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THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
A Last Look
Volume XXII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1948
Number 13
Commencement Program Begins Friday, May 38
Program Features Concert,
Baccalaureate Addresses
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS
Pictured above i^s Dr. James Dawson, who will deliver the Baccalaureate Sermon on Sunday, May 30. Dr.
Donald A. Stauffer, right, will give the Baccalaureate Address on Monday, May 31, at 10:30 a.m.
Student Concert
Heralds Finals
The first event in the series
of graduation exercises will be
the Commencement Concert
which will be held next Friday
night at 8:00 p.m. in the college
auditorium. The concert is pre
sented by the Music Department.
Junior, senior, and graduate
music majors will take part on
the program. The Glee Club,
under the direction of Miss
Beatrice Donley, will also give
a group of numbers. The eve
ning’s program will be as fol
lows :
Voice—Alma del core Caldara
Se tu m’ami ^..Pergolesi
Jean Wilson, ’49, Soprano
Frances Smith, '49, at the piano
Organ—Andantino in G minor Franck
Jean Daniel, ’49
Voice—Allerseelen Strauss
Zueignung Strauss
Katherine Lewis, ’49, Soprano
Virginia Campbell, ’48, at the piano
Piano—Papillous, Op. 2 Schumann
Sue Jarvis, ’49
Voice—Recit et air de Lia from
'L’Enfant Prodigue” Debussy
Jennie Lou Newbold, '49, Soprano
Jean Fleming, ’49, at the piano
Organ—Fourth Symphony Widor
Andante Cantabile
Finale-Allegro
Dorothy Patrick, ’49
Piano—Sonata in C major. Op. l....Brahms
Virginia Campbell, ’48
Voice—Bird of the Wilderness, Horsman
Velvet Shoes Thompson
Joy Watts
Nancy Hall, ’49, Soprano
Billie Hart, ’49, at the piano
Piano—Hungarian Rhapsody, No 6. ..Liezt
Emily Hine, A.B. ’47
(Candidate for the degree of Bachelor
of Music, ’48)
Glee Club-
Flower of Dreams Clokey
Soul-Star Bantock
Moon-Marketing Weaver
Sunruner Holst
Follow Me Down to Carlew Fletcher
Beatrice Donley, Director
Virginia Campbell, ’48, at the piano
Faculty, Friends
Entertain Seniors
During the last month of their
life at Meredith, the members
of the Senior Class have been
extensively honored by mem
bers of the faculty and friends.
On Monday afternoon. May
10, President and Mrs. Campbell
gave their annual senior tea at
the hut from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00
p.m. Dr. and Mrs. Campbell
were assisted in receiving by
Dean and Mrs. Charles Burts
and Mr. and Mrs. Martin.
EXPECTED ENROLMENT
According to the records in
Dr. Campbell’s office, there will
be a total of one hundred and
forty-seven new students at
Meredith next year. One hun
dred and twenty-one of these
new students will be freshmen.
The other twenty-one are trans
fer students, six of these plan
ning to bd day students.
Refreshments of fruit punch,
cheese wafers, sandwiches, mac
aroons, nuts, and cakes in the
class colors of lavender and gold
were served. Dr. Wallace and
Miss Grant presided over the
punch bowl and were assisted
in serving by Ella Mae Shirley,
Elizabeth Jones, Alice Tuttle,
Betsy Ann Morgan, Marjorie
Joyner, and Virginia Campbell.
At the regular meeting of the
Raleigh chapter of the A.A.U.W.
May 13, at 8:00 p.m., members
of the Senior Class were guests
of honor. Speaker for the oc
casion was Miss Ella Stephens
Barrett, Vocational Guidance
Director for the State Depart
ment of Public Instruction, on
the subject, “Vocational Oppor
tunities in the World of Tomor
row.” Mrs. Fred Ferreil ex
plained to the guests the quail
fications for membership in the
A.A.U.W. Refreshments were
served with the recent graduates
as hostesses.
On May 16, Mrs. J. Wilbur
Bunn of Raleigh was at home to
the members of the Senior Class
between the hour of 5:00 and
6:00 p.m. honoring her niece,
Betty Davis.
The senior majors in religion
were honored by Dr. and Mrs.
McLain on Monday, May 10. A
picnic snpper was served in the
outdoor kitchen, after which the
guests entertained themselves
Continued on page 4
Senior Presents
Voice Recital
The Meredith College Depart
ment of Music presented Eliza
beth Zimmerman, soprano, in a
graduation recital May 12. Her
marshals were Virginia Camp
bell, Doris Concha, Elva Gres
ham, and Nancy Hall. The pro
gram was as follows:
The commencement exer
cises for the 1948 term will
begin Friday, May 28, and will
continue through Monday,
May 31. The program will be
as follows:
Friday May 28
8:00 p.m Annual
commencement concert
Saturday, May 29
9:30 a.m ...Annual Meeting
of Kappa Nu Sigma
10:45 a.m. Meeting of
Alumnae Association
Margaret Craig Martin
A.B., A.M., President
Address:
Dr. Sara W. Briggs
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
1:00 p.m.....Alumnae Luncheon
Toastmaster:
Carolyn Parker Liles
4:30 p.m Class Day '
8:00 p.m Society Night
Sunday, May 30
11:00 a.m Baccalaureate
Sermon
Dr. James M. Dawson
Secretary of the American
Baptist Public Relations
Committee
4:30 p.m Organ Recital
Dr. Harry E. Cooper
Professor of Organ, Meredith
College
5:30 p.m. ............Step Singing
8:30 p.m Senior Vespers
9:30 p.m Reception for
Parents
Monday, May 31
10:30 a.m Baccalaureate
Address
Dr. Donald A. Stauffer
Chairman of the Department
of English at Princeton
University
O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave
Me? from “Semele” Handel
Quel ruscelletto Paradies
Aria—Porgi, amor, from "Le
Nozze di Figaro” Mozart
Recitative and Aria—With Verdure
Clad from the “Creator” Haydn
II
Ouvre tes yeux bleus Massenet
Mandoline Debussy
Chanson provencale Dell’ .Acqua
HI
Aria—Theme and Variations Proch
IV
Sure On This Shining Night Barber
A Nun Takes The Veil Barber
The Secrets Of The Old Barber
Nocturne Barber
Blackbird’s Song Scott
Love Was Once A Little Boy Wade
The Russian Nightingale, AlablefF-Liebling
Flute obligato, Bertha Wilson
Midsummer Worth
ABOUT ANNUALS
The annual staff of Virginia
Campbell has now completed
their task of compilating,
computing, or what-have-you,
and hope to present the 1947-
48 issue of the “Oak Leaves”
to the student body on or
around May 24. The dedica
tion of the “Oak Leaves” to
some as yet undisclosed fac
ulty member will be made in
chapel Friday, May 21, by
editor Virginia.
It is the hope of this year’s
annual staff that the students,
faculty, and friends of Mere
dith will derive the satisfac
tion and enjoyment from their
1947-48 annual that the staff
has worked so hard to give
them.
Seniors Complete
Class Day Plans
On Saturday afternoon, May
29, the annual Class Day exer
cises will take place at 4:30 p.m.
in the grove. Taking part will be
the Sophomore Class and the
graduating Senior Class.
The processional and reces
sional by the seniors to and from
the grove will be between the
daisy chain made by the Sopho
more Class, the seniors’ Little
Sisters. Since this is an even
year, the even songs will be sung
by the two classes, and the sen
iors will give sticks and stones
to their Little Sisters. The sen
iors will make their presenta
tion of their class gift, and the
prophecies and wills will be
read. A skit, the theme of which
is secret, will be given by the
seniors at that time.
Ronnie Hollomon and Fran
Thompson are writing the senior
skit. Catherine Campbell is in
charge of costumes for the skit,
with Mary Frances Craig re
sponsible for the properties.
Jean Outlaw will handle the
staging, and Rhea Harmon is in
charge of the microphone. Fran
ces Land is in charge of the pro
grams. Frances Alexander is
editor of the prophecy and will
book, and Emma McPherson is
chairman of the sticks and stones
committee. Lefty Pugh will be
song leader for the occasion.
Dr. J. M. Dawson, who will
deliver the baccalaureate ser
mon, is Executive Secretary of
the American Baptist Public Re
lations Committee. He was born
at Maypearl near Waxahache,
Texas and received his education
in the public schools and at
Baylor University at Waco.
Since his graduation in 1904, he
has been honored with the de
gree of D.D. from Baylor and
LL.D. from Howard Payne Col
lege.
Dr. Dawson has occupied a
number of denominational po
sitions such as Assistant Secre
tary Texas Baptist Education
Commission, founder of the
Western Evangel, a Baptist
newspaper published in Abilene
for some years, but which merg
ed with the,,Texas Baptist Stan
dard, the -’latter of which he
edited 190'7-08. Resigning from
journalistic work, he became
pastor at Hillsboro, Texas; later
at Temple, Texas, and in 1914,
pastor of the First Baptist
Church, in Waco.: He; continued
as pastor there until August 1946
when he began occupying the
position he now holds. His resi
dence is in Washington, D. C.
He has served on many of the
denominational boards such as
Baylor University Board of Trus
tees, Baptist Standard Board of
Directors, Texas Baptist Con
vention Executive Board, and as
president of the Southern Bap
tist Convention Executive Com
mittee.
Dr. Dawson is the author of
many books, his most recent
being a commemorative volume
in the centennial celebration of
Texas Baptists during 1948.
Dr. Donald A. Stauffer, chair
man of the department of Eng
lish at Princton University, will
be commencement speaker at
the graduation exercises on May
31. He is a graduate of Oxford
University, a Rhodes Scholar;
and an author of many books on
English literature. During the
recent war. Dr. Stauffer served
three years with the United
States Marines as a captain and
a major. During 1943-1944 he
served in the South and West
Pacific as an Air Combat Intelli
gence officer.
He is a trustee and member
of the editorial board of the
Princeton University Press, a
member of the editorial board
of the American Scholar, and the
Modern Langpage Association.
ANNUALJTEP-SINGING
On Sunday afternoon. May 30,
the traditional step-singing will
be held. Students of each class,
all dressed in white, gather on
the steps of Johnson Hall to sing
the Meredith songs. The presi
dent of the Senior Class gives
her cap and gown to the presi
dent of ; the incoming Senior;
Class, and; the seniors, singing
“The Queen .of Our Hearts,’!
march off into the grove to elect
their permanent class officers.
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