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News Articles: Dance Concerts Elections Results Junior-Senior Plans Editorials: Meredith on Map Panorama She Snoops Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College Volume XIX MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1945 Number 12 Elections Continued Publications Editors, Various Organizational Officers Voted On Recent election returns have disclosed the following new offi cers for the coming year. Jewel Eatman, a junior of Raleigh, was elected editor of the Twig. She has a double major in English and in Spanish, and is this year business mana ger of the Twig, treasurer of the Colton English Club, treasurer of the Sigma Pi Alpha, and junior representative to the Day Student Council. During her sophomore year, she was pub licity chairman of the Colton English Club, and reporter for the Day Student Council. Elected to the office of manag ing editor for the coming year is Florine Ledford, also of Ra leigh. She is a major in English and has also been elected to serve as president of Stringfield for next year. She has held the office of advertising manager on the Twig this year and is a member of the Colton English Club, Glee Club, McDowell Music Club, and the College Choir. She was freshman repre sentative to the Day Student Council, treasurer of the Day Student Council, and sophomore marshal to the Astro Society. Advertising manager for the Twig for next year is Mary Mar tin of Raleigh who is a sopho more this year. She has been Freshman counsellor, photo graphic editor of the Oakleaves, reporter for the Twig, a member of the McDowell Music Club, the College Choir, and was vice president of her freshman class. Martha Hamrick, also of Raleigh, is to be The Twig business man ager for next year. She has been active with musical perform ances, being the accompanist for singer Jane Watkins. The incoming vice president of the Student Council is Flora Ann Lee of Raleigh. She is a major in English and during her years at Meredith, she has been secretary of the Day Stu dent Council, vice president of the sophomore class, a member of the Colton English Club, and the Student League of Women Voters. This year, Flora Ann is also a member of the Sigma Pi Alpha, assistant business manager of the Acorn, Day Student representative to the Student Council, a member of the Silver Shield, and an attend- ent in the May Court for this year. Marilynn Ferrell, newly- elected president of the Little Theatre, hails from Kinston and is a major in English. She is president of the Junior Class, a member of the Kappa Nu Sig- (Continued on page three) CROOKING Crooking, one of Mere dith’s traditions, began anew March 21, when the Senior Class president, Rachel Strole, presented the first clue to the presi dent of the Junior Class, Marilynn Ferrell. Each night, except Sunday, is open for crooking from ten until twelve. Freshmen are working with the juniors in searching for the clues leading to the crook. Mon day, April 16, will be the last night for this event. Folh and Rhythms Performers . . ... . ,„r Dance Groups Present Recital in Auditorium o Chairmen Complete Junior-Senior Plans "Juniors' Snap Shop" Reveals Theme of Banquet Plans for the Junior-Senior banquet have been completed according to Jo Hughes and Liz Shelton, co-chairman in plan ning the annual event. The date has been set for April 21, at 7:00 in the College dining hall. Seniors and special guests have received the following invita tion: “Wear a toothpaste smile. Come on the run— To the Juniors’ Snap Shop For albums of fun! April twenty-first. Seven o’clock. Boys in Sunday suits— Girls in party frocks. Location of the shop, Meredith dining hall. Bring this little book Or you can’t get in at all!” Spain, Roumania, Mexico, and Other Countries Represented Tonight . . . of the dance concerts to be given tonight in the College Auditorium and tomorrow evening in the Raleigh Little Theatre. In the picture above are Laura Ellen McDaniel, Carol Martin, Edil« Ann Johnson, Evelyn Gwaltney, and Joan Drake. Below are Jean Griffith, Martha Kambis, Lois Harmon, and Amy Wyche. (Photos by Cooper.) NINETEEN GIRLS ARE CHOSEN TO TAKE PART IN POSTURE CONTEST Witherspoon, McDaniel, Wallace, Lewis Are Individual Winners o- The College Health Commit tee sponsored “Posture Week” on the campus during the week March 19-24. A few girls with good posture were chosen from each class and from them the final winners were selected. Individual winners were Jean Witherspoon, sophomore, who won first place; Laura Ellen Mc Daniel, senior, in second place; Frances Wallace, junior, in third place, and Sarah Lewis, freshman, in fourth place. The judges for this were, Mrs. Jane Guess of St. Mary’s, Mrs. Eme tine Foster, and Mrs. Mary Egerton, both from Meredith. Five people acted as judges for the entire week, each person judging on a different day. These were: Misses Myrtle Bar nette, Mary Yarbrough, Doris Peterson, Elizabeth Cameron, and Nell Forbes. As a result of the whole week, the senior class won first place; freshman class, second; junior class, third; and the sophomore class, fourth place. Mrs. Foster and Miss Peter son had charge of the “sym phony silhouette” which brought a close to “Posture Week” on Friday night, March 24. The freshman health educa tion classes. Miss Kay Irwin, and John Rembrandt of the Art Department made the posters for the program. Red Cross Report Shows Goal Reached Sophomores Lead; Juniors Are Second In 1901-02 thirty per cent of the Meredith resident students were from Wake County, sixty per cent from North Carolina, the remainder of less than five ner cent from other states. The following Red Cross re port for the drive conducted recently on the Meredith Cam pus comes from Dr. Mary Yar brough, chairman. Senior class: number contrib uting, 69; contribution, $72.13. Junior class: number contrib uting, 95; contribution, $96.33. Sophomore class: number con tributing, 108; contribution, $102.00. Freshman class: number con tributing, 111; contribution, $79.02. Total for classes: contributing, 383; contribution, $349.48. Faculty, Administration Staff, and Workers: number contrib uting, 79; contribution, $402.62. Total: number contributing, 462; contribution, $752.10. The 1944 contribution was $537, with the 1945 quota being $750. RUTH FRANKLIN WINS IN WRITING CONTEST COLLEGE ANNOUNCES SUMMER SESSION Large Variety of Courses Will Be Offered Students The 1945 Summer School ses sion of Meredith will start June 11 and end August 11. Courses will be offered by the departments of biology, busi ness, education, English, French, Spanish, history, mathematics, music, psychology, religion, and sociology. This is the first time that the business and religion departments have offered cours es during the summer session. Maximum credit hours one will be able to get is nine, and four Saturdays will be holidays. One of the dormitories will be opened, meals are to be served in the dining hall, and the in firmary will be opened. Chapel will be held once a week and informal social programs will be planned. Approximately thirty - seven per cent of 70 sociology students graduating from Meredith re cently entered the public school teaching profession. Less than three per cent went into college teaching. Ruth Franklin, associate editor of the Twig, was the winner of the contest conducted during March among the members of the editorial staff of the paper. Ruth’s winning article about Mrs. Charlotte Hilton Greene’s speech to the Colton English Club which appeared in the March 9 issue was judged on the basis of accuracy of detail, im provement, and journalistic form. A similar contest is being sponsored during April. WATCH FOR April 13 — Spring Dance Concert (here), 8:00. April 14 — Spring Dance Concert (Little Theatre), 8:00, April 17—Play Day. April 20 — Freshman and Society Plays, 8:00. April 21 — Junior - Senior Banquet, 7:00. April 26 — Junior - Fresh man Breakfast. High School Debate (afternoon and night). April 27—Mrs. Lila Load- wick’s Recital. The Creative Rhythms and Folk Dance groups present a dance recital tonight in the Audi torium. The program is divided into two parts. The first portion, by the Creative Rhythms Group, is directed by Miss Elizabeth Cameron and Miss Nell Forbes of the Meredith Physical Edu cation Department It consists of a Religious Suite —Doxology, the group, a dance of praise; Spiritual, the group, a medley of spirituals developed to catch the mood of the Negro in his work and worship. Campus Suite—Take-off, the group, Palio; Reception, the group, new students meet the faculty, with music arranged by Vicky Manty; Cafeteria line, the group; Spring Fever, the group. Folk Suite—Spanish Dance, Laura Ellen McDaniel, music from “Swan Lake” by Tschai- kowsky; Shortnin’ Bread, the group; Camptown Races, the group; Roumanian Rhapsody, the group, duet by Misses Forbes and Mary Hanchette with a solo by Miss Cameron. Folk Dance Group The second portion of the con cert is directed by Miss Doris Peterson, being given by the Folk Dance Group. Included I are Los Matlanchenis, collected by Lloyd Shaw, one of the old est religious ceremonial dances of the Aztec Indians; La Varso- viana, collected by Miss Peter son, a Mexican version of “Put Your Little Foot,” a favorite folk melody of many countries; La Polka, a favorite Mexican dance enjoyed by young and old; La Cucaracha, collected by Mary Shambaugh. European Dances — Serbian Kolo, collected by Anne Schley Duggan, one of the many Kolos always danced in a line with the dance repeated many times with ever increasing speed; Swedish Hambo, collected by Anne Schley Duggan, the national dance of Sweden; Hunsdon House, collected by Cecil Sharp, an English square for eight dancers; Schuhplattler, collected by Mary Shambaugh, a shoe clapping dance from Austrian Tyrol; Wegge’s Song, collected by Augustus Zanzig, a Swiss folk dance to the music of one of their best loved “walking songs.” Dances of America—Colonial Dances: Minuet, collected by Miss Peterson, danced to “Min uet in G Major” by Paderewski; Lancers, collected by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford, the oldest known American Folk dance. Early American Dances: Belen Schottische, collected by Miss Peterson, danced to “American Schottische,” by Jess Meeker; Singing Quadrille, collected by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford; Polka, collected by Miss Peterson, danced to “Polka” by Gladys Lawhon. Cowboy Dances: Vel- eta Waltz, collected by Lloyd Shaw, a favorite waltz of the cowboys of New Mexico and Wyoming; and Cowboy Square, collected by Miss Peterson, a real Western cowboy square dance combining the “Ocean Wave” and the “Grapevine Twist.” Production Staff Members of the production staff for the concerts are: Eileen (Continued on page three)
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