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THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., OCTOBER 3, 1947
Number 1
Suspense Runs tin E!ve Of Deeision Day
ASTROTEKTON AND PHILARETIA
LITERARY SOCIETIES COMPETE
IN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
ASTROS GIVE PICNIC
AND WEDDING
PHIS STAGE FASHION
SHOW AND BONFIRE
Since the opening date of
school, the freshmen and trans
fer students have been subjected
to all the vigorous attentions of
rushing that President Lois Har
mon and her herd of Astros have
been physically and financially
able to pay.
Activities started out with the
annual Astro Picnic which was
held September 27. Because of
bad weather conditions, the pic
nic was held in Astro Hall rather
than at the traditional site of
Allen’s Pond. Committee chair
men Gayle Wells and Shirley
Powell were responsible for the
delicious food and hilarious en
tertainment.
Lois Harmon and Louvene Jordan, presidents of the Astro and Phi Societies take time out from the rush
of Rush Week for a friendly chat. (Photo by Cooper.)
Ann Wallis Heads
(Jrientation W eek
T71 TVT o, 1 , Mrs. Vera Tart Marsh, regis-
r or IMeW otudeilts Itrar, has released the Dean’s
Thirteen Join
Meredith Staff
On September 27, at 8:00
p.m., Miss Ima Newgirl was mar
ried to Mr. Astrotekton in a
beautiful, impressive ceremony.
Jean Dickens and Joe Norwood
took the parts of the bride and
groom. Other Astros and their
dates formed the wedding party.
Rush Week began officially on
September 29 with the Astros in
charge of rushing on Sunday,
Tuesday and Thursday. On Sun
Ann Wallis, student chairman
of orientation activities, with her
junior guides, freshman and
tansfer counsellors, and Student
Government Council members
assisted the forty-eighth fresh
man class in the history of Mere
dith to register in the Office of
the Dean of Women, find rooms,
buy room keys, unpack cars and
trunks, and find designated
places of meetings for the
various groups. The first of the
two hundred and fifty freshmen
and transfers began arriving on
the campus Sunday morning,
September 14, and by Monday
night all had registered.
The orientation program, of
which Dr. Lillian Parker Wal
lace was faculty chairman, in
cluded two-hour tests in English
and a foreign language, a three-
hour achievement test, a physi
cal examination for each stu
dent, and a period of library
training. The new students also
attended chapel each morning at
8:30 when announcements were
made and the presidents of the
major organizations were intro
duced to the group.
Members of the Student Gov
ernment Council held handbook
classes on Monday through
Wednesday nights with follow
up classes on September 22 and
26. At the last meeting of the
Student Government training
classes the new girls were given
examinations and were required
to write from memory the words
of the Alma Mater.
Ann Wallis, chief counsellor,
and her group of freshman and
transfer counsellors and their
advisers honored the new girls
on Monday evening with parties
for each group and a party for
all groups in Phi Hall.
The girls were entertained
again on Wednesday with hall
parties given by the hall proc
tors, and a party in the Hut was
given for transfers by Catherine
Campbell.
List, which is effective for fall
semester, 1947. Included in this
list are names of all students
taking twelve or more semester
hours who have made a number
of quality points equal to twice
the number of semester hours
taken plus three.
Frances Alexander. Lucille
Ballentine, Jean Branch, Glen-
don Burchard, Edith Camp, Dor
othy Clarke, Rosemary Dean,
Joan Drake, Mollie Fearing,
Louise Swicegood Fritts, Ellen
Goldston, Imogene Grainger,
Martha Hamrick, Doris Harris,
Virginia Highfill, Emily Hine,
Betsy Jean Holt, Esther Hooker,
Mary Humphrey, Frances Jones,
Mary Frances Keene.
Stella Lassiter, Dorothy Lof-
tin, Marie Mason, Ruth Martin,
Ruth Miller, Betsy Morgan,
Doris Nichols, Madge Futch Nor
wood, Lily Oatfield, Peggy Park
er, Ruth Penny, Kathleen Perry,
Julia Powers, Mary Lee Rankin,
Lucille Sawyer, Dorothy Single-
ton, Barbara Swanson, Frances
Thompson, Roxanna Valias, Jo-
lene Weathers, Gayle Wells,
Margaret Wilson, Geneva With
erspoon.
Little Theatre
Announces Plays
This fail there are thirteen
new members of the faculty and
administrative staff. Miss Lillian
Grant, from Spartanburg, S. C.,
has come to Meredith as Assist
ant Dean of Women. Miss Grant
attended Winthrop College,
where she received her A.B. de
gree, and at Columbia Univer
sity she obtained an A.M. de
gree. She has taught English for
the past three years in the Spar
tanburg City Schools and is an
active leader in church and de
nominational work.
Ciciy mcrning the new ai’nvala at
Mrs. Esther T. Covington, the
mother of Carolyn Covington, a
student at Meredith, is now As
sistant House Director. For the
past twelve years Mrs. Coving
ton has done secretarial work in
Rockingham and Chapel Hill.
As Assistant Nurse at Mere
dith, Miss Janet Teague of Shel
by has come to Meredith. Miss
Teague graduated in nursing
from Shelby Hospital and did
graduate work in Children’s
Hospital, Washington, D. C. For
the past two years she has been
a supervisor in Shelby Hospi
tal.
Miss Virginia Davis, a gradu-
Meredith found white carnation
corsages outside their room
doors. On Tuesday, attractive
Billy Astro pins were distrib
uted. The sight of Marty Davis
and Peggy Patrick going around
the campus dressed as goats on
that day will not soon be forgot
ten. On Thursday night, each
new student received a glass of
lemonade. Each girl’s name was
painted in yellow letters on the
glass.
Of course, there was the ever
present yell of “Be an Astro!” as
every old member donned a yel
low sweater and a smile and pri
vately campaigned in that good,
old Astro glow.
(Continued on page five)
Approximately one hundred
Meredith students have pur
chased season tickets for the
Raleigh Little Theatre produc
tions. The first production of
the season, “Dream Girl,” by
Ella Rice, will be given each
night during the week of Octo
ber 6-11.
The second production of the
year will be “Years Ago,” by
Ruth Gordan. Other plays to
be given throughout this season
will probably include “The Glass
Menagerie,” by Tennessee Wil
liams, “Harvey,” by Mary Chase,
“Life with Father,” by Linsen
Crouse, and “Taming of the
Shrew,” a Shakespeare play.
REGISTRAR RELEASES
CLASSIFICATION FIGURES
With the completion of regis
tration at Meredith on Septem
ber 18, there were enrolled five
hundred and fifty regular stu
dents and twenty-seven special
students, making a grand total
of five hundred and seventy-
seven students. Of this number
there are one hundred and twen
ty-four classified as seniors, one
hundred and fifty-four juniors,
seventy-two sophomores, and
two hundred freshmen.
There are fifty students who
transferred to Meredith from
other schools. Of the total num
ber of enrolled students, five
hundred and seven are boarding
students, and seventy are non
residents.
MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS
ENTERTAIN COLLEGE
The officers of the major cam
pus organizations entertained at
a formal reception in the Blue
Parlor on the evening of Sep
tember 20, in the receiving line
to greet and welcome students,
faculty, and guests of the Col-
ege were Mary Dell Fales, Col
lege Marshall, Frances Thomp
son, President of Student Gov
ernment, Dr. and Mrs. Carlyle
Campbell, Dean and Mrs. C. W.
Burts, Miss Anna May Baker,
Louvene Jordan, Lois Harmon,
Gloria Meyer, Miss Billie Ruth
Currin, Miss Doris Peterson,
Harriet Neese, Doris Harris, Dr.
Lillian Wallace, and Miss Lil
lian Grant.
On Friday night, September
26, the Phi bonfire was held at
the hut, to which the freshmen
were invited by telegrams. The
girls were met in front of the
Hut, where they formed a chain
winding to the bonfire while
they sang, “There’s a Long, Long
Trail A-winding.” Around the
fire they found a band of gypsies
who entertained them with for
tune telling, dances, and gypsy
music. After refreshments of ap
ple cider, popcorn, and dough
nuts, the evening’s entertain
ment was brought to a close as
group singing beckoned the wan
derers to their individual dormi
tories.
On Saturday night, Septem
ber 27, “Radio Station PHI”
gave a “broacast” called “Wom
en in the News.” This broadcast
featured models from the Soph
omore, Junior, and Senior
classes. The Phi sponsor and
mascot also served as models.
The styles set forth were those
for night-wear, classroom,
sportswear, dress, and evening.
Rush Week actually began for
the Phis on Monday morning,
September 29, as they started
their early morning serenade
with their “Halo Shampoo
Song” or “Wake Up, All New
Students, Wake Up!” Monday
night the new students were
presented with Phido ink blot
ters and candy kisses, explain
ing “Phido says, ‘we’ll be all
blotted out if you don’t come our
way!’ ” and “Kisses are fun, but
so is being a Phi!” The Wednes
day Phi Day ended with gifts of
bubble gum attached to Phido’s
paw. Throughout the week were
heard the melodies of the Phila-
retian song and many of their
pep songs.
Meredith Begins
Forty-ninth Session
In the traditional manner
Serving as hostesses for the
reception were Mary Virginia
Warren, Edith Stephenson, Shir
ley Parker, Marjorie Wilson,
Katherine Wyatt, Meredith
Liles, Barbara Swanson, Mary
Frances Carpenter, Katherine
Campbell, and Marty Davis.
Committee chairman for ar
rangement were Gayle Wells,
Sunshine Bellamy, Betsy Ann
Morgan, Naomi Pugh, and
Frances Leigh Meadows.
Monogrammed cakes, lime
ice, ginger ale, and assorted nuts
were served.
Meredith College formally
opened its forty-ninth session,
Thursday, September 18 at 8:00
p.m. in the College Auditorium.
The program was begun by the
processional by the Senior Class.
Rev. Newton J. Robison, pastor
of Hillyer Memorial Christian
Church read the scripture les
son and led in prayer. Special
music was provided by David L.
Wilmot, new member of the mu
sic faculty, and Mrs. Wilmot.
The address was delivered by
Professor James T. Cleland of
the faculty of Duke University
Divinity School. After the ad
dress, Mr. Robison pronounced
the benediction.
BOWEN IS ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF VANN
Mary Bowen has been unani
mously elected by the student
body to serve as acting president
of Vann Dormitory. Mary, a
junior, is from Henderson. She
replaces Pat Lancaster, who did
not return to Meredith this fall