Conjiratulations To
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Volume XVni
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., OCTOBER 22, 1938
Number 3
Students To Attend
B. S. U. Conference In
Memphis Oct. 27-30
Sixteen Meredith Students, Accompanied by
Miss Kichline, Will Go To Conference—
Ck)nference Will Consist of Ten Sessions—
Theme of Meeting is, “My Maximum for
Christ”—Many Important Speakers To Ad
dress Group.
Sixteen Meredith students,
accompanied by Miss Mildred
Kichline, E. S. U. secretary at
Meredith, will leave Wednes
day, October 26, to attend the
All-Southern Baptist Student
Conference in Memphis, Tenn.
The pnrty will travel through
Alabama and ToDnessee, meeting
other student gPoupq/ «nl will
speDil Wodnesday night in Knox
ville, TonnesBee. They will arrlvo
Id Momphls in lime to attend tho
opentnK exerclseB at 7 o’clock.
Thiiraaay night, October 27.
This mseting hae been cBllcd the
"ovont of each student genera
tion.” It wna instigated lu 1926
and meets every four years.
Tile program, to (iiiotc the Baj)
tint Sfttflcnt magazine, "starta at
the carapuB and extends around
the 'world, centering first and last
upon student Intereats." There
will be a number o( sneakers
chosen from students, faculty, pas
tors. denominational leaders, and
world-renownod CUrlstlan person-
alltlea, Tho conferenco will con
sist of ten sessions, Incliiding a
pnrty for tho entire group, a pag
eant portraying tbo B. 8. T7., a
chorus of about 200 student TOicea,
an election of 17 stato B. S. U.
prealdoiits, and a aunrlao service.
Besides these, social, religious,
aud personal problcma of studcncs
will be studied, diacusaod, and r&-
solvcd upon by (ourtOQii commis-
SloDB. The theme of the meeting
Is, “My Maximum for Cliriat."
The conference will adjourn at
10 o'clock Sunday night, October
80. and the dolegatos will return
tho following day.
Botwoen one and two hundred
Rtiidonta are rogisterod to attend
from various North Carolina coi-
leges and unlvorsltiea. Meredith
atudents planning to go are; Bar
bara Bohrman, Jesaie Currln,
Doris Devault. Dorothy Devault,
Mary Virginia Glenn, Ella ISddlus,
12ddle Bell© Leavell. Prances La
nier, Mai'y Ell2Qbeth Ferguson, An-
nie Elizabatli Powoll, iSrneatlne
Uobgood, Batty Flelschmaa, Jean
Freeman, Margarot Lee Liles, Wil
ma Badgott. and Prleda Culberaon.
In Who's Who
DR, CHAHLEa E. BUBWER
FIRST STUDENT
RECITAL IS GIVEN FIRST MEETING
OF KAPPA NU’S
Instrumental and Vo
cal Solos Featured
On Program
The Ilrat student recital of the
1938-39 season given by the de
partment of music Tvaa preaented
Thuraday afternoon, October 20,
lu tho auditorium. The program
oponed with an organ solo, “Jubi-
Into Dflo," by Silver, played by Vli'-
ginia Council. Elizabeth Howoll
also gave an organ solo, "Pastor
al," by Franck. Plano numlera
wera, “Three Part Invention,” No.
fi, liy Bach, played by Blfreda
Darker, and "luipromptu Op. 90.’'
No. 4. by Scliubort, played by Vir
ginia Council. Volco selections
were, "A Heart That’s Free,” by
Robyne, sung by Frances Dixon,
and two numbers rendered by
Paulyne Slroud, '‘Fiocca la nove.”
by Cimarra, and “A Memory.” by
Fairchild.
As a part of their regular re-
uulrod work, all music students
ulttiuded ttie program.
TOWN GIRLS
HOiyEETINC
Evalan Williams and
Josephine Dougrlas
New Officers
The Town Olrls Club held Its
first meeting last Wednesday
morning at 10:30.
New offlcers elected In the meet
ing were: reporter, Josephine
Douglas and bulletin board direc
tor, Bvnlan Williams. Other offl-
cors are: president, Doi'oihy By-
ritm; vice prealdsut. Nellie Ball;
escrstary, Hvn Cotnar; treasurer,
Olive Bennett.
The Blrls decided that fifty couts
would be tho club dues for tho
yaai'.
Athletic Board Given
Hike To Allen's Pond
On October 7, 1938. members
of Ihe A. A. Board partlolijated-in
tholr flrst puting of tlia year.
Bighteen of'the twenty mombsrs
wlio QompoBQ; tlio boftvd hiked past
Allou's pond. After the Jilko, the
group had woluers. slaw. Irult, and
drinks, in the abaeiico of MIbs
Adkereon, Miss Bailey actod aa
clwperon. A fow matters ot busi
ness were dlsciiased. Tbe board
decided to have olbss cheer leaders
elected in order to add to Stunt
Dsy onttkualaam.
NEW MEMBERS IN
CLASSOL CLUB
Club Initiates Its New
Members at First
Meeting
WHO’SWHOLISTS
DR. BREWER AND
DEANBOOMHOUR
Raleig-h News and Ob
server Rung Sketches
of Lives of Prominent
North Carolinians
Honored in American
Book.
In Who’s Who
Dr. Price Entertains
Members of Society
at Her Home
On Friday eveiiliiB, October 7,
Dr. Price, head of the classics de
partment, oiitertalnsd at a dinner
at her hone on Clarke Avciiiie,
The niemborg of Kappa Nu Sigma,
tiie scholastic society at Meredith,
wore honored. The guests were
served n two-course dinner.
KathlGeii Mlclgett read tha con
stitution of the Kappa Nu Sigma,
after which it was tioclded to add
an ainendinent to tho efEoct that
Junior members bo alscted In tbe
spring of the year In lira® to at
tend the annual meeting held dur-
BcholaBtic fraternity. Cathorino
Johnson of Winston-Saleni. wna
chosen to bo ijresldant; Betty
Thoraasson ot Danville, Va,, vice
pruaident; Helen .tones of Selma,
Bocretnry-treasuror. and Kathleen
Mldgctt of ElljjRbetL City, re
porter.
The other student members of
Kappa Nu SIgraa are Mildred Ann
On Wednesday. October 12. the
Classical Club mot In tlie first floor
social room in A Dormitory. Tho
purpose of tho moating was to inl-
tlato tbe new members. This was
dono by sending them on a "Trip
Through Hades,” copied from the
description In Virgil’s Aeueld.
Tliose Initiated wore Lottie Ruth
Allen, Lucile Aycock, Cora Burns.
Addla Davis, Helen IDlghma. Sarah
Falls, Nancy Bradaher, Evelyn
Holyfleld. Marysla Chmlellnske,
Mildred Thagard. Dorothy Reich,
Anne Murray, and Dolly Myera.
At the close of the meeting coffoo
and sandwiches wore served as re-
froahmenta.
Dr. Prico and Miss Uoas are tho
faculty advisers tor tUa Classical
Club.
The yew^ cinrt Observer has re
cently been printing slcQtches of
prominent Noi'th Carolinians whose
names have bean lncludel In WJio’J
tV/iO In America for the years 1938-
1939. President Charles E. Brewer
and Dean J. O. Boomhour ore botll
given roeognltlon In the laloat eiU-
Lion n( TF?io’s W?io In Amcrloa. Dr.
Brewer achieved this distinction
through outatandlng work In edu
cational and rellgloua flelds, and
Ml-. Boomhour, through successes
In educational fields.
Dr, Cliarlos Edward Brewer,
President c( Meredith College, waa
born In Wake Forest, North Caro
lina, on July 12. 1868, the son of
.Tohn Merchant anti Ann Eliza
(Walt) Brewer. He received his
A.B. degi'co at Wake Poveat College
in ISan and his M.A. the follow
ing year. Tho yaara 1887-tgSO
wore spent in studying at Johns
Hnpklns. and In 1990 Cornell Uni
versity coufarred upon him a Ph.D.
On October 28. 1891, he married
Love. EJstalle Bell of Shawboro, Cur
rituck County, Noi'Lh Carolina.
Tlicy hail four chlldran—Joseph
Ball (deceaaea), Ellen Dozier, Ann
EllzQ, and Charles Edward (cJe-
ceused).
From lSS9-ini5 Dr. Brewer was
pvofeaaor of chemistry at Wako
Forest College, whei-e he also
served as deah from 1912-1915,
Ever since Juno 1. 191B. ho lias
been PrcaldenL uf Meredith College,
Among the omcea he has held are
membership in Board of Town
Cummlssloners at Wake Forest
from 1910-1915, and nipmberahlp in
the Southern Aasoclatlou of Schools
and Collogas. He aarved as a mem
ber of the Junior Order of United
American Mechanics, and ii trustee
of the National Orphans’ homes oC
the sums In Tiflin, Ohio, and Lex
ington, North Cnrollna. from 1911-
DEAN J. G. DOOMHOUR
COLLEGES JOIN
IN GfflERING
Play Hour Sponsored
by State-Meredith
Organizations
Mary E. Holloway Is
Chosen President of
Freshmen By Juniors
Freshman President
MARY ELIZABETH HOLLOWAY
Crltcher and Mary Marlin ot Lex-
lugton, and Olivo Hamrick of Ra- -Continued on page 3.
lelgh. Alumnae faculty members;'
of Kappa Nu Sigma who attended
are Dr. Mary Lynch Johnsoii,
MIsaca Ellen Brcwor, Norma Rose,
Margaret Kramer and Detaye
Adams. Honorary members were
Mlaaos Ida Poteat and Cathcrlaa
Allon, and Phi Bota Kappa repre-
senlaiives In tho faculty, who are
Dr. Margaret Coopor, Dr. Pauline
Alkou, and ITlsa Maud Clay Littla.
Mombars of tho fnciilty advisory
committee to the honor society.
Professor E. F. Canaday and Mrs.
CaiiQday, Professor S, G. Riloy and
Mrs. lllley, and Miss Jennie Han-
yon were also guests.
NOTICE I
In pi-cvlous yoai'8, tho "Twig”
Inis boot! ifiTCn out to every
stuilCHC wlio has gouu to cUopei
on the dujs It WAS (listrlliutcd.
Eituh ^li'l is supposml to pay for
hPr subscription thvviigh her
Htudout budget. fL'c. Sovoi’al
g'h'Is hnvQ not been paying this
ftw, yet they hnvo roccived a
upy of the -'TwIr'' onch time,
llecaiisu of thla, tlio “■Twig” will
ho delivcrwl to the rcioioH of tUo
Rlrls who have pula their stii-
■lent budget fee.
The Bnptlat Student Union and
Athletic Asaoclatlon ot Meredith.
In cooperation with the State Col-
iDge Daptlfit Student Union and
YMGA, entortalned fifty freshmen
from Meradlth and u similar num
ber from State on Saturday eve
ning, Oct. 8. Other parties are
being planned by these same or-
giinl7otlona until all the Meredith
freshmen have attended ouo.
Hornes McSwnin. president ot
ihti State College ”Y” and Alta
Crllchor of Wllliumaton, proaiileut
of tho Meredith Athletic Aasocla-
iloti. tilrected a variety of games.
Several reels of colored movies ot
Moiedlth’a Stunt Day and Soph.
Day Off were shown. Lulor in
tlio evculiig, several members ot
tha MBradith Athletic Board who
Bpiinaorod tho parly served re-
freshmoiita.
Mias Mildred Kichline of tbe
-Weredlth faculty aud Dean E. L.
Cloyd of State College, were ape-
cinl guests,
Sntuniiiy aftenioou, October 15,
the A t Ji 1 e t i 0 Association and
B' S. U. of MeieOith and the
13. a. U. and V. M. C. A. of State,
gave the second nf a aeries of en
tertainments for tho freshmen.
The students were dividod Into
four groups; red, yellow, blue,
and gj'eeu, Captains were chosen
for BftBh group, and ihey played
softball, tennis, badminton, and
ci'oqiiet for tho ilrat hour.
President Announced
by Juniors on Oct. 7;
Was Active While in
Hig-h School — Other
OfRcei’s Elected by
Freshmen: E. Gunter,
Vice President; J. Mc
Intyre, Secretary, and
J. Finch, Treasurer.
COLLECE BOARD
TRDSTffiS BEET
Objections Raised to
State Colleg'e Dairy
Laboratoiy
A meeting of the Moreillth Col
lege Board of Ti'ustecs was culled
Wednosdjiy mornlDg, Octobcr 5th,
In the oiPce of the pi'eaident, to
consider the reauest of Slate Col
lege for lands ndjoining Meredith
bolween tile collcgo and the fair
grounds on which to put aiilmul
busbiiiKiry and u dairy labomtory.
The executive conimlttce could
not take the responslhlllty of de
ciding on the question without tho
approval of tho trustees. It was
decided that such a plant wna luo
near our bulldlugs.
Those present foj- the meeting
wore: Mi's. .lanic Parker Dlsori, J.
D. Boushnll, J. R, Hunter. T. A.
Aveni. Dr, J, T. Battle, Mrs. Maude
Davis Bunn. E. Whisenhunt, Mrs.
Fay Johnson yarmer, E. J, Britt, ..
W. O. Riddick, and W. A. Thomus. ’Chester, cheer lenders.
lug the ''Iroathar'’ Barbara Bohr
man told a story, aad music was
fuinlahod by ono of tbo State boys.
After thla IntermlBsion, the stu
dents were again divided, and dif
ferent groups |)layed dlHeront
gumea this time,
At the end of th® second hour
ef Play, vefreahmeuls were served
by members of the A. A. Board
»nd the B. S, U. Council.
Those t-epresonilng State College
lit llie conference were; Dean Har-
relson. Prof. Runnel-. Mr. Hostetler,
ami Mr. Davis.
Following the adjonrnmcnl if
the msetlng the trustees were
Dur- jfuusts of the college for luncheon
FolJowlDg the tradition of elect
ing tilt} fresiiman class president,
the jutilors announced tho election
of Mias Mary Elizabeth Holloway
of Route 4. Durham, at a meeting
of the freshman class Friday night,
October 7.
Tbe announcement was given lu
the form of a mock trial presented
by Hevcrai members of tho junior
class. Cases hvougbt up concerned
accusations of tho ability ahown
by the three class presidents of tho
class ot ’40. The last case was of
tho president of tho class of ’42
versus the class of ’40. After giv
ing the qualities upon which her
BBlcclion was baaed, the Jury an
nounced tho defendant to be Miss
Holloway. Following the singing
tho even song, ‘-Sticks and
Stones,” Jaw-breakers wore served.
Miss Holloway attended Oak
Grove High School, near Durham,
whore she was very active in
school activities, ahowlng much
versatility. She hold several re-
Hpousible oiliceR, being president oC
iior jHitior class, vice president of
her senior class, and editor-in-
chief of her annual. Slie was also
a member of the school debating
tPum for lour years and played
basketball, being on tbo Loam her
yoiir.
Other freshmen ofllcors have
liecn elected by the freshman class.
They nro: ElUaholh Gunter, vleo
lirosldunt: .Toyco Mclntyi'o, secrc-
tiiry; Jean Pinch, trensuror, and
Evelyn Currln and Virginia Lan-
Tho fresh
man reproaenlatlvc ig the Student
Connell will be elected soon.
In the (lining hsll.
MISS MARY DANIEL
SPEAKS IN CHAPEL
: Shares With Students
Most Iiitei-csting Experience
As a Christian
19 SENIORS TEACHING
IN RALEICH^SCHOOLS
Ohis Do Supervised Teaching
ill Two Hifjh Schools and
Elenientaiy Grades
I.R.C. HOLDS BUSINESS
MEET; Dims PLANS
Outside Speaker for Chapel
Discussed; Also New Mem
bers Were Considered
Tho International Ralntlous Ol.ub
met in the Rotunda Tuesday, Oot.
4, for n business meeting. Mrs.
Lillian Parker Wallace, faculty ad
visor for the club, waa present.
The posalblllly of soeurlug au
oiitsido speaker to roproseut the
oUib In a chapel prosram was dls-
utissBd. Now members wore also
subject for cousidoratlou. AIJ
glrla who (ire Intevosted In inter-
iiutlonal affairs aro ell^jlble for
membership in tho club. It was
decided that an announcemeut
would bo made In ohapoi explain
ing tha purpose of the uliib, and
IbuL new niomborB would bo In
vited to tho Novoniber maetlug.
A committoo of three waa chosen
to plan tiie program for tbe uext
meotlng. Tho members of this
committee are Ja»9t Al^tmau,
Mary Martin, end Mary QavJa,
Survey of Wake Social Conditions To
Be Made By Meredith College Students
The Meredith Sociology Club,
meeting Tuesday night in the
Astro Hall, announced a compre*
henalve aerlGS of programs to deal
with conditions among tho Negroes
of Raleigh and Wake County, Bpe-
clAc assignments were announced
tor tho programs which are in
kaeplng with tha opinion of the
club members expressed last
luotith to eiiiphaslso inter-vacial
relations and poraonallcy develop
ment in its discussions. Dorothy
Hagloi' of Oaatonia, president of
the club, aunouRcod the four spa-
citlc subjects of study aud tho
oo{nmllteeB that will bo In charge
of th© work. The domestic ser
vant problem In Ralaigh and Wake
County will be tho llrBt subject
for consideration, with Joasio Cuv*
rln of Oxford, aa chairman, and
Lucy Rugei's of Wilmington and
Frances Batchelor of Sharpsburg,
servlag wlt)i lior on the commlttoe,
A study Q[ tho Negro ohurohes
and church programs In Wake
nt Wake Forest, assisted by Bruce
Kitchen of Scotland Neck, Martha
Urltt of Lumbertou, and Margaret
Loo Liles of Shelby. Information
about Negro sulfmge In Wake
County will be secured by Qranda
MaLendon of Keaansvllle. aided
by Bebo Dickenson of Kinston and
Frances Price of Pine Level. Mar
tha Rasbovry o£ Farmvillo, will
be responsible for a survey of the
physlognamy o! crime in and
around Raleigh, and working with
her on this project will be Evelyn
Brack of Rocky Mount and Kubis
Ingle of Statesville.
The club named Dorothy Haglar
and Pnula Karl as delegates to the
lutar-vnclal Conforance sponsored
by the YMCA and VWOA of tho
University of North Carolina, to bo
liald nt Oliapel Hill October 33,
M 0 r s d 11 U Sociology Oluh was
-• -(«e iiio kiUiii;2iaQ
adopted as Lho oraelal name of tho, student; Fjanoes Sumnierllu
organisation and a constitution
was ratified.
Featuring the program for the
night was a clever akit on person
ality types eutltled, "Ab Others
You.” An imaginary drug
will be prosonted by Nancy Brewer | store, with the parts of two drug
tilerks played by Joasle Currln of
Oxford and Lucy Rogers of Wil
mington, provided the bacUground
for the portj'nyal of ten different
types of feniiaiuo personalities,
with the club members asked to
Identify each actress according to
tho various types listed on pro
grams dlstrlhutod to the audlenoo.
Students appearing In tho skit
with tli0 types they oxempllfled lu
llielr Hues and actions were:
Frances Batchelor of Shaipsburg,
iis tho QuIet, resowed type;
Blanche Johnson ot Canlon, as the
|iilet but interesting typs; Sarah
Hudson of Knoxville, Tenn.. as the
flirt; Cora Burns of Goldsboro, as
tho flippant type; Dorothy Hugier
Of Guatoniu, ae the student with an
Inferiority complex; Alice Shalley
of Tabor City, as tlio boisterous
typo; Hilda Earp of Selma, us the.
haughly type; Dorothy Crawford
of Goldsboro, ns Ihe domineering
of
Miss Mnry Nance Danlal of
NiiBhvlIlo, Tenn.. ussocinto secre
tary ot student work foi- the South
ern Baptist Convention, made a
chupel addresJi October 4 entitled
"My Must Internstlng lisperlence
as n CbrlBtlan." This experience,
shared by two Meredith College
atudentB, Barbuni Behrmnn aud
liddie Belle Lonvell, occurred iibout
a year ago In a large nudlturiuni
In Zurich, Switzerland. The pro
gram, •’Christ, Onr Life,” waa
planned by 13 members of tho
Youth Roai'd iind was presented to
an audience representing all ooun-
irloa of the worW. Tlio flaga of all
the nations were aldo by aido, aiul
llie young people uf tho dl.V-cnt
The folloH inB Meredith girls are
Her ieac'iilue in the Raleigh
schools this full.
High Stboul: Nelllo A. Ball,
home economlns, Needham
Broughton, under Miss Dorothy
Phillips; LouIsg Biggs, hoin® eco
nomics. Hugh Morsou. under Mra.
Holen W. Laraboo; Alto Crltcher.
home eoonomioB. Hugh Morsou, un
der Mrs. Helen W. Larabee; Grace
Croom. 9th grade World History,
Needham Broughton, under Mrs.
W. N. Hlcka; Dorothy Hagler,
Needham Broiighton. civics, under
Mrs. N. Q. Fonvilie; Evelyn Le-
vino. Needham Broughton, chem-
latry, under Miss Ella B. MoDear-
tnan; Edna Martin, Hugh Mbrson,
home economics under Mias Mary
i’enny: Annie Lee Tarlton, Need-
buni Broughton, Blh grade Bng-
nuinlrles convei'sed and were 'Isli, under Miss Jana R. Beatty:
Mtti's Hill, as the athloilc type; and
Paula Kiirl of Akron, Ohio, as the
avevaea American girl. Miss Pran
ces M. Bailey assisted tha crtat lu
raheai'siug for the ciiaractorlza-
lions, and Mies Mauda Clay Little,
olub sponsor, was also present.
friendly In this tnoellng to learn
jnore about Christ. Tlio program
opened with a silent prayer, which
was followed by llie hymn "All
Hall the Power of Jcsiis’ Niuno."
tlermnn and English were sui>|insed
to be the langunges of the confer-
unce, bui Miss Daniel said that
each pei'son was singing lustily In
his own nutlvu Longue. Each coun
try’s roprusonlntive, 3S In oil, gave
a verse of scripture for the devo-
tloMul. Tho devotional was fol
lowed by an address by Dr. Fi'ank
LeaveU ot the Southern Baptist
Convention. The main idea pC hie
adiliess was that each pereott
ahould raturti to his couniry.wlth
these four words imprinted on hla
Iieurt, "My Maximum for Christ."
V 1 r g IIIIII Vaughan, Neodhnni
BroiiKhlDn, home economics, un
der Miss Mollio M. Mitchell; Mary
Helen Wntklns. Needham Brough-
ton. Aniorican History under Miss
Helen Runniou.
ISlemeniary Krades; Lucille
Jones. Wiley School. 4Lh grade
under tho supervision of Mlae Dora
Troxler: Hlleanor Lanier, Murphy
School, Blh grade, und«r Mra.
J. B, Umstead.
Primary grades: Doris Parker,
Fred Olds School, 3rd grade, un
der Mias IDdnu Mann; Geraldine
Tuttle, Hayes Barton, 8rd grade,
under Miss Jeon Ward; Theresa
Wall, Hayea Burton, 1st grade,
under Miss Lial Bell.