HIGH SCHOOL
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HIGH SCHOOL
SENIOR ISSUE
I n Jur I yv
SENIOR ISSUE
Volume XIII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., APRIL 14, 1934
Nnnibor 13
MEREDITH COLLEGE WAS
FOUNDED WITHIN THE
BAPTIST CONVENTION
Has Always Stood for Scholorship,
Culture, ond Christion
Service
Thomas Meredith and other pioneers
pi'oclaimed to the Baptists of North
Carolina the need for an educated
womanhood, and finally in 1S89, the
Baptist State Convention “was willing
to go upon record for the establish
ment of a college for girls ... to be
dedicated to learning that should be
as high as that furnished at Wake
Forest College, which at that time had
established for itself a reputation for
true and high scholarship throughout
the length and breadth of the ^ land."
This college was first known as the
Baptist Female University—which was
dedicated to real learning and high
scholarahip. The- name was later
changed to the Baptist University for
Women.
The name was changed to Meredith
College after several years, cnily after
it was recognized as an institution of
the highest standards.
The faculty of Meredith College has
always been made up of men and
women of the finest attainments and
ideals. In 1921 Meredith, as one of
the first colleges for women in North
Carolina, was admitted into the South
ern Association of Standard Colleges
of the first rank, Since 1024 the in
stitution has been recognized by the
American Association of Universities
for Women and its full graduates are
eniitled to memliership in lhac associ
ation. The college has also been a
member of the Association of Ameri
can Universities since li)2S.
There have been purposes other
than learning in the foundation of
Meredith. These include culture, Chris
tianity, and service.
NO INCREASE SHOWN
IN STUDENT EXPENSES
FOR COMING YEAR
Meredith College expenses for the
year 1934-35, President Brewer an
nounces, will be approximately $390
per student. The charges are the
same as those for the present year,
which are $60 less than for the year
1932-33. Departmental fees are not
included in the above figure, the Music
courses costing about $S5, and the Art
courses about $75 more than the
regular charge of $390. Books and
the student budget fee are also extra
find amount to approximately $30 for
the year.
The College has arranged for stu
dents to receive llnancial aid In return
for services rendered in various capaci
ties. Compensations may vary from
$55 to $100. Opportunities tor self-
help Include work in the dining room,
library, phone booth, chaperon's
parlor, and woric as laundry and de
partmental helpers. There is also a
College Loan Fund from which stu-
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High School Students Spend Week-End at Meredith
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The nhove (/roup inchicles some of the high school studeulK. one hundreO and fijty-jour of whom were registered
at the follciie for the Kceh'-evd of April 7-S. The photor/ranh wan taken in front of the main Iniihrnif/ on the stcpx
leudinfi into the coUeye lihrary.
Ida Poteat Loan Fund
Begun for Art Students
Last year on Founders' Day, the
Kinston Alumnae Chapter announced
that it had started a scholarship fund.
This fund Is available for art students.
It is called the Ida Poteat Fund, In
honor of Miss Ida Poteat, head of the
Art Department.
Hospitality Week-End
One of the annual events ot Mere
dith College that Is observed with a
great deal of interest and enthusiasm
is Hospitality Week-End, which took
place this year April 7-S, At that time
IS-I friends and prospective students
of Meredith wei'e guests of the Col
lege and were entertained at various
social functions. Forty-eight different
communities In Virginia, North and
South Carolina were represented by
the visitors.
]{ccital inid Party
On Friday evening, after the girls
had registered in the Senior Parlor,
they were invited to attend a recital
given In the College auditorium by
Miss Virginia Branch, a member of
the Meredith faculty. At the con
clusion of this a party in honor of the
guests was given by the freshman
class.
I'limiMiN ActUitlcs
Saturday morning the visitors were
conducted on tours over the campus
by Helen Dobson. On the way they
stopped by the practice house where
refreshments were served by Miss
Brewer and Miss Hanyen. At 12:30
chapol services were held. After the
seniors In caps and gowns had
marched In to a processional played
by Mr. Spelmun, head of the Music
Department, Dr, Brewer led the de
votional exercises. A skit was enacted
by Mary Faye McMillan. Catherine
Canady, and the ofllcers of the classes
and important organizations on the
campus, showing the student life at
Meredith. In conclusion “Alma Mater"
and '“You're the Queen of our Hearts''
were sung,
Tour of ]tiih'igli
In the afternoon special buses
•lirected by Rebii Parker and I..oretta
Nichols carrleil the girls on a tour
of Haleigh, visiting varlrnis places of
interest in the city, including State
College and Peace Junior College.
Kveuinu' Eutortaiumonts
A basketball game between the fresh
men and the sophomores in the
gymnasium started the entertainment
for Saturday evening. This was fol
lowed by a game between the seniors
and the juniors, The sophomores and
Juniors were victorious in their respec
tive combats. At S:30 a concert was
rendered by students of the Music De
partment. A reception in the College
parlors followed the concert. Before
retiring, the visitors were presented
with candy by members of the Philave-
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Gateway to College Campus
SEVENTY-ONE COUNTIES
OF STATE REPRESENTED
IN 33-34 ENROLLMENT
Increase of Sixty-four Students
Shown Over Lost Year's
Record
This year there are enrolled in Mere
dith 483 girls as compared with the
419 of last year. Seventy-one counties
of North Carolina ai-e represented In
the student body. The counties and
the number of girls from each are
as follows:
Alexander 1. Anson 2, Alamance 8,
Bertie 3, IJIaden 3, Brunswick 1. Bun-
(fombe (5. Burke !i, Cabarrus 2. Camden
4. Carteret 4, Catawba 1. Chatham 3,
Cherokee 3. Chowan 3. Cleveland 4,
Columbus 3, Craven 1. Cumberland 2,
Currituck 1, Davidson 7. Davie 1,
Duplin 7, Durham ,T, Edgecombe 5,
Forsyth 12. Franklin 4, Gaston 1,
(iranville 4, (ireene 1, Cuilford 5. Hali
fax 9. Harnett C, Haywood 1, Hender
son 1, Hertford 2, Iredell 7, Jackson 1,
Johnston 6, Lee, 4, Lenoir S, McDowell
2. Madison 3, Mecklenburg 1, Mont
gomery 2, Nash 12. New Hanover 5,
Northampton Orange 1, Pasquotank
(j, Pender 4, Person 7, Pitt 2, Polk 1,
liandolph 2, Richmond 9, Robeson 5,
Rockingham 11, Uowan 5, Sampson 8,
Scotland 2, Stanly 2, Stokes 2, Surry
4, Union 5, Vance 2, Wake 103, Warren
4. Wuyne S, Wilson 2, Yancey 2.
In addition to those from this state
there are girls from British West
Indies, China, Connecticut, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, JIaryland,
New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania. South Carolina, Tennes
see, Virginia. Washington, D. C., West
Virginia, and Arizona.
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FIFTEEN HIGH SCHOOL
CREDITS ARE REQUIRED
FOR ENTRANCE
A student applying for admission
to Meredith College must offer fifteen
units of credit. A unit represents four
one-hour recitations or five forty-five-
minute recitations a week throughout
a secondary year. Those high school
units required for candidates for the
A.B. or B.S. degree are: English, 4
units; mathematics: algebra, 1.5 units;
plane geometry, 1 unit; foreign
languages: Latin, French, German or
Spanish, 2 units; history 1 unit; and
electives, 5.5 units.
Meredith Recognized
By College Associations
The recognition of Meredith College
l)y the Slate Department ot Education
is merely a beginning of Its recogni
tions. Meredith Is a member of the
Southern Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools, the standardizing
agency of the south. Meredith is also a
member of the Anierli'au Association of
Univer.sity Women. Although the As*
sociatlon of American Colleges is not
a standardizing agency, it, too, recog
nizes Meredith College. However, the
nu>st exclusive of the Associations of
which Meredith is a member is the
Association of American Universities.
This makes it possible for a graduate
to go to any place to study without
question as to standing.
Many students have profited by these
ctmnections of Meredith College.