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Published BUWeekly as the Official Organ of the Student Body of Meredith College
Vol. XX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FEBRUARY 22, 1941
Number 9
Phis Defeat
Astros In Play
Given Feb. 18
Freshmen Present
“The Man In the
Bowler Hat”; Phi and
Astro Play^ Directed
By Students
Th« Fhilaretlan Literary Society
was tbe winner of the cup for tbo
sooioty plays spoosored by tlie Lit
tle Theater on Feliruavy 18. Eaoli
year the two literary BOCIotiGS, Aa-
trotekton and Plillaretlcin, have
preaonted plays midev the aiisplccs
o( the Little Tlieatei'. Jiidsea for
the one-act plays wei-e Mrs. O. K.
Joynor, director o( dramatica at
Needham Brouehton High School:
Mrs. C. N. Oaniion, of the Raleigh
Little Theater; and Bister Mary
Curmelita, director of dramatics
tor the Catholic Orpiianase.
Rosanna Barnes of Goldaboro,
prealdent of the Meredith Little
Theater, presented the silver cup
awarded annually to the winner
to Nancy Bradelier of Roxhcro,
president of the Phi Society. . Mrs.
Marian Btaclc Modlln at Knleigh,
Meredith senior, directed the win
nlng play,, and Cornelia Herring
of Zebuion, Meredith junior, di
rected tite Astro play.'
The winning play. “Thursday
Evening,’' by CI)rlstopher Moriey,
included in its cast Nancy Brad
sher playing tbe rolo of a young
wife, Beth Perry of Durham as the
husband who helped with tlic dlah
washiDg .on Thursday evenings,
and tho two mothera-in-Iaw, played
by Annie Mary Matthews of Lau-
rlnburg and Hnnnub Savage of
Ahestcle.
Committee chairmen In ciiarge
of staging the Fhl play were Doris
Jane Bordeaux of Wallace and Ruth
Motsinger of Wlnston-SBlem, stag
Inp;; Elizabeth Pruitt of HIclcory,
]iroperties: aud Nancy Calloway o{
Concord, costumea.
The cast of the Astro play, "The
Trysting Place." by Booth Tariiing
ton, included Dorothy Roland of
Wilmington ae Mra. Curtla, Vir
ginia McGugan of Tnboi- City as
Lnunceiot Brigga. Virginia Greene
Of Sholby as Mrs. Briggs, Kath
erlne Kerr of Yanoeyvllle aa Jessie
Brlgge, Prances Snow of Slloam
as .Mr. Ingoldsby. and Bilzabeth
Bunn of' Murfi-eesburo ns Rupert
Smith.
Committee chairmen In ftlinrge of
the play were Frances Snow and
Alice Justice, Rulhcrfordton, stag
Ing: Vii-glnia McGugan. proper
ties': and Margaret Hines, Win-
sLon>8alem. uoBtnmes.
On the same night the freshman
class presented A, A. MllDc'a "Tt)o
Man in the Bowler Hat,” directed
by Mias Frances Bailey, head of
the speech department.
Tho cast Included I3Ilzut>eth Me
Kelli as John. Pago RanUin as
Mary, Sunanne O'trroll as Hero,
Betty Rose Prevatt as llerolne,
Hetty Miller as Rad -Man, and
Dorothy Turner as Man in tbs
Bowiei' Hat,
Committee chairmen were Ro
setta Purvis, Betty ICnowles, and
Cornell Brunt;
Sophs Sponsor
Bowling Day
* “Bowl Another Log on the
Cabin" Campus Theme For
the Sake of the Hut
On Wednesday, February 12
the sophomore class of Meroditli
College sponsored a day ot bowU
ing at the Manimur bowling Cen
ter, The management of the
bowling alleyu a)l9wod the soph
omores ten percent o( the total
oollectioas before six o’clock that
day. The five dollars and thirty
cents which wua thus collected
id only the beginning o( the
amount which will be given by the
sophomoree toward the lurnlshing
of the but that the student body
,wiU build soon. It is hoped that
the remainder o( tbe donation will
be collected very soon.
Tho arrangements for the day
ot bowling and the posters which
were made were under tho direo
(loo of Helen Beat.
Scene From the Freshman Play,
“The Man in the Bowler Hat”
Tfie freshman class of Meredith College presented A. A. Milne's one-
act comedy, “The Mnn In the Bowler Hat." In the sceno plctui-od
above. Page Rankin (left) of Shanghai, China, and Elizabeth McNeill
(right) of Elkin, as "Mary" and “John," an avovage couple who com-
plain that nothing ever happens t? them, discover the hero tied and
gagged In their living room. Suzanne Carroll (ceaterj, ot Charlotte,
played Ihe role of tiie hero who is the owner cf a valuahle ruby aud
iias evidently just fallen Into the hands of the villain.
Latins Pay
Visit To State
And Meredith
Inter - American In
stitute Brings South
Americans to Ra
leigh; Colleges En
tertain
Tho Inter-American Institute oC
State Collage anangod au elab
orate and complete program ot
entertainment for a largo number
ol South Americans who visited
State, Meredith, and 'the city of
Raleigh on Tliuvaday. February
20.
The visltoi’B were furntshed
with a committee of Interpreters
to eliminate conversation difficul
ties.
Tho group visited the State
Capitol, Raleigh Memorial Audi
torium. Supreme Court Building,
the Historical Museum. Low Cast
Housing Developaieut, Peace Col
lege, Saint Mary's School, the res
idential section, the Raleigh Llt(lo
Theater and the State College
Dairy.
An Informal tea was given at
MeredliU for the visitors. The
heads of the orgariixations were
III charge of entortainlng tho Lat
ins. Dr. Carlyle Campbell spoke
to them Hiul at 5:30 (hey returned
cu Chapel Hill.
There were approximately 00
visitors representing nuuiei'ous
countries In South Anierlua. Their
occuputionH are all associated with
education and include in any
branches of learning.
Tho dute was designated "Ra
leigh Day." and was Jointly spoii-
sorod by Sitite College, tbe Ro
tary Club, and Meredith College.
Little Theater
Presents "Bo
hemian Girl”
Florence Finlator and
Ed Hill Have Lead
ing Roles in Raleigh
Production
The first performance of 3alte’s
opera "Bohemian Girl” opened in
the Raleigh Little Theater on
Monday night February 10, and
Was pronounced a "colorful, en
joyable Qffalv."
The opera was presented throe
more nights during the week,
Tuesday night, Thiirsrtay nlsht,
und Fi-lday nighty and was i-e-
ci^ived each tliue by aa interested
and enthusiastic audience.
Flsrencs Boon Fliilatnr sang
the role of Arltue, the dainty aria-
tocrutic la^s In the gipsy band,
and Ed Mill appeared as the bravo
hero, Thaddeus. The other prin
cipals were: The DovllBhorf, by
A. J. Fletcher: tlio lirlghc gay,
wicked Qucaa oC the gypsies por-
tiayod fay Cantey V, Sutton; the
forlorn lJver by John Plnlator;
atid tho father hy Thoniaa Cordon.
All of the principals saug their
roles A'ell, and the chocuBes were
tuneful and delightful to hear.
The orchostra was coniluctcil hy
Jubn Colu.
It has been stated that tou
much cannot i>e said ot this apovn
group and their Influence, both in
the movoiiieiil tu make opera iiinre
popular au(l lu tholr ability to
bring good opera tunes to ihe
lips and ears of the public.
Meeting of the
I. R Club On
Thurs. Feb 13.
Plans Being Made For ‘‘In
ternational Night” In Place
of March Meeting
The International Relations
Club held Us regular meeting on
Thursday nlglit, February 13, In
the rotunda.
In the place of Its March meet
ing the club Is making plans tor
Q!i '‘internntlonal night" to which
the {ureign students of nearby
colleges and the prosidonts of
tlidlr International Relations Club
will be Invited. As now planned
tills meeting will (ako place on
the thIrCeenih of March In tbo
blue parlor. At thls^ time there
will be a discussion by tho group
of agencies which fosters Interna.-
tional good>will, Evelya Hamp
ton, Elizabeth Brownlee, and Ros
anna Barnes are responsible for
the plans for this discussion. It
Is hoped that the guests will par-
cicipate In the dlscussioii and con-
trlhute from their personal experl-
ieticos. After the discussion thoro
will be a social hour in which Ihs
local club may l}econi,e better ac
quainted with Its foreign guests.
Tills meeting Is being planned to
give Meredith students some small
opportunity o f understanding
other people, tholv countries, and
their problems.
After the business session,
which was presided over by Cor-
nelln Herring, president ot the
club, Rosanna Barnes led a group
dlacnaslon on aid to Britain with
special emphasis on the lend-
Icase bill which Is now ponding
before Congress. Various mem
bers ot the club took part In tho
discussion. Flans and possibili
ties of continued peace at the end
of the present conflict were dis
cussed, but no conclusion as to an
effective plan was reached.
Meredith
Seniors Start
Teaching
Needham Broughton, Hugh
Morson, Wiley, Fred Olds,
Boylan Heights, and Mur-
phey Supervise Teaching
Girls
This semester forty-six Moie-
dith seniors are changing their
usual role of etudent (or that of
teacher. These forty-six girls
have been placed in the city
schools ot Raleigh to do their
supervised teaching under tho di
rection of tiie Meredith College
department ot education. There
are tourteeu girls teaching In
each of tho high schools. Four
girls are teaching music. Four are
working on tho olomentary school
level. And ten are teaching in
Che primary grades.
Those girls who are teaching in
the Hugh Morson High School
aro: Martha Jane Qoodman o(
China Grove; Rosanna Barnes ot
Goldsboro; Mary Frances Brown
□ f Elizabeth City; Daphne Penny
of Raleigh; Ruth Greene ot Zobu-
Ion: Betty Flelschmann ot Green-
vllle; Sarah, Catherine Downs of
Pineland; Portia Tatum of Fay-
'ettbvllle: Mozelle Bolton of Fay-
elteville; Helen Bys'd at Dunn
Level; Sarah Poatross of Raleigh;
Elizabeth Carter ot Mars Hill;
Helen Wbltehend of Scotland
Neck; and Paulino Wall of Mars
?IIII.
The students at Needham
Broughton are Juanita Stalnback
of Henderson; Frances Snow of
SilQomt Rachel Maness ot Troy;
Mary Lois Overby of Angler;
Catherine Bcott of Kinston; Mari
etta Price of Ellenboro; Lillian
Watkins ot Manson; Helen Tur-
—Continued on page 3.
Addie Davis Elected
President of 1941-^42
Student Body
Heads Students
Dr* H. Poteat
Addresses Club
Tho Classical Club met Friday,
February 14. in the rotunda. Dr,
Hubert Potent, professor ot Latin
at Wake Forest College Spoke on
Virgil, the Poet,
At this meeting three now mem
bers wero added to the club. They
wei'e: Hannah Savaee> lone
Knight and BUzabeth Brownlee.
Membership of the olub Is limited
to those nmjovlng or minorlDg in
aiioleut languages.
After the talk by Dr. Poteat,
ttftev-dinner coffee, open-faced
sandwiches, cut in heart shapes
to carry out the chavaoterlstic
Valentine Day idea, and- cookies
were served. Beatrice Blohmann
waa in charge ot th^ refreibments.
SchoJars Make
Lecture Plans
Kappa Nu Sigma Is Joint
Sponsor With 'Alumnae of
McNeill Potent Lecture
Kappa Nu Sighiii inoi on Mon
day, Febnmry 10, to discuss plans
rov Llielr annual banqiiot and loc-
tui'e nt whiuli tune new members
are taken in from tiie two highest
ranking studonts in tlie junior
class, and the two sopliomoras
with tho hlghoKl dvenige. Thelv
jilauR wui'i* completed lu so fur
as possible uc il sccoihI tiioctliig
Dll Priclay, Feliniary Idth. Ac-
rording to their present plans this
Iccture will )io hold In conjunc
ture with the annual alumnae
seminar which will lie held on
March 16, ’Hih semiuar Is to be
led by IJr. E. McNalU I’oteat iif
liluclid Stroot Baptist Church In
Cleveland, Ohio, a well-known
niul capable speaker, who at ono
time was the populai' pastor af
Raleigh's Pullen Memorial Bap-
tint Oluivch.
Choir Members
Go To Durham
Students to Teach in the
Sunday School and to Sing
At Morning Service, 23rd
On Sunday, February 22, ISil,
tho M§redith College Choir will
go tu Durham to sing at the First
Baptist Oliurob. Soue oC tbft
choir mi^mbevs will tcaoh In the
Sunday School. The choir will
slug tho following selections:
"Open Our Eyes," Macfarlane.
"Lord. Who Hast Madu Us For
Thine Own." Holst.
"I Will Lay Mo Down in Peace.”
from '.'The Triumph ot David,"
by Dudley Buck; solo by Mary
Lois Overby.
Members ot the church will en-
tertMln tbo meiubors ot the choir
for dinner , and tar sight-seeing
trips in the afternoon.
Mrs. J, Winston Pierce, nee
Winnie Riakett, wife of the pastor
of the First Baptist Church, Dur
ham, was a graduato of MoredKh
College,
Ernest Honts
Called Home
Plans Completed For His
Return on Feb. 24, to Ob-
iserve Religious Emphasis
Week
Hccnusc ot a death In the fami
ly, Mr, Ernest L. Honis. pasior of
ihc Calvary Baptist Church in
Charleston, West Virginia was un
able to remain to conduct the
special services in observance of
religious emphasis week on the
.Murudlth campus. Mr. Honts left
Monday night after having held
only QUO meeting. At ii student
body mei'ting, on Tuesday. Feb
ruary 11. the B. S. U. president
aHkoiI for u vote uk to whetliur
to do away with religions empha
sis week entirely, to try to get
ti Huhstltute for Mr. Hunts, or
to postpone It until the week bo-
giinilng Feb. 2-i, when Mr. Honts
ol’forod to return. The latter sug-
gcstliiii made by the B. S. U. was
adopled; coussqucntly, plans have
hoc'U completed for thu coming
week. Mr. Honts will attend
Morning Watch and will lead a
special service in ibe college iiii-
dltorliun at 7:16 each evenlUK
ihrimgh Friday,
Present Head of Jun
ior Class Will Serve
as 1941-42 President
of S. G.; Elizabeth
Tucker Is Chosen as
President of Baptist
Student Union; She
Is N 0 w Devotional
Chairman
Addie Davis, newly - elected
president of the Student Govern
ment Association for the year
1941-’42, camo to Meredith Col
lege from Covington, Virginia,
whore slie altonded the piiblic
high school. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Davis. Mr.
Davis is a turnitiire merchant.
Besides being an honor student.
Addie has shown decided Interest,
In extracurricular activities. Out
standing among these have been
her interest in religious work, In
athletics, and in class activities.
For tho two school years 1939-
'40, I940-'41, Addle has served as
lionoi-ary member ot the Baptist
‘Student Union Council. At the B.
I S. U. State Convention, held last
fall Qi Hickory. N. C.. she was
chosen to All tho position of third
vice ps'esldent of the Slate R. S. U.
Couucll. It was largely through
her inCluence that tbe B. 8. U.
Council waa able to bi'ing Rev.
Ernest L. Honts to Meredith Col
lege campus to be the speaker for
Religions Emphasis Week. Pehru-
sry 24-2S. Addie has chosen some
phase of religious work for her
field of service when she has tin-
ibhed college.
Her interesit in athletics ai
Miirtidilh is but .1 continuation of
Kuch interest evidenced at home.
For four summers she was life
giiurd at the Covington Municipal
Swimming Pool. During the sum
mer of 1940 she worked lU a girl's
camp, "During her freshman year
she was a member of her das?
and varsity tenuis teams, class
hockey, bssketball, and soccov
ADDIE DAVIS
Who will hold the office ot Stu
dent Government President dur
ing the year 1041-42.
W. B. Aycock
Chapel Speaker
On Feb. 14
Young People of the
State Who Leave
School Before Finish
ing* Topic of Speech
The speaker for ihe chapel pro
gram on Friday, February 14.
was Mr. William Aycock, who was
I'ormerly president of the student
body ot N. C. College, president
ot the Slate Confederation of Stu
dents, president of the Southern
Federation of Students, and is
now vice-president ot tho National
Federation of Student.'*.
Mr. Aycock spoke about tbe
young people of ih« State who fur
some reason leave school alter
finding themselves In the group ot
unemployed whii are unskilled
and uneducated. Mr, Aycock said
when one cmsiders that only 8.5 j Fo7lins^aU.resrand'par-
I Hate, You Hate, We All Hate
"These are Our Pet Peeves, Look!
»y LYTTON TINGLBY
All Lirounil the campus are
"things,’’ using things to Include
nets, appearances, manners, and
so forth, that we literally detest.
Some people in particular are al
lergic to some paj'tlcular "thing,"
Fov example, we’va heard It rum
ored that; Miss Padgett hates
rolled up hair nt meals.
Joyce and all B-HIve girls, cus
tomers who come at the last min
ute.’
Betty Fleisuhinaiiu, tho fact
often Icito-couieva don't hear cli&p-'
el prooaedlags,
Sue Rodwell, pei'tunio to class.
Catherine Chlffelle, too little
school room ventilation.
Jervy Couoh, crooked stocking
seams.
Tulburt, Colesto. und Sutton,
borrowing.
Margaret Wehb, too much llp-
etiok,
Rachel Maness, lateuess on any
one's part—especially her staff.
Mrs. EtcheJIs, "slunips."
Anne Barvow, dirty saddle-
shoes.
Marguerite and I, girls who
deny having studlod.
Olivo Humrtck, liivuiisldeniie
pushes In stamp line, (etnmpodo
tine,)
Everyone, people who uomplaiii
—iibnnt food and the weather.
Carolyn Duke, girls that string
'em along,
Helen Swaim, gaposls?7?'?1
nosiland Sonnella, procrastlHa-
tlon.
□ccky Vaughan, chewing gum
In public,
Mary Snipes, chipped nail pol
ish.
Jerry Livy, dirty rooms.
Miriam McGregor, colare, es
pecially red and green, that clash.
Hezzie Porter, olaasos that re
quire overtime preparation. And
so does everyone. Why not every
one work tor reformf Iti all these
thiDKB,
percent of young people entering
the I'irsi grade ever roach college,
and that only S.2 percent of those
who enter compietc their collegc
course. U is easy to recognize that
those who hnvu college educations
aro u KClect group. Moreover, as
a select grixip, one owes ii pecullai'
service to one's nation.
The service Ib to Und u so
lution to the Kltuution which Cacus
one nuw of the iineniiilnyud and
nnskllled young people who liavo
Htiipped school. The danger of
luirh a condition is nviduul; aud
It Ik Hheor folly to snppose that
tiie niitiiin’s unemployed youth
will noc be swept along Ijliudly
by some propaganda even us Oor-
nuiny’s youth hiive hemi. swept
iiluug 1iy that of Hitler.
—Cohtlnned on puge R.
H. Q. Richards
Qives Lecture
“Circling the Caribbean,"
Topic of IlliistrHted Talk by
Well-Known Oeoloeiftt
On Friday evening, l-’i-lirn.i.y lil,
1941, Dr. Horace fi. Rlcliuras spoke
to the studsut body of Meredith
College. This lecture, which was
given Ht o'uiouk In the college
auiiitorlum, wus ii pan it tlie col-
t«*ge's regular lecture series.
Dr. Richards i>f the iVeparinienl
of Getilogy and Puloontology Is a
resdarch associate of Ihe Academy
nt Natural Scleuces of Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania. Tho topic of Dr.
Richiirds’ Iscture was “Circling tho
Caribbean.'' The lecture wna amply
Illustrated with a number of inter
esting slides.
Dr, Richards hss been to Raleigh
several times bafore. On tlieae pre
vious visits he has spoken to
groups at North Carolina State Col
lege and done geological work in
connection with the State Museum.
ticlpadoii she was chosu>ii to be
tho fre.Hhtnun I'epresuiituiive un
the Athletic Asanclatlon Uuard.
Diiriu!!: her sophomore and junior
years Addie was a nioniber of tior
I’liisK hockey, biiskethull, anrl lon-
niK. tcani'i. Tin* fornn!i' yi-ar iilso
siiw her name on tho ■■lass soc
cer and iirchery teams. Addle Is,
Incidentally, a menihc'i' or ibo
Monogram Club.
She wrved ns jirpnidenl of her
class during the year ll»39-'4(i.
Ueing rec'lecied to that position
(and respoasihililyI w;in nn un-
piecedoiued ai'llon on the iiart
or a cta.sH Ht MorediiU Cu|legl^
Tills yeor, under tlio in;w »ys-
U'ni i{ voting witli all the i-eglH-
tiatton, hallots, and polls that this
system I'Ufails. Addie wuk olecied
10 servp as president of the Stu
dent OovernmonI Associitlion for
the ypar 1341-’I2.
On Saturday. February lf>.
Ellznbuth Tucker ot Wiuston-Sa-
lem was elected president of ihe
Moreditk Baptist Student Union
Cor the year 1941-42. The vote
wus between Mary Hester Powell
of Warsaw, and Nancy Carroll of
Cliarlotlo. and iSllznljeth Tuciier.
Nancy Carroll was chosen by
the nominating coinmitteo, and
tUo other two nominees were
nominated t>y a sufficient nuinbor
of students.
The newly eloctod B. S. II. pres
ident Is serving, this year, as
third vice - president, devotional
chairman, tor the prosent U. S. tJ.
council. She Is also one ot the
freshman connsOllora. She was
vice-president of her class her
sophomore year; and served as
necretary-treasuror ot the atate O.
S. U. organitalion that same year.
She Is also a member ot various
Glnbs on the campus.
NOTICE I
Join the fivahiiiou in the
gi-uvo tomorrow M 4:80 uid
Klnfti fat. atid playl