October 27, 1944
THE TWIG
Pagd T)u^
With the Alumnae
OFFICERS
Mrs. R. Bruce Wilkins, Durham ..President
Mrs. J. Winston Pearce, Durham Vice President
Mrs. Graham Reams, Asheville (Asheville Division) Vice President
Mrs. Henry Lowrance, Winston*Salem (Charlotte Div.)....Vice President
Mrs. Albert Simms, Littleton (Elizabeth City Division)....Vice President
Mrs. E. M. Stanley, Greensboro (Greensboro Division)....Vice President
Mrs. Henry D. Ward, Lumberton (Wilmington Division) „..Vice President
Mrs. Rand Bryan, Garner Acting Recordino Secretary
Mae Grimmer, Meredith College......Eacecutive Secretary and Treasurer
Carolyn Mercer, Raleigh | „+ /
Mrs. W. W. Parker, Henderson } Alumnae-at^Large
Mrs. James S. Farmer, Raleigh .Commencement Speaker
1945 REUNION CLASSES
Ellen Brewer, General Chm.
1905 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1910
1920 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936
1937 - 1943
COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
Bulletin—Jane Greene, ’29, Duke
Library, Durham,
Friends of the Library—Bernice
Kelly Harris (Mrs. Herbert K.),
'13. Seaboard.
Hospitality—Margaret Craig Mar-
tin (Mrs. Zeno), ’30, Raleigh.
Ida Poteat Loan Fund—Dr. Mary
Yarbrough, '26, Raleigh.
Loyalty Fund—Lois Stafford Kelly
(Mrs. Paul), ex-’27, Raleigh.
Nominating—Blanche Burke Sat*
terfield (Mrs. F. G.), ’20, Durham
Reunion Classes — Ellen Brewer,
'18, Raleigh.
Social — CO'Chairmen — Minnie
Farrior, '13, Hester P. Farrior,
’18, Mary Farrior Baker, ex-'23.
Alumnae Opposes Merger^
Chapters Hold Meetings
The proposal Ijeing agitated to
sell the present properties of Mere*
dith and start a Baptist University
at Wake Forest is being strongly
opposed by organized and other
alumnae groups, as revealed by
meetings held during Meredith
Week — October 16-23 — and the
week following. The chain of
alumnae meetings already reported
include; Wake County chapter on
tlie 17th at the Hut on the College
campus; Winston-Salem on tiie 18th
with Margery Wilson Perryman;
Salisbury and Wilson on the 19th
with Nell Gordon Isenhour and
Mary Williams Creech, respectively;
Clinton at the First Baptist Church,
Kinston with Paulyne Stroud Jones,
and Chapel Hill on the 20th; Ala
mance County with Editii Bowden
Kraus, and Greensboro with NetU
O. Liles Martin on the 21st; Green
ville with Lelia Higgs, and Pitts-
boro with Elizabeth Chapin Hatch
on the 23rd; Apex, Durham, and
Henderson on the 24th with Mrs.
John Link, Elizabeth Kendrick
Faucette, and Ada Shearin Parker,
respectively. Other groups report
ing that they expect to have meet*
ings very soon are: Charlotte, Golds
boro, Littleton, Mount Olive, New
Bern, Person County, Charlotte,
Newport News and Norfolk, Vir
ginia, and Pennsylvania.
revealed that to date 426,096 have
been collected.
A panorama of student person
alities was presented. Mary Jo
Clayton of Aberdeen, Maryland
spoke on Student Government; Mil*
dred Thornton of Wisconsin, on the
Baptist Student Union; and Nelda
Ferguson of Durham on “What
Meredith Means to Me."
A coffee hour arranged by Mar
garet Craig Martin (Mrs. Zeno) was
held in the Faculty Parlor. Mrs.
Carlyle Campbell poured coffee, and
assisting in serving were the follow*
ing Granddaughters: Josephine
Britt of Enfield, Doris Carroll of
Charlotte, Stella Lassiter of Pote-
casi, Kathryn Monteith of Sylva,
and Elizabeth Sawyer of Elizabeth
City. Other Granddaughters who
helped register were Angeline
Shields of Scotland Neck, Peggy
Parker of Henderson, and Lucille
Sawyer of New Bern.
Those who attended this meeting
were: President Marguerite Mason
Wilkins, Madge Daniels Barber, of
Ardmore, Pennsylvania; Dot Beale,
of Norfolk, Virginia; Margaret
Bright, of New Hill: Mary Ida But
ler Bridger, of Bladenboro; Lil*
lian Draughan, of Dunn; Lelia
Higgs, of Greenville; Anne Simms
Haskins, of Hampton, Virginia;
Mary Lee Sears Johnston, of Ra
leigh; Lois Stafford Kelly, of Ra
leigh; Bert Brown McMurray, of
Asheville; Betty Rose Prevatte, of
Henderson; Lois Sawyer Pritchard,
of Greensboro; Fannie Turlington
Royall, of Clinton; Helen Canaday
Simms, of Littleton; Mary Esther
Williams, of Durham; and alumnae
secretary Mae Grimmer.
Chapter Heads
Hear Campbell
Marguerite Mason Wilkins pre*
sided over the second annual meet*
ing of Chapter Presidents held at
the College on Saturday morning,
September 30. After the singing
of Alma Mater, President Wilkins
led in a short devotion, "Vision for
the New Day."
Dr. Campbell, the only speaker
of the day, explained the Expansion
Program, giving history of its be
ginning, its success, its progress. He
spoke of the enthusiastic way in
which Raleigh accepted the Pro
gram, as manifested by the fact that
at the close of the Campaign the
quota was far exceeded. He asserted
that the alumnae have splendid op
portunity of bringing the Program
to a successful conclusion.
Round table discussions were en
gaged in before and after luncheon.
In these the duties of a chapter
president were shown as follows:
(1) to stress purpose of Alumnae
Association, (2) to stress aims for
1944-45, (3) to make executive com
mittee of officers and committee
chairmen, (4) to meet executive
committee at scheduled timds, (5)
to know the projects of the Associa*
tion.
General Loyalty Fund Chairman,
Lois Stafford Kelly, presented in
a very unique way the necessity of
stressing a higher percentage of
active members in chapters. The
goal for 1944-4S is 30 per cent in
stead of 25 per cent, she pointed out.
Also she emphasized that at com
mencement there will be roll of
honor of active alumnae names.
Coupons were not slighted, for
they’ve been a habit since 1931.
President Wilkins presented a prize
■^box of candyl—to Mary Lee Sears
Johnston^ president of Wake County
Chapter, for having brought in the
most coupons. The goal for the
Association is one million. It was
Marguerite Mason Wilkins (Mrs.
R. Bruce, ’30, of Durham, President
of Alumnae Association, presided at
second annual meeting of Chapter
Presidents at the College, Saturday,
September 30.
May Luncheon
Gala Affair
The college dining hall, decked
with cut spring flowers, a huge
birthday cake, candles, and other
party trimmings, was the setting for
the annual alumnae luncheon fol
lowing the commencement meeting
of the Association on May 27, 1944.
Beth Carroll Taylor, ’22, as toast
master welcomed the three hundred
assembled guests and had charge of
the program, planned to honor
especially the incoming alumnae
and the twelve reunion classes.
The program opened with the
singing of 'The Star-Spangled Ban*
ner,'’ after which the toastmaster
proceeded with the traditional serv
ice for Inducting members of the
graduating class into the Associa
tion. Ann Ray Kramer, president
of the class of '44, presented her
class doll, the forty-third in the
series, and a class gift of twenty*
live dollars for the Ida Poteat Loan
Fund,
Recognition of the reunion classes
took the form of birthday greetings,
and attention was centered in the
huge birthday cake on the toast-
master's table. Laura Weatherspoon
Harrill, '27, retiring president of
the Association, served to eacii of
the twelve class representatives
slices of the cake containing sym
bols, which the toastmaster In
terpreted thus:
For the Class of 190Z, a boat.
"From her first class Meredith sent
out her first missionary, Miss Sophie
Lanneau. We honor her today, and
class she represents.”
For the Class of 1903, a wedding
ring. "If you do not understand
the significance of the wedding ring
for the Class of 1903, do let us ex
plain. One hundred per cent mar
ried! What a record!”^
For the Class of 1904, a ruby
horseshoe for good luck. "Very,
very special honor to the Class of
1904 on their Ruby Anniversary!
With our congratulations go the
love and appreciation of all here as
sembled. The loyalty of this class
is shown by the fact that in one
family alone there are four Mere
dith graduates and a trustee of the
College,’’
For the Class of 1919, a skull.
"What a debt of gratitude we owe
the Class of 1919, for not until they
came along do we have any record
that classes had bones—backbones,
funny bones—any sort of 1>onesl
And now on their Silver Anni
versary will they rise again and
take a bow?”
For the Class of 1920, a key. "The
Class of 1920 holds the key to our
hearts for their loyalty. Of all the
reunion classes they have sent back
to Meredith the greatest number of
daughters.”
For the Class of 1921, four stars.
“The Class of 1921 boasts a general,
and that makes her a four-star class.
General Moultrie Drake Betts led
the Women’s Army of Wake County
gloriously over the top in the recent
Expansion Drive."
For the Class of 1922, an owL “To
the Class of 1922 goes the owl for
wisdom, for twenty per cent of their
numljer hold advanced degrees. An*
other record-breaker!"
For the Class of 1934, tln-llzzie.
"With all the tin and tto*lizzies
gone to war, we had a time salvag
ing something for the Class of 1934.
But we’d turn the world upside
down to make your tin anniversary
a shining success. Our hats off to
you, ten*year class!”
For the Class of 1939, an airplane.
" ’Mid pleasures and palaces though
you may roam,
We’ll furnish an airship to fly you
i>ack home.
For out*of*state members 1939
ranks at the top, thirty-three and
one-third per cent of them!”
For the Class of 1940, a camel.
‘‘This is the class that graduated
when Dr. Campbell was a freshman
at Meredith. May the Campbells
keep coming to these reunion oc
casions, hoorayl hoorayt”
For the Class of 1941, a loving
cup. "1941 takes the cup for ath
letics. Starting during their col
lege years by winning the basket
ball championship for three suc
cessive years, may they keep up
their good record by showing the
rest of us how to get back to Mere*
dlth commencements on a gallon
and a half of gas!”
For the Class of 1942, a bottle.
. “If 1942 Is the baby of the reunion
’ classes she is certainly a healthy
! child, for she Is the largest member
; of the whole alumnae family, and
j one of the most active."
As additional feature on the
program, R. H, Satterfield, field
j representative of the College, ap-
i pearing as Dr. C. Q. in a broadcast
: from station MCBAB (Meredith
i College Bigger and Better), pre-
I sented a quiz program. Members of
' his audience, picked at random by
his three roving assistants, Maude
Davis Bunn, Davie Belle Eaton, and
Katharine Davis Ogburn, answered
for prizes of war stamps his ques
tions on the Expansion Program,
coupon project, and related sub
jects.
The awards for the highest per
centage of active members among
the reunion classes went to the
Class of 1922 with 55 per cent, and
the Class of 1917 topped the non
reunion group with 69 per cent.
Late mails revealed that the Class
of 1920 went over the top by
actually reaching the goal, 100 per
cent active meml^ership in the
Association, The awards were
books, which were received by rep
resentatives of the respective classes
and then presented to the college
library.
The singing of the Alma Mater
brought the event to a close. Serv
ing on the Social Committee for the
occasion were Lillian Horton Am
mons, chairman, Ruami Squires,
Mary Louise Ott, Susan Rudlsill
Godwin, Inez Poe Ray, Peggy Roys
ter Jones, and Olive Hamrick Mil
ler.
Reunion Classes Report
Three 1944 reunion classes have
reported having special class meet
ings after the luncheon of May 27.
All twelve of them reached the
goal of at least 25 per cent active
membership in the Association. In
fact one class, 1920, reached the
top, 100 per cent!
Vara Lee Thornton, permanent
secretary of the Class of 1934,
writes: "Fifteen members of our
class had a meeting in the Faculty
Parlor. Even though ten years
have passed since we left Meredith,
we found that very little change had
taken place in our looks, and abso
lutely no change In our class spirit.
We had a grand time recalling the
old days, the achievements of the
class. Also we checked on the ad*
dltlons—'future Meredith girls. We
planned to have another meeting
at the 1945 commencement. Those
present were: Katherine Davis Og*
burn, president, Jessica Cree^
Frommelt Gwendolyn Crowder
Riddick, Mary Florence Cummings
Howard, Martha Davis Lowrance,
Magdalyn Davis Cotton, Ann Early
Sermons, Margaret Shields Everett
Howland, Irene Little Still, Jean
Simpson, Ruami Squires, Vera Lee
Thornton, Marian Vinson Jester,
Sarah Elizabeth Vernon Watts,
Miriam Wilson Jacks."
Elizabeth Hostetler Ponton, act
ing chairman for 1941, reports:
“After luncheon we adjourned to
the Hut for our class meeting. No
business was transacted, but we ex
pressed a two-fold hope: one, that
a much larger jpercentage of our
class become active members of the
Association; two, that many more
be at the 1945 reunion. Neither our
president, Sara Hayworth, nor our
secretary, Ida Willa Howell Fri
day, could be with us. Those at
tending were: Olive Hamrick Mil
ler, Virginia Wrenn, Annie Laurie
Overton, Betty Flelschmann, Sadie
Allen Allren, and Elizabeth Hostet
ler Ponton.”
Mary Elizabeth Holloway in re
porting for her class writes: ‘‘Grad
uates of 1942 came back for the
reunion in surprisingly large num
bers. In fact so many arrived in
time for the luncheon that there
were not enough places reserved.
Most of the group met together later,
so there was an opportunity for
visiting with each other. Living up
to its reputation of Informality, the
Class met in Phi Hall without pomp
or ceremony. Catherine Wyatt read
a telegram from Addle Davis, presi*
dent, expressing her regrets at being
unable to get to the reunion, llien
the group practiced the song they
were to sing to their little sisters
at the Class Day exercises. Most of
the time was spent in catching up
on all of the latest news about
everyone. Of course everything else
stopped while everyone admired
Louis Dickie Formyduval’s young
daughter, Alice Ann. Maybe the
next reunion will see even more
1942 graduates back.”
ALUMNAE LUNCHEON
Meredith alumnae and friends
attending the Baptist State Con
vention will get together for a
luncheon at EHrd’s dining room
on Wednesday, November 15, at
1 o'clock. Plates will be one
dollar each. Send your reserva
tion to Mrs. Cooper E. Taylor,
1641 Providence Road, Char*
iotte, by November 12.
ACTIVE ALUMNAE
CHAfN LENGTHEISS
The names of the links that have
been added to the active alumnae
chain are: Mary Covington Avent,
Jeannette Biggs, Alice Bryan, Anna
bel Bridger Caldwell, Katie (Parpen*
ter, ’44, Ruth Wright Carter, Kath
ryn Chapman, Genevieve Chiffelle,
’44, Florence Sawyer Combs, Mar
garet Grayson Covington, Edwina
Martin Crowther, Elizabeth Daniel
Fitchett, Virginia Gilliland, Mae
Grimmer, Anna Ruth Dixon Gyles,
Lorene Woody Hammett, Ruth
Crissman Harris, Margaret Nash
Hester, Geraldine Gaddy Holbert,
Bessie Gray Gill Holleman, Helen
Edwards Holland, Helen Knott, '44
Edith Bowden Kraus, Velma Patter
son Lawrence, Ruth Sample Low
ery, Grace Porter McLaurin, Bert
Brown McMurray, Marion Harris
Marks, Annie Mary Matthews, '44
Helen Privette Murray, Dixie Lee
Bale Mylum, Amelia Pruitt Nichols,
Myra Olive, Charlotte Peebles, Lucy
Hayes Pittman, Cathryn Porter,
Male Hinson Porter, Susie Mae
Porter, Mildred Ann Critcher Raper,
Inez Poe Ray, Norma B. Rol^ertson,
'44, Wave Aileen Rogers, Blanche
Sharpe Rogers, Carmen Rogers,
Onle Shields. ’44, Helen Canaday
Simms, Maxine Smith, Bess Tilson
Sprinkle, Marjorie Freeman Strick*
land, Mildred Thomas, Evelyn
Marshburn Turner, Eleanor Vereen,
’44, Dolly Byrd Vernon, Harriet
Mardre Wainwright, Mary Lib Wil-
kerson, '44, Marguerite Mason Wil
kins. Mary Esther Williams, Frances
Pittman Woodard, Beulah Bailey
Woolard, Roberta Royster Wort-
man, Gretchen Fanney Wyatt,
Daphne Owens Yelverton, Dorothy
Foster Johnson, Lois Stafford Kelly,
Elizabeth Knight Langley, Maurine
Wlnfree Patterson, Virginia Farris
Watts.
of Philadelphia, Pa., and Dr. Roy
Otto Scholtz, on October 7, At home,
Baltimore, Md.
Elizabeth Garner, ’42, of Hamp*
ton, Virginia, and Mr. Marlon O’Dell
McKinney, Jr., on October 21. At
Home, Hampton.
Dorris Cline, ’43, of Shelby, and
Lt, Robert Lee Brooks, USMCR, on
May 13. At home, Shelby.
VInita Penland, ’43, of Burnsville,
and Sgt. J. Kenneth Robertson, on
June 16. At home, Burnsville.
Carolyn Aydlett, ’38, of Durham
and Elizabeth City, and Mr, James
W, Carson, USNR, on October 14.
At home. Camp Parks, Calif.
Mary Frances Cooper, ’42, of Ra
leigh, and Mr. Albert H. Pridgen.
Jr., S 2/C, USNR, on October 7.
Births
Born to:
Mr. and Mrs. D, Glenn Auman
(Henrietta Castlebury, ’36), of Vir
ginia Beach, Virginia, a daughter,
Muriel Victor, on November 10.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Samuel
Brown (Annie Keith Brown, ’33),
of North Augusta, S. C., a son, Jerry
Samuel, on November 12.
^ Mr. and Mrs. L. Paschal Mc-
^urin (Grace Porter, ’37), of San
ford, a son, Arthur Porter, on
February 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Vincent
(Wiliene Yost, *35), of Eggertsville,
N. Y,, a daughter, Margaret Anne,
on July 27,
Mr. and Mrs, John L. Muchemore
(Rosetta Purvis, ex-’44), of San
Diego, Calif., a daughter, Ann Hor
ton, on September 13,
Lt. and Mrs. Stancil M, Stroud
(Helen Powers, ’41), of Goldsboro,
a daughter, Miriam Rebecca, on
September 16.
Sgt. and Mrs. J. C. Williams
(Celeste Perry, ’42), of Las Vegas,
Nevada, a daughter, Celia Anne, on
September 25.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ruark (Sarah
Elizabeth Jenkins, '32), of Red
Springs, a daughter, Rena West
brook, on September 27.
Capt. and Mrs. J. E. Williams,
Jr. (Eleanor Edwards, ’37), of Cary,
a daughter, Nancy Ellis, on Septem
ber 29.
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Stephens
(Jewell Ballentine, ’34), of Varina,
a daughter, Sandra Jean, on Octo
ber 4.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Egert
(Margaret Wyatt, ’23), of Staten
Island, N. Y., a son, John Seaton,
on October 17.
Mr, and Mrs. Irvin Liddell Mun-
ford (Margaret Fuquay, ex-’42), of
Durham and Baltimore, a daughter,
Dheadra Woody, on October 17.
Captain and Mrs. Hugh L. Mc
Kinney (Edith Hall, ex-'42), of Lll*
lington, a son, on September 13,
who died the same day.
Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Walden, Jr.
(Ruth Bailey, ex*’43), of Rocky
Mount, a daughter, Martha Winona,
on October 17,
Rev, and Mrs. Charles A, Epper
son (Anne Murray, ’39), of High
Point, a daughter, Judith Allen, on
October 19.
Marriages
Dr. Mary Susan Steele, '13, of
Wagram, and Mr. Edmund Thomas
Smith, on October 12. At home,
Wagram.
Leila Holding, '30, of Wake
Forest, and Lt. Benjamin Thomp
son Aycock, on October 9. At home,
Presque Isle, Maine.
Charlotte Tedder, '30, of Nash
ville, Tenn., and S/Sgt, Frederick
James Swift, on October 7.
Mabel Bowling, ex-'35, of Rouge*
mont, and Lt. (jg) Douglas Lyons
McGuire, on October 11. At home,
Seattle, Washington,
Jean Davis, ex-’37, of Winston-
Salem, and Lt. Commander Claus
R. Moberg, on October 15. At home,
Hollywood, Florida,
Dr. Pearl Trogdon Huffman, ’87,
We Extend Deepest
Sympathy to:
Oreon Bostick Moncrief
(Mrs. A. J.), ex-’32, of Toronto,
Canada, in the passing of her
father. Reverend Wade Dob
bins Bostick, retired mission
ary from China, at his home
in Wake Forest on September
%3,
Anne Richie Harris, '44, of
Raleigh, in the loss of her
brother, Joseph Parker Har
ris who was killed in action
on Saipan Island on June 15.
Ruth Alice Ward Sloop
(Mrs. Frank), '36, and Mar-
guerite Ward, ’43, of Hertford,
in the loss of their brother,
Paratrooper Ivle Alphonso
Ward. Jr., who was killed in
action in Holland on Septem
ber 18.
Adelaide Bunker, '43, of Mt.
Airy in the death of her father
at his home on October 8.
Pullen Belvln Jones (Mrs.
Wm, N, H), '29, of Raleigh,
in the passing of her father,
Charles H. Belvin, on October
9, after an illness of several
years.
Virginia Hester Eddins
(Mrs. S. C,), ex-’33, of Wil^
mington, Susie Hester Knott
(Mrs, Bruce), ex-’41, of Wen
dell, and Marguerite Hester,
ex-'41, of Fort Bragg, in the
passing of their mother, Mrs.
J. R. Hester, at her home in
Wendell on October 12.
Cleone Cooper Mumford
(Mrs. C. G.), ’27, of Raleigh,
in the passing of her mother,
Mrs. Annie T. Cooper, of
Salemburg, on October 14,
We regret the passing of
Myrtle Hair at her home In
Columbia, S. C,, on October
13. She was a student In the
College one year, 1934-1985,
We extend deepest sympathy
to her family and friends.
Catherine Hayes Weeks
(Mrs. Percy L,), '34, of Staley,
in the death of her father.
J. W. Hayes, of Mullins, S, C.,
on May 31.