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Open Letter to the Students
Sconty Sketches
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1946
Number 7
Egon Petri
To Appear
In Concert
Egon Petri, world - famous
Dutch-American pianist, comes
to Raleigh January 22, at 8:00
p.m. to present the fourth con
cert in the Civic Music series.
The pianist, born in Hanover,
Germany, the son of a Hollander,
Henri Petri, the famous violin
ist, came to America in 1940 as
a result of the German march
on Poland, where he and his
wife lived.
In America Petri first taught
at Mills College in Oakland,
California, and later conducted
master classes in Colorado
Springs, Los Angeles, Washing
ton, Boston, and New York. In
1941 he received appointment
as Pianist in Residence at Cor
nell University and established
his home at Ithaca, New York,
where he now resides.
Egon Petri made his debut
as a concert pianist in Germany
and Holland in 1902, playing
at the Dutch court twice that
year. Since then he has toured
Europe and the United States
giving concerts. The artist holds
the degree of Doctor of Music
from Manchester University,
England, and has received the
decorations, the Greek orders
of Phoenix and Redeemer, and
the Polish order of Polonia
Restituta.
Petri enjoys playing the
music of the composers Debussy
and Ravel, but his preference
lies in their predecessors. Be
fore a solo concert, Petri may
send as many as twelve com
plete programs for selection and
he holds in readiness all the
concertos of Beethoven, Brahms,
Chopin, Liszt, Mozart, and
others.
The famous pianist has re
corded the works of Bach,
Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt, and
Chopin, the Polonaise in A
Major being the best seller.
Columbia records is the com
pany for whom Petri records.
Of his performance the New
York Herald Tribune states,
“His intellectual and emotional
approaches to music are so
flawlessly balanced and his tech
nical equipment so stupendous
and comprehensive that no
musical product, classic or ro
mantic, lies beyond his scope.”
FocusWeekChairman
Entertains at Coffee
Helen Wallis, chairman of
Religious Focus Week, enter
tained at an after-dinner coffee
in the game room Sunday after
noon at two o’clock, for the
chairman of the different com
mittees for the Focus Week.
Elizabeth Shelton presided at
the coffee table and the hostess
served nuts and cookies. After
the coffee, there was a business
session at which the members
of the Committee of 100 were
chosen.
Building to
Begin Soon
After several weeks of consul
tation, the College Administra
tion, the Head of the Meredith
Music Department, and mem
bers of the Building Committee
of the Board of Trustees have
tentatively approved the plans
for the new auditorium and
music building. It is thought
that these plans will be in shape
to be offered to prospective
contractors for bids within the
next week or two.
Although the auditorium-
music building will probably be
the only building to be under
taken within the year, the Trus
tees have asked the architect,
William Henley Deitrick, to
prepare a proposed plan for a
Science Building at the same
time in order that an overall
picture may be gained of the
buildings to be erected under
the expansion movement. Mr.
Deitrick, well-known Raleigh
architect, has been working on
these drawings and has already
submitted a suggested plan
which is being studied and re
vised by the Heads of the depart
ments to be housed in this build
ing.
The new auditorium will seat
approximately 1,000, and will
also house the entire Music
Department. Since it will be
erected on the part of the cam
pus immediately east of and ad
joining the area that is now used
for parking space and will ex
tend toward the “Hut,” it will
be possible to house the entire
Music Department beneath the
auditorium due to the fast slop
ing ground from the driveway
toward the “Hut.” It will, of
course, face almost directly west
with the entrances to the Music
Department being located on
the back and north side of the
building.
Class Room Buildings
The location of the classroom
buildings has not been definitely
determined, but it is possible
that there will be very little
change in the new location over
the present site of these build
ings. It has been pointed out
that scarcity of materials will,
no doubt, prolong the comple
tion of the building to be started
this summer, but it is hoped by
the Trustees that the Com
mencement in 1947 can be held
in the new auditorium.
With the architect chosen, the
plans already drawn up, and a
good possibility of the plans be
ing offered for bids from pro
spective contractors very soon,
the idea of Meredith expansion
no longer seems remote.
“Photo by Cooper
The six seniors pictured above who are to graduate at mid-year are from left to right: Ann McLendon,
Carolyn Kenyon Worrell, Mary Bryan Fleming, Peggy Mejette, Augusta Elmore, and Eva Fitzgerald.
Dr. Osusky Speaks
On 'Future of Europe'|
and 'Russia and U. S.'j
Institute of International Education
Sponsors Checkoslovakian Lecture
Six Seniors Graduate
At End of Semester
On Thursday and Friday
nights, January 10 and 11, at 8
p.m. in Meredith College Audi
torium, Dr. Stephan Osusky,
native of Czechoslovakia, de
livered two lectures: “The Polit
ical Future of Europe” and
“Russia and The United States.”
Dr. Osusky, after studying in
his own country, came to the
United States and received the
degree. Doctor of Laws, from
the University of Chicago. He
has had many years of personal
acquaintance with the move
ments of world history. In 1919,
he was a delegate to the Paris
Peace Conference; for eighteen
years he was chairman of the
Supervising Commission of the
League of Nations; for twenty
years, he was ambassador to
France, and represented Czecho
slovakia on the Reparations
Commission in Paris from 1919
until 1932. Since 1940, Dr.
Osusky has been a member of
the “Czech Government in
Exile” in London, was her first
diplomat there and has lectured
at the University of Oxford. In
September, 1945, he came to
the United States and has been
speaking under the auspices of
the Institute of International
Education. He has lectured in
26 colleges in nineteen states.
TURNER TO SPEAK
FOUNDERS' DAY
On Friday, February 15, the
annual celebration of Fo^unders’
Day will be observed in the
College Auditorium. Dr. J.
Clyde Turner, pastor of the first
Baptist Church at Greensboro,
N. C. will deliver an address
in commemoration of the event.
It has been announced that
classes on that day will meet
only the first two morning
periods, after which the student
body will assemble in the audi
torium for the address. No other
classes are scheduled to meet
on that day.
In the afternoon the faculty
and trustees will be at home
to friends of the College at a
reception from 4:30 to 6:00 in
the Rose and Blue parlors. At
8:00 in the evening the Student
Government will act as hostesses
at a reception in the parlors.
In his lectures. Dr. Osusky
said that “civilizations have
failed because they did not ad
just to changing conditions. He
thinks European civilization has
enough superior qualities to
survive, and has a great inven
tive spirit, yet. The United
States can help this rejuvena-
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FOCUS WEEK TEAM BRINGS "CHRIST
THEME TO MEREDITH CAMPUS WEEK
“Christ My Imperative” is
the theme for Religious Focus
Week, which will be February
17-22. Plans for the week are
being made under the direction
of Dick Howerton, State Stu
dent Secretary; Miss Billie Ruth
Currin, Director of Religious
Activities on Meredith Campus;
and Helen Wallis, student chair
man of Focus Week. The Com
mittee of One Hundred has been
selected.
The speaking team for the
week are: Dr. Kelly Barnette,
Chapel Hill; Dr. Claude U.
Broach, Charlotte; Mrs. Kay Fer
rell, Chapel Hill; Rev. W. W.
Finlator, Weldon; Rev. Harry
Gamble, Statesville; Rev. R. T.
Howerton, Raleigh; Dr. Clarence
Jordan, Americus, Ga.; Dr.
Frank H. Leavell, Nashville,
Tenn.; Dr. J. W. Marshall, Rich
mond, Va.;and Mr. William
Poteat, Chapel Hill.
Chairmen of committees for
Focus Week are: faculty. Dr.
Julia H. Harris; program, Liz
Shelton; hospitality, Jo Hughes;
classroom visitation, Kitty John
son; publicity. Dot Howerton;
music, Jane Watkins; seminar,
Evelyn Straughan; informal dis
cussion, Ruby Greene; personal
conferences, Nancy Harris; ar
rangements, D e 1 e a n o Hall;
entertainment and recreation,
Frances Thompson; continua
tion, Virginia Highfill; books
and literature. Lib Davis; and
pause for power, Mitzi Roddick.
The treasurer for the week is
Mary Martin, and the recording
MY IMPERATIVE"
OF FEBRUARY 17-22
secretary is Betsy Dell Max
well.
In addition to chapel serv
ices, seminars, and informal
discussions, team members will
talk with students in personal
conferences. Recreation is being
planned for students, faculty,
and visiting speakers. The pur
pose of Focus Week is to bring
Christ into every aspect of our
daily living. Students who were
here two years ago are looking
forward to Focus Week because
they know what it can mean to
a college. Others are looking
forward to it, because with the
outstanding theme, the plans
which are being made, and the
enthusiasm already shown by
the students, it promises to be
a high-light of the year.
Diplomas To Be Awarded
February 2, College Parlor
At the end of this semester,
six girls will have completed
requirements for graduation
from Meredith. Five of them
will receive their diplomas in
a graduation exercise on Satur
day afternoon, February 2, in
the College Parlors.
Augusta Elmore, of Morgan-
ton, has majored in primary
education, with related subjects
in music and art. She goes from
Meredith to a position on the
faculty of the Rosemary School
of Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
Eva Fitzgerald, of Pinehurst,
is a major in psychology; her
minor subject is sociology.
Mary Bryan Fleming, Ra
leigh, is taking a major in the
Department of Education, with
a minor in sociology. She plans
either to teach or to engage in
social work after graduation.
Peggy Majette, of Grimes-
land, N. C., has taken her train
ing in primary education. Her
minors are in health and physi
cal education. She has accepted
a teaching position in the first
grade at the Virginia Street
School, Goldsboro, N. C.
Carolyn Kenyon Worrell, Ra
leigh, is a sociology major; her
minors are in psychology and
economics. For the next several
months following graduation,
she will be at home with her
husband, who has recently re
turned from Berlin, Germany,
Anne McLendon, of Lexing
ton, N. C., plans to return to the
College and receive her diploma
with the graduating class of 1946
on June 3. In the meantime,
she has accepted a position in
the Charlotte Public Library,
and will remain there until next
September. After that time, she
will enter the School of Library
Science in the graduate school
of the University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill. Anne has
majored in French and history,
with sociology and Spanish as
related fields.
Most of the girls are graduat
ing in less than four years by
gaining credit through attend
ing one or more summer school
sessions.