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Volume XIII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FEBRUARY 17, 1934
Number 10
COLLEGE GLEE CLUB
TO GIVE CONCERT
HERE IN MARCH
Miss Ethel Rowland Will Direct
Annual Concert of Meredith
Glee Club
j To Appear Here |
The Meredith College Glee Club,
compoaecl of eighleen menibors, will
give Its annual concert In the cnilege
auditorium on Marcli 2. The Glee Club,
under the direction of Miss iSthel How
land, has been preparing for this con
cert since fall and an interesting pro
gram has been arranged. The soloists'
this year wili be Josephine Arnctte,
who will sing a group of throe songs,
and Elizabeth Lee, who will play a
composition of RachinanlnolT.
The progl’am will open with an old
English song, "Passing By" wliich will
be followed by two other English Folk
Songs. An arrangement of a portion
of "Finlandia" by Sibelius called [
“Dear Land of Home” will be thei
opening niimber of the second group
which also contains two Russian songs.
The last group is more modern in
charactflv, opening with "Valley of
Dream.” The conoluding number will
be Lily Strickland's ‘ My Lover Is a
Fisherman."
A complete program for the concert
follows:
Passing Hy, May Day Carol
(Please turn to page two)
LENA HONEYCUTT
GIVES RECITAL
FRIDAY EVENING
To Play at U. N. C
Miss Crawford Presents Senior Piano
Student in Interesting
Progrom
Pebnanda Doria
FERNANDA DORIA TO
GIVE RECITAL HERE
Noted Star Will Appear at Meredith
on February 27
HONOR ROLLS SHOW
GAIN OVER LAST YEAR
Fifty-five Girls Make First Honor Roll
and 27 Girls Make Second
A total of 82 Meredith girls or a
little over eighteen per cent of the stu-
ilentR attained the honor rolls for the
fall aeinester of 1933-34. There were
on the first honor roll, and 27 on
the second.
This record compares favorably with
the record of last year. For tiie fall
semester of 1932-38 over fifteen per
cent of the students were on the honor
rolls,
The only girls who averaged straight
A were Meredith Johnson, of the Jun
ior Class, and Isabel Morgan and
Nancye Viceellio, of the Senior Glass.
The Seniors and Juniors had the
most students on the honor rolls, num
bering 26 and 23, respectively. There
were 14 Sophomores, IS Freshmen,
(Please turn to page two;
Doris Doria, well known singer,
will give a recital, Tuesday evening,
February 27, at 8:15 in the college
auditorium.
MIrs Doria has had a successful
career in grand opera. She has sung
with the Chicago Civic, San Francisco,
r’hiladelphla Civic, San Carlo, and
Scotti Opera compauiea. In Italy,
vi'here she resided for four years, she
was heard in many of the famous
municipal opera houses.
While Miss Doria is perhaps best
known for her operatic successes, she
has also won international distinction
as a recitalist. She has concertized
extensively in the United States, Eng
land, and France. Radio ongagonicnts
havo also increased her popularity.
Miss Doria's repertoire Includes
many songs of great beauty which are
seldom heard. She has specialized in
little known folk music, and her
explanatory comments liave made these
programs unique.
The press has made favorable com
ments about her, one being: “Miss
Doria possesses a Mezzo-soprano of
notably f^no texture and she employs
her vocal resources with no small de
gree of artistry,”—Cleveland.
On Friday evening, February 16, at
eight-thirty o’clock, Lena Honeycutt
delighted her audience with her mu
sicianship when she was presented in
her piano graduating recital by Miss
May Crawford.
The program was as follows:
Sonata—A Major Mozart
Theme and Variations
Minuetto and Trio
Alla turca
Warum? (Why?) ScJuman
Grillen (Whims)
Impromptu, Op. ao, N*o. 4 Schttiej-f
Waltz, Op, 69, No, 1 Chopin
Polonaise, Op. 40, No. 2... Chopin
The Malden's Wish Chnpin-Liszt
Presto from Concerto in G minor
M endelsHOhn
The touch of the young performer
was well suited to the characteristic
delicacy of Mozart's muaic. The beauty
and elegance of his moloilies woro
found in the Sonata first movement
and his ioyousness in the Alla turca.
The second group was interpreted
with understanding of the Romantic
period and sympathy with the compos
ers, particularly the Schuman OrlUen
with its varying inoocls.
The Chopin group, poetic and color
ful, always demands nuich from the
Ijerformer. These numbers were played
with ease and grace.
The brilliant Presto fj-ovi Concerto
in G minor, Mendelssohn, was a fltting
concluding number, Miss Crawford
played the orchestral accompaniment
on the second piano.
POLISH
TO
SKROEI RACnMANlKOI’T
RACHMANINOFF TO
GIVE CONCERT FEB. 21
Fomous Pionist-Composer to Ploy at
Chapel Hill
PIANIST
APPEAR IN
CONCERT HERE
Franciszek Zochora Will Give
gram on Monday Evening
Februory 19
Pro-
MANUSCRIPT OF CHARLES DICKENS
RECENTLY SOLD TO LONDON PAPER
In an article sent from London by
the United Press. February 7, it was
announced that a heretofore unpub
lished manuscript from the pen of
Charles Dickens has at last found its
way tu the press, 64 years after his
death. The time yellowed pages writ
ten in the author's own handwriting
are "The Life of Our Lord.” written
for the six young Dickenses. Through-
(Hit the years the manuscript has re
mained the only one o£ Dickens's
works which the public has never
seen.
However, on February 7, a few weeks
after tho death of Sir Heury Fielding
Dickens, the last of Dickens’ children,
announcement was made that this
work of 14,000 words, which the
author wrote for six small children
instead of his countless thousands of
readers, had been sold for the stag
gering price of 15 dollars per word.
This price paid by the London Daily
Mail bought only the privilege of
publication, however, and what the
actual manuscript itself will no doubt
bring when sold to a MIdas-llke col
lector or a museum, no one can guess,
'‘The L-Ife of Our Lord" was In
spired by Dickens’s children who used
to ask him many eager (luestlons on
religion. Into it he wrote his own
affirmation o’f faith In the Scriptures
and the message which, as a father, he
wished to impart to the six little loved
ones. He wrote it In simple words
and phrases so that even Alfred, the
youngest, might understand.—Raleiffh
News awrt Observer onrt Raleic/h Times.
Better English Week to be
Observed February 19-24
February l[f-24 has been designated
by the State Federation of Women’s
Clubs as Hotter English Week In North
Carolina. Miss Alice Laidlaw of Ra
leigh, chairman, has expressed the ob
ject of Better English Week as a time
when the Iniporlance of expressing
one’s thoughts In accurate, forceful,
and dignified English should bo
slresBod. “It is a period set apart,"
she says, “for cheeking up on incor-
reet and slovenly usage, wrong ex
pressions, worn-out words and phrases,
and for forming correct spoech habits."
In her recommendations to chib wo
men Miss Laidlaw advises niakiug the
observation of Better Speech Week
both comniunify-wide and State-wide.
She recommends enlisting the co
operation of the schools, the Parent-
Teacher Associations, and social clubs,
the press and the radios.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, celebrated Rus
sian planlst-composer will appear in
Chapel Hill Wednesday evening Feb
ruary 21, for a recital in Memorial
hall.
Ilachmaninoff’s appearance in Chapel
Hill, which will be the only one he
will make in North Carolina this year,
will be under the auspices of the uni
versity chapter of Phi Mu Alpha, na
tional music fraternity, and the pro
ceeds will go toward creating scholar
ships for students in music.
Rachmaninoff estimates that his 24-
year musical career has been divided
into three periods of eight yoare each;
namely, of composing, of concert Avork
and of conducting.
He says he is a person who can do
hut one thing at a time and must
concentrate on the business at hand
to such a degree that it does not scorn
to allow him to take up anything else.
"When I am concertlzing, I cannot
composc. When I feel like writing
music, I have to concentrate on that—
I cannot touch the piano. Whon I am
conducting, I can neither compose nor
play concerts,” he says:
About forty Meredith girls are plan
ning to attend the concert at Chapel
Hill.
On Monday evening, February 19,
at S:30, Franclazek Zacbara, Polish
pianist, will give a piano rccital In
the college auditorium. At present Mr.
Zachara is bead of the piano depart
ment of Brenau College, Gainesville,
Ga. He is famous as a Chopin player,
and recently played all the Chopin
Etudes, in a series of broadcasts from
Atlanta, Ga.
Mr, Zachara will give the following
program at Meredith:
1. Chromatic: Fantasy and Fugue
(I) Minor)—Bach.
2. Sonata Appassionato, Opus 57—
liecthoven.
Allegro Assai.
Andante con moto.
Allegro Ma Non Troppo.
Presto.
3. Impromtu (G Flat)—Chopin.
4. Nocturne (for left hand alone) —
Poenie—So'SaftiJi.
5. Menuet (In classic style)—
Xuchara.
Gavotte In C Major—Zachara.
6. Sonnetta del Petrarca—Iji.szt.
7. Mephisto Waltz—Liszt.
THIRTY GIRLS MAKE PLANS
FOR SUPERVISED TEACHING
Meredith Students Will Do Obser
vation and Teaching in City
Schools
After the registration of the seniors
who are doing supervised teaching, it
has been found that there are thirty
girls in all, sixteen In secondary
Bcliools, eight dolug primary work,
four in grammar grade work, and two
in public school music.
They are as follows: high school—
Adelaide Lockhart, Louise Hocutt, Jean
Simpson, Kathleen Gilleland, Ruth
Robertson, Beatrice Cotner, Mary
BlizabeMi Van Landingham, Sallle
Mltchiner, Betsy Hocutt, Mary Creath,
Evelyn Barker, Virginia Mann, Grace
Lawreneo, Louise Turlington, Marlon
Vinson, Margaret Tilgbman; primary
gi'adea—Mildred Perry, Margaret
Hester, Catherine Farris, Kathleen
Ammons, Jewell Ballcntino, Catherine
Hayes. Katherine Hicks, Annie Vee
Powell: grammar grades—Mildred
DeWeaae. Jessica Creech, Claire
Hentball. Kllzabeth Coppedge; public
school music—Elizabeth Poplin and
Luna Jackson.
College Calendar
February 17—Lela Memory McMillan
and Maudo Bent Dozier B. Y. P. U.
parties with their brother unions of
Wake Forest, the Matthew Yates B. Y.
P. U, and the Lucille Knight B. Y,
P. U. respectively.
February 19, 8:80—Mr. Zachara’s
piano recital,
February 20, 6:30—Sunday School
Band Ofncere Council.
February 22, C:30—B. S, U. Book
shower,
February 23, 5:00—League of Women
Voters meeting. 0;45—Colton English
Club meeting.
February 27, 6:00—Home Economics
Club meeting. 8:16 Miss Doria's voice
recital.
FIFTEEN BOOKS BY NEGRO AUTHORS
TO BE USED IN LIBRARY TWO WEEKS
A kit of fifteen books by Negro au
thors la being circulated by the North
Carolina University library among the
libraries of several North Carolina col
leges. This kit arrived at Meredith on
WedneBday, February 14, and will re
main here for only two weeks. The
itinerary Includes: East Carolina
Teachers' College, Greenville; Atlantic
Christian College, Wilson; St. Mary’s
School, Raleigh; Meredith College, Ra
leigh: ISlon College, Elon; Guilford
College, Guilford: High Point College,
High Point; Queens College, Charlotte;
Ashevlllo Normal School, Asheville;
und- Mars Hill College, Mars Hill.
The lU’ieen books in this kit are as
follows:
B)-awley: The Negro in Literature
and Art. Brawley: Doctor Dillard of
the Jeanes Fund. Daniel: Women
Builders. Cullen: Carolina Dusk, An
Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets.
Du Bois: The Negro. Dunbar: Com
plete Poems. Gveone and Woodson:
The Negro Wage Earner. Hughes: Not
Without Laughter (Novel). Johnson,
Chas. S.: The Negro In American
Civilization. Johnson, James W.: The
Book of American Negro Poetry.
Locke; The New Nogro. Moton: "What
tho Negro Thinks. Washington: Up
From Slavery. Woodson: The Negro
in Our History. Work: The Negro
Year Book, 1931-32.