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Volume XIX
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1945
Number 9
C. B. Shaw Sponsored
By Koppa Nu Sigma
Before Lecture, New Members, Faculty, and Guest
Honored at Banquet; Reception Given Later
o —
Tonight Charles B. Shaw, of
the Drexel Institute, will speak
in the College Auditorium. His
lecture is sponsored by the
Kappa Nu Sigma, honorary
scholarship fraternity. Imme
diately preceding the lecture,
there will be a formal banquet
at the Woman’s Club in honor
of the newly-chosen members,
Mary Jo Clayton and Marilynn
Ferrell, the guest speaker, and
alumnae.
The subject for Mr. Shaw’s
lecture will be “Printer’s Pleas
antries,” a report of misprints,
hoaxes, and the ways in which
Arts Forum Scheduled
At Woman's College
Meredith Sextet Sings;
Student Recital Held
The annual Arts Forum is
being held this week-end at the
Woman’s College of the Uni
versity of North Carolina in
Greensboro. The Forum was
instituted last year having, as
a high light, compositions by
students from North Carolina
colleges. Another feature of the
Forum is the program present-
printers find various sorts of i ing works of American corn-
fun in their work. Mr. Shaw j posers.
has been a consultant v/ith the 1 Several members of the Mere-
Nuncy Harris
Carnegie Corporation Advisory
Group on College Libraries and
is now the librarian of Swarth-
dith music faculty appeared on
the program at the Forum last
year, and Dorothy Shealy and
more College in Pennsylvania. Rebecca Barnes presented their
Mr. Shaw received his A.B. i compositions on the student
and A.M. from Clark University
and attended the New York
State Library School in 1919.
He was associate professor of
English at Woman’s College of
the University of North Carolina
in 1918 and 1919, director of the
extension division from 1922 to
1924, and librarian there from
1920 to 1927. Since 1927, he
has been at Swarthmore College
and has been a member of sev
eral nationally known library
associations and boards.
He has compiled a Reading
List of Biographies, Arm-Chair
Travels, American Painters, and
A List of Books for College
Libraries.
Following the lecture, there
will be a reception in the College
parlors for the faculty, the new
society members, and the guest
speaker.
Members for the Kappa Nu
Sigma are chosen on the basis
of the highest grades in the
Junior Class. This year, Mary
Jo is on the Student Council,
and Marilynn is now president
of the Junior Class.
on
program.
Betsy Jean Holt, Meredith
music student, will play her
composition, “Soliloquy,” this
year. Several members of the
Music Department, including
Miss Beatrice Donley, Dr. Har
ry Cooper, Miss Mary Hauchette,
Miss Ruth Green, Dorothy Bow
man, Dorothy Shealy, and Re
becca Barnes plan to attend, as
well as members from depart
ments of the school.
Student Recital
The fifth student recital of
the year was held February 8
with the following piano stu
dents taking part: Nancy Joe
Massey, Ruth Wyatt, Christine
Kornegay, Ruth Miller, Saxe
Farmer, and Peggy Parker.
Last Wednesday afternoon the
sixth student recital of the year
was presented in the College
Auditorium. Students of piano,
organ, and violin taking part
were Laura Stroupe, Eloise Fritz,
Nancy Jo Massey, Janet Rosser,
(Continued on page four)
. . . who has just been elected as Student Government Association
president for the coming school year. Nancy, in the first student elec
tion of the year on Thursday of last week, ran against Mary Jo Clay
ton. (Photo by Cooper.)
Committees Chosen Societies Not To
For Commencement Change Rush Week
Seniors Appointed
As Activity Heads
Committees for commence
ment have been appointed, ac
cording to Rachel Strole, presi
dent of the Senior Class. Betsy
McMillan, as cf Class
Day Exercises, will be assisted
by Dorothy Bowman, in charge
of the fountain services; Lois
Edinger and Kitty Monteith,
script; Christine Webb, staging;
Evelyn Ray, bones; Don Gilke-
son, programs; and Dot Shealy,
music.
Senior Vespers chairman,
Milly Thornton, will be assisted
by Laura Frances Snow, Eliza
beth Murray, Nelda Ferguson,
and Lois Edinger.
Iris Phillips, chairman of re
ceptions will be aided by Elea
nor Loftin, Louise Sanderson,
(Continued on page three)
Emphasis Week Begins Monday, February 26
The annual Religious Empha
sis Week will be held on the
Meredith campus next week
beginning Monday, February
26, and continuing through Fri
day, March 2. The BSU Council
is the main sponsor.
Dr. Edward Hughes Pruden,
pastor of First Baptist Church
of Washington, D. C., has been
asked as the chief speaker dur
ing the week. Dr. Pruden re
ceived his B. A. degree from the
University of Richmond, Vir
ginia; his Th.M. from the South
ern Baptist Theological Semi
nary; his Ph.D. from the Uni
versity of Edinburgh, Scotland;
and his D.D. (Honorary) from
the University of Richmond,
Virginia. He has held pastorates
in the First Baptist Church,
Petersburg, Virginia, and at the
First Baptist Church, Washing
ton, D. C. Other positions which
speaker Pruden has filled are
guest professor of English, Uni
versity of Shanghai, China;
president, Washington Federa
tion of Churches; president.
Board of Managers, Chinese
Community Church, Washing
ton, D. C.; and president of the
District of Columbia Baptist
Convention. In addition to the
foregoing organizations and
positions, Dr. Pruden is a mem
ber of the American Baptist
Foreign Missions Society and
of the Board of Founders of the
University of Shanghai. He
Dr. Edward Hughes Pruden
served also on the Religious
Focus Week team here at Mere
dith last year.
Included in the Week’s pro
gram are daily worship services,
morning and evening. Dr. Pru
den will lead the services during
the regular chapel period each
morning at 10:30, and from
7:15 until 8:15 every night in
the Auditorium. Special music
will be rendered at these serv
ices by the choir, the orchestra,
the Meredith sextet, and solo
ists. Other daily services will
include Pause for Power at 1:40
in the Rotunda and Family
Altar at night on the first floors
of the various dormitories.
Forums to be held on Tuesday
and Thursday afternoons will
feature the answering of ques
tions which will have been
dropped in a prepared box. In
addition, the Baptist Book Store
will furnish material for a dis
play during the week, Mabel
Summers being in charge. Per
sonal conferences with the
speaker may be arranged by
appointment.
A party honoring Dr. Pruden
will be given on Friday night
at 8:30. Horty Liles, as chair
man of the entertainment com
mittee, is in charge of the party,
and everyone is invited.
Liz Shelton, third vice presi
dent of the BSU is the Director
of the activities of the week,
working through committees.
Chairman of those committees
are Nancy Harris, hospitality
committee; Horty Liles, enter
tainment; Betsy Watson, pro
gram; Dorothy Bowman, wor
ship; Helen Wallis, personal
conference; Mitchell Lee, forum;
Laura Frances Snow, publicity;
Virginia Holcomb, music; Caro
lyn Lockamy, Family Altar;
Evelyn Straughan, Pause for
Power; Mabel Summers, book
display; and Nelda Ferguson,
continuation. These committees
(Continued on page three)
Students Debate Pros and
Cons in Joint Meeting
At a joint meeting of the
Astro and Phi literary societies
held last Monday night in the
Phi Hall, the societies voted to
leave the annual Rush Week in
the first semester. Fifty-three
members voted to postpone Rush
Week until the second semester,
while 127 voted to leave it as it
is.
The debate on “Changing
Rush Week and Decision Day
to the Second Semester” was
carried on by Stella Lassiter
and Jane Watkins, negative side;
against Betsy Paul Yelverton
and Anna Lou Toms, affirmative
side.
Sides Taken
The negative side stated that
Rush Week had become a vital
part of Meredith, and in chang-
this, Meredith would not be the
same. Upper classmen would
become acquainted with fresh
men or transfers because they
would be too busy with other
activities, they claimed. With
Rush Week in the first semester,
the freshmen become more
interested in activities of the
College, and are so busy that
they do not have time to become
homesick. The debaters urged
the students to “eliminate the
affirmative and to latch on to the
negative.”
The affirmative side believed
Rush Week should be changed
because it is now unfair to upper
classmen and to freshmen. More
time is needed to make plans for
Rush Week, and the officers of
the societies need time to learn
to work together, they stated.
Better programs would be
planned to attract the new stu
dents, since a more competitive
spirit would be fostered within
the societies. Students would
have a chance to learn the so
ciety songs, and what the socie
ties stand for, it was claimed.
Upper classmen would have a
chance to show more interest
throughout the whole year. That
students would be encouraged
to be Phis or Astros because
of their individual qualities
were points brought out for this
side.
This decision not to change
the time of Rush Week culmi
nates a discussion which has
been carried on for several
weeks.
Election
Returns In
Nancy Harris Chosen
To Head '45-'46 SG
New President is Major
In History; Likes Concerts
And Working With People
By Fay Champion
A wide, friendly smile set
off very nicely by lively blue
eyes, curling brown hair, a clear
smooth complexion, and a hearty
“Hi, come on in and have a seat”
greeted me upon paying a visit
to Nancy Harris, newly-elected
president of the student body
for the year ’45-’46. Nancy, in
a blue pajama blouse and skirt
(dormitory wear), curled in a
big chair with a Spanish book,
was making the most of a rainy
Saturday afternoon, and though
apparently very busy she wel
comed me and didn’t seem at
all perturbed when I used up a
considerable amount of her time
asking questions and talking;
in fact, she made me feel right
at home and by the time I left I
had concluded that she is the
type of person in whom one
can confide anything from a
sore toe to a disappointed love
affair and she would have time
to listen and to understand. In
my opinion “them’s the makings
of a fine student government
prexie.”
Likes and Dislikes
When asked what work she
liked most she replied, “I don’t
know; I like them all,” though
she then thought more carefully
and decided that she enjoyed
work that put her into contact
with people. She just likes peo
ple! And speaking of liking she
really goes for long walks in the
woods in the spring and for good
concerts. When she has any
spare time she likes spending
it on a scrapbook or with a
camera (didn’t get a look at
either the scrapbook or pictures,
but my guess is that they are
plenty interesting). She likes
reading on rainy days, and her
favorite book is Quo Vadis
though she likes also The Rohe
and Jane Eyre. She enjoys
biography and historical novels
too.
As for her favorite food she
made little hesitation in men
tioning milk and then after
some consideration (after all
people just don’t go around
thinking about things I might
ask), she finally decided that
fried chicken, French fries, and
cherry pie with whipped cream
are her favorite foods.
She is especially fond of sport
clothes and I might add as an
opinion, she and sport clothes
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WATCH FOR
Feb. 23 — Home Ec Club
meeting, 5:00. Grand
daughters’ Club meeting,
5:00. Kappa Nu Sigma
banquet, Charles Shaw
lecture, 8:00.
Feb. 27—World Fellowship
group, 9:45. Education
Club, 6:45.
March 1 — YWA meeting,
7:00. Orchestra practice,
7:30.
March 9—Student League
of Women Voters meet
ing, 5:00. Art Club meet
ing, 5:00. Barber Science
Club meeting, 5:00.