Christmas Concert
. Sunday, Dec.' 12
Published Biweekly as (fie Oiflcial Organ of Ihe Student Body of Meredith College
Be Sure to Attend
“MISS LULA BETH’
December 16
Volume XYQ
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., DECEMBER 11, 1987
Number 6
Annual Concert To Be
Given By College Choir
In Auditorium Sunday
Christmas Music Un
der Direction of Miss
Ottersen; Dr. Cooper,
Miss Lee, Major Kut-
schinski. Miss Eide,
Mr. and Mrs. Alden,
Accompanists.
The Meredith College choir,
which is composed of seventy
voices and is under the direc
tion of Miss Ragna Ottersen,
will give its annual concert
of Christmas music on Sun
day, December 13, at 5 o’clock
in the college auditorium.
This is Miss Ottersen’s first
year as director and the con
cert promises to be one of
the best and most interesting
given.
The merabera will be accompa
nied by Dr. Harry Cooper, organist,
and MisB Mary Lee, pianist. One
number o( epcclal Interest Is "The
Snow,” which will also be accom*
panled by Mr. and Mrs. Gdgar H.
Alden, vlolinista. There wlU lie a
string quartet composed of Mr. anU
Mrs. Alden, Miss Katherine Eide.
who plays the violoncello, and Ma
jor Christian Kutschlnskl, who will
play tlie viola.
One feature o( the pro;;ram, the
processional, Is especially beauti
ful. It will be a candlelight serv
ice, and the choir members will
wear white vestments.
The program of the concert is oa
follows;
Organ prelude—Sing Unto God
(Judas MaccaiHus), Handel; Pro-
—-Continued on page 3.
MEREDITH AND
WAKE FOREST
COUNCILS MEET
Committees Appoint
ed to Make Plans for
N. C. Student Federa
tion to Be Held in Ra
leigh in Spring.
A Joint meeting of the Meredith-
Wake Forest student councils was
held at Meredith on November 29
for the purpose of discussing
plans for the North Carolina Stu-
dent^Pederation which will meet
in Raleigh some time In the
spring. Wake Forest and Meredith
will bo Joint host and hostess tor
the convention attended by repre
sentatives of student councils of
the various colleges In the State.
The Sir Walter Hotel will be head
quarters for tho convention which
was held In Greensboro last year
with W. O. U. N. C. as hostess.
The following committees were
appointed so that they might be
gin making plans immediately;
entertainment, Margaret Love
Clark, Sarah Hayworth, Janet
Aikman, Bill Rainer, Bob Costner,
and Fred Bateman; program,
Mirvlne Garrett, Bill Stalnback;
reoeptlon, Jane Yelverton, Mildred
Afif) Critcher, Dot Lowdermllk,
Joh'^ Szell, Davis Herring, Henry
WaiTd; banquet, Maxine Morgan,
—Continued on poge 3.
Directs Choir
=F
I Christmas Music
I Broadcast
I For tlio puat few weeks Dr.
Hftrry Ooopor, lioua of the
music «lo|uirtment, has played
oji^n Bolcetions over WPTF on
>WednOMl4iy nights from 8>S0*
o(iOO, and on ^hiesday nights, at
10:80 a program ontUled
**^omonta with tho Masters"
has boon c(»nduoi«d by various
I iembors of tlie muslo faculty,
i I program of GhrlBtraas music
I y Uie Mor^Uh oboir will he
I eard over WPTP on Wodnes*
t ay night. Oocember 15.
IIAQNA OTTERSEN
COLLEGE WILL BE
REPRESENTED BY
TEN 0F^38 CLASS
Outstanding Seniors
Get Recognition in
American College
Year Book.
Meredith has been invited to be
represented In the American Col
lege Year Book by ten outstand
ing members ot the 1038 graduat
ing class, who are to be selected
by the Senior Class and faculty
vote. Photdgrapbs and citation
biographies o( those selected will
be featured with a statement by
the president and several familiar
campus scenes.
Thero are three main objectives
for the flrst edition of this book.
"First, to provide a dignified and
permanent annual reference book
(or giving national scrutiny to a
group which contains many of our
future leaders.
“Second, to give national recog
nition to the splendid work which
our educational institutions are
doing In producing better trained
and more broadly.educated young
men and women of a higher type.
Tills book will serve In effect as
a national market place wherein
representative samples of the lln-
Ished products ot our leading col
leges and universities will be dis
played.
"Third, to serve as an incentive
tor students to develop those all
round qualities which will make
them truly representative of their
college or university: and to be
ot material assistance to those in
cluded In the book in securing a
wider choice of career Jobs upon
graduation.”
Copies ot the book will be avail
able to those desiring them on Its
publication In February.
SILVER SHIELD PICKS
TWOFORJPBERSHIP
Barbara Behrman and Mildred
Critcher, Juniors, Receive
Coveted Honor
Two associate members wore
chosen by Uie Sliver Shield Honor
Soeloly at the chapel program on
December 4. These two associate
members, Barbara Belirman and
Mildred Ann Critcher, will become
active members next year when
they are seniors, They were chosen
on the basis of scholarship, leader
ship, Christian ciiaracter, and serv
ice to the school. Barbara Behr-
mau is president o( the Junior class
and Mildred Ann Critcher Is sec
retary of the student government,
although members elected Into tlie
society do not necoBsarily liave' to
hold offtces.
The other members tt tho Sliver
Shield Honor Society are: Mar
garet O'Brlan, president; Anne
Poteat, vice president; Mirvlne
Oarrett, seoretary; Harriet Rose,
Kate MiUa Suiter, and -June Fay
Sewell.
ANNUAL N.S.F.A.
CONGRESS TO BE
DEC.28T0JAN.1
Tentative List of Com
missions Made; Su
pervisory Admin
istration, Rights of
Students and Com
pulsory R. 0. T. C. To
Be Discussed.
Jan Smeterlin
Delegates to the 13th annual
congress of the National Student
Federation of Amdrica will meet
in Albuquerque. New Mexico, De
cember 23>January 1, to discuss
problems which may arise on
every college campus. The theme
for the convention is "The ROle
of the Student Council in Higher
Education Today.” The following
Is a list ot the topics assigned to
fiommlsslona: Group 1, "The
Background ot Student Govern
ment,” “Present-day Problems ot
Student Government," under
which come the sub-topics of su
pervisory administration and rep
resentation, and miscellaneous ac
tivities ot the NSFA which Include
students’ rjghts, NSFA National
Program, the work ot the Inter
national student service and the
confederation Internationals des
etudlentB, and possible changes In
NSFA structure.
In addition to the commissions,
special attention will be paid to
the following questions; Revital
izing the student council, the spe
cial problems ot urban universi
ties, special problems ot teachers'
colleges, the question of compul
sory ROTC, which will be in the'
form ot a debate, possible rela
tions between men’s and women's
student governments In co-educa-
tlonal schools, and the student
council and tho campus peace pro
gram.
Dr, Poteat To Make
Commencement Talk
Dr. Gordon Poteat, now a mem
ber of the faculty at Croser The
ological seminary In Chester, Pa.,
has accepted the invitation to de
liver tiie baccalaureate address to
be given Monday, May 30, to the
graduating class of 1938.
Dr. Poteat was graduated from
Furman University lu Greenville,
S. C., ond did graduate work at
Wake Forest College. From 1915-
1910 he was engaged In mission
work in the interior ot China, and
the following four years was pas
tor in Denver, Colorado. In 1922
he returned to China and until
the present time was professor In
tho University ot Shanghai. He Is
the father ot Anne Poteat, presi
dent ot the senior class.
Pinnist, who will. appear in tho
flccond conccrt sponsored by tho
Itnlcigli Civic Music Association.
JAN SMETERLIN WILL
APPEAR DECEMBER 13
Polish Pianist To Be presented
By Civic Music Associa
tion of Raleigh
The second concert of the year
brought to Ralelgb by the Civic
Music Association will be given
December 13 in the Needham-
Broughton auditorium by Jan
Smeterlin, pianist. Smeterlin was
born In Poland, and Is recognized
throughout Europe as a pianist ot
flrst rank. He began his study
of music at the age of six. He
went to the University of Vienna
to study taw, and took piano les
sons from Godowsky. After the
war, Smeterlin began bis career
as a concert pianist in Burope,
and soon became an outstanding
figure in the musical circles ot
Paris, London, Berlin, Madrid,
The Hague, and Scandinavia. In
the fall of 1930 he came to the
United States and has made an
nual tours since. Sme.tei'lin is heat
recognized for his brilliant Inter
pretations of Chopin. He also
supports the modern school and
has given flrst performances of
numerous works by' such com
posers as Dukas, Raval, Albenlz,
and Szymanowski.
Group of Madonnas
Now On Exhibition
Mies Sullle B. Marks of the edu
cation department is showing a
group of paintings of Madonnas on
llie bulletin board In her room,
Names ot the paintings and their
artists arc "Madonna with Four
Saints," Perugino; "Madonna In a
Bower of Roses," Schongauer;
"Madonna In Majesty,” LonenzettI;
"Repose on the Flight Into Egypt,"
Ci'anarch; "Tho Archangel Gab
riel." Martini; "Incarnation of
Christ,” GrOnewaid, and "Monks
Receiving Christ as Pilgrim," An
gelico.
EPIC OF AMERICA
SELECTED ESSAY
CONTENT TITLE
Legion Auxiliary Of
fers Seven Awards in
Cash for Winning Es
says; Dr. Adams Do
nated Radio Rights
to His Best Seller.
The American Legion Auxiliary,
composed of 600,000 women
throughout the United States, are
cooperating with the WPA Fed
eral Theatre Radio Division and
the Mutual Broadcasting System
In ottering cash awards and other
prizes for tho best essays on
What the Epic of America Has
Taught Me About the Future of
America,” according to an an
nouncement today by Mrs, Doris
S. Corwlth, chairman of the Auxil
iary's National Radio Committee.
Dr. James Truslow Adams do
nated the radio rights to his best
seller, "Epic of America,” to the
Federal Theatre Radio Division
which began a 13-weeks' series
over MBS, on Sundays from 8:00
to 8:30 p.m., Sunday, November
28th.
The American Labor Auxiliary
awards are as follows:
A cash prize of $100 and an
Auxiliary placdue to the person
who, In the opinion of an out
standing group of Judges, presents
the best essay of not more than
1,000 words on "What the Epic
ot America Has Taught Me About
the Future of America. ’
Second, a cash award of $50
and an Auxiliary placque to the
high school student, 18 years ot
age or under, who writes the beat
essay on the same subject.
And, live gold medals, suitably
Inacrlbiid, for the next live out-
standlug essays.
Participants will be expected to
listen to the broadcasts and pre
pare their essays from the mate
rial contained therein. All essays
are to be mailed to "Epic of Amer
ica,” Mutual Broadcasting System,
1440 Broadway, N. Y. C., not
later than March 10, 1938. The
winners will be announced shortly
thereafter.
Contest Feature
In “Acorn”
Tlio Chi'istniiis cdilioti of tlte
"Aconi" will bo issued on Do-
combcr 14. In this issue n con
test to find inlss]>oiic(l words In
tlio mlvortlsenients will be
started, Tho first person who
roports nil corrections to Mary
Herrlni; will bo given an nwanl.
Kazue Speaks On Sino-Japanese Crisis
— By Kazue Murata
A friend of mine who has been
ti-avelllng In the United States
wrote me that It was the moat
heart-breaking Job for her to spenk
on the tragic s'elations between
Japan and China. I was very much
interested In tlila letter, because
that is exactly what I was feeling.
Since I came to America last
year, I liave been asked so many
times to speak about my own coun
try, and the question ot the rela
tions between China, Russia, Japan
was raised wiierever I went. It
was not so hard to explain the
causes ot the conlllct, but I found
It very difllcult to Justify some o(
tho aggressive policies ot our gov
ernment which was practically un
der military power.
It has been said tor years that
Japan is facing a crisis. It is not
only true In Japan, but also in
many countries ot the world. Tiie
world as a whole Is now facing a
turning point and struggling for
Its rebirth. And every struggle Is
reflecting itself directly or Indi
rectly upon the social, economic,
philoaophlcal, cultural, and politi
cal problems of the world.
Look at tho dark, cloudy aky ot
Europe. A blood-thirsty wind is
blowing all over the Continent.
And look back upon the altuatlon
In the Orient—the conAlots between
China, Ruaaia, and Japan. Blood*
shod has already broken out In
North China and In Shnnghnl and
It Is going down to South China.
Chinn Is the country which lias
long history and tradition. And the
brilliant culture of ancient China
Is known to all. No one can esti
mate how much Japan owes to
China. Tho characters we are us
ing in our language came from
Chlnu. There are so many count
less things which wero originally
taken from China and adapted Into
the Japanese civilization. Certain
ly China la Japan’s sister country
and benefactor. In view ot these
facts. Why must Japan fight with
China? Why do wo hate and kilt
each other? Why can we not co
operate, love and help each other
politically, economically, as well
as Individually? Is It not prima
rily because of human sulfiahDess?
Now I want to explain the pres
ent situation of China, Russia, and
Japan briefly from my personal re
action.
1. The Internal conditions ot
China economically, politically la
in wild disorder. She as a nation
Is Incapable ot or refuaea to man
age her own aftaira In an orderly
and elflolent way. Thera aro elvll
wars very often between sectional
military leaders.'There are the acts
on the part of the Chinese to wreck
the business of foreign merchants
who have private enterprises In
China. Due to this unstable con
dition, she is u constuiit meniice to
her neighbors. Japan being Chinii's
closest neighbor. Is affected the
most. Therefore Japan has stepped
Into Chlmi to bring about some
sumblancu ot order and pence.
2. The foreign powers doinlnatu
nil ot the largest atid most Influ
ential lluanclal concerns In Chinn.
For example, the rallroada are con
trolled by capital Investments ot
Qngland, Belgium, Franco, and
Russsla. The steamship lines
are controlled by Great Britain,
the United States, and Japan.
These key Industries controlled
by other national capital In
vestments is a menace to Ja
pan because since China Is too
weak to regulate these Industries
and control their operations and
policies, there is the constant men
ace that these foreign concerns will
eventually become so ari'ogant and
sti-ong as to own, in fact, by ap
propriating for themselves actual
territories parcelled out among
themselves. China does not seem
to realize this Imminent danger.
8. There la the conatant threat
the Communist Rusaia will so In
gratiate Itself Into the good Cuvora
ot the Chinese Government to the
end tliat they will be able to carry
Into effect their hateful ao4 de-
Btrutlve cam^ign against (be cap-
Itallstio form ot ^Mlety. Chlaog
—Continued on page 8.
“Miss Lula Bett” To
Be First Production
By Dramatics Group
Leading Role
ANNIB ELIZABETH COWARD
HOME ECONOMICS
CLUB GIRLS GIVE
DEMONOTTION
Christmas Cookery
and Table Appoint
ments To Be Feature
of Demonstration. ■
The seniors In the home eco
nomics department gave a demon-
sti-atlon of Chrlstniaa cookery at
tho Woman’s Club ot Raleigh on
Wednesday, December 8.
The title of the demonstration
was "Christmas Day In the Kitch
en,” and the Idea was not to pi-e-
pai-e the meals for that day, but to
add new and interesting Chilst-
mas touches to them. In addition
to suggestions for meats ot tlic
day, Ideas for an afternoon tea and
a buffet supper were given.
Carmen Morgan Introduced the
program with a hriet explanation
of tho relation of these Ideas to
Christmas and traditions. Emily
Thompson and Ella Sue Gravitte
demonstrated breakfast ideas. In
cluding attractive ways to serve
fruits, and n new version ot the
baking-powder biscuit. Margaret
Grayson and Mary Elizabeth York
suggested relishes and garnlAhes
for the dinner including candy,
place cards for the children, pine
apple with cranberry sauce, and
stuffed celery. Ideas tor an after
noon tea wore offered by Virginia
Penny and Norma Lee Dawson.
They suggCHted tea. open-faced
sandwiches looking tike holly
xvreaths, snowballs made from
cup c-Hkes. ami colurud candies.
The buffet supper was demon-
strated by Riitli Mfhenn and
Ethel Jones. For the ducnalon they
prepared an attrnciivo smndwlcli
loaf, tomato aspic made in a fani-
ily she mold, and slnr-shuped
mince meat tarts.
The girls wore peHHinit api'ons
which added greatly to the ninias-
phere of holiday festivity.
Under Direction of
Mrs. H. A. List, Little
Theatre to Produce
Dramatization of
Zona Gale's Pulitzer
Prize Novel on De
cember 16.
With the selection of Zona
Gale’s comedy “Miss Lulu
Bett" as the major fall pro
duction, members of the
Meredith College Little The
atre are busy with rehearsals
for the play which will be
given the evening of Decem
ber 16 in the college audi
torium. A cast of nine char
acters was chosen by Mrs.
Harold List, director of The
Little Theatre, from fifty stu
dents who reported for try
outs.
The play is a dramatization of
the Pulltizer prize novel of the
same name and concerns a typical
American family lu a small village
of two decades ago. Annie Eliza
beth Coward of Goldsboro will play
the title r6Ic of Miss Lulu Bett,
who emerges from the rfile of the
family drudge to be tho center ot
two romances, and whose nobility
of character makes her a favorite
wlih the audience. Dwight Deacon,
the unimaginative dentist who con
descends to allow Lulu, his sister-
In-lnw, and her mother, to make
their homo with his family will be
portrayed by Mirvlne Garrett of
Greensboro. Ina, his wife, who Is
a rcpIlca of his wishes and opln-
—Continued on page 3.
PRICE kmm
CLASSICAL MEET
INNEWORLEANS
Dr. Price Addresses
Convention on “The
Deeds of Augustus
and the Present Re
gime in Italy.”
CAMPAIGN TO RAISE
FUNDHOR POOL
Magazine Company to OlFer
Cash Awards to Students
Selling Largest Number
For several years thero huve been
special attempts to raise money for
the Bwimmlng pool which la to be
built at Meredith as soou as the
s'equlred timds are raised. This
year the Curtis Publishing Com
pany is offering a cash award of
16 to the gii-1 selling the largest
number of subscriptions and re
newals to The Saturday Bvenhig
Post, Ladles' Koine JottruaJ, and
Countrv Oeitlleman, the school to
get fifty per cent of the aubsorip-'
tlon money. A prize of $35 In cash
will be given to tho olnsa aelling
tho largest number ot magazines.
If the amount of money taken In
by (be entire student body exceeda
ISOO a commlaaion of sixty per
cent Inatead ot fifty per cent wll)
be given to the eChool.
Dr. Hellen Price, professor of
Greek and Latin, attended the
Southern section meeting of tiie
ChiHBlcnl Association of the Middle
West and South In New Orleans
Movember 2S-27.
During the Friday morning ses
sion, Dr. Price addressed the con
vention on “The Deeds ot Augustus
and the Present Regime in Italy."
She drew parallels between the
work of Augustus and Mussolini,
showing that both were concerned
with making Italy selt-sufncicnt,
and reOstabllshlng the glory of
(he umpire.
Thr.t headquarters of the associa
tion were at the Jung Hotel and on
Krlday the delegates were enter
tained at a lea given In their honor
by Tulune University. Friday night
they attended a subscription din
ner at La Loulslane Restaurant.
North Carolina was also repre
sented at tho convention by Dr.
C. R. Harding of Davidson College,
who has been |>resldent of the
Soul hern section of the aeaoclatlon
Cor the past year, and Dr. ITubert
—Continued on page 4.
To Read Carol
l)p. Fi-cdorick H. K o c h,
founder nnl dii-octor of thu
Carolina I'layninkers, will read
Cliarios Dlckcns’ immortal
Kliost sfory, “A Christmas
Carol," In tho Wake Forest
Baptist Church next Sunday
night, Dooomber 13. Wnk« Por>
esters bavo In previous years
flockod to Ralolgh in order to
licnr Professor Koch, whoMO
reading of tho carol nost week
will b© tbo first |>e(ore a local
Audlonco.—Frqo)
Otc( Qold and Blaolf.