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Volume XIV
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., N0VEM13E11 24, 1934
Number 5
TAMING OF THE SHREW
TO BE GIVEN DEC 8
BY LITTLE THEATRE
Mamie Lou Forney ond Susan
Emma Sloon Take Leads
On December 8, the Little Theater
of Meredith Coliege will present The
Taminff of the Shreio, by Shakespeare.
This Is the first Shakespearian play
to be prereiited since the spring ot
1982, at which time the Senior Class
gave Much Ado About Nothing. The
play is under the direction of Dr.
Florence Hongland, who Is being as
sisted by Dr, Julia Harris and Dr.
Mary Lynch Johnson.
At this time the new members of
the Little Theater will be announced.
Those acting as managers are as fol
lows: Business Manager, Pauline
Perry; Stage Manager, Annabelle Hoi-
lowell; and Costume Manager, Kate
Covington.
The cast of characters are as follows;
Petruchio Mamie Lou Porney
Katherine, tlie Shrew
Susan Emma Sloan
Baptlsta Katy Sams
LiUCQntlo Nancy Bunn
Hortensio Ethel Knott
Pedro Sarah Coleman
Glondello Margaret Kramer
Walter Ruby Ijarrett
Gruailo Faltli Hite
Niitlianlel Francos Calloway
Gregory Margaret Andrews
Gabriel Frances Pittman
Blanca Elizabeth Davidson
Curtis Annie Mae Taylor
A Music Maater....Mary Faye McMillan
A Tailor Norma Rose
A Widow Margaret Davis
Cook Eilzabetii Park
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Ann Drudslier and Kate Covington
Tiie setting for The Taming of the
Shrew is laid in Padua, an Italian
city, and tn Petruclilo’s country house.
There are three acts which are as
follows:
Act I—Scene: A Hall in Baptista's
House in Padua.
Act II—Scene 1: The same.
Act III—Scene: The same as the
last'. •
N. C. Federotion of Music
Meets November 17th
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
TOPIC OF ADDRESS BY
COMMANDER PARKER
The League of Nations was the sub
ject of a lecture given by Commander
Thomas F. Parker at the chapel
exercises, November 16. Commander
Parker is a representative sent out by
league forces in the interest of a cam
paign which is being launched by
Newton D. Baker,
The league. Commander Parker said,
Is a permanent body with permanent
headquarters and with regular meet
ings at Geneva. The body is divided
Into two parts, the council and the
assembly. These two groups make up
an active and alive organization.
According to the speaker, one ob
jection that Americans have to enter
ing the League is the danger of becom
ing involved in foreign entanglements.
It is his opinion that we will be in
no more entanglements, with Europe
especially, than we are in today. It
would just be a question of overcom
ing these disagreements in an orderly
fashion within the league.
Some say, the league representative
conttmied, that the organisation Is
just a checker-board game of nations,
bnt it is no more so than other bodies.
Then, too, it has one common interest
—no wars. The last objection 1b that
the league is only a dream. This is
proved untrue by the things it has al
ready done. It has stopped small
war, in South America, for instance,
that often lead to terrible disasters.
The league does not say that it can
atop large wars, as one between Ger
many and Prance would be.
Commander Parker's final ciuestlon
was; Should America join?
Gives Recital
LAURA HOWELL NORDEN
PRESENTS FIRST GUEST
RECITAL OF THE YEAR
MooiU';
DR. BREWER ATTENDS
STATE CONVENTION
Having as one of its highlights
Candle Liyht Carol by Prof. Leslie P.
Spelman, the capital district meeting
of the North Carolina Federation of
Music held its annual meeting at
Meredith College Saturday, November
seventeenth.
The senior division began Its session
at ten o’clock Saturday morning with
an Invocation by Dr. Charles B.
Brewer. Two features on the program
were a trio composed of Mrs. Marshall
Thomas, Mrs. James McKinnon and
Mrs. A. K Currie, and a violin and
piano duet, HandeVa Sojiala "No. ^ iji
D Major, by Mrs, Lillian P. Robeson
and Hugh Williamson. Others taking
part on the musical program were
Mrs. Thomas Creekmore, Mrs. Peyton
Brown, Mrs. R. D. Bracken, and Miss
Louise Martin. Talks on the morning
program were given by Mrs. John
Norman, Mrs, Cora Lucas, Mrs, T. L.
Riddle, Mrs. H. W. Coble, Dwight
Steere, Professor Leslie P. Spelman.
and Professor Max Nash.
The junior program, 'beginning at
two o’clock, was opened by a greeting
from WllTIam Martin, a response by
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At the recent meeting of the Bap
tist State Convention, Dr. Brewer re
ports, two new members were elected
to the Meredith board of Trustees.
They are Mr. J, M. W. Hicks, of
Charlotte, and Rev, W. H. Williams,
also of Charlotte, who is to All the
place of the late Rev. G. T. Lumpkin,
of Winston-Salem.
Meredith was repi-esented at the
meeting, which was held In New Bern,
by Dr. Brewer, Miss Mae Grimmer,
Miss Marguerite Mason and Mr. F. B.
Hamrick.
On November 8 and 9, Dr. Brewer
attended the North Carolina College
Conference In Greensboro. At this
conference, Mrs. Lyiian Parker Wal
lace, of the history department, made
the report of the committee on co*
operative research.
FIRST STUDENT RECITAL
WAS GIVEN LAST NIGHT
BY MILDRED MOORE
Friday evening, at 8:30 o’clock In
the college auditorium. Miss May
Crawford presented Mildred Moore,
fiaughter of Mr. and Mrs. U. F. Moore
of Pageland, S. C., In a piano recital,
the first of this year’s graduation re
citals. Throughout the varied and
brilliant program, Mildred played with
ease and displayed a technical skill
which delighted her audience.
The program was as follows:
Ballet dos ombres Houreuses
Gluck-Friedman
Prelude and Fugue, B Flat Major
Dach
Du bist du Ruh’
Das Wardern
Scliubert-Liszt
Sonata E minor Gvleg
Andante Molto Allegro Moderato
Alla Minuetto Allegro Molto
Mazurka, A flat Major Chopin
Scherzo, B flat Minor Chopin
First movement from Concerto, E Plat
Major Liszt
(Orchestral accompaniment on sec
ond piano by Miss Crawford.)
Ushers for the recital were: Susan
Wall, Genola Koontz, Elizabeth Pop
lin, Vera Sexton, and Mabel Martin.
Following the recital a reception was
held In the college parlors. Those in
the receiving line were: Mildred
Moore, Miss May Crawford, Mr. and
Mrs. U. F. Moore, Dr. and Mrs. C, K.
Brewer, Professor and Mrs, Leslie P.
Spelman, Miss Caroline Biggers, and
Dean J. G. Boomhour.
Laura Howell Norden, violinist of
Wilmington, N. C„ accompanied by
Mary Eunice Wells, presented the first
guest concert of the year Tuesday
night In the Meredith College audi
torium.
Mrs. Norden achieved distinction
early in her career by winning the
Young Artists Contest for the South
Atlantic States in 1927. She is widely
known throughout the slates as a
violinist. During the past summer she
played In a series of successful radio
programs over the Baltimore and Ra
leigh broadcasting stations.
The program was as follows:
Partita Bach-Kreisler
None but the Weary Heart
Tschalkowsky
Romance Svondsen
Serenade Schubert-Remenyi
Fantasy on Russian Themes
Rimslci-Korsakoff-Krelsler
Chaconne Vitali-Charlier
The Robin Sings in the Apple Tree
MacDowell-Hartmann
Chant Negre Kramer
Tango Triste Norden
At Twilight Burleigh
Yule Tide Burleigh
MARTINELLI TO APPEAR
IN CONCERT AT DUKE
Giovanni Martinelll, leading tenor
of the Metropolitan Opera Company,
is to appear in concert at Duke Uni
versity on Tuesday evening, November
27. Music lovers from all over the
state are looking forward to hearing
the great singer, who is making an
extensive tour this season.
Before the discovery of his unusual
vocal talent, Martinelll was a cabinet
maker in his home town, Montagna,
Italy. It was an ofDcer in the i-egi-
ment in which young Giovanni was
fliling the customary European term
of military service who Is responsible
for his operatic career. Martinelll
made his first public appearance In
1910, singing in Rossini’s "Stabat
Mater.” He was almost immediately a
success. He was featured in opera In
Genoa, Milan, Naples, Monte Carlo, and
numerous other places. His first ap
pearance In the United States was
made in 1D13, when he was engaged
by the Metropolitan Opera Company.
He was soon established as one of the
leading tenors In this country.
Martinelll has toured the United
States, Latin America, and Europe,
both as a concert artist and as an
opera slngei*.
MEREDITH STUDENTS
PARTICIPATE IN PLAY
DAY AT CHAPEL HILL
Several N. C. Colleges Compet
itors In Contests
Under the direction of Miss Marion
Warner, Athletic Director, and Mae
Marshburn, President of the Athletic
Association, the athletics at Meredith
is coming to the front this year.
On Friday, November 23, the mem
bers of the Athletic Board, the hockey
team of the Sophomore Class, and a
tennis team, accompanied by Miss
Warner and Mrs. Sorrell, participated
in a Play Day at Carolina. Other
colleges who took part were Duke,
Peace, St. Mary’s, and the Greensboro
and Chapel Hill units of the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
The Meredith representatives left
the college In a special bus at 1:00
o’clock Friday. At. 2:30 p.m., the
tennis tournament was held. The
Meredith team, composed of Nancy
Bunn, Faith Hite, Hazel Boswell, and
Kate Mills Suitor, played opponents
drawn by lot.
At 2:30 an archery tournament and
games oE bat ball, hit pin ball, volley
ball, and captain ball were held. All
of these teams were chosen by lot.
Meredith was represented in these
gomes by all of the members of the
Athletic Board who did not participate
In the hockey or tennis.
At 4:15 p.m. the Meredith Sophomore
Class hockey team played an exhibi
tion game with Duke. University. The
team of the Sophomore Class was
elected by the Meredith Athletic Board
as the team best fitted to participate
in this exhibition contest.
Following the hockey game a tea
was given to those attending the Play
Day.
Meredith Alumna Advises College Students
Mies Harriet Horring, a prominent
alumna of Meredith, who is now doing
research in the Institute for Research
In Social Science at Chapel Hill, made,
III u written Interview, some interest'
Ing observations on education and
vocational Helds for girls. Her personal
experience well qualities lier to give
advice to girls who are in doubt con
cerning which college courses to take.
“X took a regular A.B. course,” wrote
Miss Herring, "and it happened to fit
fairly well into what I have done since
I left college, I would gladly exchange
a few individual courses for some that
would have helped me to enjoy more
the world about me. Among those
which I wish I had taken are geology,
astronomy, and theory of miisic."
Miss Herring stated that, if she were
again choosing a college to attend,
it would still be Meredith. “I think
a small college for undergraduate
work is preferable to a large one," she
said. "A small college gives more op
portunity to- the average girl for ex
perience In student activities and
leadership. Co-educational schools—
unless they are better balanced than
most I know—leave the givis tagging
along behind the boys In extra
curricular activities."
In answer to the question, what are
the best vocational fields for girls to
day, Miss Herring said, "It certainly
seems on the surface that all are over
crowded right now. But I think there
are few fields which have not room for
the person who can do well what she
sets out to do. There certainly is
room for college women as secretaries
—not Just stenographers, but real
secretaries. There are not enough good
teachers. You college students are
close enough to your high school days
to know from your own experience
that I am right in this. There are not
enough—if I may speak from the de
tached point of view of an old maid!
—000(1 housewives. A thorough educa
tion seems to help in the frequently
lowly phases of this high vocation.
Also, If I may speak from the same
point of view as 'before, there doesn’t
seem to be enough ffood mothers. An
educational background of deep culture
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Institute of Government
Holds 1934 Session in Raleigh
The 1934 session of the Institute of
Government was held in Raleigh,
November 22, 23, 24, with many notable
speakers on the program.
Of particular Interest to Meredith
girls was the address of Judge
Florence Allen, of the U. S. Circuit
Court of Appeals, Friday evening,
November 23. Judge Alien, first wo
man to attain her office, was the
principal speaker of the evening. Also
speaking was William Stanley, as
sistant to the Attorney General of the
United States, who replaced Dean
Roscoe Pound of the Harvard Law
School.
Other speakers throughout the ses
sions of the Institute wero L. P. Mc
Lendon, chairman of the State Board
of Elections, Governor J. C. B.
Ehrlnghaus, and A, D. McLean, assist
ant solicitor general of the United
States.
Judge Allen, in her address Friday
night declas'ed that for the past thirty
years the people of the United States
have been allowing a retreat from the
high purposes for which tho nation’s
government Is founded. “America’s
greatest contribution to the world—”
she said, “wus tho idea that there
shall be no private property right in
public ofllee.” America advanced the
idea that "the office belongs to th&
people from whom It comes."
But In the last thirty years there
has boGU a tendency on the part o£
many of our ofllclals to use their ofHces
as something belonging to them, and
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