THE TWIG
Newspaper oj the Students oj Meredith College
Volume XXII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., ERIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1947
Number 3
Classes Compete For Palio and ^timt Awards
Founders’ Day
On November 7
Founders’ Day is the day each
year on which Meredith College
honors her founders. By tracing
the history of the college, it may
be seen why there is such a day
and whom this day honors. To
begin with, in 1835 Thomas
Meredith proposed to the Bap
tist Convention that a school for
North Carolina Baptist girls be
founded. This school was to be
equal to Wake Forest, which
was opened the previous year.
The convention did nothing defi
nite about the proposal until
1889, a lapse of fifty-four years,
when it reconsidered the pro
posal, and in 1891 the school was
chartered and a board of trus
tees appointed. Then began the
campaign for funds to build the
college. O. L. Stringfield was the
principal figure in this enter
prise. It is said that he raised
the less than one hundred thou
sand dollars in amounts of from
the two cents to one hundred
dollars. By 1899, after eight
years, the school was completed.
The original structure was what
is now the Mansion Park Hotel,
which is on the lot next to the
Governor’s Mansion. At first the
name of the college was the Bap
tist Female University. In 1905
this name was changed to the
Baptist University for Women.
Then again in 1909 the name
was changed to Meredith College
in honor of the man who insti
tuted her founding. By 1926 the
original site of the college had
become inadequate, and the
school was moved to its present
site.
Speakers Announced
This year Founders’ Day will
be observed Friday, November
7. There will be a service in the
auditorium at 11:00 a.m. Dr.
Howard E. Rondthaler, Presi
dent of Salem College, will de
liver the address. Classes will be
discontinued at 10:30 a.m. so
that all may attend the service.
Also, there will be an alumnae
broadcast Friday morning at
9:15 over station WPTF. Mrs.
Zeno Martin, President of the
Alumnae Association; Dr. Car
lyle Campbell, President of the
College; and Fran Thompson,
President of Student Govern
ment, will participate.
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Pictured above is a scene from last year’s Palio activities. The queen, her court, and all the classes,
assembled on Johnson Hall steps, await further contests and the decisions of the judges.
Administrators
To Meet Here
Ruth Woodman To Play
Organ Recital Sunday
Ruth Woodman, member of
Meredith Music Department,
will present an organ recital at
Christ Church next Sunday
afternoon at 5:00 o’clock. Miss
Woodman received her B.A. de
gree from Woman’s College,
Furman University, Greenville,
S. C., where she studied under
H. Merrills Lewis. She received
her M.A. degree from Teachers’
College, Columbia University,
New York, N. Y., in 1946, where
she studied with Carl Weinrich.
The program is as follows:
I
Three Chorale Preludes ■
(1) Der Tag, der 1st so freudenreich
Bach
(2) Es 1st ein Ros’ entsprungen..Brahms
(3) O, Mensch, hewein’ dein’ Suende
gross Bach
Prelude and Fugue in A Minor Bach
II
Prelude, Fugue, and Variation....Franck
Three Antiphons, V, III, I Dupre
Psalm Prelude Hawells
Toccata Dubois
On Friday and Saturday, No
vember 7 and 8, representatives
from all Baptist colleges in
North Carolina will attend a
conference at Meredith College.
Wake Forest College, Campbell
College, Gardner-Webb College,
Mars Hill College and Wingate
College will be represented. This
meeting is being planned by the
Correlation Committee of the
Council on Christian Education
of the North Carolina Baptist
Convention. Dr. Perry Crouch,
Pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Asheville, North Car
olina, is chairman of this com
mittee. It is expected that the
representatives from these col
leges will include the presidents,
deans, business managers, and
heads of departments. The pur
pose of the meeting is to have
these representatives discuss
policies and courses of study fol
lowed in their respective col
leges with a view to achieving
an increased correlation among
the colleges and greater facility
for students in transferring from
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Community Chest Drive
Begins At Meredith
With seven hundred and hUv
dollars as a goal, the Community
Chest drive began on the Mere
dith campus last Friday and will
continue through Monday of
next week. The drive here is in
direct connection with the elev
en Red Feather agencies and
more than seventy Red Feather
services of the Raleigh and
Wake County Community
Chest. The Red Feather is the
official symbol of Community
Chests throughout the nation
and represents the service ren
dered by those organizations.
Canady to Head Drive
Serving as general chairman
of the drive at Meredith is Mr.
Ernest F. Canady. Other faculty
members assisting are Miss
Norma Rose, Dr. John Yar
brough, and Mr. David Wilmot.
Miss Myrtle Barnette is in
charge of solicitation of the ad
ministrative staff. Miss Estelle
Popham heads the student or
ganization; Ann Beal, Frankie
Ward, Addie Elliot, and Carol
Parker, represent the four
classes.
Little Theatre
Selects Fall Play
“Belinda,” a three-act comedy
by Alan Alexander Milne, has
been chosen by the Meredith
Little Theatre as its fall produc
tion for this year. The date has
been set for three weeks from
today, November 21, at 8:00 p.m.
Miss Catherine Hilderman will
be the director. Tryouts will be
completed by the end of this
week.
Heading the cast is Belinda
Tremayne, a very gay, middle-
aged lady, who glories in the at
tention shown her by her ardent
suitors. Delia, Belinda’s young
daughter, is decidedly a modern
girl, pretty and self-possessed.
She also turns the eyes of many
young gentlemen. Foremost
among the suitors are Mr. Bax
ter and Mr. Devenish. The for
mer is forty-five, prim and erect,
with a close-trimmed mustache
and side whiskers; while the lat
ter is a long-haired, good looking
boy, perhaps twenty-two years
old and very scornful of the
world. The mysterious character
of the play is Mr. John Tre
mayne, some forty-odd years of
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Festivities
To Be Held
Tomorrow
Utmost secrecy and last-min
ute preparations mark the ar
rival of the thirteenth annual
celebration of Palio and Stunt,
which begins tomorrow at 3:00
p.m. Palio, which was intro
duced at Meredith by Miss Mar
ion Warner, a member of the
Physical Education Department
from 1934-37, is an adaptation
of the ancient festival in Sienna.
Palio’s array of activities each
year begins with the grand pro
cessional in the front driveway.
This processional features horse
back riders, caricature heads, the
college band, clowns, and the
judges complete with powdered
wigs and flowing robes.
Each class carries out an
original theme in costume, and
the clown stunt which precedes
each class processional is related
to this theme. When all are as
sembled on the steps in front of
Johnson Hall, the horse races
and relay bicycle races are held,
and the classes present their
original yells and songs. A prize
is awarded to the composer of
the best song.
Officers Are in Charge
The class vice presidents, Su
san Fleming, Maxine Bissette,
Emily Pool, and Catherine Car
penter, are in charge of Palio
activities for their classes. Each
group is judged on the original
ity of the idea it is carrying out,
the forming of its numerals,
marching, the attractiveness and
effectiveness of idea, and the
class singing in the processional.
The winning class is announced
at the close of the afternoon’s
events.
At 8:00 p.m. in the college
auditorium each class puts on an
original stunt, and a silver lov
ing cup is presented to the win
ning class. The presidents of the
classes, who are in charge of
Stunt Night, are Mary Beth
Thomas, Ella May Shirley, Eliza
beth Jones, and Marjorie Joyner.
Faculty members and Raleigh
residents serve as judges for Pa
lio and Stunt.
STUDENTS LEAVE TODAY FOR B.S.U. CONVENTION
Approximately forty-six Mer
edith students will leave by spe
cial bus this afternoon to attend
the annual State Baptist Student
Union Convention, which opens
tonight at the First Baptist
Church in High Point.
The convention theme this
year, “The Christian Response
to a World Challenge,” will be
stressed throughout the two-day
session by student forums and
through the addresses of many
prominent Baptist leaders and
workers. Delegates are expected
to attend from the six Baptist
colleges in North Carolina and
also from Duke, N. C. State,
Carolina, and others.
The pastor of the host church.
Rev. W. Wilbur Hutchins, will
welcome the students tonight in
the opening session. “The Faith
We Profess” will be the subject
of the keynote address tonight
by Dr. Sankey L. Blanton of
Wake Forest College.
Louvene Jordan, of Meredith
College, will be in charge of the
Halloween social later in the
evening. A “Witches’ Den”
theme will be carried out with
dim, weird party decorations.
Jerry Blount, a professional
magician from Duke, will per
form for the students at this
affair.
On Saturday morning the stu
dents will take part in the stu
dent forums and discuss such
subjects as “The Philosophy of
B.S.U.,” “Christianity and Inter
racial Relations,” “The Gospel
and Community Problems,”
“Christianity and International
Relations,” and “The Christian
Approach to Courtship and Mar
riage.” On Saturday afternoon
a sacred concert will be given
by the Shaw University choir.
The convention delegates will
attend Sunday school and wor
ship at the regular morning serv
ice at the High Point church on
Sunday morning. Dr. Fred A.
Brown, pastor of the First Bap
tist Church in Knoxville, Ten
nessee, will preach at the morn
ing service on the convention
theme, “The Christian Response
to a World Challenge.” The con
vention will be adjourned after
this service.
Students attending the two-
day session of the B.S.U. con
vention will be given an oppor
tunity to meet and exchange
opinions with many students
from other colleges and to hear
many well-known Baptist lead
ers and youth workers who will
be present.
College To Aid
In Conservation
In accordance with the nation
wide campaign to conserve cer
tain foodstuffs, the student body
at Meredith has accepted the rec
ommendation that no meat be
be served on Tuesdays and that
no poultry or eggs be served on
Thursdays. This practice will be
followed throughout the year ex
cept on days when there is a
large supply of perishable prod
ucts on hand and on holidays,
such as Thanksgiving and Christ
mas.
Civic Music Concert
To Feature Quartet
The next Civic Music Concert,
which is to be given on Novem
ber 24, will present the National
Male Quartet.