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. ram, miss 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. nona

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