‘On Campus’
BSU
Convention
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXI
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1946
Number 2
Eberle Plays
Piano Recital
On Monday evening, October
14, at 8:00 o’clock, Mrs. Mary
Hanchette Eberle will give a
piano recital in the auditorium.
Mrs. Eberle, who joined the
Meredith music faculty in 1944
will present the following pro
gram:
Intermezzo, op. 118 no. 1 in A
Brahms
Intermezzo, op. 119 no. 1 in b
Brahms
Intermezzo, op. 119 no. 2 in e
Brahms
Intermezzo, op. 119 no. 3 in c
Brahms
Rhapsody, op. 119 no. 4 in E
Brahms
Etude Op. 25 No. 6 in g^..Chopin
Nocturne op. 15 no. 2 in FJ
Chopin
Fantaise-Impromtu op. 66 in CJ
Chopin
Variations and Fugue in B Flat
On a theme by Handel, op. 24
Brahms
LITTLE THEATRE
TO STAGE PARTY
Freshman, transfers, and all
Little Theatre pledges will re
ceive invitations to the annual
Meredith College Little Theater
Party which is to be held in Phi
Hall on October 19 at 8:00 p.m.
in honor of all new students.
Elsie Corbett is chairman for the
party.
There will be original song
presentations, a production of a
play by the freshman and many
interesting games which will
carry out the theme “So you
want to be an actress?” Refresh
ments will be served.
The Little Theatre has a mem
bership of seventeen this year
and boasts a list of 116 pledges.
Baptist Students To Hold
State-wide Convention
November 1-3 in Durham
DenominatioHal Teachers and Preachers
To Address Convening Students
Pictured above are the recently elected Freshman Class officers. Front
row, left to right: Mary Lee Rankin, President, and Kathleen Faulconer,
Vice President. Back row, Winnie Mae Fitzgerald, Secretary, and Doris
Concha, Treasurer.
COOPER DISPLAYS VERSATILITY
AS MUSICIAN AND PHOTOGRAPHER
Former Dean
Dies in Raleigh
Dr. Joseph Edwill Burk, aca
demic dean at Meredith last year
died Sunday, October 6 at his
home after an illness of several
months. A native of Texas, Dr.
Burk had served as dean and
president of Ward Belmont Col
lege in Nashville, Tenn., before
coming to Meredith.
Born in Galveston in 1863, Dr.
Burk was the son of the late
Joseph E. Burk and Mrs. Marie
Deloche Burk. He was married
in 1917 to Isabella Foster of
Claremont and Williamsburg,
Ohio. She survives with two
daughters, Margaret Alice and
Mrs. Joel Bennett, and a brother,
Dr. William Burk of San An
tonio, Texas.
Dr. Burk had been identified
with college education since
1914. He was graduated from
Southwestern University, and
did graduate work at Southern
Methodist. He won his Ph.D. at
New York University.
Funeral service was held
Monday at Edenton Street Meth
odist Church, where Dean Burk
formerly taught a Sunday school
class, and a memorial service
was held Wednesday at the col
lege chapel exercise.
By Frances Alexander
Their number is small who succeed in becoming accomplished
in two of the arts. Among that number we find Dr. Harry E.
Cooper of the Meredith College Music Department. Not only is
Dr. Cooper a superb musician, well recognized for his excellent
organ technique, but also he has long since proved his talent in
photography, an art which he has for many years taken up for. a
hobby.
In an attempt to unearth the background and reason for the
musician’s interest in photography, your reporter received a play
ful response from Dr. Cooper to the effect that when he was twelve
years old he won a five dollar prize in a newspaper contest, and
he has been trying to do it again ever since. It seems that he has
been interested in photography all his life, and he still has in his
possession the little second-hand camera that he bought from
someone for three dollars when he was twelve. Though he has
investigated, read about, and experimented with photography for
quite a number of years, he has never had any formal training in
the field.
Dr. Cooper’s “specialty” is portrait work, but he is by no means
restricted to it. He has taken hundreds of pictures of Meredith
College students, activities, and campus scenes which the students
are privileged to admire and enjoy all through the year. Every
spring Dr. Cooper covers the flowers of the campus with color
film, the cherry trees and the gardens being highlights.
The photography hobby took on new interest and significance
when Robert, Dr. and Mrs. Cooper’s son, was born. He, being the
first, was the subject of hundreds of films and consequently was
well-trained at an early age to combat the uncomfortable feeling
of camera-shyness that so often comes over young men. Robert,
who is quite well-known on the Meredith campus, recently had
another part in Dr. Cooper’s favorite hobby. This past summer
Robert became quite interested in bird-life, and so Dr. Cooper
worked with him in getting pictures of birds on the wing. When
asked about the success of the shots. Dr. Cooper modestly replied
that since he had heard of a professional who averaged six good
shots out of ten thousand, his average was not too bad!
Dr. Cooper has four excellent cameras for his work. These
four include a 314" x 414" Graflex, a 314" x 414" Speed Graphic,
which he uses for indoor flash pictures, a 5" x 7" Karona View
camera, and a Zeiss Contax, which is a fine miniature camera
with several interchangeable lenses, good for action shots.
Annual State Fair
Reopens Oct. 15
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Miller an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Olive Brett, on September 29,
1946. Mr. Miller is the new Pub
lic Relations Executive for
Meredith. The new daughter
has already been enrolled in the
class of 1963.
Raleigh welcomes the return
of the annual North Carolina
State Fair, which will be held
this year for the first time since
1941. The fair will run October
15-19, under the management of
Dr. J. S. Dorton. Between $75,-
000 and $100,000 will be spent
on its production and there is
an expected fair attendance of
500,000.
The gates at the fair grounds
outside of Raleigh will open at
eight a.m. Tuesday, October 15.
The horse races at two o’clock
that afternoon will be the main
event of the day. The special
feature on Wednesday will be' decided.
Jack Kochman’s “Daredevil
Drivers.” A vocational judging
contest will be held at ten a.m.
Thursday and horse races in the
afternoon. Friday is young
North Carolinians’ Day, with all
elementary and high school stu
dents admitted free. Automo
bile races are to be featured on
Saturday, the last day of the
fair. The midway will remain
open until twelve each night. In
addition to the usual agricultural
exhibits, with livestock show
ings, and farm products displays,
women’s clubs from over the
state will feature flower shows.
This year for the first time, there
will be a special Army display,
lasting throughout the week.
Plans providing for a year-round
exhibt have been considered, but
nothing definite has yet been
North Carolina Baptist students will find new ideas and new
ideals at the B.S.U. Convention to be held November 1-3 at the
First Baptist Church in Durham, N. C., where Rev. J. Winston
Pearce is pastor. Registration will begin Friday, November 1
at 2:30 p.m. and last until 6.00 p.m. The registration fee for each
student is one dollar.
Chosen for this year’s theme is “To Live As Christ.” Through
discussions, book reviews, forums and addresses, this phase will
be made more meaningful to all delegates. Numerous speakers
have been chosen to take part on the program. Dr. Claude Broach,
pastor of St. John’s Baptist Church in Charlotte, will lead a forum
discussion on “How to think about the Bible.” Other forums will
be: “Living an Effective Christian Witness,” by Dr. Carl M. Town
send, of Raleigh, N. C.; “Baptist Principles and History,” by Dr.
Sankey Blanton of Wake Forest College; “The Need of the World
for Missionaries,” by Dr. George Sadler, Richmond, Va.; and
“Christian Answers to Racial Problems,” by Dr. W. C. Somerville
(Negro), Washington, D. C.
The host church will give the students an informal reception
Friday afternoon from 2:30 to 6:00 o’clock. There will be a talent
parade of students from the different colleges to help the repre
sentatives get better acquainted. Frances Thompson, social vice
president for North Carolina wiil have charge of the banquet which
will be held Friday evening. The host church is planning to give
the students lodging each night and breakfast in the mornings.
Other meals and transportation will be paid by the individual
students.
Rev. Charles Maddry from the First Baptist Church, Wilming
ton, N. C., will give an address Friday evening. Other speakers
will be Rev. Warren Carr, Watt Street Baptist Church, Durham,
N. C.; Rev. Archie Ellis, First
Baptist Church, Salisbury, N. C.;
and Miss Jenny Lind Gatlin, as
sociate in the southwide student
office in Nashville, Tennessee.
One of the Meredith students,
Ruth Miller, will play the organ
for the Convention. Four stu
dents will speak Saturday eve
ning using as their topic, “Living
Christ in Every Day Campus
Living.”
In this meeting, there is the
common aim of uniting Chris
tian students for the work of
the Master. Everyone will have
the opportunity to learn of new
ways of worship and to receive
inspiration which will benefit
them in their school work. This
Convention will serve as a means
to help the students become ac
quainted with the Christian lead
ers in the various colleges in
North Carolina. Meredith hopes
to be well represented.
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Glee Club, Choir
Organize Again
The Glee Club, under the di
rection of Miss Beatrice Donley
is making plans for the year’s
activities. A tentative list of
the Glee Club members is as
follows: Frances Alexander,
Geraldine Bostic, Virginia
Campbell, Doris Casey, Lucille
Casey, Estella Cox, Christine
Creech, Betty Davis, Charlotte
Elaine Haight, Nancy Hall,
Martha Hardee, Virginia Hoi
comb, Esther Hollowell, Dorothy
Howerton, Christine Kornegay,
Katherine Lewis, Harriet Little
john, Nancy Jo Massey, Jennie
Lou Newbold, Peggy Parker,
Elizabeth Stillwell, Joy Still
well, Mary Virginia Warren, and
Elizabeth Zimmerman. Emily
Hine is accompanist. Activities
for the year include guest ap
pearances for public groups and
the annual spring concert.
The choir made its initial ap
pearance in chapel this year
Friday, October 4. The follow
ing members have been selected:
Faye Baker, Geraldine Bostic,
Geraldine Brown, Catherine
Campbell, Virginia Campbell,
Sallye Carraway, Doris Olivia
Caroll, Melver D. Cheek, Opal
Clemmons, Pauline E. Cone,
Estella Cox, Mary Frances Craig,
Christine Creech, Evelyn
Crumpler, Jean Daniel, Nancy
Dickens, Ruth Eller, Frances
Elrod, Obra Fitzgerald, Jean
Fleming, Sarah Fleming, Susan
Fleming, Jetta Funderburk,
Madge Futch, Nancy Gates,
Susan Graham, Gladys Gregory,
Thelma Haigler, Nancy Hall,
Martha Hamrick, Martha
Hardee, Phyllis Harrington,
Earline Harris, Billie Hart,
Miriam Hill, Virginia Holcomb,
Esther Hollowell, Sue Jarvis,
Barbara Johnson, Doris Johnson,
Christine Kornegay, Katherine
Lewis, Dorothy Loftin, Dorothy
Maness, Viola Irene Manty,
Nancy Jo Massey, Gloria Mayer,
Sue McDonald, Jean McLamb,
Martha Jean Modlin, Marianna
Morris, Jennie Lou Newbold,
Peggy Parker, Dorothy Lucille
Patrick, Rose Marie Roberson,
Lucille Sawyer, Iris Gray Scar
borough, Frances Simpson,
Frances Alda Smith, Forrestine
Snyder, Frances Spruill, Joy
Stillwell, Evelyn Straughan,
Barbara Swanson, Helen
Teachy, Doris Thomason, Fran
ces R. Ward, Geneva White,
Joyce Williams, Doris E. Wil
liamson, Ruth Wyatt, Rose Marie
Yarborough, Elizabeth Zimmer
man. Officers of the choir are
President, Martha Hamrick;
Vice President, Peggy Parker;
Secretary, Esther Hollowell;
Librarians, Christine Creech and
Evelyn Crumpler; and Accom
panist, Martha Hamrick. In ad
dition to its valuable contribu
tion to the chapel worship
services, the choir hopes to co
operate with the State College
Glee Club for a Christmas Con
cert to be given at both State
and Meredith.