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Vol. XV
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C„ SEPTEMBER 28, 1935
Numbor 1
Changes Made In Faculty
For 1 935-1 936 Session
Pres. Message
New Assistant Dean, Three
Teachers, and Secretary
Added to Staff
MISS CLARK FILLS VACANCY
LEFT BY MRS. DIXON
Assistant Dean
Tills year at Meredith College there
have been four additions to the teach
ing staff and one to the Department
of Administration. Three of the new
comers fill vacancies, while two hold
newly created positions.
Miss Hazel Clark Is replacing Mrs.
George C. Dixon, formerly Miss
Janie Parker, as assistant dean. Miss
Clark, whose home is In New Jersey
received her B.S. and M.A. degrees
from The Teacher’s College of Colum
bia University. She studied further
during the summer of 1929 at the Uni
versity of California. While at Colum
bia Miss Clark specialized in personnel
work and for that reason she is
particularly fitted for her work at
Meredith.
Miss Elizabeth Foster is replacing
Mrs. Gordon Poole, formerly Miss-
Caroline Peacock, in the English De
partment. Miss Foster, whose home
is in Port Worth, Texas, received her
A.B. and- M.A. degrees from the Uni
versity of Texas. She spent last year
in the graduate school of Yale Uni
versity, doing work on her doctor’s
degree. Miss Foster formerly was a
member of the English Department of
the University of Maine.
Miss Mary Lee joins the faculty of
the Music Depatrment of Meredith to
take the place of Miss Virginia
Branch, who has been granted a year’s
leave of absence. Miss Lee has for
the past two years-been Head of the
Music Department of Boiling Springs
Junior College. She received her B.M.
degree from Meredith College in 1932,
and since that time has studied at the
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MISS HAZEL R. CLARK
SIX RIDING HORSES TO
BE ON MEREDITH CAMPUS
Mr. Arthur Caveil to Give Riding
Instructions
A string of six riding horses will
be stabled on the Meredith campus
this year for the convenience of stu
dents Interesting in riding. Mr.
Arthur Cavell, owner of the string and
Instructor In riding, will accompany
beginners and aid them in horseman
ship. Students desiring to arrange
hours for riding may phone Mr. Cavell
at the O’Connell stables and reserve
horses.
Three of the horses are already on
the campus. A number of students
have ridden Major, Rex, and Ginger,
and the demand for them has been
so great that Mr. Cavell has found
it will be necessary to add three more
horses.
Riding was added to the athletic cur
riculum last year, but it was then
necessary for those electing this sport
to go out to Carolina Pines. The in
convenience of this arrangement led
to an effort to secure the present Im
proved facilities. The Meredith cam
pus and vicinity provide excellent
roads and paths for this new recrea
tion, and students will And the Allen’s
Pond road especially adapted to
riding.
MANY GRADUATES OF ’35
HAVE SECURED POSITIONS
Five Girls Continue Study at
Various Schools
Definite reports from fifty-eight
graduates of the class of 1935 have
been received; fifty-three of the seniors
have received positions and five are
continuing in their college work.
Those who have positions as teach*
ers are listed with the location of
their respective schools: Louise
Pascliall, WllliamstoD; Dorothy
Philips, Wheat Swamp; Inez Poe,
Norwood: Kathryn Privott, Colerain;
Grace Robbins, Meadow School; Mabel
Shrtrver, Hiddenite; Ruth Tucker, Ashe-
boro; Meredith Whitaker, Murphy;
Willene Yost, Kannapolis; Marian
Edwards, Allenton; Miriam McCarter,
Ruffin; Cornelia Atkins, Private
School, Hemp; Lucy Ayscue, B!arn-
well; Doris Bailey, Wilton; Evelyn
Ballance, Poplar Branch; Edith Bow
den, Pleasant Grove; Minnie Brooks
Wintervllle: Alice Bryan, Green Hope
Caroline Garrison is being em
ployed by the Works Administratiou
of Raleigh; Lois Morgan is Secretary
to the Bursar, Meredith College; and
Stuart Weatherspoon is working for
the Bus Company, Raleigh.
Sarah Coleman, Meredith Johnson
Sarah Fox, Arabella Gore, and Cather
ine Moseley are continuing their col
lege work.
ALL MUSIC GRADUATES
HAVE BEEN PLACED
Mr. Spellman announces that all ot
last year’s graduates in music who
wished positions have been placed. He
also states that there have been more
calls than he has been able to fill and
that Meredith girls are in demand for
music work.
The graduates and their positions
are as follows: Louise Correll, Radio
Station WPTF; Elizabeth Lee,
Florence, S. C.; Mildred Moore, Camp
bell College; Josephine Turner, Red
Oaks; Luna Jackson, Benhaven School
Elizabeth Poplin, New Salem; Madge
Thomas, Oak Hill; Louise Martin
Lexington; Mabel Martin, Marsbville
Maye Ledford, Wllllamston; and
Hazel Faulkner is doing Public School
Music work.
It Js H rent jo)' to me to welcome
to oiir caiii|Mis our new stiidoiit
body. Some of you Imvc boon
here before. >Vc nrc delighted t»
linve yon return. Some of you
nrc here for tlie first thiie. We
hope it is to be » ycnr not
only of worthy nchJeveinont, lint
niso a ycnr of pleiistint iissocin*
tions for yon.
Oil lj«li»lf of I'nistccs nnd Fnc*
nlty 1 bid you >velconie >mk1 urge
you to nse for tl»e very best re*
siilta nil of tlie crinipnient nnd op-
portniiltics our institution pro*
vides.
CHAS. E. IIIIEWEK.
VIISS LEE AND DR. POTEAT
ACT AS SPONSORS OF B. S. U.
Dr. A. C. Reid Delivers Opening
Address September 12
Delivers Address
Interesting Book Study Planned
For Each Month
Sponsoring and advising the Bap
tist Student Union this year are Miss
Mary Lee, of the Music Department,
and Dr. E. McNeill Poteat, pastor of
Pullen Memorial Baptist Church. Miss
Lee succeeds Mrs. Janie Parker
Dixson, former sponsor of the B. S. U.,
and Dr. Poteat represents the Baptist
churches of Raleigh on the campus for
the first time.
Miss Lee was president of the
Y. W. A. when she was a student at
Meredith, and during the year '31-’32
was student government president.
After leaving Meredith she continued
her interest in student activities, serv
ing as Y. W. A. counselor at Boiling
Springs Junior College during the two
years she was Head of the Music
Department there.
Dr. Poteat is widely known as a
friend and leader of college students.
He Is serving first as “council pastor”
of the B. S. U. The other three Bap
tist ministers of Raleigh will meet
with the council for a year’s term dur
ing the following three years. Once
each month Dr. Poteat will meet with
the council to advise and aid its work.
Another important and Interesting
addition to the work of the B. S. U.
this year is book-a-month study course.
Books pertaining to religious work and
advancement will be read and dis
cussed in the council meetings once
each month.
DR. A. C. REID
FACULTY MEMBERS ENJOY
INTERESTING VACATIONS
Travel at Home and Abroad In
cludes Varied Experiences
COLLEGE CALENDAR j
Sept. 30—Fill Prot'rnm in I'lii
Halt.
Oct. 1—GrnnOdnaghters’ Ten at
6:00.
Oct. 3—InternuUonnl Relations
ClDb.
Oct. 3—Decision Dny.
Oct. 4—Edonton Street Oinrcli
Itoceptlon.
Clnssicnl Club ineetint; nt
4 m,
Oct. 6—^Instnllntioii and Inltintlon.
Oct. 7*11—S. S. Study Course.
Oct. 11—Coltou English Ciul>
nieetiiig at 0:16.
During the summer vacation, the
lu^nibers of the Meredith College
faculty were scattered over the east
ern part of the United States, Mexico,
the Hawaiian Islands, and Europe.
Dr. Brewer and family attended the
Junior Order National Council at
Providence, Rhodp Island. On the re
turn trip Misses Ellen and Anne KHza
Brewer stopped for a week in New
York.
Miss Catherine Allen spent eight
weeks in the Hawaiian Islands and
some time in California. Dr. Lula
Winston traveled in Mexico.
The faculty at the Mars Hill Divi
sion of the Meredlth-Wake Forest Sum
mer Sciiool Included the following
from Meredith: Mr. B. Y. Tyner, the
director, Mr. S. G. Riley, Mr. B. F.
Canaduy, Miss Caroline Biggers, Dr.
Mary Lynch Johnson, Dr. Florence
Hoagland, Miss Ethel English, Miss
Ethel Day, and Miss Ragna Ottersen.
Mr. F. B. Hamrick and family visited
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I “Woman As Custodian,” Vi/ske
I Forest Professor’s
Subject
STUDENTS UR^ TO
SAFEGUARD HOME,
BEAUTY, IDEALISM
On Thursday night, September 12,
at eight o’clock, Meredith held its
nnnunl formal opening in the collejje
cuditorlum. After an organ prelud*t.
the audience rose during the proces
sionai and did honor to the seniors,
who were wearing their caps and
gowns for the first time. At the in
vitation of Dr. Brewer, the audience
ioined in the singing of Onward Chris
tian Soldiers, and following this. Dr.
E. McNeill Poteat pronounced the in
vocation. Dr. Brewer then extended
his personal greeting to all students.
Another cordial greeting was extended
by Dr. Feezor, on behalf of the
churches of Raleigh. A ’cello solo by
Miss Wager of the music faculty pre
ceded the introduction of the speaker
by Dr. B’rewer. Especially proud was
Dr. Brewer in that he was presenting
his one-time pupil, Dr. A. C. Reid, Pro
fessor of Psychology and PhUosophy
at Wake Forest.
Addressing an entire student body
of girls. Dr. Reid immediately won
his audience by his recital of bis first
experience as a teacher. A lonesome,
new, and very homesick teacher in a
woman’s college, he one day was the
object of this speecn; "Come uere If
you want to see a monkey.” Turning,
he perceived one whom he believed to
be the most mischievous of the three
hundred and fifty girls. Forthwith, “as
soon as time and finances would per
mit,” he married the girl.
In choosing his subject, Dr. Reid
presented fairly the difficulties he had
encountered. He realized that if he
chose a pleasant subject, he would be
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497 STUDENTS ENROLLED
FOR 1935-’36 SESSION
On September 23, 1935 the Meredith
enrollment. Including boarding stu
dents, day students, and special stu
dents, was 497. This number compares
favorably with the 500 enrollment
figure of October 15, 1934. Of the 497,
seventy-one are day students and ap
proximately twenty are special stu
dents.
Forty of the student body come from
twelve states other than North Caro
lina, and the District of Columbia,
three from China; nnd one from
Manchuria.
Denominationally, the Baptists pre
dominate with twelve otlier faiths
represented. There are 51 Methodists,
16 Presbyterians. 1 Quaker, 2 Con-
gregatlonalists, 7 Episcopalians, 5
Cliristians, 2 Catholics, 3 Jews, I
Lutheran, and 18 non-church members.
MISS WARNER TAKES
EXTENSIVE EUROPEAN TOUR
Moving Pictures Made of Many
Interesting Scenes
Miss Marion Warner, who Is In
charge of the sports at Meredith Col
lege, took several rolls of movies of
Europe on her tour this summer.
Miss Warner took pictures of all the
countries through which she passed.
She landed at Hamburg and went on
to Munich where she photographed
many scenes of German life, including
Hitler's house and people giving the
liltler salute at the monument to the
Nazi soldiers who fell during the
Revolution,
Prom Munich Miss Warner passed
over the Austrian Alps to Florence.
At Florence she took another roll ^f
films. Then she went on to Vienna'
andi the Palio where twice each year
a medieval festival and horse race are
held. The pictures of the festival
are in colors. Thousands of people
gather there to watch the gorgeous
festival. At the beginning of the race,
the horse and Jockey of each section
of the city which is to participate Is
jarried into the church where they are
blessed. All the cortege, including
captains, pages, and fiag-bearers are
ressed in distinctively medieval
costumes of bright colors. Just before
the horse race begins there is a flag
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