WELCOME
HIGH SCHOOL
SENIORS
THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
BEST WISHES
TO OUR
MAY QUEEN
Volume XXV
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1951
Number 11
College Honors Its Guests in Hospitality Plans
Riding Show, Vespers, and Concert
Included in Full Week-end Program
“A Lost Penny” is given to an old beggar who is mysteriously changed into a handsome prince. Rehearsing
the fairy story for the May Day program as Sally Smith, Irma Smith, Anne Cre^ech, Sally Massey and
Betsy Cannady.
Spanish Classes and Psi Chi
Cluh to Present One-Aet Plays
“Salirs Con La Suya,” a one-
act play by Carlo Garcia-Prada,
will be presented next Tuesday,
May 8, by the Spanish classes
of the modern language depart
ment, while the Psi Chi club on
Thursday will present “Scat
tered Showers” by Nora Stirling.
Included in the cast of “Salirs
Con La Suya,” which means “to
have one’s way,” are Mary Alice
Archer as Pin, a young man;
Betty Jo Welch as Carmelo,
Pin’s sweetheart; Julia Presson
as Isabel, Pin’s mother; Frances
Almond as Nolon, a friend of
all; and Jane Earl Burch and
Micky Bowen as Lolita and
Chiflas, young girls of the town.
Although Pin and Carmelo
are desperately in love and wish
■to marry, Isabel, Pin’s mother,
doesn’t want to give up her son.
Nolon, however, feels that if Isar
bel is told that Carmelo doesn’t
really love Pin, perhaps Isabel
will not be disturbed about the
prospect of her son’s marrying
Carmelo. The play ends happily
with everyone believing that he
has had his way.
The festivities, however, will
not end with the closed curtain,
for following the play the au
dience and cast will participate
in a “fiesta” of dancing and sing
ing of Latin tunes of both the
folk and modern varieties.
Psychology Play
Included in the cast of “Scat
tered Showers” are Ruth Ann
Simmons as Jane, the warm,
friendly and relaxed mother of
Mike; Marjorie Joyner as Har
riet, the domineering mother of
Richard; and Peggy Madry as
Elise, the nervous and tense
mother of Junior. Virginia Jones
is the stage manager.
Each of three mothers finds
herself faced with a problem
that cannot be easily solved.
How each reacts to the reality
of life and the problems of grow
ing children forms the body of
the plot.
Like Thornton Wilder’s play
“Our Town,” “Scattered Show
ers” is presented without the
use of stage props. The scenery,
as well as the three children,
must be presented by the use
of pantomine.
“Scattered Showers,” which
is a study of personality types,
is published by the National
Committee of Mental Hygiene.
SCIENCE CLUB MAKES
TRIP TO BEAUFORT
Students End
Budget Debate
In Final Vote
A group of science majors ac
companied by several members
of the faculty left Friday, April
27 at 2:00 p.m. in the after
noon for their annual science
trip to Duke Marine Laboratory
at Beaufort, North Carolina.
They dredged the ocean for deep
sea specimens of marine life and
combed the beach for land varie
ties of animals.
On Saturday night they en
joyed a campfire at which they
mixed marshmallows and sing
ing with a scientific study of the
stars. The faculty members who
made the trip were Dr. John
Yarbrough, Dr. Mary Yar
brough, Mrs. E. R. Collins, Dr.
and Mrs. Arthur Kelman, Mr.
Robert Brown and his wife, anc
Mrs. Reid.
The students were Hilda Beck
Penina Bowden, Jennett Bram
ble, Melrose Cannady, Shirley
Cliatt, Janie Dillard, Bess Fran
cis, Hope Hodges, Juanita Ipock
Carlene Kinlaw, Jane Lattam
Jean Mason, Sally Massey, Stella
Matthews, Drake Morgan, Sara
Jane Newbern, Martha Norman,
Ellen Peeler, Joanna Pittard,
Pat Smathers, and Janet Smith.
The group with all their prize
specimens returned Sunday
night.
The Meredith student body
cast an almost unanimous vote
to abolish the plan of a unified
Dudget in their last business
meeting. The purpose of this
plan, which has been in effect
for two years, was to comply
with the student request for
eliminating door-to-door can
vasses throughout the year.
The majority of the students
were opposed to the budget be
cause they objected to some
charities; therefore, they had
rather choose the organizations
to which they contribute. Others
maintained that contributions
would be increased if a separate
drive, having more emotional
appeal, were held.
The fee of the unified budget,
three dollars per person, also
included that of the faculty and
administration. Since no one
can be forced to give to charity,
this fee was not compulsory,
although everyone was asked to
contribute. The total amount of
the budget was $1,400—$350
from faculty-administration and
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Approximately 175 high
school seniors from schools in
North Carolina, South Carolina,
and Virginia will be welcomed
tomorrow to the campus for
Hospitality Week-end.
Sandra Moore, hospitality
chairman; student government
members; and appointed host
esses will see that the girls feel
at home on the campus. Upon
arrival they will be given name-
tags and directed to their rooms.
Early in the morning members
of the sophomore class will pre
sent the seniors with May bas
kets and then will herald the
May Queen in song, The Queen,
her court, and the seniors will
be honored at a breakfast by the
sophomores, with Janet Stal
lings, sophomore president, act
ing as hostess. During this
breakfast, the seniors will pre
sent their basket of flowers to
the college president.
The festivities in honor of the
guests will begin with a tour of
the campus followed by lunch
in the college cafeteria. Mere
dith’s best riders will display
their talents at a horse show at
2:00 p.m. in the riding ring.
Beginning at 4:30 will be the
highlight of the week-end, the
May Day exercises with the
traditional crowning of the May
Queen.
Ballet
In honor of the May Queen,
Dorothy Cutts, and her attend
ants, the Folk Dance Group will
present the fairy ballet, “The
Lost Penny.” Preceeded by the
college marshals, garland bear
ers, and flower girls, the class
attendants wil enter the court
in the order of their classes.
Seniors attendants are Bar
bara Pearson and Evelyn Bar
den; juniors, Mary Alice Randall
and Carolina Ballentine; sopho
mores, Alma Brigman and Ruth
Cole; freshmqn, Marjorie Barnes
and George Anna Griffin.
The maid of honor. Marguerite
Smith, will follow these class
representatives and after her
will come the flower girl, Jean
Duncan, and the crown bearer,
Buddy Gabriel.
Immediately following the
crown bearer’s entrance will be
that of the Queen herself. Her
train will be carried by Corrine
Fox and Wayne McNairy. The
sophomores will again sing to
the Queen and then she will be
crowned Queen of the May.
The theme of “The Lost
Penny” will be carried out by
dancers performing for the
Queen. Sally Massey will play
the part of the beggar; Anne
Creech, the child; Betsy Can
nady, the fairy princess; and Jo
Ann LaRue and Doril Williams,
the two elves.
Dances in the program are:
I. Wooden soldiers
II. Children
III. Elves
IV. Wood Sprites
V. Fairies
VI. Fairy Garland
VII. Ladies in Waiting
The Maypole winders are girls
from the physical education
class for classroom teachers.
Vespers
At 7:15 an outdoor vesper
service, under the sponsorship
of the Baptist Student Union,
will be held in the court at the
fountain. The program is being
planned by Mary Ann West
brook, the devotional chairman
of the B.S.U.
In the auditorium at 8:00, the
college glee club, under the
direction of Miss Beatrice Don
ley, will present its annual
spring concert. The high school
seniors will be the special guests
for this performance.
ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS
GIVES TWIG FIRST CLASS RATING
OPERA TONIGHT
Meredith will again be for
tunate in that tonight the
North Carolina Federation of
Music Clubs will present
“Carmen” by George Bizet.
This ever-popular story of
senoritas and bullfighters will
be sponsored by the Raleigh
Junior Women’s Club for the
benefit of the welfare fund.
Presented under the direc
tion of the Grass Roots Opera
Company, this opera prom
ises to be colorful, tuneful,
entertaining and lively. The
curtain rises at 8:00.
Student fee is one dollar.
The A. C. P. All-American
Critical Service recently award
ed a first class rating of “excel
lent” to the Twig for the issues
published in the fall term of the
current year.
This is the first time that the
Twig has attained this rating.
For the past several years it has
maintained a rating of two with
the exception of last year, when
it fell down to a three rating. It
is classified in the college and
university group of bi-weeklies
among schools having an enroll
ment of 500-999. There were
twelve papers in this class rat
ing.
Total Score
The total score for the Twig
this year was 755, a minimum
of 750 being required for a First
Class rating. The score sum
mary is as follows: news values
and sources, 190; news writing
and editing, 140; headlines,
typography and makeup, 230;
department pages and special
features, 195.
Special commendation was
given by Judge Hievert for
photography and the creating
of news features. He also ac
claimed the good sports cover
age with the comment, “It is
unusual to find a women’s col
lege doing more than routine
effort on athletics.”
Critical Service
Every year the Associated
Collegiate Press evaluates news
papers of colleges and univer
sities all over the United States.
Its purpose is “to provide an
agency by which staffs may be
aided in giving their schools and
communities a significant publi
cation, and to help the staffs in
the solution of their problems.”
Alpha Psi Names
Seven New Members
The Alpha Psi Omega (Eta
Nu Chapter) held a service on
April 24, 1951 in which it tapped
seven new members. The dra
matic fraternity welcomed Ruth
Ann Simmons, Betty Jo Smith,
Jane Slate, Lida Mauldin, Mar
jorie Joyner, Dorothy Miller,
and Ellen Westmoreland, after
Miss Judith Mayes, the director,
had set forth the aims and re-
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