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Meredith College i-iorary
Raleigh, N. C.
News Articles;
Horseback Riding
Palio and Sfunf Winners
Arrau Interview
Volume XIX
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1944
Number 4
Seniors Win
Palio, Stunt
Sophomore Class
Takes Second Place
Horseback Riding Becomes Campus Feature;
Twenty On Waiting List For Next Semester
This year the Palio banner
and silver loving cup for Stunt
were awarded to the same
class. The Senior class was
winner in both Palio and
Stunt, traditional homecoming
events.
Joan Drake, as town crier
announced the Palio events,
beginning with the proces*
sional, followed by the sing
ing of the “Star Spangled
Banner.” Marty Jeffreys, pres
ident of the Student Govern
ment Association reigned over
the Palio celebration.
The Senior class marched
from a huge Campbell’s Soup
can dressed as carrots, corn,
peas, tomatoes, potatoes, and
turnips, led by the Campbell
kids and Dr. Carlyle Campbell.
The “can” was opened by Betty
Lutz, class clown. Juniors based
their idea on the Expansion Pro
gram, dressed as money bags
and carrying “buildings.” Second
place in Palio was won by the
Sophomore class. They wore red
hearts and crowns, which tied
in with their song for the after
noon, “You’re the Queen of Our
Hearts, Alma Mater.” Miss Anna
May Baker, dean, was crowned
the “Queen of Hearts.” The
Freshmen, carrying out the
theme of “the old woman who
lived in a shoe and who had so
many children she didn’t know
what to do,” dressed in their
colors as “Mother Meredith’s
children.”
Numerals Formed
The four classes formed their
numerals in the Drive and then
took their places on the steps
for the remaining Palio events.
The Alumnae stunt was planned
by the Wake County Chapter
and was based on the three cam
pus publications, The Acorn,
Twig, and Oak Leaves.
The horse race was won by the
Junior “horse,” Mary G. Turner.
Other “horses” were Hilda
Gibbs, Senior; Nancy Gates,
Sophomore; and Carolyn Knight,
Freshman. The Freshmen won
the bicycle race.
Juniors won for the best pres
entations of their original song.
The winning song was written
by Rebecca Barnes, a Junior,
who was awarded a five-dollar
bill. The Senior song was writ
ten by Dorothy Shealy; Sopho
more song by Vicky Manty and
Katherine Hudson; and Fresh
man song by Betty Davis.
An additional award of five
dollars was offered the Palio
winners by the Meredith College
Alumnae Association, and was
presented by Mrs. Marguerite
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War Activities Committee Plans Program;
Faculty and Students Asked to Cooperate
Scrap Paper Will Be Collected;
War Savings Stomps To Be Sold
THiS COLLEGIATE WORLD
Patricia Highberger, West
minster College Freshman, can
now claim the title of “the girl
who let the cat out of the bag.”
Unpacking her suitcase after
returning from a trip to her
home in Youngwood, Pa., Miss
Highberger was very much sur
prised to see her six-weeks old
Angora Kitten, “Cinder s,”
emerge from the bag which had
been packed more than five
hours before.
Pat explained that the kitten
must have crawled into the bag
unnoticed and fallen asleep
among the clothes she was pack
ing to return to college.
—Associated Collegiate Press.
At a recent meeting of the War
Activities Committee plans were
made for a campus-wide scrap
paper drive. Announcement of
the collection dates and the
managers of the drive will be
made later.
Plans are also being made for
the sale of war saving stamps.
This activity will be set up along
the same lines as it was last year.
Announcement of the names of
captains and lieutenants to serve
in this capacity will be given
later. Each class will be repre
sented in the organization of
both of these drives. These
are college activities which will
continue throughout the college
year, and Mrs. Vera Tart Marsh
will act as adviser to both
groups. Everyone is asked to
cooperate, for these are college-
wide activities.
In answer to a call from Civi
lian Defense Headquarters wom
en members of the faculty and
administrative staff are volun
teering for work at the Service
Men’s Information Booth (in
front of the Courthouse) and
at the information desk in the
Seaboard Station.
The War Activities Committee
is also sponsoring a bulletin
board just outside the registrar’s
office door, upon which will be
posted campus activities as re
lated to the war effort. Mem
bers of the War Activities Com
mittee are Mrs. Marsh, chair
man; Miss Anna M. Baker; Miss
Myrtle Barnette; Miss Lila Bell;
and Miss Ellen Brewer.
The following scholarships are
given at Meredith: The E. F.
Aydlett Scholarships, the J. T. J.
Battle Scholarships, the K. M.
Gibbs Scholarship, the Z. M.
Caveness Scholarship, the
Mytrle Hart Farmer Scholar
ship, the J. M. Gardner scholar
ship, the Mrs. S. Bailey Jones
Scholarship, the Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Matthews Scholarship, the
J. H. Moore Scholarship, the
W. W. Parker Scholarship, the
W. A. Thomas Scholarship, the
Kappa Nu Sigma Scholarship,
and the Philaretian Scholarship.
Forty Girls Attend
B.S.U. Conference
Forty Meredith girls attended
the B. S. U. convention in Char
lotte the week-end of October
27 through the 29. The B. S.
Council of Meredith took charge
of the program Saturday morn
ing and gave a dramatization
of the B. S. U. techniques in the
form of a council meeting. Eliza
beth Shelton planned a banquet
Friday night with the theme as
“Spirits in Pleasant Grave
Cemetery.” Some of the speakers
at the convention were Rev.
Winston Pierce of Durham; Dr.
Claude Broach, Charlotte; Mrs.
K. Ferrall, Chapel Hill; Law
Mobley, Raleigh; Dr. George
Heaton, Charlotte; Dr. Nance
Jordan, Americus, Georgia; Dr.
A. S. Gillispie, Wake Forest; Dr.
Keely Barnette of the Meredith
faculty also participated in the
activities of the Convention.
Instructors Have
Students To Assist
“The long waiting-list of those
students wanting to take horse
back riding lessons is indicative
of the interest which this recre
ative sport has fostered on the
Meredith campus,” said Zeno
Martin, who originated the idea
of horseback riding as a sport
here at Meredith. This is the
first year that the students have
had the opportunity to have in
structors to teach them in such
a course. Last year, however,
one student brought with her
to the campus two horses for
her own enjoyment.
On the west side of the college
a riding ring has been con
structed for beginners at horse-'
back riding. This ring was built
on the highest spot on the cam
pus, and people from town have
remarked on the “showy” white
fence around the ring which can
be seen from roads around Mere
dith.
“There is a lot of work that
must be done in order to keep
the horses in the best condition
possible,” stated Mr. Martin who
with the instructors are taking
every possible precaution for the
protection of the students.
Horses that have proved un
satisfactory have been traded
for others that might be better
and more gentle for the stu
dent’s use.
Four of the horses were
brought in the summer and were
originally owned by the Coast
Guard. Five have been acquired
locally, making a total of nine
horses available for the girls to
use.
A system has been worked
out so that the instructors might
have assistants for each class.
Miss Elizabeth Cameron, Miss
Nell Forbes, Mrs. J. E. Foster,
and Miss Doris Peterson have
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CALENDAR
November 10
Student League of Women
Voters, 6:00
Classical Club, 7:00
November 14
Sociology Club, 6:45
November 15
MacDowell Music Club, 8:00
November 16
Silver Shield, 7:00
November 17
Inter-Collegiate Conference
17, 18
Tomorrow’s Business Women’s
Club, 6:45
November 18
“Big Sister” party, 8:00
•November 20
Phi meeting, 8:00
Astro meeting, 8:00
November 21
Little Theatre, 6:45
November 24
Home Ec Club, 5:00
Barber Science, 7:00
Student Legislature
Meets in Raleigh
The Student League of Wom
en^ Voters has been invited again
this year to send representatives
to the Student Legislature which
meets here in Raleigh in the
Capitol building on November
17-18. Each year delegates are
sent from various schools over
the state to this Student Legis
lature. These delegates may
come as either senators or repre
sentatives. At the Legislature
bills are introduced and passed
as in a regular session of the
North Carolina Legislature.
The Legislature convenes
Friday noon and ends Saturday
afternoon. The delegates are
guests at the banquet which is
given on Friday night. This
year Meredith delegates plan
to introduce several bills.
CHILEAN PIANIST IS INTERVIEWED
By BETSY McMILLAN
The Ida Poteat Loan Fund is
a living and growing memorial
to Miss Ida, formerly of the Col
lege Art Department, and is in
tended primarily to help gifted
Juniors and Seniors in the Art
Department.
Open House Held
The Athletic Association will
sponsor on November 16 an open
house in Jones Dormitory
through the Health Committee
of the College. It will be held
from seven to nine p.m. follow
ing an informal dinner. After
the open house a reception will
be held for the members of
the AA, judges, faculty, and the
three winners in the dormitory.
The Health Committee is com
posed of Zelma Murray, Sopho
more representative; Mary G.
Turner, Junior; and Hattie
Ward, Senior. Delano Hall is
chairman of the committee.
Prizes will be awarded to the
occupants of the best room on
each of the entire floors. From
these one will be chosen for
the grand prize.
Claudio Arrau, Chilean pian
ist, was truly representative of
his colorful South American
background as he settled down
last Thursday afternoon on the
Sir Walter Hotel mezzanine to
conduct a press conference for
groups from the local colleges.
The pianist was the featured
artist at the first concert of the
season for the Raleigh Civic
Music Association on Tliursday
night, November 2.
Arrau, who had just come
from Norfolk and Lynchburg,
Va., in his tour of the United
States, opened the conference
by saying, “It is amazing how
many young people in the
United States are interested in
music. In my country, few in
a similar city of 60,000 popu
lation would be interested in
music.” He attributed this
American musical interest to
the help the radio has rendered
in familiarizing the general pub
lic with music.
The artist himself is charac
teristic of thfe rarity of youthful
interest in music in Chili, be
cause, although he would indeed
be considered a prodigy in any
country, Arrau at the age of
seven was given a scholarship
from the Chilean government to
study in Germany for ten years
and was thus given much en
couragement to further his musi
cal education.
Arrau had had no musical
training before this time, but
early in life had observed his
musical mother playing the
piano and compared the notes
she played to the written sym
bols. Thus, he learned to read
and play music before he could
even read writing.
Wearing a cocoa-brown suit
and blue tie, the mustached and
hatless pianist settled back in
his bamboo chair and by his
friendly South American, smil
ing way sought to put each of
us present at our ease. Not
only was he willing to answer
any questions asked him but he
was eager to know of the musi
cal backgrounds of our own
cities and colleges.
When asked what he thought
of the modern dance music,
Arrau replied, “It is all right
in its place but does not belong
on the concert stage.” He re
ferred, in particular, to George
Gershwin’s music.
German Teacher
As for his own musical train
ing, Arrau stated that he owed
all he knew about music to his
teacher, Martin Krause, who in
turn had been a pupil of Liszt.
However, he agreed that one
niust have natural gifts in ad
dition to a good instructor.
“When one plays he must do
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