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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N, C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1945
Number 5
Seniors Cop First Prizes
In Palio, Stunt Competition
Juniors Achieve Honors in Both Events;
Reserved Seats Go To Sophomore Class
At the eleventh annual Palio
and Stunt of Meredith College
held on Saturday, November
10, a festival featuring class
competition and sponsored by
the Athletic Association, first
prize for the most original idea
in Palio went to the Senior Class
who “set the world on fire” with
human matches. Second prize
was awarded to the Junior Class
who comprised the crew of the
Meredith Victory Ship. The sen
iors were also given a cash
award by the Alumnae Associa
tion. *
The Sophomore Class had the
greatest percentage taking part
in the festival, thereby winning
reserved seats for Stunt Night.
The bicycle race was won by a
team composed of Mary Lee
Parker, Carolyn Powers, and
Mollie Rea Howard, all of the
Sophomore Class.
Original Song
Vicky Manty of the Junior
Class was awarded a five dollar
prize for having written the
best original song, and the step
singing prize was received by
the seniors, who were under the
direction of Jane Watkins.
Another senior, Mary G. Turner,
won the horse race for her class,
and Jean Griffith of the Junior
Class came in second.
Judges for the afternoon were
Mrs. Emeline Foster, Mrs. E. R.
Collins, Miss Elaine Boggess,
Miss Phyllis Cunningham, Dr.
John Yarbrough, and Dr. Harry
E. Cooper.
After-dinner Coffee
Immediately preceding Stunt,
after-dinner cofee was served
in the Blue Parlor to all guests
of the College. The coffee hour
was sponsored by the Athletic
Association and the Wake
County Chapter of the Meredith
Alumni Association.
Stunt
Later the silver loving cup for
the most original stunt was pre
sented to Josephine Hughes,;
president of the Senior Class, by |
Miss Hazel Griffin, chief judge I
for Stunt. This class presented |
“The Bugaboo.” j
The juniors were awarded
second prize for their stunt,
“Candy Capers.”
Other judges for this event
were Mrs. Alice Crowson, senior
judge; Miss Helen Runnion,
junior judge; Mrs. Clare J.
Marley of Cary, sophomore
judge; and Mrs. L. V. Sutton,
freshman judge.
Music Club Gives
^^Messiah” Dec. 2
The annual performance of
the oratorio. The Messiah, will
be presented December 2, Sun
day afternoon, at 4:00 p.m. in
the college auditorium. The
group is composed of a city
chorus which is sponsored by
the Raleigh Music Club. Stuart
Pratt, head of the piano faculty
at Meredith, is the chorus di
rector.
The soprano soloist will be
Neannette Exley, head of the
voice department at Peace Col
lege. Beatrice Donley, head of
the Meredith voice faculty, will
perform the contralto solos. The
tenor soloist, Sgt. Jon Crowe,
has been soloist with the New
Opera Company of New York
and has appeared many times in
NBC television. I. Howard
Chadwick, well-known Greens
boro soloist, will perform the
bass solos.
Accompanists for the group
are Mrs. Lila LeVan Loadwick,
pianist, and Mrs. Gladys Sutter,
organist.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
(Jehoio by Cooper.)
The Meredith College Glee Club composed of 40 voices will appear in a concert at Seymour Johnson Field
on December 1, 1945. Also on the program, the sextet will present several numbers. The concert will be
the initial appearance of the group.
College Tops Quota
In War Fund Campaign
The United War Fund Drive
which was held on the Meredith
College campus resulted in one
of the most successful drives
which has been held here. The
quota for Meredith was $900,
but the students and staff passed
this quota by more than one
hundred and forty-five per cent.
At the end of the drive, Meredith
College had raised $1,316.27,
with the faculty and staff giving
$995 which in itself was over
the school quota, and the stu
dents giving $321.27. The Fresh
man Class led, donating $83,60;
Sophomore Class, second donat
ing $88.25; the Junior Class,
third, contributing $77.12 and
the Senior Class fourth, donat
ing $70.55.
The colleges in Raleigh as a
unit had a quota, and they went
over it with Meredith leading in
percentage.
The funds raised will be used
not only in the United States, but
in many of the war-stricken
countries of Europe which have
such great need of aid.
Pittsburgh
Concert Un
Symphony To
der Direction
Present
of Reiner
The Pittsburgh Symphony Or
chestra will be presented
November 27, at 8 o’clock in the
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
under the direction of Fritz
Reiner, who is recognized as one
of the really great conductors of
the world.
The orchestra was organized
in 1896 and existed until 1910
under the direction of Victor
Herbert and Emil Paur. It was
founded again in 1927 and be
came a major orchestra in 1938
under the leadership of Fritz
Reiner. Today it is one of the
outstanding orchestras of the
nation.
Dr. Reiner was born in Buda
pest, Hungary. He was appointed
chief conductor of the Dresden
Royal Opera House in 1914, and
he has conducted symphony
concerts and operas in Berlin,
Hamburg, Rome, and Vienna.
His symphonic opera and radio
performances have spread his
fame throughout the United
States and Europe.
Thomas Archer of The Gazette
says: . . . “We have had no con
ductor here (Montreal, Canada)
quite like Dr. Reiner. He has
the reputation of being one of
the greatest living technicians in
his profession. . . . But he is
much more than a technician.
He is a great virtuosa
ductor.”
con-
Glee Club To Sing Coneert
At Seymour Johnson Field
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Juniors Entertain
‘^Little Sisters”
Program Includes Skit,
Trio, Community Sing
On Saturday evening, Novem
ber 17, the juniors were
hostesses to the freshmen at the
annual Big Sister-Little Sister
party. This year, the guests were
escorted by their big sisters to
Astro Hall at five-thirty o’clock
for a supper consisting of Ham
burger sandwiches, cole slaw,
potato chips, pickles, Coca-Colas,
and popsicles.
At seven o’clock, guests were
invited into Phi Hall for a
Thanksgiving program, under
the direction of Helen Wallis.
Opening feature was a com
munity sing of Thanksgiving
songs, led by Virginia Holcomb,
after which the juniors pre
sented a skit, in modern version,
of the landing of the Pilgrims.
Included in the program were a
poem by June Patterson, and a
Thanksgiving trio, “Come, Ye
Thankful People, Come,” by
Sallye Carraway, Vicky Manty,
and Virginia Holcomb. Three
juniors from last year’s Creative
Rhythms group, Joan Drake,
Gene Horton, and Margie Perry,
presented an interpretive dance
entitled “Doxology,” after which
all the guests joined in singing
the Doxology to conclude the
program.
Special invitations were ex
tended to Dr. and Mrs. Carlyle
Campbell, Dean and Mrs. Joseph
Burk, Mr. and Mrs. Zeno Martin,
Miss Anna Mae Baker, and Mrs.
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The stage of the Memorial Auditorium on November 27 will look like the picture above when the Pittsburgh Symphony Or
chestra appears to present the third concert in the Civic Music Concert series.
Sextet Adds Group of
Songs To Program
For Camp Service Club
The Meredith College Glee
Club will appear in a concert at
Seymour Johnson Field on De
cember 1. The College sextet
which is composed of Rebecca
Barnes, Jean Davis, Jean White,
Jane Watkins, Virginia Hol
comb, Betty Jean Donley, and
accompanied by Emily Hine, will
also present a group of songs
on the program. The program
is as follows:
Visions Sjoberg-Balogh
When a Maid Comes Knock
ing at Your Heart Friml
The Little French Clock..Kountz
Glee Club
The Song Is You Kern
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes....Kern
By the Light of the Silvery
Moon Edwards
With a Song in My Heart
Rodgers
Sextet
The Sleigh. Kountz
The Orchestra Song
Traditional Austrain Song
Will You Remember....Rombery
When Johnny Comes
Marching Home Arr. Mead
Miss Beatrice Donley is the
Glee Club director and Betsy
Jean Holt is the accompanist.
Mrs. Lawhon Becomes
Member of Music Staff
Mrs. John Lawhon of Denton,
Texas, has recently been added
to the staff of the Music De
partment to replace Miss Phyllis
Warnick who resigned to accept
a position in the Department of
Music at Drake University, Des
Moines, Iowa. Mrs. Lawhon has
the degree of B.Mus., B.S., and
M.A. from Texas State College
for Women, and taught music
there as well as privately in
Denton. Her husband is in Civil
Service in connection with army
work.
At Meredith, Mrs. Lawhon
will teach piano and Theory 1
and 2.
The National Poetry Associa
tion has announced that one of
the Meredith students, Mary
Alice Turner, had an original
poem, “Dan,” accepted for pub
lication in the Annual Anthology
of College Poetry.
Meredith Coiie^c rj