Commencement
Annual Concert
Entertainments
Sauntering With Sawyer
Lasting Victory
Catty-Gory
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XIX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1945
Number 15
Seniors Complete
Class Day Plans
Sophomore Class to Carry
Daisy Chain; Skit Theme
To Remain Secret
The Senior Class of 1945 will
present its Class Day program
in the college grove on Satur
day, June 2, at 4:30 p.m. Betsy
McMillan, general chairman for
the Class Day exercises, says
that the theme for the program
and the class’s special kit will
remain secrets until the after
noon of the 2nd. However, the
main characters in this part of
the program are Nelda Fergu
son, Laura Frances Snow, and
Dorothy Pearce Bowman.
Members of the Sophomore
Class, little sisters to the grad
uating Seniors, will have spent
the morning of Class Day in
making the traditional Daisy
Chain from ivy and yellow and
white flowers gathered early
that morning. To open the ex
ercises the entire class will carry
their chain into the Grove and
form with it a path through
which the Seniors will enter.
The order for the procedure
of the program is as follows:
Processional of Senior Class
through Daisy Chain
Senior song to Big Sister
Class of ’43
Response from Class of ’43
Presentation of bones to Lit
tle Sister Class of ’47
Bone Song
Song to Little Sister Class of
’47
Response from Class of ’47
Senior Skit, including the
Class History and Prophecy
Presentation of Seniors’ Gift
to the College, by Rachel Strole
Recessional through Daisy
Chain to the steps of Johnson
Hall
Other committee chairmen for
the Class Day activities are the
following: Script, Kitty Mon-
teith and Lois Edinger; Music,
Dorothy Shealy; Bones Com
mittee, Evelyn Ray; Staging,
Christine Webb; Programs, Don
Gilkeson; and Costumes, Carolyn
Bass.
June First Initiates the Opening of Annual
Exercises for the Commencement Program
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Mrs. J. S. Farmer, a resident of
Raleigh and executive secretary
of the North Carolina Baptist
Woman’s Missionary Union, will
deliver the alumnae address at
the annual alumnae meeting on
June 2.
Dr. Clarence W. Cranford, pastor
of the Calvary Baptist Church in
Washington, D. C., will deliver
the Baccalaureate Sermon to the
graduating Class of ’45 on June
3, at 11:00 a.m.
Dr. Bess Goodykoontz, Assistant
Commissioner of Education, with
the Office of Education, Depart
ment of the Interior at Washing
ton, D. C.. since 1929, will pre
sent the Baccalaureate Address
on June 4, at 10:30 p.m.
Dr. & Mrs. Campbell,
Faculty, Science Club
Entertain SeniorClass
Fetes Include Tea
and Picnic Suppers
MEREDITH OBSERVES
V-E PRAYER SERVICE
Mrs. Marsh Dedicates Program
To Roosevelt and War Heroes
ANNUALCONCERT
The Department of Music at
Meredith is giving its annual
commencement concert June 1,
at 8:00 p.m., in the college au
ditorium. The program will in
clude the following:
Piano—Concerto in G Minor,
Mendelssohn
Molto Allegro con fuoco
Dorothy Shealy, ’45
Assisted by Stuart Pratt
Voice—Care Selve Handel
Go Lovely Rose..Roger Quilter
Midsummer Amy Worth
Jean Davis, ’46, Soprano
Emily Hine, ’47, at the piano
Piano—Reflets dans I’eau,
Dehussy
Lucille Sawyer, ’46
Violin—Concerto in E Minor,
Nardini
Allegro Moderato
Evelyn Kocher, ’46
Lucille Sawyer, ’46, at the piano
Piano—Rhapsodie in E flat
Minor Dohnanyi
Betsy Jean Holt, ’46
Organ—Meditation’a Ste. Clo-
tilde - James
Dorothy Bowman, ’45
Voice—Depuis le Jour (Louise),
Charpentier
Rebecca Barnes, ’46, Soprano
Betsy Jean Holt, ’46, at the piano
Piano—Concerto in D Minor,
Ruhenstein
Moderato assai
Anna Lou Toms, ’45
Assisted by Harry E. Cooper
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The graduating seniors of
Meredith College were enter
tained with open house by Dr.
and Mrs. Campbell on April 26
at their home on Forest Drive.
Mrs. R. J. Pearse and Mrs. Fred
Ammons assisted Mrs. Campbell
with the tea.
Dr. Julia Harris and Dr. Alice
Keith welcomed the guests at the
door. The receiving line, headed
by Miss Anna May Baker, in
cluded Dr. and Mrs. Campbell
and Mrs. W. H. Baker of Newport j
News, Virginia, sister of Mrs.
Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. Zeno
Martin introduced the honored
guests into the dining room
where Mrs. Benson W. Davis and
Mrs. George Clendenin presided
at the punch bowls. Those serv
ing the sandwiches, cookies and
cheese straws were Virginia
Campbell, Helen Wilkerson and
Jean Bradley. Good-byes were
said by Miss Jennie Hanyen and
Dr. Louise Lanham.
Picnic
On May 17 the seniors were
again entertained when the fac
ulty and administrative staff of
Meredith gave a picnic in the
gymnasium.*
Games, providing fun for
both the students and faculty,
included bowling, darts, shuffle
board, and jump rope. Large
tables were arranged in the
shape of a “U” and spring flow
ers decorated the center. The
two lines which filed by the
tables were headed by Rachel
Strole and Marty Jeffreys. The
picnic supper included potato
salad, ham, lettuce, tomatoes,
celery, pickles, and popsicles.
Group singing closed the activi
ties of the evening.
Science Club
The Barber Science Club also
had a picnic out at the chimney
on May 10 in honor of their
members who are graduating.
The new club president, Dorothy
Tippett, presided over the occa
sion. Members of the faculty in
the Science Department were
special guests.
The Meredith College com
munity assembled on May 10 at
the chapel hour for a worship
service. The theme was thanks
giving for victcrj’ in Europe.
The program was opened with
the singing of the National An
them. Mrs. Vera Tart Marsh,
chairman of War Activities
Committee, conducted the pro
gram which was dedicated to our
late commander-in-chief, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, and to all the
men and women who have given
their lives in the service of our
country during this war. Dr.
Freeman had charge of the de-
votionals, followed by a prayer
by Dr. Campbell.
The sextet sang “The Lord Is
My Shepherd.”
Mrs. Marsh read three selec
tions taken from Lincoln, Wil
son, and Roosevelt’s peace day
proclamations, while back
ground music for these readings
was furnished by Dr. Cooper.
“The Lord’s Prayer,” sung by
the sextet, was used as the bene
diction.
Meredith and Wake Forest
Honor Old, New Councils
On Monday night. May 14, the
old and new BSU Councils of
Meredith and Wake Forest held
their annual banquet in the ban
quet room of the S & W Cafe
teria.
Dewey Hobbs of Wake For
est was toastmaster for the
night. Jo Hughes of Meredith
extended a welcome to the Wake
Forest group, and the response
was given by John Chandler.
Milly Thornton then gave a toast
to the new BSU Council of Mere
dith.
The theme used for the occa
sion was “A Victory Garden.’
The centerpieces for the table
were old-fashioned red sun-
bonnets fllled with mixed spring
flowers. The placecards were
empty seed packages which an
nounced to whom that “plot” be
longed.
Included on the program was
an original skit, “The Garden
Plot,” which was written and
presented by the girls of Mere
dith. Additional entertainment
was a song by Virginia Holcomb
and numbers by the Wake For
est Quartet.
College Anhoun
For Commencem
ces Speakers
ent Exercises
Speakers for the 1945 com
mencement exercises to be held
Saturday, June 2, through Mon
day, June 4, have been an
nounced. The annual alumnae
address will be given by Mrs.
J. S. Farmer of Raleigh; the Bac
calaureate Sermon by Dr. Clar
ence W. Cranford, of Washing
ton, D. C., and the Baccalaureate
Address by Dr. Bess Goodykoontz
also of Washington, D. C.-
Dr. Clarence W. Cranford re
ceived his A.B. degree from
Bucknell College in Pennsylva
nia in 1929; in 1942, this same
college granted him the honor
ary degree of Doctor of Divinity.
He has also studied at Crozier
Theological Seminary and while
there, he was director of youth
work at the Baptist Temple in
Philadelphia. His first pastorate
was the Logan Baptist Church
in Philadelphia. From there, he
went to the Second Baptist
Church in Richmond, Virginia,
and he came to the Calvary Bap
tist in Washington, D. C., three
years ago. He is the third pas
tor of this church within sixty-
two years. Dr. Cranford is the
author of two books. Seekers of
The Light and The Devotional
Life of Young People.
Dr. Bess Goodykoontz, a na
tive Iowan, received her A.B.
and M.A. degrees from the State
University of Iowa—1920 and
1922, respectively. In 1935, she
received the D.Ped. degree from
N. Y. State Teacher’s College.
After teaching in the public
schools for four years, she be
came teacher and then princi
pal of an experimental school at
the University of Iowa. From
1922-24, she was supervisor of
the public schools in Green Bay,
Wisconsin. From 1924-29, she
was assistant professor of Edu
cation at the University of Pitts
burgh, and since 1929, she has
been Assistant Commissioner of
Education, with the Office of
Education, Department of the
Interior, Washington. Dr. Goody-
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iConcertOpens Events
Program Features Society
Night, Senior Vespers,
Baccalaureate Sermon
By Florine Ledford
June 4, at 10:30 p.m., the
Class of ’45 will march into the
Auditorium clad in cap and gown
to hear the closing Baccalau
reate Address, this year to be
presented by Dr. Bess Goody
koontz, Assistant Commissioner
of Education, of Washington,
D. C. After the address, the pres
entation of degrees to the 74
graduating seniors will be made
by Dr. Carlyle Campbell.
The commencement exercises
officially open at 8:00 p.m., June
1, with the presentation of the
Annual Concert, the program
being given by graduating mem
bers of the Music Department
and the College Glee Club.
Saturday morning features the
Alumnae meeting and lunch
eon, presided over by Winnie
Rickett Pearce, of Durham. Foy
Johnson Farmer, of Raleigh, will
present the principal address.
Society Night
The annual Society Night will
be among the highlights of ac
tivities on June 2 at which time
outstanding students in various
fields and organizations are rec
ognized. The initial Astro and
Phi processionals are to be con
ducted by Betsy Jean Holt and
Jane Watkins. Following the
processionals, Mary Catherine
McIntyre will give the welcome,
after which the winners of the
Carter Upchurch Medal for the
Astrotekton Society and the
Minnie Jackson Bowling Medal
for the Philaretian Society for
the best essays submitted will
be announced by Betty Cuth-
rell. Following the essay
awards will be the presentation
of the Philaretian Scholarship
to the freshman who has made
the highest scholastic record
during the year. The winners of
the awards given by the Depart
ments of English and Art will
be made as well as the winner
of the Athletic Award. An
nouncements of the new mem
bers for Kappa Nu Sigma Honor
Society and the tapping of Sil
ver ■ ’eld members will com
plete e program.
Th pnual Senior Bonfire at
midn\_,iii. will feature the tradi
tional burning of pestering ob
jects in the seniors’ lives during
their four years at Meredith.
Caroline Jones has charge of the
bonfire
Baccalaureate Sermon
On S.mday morning at 11:00,
the sen ors will hear the Bacca-
laureat Sermon to be presented
by Dr. Clarence W. Cranford,
pastor of the Calvary Baptist
Church of Washington, D. C.
Step-si 'ging by all classes be
gins at 6 10 on Sunday after
noon. A this time the Senior
Class forms its numerals on the
front steps as the other classes
take their respective places. The
Senior Class president gives her
cap and gown to the incoming
Senior Class president, after
which each class sings the song
used at Palio. The classes move
into position for the year ’45-
’46 as the singing closes with the
“Dedication Hymn.”
Senior Vespers
The theme for Senior Vespers
is to be “Keep Christ Pre-
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