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THE TWIG
February 13, 1948
THREE COMEDIES NewS. G. Council
TO BE ^STAGED Members Elected
Three one-act comedies will
be presented on Saturday night,
February 28, in the college au
ditorium. The plays will be
given by the Freshman Class,
the Phi Literary Society, and
the Astro Literary Society. The
Freshman Class play has been
cast, and try-outs for the society
plays began this week.
A one-act comedy by Harriett
Ford entitled Are Men Supe
rior? will be given by the Fresh
man Class. The play, which has
a setting in a summer camp in
the Adirondacks, will be direct
ed by the class president, Mar
jorie Joyner, and Beverly
Batchelor. Daphne Yelverton
will play Mrs. Amos Livingston
in the production, and Donna
Walston will take the part of
Mrs. Livingston’s sister. Miss
Susan Taylor. Micky Bowen,
Betsy Ausbon, and Kathy Dean
are cast as the three guests at
the camp, Mrs. Bell, Miss Bai
ley, and Miss Everett. Stella
Matthews will play the maid,
Nelly, and Emma Lee Hough
will take the. part of Katrina,
the German maid of all work.
Martha Smith will be seen as
Jane, the cook. Amusing situ
ations develop in the plot before
the question of the superiority
of men is decided.
On the same night the Phi
Society will present The Dab
blers, a comedy by John Kirk
patrick, with a college setting.!
Casting for the play began |
earlier this week, and commit-1
tee chairmen will be named
soon. Louvene Jordan, Phi
president, is in charge of the
production.
The Glamour Girl, a farce in
one act with a cast of five girls,
will be produced by the Astro
Society under the direction of
the president, Lois Harmon.
The play is written by Peggy
Fernway.
j Lena Glenn Highfill has been
j unanimously elected by the stu-
I dent body to serve as president
I of Vann Dormitory. Lena
i Glenn, a junior, is a business
j major from Winston-Salem,
i This year she is a member of
Tomorrow’s Business Women’s
Club, and a freshman counselor.
In her freshman year she was
I a member of the Creative
: Rhythms Club, and during her
stay at Meredith she has held
; offices in Sunday School, B.T.U.,;
: and Y.W.A. She has been vice!
president of Vann this year, and '
replaces Mary Bowen who did
^ not return to Meredith after
Christmas holidays. j
The new vice president of j
j Vann Dormitory, also hall proc-
I tor of third floor Vann, is Mar
garet Long. Margaret is a senior
and a chemistry major from
i Germanton. She came to Mere-
, dith her junior year as a trans-|
i fer from Mars Hill.
I Margaret is a member of the
[ Barber Science Club, the Educa-
I tion Club, and the Granddaugh
ters’ Club. She has also held
Sunday School, B.T.U., and
Y.W.A. offices.
Dr. Carlyle Campbell and Dean Charles W. Burts pose with the mid-term
graduates, who received their degrees on January 30. They are Meredith
Cash, Evelyn Crumpler, Katherine Hudson, Mitchell Lee, Sue Dell Mc
Donald, Annalean McLamb, Margaret Weathers Smith, and Oliveira
James Warren.
COURSE OFFERED
IN CHURCH MUSIC
TEAS, PARTY PLANNED
DURING FOCUS WEEK
Marty Davis, social chairman
for Religious Focus Week an
nounced that several teas and
a party will be held during the
week. On Sunday afternoon at
4; 30 coffee will be served to the
team members, the Committee
of One Hundred, and invited
guests; Becky Lynn and Mari
anna Worth are in charge. Doris
Concha will be in charge of a
tea Monday afternoon, and in
charge of the tea ’Thursday
afternoon will be Betty Jo Pit
man. There will also be a fac
ulty tea Thursday afternoon.
These will be held in the Blue
Parlor in Johnson Hall from
4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on their re
spective dates. In charge of the
campus-wide party to be held in
Phi Hall on Wednesday night
are Bobbie Swanson, Bobbie
Johnson, Lois Harmon, Elsie
Corbett, Jane Middleton, Mar
jorie Williams, and Shirley
Powell. I
Astros, Phis Plan
Parties Tomorrow
Valentine’s Day will be cele
brated at Meredith by the Lit
erary Societies tomorrow night,
February the fourteenth. Each
society will entertain separately
in its respective hall, where
dates will be the guests of the
evening.
The Phis are carrying out the
Valentine theme in decorations
and entertainment. Winnie Fitz
gerald is chairman of the re
freshment committee; Harriett
Ashcraft, decoration committee;
Hazel Ellington, publicity com
mittee; Edith Stephenson, date
j committee; and Marie Snelling
I and Louvene Jordan, Phi presi
dent, will direct the entertain
ment.
Elsie Corbett of the Astro so
ciety, who is in charge of enter
tainment, has announced that
the Valentine theme will be car
ried out by “Your Heart’s De
sire,” and “Queen and King of
Hearts.” Other officials are
Catherine Campbell, chairman
of food committee; Lena Glenn
; Highfill, date committee; Doris
! Williamson, clean-up commit
tee; Jean Outlaw, publicity com
mittee; and Charlotte Bowman,
decoration committee.
The entertainment will begin i
at 7:30 p.m. and will continue!
until approximately 9:30. !
Dr. Harry E. Cooper, head of
the Department of Music, has
announced plans for the first
Summer School of Church Mu
sic to be held at Meredith dur
ing 1948, immediately following
the close of the regular summer
session.
This school will cover a pe
riod of six days, July 19 through
24. It will consist of an inten
sive course of lectures, demon
strations, and other activities,
planned for the benefit of per
sons who are working in the
field of church music and desire
further training to enable them
better to carry on their work.
The work will include forums
in which individual problems
will be analyzed and discussed
and solutions suggested. Valu
able lists of suitable anthems,
solos, and organ pieces will be
made available to the students,
and as much of it as possible
will be actually rehearsed.
The course will carry one se
mester hour of college credit for
those who meet the usual en
trance requirements of the col
lege, and complete the work of
the course in a satisfactory
manner.
The fee for the course will be
fifteen dollars payable in ad
vance. Partial registrations will
not be accepted. Rooms in the
dormitories and meals in the
dining hall will be available at
$14.50 for both men and women.
A room reservation fee of
$10.00, refundable until July 1,
is required with the application.
Faculty for the session will be
Dr. Carlyle Campbell, president;
Dr. Charles W. Burts, dean; Dr.
Harry E. Cooper, professor of
music; Dr. Benjamin F. Swalin,
conductor. North Carolina Sym
phony Orchestra; and Miss Bea
trice Donley, associate professor
of music.
Detailed plans and schedule
of classes may be obtained from
the Music Department.
Eight Graduates
Receive Degrees
Eight mid-term graduates re
ceived their A.B. degrees on
Friday, January 30. The infor
mal service took place in the
college parlors, where Dr. Car
lyle Campbell delivered the ad
dress and conferred the degrees.
Those who received degrees are
Meredith Cash, Charlotte; Mrs.
Evelyn Starling Crumpler,
Rocky Mount; Katherine Hud
son, Statesville; Mitchell Lee,
Varina; Sue Dell McDonald,
Fuquay Springs; Annalean Mc
Lamb, Benson; Margaret
Weathers Smith, Fuquay
Spring; and Mrs. Oliveria James
Warren, Raleigh. Also, Ann
Beal completed the required
work for an A.B. degree but will
return in May to receive her
diploma with her class.
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