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EXAMINATiONSt GRADVATION? Volume XVII ASTRO AND PHI INSTALUTION Pledges Taken At Impressive Services On Monday night, Mny 10, both tlie Aatrotektoii and tlie Philaretian Literary Societies held their instnl- lation of new officers. In Astro Hall, all officers, both cll and new, dressed in white, and led by Marguerite Ward, marched to the stage while the Astro song was being played. The old offieerB carried lightel candles, the new officers, iin* lighted ones, while tlie outgoing marshals wore their regalia. After reaching the stage, each marshal in turn placed her i-egaHa on the shoulder of her successor. The in* coming chief marshal is Peggy Brewer, and the others are Doris Hamrick, senior; Isabelle Dillon, junior; and Floriue Ledford, sopho more. Marguerite gave a short talk, and lighting the candle of ' Jane Odom, the incoming president, ad ministered to her the pledge of office. The old officers lighted the candles of the new officers, who ai'e: Carolyn Kenyon, vice president; Marjorie Pittman, secretary; Elva Glenn Mil ler, treasurer; and Betsy Jean Holt, sergeant-at-arms. Jane answered with a short talk and then gave the pledge to her officers. In Phi Hall, Adelaide Bunker, the retiring president, led the proces sional to the platform. All officers were di-essed in white, the marshals thei’' reppliH. Th« installa tion began Willi c» Intnwfci of iJu? vftpaVia tn uit niaj'slirdy, vho aiv: Cctrtieil TiriiJii.,-Wkior: Durriim Fitx- {.'crald, jupior : and I'lll iJwiij. Hiiph'njiort*. Aiii‘lai?'. tiiepkt^o oi -jflicc to Juntt (Continued on page four) MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 21, i043 Number H COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS Sh#wn Above are Dr. Kveliae Jf. Burns, Dr. The«»l«re F. 4lams, huiI Dr. A. P. Hukoo. MUSIC DEPARTMENT IN ANNUAL CONCERT The program for the commence* ment concert, Friday, May 28, is as follows: Piano—The White Peacock..Griffes Betty Rose Prevatte Quartet—Bdoved Night...3achelet Mary Lee Holder Gloria Downing Jane Watkins Betty Jean Donley Piano—Concerto in D Minor (First Movement) Mozart Mary Elizabeth Wrenn Assisted by Stuart Pratt Organ—Menuet-Seherzo Jongen Margaret Roberson Piano—Jeux d’Eau Rauel Beverette Middleton Piano and Organ— Pastorale Guilmant Margaret E^berson-Adelaide Bunker Glee Club— Dedication Pranz Bois Epaie Lully-Stickles Rain. — Curran Twilight -Glen-Shepwood The Wind’s in the South Scott Beatrice Donley, Director Beveretto Middleton, Accompanist SOCIETY NIGHT On next Saturday night at 8:00, the annual Society ITight will be held in the Meredith College Audi torium. The program will open with the processional of old and new society officers. Mar^erite Ward, Astro president, will give the wel come; and Adelaide Bunker, Phi president, will introduce the speaker, Dr. A. P. Hudson of the English Department of the University of North Carolina. Following Dr. Hudson’s speech, there will be the presentation of the medals in the society essay con tests and the various departmental awards. Smniiier School To Be June 7-August 8 This sumniei- Meredith Avill hold a nine-week summer session for the second time in its history. Those who are eligible to come are those who wish to finish school in less than four years; those ivho wish to avoid a crowded schedule during the regular year; students who wish to remove conditions or add credit hours; students who want to lower expenses; and teachers who wish extension or renewal of certificates, Registration will begin in the college library at 2:00 p.m., Monday, ■Tiinp. 7. The session will last until ^ _ r»urii5g t’n; ra.v u - m.- Ojfw I ;'i>t wiil 1m* «!k'wed (.‘.mi'y v . r .p- ;iiOnr? orfhi’tK* oouise.'i. ' ''lic ci/u r)iai V’iu fit- wjim'cd biokf,'-. I'rlijcdtiou, Kn^lish, •rncli, h:;-t-X"V mh;) giivvrn^r.cri*’, geography, ' shorthand and typing, and sociology. Interracial Meeting Attending an interracial con ference in Chapel Hill and Durham, Monday, May 10, were five Mereditli girls : Elva Creech, Elizabeth Riggs, Marjorie Ailstoek, Dae Steele Bul lock, and Ruth Roiitenstrauch. The morning meeting was at the University of Nortli Carolina, and the afternoon meeting was at Duke. At the latter, Ruth Rautenstrauch reported on the survey of the crime class in the Sociology Department at Meredith. This study is concerned with the women in North Carolina jails in 1939-40. 4.A. NEW MEMBERS SIGMA PI The new members recently elected to the Sigma Pi Alpha are Miriam Small, Beverette Middleton, Eliza beth Maynsrd, Mildred Jennette, Hortense Liles, Marty Jeffreys, Ann Kay Kriimer, Janie Cflsli, Sadie Outlaw, nud Cleo Glover. A ijicnic was given for the new and old members on Thursday e\’e- ning. May 13, at the Hut. New members were welcomed and Dr. Moore was elected as sponsor. Friday night, May 14, at 8:30, a meeting was held with the State Sigma Pi Alpha at the Y.M.C.A. at which all saw a movie of the silk iri t)i'' OnpTit. Speakers For Commencement Dr. Burns; Dr. Adams To Deliver Addresses :• .XtftJf.i-io ..i.'j'i). ■ ... Vicf- I'f/'.-i’ilcui, - ..Hcfifc-txry ALPHA PSI INITIATION The Alpha Psi Omega Society hold its regular meeting Wednesday evening, May 13, with the initiation of the following new members: Charlotte Green, Lis: Shelton, first freshman ever to make Alpha Psi Omega, Sue McNeely, Shirley Dick inson, Annie Lide Gilbert, and Christine Webb. Nfew officers for the coming year were also elected. They are: president, Annie Mary Matthews; vice president, Nelda Ferguson; secretary and treasurer, Liz Shelton. After the business ses sion a social hour' followed. The refreshment committee composed of Nelda Ferguson and Evelyn Bowers served, in the form of a luncheon, fried cliicken, tomatoes and lettuce, oils, coffee, and cake. Omkv-u v(i L-f'Hv ;iu!ir»-il. . .Vl.'irv vJ. 'j'lirn:' r'v: ... itiiargei'y College Cheer Leader Frances Wallace....Hockey Manager Hortense Xiles..Basketbail Manager Hazel Johnson....Softball Manager Kitty Johnson., Tennis Manager Sara Hope Moore....Soccer Manager Alexandra Eambis Juliette Kambis Individual Sports Managers Betsy Jean Holt SAvimining Manager Grace Johnson.... Archery Manager Tot Miller Golf Manager Helen Bedon Publicity Manager Laura Frances Peck..Social Director Dae Bullock Monogram Club President Mary Lib Wilkerson College Health Chairman Emily Olive Day Student Representative Margaret Hollis ' Play Day Chaii*man Commeneement speakers for 1948 niclude: Dr. Eveline M. Bums, Chief of the Economic Security and Health Section of the National Re sources Planning Board, who %vill deliver (he address Monday, May 31; and Dr. Theodore Floyd Adams, pastor of the First Baptist Church ot Rielimond, Virginia, who will pieaeli tlie baccalaureate sermon Sunday, May 30. ' Dr. Burns has served for the last three years as Director of Research tor the comprehensive report on Long-Rauge Security, Work, and Relief Policies, which the National .^sources Planning Board will pub lish soon. She has been a member of the Graduate Department of Economics at Columbia University, and has taught in the London School of Economics, She has been a citi zen of this country for several years. After being in Germany in 1933 to 1034 making a study of German Unemployment Relief Policies, she was sent in 1937 to England, by the Committee on Social Security of the Social Science Research Council, to conduct a like study of British Un employment and social insurance policies. Dr. Burns is the author of Wages and the Stale, hvivard Social Security, British Unemployment Proffram. and she is joint author ICrviwmir: liY'ri'f/. Shohii. :oiitri})U(,cd tt' tcohnl- ODD CLASS HOLDS AmVAL CLASS DAY On Satui'day afternoon, May 29, the annual Class Day will be held by the graduating class. The event will take place at 4:30 o’clock. The theme of the day is centei-ed around tho song, “Dem Bones Gonna Rise Again,” the song of the odd-year class. A graveyard scene will be the setting. Inscriptions and epitaphs will be in the form of prophecies. Assisting their big-sister class will be the sophomores carrying the tra ditional daisy chain, which they will make early that morning. The program is as follows: wel come, senior class singing to their former big sisters, sophomore class singing to the seniors, presentation of the crook to the president of the senior class, presentation of the senior gift to the scliool, and the senior class giving bones to the little sisters. ;Oi(j , ; in rr/i‘v:ji; il;l I n CV.IlSlJlt:; 'H/ii.v ijiynt ‘ ■ ‘I * tllC'l ' Roman customs such as rcciining on couches, wearing sandals and 'n.f cwi.'sii (’1,1 1 having slaves were carricd out. Tlie slaves were servants to the seniors. Dr. Price presided over the wine (gi'ape jnice) bowl determining how much water should be added, accord ing to the Roman custom. All mem bers of the club wore “togas.” Ml/S/C CLUB PROJECT The MacDowell Music Chib has been conducting a campaign to re decorate the listening room, not only for the sake of beautifying the room itself, but for more listening enjoy ment for all the students. The club hopes to purchase tapestries for the walls and a thick rug for the floor. The faculty has contributed $50 and the club has been promised $23 more. Meredith Lasses Will Toil Summer vacation is almost here— three whole months of it. Time was when Meredith girls would waste it all. They’d lie around sipping cool lemonade and reading light litera ture, never ha^'ing' energy enough for even sports beyond lying on sunny sands somewhere, soaking up a tan. And when they came back to school—“Had a wonderful time this summer. What did I do ? Oh-^ nothing.” But this summer will be different. There’s a war, you know, and they’ve heard about it. They have to do something besides sit and hold thoir hands or "let somebody else hold ’em.” Meredith girls are all making' plans for this summer, vigorouis plans and worthwhile plans. Girls who aren’t going to summer school— at Meredith, Carolina, Columbia, etc.—are going to work. They’ll work at typewriters, behind counters, maybe even behind plows, who knows? Surah Yates has to take care of eight younger brothers and sisters, including a new pair of twin brothers. Millie Thornton is going to work in her father’s office at Columbia University. Betsy Mc Millan is going to work in the morgue—at the Netos and Obseriier office._ Margaret Hollis will be working at a playground. Other girls “don’t know where, but they are going to find a job doing some thing!” The gii'ls who go to sum mer school will have plenty of work to do. Meredith ^rls will be busy this summer, working and studying. Leisure time will also bo too precious to waste. Cheerful letters will have to be written; busy mothers will appreciate a helping hand. And when Meredith gii-la find time for “fun” they will thoroughly- enjoy it. The whole summer will be fun. September 18 will find girls ready for more work and more play; re freshed by a three-months change, and with a happy feeling inside about having done their part, even during vacation. . . I . t') fov'r&l "■ '")n in'-hjJnifV !6ifiiu,i;t'-.r Tin I the Projects Administration, t he Federal Reserve Board, and the Treasury. She has served as a Principal Economic Consultant to the Social Security Board, and has been a vice president of the American Associa tion for Social Security, and of the Consumers League of New York. At one time. Dr, Burns was president of the latter organization. Dr. Adamig was educated in tho public schools in McMinnville, Oregon; Lebanon, Indiana, and Hammond, Indiana. • He received a B.A. from Denison University, a B.D. from Rochester Theolo^cal Seminary, a D.D, from the University of Richmond, a D.D. from Denison University, and a D.D. from tho College of William and Mary. He has held pastorates in Cleve land, Toledo, and Richmond. He was pastor of the Cleveland Heights ' Baptist Church from 1924-1927, of the Ashland Avenue Baptist Church iu Toledo, Ohio, from 1927-1936, iind has been pastor of the First Baptist Church in Richmond since 1036. Dr, Adams is chairman of the Board of Trustees at Virginia Union University, which is an outstanding school for Negroes; a member of the Board of Trustees of Denison Uni versity in Granville, Ohio; on the Executive Committee of the Baptist World Alliance; and on the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Bap tist Convention. Dr. A. P. Hudson, of the English Department of the University of North Carolina, will speak Society Night, May 39; and Mrs. M. T. l^nkin, missionary to China, will give Ae alumnae address, Saturday morning. Senior Vespers Senior Vespers will b© held on Sunday night. May 80. At this tim« the seniors, carrying white candles; will march down into the grove where the vespers will be held.