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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1945
Number 4
College Features Eleventh
Palio, Stunt Celebration
Meredith Classes
To Tour Raleigh
In order that new students i
at Meredith may get to know i
Raleigh better, the freshmen and i
transfer counsellors are plan
ning a “Seeing Raleigh” Sunday
for November 18. It is hoped that
cars will be available that Sun
day afternoon to take new stu
dents on the tour of Raleigh.
Places to be visited will include
old Meredith, State College, the
Governor’s Mansion, Peace, and
other points of interest in Ra
leigh. Further plans for the tour
will be announced soon.
The committee in charge of
“Seeing Raleigh” Sunday are
Margaret Dover, chairman;
Dorothy Stell, Hazel Goodwin,
and Mabel Baldwin. The faculty
adviser is Dr. Mary Yarborough.
Activities To Include Bicycle Race, Clowns,
Horse Race, and Original Song Contest
Miss Marion Warner, a member of the Physical Education
Department from 1934-37, and the originator of the Meredith
celebration of Palio, has been invited to be present at this the
eleventh occasion of Palio. Miss Warner is now Recreational
Director at the Y.W.C.A. in©
Philadelphia.
Palio’s annual array of activi
ties includes the bicycle race,
the horse race, and the original
song contest preceded by the
class processionals and clown
stunts. The grand processional
features horseback riders, the
Meredith band, caricature heads,
class clowns, a wagon with
Magistrate surrounded by yeo
men, the judges wagon, clowns,
and the giraffe.
Following the class proces
sions the alumnae will give their
stunt in which all visiting
alumnae and alumnae faculty
members will participate. The
stunt will be directed by Mrs.
Paul Kelly and Miss lone Kemp
Knight.
The events of the afternoon
close with the presentation of
awards followed by the singing
of the Alma Mater.
Palio, as usual, will be di
rected by the class vice presi
dents. Lib Sawyer, Stella Las
siter, Mary Beth Thomas, and
Virginia Hudgins. Jean Griffith,
vice president of the Athletic
Association, will direct activities
during the Palio procedure.
From 6; 30 to 7:30 in the Blue
Parlor, the Wake County Chap
ter of the Alumnae Association
will honor the visiting alumnae,
new members of the faculty,
and the A. A. board. Mrs. Dal
las Holoman, Jr., chairman of
the social committee, is in charge
of the coffee.
At 8:00 in the College audi
torium, the Annual Stunt Night
will conclude the day’s activities.
As in the past, reserved seats
will be given to the class having
the highest percentage in attend
ance participating in Palio.
Class stunts are being super
vised by the class presidents,
Jo Hughes, Joan Drake, Mary
Virginia Warren, and Jean
Gaddy.
Each class is responsible for
a judge, who rates the class
stunts on the nature of a stunt
as stated in the handbook. Chief
judge for the Stunt Night will
be Miss Hazel Griffin of Raleigh.
The Senior Class has chosen Mrs.
Alice Crowson, also of Raleigh,
the Junior Class, Miss Helen
Runion, of Raleigh, the Sopho
more Class, Mrs. Clare Jay
Marley, teacher in the Cary
public schools, and the Fresh
man Class, Mrs. Louis Sutton,
also of Raleigh.
Pictured above are the ten seniors chosen by a faculty and student committee to be listed in the 1945-46
; edition of the yearbook, “Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges.” From left to right the girls
are Mary Jo Clayton, Jewell Batman, Mary Elizabeth Davis, Marilynn Ferrell, Nancy Harris, Katherine
Johnson, Hazel Johnson, Flora Ann Lee, Elizabeth Shelton, and Ruth Vande Kieft.
Juniors Plan Party
For Little Sisters
Plans are being made by the
Junior Class for the Big Sister-
Little Sister party which will be
November 17 at five o’clock.
Carolyn Lockamy is in charge
and chairmen of committees are
as follows: Hilda Liles, invita
tions; Helen Wallis, program;
Mary Martin, refreshments; and
Ruth Martin and Jean Griffith,
co-chairman of decorations.
BAPTISTS STAGE
MEETING NOV. 13
Program To Include
Symposiums, Sermons
The 115th annual session of
the Baptist State Convention
will be held in the First Baptist
Church, Raleigh, N. C., Novem
ber 13-15. Dr. Ralph A. Herring,
pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Winston-Salem, is
president of this year’s conven
tion, the theme of which is “The
Task of North Carolina Baptist
Churches In the Postwar Years.”
The program is to begin at
10:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning,
November 13, and will close
Thursday, November 15, at noon,
with all the meetings in the
First Church, except those on
Tuesday and Wednesday eve
nings, and these will convene in
Memorial Auditorium.
(Continued on page four)
Modern Language Department
Adds New Spanish Instructor
Fred J. Allred, instructor in Spanish and French from Liberty,
North Carolina has joined the Meredith faculty. He has an
A.B. and M.A. in Romance Languages from the University of
North Carolina. After receiving his M.A., he taught in The
Central High School in Char-O- —
lotte, N. C., from 1935 to 1942.
Then he joined the U. S. Army
and was stationed with Signal
Corps in England for two years.
There he met Miss Audrey
Robinson from Huddensfield,
Yorkshire, and they were later
married. Allred received an
honorable discharge October 26
and came to Raleigh as an in
structor at Meredith. At present
he resides at 2212 Hope Street
at the home of Mrs. Lillian
Parker Wallace.
REMEMBER THIS!
The picture above was taken at the 1944 celebration of Meredith
Palio. The Serior Class, with the Campbell Soup theme, won
the Palio Banner. (Photo by Cooper)
Husking-Bee Reveals
Indiviiiuals’ Talents
Seniors Achieve Recognition
In Who’s Who In American
Universities and Colleges
-o
Artists To Displ
Products Nov. 15
ay
At the Husking-Bee sponsored
by the Athletic Association of
Meredith College, Tuesday,
October 30, 1945, many contests
were held and prizes awarded.
First on the program was the ^ lege are urged to take this op-
The opening date for the big
gest exhibit the Art Department
of Meredith College has ever
put on will be on Thursday,
Novprnber 1 .'i at 4:00. Greek
athletics and festivals of the
Fifth Century will be featured
at the main exhibition which
will be held in the newly deco
rated Art Gallery. Dr. Helen
Price will be the guest speaker
at the opening event, after which
refreshments will be served.
Recently the entire facilities
of the Art Department have been
remodeled and unified, with a
particular addition of a modern
interior design to the offices. All
labs have been arranged to their
best advantage. In this opening
exhibition of the year, all these
facilities will be available for
inspection by the public.
In addition to the Greek motif
of the gallery, other dominant
features of the display will be
student work. Some of the most
successful productions from each
art course will be presented.
Also the hall joining the art
gallery and labs will carry out
standing examples of the work
done by the students. A faculty
exhibition will be arranged in
the offices of John Rembert and
Miss Austell.
The students of Meredith Col-
Character, Scholarship,
Leadership Determine
Basis For Selection
portunity to visit the Art Depart
ment and see the type of work
that is being done there.
hog and chicken calling contests.
Mary Bowen, freshman, was
awarded an egg basket filled
with candy coated almonds for
being the best chicken caller. D.D.T.
Eloise Lancaster, sophomore,
was awarded a corn cob pipe* Meredith, too, has made use
for being the first to finish husk-! of D.D.T. around the campus!
ing a bushel of corn. The winner | sprayed in the tun-
1 n- ^ -rv„ 17' nels to rid them of fleas, spiders,
^ ^^^jand roaches and has been used
awarded a pig bank. Following ^ ^t the barns to get rid of the
these contests there was another i flies. According to the report
of singing which the Senior class, of Fred J. Edwards, D.D.T. has
There was a costume con-1 quite effective so far in
ridding Meredith of insects.
D.D.T., the wonder insecticide
won.
test, and the judges were Dr.
McAllister, Miss Billy Ruth
Currin, and Dr. Mary Yar
brough. The students who won
were
of World War II, is beginning
to reach the public now that
the demand for it by the Army
Nedgelena Morgan and has been reduced. D.D.T. was
Joyce Temple, and the members used during the war to rid the
of the faculty who won were
Miss Cunningham
Brown.
and Miss
Pacific Islands of flies and mos
quitoes and to prevent the
spread of Typhus in Naples and
other European cities.
Ten seniors of Meredith Col
lege were recently given national
recognition by being selected to
have their biographies appear
in the 1945-46 edition of Who’s
Who in American Universities
and Colleges. The nominations,
made by a student and faculty
committee, include Mary Jo
Clayton, Elizabeth Davis, Jewell
Eatman, Marilyn Ferrell, Nancy
Harris, Hazel Johnson, Kather
ine Johnson, Flora Ann Lee,
Elizabeth Shelton, and Ruth
Vande Kieft. Students are se
lected on the basis of character,
leadership in extra-curricular
activities, scholarship, and po
tentiality for future usefulness
to business and society.
These girls have held a num
ber of offices on the campus.
Mary Jo Clayton, editor of The
Acorn this year, during her
years at Meredith has been
freshman representative to the
Student Council, president of
the Sophomore Class, feature
editor of The Acorn, assistant
manager of the Beehive, and a
member of Kappa Nu Sigma,
Sigma Pi Alpha, Colton English
Club, and Little Theater. A
major in math and English,
Mary Jo is from Millersville,
Maryland. She is a member of
the Astro Society.
Mary Elizabeth Davis of
Wadesboro, is this year presi
dent of SHingfield Hall, asso
ciate editor of The Twig, and a
member of Kappa Nu Sigma,
Colton English Club, and Little
Theater. She was freshman
representative to B.S.U. Council,
Choir member. Sophomore mar
shal for Phi Society, secretary
of B.S.U. Council, secretary.
Sophomore Class, vice president
of Jones Hall, columnist. The
Twig, Junior editor. The Acorn,
and a member of the orchestra.
Editor of The Twig this year,
Jewell Eatman of Raleigh, who
has a double major in Spanish
and English, was reporter for
the Day Student Council and
Dublicity chairman of the Colton
English Club during her Sopho
more year. Her junior year she
was business manager of The
Twig, treasurer of the Sigma Pi
Alpha, treasurer of the Colton
English Club, and junior repre
sentative to the Day Student
(Continued on page 3)