THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C.. JANUARY 16, 1948
Number 6
MARCH OF DIMES
CAMPAIGN BEGINS
The 1948 infantile paralysis
campaign officially opened on the
Meredith campus yesterday and
closes on January 31, the birth
day of our late President Frank
lin Roosevelt. The drive began at
the chapel hour Wednesday
morning when Mrs. R. L. Mc
Millan, a member of the Na
tional Committee on Infantile
Paralysis, spoke to the student
body and faculty. Mrs. McMil
lan, who has recently returned
from an important meeting in
Warm Springs, Georgia, gave an
interesting and informative talk.
Heading the Meredith College
division of the national drive is
Mrs. Vera Tart Marsh, and
Frances Thompson is assistant
director. Publicity co-chairmen
are Mrs. Harry E. Cooper and
Margaret Moore. Frankie Ward
and Marjorie Williams have
charge of posters.
For this campaign there will
be six groups—each of the four
dormitories, the non-resident
students, and the faculty. There
will be student chairmen and a
faculty sponsor for each group.
Emma McPherson, Doris
Casey, and Frances Ward will
serve as chairmen for their re
spective floors in Jones Hall.
Miss Billie Ruth Currin is re
port sponsor for that dormitory.
Mary Humphrey, Lois Har
mon, and Idalia Oglesby are
Faircloth Hall chairmen, and the
report sponsor is Miss Phyllis
Cunningham.
Vann Hall will have as chair
men and sponsor Barry Barefoot,
Emily Stacy, Catherine Car
penter, and Miss Alice Keith.
In Stringfield Hall Joan Mea
dows, Beverly Bachelor, and
Jane Reid will act as chairmen,
and Miss Lillian Grant will be
sponsor.
Chairman for the non-resident
group is LaVerne Harris, who
will be assisted by her commit
tee and Miss Jane Greene, re
port sponsor.
Members of the faculty will be
solicited by Miss Anna G. Smith
in the Arts Building, Miss Mary
Yarbrough in the Science Build
ing, and Miss Ruth Woodman in
the Music Building. Miss Myrtle
Barnette and Mrs. Esther Cov
ington have charge of pledges
from the administrative staff.
It is the hope of the Meredith
director and her committee
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Greeting Meredith's 1948 May Court is Lt. Gov. L. Y. Ballentine. The group is on the Capitol grounds
outside the governor’s office. On the front row are Jean Ferebee, junior; Gladys Green, sophomore; Jane
Lassiter, junior; and Dorothy Cutts, freshman. On the back row are Lt. Gov. Ballentine, Becky Ballentine,
Maid of Honor, and the Lieutenant Governor’s daugh er; Mary Dell Fales, May Queen; Flo Moore, senior;
Christine Bordeaux, senior; Daphne Bordeaux, freshman; and Virginia Bowman, sophomore.
SENIOR OPENS
ART EXHIBIT
All eyes turn to Meredith Cash
this week! On Friday evening,
January 11, at 7:30, the Mere
dith College Art Gallery opened
wth her works on exhibit for
two weeks. At this opening the
guests and members of the stu
dent body were entertained at a
reception. Meredith exhibited
her works in oil, tempera, water
color, silk-screen, pen and ink,
and in sculpture.
Meredith has pursued her art
studies with Clayton Charles,
John Rembert, Kay Irwin, Kath
erine Austell Dearstyne, and
Douglas Reynolds, all of Ra
leigh. She has exhibited in New
York and in this state at Person
Hall in Chapel Hill, at the Green
ville Art Center, and at the
Meredith Gallery. Her work has
been accepted for two of the an
nual exhibiticns of the North
Carolina Art Gallery. Meredith
has also exhibited her works at i
the North Carolina State Fair.
Classes To Aid
Foreign Students
Relief activities for the needy
European students have interest
ed the students in Dr. Susanna
Freund’s modern language
classes, and their latest concern
is the sending of Care food pack
ages overseas.
Students of French 1-a and
French 21-c have each “adopted”
a French student. This “adop
tion” means that each of the
French students will be sent one
food package per month for six
months.
The adopted student of the
French 1-a class is Anne Sequin
de Keynies, a seventeen-year-
old student, who is one of a fam
ily of eight children. The other
student, adopted by the French
21-c class, is Antoine Delachaise,
a student also, who is twenty-
four years of age and who for
merly served with the French
Army.
The French 21-b class also has
plans to send a food package
to French students. The exact
destination of this particular
package is uncertain; it will be
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DEAN ANNOUNCES
PLANS FOR
REGISTRATION
Registration for second semes
ter will soon be underway at
Meredith. Juniors and seniors
secured last week from the office
of the dean of the college sched
ule cards and class admission
slips. Conferences with major
professors determine the sched
ule that each student is to fol
low next semester. On Thurs
day, January 22, these schedules
will be checked by the dean and
his secretary, who will be in the
rotunda in Johnson Hall between
9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
No bursar’s receipt will be re
quired at the time of registra
tion for juniors and seniors, but
accounts must be settled by Feb
ruary 3, at which time a check
will be made on all unpaid ac
counts. Students whose accounts
have not been paid will be ex
cluded automatically from their
classes.
Freshmen and sophomores
will register for classes on Mon-
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F olkDanceCourse
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SZIGETI PLAYS
CONCERT HERE
Joseph Szigeti, “top of the top
flight violinists,” will appear in
the Raleigh Memorial Audito
rium, January 22 at 8:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Raleigh Civic
Music Association, this concert
is the fourth in the current se
ries.
A Hungarian, Szigeti is one
of the three greatest violinists in
the world. He made his debut in
December 1925 with the Phila
delphia Orchestra at Carnegie
Hall. Of world-wide fame, Mr.
Szigeti has made two round-the-
world tours, eleven tours of So
viet Russia, and nearly two dec
ades of coast-to-coast tours of
America. In London in 1935 he
played the Mendelssohn Concer
to for the first telecasting pre
sented. He has also appeared on
the screen, has played on the ma
jor networks, and has made ex
tensive recordings.
During the last six months of
1947, he toured Europe, appear
ing in England, Scotland, Switz
erland, Belgium, and Holland.
Mr. Szigeti’s memoirs were re
cently published by Alfred A.
Knott, Inc., under the title,
“With Strings Attached.”
“Long recognzed as one of the
world’s greatest violinists, Szi
geti’s amazing virtuosity, his cul
tured background, his keen and
sensitive awareness of things
American have made him an in
tegral part of th ecultural life.of
his chosen country — America,”
someone has v.^ell .said.
On February 6 and 7 the first
combination of college and recre
ation group’s folk dance short
course in this state will be held
on the Meredith campus under
the sponsorship of the Physical
Education Department and the
A. A. Board. The Folk Dance
Club members will serve as as
sistant teachers and demonstrate
the dances to be taught. The
committee chairmen are Harriet
Neese, steering; Catherine Car
penter, hospitality; Jeanne Dick-,
ens, entertainment; and Jolene
Weathers, organization.
Those invited include teach
ers and recreation leaders and
students who have had some
folk dance experience. The two
leading dance teachers are Miss
Doris Peterson of Meredith and
Miss Irene Mall, a member of the
Physical Education Department
of Swarthmore College, Swarth-
more. Pa.
Miss Mall will teach square
dancing and square dance calls.
Her training for these dances
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EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
First Semester, 1947-1948
T
Hi
S
Class Hours
11:00 a.m
Januarv
Time of Examination
24—Saturday
....9:00
a.m.
T
Th
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12:00 noon
...2:00
p.m.
T
Th
2:00, 3:00 p.m
January
26—Monday
,...9:00
a.m.
r
Th
S
8:30 a.m
....2:00
p.m.
T
Th
S
9:30 a.m
January
27—Tuesday
....9:00
a.m.
M
W
F
11:00 a.m
....2:00
p.m.
M
W
F
12:00 noon
January
28—Wednesday
....9:00
a.m.
M
W
F
2:00, 3:00 p.m
...2:00
p.m.
M
W
F
8:30 a.m
January
29—Thursday
....9:00
a.m.
M
W
F
9:30 a.m
-.-2:00
p.m.
Examinatons in required physical education will be given during the last two class meet
ings. The examination for the six sections of health education will be held at 9:00 a.m., January 26.
Examinations for classes not meeting at the hours listed above will be arranged by the
instructors concerned.
In all college-credit courses an examination covering the work of the semester will be
given. The examination period is two hours in length, with an additional fifteen minutes allowed
for the re-examination and completion of papers.
Examinations in applied music will be scheduled by the Music Department.
Unless excused in advance by her instructor and the dean, every student is expected to
report for her examinations.
Ten examinations will be given during examination week, as scheduled above. No variations
will be made without advance agreement between the instructor and dean. Conflicts in the sched
ule should be reported in the office of the dean. A fee of two dollars will be charged for individual
examinations whenever authorized.
Program Planned
For Focus Week
“Religion at Work in Life”
will be the theme of Religious
Focus Week, which will be held
on the campus the week of Feb
ruary 15-20. This theme will be
carried out by the various speak
ers during chapel. Pause for
Power, classroom visitation, and
evening worship services and
seminars. Marjorie Wilson is
chairman of Focus Week.
Speakers who will become a
part of the Meredith Commu
nity for the week are Dr. George
Heaton of the Meyers Park Bap
tist Church in Charlotte, N. C.;
the Rev. Herbert Baucom of the
Takoma Park Baptist Church in
Washington, D. C.; the Rev.
Warren Carr of the Watts Street
Baptist Church in Durham; the
Rev. J. C. Herrin, Baptist Chap
lain at U. N. C. in Chapel Hill;
Mrs. R. H. Edwin Espy of New
York, who was former student
secretary here; Mrs. Avery Lee
of Champaign, 111.; the Rev. Jim
my Ray, N. C. Student Secre
tary; and Dr. Arnold Nash, head
of the Department of Religion at
U. N. C.
A new feature of Focus Week
will be a seminar for the faculty
led by Dr. Nash.
The lighter side of Focus Week
will feature a party on Wednes
day night and several informal
afternoon teas.
Plans for the week are well
underway, and all committee
chairmen have been chosen. The
following girls will help to make
Religious Focus Week a success
as heads of their committees:
Dot Singleton, class visitation;
Edith Stephenson, programs;
Margaret Moore, publicity; Mar
jorie Trippeer, informal discus
sions; Marty Davis, entertain
ment and recreation; Jeanne
Dickens, hospitality; Opal Clem
mons, arrangements; Dot Swar-
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