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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
• Expansion News
• S.S. "Meredith"
• Opening Night
Volume XX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1945
Number 1
Victory Ship Honors Meredith’s School-at-War Program
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Framed Pictures of S. S. Meredith
Victory Go On Exhibit Today
In Los Angeles, California, on Saturday afternoon, June 23,
1945, the S. S'. Meredith Victory, the 10,500-ton Victory Ship
named by the United States Maritime Commission in honor
of Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C., received a ceremonious
christening and was launched into the Los Angeles Harbor.
Mrs. Harry B. Livingston, wife of the British consul general,
christened the Meredith Victory with .the assistance of Mrs. John
Blood-Smythe who acted as matron of honor at the christen-
launching was a part
) of the California Shipbuilding
Corporation’s public events pro-
STUDENTS RATE
DEAN’S LIST
the Seventh
The S.S. Meredith- Victory, the victory ship named after Meredith College, was launched in
June at the Los Angeles Harbor. The framed portrait, from which this picture was taken, was
sent to the school following the launching. (Photo by Cooper.)
Dr. Hubert Poteat Initiates
Forty-seventh Opening
Dr. Hubert M. Poteat, Professor of Latin at Wake Forest Cob
lege, addressed the entire student body, faculty, and guests of
Meredith College at the formal opening of the College on Thurs
day evening, September 20, at eight o’clock. The Senior Class
of 1946, in graduating caps and"‘“
gowns, entered the College Audi
torium in processional, following
organ prelude by Harry
an
E. Cooper. President Carlyle
Campbell pronounced the Invo
cation and spoke in welcome to
the group assembled. Reverend
Lee C. Sheppard, Pastor of Pul
len Memorial Baptist Church,
read the Scripture and Prayer.
A new member of the Depart
ment of Music, Rachel Rosen-
berger, accornpanied by Phyllis
Warnick of the College Faculty,
played a group of two violin
numbers, “Romance” from
Wieniawski’s Second Concerto,
and “Minuet,” by Handel.
Dr. Poteat was introduced by
President Campbell, who told
of the speaker’s life-long and
devoted connection with Mere
dith College. Dr. Poteat then
spoke, primarily to the students
and specifically to the freshmen,
on the subject of the temptations
which confront the college stu
dent of today. A list of the
seven points which he empha
sized follows:
1. The temptation to rest on
“laurels” won in the past.
2. The temptation to “swim
with the current.”
3. and 4. The temptations to
dodge difficulties and to avoid
responsibilities.
5. The temptation to “substi
tute the cheap and the tawdry
for the good and the sound, the
wholesome and the uplifting.”
6. The temptation (probably
the hardest of all) to “do less
than our best.”
7. The temptation to stop
growing spiritually.
These temptations are not
without remedy, he assured us.
With encouraging enthusiasm,
he ended his remarks with an
injunction to overcome these
temptations and difficulties—to
“rise up and cross over these
Jordans!”
MUSIC ASSOCIATION
OPENS ANNUAL DRIVE
Since this week was desig
nated as Raleigh Civic Music
week, Meredith students plan
ning to attend the civic music
concerts bought season tickets.
One half the membership fee
was paid by the college. Mem
bership in the association en
titles one to admission to all six
concerts, no tickets being sold
for separate concerts.
A tentative schedule reveals
that Raleigh will have an array
of world-famous artists to ap
pear this year. The schedule
is as follows:
Oct. 11—Patrice Munsell,
coloratura soprano.
Nov. 12—Markova-Dolin Bal
let Ensemble.
Nov. 27— Pittsburgh Sym
phony.
Jan. 22—Egon Petri, pianist.
Mar. 18 — Cleveland Sym
phony.
April 5—Luboshutz and Nim-
inoff, duo-pianists.
An announcement concerning
special buses to take Meredith
students will be made at a later
date.
College Offers
Training Classes
Training Classes on the stu
dent handbook. College cata
logue, and library were attended
by Freshmen and transfers at
Meredith during orientation
week. At 7:00 n.m. each eve
ning during the week, the new
students had a joint meeting
where they practiced the Alma
Mater. After this singing, the
students divided into groups
which were presided over by
student government counselors.
The training classes on the hand
book were concluded Friday
night when the students were
given a problem exam and were
required to write the Alma
Mater.
In addition to the handbook
training, there were library in
structions which were given by
Miss Baity. In this class the
students learned how to borrow
a book for use both outside and
in the library. The instructor
explained the use of the reserve
reading room and the card cata
logue.
In addition to the library
training course, there was also
a course on the catalogue which
was taught by Dr. Mary Yar
brough. In this course, the girls
learned the requirements for a
major and other specific require
ments. The transfer of credit
from another college was also
discussed, as well as the mean
ing of the comma and hyphen
after each course.
According to a release from
the registrar’s office, 88 Mere
dith girls made the Dean’s List
in the spring semester. Included
in this group are all students
taking twelve or more semester
hours who have made a num
ber of quality points equal to
twice the number of semester
hours taken plus three. The
names of the girls are as follows:
Alexander, Frances; Allen,
Janie Sue.
Ballentind, Lucille; B e d o n,
Helen; Blum, Marjorie; Bow
man, Doris Gene; Bowman,
Dorothy Pearce; Branch, Jean;
Burchard, Elizabeth; Burchard,
Glendon.
Campbell, Virginia Lee;
Champion, Fay; Clayton, Mary
Josephine.
Davis, Mary Elizabeth; Deans,
Rosa Kathleen; Deaton, Betty
Lou; Dowell. Elizab^th-
Eatman, Jewell.
Ferrell, Marilynn; Fleming,
Sarah Rachel; Franklin, Ruth.
Gaddy, Rosemary; Glover,
Cleo; Grainger, Imogene.
Hall, Deleano; Hall, Helen;
Hamrick, Martha; Hardison,
Elizabeth; Harris, Doris Alberta;
Harris, Nancy; Haywood, Mary
Carolyn; Highfill, Virginia; Hine,
Emily; Hoggard, Eileen; Hooker,
Esther Jane; Humphrey, Mary
Emma.
Jeffreys, Martha; Johnson,
Hazel Lassiter; Jones, Geraldine;
Jordan, Margaret.
Knight, Maxine; Kocher,
Evelyn; Krahnke, Gwendolyn.
Lassiter, Stella; Lee, Flora
Ann; Lockamy, Carolyn; Loftin,
Dorothy; Loftin, Eleanor.
McCoy, Annie Belle; Mc
Daniel, Laura Ellen; McIntyre,
Mary Catherine; McMillan,
Betsy.
Martin, Ruth; Maxwell, Betsy
Dell; Mayer, Gloria; Miller,
Ruth; Neese, Harriet; Nichols,
Doris; Moore, Margaret.
Parker, Kathryn; Parker, Peg
gy Louise; Peck, Laura Frances;
Pope, Frances.
Rosser, Janet.
Sawyer, Lucille; Sears, Ruth;
(Continued on page three)
PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES NEW FACULTY MEMBERS
President Carlyle Campbell
announced several new faculty
appointments at the opening of
Meredith College on September
17, 1945.
Dr. Joseph Burk comes from
Ward-Belmont College, Nash
ville, Tennessee, to act as Dean
of Meredith and instructor of
a class in the Education Depart
ment. The two additions to the
Department of Religion are
these: Dr. Ralph E. McLain, for
mer head of the Department of
Religion at Shorter College,
Rome, Georgia, wh(^ has been
named head of Meredith’s Re
ligion Department; and Miss Bil
lie Ruth Currin, of Angier, N. C.,
and Jacksonville, Florida will
direct religious activities on the
campus and teach a class in re
ligious education.
The two new teachers in the
Modern Language Department
are Dr. Frederic G. Yeandle, for
many years on the staff at
Columbia University, who will
be Associate Professor and teach
French, while Dr. Eugene F.
Parker, Boston, Mass., who has
taught at Chapel Hill, Harvard,
and Washington University, will
be Assistant Professor and teach
Spanish.
Only one new member has
been employed to assist in teach
ing music. She is Miss Rachel
Rosengerger, former teacher at
Western Carolina Teachers’ Col
lege, and in Iowa and Minnesota,
who will teach violin and ad
vanced theory.
Miss Leslie Syron, Church-
ville, Virginia, who has taught
at the 1943 and 1944 summer
sessions at Meredith, will teach
sociology, economics, and geog
raphy; Mr. Ralph W. Green, of
the faculty of State College, has
been employed to teach two
classes in economics.
The new assistant art teacher
is Miss Catherine Austell, of
Raleigh, a recent graduate of
Woman’s College, Greensboro.
Miss Phyllis Cunningham, Ur-
bana, Illinois, will teach in the
Department of Physical Educa
tion.
Miss E. Eloise W h i t w e r,
(Continued on page four)
gram sponsoring
War Loan Drive.
After the launching of the
Meredith Victory which was
under construction for nearly
two months, the California Ship
building Corporation presented
to the College two large, framed
pictures of the ship which to
day go on exhibit.
Under the leadership of Mrs.
Vera Tart Marsh, chairman of
the campus’ War Activities,
Meredith has, since December
7, 1941, been engaged in the
nation-wide program to bring
about peace. (A citation for the
successful completion of a
Schools-at-War Program, which
includes volunteer service in
every civilian branch of war
activity, has been awarded the
College. In addition to the cam
pus war program, the service
flag, displayed in the auditorium,
bears 31 blue stars and one gold
star.)
At the close of the Seventh
War lioan Drive, Mrs. Marsh
gave a final report on the drive,
stating that Meredith College,
students, and faculty had
pledged to buy $60,854.25 in
bonds. At the same time she
complimented Meredith upon
her cooperation in this and all
previous activities sponsored by
the committee.
(“Perhaps not one of us will
actually see our ship,” Mrs.
Marsh commented, speaking of
the S. S. Meredith Victory, “but
I am sure we shall follow her
in our imagination as she carries
(Continued on page four)
WATCH FOR!
Sept. 29
Astro Wedding.
-Phi fashion
8:00 p.m.-
9:00 p.m.
show.
10:00 p.m. — Reception
Blue and Rose Parlor.
Oct. 2
6:45 p.m.—Freshman Coun
selors Meeting.
Oct. 3
7:00 p.m.—Vespers.
Oct. 4
6:45 p.m.—Colton English
Club Meeting.
Oct. 5
10:30 a.m.—Decision Day.
7:00-9:00 p.m. — Initiation
of Astros.
8:00-9:00 p.m.—Installation
of Phis.
Oct. 8
8:00 p.m.—Astro Meeting.
Oct. 9
5:00 p.m.—Meeting of
Counselors and Fresh
men.
6:45 p.m.—M e e t i n g of
Counselors and Fresh
men.
10:00 p.m.—Meeting of
Counselors and Fresh
men.
Oct. 10
7:00 p.m.—Vespers.
8:00 p.m.—McDowell Mu
sic Club.
Oct. 11
7:00 p.m.—Silver Shield.
8:00 p.m.—Civic Music
Concert.