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Volume XVII
MEREDTTH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. 0., SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1943
N-uml)er 7
Sbown here are the newlj' el«ct4>d preHtdent of the Stndent tiuvernment As
soelatioDt Gloriu Anderson, nod the newly elected president of the Ba)»tist
Student Union, Charlotte Greeni
Chapter of National
Association Is Formed
Recently tlio oliaptor of
tlie National Office Knnflgcmcnt As
sociation was organized in Raleigh
with jtfr. Clyilc W. ITumphrov of
the collcgo hnsinoss department tak
ing an active part in its formation.
The purposes of the association
are:
]. To promote a free exchange of
iih'as on office organization among
its memhera.
2. To encourage the work of
standardization and to detei’mine,
in so far as possible, general stand
ards of office work applicable to all
iitduAlries.
3. To initiate and effect the ap
plication of scientific methods to
the problems of office organization
and management.
4. To assifit established educa
tional and other institutions to in
terpret the needs of commerce and
industry in so far as the curri
culum of study and training for a
business career is concerned.
5. To establish and maintain a
eloaer fraternal relation l)Ct^veen
executivea and others interested in
the problems of office oi’ganization
and management.
Since the formation of this non
profit organization ill 1919, the As
sociation has attracted to its mem
bership many executives whoso chief
work has been connected with office
management, as well as individuals
having an academic interest in the
subject, and those engaged in the
manufacture and sale of office uppli-
ances and equipment.
Officers of the Raleigh chapter
are:
President—R. 13. Carpentei', of
the Carolina Power and Light Com-
pony.
Vice President—P. T. Stone, of
the Dni'ham Life Insurance Com
pany.
Soeretai'5'—Clyde W. Humphrey,
of the Meredith Cplloge faculty.
Treasurei'—C. P. Tyson, Boylan
Pierce, Inc.
The .board of directors include:
W. L. Mayor of State College, G. J).
Arndt of the North Carolina Cot
ton Growers Cooperative Associa
tion, and R. B. Small, of the Caro
lina Coaoh Company.
College Eligible For
Discussion Contest
Meredith College is eligible for
the National Discussion Contest
sponsored hy the office of the co
ordinator of luter-Ainerif^an Affairs
under the auspices of the Amei’ican
Council of Education. The southern
regional contest will be held at Duke
University, April 27.
The_ representatives, of which
M’eredith may have at least two may
be represented in the -Speech .Mann*
script Contest by writing written
speeches on the subject, “How the
American Rep\iblics are cooperating
in winning the war.” The purposes
of such a contest are to promote
inter-.\mericau friendship and co
operation, to stimulate a nation-wide
study of inter-American affairs, to
insure more accurate knowledge and
intelligent understandiiig of .Yinci'i-
cans South by Amerieahs North,
and to bring about a general aware
ness of how the American Kep\iblies
are cooperating to win the war.
The first-place winners in each
Regional Discussion Contest will
have his expenses paid to and from
the National Finals in Xew York
City, and the first place winners in
the regional discussion contests will
be conducted on a tour of Mexico.
ASTROS PRESENT
WINNING PLAY
"Ladies Afone" Judged
Besf Society Play
For tho first time in three yenvs,
the Astrotekton Society triumphed
in the annual one-act play competi
tion on Thursday evening, Jehruavy
thus depriving the Philaretian
Society of permanent ownership of
tlio loving o\t]) award.
Florabelle Hewett, Elizabeth
•Shelton, and Onie Shields composed
tlie cast of tiie Astros’ hilarious
“Ladies Alone” by Florence R.ver-
Kou. T}io play, directed by Nan
Davis, concerned three bachelor
maidens w’ho forswore dates one
night a month. Committee chair
men for the play were Etta Taylor,
Betty Lutz, Katherine Sutton, Mar
jorie Ailatock, Carolyn Kenyon, and
Betsy McMillan.
I’hi competition was “Red Carna
tions” by Glenn Hughes. Betty
Bose Prevatte directed tho cast,
which included Anna Lou Toms,
Elizabeth McNeill, and JuHa Mar-
grette Bryan. Committee heads for
rhis play were Helen Evans, Mary
Frances "Wyatt, Helen Scaiborough,
Sara Mull, Margaret Long, Laura
Frances Peck, and Richie Harris.
The freshman class added to the
evcning^s entertainment with an
other one-act play, “The Tangled
Web” hy Charles G. Sterns. The
cast included Gwendolyn Krahnke,
llazel Johnson, Marilynn Ferrell,
and Melba Long. Miss Frances
Bailey, head of the speech depart
ment, directed this play, assisted by
committee chairmen, Helen Hall,
Doris Gene Bowman, and Helen
Evans.
Student Government, BSU,
A A, May Court, Heads Elected
Juniors, Frosh
Look For Crook
Ci’ooking began Wednesday night,
JCarch 3, at 10 :45. • The first cine
was presented to the juniors at
bi'enkt'asT Jrurch 3. Ail together
there arc to be three clues leading
to the crook. Freshmen arc invited
to assist the juniors in all crook
activities. The crook was hidden
by Elizabeth Riggs, president of the
senior class, and the juniors have
until 12 p. m., March 24, to find it.
Crooking can bo done only between
10:4') and 12 each night, but it is
not done on Sunday nights.
Miss Carolyn Burr Phelps gave
the crook to the seniors in 1906 to
creato class spirit. In 1913, the
faculty had the crook put away be
cause the class spirit became exces
sive. In 1929j nt eommenceent, it
WHS brought out again, and since
then crooking lias occurred each
year.
Tlie crook will be brought out on
Class Day. The seniors will have
it wrapped in their colors if they
have letaiiied it, but if the juniors
have fonntl and kept it, the crook
will have flip senior colors over a
black how, which represents senior
mourning. When the crook is pre
sented, the colors of tho incoming
senior class are put on it.
Tours of Raleigh
Planned for Frosh
This year for the first (imp, flic
Freshman Counsellors tried a new
project to help tho freshman know
Raleigh better. Tour.s were planned
to the main points of interpst in the
city, and each freshman was asked
to take at least one; moj'c if she
could. The places of interest that the
tours included wore the Capitol, the
State Museum, Olivia Rauey Li
brary, _ Raleigh’s Art Center!' Old
Meredith, tho Governor’s ^FanFiion,
Aiuh'cw Johnson’s home, Raleigh
Little Thoatre, and State Collogp
campus.
RED CROSS DRIVE
TO BEGIN MARCH 15
Sh! Sh! Sh! Sh!
ART CLUB
An art club recontly organized on
the campus, mot February 24 with
Mr. Pratt epoaking on photography.
A constitution is to bo drawn up hy
tho executive eommitteo composed of
Betsy Watson, president; Elizabeth
Shelton, vice president; and Hor-
tonao Liles, secretaxy and tveasurer,
and Mr. Charles and Mr. Rembert,
advisers.
It was a cold dark night. In fact,
it was so cold that even a heavy win
ter coat over an “already pro])arod
for bed” Miss and a “kerchief” over
an “already rolled up” head was not
oven sufficient to keep tlip cold March
winds from biting.
And it was so dark—well, no one
dared venture a yard ahead of the
crowd without a flashlight, and that
flashlight had to have a now sot of
battci'ios or there would have been no
one behind it.
What happened on this cold, dark
night? You mtiat be asking. At last
spriiig had corao and with it had
como crooking! In 1900, Miss Caro
lyn Burr Phelps gave tho crook as n
I)rosont to a senior class. For several
years, its purpose, which was to ere-
oto class spirit, was served well. It
was handed down from senior class
to senior class. Becaiiso such exces
sive class spirit developed, the facul
ty in 1913 decreed that tho old'crook
should rest for a while, Again in
1920 it was brought out from hid
ing — I’oady and eager to have its
place on tho campus once more.
So now you secj what crooking is.
But unless you’ve been a Junior and
actually looked, hoped and found
linos that “might” lead to the crook,
you really can’t understand just why
tho crooking spirit is so deep rooted.
But back again to that cold night.
After looking night after night—and
those hours do count up wlien multi
plied by about thirty loyal Juniors—
Mr. Grogan suggests that wo try
some other place.
And Mr. Grogan may or may not
be throwing ;y;ou off tho trail. His is
rsally^ a hard job; after oach night of
“helping” tho Juniors he must con
sole the Seniors tho next day hy tell
ing thorn just how far off tho Juniors
arc and have been all the time.
The only way to tell whoi’c the
Juniors ore crooking is to wait until
tAvelve o’clock each night and give
them tho “once over.” If they have
snider wobs in their tangled locks,
thc)\ it’s a pretty good guess to say
thc3'’ve been looking in attics or
basoments; if their locka are without
curl, they’ve been oxit in tho dew; if.
their kneea are dirty, the/ve been
crawling on the ground or on some
of tho loss frequented floors. So if
you see any of these evidences of
their prowling, you know the Juniors
havo been crooking.
The Red Cross drive will begin on
the Meredith campua March 15 and
will continue through March 17. The
colleges in Raleigh have as their
quota $3,7i38 and Meredith’s quota
is $.162,50. TJiis is 15 per cent of the
total college quotas. The drive will
bo opened here hy a chapel speaker
^rarcli 15.
Each college drive is headed hy n
major. Mrs. Ivey is the major for our
campus. The stiulent body is organ-
izod into Phi and Astro teams, with
captains for each team. Mary
Frances Kerr is captain of the senior
Astros, Carolyn Allen of the junior
Asti'0>=, Jfargpry Pittmaji of the
sophomore Astros, and Mary Davis
of the freshman Astros.
Tlio .Vs^tro day students are head-
el by Betsy ifcMillon.
Phi senior captain is Anna Ruth
Dixon; junior captain, Margaret
Hollis; sophomore captain, Hilda
Wilson; and freshman, Willa Gray
Lewis. Phi day student captain is
Frances BagM’cll.
The faculty and administration
are organized in the drive, too, the
college maintenance personnel also
M’orking on tho drive.
This year tho quotas have been
raised by a largo amount. For ex
ample, formerly tho Wake Connty
and Raleigh chapters were asked to
contribute eight or nino thousand
dollars, and thia year the quota is
$75,000. For the nation the quota is
$125,000,000.
The Rod Cross is the only organi
zation which actually worka with tho
army on the battlefields. Tho organi
sation not only serves tlie armed
forces; it provides disaster relief,
civilian war aid, foreign war relief,
health, education, and safety serv
ices. Practically everyone knows of
the services roridered by the Rod
Cross in peace-time, htit few realize
the value of the organization to the
armed forces. Many doctors are at
military and naval stations at home
and ovoraeas. Recreation is provided
for convalescents, as are many arti
cles of comfort, such as soap and
toothbrushes.
Gloria Andersou,
Genevieve Chiffene^^
Charlotte Green and
Eliz. Riggs €hogen
In a vun-off lust week, Gloria
Anderson of Asheboro was elected
president of the MererUili, College
Student Government ’Association.
An active and capable member of
the student body, Gloria has been,
in her sophomore year, music chair-,
man of the Baptist Student Union,
secretary of the choir, and on the
business staff of THE TWIG. This,
her junior year, .she is business
manager of THE TWIO and inter
denominational representative of the
B. S. U.
In another recent election, Char
lotte Green was elected, in a run
off with Cornell Brunt, president of
the Baptist Student Union. Vir
ginia Ayers in addition to Charlotte
Green and Cornell Brunt was also
a candidate for the office. Charlotte
is irom Ogbomosho, 2figeria, Africa,
and is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
George Green, missionaries in
^^geria. Her sister, Mrs. Campbell
Xapier of Danville, Va., the for
mer Miss Dorothy Green, was preai-
dent of the Student Government As
sociation in 1940. Charlotte is a
member of the Silver Shield Honor
Society and is this year secretary of
the Student Government Associa
tion.
Genevieve OhifFelle, of Slaters-
ville, R. I., was ebosen as the Ath
letic A.ssociation head for next year.
Having been a member of the asso
ciation for all three years, ahe has
been an active member of the Mono
gram Club.
In another recent election, Eliz
abeth Riggs of Durham was elected
Maid of Honor. Elizaheth, a junior
attendant last year, won the election
over Adelaide Bunker, Sarah Jack-
soji, and Evelyn Bowers.
As we go to press elections re
turns liiive just come in with Betty
Rose Prevatte having been elected
vice pre.sident of the Student Gov
ernment Association, Fannie Mem
ory Farmer, editor of Tiru Twio;
Page Rankin, editor of The Acom,
find Catherine Powell, editor of
'The Oah Leaces.
MISSIONARIES ARE
CAMPUS GUESTS
On Monday and Tuesday of this
week. Dr. Hundley Wiley, of China,
Miss Martha Franks, also of China,
and Mr. Dewey Moore, of Italy,
representatives of the Baptist Por-
cign Mission Board -were gneats on
tho college campus.
Oji the Meredith College campus
these representatives, Miss Franks,
Dr. Wiley, and Mr. Moore held con
ferences with stndents, conducted
several of the i*eligious classes, and
took part in the chapel cxercises.
SOCIETIES HONOR
KIN IN SERVICE
The Aatrotekton and Philaretian
Literary Societies held a joint meet
ing on March 1 at 8 P. M. in the
Astro Hnll, The meeting "was a
tribute to student and faculty
brothers, fathers, husbands, and sons
in the service. There was an ex
hibit of sixty-six pictures of men
in tho service, twenty-aix contributed
by tlio AstrM, twenty-six contributed
by tho Phis, and fourteen contri
buted by tho faculty.'
The gxiest speaker was Col J. W.
Harrelson, Dean of Administration
at State Oollog-o, who spoke on the
peace after this war and how it
should be made.