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THE TWIG
P L ( O Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College OPROW
Volume XXIII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1948
Number 2
Classes Compete For Palio and Stunt Awards
Festivities
Founders’ Day
On November 5
8:30 a.m.-10:25 a.m. Classes as
usual — there will he no
more classes or lahs for the
day.
11:00 a.m. Founders’ Day pro
gram.
4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Reception
for faculty, student body,
and others connected with
the school.
DR. CAMPBELL
MAKES VISIT
TO COLUMBIA
Banner To Be Awarded
Golden anniversaries are al
ways special events, and this
year Meredith looks forward
with added interest to her fiftieth
Founders’ Day. This is the day
on which each year Meredith
College honors her founders.
It all began back in 1835 when
Thomas Meredith proposed to
the Baptist Convention that a
school for North Carolina Baptist
girls be founded. The convention
did nothing definite about the
proposal until fifty-four years
later in 1889. In 1891 the school
was chartered and a board of
trustees appointed. Then follow
ed a campaign to raise funds for
building the college. O. L.
Stringfield, who is said to have
raised nearly one hundred
thousand dollars, was the lead
ing figure in this enterprise.
Eight years later in 1899 the
school was completed.
This first building was what
is now the Mansion Park Hotel
which is located in downtown
Raleigh. The original name of
the college was the Baptist
Female University. But in 1905
the name was changed to the
Baptist University for women,
and finally, in 1909, it became
Meredith College in honor of
Thomas Meredith.
By 1926 the college had grown
so that its first location became
inadequate and the school was
moved to its present site.
President Carlyle Campbell
attended the inauguration of I
Dwight D. Eisenhower as the
thirteenth president of Colum
bia University.
In the academic procession
for the installation ceremonies
on Tuesday, October 12, presi
dent Campbell represented
Meredith College among the
presidents and representatives
from more than 310 American
colleges and universities. Also
there were representatives from
thirty-four foreign universities.
The procession included the
University council, trustees, and
other officials of Columbia.
After the traditional presenta
tion of the Columbia Keys and
Charter to the new president.
General Eisenhower delivered
his inaugural address. He stated
in his address the belief that
free men of today cannot afford
to remain neutral in the conflict
between democracies and the
police states.
President Eisenhower assert
ed that men of different views
in our own country are able to
live together in peace because
their “certain common aspira
tions” matter more to them than
differences. “But,” he added,
“democracy and the police state
have no common purposes,
methods, or aspirations.”
“Today’s challenge to free
dom and to every free institu
tion is such that none of us dares
to stand alone,” he declared, add
ing, “for human freedom today
is threatened by regimented stat-
ism.” He emphasized that “In
today’s struggle no free man, no
free institution, can be neutral;
all must be joined in a common
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Dr. Charles W. Burts
To Become President
Shorter College is to have a
new president. The trustees and
faculty of S h o r te r College.
Rome, Georgia, have issued in
vitations to the president and
registrar of Meredith College to
the installation ceremonies at
which Dr. Charles W. Burts
former dean of Meredith, will be
inaugurated as president of
Shorter College on November
10, at 11:00 a.m.
More than one hundred edu
cational institutions are expected
to be represented at the event.
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Pictured above is a scene from last year’s Palio activities. Maxine
Bissette, then vice-president of the victorious junior class, is receiving
the Palio banner from Dr. Helen Price who awards the banner to the
winner of Palio each year.
Seniors Teaching
In City Schools
The sixteen Meredith students
seen lately hurrying to and from
their student teaching pretty
well cover all of the elementary
city schools of Raleigh. The city
high schools are represented,
too, by Meredith seniors, and
these girls will be listed in the
next issue of the Twig.
Student Teachers
Jean Seagrove can be found
almost any morning in the kin
dergarten at Ravenscroft. Her
suitemates, Joyce Moore and
Marie Snelling, are teaching the
first and second grades respec
tively at Hayes-Barton School,
with Jean Gaddy Freeman help
ing with the fourth grade there.
At Fred A. Olds are Mary Lou
Culler and Joyce Williams,
teaching the third grade, and
Helen Carr, Eleanor Lockamy,
Iris Scarborough, and Jean Wil
son teaching public school music.
Elise Rhyne is teaching the third
grade at Wiley and Eloise
Thomas the third at Boylan
Heights. At Murphy, Bobbie
Stone is teaching in the sixth
grade. Finally, there are three
music teachers at Thompson:
Frances Smith, Frances Spruill,
and Joyce Harrell.
Wake Alumnae Chapter
Holds First Meeting
The first fall meeting of the
Wake County Chapter of Mere
dith Alumnae was held on Mon
day evening, October 18, in the
Hut on the Meredith campus.
Approximately fifty members
of the chapter heard the speak
er of the evening. Dr. Mary
Lynch Johnson, associate pro
fessor of English at the college.
Dr. Johnson reviewed for the
alumnae some of the highlights
of her summer trip to England
and Scotland with her traveling
companion, lone Kemp Knight,
of Philadelphia. Describing a
town in which she and her com
panion retraced a walking tour
of Scotland which William
Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor
Coleridge, and Dorothy Words
worth made in 1803, Dr. Johnson
stated that they found much un
changed by the time elapse of
one hundred and forty-five
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Community Chest Goal
Is Announced By Team
The Community Chest Drive
opened on the Meredith College
campus October 25 with: a goal
of $850.00. Dr. John Yarborough
and Barbara Swanson were in
charge of the drive.
A meeting for the Meredith
team of workers was held Fri
day night, October 22, in the
Marine Room of the Parker
House restaurant. Team mem
bers present were Dr. Yar
borough, Barbara Swanson, Miss
Phyllis Cunningham, Dr. Ralph
McLain, Miss Lucy Ann Neblett,
Mr. David Wilmot, Miss Jane
Green, Miss Mae Grimmer, Mr.
Edwards, Rosalind Pool, Emma
Lee Hough, LaVerne Harris and
Maxine Bissette.
Last year Meredith College
raised $829.00. The team this
year is working not only to
reach the goal, but also to obtain
a one hundred per cent student-
faculty contribution.
To Be Held
Tomorrow
Tomorrow afternoon at 2:00
p.m., Meredith College’s annual
homecoming festivities will be
gin with the Palio procession
down the front drive. Under the
leadership of Betty Jo Pitman,
vice-president of the Athletic
Association, class vice-presi
dents have mapped out activi
ties for the occasion. They are
Eunice Andrews, senior; Betty
Moore, junior; Betty Jane
Hedgepeth, sophomore; and Bar
bara Cross, freshman.
The Palio procession includes
horses, American flag bearers
and guards, the Palio banner,
the marshal on horseback, the
band, caricature faculty heads,
clowns, and wagons.
Other Events
Original clown stunts intro
ducing each class’ theme will
be presented, followed by the
classes marching up the drive to
form their numerals. The class
with the class of ’48 coming in
participation will be rewarded
with reserved seats for Stunt.
The traditional bicycle and
horse races will follow the class
clown stunts and the alumnae
stunt. After the singing of orig
inal class songs on the steps of
Johnson Hall, awards will be
presented to the various winners
as Palio is officially brought to
a close.
Last year’s winner was the
class of ’49 with its theme of
“World Peace.” Taking second
place was the class of ’51, hav
ing “Granma’s Donut Shop” as
their theme.
The original class stunts will
be presented tomorrow evening
at 8:00 p. m. in the auditorium.
Marty Davis, president of the
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A Look Into Meredith*s
Finances For the Year
Gastonia To Be Scene
Of B.S.U. Convention
Chartered buses filled to ca
pacity with Meredith girls will
leave the college on November
12. The girls will be on their
way to join a large number of
students from various parts of
the state at the annual North
Carolina B.S.U. Convention for
an eventful three days. The con
vention will be held in the First
Baptist Church of Gastonia, of
which the pastor is Dr. V. Ward
Barr.
After registering and having
refreshments, the students will
go to the homes of people in
Gastonia with whom they will
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The never ending flow of
money that passes in and out of
the bursar’s office is appalling
to one who does not know just
how that money is circulated. In
the following article only some
of the many financial aspects of
the college are discussed. It is
our hope that this insight into
Meredith’s finances will give
you a better understanding of
just where your money goes.
Total expense for one semes
ter at Meredith is set at three
hundred dollars, making a total
of six hundred dollars for the
year per student. Tuition for the
semester is figured on the fol
low basis: $127.50 for tuition,
fees, library, athletics, and the
infirmary service. Room ex
pense is $42.50 and board is
$300.00.
It is supposed by many that
the amount we pay per year
maintains our stay here at Mere
dith. However, this is not true,
for in reality we only pay ap
proximately three-fourths of the
total cost. That is, we only pay
$600.00 whereas it cost the
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WHO’S WHO
The Twig has just found
out that the following girls
have been elected to Who’s
Who Among Students In
American Universities and
Colleges. Those elected are
Maxine Bissette, president of
the senior class; Magdalene
Creech, editor of the Oak
Leaves; Ella Mae Shirley,
vice-president of the student
government; Barbara Swan
son, president of the student
government; Dorothy Swarin-
gen, chief counselor; and
Marjorie Wilson, president of
the B. S. U.
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