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Published Biweekly as the Official Organ of the Student Body of Meredith College
WELCOME, GUESTS!
Volume XVII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., MAY 7,1938
Number 10
BILL STAINBACK
OF WARE FOREST
HEADS^DENTS
Annual Conference is
Held by Students
April 28-30
"STUDENT HONOR” IS
CONFERENCE THEME
MAY QUEEN AND HER COURT
Governor Hoey Made Address
to Students Friday Express
ing Deep Interest in Student
Problems and Commending
Federation.
-The ninth Annual conference ot
North Carolina Federation of Stu
dents was held April 28, 29 and
30, 1038, in Raleigh with head-
quartera at the Carolina Hotel.
The theme ot the convention
was “Student Honor.” On Thurs
day afternoon the women's discus
sion of the honor system—organ*
Ization, functions, and advantages
was led by Margaret Love Clarke
of Meredith. The men's discus
sion ot the honor system—func
tions and advantages In compari
son with other systems was led
by J. C. Frink of N. C. State Col
lege. There followed a tour o(
the city, a picnic In Pullen Park,
and a theater party.
Friday morning further discus
sions of the honor system were
led by Trudy Rainey ot W. C. U.
N. C. and Lyndon Wilson, dele
gate from Guilford.
Later In the morning Governor
Hoey addressed the entire group.
He expressed his deep interest in
the problems ot Student Govern
ment and commended the federa
tion for showing early In life an
interest In the conduct ot public
affairs. He emphasized the Im
portance of charactor development
even above education.
At luncheon Dr. Thurman D.
Kitcbln, president of Wake Forest,
spoke on the great assistance of
Student Government to the fac
ulties of American colleges. He
said that Indivldualtam was the
highest goal of American men and
women.
Following the luncheon, group
discuaalons were held. The day's
activity waa brought to a cloae by
a dinner and dance at the Carolina
Hotel. At the dinner Dr. Hubert
Poteat of W6ke Forest, addressed
the students. He expressed belief
that Student Government was one
of the very fundamentals ot de
cency and morality in the col
leges; he urged student and facul
ty cooperation.
On Saturday the convention was
brought to a close by reporta
from committees and election of
officers. Bill Stainback of Wake
Forest succeeded Alma Hall ot
W. C. U. N. C. as president. Other
—Continued on page 4.
NEWnEHBERSOF
B.S.U. imilED
Candlelight Service
Conducted in Chapel
Saturday
Id a solemn and im^eas'lve
service the- offlcers of the,' Baptist
Student193,8^39 were
iust^iled on Saturday, April 30,
in the college auditorium. The
candidllght ceremony was ably di
rected by Miss Mildred Kiohllne,
B. S. U. secretary.
After an organ prelude by Dr.
Harry B. Cooper, the Invocation
was pronounced by Dr. Cbarlea E.
Brewer. The old and new olBcera
then, grouped themselves on the
stage to the atraina of “Lead On,
O King Eternal.” Mlaa Alice
Keith, faouHy sponsor for 1637-
1088, read the scripture, after
which Katherine Aldridge, the
former president. Invested Bar
bara Behrmaa with the robes of
her offloe. Special m u s I o, *‘I
Would Be True," was rendered
by Mlaa Margaret O'Brlan.
Next followed the Installation
of the other B. S. U. officers. After
the alnging of the dedication
bymn, "Take My Life," Or. L. E.
M. Freeman pronounoed the bene-
diotJoD.
fLSf BERRY YATE5
JULIA VINSON
HA2CL BASS
fUZABEfH
GftU5Ba "
DOROTHY euriER
May Day Program To
Begin At 4:30 This
Afternoon In Grove
Hazel Bass, May Queen, to Lead Procession,
Followed by Elizabeth Elliot, Maid of Honor,
and Other Attendants — Theme of Festival
is Story of Cinderella — Mrs. G. Sorrell to
Direct Program.
MEREDITH GIRLS
FETE GUESTS BY
LiVE_PROGRAM
Visitors Enjoy Athletic
Contests and Games;
Tension Rises Fast as
Crook Activities Will
End Tonight.
VIRGINIA PENNY
LUCY ROGERS
HARGy\Rrr holiand
BEBF DICKENSON
Beginning Friday evening, May
6, and extending through Siindny
afternoon, May 8. Hospitality Week
end will be observed by the students
of Meredith College end their
guests. Various activities spon>
sored by the Athletic Association
and the Student Council will pro
vide entertainment. At the chapel
hour a short play will be given
under the direction ot Misa Frances
Bailey. On Saturday afternoon the
guests are invited to participate in
tennis and archery tournamenta. in
games of badminton and croquet,
and in bicycle races. A father-
daughter baseball game, an annual
feature, will also be played at this
time.
Guests, students, and friends will
be spectators at the yearly May-Day
featival iwglnnlng at four-thirty.
Tho day will bo closed by various
parties given for the guesta.
Meredith-Wake Forest Choir
Concert Is Well Attended
E.H.ALDEN IN
VIOLINRECITAL
Mrs. Alden at Piano,
College Auditorium,
May 13,1938
The violin recital ot Proteasor
Edgar H. Alden will be given ]n
the college auditorium Friday eve
ning, May 13, 1938, at 8:16 p. m.
Professor Alden. will be accom
panied by bis wife, Mrs. £>orothy
Alden.
The program consists ot six se*
lections. The flrst compoaition will
be LocatelH'a “Sonata In G Minor,"
which conalsts of tour dances, and
la one ot the best examples in Loca-
telli’s school of music. It datea
from the eighteenth century. The
music is vital and expressive. Loca*
Vlll waa an Italian and lived in the
time ot Bach. Second on the pro
gram iTlil be Beethoven’s beautiful,
flowing mvlody, "Romance In F,"
which is very characteristic of his
work. FollowiL't this comas the
“Prelude from Sjosata in E" by
Bach • Krelsler. B&ch originally
wrote this tor violin aione, but
Krelsler later added the plan6\ac>
companiment. Except for three Of
four measures the notes are all oA
the same lengtli. Ur. Alden will
follow this with “Meditation" by
Qiazounow, a romantic composition
full ot rich feeling. Fifth to be
played will be Saint-Saen's “Qava-
naise," a brilliant concert number
full ot many Interesting rhymes and
violinlstio display. Professor Alden
will close-bla recital with one ot
the most beautiful compositions ot
the modern day, Cbausson’s
“Poeme." Ohausaon, who was a
pupil ot Franck, wrote only a tew
composltiona as he died very young,
but he will be remembered for this
splendid composition lor violin and
orohestra.
Over a thousand people packed
the Meredith College auditorium
yesterday afternoon to iiear the ora
torio, "The Holy City," by A. R.
Gaul, aung by tho combined Wake
Forest Glee Club and the Meredith
Choir. Dr. Harry Cooper, dean of
the Meredith music department,
conducted, and the alngers were
accompanied by Miss Elizabeth
Howell, Meredith student, at the
organ, by Lyman Seymour, director
of the Wake Forest Glee Club, at
the piano, and by a twenty-ploce
orchestra.
Soloists were Misa Ragna Otter-
aen, aoprano, Mlaa Hazel Martin,
mezzo-soprano, Mlaa Ethel Rowland,
contralto, John B. Toms ot Chapel
Hill, tenor, and Dr. Hubert Po
teat of Wake Forest, baritone.
Misses Otteraen and Rowland are
members of the music faculty at
Meredith, and Toma is a member of
the music department of the Uni
versity of North Carolina. Over a
hundred singers composed the
mixed chorus.
The performance was distin
guished by the excellent ensemble
singing and enunciation of the
chorus, and the dramatic approach
to the finales to both parts ot the
oratorio. Particularly effective was
the accompaniment by the wom
en's voices to the baritone solo, “I
Heard the Voice of Harpers," sung
by Dr. Poteat In the latter part ot
the oratorio.
^ Yesterday’s concert was the sec
ond collalMratlon of the two Bap
tist colleges In a major musical
event Last spring the choir and
glofl slub combined for the flrst
time to sing “The Elijah" by Men-
delssoiin, under the direction of
Leslie P. Spelman. In both In-
stancus roliwrsala were held many
weeks sopar&tely with Lyman Sey
mour directing the Wake Forest
group, and Dr. Cooper the oombSned
organizaltons the last weeks before
the performance. "Tho Holy City"
was given last SuUday In the Wake
Forest Baptist OUurob with Sey
mour oonduotlng. ')
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SENIOR RECITAL
BYMISSJOHNSON
Program Followed by
Reception in Blue
Parlor
Misa Kathleen Johnson of Fair
mont was honored at a reception
given Friday evening, April 29,
1938, at Meredith College following
her senior piano recital. Floor bas
kets of caila lilies and white snap
dragons decorated the blue parlor
where the guesta were greeted by
Mlaa Ruth Yates ot Apex, chief
recital ualier, who presented them
to Misa Johnson, who wore a for
mal dreaa of white marqulaette and
carried an arm bouquet of old fash
ioned red roses. Receiving with
her were Miss Mae Crawford, her
teacher, Mrs. J. F. Johnson of Fair
mont, mother of the honoree, Wil
liam Johnson ot Fairmont, brother
of the pianist, L. V. Waldrop ot
Ciiarlotte, President Charles E.
Brewer, and Mrs. Brewer, Dr. Har
ry Copper, dean of the music
school, and Mrs. Cooper, Misaes
Katherine Bide, Ethel Rowland,
and Aileen McMillan, from the
music faculty; Mlaa Anna May
Baker, dean of women, Mrs. Vera
T. Marsh, assistant dean, and Misa
Mildred Kiohllne.
Miss Barbara Bebrman of Greens
boro poured punch from a bowl
banked with Ivy, and serving cakes
and mints In a red and white motif
were Misses Jocelyn House of Zebu-
Ion, Maude Sawyer of Belcross,
Dorothy Lowdermilk ot Valdese,
Katherine Covington of Thomaa-
ville, Emily Bethune of Bunnlevel,
Betty Parker of Marian, Evelyn
Britt of St. Pauls, Louisa Biggs of
Lumberton, and little Miss Lorena
Gaddy, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Gaddy of Raleigh.
Ushers who wore evening dreasea
in pastol shades and had shoulder
corsages of roses and sweet peaa
were Mias Lois Johnson of Lumber
ton, cousin ot the pianist, Mrs.
diaries Rawls ot Fairmont, and
Mlases Ruth Yates, Elizabeth How
ell of Suffolk, Va., Mary Lee Earn
est ot OreenTllle, Ala., and Edith
—Continued 6& page 4,
GIVES RECITAL
KATHLEEN JOHNSON
COMMITTEE HARES
HANDBO^CHANGES
Juniors and Seniors to Have
Equal Privileges; Academic
Work to be Considered
Many new social and academic
privileges have been granted to
Meredith students In tho new hand
book tor the year 1938-39.
Tiie main change that has been
made is that class absences and
social privileges will be given ac
cording to academic and scholastic
standing. Juniors and aenlora will
havo the same social privileges
grouped as general upper-classmen
privileges, and upper-ctaaamen
making the first honor roll will bo
given unlimited social privileges
and optional class attendance.
Next year each room will be per
mitted one light cut a week, In com
parison with the three light cuta
for each six weeks allowed now.
Another new change concerns tho
playing of radios; they may Iw
played at any time, providing they
can not be heard outside of the
room.
Another change that has been
made is in the regulations on rid
ing; upper-classmcn will be allowed
to ride with young men In the aft
ernoon.
The handbook committee con
sisted of MIrvlne Garrett, president
—Continued on page i.
ALDENS ATTEND
ASHEVILLE MEET
Meredith Places Two
Members on Raleigh
String Quartet
The Raloigh String Quartet, ot
which Meredith takea g'^at pride
In claiming two of Its members,
went Friday, May G, to the Notable
Music Convention iieid at Asheville.
The convention lasts three days;
Raloigb's String Quartet played
yesterday. Also Tuesday night,
May 10, the quartet will bring to a
closc a series of broadcasts over
WPTF. Last Monday, May 2, they
played at tho Golden Wedding An
niversary ot Ambassador and Mrs.
Josephus Danleia,
Pi'ofeasor William H. Jones, head
ot the music department ot St.
Mary’s Junior College, was quoted
In The Hetps o>id Obsei-uer. "The
playing ot string quartettea is gen
erally considered to be the most
dllDcult form ot ensemble music,
each player must nave comploto
control ot his Instrument, and be
able to interpret his part as It ho
were playing a solo, while at tho
same time blending his with tho
other three, and giving it its proper
place In relatlonslilp to tho whnlo.
Not every solo player has tiUs abil
ity to cooperate and successfully
merge his Individuality with others.
“The four artists that make up
the Raleigh String Quartette have
so far succeeded in fulfilling these
demands that I predict for them a
high place in the musical world.
In accuracy of intonation, steadi
ness ot rhythm, subtlety of phras
ing, and blending of beautiful tone,
they compare favorably with well-
known quartettes that have played
many seasons before the publlo."
Members ot the quartette are
Meredith's Professor Edgar H. Al
den, Orat violin, and Mra. Dorothy
Alden, necond violin. The other two
are Major 0. D. Kutschlnakl, viola,
and Miss Katherine Elde, violon
cello,
This afternoon Meredith will
hqld its thirteenth annual May
Day festival in the grove at
4:30 o’clock. Mrs. Gertrude
Royster Sorrell, director of
physical education, will have
charge of the festivities.
The procession will be led by the
May Queen, Hazel Bass of Farm-
vllie and Elizabeth Elliot of Eden-
ton, maid ot honor. Their attend
ants are Elizabeth Grubbs, Hot
Springs, Virginia Penny, Cary, sen
ior attendants; Margaret Holland,
Nassawadox, Va„ Lucy Rogers, Wil
mington, Junior attendants; Bebe
Dickenson, Kinston, Dorothy But
ler, Cherryvllle, sophomore attend
ants; and Julia Vinson, Wliltevnie,
Else Berry Yatea, Suffolk, Va„ fresh
men attendants. Dorothy Crawford
ot Goldsboro is the crown bearer
and little Betsy Willis Jones of
Farmvllle the train bearer.
After the Queen and her court
have been seated the entertainment
will begin. The theme of the enter
tainment is based on the story of
Cinderella. It wllf be given in three
acenes. In the flrat sccne Cinder
ella (Carolyn Parker) Is sitting In
her stepmother’s kitchen wishing
that she could go to the ball when
her atepmothor (Louise Pope) and
her two daughters (Frances Spil-
man and Mary Martin) come in to
daunt their Dnery before Cinder
ella. They leave and after their de
parture the lalry Godmother (Jerry
Tuttle) comes in with Iwo sprites
(Betty Vernon and Dorothy
Greene). The sprites dance for
Cinderella and then call the fairies
to dance tor her. They alt run off
leaving Cinderella robed in a beau
tiful dress, Then Cinderella dances
for her Godmother and they go off
together to tho ball.
Scene two Is the ballroom scene.
The Prince (Lois Avant) enters the
ballroom accompunied by two cour
tiers (Marjorie Thomas and Mary
Belle Bullock). He and a courtier
dance with the two step-sisters. The
Prince then sees Cinderella and
goes to dance wliii her. Tiie clock
strikes twelve and Cinderella runs
away leaving a slipper and a be
wildered prince.
Tiie Varsovlenne and the Minuet
are done by aophomorea In this
scene,
In tho third scene the Prince
seeks to llnd the owner ot the slip
per and discovers that it belongs to
Cinderella, He then claims her tor
his bride. Tho peasants are happy
that their prince is to marry and
dance. The freshmen do several
—Continued on page 4,
HOME EC. GIRLS
IN STM SHOW
Grand Prize Awarded
to Alma Lee Becton
of Louisburg
Tho eleventh annual Style Show
at North Carolina State College
waa held at 2:00 o'clock, April 21,
in Pullen Hall.
One hundred forty-seven girls
from 11 North Carolina colleges,
including Meredith modeled out-
nts made by themselves from fab
rics designed and woven by State
College textile school students.
Alma Lee Becton ot X^ulsburg
College, won grand prize, and
ICazue Murata was awarded flrst
prize from Meredith with a blue
Japanese klmona embroidered in
pink, rose, and blue and white.
Her award consists of hose from
Grant's, and a miniature from Sid-
dell's. Mary Frances White woa
second prize with a white dress
and bolero jaoke(, piped la plaid
with a plaid sash, Jean Beddlng-
fleld placed third Meredith with a
blue suit.
Immediately after the Style
Show, the participants were enter-
—Continued on page 4.
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