THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1948
Number 7
Religious Focus Week Activities Begin Sunday
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PLANS INCLUDE
VARIED PROGRAM
Wilson Heads Committee
Of One Hundred
Weel^ which begins Sunday, will be Wesley Shrader, J. C. Herrin, Mrs. Avery Lee, Herbert fiaucom, Arnold
Nash, Mrs. Cleo Mitchell Espy, Warren Carr, and Jimmy Ray. j > , v «
Kappa Nu Sigma
Sponsors Lecture;
Davies Speaks
On Thursday, February 12,
the Kappa Nu Sigma Society
held its annual formal banquet
for members and special guests
in the College Dining Hall. Each
year the two members of the
Junior Class having the highest
scholastic average are admitted.
The new members this year
are Judy Powers and Mary
Humphrey.
Following the banquet the
society sponsored a lecture at the
college by Mr. Rhys J. Davies,
member of Parliament, promi
nent member of the British
Labor Party, and a member of
the British House of Commons
for the past twenty-five years.
Mr. Davies in speaking on the
topic of Military Conscription
gave several reasons why such
a bill should not be passed in
Britain. Mr. Davies said that to
impose peacetime conscription
would damage democracy. Par
liament, and Socialism. It would
call for a vast amount of money
from each person to support such
an army, thus causing hardship
in many homes. That the two
nations, France and Germany,
which have already tried this
system fell to England and
America, two countries that had
a voluntary system, is another
indication of its fate if such a
bill were passed, he went on to
say.
A reception for the faculty
and seniors was held in the blue
parlor after the lecture.
The purpose of Kappa Nu
Sigma is to promote and en
courage scholarship at Meredith.
Members are admitted on the
basis of a high scholastic stand-
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FIFTY-NINE STUDENTS WIN
PLACE ON DEAN'S HONOR LIST
The Dean’s List effective for
spring semester, 1948, was re
leased by the registrar, Mrs.
Vera T. Marsh, on February 3.
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.
(Current Catalogue, page 36).
Ella Rose Adams, Frances
Elizabeth Alexander, Dorothy
Alice Allen, Frances Elizabeth
Almond, Beverly Thorne Batche
lor, Jennett Bramble, Catherine
McLean Campbell, Virginia Lee
Campbell, Catherine Jean Car
penter, Phoebe Irene Covington,
Sara Elizabeth Davis, Rosa Kath
leen Deans, Stella Ruth Eller,
Mollie Anderson Fearing, Ellen
Louise Fritts.
Ellen Louise Goldston, Esther
Clark Green, Elizabeth Hardi
son, Martha Holt Hare, Doris
Alberta Harris, Emily Hine,
Emma Lee Hough, Mary Emma
Humphrey, Delauris Brock
James, Mary Elizabeth Jordan,
Mary Bland Josey, Marjorie
Minor King, Edith Eloise Lan
caster, Jane Templeman Lewis.
Emma Mae McPherson, Ann
McRackan, Geraldine Burgiss
Mangum, Catherine Elizabeth
Moore, Betsy Ann Morgan, Har
riet Roberta Neese, Sarah Jane
Newbern, Doris Jean Nichols,
Jean Olive, Barbara Smith Peck,
Julia Fennell Powers, Ruth
Bradley Sears, Dorothy Lou
Singleton, Sarah Ellen Skinner,
Marie Blackwell Snelling, Jose
phine Fidelia Snow, Mabel Eliza
beth Sperling, Martha Ellen
Stough, Barbara Snow Swanson.
Jean Valette Taylor, Mary
Beth Thomas, Edna Frances
Thompson, Barbara Ann Todd,
Iris Jewell Walker, Nancy Drum
mond Walker, Jolene Betsy
Weathers, Ruby Gayle Wells,
Bertha Evans Wilson, Evelyn
Clyde Wilson, Edna Katherine
Wyatt.
Representatives
To Attend Council
In Statesville
Pryor, West Join
Meredith Faculty
OFFICIALS COMMEND
COLLEGE COMMUNITY
Two new teachers have been
added to the Meredith faculty
for the second semester. These
new teachers are filling vacan
cies in the speech and physical
education departments.
Mr. Ainslee Pryor of Raleigh
is teaching the speech classes
during the leave of absence of
Miss Catherine Hilderman, now
studying at Yale University.
Mr. Pryor is Director of the Ra
leigh Little Theatre.
(Continued on page four)
Mrs. Meredith M. White, Wake
County Director of the recent
March of Dimes Campaign has
announced that Meredith College
was the first group in the area
to reach its goal—one week be
fore the end of the drive. There
was one-hundred per cent contri
bution from the Meredith com
munity, and the total sum of
$232.11 is more than eighty dol
lars above any previous report
made by this institution.
(Continued on page four)
Three student representatives
from Meredith College will at
tend the Collegiate Council for
United Nations to be held in
Statesville, North Carolina, Feb
ruary 19-21. They are Doris
Casey, president of the Inter
national Relations Club; Jane
Middleton, Student League presi
dent; and Elsie Corbett, Central
Carolina CCUN secretary.
Forums to discuss important
international affairs and ques
tions are to be led by leading
political figures. Some of these
speakers are Ambassador D.
Oscar Ivanissivich of Argentina,
Ambassador Henri Bonnet of
France, and Councelor John
Reid of New Zealand.
In addition to the forums held,
there will be a luncheon and
teas as well as a banquet.
The CCUN has asked the top
and foremost leaders in national
and international affairs to this
convention. Besides ambassa
dors and counsels, such figures
as Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt have
been invited to attend. These
individuals always show a great
deal of interest in the activity
and, if posible to include in their
busy schedules, offer to partici
pate. In this manner, college
students become acquainted
with these people, the countries
and problems they represent.
SUPPORT YOUR
CANDIDATES
IN TODAY’S ELECTION
VOTE !
Plans for Focus Week, which
begins February 15 and ends
February 20, will soon be put
into practice. Focus Week will
begin officially next Sunday
afternoon at 4:30 with an in
formal tea. The purpose of the
tea is to introduce the committee
members to team members.
Each day in the following
week has been planned to in
clude a maximum of interesting
programs and activities. At
eight o’clock every morning the
members of the many commit
tees who have worked on Focus
Week will meet to evaluate what
has been done and to make any
last minute plans or changes.
These meetings will be held in
the Rotunda, and Marjorie Wil
son, student chairman, will pre
side.
The theme for Religious Focus
Week is “Religion at Work in
Life.” Programs will, of course,
be centered in this theme. One
of the high spots of the day is
the chapel program which will
begin at 10:30 a.m. and last
until 11:15 a.m. The program
will consist of a fifteen minute
worship program by the students
and a thirty minute address by
one of the team members. The
team members who will serve as
speakers are the Rev. Herbert
Baucom of Tacoma Park Baptist
Church, Washington, D. C.; the
Rev. Warren Carr of Watts
Street Baptist Church, Durham;
Mrs. R. H. Edwin Espy of New
York; Mrs. Avery Lee of Cham
paign, 111.; the Rev. Jimmy Ray,
North Carolina Student Secre
tary; Dr. Arnold Nash, head of
the Department of Religion at
U. N. C.; Dr. Wesley Shrader of
the First Baptist Church, Lynch
burg, Va.; and the Rev. J. C.
Herrin, Baptist Chaplain at
U. N. C.
The day continues with class
visitation by the speakers. This
is voluntary on the part of the
class and teachers, and speakers
are invited to visit and talk on
whatever topic is of interest to
the class.
At 1:30 each day Pause for
Power will be held in the Ro
tunda. Team members will
speak to the group.
From seven to eight o’clock
the evening worship will be
held. Here again worship pro
grams will be presented by the
students and the address by a
member of the team. Nancy
Hall is in charge of special music
which will be given by the choir,
glee club, and individual stu
dents and faculty members.
Following the worship pro
gram, seminars will be held in
different game and social rooms.
Subjects will be “Marrying and
Marriage,” one group taught by
Mrs. Lee and the other by Mrs.
Espy; “Facing Ethical Problems
by the Rev. Carr; “Understand
ing Baptist Distinctives” by the
Rev. Baucom; “A Life of Devo
tion,” by the Rev. Herrin; “The
Meaning of Faith Today,” by
Dr. Shrader; and a special
faculty seminar, “Christianity
and Higher Education”; by Dr.
Nash. Each student chooses the
seminar that is most interesting
to her.
After the seminars, informal
discussions or “bull sessions”
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