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‘^The flowers
appear on
the earth . . .
THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
. . . the time of
the singing of
birds is come.”
Vol. XXIV
Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C., Saturday, April 22, 1950
No. 10
Colleges Hold Sports Day At Meredith Today
Vocational Week
On Campus Ends
GETTING READY FOR COMPETITION
A week featuring a Voca
tional Interest Guidance pro
gram ended on the campus
yesterday as the final series of
discussion groups on various
vocations was held. Under the
direction of Mr. Dorsett, of the
college education department,
and with the assistance of Miss
Pratt, fifteen different seminars
on job opportunities were given
throughout the past week.
Beginning on Monday morn
ing, Mr. Lial Rogers, assistant
director of student personnel at
State College, was the key-note
speaker for the week of voca
tional interests. Speaking on the
general subject of choosing a
vocation, Mr. Rogers outlined
the steps best used by students
to find the most suitable voca
tion.
Stressing unselfishness and
service to others as the most
desirable motivation for a
choice of job, Mr. Rogers urged
self-study and a study of job
opportunities as the best ap
proach to making a decision
about the vocation for a college
graduate.
On Tuesday morning discus
sion groups were held on
education, with Dr. J. Henry
Highsmith in charge; on science
jobs; on library work; on jobs in
the field of art; and on radio and
journalism, led by Mrs. Jim
Reid.
Music, sociology, English,
home economics, and mathe
matics were the subjects of
vocation discussion groups on
Wednesday morning. Alumnae
taking part in the English
seminar included Mrs. David
Worth, Mrs. Gordon Poole, Mrs.
Joe Broadwell, Mrs. William
Harris, and Gloria Mayer.
On Friday morning vocations
open in the fields of religion,
psychology, business, history,
and physical education were
discussed. A special display of
vocational materials was also set
up in the library for the week.
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son, Pat Bales. June Short; Frank,e Meadows; Dot Childress; Imosene Narron; and Carolyn Covinston.
Juniors Will Entertain Senior Class
At Banquet, Open House Next Weekend
SOPHOMORES GO
ON PICNIC TODAY
One of the outstanding events
of the college year will be held
ne.xt Saturday ifight in the
college dining hall—the annual
Junior-Senior Banquet. A full
weekend of events is being
planned by the juniors for the
entertainment of the seniors
and their dates.
Betty Jane Hedgepeth, presi
dent of the junior class, has an
nounced that an open house in
the Hut will be held on Satur
day afternoon, besides the
banquet on Saturday night.
Helen Brunson and Sylvia Cur-
rin are in charge of the open
house.
Donna W^alston is in charge
of the programs for the ban
quet, while Sonny Burnham is
responsible for the evening’s en
tertainment. Betty Lou Rogers
is working out the menu; Faye
iNlichols and Rosalyn Yarn are
in charge of the place cards.
The decorations committee
for the banquet is headed by
Diane Newton; Julia Parker is
in charge of the flowers, while
Jane Stroup and Joanne Mason
are responsible for the music.
Sandra Moore is in charge of
invitations, while the chairman
of clean-up is Anne McRackan.
The theme of the weekend’s
entertainment, kept a deep
secret, will be carried out in the
decorations and entertainment
at the banquet, as well as in the
open house. The freshmen are
assisting their big sisters with
the entertainment.
Major Officers Chosen
In Spring Elections
^ The sophomore class and
their dates will don blue jeans
this afternoon for a weiner roast
at Crabtree camp. Dot Haight,
head chairman for the class out
ing, and her planning commit
tees have lined up plenty of
food and entertainment for all
attending.
Dot Fisher and Emily Castel-
loe are the co-chairmen of the
food committee for the weiner
roast; Zeta Morton heads the
guest committee, and Martha
Holland is in charge of trans
portation.
Responsible for the evening’s
entertainment is Jean Johnson.
Miss Carey, the class sponsor,
assisted the committees with
their arrangements. After the
supper, the group will be enter
tained by a stunt by the sopho
more day students, impersona
tions, and will participate in
group singing.
Special guests at the event
will be Mr. and Mrs. Zeno
Martin.
Meredith campus has been
the scene of great political
campaigns for the past few
months. Elections began March
9 when the major campus offi
cers were elected. Those girls
filling these top positions are:
Student Government president,
Marjorie Joyner; Baptist Stu
dent Union president, Carolyn
Massey; Atheletic Association
president, Hope Hodges; and
Little Theatre president Mickey
Bowen.
On succeeding Thursdays
Patsy Emory was elected vice-
president of the Student Gov
ernment; Faye Nichols first vice-
president of the B.S.U.; and
Sally Massey vice-president of
the A.A.
The publications next year
will be under the supervision of
Nancy Walker (Twig), Dickie
Phillips (Acorn), and Betty
Jane Hedgepeth (Oak Leaves.)
The new college marshal is
Dot Cutts.
Two Representatives
Attend S.G. Meeting
SCIENCE CLUB ON
TRIP TO BEAUEORT
The members of the Barber
Science Club left yesterday
afternoon for Beaufort, North
Carolina, on their annual trin to
the Duke University Marine
Laboratories.
Club activities at Beaufort
this weekend will include col
lection and classification of sea
animals and plants, as well as
those which live on land.
Those students who are on
the trip to Beaufort this week
end include Joanna Pittard,
Ellen Peeler, Sarah Jane New-
bern, Sandra Moore, Drake Mor
gan, Stella Matthews, Marcine
Kinkead, Gwen Wilson, Kath
leen Perry, Foy Gunter, Emily
Stacy, Roberta Holcombe, and
Jennett Bramble.
Faculty members accompany
ing the group are Dr. John
Yarbrough, Dr. Mary Yar
brough, Mrs. Arthur Kelman
and Mrs. Collins.
Delegates Compete
In Various Sports
Meredith will be bustling
with activity all day today as
delegates from the member col
leges of the N. C. A. F. C. W.
swarm over the campus for
Sports Day. Two hundred guests
are expected from at least ten of
the fourteen member colleges
over the state to participate in
the sports.
Competitions will be held
throughout today in archery,
tennis, badminton, softball, and
swimming. Games are sched
uled to begin at eleven this
morning, with the exception of
the swimming meet, which will
be held after all other activities
are completed.
Registration will take place
from 10 to 10:30 this morning
in Johnson Hall. Sometime dur
ing the afternoon the executive
committee of this college athle
tic organization will meet in the
faculty parlor.
Delegates are expected to
register here today from almost
all of the fourteen colleges,
which include Greensboro, Elon’
Brevard, Salem, Wake Forest’
Queens, E.C.T.C., Mars Hill,
Guilford, Carolina, Duke, Wom
an s College, Appalachian,
Peace, and St. Mary’s.
Teams to represent Meredith
in the competition will be
chosen from the outstanding
participants in those sports. Each
school sending delegations to
the Sports Day here has been
requested to limit their number
to thirty.
A team of twelve girls may
represent their college in soft-
ball today; each team entering
must bring a faculty umpire
with its team. The softball
games will be played on the
regular field and also on a
special field on the left side of
the drive today.
On the tennis courts, singles
and doubles will be played; only
three entrants may come from
each school. Only two partic
ipants may enter in archery
while badminton will feature
singles and doubles, with a limit
of two players.
In the last event, the swim
ming competition, there is no
limit to the entrants.
Meredith College’s Student
Government Council had two
representatives at the annual
meeting of the Southern Inter-
Collegiate Association of Stu
dent Governments held at
Alabama State College for
Women, April 20-21 in Monte-
vallo, Alabama.
Marjorie J o y n e r, incoming
president of the Meredith Stu
dent Government and Patsy
Emory, incoming vice-president,
attended the three-day confer
ence which included panel dis
cussions, business meetings, a
barbeque, and a banquet at
which Dr. Harold E. Stassen,
president of the University of
Pennsylvania spoke.
The convention was attended
by student government officers
from girls’ schools all over the
South. The purpose of the meet
ing was to discover ways of
having a more effective student
government.
Collegiate Press Group Delegates Will
Meet m Greensboro For Annual Convention
Woman’s College and Guilford
College will be rolling out the
carpet in Greensboro on April
27 for leaders in North Carolina
collegiate journalism.
The two Greensboro colleges
are hostess and host to the
North Carolina Collegiate Press
Association April 27, 28, and 29
when the organization’s annual
convention assembles this year
in Greensboro.
The^ program for the conven
tion includes four continuous
clinics for business managers,
magazine editors, newspaper
editors, and yearbook editors.
Experts will be on hand to give
pointers on typographical lay
out, photographic layout, edito
rial writing, magazine produ-
tion, ad soliciting, and ad design.
Each clinic will be climaxed
with a student-led jam session
designed to air common staff and | sional dictatiJm
policy problems. Shop talk dur
ing the convention will be in
terspersed with entertainment.
Already experts in profession
al journalism are judging entries
submitted to NCCPA competi
tion; and thirty-four colleges in
North Carolina have been in
vited to send delegates.
The assemblage in Greens
boro the weekend of April 27
will be the third convention of
NCCPA since the close of World
War II. Due to travel difficulties
a wen organized Association
was disbanded during the war.
This year. President Ellen
Metz commented, the conven
tion IS intended to be “a happy
combination of enlightenment
and entertainment. College jour
nalists, she added, “can bene-
fitmorC’ perhaps, from meeting
and talking to their colleagues
than from any amount of profes-