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THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Redeigh, N. C.
Vol. XXIV
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1950
No. 6
CREATIVE RHYTHMS CLASS GIVES ORIGINAL WORK
FOUR SENIORS
MAKE WHO’S WHO
THE SKATER’S WALTZ”
Four Meredith seniors, Betty
Moore, Betsy Ann Morgan,
Emily Pool, and Josephine
Snow, have been chosen by
faculty and student committees
for the honor of having their
biographies appear in Who’s
Who in American Colleges and
Universities.
Nominations are made on the
basis of character, scholarship,
leadership in extracurricular ac
tivities, and potentiality for
future usefulness to business and
society. Each year representa
tives of about six hundred and
fifty colleges and universities in
the United States are selected
for this honor.
See Picture On Page Three
Each one of the four girls
elected to Who’s Who this year
has been active in campus or
ganizations while maintaining
a high academic record. A bi
ography of each girl’s college
record of activities will appear
in the edition to be published
this spring.
Betty Moore, who is from
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina,
is an art major and editor of
the Acorn, campus literary
magazine. Betsy Ann Morgan,
from Benson, N. C., is president
of the Meredith Baptist Student
Union and a religion major.
Emily Pool, an English major,
is from Greenville. South Caro
lina, and is president of the Stu
dent Government; while Jo
Snow, a day student and also
an English major, is the editor of
the Oak Leaves, the college
annual.
Shown above are some of the members of the Creative Rhythms group performing one of their original
dances. The Skater^s Waltz’’ which will be given toiight in their recital.
INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES OF DR. JULIA HARRIS, HEAD OF
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, ARE REVEALED TO TWIG IN INTERVIEW
Institute of Religion
Opens At Local Church
The eleventh annual Institute
of Religion opens next Monday
night at the United Church here
in Raleigh. The Institute will
feature six famous speakers in
six consecutive Monday eve
nings, with its theme as “The
Paths to Peace.”
David Bradley, author of the
recent No Place to Hide, will
speak at the first session of the
Institute on next Monday night
at 8;00 P.M. His subject will be
“World War or World Law.”
Each Monday the sessions will
feature a study course on a wide
range of subjects one hour be
fore the addresses.
Ralph J. Bunche, who is di
rector of the Department of
Trusteeship of the United Na
tions, is the speaker for January
30, on “The United Nations
Peace Effort.” His address will
be given in Memorial Audi
torium at 8:15 p.m.
On February 6, Max Lerner,
author, editor, and social philos
opher, will speak on “America
and World Leadership”; while
on the following Monday night,
February 13, Dorothy Fosdick,
who is a member of the policy
planning staff of the Department
of State, will speak on “The
Foreign Policy of the United
States.”
D. Elton Trueblood, professor
of philosophy at Earlham Col
lege, will discuss “The Christian
Faith in the World Civil War”
on February 20 at the Institute;
on February 27 Robert M.
Hutchins, who is Chancellor of
the University of Chicago, will
speak on “World Government.”
Do you like to have company?
Well if you do, rest assured that
in the years to come there is one
member of our faculty who will
be willing to gratify your desire.
She is Dr. Harris, and she
especially loves to visit “old”
students. When asked why she
enjoys visiting “her girls ' she
gave many reasons, but most of
all she just enjoys being with
them. She said that some of
her pupils were a little afraid
of having an English professor
visit them. However, she doesn’t
feel as if she were a teacher
when she is on a visit, and hopes
that she doesn’t bring the cus
toms of the class room into the
home of her hostess.
Miss Harris likes to keep up
with her students and see what
they have accomplished. She
is generally very proud of their
achievements, but says, “I am
sometimes disappointed in what
they don’t remember and in
what I didn’t teach them.” One
of the experiences which she en
joys telling about is an old stu
dent who decided to take ad
vantage of Miss Harris’ pro
fession. Miss Harris explained
the historical present tense to
her hostess, and the next day
at a luncheon the student was
Dr. Julia Harris
busily explaining the verb. Miss
Harris who was at the other
end of the table heard her, and
in a loud voice said, “You are
telling it all wrong.” Among
her many amusing tales of other
students is one in which the
student was explaining why it
is correct to say “I feel bad,” in
stead of “badly.” She carefully
explained that the verb “to be”
doesn’t take an object!
Miss Harris said that many
can do so much more than she
could ever teach them. For
instance one of her students,
Mrs. Virginia Price (Bessie
Tift), now owns and edits the
newspaper The News and
Farmer of Louisville, Georgia,
and is also the Democratic com-
mitteewoman from Georgia.
Another “old” student, Mrs.
J. W. Spiers (Martha Powell),
is successfully running a farm
in Tarboro, and is very well
known for the beautiful wedding
cakes that she makes. She also
enjoys visiting Flora Ann Lee,
at work in the Chamber of
Commerce in Winston-Salem.
Although Miss Harris takes
very little credit for the ac
complishments of “her girls,”
those who have been in her
class know that a great deal of
the accomplishments of many do
belong to her. She is not only
a teacher of English, but a firm
believer in each one’s learning
the things which make one a
better person. “Think of your
college courses not in terms of
what they will mean to you five
years from now, but what they
will mean twenty-five years
from now.” And be sure that
somewhere in those twenty-five
years Miss Harris will visit you
and see what you have ac
complished.
Group Presents
Recital Tonight
Students from nearby schools
and Raleigh citizens, as well as
Meredith students, are expected
to form a capacity crowd at the
Creative Rhythms Concert to
night at 8 P.M. in the new
auditorium.
Under the direction of Miss
Peg Carey, all preparation for
the concert has been made by
students in the two beginning
classes in Creative Rhythms.
Pat Bales and Jo Anne LaRue
are student co-chairmen for the
event, which will serve as a
final examination for the Crea
tive Rhythms classes.
Original Dances
Each dance is the original
composition of the group par
ticipating, and is to be judged
on the basis of choreography,
costuming, background and per
formance in order to determine
the best four numbers. One
dance group will be picked to
participate in the Arts Festival
in Greensboro this spring. The
judges are; Mrs. Jane Guess,
Dance Instructor at St. Mary’s;
Miss Doris Peterson; and Miss
Peg Carey.
The program is as follows;
Jo Anne LaRue,
EXAMINATION SCHEDULE FOR FIRST SEMESTER, 1949-1950
Class Hours
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12:00
2:00,
8:30
9:30
11:00
12:00
2:00,
8:30
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3:00
3:00
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Jan.
Jan.
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Time of Examination
:00
Blue books should
examination.
be procured from the Bursar’s Office no
Monday
Monday
Tuesday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Thursday
Friday
Friday
later than the day before the
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In all college-credh courses an examination covering the work of the semester will be given The
With an additional fifteen minutes allowed for tL
rereading and completion of papers.
Examinations in required physical education will be given during the last two class meetings.
The examination for the sections of health education will be arranged.
Examinations for classes not meeting at the hours listed above will be arranged by the instructors
concerned for free pepods during examination week. The instructors are requested to submit a
list of such examinations to the Dean of the College. icquesieu to suomii a
fion^eek^°'^^ applied music will be scheduled by the Music Department during the examina-
toherTxamffiations''''”''® ^^e Dean, every student is expected to report
No variations will be made without advance agreement between the instructor and Dean
Confficts 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.
Blue Danube
Leader.
Commercial Jingles—Lib Jones, In
structor.
Rag Dolls—Jean Leonard, Leader.
B^let—Pat Bales, Joyce Covington.
... cy Gunter, Cai'olyn .Ballemiae.
Clowns — Jo Anne LaRue, Jean
Leonard, Lillian Garnett, Jean
Wrenn.
Tico-Tico—Jean Miller. Pat Bales.
Skater’s Waltz—Jo Anne LaRue
Leader.
Volga Songs—Pat Bales. Leader.
Trees—Lib Jones, Doril Williams
Barbara Cox.
Chinese Dance—Anne O’Quinn Bar
bara Cox.
Fiesta—Jean Miller, Pat Smathers,
Leaders.
Great Smokies Suite — Mary Ann
Palmer, Leader.
The Falling Eagle—Doril Williams
Mary Ann Palmer.
Cherokee Eagle Dance—Mary Ann
Palmer, Jo Anne LaRue, Leaders.
Courtship of the Eagles—Rose Cur-
rin, Barbara Cox. Leaders.
Sweet Georgia Brown—Pat Bales
Lane Roberson, Jean Miller, Lead
ers.
Others assisting with the con
cert include Jean Leonard and
Jo Anne LaRue, publicity and
programs; Mrs. J. T. Lynn and
Elsie Williams, accompanists:
Mr. William C. LaRue, photog
raphy; Dr. Delphine Murphy,
Miss Lucy Ann Neblett, Betty
Ann Highsmith, Doris Concha
and Carolyn Covington.
MARCH OF DIMES
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Mrs. Vera Tart Marsh, chair
man for Meredith’s 1950 March
of Dimes campaign, reminds us
that only eleven more days re
main in the nation-wide drive
against infantile paralysis which
began on January 16, and will
close on January 31, the birth-
day of Franklin Delano Roose
velt.
Meredith’s Unified Budget
Plan, which was approved by
the students and faculty in the
fall of 1949, has allotted $250.00
as our share in the fight against
infantile paralysis. This amount
was set up in accordance with
the contributions which have
formerly been made from this
institution. It is understood
however, that this $250.00 can
not be remitted to the March
of Dimes headquarters unless
members of the student body,
the faculty, and the administra
tion contribute one hundred
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