MEREDITH COLLEGE LOIURt
RALEIGH, N, C.
HOSPITALITY
WEEK END
MAY DAY
SATURDAY
Volume XVII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, IT. 0., TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1943
NumbeT ft
Elections of Campus
Officers Completed
Students Cast Finol
BoHots of Yeor 1943
Officers of Agtro Literary Society
are: Xane Odom, president j Carolyn
Kenyon, vice president; secretary,
Marjorio Pittman; treasurer,
Elva Glenn Miller, and sei^cant-
at*arms, Betsy Jean Holt. The
marshalls are Margaret Brewer,
chief; Doris Hamrick, senior; Isa
bel Dillon, junior; and Florinc Led
ford, sophomore marshall.
Other B.S.U. officers chosen are
Peggy Haywood, first vice president;
Elizabeth Shelton, second vice presi
dent; Mildred Thornton, third vice
president; Mary Eliza^th Davis,
secretary; Elizabeth Murray, treas
urer; Jewell Hyatt, Sunday school
director; Rachel Strole, B.T.IT. di
rector; Helena Baker, T.W.A. presi
dent; Margaret Jordan, program
chairman; Annie Catherine Barden,
interdenominational representative;
Beverett Middleton, day student rep
resentative; Mary Elizabeth Wrenn,
music chairman; Nancy Harris,
poster chairman; Annie Mary Mat
thews, B'Hivo manager; and Re
becca Maness, reporter.
Student government elections
chose Betty Rose Prevattd,*. vice
president; Martha Jeffre}^, secre
tary; Christine Webb, treasurer;
and Carolyn Allen, Avis Branch,
Grace Alexander, Doniphan Gilker-
9on, Dorothy Amsdorff, May Cur-
rin, Cleo Glover, Laura Ellen Mc
Daniel, Virginia Ayers, Anna Lon
Toms, Betty Miller, nnd Carolyn
Bass as dormitory omcers.
Additional Acom staff members
elected were Betty Miller, associate
editor; Hannah Savage, senior edi
tor ; Mary Elizabeth Johnson, senioi-
editor; Emily Olive and Hilda
Wilson as junior editors; Mil
dred Blackman, and E!ora Ann Lee
as sophomore editors; Richie Harris,
book review editor; Eleanor Vereen,
business manager; Delano Hall, as
sistant business manager; Marilyn
Ferell, assistant business manager;
Dorothy Turner, art editor; Helen
Beckwith, circulation manager; and
Isabel Dillon, Genevieve Chiffelle,
Rachel Baker, and Mary Currin as
typists.
Oah Leaves staff completed is:
Margaret Jordan, associate editor;
Ann_Carolyn White, senior editor;
Annie Catherine Barden, junior edi
tor; Doris Jean Bowman, sopho
more editor; Ruby Lee Spencer, art
editor; Laura Ellen McDaniel and
Elizabeth Shelton, photograph edi
tors; Laura Frances Peck, business
manager; Virginia Melviu and Mir
iam Shamm, senior business mana
gers ; Bobbie Mavfiold and Mary Lou
Nance, junior business managers;
Kitty Johnson and Helen Hall,
sophomore business managers; and
Mary Alice Turner, Dorothy Arns-
dorff, and Durema Pitzgerald,
typists.
In addition to Sue McZ^eely as
president of the Little Theater,
Elizabeth MclTeil, Christine Webb,
and Page Rankin have been chosen
as the other officers.
2'wig staif includes Betsy McMil
lan and Priscilla Claire Nance as
managing editors; Carolyn Bass and
Peggy I&ywood, associate editors;
Mary Elizabeth Johnson, feature ed
itor; Mary E. Bryant, cartoonist;
/Evelyn Ray, columnist; Jean Davis.
/ musio editor; Dorothy Amsdorff,
^O’rt^ editor; Miriam Small, Lois
/ Edingor, Mary Currin, Doris Tul-
hurt, Mollie Ruth King, reporters;
Gertrude Mills, circulation mana
ger; and Susan Crump, Jean Po-
gram, Doroas Stanley, typists. The
business staff is headed by Carolyn
Ke»yon with Dorothy Snealey, as
sistant manager, and Cleo Glover
and Janie Sue Allen, members.
Counsellors have been appointed.
Transfer counsellors are Lois Eding-
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MAY COURT
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Josepkfne Hn^flies, Xaif InitIs, Sara Mull, Ellsabetli Rign? Eniuia S«therlaMd«
XaithH Lladsar Govid, Cloria Anderson, Jeanette Mc1»anl«l, Vlnfta Penland,
Aanie Catherine Harden.
Faculty Present
Final Program
In Radio Series
On April 12, the thirteenth and
last of H series of radio recitals was
presented by the music department of
Meredith College. In this recital all
the members of the music faculty
participated. The program presented
was as follows;
Duo for Piano and Organ
Piece Hcroiijue Franck
Stuart Pratt at the piano
Dr. Harry E. Cooper at the
organ
Contralto Solo
Die Mainacht....Johaniies Brahms
Wie Melodien Zicht es mir
Johannes Brahms
Beatrice Donley, contralto, ac
companied by Phyllis War-
nick at the piano
Duet for Violin and Piano
Meditation from “Thais,” Mas
senet
Dorothy Alden, violinist
Dorothy Phelps, pianist
Piano Solo
Toccatina, played by the com
poser, Stuart Pratt
Ensemble
0 Lord Most Holy Franck
Beatrice Donley, contralto
Dorothy Alden, violinist
Phyllis Warnick, piano
Harry E. Cooper, organ
PatsyMcLawhorn
Enters Finals
Students Attend
Speech Tournament
Patsy McLawhorn entered the
finals in oratory at the Grand East
ern Speech Tournament held in
Charlotte, April 7-10, and sponsored
by Winthrop College, Rock Hill,
South Carolina. A senior from Vir
ginia Interment won first place.
Twenty-eight colleges, including
Meredith, were represented at the
tournament. Those representing
Meredith were Patsy McLawhorn,
Ruth Rautenstrauoh, and Betty'Lou
McClure.
Miss Bailey served as judge of
several of the events.
Among the events held were ad
dress reading, after-dinner speeches,
extempore speeches, impromptu
speeches, oratory, parliamentary law
drills, poetry reading, problem solv
ing, radio news casting, and de
bating.
First Senior Forum
Held By Mrs. Marsh
Mrs. Vera Tart Marsh conducted
the first informal discussion of the
Senior Forum on Wednesday, April
21, at five o’clock in the rotunda.
Commencement invitations and other
general questions on etiquette which
had been previously submitted by
the seniors were discussed by Mrs.
Marsh.
Suzanne Bagnal is chairman of
the Senior Forum committee. Fur
ther Senior Forums are being
planned by the committee.
I Want to Be a WAAC"
I Want to Be a WAVE"
What do you thmk of joining the
armed forc&sf If you jo%neil, which
branch would you prefer?
In response to those queries it
seems Meredith girls are about evenly
divided. About half think it is the
thing to do after they have finished
school, and the other half would
join if they could help no other way.
Aa to the branch they would prefer
to join, again the students are al
most evenly divided.
Mai'ty Jeffries, sophomore, says,
“I think it’s fine if you have finished
school. If I joined, I would prefer
being a Navy nurse—that is, if I
were a nurse.”
“It’s a wonderful opportunity. I
would prefer foreign service with
the WAAC since I’m not qualified
for a nurse,” is the opinion of Grace
Alexander, junior.
Hannah Savage, junior, avers,
‘*I think that it is a question of
where a person can do the moat
good. I snould consider a college
education prerequisite to a decision
to join. I would prefer beina: a
WAVE."
“I admire very much the young
women who are willing to join the
armed forces. If I were ready to
join, I would like to be a WAaC,”
is the statement of Elizabeth Mur
ray, sophomore. Elizabetb Dowell,
sophomore, states, “I think it is a
good idea for those women who
think they are beet suited for that
kind of service. I personally would
choose the WAAC.”
“If women find that they can’t
do enough in the war effort other
wise, I think that joining the arm^
forces is a fine thing. Personally,
I prefer the WAVES,” is •^e re-
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“Hospitality Week End” at College
To Be Held On Saturday, May 1
SKIT DISPLAYS
FACULTY TALENT
Merriment College Studio
of W.B.T.S. Provides Fun
And Laughs For Students
On Tuesday evening, zVpril 6, at
S:30 o’clock, the Meredith faculty
presented a take-off program en
titled, “W.B.T.S., Merriment Col
lege Faculty, We baffle the sound
«aves.”
The curtain opened onto a de
serted radio station except for the
two janitors, .\mog and Andy (Mr.
Clayton Charles and Mr. JohnRem-
bert). The stationer announcer, Mr.
Harry K. Dorsett, instantly ap
peared to annoimce the time and sta
tion. Dr. Harold McCurdy was the
commcrcial announcer.
Dr. Cliffstone Fnddletwaddle, bet
ter known as Dr. Mary Yarbor
ough, was master of ceremonies for
the “Information Please” progi-am.
Dizzy Dean (Dean Benson Davis);
Dr. Mary Lynch Johnson; Dr.
Hocxis Focus (Dr. Helen Price);
F.P.A. Frances Adams (Miss Mar
garet Kramer); Dr. Quizzenbery
(Dr. Greorge Christenberry); were
the Quiz Kids.
Carlyle Agronsky, Dr. Carlyle
Campbell, gave an interpretation of
Russian Steppe-singing in his brief
news broadcast.
Two wearj’ housewives. Miss Mary
James Spruill and Miss Mary Eliza
beth Moore, showed the need and im
portance of taking
Dr. Harrison E. Cooper-Drooper
(Di*. Harry Cooper) was presented
in a Humanaphone Solo. Miss Eliz
abeth Cameron, the announcer for
Flufsy Suds and Dr. Jennifer Hang*
nail (Mias Jennie' Hanyen), the
^veil-known demonstrator, showed
the importance of always using their
product.
A special broadcast as part of the
celebration of Freshman Orientation
Week was presented with Miss Alicia
Quizzenburry (Miss Alice Keith,)
the questioner. Lilac Bell (Miss Lila
Bell), Leah Oleander Godwin (Miss
Leah Godwin), Mae Blossom Grim
mer (Miss Mae Grimmer), and Eliza
Japonica Dickinson (Miss Eliza
Dickinson), were typical Meredith
freshmen.
-■V short address was given by Miss
Effie Twitch (Mrs. Vera Tart
Marsh), well-known authority on
child psychology, migratory fowl,
and victory menus.
Mr. Pinchot B. Stingy (Mr. B. Y.
Tyner), director of O.P.U., was iii-
tj'oduced but did not have a chance
to lecture because of the interrup-
tion_ by Dr. Julia Harris and Dr.
•Louise Lanham, who requested that
the Mellowtone Trio sing instead.
The Trio, composed of Misses Phyl
lis Warnick, Beatrice Donley, and
Dorothy Phelps, was brought back
for an encore.
A short news broadcast then fea
tured Uptoo Close (Dr. Samuel
Gayle Riley).
Miss Anna Mae Baker, a neat
musician, was featured as a soloist.
'TVatson and Sherlock Holmes,”
a short dramatic skit, was presented
with Mr. John Rembert as Sherlock
Holmes, the cabbie, and various
noises; Mr. Clayton Charles as Wat
son, Grogan, and dull thud; Miss
Frances Bailey as Ann; Dr. Chris-
tenberry intensified sound effects;
and Mrs. Lillian Parker Wallace as
the scream.
Dr. Norman Price interviewed
Merriment College students to see
their reactions to the program. These
students were Carolina Duchess
(Mias Ellen Brewer), Eva Lina
Dilly (Mrs. Ellen Winston), and
(Miss Katherine Holgate).
High School and
Junior College Seniors
To Be Guests
“Hospitality Week End,” a Mere
dith institution of long standing,
comes this year on the first of Mayi
Higb school and junior college sen*
iors, their parents, and the parents
of students already at Meredith, will
be guests of the college. Highlights
of the entertainment will be the May
Day pageant and the Little Theatre’s
spring production, “Our Town.”
Visitors from all over the State are
invited to attend classes Saturdlay
morning and see departmental ex
hibitions. Faculty members will re
ceive guests in their offices from
three to four o’clock in the after
noon.
The committee appointed by Pres
ident Campbell to plan for the visi
tors consists of Carolyn Duke of
Henderson, president of the Student
Government Association, Mrs. Vir
ginia Mitchell, Mrs. Mary McCoy
Egerton, Miss Anns May Baker, and
Dean Benson W. Davis.
The May Day pageant to be pre
sented late Saturday afternoon, un
der the direction of Miss Christine
White, head of the physical educa
tion department, will honor Sara
Mull of Shelbjr as May ^een. Her
maid of honor is Elizabe^ Riggs, of
Durham, and her attendants, select
ed from each class, arei Jeanette
McDaniel of Jackson, and Vinita
Penland of Burnsville from the
senior class; Martha Lindsay Gould
of RaJeigh and Norfolk, and Gloria
Anderson of Ashoboro from the jun
ior class; Emma Southerland of
Wallace, and Annie Ca^erine Bar
den of Rose Hill from the sopho
more class; Mary Harriet Davis
of Winston-Salem, aifd Josephine
Hughes of Grier, S. C., from the
freshman class.
The Little Theater of Meredith
College is presenting for its Spring
Production, the play, “Our Town,”
a Pulitzer Prize play by Thornton
Wilder. It will be given May Day. at
which time the juniors and semors
of the high schools and the Wake
Forest Dramatic Club will be special
guests. A special performance will
also be given for 700 pre-flight cadets
at State College.
The play is best known because it
has no scenery. The setting of the
eiUire play is in Grover’s Corners,
New Hampshire. The cast consists
of;
Stage Manager — Sam Weimer,
Euleigh Little Theater.
Dr. Gibbs Davis Harris
Joe Crowell Bettie Cuthrell
Howie Newsome....Elizabeth Shelton
Mrs. Gibbs Nan Davis
Mrs. Webb Ruth Rautenstrauch
George Gibbs Bob Dalrymple
Rebecca Gibbs Sue McNeely
Wally Webb Helen Scarborough
Emily Webb. Mildred Thornton
Professor Willard....Marilyn Ferrell
Mr, Webb. Perrin Steele
Simon Stimpson Dot Turner
Mrs. Soames...; „Evelyn Bowers
Constable Warren
Annie M. Matthews
Si Crowell Helen Hall
Sam Craig Francis Wallace
Joe Stoddard Virginia Ayers
Baseball players:
Laura Francis Peok, Elva Miller,
Carolyn Allen
Woman in Balcony....Evelyn Dillon
Woman in Auditorium
Betty Rose Prevatt
Today in Box. Hilda Wilson
First dead man Mary Jo Clayton
Second dead man... Betty Miller
First dead woman....Gloria ijiderson
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