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Thanksg:iving Holidays! ,,mfutrrn>/\ 'Ikhf, Published Biweekly as the Official Organ of the Student Body of Meredith College Thanksgiving Holidays! Volume XVIII MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C„ NOVEMBER 19, 1938 Number 5 ’39 WHO’S WHO INCLUDES NINE MEREDmi GIRLS National Recognition Given to Prominent Seniors Selected by Faculty Committee by Records. Nine Meredith acpiors have the high bonoi- of be'luK listed Id Who’s Who Amono Students in American Vnlveraities and Colltges for tlie year 1938-39. Tiiese eludents were selected by a group of {acuity mein- hers on the basis ot acholarehip, leadership, cbai-actor, anl poteotlal iiflefiilncss to socfoty. This honor aKorda national as well as local recognition to tho following een- iors: Mildred Ann Crltcher, Bar bara Belirmnn, Janet Aiknian, Alta Crltcher, Mary Martin, Mary Jane Lindley, Annie Elizabetii Coward, Catherine Johnson', and Margaret Lee Liles. >Th1s pnbllcaLion will come otii In May, 1939. All of these sentovs have been oiitstnndlng campus leaders during their 'college yeavs. Until Lhle year Juniors ha.ve been Helected for Uie IVJio's Who, but only seniors were selected this year. An account oC spmc of the ontstauding activities ot some of the girls during tijetr ‘junior and senior years will be given. Janet Aikman, present ed1toi--ia- chief of the Oak Leaves, lias an enviable record. She is a member of the Nomlnatinft Committee, and last year she ivftn on the Student Council, Campua Council, and Oak Tjcaves staff. Her sophomore year Khe was class president. She Is a home economics mnjor and u mem ber of several campus clubs. Annie Elizabeth Coward also holds Important posillons on the campus. She Is now the president of tho Little Theatre, momber oE the Silver Shield, member o( tho Nominating Commltteo. and Alpha PsI Omega. Last year she was busi ness manager of the OaJc Leaves and a member of many clubs. An nie Eliaibeth is very active In Lit tle Theatre work, having played the lead In several dramatic produc tions, Margaret Lee Liles is at present president of the Silver Shield, Sun day School director, Glee Club memhov, unci uHlclal chaperone. Last year she was B. T. U. presi dent, member of choir, and other campus clubs. Alla Crltcher, another outstand ing acnlor. Is president of Mere dith’s Athletic Association, member of Little Theatre, Monogram Club, Nominating Committee, and 1b on tho LennlB team. Last year she was on the B. S. U. council, on the A, A. Board, assiatant direcCoi' of Sunday School, manager ot golf, and A member .ot various other campus organizations. MEREDITH COLL SENIOR SUPERLATIVES Top row, rending left to right: Mary Gavin, Mildred Ann Crltcher, Dorothy Willson; second row Mary Martin,. Dorothy Crawford; third, row, Dorothy Bynini, Catherine Johnson, Virginia Vaughan, and Mavy June Lindlcy. Anna Lee Johnson, Barbara Behrman, CLYDE A ERWIN CHAPEL^EAKER Speaks As Feature of National Education Week, Nov. 10 STUDENTS GIVE RECITE NOV. 3 Students Presented By Music Department In Regrular Recital On November 3, 1938, the Mu sic Dopartmeut presented another In 11)0 series ot bi*inoQthly reultuls. Twice each month several ntudeDts of the nauBlc department are pro- eeoted In reoltni. On tho above date the program was as follows: Plano, Three-Part /nuenHoji A't>, J1 (Bach), Eether. Meigs. Violin quartet CharuMer»tito1e (Mendolssohn), Olive Kamrlok, Virginia Lawrence, Anne Ilutfnian, Nancy CaiTOll. Plano, PortoAlKeMe (Rachmanl- noff), Sara Cole. Violin, iSemtadc £«pa(»itaie (Qla- zundv-Kreialer), Anne Huffman. Plano, A-flo-t Alafor (Schubert), Virginia Counoll. Voice, Ooni\aU‘Ui he ?aya from ilflonon (Thomas), Pauline Stroud. Flano, J’oIotKiijc A Jlfa^or (Cho pin), Jane Washburn, Organ, Svmphonv Ho. ,6, Firut iJovamcM (Widor), BIlBabetU Howell. On November 10, in observance of Nacloual Education Week, the Meredith girls were fortunate In hearing Mr. Clyde A. Erwin, Sii- perlncendent of Public Instruction in North Carolina. Mr. -Eru'ln chose as his topic, ■'Accepting New Civic Responsi- bllltlcs." He mentioned the fact that with cltizeiiRhlp (hero are rights, privileges and responsibili ties. The average citlKen resents any uUauk upon hie rights and nrlvilegcs. but tew are tho cltizona who ihiuk seriously of their duties to tho nation. State or community. I’eople are often not conscious ot having any duties as citizens, ac cording to Mr. Erwin. Mr. Erwin stated. “The responxlbilltlos which rest upon ua as citizens of this republic are vastly greater than they were when the nation was young." Tlie speaker offered three reuBons tor (his: lirst, earlier the people were widely soatterod: sec ond, the standard o( living was lower: third, the governmoiu was relatively simple. Mr. Erwlii reiiiitided his hearers ihat America Is rapidly becoming an urban nation and that Increas ing urbanity brought with It an increase In the risspouulblUties oC government and added to the du ties ot Americans as citizens. Mr. Erwlti Stated that along with other things, our government presei-vos and protects the health o{ Us people, provides an educa* tlonal system, guarantees protec tion to the person and Ills balong- m'es, and provides for "social and —Continued on Page 2. Avon Players Give ‘Taming of the Shrev^’ Convention Delegates Honored by Meredith On \yednesduy ttfternoou. Nov. If}, the faculty and atadeuts ot Meredith were at home Intormally from tour to ^Ix o'ciook (o the delegates of the Baptist State Cp»- vejitlon. which met In RaJeIgh No vember 1'5-17, President and Mra. Brower. Dean and Mrs. Boomhour, Miss Anna May Baker, doaii of womou, Mrs, Vera Marsh, aBslBtaut dean ot women, and other adminis trative offloers and faculty mem bers reoeived the gueats In the col lege dining hall. JUNIOR CLASS WINS SJNT CUP Sophomore Class Is In . Second Place With Artistic Stunt On Nov. 5 each of ihe (our ciass- eB lit Merediib preacntod an orlg- Inat stunt before a capncliy audi ence In tlie eollegc auditorium. The announcement by Colonel Hnrrol- son of N. C^. State College who was ciialrinan of tho board of Judges that "the Judges Iiuve decided to go east on the six o'ciocH train" brought shouts oC joy from a de lighted Junior class iis their presi dent, Dorothy Green o£ Danville, Va., received the silver loving tup which Is given to the doss giving the best stunt. Thc'"wlnnlng stunt bad tho lllle, “Train Your Mind," and was based upon the reuotions o( live pnBBBn- gera who were compelled to wait ovenilglit In a little, Out-oMhe-way railroad station while a storm broke oiilBlde und things dlaap- peared wllhln. Tbe Btatlon innBtor (a distinguished psyohologlat In disguise) was more than ably por trayed by Cora Burns of Qoldsboio. Other members of tho cast In cluded! Spinster Sara Cole innaucler Kathleen Jackson Bobb Virginia Comioll Harry Carolyn ttenderaou A Knowing Woman Betty Vernon Colored Boy Nova Binder Three Investlgatora Miriam Leav itt, Marjorie Freeman, Sarah Olive The stunt which .I'anUed In sec ond place was "A Framed Ro mance" wlilch was presented by the sophomore class. The setting was an art gallery at early evenlDg, After all spectators had gone, tho people in the pictures camo to life and The Blue Boy and Plnlsle aftor Q delightful little courtship prom ised to All one big frame In the center of the gallery rather than two separate frameB. The cast Inuludedi PI«Hie Helen Byrd BIub Boy Betty Plelschmunn Minister Rebecca Vaughan Whistler's Mother .... Portia Tatun> Boy 'with the Torn Hat.. Kay Kemp —Oontluued on Page 8. Company Under Able Direction of J o s e p h Selman, Here for His Third Consecutive Year—Sponsored by Senior Class; First Comedy Presented Here Under ilie sponsorship of the senior clans, the Avon Plnyers, pro ducers ot Shakespearean plays, pro- Bunted The TaTHiny ot the Shreto last night In Che college iiudltu- rlum. For tlie ihJrd ooneecutlve year under the direction of Joaeph Sel man, the players returned to the CBinpus. Pi-evlously they have pre sented OtUvUo and Tlavilet, Com- Iiosing the cast of profeBsional actors were: Liicentio (sou of Vln- cButlci), Mel Everltl^; TraniO' (scr- vimt to Lucenilo), Mai'oid Selman; Baptl.itn (geutlenian of Padua), Jnck VlnHon; Blanca (daughter to BnptlstiO, IJoriB Ertwai'ds; Kath- ei'lne [daughtev to Baptlsta), Mu* rtol Oalllck: Hovtenslo (suitor to Blnncn), Scott Tenntson; Cremlo [suitor to Blanca), Lee Parsons; Petruchio (getlemon o£ Verona), Walter Black; Gruniio (serTOnt to Petruchio), Ilarold Solnian; CurtUB (aorvuHt ill, Petnichlo’s housel, Eugenie Du Bols; Nathaniel, Jac)c Bsiiedlc; Gregory, Andre Lee; Phillip, Jullau Lucky; tailor. Jack VitiBoti: Pedant, Joseph Selman; VincQntio ifatliev to Lucentlo), Lee Parsons, Meredith-W ake Forest BWs Fete Freshmen On Saturday night, November 12, the Sunday School Baptist Tvalulng Unions ot Wake,Forest and Meredith sponsored a party, a Farmer's Slilii-dlg, lor the fresh* man und new students In tbe Phi hull. All those attending dressed lufornially. The program, under the direc tion ot Jack Parker, featured gamsg, contests, and elnging with Special numbers Interspersed. The party wus arranged by Jessie Our- rln^ Juanita Stalnback, and Sara Moore Bryant from Meredith, and Jaok Parker and Clarence Godwin from Wake Forest. ASTRO AND PHI ■ SOCIETIES MEET Mrs. Henderson Talks To Astros; Town Girls Entertain The Aetrotekioii Literary So ciety held ItB regular meeting last Monday nigbt in the society hall. Mrs. laaboU Honderson. wife ot )3r, Edgar Henderson, pi otesBor of payt;hology at Meredith, was gucfil apsaker. Mrit. Hendersao talked on "The Ideal College Girl.” Uuriiig the business Bessloit ol the meeting sevoral committees were Belected. Dot Reich was ap pointed uhiilrnian of a commitloe to InveatlgHte the constitution ot the Buclety. Another committee, svllh .Mi)ietia Biirdett as chairman, was appointed to meet with rei)- resuiUatlyes ot the Phllarotian So- cloly to decide the query ot nti Inter-aociuty debate. Dot Ucitler wuH aeleuted chalrniau ot a com mittee to pliiu Soclcty Night, nnd Kalhevlne Johnsnn was elccted chalrmau of a committee to map out pliins for the Curter-Upchiirch Essays. At the end of the program a slioi't Intormal reception wua held nt which time nmny glila had the pleasure of meeting uud tnlkiug to Mvh, Hondersoii. Class Superlatives Elected by Seniors In Meeting on Nov. 7 M. A. Critcher, Miss Meredith—C. Johnson, Most Intellectual—A. L. Johnson, Most At tractive—M. Martin, Wittiest—B. Behrman, Most Versatile—D. Willson, Most Athletic —D. Crawford, Most Popular COL.HARRELSON TALKSINCHAPEL Dean From N. C. State Offers Sugg-estions For Peace On Monday night at (i:4& the Phlliiretlan Literary Society held Us regular meeting in the Boulety hall. The town girls gave a vary iimuslug playlet entitled, "Tho VIU Inln Still Pursues Her," Diu'ltig the business hour Dot Willson made s proposal to the society which stated that each girl would be allowed two society cuts during tbe year, to bo taken any tlino she desired. For every ad ditional eut taken, a flno ot ten con(s \VouId have to bo paid, This propoBnl was accepted b^' tho so- olocy. The president, Mni-y Jane Llud- ley, appointed (he tollowliig girls as a debating committee: Rachel Poe. Katherine Scott, Qertruda Hardison and Tommie Herring, Kay Mldgett wae appointed cbalr- mau ot the Essay Committee. The soclet.y voted to have one town girl as an olQoer, this girl to be selected by the town girls. The meeting olosM with the singing of tlie Phi song. "The peace of the world is in the hands of Engliah-speaklng people, and they should apoak with uuthor- Ity," stated Colonel John W. llar- relson. Dean of Administration at North Carolina Slate College, when he made his second annuel Armis tice Day talk In chapel at Meredith College. Colonel HarrelBon sold that de spite the tact that the World War was supposed to have been a “war to end war," condltiona are not im proved, and everyone, collcge stu dents, slatesmen, college protcssore und othui’s, are seeking a solution to world pi'oblenis other tlian "shooting each other." Colunel Hnrrclson next spoke ol the wars wiilcli have taken place since the World War; the Spanish War. and the undeclared war which Japan Una waged on China, Mo sail! that war had only hoeD postponed reeently by "sBiling Czechoslovakia down tbe river," de spite tho fact that the Czechoslo vakian boundaries were not proper ly drawn In the Peace of Versailles. "America Is naturally peace-lov ing,” lio aaid, "her aggression end ed with the SpanJsh-Americau War." He went on to say That America lost mure than she gained In the World War. and that it was his hope that she would never aguiii enter a war outside of the Western Hemisphere. Colonel Harrelson continued that the American government was set up under tbo democratlr. ideal, anil tbat he believed that tiie American form of government svonld evcalu- HlJy prevail In Europe. He said that ho Nvas In sympathy with President Rooaevelt's plans tor na tional dblense, for It, was the in ability uf EngllKU-apeuking people to boc;k uj) Iheir bollets which had enabled the Japanese to Inviide China, and the liallans lo taliu Ethloplii. The speaker said that he lioped that iheiii would soon be an under standing between the I'nlted Rintes and Oruat Hrltaln, hii that they might Imrli up their pnare beliefs pud "speuk anrtly, but carry the big Ktlck," itK Theodore Koosev'elt piit it. Colauel KarrelKon ended hla talk with the anggeMlon that America develop a philosophy of living that would Impress iiiher iiatlniis. and | Ihat the United Stalea act snnaly tti j. in solving present-diiy i*roblcms -Daikei HileCt- Btead ot running iifter "Isms.” The seniors met Monday night, November 7. tor the purpose of choosing the cluas superlatives. Those aelected are: "Mias Mere dith," Mildred Ann Crltcher; tho most Intellectual. Cathorine John son; tho moat attractive, Annu. Leo Johnson; wittiest, Mary Mar tin; tho most versatile, Barbara Behrman-; most athletic, Dot Will son; moBt popular, Dot Crawford; moat original, Virginia Vaughan; most stylish, Mary Gavin; beat all round town student, Dorothy By rum; cuteat, Mary Jane Llndley. Mildred Ann was unaDimously chosen "Mias Meredith." She, a loyal Astro and an EngllBh major, la from Lexington, North Carolina. Her activltlos Include: Colton Eng lish Ciub, Internatlonol Relations Club, 3, .1; Silver Shield. 3, 4; Kappa Nn Sigma, -I; Y. W. A-. 1, 3; B. T. U., 1. 3. 3, 4; Little Thoatre, 3, 4; Alpha Pat Omega; Twio staff, 2; /lcor» stalT, 2; aocinl editor of the Oak Leaves, 3: handbook com mittee. 3; stunt, 4; Who's », 4; class soccer, 2; secretary stu dent council, 3; chalrinao ot the campus council, 4; president ot tbe student council, 4. Catherine Johnson, from Win- ston-Snlem. is an English major and an Astro. She haa also been ncllve in: Classical Club; tSranrt- daiighter’s Club; ICappn Nu Sigma, 3, 4, president 4; B. T. U.. 4; Littio Treatre 1, 2. 3, 4; student council. 3; Clee Clnb 1. 2, 3, 4; choir, 1, 2, 3; college trio. 1, 2, 3.: class editor t>f The Acoin, 2, J,; editor ot The Aconi, 4; Twrr. typist, 1; stunt, 3. 4; class vine president, 1; WAo'« W/io, 3. 4; nominating commltteo. 4; frpubman councilor, 2, Anna Luc Johnson is from Apex. She is a math major and an Astro. She Is college marshal, on tht> aoni- Inadng committee and she haa bei-n chnspn iiB May Queen tor this year by the etudent body, Mary Marlin, who Is Crom Lex ington, North Camllna. is a Phi and an li^ngllsh major. Her actlvi- ties inchidH: Cliisslral Club, S, 4. tirosldcnt 4; Colton t;ug!iBh CUib; Granddaughter's Club; Student League uf Women Vuters: Int.ern.v Uonal Relutlons Club; Silver Shield; Kappa Nu SiKnai: secre tary i)t the Phi snclcty, 3: iiominut- Ing coniniiltm*. 4; U’Ao'v llVio. 4; numpus councilor. Hurbiirii Reliriiuiu Is an I'Jnglish niajnr. u Phi and fnnn Cii’ensbnro, N’urili Ciirollaa, Other nctlvHles in which stio hax taken part are; CIusHlcal Chill, I; Colton l£nglUh Cluli: intermitlunal Relations CluU; Sliver Shield, 3, 4. socrolHiy —Coniiiiuod on Page 2. VIRGINIA GIRLS ORGANIZE CLUB K. K. KLUB SPONSORS ART LECTURE NOV. 17 On ThnrBday ulght. November 17, nt S:15. tho K. K. Art Club Hponaoretl tin illuatrnted art luv- lure. Tho lecture was written by H. Van Buren Maganigle. Kellow A.I,A. archlloct uiid author. Tboro wore 4S slides to go with the iec> lure. The tollowing Is nuotud from an art bulletin about tbe lecture: "It Is an Intlinato and tasulnatlng atudy ot tho tlmo and land where in art flowered most glorionsly; the romance ot the recovery ot man's Intellectual heritage lost at the beginning ot the Dark Ages, from the time o( Dante through the life ot Michelangelo. It was Illustrated by outBtandIng exam ples ot painting. Boulptnre, orcbl- tecture and views ot leading oltlea." ed Pres., M. Holland Vice President On Wednesday night. November 9, a meeting of all tho girls trom Virginia wne called aud a club was organized. The club Includes the roltowlng membors: Eltreda Rar- kor. Blarkridge; Deity Clingitn. I Covington; Mary EJIlzabetb Cole man. Bnykina; Addle Davis, Cov ington; FrunceB Dixon. South Roa- tou; Mary Norwood ISlam, Victo ria; Dorothy Green, Danville; ISllBabeth Gunter, Richmond; Mar garet Holland, Nassnwudox; Eliza beth HowgH. Suffolk; Lucy Me- Neely. Alexandria; Aylotte Oliver and Mui'y Lee.Oliver, Paces; Annie Laurie Parker. Boi-ryviile; Wllleha Schoone, Blacksburg; Betty Thom- osBon, Danville, and Virginia Lee Watson, Charleston, W.> Va. At the mooting the following of* fleers were .elected: ElCreda Bar ker, presldont; Margaret Holland, vli!e president; Aylette Oliver, sec- retary-treasurer, and Miss Mae Qrlramer of Cape Ohnrles, Virginia, sponsor.