THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1947
Number 5
Silver Shield Gives
Annual Fall Program
Swanson and Wilson Become
Associate Members; Peterson Speaks
Pictured above are the members of the Silver Shield. They are Barbara Swanson and Marjorie Wilson
new associate members, and Mary Virginia Warren, Gloria Mayer, Gayle Wells, Frances Alexander, Mar
garet Moore, Harriet Neese, and Frances Thompson.
DINNER HONORS
LOCAL PASTORS
Pastors of Raleigh churches
and their wives were guests of
Meredith College for dinner and
an after-dinner coffee Tuesday
evening, December 2. This occa
sion, sponsored by the Meredith
B.S.U., is an annual event at the
college. Its purpose is to enable
students to become better ac
quainted with the Raleigh pas
tors and to help them to know
the girls better.
Guests present were Mr. and
Mrs. L. Bunn Olive, Forest Hills
Baptist Church; Mr. and Mrs.
W. S. Potter, Hayes Barton
Methodist Church; Dr. and Mrs.
Broadus Jones, First Baptist
Church; Mr. and Mrs. Edward J.
Agsten, West Raleigh Presbyte
rian Church; Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Dick, Good Shepherd Episcopal
Church; Miss Celeste Porter,
Hayes Barton Baptist Church;
and Mr. Frederick Ustler, United
Church.
Chairmen
Betty Brooks, social chairman
of the Meredith B.S.U., was in
charge of the evening. Some of
the social chairmen of various
organizations in the local
churches were heads of commit
tees for the planning and carry
ing out of this occasion. These
chairmen were Harriet Ashcraft,
serving committee; Elsie Cor
bett, invitations committee;
Becky Lynn, arrangements com
mittee; and Nell Proctor, re
freshments committee.
Poteat Reads
Green Pastures
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PLANS MADE
FOR CAROLLING
Dr. Hubert McNeill Poteat, on
December 2 in Phi Hall, read
Green Pastures, by Marc Con-
nelley, to a very appreciative
audience. Dr. Poteat read the
play with very much expression,
making all those present espe
cially glad that they were a part
of his audience. For the past
several years. Dr. Poteat has
read Green Pastures at Wake
Forest, where he is the head of
the Classics Department. The ex
cellent reading here made one
realize why the reading is a tra
dition at Wake Forest.
The program was sponsored
by the Colton English Club, and
the proceeds were donated to the
building fund of the Richard B.
Harrison Library, a public libra
ry for Negroes in Raleigh.
Committee Sponsors
Open House In Hut
Council Sponsors
Annual Seal Sale
The annual Christmas seal
sale is underway at Meredith.
For many years the girls of the
Student Government Council, in
cooperation with the Tubercu
losis Association, have sponsored
the sale. There has been excel
lent response in the past, and an
equal success is expected this
year.
Tomorrow night from 6; 45 to
8:00 p.m. the Hut Committee
will sponsor an open house in
the Meredith Hut. At this time
gifts donated to the Hut by vari
ous clubs and organizations on
campus will be displayed. These
gifts, given to make the Hut
more attractive, will be dis
played in their proper places
with cards attached, designat
ing their givers.
Led by Gayle Wells, chair
man, the Hut Committee is plan
ning this occasion. Members of
the committee are Sarah Flem
ing, Marianna Worth, Mary
Frances Carpenter, and Mary
Virginia Warren. Refreshments
are to be served, and everyone
is invited.
Signs of approaching Christ
mas—talk is beginning to fill the
air concerning the Meredith cus
tom of Christmas carolling, and
many girls have by now made
the “Big Decision” to stay
awake the entire night before go
ing home!
Regardless of personal deci
sions in that matter, nearly ev
eryone plans to participate in
the grand old Meredith tradition
of Christmas carolling. The keen
fun of tumbling into buses with
friends, dressed in any grotesque
garb that happens to provide
warmth, adds a stimulating edge
to the pre-Christmas excitement.
Date Changed
During past years the girls
have met for refreshments,
usually coffee or milk and
doughnuts, and left on char
tered busses at 5:00 a.m. on De
cember 18. This year, however,
the student body has decided to
go carolling on the night of
December 17. Definite plans as
to time and place of meeting
will be announced later.
Destinations
There will be about seven
buses provided to carry the
girls to St. Augustine’s, the
Methodist Orphanage, State
Penitentiary, Governor’s Man
sion, various ministers’ and
faculty members’ homes, and
similar locations throughout Ra
leigh, to spread a little Christ
mas cheer. The trip is topped
by the singing of Christmas car
ols over a program broadcast by
Radio Station WPTF.
Middleton, Chairman
Jane Middleton is in charge of
the Christmas carolling, which
is sponsored by the Athletic As
sociation Board. Every girl par
ticipating is requested to pay a
nominal fee of twenty-five cents
to cover the cost of the chartered
buses and refreshments.
Barbara Swanson and Mar
jorie Wilson, members of the
Class of ’49, were made associate
members of the Silver Shield,
honorary leadership society, at
the annual fall program given
by that group last Tuesday
morning. It is the custom of the
Silver Shield to choose two asso
ciate members from the Junior
Class in the fall of each year.
The senior members are tapped
on Class Night during Com
mencement Week-end. At that
time seven members of the ris
ing Senior Class are taken into
full membership. The members
chosen last June were Mary Vir
ginia Warren, Gloria Mayer,
Gayle Wells, Frances Alexander,
Margaret Moore, Harriet Neese,
and Frances Thompson. Two
additional seniors will be chosen
for membership next spring.
Basis of Membership
Members are chosen, accord
ing the constitution of the so
ciety, on the basis of scholarship,
constructive leadership, Chris
tian character, and service to the
school. “By constructive leader
ship is meant not solely leader
ship in the sense of holding
office, but also in the sense of
having helped to direct student
opinion into wholesome chan
nels. By Christian character is
meant the actual practice of
Christian principles in everyday
life. By service to the school is
meant the upbuilding of school
spirit through the contribution
of definite, constructive helpful
ness and initiative in making
Meredith a better school and
through actual participation in
student activities.”
Purpose of Organization
“The purpose of the society
shall be to promote by example
and precept a well-rounded stu
dent life, to develop a high type
of Christian activity,to promote
an understanding between fac
ulty and students, to set a high
standard of honor and coopera
tion in the student body, to make
the honor system a real force on
the campus, to perpetuate the
ideals and traditions of Mere
dith, and to recognize each year
from the rising Senior Class girls
who have proved themselves out-
standii^ in these respects.”
History of Society
The Class of 1935 proposed the
idea of the Silver Shield. In the
spring of 1935 a definite organi
zation was begun, and from that
time the society has grown in
significance and influence.
Speaker
At the program last Tuesday,
Miss Doris Peterson was intro
duced as the guest speaker. Her
topic was “Who is liberally edu
cated?” She pointed out charac
teristics and means in develop
ing a wholesome and well-round
ed personality. She emphasized
the importance of the acceptance
of responsibility in little things
as well as in those which are
seemingly more significant.
Kapp
Sp
a Nu Sigma
onsors Lecture
On November 25 the Kappa
Nu Sigma Honor Society spon
sored a lecture in chapel by Dr.
Lodwick Hartley, author and
professor of English at State Col
lege. His topic was “Farewell to
the Shade: A Fable of Modern
Education.” On the same day the
faculty members of the Society
entertained the student mem
bers at an informal luncheon in
the chemistry lab.
The purpise of Kappa Nu
Sigma is to promote and encour
age scholarship at Meredith.
Members are admitted on the
basis of a high scholastic stand
ing maintained over a period of
at least two years. The student
members are Frances Alexan
der, Gloria Mayer, Frances
Thompson, Harriet Neese, Doro
thy Singleton, Elizabeth Hardi
son, Rosa Deans, Doris Nichols,
Jolene Weathers, and Mary Beth
Thomas.
Each spring the Kappa Nu
Sigma sponsors a lecture by a
distinguished speaker. At this
time the two members of the
Junior Class having the highest
scholastic averages are admitted
to membership. The guest speak
er and the new members are
at that time honored at a formal
banquet. |
Choirs To Give
Joint Concert
The annual Christmas carol
service will be held in the Mere
dith College Auditorium next
Sunday at 3:30 p.m. The entire
program will be repeated in Pul
len Hall at State College at 8:00
p.m. the same night. This is the
second year the Meredith Col
lege choir and the State College
Glee Club have combined to
present the carol program. Dr.
Harry E. Cooper, head of the
Department of Music, will con
duct the Meredith choir, and
C. D. Kutchinski will direct the
State Glee Club and Orchestra.
Billie Hart is accompanist for the
Meredith choir, and Mrs. Lillian
Parker Wallace, for the State
Glee Club. The program will be
as follows for the Meredith Col
lege Choir:
Shepherds, Shake Off Your
Drowzy Sleep..Besancon Carol
Poor Mary.... Davis
Solo part by Nancy Jo
Massey, soprano
Gesu Bambino Yon
Solo parts by
Dorothy Patrick, contralto,
and Nancy Hall, soprano
Glory to God in Heaven
Bortinianski
Come, Ye Lofty, Come, Ye
Lowly Breton Carol
The State Glee Club will pre
sent a group of numbers and the
choir and Glee Club will join in
singing the following numbers.
Glory ...Rimsky-Korsakoff
The Heavens Are Telling
(The Creation) .....Handel
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Bach
Everyone is urged to tune in
to Station WPTF on Christmas
Day from 10:30-11:00 p.m. for
a recorded program of music by
the Meredith College Choir.
Meredith College
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