THE TWIG
Volume XV
MEREDITH COLLEGE, EALEIGH, N. C., APRIL 25,1936
NUMBER a* /
Election of Society and Athletic
Association Presidents Held
Sue Brewer to Head Astros;
Catherine Canady Phi
President
MARTHA MESSENGER ELECTED
A. A. LEADER FOR NEXT YEAR
At a meeting of the student body on
Saturday, April 4, the society presi*
dents and the Athletic Association pres
ident were elected. Catherine Canady,
of Kinston, was elected president of the
Philaretlan society for the year 1936-37.
The two nominees were Catherine and
Kate Covington, both nominated by the
nominating . committee. Since coming
to Meredith, Catherine has taken an
active part in campus activities. During
the past year she has served as treas
urer of the student body, junior man
ager of the hockey team, and was a
member of the student-faculty com
mittee. She Is also a member of the
Classical club, of the Colton English
club and of the Little Theatre, and has
previously been on the Oak Leaves and
Acorn staffs.
At the chapel election. Sue Brewer,
of Wake Forest, was elected president
of the Astrotekton society for the com
ing year. Sue has served during the
past year as secretary of the Student
Government Association and a member
of the nominating committee. She was
vice president of the freshman class
and president of the sophomore class.
Also she Is included in the Who’s Who
American Colleges.
Martha Messenger, of Port Washing
ton, New York, was elected by the stu
dent body to head the Athletic Asso
ciation for 193G-37. During the past
year Martha has been vice president
of the Athletic Association,' general
manager of hockey, and a member of
the junior class basketball team. She
is also a member of the Monogram
club, the Classical club, Alliance
Francaise, Little Theatre, and of
The AcoJ'n and Twio staffs.
Janie Allgood Presents
Graduating Recital April 24
Last evening at eight o’clock, in the
college auditorium, Miss May Crawford
presented Janie Allgood in her gradu
ating recital. Miss Allgood Is the daugh
ter of Mrs. Mildred Allgood of Roxboro.
The program was as follows:
Sarabande, E Major—Bach.
Allegro con Brio from Sonata, op. 22
—Beethoven.
Kinderscenen, op. 5~Schumann. Of
Foreign Lands and Scenes; The Im
portant Event: Reverie: The Knight
of the Hobby Horse; The Child Falls
Asleep; The Poet Speaks. Impromptu,
op. 90, No. 4—Schubert.
Viennese Dance, No. 2—Frledman-
Gartner.
Gondoliera—Moszkowskl.
Last Movement from Concerto In G
Minor—Mendelssohn.
(Orchestral accompaniment on a sec
ond plaiio by Miss May Crawford.)
Ushers for the recital were: Lisette
Allgood, Isabel Ross, Ruth Pender,
Stuart Weatherspoon, Katherine Win
stead, and Rachel Bradsher.
Following the recital a reception was
held in the college parlors. The re
ceiving line was' composed of the fol
lowing: Janie Allgood, Miss May
Crawford, Mrs. Mildred Allgood, Mr.
L, W. Allgood. Mr. J. W.. Allgood, Dr.
andi Mrs. Charles E. Brewer, Prof.
Leslie P. Spelman, Miss Alleen Mc
Millan, Miss Charlotte Armstrong,
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MEREDITH TO OBSERVE
HOSPITALITY WEEK END
Full Program Planned to Enter
tain Guests May 1-3
Meredith College is to observe the
traditional hospitality week-end for
high school seniors May 1-3. Friday
night the freshmen are to honor the
guests with a party. Saturday morn
ing at 12:00 the Glee Club will give
a few selections. Lunch will be
served at 1:15. At two o’clock an
other father-daughter baseball game
that proved so enjoyable last year
will be played.
The May Day exercises will be given
In the grove at four o’clock and dinner
will be served at six. The Wake For
est Glee Club will give a concert In
the auditorium at 8 o’clock, followed
by a reception in the parlors. There
will be no definite plans made for the
entertainment of the -guests Sunday
other than attending the regular
church service.
Hospitality week-end has been ob
served at Meredith College for a num
ber of years in an effort to acquaint
prospective students with the physi
cal plant and the cun-iculum of the
school. Last year one hundred and
fifty-four high school girls were en
tertained over the week-end.
“Charles and Mary” To Be
Presented by Little Theatre
“Charles and Mary,” a dramatiza
tion of the life of Charles and Mary
Lamb, by Joan Temple, is to be pre
sented by the Little Theatre in the
college auditorium May 5, at eight
o’clock. This will be the last pro
duction of the year.
Mirvine Garrett and Edna Lee Pe-
gram will take the leading roles as
Charles and Mary respectively. Oth
ers of the cast are as follows:
Mr. Lamb Nine Binder
Mrs. Lamb Susan Rudlsill
Becky Katherine Shuford
Jane Mary Johnson MacMillan
John Lamb Edna Frances Dawkins
William Godwin Margaret Kramer
Mrs. Godwin..Annie Elizabeth Coward
Charles Dudley Martha Messenger
Coleridge Minnie Anna Forney
Wordsworth Flora Kate Bethea
Hester Betty Claire Jennings
Mrs. Bracebrldge.—Catherlne Johnson
George Dyer Mary Fay McMillan
Dr. Florence Hoagland, sponsor of
the Little Theatre, Is directing the
play, and Pauline Perry, president of
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May Queen
ELIZAUETJI DAVIDSON
MAY COURT AND PAGEANT
INCLUDE 250 STUDENTS
“Sleeping Beauty” to be Theme
of Dances
On Saturday afternoon. May 2, In
the grove on the Meredith campus two
hundred and Hfty colorful characters
and dancers will enact the gay pag
eant of May Day. This year Mrs.
Gertrude Royster Sorrell, director of
physical education, presents her gym
classes in the pa-geant of the Sleeping
Beauty.
Four scenes comprise the action of
the Sleeping Beauty, which is pre
sented for the entertainment of the
May Queen and her court. Scene I
represents the village green on the
day of the christening of the infant
princess. Groups of peasants are
dancing when the palace procession
of the christening appears. Scene II
is that of the princess's eighteenth
birthday. Scene III is the Interlude
of one hundred years, during which
tile princess and her court are wrap
ped In enchanted sleep. Scene IV
brings the pageant to a close with the
entrance of the prince and the awak
ening of the princess.
The May Court for whom the play
let is presented consists of the fol
lowing:
Queen—Elizabeth Davidson.
Maid of Honor—Dorothy Dent.
Attendants—Seniors, Rena Pearl
Hamilton ajid Mildred Patterson;
Juniors, Sue Brewer and Kat Malloy;
Sophomore, Jean Davis and Margaret
Newlin; Freshmen, Joyce Howell and
Ruth Hutchins.
Heralds—Virginia Lambert and
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Editors of Publications Are
Elected by The Student Body
CLASS PRESIDENTS ARE
ELECTED FOR COMING YEAR
Frances Pittman Heads Seniors;
Margaret O’Brian, Junior; and
Janet Aikman, Sophomores
Before the holidays the three class
presidents were elected. On March 25
the senior class elected Frances Pitt
man of Kinston as their president for
the coming year. Since coming to Mere
dith, Frances has taken part In varied
activities. During the past year she has
served as soccer manager, as a man
aging editor of Tiid Twig and as sec-
retary-treasurer of the Colton English
club. She is also a member of the In
ternational Relations club, of Le Cercle
Francals, of the Little Theatre, and the
athletic board.
She has been on her class basketball
team three years, serving as captain
her sophomore year, and being a mem
ber of the varsity.the same year. She
was also sophomore tennis captain. She
has taken part in her society play and
her class stunt for the past two years,
and has been library assistant for two
years.
At a meeting of the sophomore class,
held March 26, Margaret O’Brlan of
Ashboro was elected as president lor
^he year 1936-37. A science major, Mar
garet is also a member of the Glee club
and of the choir and has manifested a
widespread interest in campus activi
ties.
Janet Aikman of Maplewood, New
Jersey, was chosen by the freshmen to
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Two New Members Elected
to Silver Shield Society
Dorothy Dockery and Mary Chand
ler, of the class of ’36, were formally
received Into the Silver Shield Hon
or Society at the regular chapel hour
on April 4. This completes the num
ber to be selected from the present
Senior Class. There are eight acth'e
members from the Senior Class and
two associate members from the Jun
ior Class now, making up the society.
Six new members will be elected from
the present Junior Class at Commence
ment.
The Society was organized last
year and members are selected on
the bosis of Christian cha.racter,
scholarship, and leadership. Lucille
Parker is president of the society.
Other members Include: Lucille Par
ker, Nancy Allen, Norma Rose, Fran
ces Calloway, Henrietta Castlebury,
Ann Bradsher, Dorothy Dockery, Mary
Chandler; associate members: Ruth
Abernethy and Ruby Barrett.
In Search of the Crook
By KATHERINE SHUFORD
The Juniors and their little sisters
are finding out more about their Alma
Mater than they thought there was to
know. How many of you were aware,
for instance, that there are one hun
dred and elghty-nlne rungs in the little
ladder contraption that begins at the
ground and ends at Meredith’s water
supply? (Some other Junior told me
this.) Or that there’s a sign carrying
the warning: “Dangei'—no admittance
while under construction” hanging up
side down in Mr. McConnell’s barn?
It all comes from this business of
hiding and finding—all right—hoping
to find, the crook. This is its history;
on Class Day, 1906, the tradition was
born when the Incoming senior class
was presented with an ordinary shep
herd’s crook to be hidden from the
Junior class. For four years the seniors
were successful in keeping the juniors
from finding it. but In 1910, the latter
proved that it could be done. The spirit
of the chase grew, and in 1913 became
so excessive as to cause the faculty
to decide to discontinue the custom.
Until the spring of 1929, when the
tradition was revived the beloved crook
led an unexciting existence in the home
of Dr. Vann, the ex-presldent of Mere
dith.
Since 1929, the crook has been found
twice by the Juniors—once under the
summer house and once on the roof
of A dormltoiy.
This year the unusual weather de
layed the search, but not for long. The
hunt Is on! Seniors alternately quake
and gloat, and Juniors hunt—and
worry.
Margaret Kramer, Editor of An
nual; Katherine Shuford to
Edit “Twig”
ANNABELLE HOLLOWELL IS
CHOSEN EDITOR OF “ACORN”
The editors of the three college pub
lications for the year 1936-37 were
elected by the student body on Sat
urday, April 4.
Margaret Kramer of Elizabeth City
was elected editor of the Oak Leaves
for next year. Margaret has taken an
active part in many of the college ac
tivities. In her sophomore year she
was student assistant In the English
department, treasurer of the Little
Theatre, club reporter of Tub Twio,
reporter for the news bureau, and pres
ident of the Pullen Memorial Sunday
School class. Margaret Is secretary of
the junior class, associate editor of the
Oak Leaves, vice president of the As-
trolekton Literary society, business
manager of the Little Theatre, publicity
director of the Athletic Association,
member of tlie International Relations
club, and student assistant in the
chemistry department.
Annabelle Hollowell. a junior, of
Elizabeth City, was elected editor of
The Acorn, college literary publication,
which appears six times during the
college year. Annabelle has also been
active In the college activities. She
was, in her freshman year, student as
sistant in the English department: in
her sophomore year, member of the
stunt committee, member of the Colton
English club, and of the Little Theatre.
Now a junior, she Is stage manager of
the Little Theatre, publicity chairman
of the Colton English club, member of
the International Relations club, and
for the past two years she has been
class editor of The Acorn, and student
library assistant.
Katherine Shuford. of Lexington, was
elected editor of Tiik Twio for the year
1936-37. Katherine has been on Thb
Twig staff for the past two years. In
her sophomore year she was managing,
editor and her junior year she was as-
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Honor Society Sponsors
Lecture-Recital April 28
Kappa Nu Sigma will have Its an
nual banquet Tuesday night, April 28,
in the college dining room. Follow
ing the banquet a lecture-recital will
be given in the college auditorium by
Dr. Glen Haydon of the music de
partment of the University of North
Carolina. Mr. Hanson will play a
group of piano solos by Brahms, and
Mr. Hanson and Dr. Haydon will play
several sonatas for the clarinet and
^he piano, Dr. Haydon playing the
cVarinet. Dr. Haydon will present a
short lecture on Brahms.
An Informal reception will be held
in the college parlors after the lecture.
All alumnae members of the society,
are invited to the banquet and recep
tion. The following is a list of the
faculty and student members of the
Kappa Nu Sigma Society: Faculty—
Miss Elizabeth Boomhour, Dr. Helen
Price. Miss Catherine Allen, Dr. Mary
Lynch Johnson, Miss Ethel Day. Miss
Ellen Brewer, Miss Elizabeth Foster,
Miss Nettle S. Herndon, Miss Mar
guerite Mason, and Miss Carolyn
Wray.
Students—Misses Elizabeth David
son, Pauline Perry, Norma Rose. Edna
Lee Pegram, Dorothy Dockery, Nina
Binder, and Katy Sams.