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APRIL 3
Volume XIII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., MARCH 24, 1034
GREEK TRAGEDY TO BE
PRESENTED SOON BY
LITTLE THEATRE
Dr. Florence Hoaglond and Dr. Helen
Price to Direct Iphigenio
in Touris
ELIZABETH LEE ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF B. S. U.
FOR COMING YEAR
South Corolino Girl to Head Baptist
Student Union Next School
Year
Euripides’ tragedy, Iphigenia in
TauriH has been choaen as the socond
and last major production of the Little
Theatfe for this year. This Greek
tragedy will be presented in the court
late In April or early ia May. The Lit
tle Theatre will be aided in the pre-
seutatlun by the Classical Club, the
Music Department, and the Art Depart*
ment. The play will bo under the di
rection of Dr. Florence Hoagland and
Dr. Helen Price.
This play is not a tragedy In the
modern sense of the word. It is rather
a romantic play, opening in a tragic
atmosphere, iitoviug through perils and
escapes to a happy end. It is adapted
from an old Greek legend which re
counts how when Agamemnon was sail
ing against Troy he was bound by
weather ut Aulis. The medicine man
demanded that he sacrifice bis daugh
ter. Iphigeiiia, who was then at home
with her mother. Supposedly the girl
was sacrificed but In reality the god-
desH Artemis rescued her and carried
her to the land of the Taurl to be her
priestess. The Tauri had a savage rit
ual in connection with the worship of
Artemis which demanded that all
strangers coming to that land be sacri
ficed to the goddess. It fell to the lot
of Iphigenia to consecrate the victims
as they entered to be slain and she
waited with revenge in her heart for
the coming of a Greek to the land.
The first Greeks to arrive wore her
brother, Orestes, who had been sent by
Apollo to take the image of Artemis
from the land, and his friend Pylades.
Iphigenia failed to recognize her
brother, who was a mere child when
she left home, and offered to one of the
two escape from death on the condition
that he take a letter home to her people.
Orestos refused to take the letter, but
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STUDENT JOURNALISTS
TO HOLD CONFERENCE
IN GENEVA IN JULY
Clarence Steit is Chairman; Other
Journalists Will Address
Students
DR. H. M. POTEAT TO GIVE LECTURE
OF KAPPA NU SIGMA SOCIETY
Will Speak Here
El.DtAIIICTK LkK
Last week, Elizabeth Lee of Flor
ence, South Carolina, was elected by
the student body as president of the
Baptist Student Union for the year
1934-35. She is now president of the
junior class, vice president of Fair-
cloth Dormitory and member of the
Student Ouvernnieiil Couiicil, a mem
ber of the Glee Club, the College Choir,
and the Little Theatre. Her sopho
more year Elizabeth was treasurer of
the Philaretian Literary Society, and a
member oi! the Acorn staff. Her first
year, she took a major part in the fresh
man play. She is a piano major, and
will be presented In a recital next year.
Dr. Thomas Dixon Gives
Address in Raleigh
Dr. Tiiomas Dixon, noted author and
orator, delivered a lecture in the
Memorial Auditorium of Raleigh, March
19, which was enthusiastically received
by all who heard him. As a representa
tive of the National Recovery AsBOCia-
tion. Dr. Dlxon spoke on the subject
"This Counti-y of Ours." Ho appealed,
as he has done in a number of Ameri
can cities, to the patriotism of hia
listeners, asking them to support the
program Initiated by President Roose
velt and to keep their faith in the
future of the country.
A lawyer, a preacher, a statesman, an
author and a playwright. Dr. Dlxon
baa led an eventful and intensely in-
tercBtlng life. He Is a native of Shelby,
N. C., and was educated at Wake For
est College, Greensboro Law School,
and Johns Hopkins. When only twenty-
one he served In the North Carolina
Legislature, but resigned to becomo a
Baptist minister. He has held pas
torates In Raleigh, Boston, and New
York. A few of the hooka ho has writ
ten are: “The Leopard’s Spots,” ‘‘The
Traitor," "A Man of the People” (a
play), and “The Clansman." Because
of bis varied experiences Dr. Dixon
seema particularly capable to Interpret
the program of the National Recovery
Asaociation to America.
Hospitality Week-end
Will Be April 7-8
Every year Meredith has what is
called Hospitality Week-end. Each
girl may have a prospective Meredith
student as a guest, so that she may
see a little of the college life here.
This year it will be held April 7-8.
There will be a full program for the
entertainment of the guests. A special
chapel meeting, a sight-seeing trip, a
basketball game, a program by the
Glee Club and a reception are some of
the things the girls will enjoy. On Sun
day morning the girls may go to
church; in the afternoon quiet hour
will be observed.
The main idea of this program Is to
show the prospective students some
thing of the life of the girls at Mere
dith nnd to interest them in the school.
Dr. Helen Price to Speak
At Queens-Chicora
New York. N. Y. (NSFA).—An
nouncement has juBt been made by
International Student Service of a con
ference of student iournalists, to take
place from July 11 to 21 In Geneva,
Switzerland. Clarence Strelt, Geneva
correspondent of the New York Time's,
will ocL as chairman, The conference
will hear prominent journalists on
such subjects as: “The Press and the
League of Nations," “The Sending of
False News,” "The Great Proas Agen
cies,” “The Informatory Press and the
Opinionated Press.”
The students of jonrnalism who take
part in the tour will spend approximate
ly six weeks in Europe visiting Paris,
Geneva, Vienna, Prague, Berlin, Brus
sels, and London, to meet with out
standing journalists in those cities. By
visiting newspaper offices, they will
be Klven a uniijue opportunity to
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Meredith Is Hostess
To College Deans
The annual meeting of the State As
sociation of Deans of Women of North
Carolina was held in Raleigh March
22 and March 23, in connection Avlth
the general North Carolina Education
Association.
The general theme which was car
ried out in the program was based upon
Uie present crisis and its influence on
the various phases of student activities.
The principal topics discussed were:
“Effect of the Present Economic and
Educational Crises "Upon the Position of
Dean of Women in North Carolina,"
Miss Fannie Starr Mitchell and Miss
Flora Marie Meredith; “Importance of
Vocational and Educational Guidance
in the Present Crisis," Miss Grace
Lawrence and Dr. Frances Bradshaw;
"Standards and Ideals Maintained by
the Women’s Colleges of North Carolina
in the Face of the Social Changes
That Are Occurring," Miss Grace Law
rence and Miss Mamie L. Jamison;
and “The Problems and Respcnsibility
of the College In the Matter of Provid
ing a Wholesome Social Environment,’’
Miss Mary Grace Wilson.
The following were among those
present for the deans’ meeting; Misses
Augusta Lantz, Catawba College; Eu
nice McDowell, Chowan College; Mar
garet Alleman, Lenoir- Rhyne; Ella
Pierce, Mars Hill College; Grace Law
rence, Salem College; Catherine Rig-
gan, Salem College; Caroline Biggere,
Meredith Collage; Mrs. George W.
Diehl, Elon College; Mrs. Ernestine C.
Milner, Guilford College: and the dean
of Wingate College.
Honor Society to Hold Annual Lecture
and Reception Monday,
March 26
Dll, HUDBRT PO’fEAT
Dr, Helen Price is to be guest speaker
at Queens-Chicora College, Charlotte,
Tueaday, March 27. The Classical
Club of this institution has Invited her
to lecture for them at their March
meeting. "Wit and Humor in Latin
Literature” is to bo the subject of the
talk which Dr. Price is to present at
this time.
Norfolk Company To
Give Opera in Roleigh
On Tuesday evening, April 10, the
Metropoli Grand Opera Company of
Norfolk, 100 members, will appear at
the Haleigh Memorial Auditorium in a
presentation of Verdi’s "11 Trovatore."
This is a rare opportunity for all music
lovers, sincc opera Is so seldom given
in this section of the country. “II
Trovatore,” with its beautiful music,
interesting libretto, colorful costumes,
and appropriate scenery, Is one of the
most popular of all the operas.
The company which will appear in
Raleigh will include solo artists of wide
experience in operatic roles, a large
chorus, an orchestra of 2T> musicians,
and a ballet of 20 dancers. Among the
soloists who will appear In the leading
roles are Elizabeth Hoeppel, soprano of
the Chicago Opera Company; Myron
Duncan, tenor of the Chicago Opera
Company; Roslta Fordieri, contralto of
the Colon Theatre, Buenos Aires, Ar
gentina; and Guido Guldis, basso of the
Metropolitan Opera Company.
Antonio Rossitto la impresario of
the company, and Gabriele Simone Is
conductor of the orchestra.
On Monday evening, March 26, at 8:30
o’clock, the Kappa Nu Sigma honor
society will hold its annual lecture In
the college auditorium. Dr. Hubert
McNeill Poteat will deliver the address,
on “Education and Leisure."
There will be a formal dinner before
the lecture at the Old Rose Inn. Alum
nae and faculty members of Kappa Ntl
Sigma have been invited to the dinner
and tn the lecture. A reception will
be held after the lecture in the blue
parlor.
Members of the Golden Chain of N. C.
State College, Plii Beta Kappa of the
University of North Carolina, and the
Golden Bough of Wake Forest have
been invited to (he lecture and the
reception.
At the last meeting of the honor so
ciety two new members were chosen
from the junior class because of high
scholastic ranking. They were Inez
Poe and Pearl Robertson. Norma Rose
and Elizabeth Austin who have the
highest average in the sophomore class
will serve at the reception.
Students of the senior class who are
members of the society are Isabel Mor
gan, Mary Florence Cummings, Mar
garet Tilghman, Nancye Viccellio,
Carolyn Wray, Katherine Blalock, Jean
Simpson, and Frances Gray. Members
from the faculty are Mias Catherine
Allen, Dr. Helen Price, Dr. Mary Lynch
Johnson, Misa Ellen Brewer, Miss Net
tie Herndon, Mias Ethel Day, and Mias
Elizabeth Boomhour.
College Calendar
3Ionilny, ^Iiirfb 20—Iloiior So*
clet}' Locturo and Kcceptiou.
'I’liesduj-, Mnrcli 27—Mcctlntf of
Home Economics Club.
TueNiliiy, Mnrcli 23—Senior hl8>
(«ry »m]orK’ bauqnet at Carolinn
Fines.
Thursrtuyt March SO—Spring
Holidays liegln.
Federal Relief Program Aids
Forty-two at Meredith
Education Associotion
Holds Convention
The Fiftieth Annual Convention of
the State Education Association is be
ing held in Raleigh the last three days
of this week.
The meeting opened Thursday eve
ning, 7: SO o'clock, with the first general
session, H. P. Harding, president, pre
siding. There was a business meeting,
reports and recommendationB, and ad
dresses. Friday evening at the second
general session a concert program was
presented by Durham city schools, and
lectures were given by Dr. George F. iHnglish;
Through the Federal Emergency Re
lief AdmiDlstratiou forty-two Meredith
girls have received positions in the
various departments of the college.
Lucille Parker is doing clerical work,
assisting the Alumnae Seci'etary, Miss
Grimmer, and Helen Hilliard is doing
the same kind of work in the art de
partment. Other gals who are doing
clerical work are: Zudie Powell and
Hilda Williams, in the Bursar’s office;
Frances McManus, assisting Miss Big-
gers, and Sarah Pox. assisting Miss
Parker; Frances Jones. Prances Pitt
man, and Annie Mae Taylor, in the
ofllce of the Dean, Mr. Boomhour; Mae
Marshburn, assisting Mr. Tyner; Char
lotte Oammage and Ruth Alice Ward,
assisting Misa Allen in the French de
partment: Margaret Caudle, in the
►history deiiartment; Sarah Collins,
Hattie Lou Critcher, Martha Gladys
Wallace, in the library; and Gwendolyn
Crowder in the sociology department.
Nine girls are tutoring in various
subjects; Eleanor Rozar is tutoring in
chemistry; Hattie Mullls in physics;
Dorothy Dockery and Carolyn Wray in
Evelyn Fowler and Grace
Zook and Dr, J. Y. Joyner.
At the third general session there
are to be reports and an address by
Governor Ehrlnghaus.
The morning sessions consisted of
divisional meetings that were of in
terest to teachers in the different ca
pacities. On Friday afternoon the Mere
dith choir gave a concert of special
music undor the direction of Mr.
Leslie P. Spelmau.
Miss Ethel Day of the Meredith fac
ulty is secretary of the French Teach
er’s Department of the association.
Lawrence in history; Mary Creath in
mathematics; Josephine Turner in the
music department.
Those girls who are assisting teach
ers by correcting papers arc: Grace
Phelps, assisting Dr. Freeman; Eleanor
Rozar, aasistlng Miss Barber; Hattie
Mullis, assisting Miss Brewer; Adelaide
Lockhart, assisting Mr. Canady, and
Elizabeth Austin, asslstiog Miss
Hoaglaud.
Mildred Satterfield and Mary G.
Smith received positions'iti the dining
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