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EXAM WEEK! Published Biweekly as the Official Organ of the Student Body of Meredith College MAY DAYI Volume XVII MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., MAY 21, 1938 Number 11 JUNIORS FIND 9 CLUES BUT FAIL TO GAMROOR Ann Poteat Brings Crook From Window in Arts Building LAST CLUE FOUND OVER STAGE AMONG RAFTERS Eighth Clue Not Found Until Saturday Before Time for Chapel Following Week’s Search; Finders Charlotte Peebles and Dorothy Sears. DOROTHY REICH CLUB PRESIDENT FOR 1938-39 Tlie Inat meeting of the Colton Englisli Chib \vas licUl Thursdny evenfng, May 6, nt G:46 o'clock. The following officoi'a were elccted (or the year lQ88-3fl; President, Dorothy Reich; vice, prealdent, Mnrgaret Lee Liles; sec retary find treasurer, Evelyu Lb- vine; progrum chairman, Betty Thoinasson; puliliclty cliftlrmon, Vlrginlft Sluder. Thursday evening ot 6:45 was decided npon as the most suitable time tor meetings for die coming yenr. The chib la made ui) of girls who are majors or minors In Eng lish or those t«Ving electives Id Goellsli. SOCIETY PRESIDENTS CHIEF MARSHAL At 12 'o’clock. May i7, the Mere dith student body ivaa nsBcmbled In the auUUoritim to see the crook brought forth ’ from its liidiog place.’ This year again, tiui Juniors were unsuccessful In flndlng the crook, uud It Imd lu be disclosed by the seniors. At about 12:30 tho senior class president, Anne Fotcat, amliUt great shouting from Che sonlors and aighs from the Juniors,' triumphantly waved the crook nnd carefully explained the .hiding place.' This yeor that place wtis a window! The window was In Mr, Tyner's education class room. A smoll part of the crook could lie seen from a hole In Che framework. It 1b necessary that some part of it show at all times, Uther rules re- gai'ding the hiding of tlie crook (ire: (1) It must ljc on the campus, tlie limits being the highway in the front, the railroad on the riglit, anil the roads at the left and iiack: (2) t cannot be under lock and key; (3) It nay not be burled; (4) it hidden out-uf-doora, It must be protected Crom the weather; (S) It may not bo moved after the flrat hiding; (C) it may not be hidden in or on auy roofs. This year for the flrst time iho seniors planted clues, the nlotli one leading to the crook. The flrat clue WAS given to Ciie junior class iiresi- dent March lat, and the friendly game ot li 1 d e-a d d-s e e k began, —Continued on page 4. STUDENTGOVERNMENT lEADERSTARE OFFICE Mildred Ann Critcher, Council President, Takes Oath CI2KALD1NB TUTTLE MARY JANE LINDLBY CHAUCER THEME CARRIED OUT IN NEWOARLEAVES New Annual Dedicat ed to Dr. Mary Lynch Johnson; C. Wester Was Editor and A. E. Coward Business Manager. Mary Yarbrough Gives Paper At Chemical Society Meeting Dr. Gordon Poteat Will Deliver Address To Meredith Seniors SPEAKER ANNA LEE JOHNSON ELECTION OF NEW CLASS OFFICERS RECENTIJ HELD M. Martin Leads Sen iors; Dorothy Greene for Junior Class Pres ident, and For Sopho more Pres., Helen Byrd. On Wednesday, May II, at tl>e chapel hour tlie new Student Qov crDment Council was inatalled in an impresalve ceremony. The old and new cuitncile entered the stage as the standing student body sang tho “Alma Matcf,” . Kaihryn Ald ridge conducted the davoilonal eni- phaaizlng the importance ot co operation in college life. She point* ed out that each girl la a part of the wliole, and that every one ntust do her part it this achool Is to be as Rood as Meredith students want it to be, Mildred Ann Critcher was inatall^ after Mirvlno Garrott had spoken a few woids on behalf ot the rctli'lng student council. Tho Dew student council repealed after the now prealdent the oath of . offlce. Mlaa Orltclior gave a very Inter esting and helpful talk on the ideals of student government. She stressed cooperation with tlie fac ulty, with sulto-mates, roommates, and with the varloas orgaulzatlous on the campua. She urges tho de velopment ot a high sense of per sonal honor within ooeli etudent on tho campus and emphasized the im* portance ot accepting the reBponsi* blllty which comes with increased social privileges. She expressed the hope of tho new council to realty lielp and to represent tho student body. The members of the Student Oovernment Council tor 1938-1939 are: President, Mildred AiinCHtch- ar; vice-president, Virginia Vaughan; secretary, Mlnni'tta Burt, lett; troaaurer, Nancy Brower; president of Fnlrcloth Itell, Helen Garvey; vice-presidents of Pair- cloth Hall, Muxloe Morgan and Vli'- ginlQ Watson; president ot String- flold Hall, Doris DeVault; vico-pros- IdeDt ot Slrlnistlold Hnll, Edna Earle Coggins and Evelyn Lane; president ot Janos Uail, Ootty Lyon; vice-president ot Jonoe Hall, Jane Washburn nud Alleen Bnuw; aophomoro ropresontaUve, Dorotliy Pender. Class ofhcers for the yenr 1938- 193!) woro reconLly elocted by the memliera ot tbo incoming senior, junior and aophomore clasaes ot Meredith College. Mary Manln of Lexington was elected president of the senior class for next year. StLo baa taken part in a number ot activities, and was associate editor of Tiik Twui this year, as well as a member of the Oak Leavex ataff, OtUer newly elocted senior ulQcera are: Char lotte Poebles of Apex, vice preal- denl; Minnie Anna Forney ot Lawiidaio, secretary, and Edith li'reeman of Gatea, treasurer. Dorothy Greene, from Danville, .'Va., was elected president of tbo lincoRiIng junior class. Sho was I feature editor of TiiR Twin thla year, and was ulao a member o( tho B. S. U. Council. Anna Eliza beth Powell ot Wallace was chosen vice proaldent; Virginia Council of Raleigh, secretary, and Nora Bind er ot Mount Airy, treasurer. Helen Byrd, from Lllllngton, wus elected proaldent ot next year's sophomore class. The other sniihonioro ofScera will, be chosen euon. At the thlrty-aevenlh annual meeting of the North Carolina Academy ot Science and the spring meeting ot the North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society, which met at State Col lege on May 6 and 7, Miss Mary Yarhrough, nssociale professor of chemistry at Meredith, gave the first paper ever given by a Mere dith faculty member. Mlsa Yar borough and Mr. U, Howard Sat terfield of N. C, Stato have been working on tomatoes for (luite a while, and the top of their paper was, “The Relationship ot Acidity to the Vitamin C Content ot tlie To ma to.” Vitamin C Is otl.oii found In acid trulls und vegetables, sucli aa lem ons, uranges nnd tomatoes, Tbls vitamin la stable In aclda; ao the qiiGBtlon arose as to whether the Vitamin. C content roso with Ju- cressed acidity. The tlilrty-sevea samples run did not bear out the idea. In some. Vllaniin C did In crease wItU acidity, iu some It de creased. Olid iu others the vitamin content. Increased with decreased acidity. Altliougb foods rich Iu Vitamin C are often high lu acid ity, they found no connection bo- tween the two, Mr. J, Carlyle Hackney of N, C. State College, who was laboratory Instructor at Meredith for the fall semester of this year, also read a paper at the mooting. The subject of hiB paper was, "The Role of Magnesium in Chlorosis ot Peaches.” Tho Dfllcera of the Academy of Science tor the current year aro; W, E. Spears, president; L, M. Brown, vice president, and H, L. BlomquUt, Bocretary-treasurer. IN CONCERT K. KALMAR CHOSEN TO HEAD K. K. ART CLUB After a auccassful year in which memberehip was increased to 30, tbo K. K. Klub elected Katherine Kalmar tisr ita proaldent for 1938- 30. Other offlcors chosen were Sara Olive, vice president, and Frances Grayson, aeci'etury-treasurer. Making up the program was an informal dlacusslou of the artistic rjuiilltles of the current picture— "Snow White, and tho Sitven Dwarfs,'* The meeting was hold in Miss Ida Potoat's room who, with MlsB Mary Tillery, le tho adviser of tho club. ..Membership of the K: K. Klub is opun to any student who is Inter ested in art. Retiring oincers are Mary Stewart, president; Sadie Massey, vice presldeut; Virginia Trostal, aecretary-lreasurar; Alice Bruton, publicity olmlrmau, and Sara Olive, program ohalimnn. MEREDITH STUDENTS ATTEND_^FERENCE Cora Burns Gives Report on Newly Organized Sociology Club at Meredith On May 9 and 10 a series of conferences, under the auspicBs of the Division ot Cooperation In Ed- iioatlon und Raco Relations, irere held at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University In Durham. The purpose ot the conferences was to promote an Improvement In race relatlona nud to diaeuas race problama; and so representatives from ti number ot North Carolina colleges nnd unlveraltlea, both white and colorod, were present. Meredith College was represented by Bebe DIckonaon, Cora Burus, and SaruVi Hudaon, Meetings were held both morn ing and atteruoon on May 9 and 10, in -which motions were made and altelches ut the lives ot promi nent Negro oducatora were given, The flnal seaalon ot the confer ence consisted of reports by del»- galQB o£ aouiology work In cluba lu tho variuuB uollegea and universl- tlos. Cura Buri:8 reported tor Moradlth. She told of the newly organised club which waa formed at Meredith two woeks ago In co operation with iLe Dlvlalon of Co operation In Bducatjon and Raco Relations, and will act as nn asso- clale unit ot it. The new Soolology Club mst Tuesduy, May 3, and elected the following officers for tho yoar 1938-39; Dorothy Hogler, praal- dent; Dorothy Crawford, vlco praa- Idoui; Cora Burua, secretary; Hil da Eat’Pi treasurer, MAYES HI3HRMAN JR. CLASS PRESENTS MAYES BEHRMAN,JR, Younff Baritone Gives Varied Program of Semi-Claasical and Classical Numbers Mayes Behrman, 17-year-old baritone and brother ot Barbara Behrman, waa loudly applauded when he was presented in a con cert of clnsatcal and Baml-clasalcal BongB on May 12, under the epon- anrshlp of the junior clasa. .Malting up the rrogram were; "Hear Me, Winds and Waves”— Handel. "Porero Mariner”—Mlllloth. "Vision FueltJve"—Nassenet. "Harbor Night Song”—Sander son, "Ma Lll Bateau"-—Strickland, “Tho Boffue Soug”—Stothart. “Toreador Song" (Carnion)— —Digit. “To the Forest” — Tachalkow- Bky. “Komance"—Donoltlaon, "Glaiinlna Mia”—Priml. "Druma la My Heart"—Yoii- uians, Mr. Behrman lias had audl- tlona with Normnn Gordon, Law rence TIbbett, and Grace Moore, who have greatly oncouragert him. Recently he has appeared In sev eral converts and haa been singing over WBIG lu Greensboro, During the program Olive Ham rick played two violin numbers, "Sonata In P, Allegro,” by Handel, nnd "En Hateau” by Debussey, Jocelyn House accompanied her. Mra, Mayes Behrman, Sr,, ac companied Mr, Behrman. There Is nothing now about this year’s annual. It’s all old — BOO yeore old. The staff voted to dedi cate It to Dr, Mary Lynch Jobn- aoa and it naturally tollowB that It should be centered around Clmncer'e "Canterbury Talas," Dorothy Home contributed nn original cray on portrolt of Dr. Johnson for the dedicatory page. The book bound In dark i-ed leather, has antlciue gold clasps ou the corner In imitallon of the Iron clnaps of old manuscripts and the leaves are stained yellow around the edges to give the effect of ago. It has the usual tour book divi sions containing u great deal of col or work moldod atter fourteenth century inanneurlpts. The colors used are slgnl/lcaut since Mere dith's colors are maroou and white, and senior uk&s, gi'ecn and white. The four divisions: tko Inn, the Pilgrims, the Titles and the Vlsi- lora—are accompanied with lines adopted from “Canterbury Tales” und illustratlonB by the students of the Meredith Art Department. This Is the llrsl time that art work ot any extent has been done by our own Meredith girlB. Tills year the seniors are draped In white and nil underclassmen In black. Senior snperlatiVBs are a«- cortled o full page each, and sponsors for all the major aliident organlzatlona are the fathers of the presiding oUlcera. Each club Is given a whole page and there is also one large picture of each stunt which gives a much clearer Idea of the setting. Instead ot two pages ot snapshota, there are tlve. The senior snaps comu at the end of the senior division. Much pralae should be given Charlotte Wester ot Henderson, edi tor of Oak Leaves, tor the fine piece o£ work sho has done. Thla year's annual 1b something every Mere- dltli girl should be proud ot. Mildred Ann Critcher of Lexing ton waa associate editor of the pub- llaatlon and Annie Elizaboth Cow ard of Goldaboro, business man ager. Other staff memburs wiio as sisted In the preparation ot ihe book were: Adelaide Harris of Norwood, aenlor editor; Mary Mar tin o( Lexington, junior edilor; Mlnetta Bartlett of Kinston, aopbo- more editor; Betty Parker ot Marlon nnd Jane Hall Yelverton of nalelgh, photograph editors; Eliza beth Bullard of Raleigh, art editor; Gladys Lilea of Goldaboro, typist; Kathleen Jackson of Elizabeth City and Janet Aikman of Maplewood, N, J,i aaslslant bualiieas nianagera; Dorothy Howard of Weldon, adver tising manager; and Eloiinora Gehrlng ot Union City, Pa„ and Betty Vernon of Brooklyn, N, Y.. aaslstnnt niatiagers. Dr. Julia H, Harrla and B. F. Canady were the faculty udvisora. DR, GORDON POTEAT LITTLE THEATRE MADE THE MAJOR CAMPUS OFFICE Becomes Member of National Dramatic Fraternity ANNIE ELIZABETH COW ARD CHOSEN PRESIDENT Requirements for Fraternity, Alpha Psi Omega, Higher Than Those of Little The atre; Miss Frances Bailey Director of Dramatics. FACULTY - STUDENTS ATTEND GREEK PLAY Dr, Helen Price, professor of Latin and Greek, and Mlea Fran ces Bailey, director of dramatics, wars accompanied by Mlaaea Nor ma lloae, Ada Margaret Pfohl. Anna Mos Dakor, Maude Olay Llt- tlo, and ••Betty Adkeraou of the faoulty, and June Fay Sowoll, Eleanura Gohrlug, Mildred Anus Crlluher, aud Geraldine Tuttle, Btudants, to Lynchburg, Va. Thay attended the Greek Drama on May 14 nt ,Randoli)h-Macon Woman's College, Tho pluy, Euripides' trag edy, “Mldea,” was presented in Creek, Alpha, Psi Omega, an honorary dramatic fraternity, has Inductod Meredith Into its inemborBhlp. This is not a Bccret orgaulzation; nor does it take the placc of the Little Theatre. Its requirements are higher than thoso of tho Little ThoRtro, and it Iu for tlioae stu- dciits who will wide recoguilian in drQiiiaLiu work in tbo Little The atre. The Little Thealre has won groutor acknowledgment since the pi’OBwitalion of its spring produc tion, ■•Smilin’ Through,’' The crit- iuB' reports have been given, and it has been reported that the play was very aiiccessful. The following Little Thoatrs members have become potential chui'ler members of the Alpha Psi Omega: Margnret Love Clarke, Mirvine Garrett, Carolyn Parker, Charlolte Wester, Mildred Anne Critcher, Minnie Anna Forney, Ml- netin Bartlett, Geraldine Tuttle, Annie Elizabeth Coward and Betty Elliott. The new active members who have been elccted to the Little Theatre are; Anno Poteat, Sarah Cole, Mlnetta Bartlett and Kath leen Jackson, Now HBsoclate nietis- hers are: Janet Atkmun, Virginia Vaughan, Alta Chiteher, Geral dine Tuttle, Kutherine Kalmar, —Continued on page 4. Dr. Ralph Herring to Give Baccalaureate Sermon on Sunday, May 29; Miss Inabelle Coleman Will Make Missionary Address Sunday Night. Dr. Gordon Poteat, profeaaor ot Roclal ethics and bonilletics at Croger Theological Seminary, Ches- tei'. Pa,, will deliver the gradna- tion address .Monday morning, May 30th at ten thirty o'clock. This marks tho 39th commencement pro gram at Meredith. Dr. Poteot comes to Meredith at the Invitation of the senior class of which bis daughter Anne is president. Thia la the fourth Meredith commence ment at which a member of the Po teat family has been a featured speaker. The haccalanreate sermon will be delivered Sundoy inornjjig. May 29. at eleven o’clock by Dr. Ralph Herring, pastoi' oC the First Bap tist Church, Wlnston-Salem. On Sunday afternoon at alx-thlrty Btep singing will take place out on the front steps. All four classes will partlcltmte in this singing. Miss Inaiielle C. Coleman, ot the Foreign Mission Board, Richmond, Vir ginia, will give the annual mis- sionHry address at eight o'clock that evening. Following the commencement sermon delivered by Dr. Poteat Monday morning. Dr, Brewer will awai'd the diplomas and Bibles and give his farewell message to the graduating class. The commence ment exerclseB will be concluded —Continued on page 4. STUDENTS ATTEND N.C. PRESS MEETING The Acorn and Oak Leaves Receive Honorable Mention, Class B Press Awards COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM Friday, May 27 4:00 p.m. R:(iO p.m. Art Exhibit, Annual Concert. 9:30 a.in, 10:30 o.ni, 1:00 p.m. 4; SO p.m. S:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. U:30 p.m, S:00 p.m. 10:30 a,m. Saturday, May 28 Annual meeting Kappa N'li Sigma Honor Society. Alumnae AeaoclatloD. Ahimttae Luncheon. Clasa Duy. Society Night. Sunday, May 29 UnccalHuronto Sermon: Dr. Ralph Herring, Pastor, Flrat Baptist Church, Wiuslon-Salom, N. C. Step Singing. Missionary Address: MUb Inabolla G. Coleman, of Iho Porolgu Board, Richmond, VIrglnlo, Monday, May 30 Commeneojiiont Exercises. Literary Address; Dr. Gordon Potent, Croger The ological Seminary, Chester, PonnBylvanin. Conferring of Degrees, Di'liverUig o( Bibles. The North Carolina Collegiate Press Asaoclutlon met In Charlotte on May 5. C, 7 with Queens-Chicora and Davidson ncting as hoBta, The Jcorii and Oak Lnnvci of Meredith College wore given hoxiui'able men tion In Class B press awards tor miigHzines and yearbooks. Among the other prouH ,iwiirdB were: Class A newspapers: The Old Cold rtwd B/i2cfc of Wake Forest won tlret plticc and Duke's Cliron~ icie received honorable mention. Claes B newspapers: Davidaon'a iMiildJiojilnti won with honorable mention going to The Colleglutc. ot the Atlantic Christian College. Class A maRiizlnes: N. C. State College won Ihe award with tho Snuthern K?iyinper and Duke Uni versity gained honorable mention with the .4rr7iifc, Clans n magazines: Davidson won with Scrlpis nnf7 iVunfc.i and Meredith College received hon orable mention for The jtc-orn. CloBS A yearbooks: The Agro- meek of N. C. Btute College won thp award and 2’)ic CftajiKolcer ot Duko won honovublo mention. Class B yearbooks: The While {leather of Flora MacDonald, waa awai-ded lirst place while Meredith College received honorable mention for the Oofc Leave.i. The nBsoclatlou elected Walter James ot Duke UulrerBlty as prosl- dent for the coming year, and agreel to luoet in the fall at Duke. Other otflcera elocted were Rut Mll- lor of Davidson, Arst vlce-preel- dent; Francos Wlmberley of Flora MacDonald, second vice-president; Edua Earle RoBtick oC Woman's College, University of North Caro lina, Boeretary; and GtbbB Gibbs of Lenolr-Uhyne, ti-eaaurer. The colleges are clasBad accord ing to their enrollnieut. Thoeo col leges which have a thousand or more atudonts are in Class A; those which havo less than a tliou* sand are in Class B.' Kathleen Mldgett and Carolyn Critcher from tho Twio ataff and Janet Alknmn and Kathleen Jack son from the Oah Leaves reproaent- od .Meredith College at the conven- (lou. i