Exam Week
January 22-27
THE TWIG
Registration
January 31
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXIII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1949
Number 5
Varied Program Includes
Discussions, Open House
Emily Pool Directs
Activities For Week
of February 14-18
One of the highlights on the
Meredith calendar of events is
the week that is set aside early
in the second semester for Reli
gious Emphasis or Focus Week.
This year it will be Religious
Emphasis Week, which means
there will be fewer outside
speakers. February 14-18 is the
week that has been set aside.
Emily Pool, student chairman
of the week, announced that the
theme would be “Christ, The
Great Difference.” Speakers
will be Dr. Clarence Jordan
of Americus, Georgia, and Dr.
L. D. Johnson, pastor of the First
Baptist church of Danville, Vir
ginia. Dr. Jordan will speak at
the morning services, and Dr.
Johnson will lead the evening
worship services.
There are two new features in
the Religious Emphasis Week
program. The first of these is
the informal discussion groups
which will meet each afternoon
from 3:30 p.m.—5:00 p.m. Dr.
Jordan’s discussion will be on
“The Christian Way in Race
Relations,” and Dr. Johnson will
lead one on “Christianity’s Chief
Competitors.” These discussions
will take the place of the
seminars that have been held in
the past years. Another new
feature will be the open house
to be given in the Hut each night
after the evening service. At this
time the students will have the
opportunity to become better
acquainted with the guests
There will also be a party one
evening given in honor of the
visitors. To all of these meetings
and parties the entire student
body is invited. On Tuesday
afternoon from 4:30 p.m.—5:30
p.m. a tea for all faculty mem
bers will be held honoring the
two guest speakers of the week.
Much work has gone into
making this Religious Emphasis
Week the best week of the year.
Led by Emily Pool, the “commit
tee of one hundred” has worked
long and constantly. Committee
chairmen are Esther Green,
program; Betty Hefner, public
ity; Marguerite Leatherman,
hospitality; Dorothy Patrick,
music; Majorie Joyner, enter
tainment and recreation; Winnie
Fitzgerald, books and literature;
Betty Brooks, arrangements;
Elizabeth Jones, informal discus
sions; Betsy Ann Morgan, con
tinuation; and Eunice Andrews,
treasurer. Dr. Clyde Parker is
chairman of the faculty com
mittee.
The purpose of the week is to
bring the student’s religious life
more into her thinking and to
make Christianity the founda
tion upon which her life
activities will be built.
Miss Billie Ruth Currin is in
charge of all Religious Emphasis
Week activities.
DR. CLARENCE JORDAN
Pictured is Dr. Clarence Jordon,
who will be one of the speakers for
Religious Emphasis Week.
Author, Lecturer
Talks to Students
Lewis Mumford, noted author
and lecturer, spoke on “The Use
and Misuse of Utopias” in the
college auditorium on Tuesday
evening, January 18.
Mr. Mumford is a specialist in
architecture, and, in sensing that
architecture was an expression
of an age, he became an inter
preter of modern life. He writes
on the social problems of men
today in his Technics and Civili
zation, Condition of Man, Faith
for Living, Culture of Cities, and
other well-known books.
Mr. Mumford’s home is in
Amenia, New York, but for three
different periods this winter he
is serving as visiting lecturer at
State College, University of
North Carolina, and Woman’s
College.
MEREDITH GIRLS
ARE SPONSORS
Several Meredith girls were
in the figure which formed an
“N. C.” at the governor’s Inaugu
ral Ball on Thursday evening,
January 6. Acting as sponsors for
the occasion were Carolyn Bal-
lentine. Marguerite Leatherman,
Emelia Kutschinski, and Jose
phine Snow.
N.Y.To See
Reynolds
Art Exhibit
New York City will have the
opportunity to view the art
work of Douglas W. Reynolds
when his paintings are exhibited
at the Norlyst Gallery on West
56th Street on February 7. This
exhibit which consists of twenty-
six oils will be on display for
about two weeks.
Most of this work, which was
shown in the Meredith art gal
lery in the early fall, was painted
by Mr. Reynolds during the past
summer months. The exhibit,
designated on the program as
animistic paintings, emphasizes
energy and action by means of
rhythmic lines and tonal quali
ties. The subject matter varies,
but is predominantly animal life.
The artist is attempting to ex
press and to convey the thought
that objects have a soul or inner
energy of their own unrelated to
our general viewpoint of them.
One of Mr. Reynolds’ favorites
is the oil entitled “Imperturba
bility.” He has chosen animal
life in this oil to portray the
ability to remain calm. The
painting is large and the colors
are placid, yet they are clear
with a subdued brilliance that
effectively reflects the mood of
the picture to the spectator. The
type of coloring is more or less
typical of the entire exhibit and
lends itself quite well to the
purpose that is being expressed
in each picture.
Mr. Reynolds has programs of
his exhibit available that will be
sent upon request to any friends
of students or faculty living in
or around New York.
College Supports Annual
March of Dimes Drive
ChapelTalkGiven
Bv Mrs. McMillan
REGISTRATION FOR
SECOND SEMESTER
Date:
Monday, January 31
ALL STUDENTS
Time:
Freshmen and Sophomores
8:30 to 1:00
Juniors and Seniors
2:00 to 5:00
In chapel on Friday, January
14, Mrs. Vera Tart Marsh intro
duced to the assembled students
a speaker whose charm and
radiant personality once again
captivated her audience. She
was Mrs. R. L. MacMillan, head
of the State Chapter of the
National Polio Organization,
who spoke at Meredith last year
during the March of Dimes
Campaign. Mrs. MacMillan first
presented to Dr. Campbell a
book called I'he Challenge of
Polio to be placed in the
Meredith library; then she
showed a tiny figure of Terad,
the famous polio sufferer, which
the people of Utah had given her
for the North Carolina polio
workers. The grateful Utah citi
zens at the meeting of the
National Council on Polio told
Mrs. MacMillan that they wished
to present the figure to the
people of North Carolina for the
standard of excellence that they
had set in polio work.
In her plea for wholehearted,
one hundred per cent participa
tion in the Polio Drive, Mrs.
MacMillan mentioned the dis
tressing situations in other states
such as California, where there
were twenty-five hundred cases
in one county during one year.
She spoke of the inspiration
many had obtained from the
thought of Franklin D. Roose
velt’s conquering of “suffering,
distress, and frustration”.
She commended Meredith
students on their fine record of
polio participation last year,
stating that among the many
uses of this money, several of
the most important are its uses
in polio patients’ “follow-up
care,” the installation of polio
units in all of the state’s
hospitals, the carry-out of
research programs by the world’s
most brilliant scientists, the
training of nurses, and general
hospital care.
In concluding, Mrs. MacMillan
said that the notion was fast
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Campaign Directed By
Barbara Swanson,
Mrs. Vera T. Marsh
The Meredith College division
of the 1949 Infantile Paralysis
Campaign began on January 14
and will officially close on
January 31, the birthday of our
late President Franklin Roose
velt, who was a victim of infan
tile paralysis. The drive began
at Meredith at the chapel hour
on Friday morning, January 14,
with Mrs. R. L. McMillan, State
Adviser on Women’s Activities
of the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis, as speaker.
Serving as director for the
campaign is Mrs. Vera T. Marsh,
with Barbara Swanson as co
director. Mrs. Jim Reid and Jane
Lassiter are providing publicity
the campaign aided by
for
EXAMINATION SCHEDULE FOR FIRST SEMESTER, 1948-1949
Class Hours
TWO PROFESSORS
GO TO MEETINGS
Dr. Lillian Parker Wallace
and Dr. Julia Hamlet Harris
spoke to the student body in
chapel on Friday, January 7,
telling about conventions each
had attended during the Christ-
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T Th S 8:30
T Th S 9;30
T Th S 11:00
T TH S 12:00
T Th 2:00,3:00
M W F 1:00
M W F 8:30
M W F 9:30
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Time of Examination
Saturday 9:00
Saturday 2:00
Monday 9:00
Monday 2:00
Tuesday 9:00
Tuesday 9:00
Tuesday 2:00
Wednesday 9:00
Wednesday 2:00
Thursday 9:00
Thursday 2:00
M W F 11:00 —January 26
M W F 12:00 —January 27
M W F 2:00, 3:00—January 27
In all college-credit courses an examination covering the work of the semester will be given. The
examination period is two hours in length, with an additional fifteen minutes allowed for the re
examination and completion of papers.
Examinations in required physical education will be given during the last two class meetings. The
examination for the four sections of health education will be arranged.
Examinations for classes not meeting at the hours listed above will be arranged by the instruc
tors concerned for free periods during examination week. The instructors are requested to submit
a list of such examination to the Dean of the College.
Examinations in applied music will be scheduled by the Music Department during the examina
tion week.
Unless excused in advance by her instructor and the Dean, every student is expected to report
for her examinations.
No variations will be made without advance agreement between the instructor and Dean. Con
flicts in the schedule should be reported in the office of the Dean. A fee of two dollars will be
charged for individual examinations whenever authorized.
Frankie Ward and Marjorie Wil
liams, who are in charge of
making posters. The campus is
divided into groups composed of
the four dormitories and the non
resident group, with a faculty
member sponsoring the group
reports. Peggy Benbow, Carol
Parker, and Leigh Hicks are
serving as chairmen for their
respective halls in Jones Dormi
tory, with Miss Rachel Rosen-
berger as report sponsor. Betty
Jo Tysinger, Mary Lou Dawkins,
and Julia Parker are the Fair-
cloth chairmen, with Miss
Phyllis Cunningham as report
sponsor. Vann Dormitory has as
its chairmen Ruth Griffin and
Martha Smith, with Miss Mae
Grimmer sponsoring the report.
In Stringfield Dormitory Jean
Miller, Marguerite Leatherman,
and Virginia Buckner are acting
as chairmen, with Miss Edith
Pratt as sponsor. Chairmen for
the non-resident group are Doris
Lee and Betsy Jordan, with Miss
Jane Greene acting as report
sponsor. Members of the faculty
are being solicited by Miss Lucy
Ann Neblett in the arts building.
Miss Helen Parker in the science
building. Miss Ruth Woodman in
the music building, and Miss
Doris Peterson in the physical
education. Miss Myrtle Barnette,
assisted by Mrs. Esther Coving
ton, will have charge of pledges
from the administrative staff.
It is understood, however, that
the drive will be considered in
complete and unsuccessful unless
every member of the student
body, the faculty, and staff
makes a contribution to THE
MARCH OF DIMES, which is
this year designated as THE
MARCH OF DOLLARS. The
question may be asked, “How
much should I give?” The
answer should be, “As little as a
dime—as much as your heart
tells you.”
TEACHER SPEAKS
TO MUSIC GROUP
The study group of the Raleigh
Music Club held its regular
meeting on Monday evening at
8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. A. J.
Fletcher, 909 Glenwood Avenue.
Miss Doris Peterson of the
physical education department
at Meredith College discussed
the chapter on “the dance” as
set forth in E. J. Stringham’s
book on Listening to Music
Creatively.