Jolinson stated “The
world is getting better and
worse.” His talk was built up
empirically. He concluded:
“Never were so many organized,
intelligent, good people using
more inventions than ever be
fore, working together on a
world scale as never before, now
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Oak Leaves Staff Working Toward
True Representation of College Life
Under the capable leadersliip
of Margaret Briggs, the Oak
Leaves staff is making great
headway. They are determined
to make this year’s annual the
best and most original one ever
published by Meredith College.
It is to be representative of
every class, from the Seniors to
the Freshmen.
In order to arouse interest
and to make the annual more
original and more representa
tive of college life, the staff is
sponsoring a snap-shot contest.
Everyone is eligible to enter it
and any snapshot, whether ri
diculous or serious, will be con
sidered. The contest will end
December 1 and the winner will
receive a free copy of the an
nual.
It is hoped that many stu
dents will enter this contest.
Even if one does not win first
prize, she will have tlie fun of
taking the pictures.
Somehody^s photograpli will
be chosen to decorate tlie snap
shot page of the annual.
Dunbar and Daniel are the
annual photographers this year.
Professor Spelman
Gives First Recital
First of Series of Faculty
Recitals Attended by
Large Crowd
Monday evening, October 17,
an organ recital of unusual va
riety and beauty was presented
ill the college auditorium by
Leslie P. Spelman, head of the
music department. Throughout
the recital Prof. Spelman ex
hibited a masterfulness of his
instrument which, along with
his excellent interpi-etation, en
abled him to convey the mood or
paint the picture of each com
position rendered to the large
and appreciative audience
which heard him.
The first part of the program
consisted almost entirely of
compositions of a religious
character. The numbers includ
ed in this group were: “Sketch
in C Major,” by Schumann;
“Two Chorale Preludes,” by
Bacli, which were especially
lovely because of their simple
dignity and devotional earnest
ness ; “Sanctus,” by Gounod,
one of the comijoser’s most fa
mous and expressive works;
and an “Air” by Hanclel, de
lightful in its simplicity and
beauty of theme. •
In contrast to the first part
of the program, the last group
was made up of compositions by
modern composers. Mountain
Sketches, including “Jagged
Peaks in the Starlight” and
“Canyon Walls,” were two beau
tiful numbers by Clokey, one of
America’s o\vn present day com-
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Seniors Entertain
for New Students
The Senior class entertained
the Freshmen and and new girls
at a Wiener roast Thursday
evening, O(rtober 20 at 9:4o
o’clock in the grove.
Pat Abernethy as ilistress of
cereiuonies led the group around
the camp fire in many well
known camp songs and rounds
tlie niost popular of which was
the absurdly hilariously funny
story about the King (gr-r-r),
the beautiful Princess, (ali-l»-h),
the handsome Prince Charming
(ah-h-h), the fat ugly Princess,
(ka-plunk) and the tiery steed
(cliickity-lack).
Refreshments which consists
of wieners, soda pop, and pea-
n\its were served after the sing
ing. The closing part of the
program was the singing of
“Taps” by the girls gathered
around the camp fire.
Miss Caroline Biggers and
Mias Elva Hartness were among
the faculty present.
New Assistant Dean
Miss Elva Hartness, oj Raleigh, is replac
ing Miss Hesta Kitchin as Assistant Dean
of Women.
N. C. C. P. A. Convention
Held at Wake Forest
Kepresenting Meredith at tlie
annual fall convention of the
North Carolina Collegiate Press
A,ssociation, which was held at
Wake Forest College during tlie
week-end of October 27-29, were
Margaret Briggs and Gwendo
lyn Crowder, editor and busi
ness manager of the Oak Leaves,
and Mae Campbell and Eliza
Briggs, editor and business
manager of the Twig.
After registration in Wingate
Hall Thursday afternoon, the
delegiaites were entertained at
tea. At 6:30 that evening a
weiner roast was given in the
golf cabin, Avhen Dr. H, E. Por
ter, Dr. L. D. Kitchin, Dr. W. L.
Poteat, and Dr. D. B. Bryan
were the speakers
Friday morning Dr. Benja
min Sledd spoke at the general
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B. S. U. Conference
to Meet In Chapel Hill
Many Outstanding Baptist
Leaders to Speak at
Conference
Several liundred young Bap
tist students from colleges all
over North Carolina will be
wending tlieir way to Chapel
Hill Friday for the annual State
l?aptist Student Conference.
This conference will oi>en with
the seven o’clock meeting Fri
day, November 4, and Avill end
Sunday, November G. Miss Kate
Allison, Meredith College, is
president of the state-wide or
ganisation, and Miss Sue Bay,
N. C. C. W., is secretary.
This conference is a student
organization and while practi
cally all the speeches will be by
Baptist college students, a great
number of the speakers will be
prominent adult leaders from
the entire South.
The conference will open Fri
day evening with a song service
led by Mr. Leonidas Smith,
Wake Forest College, and the
pianist will be Miss Marguerite
Warren, Meredith College. Kev.
E. Norfleet Gardner will lead
the devotional services during
the entire conlference. Three
girls from Meredith are appear
ing on the program—Misses
Eleanor and Melba Hunt and
Kate Allison. Miss Lucille
Knight, B. S. U. student secre
tary of Meredith, will also ap
pear on the progi*am. MarB
Hill College students are unit
ing to present a play on Satur
day night.
The two major out of state
siMiakers are Mr. Frank H. Lea-
vell and Dr. Ellis Fuller, At
lanta, Ga. Mr. Ijeavell, who is
Southwide student secretary,
will speak on Sunday morning,
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First of Four Editions of
“ The Acorn’ ’ Distributed Friday
On Friday, October 28, the
first edition of The Acorn, a
literary magazine publislied
quarterly by the Astrotokton
and Philaretian Literary So
cieties of Meredith College, was
distributed among the Meredith
studciuts. One of the special
features of this edition of The
Acorn was Mary Henley’s essay
which won the Carter-TTpchurcli
medal for the Astrotekton Liter
ary Society last year.
7'hc Acorn contains such ma
terial as informal essays, short
stories, bonk reviews, poems.
dramas, and quotations. Every
class in the school is represented
in The Acorn.
Although a literary standard
must be maintained, contribu
tions from everyone are
welcomed. It does not neces
sarily take a genius to write and
the editor is hoping to get a
di-ama for the next edition. A
padlocked box is going to be
placed near the rotunda for con
tributions.
The staff is as follows: Lula
Belle Highsmith, Editor; Nancy
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