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Mrs, E, B. Earnshaw
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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XIX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1945
Number 10
Religious Emphasis is JSS^chons
Acclaimed As Success
The Big Three
Dr. Edward Pruden Challenges
Students in Many Discussions _
On Theme of "Your Religion" I H Sale OT War Stamps
Frosh Class Ahead
Committees Selected
From Phis and Astros
The annual Religious Empha
sis Week was observed on the
Meredith Campus February 26
through March 2, with Dr. Ed
ward Hughes Pruden, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of
Washington, D. C., as guest
speaker. Dr. Pruden chose as his
theme for the week “Your Re
ligion.” In each message, he
asked questions relating to the
theme, challenging students to
make their religion more mean
ingful and to give it a larger
place in their lives.
The week’s program included
daily worship services in the
Auditorium both morning and
evening, at which time Dr.
Pruden spoke. Special music for
these services was furnished by
the choir, the orchestra, the
Meredith sextette, and soloists.
Pause for Power was held daily
at 1:40 in the Rotunda, and
Family Altar was conducted at
night in each dormitory with
students from all the halls meet
ing together.
Forums were held from 4:00
until 5:30 on Tuesday and Thurs
day afternoons with Dr. Pruden
leading the discussions. The
subject on Tuesday afternoon
was “What is Happening to
American Marriages?” and on
Thursday, “Re-examining Our
Religious Vocabulary.”
Materials from the Baptist
Book Store was on display dur
ing the week in the social room
of first floor Jones. Speaker
Pruden held conferences with
students at appointed times
throughout the week.
Party
A party honoring Dr. Pruden
was given on Friday night at
8:15 in the Phi Hall. Horty
Liles, as chairman of the enter
tainment committee was master
of ceremonies, and she was as
sisted by Liz Shelton and Jean
Griffith. A variety of features
was included in the entertain
ment. Guests were divided into
groups, each of which presented
a stunt based on the title of a
song or book. In one of the
stunts. Dr. Pruden turned over
his official position as minister
to B. Y. Tyner and allowed him
self to be coaxed down the aisle
(Continued on page four)
New Capfoin and Lieutenant
Chosen for Seniors; Students
Contribute to Poper Drive
The Freshman Class still leads
in the sale of war savings stamps,
according to Mrs. Vera Tart
Marsh, chairman, by having
sold $90; the Junior Class selling
$60; the Senior Class, $50; and
the Sophomore Class, $40; mak
ing a total of $240.
Lillian Humphrey has been
appointed captain for the Senior
Class to succeed Hallie Coppedge
who was graduated in February.
Janie Cash is the new senior
lieutenant.
Reporting for the Scrap Paper
Campaign, which is a campus
wide activity, Mrs. Marsh states
that Meredith has contributed
3,720 pounds of scrap paper to
the war effort. It is hoped that
this amount will be more than
doubled before June. New lieu
tenants recently appointed to
serve in the scrap paper army
are: Helen Burt Mauney (Jones
Hall), Marjorie Keene (Jones
Hall), and Patricia McNiel
(Stringfield Hall).
Senior Class Votes
Favor of Clinic
m
The Senior Class voted Tues
day that they would continue
the Interview and Application
Clinic again this year, after the
successful classes held last year.
Dr. Estelle Popham, head of the
Business Department, will teach
the class for three evenings.
The letter that should be
written previous to getting the
job and the preparation for the
interview will be discussed dur
ing this time. At the same time,
there will be displays in the
library and bibliographies there
for materials to be studied for
the classes.
Interviewing began during the
depression years with the Fran
Marketing Clinic of New York
City. This was worked out by
the Edllinds who figured out
specific techniques on securing
and holding the job.
STUDENTSTOBEIN
POSTURE CONTEST
Posture Week is to be ob
served March 19-24. This week
is a follow-up of the posture
examinations and posture con
ferences which each student at
Meredith College has had. The
two outstanding events of the
week will be a posture program
which will be given on one of
the week nights, and a chapel
program which will mark the
finals in the posture contest.
Girls eligible for this contest
are those whose posture grades
were A or A- when the physical
examinations were given this
year. The list includes five
freshman, five sophomores, three
juniors, and five seniors. Pos
ture posters are being made by
the freshman health education
classes. This Posture Week has
been scheduled in an attempt
to emphasize the importance of
good posture for appearance
and physical well-being.
WATCH FOR
Mar. 10 — Young Artist’s
Contests, 11:00.
Mar. 12—Phi Literary So
ciety meeting, 8:00.
Mar. 13 — Sociology Club
meeting, 6:45.
Mar. 14 — Orchestra prac
tice, 7:30.
Mar. 15 — Silver Shield
meeting, 7:00.
Mar. 16—Counsellors and
freshman meeting, 5:00;
Classical Club meeting,
6:45; Business Club meet
ing, 6:45.
Mar. 19-23 — Posture Pro
gram, 9:00.
Mar. 20 — Little Theatre
meeting, 6:45; Miss Han-
chette faculty recital,
8:00.
Mar. 23—Home Economics
Club, 5:00; Colton Eng
lish Club meeting, 6:45.
Mar. 24—Play Day with St.
Mary’s and Peace col
leges, 2:00.
Mar. 27—Anna Lou Toms
graduating recital, 8:00.
Plans are being made for the
society plays and freshman play
to be presented in the near
future. Although the plays to be
presented have not been selected,
committees for each society have
been appointed.
The Phi’s committees are: cos
tumes, Lois Edinger, Kathleen
Isbell, Ruth Summerlin, Mabel
Baldwin, Dot Howerton; pro
grams, Helen Burt Mauney,
Hilda Wilson, Vicky Manty,
Mary K. Montieth, Grace Pat
ton, Mabel Laine; lighting, Kitty
Johnson; properties, Janie Cash,
Margaret Long, Doris Gene Bow
man, Mary V. Warren, Annie
Hood Hughes, Margaret Fales,
Ann Oglesby, Rosemary Fulmer,
Dorothy Cooper; staging, Louise
Sanderson, Lucy Norville, Annie
Ray Perkins, Frances Bandy,
Bobbie Stone, Elizabeth Murray,
Mary Frances Craig, Elizabeth
Saveifer, Eleanor Loftin, and
Hazel Johnson.
The Astro committees are:
staging, Evelyn Ray, June Pat
terson, Joyce Thomas, Rea
Franklin; costumes, Betsy Hatch,
Anne Hood Hughes, Doris Car-
roll, Jean White; programs,
Hilda Liles, Frances Elrod,
Mitchell Lee, Gwen Krahnke;
lights, Helen Bedon, Cathe Wish-
art; make-up, Betsy Jean Holt
Doris Thompson, Mary Hum
phrey; properties, Betsy Mc
Millan, Kathryn Parker, Helen
Wilkerson, and Mary Alice
Turner.
Directors are Muly Thornton,
Nelda Ferguson, Helen Hall,
Phis; and Mary Jo Clayton,
Betty Cuthrell, Astro’s.
Committees Selected
For Junior-Senior
Committees for the Junior-
Senior banquet, which will be
given April 21, were selected
Tuesday morning in a meeting
of the Junior class.
Chairmen of the committees
are: Lib Davis, seating; Melba
Long, invitations; Mary Lib
Banks, food; Mary Jo Clayton,
entertainment; Willa Grey
Lewis, properties and lighting;
Hazel Johnson, favors; Meredith
Cash, decorations; Mitzi Roddick,
after-dinner entertainment; Hel
en Frances Crain, table decora
tions; and Flora Anne Lee, pro
gram. Every member of the
class is serving on one of the
committees.
Marilynn Ferrell is president
of the class with Liz Shelton
and Jo Hughes as co-chairmen
in planning the Junior-Senior
banquet.
Queen Nominated
At the Thursday morning stu
dent chapel period the nomina
tions were made for this spring’s
May Queen. Those of the seniors
nominated wepe Horty Liles,
Betsy Watson, Isabel Dillon, and
Laura Ellen McDaniel. Students
at this time voted also that both
the May Queen and the Maid-of-
Honor this year be chosen in one
election, the runner-up being
the Maid-of-Honor. The election
was set for Friday of this week.
. of Meredith College recently elected are Elizabeth Shelton, president
of the Baptist Student Union for next year; Nancy Harris, president of
the Student Government Association for the coming year; and Mary G.
Turner, newly-chosen president of the Athletic Association.
STUDENTS ELECTED AS NEXT
BSU AND AA PRESIDENTS
Liz" Shelton To Lead in Religious Work
While Mary G. Turner To Be Head of Athletics
By PEGGY HAYWOOD
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DRIVE IS HELD ON
MEREDITH CAMPUS
Dr. Mary Yarborough, head
of the Chemistry Department
here at Meredith, conducted the
Red Cross Drive on the Meredith
campus, from Wednesday, Mcirch
7, through Friday, March 9.
The Raleigh Drive began Febru
ary 21, and will continue through
March 27, but Dr. Yarborough
hoped that Meredith would reach
its quota of $750 in the three
days specified.
The class officers had charge
of collecting donations from the
students.
Miss Edna Frances Dawkins,
Mrs. Dorothy Alden, Miss Ellen
Brewer, and Mrs. Carol Clark
assisted Dr. Mary Yarborough
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Sociology Girls
Do Field Work
Performance
The Physical Education De
partment at Meredith College is
planning to give their annual
folk and creative dance recital
April 3. The groups are practic
ing for six weeks before the
performance in April.
Sociology students in the social
work class taught by Dr. Clar
ence Patrick, head of the Soci
ology Department, this semester
are doing field work in various
local offices one afternoon a
week. The practical work sup
plements the regular class peri
ods during the week.
Working at the Red Cross
office are Evelyn Ray and Doro
thy Bruton. Lucy Norville,
Helen Burt Mauney, and Ruth
Vande Kieft help at the State
Hospital for the Insane. Janie
Allen, Carolyn Kenyon Worrell,
Jeanne Fleischmann, Betty Anne
Snyder, and Isabel Dillon work
at the Wake County Council of
Social Agencies. At the Meth
odist Orphanage are Mary Lee
Wethington, Mary Wilson,
Katherine Ulmer, Jean Broth
ers, and Jewel Hyatt.
The Wake County Welfare
Department have helpers in
Carolyn Bass, Margaret Long,
and Ruth and Ruby Lyon. Work
ing with the Girl Scouts are
Isabel Dillon, Mary G. Turner,
Ann Dean, Helen Stephens,
Barbara Stevens, Mary Rotella,
and Hilda Gibbs.
These girls, although they do
not have full access to the offices
in which they work, are finding
practical experience in social
work in the positions they hold.
Do I know “Liz” Shelton?
Why, surely I do! She’s the girl
with the nice, friendly, crooked
smile on her face. You know,
the dark haired girl who talks
with her hands, whose eyes
shoot little sparks of enthusiasm
Vv'hen she becomes interested in
something. She wears red quite
a lot, and it kinda’ fits her per
sonality. Both show as far as
you can see her. Oh, I see you
want to know more about her.
I went to see her not long ago
and through some very subtle
questions (such as Where are
you from?. What do you like
to do?, and What music do you
like? etc.) I found out quite a
bit. First of all, she hails from
Washington, N. C. She likes
quite a few things; writing (the
“stuff” we have to do once in
a while in English class), dra
matics, basketball, and all sorts
of music except the “Cornin’
Roun’ the Mountain” type. Her
favorite selections are “Sym
phony in D Minor” by Franck,
and “Long Ago and Far Away.”
(Dear me, I forgot to ask if that
could mean anything.) Liz is
a major in Art. To my question
about her dislikes she gave the
classical answer—spinach!
Since you’re new around here,
you might like to know some
more about her. During her
first year she was president of
the BTU at the First Baptist
Church, vice president of her
class, vice president of the Art
Club, on the varsity basketball
team, and in the fall and spring
productions of the Little The
ater. In her sophomore year
she was social vice president of
the BSU, secretary and treas
urer of Alpha Psi Omega, hono
rary dramatic fraternity, in the
spring production of the Little
Theater, and co-photographic
editor of the Oak Leaves. This
year she is social vice president
of the North Carolina BSU,
devotional vice president of
Meredith BSU, vice president
of the Little 'Theater, and art
editor of the Acorn. Next year?
She is going to be president of
the Meredith BSU.
Mary G. Turner
Mary G. Turner is one of those
modest individuals who likes to
talk—but about everything
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