THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXII
xMEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1947
Number 4
EIGHT OUTSTANDING SENIORS
WIN NATIONAL RECOGNITION
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One of the highest honors a
Harriett Neese
student can get while in college , Harriett Neese, who comes
is to be chosen to have her biog- ^Aom Lexington, is a chemistry
raphy appear in Who’s Who in She is president of the
American Colleges and Universi- Laving been successively
ties. Each year representatives of i treasurer and vice president of
about six hundred and fifty col-; Board. She is also a member
leges and universities in the Kappa Nu Sigma and the Sil-
United States are selected for Shield.
this honor. Nominations are | Dorothy Singleton
made on the basis of character,! ^ a- i i ^
scholarship, leadership in extra- i tj i ° eton, who is from
curricular activities and poten-j qk
tiality for future usefulness to I this
business and society. This year president of
eight Meredith girls were chosen ^ Dorothy was
by faculty and student commit-i her class her junior
tees for this honor. They are I was freshman repre-
Frances Alexander, Virginia | T
Campbell, Gloria Mayer, Harriet I ^°™»«ittee her first year at Mere-
Neese, Dorothy Singleton, Mary ! ^ ‘
Beth Thomas, Frances Thomp-| Mary Beth Thomas
Mary Beth Thomas, an art
All of these girls have been ac- major, is from Asheville. She is
five in campus organizations.
Frances Alexander
Frances Alexander, an Eng
Pictured above are the girls who have been selected
for Meredith representation in “Who’s Who in Amer-
iean Colleges and Universities.” They are Franees
Alexander, Virginia Campbell, Gloria Mayer, Har
riett Neese, Dorothy Singleton, Mary Beth Thomas,
Franees Thompson, and Mary Virginia Warren.
GROUP TO STAGE Weatherspoon
THREE-ACT PL AY Is Confident Of
The fall production of the
Meredith College Little Theater
has been postponed from No
vember 21 to December 6. At
that time the group will present
“Belinda,” a three-act comedy by
A. A. Milne. The play, under the
direction of Miss Catherine Hil-
derman, will be given at eight
o’clock in the college audito
rium.
Debbie Bradley, of Wilming
ton, will be featured in the title
role .of Belinda, a gay, middle-
aged lady who thrives on the
attentions of her many suitors.
Her modern young daughter,
Delia, will be played by Beverly
Batchelor, of Nashville. Delia is
a pretty young girl who also has
many suitors of her own. Ronnie
Holloman, of Ahoskie, will take
the part of Betty, the middle-
aged housekeeper.
Permanency
state Students Participate
Ed Oerter, a State College
student from Winston-Salem, is
cast in the role of Mr. Devenish,
a handsome youth of about twen
ty-two, who is very scornful of
the world. Mr. Baxter, a prim,
erect gentleman of forty-five,
will be played by Bill Hoffman.
Production Staff
Daphne McLawhorn is stage
manager for the play, and Mary
Frances Craig is in charge of the
scenery. Rose Marie Harmon is
charge of lights. Gazelle
m
Moore is chairman of the prop
erty committee and Catherine
Campbell heads the costume
committee. Ruth Hall is direct
ing the publicity for “Belinda.”
Officers of the Little Theatre
this year are Edith Camp, presi
dent; Mary Frances Keene, vice
president; Sally Lou Taylor, sec
retary; and Gazelle Moore, treas
urer. Each year the college Lit
tle Theatre sponsors a fall and
spring production and also spon
sors the society plays. Last year
the plays, “Quality Street” and
“The Romantic Young Lady,”
were produced.
According to Mr. W. H
Weatherspoon, president of the
Meredith Board of Trustees,
Meredith College will remain
and continue to grow as a thriv
ing institution in North Caro-
Ina. In an address to the stu
dents and faculty on the Wednes
day preceding Founders’ Day,
Mr. Weatherspoon gave an eight-
point proof to this effect.
He said that in the campaign
of 1944 to liquidate or merge
Meredith with some other insti
tution that the sentiment of the
delegates to the Baptist State
Convenion was definitely against
the plan. In other conventions,
such plans have been abandoned.
Meredith and the denomination
have grown up together, and the
college is actually part of the
denominational .work. Mr.
Weatherspoon pointed out the
necessity for the Baptists to
maintain a four-year college for
girls in the east and that one sen
ior college alone could not meet
the needs of the Baptist young
people in the State.
This institution is in accord
ance with the general pattern of
having a separate college for
women as maintained by the
other State Conventions in the
South. Meredith is one of the
biggest and most successful Bap
tist woman’s colleges, and there
is no reason for its discontinu
ance. The economic situation is
good,and a still bigger and bet
ter Meredith is in sight.
Mr. Weatherspoon’s address
was well-received by his audi
ence here.
RONDTHALER IS
SPEAKER HERE
lish major from Goldsboro, is
editor of the Acorn, member of
Kappa Nu Sigma and Silver
Shield, and is an honorary mem
ber of the B.S.U. Council. She
has been sophomore editor of the
Acorn, publicity chairman of the
Colton English Club, feature edi
tor of the Twig, and program
chairman for the B.S.U. Council.
At the formal convocation cel
ebrating the forty-ninth birth
day of Meredith College, the ad
dress of the day was given by
Dr. Howard E. Rondthaler, pres
ident of Salem College, in Win
ston-Salem, N. C. A native of
New York, Dr. Rondthaler took
his undergraduate work at the
University of North Carolina
and is now an ordained Moravian
minister. He has been president
of Salem College since 1930.
In his address, after calling
attention to the widespread criti
cism of American education in
publications today. Dr. Rondtha
ler proceeded to an examination
of the curriculum, as that which
engages attention most in the
educational process.
Virginia Campbell
Virginia Campbell, a day stu
dent and piano major, is editor
of Oak Leaves this year. Previ
ously. she was freshman repre
sentative to the Student Govern
ment Council, freshman counsel
lor, and Business Manager of
Oak Leaves.
president of the Senior Class and
a member of Kappa Nu Sigma.
Mary Beth was vice president of
her class her sophomore year.
Frances Thompson
Fran Thompson, a history ma
jor from Silver Springs, Mary
land, is president of the Student
Government Council. She is also
a member of Silver Shield and
Kappa Nu Sigma. She was secre
tary of the Student Government
Council last year, social vice
president for the campus and
State B.S.U. her sophomore
year, and president of her Fresh
man Class.
Gloria Mayer
Gloria Mayer, an English Ma- uxxc ^luuch
jor, comes from Memphis, Ten- ■ Government Council. Her sopho
Mary Virginia Warren
Mary Virginia Warren is a
home economics major from
Charlotte. This year she is vice
president of the Student Gov
ernment Council and president
of the Silver Shield. Last year,
she was treasurer of the Student
nessee. This year she is presi
dent of B.S.U., and a member of
Kappa Nu Sigma, and the Silver
Shield. Prior to this year, Gloria
was sophomore editor and asso
ciate editor of the Acorn, a mem
ber of the A.A. Board, and last
year was chairman of Religious
Emphasis Week.
more year she was president of
the class. She has also been a
Phi marshal.
Juniors to Fete
Little Sisters
Students Are Pilgrims
Likening the Founders’ Day
of an institution to a boundary
line of a foreign land, where one
lays down his knapsack and sub
mits to a sort of inventory taken
by an examiner before going
ahead into the new land. Dr.
Rondthaler identified the curric
ulum and our aims and goals in
education as part of that which
is subject to examination. Urg
ing the intimate view of the pe
destrian as a superior one, he
told the student body, “You are
pilgrims. There are places where
pilgrimages come to a stop. Such
a place is Founders’ Day.”
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Lecture Postponed
Dr. Douglas Kelley, associ
ate professor of psychiatry at
the Bowman Gray School of
Medicine, who was scheduled
to speak to the Meredith stu
dent body Tuesday night was
unable to come at that time.
The lecture has been indefi
nitely postponed. According to
the lecture committee, an
other speaker has been se
cured for the first week in
December. Definite plans will
be announced later.
Goals Are Important
“There must be some motive
in your mind,” he continued.
“You must be trying to find an
adequate, individual, curricular,
academic goal.” This goal is not
to form encyclopedias or to ob
tain preparation in one field,
with a goal of usable, technical
knowledge at graduation, as im
portant as that may be. One im
portant goal is to know oneself,
but the goal deeper and more
extraordinary is that of believ
ing, and seeking in the strength
of that belief, the unknown in
whatever work we may be do
ing. In every subject, there are
those hidden contents, that
which is beyond, beneath, and
within laboratory analysis. It is
YEARS AGO'
OPENS MONDAY
(Continued on page five)
Monday night will mark the
opening of the Raleigh Little
Theater’s second production of
this season, “Years Ago,” by
Ruth Gordon. This play will es
pecially appeal to girls, for it is
the story of a small-town girl,
who decides to go on the stage,
but who has the job of persuad
ing her family to agree to her
decision. The setting is in a New
England town of about forty
years ago, and the heroine, who
manages to gain her mother’s
sympathy, has the greatest diffi
culty in breaking down the de
termination of her father, who
would rather have his daughter
be a physical education instruc
tor. It is a clever comedy-drama
which will hold an interest for
everybody.
The authoress, Ruth Gordon,
is a very fine actress, and may
be remembered for her play,
“Over 21.” “Years Ago” is an
autobiographical story which
was well portrayed inthe Broad
way production which starred
Frederick March. The play will
run at the Raleigh Little Thea
ter for the entire week, Novem
ber 17-22. It is suggested that
reservations, which can be ob
tained by calling 6384, be made
early.
The Junior Class will enter
tain its little sister class tomor
row night from 6:45 to 8:00 at
an informal party in Astro Hall.
A Thanksgiving theme will be
carried out in decorations,
games, and contests. Juniors will
go by for their little sisters after
dinner Saturday night. Blue
jeans or any other informal dress
may be worn.
Juniors in charge of commit
tees are Shirley Powell, pro
gram; Mary Frances Carpenter,
food; and Idalia Oglesby, invita
tions.
SENIOR CLASS
SUPERLATIVES
Miss Meredith
Frances Thompson
Most Versatile
Mary Beth Thomas
Most Popular Lois Harmon
Most Attraetive
Lou Ella Hoots
Most Original Jean Bradley
Most Intellectual
Dorothy Singleton
Friendliest
Sarah and Susan Fleming
Cutest Barbara Johnson
Wittiest
Eleanor Jane Andrews and
Ronnie Holloman
Most Athletic “Lefty” Pugh
Best All-Round Town Student
Doris Harris
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