THE TWIG
Meredith College Library
Raleigh, N. C.
Junior-Senior
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXIII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1949
Number 9
Girls Given
Guidance in
V ocations
Results of the Student
Body Survey Announced
In continuation of Meredith
College’s year-’round Vocational
Guidance program for students,
Harry K. Dorsett, chairman of
the faculty committee on voca
tional information, has an
nounced the results of a recent
student body survey on voca
tional preferences, together with
plans for an intensive period of
conferences with students be
ginning Friday, April 15 and
continuing through May 13, for
the purpose of helping the stu
dents choose vocations for which
they are suited.
Students were asked to fill out
questionnaires with information
regarding their choice of voca
tions earlier this semester. Data
from these sheets was compiled
and tabulated by the faculty
committee, and conference
periods arranged for each group
of students interested in related
fields. The first such period was
held on Friday afternoon, April
15, beginning at four p.m., at
which time faculty and staff
members met with three of the
sixty different groups.
Those anticipating vocations
in the social work field will meet
in the sociology department;
window display, art and design
ing, in the art department; and
business and advertising, in the
business department. The dis
cussion periods will cover all
phases of information regarding
the specific vocation each stu
dent is interested in.
Chairman Dorsett states that
further plans for student aid in
the vocational fields will include
interest, aptitude and person
ality tests for those students
expressing a desire to take them,
as well as individual conferences
and arrangements for on-the-job
training experience for several
who have requested it.
Other members of the faculty
committee on vocational infor
mation are Dean Leishman A.
Peacock, Doctors Lillian Parker
Wallace and Ralph McLain, Miss
Leslie Syron, and Stuart Pratt.
DR. JOHNSON LECTURES
Graduation Recital
Presented Here
Pictured above is Dr. L. D. Johnson, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Danville, Virginia, speaking to
a group of Meredith students in the seminar held from April 12-14 at the college.
Final Elections
For the Year Held
On Saturday evening, April
9, Katherine Lewis, senior voice
major, presented her graduation
recital in the college auditorium.
She was accompanied by Vir
ginia Campbell at the piano.
Miss Lewis entertained the
faculty and friends at a recep
tion in the Blue Parlor after the
following program;
I
Lungi dal caro bene Secchi
Se I’aura spira Frescobaldi
Amarilli Caccini
Aria—As When the Dove Laments Her
Love from “Acis and Galathea”....Handel
II
An die Musik Schubert
Der Nussbaum Schumann
Allerseelen Strauss
Zueignung Strauss
III
Psyche Paladilhe
Romance Debussy
Fleur jetee Faure
IV
Aria—Ah! Je veux vivre from
"Romeo et Juliette ’ Gounod
V
Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind Quitter
Lullaby Scott
Cuckoo Lehmann
My Lover, He Comes on a Skee
Clough-Leighter
Her marshals for the evening
were Edith Cooper, Jennie Lou
Newbold, Madelyn Clinard, and
Mary Dixon Cox.
The final elections for this
year have been held and the
results are as follows:
Nominated for president of
The Little Theatre were Gazelle
Moore and Chris Williamson; for
Astro president, Charlotte Bow
man and Mimi Stacy; for Phila-
r e t i a n president. Marguerite
Leatherman; for second vice-
president of the Baptist Student
Union, Faye Nichols, and Helen
Walker; for secretary of the
Student Government Council,
Marjorie Joyner and Shirley
Bone; for secretary of the Bap
tist Student Union, Jerry Staton
and Rosalyn Poole; for secretary
of the Athletic Association, Sue
Fitzgerald and Janet Tatum.
The results of this election
were as follows: Gazelle Moore
was elected president of The
Little Theatre. Gazelle has been,
prior to this office, a member
of the Little Theatre, Sigma
Alpha Iota, Hoof-Print Club,
sophomore business manager
of Oak Leaves, sergeant-at-arms
of Astro Society, treasurer of
The Little Theatre, sophomore
representative to the S. G. Coun
cil, and a freshman counsellor.
Charlotte Bowman was elected
Astro president for the coming
year. Prior to this office, Char
lotte has been social vice-presi
dent of the B. S. U. Council,
vice-president of Sigma Alpha
Iota, member of the MacDowell
Music Club, Choir, accompanist
for the Glee Club, member of
I. R. C., on committee of one
hundred for Religious Emphasis
Week, a Little Theatre pledge,
and in Stunt.
Marguerite Leatherman was
chosen president of Philaretia.
Marguerite has been vice-presi
dent of Philaretia, vice-president
of Stringfield Dormitory, chair
man of the hospitality committee
for Religious Emphasis Week,
on the March of Dimes commit
tee, and chairman of the WSSF
drive. The newly elected second
vice-president of the B. S. U. is
Faye Nichols, who has been
vice-president of Y. W. A. circle,
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Gunnar Johansen
Presents Concert Here
Meredith students and faculty
thoroughly enjoyed a concert by
Gunnar Johansen, Danish-Amer-
ican pianist and composer, dur
ing the chapel period on Thurs
day April 7. Mr. Johansen also
played on the following Friday
night in a concert open to the
public. His listeners were not
only delighted by his playing
but by Mr. Johansen himself.
Begins Career Early
Gunnar Johansen was born in
Copenhagen in 1906. His first
teacher was his father, and later
he continued his studies in Ber
lin. He gave his first concert at
the age of twelve. He toured
Europe before coming to Amer
ica to live in California and has
since made three more tours of
Europe. In America he has
played for NBC for five years,
given coast-to-coast Chamber
Music Concerts, and has been
artist in residence at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. He now
spends his time lecturing, com
posing, and concertizing.
Intercollegiate
Association Meets
Junior-Senior Banquet
To Be Given Saturday
The annual Junior-Senior ban
quet of Meredith College will
be held in the college dining
hall Saturday night, April 23.
Plans for the banquet were
under the direction of Bunny
Harris, president of the class.
Those working with her were:
decoration committee, Alice
Tuttle, Dot Childress; invita
tions, Doris Concha; freshman
program for the evening, Emily
Pool; programs, Betty Moore,
Roxie Valias; seating, June Har
mon, Marjorie Trippeer; favors.
Lib Holdford, Betsy Mills; table
center pieces, Frances Williams,
Frances Leigh Meadows; music,
Addie Elliott; costumes, Char
lotte Bowman, Hazel William
son; photography. Gazelle
Moore; food, Imogene Narron.
Three members of the rising
senior class were fortunate in
being able to represent Meredith
at the Southern Intercollegiate
Association of Student Govern
ment held at Mary Washington
College in Virginia from Thurs
day, April 7, until Saturday
night, April 9. These three
Meredith girls were Emily Pool
of Greenville, S. C., rising presi
dent of Student Government;
Elizabeth Jones of Arlington,
Virginia, rising vice-president of
Student Government; and Win
nie Fitzgerald of Gretna, Vir
ginia, rising Chief Counsellor.
Fifty-one colleges were repre
sented at the meeting by one
hundred and thirty-four stu
dents. The Association decided
at the business meeting to hold
next year’s assembly in Ala
bama.
Students Lead Meetings
Students themselves handled
the session at Mary Washington
College. Discussion groups were
divided into general discussions
and panel discussions. Some of
the topics were “The Individual
and the Organization of Student
Government,” “The Honor
Code,” and “Men at the Con
ventions.”
Mrs. Charles B. Bushnell,
dean of women of Mary Wash
ington, addressed the students
at one meeting. Then, at a ban
quet on Saturday night, the
group heard Senator Mary Chase
Smith of Maine and Washington.
Our representatives particularly
enjoyed the entertainment pro
vided for them. There was a
reception one night, a tour of
Fredericksburg one day, and a
picnic on Saturday night.
Emily, Lib, and Winnie en
joyed the Convention immense
ly, both for the ideas which they
stored up to bring back to Mere
dith Student Government, and
for the wonderful spirit of the
people they met there.
Dr. Johnson
Returns For
Seminar Here
Girls at Meredith
Show Keen Interest
Of great interest to the stu
dents at Meredith was the Semi
nar recently presented on the
campus by Dr. L. D. Johnson on
the subject “The Christian Ideal
of Love and Marriage.” This
seminar was held on April 12-14
with two parallel sessions each
day to prevent the classes from
being too large. Besides the
usual lecture period followed by
a question period. Dr. Johnson
used film strips in his presenta
tion. He was also kept busy
during the day with personal
conferences.
This seminar was the out
growth of the work of the
(Continuation Committee of Re
ligious Emphasis Week at which
time the visiting speakers sensed
a definite need for such a semi
nar on the campus. Because he
had been on the campus for a
week and had seen this needy
Dr. Johnson was very capable
to lead this seminar. His evident
study and practical knowledge
on the subject gave him addi
tional ability.
Dr. Johnson is pastor of the
First Baptist Church in Dan
ville, Virginia. He is a graduate
of George Washington Univer-.
sity and the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary in Louis
ville, Kentucky, from which he
received a Th.M. degree.
Books for further study sug
gested by Dr. Johnson were
When you Marry by Duvall and
Hill, Marriage for Moderns by
Bowman, and Successful Mar
riage by Fishbein.
Meredith students are in
debted to Dr. Johnson for his
time and interest given to us
during his stay.
Choir and Glee Club
Broadcast Over WPTF
The college Glee Club and
Choir have been engaged in a
series of radio broadcasts which
will end Wednesday, April 27.
Through the courtesy of station
WPTF the groups have been
broadcasting from the college
auditorium each Wednesday
night at 10:30 p.m. The first
program in the series, presented
April 6 by the Glee Club, con
sisted of five secular selections.
They were “As Torrents in Sum
mer” by Elgar, “O Can Ye Sew
Cushions” by Bantock, “Flower
of Dreams” by Clokey, “The
Cloths of Heaven” by Dunhill,
and Scott’s “The Wind’s in the
South.”
The second broadcast, given
by the choir, was a program of
sacred music which opened with
“Never Jesus Will I Leave” by
J. S. Bach. The familiar “Open
Our Eyes” by Macfarlane was
second, and the broadcast was
concluded with Buzzi Peccia’s
victorious “Gloria.”
The Glee Club was heard
again April 20 as they sang a
mixed program of secular and
sacred numbers. “O Bone Jesu”
by Palestrina was the initial
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