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Alumnae Supplement to The Twig
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1945
ALUMNAE SECRETARY AND STAFF
Alumna Serves With
Red Cross Overseas
Annie Laurie Overton ’41,
Directs Club in France
Pictured above are Mae Grimmer, Executive Secretary, and her three
student assistants in consultation over the TWIG Supplement. The girls,
left to right, are Virginia Highfill, junior from Winston-Salem, Mary
Frances Keene, sophomore from Dunn, and Lena Glenn Highfill, fresh
man from Winston-Salem. The office in Vann Hall is the center lor all
alumnae activity.
Graduates Receive
Advanced Degrees
Seven Awarded M.R.E.
And One Gets M.A.
The record of Meredith alumnae
who continue study after gradua
tion is a gratifying reminder of
the sound basis lor scholarship
which an A.B. degree from the Col
lege affords. The following list
includes those alumnae who have
completed work for advanced de
grees since the listing in the Novem
ber (1944) College Bulletin.
The W.M.U. Training School con
ferred the degree of Master of Re
ligious Education on the following
girls in 1945: Zubie Ingle, ’39;
Daphne Penny, ’41; Ethel Brown,
’42; Evelyn Hampton, ’43; Dorothy
Devault (Mrs. T. B. Milligan), ’39.
Ann Carolyn White, ’44, received
the M.A. degree from Cornell Uni
versity and is now studying in her
chosen field of sociology on a fel
lowship at the University of
Chicago.
Through error the 1944 list did
not include two recipients of the
M.R.E. degree in 1942: Virginia
Anne Craver (Mrs. Das Kelley
Barnett), ’40, from the W.M.U.
Training School and Ruth Martin,
’40, from Southwestern Baptist
Seminary.
Information on alumnae who are
now engaged in graduate study will
be welcomed for an article in an
early issue of the Supplement.
ADDITION
To the list of gifts made to the
College last commencement by
alumnae should be added a dona
tion of $25.00 by the Class of 1920.
The gift was omitted from the list
which appeared in the September
issue of the Supplement. The class,
celebrating its twenty-fifth reunion,
presented the money in quarters,
artistically tied with maroon and
white ribbons. The presentation
was made at the annual commence
ment luncheon.
Three Books Added
To Alumnae Shelf
Since the last report on the
Eriends of the Library project, three
volumes have been added to the
Alumnae Shelf in the Meredith Col
lege Library. All are gifts from
Ruth Livermon Kilgore, ’21, of Ger
mantown, Pennsylvania. A History
of Taxation in North Carolina dup
ing the Colonial Period by Coralie
Parker, Ph.D., is a dissertation pre
sented in candidacy for her de
gree from Columbia University. Dr.
Parker, a graduate of Meredith in
the Class of 1921, is now teaching
economics at Hood College in
Erederick, Maryland. The other
two volumes, China and Child Life
in China, are teachers’ handbooks
for use with instructional sound
films. They were both prepared by
Ruth Livermon Kilgore.
Annie Laurie Overton, ’41, who
has served for more than a year
in recreational work for the Red
Cross sends an interesting report
on her work in England and South
ern Erance. On July 3, 1945, she
arrived at the Calais Staging Area
near Marseilles to help open a new
Red Cross Club. Within a few
weeks she was assigned to the open
ing of another center and was ap
pointed its director. This honor of
having her own club, which was
named “The Annie Laurie Club’’
by a committee of officers and GI’s,
came to her just a year after gradua
tion from the Red Cross School in
Washington.
Before beginning her present ac
tivities in southern France, Annie
Laurie saw a nine month period of
service with the Air Force in Eng
land. She sailed from New York
for England in September 1944 on
the same ship with Churchhill and
his party after their meeting in
Canada. Commenting on her work
in England, she writes: “It’s been
more fun and play than it has
work. You wouldn’t call doing
something for the boys who were
going out on bombing missions
work. It was a pleasure to sit and
listen to what they had to say—
things that were on their minds
and that had to be told to some
one who would listen. It was fun
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Alumnae Chapter Presidents
Hold Meeting at Meredith
President Campbell Speaks on Present
Conditions and Future Plans at the College
The third annual meeting of the
Meredith Alumnae Chapter Presi
dents convened at 11:00 a.m., on
October 6 in Vann Hall. Nine
chapters sent representatives to the
meeting, which proved both in
formative and inspirational for all
who attended.
Marguerite Mason Wilkins, pre
siding officer, set the theme for the
day, “Keepers of the Light,” with
her opening devotional on “The
Light of the World.” Using the
college seal as her emblem, she
pointed out that Lux stands for
high standards of scholarship and
high standards of social and spiritual
life and that it becomes the re
sponsibility of all alumnae to keep
the light burning.
Introduction of delegates in
cluded the following: Gertrude
Pennsylvania Group
Has Luncheon Meeting
Chapel Hill Alumnae
Plan Year’s Work
Chapter In Craven
County Sets High Goal
The Craven County Chapter of
Meredith Alumnae held the October
meeting on Wednesday, October 17.
The addition of one new member,
Betty Ann Lutz Burton, increased
the chapter enrollment to twenty-
two. A report of the meeting of
chapter presidents at the college
was given by Helen Rivers Smith,
who represented the group at that
gathering. Special emphasis was
placed on the part which chapters
can play in the Loyalty Fund Drive,
and the Craven County Chapter was
commended for having reached al
ready this year the 30 per cent
goal of active membership. They
set as their goal for the current year
100 per cent active membership in
the Association.
The Craven County Chapter held
regular meetings during the sum
mer months, working to keep up
the Meredith spirit in that section.
Their September meeting was a
social honoring the five local girls
who are now at Meredith as stu
dents.
THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS
Marguerite Mason Wilkins
The Presidents Council on
October 6 was a golden opportunity
to become acquainted with some
of the chapter presidents. We had
a wonderful time together, espe
cially at the lovely tea in the Hut,
arranged by Anne Simms Haskins,
’31. The log fire (it was a cold
rainy day!) and attractive tea table
made a scene where spirits could
blend and friend hold fellowship
with friend.
The next big occasion for Mere
dith alumnae is Homecoming Day,
November 10. How I wish every
alumna could go back to the Col
lege on that day. Since that is too
much to hope for, we are asking for
a representative group at the
Alum:nae Council at 11:00 a.m.
There) will be two representatives
from (each chapter, one from each
graduate class, the executive com
mittee \of the General Alumnae As-
socatiob, and the alumnae trustees.
And aniy alumna who can come will
be mosit welcome!
At 2:00 o’clock the Palio will be
gin. This distinctly Meredith tra
dition, P;alio, is new to some of us.
It is a sttident festival approved by
Miss Ida Poteat and first put on
when Miss Marion Warner was a
member of the physical education
department at Meredith. Each class
parades in costume and enters
various contests. The alumnae also
parade, our stunt being planned by
the Raleigh Chapter.
In the evening, at 6:45 through
courtesy of the local chapter, there
will be an after-dinner coffee hour
honoring the visiting alumnae, new
members of the faculty, and other
guests. The annual Stunt Night,
when each class presents an original
play, climaxes a full and interesting
day.
I have observed that the alumnae
who go back to the College from
time to time are the ones who are
most interested in the local chapter
work and all alumnae projects.
When we go back, we are over
come with such a flood of memories
that we are made conscious of the
debt we can never repay to a col
lege that is Christian. When we
don’t go back, it is so easy to be
come engrossed in many things and
forget our love and loyalty to Alma
Mater. Let’s all go to Meredith
for Homecoming Day! |
The Chapel Hill Chapter of Mere
dith Alumnae met Friday evening,
October 12, at the home of Gertrude
Foster Boone, president, with Eva
Grice as joint hostess. Mr. R. H.
Satterfield, Director of Public Rela
tions, was the speaker of the eve
ning. In presenting the opportuni
ties of Meredith College, a church
related school, he said, “As goes
Christian education, so will go
democracy, for church and democ
racy are dependent upon Christian
education.” Mae Grimmer, Alumnae
Secretary, introduced Mr. Satter
field to the group, and Mrs. Satter
field was a special guest.
A business meeting followed the
speech, at which time the various
projects lor the year were discussed.
A social hour followed, and plans
were made for the next meeting in
November.
Elizabeth City Chapter
Begins Second Year
The Elizabeth City Chapter of
Meredith Alumnae began its
second year’s work with a meeting
last week in the home of Kathleen
Jackson, chapter president. Officers
lor the coming year include Annabel
Hollowell Highfill, vice president,
Frances Harris Horner, program
chairman, and Mrs. Harry Tunstall,
coupon and magazine chairman,
with Louise Sawyer serving as her
assistant.
Several new members were wel
comed into the chapter, and those
present heard an interesting and en
thusiastic report on the recent
Chapter Presidents Meeting held at
the College. Kathleen Jackson and
Annie Sarah Barkwell Abbott
represented the group at that meet
ing.
The November meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. J. L.
Gregson, and at that time further
plans for the year’s work will be
made.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
1945-1946
Council Meeting, November
10. Also Palio and Stunt
Night.
Open House at the College
during Baptist State Conven
tion, 5:00-6:00, November 13
and 14.
Founders’ Day, February 15.
(Note change of date from
November 9 to February 15,
traditional time.)
Alumnae Luncheon during
W.M.U. Convention, March 12-
14, in High Point.
May Day.
Commencement, May 31-
June 3.
Alumnae Day, Saturday,
June 1.
The Brotherly Love (Pennsyl
vania) Chapter of Meredith
Alumnae had an all-day meeting at
the home of the president, Madge
Daniels Barber, in Ardmore, Penn
sylvania on October 6. At the busi
ness session after a luncheon, the
following officers were elected:
Madge Daniels Barber, president;
Beth Huntley Lain, secretary. The
chapter forwarded to the Alumnae
Office 1,163 coupons and four maga
zine subscriptions.
As an added project this fall the
group voted to send a Christmas
box to a junior girl at the Alexander
Schools, Union Mills, N. C.
The next meeting of the chap
ter will be on December 8, a lunch
eon meeting with Ruth Livermon
Kilgore.
Mt. Gilead Alumnae
Honor New Students
The Mount Gilead Chapter of
Meredith Alumnae met in the music
studio at the high school for the
September meeting. Joint hostesses
for the occasion were Janie Parker
Dixon, Ella Parker Ledbetter, and
Frances Haywood.
The chapter president, Dorothy
Foster Johnson, presided over the
meeting which was opened with
the singing of the Alma Mater.
Special guests lor the occasion were
Edna Frances Dawkins, Assistant
Dean of Women at the College, Mary
Lou Dawkins and Iris Scarborough,
freshmen at Meredith this fall, and
their mothers, Mrs. Dawkins, and
Mrs. Scarborough. One new mem
ber, Mildred Colvard, who is teach
ing home economics in the high
school, was enrolled.
The president appointed commit
tees to head up the work of the
chapter for this year. Iris Scar
borough rendered a piano solo, and
Edna Frances Dawkins spoke to
the group on changes at Meredith
and the progress of the Expansion
Program. A short social hour fol
lowed the meeting.
Foster Boone, ’40, president of the
Chapel Hill (Chapter; Helen Rivers
Smith, ’36, president of the Craven
County Chapter; Mary Esther Wil
liams, ’40, vice president of the
Durham Chapter; Kathleen Jackson,
’37, president of the Elizabeth City
Chapter, and Annie Sarah Barkwell
Abbott, ’30, vice president of the
Elizabeth City Division; Ada
Shearin Parker, ’08, president of
the Henderson Chapter and Betty
Rose Prevatte, ’44, from that chap
ter; Frances Pittman Woodard, ’37,
president of the Kinston Chapter;
Dorothy Foster Johnson, ’38, presi
dent of the Mt. Gilead Chapter;
Martha Medlin Wardlaw, ’29, presi
dent of the Wake County Chapter;
Helena Baker, representative of the
Norfolk Chapter.
In the business and discussion
session which followed, the high
lights of the fall calendar were re
viewed, and special emphasis was
placed on Meredith Week, October
8-15. Specific suggestions for
chapter activity during this week
were made and the groups were
urged to send at least two members
each as representatives to the Coun
cil meeting on November 10.
President Campbell, speaking on
present conditions and future plans
with special emphasis on the Expan
sion Program, brought an optimistic
overall view of the College. He
urged alumnae to do their part in
evidencing interest in this project,
“Our Light of Tomorrow.”
The meeting was adjourned for a
luncheon hour, during which time
the delegates saw the Meredith cafe
teria in operation.
After lunch, discussion was con
tinued with reports on the Twig
Supplement, the Loyalty Fund, and
the Coupon and Magazine Projects.
The prize for bringing the most
coupons, awarded to Helen Rivers
Smith, was a beribboned basket
filled with coupon bearing products.
The program was concluded with
talks by “Campus Lights,” student
leaders at the college. Those ap
pearing included Mary Elizabeth
Banks, of Apex, president of the
Granddaughters’ Club; Elizabeth
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Dean Burk Addresses
Wake County Chapter
The Wake County Chapter of
Meredith Alumnae met Monday
evening, October 14, in the Hut at
the College. The president, Martha
Medlin Wardlaw, presided at the
business meeting with Gladys
Dowell, secretary. In the absence
of the treasurer, Mrs. B. Moore
Parker, Hettie Farrier was elected
assistant treasurer.
Mary Lee Sears Johnson, presi
dent of the Chapter 1943-1945, re
ported that for the purchase of a
twenty-five dollar bond the fund
needed an additional $2.50. This
amount was raised by those present
and a beginning was made on a
fund for another loan. Mary Far
rier Baker received the coupons
brought to the meeting and urged
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LOYALTY CHAIRMAN REPORTS
Margaret Craig Martin
As the Loyalty Fund Drive gets
under way in earnest, I should like
to remind you once more of the
goal which we have set for our
selves this year. Not content to
have reached the minimum 30 per
cent active membership in the As
sociation last year, we have set our
aim higher, and we are anxious and
eager to achieve the 40 per cent
goal this year. That means, of
course, an increase of three hundred
alumnae actively engaged in for
warding the interest of the College,
actually giving to the Loyalty Fund.
You have received recently our
Loyalty Fund envelope. I hope that
you were impressed with the record
thereon—so impressed that you
have already signed on the dotted
line, written your check, and sent
the envelope on its way back to
Mae Grimmer. If you haven’t done
so yet, don’t delay. Add your name
to the active membership Chain of
Names. The following links have
been added since the last issue of
the Supplement: Rachel Baker, ’45,
Alma Carlton Barnett, Viola Aider-
man Barrett, Ma if Elizabeth. Bell,
Lucile Kelly Best, ’21, Life Member,
Gertrude Foster Boone, Janie Cash,
’45, Maude Hall Childs, Mary Kate
Collier, Margaret Grayson Coving
ton, Joyce Dawson, Nelda Ferguson,
’45, Sara Mull Gardner, Helen
Garvey, Eva Grice, Lucille Parker
Guthrie, Frances Batchelor Harris,
Anne Simms Haskins, Margaret
Hollis, Lucy Grindstaff Howell,
Pauline Goodwin Jobe, Dorothy
Foster Johnson, Irene Dixon John
ston, Lois Stafford Kelly, Ruth
Livermon Kilgore, Helen Knott,
Emily Miller Lay, Lt. Betty Brown
MacMillan, ’41, Life Member,
Louise McMillan, Fannie Paul Mal-
pass, Elizabeth Murray, ’45, Mildred
Oliver, ’27, Life Member, Mary
Louise Ott, Annie Laurie Overton,
Mary Hester Powell, ’42, Life Mem
ber, Bessie Rogers Dewis, Mary
Catherine McIntyre Rodgers, ’45,
Mrs. I. W. Rose, Louise Bennett Sat-
terwhite, Nancy Allen Snuggs, Dor
cas Stanley, Winnie Davis Turner,
Martha Medlin Wardlaw, Pauline
Patton Wood.