DEAN'S LIST
VIOLIN RECITAL
S. G. PRESIDENT
EDITORIAL
FASHION FRIEZE
"EXCHANGING"
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1946
Number 9
Seventy-two Students
Achieve Deanes List
In this list are the names of
all students taking twelve or
more semester hours who have
made a number of quality points
equal to twice the number of
semester hours taken plus three.
Frances Alexander, Stella
Austin, Mabel Jane Baldwin,
Marjorie Blum, Doris Gene Bow
man, Jean Branch, Colleen
Brown, Mary Josephine Clayton,
Phoebe Irene Covington, Helen
Frances Crain, Mary Elizabeth
Davis, Mary Lou Dawkins, Rose
mary Dean, Rosa Kathleen
Deans, Jane Ann Doherty, Jewell
Eatman, Saxe Barnes Farmer,
Marilynn Ferrell, Ruth Frank
lin, Rosemary Gaddy, Imogene
Grainger, Jean Griffith, Deleano
Hall, Helen Hall, Martha Ham
rick, Elizabeth Hardison, An-
gelea Hatch, Betsy Hatch, Mary
Carolyn Haywood, Virginia
Highfill, Esther Hooker, Betsy
Jean Holt, Jewell Hyatt, Hilda
James, Ellen Katherine Johnson,
Hazel Johnson, Emily Knott,
Gwendolyn Krahnke, Stella Las
siter, Flora Ann Lee, Doris Lee,
Dorothy Loftin, Ruth Martin,
Dorothy Massey, Gloria Mayer,
Ruth Miller, Frances Moore,
Harriett Neese, Doris Jean Nich
ols, Frances Pope, Julia Powers,
Elizabeth Sawyer, Lucille Saw
yer, Elizabeth Shelton, Ella May
Shirley, Dorothy Singleton,
Marie Snelling, Mabel Summers,
Margaret Spiro, Joy Blake Still
well, Mary Beth Thomas, Doro
thy Tippett, Katherine Ulmer,
Ruth Vande Kieft, Frances Wal
lace, Sarah Frances Watkins,
Jolene Weathers, Ruby Gayle
Wells, Marjorie Wilson, Geneva
Witherspoon, Carolyn Kenyon
Worrell, Katherine Wyatt.
Societies Feature
Plays February 16
Society and freshman one-act
plays are scheduled to be given
on March 16. The society plays
will be given in competition
with each other for the award
of the loving cup. According
to the tradition that three
straight wins for a society give
that society the cup permanent
ly, the Phis, if they win again
this year, will keep the cup.
As yet, casting for these plays
is not completed, and several
committees are needed. All
loyal society members should do
whatever they can to help their
society win.
Later in the spring, probably
during Hospitality week-end, the
Little Theatre will present its
spring production, a full-length
play.
Seniors Begin
Student Teaching
Thirty seniors are doing their
student teaching in Raleigh
schools during the spring semes
ter. They are Myra Jones, first
grade, Hayes Barton; Ruth
VVainscott, seventh grade, Fred
Olds; Virginia Ann Goldston,
fourth and fifth grades, Fred
Olds; Charlotte Leonard, third
grade, Fred Olds; Hildred Lewis,
third grade, Fred Olds; Sally
Ray Bowers, public school music,
Fred Olds; Elizabeth Talley,
third grade, Barbee; Emily Las
siter, first grade, Thompson;
Maria Kitchen, fiirst grade,
Boylan Heights; Bobby Aber
nathy, third grade, Boylan
Heights; Rosemary Gaddy, sixth
grade, Boylan Heights; Myra
Teague, sixth grade, Wiley.
In the high schools the fol
lowing girls are teaching: Mary
Alice Turner, Business, Need
ham Broughton; Amy Wyche,
History, Broughton; Mary
Louise Bass, History, Brough
ton; Hilda Frink, Biology,
Broughton; Sue Betty Chap-
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ROSENBERGER TO OFFER RECITAL
Miss Rachel Rosenberger
Electors Acclaim Helen WaSiis
President of Student Government
DAY STUDENT
TAKES OFFICE
I
In the first of the series of |
spring student elections held
Thursday, February 14, j
Geraldine Winfree, of Raleigh, i
was elected to the office of first
vice president for the non-1
resident students, an office
which automatically makes her i
a member of the Student Gov
ernment Council. She is filling
the office held first semester by
Ernestine Clark who was unable
to return because of ill health.
The duties of first vice presi
dent will include checking the
chapel cards for the non-resident
students, acting as program
chairman for each meeting of
the non-resident girls, taking
care of the secretarial duties,
acting as co-chairman of orienta
tion for the day students, and
assuming the duties of the presi
dent should the president be un
able to perform her duties.
At Meredith, Geraldine is a
member of the Astro Society,
Barber Science Club, Sociology
Club, and the Folk Dance Club.
She was active in student gov
ernment work and other student
activities in high school, includ
ing work with the Little Theater,
the high school newspaper. Girl
Scouts, Audio-visual Education,
and the Raleigh Y.W.C.A.
Helen Louise Wallis, President of Student Government for ’46-’47.
THREE NEW FACULTY MEMBERS JOIN
STAFF; TWO FORMER PROFS RETURN
o
This semester, Meredith wel
comes several new teachers on
the campus, and also, two former
teachers, Mr. Clayton Charles,
and Miss Margaret Kramer, who
have been av/ay on leave. T.he
new teachers are Mr. L. J. Ar
rington, and Prof. W. N. Hicks
of the Sociology Department,
and Miss Ann Poteat of the Eng
lish Department.
Mr. Arrington has his home
in Raleigh and is assistant pro
fessor of Economics at State
College. For the past three
years, he has served in the armed
forces. He has served overseas
in Africa for fourteen months
and also in Italy as a member
of the Allied Commission. Mr.
Arrington is taking the place of
Prof. Green who is now sick.
Prof. W. N. Hicks of Raleigh,
is professor of Religion and
Ethics at State College. He is
teaching a sociology course on
Marriage and the Family. Be
cause of the increase in the num
ber of students in this Depart
ment, it was necessary to secure
another teacher.
Miss Ann Poteat of Louis-
burg, Penn., has taken the place
of Mrs. Williams in the English
Department. Miss Ann Poteat
was born in China and came to
the United States in 1934. She
graduated from Meredith Col
lege in 1938, and was a member
Noted Economist
To Give Address
Dean Calvin Bryce Hoover
will speak on “Germany and
Reconstruction of Europe” at the
last meeting of the Institute of
Religion at the United Church
on February 25. This speech will
be from the Christian or the
religious point of view.
Dean Hoover is a noted eco
nomist and was recently chair
man of the economic commis
sion of Germany. At the present
time he is Dean of the Graduate
school of Duke University. He
has written several books deal
ing with present day problems.
Some of these are Economic Life
of Soviet Russia, Germany
Enters the Third Reich, and
Dictators and Democracies.
of the Silver Shield, and Presi
dent of her Senior class. She has
recently served overseas in Eng
land, France, and Germany do
ing Red Cross work with the 8th
and 9th Airforce.
Mr. Clayton Charles of the
Art Department has returned to
the College having been recent
ly released from the Navy. Mr.
Charles has been on a leave of
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Miss Rachel Rosenberger will
play a violin rectial in the col
lege auditorium at 8:00 p.m. on
March 1, 1946. She will be ac
companied by Mrs. Lila LeVan
Loadwick at the piano. The
program follows:
Chanson Louis XIII and
Pavane Kreisler
Largo from “Concerto in
A Minor” Vivaldi-Nachez
Allegro Fiocco
II
Sonata in A Major (for violin
and piano) ....Franck
III
March from “Love for 3
Oranges” ....Prokofieif-Heifetz
Tango
Castelnuovo-Tedesco-Heifetz
Piece en Forme de Habanera..Ravel
Slavonic Dance in E Minor
Dvorak-Kreisler
STUDENTS MEET WEEKLY TO DISCUSS
PHASES OF STUDENT GOVERNMENT
On Thursday, February 14,
the first of a series of discussions
on student government and the
honor system was held in the
college auditorium at 10:00 p.m.
Kitty Johnson, chairman of the
committee in charge of the dis-
cusions, presided. Approximate
ly one-third of the student body
attended.
Short talks were made from
the platform by Jane Anne
Doherty and Harriet Neese on
the meaning of honor; by Vir
ginia Holcomb and Helen Hall
on the meaning of student gov
ernment; and by Mitzi Roddick
and Evelyn Straughn on the re
lation between honor and stu
dent government. After the talks
the floor was thrown open for
discussion.
The question was brought up
as to what was the purpose of
the meetings, what was their
ultimate goal. It was pointed
out that through these discus
sions students should become
educated in student government
and should be able to practice
it intelligently and effectively.
A motion was made to order
handbooks from other southern
Baptist women’s colleges to use
in comparing student govern
ment systems. When it was
pointed out that many of these
handbooks were already avail
able, it was decided to use them
and get others if needed.
A meeting of the student body
was not held last night because
of Focus Week, but the discus
sions will continue next Thurs
day night.
First Election Returns
Reveal Capable Leader
And Ideal Character
By Florine Olive
If at some time you have
passed on the campus an auburn
haired girl with becoming freck
les and green eyes, a girl who is
about 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weigh
ing 123 pounds, then you know
Helen Louise Wallis, the newly-
elected Student Government
President for 1946-47. In elec
tion held February 14, Helen ran
against Jean Branch, present
Student Government secretary.
Helen hails from Portsmouth,
Virginia, although she was born
in Illinois and has since lived
in Texas, Missouri, and now Vir
ginia. She happens to be 20,
will be 21 on April 2, which also
is her mother’s birthday. She
is the eldest of three girls, the
daughter of a Baptist minister.
Helen’s Meredith career has
proved her interest in campus .
life and her capability as a
leader. As a sophomore she was
typist on the Acorn staff and
president of the Sophomore
Class. This, her junior year,
she is Feature Editor of the
Acorn, treasurer of the Student
Government Council, a Fresh
man Counsellor, and Committee
Chairman of Focus Week.
Helen’s chief interest lies in
people, which fact probably ac
counts for her interest in socio
logy as a major field of concen
tration. She belongs to the
Sociology Club, the Colton Eng
lish Club, Little Theater, and,
you guessed it, is a member of
the Astro Society. Of that mem
bership she boasts proudly.
More informally, Helen leads
a very “undull” life, as one
might guess from her ideal
character. She seems to have a
radiant personality, the kind
that speaks for itself and for her.
She is easy going, not extremely
emotional, and, judging from the
smile that always adorns her
countenance, is free from petty
worrying. Her very simple
greeting, “Hi,” which is non-
discriminatory, reveals sincerity
and interest in her fellowman.
(P. S. The suite up there in 301
and 302 Stringfield tell me they
find her even-tempered. They
mark her as being gullible, also,
which she heartily denied with
“I’m not as gullible as people
think.”)
As a literary character Helen
delves in music and English. In
fact, one of her ambitions has
always been to play the organ
in a church sometime. She ap
preciates music from classical to
swing, Tschaikovsky and Beeth
oven being her favorite com
posers. In the classical vein
Franck’s D Minor Symphony
holds her attention, while the
sweet and smooth popular music
attracts her at the other ex
treme. She likes to play at the
piano, she modestly admitted.
The radio also interests her with
such programs as the Night Owl
Club and Fred Waring.
Out of the literary world she
prefers Shakespeare among
authors but claims no favorite
selection. She enjoys Reader’s
Digest chiefly among magazines
and loves Vogue and Madamoi-
selle.
Food is another of her chief
delights and I’ve been told she’s
a big eater. Salads and desserts
seem to touch her fancy and any
thing in the chocolate family. '
A favorite pastime is going
out, “just anywhere,” she said,
then admitted the movies as a
likable destination. Historical
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