News Articles:
Hospitality Plans
Junior-Senior
May Day
Editorials;
Yours To Hold
Panorama
She Snoops
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XIX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1945
Number 13
Officers
Chosen
Clayton, Hall To Head
"Acorn," "Oak Leaves" Staffs
Recent election returns have
disclosed the following new offi
cers for 1945-46:
Mary Jo Clayton, Meredith
junior, will serve as editor of
The Acorn staff for the coming
school year. She is from Millers-
ville, Maryland, and is a major
in English and math. She is an
Astro and during her years at
Meredith she has been fresh
man representative to the stu
dent council and president of
her Sophomore Class. She is
this year feature editor of The
Acorn, assistant manager of the
Beehive, a member of Kappa Nu
Sigma, Sigma Pi Alpha. Little
Theater, and Colton English
Club.
Peggy Parker of Henderson
is 1945-46 managing editor of
The Acorn. She is a major in
piano and voice, and is golf
manager of the A. A., sopho
more editor of The Acorn, a
member of the Glee Club, Choir,
Granddaughters’ Club, and Mac-
Dowell Music Club. She is also
to serve as secretary to the Glee
Club next year.
Heading the Oak Leaves staff
for 1945-46 is Helen Hall of
Raleigh. She is a major in bi
ology with related fields in chem
istry and psychology. She has
been sophomore business man
ager of the Oak Leaves and is
this year business maiiuger of
the Oak Leaves. She was a
Y.W.A. circle leader her sopho
more year and has been devo
tional chairman of the Y.W.A.
council this year. She is a mem
ber of the Little Theater, Bar
ber Science Club, and World
Fellowship.
Jean Parker of Winston-
Salem has been chosen business
manager of the Oak Leaves for
the coming year. She is a ma-
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WATCH FOR
April 28—International Re
lations Conference.
May 2—Stringfield Dormi
tory Open House.
May 4—Glee Club Concert,
8:00.
May 5—Hospitality Week
end; May Day in After
noon; Society and Fresh
man Class Plays, 8:00.
May 7-12—Registration for
year 1945-46.
May 11—Dorothy Shealy
Graduating Recital.
May 12—Sophomore Party.
Hospitality Week-end Plans to
include May Day Festivities
Society and Freshman Plays
CHAPEL PROGRAM
LAUNCHES DRIVE
Devotional Followed
By Quiz Program
Afternoon Activities Begin With Open House in Hut; Evening Closes with Candle
Service At Fountain; High School Seniors As Guests Honored During Day
Plans for Hospitality Week-end of Mav 5 have been completed, according to Marty Jeffreys,
student hostess for the annual event. High school seniors and other guests will arrive on Satur-
^—■ ®day morning to register in John-
SENIORS ENTERTAINED AT
BANQUET BY JUNIOR CLASS
Theme Centered Around "The Snap Shop"; Pictures
Taken; Guests Received By Napoleon, the Clown
The Meredith War Activities
Committee launched the Sev
enth War Loan Drive on the
campus last week with a student
and faculty convocation period
in the College Auditorium.
Mrs. Vera Tart Marsh, chair
man of the committee on the
Meredith Campus and also of
those at other Raleigh women’s
colleges, introduced and com
mended the three Meredith
groups leading war activities
here—the student and faculty
committees, and the scrap paper
army, all of whom were seated
on the stage. The devotional by
Mrs. Marsh concerned world
peace.
A $25 war bond was presented
to the College, having been
bought with money, from the
sale of scrap paper collected on
the campus. Back-stage during
the program was a flag given by
Miss Lila Bell of the Education
Department in memory of her
brother, a world war veteran.
A quiz program, the second
portion of the convocation, was
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The annual Junior-Senior
banquet highlighted the week
end of April 21, the theme for
the evening being centered
around “The Snap Shop” and
the slogan being “We eliminate
your negative and give you the
positive.”
Guests were received at the
door of the dining hall by John
Rembert as Napoleon, the clown.
Just inside, guests encountered
the “dark room.” Dr. Harry E.
Cooper presided here, taking
snapshots of all couples as they
stepped in. The theme was con
tinued throughout the dining
hall. Lighting was accomplished
by spotlights playing over the
tables. Tables were decorated
with strips of film and flowers
containing a paper candid cam-
libs” by Clown Rembert. Mari-
lynn Ferrell, Junior Class presi
dent, welcomed the guests. Ha
zel Johnson proposed a toast to
the Seniors, and Rachel Strole,
Senior Class president, replied.
Rembert then introduced special
guests after which the “birdies”
sang “The Birdie Song,” written
by Becky Barnes. Jane Watkins
spoke for the girls in welcom
ing the boys, and Charley Sulli
van replied for the boys. The
Meredith Sextette then sang
“With A Song in My Heart” and
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eraman.
Members of the Freshman and
Sophomore Classes acted as
“birdies” with yellow feathers
and red wings. Immediately be
hind the speaker’s table were
huge picture frames containing
live pictures. On the east end
of the hall, mannequins stood
about.
During the course of the ban
quet, a varied program was pre
sented, interspersed with “ad-
Winner of Crooking
Not Yet Decided
A final decision as to the out
come of crooking still has not
been reached because the Junior
Class found the crook but did
not find and decipher all the
clues. Marilynn Ferrell, presi
dent of the Junior Class, and
Rachel Strole, president of the
Senior Class, will choose mem
bers of the faculty to act as a
committee to determine this
year s winner.
son Hall. Open house will be
held for them in the “Hut” dur
ing the afternoon.
Later in the afternoon the
May Day program will be pre
sented, the theme for the event
this year being an English one.
Dances are to be given by the
Folk Dance Club and classes,
while the may pole dance will
be presented by the students of
the physical education group of
classroom teachers. The May
Court this year is made up of
the following persons: Betsy
Watson, queen; Horty Liles,
maid of honor; Rebecca Lassiter
and Don Gilkeson, senior attend
ants; Flora Ann Lee and Helen
Frances Crain, junior attend
ants; Dorothy Cooper and Rita
Paez, sophomore attendants;
and Edith Johnson and Frances
Alexander, freshman attend
ants.
Society Plays
The annual society plays,
given each year by the Astrotek-
ton and Philaretian Literary
societies, will be presented on
Saturday night in the College
Auditorium.
The Astro play, “Imaginary
Image” by Alice Gerstenberg, is
under the direction of Betty
Cuthrell and Mary Jo Clayton.
Character parts are taken by
Virginia Campbell as Harriet;
Marilynn Ferrell, Hetty; Helen
Wallis, Margaret; and Liz Shel
ton, Maggie.
The Phi play, “Girls Must
Talk,” is a comedy by Paul
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Highlighting the Year
—Photos by Cooper
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. . . have been the pictured events. On the upper row, left to right, are shown BSU
welcoming committee Milly Thornton and Dorothy Bowman greeting freshman Margaret
Fales. Next is shown Mary Catherine McIntyre, Phi president, with the Phi bear and
Alice Cooper, mascot, as they smile over the Phi Decision Day victory. Reminiscent of
Palio are the freshman costumes of the “too many children of the old woman who lived
in the shoe” idea. Seniors were the winners on Stunt Night with the pictured book stunt.
Isabel Dillon, marshal, is next shown as she led the procession of graduating seniors to
the Founders’ Day program. On the lower row is shown Dr. Edward Hughes Pruden
as he led a daily service during Religious Emphasis Week. Providing a bit of humor
during the year was the “Angel Farm” inscription on the water tower, many still won
dering “Who Done It.” Creative rhythms dancers “do their stuff” while practicing for
the annual dance concert given during April. Lastly are shown the 1945 May Court
led by Betsy Watson, queen, who reign over the festivities on May 5. All of which make
up the highlights of year 1944-45.