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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1945
Number 3
PresidentTruman
Speaks in Raleigh
Nov. 2. 8:30 P.M.^
A. A. Schedules All-Student Husking Bee
Committee Makes Plans
For Parade and Talk
After delivering an address
to the State Senate in States
ville, President Harry Truman
will speak in Raleigh in the
Memorial Auditorium at 8;30, on
November 2. Approximately
1,000 seats are to be reserved
for Democratic party leaders and
certain State and county officials.
As the Memorial Auditorium
seats 3,700 persons, approxi
mately 2,700 seats will be avail
able to the general public. For
those who do not obtain seats, a
public address system will be
set up so that the President’s ad
dress can be heard in the sur
rounding area.
According to schedule. Presi
dent Truman and his party will
arrive by plane at 6:00 p.m. on
November 2, at the Raleigh-
Durham Airport. There they
will be met by a welcoming
committee headed by Mayor
Graham H. Andrews. After a
buffet supper at the Executive
Mansion, the President will ride
in an open car to the Memorial
Auditorium. He will be accom
panied by two bands, a military
battalion from Fort Bragg, and
State Guard cadets.
William B. Umstead, chairman
of the State Democratic Execu
tive Committee, will preside
over the program. Wilkins P.
Horton, National Committeeman
from North Carolina, will intro
duce Governor Cherry, who in
turn will introduce President
Truman.
A press conference with the
President has not been arranged,
but if the schedule includes one,
two members of the Twig staff
will be present. It is definite,
however, that for his address, a
staff member will have a seat at
the press table.
Chairman A. H. Graham of
the State Highway Commission
is chairman of the committee
which worked out plans for the
President’s visit here. Other
members of the committee are
William B. Umstead, LeRoy
Martin, Wilkins P. Horton,
Mayor Graham H. Andrews,
Grover Dillon, Adjutant General
J. Van B. Metts, and Harris
Ogburn.
Party To Feature
Halloween Idea,
Square Daneing
The picture above is merely an exciting; preview of what the Meredith campus will look
like on Tuesday nigjht when the whole student body dons rugg'ed attire for the big corn husking
bee sponsored by the Athletic Association.
Photo by Cooper
Artists To Give
Exhibit Nov. 15
The College Art Department
has announced tentative plans
for an exhibition and open
house to begin about Thursday,
November 15. Work of paint
ing, designing, and decorating is
now being carried on by the stu
dents under the supervision of
the art instructors. Plans are
being made for the biggest open
ing that the Art Department has
ever had. In several of the art
classrooms, student work will be
exhibited; in their respective of
fices, the members of the faculty
will have exhibitions. The art
education, commercial art, ad
vanced painting, and beginning
painting classes will have works
on display. Room 26 in the Arts
Building which is being con
verted into a new gallery holds a
surprise in the way of a special
out of town exhibit to be re
vealed on the opening day. The
new gallery will be a permanent
addition to the department. It
will provide a pleasant place
where students may go at any
time to enjoy the art displays,
to relax, study, or just socialize.
Further information including
the theme and opening plans
will be revealed in the next issue
of The Twig.
New Baptist Church Extends
Invitation To Meredith Girls
A recently organized Baptist
church in Raleigh, the Forest
Hills Baptist Church located on
Dixie Trail about two blocks
north of Hillsboro, has extended
an invitation to all Meredith girls
to visit and join the new church,
which is quite near the Meredith
campus.
During the summer, the Ra
leigh Baptist Council, composed
of five members from each
Baptist church in Raleigh,
authorized a census to be taken
to determine the number of peo
ple interested in a new church
in West Raleigh which revealed
that there were many Baptists
who were in favor of establish
ing a new church in this part of
town. After authorization an
organization meeting was held
August 5 in the Fred A. Olds
School, under the leadership of
the Raleigh Baptist Council. At
that meeting, eighty-two people
Victor Borge To Play
Concert In Raleigh
BSU PRESENTS WEDDING CEREMONY
In a wedding ceremony
Tuesday, October 16, Betsy
Transou, the bride who repre
sented the new students, and
Hilda Liles, exemplifying the
Church, were united by Liz
Shelton, who acted as an agent
of the Baptist Student Union.
The bridesmaids were repre
sentatives of the major organiza
tions of the B.S.U., i.e., Frances
Pope, president of Y.W.A.; Willa
Grey Lewis, program chairman
of B.S.U.; Mabel Summers, Sun
day school representative; Ruth
Miller, Training Union repre
sentative. Evelyn Straughan, en
listment vice president of the
B.S.U., was the maid-of-honor.
Prior to the nuptial vows, a
program of music was presented
by Dot Loftin, music director
of the Meredith B.S.U. “Be
cause,” by d’Hardelot was
played, after which Virginia
Holcomb, state music director,
sang “Spirit of B.S.U.” During
the ceremony “O Perfect Love”
played. The traditional
on wedding marches by Lohengrin
were used.
Following the ceremony,
Frances Thompson introduced
Dr. Broadus Jones, a local pastor,
who then welcomed the new
students to the churches of Ra
leigh. Sunday, October 21, was
join-the-church day for new stu
dents of Meredith.
Victor Borge, a top-ranking
pianist and humorist, will give
a performance Tuesday, October
30, at 8:30 p.m. in the Raleigh
Memorial Auditorium. Tickets
are on sale for $1.23, $1.85, and
$2.46 and may be purchased at
Stephenson Music Company.
The Danish pianist made his
first American appearance in
New York City at Carnegie
Hall. His small concert orchestra,
together with his skill in com
bining music and comedy, make
up a delightful program of med
leys, monologues, and “snatches
of this and that on the piano.”
became members of the new
church. These new members in
cluded several persons from
Meredith, Dr. E. F. Canady and
Miss Lattie Rhodes who are
teachers. The church expresses
the hope that other Meredith
students and faculty members
may choose the Forest Hills Bap
tist Church as their church home
while in Raleigh.
Sunday school held at 9:45
is completely organized with de
partments and classes for all
ages. Morning preaching serv
ice is at 11:00; Baptist Training
Union meets at 6:45 and evening
service at 7:30.
At present, the church mem
bership is one hundred and
forty-two. Sunday school enroll
ment is one hundred and sixty,
and all the organizations are con
tinuing to grow. A committee
is working on the purchase of a
building lot and will make plans
for a building as soon as pos
sible. Rev. Fletcher Lambert,
missionary for the Raleigh Bap
tist Association, is a leader in
establishing the new church.
The pulpit committee, which
for some time has been seeking
a pastor for the newly organized
church, announced to the congre
gation on Sunday, October 21,
that the Rev. L. B. Olive, Sou
them Baptist Missionary to
China under the Foreign Mission
Board, had been called to serve
as pastor. Prior to his accept
ance to the new position.
Reverend Olive had acted as sup
ply pastor in the morning and
evening services. Reverend
Olive, who returned to the States
three years ago on the Grip-
sholm, has been serving under
the Foreign Mission Board.
Faculty To Judge
Various Contests
The Athletic Association has
announced definite plans for the
all-student Husking-Bee party
which is to be held on Tuesday,
October 30, in honor of the new
students. Originally scheduled
for Saturday, October 20, the
party was postponed for the
benefit of the large number of
students who wished to attend
football games on that date.
The dining hall Tuesday eve
ning will be decorated with the
traditional Hallowe’en decora
tions for the regular dinner hour.
Students will go in couples,
dressed in overalls, print dresses,
aprons, and pigtails. Immediate
ly after dinner, the party will
begin in front of the dining hall.
The first event in the program
is to be square-dancing in the
court.
Next will follow a series of
contests in chicken-calling, hog
calling, and corn-shucking. Zeno
Martin, Walter Cole, and Prince,
as judges, will award prizes to
the winners in each contest.
Each of the classes will enter
a number, either group or in
dividual, in a “Sing-Song Con
test, for which Harry E.
Cooper, Miss Yarbrough, and one
other faculty member will act
as judges. Selection of the
winning song will be based upon
its exhibition of “pure corn and
hill-billy-ishness” rather than
upon any musical merits. There
is to be one other prize for the
couple appearing in best
costume.
After the contests and award
ing of prizes, all the guests will
participate in community sing
ing, and as a closing feature, re
freshments will be served by
members of the Athletic Associa
tion Board.
Nancy Gates, as social chair
man, is in charge of arrange
ments for the party.
Three New Members Join College Staff
was
Three new members have
been recently added to the
faculty of Meredith College.
Miss Elaine Boggess, who grad
uated from the University of
Alabama last March and who has
since taught classes in horseback
riding at Sequoya, Virginia, and
at Sullins College, Bristol, Vir
ginia, comes to be instructor in
horseback riding at Meredith.
Miss Cornelia Eastland, Okla
homa City, Oklahoma, graduate
of Southwest Texas State Teach
ers’ College, San Marcos, Texas,
with a degree in library science
from the University of Oklahoma
will be assistant librarian in
charge of reference and circula
tion. After teaching English
and Spanish for eight years in
Louisiana and Oklahoma high
schools. Miss Eastland went into
library work and for the past
two years has been in the WACS
in the position of post-librarian
at Hobbs Army Air Field, New
Mexico.
The other new faculty member
is Miss Jane Green, graduate of
Meredith College with a degree
in library science from' Emory
Library School, Atlanta,
Georgia. Miss Green has been
on the staff of the Duke Uni
versity library and comes to
Meredith to be assistant librarian
in charge of cataloguing, taking
the place of Miss Marjorie Bur-
rus who has recently accepted a
position in the Duke Medical
Library at Durham, N. C.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
October 27—West Raleigh
Presbyterian Church
party.
State B.S.U. Convention in
Salisbury.
November 1—6:45 p.m. Col
ton English Club Meeting
10:00 p.m. Y.W.A. circle.
November 8 — 7:00 p.m.
Silver Shield meeting.
6:45 p.m. I.R.C. Meeting.
November 10—Stunt and
Palio.
November 12—Civic Music
Concert — Ballet En
semble.
November 15—Open House
in Art Department, open
ing of Art Exhibition.
November 16—Open House
in Faircloth.
November 17—Big Sister
Party.
November 27—Civic Music
Concert.
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