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PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENT BODY OF MERl!DlTH COLLEGE
i Volume XVL
Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C., Saturday, April 18,1942
Number *10
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tHetenBestls
; Ele^ ColleKe
j;CKeeriead6r ^
, ih die ciectit^ held April 16,'
Hj^len Bdt of'-Warsaw,
U(i;'college chMrteadcr. for 1^41'
42; ;: HelC^ a. mjor in ftubjic
■ j sdml' m^ci is ail active member
'■ rf^c.-Mcpowij Music^^ the
V Glce^iub and the college.choir.
• -Steele Bullock,' Fairmont,
w^'electeid sports, editor of The
l^wig;-' Dae StMle has taken an
i^ive pait in all sfbrts activities
on ^e campus and is-therefore
well qualified for this position. As
manager of softball, she is a mem-
ber of the A. A. Board and is a
vv member of the varsity in tennis,
■ • softball, s^er and hockey.
■ The following were aUo elected
- as officers in the Little Theat«:
or - - Nan Davis, Winston-Salem, Vice^
S^PE^T .GO^ERNm
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Ad'di^ Davis and Carolyn Duke
At Installation April 14
Prwiderit; Betty Rose Prevatte,
Lun^rton, treasurer, and Annie
Lide Gilbert, Balwin, Secretary.
. All other offices were filled by
unanimous elections.
B.S.hJ.
Vinita Penland of BumsMlte, N.
C4. has been eleaed treasurer of
the B. S. U. (or next year. She
succeeds. Eli:^^ Brownlee. Vin
ita is a transfer from Mars Hill
College. She has been president
of the International Relations
Club, president of Nonpareil So'
ciety, secretary of Y. W. A.
Council, B. T. U. officer, and a
member of the Glee Club.
Gloria Anderson of Asheboro,
N. C.', will serve as Interdenbmi'
national Representative of the B.
S. U. for next year. She succeeds
Cora Lee Burnette. Gbria, an
Astro, has previously been music
chairman of the B. S. U., secretary
of the choir, and a member of the
Twig business staff.
Durema Fitzgerald of Raleigh,
succeeds Gloria Andersoi\ as mu^
sic chairman of the 6. S. U. Du*
rema, a music major, has served as
glee club accompanist this year. '
Eleanor Vereen of Raleigh will
serve on the 6. S. U. Council as
Day Student Representative, sue*
ceeding Mary Louise Ott.
PUBLICATIONS
, OAK LEAVES
Florence Olive of Wade, N. C^,
- will be Senior Editor of the Oak
Leaves for -next year. Florence
has been. Junior Editor of the-Sih'
nual 'and secretary of-the'. Student
League of Women yoteri-
Rosetta Purvis of. Westfieldi N.
, J., and Adelai^ Charles of y/in;
- st6n'Salehi'haye^beeri^le^'ed.pbo;
Kt^aphy editort.j of; the' Oak
. leaves. Rosetta is.' manage of
' ^i^ming, a ;;Littie , mem
. ber,' and- hu. suyed ph'Kimt ;C^'
mlttees. Adelaide has seri^!.bii
die Qo^ .Lcarn- staff .Jnd.'is. a
. member btthe Classidil Club 'and
r " ^iMn English Club?
; ■■■ACORN.
' Page IjLarikin of Shanghai, Chi-
. .na, is associateofi.thc Acbm
for i94'i»4?.\' Pastes been 9 §,
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Meets Here
National Groups
Holds Meeting
In Raleigh
North Carolina State College
and Meredith acted as joint hosts
to the. National Convention of
Sigma Pi Alpha, honorary mod
ern language fraternity, Saturday,
April eleventh.
The meetings began with reg
istration at one thirty. A business
session-was held at two o'clock at
which time a nominating commit*
tec was appointed to decide on
officers for the coming year. " ' -
After the business meeting, Mrs.
Hinkle, entertained at a tea in her
home for delegates and their
friends. The tea at four o’clock
was the first social meeting of the
group. Roger Avery, president of
Uie Alpha Chapter of State Col
lege, received the guests. Mrs
Dewey Starnes, Mrs. Ballenger,
and Mrs.' Fountain assisted Mrs.
Hinkle.
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At seven o’clock the group con
vened again for a banquet fol
lowed by a dance at the Woman’s
Club. Dr. Fountain, national
president of Sigma Pi Alpha, pn*-
sided. Charter members were
recognized. The nominating com*
mittee made a report which wai
accepted by the group. Dr. Joltn
Parks, editor of The Raleigli
Times, gave an after-dinner ad
dress on the future of the world
after the war. Several foreign
visitors, made brief comments-on
their country’s part in the settling
of the peace. Mr. Yao, of China;
Mr. DeVidsts, of Chili; Mr. Arn
sl«in, of Italy; Mr. Rothix, of
Australia; Mr. Zelayo of P«u;
Mri'Pomintuan, of the Phihppins
Islands; Miss Jesse Diaa, of Pu^r-
to Rica; and M»«s Callwro, of
pul»; made these reports;
The derations at the banquet
;.w^' based, . on'.^uA . Ard'e^ca,
tktge South Aiitiericanjflags vrerc
iiun^ ori vthel.wails.' Tiny iflags of
aCcountri«;’'J/eb-V;i«
tiie lon^. telilM wi^ ^all ^omu
American •sombreros ready-'■t6-^;be
pinned ,dn • lap.e.Ui , ' The ■ placc‘
cards were .. letters stamped with
South Atrierican and Latiri Amer
ican stamps.' In .thev.letters were
cards . welcoming, -'the .guests.iiV
Spani^^K'ftnd Portuguese. 'ImfOfd'
lately: af^r.ths^nquetrtied^i\ci;
foHowedi-aMore-;g^e9ts,gime «\
(or the dance •atxv^liichr-re^Qrded
Play Day Plans
About Ready
Committee Says
AH Details Soon
To Be Given
Play Day plans are nearing
completion un^r the leadership of
the Play Day Committee. The
afternoon will start off with lunch
with faculty members eating with
the students. After lunch a duke
and duchess selected by the stud-
dents will be crowned. The af
ternoon will be filled jwith sports
between faculty and students con*
sisting of giant volleyball, darts,
badminton, shi^fleboard, table
tennis, box hockey, croquet, check
ers, jack rocks, hopscotch and
bowling. A soft ball game will
be. one of the main features of
the afternoon. Girls are to sign
up on the A. A. bulletin board
for the sports they wish to play.
Come on everybody, this is on?
time we can show the faculty up.
Let's get our revenge for all those
term papers, tests and even grades
Play . Day was instituted last
year as a day when the faculty
and students could get -together
and have , fun without any desk
between them. The duke last
year was Dr. Edgar H. Henderson,
who is now doing work for the
American R^ Cross. The Duch
ess was Miss Addie Davis of
Covington. Miss Bailey and Anne
Barrow^ were the clowns. Th’?
institution proved a great success
for everyone last year, and it is
hoped has become a permanent
part of our traditions.
Installation
Of S. G.
Takes Place Last
Tuesday in Chapel
Program Here
Ifi , last Tuesday’s chapel the
Meredith Student Government
members ■ for' next year were, in
stalled.
To “Lead on, O King Eternal”
the members of the Student Goy*
ernment for this year and the
next marched in, the new girls on
the left side and the old girls on
the right. Addie Davis, Student
Government president this year,
led the old members who were
seated on the right side of the
stage; and Carolyn Duke, in-com
ing Student ' Government presi
dent, led the new members who
sat on the left side. The girls,
dressed in white,, marched accord
ing to their rank in the Student
Government.
College Little Theatre
To Give Production
Addie took charge of the as
sembly and s^oke on the princi
ples of democracy involved in stur
dent government, after which she
administered the oath of office to
Carolyn. She, in turn, addressed
,the student body. Her topic con
cerned the challenges of student
government and practical applica
tions. Following, this talk, Caro*
lyn gave the-oatli'of office to the
new. Student Government members
in a body.. The recessional
"Queen of Our Hearts" was sung
by the student body.
The girls installed were Carolyn
Duke, president; Evelyn Dillon,
vice-president; Charlotte Green,
secretary; Elizabeth McNeill, treas
urer;. Elizabeth Coleman, Bobbie
Green, and Lynn Starkweather,
house presidents; Dorothy Boone,
Elizabeth Miller, Louise Boone,
Grace Alexander, Cathreine Bare
foot, Rose Marie, Haynes, Betty
Rose Prevatte, Julia Margrette
Bryan, and Avis Branch, house
vice-presidents; Marty Jeffreys and
Annie Catherine Barden, sopho
more representatives; and Ruth
Wyman.
•instituted on the Meredith cam
pus this year, .and is the youngest
national honorary fraternity on
the campus. The president is
l^iss Cleo Baucom of Monroe.
Mrs. Broughton
To Entertain Seniors
“The Truth” Is.
To Be Presented
By Players
The College Little Theatre will
culminate its year’s work by its
spring production The Truth by
Clyde Fitch. The players par
ticipating are Nan Davis and Tom
Broughton as Becky and Tom
Warden, Becky's father, Edgar
Bunn as Stephen Roland; Evelyn
Bowers as Genevieve Crespigny,
who runs a cheap Baltimore
boarding bSuse; Frances Sowers as
Eve Linden and Bill Graham as
her estranged husband; Doris
Jean Leary as Laura, Eva Linden's
bosom friend; and Hilda Wilson
as the maid in Warden’s New
York apartment.
The play, in four acts, centers
around the Warders. Becky
doesn't know the truth when she
it, which trait she. has in
herited from her father, a good-
■for-nothing gambler. Becky lies
very naively every time her
mouth flies open; but she twists
the truth once too often for Tom.
But Mr. Roland, after mudi
maneuvering, brings about a
happy reunion. Evelyn Bowers
furnishes the comedy role as a
Mrs. Crespingy who is in the
matrimonial market to land Bec
ky's father. Fred Linden, play
boy, furnishes the friction.
The play has its ups and downs
but Tom finally regains faith in
his wife,
Committees arc as follows:
Set—Elizifoeth McNeil, chair
man; Louise Sawyer, Nelda Fer>
gueson, Eleanor .Eoftin, Mary
Frances Ken, and Rosetta Purer;.
Costumes—^Virginia Lee, chair
man; Dorothy Lane, Hannah Sav
age and Annie Lide Gilbert.
Properties — Betsy McMillan,
chairman; Grace Alexander, Car
olyn Kenyon and Eleanor Vereeh.
Prc^rams — Nancy Calloway,
chairman; and Shirley Dickenson-
Make up—Ida Mae Pettigrew.
Business manager-^-Martha Ann
Allen and her assistant, Dae
Bullock.
Mrs. Sim H. Wells, of Raleigh
who will preside at the commence
ment meet of the Alumnae Ass’n
The Seniors of Mereditli, Pea!«
and Saint Mtry’s are being enter
tained at a tea by Mrs. J. Mel
ville Broughton on. Saturday,
April the twenty-fifth. In the
receiving line there will be, be
sides Mrs. Broughton, the deans
pf women of the. three schools,
Dr. Nicolson
To Be Here
Phi Beta Kappa
President To Be
Finals Speaker
Dr. Marjorie Hope Nicolson,
national president of the united
chapter of Phi Beta. Kappa and
Professor of English at the grad
uate school, o£ Columbia Univer
sity, will deliver the commence
ment address this year at 10:30
Monday morning, June 1.
Dr. Harold E. Luccok, Profes
sor of Homiletics at the Yale Di
vinity School, delivers the Bacca
laureate sermon Sunday morning.
May 31. .
O.ther events of the commence
ment season are as follows:
Friday night. May 29, 8:00—
annual concert by Senior music
students, in the auditorium.
Saturday afternoon. May 30,
4:30—Class Day exercises in the
grove if weather permits.
Saturday night. May 30, 8:00
—Society night. School awards
are made.
Sunday evening, May 31, 6:3C
—Step singing for all four classss,
Sunday night. May, 31, 7:30-
Senior vespers in the auditorium.
Raleigh
Celebration
Meredith Girls Will
Take Part in
Sesquicentennial
Raleigh is to celebrate its one
hundred and fiftieth anniversary
next week widi a program begin
ning on Sunday, April 26, and
continuing through Thursday,
April 30. The first day of the
celebration is Religious. Obsefv-*
ance day. Dr. George W. Truett,
the noted Baptist minister, is tt>
be the chief speaker to the white
group.
The second day is Home-coming
and Arts day with an art exhibit,
a demonstration by the Civilian
Defense Auxiliary Firemen, and a
concert by the North Carolina
Symphony Orchestra. -April 28 is
Victory Day which will have a
Defense and Victory Parade, and
Victory meeting. Competitive
drills by Civilian Defense Auxili
ary Firemen teams, and a Patri
otic Revue.
Kay Kyster Day is April 29,
and he will gve two programs,
one in the afternoon and one in the
evening. The last day is Educa
tion for Victory Day with a pa
rade, an educational meeting, and
Baseball Games, and the North
Carolina Symphonic Choir.
the presidents of the graduating
classes and others.
Each year, the Senior Classes an
ticipate and enjoy the hospitality
of the First Lady of North Caro
lina at the Governor's Mansioi;
on Blount Street.
Gif Is Attend FCW Meeting
The question, what ^e' colleges
can do to keep the nation physical*
ly fit, was diwii^d by the tenth
national conv^.Vv?a.;^;.OT_.Jhe' Ath
letic;’ -Federation, of .College
men, held - at Wellesley College,
M^^ss,:* This ‘tibnvention wm at
tended by Gehevieye Chiffell?,
■and '.Elisabeth B^wnlee.- . ^veial
colleges • are: providing' the answ^
fo-’-ihis; bypsetiding girls to;plajf-
^gn3iJnd«.-''.^to*;r8wpervwi.-'-,-progratti8
whil^i'other8;r;are; opejiing th^r
«q«lpmejjt,i«^. defeiw? ,,^orkerf;
I:
staging drives to. sell Defense
Stamps and Bondi
Demonstrations, of various
sports su;h as bi^ttleboard tennis,
squash and swimming were given
,by the various colleges. .
l^e discussion groups^ attended
by'.^'e'’^ele^^-^fOUg|jt out ideas
ifrpm all‘'i;l|fi^J^kg^^i|pne. thing
which' our-.M^ai^;inote^ was the
trehd'awa^/^|'jj^^M;and in-
:ter»ll?gi»l^^^^|^^^^riV't^. in^
trajnuiil.c^^ j^-*.fe}twe'w^dc>r'
We^i.This
Ipation i^-
'^tlee'are;
Sbltei froro=
■for I
'•stud
attract those who .can not play
well.
There also seems to be a trend
away from the giving of awards
to individuals and awarding them
to the dormitories or clubs in
stead.
Some schools have had co-recre-
ational parties where girls could
bring their dates and play games.
O^ers haye' put on folk dance
:^^.Hiking clubs and outing ?lubs
w -proving incre^f^ly popular,
pwhap« , aa, .,a . iwuU .of . Ae tire
shortage;' ^i^y ' ofj ’ take
ov5trnlght';l^,'';.\V--^;^
whol6‘;ireh^ ,ofe
Red Cross Drive
Here Next Week
The week of April 19-25 has
been set aside this year for- tho
Annual Red Cross Roll Call
drive. This, year when help is so
badly needed the drive should be
especially successful. Mr. Sand*
crson, superintendent of schools,
is captain of the team. Represent
ing the Red Cross as co«ip(ain is
Miss Alice Keith, who is to carry
the, campaign among the other
faculty members. Her team con
sists of Miss Mae .Grimmer, who
is to be responsible for collecting
from the Administration; Vivien
Jeffries, representative for the
Senior Class; Adelaide Charles,
the Junior Class; Catherine Pow
ell, the Sophomore Class; and
Laura France^ Peck, the Freshman
Class, josh.Brody is the repre
sentative jfor-the colored help.
The. goal of the drive is for a
cqntri!bu^^; .from each meinber of
the,^
'i^wtwt.and
Grand-Daughters
Club Does Well
The Grand - Daughter’s Club
this year, with Miss Mae Grinamer
as sponsor, has had a year of in
teresting activity. Frances Bu-
chanon is president of the Club;
Dorothy Lane, Vice-President;
Nancy Carroll, Secretary-Treas-
urer and Page Rankin. Program
Chairman. Their first meeting
of the year was a picnic in honor
of Freshmen. Guest speakers have
been Dr. Mary Lynch Johnson,
Miss Louise Lanham, Mrs. Wal
lace, Dr. Helen Price and Dr.
Healey. In January Miss Mae
Grimmer was at home in honor
of the senior grand-daughters. On
April 22 the club will have an
other picnic.
Anna Ruth Dixon and Cath--
crine Wyatt produced a hand
book for the year. Inside its ma
roon and white cover is a list of
officers and of meetings and guest
speakers. Then, there is .a list of
student members and their Moth-
names.
The club motto is “unique dis
tinction,” which was given to
them by Miss Ida Poteat, who was
the Club Mother. Their activities
this year have been varied, in
teresting,- and certainly uniquely,
distinctive.
Seniors Decide On .
Short, White Dresses
For the first time in several
years, Senior dresses will be both.',
short and white. Both changed ;
are due to war complicaddns...
Shortage of chemicals raakes itj^^n':
possible to buy grew dres^T^
which is the:cla« coloi; other'.'itl^n-''
white, and an effort to be'^OQ^l-^
cal has shortened th? len^^|.;,^V5,
d^es will be'pique,.'’m.^;.‘fi'^l^||’'
;vnth buttons aU: