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NOVEMBER 23, 1M9
'Uodayf^ ^a^kion Qjieen
Our November fashion queen, pretty Dot Childress, has chosen
this original outfit from Bond’s, Fifth Avenue, New York.
piece wool knitted dress is a brilliant cherry hue, accented ®m 11
gold buttons and buckles. Her accessories are a white wool Hared coat,
black gloves, and black suede shoes.
PribbLe^ and Prabble^
By MICKY BOWEN
The Little Theatre at last has
a roost of its own. We think it’s
something to shout about. With
the help of Mrs. Egerton and
Mr. Prince, the social room on
third floor Jones has been con
verted from a barren room to a
very pleasant meeting place for
the followers of the drama. New
curtains and slip-covers plus a
few innovations, such as book
cases and dishes, have worked
wonders. We’re awfully proud
and invite everyone up to see
our very own room—when we
finish it, that is. An ironical note
in the situation is struck by a
review of the minutes of the
Little Theatre of the years 1937-
1938. “We’ve decided to take
over third Jones social room as
a Little Theatre room and have
received permission to do same.”
If anyone has a stray boy
friend who can sing and that
she’d like to keep track of while
studying, she can send him to re
hearsals of “Our Town.” A few
more male voices in the village
choir would greatly improve it.
The speech choir is at last try
ing its wings. The initial per
formance by this group will be
given in the Thanksgiving pro
gram to be presented in chapel
this morning. The choir will lead
the student body in a service of
thanksgiving, giving thanks
especially for our beautiful new
auditorium in which the service
will be held. All Meredith stu
dents are eligible for member
ship in the speech choir, anc
those interested are asked to
contact Dr. Murphy. We’re hav
ing a grand time with it and
would love to see some new
£d.C0S.
So Stunt Night has come and
gone again—the night which
proves that there is a place for
everyone in drama. Everybody
gets into or is brow-beaten into
the act—but it’s fun, isn’t it?
THE-twig:
REYNOLDS INTERPRETS
JAPANESE ART EXHIBIT
In a discordant world of eclec
tic art, the one art which seems
to be equally popular with both
layman and connoisseur is the
Eighteenth Century block-prim
art of Japan. No art training oi
blocks on art appreciation are
necessary to arouse an immedi
ate, warm and permanent re
sponse in any person to this ap-
peahng work.
Conversely, the artist (.like
Whistler and Van Gogh) as well
as the sophisticated art critic,
tired of tne involved complexi
ties of "art for art’s sake,” fre
quently returns to the simple,
masteriul plastic qualities of the
Japanese print for refreshment
anu inspiration.
'the public loves these prints
because, being literal and. real
istic in subject matter, they are
quicKly understood. 'Iheir pat
terns are bold and vigorous,
tlieir lines graceful, delicate ana
precise witn strong simple color
used sparingly, 'iney nave the
brevity of wit, the power to sug
gest much with the utmost econ
umy of means.
Practicing artists and art
critics admire tne ability of the
woodblock maker to translate a
realistic experience into simple
rhythmically stylized decorative
patterns wnich contain the plas
tic variety to be found in pure
abstract forms, and also the psy
chologically penetrating expres
sion OI the depicted form oi na
ture reduced to its most reveal
ing essence.
Admittedly, these simple ar
tistic comments on everyday life
have not the expressive power
and intellectual subtlety of
paintings by the incomparable
Chinese Masters; they are not
symphonies of form nor epist of
poetical grandeur, and are not
intended to be such. The typi
cal, modest Japanese print
masterpieces, sucn as those on
display at Meredith this week,
are as twice as sonnet, as win
ning and spontaneous as a song
by Shubert, as full of vitality
and strength as Martha Gra
ham’s dancing. Most people find
these qualities sufficient in
choosing a work of art, and
rightly so.
The current exhibit at Mere
dith includes reproductions of
block prints by the celebrated
Master Harunobu (1725-1770)
who employed as many as eleven
separate blocks for each print in
order to achieve his “brocade
color effects. Other prints on
display are by Utameero who
considered himself, justly, the
Page tniee
By JOANNE MASON
Looking forward to the Christ
mas season, plans have already
Deen made to present two big
concerts before the coming
lolidays.
The first of these will be a
joint recital of all the college
choirs in Raleigh to be pre
sented at 7:30 p.m., December
10 at the Memorial Auditorium,
State College. The evening will
oegin with the playing of
Christmas carols by a brass band
outside the auditorium. Moving
inside, each college group will
be heard in several selections.
The highlight of the evening
will be the guest soMist, Nor
man Cordon, one of the out
standing Metropolitan basses
several years ago. Mr. Cordon
and the combined choruses with
Dr. H. E. Cooper directing will
sing one number.
The second concert will be
given the next afternoon, Sun
day, December 11, at the Mere
dith College Auditorium and
will feature the Meredith Col
lege Choir. The program will
include carols, yule folk songs
and works of the great masters.
The new chapter room for the
Sigma Alpha Iota, professional
music fraternity on the campus,
is near completion, announces
Charlotte Bowman, chapter pres
ident. Carrying out the fra
ternity colors of red and white,
the room has been decorated
with dark red and white drapes,
and the lighted shield of the na
tional fraternity. The walls also
bear a coat of arms, and plans
are being made to frame the
certificates of the nine charter
members.
Beta Zeta Chapter was re
cently honored with a visit of
the province president, Emily
Garrett, who met in a formal
meeting with the entire chapter,
and conferred with each of the
officers on plans and purposes of
the fraternity.
Miss Garrett was introduced
to the faculty members of the
music department and the col
lege administrative staff at an
after-dinner coffee given for her
by the chapter, and received an
opportunity to hear perform
ances of the Meredith fraternity
members in a special musical
program during her visit.
HELPFUL HEALTH HIISTS
Are you being threatened with
obesity? It is customary about
this time every year for many
of our new students to come to
the infirmary with the com
plaint of gaining too much
weight. However, this year has
been the best in quite some time
for girls keeping their weight
down to normal. Though a num
ber of weight increases have
been reported so far, none of
them has been serious.
Now, however, is the time that
the gains begin to show. If each
of you starts now to watch your
diet, no unusual gains will oc
cur.
The freshmen need not be
alarmed over sudden increases
m weight. It is only natural for
girls who are away from home
over a long period of time for
the first time to get hungry be
tween meals and form the habit
of going to the Bee-Hive. Ordi
narily, by next spring normal
weight will have been estab
lished.
Here let me venture a few
suggestions: Don’t go on any
self-imposed diets. It can be
quite dangerous for a student to
Stuart Pratt Conducts
Piano Teachers Forum
Mr. Stuart Pratt, head of the
department of piano at Mere
dith, conducted a forum for
piano teachers of the Capital and
Piedmont districts of the North
Carolina Federation of Music
Clubs last Saturday, November
19, in the new auditorium-
Two sessions of the forum
were held, in the morning and
in the afternoon, and included
discussion of the required pieces
of music in the Federation’s an
nual contests to be held next
spring throughout the State, as
well as a general forum on piano
playing.
Mr. Pratt conducted the same
type of forum at East Carolina
Teachers College in Greenville
three weeks ago, for the north
eastern and southeastern dis
trict piano teachers.
Mrs. J. A. Easley of Wake
Forest, state chairman of junior
music clubs, was present at the
J'orum.
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Les” MIncey
Instructor
final word in depicting beautiful down on her food while her
women. Sharaku, the mystery school work is heavy. Perhaps
man of Japanese art, appeared y.Q^ don’t always like the food
out of nowhere in the year 1794 .j-he dining hall, but there we
and in a few months designed ^j.g given a well-balanced diet.
130 masterful prints which Secondly, if you choose to eat
caricatured actors with such 1 away from the dining hall, then
power and satire that they have H^der food-balanced meals. We
never been equalled since. This have all studied Health Educa-
great master disappeared the L-ign and know that each per-
following year and since no gg^ should eat vegetables, at
works by him before the year hg^gi gge meat a day, and drink
1794 nor after have been dis- pjgnty of milk. A regular, bal-
covered—his mystery remains anced diet also makes for a gooc
complete. [complexion if combined with
Japanese wood-block art nei| plenty of fresh air.
gates the highbrow’s claim that Let me add a word of P^'^jse
art must be diluted and prosti- for the upperclassmen: You did
tuted in order to appeal to the U splendid job of getting your
public taste, and.vanguishes the booster shots and typoid vac-
old argument that art for art’s cines done over the summer
sake is the only legitimate re- months and turning the certih-
course of the true artist who cates for them in to the inhrm-
seeks to retain his integrity in ary. Such cooperation of course
a world of commercial tempta-1 saves time for both the students
tions. It’s universal scope sur- and the infirmary,
mounts artistic barriers and The infirmary expects to have
prejudices and makes it-a worthy clear records for the typhoid
contributor to that cosmopolitan and smallpox shots before the
brotherhood advocated today by : Christmas holidays. Let s all
statesman and even politicians continue to cooperate,
as a foundation for world peace. Bettie Yates,
—Douglas W. Reynolds. | College Health Chmn.
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