BARRIE
PLAY
DECEMBER 9
THE TWIG
BRAHMS
RECITAL
NOVEMBER 28
Vohime XIII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C„ NOVEMBER 18, 1933
Number 5
Meredith Professor Addresses
Student Body Armistice Day
Prof. S. G. Riley Challenges Meredith
Students to Renew Efforts
for World Peace
Oh Saturday morning, November 11,
ProfeBBor Riley, head of the history
department, delivered an address in
chapel in connection with the Armle-
tice Day celebration. Excerpta of the
speech are given below.
“This day fifteen years ago probably
brought more happiness to more people
than any other day in the history of
the human race: at five o'clock {Lon
don time) in the morning of that day
the Armistice bail been signed and at
eleven o'clock hostilities ceased
wherever they were still going on; the
World War was over! To both victors
and vanquished it was a day never to
be forgotten; the War was over and
Peace had come!
“Since war has become a conflict be*
tween nations, the decisive (actor has
been the to tear. Victory has gone
to those who have longest resisted
the iciH-to-peace.- So It was with the
Germans in 1918: their counti-y was
not destroyed, but their vAll-to-war had
been underiulned by the subtle sug
gestion of the blessings of peace con
tained in President Wilson's famous
and effective FOURTEEN POINTS
address. They capitulated. peacc
mo.v more i)revious than Victory to the
Oerman people. And the Armistice
hrnught them pence! Was their deci
sion a mistake? By way o£ answer,
let us look at our own estiniato of war
—of that war.
"Since the secession nC our thirteen
states from the British Empire, the
United States had engaged in Tivo wars
up to 1917. Those five wars had given
na, or had been an important factor
In giving ua, eleven oil our presidents.
Since 191S we have held four pres
idential elections. In that time no
major party has ovon ao much as
nominated as Its candidate a world war
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Addresses Students
Pnop. S. G. Rii-ry
Dr. Price ond Mrs. Sorrel to be
Officers of N. C. Teochers
At the Raleigh meeting of the North
Central District of North Carolina
Teachers, November 3 and 4, Dr. Helen
Price, Head o£ the Latin ami Greek
department here was elected as pres
ident of the Ivffltin group for next year.
At the same meeting, Mrs. Gertrude
Royster Sorrell, Hoad oi* the Physical
Kducation department here was elected
vice president o£ the North Central
District oC the North Carolina Physical
lOducation Association.
Home Demonstration Agents
Entertoined ot Meredith
Kirby Page Speaker for
Student Volunteer Union
"Will Hitlerism Lead to Another
War?” was the topic diacusBed Satur
day night, November 11, In the Pullen
Memorial Baptist Church, by Kirby
Page, a noted internationalist and edi-
tru* nf 'Tho World '.Varlaij.
Mr. Page said tliat “with the inter
national outlook darker than at any
time since the World War, the most
consistent way to be loyal to the men
who gave tiielr lives in the great war
is to forward their endeavor ‘To lilnd
War.’"
He suggested .six clmngen wliiflh
would aid In preventing war: Abandon
“Mad-Dog Theory," abandon ayatem
ot imperialism, cancel war debts, ef
fect disarmament, foster world-wide
peace organizations, and build up a
•'War Resistance Group.”
“Give Germany a sense of ‘fair play'
in dealing with bor to I'oster peace."
He declared that tho miracle ot the
present situation was that the Ger
mans had endured the imposition
forced uikhi them tliis long.
On Snnrtny, Mr. Page mado three
tallts, the llrst at Pullen Memorial
Church; the second at Shaw Universi
ty and the third at Chapel Hill.
During the week of November G-10
the Home Economics students acted as
hostesses to about 48 Homo Demonstra
tion agents whoi met in Raleigii from
nil sections of the state to attend their
annual convention. Each night tho
Home Economics Club girls presonted
their guests with novelty favors In the
form of apple men, oranges, candy,
and tangerine flowers. Miss Brewer,
on Thursday night, entertained the
agents at an after-dinner coffee, aud
the Home EconomicB girls assisted In
serving. At the close of the week $10
was presented tho Home Economics
Club by the agents.
Ethel Russel Is Winner
in Ticket Selling Contest
The freshmen had the opiJortunity
of selling tickets to tlieir piny, “Sproad-
Ing tho News,’’ which was prsbentetl
Saturday night, with a Tree ticket given
for every ten sold aud a pvizo offered
to the person selling the most.
About ton freshmen participated lu
the sale. Ethel Hussell sold the great
est number of tickets, thirty-four, and
was presented with a small volume
ot “Alice In Wonderland" and three
free passes.
Mory Lois Parker Is
Elected May Queen
At a meeting of the student liody
in Chapel, Wednesday, Novomber 1(3,
the final votes were caat for May
Queen. Mary Lois Parker a senior,
from Woodland, N. 0. was elected.
Gwendolyn Crowder ot Raleigh and
Amorette Byrd of Hamlot, were the
othor nominees.
College Calendar
>'«v, 20.2.'J—s. S.-B. Y. P. II. Sfndy
Cnirscs.
.VoT. 21—Home J-k'nimmlos Club
iiiecthii; from » until 0 o’clock.
>'«v. 2«—Ciirollna Oleo CInb iit 8:15
(SpoiiMired by Junior Clas^i)
(This Is H tvntntlve dnte).
\«v. 28—Bnilims K*cltnl.
Iiec. 1—Classical Club iiieetln^? at
4t!t0.
BARRIE PLAY WILL BE
GIVEN DECEMBER 9
The Little Theater of Meredith Col
lege will present “The Old Lady Shows
Her Medals” ou December 8 as its
major fall production. This play by
Sir James M. Barrie is probably the
most amusing and touching play in
spired by the War and is presented in
a very dellglitfnl way. The play ia
being directed by Dr. Florence Hoag-
land and Dr. Mary Lynch Johnson
with the help of several members of
The Little Theater.
'I'he play is about an old Scotch
charwoman who invents a sou and finds
to Iier surprise that a fine upstanding
soldier adopts her as a mother.
Tlie cast which was solectod is as
follows:
Mrs. Dowey .Catherine Farris
Kenneth Dowey Margaret Ki'amer
Mrs. Twynilcy Katie Sams
Mrs. Mickleham ...Susan Emma Sloan
Mrs. Haggerty Dixie Leo Bale
Mr, Wlllinga Catherine Martlji
Colton English Club Hears
Dr. Allan H. Gilbert of Duke
Friday evoiung, November 10, the
Colton Engliah Club had as its guest
speaker Dr, Allan H, Gilbert, head of
the JOngllbli departniont of Dnke Uni-
verHity. Dr, fiilbert’a subject was “The
Lil'o of Teaching,” Ho said, "reach
ing must be oliaractorized by a forward
looking vision, and tho toacher raual
possess enough personal magnetism to
enublu his pvipils to catch his en-
tliusiasin and see the power and pos-
KlbilitieB of the sul)jcct,"
Several great teachers of piiwt ages
wei'o mentioned by Dr, Ullbert, He
said that tlie cibjectivea and goals of
tlieir teac;hing ahowed that alter all
tliey worp perbsonalitles who loved their
fellownien, who had developed by
practice a sure knowledge of their aub-
jfictK, who were most Iniiuential over
Iheir students, and who, by example,
tJinght their pupils that “what you are
bpeaks HO loudly I cannot hoar wlint
you say." These Qualillos, Dr. Gilbert
pointed out, are applicable to teachcrs
In schools and uolleges as well as to
those in nniversltiOB and griLduate
Huhools.
Dorothy Hodgins Elected
Permanent President
On Wednesday evening, November
Gth, Dorothy Hodgins was permanent
ly elected president of the Freshman
t;luss.
It is the custom of the junloi's to
select tho freshman president, and for
her to serve for bIx woaka. Then a
meeting is called and the freshmen
make their decision.
Meredith President
Dn. ClIAKLES E. BlUiWEIl
Dr. Charles E. Brewer Speaks
At Tomb of Unknown Soldier
-o
George Fuller Presents
Violin Lecture Recita)
One of the most enjoyable programs
that the Meredith faculty and stu
dents have heard this year was a
violin lecture recilal which was pre
sented Tuesday evening. November 14,
In the college auditorium, by George
Fuller, a negro violinist of Raleigh.
Puller is a graduate of the Indian-
apoli.s Violin School where he was a
pnpil of Ferdinand Schaefer. He has
made a .special study of the negro
music and its interpretation, and his
program included lllustraUons of each
of the three types of tlie music of his
race, namely; spirituals, blues, and
syncopation.
The following program was pre
sented :
I. “National Negro .\nthem"—
Johnson.
II. SpirituaJs in the Raw. (1) “A
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Fifteenth Anniversary of
Book Week Observed
Hook Week was observed lliis year
from November 13 to 19. Hook Week
is the oldest of tlio “Weeks," this year
umrklng its iifteenth anniversary,
Hook Week was originated in 191E)
by the American Library Association,
the Boy Scouts of America, and Asso
ciated Pnbllsliers, Franklin l\. Mat-
thiews, chief libriirinn of the Bny
Scouts, iiitc'resCed libraries in the idea
oi' setting aside a week in which li-
l)rariea should stress especially books
for boy.s, and thus the “Boys’ Book
Week” waB started. This later de
veloped into “Children’s Book Week,”
and then into “Hook Week” which in
cludes everybody.
Not only do libraries observe this
week, but woman's clubs, schools, civic
organizations, arid vvliole ctmimnnlties
are Interested in it.
Each yeni’ a new theme is empha
sized. This year tho theme was "Grow
Up >Vith Hooks.”
Mrs. Mary Lainberlon Becker aays:
“’nils theme has a special significanGo,
In view of tho vast social and eco-
noniic forces which are now molding
fi new era. The boys and girls of today
are growing up into a world whoro
they will have more leisure time than
any previous generation has had, lei
sure which can be ImmeaBurhbly en
riched by the reading habit."
Meredith President Speaks on Duty
of Those Who Follow Wor Heroes
In Completing Their Work
Sunday morning, November 13, Dr.
Brewer spoke at the grave of the Un
known Soldier in Arlington Cemetery,
WaBhlngton, D. C. This service was
held under the auspices of the Junior
Order of United American Mechanics,
of which Dr, Brewer was National
Councillor for the term 1931-1933.
Parts of hlB speech are given below.
“There are hallowed places that lead
us to meditation and to rededication
of life to worthy causes.
“The grave of the Unknown Soldier
is such a shrine.
“This grave enshrouds the body of
a soldier who willingly gave his life
for hie country. He died that others
might live. In dying he lives in those
who are alive because of his sacrfftce.
An unknown Soldier? Unknown only
in name. He is known with deepest
affection through his deeds, he is
known wherever there are those who
love true heroism, wherever there is
a spark of patriotism capable of he-
coming a steady glow in the heart.
Now that we are here before the
shrine it is a welcome opportunity for
meditation. Who of us can ever for
get the activities in the spring oC
1917? Think of the thrill in our own
country over the record our boys made
in actual combat, the steady and ever
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Faculty Members Present
Benefit Concert Nov. 10
Friday, November 10, Miss Charlotte
Armstrong, violiulBt, accompanied hy
Miss Aileen McMillan, pianist, present
ed a benefit concert at the Carolina
Hotel. The program, consisting of
numbers representative of different
composers and various types of com
positions, included:
E\i Bateau Debussy
CauzovcUa d’Ambrasio
5v«7ims-ifocft«tei»
Cavlo Amoro.io Siimmarlini-Ehnan
Tho proceeds of this concert Avers
given to St, Luke's Home of Raleigh.
Study Courses to be
Conducted Nov. 20-25
During the week of November 20-25
study courses will be given in Sunday
School and B. Y. P. U. work. The
Sunday School classes begin Monday
and will be taught fronj five to six
p.m. and from six-forty-five to seven
thirty p.m. daily. The two classes
in Sunday School work are: •‘Young
I’oople’R Department,” taught by Mrs.
John Lane, of Charlotte, N. C., and
“Building a Standard Sunday School,"
taught by Mr. Perry Morgan, State
Secretary of the S. S. Board of the
Southorn Baptist Convention.
During chapel period beginning
Tuesday, B. Y. P. U. study courses
will be given. These classes will run
through Saturday.
The courses together with their
teachers are:
“Wisdom In Soul Winning,’’ Rev.
Forrest C. Feezor, Tabernacle Church;
“Our Doctrines.” Dr. Carl Townsend,
llayea-Barton Chui'ch; “Senior Ad
ministration,” Miss Mabel Starnes.
Conference groups during the week
are being arranged with the teachers.