Mother^s Day
May 9
Volume XXII
THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1948
Registration
May 5-13
Number 12
Deep Mystery Shrouds Faculty Presentation
BSU Recreates
And Plans For
Year To Come
Both old and new B. S. U.
Councils of N. C. State, Wake
Forest, and Meredith Colleges
will meet for a joint B. S. U.
picnic next Saturday, May 15.
It will be held at the lake and
picnic grounds at Wake Forest
College from 4 p.m. until 8:30
p.m. The appropriate dress will
be blue jeans.
The State College B. S. U. is
in charge of entertainment for
Saturday afternoon. Ed Smith,
social vice president for this
year, is planning recreation con
sisting of horseshoes and soft-
ball.
Myrt Davis, social vice presi
dent from Wake Forest, is in
charge of the picnic supper
which will be served at 6 o’clock.
Evening entertainment is being
planned by Meredith’s Betty
Brooks, this year’s social vice
president, is arranging the recre
ation. It will consist of a stunt
from each college put on by
their entire council, a “Fish”
Quartet and group singing.
After this planned program
the group will adjourn to the
Wake Forest B. S. U. Recreation
Room. Here they will attend
their regular Saturday night
social.
Retreat
B. S. U. Spring Retreat was
held this year at College Park
Baptist Church in Greensboro,
April 23-24, with W.C.U.N.C. as
hostess. Don Shropshire, presi
dent from Carolina, presided
over the meeting. The program
included worship services, re
ports from various colleges,
and most important. Council
Officer’s Clinics for the pur
pose of instructing new B. S. U.
officers. Miss Maxine Barver,
director of religious activities at
W. C., spoke Friday evening;
and Miss Frances Barbour,
an associate in the South
wide Student Department of
Nashville, spoke Saturday morn
ing. The closing service con
sisted of an installation of State
officers and a message by Jimmy
Ray, after which the W.C. Coun
cil entertained at the Student
Center with an informal open-
house.
All of Meredith’s new B.S.U.
Council, along with Miss Billie
Ruth Currin, and Gloria Mayer,
attended the Retreat.
Alice In Wonderland Has
Air of Darkest Secrecy
WHO?
Music Department Presents
Faculty and Student Recitals
MRS. MARSH RETURNS
FROM CONVENTION
Mrs. Vera Tart Marsh, Regis
trar of the College, has returned
from Philadelphia where she at
tended the 34th national con
vention of the American Asso
ciation of Collegiate Registrars.
During the convention one after
noon was set aside in order that
the delegates might visit the
colleges and universities in and
around Philadelphia. The dele
gates to the convention were
royally entertained at Temple
University at a dinner which
was called “A Pennsylfawnish
Deitsch Press.” All the food
was cooked according to the best
traditions of the Dutch, Mrs.
March says, and the hospitality
was such as one would expect
of the citizens of the City of
Brotherly Love. At the regional
luncheon, Mrs. Marsh acted as
official hostess for the southern
group of delegates. She also
served as a substitute member
of one of the national commit
tees. In addition to being the
official delegate from Meredith,
Mrs. Marsh represented the state
in her capacity as President of
the North Carolina Association
of University and College Reg
istrars.
Faculty Play Given
For Each Generation
Seniors, Sophomores
Tahe Examinations
Stuart Pratt Gives
Annual Piano Concert
Classes Held To Aid
New Campus Officers
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On Friday, April 30, the first
of a series of three consecutive
parliamentary procedure classes
was held at 1:30 p.m. The pur
pose of the classes is to attain
correct, smooth running, and
efficient procedure in the campus
organizations. Anyone may at
tend the classes, but they are
held especially for the new offi
cers of the clubs and organiza
tions on the campus.
The Meredith College Depart
ment of Music presented Stuart
Pratt, pianist, in a recital May 5.
Mr. Pratt is head of the piano
department. The program was
composed of the following selec
tions:
I
Sonata in C Minor Scarlatti
Sonata in G Major Scarlatti
Choral Prelude, “I Step Before
Thy Throne” Bach-Petri
Sonata in A Major Mozart
II
32 Variations in C Minor Beethoven
III
In the Night Schumann
Nocturne in B Major Chopin
Andante spirato and Polonaise
Brillante, Op. 22 Chopin
IV
La Terrasse des audiences au
Clair de lune Debussey
V
Toccata Khachaturian
Nancy Jo Massey Has
Graduation Recital
STRINGFIELD AND VANN
GIVE SEMI-FORMAL DINNER
The second in the series of
semi-formal dinners was held in
the dinning hall at 6:15, Wed
nesday evening. May 5th. Guests
for the evening were the dates
of the students in Vann and
Stringfield dormitories. Plans
for the dinner and entertain
ment were under the direction
of Catherine Campbell and Lena
Glenn Highfill, presidents of the
two dormitories.
Entertainment for the even
ing was furnished by students
from Vann and Stringfield. A
musical program was presented
by Frances Ann Estridge, Jean
Olive, Doris Terrell, Bettie
Compton, Norma Fagan, and
Marguerite Leatherman. A short
skit written and given by Erlene
Carter and Margaret Washburn
ended the program for the even
ing.
The graduation recital of
Nancy Jo Massey, senior voice
major, will be presented by the
Meredith College Department of
Music in the college auditorium
tomorrow night at 8:00. She will
have as marshals Melba Byrd,
Thelma Haigler, Frances Simp
son, and Jean Wilson. The pro
gram will be as follows:
I
My Heart Ever Faithful Bach
Come Sweet Death Bach
Alma mia from “Floridante” Handel
Alleluja from “Exultate” Mozart
II
Ave Maria Schubert
Die Forelle Schubert
- 4-,. Faure
Chere Niut Bachelet
III
Recitative and Aria; Estrano and
Ah forse ’e liu Verdi
IV
The Star Rogers
My Johann Grieg
Tell Me, O Blue, Blue Sky Giannini
Song of the Open La Forge
(Continued on page four)
DEATH NOTICE
“Letters To Lucerne,” the
Meredith Little Theatre’s
Spring production, has gone
to the dead letter office. This
was due largely to conflicting
dates, both in rehearsal per
iods and actual proposed dates
for the performance. It is
evident that the school needs
a revival of interest in dra
matics on the part of the stu
dent body if the Meredith
Little Theatre is to stay alive.
The tremendous amount of
extra-curricular activities that
come toward the end of the
year make it almost impossi
ble for some girls to do jus
tice to any chosen one. We
sincerely hope that this fact
will be realized in time for
the Meredith Little Theatre to
successfully produce a show
during the coming Fall season.
Last week the Seniors and
Sophomores were excused from
classes to take the required ex
aminations which are given an
nually to the two classes of
students all over the country.
The purpose of the examina
tions is to determine the general
status of education as a whole,
and to note the progress made
by students from year to year.
Individual and group grades are
correlated to check on general
progress and improvement.
There were two different ses
sions of the examinations which
covered topics such as social
studies, natural sciences, biolog
ical sciences, general mathemat
ics, literature, the arts, effective
ness of expression, and vocabu
lary tests. All Seniors were
given advanced tests in their
major fields.
FRESHMEN AND TRANSFERS
HONORED BY COUNSELLORS
The freshmen, transfers, and
their dates were honored by an
Open House held in the hut on
Sunday afternoon, April 25,
from four to five o’clock. The
hostesses for the occasion were
Ann Wallis, Chief Counsellor,
Miss Grant, Faculty Advisor;
and the freshman and transfer
counsellors.
As the guests arrived, they
were entertained with music by
Billie Hart at the piano. During
the hour special music was pre
sented by Jennie Lou Newbold,
Elizabeth Zulalian, Nancy Hall,
Elizabeth Zimmerman, Addie
Elliott, and Jean Olive. The
guests were served punch, cook
ies, and peanuts. Chairmen for
the affair were Marianna Worth,
arrangements; Mary Frances
Carpenter, refreshments; and
Emma McPherson, program.
Under an air of mystery the
faculty continues to practice for
their forthcoming production of
Alice in Wonderland. All efforts
are being made to keep the iden
tity of the cast members secret
as the object of the performance
is to keep the student body
guessing right up until the ac
tual play begins as to which
members of the faculty are
taking parts in the acting. Those
members not participating in
the acting will serve on the var-
i o u s production committees.
This is one presentation in which
the entire faculty takes part.
The traditions of presenting
Alice in Wonderland once dur
ing every college generation
goes back to the first time it was
given in the year 1924. Since
that time the student body has
been treated to the all-faculty
production every four years.
Two faculty members who ap
peared in the original cast of the
first performance are still ap
pearing in the play in the same
roles that they first played in
1924. They are Dr. Lillian
Parker Wallace and Dr. E. F.
Canady.
The invitation of the evening
will be to “come back to child
hood with Alice and her queer
comarades i n Wonderland.”
Some of the characters appear
ing with Alice will be the Cater
pillar, the White Rabbit, the
Cook, the Cheshire Cat, the Ex
ecutioner, Humpty-Dumpty, the
March Hare, the Hatter, the
Doormouse, the Gryphon, the
Mock Turtle, the Queen of
Hearts, the King of Hearts, the
Duchess, Tweedledum and
Tweedledee, the Lobster, and
the Lords and Ladies of the
Court.
A quote from a former issue
of The Twig will give students
some idea of the popularity of
the play. The article ran, “The
presentation on Saturday night
was indeed a howling success.”
As for the attendance, “. . . they
came out promptly and in im
mense numbers, the first seven
or eight rows of seats being
taken an hour and a half before
the appointed time. Such a fond
ness for front seats was shown
that chairs blocked the aisles in
such a manner as to call forth
action on the part of the fire
chief.” According to that report,
the audience may well come
prepared for anything.
Arrival of Spring
Brings About Picnics
The Senior Class will be hon
ored on May 18, by the Faculty
with a picnic to be held at
Allen’s Pond. Miss Baker will
be in charge of arrangements
for the picnic.
The Freshmen have decided
to prepare themselves for the
final examinations by having a
class picnic on May 15 from five
o’c 1 o c k until seven - thirty.
Mickey MacArthur has been
made chairman of a committee
to work out all necessary de
tails.
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