Valentine
Features
Graduation
Article
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C„ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1947
Number 8
NEW TEACHER
TO PLAY RECITAL
Miss Helen Ashley of Pontiac,
Michigan, who has recently be
come a member of the Meredith
College music faculty, will
present a piano recital in Mere
dith College auditorium on
February 18 at eight o’clock.
She holds the degrees of
Bachelor of Music and Master
of Music from the Uni
versity of Michigan. She studied
with Professor Joseph Buink-
man. Her program is as follows:
Sonata, Op 79 Beethoven
Presto,
Andante,
Vivace.
Sonata, B^ Minor Chopin
Grave, doppir movimento
Scherzo
Marche Funebre
Presto
Sonata, B*’ Major
(Posthumous) Schubert
Molto Moderato
Andante sostenuto
Scherzo
Allegro ma mon troppo
English Club Promotes
Poetry Anthology
The Colton English Club is
sponsoring an anthology com
posed of the best poetry written
by Meredith students since the
beginning of the school. These
poems are to be selected from
all issues of The Acorn. As
chairman of the committee col
lecting material for the an-
^hclDgy, Virginia Kighiill has
approached the classes and all
the organizations on the campus
contributions to help in the pub
lication of the anthology, which
will sell for one dollar. The pro
ceeds of the collection will be
given to the Alumnae Associa
tion. Several years ago the an
thology was sponsored by the
club, but because of a lack of
funds the project had to be dis
continued. However, from
present reports, the collection is
well on the way toward com
pletion.
Mid-Term Graduates
Receive A.B. Degrees
Seven Seniors Complete Work Successfully
And Graduate At Informal Exercises
MAID-OF-HONOR
Newly elected as Maid-of-Honor
and Jetta Funderburk.
AND MAY QUEEN
and May Queen are Esther Hooker
Seven Meredith College
seniors completed their work to
meet requirements for the de
gree of Bachelor of Arts at the
close of last semester. Only six
received diplomas, however, as
Anne Hood Hughes requested
that she receive hers at the
spring graduation on June 2.
Anne Hood Hughes of Selma
was a biology major and was
active in extra curricula activi
ties on the campus. She served
as a member of the Glee Club,
Twig staff. Education Club, Art
Cranford To Visit
For Emphasis Week
Publication Class to Meet
An academic committee on the
three college publications has
recently set up new recom
mendations concerning the
Twig, the Acorn, and the Oak
Leaves. Plans are currently
being made for a series of classes
on journalism and publication
work. These classes will be con
ducted by a competent person
in Raleigh.
Religious Emphasis Week will
be held on the campus the week
of March 3-7. The speaker this
year will be Dr. Clarence W.
Cranford, Calvary Baptist
Chu i, Washington, D. C. The
theme for the week is “Christian
Life in'the ' The fol
lowing local ministers will be on
the campus during the week to
lead in group discussions: Dr.
Orion F. Mixon, Dr. Carl M.
Townsend, Dr. Broadus E. Jones,
Rev. Lee C. Sheppard, Rev.
Newton J. Robinson, Rev. Fred
erick Entsler, and Mr. W. N.
Hicks from State College. Dis
cussion topics will be posted on
the bulletin board so that the
girls can select the one they wish
to attend during the week. The
following girls have been select
ed as committee chairman: Pro
gram, Dot Howerton; Music,
Peggy Parker; P u b li c i t y,
Barbara Shellsmith; Entertain
ment and Recreation, Geneva
Witherspoon; Hospitality, Jean
Gaddy; Group discussion,
Ernestine Clark; Pause for
Power, Evelyn Straughan; Books
and Literature, Emma McPher
son; Arrangements, Ruth
Martin; Continuation, Frances
Alexander; Treasurer, Virginia
Campbell.
Dorothy Loftin
Plans Recital
The first Senior MusiC: Recital
will take place on Saturday eve
ning, February 22 £ t 8 00 o clock
when Dorothy Loftin will be
presented in her graduating
organ recital in the Meredith
College Auditorium. Dorothy
studied with Mrs. J. C. Pate in
Goldsboro before coming to
Meredith where she has been a
pupil of Dr. Harry E. Cooper.
The following program will be
presented:
Prelude and Fugue in E flat
Major.._ _J. S. Bach
Ghorale in A Minor, No. 3
Cesar Franck
Sonata in D Minor, Op. 42
Alexandre Guilmant
I. Largo e Maestroso; allegro
II. Pastorale; Andante quasi
allegretto
HI. Finale; Allegro assai;
Andanto Maestoso;
Presto
HONOR SOCIETY
HOLDS BANQUET
AND LECTURE
During the election
weeks, the glassed-in bul
letin board in Johnson Hall
will be used to publicize the
nominees. Pictures will be
posted with material on
their activities.
FREEZING WEATHER HERALDS ARRIVALOF NEW STUDENTS
By ELLA MAE SHIRLEY
As we begin a new semester,
we pause to look at some of the
new faces here on the campus.
First let’s look at the girls from
our own state. They are Betty
Friday, Penny Matalos, and
Jewell Davidson. Betty likes
popular music, dancing, basket
ball, and wears sport clothes in
preference to other types. She
thinks that she wants to do work
in the field of primary educa
tion. And just in case you’re in
terested, the girl has two avail
able brothers—one at Wake
Forest and the other at Duke.
Penny Matalos, from Hender
son, is a transfer student from
Winthrop College and plans to
major in history. She has many
likes—steak, music (popular and
semi-classical), sport clothes,
basketball, softball, football, and
table tennis and tall, blond men,
but she doesn’t like to eat ice
cream, to dance, or to write
letters. ,
Jewell Davidson is from
Statesville. She loves dainty
clothes and says that pink is her
favorite color and roses, (pink
ones) her favorite flower. She
likes to eat and thinks that
chocolate pie is her favorite food.
Jewell likes all types of music
except the “hill-billy” variety
and plays for relaxation. She is
interested in flying, but hasn’t
had quite enough nerve to learn
. . . yet. Her men—at present
she isn’t too attached to a special
one and her taste runs to the
“tall, dark, and handsome” type.
(Wonder if any such person now
exists?)
Next comes a girl from our
capital. Emily (Mimi) Stacy is
the girl who always has a smile
on her face. Her interests are
varied—from tennis, swimming,
singing, and acting. She goes
on to say that she likes tailored
clothes. Southern cooking, good
music, people, Meredith, and a
certain Navy chaplain (from
N. C.). Emily thinks her major
will be religion. (I almost for
got—if you want your room re
decorated—send for Emily. She
has a “nack” for interior decorat
ing.)
And from further than Fur
man (from which she trans
ferred) comes Umbelina G.
Landeras. Umbelina—S e n o r a
Landeras—from Havana, Cuba
is a graduate from the Normal
there and has done her first
year’s work in the educational
department of the University of
Havana. She likes tailored
clothes, singing, dramatics, and
riding horseback. In the line of
food she says that she misses
“arroz com polio” (rice with
chicken) most of all. When she
was very small, a missionary
taught Umbelina her first Eng
lish. Since then, she has been
quite interested in learning toi
speak the language well.
The Kappa Nu Sigma Honor
ary Society held its annual
banquet honoring the guest
speaker of the evening and the
two new members of the society
on Thursday evening, February
6. Each year at the end of the
first semester the two girls hav
ing the highest scholastic
averarfe in the Junior Class are
admittec.,^ ^into +he. society.
Dorothy Singleton of Raleigh
and Elizabeth Hardison of Golds
boro were the two new members
elected.
The banquet, held at the
Woman’s Club was presided over
by Ruth Miller, president of the
organization, who welcomed the
guests. Jean Branch gave a
toast to the new members.
Special guests for the dinner in
cluded President and Mrs.
Carlyle Campbell, Dean and Mrs.
C. W. Burts, Miss Anna Mae
Baker, and Dr. and Mrs. Ralph
McClain.
Immediately following the
banquet Mr. Harrison Foreman
delivered a lecture in the Mere
dith auditorium on China, em
phasizing its partisan groups. He
ended his lecture with an open
forurn.
Still later, a reception was
held in the Blue Parlor at which
members of the Senior Class and
members of the faculty and ad
ministrative staff were received.
The two Sophomores having the
highest scholastic averages, Julia
Powers of Wallace and Mary
Humphrey of Wilmington, were
recognized.
The committees for the ban
quet and reception were: decora
tions, Jean Branch and Martha
Hamrick; invitations, Jean With
erspoon and Ruth Martin; food,
Ruth Miller and Stella Lassiter.
Jr.-Sr. Date Announced
The date for the Junior-Senior
Banquet has been set for Satur
day, April 19. Dorothy Single-
ton, President of the Junior
Class, and Fran Thompson,
general chairman of the Junior-
Senior, have announced the fol
lowing chairmen who will plan
and arrange the evening’s enter
tainment: Mary Virginia War
ren, food; Ruthe Hall, decora
tions; Edith Stephenson, enter-
tainment; Jean Bradley
invitations; Mary Beth Thomas,
programs; Kat Wyatt, arrange
ments; and Frances Alexander,
freshman stunt.
Club, Barber Science Club, and
as Junior Editor of the Oak
Leaves. She was president of
Alpha Psi Omega, treasurer of
Little Theater, and president of
the Student League of Women
Voters. At present she is teach
ing science and mathematics in
Kinston.
Martha Hamrick of Raleigh
gradauted with cum laude
honors. Martha majored in
public school music and will re
main at Meredith this spring
completing work for the degree
of Bachelor of Music. She is vice
president of Kappa Nu Sigma,
honorary scholastic fraternity,
president of the Meredith Col
lege Choir and also accompanist
for the choir, editor of the Twig,
a member of the Philaretian
Literary Society, and was elected
to “Who’s Who.”
Mary Ann Beam is from
Cherryville and was a home
economics major after trans
ferring from Mars Hill. She is
going to Columbia, N. C., which
will be headquarters for her as
Tyrrell County home demonstra
tion agen+-'i ^ stiii -^r-ye, Raleigh,
transferred from Peace Coflege,
where she was on the Dean’s List
and rnajored in education at
Meredith. She was a member
of the Education Club, Barber
Science Club, and the Astrotek-
ton Literary Society.
Angelea Hatch of Mt. Olive
was a business major. Angelea
rnade the Dean’s List at Mere
dith, served as vice president of
Jones Hall, a member of the staff
of the Acorn and the Oak Leaves,
a member of the Student Gov
ernment Council, Folk Dance
Club, Tomorrow’s Business
Women, and Sigma Pi Alpha,
honorary language fraternity.
She will take a secretarial posi
tion at the Burlington Mills in
Greensboro.
Hilda James from Clyde was
a business major, served as YWA
circle leader, member of the Edu
cation Club, Tomorrow’s Busi
ness Women, and the Astro So
ciety. She will teach business in
the Franklinton High School.
Glenda Norman of Elkin was
a Mars Hill transfer. She ma
jored in primary education, was
a member of the Astro Society
Education Club, BTU and YWA.’
(She plans to remain at home in
Elkin this spring, and cupid has
whispered to this reporter that
she may return to Raleigh in the
not-too-distant future with a
further degree of Mrs.)
Meredith College Libre.
PRESIDENT FEATURES
CLASS AT BREAKFAST
On Friday, January 31, Dr.
and Mrs. Carlyle Campbell en
tertained the seniors graduating
at the end of the first semester
at a breakfast at the Carolina
Hotel. The graduates honored
were Mary Ann Beam, Anne
Hood Hughes, Hilda James,
Irene Frye, Martha Hamrick,
Angelea Hatch, and Glenda
Norman. Other guests at the
breakfast were Dean and Mrs
C. W. Burts, Mr. and Mrs. Zeno
Martin, and Mrs. W. H. Baker
Each gradauting class is always
feted by the President.
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