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STUDENT
ELECTIONS
Volume XV
THE TWIG
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., MARCH 13, 1937
STUDENT
ELECTIONS
Number 10
Meredith and Wake Forest Choirs
To Present Mendelssohn’s Elijah
Unusual Program Directed by
Leslie Spelman and Lyman
Seymour
STRING QUARTET, ORGAN AND
PIANOS ACCOMPANY CHORUS
On Sunday afternoon, March 21,
at 4:16 in the college auditorium,
the Meredith choir with the Wake
Forest Oiee Club will. present Felix
MendeUsohn’s Elijah, an oratorio
depicting the dramatic life of the great
prophet. Thia is the first time the
two organisations have given a con
cert jointly and for this reason and
the fact that the Elijah Is so widely
known for its beauty, a large number
of people from different parts of the
state are expected to attend. Mr. Les
lie P. Spelman head of the Meredith
Music Department, is directing the
' presentation. He has rehearsed week
ly with the two groups. Mr. Lyman
Seymour, director of the Wake Forest
Glee Club, has aided in training the
boys.
Soloists who will take part are Miss
Ragna Otterson and Miss Hazel Martin,
sopranos; Miss Bthel Rowland, con
tratto; Mr. John Toms, tenor; and
Mr. A. J. Fletcher, baritone. Ac
companying the chorus will be an or
chestra made up of the following;
First violin: Charlotte Houston,
Genevieve Griffey and Edgar H. Alden;
Second violin; Dorothy Alden and
Olive Hamrick; Viola; Mary Jo Holtz
and Major 0. D. Kutchlnski;. ’Cello:
Pauline Wagar, Catherine Kenard and
Charles Freeman. Pianists will be
Virginia Branch, Aileen McMillan and
Lyman Seymour, Catherine Miller is
the organist.
Members of the Meredith choir are;
Nancy Barbee, Evelyn Britt, Sara
Bryant, Emily Bethune,_ Dorothy But
ler, Elizabeth Case, Margaret Childs,
Margaret Love Clarke, Edna Earl Cog
gin, Sara Cole, Louise Conner, Vir
ginia Council, Katharine Covington
Carolyn Crltcher, Louise Daniel
Mabel Dlx, Elizabeth Everett, Hattie
Fish, Regina Frost, Mary Gavin, Re
becca Helsabeck, Irene Herring, Jes
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Sherwood Eddy Speaker During
Religious Emphasis Week
Directs Elijah
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
BEGINS Garrett and Kathryn
Aldridge Head S. G. and B. S. U,
MK. I.l «l II V. M*£LMAN
“Religious Emphasis Week" was ob
served at State College during the week
of March 2-6. Mr. Sherwood Eddy of
Long Island was the principal speaker
for the occasion. Mr. Eddy graduated
from Yale In 1891; he went to India
In 1896 and after fifteen years' work
among the students of India, he became
YMCA Secretary for Asia. In coopera
tion with Dr. John R. Mott he con
ducted meetings for students through
out the continent for many years. He
has spoken In several hundred col
leges in all parts of the United States,
Europe, and Asia, and has addressed
numerous cluba, conferences and con
ventions.
One of the subjects which Mr.
Eddy spoke on while at State 'College
was “The Mississippi Delta Farm—
An Experiment in Cooperation.” Other
speakers for the programs included
Dr. W. L. Poteat, president emeritus
of Wake Forest College, whose topic
was “An Intellectual Adventure;" Mr.
Kerr Scott, State Secretary of Agri
culture, Dr. McNeill Poteat; Dr. Frank
P. Graham; Prof. T. S, Johnson; and
Rev, John H. Orey, J!r.
MEREDITH GLEE CLUB GIVES
ANNUAL CONCERT MARCH 8
^‘Mother Goose Arabesque” Espe
cially Appeals to
Audience
. «-
The Meredith Glee Club under the
direction of Miss Ethel Rowland, As
sociate professor of voice, presented
Its annual concert in the college audi
torium, Tuesday evening, March 9,
at 8:00 o'clock.
The formal part of the program
consisted of two German Folk Songs,
three Brahms Love Songs with four-
hand piano aciiompanlnients and violin
obligato, and the three following num
bers ; An Torrentu by Elgar, Silent
8triv(is by Bantock and CMUIren o/
the Moov by Warren. Included nlso In
this part of the program was a soprano
solo by Rachel Leonard and two organ
numbers by Mae Marshbanks.
The second halt of the program
was a Mother Goose Arabesque in
which the following characters were
portrayed by members of the Glee
Club; Little Bo-Peep, Rachel Leonard;
Little Boy Blue, Mary L. Parnell;
Mary Contrary, Marion Wallace; Old
Mother Hubbard. Mary Gavin; Little
Jack Horner, Carolyn Parker; Jennie
Wren, Emily Bethune, Little Miss
Miiffet, Mataline Nye; Old King Cole,
Dorothy Lowdermilk; Mother Goose,
Ruth Abernethy; Doctor Foster, Mae
Marshbanks; Jack, Natalie Johnson;
Jill, Elizabeth Case; Queen of Hearts,
Margaret O'Brlan; Jack of Hearts,
Louise Daniels; Maids In a Row,
Kathleen Johnson, Mary Williams,
Pauline Stroud and Catherine John
son.
The accompanists were Evelyn Britt
and Dorothy Lowdermilk, The violin
obligato was played by Mr. Edgar H.
Alden,
$284.00 Already Collected by
A.A. Canvassers for
Hockey
Foi' several weeks the Athletic As
sociation and others who are in
terested In hockey have been work
ing towards getting sufficient funds
to build a hockey field. The old field
has many bad holes which make It
dangerous for the players. In order
to secure the necessary funds, the
Athletic Board decided to save as
much out of the budget fee and as
much of the proceeds from stunt night
as possible and raise the rest of the
money by campaigning.
There are two proposed sites for
the new hockey field—one Is where
the present hockey field is; and the
other is the ground back of the water-
tank behind the college. There are
several arguments in favor of the lat
ter site. It is much larger so that a
ten foot marfin could be allowed; in
the near future the school hopes to
build a gymnasium adjoining that site,
and in case the new field is not com
pleted by next fall, the old one can
be used so that no time will be lost.
The work which began last week
is being done by the North Carolina
Equipment Company. The expected
cost is approximuteiy' six hundred
dollars.
There have been many contributions
so far and the News ami Observer has
been instrumental in publicizing the
campaign. The following is a list
of the contributors and their contribu
tions; Mr. John M. W. Hides, $100;
The News aiul Obnerver, $25; Mr, J. M.
Broughton, $2.50; Wni. Daniel’s Studio,
$1; Storr’s Engraving, $1; Edwards
& Broughton, $5; Dr. H. Royster
Chamblee, $1; Anonymous, $2; Allen's
Market, $5; W. C. Lewis (Lewis
Sporting Goods), $5; W. H. King Drug
Co., $5; Mr. Wyatt, ?5; Dunbar &
Daniel, $1; Thiera's, $2; Thompson’s,
?1; Hilker’s, $1; Alfred Williama, $1;
McKnight's, $2; Sinclair Drug Store,
$1; N. C, Equipment Company, $25;
Fallon's, $5;i A Friend, $10; Mrs. D. T.
Fuller, Loulsburg, $2; Dillon Supply
Co., $25; Brogden Produce Co., $5;
George Marsh Co., $5; Bowman’s
Jewelry. $5; “A Traveling Man,” $1;
Mr. Robert Yancey, $1; Commercial
Printing Co.. $5; Capital Printing Co.,
$5; Sanitary Laundry, $10; Old Rose
Tea Room, $1; Royal Baking Co., $5;
Boon-Iseley's, $5; Roscoe Griffin, $2;
and Jolly's, $1.
S. G, President
MIIIVINE GARUETT
FIFTY RECEIVE CREDIT AT
CLOSE OF STUDY COURSE
FRESHMEN ENTERTAIN AT
NOVEL “TOP-HAT” PARTY
The annual Freshman party is to be
given by this year’s freshman class
on March 14 in the Phi Hall.
It is to be a "Top Hat" affair. Repre
senting a roof garden night club, the
hall is being decorated elaborately with
balloons at the celling, tables scattered
at ra^^om, and a-city skylines sil
houetted in the background.
A YEAH AGO
AstroH victorious over Phis in
CMiinpotltlve soclet)' plays.
3r«redltli Glee Club erives pro*
gTHDi ut Southern Pines.
Alercdith Home Gconoiiiics
Cluh hostess to the Student
Home Economicfi Clubs of Xortli
Ciirollna.
Dr. Ciirlton raliner gives art
lovture. His subject was *‘The'
Uny of Pictures.’*
Meredith faculty reitreseuted
lit North Cnrollnn Education As-
jioclation.
Four Courses Offered During
Sunday School Study
Week
One hundred and forty-live students
attended the Sunday school Study
QquVne given the first week in March
on the Meredith campus. Of these,
fifty were eligible for certificates, hav
ing attended seven or more classes.
Four courses were offered this year;
Dr. Carl Townsend, of the Hayes
Barton Baptist church, taught Mr.
P. E, Burrough’s book. How to W/n
for Christ. This class followed up
the discussions of Chester Swor, and
was attended by an average of twenty-
five girls, liuildiiifi u Standard Sun
day school, by Flake, was taught by
iJir. L. L, Morgan of Raleigh, who is
the Sunday school secretary of the
North Carolina Baptists. This class,
in whiuh the organization 01 a Sunday
school was discussed, had an average
attendance of fifteen. Mrs, A. V. Wash
burn of Goldsboro, who is the state
approved worker of the vacation Bible
school, taught Dr. Grice's book on that
special subject. The Interest in this
type of work was shown not only by
the average attendance of forty-five
girls, but also by the tact that thirty
of these girls volunteered to do vaca
tion Bible school work in the state
and thirteen others expressed their
desire to work in their local churches
during the summer. Miss Velma
Preslar, who works In the department
of religious education of the Baptist
State Convention, taught Mr. Philips’
book, Youns/ People's Department of
the Bwiday
Granddaughter’s Club Has
Banquet at Old Rose Inn
Saturday night, March 6, at the
Old Rose Inn, the Granddaughters'
Club, an organization composed >of
those whose mothers came to Meredith,
entertained at a banquet for members
of the club and their mothers.
Highlights of the program were
Mrs. C, 0. Abernathy's reminiscences
of the days of 1909 when she was
a Meredith daughter, a reading
by Mrs. Gibson, of High Point, and
Miss Ida Poteat's talk, "Going Home
to Hlm's Muvver,” based on the saying
of a small child.
College Elections Get Under Way
with Little Excitement
EDITORS AND A.A. PRESIDENT
TO BE I^NATED NEXT
Mirvine Garrett of Greensboro has
been elected president of the student
government for the year 1937-1938 to
succeed Ruby Barrett of Laurlnburg.
Other nominees for the office were
Margaret Love Clarke of Monroe,
Georgia, and Anne Poteat of Shanghai,
China.
While attending Meredith Mirvine
has given evidence of her ability by
the .part she has taken in many col
lege activities. She is a member of
the rising senior class, secretary of
the student government, junior editor
of the Acorn, business manager of
the Little Theater, and a member of
the Athletic Board. Mirvine Is one of
the Meredith representatives in W/io’s
Who in American Universities and
CoUeyes. She was one of the two
juniors to be elected to membership
in the Silvei- Shield, an organization
which selects members on the basis of
constructive leadership, Christian
Character and service to the scliool.
During her sophomore year Mirvine
was president of the class, sophomore
editor of the .-IcorH, treasurer of the
Little Theater and a member of the
nominating committee. She was secre
tary of the freshman class and a mem
ber of the Little Theater in her first
year.
Kathryn Aldridge was elected BSU
president for next year. She has been
treasurer of BSU and has held various
other offices.
Nominations for various offices are
made by the nominating committees,
which consists of the major campus
officei's and three faculty members.
A sulTiclent number of students may
also nominate a girl for an office.
Members of the nominating committee
are as follows: Ruby Barrett, chair
man, president of the Student Govern
ment; Mataline Nye, BSU president;
Martha Messenger, president of the
Athletic Association; Sue Brewer,
Astrotekton president; Catherine
Canady. Philaretian president; An
nabel Hollowcll, editor of the Acorn;
Katherine Shulord, editor of the Twio;
Margaret Kramer, editor of the Oak
l^euves; Frances Pittman, senior class
president; Margaret O’Brlan junior
president; Janet Aikman, president of
the sophomore class; Lessie Sboltz,
president of the freshman class;
Dorothy Deane Browne, college
marshall; and Dr. Julia Harris, Miss
Ellen Brewer, and Miss Mary Yar
borough, faculty members.
DR. ROYSTER TO GIVE ANNUAL
KAPPA NU SIGMA LECTURE
On Monday night, March 15, the
Kappa Nu Sigma Honor Society will
present as guest speaker for their an
nual lecture Dr, H. A. Royster of Ra
leigh, who will speak on “Education
and Its Counterfeits.” At this time
the organization will also announce
its new members. Following Dr.
Royster's address, which will begin
in the college auditorium at eight
o’clock, the society will honor its
speaker and the new members at a
reception in the parlors.
The present members of the or
ganization are: Eleanor Edwards,
president; Margaret Kramer, Kather
ine Shuford, Ethel Knott, Alice Good
man, Ruby Barrett, and Mavy Cathrene
Walters.