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Little Theatre Gives OUR TOWN Again Tonight
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Large Cast
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Production
THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Vol. XXIV
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1949
Christmas Pageant,
Caroling Planned
SCENE FROM OUR TOWN
Plans are being made for the
annual Christmas celebration at
Meredith to be held before the
holidays begin next Saturday,
December 17. On Friday night,
December 16, a formal dinner, a
Christmas pageant and the an
nual caroling by the students
will take place.
Formal Dinner
The rustling of dinner dresses
and candlelight will be one of
the transformations which will
take place in the college dining
hall on the night of the formal
Christmas dinner next Friday.
An added attraction will be the
large Christmas tree attractively
decorated with bright lights and
ornaments, in the center of the
dining hall.
Centering each of the tables
will be an arrangement of green
and silver leaves and burning
candles. Served at the occasion
will be a dinner of turkey with
all the trimmings, including
dressing, mashed potatoes,
fresh peas, cranberry sauce and
pineapple salad, preceded by an
appetizer of tomato juice and
followed by mincemeat pie.
A musical program will be
presented during the dinner
with Nancy Hall singing “O
Holy Night” and the Group of
Fourteen setting the stage for
the Christmas caroling later in
the evening by singing a group
of traditional carols.
Christmas Pageant
After the formal dinner on
Friday night the Phi society is
giving a pageant. Miracle for
Many. The plot concerns a
legend of an old statue that at
one time has come to life. The
scene is laid in front of a cathed
ral. The pageant is scheduled
for 8 p.m. in the new audi
torium.
The cast of the play, an
nounced by Dickie Phillips, the
director, is as follows:
Don Jackson—the beggar.
Bill Smith — a middle-aged
man.
Mary Wright—working girl.
Sylvia Currin, Joyce Coving
ton—children.
Sally Lou Taylor—mother.
Doris Barnett and Carolyn
Covington—old women.
Frankie Meadows — society
girl.
Addie Elliott — distinguished
middle-aged woman.
Macklyn Mackie—the statue.
Caroling
Arrangements are being made
by the Athletic Association of
the traditional Christmas carol
ing in Raleigh by the students.
Four groups, consisting of two
buses each, are to sing carols at
the homes of state leaders as
well as those of faculty mem
bers and persons connected with
the college. Rex Hospital, the
State Hospital, the State prison,
and Blind School, and other
near-by institutions will be
visited.
Although plans are as yet in
definite, the A.A. is investigat
ing the possibilities of the entire
student body starting the carol
ing with a radio broadcast from
Fayetteville Street. Bettie Yates
is student chairman for the
event, while Miss Donley is
serving as faculty adviser.
Shown above is a scene from the current production of “Our Town” by the college Little Theatre, to be seen
again tonight in the new auditorium. In the center of the picture are Mr. Dorsett, Dot Perry, and Bill Hoffman.
College Choir Will Present Annual
Concert of Christmas Music Sunday
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Next Sunday afternoon, De
cember 11, the Meredith College
Choir will present its annual
concert of Christmas music in
the new auditorium at four
o’clock, with Dr. Harry E.
Cooper as director.
The following program of
Christmas music and scripture
will be given:
Processional A^’eni Emmanuel
Invocation I>r, L. E. M. Freeman
The Searching Carol Marryott
As It Fell Upon a Night English Carol
Descant sung by Jean Miller, soprano
Italian Shepherd’s Carol. .. .Pifferari Melody
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen. .Traditional
Hymn—Hark the Herald
Angels Sing Mendelssohn
The Christmas Story from
Lfike Dr. Ralph E. McLain
Four Slovak Carols Arr. Kountz
Alleluia 1 Christ Is Born
Gladly Sing This Wond’roiis Thing
The First Night
Peace on Earth
Deck the Hall Welsh Carol
The Twelve Days of Christmas.. Goldsworthy
Solo voices: Betty Jo Smith, Lois
Pritchett, Prances Johnson, Nellie
Bostic, Barbara Bone, Jacqueline Creef,
Joanne Mason, Gazelle Moore, Mary
Ann Westbrook, Barbara Cox, Rebecca
Knott, Jane Stroup
Our Lord Is Born Louis
Three Carols for Soprano Delarmarter
Three Sovereign Princes
Here in a Lowly Manger
While the Shepherds
Nancy Hall
Susan Graham at the piano
Hymn, O Little Town of Bethlehem. . .Redner
Trees Are Bare and Ground Is White. Hayford
0 Jesu So Sweet Bach
Sleep, Thou, My Jewel Polish Carol
Glory to God Pergolesi
Trio: Jean Olive, Addie Elliott, Jane Slate
Benediction Dr. L. E. M. Freeman
Charlotte Bowman is accom
panist for the choir, which in
cludes the following members
this year:
First Sopranos: Emily Boone,
VirginiaJBowman, Dorothy Chil
dress, Bettie Compton, Barbara
Cox, Frances Anne Estridge,
Faith Frye, Mary Ann Goodwin,
Nancy Hall, Leigh Hicks, Beth
Hord, Rebecca Knott, Maclyn
Mackie, Jean Miller, Jean Olive,
Ann O’Quinn, Ruth Ann Sim
mons, Mary Ann Westbrook,
Angerlane Whitfield, Elsie Wil
liams, Bertha Wilson.
Second Sopranos: Barbara
Bone, Nellie Bostic, Louise Britt,
Nancy Cook, Jacqueline Creef,
Barbara Dennis, Addie Elliott,
Winnie Fitzgerald, Frances
Meadows, Gazelle Moore, Betsy
Ann Morgan, Pryor Rodwell,
Betty Jo Smith, Jane Stroup,
Margaret Swann, Helen Walker,
Cecile Ward, Marion Winston.
Altos: Dorothy Allen, Shirley
Bone, Norma J^agan, Nancy
Hefner, Orlena Jamerson, Edriel
Knight, Rosalind Knott, Joanne
Mason, Carolyn Massey, Frances
Johnson, Vertie Mitchell, Joan
Neighbors, Julia Parker, Lois,
Pritchett, Pat Roberts, Jane
Slate, Emily Stacy, Rose Stew
art, Mary Jane Utley, Rosalyn
Varn, Elizabeth Zulalian.
Officers for the choir include
Orlena Jamerson, president;
Dorothy Childress, vice-presi
dent; Helen Walker, secretary;
Nancy Hefner, and Joanne Ma
son, librarians.
Dr. Murphy Will Speak
On Religious Drama
Next Thursday night, Decem
ber 15, the Freeman Religion
Club will hold its monthly meet
ing in the Hut at 7:00 p.m. Dr.
Delphine Murphy, instructor of
speech and English here, will
speak to the club on the rela
tionship of drama and religion.
Dr. Murphy, graduate of the
University of Denver where she
received her doctorate in reli
gious drama, says that drama is
naturally or should be a reli
gious experience for all con
cerned, for although drama
moved out of the church in the
Dark Ages and since the Puritan
movement has never strongly re
turned, the early beginnings of
drama are definitely religious
since it arose in and under the
protection of the church.
Dr. Murphy is particularly in
terested in religion. She states
that drama is a potent factor
with which to work and revita
lize religion. It is one of the most
impressive means of pointing out
religious truths, she maintains,
since many life problems which
man experiences can be pre
sented in story form. Such truths
can also be pointed out in
liturgical drama, pantomine of
Biblical stories, short and full
length plays, and movies.
Science Group Plans
Trip to Chapel Hill
Chartered buses will take a
large group of Meredith students
to the Morehead Planetarium in
Chapel Hill to see and hear a
show and lecture on “The Star of
Bethlehem.” The trip is being
sponsored by the Barber Science
Club next Thursday night, De
cember 15.
Dr. Roy K. Marshall, director
of the planetarium, has been pre
senting the display nightly since
November 29 and will continue
until January 2. The colorful dis
play and lecture is expected to
become a traditional part of the
Christmas season observance in
Chapel Hill.
Dr. Marshall, who has made
careful study of the famous star
and its appearance, says that the
evidence of the Scriptures,
history, and astronomy point to
the spring of 6 B.C. as the cor
rect date for the birth of Jesus.
He will also explain the Wise
Men’s intrepretation of the star
and tell what caused its appear
ance.
This “Star of Bethlehem”
show is divided into two parts
by the director. First the scien
tific story and an interpreta
tion of the star will be given, and
then the traditional story told
in the Scriptures will be read,
followed by Christmas music
and display in light and colors
on the domed screen of the
Planetarium.
This trip, opened to general
college students as well as mem
bers of the science club, was
planned in the regular monthly
meeting.
AFTER-DINNER COFFEE
After the formal dinner on
Friday night, the three major
organizations on campus are
giving an after-dinner coffee in
the Blue Parlor, honoring the
day students, who are guests at
the dinner, and new faculty
members. Hostesses for the day
student guests are the various
members of the Student Gov
ernment, the A.A., and the
B.S.U.
Tonight is the second and last
night of production for Thornfon
Wilder’s well-known play “Our
Town” by the Meredith College
Little Theatre, with a cast of
Meredith students and faculty
and Raleigh Little Theatre ac
tors also.
The first production of the col
lege Little Theatre this fall, un
der the direction of Dr. Delphine
Murphy, found a good reception
last night. Dr. Murphy is being
assisted in directing the play by
Harry K. Dorsett, who also ap
pears in the play as the stage
manager.
Meredith girls appearing in
the cast are Micky Bowen, as
Mrs. Gibbs; Dorothy Perry, as
Emily Webb; Sonny Burnham,
as Mrs. Soames; and Jane Slate,
Gazelle Moore, and Bunny Har
ris as extras.
Appearing as the village choir
in the play are Dorothy Helms,
Joan Langley, Anne O’Quinn,
Phyllis Nottingham, Dorothy
Brown, Emma Jean Maddrey,
Betty Ann Highsmith, Barry
Barefoot, Ellen Westmoreland,
and Martha Ellen Stott.
Members of the Meredith fac
ulty cast in the play include
Harry K. Dorsett, as the stage
manager; Dr. Clyde Parker, as
Howie Newsome; Dr. Carlyle
Campbell, as Professor Willard;
and Dr. E. F. Cannady as Joe
Stoddard.
Raleigh Little Theatre actors
appearing in the play, which be
gins again tonight at eight, in
clude H. F. Dade, as Dr. Gibbs;
Bob Yarborough, as Joe Cro
well; Bill Hoffman, as George
Gibbs; Gary Lane, as Wally
Webb; Phillip Shehhan; Foil
Essick, as Constable Warren;
Jack Mobley, as Si Crowell; and
Herbert Grey, as Sam Craig.
Committee chairmen for the
production are: stage managers,
Katherine Phillips and Mary
Wright; electricians, Barbara
Cox and Virginia Jones; cos
tumes, Chris Williamson and
Lita Mauldin; properties. Sue
Page, Emma Lee Hough, and
Nancy Walker; sound effects,
Helen Wilhelm; make-up, Micky
Bowen; scenery, Betty Moore;
advertising, Peggy Benbow; box
office, Fran Altman; house. Lib
Machen; and programs, Ann
Wooten.
Newspaper Receives
Second Class Rating
The Twig has just received
its rating for the year from the
newspaper critical service of the
Associated Collegiate Press, of
which the Twig is a member.
This paper received a Second
Class honor rating.
Five ratings are given to col
lege newspapers by the critcal
service at the University of Min
nesota School of Journalism
which criticizes sample issues of
the paper mailed in.
The following ratings are con
ferred: All-American, which is
superior; First Class, which is
excellent; Second Class, which
is good; "Third Class, meaning a
high average; and Fourth Class,
no honors.
The Twig received a Second
Class rating last year also.