Cla»» Day
Commencement
Volume XVIII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. 0., SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1944
Number 13
Commencement Events Begin With Class Day Exercises
Speakers Have
Varied Interests
Roloigh, May 20.—Dr. Carlyle
Camptell, president of MereditK
College has announced the two
spcalters for the 1944 eommeneo-
ment excrcises to be held Saturday,
May 27 through Monday, May 29.
The baccalaureate address will he
given hy Gerald White Johnson of
Baltimore, Md.; and the bacealaure-
atc sermon by Jesse Burton Weather-
spoon of Louisville, Ky.; Margaret
Hines Early (class of 1936), of New
York City, will give the alumnae
address.
Gerald White Johnson, former
North Carolina newspaper man and
editor of the BaUitnore Sun is a
gi-aduate of Wake Forest College
and studied at the TJoiversity of
Toulouse in France; he received
the degree of Doctor of Laws from
the College of Charleston,- IS. 0., in
1935 and from the TJniversity of
North Carolina in 1937. His news-
paper work in North Carolina dates
back to 1910 when he established the
TJiomasville Davidsoniaii. Since
that time he has been a member of
the staff of the Jjexington- Bis'patch,
the OreensboTo Da.Uy Nciv&, the
Baltimore Evetvmg Sun and The
Sun. He was also professor of
journalism at the University of
North Carolina from 1934 to 1926.
He is the author of several books in
cluding Andrew J ackson-—An Epic
In Homespun, Randolph of Eoanoke
—.•'1 Political Fantastic, I'he Seces
sion of the Southern States, and
Roosevelt: Dictator or Democrat.
He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa
and ser\'ed Avith the AEF in France
during World War X.
Jesse Burton Weatlierspoon, pro
fessor of homiletics and Christian
sociology at the Soxithern Baptist
Theological Seminary, is also a grad
uate of Wake Forest College. He
was pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Oxford from 1911 to
1913; of the First Baptist Church
of Winston-Salem from 1918 to
1921; and of the Highland Church
in Louisville until ho joined the Uni
versity staff in 1929. He also taught
in Fort Worth from 1913 to 1918.
He is a member of the Social Sorvieo
.Commission and the Edaication Com
mission of the Southern Baptist
Couveniiou and also a member of
the Southern Sociological Society.
Margaret Hines Early, woman
commentator for WABC (New
York), is heard every morning at
8 ;45 o’clock as “Margaret Arlen.”
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i
J. B. Weatliersiwtfiif on the left, will deliver the Bacculanreate Sernion on Siindaj' mornini;, 28. He Is a profes
sor nt the Southern Baptist Tlicologlcal Seminary at Loiilsrilie, Kf. In the center is Margaret Hines Early, wlio is
now coiineeteit 'witli tlie Blue Network in New York and is knoivn as Margaret Arlen. She will address the Alumnae
AsseclHtlon Meeting on Satnrduy looming, May 27, I>e4ng a graduate of Meredith herself. Oerald IVIilte Jolinson,
right, is editor of the "Baltimore Sun” and will give the Baccalaureate Address on Monday morning. May 29.
MEREDITH STUDENTS
/ATTEND CONFERENCE
The Meredith College Sociology
; Department was represented at the
; Annual Student Conference on In-
' terraeial Relationships which was
under the direction of Dr. New-
bold of the State Department of
Instruction. There were representa-
ti\’C8 from white and Negro colleges
throughout, the state at the confer
ence. The Meredith girls who attend
ed were Claire Nance Abee, Carolyn
Allen, and Joyce Williams. A report
was iTuide on the Study of Women
in Jails which has been condiicted
by students in Sociology at Mere
dith for the last one and a half
years. The morning meeting was
held at the University of North
Carolina, and the afternoon meeting
was at Duke University.
FINAL REPORT GIVEN
ON SALE WAR BONDS
PROGRAM
MAY 26
8:00 p.m Annual Concert
MAY 27
9:30 n.m Annuat Meeting
of Kappa Nu Sigma
11:00 a.m...Alumuae Association
Meeting
Laura Weatherspoon Harrlli
President
Adtiress:
Margaret Hines Early
1:00 p.m Alumnae Luncheon
College Dluing Hall
4:30 p.m Class Day
8:00 p,n» Society Night
9:80 p.m....:..Annual Meeting of
Silver Shield
MAY 28
11:00 a.m...Baccalaureate Sermon
J. B. Weatherspoon
AB., Th.M.. Th.D.
fi.30 p.m Step Singing
8:30 p.m..., .Senior Vespers
9:30 p.m...Receptlon tor Parents
MAY 29
10:30 a.m Baccalaureate
Address
Gerald W, Johnson
A.B., LUt.D.. LL.D.
Conferring of Degrees
Mrs. Vera Tart Marsh, faculty
adviser for the War Finance Com
mittee, has prepared the following
re]>ort to be filed with the United
States Treasury Department for the
college year 1943-44:
War Savings Stamps
(purchased by stu
dents) $ 300.00
War Bonds (purchased
Stiulents) 956.25
War Boiids (purchased
by faculty and adminis
trative staff) 12,595.00
War Bonds (pxirchased
by investment of college
funds) 49,430.00
Total : $63,271.25
If other bonds have been bought
by the Meredith group, purchasers
arc asked to report the issue value
to Illrs. Marsh before the first of
June in order that such bonds may
be included in the report to Wasli-
ington. The Education Section of
•the War Finance Committee has ad-
^'ised Mrs. Marsh that reports from
colleges and universities located in
all parts of the United States will
be tabulated and published at an
early date.
The students who have served on
the Meredith War Finance Com
mittee are: Margaret Webh, Etta
Taylor, Virginia Melvin, Baa'bara
Baucom, Laura Frances Pock,
Eileen Hoggai-d, Dorothy Shealy,
May Davis, Deleano Hall, Jewell
Eatnian, Elizabeth Sawyer, Etra
Page, Buth Martin and Betsy Paul
Yelverton.,
Members of the faculty who
worked on the Thirds and Fourth
War Loan Drives are: Mrs. LeRoy
Allen, Miss Lila Bell, Miss Be^itrice
Donley and Mrs. Marsh.
HERE'S EXAM SCHEDULE
Hour of Day of
Class Exam Exam
Sat. May 20
Sat. May 20
Mon. May 22
Mon. May 23
Tues. May 33
Tues. May 23
Wed. May 24
Wed. May' 24
Thur. May 25
Thur. May 25
Fri. May 26
Fri. May 26
2:00
3:00
11:00
11:00
12:0fl
12:00
2:00
3:00
S:30
8:30
9:30
9:30
MWF
MWF
MWF
TThS
MWF
TThS
TT
TT
MWF
TTS .
MWF
TTS
10-12
2-4
10-12
2-4
10-12
2-4
10-12
2-4
10-12
2-4
10-12
2-4
STATE MERIT EXAM GIVEN
On Saturday, May 13, on the
Meredith campus, the case work
aide examination was given by
the State Merit System Coimcil.
Twcnty-thrfie Meredith sociology
students and two women from Ea-
leigh took the examination. Those
who pass the examination will be
eligible for positions in. the county
departments of public welfare. Many
vacancies exist at the present time.
Meredith girls who took the. exams
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Sen. Bailey Speaks
At Alumnae Banquet
A special dinner for alumnae and
friends of Meredith College was held
in Washington,- D. C., on Thursday
evening, May 11. The meeting was
held in the YWCA. Mrs. James B.
Mattison, chaii-man of the Vann
Chapter of the Alumnae Associa
tion, was the toastmaster.
Josiab William Bailey, North
Carolina Senator, told about the
founding and early days of Meredith
College and the way it is fulfilling
the ideals of the founders.
Dr. Carlyle Campbell, president
of Meredith College, outlined the
place of Christian education for
women in the modern world and dis
cussed the places that trained women
could occupy. He also drew atten
tion to the fact that the college en
rollment is larger than it has been
for several years and that applica
tions are still coming in. Dr. Camp
bell explaiiied the Expansion Pro
gram and the success it has had up
to date.
Among the guests that were pres
ent were President Carrie Suthcr-
Hn of Chevy Chase Junior College;
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MEREDITH STVDEIVTS PLAN PROFITARLE
SITMMER or STUDY, WORK, RELAXATION
We’re scarcely aware of the
swiftness of school’s passing until
after Christmas and the mid-term
exams, when time seems to gather
speed each day and finally leaves
us in a dizzy rusli of activities
which end on May 30 \\dth our won
dering, “What next?” Well, what
next, now that school is almost out?
How ore Meredith students going
to spend their three months of pre
cious vacation ? There ."leem to be
but three alterjiatives — to go to
summer school, get a job, or just stay
at home and loaf.
Here’s what some of the girls are
planning to do this summer. Olone
Sinclair, Jo Hughes, Mitzi Roddick,
Hazel Grady, Irene Olivo, Charlotte
Bruner, Madeline Latta, Lib Mur
ray, Lillian Humphrey, Muriel
Ross, Doris G. Bowman ai'e going to
do religious work, eonduet Vacation
Bible schools, teach study classcs
tind help with local church work in
general.
Many plan to go to summer
school. The Kamhis sisters and Amy
Wyche are going to Carolina; Ver
onica Britt and Laura Frances
Snow to Wake Forest. Ritu Paez,
Virginia Maynard, Viola Hoyle,
Dot Stone, Myra Jones, Hallie Cop-
pedge, Mary Eotella, Annie Wray
'Perkins, Maria Kitchin, Emily Las
siter, Onie Shields, Jessie Davis,
Mary Doll Lambert, and Becky Las
siter fli'c among the group coming
here to summer school.
Several girls plan to find jobs for
the summer. Magdalene Wood will
work in a rayon mill near her home;
Sarah Yates has a job with the
Bihlical Recorder; Dae Bullodk and
Grace Johnson wll be on the staif
at summer camps.
It looks as if some of the seniors
arc going to travel, lucky things.
Tink Branch is going to the Na
tional Republican Convention in
Chicago; Betty Rose will spend some
^veoks in New York, and Gloria is
going down South to Mississippi to
be with her husband.
It’s needless to say what the
Fvesbmen are planning to do. They
think they have had enough “larn-
in’ ” for one year, so are going homo
and eat and sleep and rest.
To keep from getting entirely out
of the habit of studying,- why not
review weak points in subjects stud
ied this year, and do some of that
reading for which there has been no
time during the past nine months?
Anyway, here’s wishing all a rest
ful and profitable summer.
Sermon, Address
Society Night,
Feature Program
Class day exercises on May 27,
will open at 4:30 o’clock, with the
processional of the Sophomores car
rying the traditional daisy chain fol
lowed by the Senior ])rocesaional.
The program will include the songs
to.the "big sisters” and the replies
of the 'little sisters,” when the Sen
iors will present the Sophomores
witli the traditional “sticks and
stones” of tbo even classes. The
Senior skit will be tlie history of
the class in review. Ann Kramer,
president of the class, will present
the Senior gift to Meredith and the
))iogram \\'ill close with the reces-
sionrl.
The committee chairmen are
Richie Harris, skit; Betty Rose Pre-
vatte, - music; Dot Stanley, pro
grams; Ma^'garet Ilollig, staging;
Betty Millei', properties.
^The Senior Class officers are Ann
Kramer, president; Avis Branch,
vice president; Mary Lib Wrenn,
secretary; aud Mary Hill, treas
urer.
SOCIETY NIGHT
Each year distinguished students
in the various fields and organiza
tions of the campus are recognized
on Society night. The Carter Up
church Medal of the Astrotekton
Society iind the Minnie Jackson
Bowling Medal of the Philaretian
Society for the two best essays writ
ten during the year will be award
ed. The Philaretian Society will pre
sent its scholarship to the freshman
with the highest scholastic average.
Announcenjents of the awards in the
Department of English will be
made, and the Athletic and Art
awards will he presented. Also, new
members of Kappa Nu Sigma
Honor Society will be announced,
and the Silver Shield will tap new
members.
Jidia Margrette Bryan, presi
dent of the Philaretian Society, and
Peggy Brewer, president of the Aa-
trotekton Society, are directing the
program.
STEP SINGING
Everyone will participate in the
aunuiil step singing at G :30 o’clock
Suiiday, May 28. It will begin by
the singing of the class songs.
Seuioj’—“You’re the Queen of
Oiu’ Hearts, Alma Mater.”
Junior—“Hearts Are Loyal.”
Sophomore — “Meredith Loyalty
Song.”
Freshman.— “Meredith, Our Al
ma Mater.”
jVll eombihc in singing the “Alma
Mater.” The Senior president, Anne
Ray Kramer, presents a cap and
gown to the incoming president be
fore the program ends by the sing
ing of the “Dedication Hymn.”
SENIOR VESPERS
Senior Vespers will he held in the
amphitheater at 8:30 o’clock. Those
who have participated in planning
it this year are Olene Sinelfiir,
Grace Johnson, Charlotte. Green,
Richie Harris and Miss Cleo Mitch
ell. The program follows:
Prelude,
Processional—“Come, Thou Al
mighty King,” Giardini.
Call to Worship.
Prayer.
Hymn and Scriptux'e Antiphony
(CouUnued on page three)
Meredith Uolkge
N. C.