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W elcome
High School Seniors
College To
Honor Guests
High School Seniors
To Be Entertained On
Campus This Week-end
Meredith students are busy
planning for the visiting high
school seniors who will grace the
campus the week-end of May 7
and 8, May Day.
Under the direction of Bar
bara Swanson, members of the
Student Government will be on
hand to greet the visitors Friday
afternoon, night, and Saturday
morning in Johnson Hall. Mar
jorie Joyner and Sylvia Currin,
the arrangements committee,
will see that each guest has a
name tag.
Friday, May 6 at 8:00 P.M.
the Glee Club, directed by Miss
Beatrice Donley will present the
following program;
1
O Bone Jesus Giovanni Palestrina
Brother James’ Air Gordon Jacob
II
As Torrents in Summer Edward Elgar
O Can Ye Sew Cushions..Granville Bantock
The Frog Ernest Newton
Mv Bonnie Lass She Smileth,
Edward German
III
Widmung Robert Schumann
Gute Nacht German Folksong
Chere Nuit Alfred Bachelet
IV
Flower of Dream -.- Joseph W. Clokey
The Cloths of Heaven -Thomas P. .Dunhill
Bisten to the Lambs R. Nathaniel Dett
Romance Sigmund Romberg
Little French Clock Kountz
Orchestra Song,
Arranged by William Schuman
The Wind’s in the South, ^ ^
John Prindle Scott
Immediately following the
program, there will be a party
given in the Hut for the mern-
bers of the Glee Club and their
friends.
One of the highlights of hos
pitality week-end will be the
annual horse show sponsored by
the Hoofprint Club under the
direction of Miss Peggy White.
The show, which begins at 12:45
P.M. on May 7, will contain
twelve equitation classes which
will be judged for horsemanship
only. This means that they will
be judged according to the ease
of the gait, manners, action, and
performance of the riders, and
that the animal will not count.
Four ribbons will be awarded
in each class. The judge is Mrs.
J. Tyle Smith of Bristol and
Pulaski, Virginia. Only pleasure
horses will be ridden, but since
Meredith has three beautiful
show horses. Old Town Girl,
Chief, and Peaview Royal, there
will be an exhibition class for
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SUMMER SCHOOL
PLANS RELEASED
The office of the Dean of the
College announces that summer
school will be held at Meredith
College from June 6 to July 16.
The classes will run on a six-day
schedule, Monday through Fri
day, and will be approximately
one hour and twenty minutes in
length. Recreational activities
will be planned for the summer
school students under the direc
tion of Miss Peterson.
The Dean suggests that stu
dents register as soon as possible
for their preference of courses
in order that the official course
listings can be published. Al
though no definite list of courses
can as yet be issued, the Dean
states that the curriculum will
include introductory courses in
several departments and ad
vanced courses as dictated by
demand.
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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Vol. XXIII MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1949
No. J
Freshman Advisers of
Coming Year Chosen
Next fall, when the freshmen
arrive at Meredith, they will be
met by thirty girls who have al
ready gone through the process
of “getting adjusted” and of
making Meredith their home.
These thirty girls, the freshmen
counsellors, have been chosen to
help make the experience of ad
justing a happy one instead of
the painful and unhappy one we
all know it can so easily be.
Before the counsellors can
take over this big job, however,
each must get acquainted with
her responsibilities. To help this
preparation be a success, Miss
Pratt and Dot Swaringen held a
joint meeting in the Hut, Tues
day, May 3, at 7:00 P.M. for the
out-going and in-coming counsel
lors. There was a short program
given by Sandra Moore and
Gazelle Moore, each giving
speeches on “What Counselling
Has Meant to Me.”
The in-coming counsellors, led
by Winnie Fitzgerald as Chief
Counsellor for ’49-’50 are Pat
Bales, Barbara Ballenger, Bar
bara Bone, Mary Evelyn Brown,
Virginia Buckner, Jackie Cow
an, Barbara Cox, Anne Creech,
Dot Haight, Jean Johnson, Jane
Luther, Yvette Maynard, Ernes-
(Continued on page six)
Phis, Astros,
Freshmen Will
Present Plays
Society night will be held
May 7 at 8:00 P.M. in the col
lege auditorium. The program
consists of three one-act plays
to be presented by the freshman
class, the Astro Society, and the
Phi Society.
“The Birthday of Infanta” by
Oscar Wilde is the freshman
class offering. It is directed by
Rosalyn Poole and Jean Miller
and the cast is: Glenn Mary
Newsome as Infanta, Barbara
Cox as Fantastic, Barbara Bone
as the Duchess, Sally Massey as
the Chamberlain, Jane Slate as
the Count, Barbara Cross as the
attendant. The committee chair
man are: lighting, Jackie Cowan;
properties, Sally Massey; stag
ing, Lucy Ann Liddy; costumes,
Becky Smith; and make-up,
Ruth Ann Simmons.
The Phi Society is presenting
“Will O’ The Wisp” by Doris F.
Halmon. The cast is: Virginia
Buckner as the White-Faced
Girl; Pat Lawrence as the
Country Woman; Doris Concha
as the Poet’s Wife; and Annie
Pearl Brantley as the Serving
(Continued on page five)
Spring Fashion Show
Presented By Phis
The Philaretian Literary So
ciety presented a spring fashion
show on May 3 at 8:00 P.M. in
the Meredith College auditor
ium. The setting of the fashion
parade was a large exclusive de
partment store where an excited
Ijride views the latest creations
as she selects her trousseau. At
tractive Phi girls modeled suits,
dresses, cool cottons, comforta
ble beach togs, and romantic
evening wear which was cli
maxed by the essential wedding
gown. Appropriate music was
rendered by Maggie Leather-
man, and Doris Concha was the
commentator for the occasion.
The script was prepared by Bun
ny Harris, Sally Massey, and
Nancy Walker.
Other essential committees
that aided the fashion show were
lighting and staging under the
direction of Virginia Jones and
Betty Proffit; publicity was
worked on by Betty Moore,
Frankie Ward, and Carolyn Dix
on; stage direction was in the
hands of Frankie Meadows, Ad-
die Elliott, and Winnie Mae
Fitzgerald; and the program
committee, responsible for the
clever bonnet programs, was
Carolyn Covington, Sally Lou
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May Day
Festivities
Mefcdith College Li&faq
RALEIGH. N. C.
Tomorrow
Court Reigns
Queen Jeanne To Be
Crowned; Dance Club
To Present Program
The annual Meredith College
May Day festivities will be ob
served tomorrow afternoon at
5:00 P.M. in the college court.
The theme for the program is
“Les Sylphides,” a short ballet.
Reigning for the day will be
Jeanne Dickens as May Queen
with her Court. The music for
the afternoon will be taken from
the works of Frederic Chopin,
and the dance will be given by
the members of the Folk Dance
Club. These dances will include
“Chopin Mazurka,” “Chopin
Prelude,” “Dream Waltz,” “Pen
sive and Gay,” “Joy,” and
“May.” Mrs. J. T. Lynn of Ra
leigh will serve as accompanist.
Miss Doris Peterson, head of
the college department of health
and physical education, is di
rector of May Day. Miss Peter
son’s assistant in directing the
May Day program is Mrs. W. M.
Dugger, faculty member in the
department.
Featured during the May Day
program will be the Maypole
dance, to be rendered this year
by one of the folk dance classes
and by the class in elementary
school physical education.
During the day there will be
various activities in honor of the
queen and her court. The sopho
more class will sing a traditional
song to the queen early on the
morning of May Day. In addi
tion, breakfast will be served
family style on the morning of
May Day in honor of the queen
and her court.
Members of the Court include
Jeanne Dickens, queen; Edith
Cooper, maid of honor; Lillian
Gaddy and Betty Lutz, senior
class representatives; Margue
rite Leatherman and Lib Hold-
ford, juniors; Bettie Yates and
Norma Fagan, sophomores; and
Asha Farrior and Elizabeth
Smith Murray, freshman class
representatives.
Corky Norwood, Carolyn Pea
cock, and Milton McLain are to
serve as train bearers for the
Queen.
The sophomore class will
again honor the May Queen by
singing to her during the after
noon exercises.
The freshman class is in
charge of decorations for the
festivities. Miss Phyllis Cun
ningham, physical education in
structor, is the faculty adviser
for the decorations.
N. C. SYMPHONY
PLAYS IN CITY
The North Carolina Sym
phony Orchestra under the di
rection of Benjamin Swalin
appeared at Hugh Morson audi
torium on April 28. The Pro
gram, which was given in honor
of Governor and Mrs. Scott, was
as follows;
Haydn “Oh, Worship the
King”
Bach Adagio, from Toccata
and Fugue in C Major
Sibelius ...Symphony No. 1,
Opus 39
Wagner Excerpts from
Die Meistersinger
Gluck Ballet Suite No. 1
Antheil “Golden Spike”
Scherzo
Enesco Roumanian Rhapsody
No. 1