VOTE!
VOTE!
Volume XVII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. 0., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13 1943
Numbei
College Observes
Fifty-first Annual
Founders’ Day
Meredith College observed its
fifty-first annual Founders’ Dny on
Friday, February 6. The series of
events was opened with the Student
Government reception for students
on Thursday night, February 4 in
tlie college parlors.
Receiving were President and
Mrs. Carlyle Campbell, Dean and
Mrs. Benson "W. Davig, Miss Anna
May Baker, dean of women, Miss
Leah Godwin, assistant dean of
women, and tlie following members
of the Council of the Student Gov
ernment: Evelyn Dillon, Charlotte
Green, Elizabeth McNeil, Elizabeth
Coleman, Bobbie Green, Rose Marie
Haynes, Martha Jeffreys, Annie
Catherine Barden, Mary Jo Clay
ton, Ruth Wyman, Mattieree Baugh,
Dorothy Boone, Betty Miller, Louise'
Boone, Grace Alexander, Catherine
Barefoot, Lilbourn Minshew, Betty
Rose Prevatte, Avis Branch, and
Julia Margrette Bryan.
Guc'sts included were: faculty
membei'^,:students and their friends,
and Studeait’ Goveniment Associa
tion members from the following col
leges and universities: Carolina,
Duke, Peace, Saint Mary’s, State,
and Wake Forest.
Friday, February 5 at 11 a. m..
the annual Founders’ Day service
was held. Dr. Carlyle Campbell
presiding. The speaker of the morn
ing was Dr. Sankey L. Blanton,
pastor, of the First Baptist Church
of Wilmington, N. C. His .subject
was the place of the student in a
world at war. The scripture read
ing and niorning prayer was given
by Dr. Charles Durham, supply
pastor of the First Baptist Church
of Raleigh. Special music was
rendered by the choir and by Miss
Beatrice Donley, soloist.
Friday afternoon members of the
faculty, Board of Trustees, mem
bers of the senior class, and friends
of the college were present at a re
ception in Blue and Rose Parlors.
In the Blue Parlor Miss Julia
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Meredith Professor
Writes Monograph
Dr. Ellen Winston, Consultant in
Research and Statistics for the
United States Office of Education,
in collaboration with Dr. Maude
Farr, of the Division of Statistics,
has written a monograph, Ac
celerated Programs in Degree-
Granting Colleges and Universities.”
The study shows that to a great
extent colleges and universities are
being organized on a year-round
hasie. Questionnaires were sent to
1,216 institutions and of these 947
sent usable answers. Of the 327 in*
stitutiona which in 1939 had two
semesters only, 150 now follow that
plan. The others have in various
ways accelerated their programs.
Meredith is one of the twelve which
have added to their regular two
semesters a nine-week summer ses
sion. The monograph tells of the
one extreme, with institutions which
have no summer session, and of the
other, with institutions which have
practically a year-round program.
A great number of colleges and uni
versities have recently provided for
accelerated programs.
Dr. Winston spent last summer
and the Christmas holidays in Wash
ington in connection with her work
for the Office of Education. Her
main work with the Office is to ad
vise on survey procedures. At pres
ent she is working on a statistical
study of school building needs, for
the Office of Education.
IMctiired nliove is Stirn Sfiil!, newly.elected 3Iay Queen
Major Elections
Begin Feb. 11
At the meeting of the ^^ominntiiig
Committee on last Monday night,
Grace Alexander was selected as
ehainnan of the Board of Elections.
Dorcas Stanley was selected regis
trar. Cleo Glover and Peggy Hay
wood are to be the judges of elec
tions. The May Queen, Sara Mull,
having been nominated in a chapel
Student Government meeting, was
elected several weeks ago. In her
sophomore year Sara Mull was a
member of the May Court as well
as a Phi Society marshal. This year
she is serving as chief college
marshal. Next week the election
of the Maid of Honor will be held,
the student body having decided to
have a separate election for this
office.
Voting for the election of Stu
dent Govei*nment president, can
didates being Virginia Ayers, Gloria
Anderson, Charlotte Green and Avis
Branch, took place from 11 o’clock
to 5:15 o’clock Thursday, February
11. The nominations were posted
Tuesday before the election. A rul
ing of the committee is that nomina
tions may be made by a petition of
10 per cent of the student body, the
petition bei^ffresented before 10:30
p.m., the d^ before elections.
iuture Sections of the Nominat
ing Committee choices will be those
of the B. S. U, president, vice-presi
dent of Student Government, A. A.
president, and Astro and Phi so
ciety presidents, As we go to press
there will be a run-off vote between
candidates Gloria Anderson and
Charlotte Green.
Methodist Students
Meet in Durhom
On February 5-7 the North Caro
lina Methodist Student Mo%’ement
Conference was held at Durham at
the Duke Memorial Methodist
Church. About ten colleges were rep
resented, one of these ten being Mere
dith College. Those who attended
from Meredith were: Betty Ruth
Thorne, Oneta Holder, Helen Evans,
Elizabeth Cotton, Grace Johnson,
and Rebecca Barnes.
The theme of the program was
“Disciplines for Christian Living.”
One of the main projects suggested
by the conference was that the rep
resentatives start “cell” groups on
their home campuses, in which there
were to be four to twelve members,
with one leader, to discuss any prob
lems that confront the college stu
dent.
Professor’sArticle
Printed Recently
Mrs. Melville Corbett Ivey has
had published in “The Saturday Re
view of Literature,” for January 23,
1943, an article, “The Planter
Class.” The iss\ie of the magazine,
devoted to the old South, had Vir-
ginius Dahney and Howard Odum
as its guest editors. Mrs. Ivey
studied under Dr. Odum.
“The Planter Class” is a defini
tion. of a social clftss and its role in
ante-bellum history of the Old South.
It is a complement to Dr. Mildred
Moll’s definition of the poor white,
in an article which appears in the
same issue of “The Saturday Review
of Literature.” Mrs. Ivey’s article
tells of the plantation, with its
slaves, thousands of acres, and large
house; of the planter class, with its
firm belief in JeiFersonian democ
racy, its manners, speech, and in
tellect, of which it was proud; of
the Southern gentleman, who was
well educated, took an interest in
politics, and participated in his
church; and of the economic impor
tance of the plantation, to mention
only a few characteristics discussed.
After studying at Winthrop Col
lege for two years, Mrs. Ivey at
tended the University of North
CiiroHna. There she received her
.\.B. and A.M. degrees, and during
that time she was a research assist-
iint. Mrs, Ivey has also had a year
of further graduate work at Colum-
liia University.
Dr. Ralph A. Herring Is
Religious Week Speaker
Philadelphia
Opera Company
In Concert
Opera To Be Given
February Fifteenth
Tlic Philadelphia Opera Com-
]>nny, which was organized four
,voars ngo will appear in Raleigh
lit the Jfemorial Auditorium on the
evening of Februai*y 15.
This youthful company embodies
four ideals which make for progres
sion in the field of music and opera.
1. Grand Opera in xmderstand-
fibh' oontemporary English.
2, Convincing acting as well as
exquisite singing.
A c-ompany composed of all-
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SOLDIERS AT FRONT
TO RECEIVE CAMELS
Students Given Chonce.To
Send Comfort To Fighting Men
Starting Februai’y 15, through
the cooperation of one of the leading
cigarette manufacturers, packages of
Camel cigarettes will be sent to our
overseas fighting men for free dis
tribution. This patriotic gesture is
one of the things we can do to bol
ster fighting morale. General Mac-
•Arthur himself is quoted as- saying
“American cigarettes—of all per
sonal comforts are the most difficult
to obtain.”
The Student Defense Committee,
backed by the Faculty Defense Com
mittee, is sponsoring the creation of
a special fund to send free cigarettes
to our boys across the sea. Each
student will be given a voluntary op
portunity to contribute to this fund
any amount desired up to not more
than 0J5e dollar.
Through the cooperation of Mr.
Richard Davis and Mr. F. F. Cheek
of the Reynolds Tobacco Co., this
l)lan is being offered.
$1.00 will send 20 packs free
.75 will send 15 packs free
.50 will send 10 packs free
.25 will send 5 packs free
.10 will send 2 packs free
.05 will send 1 pack h-ee
So, come one, come all, let’s do
our bit to bolster fighting morale!
Some one will be around to your
room at the first of the week to
collect, so be prepared.
In True Democraey All
Members Vote in Elections
Spring, the season of birds and
flowers, spring-fever, love and young
men’s fancy, is coming. At Mere
dith spring is also accompanied by
elections.
In these elections all campus
leaders for the following year are
chosen. It is up to the girls to vote
for their leaders, the ones they
want.
At the first election this spring,
in which Sara Mull was elected May
Queen, not quite 300 votes were cast.
In a school of a reputed 500 that
is rather a small vote.
It has been said that more girls
don’t vote because they don’t know
the candidates. This is the special
complaint of freshmen and some
town students. For them it might
be a good idea to have a special can
didates’ bulletin board on which
could be posted a photograph, a
minute biography, and the qualifica
tions of each candidate, l^en the
candidates are introduced during the
chapel, perhaps they should go to
the front of the auditorium. Too
often they stand in the back Tfrhere
they cannot be seen by the entire
student body.
Voters were supposed to have reg
istered recently. However, if they
wish to register now, they can do so
at the discretion of the girls keeping
the polls. Most of those desiring
to register late can validly do so,
_ Ifext time you see one of the elec
tion posters that members of the
poster committee have exerted them
selves over, don’t just say “How
cute!” and pass by. Next time let
it register on jrour brain that there
is an election in which you should
vote to select your representatives
and leaders.
Mereditii B.S.U.
Leaders Sponsor
Week’s Activities
Dr. Ralph A. Herring, pastor of
the Fii*st Baptist Church in Win
ston-Salem, led the activities of the
Meredith College Religious Em
phasis Week this past week.
Di-. Herring was well qualified to
lead the activities. He is well-
known to Baptists of this state luiv-
nig served as president of the Baptist
State Convention, and also to the
Baptists of the South, once serving
fis vice-president of the Southern
Baptist Convention.
The program of each day opened
with morning wateh at 7:10 in the
Rose Parlor, with chapel talks at
10:30 each morning, and evening
services at 7. Students who so de-.
sired had individual conferences,
with Dr, Herring and on .Wednes-,
day alternoon at 4 an open forum
was held and many; challenging,
questions were discussed.
On Tuesday evening at S, an in-
tormal reception was held honoring
Dr. Herring.
Leading figures who made the
week possible were Sarah Jackson
of Mount Airy, president of the Bap
tist Student Union, which union
sponsored the week, Lucille Hay
wood of Mount Gilead, third vice-
president and who was general
chairman of the week. Assisting
her were Marjorie Ailstock of Cov
ington, Va., reporter, Ifelda Fergu
son of Durham second vice-presi
dent, Cornell Brunt of Winston-
Salem, first vice president, Durema
Fitzgerald of Raleigh, music chair
man, and Anna Ruth Dixon of Siler
City Y. W. A. president.
Programs Planned
By Frosh Counselors
The Freshman Counselors, headed
by Evelyn Dillon, have planned foui’
units of programs for the freshmen
during the next semester. The pro
grams will be on various phases of
social life in connection with the'
college.
The topics are—“A Visit to Points
of^ Interest in Raleigh,” “Friend
ship,” to be combined with a party in
March; and “Vocational Guidance,”
the latter of which was formerly
handled by the faculty, but which
was put in charge of the counselors
this year, with the Faculty Com
mittee giving necessary assistance
whenever it is needed.
Miss Alice B. Keith is the faculty
adviser to Evelyn Dillon, and each
counselor baa a faculty adviser. The
members of the Freshmen Council
are Evelyn Dillon, Doris Hamrick,
Doris Jean Leary, Frances Moore,
Georgie Brewer, Ann Kramer, Caro
lyn Base, Don Gilkerson, Cornell
Brunt, Madge Allen, Sara Mull,
Catherine Powell, Kathleen Thomp
son, and Virginia Lee.
^ The programs are designed to as
sist the freshmen in their social life
at Meredith. The future programs
are planned to show the freshmen
the advwtages of attending school
in Raleigh and to enable them to
take advantage of the many places
of interest in the capitol city. Last
semester the programs were ou
school life,^ etiquette, and examina
tions, helping the freshman to be
come adjusted to their new life. The
meetings of the council are held
whenever it is convenient for the
counselors to meat with the fresh
men.