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Volume XII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, EALEIGH, N. 0., May 27, 1933
Number 11
DR. TURNER TO GIVE MISSIONARY
AND BACCALAUREATE SERMONS
Postor of Greensboro Church
to Moke Addresses Sundoy
For Senior Class
On Sunday morning, May S8,
Dr. John Clyde Turner, pastor
of the First Baptist Churcli in
Gi^ensboro, will deliver the
annual baccalaureate sermon and
on Sunday evening the mission
ary sermon. Dr. Turner is a
graduate of Wake Forest Col
lege, having received his A.B.
and D.D. degrees there. He re
ceived his Th.M. at the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary
in Louisville, Kentucky and was
ordained in 1905. He has been
pastor of the. First Baptist
Church in Newport, Kentucky
and of the Tatnall Square Btip-
tist Church in Macon, Georgia;
in 1910 he became pastor of the
church in Greensboro.
Dr. Turner is a familiar figure
in Baptist circles in North Caro
lina, as he was president of the
Baptist State Covention in 19S8
and is a trustee of Walce Forest
College.
Astro ond Phi Societies
Observe Open House
Botli the Astrotekton and the
Philai'etian Literary Societies
observed an “open house” Satur
day morning. May 27, for the
benefit of the alumnae and the
present students ^ho at that time
enjoyed a social get-together
hour. Dunng the forenoon
many former and present mem
bers called at their respective
Society Halls, and there met and
welcomed old friends and ac
quaintances with whom they
chatted over old times, old
friends, and experiences. This
new type of Society entertain
ment did much in reuniting and
reviving'’ the spirit of each
organization.
Officers and Members
Elected by I. R. C. Clubs
Witli Martha Castlcbury pre
siding, the International Re
lations Club of Meredith College
held its last meeting May 11 to
hear the reports of the Southern
International Relations Confer
ence at Atlanta, April SO-SS
and to elect the officers and
members for next year.
Frank Busbee of State College
and Virginia Garnett who at
tended the Southern Conference
told of the leading speakers and
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Sunday Speaker
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DR. J. CLYDE TURNER
Senior Vesper Service
Held Sundoy Evening
As a prologue to the coming
series of commencement events,
the Seniors, Sunday night, May
31, in a service of rare beauty
and impressiveness presided over
the Vesper Hour. The Seniors
entered in their caps and gowns,
and following the processional a
quartet from the Senior Class
sang “Now The Day Is Over.”
The devotional was M by Melba
Hunt; and after a hymn and
pl-ayer by the audience, Annette
D o n o V a n t, president of the
Senior Class took charge of the
service. In her prefatory re
marks she stated that at that
liour Sunday night the Seniors
could look back on the past and
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Commencement Program
FRIDAY
4:00 p.m.—Senior Art ExhlbIL
SATUBDAT
9:00n.ni.—Soeleties—Op«D House.
10 lOO a.m.—^A1 u m d a e AssoeiaUoii
Meeting.
l:(Wp.in.—Alumnne LoDcbeon for
Seniors at TToman’s Club.
4s00tp.ni—Clase Day Exercises.
$iSO pun.—Step Sln^nr.-
8tl6lMB.^Awardliis Medals.
8180 p.m.—Annaal CoBcert;
SUIWAT
l];00a.in.—BBccalaureate Sermon by
Dr. J, Clyde Turner, Pastor First
Baptist Chareb, Qreeasboro.
4:00 p.mr—General Art Exhibit.
8:00 p.m.—Hlssloaary Sermon by Dr.
Turner.
MOADAT
9lOOB.m.—Meettug of Kappa Nu
Slpna Soclefy.
10:80 ajn«—Commencement Exercises.
Literary Address, Dr. A. IV.
Bearen, Fresident Colgate ■ Bo>
Chester Divinity School, Bo«
Chester, IT. T.
Conferiin? of derrees.
Senior Students in Art
Display Work in Parlors
Friday afternoon, May 26,
from 4:30 to 6:00, the seniors
in art received the faculty and
students and their outside friends
in the college parlors. Those re
ceiving were Edythe Bagby,
Florence Covington, Elizabeth
Knox Hood, and Mary Frances
Snead. The best work which
each of these girls has done dur
ing her four years in art was on
display in the parlors.
Refreshments were served to
the guests who called during the
afternoon by: Louise Whims,
Catherine Thiem, and Irene
Little, who assisted Edythe
Bagby in receiving; Dee Mc-
Eachin, Norma Lee Phelps,
Minnie Parker -Chcsson, Eliza
beth Harris, and Lena Honey
cutt, who assisted Florence Cov
ington ; Harriete Carter, Gay-
nelle Hinton, Mrs. Henry
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COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS TO BE
DELIVERED BY DR. A. W. BEAVEN
Commencement Speaker
DR. A. W. BEAVEN
Class Day Exercises
Held Thi^ Afternoon
**The Past, Tlie Future—Two
Eternities” was the theme of
the annual Class Day program
which was presented this after
noon in the court at 4:00 o’clock
by the senior class. The entire
history of the college, from the
first motion for its founding
made by Thomas Meredith in
1835 to the present, May 27,
1933, was given in pageant form.
The sophomore class began
tlie exercises by carrying the
traditional daisy chain and form
ing an aisle through which the
,seniors marched.
The pageant was begun with
the Prologue and the spirit of
Christian Education, represent-
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Meredith Commencement Speakers Since 1916
During the eighteen years in
which Dr. Brewer has been presi
dent of Meredith College, there
have been fourteen diiferent com
mencement speakers, and seven
teen Vlifferent preachers for the
annual commencement sermons
including tins year’s speakers.
The speakers making the literary
address have come from nine
different states and also the
District of Columbia, with New
York state leading. Tlie minis
ters come from eight different
states, the greater number being
from the southern states.
The commencement speakers
since 1916 are:
1916 — Dr. Henry Louis
Smith, Washington and Lee Uni
versity.
1917 —Dr. Chas. McLean
Andrews, Yale University.
1918-—Dr. Paul Shorey, Uni
versity of Chicago.
1919 — Dr. C. Alphonso
Smith, Annapolis.
1920 — Dr. Edwin Mims,
Vanderbilt University.
1921—Dr. P. P. Claxton,
Washington, D. C.
1922—Dr. Henry Churchill
King, Oberlin College.
1923—Dr. Newell Dwight
Hillis, Brooklyn, N. Y.
1924—^Dr. W. S. Abernethy,
Washington, D. C.
1925—Dr. ’Cornelius Woelf-
kin. New York City,
1926—Dr. Harry Clark, Fur
man University.
1927—Dr. Bernard C. Clau
sen, Syracuse, N. Y.
1928—Dr. A. W. Beaven,
Rochester, N. Y.
1929~Judge W. J. Brogden,
Raleigh.
1930-31-32—Dr. Bernard C.
Clausen, Syracuse, N. Y.
The Baccalaureate Sermons
since 1916 have been delivered
by:
1916—Dr. C. E. Dargan,
Macon, Georgia.
1917—Dr. Henry A. Porter,
Atlanta, Georgia.
1918—Rev. Wm. Warren
Landrum, Louisville, Ky.
1919—Rev. Edwin McNeill
Poteat, Raleigh.
1920—Dr. W. J. McGlothlin,
Greenville, S. C.
1921 — Dr. Jolm Roach
Straton, New York City.
1922—Dr. A. Paul Bagby,
Wake Forest, N. C.
1923—Dr. George W. Mc^
Daniel, Richmond, Virginia.
1924—Dr. John R.. Sampey,
Louisville, Ky,
1925 — Dr. Carter Helm
Jones, Atlanta, Georgia.
1926—Dr. Wm. M. Wines,
Greenwood, S. C.
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Head of Divinity School of
Rochester to Speak Mon
doy Morning
On Monday morning Dr. A.
W. Beaven, president of the
Colgate-Rochester Divinity
School of Rochester, New York,
will deliver the commencement
address. Dr. Beaven, who spoke
here several years ago, is a
graduate of Sliurtleff College,
Alton, Illinois, and of the Ro
chester Theological Seminary.
He was for twenty years pastor
of the Lake Avenue Baptist
Church of Rochester.
Dr. Beaven is widely active in
denominational affairs, having
held the position of president of
the Northern Baptist Convenr
tion for the year 1930-31. He
has been university preacher at
Yale, Cornell, WeUesley, the
University of Chicago, Mount
Holyoke, Williams College, and
elsewhere.
Dr. Beaven is widely in de
mand over the country as a
speaker, and Meredith College is
very fortunate in securing such
an excellent speaker for tlie com
mencement address.
Music Department Will
Give Concert Tonight
Saturday night, May 27, the
annual concert will be given in
the College auditorium at which
time the following interesting
and varied program will be
presented:
Two pianos—Jota, Spanish
Folk Dance, Mary Akers, Mary
Louise Smith. Glee C 1 u b—
Through the Silent Night,
Rachmaninoff. When the Land
was White with Moonlight,
Nevin. Piano—^Ich liebe dich,
Grieg, Pauline Barnes. Violin
—Rondo from Concerto in D
Major, Mozart, Eleanor Hunt.
Piano—The Lark, Glinka Bala-
kereff, Sara Herring. Voice—
Cade la Sera, Mililotte. Si nies
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Twig Contract Goes to
Edwards & Broughton
Edwards & Broughton Print
ing Co., of Raleigh is again the
successful bidder for the Twig
contract, w i c li was settled
Saturday, ISIay 20. This compa
ny is the largest printing house
in North Carolina, and is at
present handling the publica
tions of a large majority of the
North Carolina Colleges, includ
ing Duke University, the Uni
versity of North Carolina, State,
Wake Forest and ^Meredith.