M
SB
Jr.-Sr. Picnic
On May 9
On May 9th'the Juniors and
their dates, are encenaimng the Se
niors and their dates at an outdoor
. picnic. It was. voted upon and
unanimously acepted by the Junior
class that an informal outdoor pic
nic tJike the placc of the usual
banquet, and diat the money saved
in making such a change be donat
ed to the national defense pro
gram. The Seniors approved the
idea, so the fol lowing-cominittce is
.now making plans for the event;.
Nan Davis, WihstoivSnlem, chair'
man; Madgc/Allen, Forest City;
HaKi Falls, Kings Mountain;
Kathryn Sutton. Monroe; and Lou
ise Boone, Winto.n.
Soldiers
Present
ram
■ The rising editors of the college pubticatlbns are Geraldine ] Couch of Elkin, the ACORN,
■ Lytton Tingley of Thomasville, the TWlGi and Racliej Lovelace of Canton, The'OAK LEAVES
BSU Officers
Are Elected
Dixon, Hampton
And GuUy
Given Places
Anna Ruth Dixon of Siler City
is president of the Y. W. A. for
next year. She succeeds Mary
Ebsabeth Colcritan.' Anna. Ruth
has takeiT an active part in the
Home Economics and Economics
and also in B. T. U., Sunday
School, and Y. W. A. work, This
year she is personal service direc
tor of the Y. W. A. ^
Sheila Gully of Alexandria,
Virginia, will direct B. T. U. wori
for the year 194‘2-4J. Sheila, a
transfer from Mars Hill, was ac
tive in Sunday School, B. T. U.,
and Y.^,W. A. there,' She was
also president of the Nonpareil so-
dety, a House President, and vice-
preoident of the Woman's . A. A,
Lucile Haywood of Me, Gilead
will succeed Lilbourne Minshew as
third B. S. U. Vice-President, so
cial director. At Mars Hill she
• was on the Y, W: A, council, Non-
paral . Vice-President, and presi
dent of her Sunday School and B.
.T. U.. clisses. TTiis year she is
B, S. U. reporter.
Evelyn Hampton of Winston-
- Salem will be director, of the
World Pellqw^ip >gain for next
year. Evelyn is the campus I, R;
C. president and has recently been
elected corresponding «crttary of
. the Southeastern.!, R. ’C; . In the
Carolina A^mbly .on Internatioii-
XContiriued'onPagt-Three}
Atiderson, Ross,
Powell Elected
SocietyPresidents
: For. Next Year
Are Select^ ,
The 1943-43 publications buai-.
ne&s managers vkk elected on
March 13. Gloria' Anderson 'of
Asheboro, will: siiccees Elizabeth
Coleman ai business manager of
the Twig. Gloria is B. S. U. music
chairman this year and also dioir.
secretary, .She. has served effici
ently on the business staff of the
paper this year.
Constance Ross, Brooklyn, New
York,, will succeed Geraldine'Fow^
ell as business manager of the
Acorn. Constance has been active
in the Little Theatre and in the
Astrotecton Society, of> which she
is the treasurer.
Catherine Powdl of Wallace
will replace Evelyn Bowers as the
business manager for the Oa\
Leaves, Catherine is Class Health
Chairman this year and has worked
on the Twig business staff.
On March 12, Society presidents
for 1942-43 were elected. Margu
erite Ward of Hertford will suc
ceed Anne Barrow as president of
the Astrotecton Society, Margu'
crite has been very active in sports
and in class stunts,
Adelaide ’ Bunker of Mt, Airy
will succeed Elisabeth Pruitt as
Philaretian prwident. Adelaide
was .'choir treasurer'ahd .Phi 'Ser
geant-at-Arms last year.- She^.js'
Phi marshal this year and is a vice*-
president of D ddrinitpry.
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S. C. Officials
Chosen Here
Council Secretary,
House Presidents
Elected Recently
Charlotte Green of Ogbomosho,'
Nigeria, :Africa, was recently elect
ed 56C.retary of the Student Coun
cil fdr.I942-4'j! Her. freghman'year
at:Meredith, .Charlotte wa« class
president. This year, her sopho
more year, she.is class treasurer and
photographic editor of the annual.
She is also quite active in religious
work in Raleigh.
House presidents were also elect
ed for A, B, and D dormitories.
Elizabeth Coleman of Rocky
Mount will be president of A,
Jones Hall, to Succeed Nancy Cal-
lowey, Elizabeth has been class
health chairman, and has. served
on the Twig business staff of which
she is manager.
Bobbie Green of Lexington is to
succeed Catherine Chiffelle as pres
ident of'B, Faircloth Hall, Having
been vice-president of her class last
year, Bobbie this school term: is a
freshman counselor, is art editor of
the Acorn, publicity chairman of,
the A., and ;au active member of
the Little Theater.
Lynn Starkweather of Washing,
■ton of' has been elected to succeed
Mary’ Elisabeth Hoiloway as jaresi-
■^nt of; D, Stringfield. Hall;- Lynn,
.a transfer from .Mars Hjll where
.she was president of the Nonpareil
;4>ciety. and assistant chief cSllege
'marshal, is. this semwter treasurer.
•. /,r,CC^o*Jt'«u«d oVj .^age. •
English, Classical .
Clubs in Meeting
Eva Grice and Joyce McIntyre
of the Colton English Club and
Lunelle Geer of the Classical Club
planned the program for the joint
meeting of the t.wo organizations
which took place at 7 o'clock Fri
day night, March 20, in the rotun
da. The program was in the form
of a quis contest with Eva Grice as
Professor .Quiz. Members of the
English Club were asked questions
concerning literature and members
of the Classical Club, questions
which dealt, with Latin and Greek.
The officers- o/ the Classical
Club are; Sara Justice, president;
Gloria Watson, . vice-president;
Hannah Savage, secretary and
treasurer; and Lunelle Geer, pro
gram chairman; with' Dr. Helen
Price as advisor.
The officers of die Colton Eng
lish Club are; Margaret Hine, pres
ident; Nancy Johnston, vice-presi
dent; Dorothy Lane, secretary and
treasurer; Eva Grice, prt^ram
chairman; with Dr. Julia Harris as
advisor.
The -Classical Club is open to
all' students who major in Latin
or Greek or who take Latin. The
Colton English Club is open to all
students who major or take an elec
tive in Englisli.
Post Service
Club Arranges
Army Concert
A soldi^ concert, arranged by
the Post Servi(¥! Qub of • fart
Bragg and sponsored by the Stu
dent Government association, was
prraented March 11 in the Mere
dith college Auditorium. Ap
pearing on the program were
Sgt, Norman Kelley, Pfc, Brookea
Fryer, Pvt. Isidore Groenick, Pvt,
Charles Myers, and the 47th In
fantry Glee Club uhdCT the di
rection of James Curtis.
The program follows;
Perduta ho la Speinza, Donaudy
Che gelida Monina ,(“La Boh-
"len") Rucdni
Ay Ay Ay (Spanish Create
Song) Friere
Sin tu Amor Sandoval
Norman Kelley, Tenor
■firookes Fryer at the piano
Etude Chopin
Clair de Lune Debussy
Tales from Vienna
Woods Shouse-Schutt
Charles Myers, Pianist
Ave Maria Gounod
Reverie Debussy
Serenacfe Drudla
Isidou Grolnick, Violinst
Charles Myera at the Piano
The Wandering Minstrel ("The
Mikado") , Gilbert-Sullivan
The Moon Marketing .. Weaver
The Old Ark’s A-Mover-
in' Arr. by Guion
The White Dove ("The-
Fogue’s Song") Lehar
Cossock Love Song ..., Kounts
Norman Kelley, Tenor
Brookes Fryer at the piano
Intermeuo Prooust
Medley's High on a Windy
Hill Whitney
Dovyn Argentine Way ,. Warren
^ Brookes Fryer, Pianist
Vive r Amour ,.,. Trad. Melody
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Finals Plans
Are Given
Dr. Halford E. Luccock, Pro
fessor of Homiletics, Yale Divinity
School, New Haven, Conn;, will
deliver both the baccalaureate
sermon and address this year. Dr.
Luccock is a noted minister, edu
cator, and writer. Among his
writings are the,following; Fares.
Ple««; Five-Minut« Shop Tal^.«,
Studies in the Parobies of jesus.
The Christian Crtwuds for World
Democracy, Contemporary Amer-
kart Literature and Religion, and
Ths Actf of the Apostles in Pres
ent Day Preaching,
Other commencement plans
have not been completed as yet
with the exception of the selec
tion of class day dresses and mas
cots. This year the Seniors are
going to wear short dresses in
stead of evening dresses,* The
mascots are Jean Hobby, Cary,
and Bill John Powell, Raleigh.
Meredith BSU
Entertains Boys
Meredith and Wake Forest wel
comed spring last Saturday night
with a Spring Party, the second
Meredith-Wake Forest Social for
tliis year, in the Phi Hall, Tlie
party was sponsored by the Sun
day School group of the B. S.
U., and was in charge of Mary
Hester Powell.
As the boys and girls welcomed
spring, they looked back toward
St. Patrick’s Day a^id looked for
ward to Easter. This idea was
repeated in the ^corations. ITie
guests entered by means of a huge
cut-out shamr&ck, and the walls
were decorated on each side wtch
six large green shamrocks, in tirf
ccnters of which were white bun
nies.
As the guests entered, they were
given Irish names by Jane Odom.
They were thus divided into four
Irish farnilies. The first event of
tlie evening was an Easter parade
by the Pa’s and Ma's of the four
families. They were dressed in
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Tenq>^ Fugit, the Proverb? Heed,
FUtT 'WrujdT' iifow
.night UYdre-; I h^d. a- dream,
vws ! ,’d^s^ ;which awoke iiie
and l lay staring jtitb the dar^ras,
;tryirig remeitiber why. the jjeam
'had ■a^kwed;.'me.- ;.r sore' that
wniwigi-fpr, newgpiperg,. it
P.ermiMible':'ito'3ife “ir-an>.
- onS .iftMst; UM the' ©ditorial
“-!> wKilfl.thia'case, however, tlie “IV
mu^ the pla«'pf the '!W'e’\
- because this is a ttory, and it has I was. thoroughly'a\^e; u rsaid,
lik^^stories. yi-ith
pf «ulph«r an^Vpifh"
. r-V» w A 9^ si|
-W,®tn'ing to.rememr
vehetiah
,amaz^ent, I saw thac' each face
-was, a-ni^ber,; yes,' they Nyecc.th?
■ykta of my -lifer^(^Lright,. if' I
must ! tev'aj«oIutely,' lionest , with
i.youirthcy '-warg '.nbt .all; the' years
of^y-life: bccause..the very fii-st
pnes'_weref.missing,) .
. .: ''iChe ^Inds.flapped. a ?.nd a
•the; blindi'''flStiDM'',and.yTOV^^
m
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Juniors Fail
To Find Crook
With rolled-up hair and make
up-less faces, bqt, nevertheless,
^arkling, hopeful eyes, the Seniors
and Sophomores met the weary
and baffled Juniors and Freshmen
in the auditorium at mid-night
Saturday, March 21, to see which
of the. two upper, class presidents
would.bring out the:.coveted crook
for its. annual debut,
Sfhioirs lost- their dignity and
.Sophomores.liv^ up io.their silly
reputation when Nancy Nuckols,
Senior, class president, cam®.run-
ning‘:,with the prize. ■. - .
;The cmking season for this year
began ;on.February 28 when. Nancy
N^ckols'presented.die.first clue to
.Raijjiel Lovelace, president of tlie
Juhibr clw.. The'number of clues
giveh.'fa left..to th& discreti.on of
the Jyaior and .Senior pre^dents,
T)iis' .the;. poriQd.;of;' crookiiig
• WM Wjnited - w' {(hree' -.-we^" '.by
,^lce,'of;i^e,'junipr
Local Delegate \Psychoanalysis
Wins at Duke Play Subject
Six Girls, Miss
Bailey at Meet
In Durham
Six Meredith delegates accom.
panied by. Miss Bailey, head of the
speech department, attended an ex.
tempore discussion cootest on Inter-
American affairs and problems held
at Duke University March 14. The
contest wa? sponsored- by the office
of'the Coordinator , of Inter-Amer-
ittn AJFairs, though the 'National
Public discussion Committee, Inc.
Wake Forwt and Duke were the
•other, collies who participated in
the contest.'
The deligates from Mettdith
were: ■Cornelia Herring, Lucille
Haywood, Myra Motley, Martha
Ann-Allen, Cleo Baucom, and
Louise Boone,
Cornelia Hernng was one of the
winners ,in' the afternoon round'
table .•.dis^.ssion. ^ From : that-ahc.
Jn^th6’;extempo« spNch.
fis'nt^l.at'thc mgW "• •
"Suppressed Desires,'' by Susan
GlaspeJI, is the title of the Mere
dith contest play, which is a take
off on psychoanalysis, to be given
tonight ill the Needham Brough
ton High School auditorium. Tlic
play is one act with two scenes
in it. The cast is made up of two
, Meredith girls and a Broughton
High School senior. They are
Betty Rose Prevate as Henrietta
Brewster; Bill Garrison as Stcpheii
Brewster, the husband; .and Dot
Rbluiid, who plays the part of
Mabel, a sister.
These district plays arc pre
sented in competition annually.
On Friday iiight, in the Brough
ton auditorium, the high schools
competed for ratings, and some
colleges and the Raleigh Little
Theatre will present their plays
tonight.
'Plans have already been made
for^the spang production of tl>e
..iMe^dith/; iUttle •■.thea^ to bf'
^’yw|,iPridfty,;'XRtil 2^^^ 'ilhe play
Jhfe^r}«hi*; yn four acts; :.by
Students.
Go to IRC
Meeting
Evelyn Hampton
Given Corresponding
Secretary’s Post
Evelyn Hampton, of Winston-:;
Salem, North Carolina, was elec
ted corresponding secretary of the
Southeastern International Rela- '
tions Clubs at the nineteenth an
nual confCTence held in Atlanta,
Georgia, March IJ-H. She and :
Virginia Ayers attended the con
ference.
The Conference was held at the
Atlantic fiiltmore Efotel with
Georgia School of Technology act
ing as host to the group of dele
gates from sixty - five Southeast
ern Colleges, Approximately two
hundred delegates from' these
schools gathered to hear talks by
distinguished authorities, hold .
round table discussions of world
problems, and attend banquets,;
dances, and other functions. The
Conference opened at 9:Q0 Fri
day morning at the Atlanta Btlt-
more Hotel. Dr. M, C. Brit
tain, Praident of Georgia Tech
greeted the delegates; followed by
a greeting fnsm Marion Metcalf, ^
President of the Conference and
president of the club' at Gkorgi'a . ’
Tech, The group gathered for
round table discussion groups on
four general topics: “The Total
itarian Challange to Democracy,*'
“After the War — Whatr
“American Solidarity,” and "Co
operation in the Far East.” These
groups met three times during the
confcrence. Friday luncheon was
held in the Georgia Tech Dining
Hall with an address by Dr. Wil
son L. Godahall of Lcheigh Uni
versity. Later in the afternoon a
discussion of. club work was held
under the leadership of Miss Amy
Hemingway Jones, of the Carneige
Endowment Fund which sponsors
the IRC. ■
That evening a banquet and
dance was held at the hotel. Sat
urday morning was a continuation
of the round-table discussions and
a report was made on them. Elec
tions, for the coming year were
held. After luncheon in the Geor
gia Tech Dining ffall the Confer- ;
ence was ended. Larry Williams -
of Wake Forest was elected pres- •.
ident for the coming year. 19+3-
Convention will be held in Ra
leigh. •
Evelyn has been active in Ae
IRC, being president of the local
club, and Parliamentarian for the •
Carolina Assembly on Interna
tional Affairs. It was a signal
honor fw. Evelyn to have her work •
recognised by . the Southeastern
Confemce. . - .
The meeting was quite a auixess
and the discussions were yaliiable
in voicing the views of thinking -
young people about the war, thc-^
present situation, ^d the - world c
to be put togethe;* after the.'war; '
:
Evelyn Bo^er^ Is New?;'
Xittle'
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