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Thankigiving
Thanktgiving
Volume XVIII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20,1943
Number 4
Leaders of War
Stamp Campaign
Mm. Vei‘0 Tart Marsh, business
manager and faculty adviser for
the War Savings Committee, has an
nounced tho following organization
for 1943-44. President Ana Ray
Eramer is sponsoring for tlic senior
class, with Captain Mnrgaret Webb
Bcrvij^ as chairman. Htta Taylor
and Virginia Melvin ai-e tho senior
lieutenants. For tbe junior class,
president Hortense Lilea ia sponsor,
with Laura Frances Peck as cap
tain, and Eileen Hoggard and
Dorothy Shealy as the lieutenants.
The sophomore class has as its
sponsor president Mary Jo Clayton.
The captain is Mary Davis, and the
lieutenants are Delano Hall tmd
Jewell Eatman. President Nancy
Gates is sponsor for the freshman
olas, with Etra Page as captain, and
Ruth Martin and Betsy Paul
Telverton as the lieutenants. The
plan is that the captains-and lieu
tenants sell saving stamps to mem
bers of their claascs, the day student
lieutenants selling only to day st\i-
dents within their classes. The
college is the financial sponsor for
the campaign, and ua sodn as the
various class groups sell the allot-
ment of stamps, the money will be
reinvested for further wav stamp
sales.
Y.W.A. SECRETARY HERE
Mias ICatheryn Abee, young
people’s secretary of the Y.W.A. of
North Carolina, visited on the
campus ThiU’sday, Ifoveniber 11.
Dxiring the afternoon she held con
ferences with the general oiTicei's of
the Y.W.A. and helped make plans
for the rest of tho year. Tho Y.W.A.
is planing a mission study class
November 29j 30, and December 1
in connection with the Week of
Prayer for foreign missions which
is held November 29 through De
cember 4.
Inter-racial, Inter-denominationar Convention
Considers Future Peace of the World
Meredith is participating in a
convention which is being licld in
Salisbury November 19-2j. This
convention has as its topic “Building
Tomorrow’s World Today” and hna
been called an “Adventure in Ap
plied Christianity.” It is to be inter
racial and inter-denoininiitiotial.
Catawba and Livingston colleges ni'ij
acting as hosts to the delegates from
the various colleges. When the call
to the convention was issued,
fourteen eollcgos had already signed
the call as favoring participation
in such a convention, Various clubs
ond organizations of the colleges will
be represented. Meredith will have
delegates from the Baptist Student
Union and from tho International
Relations Club.
The conference is under the
auspices of tho American Friends
Servicc Committee and North
Carolina’s Council of Churches.
In issuing the call the following
statemont M'as made: “All of us
know that our world is sick today,
Tile symptoiiis of its illness are ha
tred, fear, and wide-spread violence.
Many of us also IwUevc that tho
healing, processes must begin today
if we aro to achieve the kind of
w’oi'kl we want tomorrow. We be-
live that world health can and will
comc only through replacing hatred
and fear with intelligent nnderatand-
ing and Clii'istian fellowship.*’
8'peakera for the conference are:
Carl Hambro, president of the As
sembly of the League of Nations aud
president of the Norwegian Parlia
ment^ Anup Singh, noted writer and
speaker oji India and the Far East;
Rayford Logan, acting dean of the
graduate scliool of Harvard Uni
versity; and E, Raymond Wilson,
executive secretary of the Friends
Conunittcu on National Legislation.
W.M.V. Leader Sends Letter
Misa Carrio U. Littlejohn, princi
pal of the Woman’s Missionary Union
Training School, located at Louis
ville, Kentucky, recently sent an in
teresting communication to Mrs.
Vera Tart Marsh, registrar of Mcre-
ditli College. The letter contained
information concerning the work of
Meredith graduates now enrolled at
the Training School. Tho gi-aduatcs
arc: Margaret Jane Childa, Ella
Sue Gravitte, Louiae Paschall, Ethel
Brown, Evelyn Hampton, Zubie
Inglej Daphne Penny, Mrs. Myra
Motley, and Mrs. Elizabeth Tucker
Wagoner.
Mias-I/ittlojohn stated in her let
ter that North Carolina is repre
sented by the lai-gest number of
students from any state. It was also
hor opinion that Meredith College,
likewise, leads other institutions in
the number of volunteers for train
ing in Chrisian service.
This Is What We’re Fighting For
Thanksgiving I What does it make
you think off Turkey, golden brown
and regal in its stuffing .. . dressing
with onions in it . . . cranberry
sauce . . . rice with rich gravy, with
eggs cut up in it. . . garden peas . . .
pumpkin pie . . . mince pie? Or
maybe you thuik of football games
. . . sport clothes .. . soft drinks ,..
peanuts , . . crowds . , . cheering.
If you have a lot of loving relatives,
Thanksgiving will probably bring up
memories of family dinners, with
everybody there . . . sitting around
the table for hours . . . going for a
walk in the aftomoon to wake your
self up . . . enjoying hash for sup
per even though you thought you’d
never oat another bite. Or maybe
Thanksgiving for you is just tho
beginning of the holiday season . . .
starts you to looking forward to
Christmas and New Year’s... makes
you think of Christmas shopping,
addressing aud mailing Christmas
cards.
If you remember your history.
Thanksgiving will make you think
of the pilgrims, and tho Indians^
having a feast in thanksgiving
for their blessings, It will make you
think of democracy . . . freedoni
of worship . . . freedom from want
. , . freedom from fear. If you are
happy you will tliink of thanking
God. If you are unhappy, you will
grumble, “Thanksgiving doesn’t
mean a thing to me.”
If you are a nature lovor you
will think of the glory of autumn
loaves, and the orisp cool tang of
tho air . . . walking on crunchy
leaves . . . smelling woods smoke
from burning traah ... the unexpect
ed warmth of sunshine in a sheltered
spot... hair blowing in the wind ...
ruddy chceks and noses . . . spark
ling eyes . . . overcoats. Thanks
giving heralds tlie iit;niediate arrival
of winter.
If you ore a student you naturally
think of vacation when Thanksgiv
ing is mentioned. You think of
going homo . . . homo . . . home . . .
everybody will be there ... go to
church on Thursday morning and
feel like Sunday the rest of the
day . , . all-tlie other students home
too , . . planning for Christmas.
This year the thought of Thanks
giving brings an acho to many a
heart. Thanksgiving dinners won’t
be 80 elaborate this year. No family
dinners. Only ono day’s vacation,
and the public schools don’t even got
that. Travel conditions make it im
possible often to go home, to go to
football games, to visit relatives.
You think of the suffering of people
ovor there who don’t have enough
food, much leas Thanksgiving din
ners.
Thanksgiving symbolizes all that
we’re flghing for . . . the peace wo
long to return to ... the joy we want
everyone to havo. This year soldiers
flud factory workers, and other busy
people will go to work as usual . . .
Thanksgiving—just another day.
But if they do think of what Thanks
giving used to be . . . what Thanks
giving means to Americans . . . they
work all the harder with a grim
renewed determination to make
Thanksgiving coma true again, to
have again a eountry-wide, perhaps
even world-wide, oooasion for giving
thanks.
New Meredith Clubs
Organized Now
Tlie Athletic Association of Mere
dith College has added two new
activities to its roster which are
the Creative Rhythms Club and the
Folk Club. Sponsoring the Creative
Rhythms Club aro Miss Elizabeth
Cameron and Miss Nell Forbes, as
sistants in the department of physi
cal and health education. Mias Doris
Peterson, director of the department
of physical and health education, is
serving as sponsor of tho Folk Club.
Both groups have received en
thusiastic response from the student
body. In spite of the fact that tho
two initial requirements, namely, a
“0” average and a willingness to
work, were rather exacting, thirty-
eight gii'ls tried out for the Creative
Rhythms group iind fifty girls are
working hard to become members
of the Folk Club.
As soon aa tryouts aro completed
tho membership and officers of both
cluba will be announeod. Regular
practice periods have been set for
botli groups — Creative Rhythms
Club meets from 7:30 to 9.'30 Wed
nesday nights and Folk Club meets
from T :00 to 9 :00 Tuesday nights.
Folk Club is still open for tempor
ary mcnibership.
DAY STVDEISTS HOLD
SOCIAL IN HUT
Thxirsday, November 11, from
7 ;30 to 9 :30, the Hut was the scone
of a gay and exciting day student
party, with about thirty people pres
ent, Tho theme was “Meredith
Wacs.” Each guest, after knocking
for admittance, was met by one of
the military police including Myra
Miller, Isabelle Britt, Mary Jo Wil
liamson, and Evelyn Straugh, The
guests were then led to tho recruiting
officc, where they were classified in
rank according to classes. Freshmen
were recruits, sophomores were pri
vates Urst okas, juniors wore cor
porals, and seniors wore sergeants.
They were given their respective
stripes. After a line-up for inspec
tion, at which a letter was read from
adviser Maj. Mary Yarbrough, giving
eJ^licit directions as to what was ex
pected of Morodith Wacs, games car
rying out the theme of the party
wore played. The Wacs then marched
to tho mess hall for refreshments of
drinks and doughnuts. During the
evening entertainment was provided
by P.F.C. Connie Redwine, who sang
“You’re in the Army Now,” “Night
and Day,” and other popular selec
tions, and by Eileen Hoggard at the
piano.
Tho party was planned and ar
ranged by the day student, social
chairman,, Betty Lou Deaton, and
her committee.
RUTH BRYAN OWE!V
SPEAKS HERE DEC. 1
Ruth Brynu Owen, LL.D., L.H.D.,
^vill lectnro here Wednesday night,
December 1. She was born in Jack
sonville, III., and is the daughter
of William Jennings Bryan. Mrs.
Owen ^vas a Lyceum aud Chautau
qua lecturer from 1919-1928. She
served as congresswoman in tlie 71st
and 72nd Congresses, representing
the fourth Florida district. She wua
appointed Eiwoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to
Denmark, 1933-1936. Mrs. Owen
is a member of the League of Ameii-
can Penwomen, Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Club, D.A.R.,
Women’s Overseas League, Delta
Gamma aud Chi Delta Phi. She
is tho author of Elements of P‘iiblic
Spea/dng, Leaves from. Greenland
IHary, Dcmnarh Qwravan, The
Castle in the SUver. Wood, and
Picturc Tales from. Scandinavia.
Art and Literaiy
Societies To Meet
Meredith students will bo inter
ested in the arumal State Literary and
Historical iVssoeiation, and Art So
ciety meeting's to be held at tho Sir
Walter Hotel on Tlinrsday, Decem
ber S.
At the Literary and Historical
nuietings the speakers will be Mrs.
luglis Flctcher, author of Rahiyh'n
EdC}^ who will open the convention
with an address on “Tho Function
of the Historical Novel,” and at the
evening session Virginius Dabnoy,
editor of The Ilichinond 'Times-Dis-
patch, on the subject, '‘Let tho South
Solve its Race Problem.”
Also, Charlie Huss of the State
Department of Ai'chivoa and Historj
will make a report. Mrs. Ford S.
Worthy of Washington, N. 0., a
member of tho Mayflower Society
Club will rcviow North Carolina au
thors and their books, and Paul
Greon will deliver the presidential
address Thursday night when the
Mayflower winner will be announced.
In tho Virginia Dare ballroom at
the Sir Walter Hotel on December
1, the Art Society will hold its meet
ing. William F. Davidson, vice presi
dent of the Knodler Galleries in Now
York, will speak. A preview and re
ception will be held afterwards in
the Art Society galleries in the State
Library Building.
Meeting concurrently with these
groups will be tho Folk-lore Society,
the Archaeological Society and the
Society for the Preservation of An
tiquities.
Orchestra
Orchestra practice time has been
changed from Tuesday to Wednes
day evening at 8 o’clock in the
a^iditoi’ium. .
Little Theatre
Presents Fall
Production
On the niglit of November 23, tho
MercdUh College Little Theatre will
present its fall play, “Ladies in Re
tirement.” It is in three acts
and Was written by Edward Percy
and Reginald Denham.
Wlien I^eonora Fiske allowed
Ellen Creed, her honselceoper, to
bring two sisters fi-om London to
Estuary House, she little knew what
was in store for her. By the strange
dealings of fate, both sisters are mild
ly insane, but perfectly harmless.
To complicate matters, Albert
Feather, Ellon’s nephew, fleeing
from the police, coincs also to bor
row money and stumbles upon a
situation both interesting and in
triguing; for by that time, Leonora
has ordered Ellon to get rid of tho
sisters. Ellon’s doVotion forbids that
she send them away again, and the
way in which she deals with the
situation creates the fascinating plot
of “Ladies in Retirement.” •
Members' of the cast includo: Sue
McNeoly (Lucy Gilham), Ruth
Rautcnstrauch (Leonora Fiske),
Helen Frances Crain (Ellen Creed),
Bob St. Lawrencc (Albert Feather),
Dorothy Lot'tin (Louisa. Creed),
Millie Thornton (Emily Creed),
and Helen Knott (Sister Thorcsa).
'Committee heads are: properties
—Carolyn Allen; staging—Mai’garet'
Hollis, Dae Steelc:Bullock, and Elva
Creech; lighting—Kitty Johnson,
Emily Olive, and Helen Hall; make^
up—-Betty Miller; costuming—Lib
McNeil; program—^Emma Chai’Ies
Foster; ticketsi—Amy Wyche; and
publicity—Lois Edinger.
Aleredith Represented
At Student Assembly
Two Meredith girls were elected
to positions among the presiding of
ficers of the seventh annual North
Carolina Student Legislative As
sembly last Friday and Saturday at
the state eapitol in Raleigh.
Dorcas Stanley, president of the
Meredith Student League of Women
Voters, was chosen sergeant-at-arms
in tho Senate. To the same position
in the House, Betsy Pawl Yelverton
was elected. The Student League of
Women Voters'was in charge of the
Meredith delegation this year.
In the House,' the Meredith bill
giving the Governor of North Caro
lina the veto power and authorizing
the assembly to override the
Governor’s veto with a two-third
vote was passed Jinanimously. It
was introduced by Emily Olivo and
seconded by Lois Edinger. Tho
Senate also passed this measure.
There wore thycc sessions, Friday
afternoon, Friday night, and Satur
day morning. A banquet was hold
Friday evening at the Church of
the Good Shepherd for the delegates.
Notables addressing the gathei*-
ing were Secretary of State Thad
Eure and Governor J. Melville
Broughton; Secretary Eure, Friday
afternoon, and Governor Broughton,
Staurday morning.-
Some 200 students from ten North
Carolina colleges attended. Schools
represented were Carolina, E.C.T.O.,
State, W.O.U.N.G., - Lees-McRae,
Asheville, Atlantic'CShristian, Mere
dith, Wake Forest, and Lenoir-
Rhyne,
WELCOME BACK
Meredith girls were glad to see
Corpora] Edgar H. Alden, who Is
now stationed in Now Jersey. He
had a three-day furlough, arriving
in Raleigh, Saturday, November 6j
and was here until Monday. H©
taught violin at Heredith until h«
wont into the Si^al Corps.