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Religious
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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXI
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FEBRUARY 28, 1947
Number 9
Religious Emphasis Week Starts Monday
EXPERT
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Religious Emphasis Week leaders are pictured above. Top row, left to
right: Rev. Lee C. Shepherd, Dr. Clarence Cranford, and Rev. Newton
Robinson. Second row, left to right, Dr. F. Orion Mixon, Dr. Broadus E.
Jones, Mr. Edward Brown, and Rev. Frederick Eustlae. Dr. Cranford
will deliver the addresses each morning and each evening. The rest of
the group will lead discussions.
ELECTIONS FILL Sidelights . . .
MAJOR OFFICES Discussion Leaders
Emily Mine Plays
Recital Tonight
SILVER SHIELD
TAPS SENIORS
Election returns as of Febru
ary 13 show that Frances Thomp
son is the incoming Student Gov-
I ernment president for the year
\ 1947-48. The new president of
Baptist Student Union is Gloria
^ Mayer, and Harriet Neese will
^^hold the office of president of the
Q^thletic Association. Also run-
. -’ng were Mary Virginia Warren
I losite Frances, Frances Alex-
'ariTler opposite Gloria, and Jane
Middleton opposite Harriet.
While she has been at Mere
dith, Frances Thompson was pre-
ident of her class in the fresh
man year, has worked on the
Student Government, and was
social vice president of B.S.U.
Gloria Mayer has been active
in athletics, Sunday School, and
in publication work.
Harriet Neese has done exten
sive work on the A. A. and has
taken part in activities involving
science.
Election returns from Febru
ary 20 show that Lois Harmon
won out over Kathryn Parker
and Naomi Pugh for president of
the Astrotekton Society. Lou-
vene Jourdan won over Christine
Bourdeaux for Philaretian pres
ident, and Margaret Moore is to
be the new editor of Twig, win
ning over Barbara Shellsmith,
and Virginia Campbell was auto
matically elected editor of Oak
Leaves.
Lois has worked on the A.A.,
been active in club work, and
has done publicity work for va
rious organizations.
Louvene, coming to Meredith
last semester from Mars Hill
(where she was president of the
Clio Literary Society) has served
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The discussion groups which
will be held from 8:15-9:30 p.m.
on Monday, Tuesday, and Thurs
day are featuring local leaders.
The theme of the week, “Chris
tian Life in the Making,” will be
dealt with in the following
ways:
“In basic personal beliefs”—Dr.
Broadus E. Jones.
Dr. Jones, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, is a native of
Georgia and a graduate of Mer
cer University. He received the
degree of Th.M. from Southern
Baptist Seminary and passed ex
amination for Th.D. Dr. Jones
came to Raleigh from the First
Baptist Church of Norfolk in
1942.
“In church membership” — Dr.
Forest Orion Mixon.
Dr. Mixon, pastor of Taber
nacle Baptist Church, is a native
of South Carolina. He is a grad
uate of Sparton Academy, Fur
man University, and Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary.
“In world-wide fellowship” —
The Rev. Newton J. Robin
son.
Rev. Robinson is pastor of
Hillyer Memorial Church, and in
1942 was elected president of the
convention of the N. C. Disciples
of Christ.
“In facing ethical problems”—
The Rev. Lee C. Sheppard.
Rev. Sheppard is pastor of
Pullen Memorial Baptist Church
and was president of the Raleigh
Ministerial Association in 1943.
“In personal problems” — The
Rev. Frederick B. Eustlae.
Rev. Eustlae, a former Army*
The second senior music re
cital will be presented tonight,
8:15 o’clock, when Emily Hine
of Winston-Salem will be pre
sented in her graduating piano
recital in the Meredith College
Auditorium. Emily studied with
Mrs. Clyde Shore and Mrs.
Francis Anscombe before com
ing to Meredith where she has
been a pupil of Stuart Pratt.
Emily is accompanist for the
Meredith College Glee Club this
year. The following program will
be presented:
I
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Bach-Hess
Phantasie in C Minor, K. 475
Mozart
II
Gavotte in G Minor, Op. 12
No. 2 Prokofieff
Intermezzo in E Major,
Op. 116, No. 6 Brahms
Scherzo in B Flat Minor,
Op. 31, No. 2 —Chopin
HI
Concerto No. 4 in G Minor
Beethoven
Allegro Moderato
Andante con Moto
Rondo
(Assisted by Stuart Pratt)
chaplain, is pastor of the United
Church.
“In home life” — Professor
W. N. Hicks.
Professor Hicks, head of the
Department of Religion and
Ethics at N. C. State College, is
a graduate of N. C. State, Duke
University, and the School of Re
ligion at Oberlin.
In their chapel program Tues
day, February 17, the Silver
Shield tapped two seniors to be
members for the society. Select
ed on the basis of leadership,
constructive service to the
school, and Christian character
Jetta Funderburk and Imogene
Grainger are well qualified to
become members. In her junior
year, Jetta was a member of the
Student Government Council,
being vice president of Faircloth
Dormitory. This year she is Sen
ior Class President and was se
lected May Queen. Her interests
are not limited to mere routine
school work, however. For two
years, she taught classes on Sun
day afternoon at the Cary Street
Mission. She has also sung in the
First Baptist Church choir. For
two summers she worked at
Ridgecrest and for two summers
she has worked with Mr. L. L.
Morgan and the Sunday School
Board.
Imogene Grainger is a Sociol
ogy major, a member of the So
ciology Club and the Sigma Pi
Alpha. She is president of the
Freeman Religion Club, is
Y.W.A. President, and is a mem
ber of the B.S.U. Council. Dur
ing her sophomore year, Imo
gene was a member of the var
sity basketball team, and dur
ing her junior year, she was a
member of the Student Govern
ment, as vice president of Vann
Dormitory. She is also interested
in psychology, especially inter
viewing and clinical work. This
year, she is serving as laboratory
assistant in the psychology de
partment.
DR. CRANFORD
TO LEAD SERVICES
By BARBARA SHELLSMITH
The highlight of every year
for students and faculty alike at
Meredith is Religious Emphasis
Week. March 3-7 this year will
feature as its main speaker Dr.
Clarence Cranford of Calvary
Baptist Church in Washington,
D. C. The theme of the week will
be “Christian Life in the Mak
ing” and will be carried out
through Dr. Cranford’s talks in
chapel each day, through eve
ning worship services, and
through group discussions.
First, a word about Dr. Cran
ford. He was born in Sharps-
ville, Pennsylvania, received his
A.B. degree at Bucknell, gradu
ated from Crozer Seminary, and
received an honorary degree
from Bucknell. He began his
work as Youth Director at the
Baptist Temple in Philadelphia,
Pa., in 1930. In 1932 he became
pastor of Logan Baptist Church
in that city. Later he went to
Second Baptist Church in Rich
mond, Va., where he remained
until taking his present charge in
Washington, where he has been
since 1942. Dr. Cranford has also
written two books, “Seekers of
Life” and “The Devotional Life
of Young People.”
The titles of the talks to be
brought +"> 1LS i'1 chapel by Dr.
Cranford each day in the week
are as follows:
1. “Convictions to Live By.”
2. “This I Believe About God.”
3. “This I Believe About Je
sus.”
4. “Making Prayer an Adven
ture.”
5. “Learning to Read the
World’s Greatest Book.”
Dr. Cranford will also talk to
us each evening in the audito
rium from 7-8 p.m. on the fol
lowing topics:
1. “Wanted — Big Men for a
Small World.”
2. “Youth and the Homes of
Tomorrow.”
3. “Mr. Antrobus Brought Up-
to-date.”
4. “An Organ, a Bell, and a
Clock.”
5. “The Cathedral of my
Soul.”
Other plans for the week, in
clude group discussions to be led
by local pastors on Monday,
Tuesday, and Thursday evenings
from 8:15-9:30 p.m. with an in
formal social following. On
Wednesday evening immediately
following the worship service
there will be a big party featur
ing the faculty. The theme of the
party is “Memories” and piv^m-
ises to lead to anything.
Music Students Play
In Chapel Program
A recital by students from
the Music Department was pre
sented in a chapel program last
Tuesday.
Piano Scherzo in B Flat
Minor ..Chopin
Emily Hine
Voice-Aria-O don fatale from
“Don Carlos” ...Verdi
Virginia Holcomb, contralto
Christine Kornegay at the piano
Organ-Finale from Sonata in D
Minor ..Guilmant
Dorothy Loftin
..U