THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1948
Number 11
Queen Mary Dell To Reign On May Day
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May Court
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Hospitality
Week-end Plans
Are Announeed
Meredith’s 1948 May Court. Pictured with Queen Mary Dell Pales
and Maid of Honor Becky Ballentine are the class attendants. They are
Florence Moore, Jane Lassiter, Chris Bordeaux, Virginia Bowman,
Gladys Green, Daphne Bordeaux, Jean Ferebee, and Dot Cutts.
Glee Club Gives
Spring Coneert
Friday, April 30
The Meredith College Glee
Club will present its annual
spring concert on Friday, April
30, at 8:30 p.m. The Club is
directed by Miss Beatrice Don
ley, head of the voice depart
ment and is accompanied by Vir
ginia Campbell, senior piano
major.
The program is as follows:
Agnus Dei
Georges Bizet, Arr. by Saar
Virginia Campbell, organ
Emily Hine, piano
Summer from “Two Eastern
Pictures” Gustav Holst
Soul-Star Granville Bantock
Flower of Dreams
Joseph Clokey
Folk Songs
The Orchestra Song. ..Austrian,
Arr. by William Schuman
I Wonder When I Shall Be
Married..Kentucky Mountain
Song, Arr. by Marshall
Bartholomew
Turkey In The Straw
American,
Arr. by Katherine Davis
Andean Lullaby
South American,
Arr. by Joseph Clokey
Katherine Lewis, soprano
Follow Me Down To Carlow
Irish, Arr. by Percy Fletcher
Visions ...Sjoberg-Balogh
Moon-Marketing
Powell Weaver
Rain .....Pearl Curran
Think On Me... Scott-Perrenot
Floods Of Spring
Rachmaninoff-Harris
The public is cordially invited,
and all students having guests
for Hospitality Weekend are
urged to attend and bring their
guests.
SENIOR ART MAJORS EXHIBIT
WORK IN MEREDITH GALLERY
Seven seniors are giving ex
hibits in the Meredith College
Art Department this semester.
Mary Beth Thomas held her
exhibit in the Art Gallery April
2-8. Mary Beth is from Asheville.
She has exhibited her paintings
at the Artists Guild in Asheville,
the State Art Gallery in Raleigh,
Rockefeller Center in New York,
and now has work on display at
Woman’s College in Greensboro.
She won first prize at the State
Exposition here last year. Many
of her portraits are also in pri
vate collections.
Mary Beth is president of the
Senior Class, a senior class su
perlative, and is represented in
Who’s Who in American Col
leges and Universities. She is a
member of Kappa Nu Sigma,
Folk Dance Club, Astro Society,
Art Club, and is assistant art
editor of the Acorn. She plans
to work in commercial art after
graduation.
The art exhibit of Jean Brad
ley, of Belmont, N. C., was held
April 9-14. Her paintings have
been exhibited at Chapel Hill,
and the 1948 WCUNC Arts
Forum. This year one of her
paintings was included in the
North Carolina State Art Exhi
bition at the State Art Gallery.
Jean has been art editor of the
Acorn for two years, vice presi
dent of Alpha Rho Tau, and as
sociate editor of The Twig. She
is a member of the Astro Society,
the Little Theatre, and the Edu
cation Club. She won the Poteat
Award of 1947 for the best art
original in the Department. She
plans to do graduate work in art.
Nancy Creech of Washington,
D. C. held her art exhibit from
April 15-20. Nancy is a member
of Alpha Rho Tau, the Grand
daughters Club, and the Astro
Society, Education Club, and
Student League of Women
Voters.
The exhibit of Doris Johnson’s
work opened last night, and the
remaining scheduled exhibits
are those of Sunshine Bellamy
on April 29; Jean Outlaw, May
7; and Bethea Wells, May 14.
EMILY HINE PRESENTS
GRADUATION RECITAL
The Meredith College Depart
ment of Music presented Emily
Hine, pianist, in a graduation
recital on April 17. She is a
candidate for the degree of
Bachelor of Music. Emily re
ceived an A.B. degree from
Meredith last spring.
The evening’s program was
made up of “Chromatic Fantasy
and Fugue” (Bach), “Sonata in
B Flat Minor, Op. 35, No. 2”
(Chopin), and “Carnival, Op. 9”
(Shumann).
Emily is a student of Mr.
Stuart Pratt at Meredith. During
her years here she has been ac
tive in the three music clubs
besides being on the publications
staff, and a member of the Little
Theatre and Kappa Nu Sigma.
Last year she was rated the most
versatile member of her class.
Her original composition, “Rhap
sody,” was given favorable com
ment at the annual State Arts
Forum held in Greensboro in
March.
Recital marshals were Mar
garet Moore, Margaret Bunn,
and Elizabeth Stillwell.
Girls Represent
Meredith S.G.
In Tallahassee
Along with representatives
from approximately forty south
ern colleges and universities,
Bobby Swanson, Ella May Shir
ley, and Dot Swaringer went to
Tallahassee April 15 through 17
for the annual meeting of the
Southern Inter-Collegiate Asso
ciation of Student Government.
Primarily concerned with the
part played by women in stu
dent government, the estimated
one hundred delegates to the
convention were all women. The
theme for this year’s meeting
was “Student Government as a
Training Ground for Democ
racy.”
The program consisted of a
formal reception given by the
student officers of FSU on Thurs
day night, April 15; group meet
ings and seminars on Fri day and
Saturday mornings; a tour of
both University campuses and
the city of Tallahassee; and a
picnic at the University camp.
Climaxing the weekend was the
formal banquet on Saturday
night at which time Chief Jus
tice Elwyn Thomas of the
Florida Supreme Court ad
dressed the convention.
Some of the topics discussed
at the convention concern the
rights and responsibilities of
student government, participa
tion in regional and national
organizations, and the student
in extra-curricular activities.
Mary Dell Fales will be
crowned May Queen on Satur
day, May 1. She will also pre
side over all May Day activities,
aided by the maid of honor,
Becky Ballentine, and the court.
Attendants for the queen are
Chris Bordeaux and Flo Moore,
seniors; Jane Lassiter and Jean
Ferebee, juniors; Virginia Bow
man and Gladys Green, sopho
mores; and Daphne Bordeaux
and Dot Cutts, freshmen. Train
bearers are Larry Cotton and
Cam Davis from Wilmington.
Todd Fales is the crown bearer.
Traditionally, in the May Day
fete the entire court will wear
white, and the queen will carry
an arm bouquet of iris, the col
lege flower. The sophomores are
in charge of decorations.
The Pipes of Pan is the theme
for the day, and Shirley Powell
is Pan. Dances by the creative
rhythms and folk dance classes
will be The Carole of Spring,
Flower Waltz, South Wind, Song
of the Woods, May, and the May
Pole Dance.
On May Day morning the
queen is serenaded by the sopho
mores and later honored by them
at breakfast. The entire May
Day is sponsored by the Physi
cal Education Department and
the Athletic Association.
On the weekend of May Day,
high school seniors are to be in
vited to Meredith for Hospitality
Weekend. Printed invitations are
to be sent to the guests. The
Student Government Council is
planning entertainment for these
girls. On Saturday night a party
will honor the visitors. The pro
gram for this function is entitled
“Introducing School Life at
Meredith,” and the guests them
selves will participate. Follow
ing the party open house will be
held in the Hut. There refresh
ments will be served, musical
entertainment furnished, and
recreational activities offered.
The day’s activities will close
Saturday at 10:00 p.m. when
the B. S. U. Council, with Betsy
Ann Morgan in charge, will pre
sent a candlelight service in the
court.
Little Theatre
Stages Production
The spring production of the
Meredith Little Theatre, “Let
ters to Lucerne,” will be pre
sented the latter part of April
or the first of May. The play will
be directed by Mr. Ainslie Pryor,
director of the Raleigh Little
Theatre and speech teacher at
Meredith.
Cast in the production, written
by Fritz Rotter and Allen Vin
cent, are Janie Nance, Mary
Beth Thomas, Betty Brooks,
Emma McPherson, Becky Bal
lentine, Sally Taylor, Mimi
Stacy, Mickey Bowen, and
Genie Jo White.
Jennie Lou Newbold and Har-
riette Littlejohn will be in
charge of staging the play, and
Catherine Campbell heads the
costume committee. Chris Bor
deaux will be in charge of prop
erties with Cathie Wishart in
charge of the lighting. The
make-up committee is headed by
Mary Humphrey. Programs and
publicity for the play are in
charge of Beth Boggs, and Jackie
Knott heads the business staff.
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