Mereditti uoiiege uuid., RALEIGH. N. C. Buy Victory Bonds Buy Victory Bottds 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. IN 1_^_ Meredith College Liiittit IV

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