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PubHshed Bi-Weekly as the Official Organ of the Student Body of Meredith College
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., APRIL 1, 1940
nood IHdv
Number 10
No Final Examinations This Spring
f
Swimming Pool To
Become Reality In
Very Near Future
Plans Finished For
Modest Gym to House
Small Indoor Pool;
Nominations for Life
Guard Turned in by
Nominating Commit^
tee; Election to be
Held in Chapel This
Friday
“Rah! Rah! Rah!” the
sounds came from the direc
tion of the college auditorium
on March 32.
It had just been announced
to the student body that final
ly enough coupons had been
saved and the swimming pool
was at last to become a re
ality.
Plans (nr llie Innovation coiiKist
of n. Bitiall lochci’ room approxl*
ntatety the siiiiie UinicDslonB os
first floor A Iormtory, nn upslolrB
to be enved for next year's Junior-
Senior, beside the pool, wlilcli will
1)6 ’only two feel longer llian llic
Indoor pool recently completed In
Chapel Hni.
The bli; problem now remaining
Is wlio eIiiiII serve ne life guard
and Instructor. Tho nonilmtllng
committee hns mnde the followins
nominations: Richard Gi-eene, Ty
rone Power and Johnny Weismul
ler, all other nominations must be
in by C;00 o'clock, Thuraduy. Tlie
election will be held In cimpel,
Friday.
New Butler Here
NOT only does Meredith have a
now maid, but a butler has
been added to the stiitf. He will
anuouiiee guests at all formal
diniierti. He’s "Rhett" nlco.
Isti'l he. girls?
Ice Cream To
BeQiven Away
B-Hive To Give Ice Cream
To Undernourished; B-Hive
Business on D'ecline
This pleo for help ciime from
the B-Hlvo staff not ho long ago.
The B-Hlve is kept open about ten
hours a day so that whoever will
may drop In for something to eat
/or drink; yet they don't seem to
be getting much trade. Everyone
saved up their money before Gaster
so that letters bugging for more
travelling expenses would not have
to be written, and since Easter
they iiftven’t overcome their thrifty
liablts.
Hardly anyone slops by (or re-
fresiiment, even after a half-liour
workout in the gym. The staff hits
noticed, too. that ■ good many of
the girls arc lolling around on the
campus looking week and wan.
They seem thin and undernour
ished, ahd one wonders if they are
too miserly to get something nour
ishing to eat for tliemselvcs, or
whether they are too weak as a
result of fo]-mer misorllnoss to
make tlieir way in tottering steps
to Uie B-Hive.
As a result of ibolr concern for
the health of all Meredith girls,
the B-Hlvo manager, Joyce McIn-
tyre, has onoounced tllat on next
Monday Ico ci-eam will be given
away. On account of the healthful
(qualities of Ice cream, tiiey are
putting at least three huge scoops
of fee cream In each cone, and, If
the person looks partlculas'ly un
dernourished, slie will got four
scoops full. Maybe these donations
will prove to bo Incentives toward
eating and drinking fn the B-Hivo
onco more for better heallh.
Than, too, with ©very package o(
ptationery that you buy the B-Hive
Is giving out little bracelets on
which are spring fover thermome-
Breakfast To
Be Served In
Bed To Girls
Orders Will be Taken and
Filled From 7:30 to 10:00;
Varied Menus to be Posted
Daily; Loyal Cooperation
Of All Girls Is Asked
Meredith girls noed nu longer
worry aljout getting up in time for
bi'cakfast, Kcir several reuHons it
has boeti decided lliat each girl
will be served her morniug meal
in bed between 7:30 and 10:00
ci'otook. First, the cooks in the
kltciicn will enjoy cooking a num
ber of dishes. It Is iiwfuMy boring
to tiiem to prepare food of one
kind In such large ([uantlties ciicb
day. Then, loo. since there 'are
around fiOO girls and only ubuut
tWBiUy waltresHes. then it will be
easier on the waitresses to serve
each individual than to serve six
teen lit one lime, fOvery one Is
asked to give iior complete coopera-
tlon 80 that tho plan may be sue-
cessfiilly carried out. The menus
will be numerous and varied, and
each girl is asked to piione her
order Into the dining hull upon
awakening. The menu for tomoi
row morning bas been planned and
is ns follows:
Choice nf:
Practice In
Football To
Begin Today
Those Interested Are
Urged to Come Out;
Twenty-five Sign Up;
Rose Bowl, Team
Aim
Spring practice for the
1940 Meredith College foot
ball squad will begin this
afternoon at 2:30 in the court.
All those interested are urged
to come out. A number have
already signed up for prac
tice.'
The following list was recently
released l)y the varsity coach. Mrs.
Gertrude Sorrell and her able line
coach, James Lashley: Ends—
Juanita Stainback, Evelyn ‘'Dimp"
Mai'sliburn, Virginia Lee Watson,
Kathleen Jackson, and Mary Eliza
beth HNjster. Guards —Dorothy
Green, Joy Dunn, lOlUi Eddins, and
Alleen Snow. Tackies—Belty Ver
non, Margaret Fuquay, Helen Scar
borough, Jean Ellis, and Catherine
Scott, Centers—Coco Burns, Annu
HuffmuM, Virginia Council, and
•Fean Kreenuin. Backs — Mlnetiu
Bartlett, Sarah Hayworth. Ji'rance«
Grayson, Dorothy Butler, Edna
fcJarle Cngglnw, Margaret Jane
Chllda, and hottle Ruth Allen.
The c'oaclies huve nuide the fol-
I'lwing statement: "We ar« very
pleased with the niaterhil wi; have
to work witli this year and will
do our hast to niHintain tiie records
of former years. Our aim Is to
play ill the Rose Bowl on New
Year's Oiiy.’'
Cciucii Uisliley also stated that
he was very pieasei! becaase li«
had 9U(!li a heavy Hue to work
with this year. We hope thal lie
will keep the line busy.
Plays in Dining Hall
KAY KYSER who, with Ills band,
will nppear In the dining hall
Mrst on Wednesday evening.
Kay Kyser
ToPlayHere
Orchestra to Play For All
Meals; Loud Speaker Sys
tem to be In-stalled
Tunes To
Replace Bells
Meal and Class Bells Will
Sound No More; Popular
Songs to Toll Each Hour
Mumming bird tongue on toast
Creamed Patie-de-fois gras
Escolioped unions with garlic
Borbeciied pig
bojisier with gobs of whipped
cream
and:
Hard-boiled eggs
ters and tlic Meredith seal. Those
should be especlolly attractive to
Ihe gii'ls who eanio back fi'om
liJaster holidays undecided as to
whether the warmth around their
hearts meant (hat they had spring
fever or that they should say "Yes"
to the adoring swain who popped
the leap year |uostlon bofove tlie
girl h04l tt chance to do so.
Step right this way to the B-
Hive, girls! Mow down that gi'ass-
eaten path and take advantage of
the health and good fortune at
your very doorsl Remember the
date! ifs next Montlayl
The AcHdetnIc Council was proud
to announce recently that un iniio-
vaticm ha« been made In ihe l)ell
Hyatuni at Meredltii.
In tlie future, InHleiid of the
familiar gong for meals and the
class bells, tunes will be played tor
each meal and chiss hour.
The- fnlirtwinB schedule will be
fnllowed;
i/oirr Hoiij/
7:00-"Good Morning. Good Morn
ing." (Or "Lazybones.” un
decided between,)
7:15—"Sing Before Breakfast."
7:30—'‘Scraping the Toast,''
SrSO—“School 'Daze,' School
'Dazo’,"
!); 30—"Whispering."
10:30—"How I Love To Hear the
Organ,"
11:00—“I'm Going to Sit Right
Down and Write Myself a
Letter."
12:00—"I Want To Bee Food, Mam
ma."
1:00—"Tea For Two (X 250)."
1:46—"Sleepy-TIme Gal.”
2:46—'“Us On a Bus,"
3:46—"California, Here I Como."
4:45—"Home. Sweet Home."
6:40—"Singing In the Bathtub,"
0:00—"Sing For Your Supper,"
7:30—“Got a Date With an Angel."
10:00—'‘I Had To Call You On the
Phone."
10:80—"Thank You For a Lovely
Evening."
10:45—“Lights Out, Sweetheart.”
At the sound of the musical note
you will know the time. So make
a note ot It.
Dll yim wiiki' up in thu early
hours-ai'uunil seven liells, foelliig
like you bit the bed only a few
mlnulBH Itfifon;, and your mood
i;lo8oly respiiitjies thiil of a "aavdgu
beast"? Wen, you have heard tiiat
iild saying—"SiaNic liatli charms tn
sooth that iirnverhial aiihiial.” This
Is merely a rounil.nboiit uii'thrid uf
telling yiiii lliut you arc giiliig lo
iiear iliaL lamillar .saying, "l.,es
dance, I'niks," overy nuiniing from
nuw on In liie Muredith dining Imll.
Yes, gals. Kuy Kyser Is going to
Ik! at liieakCast and lunch iinel din
ner. In fact, li« uud ills band arc
suing lo be regalar Ijciai ders at this
abiide.
Tb- Idea si'eiuH lo bi- ihal inusii'
mil only will IniprovK the dispcmi-
liun but also the digestion. And
iinutlKT foiuure attiaclion will in.*
—merely lake ap Hint private tnle-
phnno In your room and your re-
nuost for the latest luui: will he
gladly played hy ilic boys over the
load speaker aysiein which fuuc-
tions iilsij In every room.
Kay uNpresBSB the lielief tUat lie
certainly Is going lo enjoy ills stay
III. ML'vt'dllh. anil wo share his opin
ion.
Another Idoii Is that our dining
rnoni will lie a popular place with
tlio swains of the vicinity, and
that no longer will the Inlirniary
repriniarid Meredith girls for not al
lending meals,
Phone To Be
Installed In
Every Room
Administration Ben
efactor in New Proj
est; Numbers To Be
Assigned Soon
The miracle of all miracles
is happening! Telephones are
now being installed in each
room in the dormitories. The
great and increasing demand
for more telephones than the
regular two telephones to a
dormitory is one of the causes
that has necessitated this
new installation.
It also seems that a few students
have failed to receive calls during
the year because of the lack of pri
vate phones, and ro, nither than
have tills happen again, which
might lead to complaints before
very long, the administration has
decided tn donate to each room a
French dial telephone. There will
be no extra cbargcs to the girls,
as the pliones will be included in
llie tuition or (be l)udgKt fee. How-
ever, there will probably be somo
girls who will hnv« to buy night
tables for their rooms so as to
have their phojies near iheir beds
for early morning and nlgiit calls.
Prom now on liiere will be no call
ing of people lo the telepliones, as
everyone will ruwlvo her i-uIIh over
bur own phone. Tliis will greatly
reduce the noise on the balls
c-aused hy girls running to liio
leieinione booths or calling other
girls. The telephones will niso
servo in the oiilce and parlor work.
Instead of a girl working in ihi>
iiarlor or oiilce going lo Hie I'oom
and lelling .someone that she is
waniGd la ihe ofllce or that her date
has arrived, the oillfe girl will
merely lelephcine iind leil the girl
over Ihe phone wiiat is wanied.
Considered from ail points of view,
tile addition of tbe telephones lo
tile rooms will iio .-i very conven
ient. mitlKfactory, and labor-saving
project. Telephone nainbers have
been assigned and are now posted
on the hnlletin boards. All students
are urged lo ilnd ibeir iiuinhei's at
Ihe ilrst possllile moment. Mere-
iHih is pmad lo tie the (irsi wiin-
an’8 college In the Stale to try this
new pliin.
Faculty Announces
Surprise Decision
Affecting All Classes
To Address Seniors
I'illSSIDliN'r FRANKLIN ROOSE
VELT wlio will Kpoak In senior
fornm on Wednesday. April :S1.
i’rlvaie confereneeK may ixs
scheduled following hiii address.
Faculty Gives
Minstrel In
Auditorium
Dr, Campbell Directs Fac
ulty In Annual Minstrel;
All Number.s Received
Cii-eat Applause and Calls
For Encure.s
Petition For
More Lectures
Entire Student Body Signs
Petition For More and
Longer Required Lectures
Ail records o£ petition-signing
were bt:oken yesterday when the
petition for more required lectures
was signed by every student at
Meredith College. Studeuts have
Ijogun to realize more than over the
necessity of having such lectures,
The girls are also asking that the
lectures bo lengthened and that
subjects of a deeper luiture be dis
cussed. In order to fulfill the
wishes of the students the lootnrers
who have been Invited to speak and
their topics are as follows:
Charllo McCarthy —“Politics In
Hollywood."
Melaha Auer — "Bringing Up
Baby,"
Tyrone Power—"How to Make
Love."
Artie Shaw-"Classical Swing of
Today,"
Zasu Pitts—"The Art of Being
Natural,"
Jack Payton — '‘Symphonic
Rhythms,”
History Maps
To Be Banned
Mr, Riley Changes History
Department Reqin’remenl.s
For 1940-41.
"The History Department Iiiim de
cided to baa nil map-maliliig from
their courses." slated Professor
Samuel Qayle Uiley in a surprise
statonient this morning.
'•For years we have required our
students to turn In a specllied num
ber of maps In practically every
course," he conlinued, '"nnd because
these maps have been so promptly
and willingly comi>leled hy our
studeniR we have decided to re
ward their earnest efforts by n
change In rcnuireuients,"
Mr. Riley ontlined the Hpeciflca-
lions for next yciir’s history
coarses. "We will keep parallel
rendlngs of courses, however due
to the heavy wear and tear nn the
library books we are forbidding
any history student lo read more
than 150 pages during (he se
mester,"
In regard to term papers. Mr.
Riley inaiie no deiluite statement.
It was evident that he must enjoy
reading these original and most In
teresting contributions, and would
hate lo omit those from course sug
gestions. However, he did indicate
that the papers would bo nmch
shorter In the future, perhaps to
run around 200 words per paper.
Tile ilrst III ihc annual fiiculiy
minstrels was presented in tiie col
lege auditorium on March 2T. Thi’
student body ri'tnrned a day early
from spring holidays to witness
this long-awaited i>eifonnance.
.'\ctlng IIS intciliicator and end
man wen- Dr. Carlyle Campbell
and Dr. Isaac .Mercer, neither of
whom were ri'cuignizalile. what with
the tilack grease piiint on their
f«ces. Their Jokes iietween aels
were received with gnies of hiagh-
ter and kept the studeiit.s rolling
in the aisles.
The Ilrst nuniIjMi- on tiie program
wiis a song n-ndered l>y Mr. H. I-’.
Canadiiy and dedicated to Mrs. I.il-
lian Wailacre, •■Mad at You. '('iiusi-
Vour Kei-t’s Too Hlg.'- Tlie ap
plause was .so great Ihal Mr. Cana,
day next favored Ihe audience wiih
the popular dilly, "Take a ,Vuinhpr
l'’roni One to Ten."
Miss ..\nna Mac linker iiext ap
peared witii a recitiiiion entitled,
"DIttle Orpliaiit Annee," h'rom the
moment that she walked uii im ihe
stage anil dropped iier dainty little
curtsy until she linislied with,
"Tile tioblhis will i;el you ef ya
don’t watch out." she heid her
aadiencp enihralled. As an encore
she was persuaded lo sing her
ravorile number, "in the Shade of
the Old Apple Tree,"
Next on the program was a num
ber by that rapidly rising ilancu
team, Menderson and i.ittlP, in tiio
tune of, "Tiuiy All l.augiied," It
literally took the house ]>>■ storm
iiml ihey were foi'ced ti. give sev
eral encores.
A ehorns composed of Misses
Lena Harlier, Klhi Slagg, Mary
Louise Porter, Margaret Cooper,
and Mary Jane Spruill gave a lap
dance lu the tune of, '‘Tiie Dark
Town Strutter's Ball."
Miss Margaret Kramer then gave
11 soulful rendliion of ''Ah, Sweet
Mystery of Life." She followed
this number with, "Indian Love
Call."
Dr, Helen Price next performed
her famous ventrilonuisl act with
her dummy, ‘‘Julius Bcezer."
Following this came the grand
llnnle by the entire troupe. It was
the rendering of tlie number, "I
feel a Song Coming On." followed
with. "Good Night Ladies,"
Seniors Will Receive
This as Graduation
Gift; Junoirs, Sopho
mores, Also; Fresh
men Are Forced to
Miss Exams; Faculty
Feels That Spring
Fever Should be
Cured Here With
Plenty of Sleep
Due to the fact that spring
fever has invaded the cam
pus, the members of the fac
ulty have decided that it
would not be right to pile the
extra weight of final exami
nations on the poor, already
t)ver-burde»ed scholars who
sit at their feet day after day.
Also, they t'ed that because tliey
will niiss the dear, smiling faces of
till* dear class of ’40 more than
^bat (I class can Inuigtne, they
will, IIS a special graduation gift
to the class, just forget all about
such nighiniai lsh tilings as exami
nations.
Hat, in vii w of Hu- fact that tlie
Jiinliirs are almost seniors, and in
foci will lie wlii'U the seniors, at
stcp.slaglng mari'ii do»vn tiie 11.
Iiraiy steps and disappear Into the
grove, Du. I'ncaity feels tliat It
would lie (juiie fair to Include the
Juniors In tlmir favor.
Then, too, since the sophomores
are almost Janiors. and In fact will
soon Ik' giving a banquet lo tlie
janlors who uic really not Juniors
bill alinnst.scalors. tiiey might as
wiill tic c.vchided fioni exnmlna.
tion.s. iiIko.
Aad when liicy recall tiow hard
the freshiiieii have worked ibis
year, and liow swcet ihe dear giiis
itave hiTU iihoat writing paiM-rs,
iviiding parallel, and actually going
to^ bed one nighi a nionth wlien
tiiey were sapjiosL-d to, ibe faculty
Jnsl eannoi bciir ihe tlioughts of
inflicting e.Naniinatfons on them
alone. So, in view of all these
iialiui^inallons, no Meredith girl will
take ony exaiiiliiations on the
spring KonicsterV work.
Dn Henderson
Lauds Speaker
Professor Declares Chapel
Speaker Shows Thought
Behind His Statements
In a most unusual declaration lo
ills class In Chapel Criticism 49. Dr,
lOdgar II. Henderson declared that
Mr. Twiddle Dum Dee showed evi
dences of a remarkably thoughtful
ihinker in bis chapel talk ot .S’o-
Veniher II, IA40.
Speaking on the Isolation policy
of tlie United States, Mr. Dum Dee.
noted aalbority on foreign airairs.
declared tiiat this country slunild
have no Interest in International
relations and should absolutely Ig-
noi'e the Buroiiean “mess." "The
way lo keep your feet from getting
burnt is to keep them out of tiie
■•(ro," declared the orator.
In commenting on this remark
able lilibuster, Dr. Hendei'son point
ed out the stinlty and inlelligence
of such IV policy by Ute United
States. "Idealism is a thing for
the llsh ot the sea and not for
democratic Americans.” The phllos-
oplior made no bones lu his praise
and laud for the colossal, stupeD*
dons, and magniflcent speech.