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Volume XV
MEREDITH COLLEGE, EALEIGH, N. C., FK13RUAHY 29, 1936
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Total of Ninety-three Make
First Semester Honor Rolls
Fifty-nine on First Honor Roli
and Thirty-four Make
Second Honors
Three Juniors and Two Seniors
Make Straight A’s
A total of 93 Meveilitli girla attained
the honor rolls for the fall semester
1936-38. Of these, 59 were on the first
honor roll, and 34 were on the secoiul,
showing a slig^ht Increase over the fall
semester lost year.
Five girls averaged straight A for
the semester. Those who made this
record were: Edna Lee Fegrani, Ra
leigh, and Norma Rose, Wadesboro;
Seniors; Eleanor Edwards, Cary;
Ethel Knott, Oxford; and Margaret
Kramer, Elizabeth City, of the Junior
Class.
The complete honor rolls are as fol-
lows:
FiKST Honor
Nancy Allen, Wadesboro; Llsettc
Allgooil, Roxboro; Alice Andrews, Ra
leigh; Nellie Balt, Raleigh; Ruby
Barrett, Laiirlnburg; Flora Kate
Bethea, Latta, S. C.; Nina Binder,
Mount Airy; Margaret Blanchard,
Rose Hill; Blanche Buffaloe, Garner;
Margaret Bullard, Raleigh; Henrietta
Castlebury, Raleigh; Luclle Cates,
Mebane; Mary Chandler, Durham;
Beth Gilbert Crabtree, Raleigh; Mil'
dred Ann Critcher, Lexington; Mil
dred Crowder, High Point; Elizabeth
Davidson, Raleigh: Miriam Early,
WiusioJi-Siiletfi: Edwards,
Cary; Dorothy Finlator, Raleigh;
?ile)ba Gaskuis, Spring Hope; Alice
Goodman, Raleigh; Madeline Hall.
Woodsdale; Adelaide Harris, Nor
wood; Laura Mae Hliliatd, Cary;
Margaret Hines, Manteo; Mary Eliza
betli Jenkins, Auacastla, D. C.; Cath
crine Johnson, Winston-Salem; Ethel
Jones, Cary; Helen Jones, Selma;
Betty Kichliue, Raleigh; Ethel Knott,
Oxford; Margaret Kramer, Elizabeth
City; Mary Martin, Lexington; Mar
tha Messenger, Port Washington, N.
Y.; Kathleen Midgett, Elizabeth City;
Ruth Nowell, Cary; Edna Lee Pegram,
Raleigh; Jessie Mae Perry, Wingate;
Lucy Mae Perir. Millbi’ook; Pauline
Perry, Winston-Salem; Frances Pitt
man, Kinston; Alice Poe, Raleigh;
Grace Porter, Rockingham; Helen
Rivers, New Dern; Elizabeth Rodwell,
Warrenton; Harriet Rose, Wadesboro;
Norma Rose, Wadesboro; Helen Rut-
fln, Raleigh: Ruth Sears, Morristown;
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Recreation Evening Series
Inaugurated February 24
On Thursday evening, February 24,
Mrs. Sorrell inaugurated a series of
Recreation Evenings with a progrnm
of Rames, songs, and marches for the
sophomore class. Each of the other
classes will .have an opportunity to
meet together as a class in the fu
ture. The limited space in the gym
makes it necessary to confine the pro
grams to designated sections of the
student body.
Tliese social get-togethers, beside
providing a relaxation period and the
spirit ot fun for the participating
groups, also enables would-be recrea
tion leaders to assume responsibility
and dh'ect games. The Gym 60-Gl
class aids In the direction of the
groups.
Mrs. Sorrell believes that the values
of social get-togethers are many:
1. Socials enable us to handle large
groups.
2. Socials are acceptable to com
munities where other activities are
taboo.
3. Little equipment and no training
is necessary for those who participate.
4. Responsibility can be divided
among many, thus giving opportunity
for leadership training.
5. In play, which Is natural and eu-
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Dr. John* L. Hit.l
WEEK OF DEEPER SPIRITUAL
THINKING TO BE MARCH 9-13
Court Declares Meredith
Blameless In Silver Case
ALOEN G. ALLEY DISCUSSES
“ETHIOPIA'’ FEBRUARY 17
Biography Course Added
To History Department
A new vourse in biography, taught
by Mr. Samuel G. Riley, head ot the
history department, has been added to
the curriculum of Meredith College.
Typical biographies oC leaders of rad
leal movements, not confined to any
period or country, are to be studied.
The general plan of the course is
to have one student take the lead In
the discussion by giving the life of
the lender chosen for study. The rest
of the students, who are expected to
have read less detailed lives of the
man, are to contribute to the diacus'
Glon.
This course Is not primarily de
signed for history majors; all stu
dents who have had freshman Euro
pean history are eligible. For this
Bemester, the course is to be a one
hour course, meeting on Tuesday eve
nings at C;46. It Is not too late to
register.
Seniors Do Supervised
Teaching in Local Schools
Seniors who are planning to teach
have been given aBsignments for su
pervised teaching in several ot the
Raleigh city schools. The thirty-flvo
who are doing observation and teach
ing this scmeater are as follo-ws: Fred
Olds—Dorothy Andrews, Frances Cal
loway : Hayes-Barton—M a r y Ann
Brewer, Helen Ruffin, Mary Roselle
Sears; Boylan Heights—Minnie Ruth
McNeill, Dorothy Crutchfield, Eliza^
beth Rodwell: Wiley—Dorothy Fin
lator, Bertha Mae Futrelle, Mary Eliz
abeth Lawson; Needham Broughton—
Hilda Williams, Nina Binder, Sonora
Bliuul, Henrietta Castlebury, Mary
Chandler, Mary Bynum Dark, Dorothy
Dockery, Melba Gaskins, Virginia
Ogletree, Lucy Mao Perry, Ida Leane
Warren, Martha Williams, Catherine
Moseley; Hugh Morson — Marjorie
Gregory, Ruth Lovelace, Helen Mel
ton, Helen Frances Parker, Violet
Penny, Norma Rose, Ruth Alice Ward,
Flossie Whitley; to be placed—Doro
thy Dent, Christine Cdxmi, Dorothy
Tyson,
Or. Hill To Hold Daily Services
On Campus
Dr. John L. Hill, of Nashville, book
editor of the Suiiday School Board, Is
to be the speaker for the week of
deeper spiritual thinking, March 9-13.
An iiniisuall'y interesting program
has been planned for that week. Dr,
Hill, who Is one of the most popular
speakers in the South, will hold the
regular morning chapel services, and
in addition will speak every night at
6:'45, and on Wednesday and Thursday
afternoons. Open forums will be held,
when the. students may talk informal
ly with Dr. Hill.
Last year the week of deeper spir
itual thinking was conducted by Dr.
B. McNeill Poteat, of Raleigh. Hia
theme was “Launch Out into the deep
and let down your nets for a draught.”
Dr. Hill has not yet announced his
topic.
A personality sketch of Dr. Hill will
be' found on page 4.
Orchestra Organized Under
Direction of Miss Wagar
Candidate For Governor
To Speak At Meredith
Dr. Ralph McDonald, a candidate
for the next governorship of North
Carolina, will address the Student
League of Women Voters Thursday,
March 12, at 5:00 o’clock, in the Ro
tunda. The president, of the organi
zation, Bertha Mae Futrelle, extends a
cordial invitation to everyone to at
tend.
Dr. McDonald was formerly profes
sor of economics at Salem College,
relinquishing this position to bocome
a member of the House of Represent
atives. In his candidacy for gover
nor, he maintains the slogan “A New
Deal for North Carolina.'’ The speak
er will discuss certain important is
sues of the day in our states.
Recently an orchestra Las been or
ganized on the Meredith campus. This
is the first time in five years that any
definite action has been taken toward
building up an orchestra here. Miss
Pauline Wagar, ’cello and theory in
structor of the Music Department, la
director for the newly organized or
cbestra. At present thero are ten
members, including four violins,
played by Olivo Hamrick, Addle Belle
Wilson. Julia Currin, and Mae Marsh
banks; three ’cellos played by Lola
Freeman, Edith Bauconi, and Charles
Freeman; and two wind Instrumenta,
played by Marjorie Thomas, and Betty
Parker. Edith Britt is the acconv
panlst for the orchestra.
There have already been two re
hearsals, and in the future there will
be a rehearsal each Tuesday afternoon
at three forty-five in the auditorium.
Outsiders as well as Meredith stu
dents are eligible to become a part
of the orchestra. Anyone who is in
terested should see Miss Wagar as
soon as possible.
Advocates Collective Security;
Rejects Pacifism and
Neutrality
"JSthlopla” was the subject of the
address by Mr. Alden G. Alley In the
College Auditorium Monday evening.
Febru.iry 17.
He hesitated tliat the instllutious
necessary for a peaceful community
are; a community law-making body, a
community court, ami a community
enforcing body. In addition a peace
ful community must have "citizens
intellectually and morally fitted for
peace.”
Mr. AHeu is well qualifted to speak
with authority on many subjects re
lating to the future peace and war
of the world, hftvln® fought in the
World War, traveled extensively in
Europe, and attended ten sessions of
the League of Nations.
In advocating collective security for
the world, hd emphasized his state
ments by a comparison with Raleigh
without a police force.
The League oC Nations has called
out against Italy the World Police
Force of economic and financial forces.
The League has refused to sell Italy
war supplies, to ship her the second
ary supplies of war, to lend her money
and to buy from her.
The nations of the world, according
to Mr. Alley, are divided into three
types: the status quo nations, such
as France in whose favor the treaties
after the War were made: the “Timid
nations'’ among which is the United
States of America; and the unsatis
fied nations. Italy, Germany, and Ja
pan.
Mr. Alley rejected pacifism and de
clared that neutrality Is impossible.
"Everybody has to do something and
be willing to pay the price of world
peace.”
Vienna Choir Boys Appear
In Third Civic Concert
COLLEGE CALENDAR
.4tl)lettc Board l^ntortaiiiiiifiut
I'ebrnary 28.
Civic Music Concert Mervh 4.
Faou)ty>Senlor Basketbnll Gamo
March 1.
Society Plays Murcli 6.
IVeek of Deeper SpirUiial
TIifuktH? Nnrolt 9.18.
The third of a series of four con
certs this season under the auspices
of the Raleigh Civic Music Associa
tion will be given in the Hugh Mor
son High School Auditorium, March
2, by the famous Vienna Choir Boys
who are on their fourth American
tour.
This choir had its beginning six
years after the discovery of America,
in 1498, when the monarch Maximil
ian decreed that a daily mass must
be sung by a chorus of boys and or
dered that the court orchestra train
and tutor such a body. Since that
time the institution has continued to
grow from eight boys to eighty. They
have always occupied the former im
perial residence, where they pursued
academic and musical studies and
were maintained by the state.
Their concert tours take them to
most of the European cnpltnls. but the
especially festive occasions for them
are the Sundays and high church
holidays when they sing with the en
tire ensemble of the Vienna Slate
Opera and the Philharmonic Orches
tra.
Their program will Include mad
rigals, Catholic liturgical and other
religious music, ns well as folk and
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Friends of College Agree to Raise
Subscription for Bills
Charitable Institutions May Not
Be Held Liable is Ruling
In Superior Court on February 11.
193G, Meredith College was e.xonevated
of any further complications in the
suit of Lois Sflllle Sliver, plaintiff,
versus Meredith College, Incorporated,
ilefeudant.
Tlie action had its origin two years
ago when Lois Silver was a student.
at Meredith. Performing an experi
ment in organic chemiatry laboratory,
she neglected to follow the directions
given her. As a result the chemicals
boiled up and into her eye. Later,
she lost the sight of this eye.
After a few preliminary procedures,
the plaintiff asked for a compromise
outside of court, by which she would
receive from the defendant an amount
sufficient to cover her hospital and
doctor bills. The defendant declined
to make any such compromise. There
upon Miss Silver exonerated the col
lege and all of its agents, after which
friends agreed to contribute funds to
cover the desired medical expenses.
Following is an account of the judg
ment:
The above entitled action duly and
regularly coming on to be heard and
being heard before His Honor M. V.
Barnhill, Judge, and a jury:
HEREUPON it appears to the Court
and the Court finds and adjudges:
1. That Meredith College is a charit
able corporation and that as such it
would not be responsible for the neg
ligence or torts of Its employees, if
any such negligence there should be,
and that none of its funds or proper
ties are or would be subject or liable
to levy or sale under execution.
2. That there was no negligence on
the part of Meredith College or any
of Itsi teachers, employees, or agents
in connection with the surplus suf
fered by the plaintiff, and that the
plaintiff's injuries were suffered by
her while she was not following the
instructions properly given to her, and
that the defendant is not liable to the
plaintiff on account of the injuries she
suffered.
3. That certain friends of the parties
have agreed to contribute liberally
ont of their own resources toward the
expenses incurred by the plaintiff for
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Advanced History Classes
Do Research for Commission
Several students in advanced his
tory classes are doing research for
markers for historic spots.
The legislature provided a fund
which enables these markers to be
placed under the supervision of Dr.
C. C. Crittendon, Secretary of the
Historical Commission. The following
girls will check up on the date and
prepare it for the markers: Eleanor
Andrews, Mary Chandler, Mary B.
Dark, Dorothy Dockery, Dorothy Fin
lator, Ida Fuller, Salle Matthls, Ida
Leane Warren, Clara Colvard, Mar
jorie Gregory, Ruth Lovelace. Minnie
Ruth McNeill, Catherine Mosely, Mil
dred Patterson, Hilda WiUIams, Mar
tha Williams, Mary Johnson MacMil
lan, Katherine Shufor1, Gracel Casli-
well, Martha Mae Glnzener, Ethel
Knott, Katherine Malloy, Ft'ances
Pittman, Frances Tatum. Helen
Whitehurst, and Gwendolyn Kester.