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PU&lJSBBp By I^E STUDENT BODY OF MEREDITH COLLEGE
^er^ith College, Raleigh; N. G.j Tuesday, May 12/1942
Number 12
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Faculty Compete
with Students
In Play Day
Afoye’att-,th9if'Yoy{J’li{ghhew8.Dbke‘'DK;'Gcor]^:.Om and Duchees Carolyn.Duke with
th^ heralds Betty CuthjelC'lrft'and Jane^Btyah 'Pu'l^j^^^^^
Qak jU:av(^ Mas
St^ Breakfast
Old staff W Pete
New^ Staff on .
' Morning of 14th
The old Oo^ Leaves, mcunbers
• are giving ‘the new. OaJ^- LeavM
..^Caf/ a-breakfast .out by the'.ch^t
; ney,.;on the morning of May W.
They will have as-their guest; Miss
• Kramer, who was the editor of th&
Oak, ^-eaves her senior yiiar here
at Meredith. Dr. Harris, the ad
visor of the editorial staff, and Dr.
Cahaday, the advisor of die bua*.
ness staff, will alEo.be present.
Tlie outgoing staff is;
' Martha Olive Editor
Elisabeth Riggs Asso. Editor
Katherine Kerr .... Senior Editor
Florence Olive ...... Junior Editor
Martha Anri Aden, Sophomore Ed.
Eleanor Gibbs.,... Photo Editor
Charlotte Green .. Photo Editor
Gretchen Fanny ...... Art Editor
Evelyn Bowers ... -Bus. Manager
. CContinued on page two) .
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May .Qtiie^ S^iors,
Atfendwts. Are :
HpiiOKd,,.. Ma^
On the morning of May 2, the
Sophomore ClaM honored tbe May
vQueca. and . li^iaCtendaaU' 'it the.
annual brukf^ which ia held in
the coUe^ dining loom^
After the Seniors sang to the
Queen, they presented her with a
large basket of iria, the coUege
flower.' The .Sophomores then
sang to the May Queen, France
Buchanan.
Beside the Senior class, the
guest list also included Dr. and
Mrs. Campbell, Miu Baker, Miss
Christine White, and the May
Queen and her. attendants.
This year, the Sophomore Clw
continued one' of the Meredith
traditions-r-that of leaving a coT'
saigc at-the door of their "big sis-
tus," the seniim, on K^y Day
morning. -
Visitors Throng
C^pus May 2
College Grounds
Overflow on May
Day — May 2
On Saturday, May 2, our cam^
put .'overflowed with high school
.students,, aluama^' parents, ^d
friends, present for the annual
Hospitality Weeksind and May
Day exercises. Approximately 7^
high school students and three
alumnae were registered, and our
guest list also included many par*
ents and other friends. Each year
many higlt school, seniors are in-
vited as pnwpc($ive Meredith stU'
dents.
Tl)e program was opened at
4:30 p. m. by the -May Day ex'
ercises, hdd in the Outdoor The
ater, wliidi was reigned over by
Frances Buchanan of Laurinburg,
attirarl in the traditional white, and
attended by her court. The court
included:
(Continued on paoe imr)
Freshman Act^e in Production
Of Lost Colony 0t Mtnteo
., ^“i don’t belteye T'fi'e Los^tiplony
witl,.be 'prese'nled,'&la surhmw,".
.was 'tiie; opiiiion of- MolHe'- Fear,
• , ing, a,;,fre8hinari.:'fjc^ Man^o,;F^^
" four years’rJow tMoliifevh^ pa^^^
pated in', this prqductipn i iiS;"a'-'T^:
. map coloiiist. ,-'Sh’e;added,^ho
.‘th^t\the..peqj)le',on
ti^e situation '-'g?j^]irie\iiMi6^i\mg^^
the' '' Isl^k^outB land'- iiiijwti^v.'of
. miipy,;' pIsD^rl: ;lhtQ; 'tfie^-Amy "'m
drawbaclM- (^' pvjng'-jAe
• : Asked Mi^jHc ppw.ibllity^
ptodurtion'eVji^^rjgf’n^Ild^
iIipyK,';flhi.'8i^id,";N^^ il- i^ji’t.'thi^'
thej'/p'epgle.voji'ife
ey^'' cQr^du:». letei^
Wprk for .the. biother in^e concee-
,Bion.' .
in relating interestiiig .Mpcti-
etices, K^lie^ted ^ ,had .met
all k^i^si of> celebn^M ^ Preudent
taiMi. Briah/Afee;itw,'.‘and»CScil: B:
• .li'" ". '.''.V--
^ei
Me^.;'Pi!^ng^^^
ClM-\^t^,inu..;:,un^.;^
lunchroh;'>9n1:rai^
ur. teVf
■if
djrec^,^%e^i^
peMille are a few whom she has
met.
lUustrikting chat old .raying, “Tlte
^pw.,rnust go on," she told how
t^jpli^ .was pr^ented whw a caur
’tiad; hit :a light; [^le. pd the. .li^ts
were.;ao: dim' ^at 'imy ..faint' oiit-
of the^t^rs^wuld ,be 6»n by
.^/aiiidieiue/ She' related'that ;the
aw^ce^ ^ dwlared tliitt',^ey
t|w^n^jnj^e;0r.'iAat
;o^^.,''j^Aiao, -:^_ni^;told ■
Mw[Jhrr^y;;'weit^^
^wce,: .wuid w^tch' ^til.-^e pia)--,
•ers;;left ,^fc-,8tkge'?ve5';t^
Players arid audierice 'were .w
w^. •
Mollie said- that all the non^pro-:
f^on^-players;'^eiv^ a lump
'«^-^n^;.|alary, at.tlUi end..of :the
In Spite of Kain
Spring Event
Is Great Success-
In spite of the rain, the Second
annual Play Day was held on
Wednesday afternoon^ May 6.
The events began at 2. o'clock,
with the crowning of the Duke and
Ouchess. Although elected by the
students, the names of these mon-
urchs were kept secret until the
.moment they iMalked out the din*
ing'h%ll door, and 'turned out. to
be Dr. Christenbcrry and Carolyn
Duke. ,
Immediately fallowing the wel
come by Dr. Campbell and the
crowning of Duke Christeaberry
and Duchess Duke, the entire ga
thering proceeded to the volley ball
court, where the faculty started the
day by nipping tlie students 7-
6. The extraordinary si?e of the
ball gave everyone plenty of fun
and exercise.
'Shift one began at 2:30
with. everyone playing his chosen
game, and in most of the sports the
faculty showed themselves supei^
ior. Mr. .LaMond defended the
honor of the faculty at ping pong,
by defeating not one, but two of
our students. But we redeemed
ourselves on the ^ tennis courts,
where Dae Bullock and Shirley
I Butler took two sets from Dean
Davis and Miss Dickinson.
At 3:15 everyone gathered on
the softball court, and the usual
game was organised. However,
the clouds gathered too, and after
two snappy innings, the “rains
came” and everyone ran for shel
ter.
From then on, the activities were
rather limited to the gym.. How
ever, this still |>ermitted badmint
on, bowling, darts, shuffleboard,
and ping pong, and these games
^^'ent on at a lively pace.
By 5:30 cv::ryone had worked
up a splendid appetite fot the pic
nic supper, which had to be
served in the dining hall because
of the slightly damp coiidition of
the grnuijds. At supper it was an
nounced tliat the, faculty were
winners of the 2nd annual Play
Day, by a score of 23 points over
the • students' 12. ' Tlus called for
congratulations from the student
body, which started, the singing.
After a regular conununity aing,
it was a tired group that left the
dining hall. AnoAcr Play Day
had come to a successful closer' even
with the rain and a tradition took
another step towards being- estab-
lislied,.'
‘ Nia, «wk, Faculty, but watch
out forsus next year. .
Colkge Little Theatre
s 'Truth”
Freshmen Plan
Hayride for
Annual Party ^
Class of '45 Is
Planning Gala
Affair Here
The class of '45 u planning ita
annual party which will be a hay
ride to the Tar Heel Club on Sat
urday, May 16. Each girl is in
viting a date.
The motif for the occasion has
not yet been dedded upon; but
committees have been appointed to
work out the details. The com
mittee for planning the hayride
includes Carolyn Kenyon, chair
man, Mary Catherine McIntyre,
Lillie Belle Pryor, and Fanitie
Belle Futrell. Margery Pittman,
chairman, Hortense Liles, Betty
Lutz, Carolyn Bass, Evalyn Allen,
and Shirley Dickinson arc
charge, of the entertainment,
The committee on invitations is
composed of Frantes Sowers, El-
well Joyce, and Bobbie Mayfield.
Carol . Jones, Maitland Kinlaw,
Hattie Ward, and Priscilla Nance
are in charge of providing, the
transportation. Emma Charles
Foster as chairman with Gerry
Dawkins, and Margaret Long are
working on the refreshment com
mittee,
Student League
Meets April. 28
y^ie Student league of Worncii
Voters, met April 28 to elect its
qffi^erifor the coming year. They
are;'as ..follows: 'President, Iris
Cuiler; vicc-presidwt, Dorothy
Bppne; .^sMretai^. and\;treaeui^,
Etorcaa'. ,. Stanl^; :: and: p,^ram
ihwrmah,-.' E^rii 'Harjirick-.:
1^9'.'!^gue'' had. chi^ge■: 0^^
.ejeicticm -.ipubH^lty .duriAg jHe
spring electioi
Jr*-r Y'
AH 1 J [HT .frtrrT^ —v-*f n—'n
Freshman Breakfast
Last Wednesday
Old tradition as well ai new
held sway last Wednesday morp-
ing at 7:15 as the.Junior “big sis
ters" were honored at a breakfast
at the Chimney by their Freshman
"little sisters.”
The “big sisters” were summon
ed by this notice:
“We, your “little sisters,” in
vite you, our “big sisters," to a
family breakfast Wednesday
morning at the Chimney, We’ll
be by for you at 7:00 sharpl"
At 7f00 the "big’sisters" were
callcd for by their “little 'aistera"
and escorted to the Chimney where
they were served a breakfast of
grapes, pigs In blankets, dough
nuts, Jelly, an^ coffee.
Besides the girls, Dr. George
Christenberry, Junior spoiuor; Dr.
Elliot Healy, Freshman sponsor;
Dr. and Mrs. Carlyle Campbell;
Dean and Mrs. Benson Davis;
Miss Anna May Baker; Miss Edna
Frances Dawkins; and Miss Addie
Davis \yere present.
The plans and preparations of
the food were made, by Margaret
Jordan, assisted by Heidi Caison
and Leta Hamilton, Laura Ellen
McDaniel was in; charge of invi-
^tatidna and was assisted b/Radiel
l^mpeon,
Mascots Give Tea
Jean. Hobby and Billy Jim Pow
ell,fl^'.-^^ior. fflii^t8,:.':^Ui'-to
3|ui^' and,Xwj|
MM
Jr,-Sr. Banquet
Held May 9
In Dining Hali
Hall Decoratcd
Representing
Di^rt Tiieme
The Juniors ■ entertained the
Seniors at the annual formal ban
quet at 7:30 o’clock on Saturday
evening. May 9, in the college din
ing hall.
The hall was decorated respre-
sendng. a desert which was the
theme of the banquet. Desert flow
ers surrounding an oasis were
found at the entrance and a sand
dune was visible in tl^ back
ground. Each table had as
a cci^tcr piece a pyramid, and palm!
trees. The menu was written in
desert language on mummy pro
grams.
Miss Ilachel Lovelace of Cant
on, N. C.,- president of the Junior
class, gave the welcome and'the
toast to Seniors was given by Miss
Elizabeth Kiggs of Durham, N. C.,
incoming senior class president.
Miss Nancy NuchoJs of Louisville,
Ky., tliis' year’s senior class presi
dent, responded. Giving the toast
tb the faculty was Miss Jerry
Couch uf Elkin, N. C., incoming
Acorn editor and Dean Benson W.
Davis responded. Miss lone Kemp
Knight of Madison, N. C., incom
ing Athletic ABSOciadon president,
toasted tlie dates and Mr. Tructt
Bennett of Carolina responded.
Miss Mary Lee Holder of Gar^
ner, N. C., and Mr. E. H, Easter
of Lexington, N. C,, sang sulos and
Miss Elisabeth Riggs of Durham.
N. C., rendered several piano se
lections during the evening,. Lil
boural Minshew of Boykins, Va.,
gave a reading.
After a half-hour intermission,
members of the junior's little sister
class gave a skit in tlie form of a
take-off on desert life. Those tak-
Alpha Psi Omega
Pledges, Members
to Be Recognized
Play To Be Giv«i
Tu^ay Night,
May 12, Here
Tuesday night, May 12, is the
date for the Meredith Little The
atre’s spring production, “The
Truth,’; a play in four acts by
Clyde Fitdi. The play concern*
Becky Warder, played by Nan
Davis, who seeks to tell the truth
but cannot; thereby complicating
both sociaj and matrimonial mat
ters. How she manages to right
these upset conditions makes a very
enjoyable play. Other members of
the cast are Tom, Broughton, of
Bruughton High School, as Tom
Warder, Becky's husband; Frances
Sowers os Eve Linden; her hus
band, Edgar Bunn, who plays the
part of Stephen Roland, the father
of Bec£y; Doris JeaA Leary, Laura
Frazier, a friend; Evelyn Bower#
as Mrs. Genevieve Crespigny, the
land lady of the boarding house;
and Hilda WiUon, playing the part
of Jenks, the maid in the Warder's
home.
.The first two acts take place in
die Warder’s home in New York,
a house expensively funushed. A
boarding hous room in Mrs. Cres
pigny s house, the apartment of
Stephen Roland, is tlie scene of the
last two acts. Rhodea-Collins, a
local furniture store, is furnishing
the sets.
Committee members and tbeir
chairman arc as follows:
Progranu: Nancy Calloway,
and Shirley Dickensoi).
Costumes: Virginia Lee, chair-
man; Dorotliy Lane, Hannah Sav
age, and Annie Lide Gilbert.
Set: Elisabeth McKeil, chair
man; Louise Sawyer, Nelda Fer-
g.ison, Eleanor Lofton, Mary
Fr.inccs Kerr, and Rosetta Purvis.
Properties': Betsy McMillan,
ing part were Miss Laura Annel Chairman; Grace Alexander, Car-
Cavendar of Charleston, W. Vs.,
and Miss Helen Flack of Ruther-
fordton, N, C.
The evening’s entertainment was
concluded with popular music
furnished by an- occhcstra from
olyii Kenyon, and Eleanor Vereen;
Make-up: Ida Mae Pettigrew,
chairman.
Business Manager: Martha Aim
Allen, assisted by Dae Bullock.
Bach year at this time, the niglit
Fort • Bragg with Rut, Ricliard i of the play, new pledges and new
Harding Danis, Jr. as Master of! members of the Alpha Psi Omega,
Ceremonies.
Faculty members who were
gu^ts of the Juniors were Dr. and
Mrs. Carlyle Campbell, Dean and
Mra. Benson W. Davis, Miss An
na May Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Bun-
yan Yates Tyner, Dr, and Mrs.
J. Grego^ Boomhour, Dr. and
Mrs; George A, Christenberry,
Dr. and Mrs. G. Norman Price,
Dr. Julia Hamlet Harris, Mr. Har
ry K. Dorsett, Dr. and Mra. Har
old McCurdy, Dr. and Mra. David
A; Lockmiller, and Dr. and Mrs,
Sanford Winston.
la:;' Psi Omega
, ]|I^t May 13
..';jThe, A|pjii,]^I;Omega,will have
the 8ck
tb« .cveoing of May
Witlifn:^
honorary dramatic fraternity, are .
recognised. This information Is .. . . ’
not revealed until the night of the ',
play, May 12.
Miss Greene Gives
Recital in Voice
Miss Virginia Greene of Shelby,. ;
N. C., senior.in the
College Music Department,
presented in her graduating
in 'voice Friday evening,
at 8 o’clock in the Mere(fiA^Au*:\i;"'^pj
ditorium. ' • - ' i'
Miss Greene,:-the ,dau^^;,