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November 2
Vol. XV
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., OCTOBER 26. 1935
Number 3
*The Idea of Conflict in Modern
Drama** Topic Dobree* s Lecture
PUBLICITY BUREAU SET UP
UNDER MISS FOSTER
University of Cairo Professor
Gives Lecture in College
Auditorium
“NO CONFLICTED DRAMA” IS
TOPIC EMPHASIZED
The celebrated lecturer, Major
Bon'aniy Iiobree, Inaugurated the
series of lectures for the college year
when he spoke in the colIcge audito
rium on Tlnirsday evening, October
17. Mr. Bond, Qt! the English depart
ment of Ihe University of North Caro
lina, introduced the speaker as a man
of speclai specialties and interesting
interests. Major Dobree who is a
member of the faculty of tiie Univer
sity of Cairo, Egypt, is au author of
note as well as a lecturer.
The subject of the lecture was “The
Idea of Conflict in Modern Drama.”
Major Dobrec discussed the terms
"ideas” and ‘‘conflict" and later con
nected the two. Initially he stated that
the motivation of our crossing the road
to see a dog Aght is the motivation of
our going to sec a play. If we analyze
our iirst feelings on approaching a
work of art, wo have to bo still farther
back and And out why we think and
feel what we do. It Is the Idea be
hind the exterior that counts.
The lecturer quoted Shaw's terse
summary, “No conflict, no drama.”
WHhoiit «9k1pg,hia andlenco to accept
this, he examined it carefully with us.
Bven though it may be possible to say,
"No conflict, no drama,” every con
flict is not dramatic. An inner coa-
ilict, the conflict that is all important,
is not necessarily active outwardly.
He cited the example of arising in the
morning after a late night. Thet-o may
be a conflict, but it is the consequences
of the night that make the action
dramatic. No conflict may he dramatic
unless what is involved is dramatic
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MAJOR DOBREE
Definite Plans Made; Eight Stu
dents to Gather News
Little Theatre Presented
Freshman Class in Play
On the evening of October 22 the
Freshman Glass was presented by The
Little Theatre in The Romance o/
the Willow Pattei'n, a comic tragedy
by Ethel'Van der Veer. ,
The members of the cast were:
The Mandarin....Lettie Logan Hamlett
Koong-See Annie Elizabeth Coward
Chang. Catherine Johnson
Property Man Minnie Anna Forney
Incense Bearer Mary Jane Lindley
The play, based oil an old Chinese
legend pl Ihe Willow Pattern plate,
wtis given in the regular Chinese man
ner, with practically no ecenevy, leav
ing most of the properties to the
Imagination. The costumes were gen
uine old Chinese garments made and
worn about thirty years ago. Mary
Fay McMillan played a Chinese flute,
and Lettie Logan Hamlett sang a
Chinese aong to which Koong-See
danced.
Dr. Florence Hoagland, of the Eng
lish speech department, directed the
play and was ussised by Pauline Per
ry. The committees were as follows:
Margaret Kramer, business manager;
Mary Fay McMillan, costume mau-
ager: Annabel! Hpllowell, stage man
ager; Nancy Bunn, make up manager,
&seieted by Edna Lee Pegram; Har
riet Rose and Bvelyn ClieBson, art dt-
reotors. Programs were made by
Edna Frances Dawkins.
SERGi RACHMANINOFF IN
CONCERT AT DUKE HALL
Noted Russian Pianist To Appear
Thursday, October 31
Meredith Hostess to Annual
State B. S. U. Conference
Sergi Rachnmninaff, celebrated Rus
sian pianist-composer, will be pre
sented in a concert Thursday evening,
October 31, in the Page Auditorium at
Duke University, The program will
begin promptly at S:15 o'clock.
Much enthusiasm in helnj displayed
on the campus since a number of
Meredith girls are planning to take
advantage of the opportunity of hear
ing this concert.
Rachmaninoff is not only interna
tionally famous as a pianist but also
as n composer and conductor. Some
of the numbers on his program will
be played in his own arrangements.
A complete pi'ogram for tlie concert
follows:
1. Variations, E Major Handel
2. Three Sonatas Bcarlottl
3. Sonata Chopin
Allegro Maostoao
Schcrzo
Largo
Finale
4. Nachstuck :...Scliumann
6. The Brooklet
Schubort-Rachmaninoff
G. Scherzo from “Midsummer
Night's Dream"
Mendelssohn-Rachumnlnoff
7. Etude Rachmaninoff
8. (a) Spinning Song Wagner-Liszt
(From “Flying Dutchman”)
(b) Magic Fire Wagner-EruBSin
9. Waltz Strausa-Tauslg
The Meredith College Publicity Bu
reau, under the direction of Miss Eliz
abeth Foster has drawn up definite
plans for the year. This idea is en
tirely new on the campus, and tiie
plan is experimental. Hecaiise of the
fact that it is impossible for cither
Miss Foster or the assistants, to put
very much time on it, the work is be
ing started in a small way. To keep
the local and state papers Informed
as to what is happening at Meredith
is the aim of the bureau.
A list of the assistants that have
been at work, and the regular “runs”
on which they are to report, follows:
Virginia Ogletree, Miss Blggers' of
fice and religious affairs; Margaret
Kramer, athletics; Kate Covington,
dramatics and bulletins; Anuabellc
Hollowell, the art department;
Frances Pittman, the preaidsut's of
fice and chnpel; Mary Fay McMillan,
music; Mary Johnson : McMillan, the
alumnae and the faculty committees:
Christine Adams, class and club af
fairs and pictures and cuts, for use
by the publications.
Miss Foster Is well equipped for
work of this sort, liavlng had several
years of previous experience. For a
year she was on the staff of Tlxe Fort
Worth, Texas, Star Telegrmi as re
porter and Music editor. She has also
taught journalism and directed the
publicity bureau at the North Texas
State Teachers' College in Denton,
Texas.
Anyone who has any information of
news interest is urged to turn it in
to the Publications Ofiice, Room 3,
Jones Hall. Miss Foster will be in
the office every week-day morning
from eight-thirty until nine-thirty, and
she will be glad to sec anyone with
Information of news interest at that
time.
SERIES OF CONCERTS IN
COMMEMORATION OF BACH
Music Faculty to Appear
November Music Program
in
Sharing Christ With a Waiting
World is Convention
Theme
SEVERAL PROMINENT MEN TO
TAKE PART
Two Meredith Teachers
Are Studying at Duke
Two 'members of the Meredith fac
ulty are continuing their studies at
Dube University this year.
Miss Nettie Herndon, head of the
economics and sociology department,
is studying English constitutional his
tory. She goes to Duke every Tues
day afternoon and part of the time
on Friday.
Mrs. Lillian Parker Wallace is also
continuing her work on her Ph.D. In
the field of modern European History.
This year she is writing her disserta
tion on international relations os af
fected by the policies of Pope Pius IX
between 18G7 and 1878 under the bu*
]>erviBton ot Dr. E. M. Carroll. Mrs.
Wallace goes to Durham each Tues
day and Thursday aftarnoone.
Meredith Trio to Present
First Concert of Season
Tuesday evening. October 29, at 8:15
o'clock the Meredith Trio will give the
first concert of the season.
The Trio is composed of Miss Char
lotte Armstrong, Violinist; Misa Pau
line Wagar, Violoncellist, and Miss
Aileen McMillan, pianist. The Trio
was organized in 1980. At that time
the Trio was made up of Miss Char
lotte Armstrong, Violinist; Miss Bar
bara Pike, Cellist, and Miss Martha
Galt, pianist. After two years Miss
McMillan succeeded Miss Qalt and Miss
Rosel became cellist in place of Miss
Pike. Last year Miss Wagar took
Miss Hoset's placc as Cellist.
The Trio usually gives one or two
concerts during the school session as
well as helps with the special music,
especially at Christmas. The Trio hag
visited many towns around Raleigh to
give concerts.
The trio 'will play as their first num
ber three movements. Allegro, An
dante, and Allegro, ma dolce, from
Haydn’s Trio in D. Major. The second
number on the program will be Locit-
tot's Sonate A Trola en si Mineur. The
'i'rio will conclude the program with
Schubert's Trio in B Flat Major, in
cluding the Allegro Moderate, Andante
un pocco inoaBO, and Rondo (Allegro
Vivace) movements.
During the month of November a
aeries of concerts will be given to com
memorate the 250th anniversary of
Bach, Two of these concerts will’he
composed of Pre-Bach music while the
other two will consist of music of the
I3ach period. .
Several members of the music fac
ulty will participate in these concerts.
The ilrst ot this series will be given
Sunday, November 3. This program,
presented by Miss Howland, Miss
"Wagar, and Mr, Spelnian, will bo made
up ot Italian and French music of the
Pre-Bach period.
Tiie second concert will be given
Sunday, November 10. This program
will consist of the English and German
music of the Pre-Bach iieriod and will
be presented by the Meredith Trio and
Mr. Spelman.
The third concert will be given
Thursday, Novemer 14, by Miss
Branch, Miss Armstrong, Miss Otter-
sen, and Mr, Spelman.
The final concert will be rendered
Sunday, November 24, by Mr. Spelman,
Mrs. Spelman. and Dr. Benjamin
Swalin. Dr, Swalin Is the new violin
teacher at the Uniyersily of North
Carolina, and will play Chaconne for
unaccompanied violin.
Lecture Recital Given
By Madame Matile McKee
Under the auspices.of the Alliance
Francaiae Club and the School of Music
of Meredith College, Madame Matile
McKee, a native ot France, gave a
lecture recital on October 24. Madame
McKee was accompanied by Miss Mary
Lee, of the music department.
The recital was composed of three
groups of French folk songs, as fol
lows; Chansons des provinces de
France, Viellles Chansons, and Chants
et Danses Du XVIIIe SlScle, The
singer was dressed in the costume of
the old provinces of France of the
sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth
centuries.
Columbia University will receive a
cash bequest of |25,000 to be used "to
found os many scholarships as it will
in the schools of applied science" un
der the terms of the will of one of its
graduates, Dr. Frank Vanderpoal of
East Orange, N. J., who died last
month.
Of the 8,000 students at CCNY, only
2) per cent are communists, according
to a survey recently conducted by the
American Legion Post No. 717, com
posed of Dr, Irving N, Rattner, com
mander; faculty members and grad
uates. It iB Dr. Rattner's plan to re
form all flie student communists, who
are really just misguided boys, he says.
A decided swing against the New
Deal In the last 15 months among mem
bers of the Yale class of '24 Is reflect
ed in a recent poll. Slxty-nine per cent
of the class voted against the Presi
dent while 16 months ago 6S per cent
favored New Deal policies.
With Meredith College as hostess,
the State Baptist Student Union Con
vention is being held in Raleigh, Octo
ber 25, 26, and 27. The sessions, with
the exception of the early morning
service on Sunday, are being held, at
Ihe Tabernacle Baptist Church. The
students, who represent colleges from
all over the state, are being enter
tained on the Harvard Plan.
The theme of the conference is
"Sharing Christ With the Waiting
World," and the purpose of tills con
ference and similar state B. S. U. con*
i'erences which are being held all over
the Southland, Is to bring the Bap
tist students of the state togetlier for
a spiritual retreat. The conference
is being presided over by Bob Costner,
of Wake Forest, who is State B. S. U.
president. Frances Calloway, presi
dent ol! the Meredith College B. S, U.
and vice president of the State B. S. U.,
is to preside at the Saturday after
noon session, at which time four
simultaneous conferences . on such
topics as race relations and other sub
jects of great interest to students, will
be held. The leaders of these confer
ences are Dr. E. M. Poteat, Miss Win
nie Rickett. Mr. Perry Morgan, and
Mr. William Hall Preston, who is As
sociate Southwide Student Secretary.
Other well-known speakers for the con
vention are Dr. J. Clyde Turner, Mr.
M. A. Huggins, and Mr. H. H. McMil
lan, who is a missionary on furlough
from China.
Dr. Brewer gave the address of wel
come at the opening session on Friday
night, after which an informal recep
tion was held at the Tabernacle Bap
tist Church. Senator Joslah Bailey
will deliver the address on Saturday
evening. A play, "The Color Line,”
is also to be given Saturday night by
the Meredith B. S. U„ in collaboration
with those ot N. C. State College and
Wake Forest College, The early morn
ing service on Sunday is to be held iu
the Meredith College Auditorium at
six-tliirty. Reverend Charles Howard,
of Buie's Creek, will lead this service.
The closing session of the confer
ence will be held Sunday afternoon
ftt 3:30.
Civic Music Week To Be
Observed November 28
The week ot November 28 is to be
designated in Raleigh as Civic Music
Week. The organization has been
made up and the campaign begins
with a dinner meeting Monday eve
ning. It has been three years since
the Civic Music Association has func
tioned. AU lovers of good musio or
ganization will again present a series
of fine concerts. Regular members are
charged a fee of five dollars each; this
fee takes care ot the admission charge
to the concerts. Not less than three
outstanding numbers will appear this
season. There is a special price for
students of Meredith and the college
Is going to make it possible for any
student desiring to attend the con*'
certs to do so for one dollar, and the
college wilt pay the remainder of the
fee. The one dollar may be paid to
Esther Mae Lanier, Margaret Lauler,
or Katherine Covington. Tickets lor
the faculty wUl be five dollars each.
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