Editorial:
Old Order Changeth
Learning and Life
Destroying Force
News;
Moy Day Festivities
Professor Turns Poet
Loadwick Recital
NeiDsvaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1946
Number 14
LOADWICK PLAYS
RECITAL MONDAY
Mrs. Lila LeVan Loadwick,
member of the piano faculty, |
will present the second faculty
recital Monday, May 13, at 8:00
o’clock. Mrs. Loadwick received!
her Bachelor and Master of Mu
sic degrees from the University!
of Kansas where she studied un
der a scholarship with Dean!
D. M. Swarthout. She holds a
diploma in piano from the Jul-|
hard School of Music in New
York with James Friskin as
teacher. She is soloist with the
Raleigh Piano Ensemble and sec
retary of the N. C. Chapter of
American Guild of Organists.
For one and one-half years Mrs.
Loadwick was organist and choir
director at Hayes Barton Church,
and she is also chairman of the
piano committee of the Raleigh
Music Club. Her program is as
follows:
I
Prelude and Fugue in CjJ:
Major - Bach
Sonata op. 27, No. 2
May Day Festivities
Interrupted By Rain
n
ANNUAL FESTIVAL
SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY
Little Theatre
Chooses ''Nine Girls
The annual May Day Festival
T mu i- scheduled for the first Saturday
The Meredith Little Theatre x j
will present its spring produc- May has been postponed a
tion on May 17-18 at 8:00 p.m. week due to the rainy weather,
in the Raleigh Little Theatre. It is now scheduled for Satur-
The play, “Nine Girls,” is a afternoon. May 11. The
Mrs. Lila LeVan Loadwick, who will present lecil.il Monday evening.
Registrar Returns
From Convention
Mrs. Vera Tart Marsh, Regis-
T , , X „ .Li , trar, has returned from Atlanta
(Moonlight) Beethoven I represented the col
lege at the national convention
of the American Association of
Collegiate Registrars. Mrs.
Marsh, who is a member of the
Committee on Regional Associa
tions, has accepted an invitation
from the North Carolina Asso
ciation of College Registrars to
report on the national conven
tion at the November meeting of
the state organization.
II
Valse Brillante op. 34,
No. 1 - .Chopin
Nocturne in C J Minor....Chopin
Polonaise in A flat.... .Chopin
IV
Jeux d’eau Ravel
Clair de lune Debussy
Lesghinda Etude ..Lispounow
REMEDY SEEN TO
TELEPHONE SITUATION
PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR TURNS POET
Your reporter turned the ta
bles on the psychologist the
other day and had Dr. Harold
Grier McCurdy of the Meredith
College psychology and philos
ophy departments answering the
questions instead of asking them.
It was not Dr. McCurdy, the
studying models and developing
his own style. In college he spent
a great deal of time translating
Greek and Latin verse, and he
spent a year after graduation at
home reading and writing verse.
This early work he destroyed
almost entirely — “Because I
psychologist, being questioned, | couldn’t stand the sight of it,”
however, but Dr. McCurdy, the | he reasons modestly.
poet. For some time now the
Meredith students and faculty
have been honored, on too in
frequent occasions, with hearing
Dr. McCurdy read his verse at
the chapel hour. Recently, un
der the sponsorship of Presi
dent Carlyle Campbell, the first
edition of his poetry was pub
lished, and already the valuable
little book is spreading over the
Meredith campus and outside
with increasing popularity.
Dr. McCurdy, who believes
that the feeling and beauty of
poetry lies largely in its music,
has modestly called his group of
nature poems, A Straw Flute,
suggesting that only a little mu
sic can come from such an in
strument. This title, suggestive
also of the rural life which he
has portrayed in his verse, was
taken from a pastoral by Virgil.
A glimpse into the poet’s past flutist,
reveals an early inclination
toward poetic genius. Dr. Mc
Curdy made his first entrance
into the realm of writing verse
when disappointed in love at the
Dr. McCurdy has always been
faced with a conflict between
science and art. He psycho
analyzes himself as having “defi
nitely a dual personality.” Being
more interested in the way hu
man beings act, what makes
them happy or unhappy, than in
anything else, he chose science
for his profession. He remem
bers now times when he became
extremely scientific and deter
mined never to write again, but
the poet in his nature would
come through.
The writer’s first published
poem appeared in the high school
magazine in his home town, and
since that time he has had verse
published in several newspapers
and magazines. Meredith wel
comes a poet’s first edition and
eagerly awaits more of the well
loved music from a modest
There is a possibility that the
telephone facilities at Meredith
will be improved as soon as ma
terials become available to en
large the switchboard and to add
extra lines. According to Zeno
Martin, Bursar of the College, an
application was made with the
local office of the Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany almost two years ago for
an increase in the number of out
side lines or for a different ar
rangement in listing the college
in the directory so that people
desiring to call in from the out
side would not find the lines
busy so often.
In the spring of 1944, Mr. Mar
tin had a survey made by the
local telephone office in order to
ascertain the approximate num
ber of outside lines needed to
give reasonable service at the
college. Mr. F. M. O. Dixon of
the telephone company had the
number of incoming and out
going calls checked at the college
switchboard over a given period
at that time, and the company
has been in possession of the
facts that were revealed by the
survey since it was made. Up
until that time there were three
outside lines coming into the
college. One more line was add
ed then and this line with the
other three is available to the
girls from 6:00 in the evening
until 9; 00 in the morning. Dur
ing the day it is used by the
business office and by the Presi
dent’s office.
The telephone company is now
installing underground cables in
this section in Raleigh, and it is
possible that the extra number
of wires coming to this section
of the town will cause the com
pany to allot more lines to
Meredith.
mystery-comedy in three acts
about nine college girls who go
to a sorority lodge for a week
end and get involved in a mur
der. The cast includes:
' Mary—June Patterson.
Eve—Helen Frances Crain.
Alice—Elizabeth Davis.
Sharon—Frances Thompson.
Stella or “Shotput”—Eleanor
Jane Andrews.
Freida—Bette Linney.
Betty or “Tennessee” — Elsie
Corbitt.
Jane—Vicky Manty.
Shirley—Etta Hooper.
Phyllis—Dorothy Loftin.
The director, Leake Bevil, has
recently been engaged as tech
nician for the Raleigh Little The
atre, and he had a part in their
last production “The Rest of
Your Life.” Mr. Bevil has had
wide experience as an amateur
and also professional actor. He
worked at the Pasadena Play
house, a professional repertory
company. He has also been a
member of the El Pablo Players
at Santa Monica, California, and
has worked for the Dunes for
three seasons in summer stock.
He has recently been released
from the Army Air Corps where
he served as entertainment di
rector in the special service sec
tions.
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New Regulations
To Go Into Effect
SUMMER SCHOOL
DATES ANNOUNCED
tender age of eight. He has I
always had a tendency toward j Plans are now under way for
the arts, and when only nine! Meredith’s fifth summer session.
years old he took a cartoonist
course. He later gave up draw
ing for his poetry.
Upon reading Milton’s II Pen-
seroso and L’Allegro at fifteen,
he was awakened to a genuine
interest in poetry, realizing how
powerful it could be. Milton has
remained an ideal ever since. He
received no formal training in
poetics, but rather learned the
art through his own initiative.
A list of courses to be given has
been posted on the bulletin
boards, and the staff headed by
Dr. Campbell and Dean Burke
includes several of the faculty
members. Summer school will
last from June 10 through Au
gust 10. Vann Dormitory will be
used for resident students. Since
the summer session has grown
each year, it is expected that this
one will also be a success.
The student body at Mere
dith wishes to express regret
over the accident of Charlotte
Bowman. Charlotte, a mem
ber of the sophomore class
was in an automobile collision
on her way home for Easter
holidays. She is still at Duke
Hospital in Durham, where
her condition is reported to he
rapidly improving. The stu
dents will also be interested
to know that after a long
period of absence, Dr. Joseph
E. Burke, Dean of Meredith
College, is reported to be im
proving following an opera
tion which took place at Johns-
Hopkins Hospital in Balti
more, Maryland, on April 30.
During his absence. President
Carlyle Campbell is assum
ing the duties of the dean.
Several new recommendations
to the old rules were presented
to the student body Thursday,
May 9, at 9 p.m. in Phi Hall.
These new regulations were
made by the Student Govern
ment committee and were ap
proved by the Faculty Commit
tee and the president of the col
lege. Following is a list of the
changes and additions made;
Freshmen on the Eligibility
List may take three evening
privileges per week, six dance
privileges per year, and after
they have been at Meredith for
one semester, may stay out in
groups of two until 7:30 p.m.
Any freshman may transfer
week-ends from one semester to
the next with the permission of
the president of the Student Gov
ernment.
Sophomores on the Eligibility
List may take four evening privi
leges per week, seven dance
privileges per year, may stay out
alone until 7:30 p.m. and in
groups of two until 10:30 p.m.
Juniors may take eight dance
privileges per year, and social
privileges at their discretion.
Seniors may have week-ends
at their discretion, nine dances
per year, and may keep a car at
Meredith their last month at
school.
All students may stay out until
11:30 on Saturday night and
may date in the parlors until the
stated time on Saturday night.
New dormitory regulations are
that lights may be kept on until
11:45 p.m. on Saturday. No
lights may be turned on before
6 a.m. without permission from
the president of the dormitory.
weather last Saturday was a dis
appointment to everyone; never
theless, the morning began with
' a certain May Day spirit which
; has lasted all the week in an-
I ticipation of the postponed after
noon celebration. Rain or no
the Sophomores did not
serenading Queen Emma
even though they had to change
their plans a little. The big sis
ters were greeted with corsages
of gardenias from their little sis
ter class. At the May Day break
fast, Jo Hughes, president of the
senior class, presented to Dr.
Campbell a May Day basket of
colorful mixed flowers. After
breakfast everyone wrapped up
in their raincoats and kerchiefs
knowing that they must wait a
whole week to crown their
queen.
Those participating in the pro
gram will be the student govern
ment president, Nancy Harris, as
narrator; the college marshals,
Arlene Foster, Betty Anderson,
Ruth Hall, Virginia Campbell,
Willa Grey Lewis, and Olema
Olive, who will lead the proces
sion; pages selected from the
freshman class, Rita Britt, Mar
tha Davis, Virginia Hudgins, Sue
Jarvis, Peggy Patrick, Appie
Walston, Marjorie Wilson, and
Jacqueline Knott. The crown
bearer will be Milton McClain,
and train bearers to the queen
will be Jane Smith and John Mc
Curdy. Attendants to the May
Queen will enter the court pre
ceded by the dancers. The senior
attendants are Betsy Hatch from
Pittsboro, and Jean White from
Colerain. The junior attendants
are Jetta Funderburk from
Rocky Mount, and Dorothy
Clarke from Oxford. Sophomore
attendants are Doris Harris from
Raleigh and Helen Wilkerson
from Willow Springs. Freshman
attendants are Lorraine Peter
son from Raleigh and Shirley
Powell from Norfolk, Virginia.
These attendants will be fol
lowed by the maid of honor.
Flora Ann Lee of Raleigh and
the May Queen, Emma Cath
erine Southerland from Wallace,
N. C. The Folk Dancers and the
Creative Rhythms Group will
furnish entertainment for the
queen. These dancers will ren
der several numbers including
the Austrian Blue Danube, Kace
Waltz, Tales from Vienna Woods,
the Maypole Dance and the
Winding of the Maypole. Color
ful costumes will represent the
theme of their dances.
Miss Doris Peterson is director
of May Day having as her
assistants Emeline Foster, Jenny
Rembert, Phyllis Cunningham,
and Elaine Boggess. The piano
accompanist is Mrs. Gladys Law-
hon assisted by Gladys Gregory
and Susan Graham. Mr. Clayton
Charles and Mr. John Rembert
have charge of the stage setting
for the court. Programs are be
ing prepared by Ruth Hall, Ver-
uue, and Jean Bradley.
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