EXAMS st;art
JANUARY 181
FOUNDER’S DAY
FEBRUARY 7!
Published Bi-Weckly as the Official Organ of the Student Body of Meredith College
Vol. XX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. 0., JANUARY 18, 1941
Number 7
College Honors
Late Physician
And Artist
Students Plant Trees
As a Memorial to Dr.
Delia Dixon Carroll
and Miss Ida Poteat
Honoring the memory ot the
late Mias Ida Poteat. proleasor oC
art at Meredith College fir over
lorty years, a magnolia tree was
planted on the lawn of the front
campus at Meredith on December
16, 1940 at 8:30 In the morning.
The ceremonleB commemorated
the 82nd anniversary of Miss Po-
teat's birtii on December 16, 18E9,
at “Forest Home” In Caawell
County,
Janie Porker ot Woodland, pres
ident of the K, K. Art Ciub of
■which Miss Poteat was the founder
and faculty sponsor, greeted the
students and faculty members who
assembled around the grass plot In
front of Johnson Hall. A brief
devotional was led by Btlzabetl*
Pruitt of Hickory ond Oretchen
Fanney of Scotland Neck, and a
sketch of Miaa Poteat’a activity in
behalf of campus beautidcatlon way
given by Beatrice Elchmann of
New Haven, Conn.
All three of these speakera are
members of the K. K. Club and
were students of Miss Poteat be
fore her death last February 1.
The memorial tree waa formally
accepted for the college by Presi
dent Carlyle Campbell and for the
Board of Trustees by Dr. J. Rufus
Hunter.
Participating in tbc banking ot
the dirt about the tree were MIbs
Mae Grimmer, secretary ot the
Meredith Alumnae Asaoclation;
Miss Mary Tillery, profeasor of art,
and MUs Rachel Poe of Oxford,
president of the Meredith student
1)0dy.
A second magnolia tree > was
planted in the circle In memory
of the late Dr. Della Dixon Car
roll, for many years college phy
sician. at Meredith.
Honored By Juniors
OBNBVIBVB CHIPPBLLB
Winner of the hockey stick pre
sented annually by the Junior
Class to the outstanding freshman
player.
CHAPERONE LIST
FOR JANUARY
Tbursday 2—Rosanna Barnes,
Agnes Frcfitnan.
Friday 3—•Rosunnu Uarnes,
EllzaboUi Shcrmor.
Saturday 4—Rcbccca Vaughan,
if '■ iMciUo Wyntt.
Sanday 8—-Rcbccca Vaughan,
k Lucille Wyatt.
M«Mjdoy A—Martha Jane Good*
man, Klizabctli Shcrmor.
Tuesday 7—Eva Butler, Annie
Irftnrie Overton.
Wednesday —8 lieette Smoak,
Murtha Jane Ooodinan.
Thurtiday 0—liilllan Watkins,
Annie Laurie Overton.
KYlday 10 — LllUon Watkins,
Gva Bntlor.
Saturday 11—Margaret Martin,
Helen Bwalm.
Sunday 1!^—Margaret Martin
I Helen Swalm.
Monday 18 — Agnes Freeman,
Holeu Wiiltehead,
Tuesday 14 — A n n e Taylor,
I iRutb OretHio.
WudncsOay 15— Anno Taylor,
Ruth ORone.
Ichtuwhay 1(1 — Lucy McNeely,
Mexeilo Bolton.
iFMA&y 17 — Lucy McNeoly
■Ilucliel Lewis.
Biitui-day 16—Mary Elisabeth
Holloway, Margaret Hine
Sunday 10 — Mary Elizabeth
Hollowa.v, Margaret HIne.
Monday UO—Ruth Greene, El*
froila Barker.
Tuesday 21—lOlfreda Itnrkor
Amelia Pruitt.
Weduemlay 22—Bowena Dan
iel. Helen Uyi-d.
Thursilay 23—Qretcheii Van*
ney, Elleii Ann riytlio.
Friday 24—Helen Whitehead
Kfary Ull/abeth Foster.
Siitunlay SB—Nancy Nuvkols
Betty Brown MacftUllan.
Sunday Sill — Nancy Nuckols
liotly Brown MacMillan
Monday 27—Jean Bills, ISstlier
Meigs.
\ Tueii4lay/2»^can Ellis, Esther
i Meigs.
Wednesday ao—Loette Smoak
( Helen Byrl.
I ThurMlay 30—Allco Falls, Ra
cliel Lewis.
Friday 31 — Rowona Paniel
Alice Falls.
Miss Grimmer
Entertains for
School Club
Alumnae Secretary
Honors Senior Club
Members on Jan. 12
Miss Mae Grimmer, alumnae sec
retary for Meredith College, who la
sponso]' ot the Meredith Grand-
daugiiters' Club, .was at home on
Sunday afternoon, January 12,
from 4:30 to S:30 o'clock in the
parlor ot Vann Hall complimentas'y
to the Senior GranddaUEhters.
Mlasea Rachel Poo of Oxford,
Louise Combs of Raleigh, Sarah
Philips ot Scotland Neck, Janet
Hobbs ot Cherryvllie, Janie Park
er of Woodland, Ann Taylor of
Dunn, Elizabeth Dritt ot Bnfleld,
Hulda Hall of Woodadale, Susan
Holliday of Raleigh, and Frances
Buchanan ot Laurlnburg were In
the receiving line. Mrs. Slrn Wells
(Jane Hail Yelverton, *38) poured
coffee. The underclassmen who are
members of the club served, In ad
dition to the members of the club,
compoacd ot students whose moth
era attended Meredith, alumnae of
the organization living In Raleigh,
parents of town students who be
long to the Granddaughters' Club,
ofdcera of the general alumnae aa
soclatlon living In Raleigh, and of
ficers ot the Wake County Alumnae
Chapter, and local Meredith trua
tees and their wives were invited,
Others present were Prealdent
Carlyle Campbell end Mrs. Camp
bell, Dr. C, B. Brewer and Mra.
Brewer, Dean J. G. Boomhour and
Mrs, Boomhour, end Mias Anna
May Baker.
Dr. Patrick
Wins Award
Dr. Rembert W. Patrick, for
merly a professor at Meredith, haa
ecently won great distinction by
receiving a special award ot (BOO
from the United Daughters of the
Confederacy. Dr. Patrick gained
tliia prize by writing a manuscript,
'Jefferson Davla and His Cabi
net.”
Dr. Ralph Flandors, professor
of history at New York University,
aaid of the manuscript, "It Is the
best contribution yet made on the
subject ot the civil administration
ot the Confederacy.” The United
Daughters ot the Confederacy
every two yeara offei-a a $1,000
prize tor the beat manuscript on
Southern history by a student in
college or by one who haa com
pleted graduate atudy within the
past three years. Thia year, al
though the flrat award went to au
instructor at Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, Dr. Flandera, 'head ot the
board of Judges suggested to the
organization that a second award
be given to acknowledge Dr. Pat
rick’s work. Mrs. Livingston Schy-
iiler Rowe, historian general of
the United Daughters ot the Con
federacy, made the announcement
of the reward. Arrangements are
underway to publish the paper as
soon as possible. ^
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick and thelv
young son resided In Raleigh dur
ing the 1939-40 achool tei'm while
he served as assistant professor
ot history at Meredith College.
Classicists
Hold Meeting
Friday, January 10, the Clas
sical Club met for the Arat time
In the new year In the parlor of
Jone^ Hail.
The program consisted ot two
talks on the value ot claaslcs, one
by Sarah Justice of Columbia, S. C.,
on Latin, and one by Myra Motley
ot Fuquay Springs on the merits ot
Greek. An open forum on the same
subject waa then conducted by
Cornelia Herring ot Zebulon, N. C.,
which ended with a quiz aesalon
B. S. U. Has
Meeting With
Wake Forest
Meredith Girls and Wake
Forest Boys Joint Hosts for
a Party for Colleges; Politi
cal Convention Theme of
Party /
In the Phi Society Hall on Sat
urday night, January 11, the Bap
tist Student Unions of Meredith
and Wake Forest colleges were
the joint sponsors ot a party given
for a group of 60 students from
the two collegea. Nancy Carroll
of Charlotte, aoclal chairman of
the Meredith B. S. U., and Elliott
Galloway of Moultrie, Ga., presi
dent of the Wake Forest B. S. U.,
were In cliarge of the party. Sadie
Allen of Cherryvllie is prealdent
of the Meredith B. S. U.
The Pht Hall was decorated to
represent a political party con
vention hall with tlie patriotic
colors draped on the walls behind
the platform and red, white, and
blue atreamera fell from the
speakers stand. A mock election
for "chief waste basket custo
dian” was held, and emphasizing
this comic theme, waste paper
baskets outlined the base ot the
platform. Tho candidates for the
ofllce, Dick Galloway and Bill
Phillips, gave political speeches
after which the vote was taken
with Dick Galloway winulng the
election. A variety ot games were
played with partners won at au
auction where ballota aubstituted
for money. Coffee and dough
nuts were served as refreshments.
Among the faculty guests were
Miaa Ruby Padgett and Miss Mil
dred Kichllne.
Similar parties for small groups
are being planned tor the api'lng.
on namea and places dominant in
ciasalcal hlstoi'y and llteratui'e.
Following this, punch and cookies
were served by Myrtle Edna Bailey
ot Chadburn.
Emma Olive Barker ot Fuquay
Springs, president of the club, pre
sided, and faculty memliers present
were Dr. Helen Price, Miss Norma
Rose, Miss Ada M. Pfohl, and
Miss Lois Byrd,
To Speak Here
GERALD JOHNSON
How to Face Firing Squads with
Calm; Or How to Pass an Exam
Meredith
Instructors
Attend Meets
Dr. Christenberry
Reads Biology Paper;
Language, Music and
Speech Also Attended
During the Christmas holUlaya,
several ot the Meredith teachers
attended conventions of noted so
cieties In various purls of tbc
country.
Dr. George A. Chrlalenberry.
head ot the biology department,
read a paper, "Some Notes on the
Mucerules of the Southeiiatern
States” lit the meeting ot the
American Myoologlcal Society In
Phlliidelpbla, Tho detailed survey
by Di\ Chrlsteulierry on this snine
subject was published in tlie De
ceniber Joui-nal ot the Elisha
Mllchell ScientiClc Society at
Chapel Kill. Miaa ISllzabeth Boom
hour. Instructor in biology, alao.
attended this convention.
Dr. Mary Lynch Johnaon. assist-
ant-professor of English, and Miss
Elizabeth Clarke, professor of
modern languages attended the Ht'a-
slons of the Modern Language Aa
soclatlon, and American College
—Continued on page 4.
Sherwood Eddy
Chapel Guest
Dr. Eddy Speaks on Blot of
Dictators on Humanity;
Will Soon Publish Book
Dr. Sherwood Eddy, cosmopoli
tan lecturer and authority on
world affairs, was guest speaker
at chapel on Saturday, January 11.
Dr, Eddy, with the use ot bril
liantly colored maps, pointed out
tbo various abortive attacks on
democracy and freedom in Man
churia, Abyssinia, China, Czecho
slovakia, Albania, Holland, Nor
way,. Poland, Finland, Denmark.
Belgium, France, Rumania, and
Greece,
Denouncing Hitler's regime in
no uncertain terms. Dr. Eddy stat
ed that hia anti-seraltlsm was only
a veil for antl-Chrlst and antl-
Ood. “Thla is a blot on humani
ty," cried tho doctor. Dr. Eddy
read Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
making it an appeal very much
alive today.
At the present Dr. Eddy la writ
ing a book on the history ot the
past centuries from a Christian
viewpoint. This book will soon
be published.
Meredith To
Enter Contest
Institute of Foreign Policy
Sponsors Study of Foreign
Policy Trends
The Institute ot Foreign Policy
of the College of William and
Mary Is sponsoring a study this
spring of the trends that will iu-
nuence the foreign policy ot tho
United Stales In the next dso&de
This study Is being participated
In by colleges all over the United
States, and prizes tor the beet
reports have been ottered. The
country has been divided into nine
districts, with a prize ot three
hiindred dollars for the best re
port In each district'. There are
also to be three national prizes
ot one thousand dollars each. Thla
Htudy in each school Is being made
by a committee ot three students
and a faculty advisor.
Meredith is making plans to
participate In this study of foreign
policy trends. Opportunity will be
given tor all interested atadents
ol history to contribute any Ideas
that they may have, and the com
mlttee Is to study and evaluate
these ideas, and Anally to tormu
late the actual report for the Wll
liam and Masy Institute. The
Meredith committee couslsts of
Mr. S. 0. Riley ot the history
department as advisor, and Rosan
na Barnes ot Goldsboro, chairman
Betty Lou Anderson ot Fair Qlull
land Cornelia Herring ot Zebulon
By CORKBLIA Hbrrinq
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The alarm clock Is Jiggling er
ratically up and down on the table,
making a queer thumping noise
as It erupts. I turn over, and
pretend that I haven't heard its
Insistent noise. Oh well. It can’t
possibly be time to get up, The
old thing muat have gone oft by
mistake,
BUZZ! BUZZ! Tire clock
screams on. 1 cautiously open
one eye. Oh murder! It Is day
time, I reach over and turn off the
clock, Just as my roommate alts
bolt upright in bed, and mumbles
Where’s the Are?” 1 shiver as
1 drag over to pull down the win
dow. It's colder than Christmas,
Oh, how I hate to get up—I hate
ti' get up.—-I hate to get up In the
morning!"
I always hate to get up but
somehow It seems worse than
uBual this morning. Maybe some
thing la happening today, I atop
a yawn In mId-aIr as It seeps
through my befuddled mind that,
uwtul thought, exams start today!
Thla Is tho day that was never to
come. The amount ot atutt I don't
know Is colossal. Why does this
always have to happen to me?
. I put on my clothes, Anally don
ning my new red sweoter I'd been
saving for something special. Ob,
well, anything to help the droop
ing morale.
At breakfast, my table all look
as If they have lost their last
friends, Tho hostess makes
gallant attempt at a Joke, but
only one of us smiles wanly. At
that she gives up. It's a lost cause
anyway, and we all silently toy
with our food, and gulp down our
scalding coltee.
I wander dejectedly to the post
oAlce to look Into a completely
forsaken box. Isn't that a noble
way to start exam week? And he
promiaed to write today, Well,
I'll go clean up the room, maybe
that’ll get my mind oft It all.
I open the door to my room,
and there on the bed bugging Ted
dy Phldo Bear for all he Is worth
Is the nervous little girl who sits
next to me, ‘‘Do you really think
he'll ask about the tariff, or In
ternal improvemeuta? Will it be
liard? Is Tooten'B publicity policy
importantt" Poor me! I never
even heard of Tooten. For flfteei;
minutes she Area (luestions al nio
with her voieo on tba verge of
breaking. Finally ahe departs to
cram and cram, leaving me as Jit
tery as a spider, and completely
bereft of all my good resolutions
tu keep calm about the whole
matter.
I get my bed made-up. I try to
And something on the radio, but
all I can hear Is a dli'ge. That's
the way I feel, but do they have
to be so obvious about Itt My
book lies temptingly on the table.
I open it at random, only to come
upon a chapter In which there Is
not one familiar Idea. How can
I have learned so little in a whole
semester?
At last there’s the bell. I Ash
nmdly tor my pencil that I used on
exams last spring. I'm snperstl-
tlous and I did all right that time.
Chapol passes, though I don’t
know how, and I join the dismal
procession headed for Arts Build
ing. As I drop Into my seat the
teacher smiles sweetly, She can
afford to smile, she doesn’t have
to take her old exam. Wish I
didn’t. Those ominous little blue
books are being passed around
I write my name, but even It
doesn’t look familiar. Tho Arst
question Is on the board. Joy, oh,
Joy, I know It! I start to write,
pages Ail. Then I oome up for
breath, and heave a sigh of re
lief. The war Is on! Prom now
on won't be nearly ao bad. They
are here and the worst Is over.
Juniors Win
Championship
with the hockey aeaaon juat
completed, the Junior team stands
out as having won the right to
wear the laurels. Finals were
played oft between the sopho
mores and Juniors, each team hav
ing defeated the freshmen and
seniors. The scores of the games
in which the Junior team partici
pated were as follows;
.Tunior-freshman—4-1,
Junior-sophomore—1-0.
Junlor-RQnior—1-0,
Members ot the winning team
were Nancy Calloway and Myrtle
Peterson, co-captalns, center halt-
back and right half-back, respec
tively: Eleanor Harrell, Lucy Me-
Neely and Elizabeth Pruitt, cen
ters; Amelia Pruitt, Addie Davis
Edwlna Lawrence and Janie Saw
yer, inners; Eleanor Gibbs and
Catherine Chlfleile, wings; Doro
thy Mouse, center halfback; Mil
dred Ward and Rachel Fulton
left halfbacks; Margaret K. Dunn
and Margaret Martin, fullbacks
and Virginia Lancaster, goalie.
Mr. Philips
Is Speaker
Raleigh Little Theatre
President Gives Talk For
Meredith Chapel Group
Mr. Arthur Phlllpa, president of
the Raleigh Little Theater, spoke
aijout the theater in the Meredith
chapel on January 11. Mr. Phil
ips begun hla talk l>y saying that
everyone Is an actor of one kind or
another. Tho dramatiu instinct
is only an amateur expressing the
natural feeling within hlmaelf.
He said that all great playa
could be traced back to amateurs.
Both Shakespearean and modern
drama had their beginnings with
i>mateura. In the nineteenth cen
tury acting societies were formed
for two main purposes: to satisfy
themselves and to serve the com
munity with good drama. The Pur
poses of today’s oi-ganlzatlons are
similar; to aerve the community,
to allow self-expreaalon of the In
dividual, and to serve the commu
nity as a central figure for those
interested In drama, art, etc.
The Raleigh Little Theater has
Ave public productions each year.
It Is the only theater known which
produces annually one grand
opera. The membership totals
about 800. It probably has more
paid membes's in relation to the
population ot the city than any
other organization of Its kind, Mr,
Philips wishes to think of the the
ater as a development of a real
community project. He bellevea
that someday It will be as Impor
tant aa the library and school.
EXAM SCHEDULE
l‘'irst sciiicslor cxauis nro
s!hpluicI to Itcgln Janimry IK,
inid continue through tho fi.ltli.
Kvaiiiti are schodiiled for iho
roilowinK hours nml days:
'lnss Kviimlnalion
1:15 M. W. 1'' l«-ia Silt.
I:.15 T. T. 8 a-l Sat.
a:45 M. W. V 10-12 Mon.
aj-15 T. T. S a.4 Mon.
H:ilO M. W. V l(>.ia Tuc9.
8:JM» T. T. S a-4 Tnoa.
l»i}M> M. W. F l(>.ia Wed.
0:«0 T. T. S a-4 WfHl.
11:00 AL W. F 10-ia 'I'hurs.
11:00 T. 1'. 8 S-4 'TiiurB.
ia:00 M. W. F. l«»-ia Fri.
ia:W> T. T. S a-l |ii‘i.
Tho llrst (lay ot tlio week >u
which an In-csulni' chtas meets
(lotorininos tho tiiiio of tho
oxiuninatloii tor tlial cloas.
Dr. R. B. House
Here Jan. 14
On Tuesday. January 14, Mere
dith College had the pleasure ot
hearing at the chapel iiour, Dr. R,
B, House, dean of the administra
tion at the University ot North
Carolina, Chapol Hill, N. C,
Dr, House began his talk by llrsi
l)rescnting his notes which turiicU
out 1(1 be notes played on his har
monica. When these notes oame
out, they look sliapo In the pieces
"Oh Suzanna," “Hop Llglit Ladles,
The Cake's All DoukIi." ‘iml "Oh.
Dem Oolden SlipporB."
He liased his wiiolc talk on tho
Idea "deaplKe not humble things."
In tbia way, he uonnected his
speetOi with hla holiby ot playing
the harmonica. He stressed tVe
fuel that cveryane bIuiuU! !mve a
hobby nn matter how InBlgnlllcanl.
In which Auld ono can excel, and
which will servo aa a dlversli'n.
lie Hated three criteria by wiiii'h
to evaluate hobbles: the Individ
ual standard, docs it please you?;
the social standai'd, does It please
others?: and the spiritual stand
ard, docs it pleuae God? These
standards may be applied to any
hobby.
Ho concluded his talk with the
thought that the spirit is tlie only
thing In this life that 6an move
the burden.
Founder^s Day
Speaker To Be
Famous Writer
Dr. Gerald White
Johnson Will Speak
On Founder’s Day;
Has Written Many
Books
Dr. Gerald While Johnson, ed
itor of the “Evening Sun" In Bal
timore, and flrst cousin of Dr.
Mary Lyncli Johnaon of the Mere
dith College faculty, will be the
speaker for Founder's Day. Dr.
Jolinson was born at Riverton,
North Carolina, which little town
Is on the Lumiier River In Scot
land County. He Is the son of
Archibald and Flora Caroline (Mc
Neill) Johnson. For a while Arcli-
liiald Johnson was editor ot the
“Charity and Children’’ In Thomas-
ville.
Dr, Johnson j'ecelved his A.B.
degree from Wake Forest College
In iniJ; his Lltt.D. in 1928, his
LL.D. from the college of Clmrles-
ton, S. C-, in 193S, and an LL.D.
from the University ot North Car
olina In 1937. He, alao, atudled at
the University of Toulouse In
France.
As for Ills career as a journalist,
he established the Dairfiisoiifa?! in
Tliomasville, N. C. In 1910; was
connected with the Lexington JDIs-
p(t/ch from 1911-1913; worked with
the Orciiiiilioi'o Dally News from
1913 to 1934; was professor ot
journalism at the University ot
North Carolina from 1924 to 1926;
and has served as editorial writer
of the Hdl/lviore ffvenino Sun
since 192C,
From 1917 to 1919, be served
with the 32Ist Infantry, 81st Di
vision. U. S. A. He was. also. In
the A, E, F. In France for one
year.
Married to Kalhryn Dulsinea
Hayward of New York City on
April 23, 1922, he now has two
daughters,
Hia four slstera, Mrs. C. S. Lam
beth of Thomasville; Miss Lois
Johnson, also, of Thomasville; Mrs.
Ben Parham of Oxford: and Mrs,
William Webb of Wilson, received
their education at Meredltli Col
lege, Mrs. Parham, alao, taught
at Meredith.
Dr. Johnson Is an author of
books as well as a writer of edi
torials. Some of bis best known
works are as follows;
The Story of Man's Work, pub
lished in 1925,
The Vntlefeatca, published in
1926.
What l« News'
1926.
Aiidrew Jackxon ■
Huwespujt, publlahed la 1927.
Ranttolph of Roanoke — A Po-
Utlval Fantastic, published in 1929.
liy Reason of Slrcn{ith, pub
lished In 1939.
Number Thirty Six. published
1933.
The Seccsxton of the Southern
States, published 1933,
The Sunpajjcrs of Baltimore, pub
lished 1937.
A Little NIffht ilusir, published
1937.
The H'osfcd Land, published
1937.
W. R. Hayward collaborated
with Dr. Johnson on The Story of
Man's IVoi'fc. He wos assisted by
Frank R, Kent, H. L. Menhen and
Hamilton Owens In his work on
The Sunpapers of Baltimore.
Several years ago Dr. Johnson
—Continued on page 4.
published In
An Efiic In
HUT PROGRESS
Itrlnj; on the Io>^ and wo'rc
rwuly to Kiart our hut! At this
linu' wo have $550.00 and by
Iho tiniK liilH pat>et- 1h olt tiiv
pri'N.s MO ni-tf e.\|>ccliuK lo have
a ifreat deal mure, lie liuro and
tviilrh (ho bulletin board and
svo Iho thcrniQinotet- rlsol 'L'he
main Homvefi of oiir money so
far have boon Kitts ti-om Iho
facility, junior class, the sell-
of iKldross iMoks. niasa/Jno
MiibNci-litdons and key money.
I.‘t'« keop H|> our splritF
1iO|.*K continue seillug: maga-
:dnet> and ni-ititift' iiUorostMt
frleiHlM. Sprint; Is cumini;: Tho
violets nro already bloomlngt
Wo nro i^>ln{j; to uocd our hut.
i'ollow stiidontK, let us sot our
licndH, hearts, and sIiouldoi’A
togethei-'and eot tlio hut up*
right I