MREI>n'H COLLEGE UMRMt
Spring
Term
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Volume XVII
MEKEDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N". 0., SATURDAY, UAY 8, 1943
Number 10
Meredith Girl Is Winner
::
“Our Town”
Is Presented
Special foaUu-a of Hospitality
Week End, May 1-2, was tlic spring
production of the Meroditli Little
Theater, Our Town, by Thornton
Wildev. The play was presented to
500 Pr«j-fliglit cadets from State Col-
leigo on Friday evening and to an
audience of nearly 1,000 Meredith
studente and their visitors on Sntur-
day night.
Miss Frances Bailey, head of the
Speech Department, directed the
play. Male leads were David Harris,
Robert Dalryinple, and Perrin
Stoele, from State College, and Sam
Weimer, of the Raloigh Little Thea
ter. Mildred Thornton, UTan Davis,
Buth Rftuteustraueh, and Sue Mc-
Neely portrayed the feminine lead
ing roles.
Supporting them were Dorothy
Turner, Betty Outhrell, Eliznbetlv
Sholton, Helen Scai'horougli, Mari
lyn Ferrell, Evelyn Dillon, Betty
Roso Prevatte, Hilda "Wilson, Evelyn
Bowers, Annie Mary Matthews,
Helen Hall, Laura Frances Peek,
Elva Millor, Carolyn Allen, Francos
Wallaco, Virginia Ayers, Shirley
Dickinson, Hazel Johnson, Mary Jo
Clayton, Betty Miller, Gloria Ander
son, Betty Lou McClure, Geraldine
Couch, Helen Evans, Annie Lide Gil'
bert, Ann Ray Ki-amer, Avis Branch,
Gwendol^ Krahnko, Eleanor Ve-
reen, and Durema Fitzgerald.
Assisting on the production of the
play were Shirley Diokinson, Hazel
Johnson, Margaret HolUs, Christine
Webh, Cathorlne Powell, Emma
Charles Foster, Mary Alice Turner,
Louise Sanderson, Betty Lou Mc>
Clui*e, Betsy ‘Wataon, Eleanor Ye*
reen, Helen Bedon, Gertrude Pierce,
Betfly Hatch, Elfeanor Loftin, Vir
ginia Lee, Lilbourne Miashew, Hilda
Wilson, Gwendolyn Ki-ahnke, Pris
cilla. lirance, Doris Gene Bowman,
and Betty Miller.
Annie C. Barden
Wins Grand Prize
The annual Textile Exposition
and Style Show was held April 2D,
1043, Pnllen Hall. Seven sdiools
were represented; Flora Mncdonnld,
Greensboro, High Point, Lonisburg,
Peace, St. Mary’s, and Mereditli.
Annie Catherine Barden from
Meredith was winner of the gi'and
prize, for which sixty girls were com-
]>eting. Other prizes going to Mere
dith included: first prize, Gwendo
lyn Krahnko; second pi-ize, Jo Dor-
aett j and third pri;!o, Ruby Lee
Spencer.
Girls from Mereditli entering the
contest were from the freshman
clothing class. They were Mildred
Colvard, Mildred Allen, Mary Eliza
beth Banks, Amiie Catherine Bar-
flen, Isabelle Britt, Dorothy Benton,
Kntie Carpenter, Jo Dorsett, Ln
Monna Gattis, Delano Hall, Hazel
Johnson, Gwendolyn Krahnke, Peg
gy Mftjette, Annie Laurie Smitli,
Emma Sutherland, Ruby Lee Spon
ger, Dorothy Stone, and Lurlyno
Woodard.
Of the sixteen years that State
has been sponsoring the Style Show,
Meredith has won grand prize ten
years. The Inst time was in 1941
when Emmogene Shields, who is now
working in High Point, carried
nway the honors..
The dresses were modeled for the
students Thursday morning during
the chapel period and were on dis-
])lay in the Homo Economics lab.
Saturday afternoon for the benefit of
students and guests of May Day.
Many of the students designed their
ow dresses for the Style Show.
This year for the first time the
Home Economics Department is
showing an exhibit of the Meredith
prize winners for the years it has
been entered in the Style Show.
These pictures, beginning with the
year 1932 and coming up to the pres
ent, may be seen in the Home Eco
nomies Exliibit case in the Soience
Building.
RECITAL PRESENTED
The Music Department of Mere
dith College presented Adelaide
Bunker and Margaret Roberson in a
joint recital in the College Audi
torium, Friday evening, May 7, at
8 ;00 o’clock,
Both girls are from Mt. Airy and
arc public school music majors. Ade
laide is a student of Mr. Pratt and
Dr. Cooper, and Margaret is a stu
dent of Dr. Cooper. The program
consisted of the following numbers:
Piano—
Prelude and Fugue in B flat
major (from the Well-
Tempered Clavichord) Bach
Sonata in G minor, Op. 22
Schumann
Presto
Anclantiua
Allegro Molto
Organ—
Prelude and Fugue in G ma
jor Bach
Can7onco Guilmant
Minuet-Saberzo Jongen
A. A. Breakfast Held
The annual breakfast of the Ath
letic Association was held at the
chimney, Thursday morning, May
0. Members of the old and new
boards were present. In addition to
Mies White, Miss Cameron, Miss
Dickinson, advisers to the Athletic
Association, Miss, Baker, Miss God
win, and Doan and Mrs. Davia were
also special guests,
The menu consisted of grapefruit,
ham, hard-boiled eggs, toast, jelly,
and coffee.
CHOIR SINGS
EASTER MORN
On Sunday morning, April 25, at
C :40 a.m., the first Interdenomina
tional Easter snnrise service, spon
sored by the Raleigh JLinisterial As
sociation, was held,, at the ampliithca-
^re of the Raleigh Little Tlieater.
Tlie acrvieo began witli. a trumpet
solo hy Harold Frazier, which an
nounced the coming of dawn. Around
1,500 Raleigh residents attended the
scrvice.
The Rev. A. J. Hobbs, pastor of
the Edenton St r e 6 t Methodist
Church, read the Scripture lesson.
'I'he service was presided over by the
Rev. M. 0. Sommers of the First
Presbyterian Church.
Some 30 members of the Meredith
Choir, under the direction of Dr.
Harry E. Cooper, gave the musical
program with Durema Fitzgerald
accompanying. The solo part.s were
taken by Mary Lee Holder, Jane
Watkins, and Betty Jean Donley.
The choir sang “Welcome, Happy
Morning,” by Sullivan, and "Glovy
to God,” by j?ergalesi. They also led
the congregation in the singing of
other hymns.
The Easter message was brought
by the Rev. 0. H. ]5uvliam, aujjply
pastor of the First Baptist Church.
The serA'ice ended with the re
cessional hymn, "Christ is Risen,” by
Guruey.
Annual Meeting
of I.R.C. at Duke
The annual district meeting of the
IN’orth Carijlina Inteniational Re
lations Clubs was held at Duke Uni
versity last Friday night, the 30th
of May, iinder the joint sponsorship
of the Duke and Meredith clubs.
Representatives from fivo colleges:
Wake Forest, Carolina, State, Duke,
and Meredith M'ere present at the
meeting. The program consisted of
a pftncl discussion on ‘^Political
Problems of tlie Post-war World,”
led by Mrs. Wallace of Meredith.
Other members of the panel were Dr.
Van Becherath of Duke, Dr. Katsoff
of Carolina, Dr. Clantz of Wake
Forest, Dr. Manchester of Duke, and
Professor Links of State College. Re
freshments were served at the close
of the meeting.
The delegates from Meredith in
cluded Onio Shields, Ethel Chifi'elle,
Grace Alexander, Juliette Kambis,
Alexandra Kambis, Jean White,
Evelyn Hampton, Emily Olive,
Mary Sorrell, Dorothy Arnadorff,
Mary Elizabeth Comer, and Pacc
Rttnkin.
Colorful Fiesta Given On May Day
OAK LEAVES BREAKFAST
Members of tho old and new Oal:
Leaves stafl's met for breakfast at the
chimney on Wednesday moniing.
May 5. Dr. Harris, faculty adviser
of tho Oah Leaves, Miss Baker, and
Miss Kramer were also present as
special guests.
Oranges, ham, hard-boiled eggs,
toast, jelly, butter, and coffee were
served.
This breakfast is an annual event,
taking place in the spring after tho
new staff of the OaJe Leaves, the
Meredith annual, is elected.
Informal Reception
Tlio Meredith College Stndent
Gftvernment, Baptist Student
Union, and Atliletic Assoclntlon
enterUlncd tlie studeuts and
tlieir HOHpltallty Week End
miests ttt nn Informal imrty on
Sattirdaf CTenhigr, May 1. Ap
]iroximatel7 Beventf'five guests*
hlffh school and Junior college
seniors, and about tVFo hnndred
students attended. The Mar
Qiieen, Sarali Mnll, and her Sfald
of Honor, ElkalMth Biggs, pre
sided at the pnnch bowls. Mnsio
was provided hy the FreshniHii
4{aartet Dr. Carlyle Campbell,
Uloria Anderson, Charlotte
Oreen, and Qenny Chlffelle wel«
cnmed the quests and made them
feel at home.
Biology Head Leaves
Dr. George Christenberry, who
was head of the Biology Departs
ment, left on April 80 to go to Green
ville, South Carolina. There ho will
be Professor of Physios in tho Army
Pre-flight School of FiU'man Univor-
sity. This school serves as a basic
training center for army air cadets
and lasts for five-month pei’iods. Dr.
Christenberry was accompanied by
Mrs. Christenberry, and daughter,
Becky Ann.
Little Theatre Names
New Pledges; Members
Evelyn Bowers, president of the
Mpedith College Little Theater for
tliis year, announced the names of
the new pledges and members of the
Little Theater between acts of Onr
Town last Saturday night. New
pledges are Frances Wallace, Mary
Alice Turner, Emma Charles Fos
ter, Louise Sanderson, Gertrude
Piercc, and Fannie Memory Farmer,
i^ew members are Laura Frances
Peek, Mildred Thornton, Hazel
Johnson, Betty Miller, Gloria An
derson, Betty Lou McClure, Ruth
Rautenstrauch, Margaret Hollis,
Oi'fie-Shields, Helen Bedon, Carolyn
Kenyon, and ITat Woodward.
OFFICErTfOR 1943-44
INSTALLED RECENTLY
For the past three Tuesdays tho
major organizations have held their
installations at the chapel period.
Tuesday, April 19, the Student Gov
ernment offlcei's were installed. After
a short talk Carolyn Duke, of Hen-
dei’son, administered the oath of
office to Gloria Anderson, of Ashe-
bovo, incoming president. In a brief
talk, tho new president emphasized
fbc fact that tho students are re
sponsible for tho success of student
government. She then administered
tho oath to tho new memloers of the
Student Council.
On April 26, the Baptist Student
Union installation was held,, with
Charlotte Green, of Ogbomosho,
Nigeria, West Africa, succeeding
Sarah Jackson, of Mt. Airy, as presi
dent. The now ofEcers of tho organi
zation quoted verses of Scripture aa
tho new president lighted candles
which thej' held.
On May 4, the officors of the
Athletic vVssociation were installed.
Genny Chiffelle, of Slatersville,
Rhode Island, succeeded Iona Kemp
Knight, of Madiaou, as president.
Many Departments
Participate In Event
A colorful May Day fie-sta brought
the spirit of a Latin American holi
day to the Meredith College campus
on May 1. Hundreds of visitors ap
plauded the carnival gaiety of the
May court, the bright colors, the
rhythmical music of I^itin America,
the gay dances, ond the beauties of
the Queen and her attendants. The
gay festivities of May Day were pro-
videtj with new life and color boi*-
rowed from our neighbors in the
South.
Music in the Southern manner
wag provided by the Glee Club,
directed by Miss Beatrice Donley,
and the strolling singers, the Mere
dith freshman quartet. Beverette
Middleton, Rosalind Sannella, Eliza
beth Shelton, and Mary Elizabeth
Wrenn furnished the accompani
ment for the songs and tho dances.
The dances, directed by Miss Eliza
Dickinson, Miss Elizabeth Cameron,
and_ Miss Christine WJiite, were El
Pericon (The Large Fan), Samba
Brasileiro (tho Samba), Paral de
Mayo (The May Pole), and La
Cucaraeha, (Tiio Cockroach). The
songs wore “Chiapanecas,” and ‘^La
Cucaracha, "which provided back
ground for two of the dances, and
“Doing the Samba,” the number by
the freshman quartet.
The May Queen and her attend
ants were: Sarah Mull, Queen; Eliz
abeth Riggs, Maid of Honor; Jean
nette McDaniel, Vonita Penland,
senior attendants; Martha Gould,
Gloria Anderson, junior attendants;
Annie Catherine Bardbn, Emma
Southerland, sophomore attendants;
and Josephine Hughes, Maiy Har
riet Davis, freshman attendants.
Mr. Clayton Charles and Mr.
John Rembert arranged the stage
sotting and the program design. The
committee for May Day was com
posed of Betsy Jean Holt, Margaret
Roberson, Betsy Watson, Mary
Elizabeth Wilkerson, Miss Dickin
son, Miss Cameron, and Miss White.
Seniors Honored At Tea
Mrs. J. M. Broughton, wife of the
governor, honored the seniors of
Peace, St. Mary’s, and Meredith at a
tea on Wednesday afternoon, May 5,
from 4 ;30 until 5:30. Tho tea,, a reg
ular occurrence for the past several
years, was held in tho Governor’s
Mansion. Among the invited guests
were Dr. and Mrs. Carlyle Camp
bell, Dean and Mrs. Benson W.
Davis, Dr. and Mrs. George Chris-
tenbeny, Dr. and Mi-si Sanfoi-d
Winston, and Miss Anna Mae Baker,
Evidences of Spring Appearing Evel^ywhere
Suddenly realizing there is loss
than a month loft of school, Mere
dith students are complaining obout
term papers, book reports, and paral
lel reading reports, which aro duo
very soon, It won’t be long now
before the panic of examinations
starts. But in spite of all the vigor
ous research in the library, the groat
number of books chocked out^ and
the popularity of the i-esorvo reading
room, Meredith girls are listening to
the call of Spring.
As if by magio, skirts and sweaters
have disappeared, their places taken
by gay prints, cool blouses, or play
suits. Sports are more popular than
they have been since September. Al
most any day the third-floor porches
are to be seen filled with prostrate
girls worshiping the Sun. Ifew and
becoming shades of oomplescion ap
pear, along with a few mistakes of
the aun like blistered noses or tender
shoulders. The call of the great out
doors is as strong as that of study
ing, and books are forgotten in -^jj/e^’
more delightful duty of taking a'
walk for one’s health.
In the spring, a young girl’s fancy
lightly turns to thoughts of . . .
Books? Well, exams aro coming 1
Homo ? Only three weeks left; Mail!
That’s ahvoys important. Males i
Just look around and you’ll see . . .
uniforms! It is easy to forget every-
tiling you ought to remember when
spring is hero, Spring haa been so'
long in coming, it is even more en
trancing than usual. Or could it be
that we love its beauty as a contrast
to the disti'ess and ugliness of war?
It is much easier to forget the war
when warm breezes sneak in your
window and invito you out, when the
sun shares its warmth, luring you
frm your oarea and making you
think nothing matters except the
glorious beauty of spring in a land
as yet untouched by the deep ravages
of war. We,'d better take advantage
of the spring while it laets. Hot sum
mertime will soon be here 1