Potronize Our Advertisers '0 V to/3rmr /fyyygn idttioi irwiG Patronize Our Advertisers VoltimeXV MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FEBRUARY 1, 1936 Ntunber 8 Five Meredith Girls In 1936 Who's Who Among Students PLANS FOR. 1936 SUMMER SCHOOL ARE ANNOUNCED Biographies of Three Seniors and Two-Juiiiori Included SECOND APPEARANCE OF PUBLICATION IN MARCH Three senioi’s and tWo juniors have recently been elected toappear iu WAo’ff Who Among Students In Am&'ican Unu veraitiea anfl OoUeocs. Frances Gallo* way, Lucile Pai'ker. und Pauline Ferry were chosen from the senior class, and Sue Brewer and Ruby Barrett were se lected from the junior claas. The pub lication will appear in March, aud It is hoped that every university and col> ioge of -prominence will be represented in the 193$ edition. Last yeiar .was the first year Wfto'a Wfio Among Students has appeared. There were 300 colleges and univerSi* ties represented, and 1300 biographies o£ America’s outstanding students were included. The book has been unani mously accepted by the American Uni versities and Colleges and is the only institution of its bind iu the Ameri can College World. Meredith had four students repre sented in the 1935 edition, including, Gatlierine Moseley, student government president; Elizabeth Lee, 13, S. U. pres ident; Norma Rose, junior class presi dent; aud Ann Bradsher, secretary of studenT'goverumeut:.' It is interesting to note that of the total number of nine girls representing Meredith, six have at one time' or another been a class president. Frances Calloway, who is president ot B. 3. U., has served as Vice Presi dent of the N. C. Baptist Student Union. Lnclle Parker is president of the Sliver Shield and Eiditor uf the Acorn. Pauline Ferry is president of the Little Theatre, Editor of the Twiff, and scciettiry and treasurer of Kappa Mu Sigma. Sue Brewer is secretary of the student gov ernment, aud was president of the sophomore class last year. Ruby Bnr- rett is president of the junior class and house vice president of A dormi tory. “A candidate for Inchisiau In IVho'a IVJio should be judged by all the stand ards listed below—that is, the students should have a combination of these qualities to indicate that he iu so out standing that he is an asset to his school: character, scholarship; leader ship in high standard of politics, ath letics, and other forms of extra-cnrrl- cula activities, and possibility of fu ture usefulness Lu business and so ciety." GREENSBORO HOSTESS FEB. 4 TO MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY Students Holding Raleigh Civic Music Association Member ships Admitted Free The Minneapolis Symphony Orches tra, under the direction of Eugene Or* mandy, will appear in a concert in Oreensboro at the Woman’s College of the University ol North Carolina on February 4. Since it is a number of the Civic Music series, being sponsored i>y the Greensboro branch, stiidents baviug tickets of the Raleigh Civic Mu sic Association will be admitted free of charge. Special busses'will go from Meredith and it is hoped that all who have tickets will avail themselves of the opportunity of hearing this concert, the only expense being bus fare. Mr. Ormandy, present conductor of the Symphony, will take over the con- ductorship of the Philadelphia Orches tra after this season. Leopold Stokowski, who has been leader of the Philadelphia orchestra for twenty-three years, is resigning the post in order to devote his time to rer search work. The Philadelphia Orchestra, however, is not new to Mr. Ormandy, since he has appeared with it as guest conductor. Born in Hungary, Mr. Ormandy began his American career as a violinist in New York's Capitol Theatre Orchestra, ONE-ACT PLAYS DECIDED ON BY PHIS AND ASTROS I.4ist year tlie Phi and Astro Societies evolved a plan whereby the societies, cooperating with the Little Theatre, might present each year two one-act plays during the spring semester. This iyear the Astro Society will x>resent Oreen Ei/eii Frovi Romanj/, by John Kirkpatrick, and the Phi Society will present Uplifthio Sailie, by Alice C. D. Itiley. on March 6, at elgiit o’clock. Tryouts for the Astros will be held Monday afternoon, February 3, in the Phi Hall from 4:30 to 0:00. Tryouts for the Phis will be held Monday eve ning. February 3. in the Thl Hall imme diately following the regular meeting of the society. Christine Adams, Astro president, and Dorothy Dockery, Phi president, will act as general chairmen for their respective societies. Dr, Florence Hoag- 4 Please turn to page two) State International Relations Club Meets With Meredith Group A joint meeting of the Meredith and State Internntlonal Relations Clubs will be held at Meredith, February 10. Dorothy Dockery is president ot the Meredith Club, which Is comprised of fifteen student members and Miss Net tle Herndon, professor of sociology, faculty member. Membership is on an invitational basis, those girls being In vited to join who prove themselves in terested In current international prob lems. Mr. W. T. Medlin, Jr., is presi dent ot the State College Club. For the joint meeting, Margaret Kramer will cooperate with a member ot tbe boys’ Club to plan the program. The book re port will be given by Katherine Shu- ford. Similar Courses of Study and Calendar for Both Divisions Seeking a closer coordination ot the- work and Interests of our denomina tional colleges, Wake Forest, which Is now entering on its second century of service in North Carolina, and Mere dith College, now rounding out its 36th year of service, combined their forces in the summer sessions ot 1933 and '34. In the summer of 1935 Meredith and Wake Forest arfiliated with Mars Hill College, a Christian Institution in the western part of tbe state, whicli has been in operation tor more than three- quarters ot a century. This institution is cooperating with Meredith and Wake Forest in every way possible to make the work and tbe spirit of the Summer School Sessions unsiu'pussed. Definite plans have been formulated for the operations of the 1936 'Wake Forest-Meredith Summer School, The summer school bulletin will be ready for distribution in the near future. It is now assured, however, that courses will bo offered in art, economics, Eng lish, education, hygiene and health ed ucation, history, languages, mathemat ics, music, psychology, religion, sci ence, sociology, and pliyslcal education. Thero will bo two-divisions, one at Mars Hill aud another at Wake Forest, which will be virtually identical in courses of study, credit, and calendai'. Both units will open June 10. The six- weeks session will close July 18 and the nine-weeks session, August S. In an Interview, Mr. Tyner, who will be in charge ot the Mars Hill division, stated that a number of inquiries are being received relative to the summer session, and there axe Indications that the enrollment will be very much larger titan that of last sunitner, especially in the Mars Hill division. There are two main purposes of this euordinatlon ot the three schools—to help those who wish to make up work, and to enable students to complete un dergraduate work ill a shorter period of time. Summer school then is an integral part ot the regular school year and stu dents may earn from nine to ton semes* ter hours toward degrees in each of the summer sessions. Also special provision Is made dur ing summer school for teachers in serv ice and tor others who wish to do ad vanced studying. Dr. Kincheloe of Rocky Mount To Be Founders' Day Speaker MISS RHODES, MRS. BUTLER ATTEND CHARLOTTE MEET Over Two Thousand Delegates Attend Baptist Sunday School Conference Annual Alumnae Broadcast Over Station WPTF In Evening STUDENT GOVERNMENT ENTERTAINS AT RECEPTION Miss Lattie Rhodes, secretary to Dr. Brewer, and Mrs. James Butler, secre tary to Mr. Hamrick, attended the Bap tist State Sunday School Convention in Charlotte, N. C. January 21-23. There were over two thousand delegates and representatives in attendance. Miss Rhodes, the acting superintend ent of the Intermediate Department ill Tabernacle Baptist Church, read a pa' per at the Wednesday evening service on “Teaching for the Present.” She stressed the fact that “actual teaching leads to better service for the present ' Jesus, the perfect Teacher, taught by healing the sick, feeding the hungry, clothing the poor, and so must the teacher of today. Dr. Porrest C. Feezor, pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, at the open ing session delivered the main addresij on “Consider Jesus.” Likewise Dr. B. W. Spllman's address on “Jesus Taught Them" was the principal discussion at the AVednesday morning session. Thursday moniing Seci’elary M. A. Huggins, formerly of the Education Department ot Meredith College, spoke on “Then Are Ye Truly My Disciples.” “We are His disciples to introduce Jesus to others and to reproduce Jesus to others,” said Mr. Huggins. Mary Banks Returns to Meredith After Long Illness Mary Banks, member of the Sopho more Class, has returned to school af ter several weeks illness due to typhoid fever. She was in the Duke hospital for five and a half weeks, after which time she went to her home in Wash ington, where she has been since Christmas. She \yas a member ot Tiu; Twiu staflf, but has resigned her posi tion because of her illness. Blanche Buffaloe, member of the class of 1838 who completed the requirements for her degree at the end of her fall semester, has secured a position as teacher of the 3rd grade in Buckhorn, North Carolina. Annual Founders' Day at Meredith on February 7, will have as speaker Dr. J. W. Kincheloe, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Rocky Mount. Dr. Kincheloe, an influential man In his community as well as in denominatlou- al affairs, will make his address at ten- thirty on Friday morning. This prom inent Nortli Carolina pastor is preemi nent in the various activities of the Baptist State Convention. Sledallioii to be Presented In addition to the main address at the morning exercises, there will be a presentation to the college of a bronze portrait medallion of Dr. Delia Dixon Carroll, who was college physician fi'om the founding of the college until her death in 1934. Tree PlanUnp Preceding the main cxerclses, at ten o’clock, tl»e college alumnae wlU spon sor a tree-planting, which will take place at the front of the Administration Building. The two holly trees in hon or ot Dr. Carroll and Miss Ida Potcal, beloved art teacher and also a member ot the faculty since the beginning of the collcge, will be planted on either side of the drive. llouor I'bouius Meredith Immediately following the chapel c.'c- ercise, Dr. Brewer, participants In the morning’s program, aud many friends of the college will go to the grave of Thomas Meredith, for whom the instl* tutlon was named, where a brief serv ice will bo held. Keceptiou In the afternoon, the faculty aud trustees will entertain at a formal re ception, Friends of the college and the senior class will be guests ot the fac~ iilty und trustees for this afternoon affair. Alumnae llrondcast A broaacast over station WPTF will take place in the evening from eight- thirty until nine o’clock. Mr. LeBlla P. Spelman, Professor of Music at Mere dith, will play an organ number to open the program. A skit on Mereaiih in dialogue will follow. Another mnsl- (Please turn to page two) RESUME OF MEREDITHS HISTORY By FRANCES TATVM It has been over one hundred years since K committee was appointed by the Baptist State Convention to report on the Hdvlaablllty ot establishing an institution for young women. The committee was composed ot Thomas Meredith, John Armstrong, and W. H. Powell; their report met with no re sults, and in 1838 Thomas Meredith ad vised the convention thot nn institu tion for young women should be estab lished. No definite results were reached until 1888, the year of the meeting ot the convention in Greensboro; It was decided at this meeting to appoint a committee to investigate the matter. A charter was secured from the legis lature in 1891. The oollege opeiied in 1699 with Mr. tj. C. Blaslngame as president; it was built on the Pullen property in the cen ter of Halelgh, Meredith was first called the Baptist Female University; in 1905 it became the Baptist University for Women. Dr. R. T. Vann, who was pres ident of the institution from 1900-1916, suggested the name of Meredith in hon or ot Thomas Meredith. Meredith is a member of the Southern Association of University of Women aud the Association of American Universi ties. Many of the organizations for extra curricular activities are almost as old as the college. Tbe Astrotekton aud Phllaretlan literary societies and the gleeolub were organized iu 1899. The Oak Leaves was first published in 1904, and the Aoom two years later. The Twig made its first appearance in 1921, The Y, W. C. A., organized in 1902, was re placed in 1937 by the Baptist Student Union. On Jtinuury 6, 1920, Meredith was moved to a new site, The new build ings were named in honor ot its found- ors. Vann Hall is named In honor of the beloved former president; Fair- cloth Hall for Judge Faircloth who gave the money for the building by the same name at old Meredith. Jones Hall is numed in honor of Mr. W. N. Jones, who was president of the Board of Trustees for several years. Johnson Hall was nomed In 1931 for Dr. Livingston John son, editor of the Biblical Recorder tor many years, and Strlngfleld Hall for Mr. 0, L. Strlngfield, a Baptist minister active in founding the college and In Temperance League work. Dr. John L. Hill To Lead Week Of Deeper Spiritual Thinking Dr. John L, Hill, Book Editor ot the Baptist Sunday School Board, has been selected by the B, S. U. to lead the week of Deeper Spiritual Thinking sometime in March. The week of Deeper Spiritu al Thinking is sponsored each spring by the B. S. U., at which time some promi nent person \yho Is interested in young people is invited to speak to the stu dent body. The exact time of the serv ices will be announced lator. Dri Hill will be in Raleigh for the N. C. ■Wom an’s Missionary Union Convention. Many Meredith girls have already met Dr. Hlll^ who has appeared on pro? grams at Ridgecrest and the various B. S. U. conferences throughout the south. This is the first time Dr. Hill has been on the Meredith campus to conduct a service for the students. Dr. Hill is chairman of the Board of Deacons, First Baptist Church, Nash ville; WSM radio Bible teacher; pro fessor at George Peabody College; Boy Scout Executive; and a lecturer on bid- torical, literary, and inspirational top ics.

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