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Vol. XV
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEiaH, N. C., OCTOBER 12, 1935
Number 2
89 BABY ASTROS AND 86 PHI CUBS
Astrotekton Society Wins Again
In Race For New Members
FRESHMAN CLASS PRESENTED
BY LITTLE THEATRE IN PLAY
Romance of the Willow Pattern
By Ethel Van Der Veer
Is Selected
On the eveoing of October 22 the
Freshman Class, untler the sponsorship
of the Little Theatre, is presenting
Romance of the 'Wittow Pattern, a
comic tragedy liy Ethel Van Der Veer.
This p!ay, which is based on an old
Chinese legend of the Willow Pattern
plate has won national repute, not
only for the orlgicallty of plot, but
also for the uniqueness of presentation.
The memb«rs of the cast are:
The Mandaviu....Lcttie Logan Hamlett
Koong-See Annie Elizabeth Coward
Chang Catherine Johnson
Property Man .Minnie Anna Forney
Incense B'earer Mary Jane Lindley
Margaret Kramer is business man
ager, Anoabell lloUowell Is In charge
of the staging, Nancy Bunn is chair
man of the make-up committee, and
Mary Fay McMillaoi Is in charge of the
costumes. Br. Hoagiand is the direc
tor of the play and Pauline Perry is
Student Coach.
This play Is to be given in the reg
ular ChiiiGse manner, with practically
DO scenery, leaving most of the prop
erties to the imagination of the au
dience, who are addressed from tlmo
to time by members of the cast.
Archie McMillan, whose liome is in
Soochow, China, is coming over from
Wake Forest to play the Chinese flute
during several scenes of the play. The
costumes are genuine old Chinese gar
ments made and worn about thirty
years ago.
A play of this sort has never been
given at Meredith College before, and
those In charge promise a full eve
ning’s entertainment.
SENIOR CLASS ELECTS
SUPERLATIVES AND MASCOT
Eleveu superlatives anti a class mas
cot wero (iccided upon by the Senior
Class at a meeting on October 7.
Nancy Ann Ramsey, four-yeav-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs, E. B. Ram
sey, of Marshall, N. C., was elected
class mascot. Nancy Ann' Is the niece
of Katy Sams, member of the Senior
Glass.
Ann Bradsher was elected Miss
Aleredith; Dorothy Dockery, most ver
satile; Senora JUand, most popular;
Norrda Rose, moat intellectual; Eliza
beth Davidson, most beautiful; Nancy
Alien, most stylish; Susan Emma
Sloan, most original; Katherine Liles,
best athlete; Lucille Parker, wittiest;
Henrietta Caatlebury, best all-round
day student; cutest, Isabello Ross.
MR. BONAMY DOBREE
TO BE FIRST LECTURER
Mr. Bonsimy Dobree will lecture on
the "Idea of Confliot in Modern
Drama,” ou October 15. This will be
tbe first of the regular series of lec
tures to be given at Meredith College.
Mr. S. G. Riley, head of the history
department, will have charge of secur*
ing tbe speakers this year.
SIX NEW MEMBERS ADDED
TO MEREDITH GLEE CLUB
New Officers Elected At Regular
Rehearsal
At the regular rehearsal and meet
ing of the Glee Club, Friday after
noon, October 4, the following officers
were elected: Annie Mae Taylor, pres
ident; Jean Davis, vice president and
publicity manager; Mae Marshbanks,
treasurer; and Katherine Martin, li
brarian. The accompanist has not yet
been selected.
The Glee Club, under the direction
of Miss Ethel Rowland, associate pro
fessor of voice, is planning to have the
most successful year In Its history.
New members recently added are:
Hazel Boswell of Burlington, Ina Mae
Byrd of Bunn Level, Virginia Lambert
of Aaheboro, Catherine Johnson of
Winston-Salem. Anne Poteat of Shang
hai, China, and Mary Bynum Dark of
Louisburg. Others who are interested
In trying out for the Glee Club will
be given an opportunity, since a fe^v
vacancies remalu. An announcement
concerning these try outs will be made
at an early date.
A complete list of old and new mem
bers of the Glee Club for this year
follows:
First sopranos: Rachel Eeonard of
Raleigh, Virginia Lambert of Aahe
boro, Marian Wallace of Raleigh, Mata-
line Nyo of Lumberton, Margaret
O’Brian of Selmn, Mary Bynum Dark
of Louisburg, and Lucile Davis of
Winston-Salem.
Second sopranos: Jean Davis of Win-
ston-Salem, Annie Mae Taylor of Ox
ford. Margaret Hines of Manteo,
Frances Calloway of Concord, Emily
B'othune of Bunn Level, Hazel Boswell
of Burlington, and Louise Daniel of
Seaboard.
Altoa: Frances Morris of Statesville,
Dorothy Lowdermilk of Valdeae, Ina
Mae Byrd of Bunn Level. Mae Marsh
banks of Buie’s Creek, Isabel Ross of
Nashville, Katherine Martin of Ra^
leigh, and Anne Poteat of Shanghai,
China.
NATIONAL COLLEGIATE PRESS
MEETS IN CHICAGO OCT. 17-19
International Speakers Appear
On Program
One of the ontstanidlng collogiate
conventions of this year will be the
Associated Colloeiate Press Conven
tion to be held In. Chicago, October
17-19. The program promises to be
one of interest as well as one which
will bo a benefit to all colloge editors
present.
Leland Stowe, Paris correspondent
of the New York Ilej-ald TiHhiinc and
winroer of the Pulitzer Price in 1030
for the beat exarnple of foreign corre
spondence, will speak on ‘‘The Euro
pean vs. the American Press." Mr.
Stowe Is president of the Anglo-Amer*
lean Press Association of .Paris, and
author of “Nazi Means War."
Carroll Binder, distinguished foreign
expert of the CMcaffo Daily News who
has served his paper In Rome. Moscow.
London, UDd Latin America anidi has
Just returned from an investigative
visit to Japan, China, Manchukuo, and
Korea will apeak ou “News of the
World."
Besides these two prominent speak*
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“BIG SISTERS” ELECT
FRESHMAN PRESIDENT
Cliass of '39 Completes Election
of Officers
The “Big Sister" class gathered lo
Astro Hall Thursday night, September
26, and elected the girl who is to lead
the "Little Sister" class this year. Ac
cording to custom, the juniors gathered
beforehand, elected the president, and
then welcomed the freshmen into the
hall, and announced their selection in
an Impressive ceremony.
At the junior meeting. Ruby Barrett,
president, presided and presented the
nominees of a special committee, which
had been working since the beginning
of school. After the election, the fresh
men came in and all waited the an
nouncement.
The hall, a pseudo-courtroom, was
crowded to overilowing, and a great air
of expectancy reigned. Margaret
Kramer presided as judge, and Susie
Saunders ably filled the office of clerk
of court. Kate Covington was retained
as counsel for the defense, and Ruth
Prlvott was chief prosecutor. Witnessea
called were Mary Fort Carroll and Nell
Choate. Deviously and laboriously
the prosecutor wove her questions into
the composure of the witnesses. She
elicited the information that the de
fendant possessed qtialltles of leader
ship, aportsmanship, courage, perse
verance, and all-round ebllitles for the
position.
In Fort Smith, Arkansas, where she
graduated from high school last year,
slie was Band Sponsor, a member of
Quill and Scroll, natioual journalism
club, and a member of the National
Honor Society. It was revealed that
she was a member of the Athletic Club,
having won the cup In the Horse Show,
Her senior year she was vice president
of the class, and a member of the glee
Club, orchestra, and girl's trio. In vain
the defendant’s counsel plied the wit
ness with questions and attempted to
nullify the work of the prosecutor. At
the conclusion of the presentation of
testimony, the Judge dismissed the
jury, composed of Natalie Johnson,
Martha Joyner, Catherine Canady,
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THREE ORGANIZATIONS
FILL '35-^36 VACANCIES
Nomiuatlous for a number of offices
on the campus have been automatically
elected. Ballots will be publicly cast
at a later date. Mary Bynum Dark has
been elected house president of Strlng-
flold Dormitory. Martha Messenger Is
the new vice president of tho Athletic
Associatloa,
The following girls have been elected
to the Oak Leaves staff: Margaret
Kramer, associate editor; Faith Hite,
l>hoto editor; Nuncy Powell and Doro
thy Finlator, associate business man
agers; and Ruth Powell, music editor.
Mary Johnson MacMillan has' been
elected nuinaging editor on the Tmo
etalt, and Catherine Johnson and Eliza
beth Bullard have been elected typists.
New onicers on the B. S. U. Council
are; Miriam Early, third vice presi
dent, and Elizabeth Lawson, general
publicity chairman of the gonerai coun
cil. Martha Qlaznor has been elected
B. Y. P. U. secretary, and Martha Wil
liams. publicity director. Grace Porter
1b tbe Sunday school associate director,
and Evelyn Ch'essou Sunday school pub
licity director.
B. S. U. CONVENTION MEETS
IN RALEIGH OCTOBER 25-29
Meredith, Wake Forest and State
Cooperate in N. C.
Meeting
The North Carolina B. s. U. Conven
tion will meet this year at the
Tabernacle Church in Raleigh, October
29-27. Meredith girls will be hostesses
for the occasion.
The four Baptist churches of Raleigh
will Hsslst in the entertaining. Homes
are being secured for three hundred
college students by an executive com
mittee composed of leaders from these
churches. From the First Baptist the
members of this committee are: Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Yost, Mr. Hubert
Tomlinson: from Tabernacle, Mr. Joe
Correll. Mrs. A. M. Moore, Mra. H. H.
Hilton, Mrs. R. E.. Perry, and Misa
Jessie Mae Short; from Pullen, Mrs.
J. S. Mitchcner and Mrs. E, M, Cavo-
neas: from Hayes-Barlon, Mrs. J. W.
Bunn and Mrs. M. E. Davidson.
An excellent program has been
planned under the direction of Bob
Costner of Wake Forest, State B. S. U,
president, and Mr. Frank Level of the
Southern Baptist Student Department
at Naabville, Tennessee.
Rev. Charles M. Howard of Campbell
College will aonduct the devotional
period at each session. Mr. Josiah W.
Bailey and many other outstanding
speakers have been secured.
A welcome committee of Meredith
girls and State and Wake Forest boys
will be on duty at the Tabernacle
Church Friday, October 25, to welcome
giieats and direct them to the homes
at which they will stay.
After the opening session Friday
evening, an Informal reception will
be given by the Meredith glrla.
Sessions will be held all day Satur
day and Sunday, closing on Sunday
afternoon. October 27.
A supper has been planned at the
Tabernacle for Saturday eveningwhen
Mr. W. H. Preston will show colored
films of tho 1935 Student Retreat at
Ridgecrest.
FOUR MEREDITH GIRLS
SUMMER SCHOOL GRADUATES
At the close of the 1935 session of
tho Wake Foreat-Meredith Summer
School, four Meredith girls were
awarded their Bachelor of Arts do-
greea. Margaret Mooro and Vora Sex
ton received their degrees at the Wake
Forest division on August 11, and
Katharine Killian and Elizabeth Bai'k-
er were graduated with Meredith de
grees from tho Mars Hill division of
the Wake Forest-MereOlth Summer
School. These laat two were unique
in that they were tho first degrees
ever to be conferred at Mars Hill Col
lege.
There were inany Meredith students
and several faculty members enrolled
in Summer School at various Instltu*
tions.
O
New Girls Make Choice On De-
« cision Day, October 2; Phis
Introduce Phi-do
Decision- Day for the Astrotekton
and Philaretian Literary Societies was
observed October 12. The Phis gained
elghty-slx “Phi Cubs” and the Astros
elghty-nlne "Baby Astroa.”
The old Astros and. Phis woke the
"New Girls" with songs and yells.
As the girls came into the court, they
found in addition to the Astro goat a
bear cub, Phl-do, the new mascot for
the Phi Society.
When the breakfast bell rang, the
Astros formed a line at the east end
of the dlnine-hall, and the Phis at the
west end thi-ough which the "New
Girls” passed. Then, each society sang
some of tbe society songs.
During the chapel hour, the old mem
bers of each Society marched iu sing
ing the Socjiety song. Ann Bradsher,
president of the student body, made a
short talk. As the “New Girls” were
leaving, tho auditorium, each one went
through the line of the Society that
she was Joining,
On Saturday night, October 5, the
Astrotekton Society initiated the “Baby
Astros.^’ Following the initiation was
the installation and then a formal re
ception In the Astro hall.
At the same time, the new Philare-
tlans were being made members of
their society at the beautiful and im
pressive installation service. Follow
ing this was a social hour at which
Dorothy Dockery told the new Phis
that they were welcome in two senses
of the word—welcome and well—come.
ACTIVITIES OF CHOIR
INCREASED THIS YEAR
Campaign Made to Purchase
Vestments By Christmas
According to quality and quantity,
the Meredith choir has great possibil
ities for the ensuing year. Under the
direction of Professor Leslie P. Spel-
niau, the choir has already begun
practice for future concerts.
Organization of the choir for the
first time In its history will greatly
aid. In tho undertaking, of new proj
ects, One of major importance at this
time la that concerning the acquisi
tion of vestments for members. A
campaign is in the making for mate
rializing this plan, and all suggestions,
or donations, however small, from the
student body, alumnne, or other friends,
of the college will be greatly appre
ciated. It la hoped that this plan, will
be completed iu time for the annual
Christinas concert.
Anothej- project of keen .interest Is
the poaalbillty of concert tours. Ar
rangements are now underway for such
an undertaking.
The new officers recently elected are
as follows:
President—Mataliue Nye.
Vico President—‘Frances Morris.
Secretary—Esther Mae Lanier,
Treasurei'—Dorothy Lowdermilk.