Thanhsgiving
Editorial
Who’s Who
Members
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXI
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., NOVEMBER 23, 1946
Number 5
Nine Outstanding Seniors Gain Membership in Who's Who
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Pictured above are the Meredith seniors who have recently been chosen for “Who’s Who.” Top row, left to right: Geneva Witherspoon, Mrs. Ernestine
Clark, Ruth Miller, and Joan Drake. Bottom row: Helen Wallis, Virginia Highfill, Jean Branch, Jean Griffith, and Martha Hamrick.
SILVER SHIELD
ADDS MEMBERS
On Friday, November 15, the
Silver Shield, honorary leader
ship organiaztion on the campus,
announced the choice of t-wo as
sociate members. The two
Juniors, who were chosen on the
basis of leadership and Chris
tian character, were Mary Vir
ginia Warren of Charlotte, and
Gloria Mayer of Memphis, Ten
nessee.
The president Jean Branch
presided at the regular convoca
tion service held during the
chapel period. The speaker for
the occasion was Dean C. W.
Burts, who told the legend of
“The Knights of the Silver
Shield” and spoke about the
qualities of the knight who was
true. Miss Beatrice Donley,
head of the voice department,
sang.
JUNIORS PROVIDE
LITTLE SISTER PARTY
MRS. MARSH SPEAKS
AT COLLEGE MEETING
Mrs. Vera Tart Marsh,
registrar of the college, attended
the twenty-third convention of
the North Carolina Association
of Collegiate Registrars, which
convened in Greensboro in con
nection with the College Con
ference on November 13. Mrs.
Marsh was the first speaker on
the program, and brought to the
group a report on the thirty-
second convention of the Ameri
can Association of Collegiate
Registrars held in Atlanta last
April. At that time Mrs. Marsh
was appointed to the National
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Large Raleigh Chorus
To Sing The Messiah'
Last Saturday night at 7:30
the Junior Class entertained
their freshman little sisters at a
gala party in Phi Hall. The
freshmen came dressed as “kid”
sisters in pigtails and pinafores.
The freshmen were given suck
ers and lollypops to complete
their costumes.
The hall was decorated to rep-
reesnt a child’s playroom with
crepe paper streamers and bal
loons strung from the ceiling.
Children’s games were played
throughout the evening, high
lighted by a scavenger hunt. Re
freshments consisted of apples,
ice cream, coca-colas, sand
wiches, and animal crackers.
OFFICER HOURS OF THE
DEAN OF
WOMEN
MONDAY-FRIDAY
11:00 -
12:30
1:30 -
2:30
4:30 -
5:30
7:00 -
8:30
SATURDAY
11:30 -
12:00
1:00 -
2:30
4:30 -
5:30
7:00 -
8:30
SUNDAY
8:45 -
9:15
12:30 -
1:00
2:00 -
5:30
7:00 -
8:30
''LIFE'' PHOTOGRAPHER
VISITS MEREDITH
The presence of a Life photog
rapher on the Meredith Campus
gave added interest to Palio and
Stunt this year. The representa
tive was Gabe Benjur, a free
lance photographer contracted
by the Atlanta district of Life
Magazine to take pictures of the
festivities.
The College News Bureau was
assisted by Jack Riley, Sunday
editor of The News and Observer
and local Life representatives in
interesting the magazine to send
the photographer. If the pic
tures of Palio and Stunt are
used, they will appear in Life
within a month.
Notional Honors
Awarded to Leaders
MISS PETERSON REVEALS PERSONALITY BY HER LOVE OF
FOLK DANCING, READING, TRAVEL AND MUSIC
On Sunday afternoon, Decem
ber 1, at four o’clock, Handel’s
Messiah will be presented in the
Municipal Auditorium. A com
munity chorus of approximately
150 persons, sponsored by the
Raleigh Music Club, will give the
performance, and Mr. Stuart will
conduct the chorus. Accompa
nists will be Mrs. Gladys Law-
hon, pianist, and Kenneth Poole,
organist. Soloists are Mrs. H. W.
Wilhelm, soprano; Beatrice Don
ley, contralto; and H. W.
Wilhelm, bass.
The quite active and useful
life of Miss Doris Peterson, head
of the Meredith College Physical
Education Department, is spiced
with a delightful and fascinating
interest in the folk arts, the
customs, songs, music and dances
of the varying groups of people
in all parts of the world.
Miss Peterson has for some
time made a collection of these
ways of the folk groups and now
has in her possession folk dances
numbering more than 500.
She has made her collections
by listening and writing down
words and melodies, for these
songs and dances, being of folk
nature, are not written down
anywhere. The music must be
handed down, and only the ar
rangements may be copyrighted.
Miss Peterson, having had no
courses in folk arts, does her
work on this subject entirely out
of interest and as a branching
off from her field of physical
education. She has concentrated
mostly on four types of folk ten
dencies prominent in America,
Cowboy, pioneer, Indian, and
Mexican.
Miss Peterson’s view of the
reason behind folk music is that
though most of it is not good
music, there is something about
it that so much appeals to people
as to cause it to be handed down.
When asked about the folk music
of our own time, she said that we
could not be sure until some
years hence when he could ob-
By FRANCES ALEXANDER
serve what had been handed
down. She suggests that perhaps
some of our popular music, such
as: “Let the Rest of the World
Go By,” “White Christmas,” and
“Star Dust,” may be in that
group.
While working in Texas Miss
Peterson used her folk art ma
terial as a Southwest representa
tive working on the Encyclo
pedia Brittanica yearbook
committee on folk dance. Other
than that she has used her ma
terial in her school work.
Another of Miss Peterson’s
particular interests is traveling.
She has seen all the 48 states
except North Dakota and
Florida. Among her travels her
favorite location is the Rocky
Mountains, and she definitely
prefers rural to urban life. While
she was in college and for eight
years after, she worked during
the summer months in Y.W.C.A.
camps. This work acquainted
her with such beauty centers as
Lake Geneva in Wisconsin,
Glacier National Park, and Estes
Park. In the future she hopes
to visit the European countries.
Her travel interest is in seeing
new places and people, seeing
how these people live, and what
their customs are.
Though Miss Peterson has
chosen the field of physical
education for her life’s work and
retains a keen interest in par
ticularly team sports she also
enjoys and is well acquainted
with both the fine and domestic
arts. She is quite interested in
music, having taken piano lessons
for a number of years while in
school. She has a fine collection
of records which includes
Franck’s Symphony in D Minor,
Beethoven’s Pastorale Sym
phony, Tschaikowsky’s Sixth
Symphony, and Grieg’s Peer
Gynt Suite. Also among her
records are many folk tunes, in
cluding Xaiver Cugat’s album
of Mexican music and several
cowboy tunes.
Miss Peterson finds time in her
busy schedule to carry on a
varied and informative program
of reading. She asserts that she
spends as much time in reading
as in any other single form of
recreation.
While in school Miss Peterson
came very close to majoring in
clothing, and she still holds to
her love for sewing. We at Mere
dith have been privileged to see
the evidences of her skill as she
does all the costumes for the Folk
Dance recital and worked on all
the new costumes for the Palio
procession. One of her fondest
ambitions is to get a loom and
learn to weave.
And so we see another of our
oustanding faculty members in
the fullness of her devoted and
conscientious life. Meredith tips
her hat!
Each year students represent
ing over 650 colleges and uni
versities all over the country are
chosen to have their biographies
appear in Who’s Who in Ameri
can Universities and Colleges.
These students are selected on
the basis of character, scholar
ship, leadership in extra
curricular activities, and poten
tiality for future usefulness to
business and society. This year
nine girls from Meredith were
chosen for this national honor.
The nominations made by stu
dent and faculty committees, in
clude Jean Branch, Joan Drake,
Jean Griffith, Virginia Highfill,
Ruth Miller, Martha Hamrick,
Ernestine Clark, Helen Wallis,
and Geneva Witherspoon.
These girls have been very
active on the campus. Jean
Branch, who is from Goldsboro,
is a business and English major.
This year Jean is editor of The
Acorn, president of the Colton
English Club, president of the
Silver Shield, and a member of
the Tomorrow’s Business
Women Club. Previously Jean
was sophomore representative
to the Student Government
Council, vice president of the
Colton English Club, secretary
of the Student Council, and a
member of Y.W.A. and the Free
man Religion Club.
Joan Drake, who comes from
Griffin, Ga., is a sociology major.
Joan was president of the Junior
Class, a member of the Sociology
Club and the Colton English
Club, and is now vice president
of the Student Council.
Jean Griffith, of Lexington, is
a chemistry major. Jean has
been active in the Athletic As
sociation ever since she has been
at Meredith and is now president
of the A.A. Board. She has also
been secretary of the Barber
Science Club, sergeant-at-arms
for the Astro Society, and a
member of the business staff of
The Twig.
Virginia Highfill is from
Winston-Salem and is majoring
in English. Virginia has been
librarian and reporter for the
Sociology Club, and a circle of
ficer in Y.W.A. This year she
is president of B.S.U. and has al
ways been very active in all reli
gious activities on the campus.
Ruth. Miller hails from Wal
lace and is a piano major. Ruth
has been active in several activi
ties on the campus, and this year
is first vice president of B.S.U.,
president of Kappa Nu Sigma,
a member of the Silver Shield,
the MacDowell Music Club, and
the Granddaughters’ Club. Ruth
has also been on the S. G. for
two years.
Martha Hamrick, a non
resident student and a piano
major, is editor of The Twig. She
holds the positions of president
and accompanist of the choir.
She is also vice president of
Kappa Nu Sigma. She has served
as business manager of the
paper, as secretary of the choir,
and as a freshman counsellor.
Another representative of
town students is Ernestine Clark,
whose major is home economics.
She is president of the non-
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