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Price 3 Cents MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., OCTOBER 23, 1939 Price 8 Cents
Class of ’42 Stunt
Cup Winners; Frosh
Given Second Place
For tbe first time in almost a
decade & sophomore class holds
the cup presonted by the Athletic
Association tor the beat origiDal
stimt.
Tbe winners gave a medieval ro*
mance, entitled '*A Knightmare/'
written in blank verse. The actors
spoke the stage directions and
mingled It with their regular lines.
The scene was laid In a castle
courtyard and the cast of charac
ters were as follows:
Lady Meredith....Cor a Lee Burnett
Lady Peace Harriet Noel
Sir State..Mary Elizabeth Kolloway
The Blue Duke
EMizaboth Rosenbloom
Piince Oarol..Doris Jano Bordeaux
Lord Wake........Vlrglnla Lancaster
Lord Forest Mary Sue Jackson
Cousin David Margaret Noel
Katherine Kerr, Vivien Jeffries,
Nancy Mucko)s» and Nancy Stroup.
Programs for the sophomore
stunt were included on a single
page in the shape of a scroll.
The freshman class was award-
ed second place for the originality
of their stunt, **Tbo Dig Stake/*
The (roebman cast included:
lone Knight Eufus Roundsteak
Nan Davis .Wdlie Dutcber
Adelaide Charles
Judge Heavy Ham
Sara Jackson
Barney Beof, Clerk of Court
Evelyn Bowers....District Attorney
Lorraine Chappell Yam Potato
Virginia Varnell I. C. Greece
filisabeth Bunn Jasper T. Bone
Marjorie Laugblin Fanny Filet
cbel Scbulken..VioIa Veal Cutlet
iuiisaoei
Marjorl
cbel I
Adelaide Bunker....Jury Chairman
Pansy Rowell Coroner
Directing the stunt were Betsy
Powell and Beth Perry. Programs
were in the shape of a Steak.
The senior class enacted a fan
tasy entitled, '^Strains of Laugh*
ter." The scene was laid In a feu
dal castle, where modern visitors
saw a vision of the castle as It had
been long ago.
The cast included:
Music Teacher Mioetta Bartlett
Science Professor
Bddle Belle Leavell
Lord of Castle....Kathleen Jackson
Lady of Castle
Virginia Me Watson
Pago Dorothy Green
Sentinel Carolyn Henderson
First Messenger
Mildred Marsbbanks
Second Messenger....Eleanor Spain
Minstrel Sara Cole
Court Jester Cora Burns
Ladies of Court
Ella Eddins, Dorothy Butler
Man of Court Nancy Brewer
Programs were in the shape of a
harp of gold.
''Plane Living’* was the title of
the junior class stunt this year.
The scene was laid in Alaska, and
the plot showed the simple phi*
losopby of life of tbe Eskimos and
its effect on several persons ma*
rooned with these simple folk.
The cast included r
Jim Carroll Betty Fleischmann
Mortimer Fitsgerald
Elizabeth Hostetler
Daniel Clark Dorothy Perry
SeniorsWin Step-
Singing; Song By
Virginia Council
The senior class, for the second
eonsecutlve year, won recognition
for the Binging of their class song.
A trio composed of Carolyn Crltcb*
er, Barah Falls and Francos Dixon
sang the song on a novelty method
of presentation.
Virginia Council, senior from
Raloigh, received tho fivo^dollar
award for composing tbe best class
song. It was the second year that
she has won this prize.
The Junior class song was writ*
ton by Dorothy Penderi
The sophomore song was written
by a committee composed ot Marie
Chesson, Rebecca Hamiltoni Vir«
ginia Greene, Dorothy Maness and
Virginia McQonzor.
The freshman class song was
composed by Ethel Stevens and
Clarice Bums.
Sam Mary Gwin Oliver
Bob Leland Agnes Graham
Henry Mason Rachel Lewis
Martha Mason.*. Alice Falls
Freida Mason Ada Wall
Betty Lane Sarah Hayworth
Eskimos: Mary Lib Foster, Helen
Powers, Agnes Freeman. Leette
Smoak, Loleta Kenan.
Programs were in the shape of
airplanes.
Judges for the stunts wore; Miss
Pat Abemetby, sophomoro class
judge; Professor C. A. P. Moore,
of the English department of St.
Mary’s, freshman class Judge; Miss
Estelle Burt, of Campbell College,
senior class Judge; Dr. A. M. Foun*
tain, professor of English at State
college. Judge for junior class;
Professor Frederic Koch, from the
University of North Carolina, Ath*
letic Association Judge.
I
Scotch Lassies Win
Palio For Seniors;
Sophs Place Second
The Famous Cup
The cup held by the Class of '40
during tho past year and now in
the posBosfiton of tbelr "Little Sts*
ters/’ the Class of *42.
The Junior class won reserved
boat« for stunt night by having
iho largest number present at
tho Palio.
They had 108 students pres*
ent out of a possible IIB. The
winnors were determined on a
percentage basis, hast year the
Class of Dig Sistors to the
present Juniors* won tlio prlvi«
lego of seeing tho stunts from
tlio ilrst rows of tho two middle
sections of tbe auditorium*
The cup for tho annual Stunt
Day Pallo was awarded this year
to the **Scotch Lassies** of the
senior class.
The winners wore pleated plaid
skirts and caps In Scotch fashion.
Tho costumes were donned as a
salute to Dr. Carlyle Campbell.
**our Scottish president."
Second place in the Pallo parade
went to tbe sophomores for their
costumes portraying the idea of
the name of their class, which
moans "The Wise Fools."
The Juniors wore head pieces of
rod horns and black gloves, follow*
ing the idea of tbe odd traditions.
The freshman class portrayed a
circus parade and all sorts of
freaks and clowns were seen.
Loading the Palio parade was
the newly organized Meredith
band. Tbe members of the band
wore white skirts and maroon
sweaters and wore led by high*
stopping Anabelle Cablellero as
drum major.
Judges for the Palio were Pro*
fessor B. Y. Tyner, Dr. Helen Brtce
and Mrs. Leroy Allen.
Other Palio events were: The
horse race, won by the freshman
class horse, **Boney Paris/* ridden
by Jessie Jouos. and the bicycle
relay race, won by the sophomore
class.
The alumni*student sport events
taking place after the Palio were
won by tho alumnae under the dl*
roctlon of Miss Alta Critchor.