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Volume XXVI
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1951
Number 3
^Social Emphasis Weeh Begins November Twelfth
Former Teacher
Chapel Speaker
Little Theatre
Presents Four
One-Act Plays
The Little Theatre will pre
sent “Tonight at Eight,” a pro
gram of one-act plays, on
November 16 and 17. These
plays are “The Happy Journey”
by Thornton Wilder; “They Are
None of Them Perfect” by So
phia Kerr; “The Stronger” by
August Strindberg; and “The
Mousetrap” by William Dean
Howells.
Both the plays and characters
are varied in mood and scene.
‘The Happy Journey” is one of
Thornton Wlider’s non-scenery
plays and has been chosen by him
as his finest work. It is a warm,
humorous portrayal of a family’s
journey to see the elder daugh
ter who has beeh ill. All extra
characters are played by a stage
manager.
“They Are None of Them Per
fect” is a clever, drawing room
comedy in which a group of
married women try to discourage
their engaged friend by recount
ing her husband’s weakness.
“The Stronger” is a one-sided
verbal battle between two wom
en. The audience at the end may
judge which of the two is the
stronger. A mouse is the villian
of “Mousetrap”, a comedy of the
Gay Nineties; the protagonists
are six ladies, all at bay upon
chairs, and tables.
Cast
The casts include—Ellen West
moreland, Betsy Cannady, Fay
Walker, Mary Jo Isaacs, Mary
Evelyn Brown, Peggy Poole, Jo
Ann Haithwaite, Ann Ipock,
Bobbie Addy, Ruby Wiggins,
Becky Callaway, Joyce Bailey,
Barbara Harper, Lynette Ad
cock, Betty Winchester, Paul
West, George Thomas and Mary
Cobb Dickens.
The prices of admission are
75 and 50 cents. The curtain on
Week Features Panel
Discussion and Skit
Included in the program for Social Emphasis Week is a panel discussion to he held in chapel Thursday,
November 8. Four students and two members of the faculty will be on the panel. Shown placing ques
tions to be used in the panel in the question box in Johnson Hall are Pat Murphy, Jean Joyner, and Mary
Brooks Stone.
.“WHO’S WHO’’
Six seniors, Anne Creech,
Marie Edwards, Sally Massey,
Jean Miller, Rosalyn Poole,
and Jane Slate, have been
chosen for national recogni
tion in “Who’s Who Among
Students in American Univer
sities and Colleges.’’ The six
who will be included in the
1951-52 edition are selected
on the basis of scholarship,
co-operation and leadership in
academic and extra-curricular
activities, citizenship and serv
ice to the school, and promise
of future usefulness.
both evenings is at 8:00 p.m.
in the auditorium.
Alumnae, Class of Fifty-one,
Work in Various Occupations
Meredith alumnae of the class
of 1951 are working in various
occupations in different places.
A large number of girls have
come back to Raleigh. Frances
Almond is married and working
at the Baptist Book Store. Jane
Earl Burch is also married and
with the North Carolina Survey
of Public Education. Helen Brun
son and Martha Hare, both mar
ried, are teaching in the second
and sixth grades, respectively.
Marilyn Rosser is teaching the
fifth grade, Millicent Elliott is
teaching the third grade, Martha
Sue Smith, the second; and Pat
Lawrence, the seventh. Working
as secretaries in Raleigh are Sun
ny Burnham, Peggy Thornton,
and Lurene Ransone. Rose Marie
Killinger is married and living
in Raleigh. Sarah Jane Newbern
and Marcine Kinkead are in
Raleigh as medical technologists,
and Mattie Lou Lee is married
and working as a junior labora
tory technician with the State
Laboratory of Hygiene.
Three of last year’s graduates
are working at Meredith. Shirley
Bone is assistant librarian, Nan
cy Walker is head of the News
Bureau, and Helen Walker is
manager of the Bee Hive.
Housewives
Those who list their occupa
tions as housewives are Mary
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Delegates Chosen to
Student Legislature
The North Carolina State Stu
dent Legislature will hold its
fifteenth annual assembly in
Raleigh on November 29, 30, and
December 1, in the chambers of
the House and Senate at the
State Capitol.
Barney Schettler, Martha Hol
land , and Lynette Adcock will
be Meredith delegates to the
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STUDENT BODY PARTICIPATES IN
CRUSADE FOR FREEDOM CAMPAIGN
Final results of The Crusade
for Freedom campaign held on
the campus October 27-Novem-
ber 2, show that Meredith stu
dents contributed approximately
$25.00.
The Crusade for Freedom is a
challenge to the American people
to help truth fight communism.
The idea was launched last year
by General Dwight D. Eisen
hower. It was an effort to raise
enough money to build a power-
B.S.U. PRESENTS CHAPEL
PROGRAM AT CAMPBELL
The B.S.U. council of Meredith
College will present a chapel pro
gram at Campbell College at
Buies Creek, November 15. The
program, under the direction of
Betty Jo Welch, will feature
Mrs. Flora Freeman of Raleigh,
formerly of India. She will speak
on “The Life of a Christian Stu
dent in India” and demonstrate
some methods of dress in that
country.
This is the second of a series
of exchange programs. The first
was given on Sunday, October
21, at Shaw University. We feel
this will strengthen the relation
between the B. S. U. groups, as
well as strengthen our work as
a Baptist Student Union. In the
near future, we are expecting
a return program from both
schools.
The monthly chapel program
sponsored by the B. S. U. will be
November 20. It will emphasize
Thanksgiving, using the Novem
ber theme, “The Christian
Church in My Community.” The
aim of this program is to better
understand our place in the fel
lowship of the local church.
ful radio transmitter in Germany
which would fight Communistic
propaganda by broadcasting the
truth to the people behind the
Iron Curtain.
Sixteen million Americans re
sponded immediately with over
$1,000,000. Thus, the most
powerful transmitter in the free
world was built in Munich, Ger
many. On May 1, 1951, the sta
tion called Radio Free Europe
began its broadcasts into com
munistic Czechoslavakia.
Through its programs Radio
Free Europe attempts to keep
alive the hope for freedom of
these imprisoned people and to
encourage resistance against
Communism. Its broadcasts give
reports on missing persons, send
messages from those who have
escaped, and give news that the
Soviets try to suppress. Conclud-
ng each program there are heard
four notes on Radio Free Eu-
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The week of November 12-16
has been designated as Social
Emphasis Week at Meredith. The
name of the week was suggested
by Mrs. Vera T. Marsh who
previously taught a course in
social etiquette at Mars Hill
College.
Jean Joyner will head a com
mittee of faculty and students
to discuss problems on the
campus. In a tentative commit
tee meeting it was decided that
Social Emphasis Week will
parallel the Religious Emphasis
Week that is held each year. The
student members who are on
the committee are freshman,
Pat Murphy; sophomore, Mary
Brooks Stone; junior, Janne
Dawson; and senior, Jean Joy
ner. The faculty members are:
Mrs. Vera Marsh, Miss Margaret
Schwartz, Miss Ellen Brewer
and Dr. Norma Rose. The com
mittee which met once a week
for three weeks will continue to
meet throughout the week.
Chapel
Social Emphasis Week will be
launched with a talk on social
etiquette in chapel on Monday,
November 12, by Mrs. J. Leroy
Allen, an alumna of Meredith
and a former teacher in English.
Each night during the week a
humorous skit concerning our
social life will be given in the
dormitories. Beginning Monday
Mrs. J. Leroy Allen
night the skit will be given in
Springfield; Tuesday, Vann;
Wednesday, Jones; and Thurs
day, Faircloth. Charleen Swan-
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Counselors Sponsor Special Social
Program for Freshmen and Transfers
In connection with Social Em
phasis Week, the freshmen and
transfer counselors will sponsor
a special social emphasis pro
gram for new students.
At council group meetings
new students will be instructed
in correct manners, appropriate
dress, and planning for parties,
dances, receptions, teas, and
banquets. They will discuss cor
rect social practices in entertain
ing, traveling, attending concerts
and the theatre, and carrying
on an interesting conversation.
A list of available party material
will be given to each new stu
dent.
At the November meeting
each girl will join one of the
following committees: invita
tions and hostess, entertainment,
or refreshment and arrange
ment. These committees will
meet separately in December un
der the direction of Mrs. Vera
Marsh, Miss Doris Peterson, and
Miss Ellen Brewer. With infor
mation from these discussions,
the new students will plan and
present a Christmas party before
the Christmas recess.