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MAY DAY
CELEBRATION
TOMORROW
TWIG
ANNUAL HORSE
SHOW ALSO
SATURDAY
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXVI
IVIEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1952
No. 10
Traditional
Tomorrow
Highlight of Hospitality Weekend;
Peggy Poole Reigning Queen of May
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HOOF-PRINT CLUB PRESENTS SEVENTH
ANNUAL HORSE SHOW TOMORROW
Fanfare! Meredith College
presents its seventh annual
horse show, sponsored by the
Hoof-Print Club and directed by
Mrs. Miriam Todd Hitt, instruc
tor of equitation, and Ann Bru
ton, student assistant.
At 2:00 on Saturday, May 3,
the riders, in their best bibs and
jodphurs, will walk, trot, and
canter around the ring before
the spectators; Mr. Zeno Mar
tin, ringmaster; and Mr. Walter
Bagwell, the judge. The classes
—beginner, intermediate, jun
ior advanced, advanced, and
pleasure — will perform, be
judged, and receive awards as
separate groups. Between these
performances, show horses will
be exhibited and a skit will be
presented.
Those participating in the
horse show itself and serving on
the committees for decorating
the ring, selling drinks, making
posters, planning the skit, and
grooming the horses are as fol
lows; Leila Melvin, Evelyn
Spencer, Betsy Coxe, Martha
Baird, Celia Wells, Marjorie
Blankenship, Martha Overton,
Georgia Mallos, Grace Blalock,
.Margaret Knight, Shirley Gra
ham, Bonny Morgan, Mary
Whisnant, Sally Dean, Jane Se-
ate, Anne Creech, Ann Bru
ton, Carolyn Ballentine, Nancy
Johnson, Betty Gardner, Mary
Alice Simmons. Jean McConnell,
Celia Woods, and Pat Roberts.
CAMPUS HEADS
DISCUSS CHANGES
PLANS MADE FOR
MOREHEAD TRIP
For the purpose of entertain
ing the new BSU Council mem
bers and making plans for the
coming year, the Council, both
old and new members, will
spend the weekend of May 9-11
at Morehead. There they will
jvaluate this year’s BSU pro-
P'am and make suggestions for
he coming year, pointing up
weaknesses and strengths of the
>rogram for this year. Mary
Velyn Brown will preside over
le discussion periods.
The group will also enjoy pe-
-ods of fun and recreation.
Science Students
Enjoy Weekend
At Beaufort
On Friday, April 25, the
science majors left in pouring
rain for a weekend at the Duke
Marine Laboratory in Beaufort.
Friday night found the twen
ty-two students and five faculty
members discussing various top
ics of the sea. Talks by students
were introduced by Sally Mas
sey, acting as “Dr. Dull.” Beth
Morgan gave a talk on “The Sa
linity of Water” after which
talks were given by Jean Pace,
who gave a book review on “Un
der the Sea Wind,” by Rachael
Carson; Melrose Canaday, who
gave a report on the animal
kingdom, with emphasis on ma
rine animals; and Miriam Allen,
who reported on tides. After a
discussion period, the group saw
a movie on marine animals.
(Continued on page five)
For the past several weeks,
campus presidents and heads of
organizations for the 1952-53
school year have been meeting
with Miss Louise Fleming, Dean
of Women, to discuss future
plans and needed changes.
At the first meeting, held on
April 16, the heads of organiza
tions were introduced. The pe
riod which followed consisted of
a discussion as to rules set down
by the student government,
whether they were necessary
and whether their purpose was
worthwhile for each student
concerned.
On April 24, the group
thought in terms of planning
meetings, aims, methods of pro
cedure, and scheduled times for
meetings. On a later date meth
ods of parliamentary procedure
will be given to help the girls
conduct meetings effectively.
Campbells Give Teas
Honoring Senior Class
It is the custom of Dr. and
Mrs. Carlyle Campbell to give a
series of teas honoring the sen
ior class during the spring se
mester. The girls go in groups
of approximately twenty to the
Campbell home on Furches
Street on the Sunday after
noons which have been set aside
for the teas.
A buffet supper is served to
those attending and following
this, a social get-together is ob
served with Dr. Campbell pro
viding most of the entertain
ment. One of the girls’ favorite
selections by Dr. Campbell is
his performance of “Dixie” with
his left hand, and “Yankee Doo
dle” with his right hand, on the
piano.
The annual celebration of
May Day on the Meredith cam
pus will commence tomorrow
morning with the traditional
breakfast given by the sopho
more class to honor the May
Queen, her court, and her sister
seniors. During this breakfast,
the queen will be serenaded by
the sophomores and the seniors
will present Dr. Campbell with
a basket of flowers.
The visiting high school sen
iors from North Carolina, South
Carolina, and Virginia, guests of
the college for Hospitality
Weekend, will view the talents
of Meredith’s equestriennes at
the Spring Horse Show which
begins at 2:00 p.m.
At 4:00 p.m. the entrance of
the college marshals will herald
in the May Day exercises dur
ing which Peggy Poole will be
officially crowned Queen of the
May. Following the marshals
will be the girls taking part in
the May Day entertainment and
the girls in the Spring Song Pro
cessional.
The May Court will then en
ter, led by the senior attendants
Virginia McGranahan and Jane
Compton, followed by juniors
Nancy Jo Wallis and Mary Ann
Godwin, sophomores JoAnne
Brown and Lib Crenshaw, and
freshmen Margaret Brunson and
Mary Elizabeth Delbridge. Maid
of Honor Asha Farrior, flower
girl Harriet Gilliam, and crown
bearer, Louise Runkle will im
mediately precede the Queen.
Johnny Allen and Margaret Ann
Kitchin will act as train-bearers.
The main entertainment of
the afternoon will be a perform
ance of Tschaikowsy’s “Nut
cracker Suite.” Betsy Cannady
will narrate the story of Marie,
Charlene Swanzey, a little girl
who dreams that her nutcracker
turns into a prince charming,
danced by Mary Jo Suiter. Sally
Drake will portray the Sugar
Plum Fairy. Members of the
folk dance class will present the
March of the Mechanical Dolls,
the Russian Trepak, the Chinese
Dance, the Dance of the Flutes,
and the Waltz of the Flowers.
Directors for this year’s pro
duction are Miss Doris Peterson,
Mrs. Katharine Adams, and Mrs.
Ruth Nicholson. Stage decora
tions will be done by the soph
omore class under the direction
of Jean Pace. Mrs. J. T. Lynn
will accompany the groups.
The girls participating in the
program are Shirley West,
Joan Langley, Elizabeth Anglin,
Alyce Epley, Mary Jean West,
Roberta Davenport, Joyce
Prince, Kitty Barbehenn, Jane
Williamson, Jean Leopard Mar
tin, Margie Barnes, Faye Walk
er, Sara Blalock, Johnnie M.
Fisher, Jean Batten, Carolyn
Brady, Dot Hart, Bonny Mor
gan, Irma Smith, Patsy Spiers,
Kathleen Thomas.
Dot Brigman, Betsy Callahan,
Dot Briggs, Jo Bond Brock,
Anne O’Quinn, Sarah Coxe, Hel
en Hinson, Cherrie Bedding-
field, Glyndora Benner, Bar
bara Dickins, Sara Goodyear,
Anne Lovell, Peggy Dalrymple,
Ruth Langston, Seleta Fisher,
Doris McMillan, Allen Hart,
Caroline Jackson, Dorothy
Hunt, Audrey Garris, Betty Lou
Winchester.
Virginia Harris, Evelyn
Krause, Pat Davis, Betty All-
red, Elizabeth Smith, Anne Hen
drix, Barbara Ellis, Crystal
Stanley, Anne Hoots, Martha
Baird, Anne Midyette, Alma
Brigman, Emma Jean Maddrey,
Meta Mae Williams, Ann Wins
low, Louise George, Lyn Bel-
(Continued on page idx)
JANE MURPHY AND SALLY CLARK
PRESENT SENIOR ART EXHIBIT
After the April showers come
not only the May flowers but al
so the May Senior Art Exhibits.
This month, Jane Murphy and
Sally Clark will exhibit the
work they have done in art
while at Meredith.
Sally Clark’s exhibit, - with
emphasis mainly on commercial
art and design, will open on May
9 at 8:00 p.m. in the Meredith
Art Gallery. Her exhibit will in
clude also tempra paints, por
traits, including a self portrait,
and sculpture.
This semester Sally has been
a student teacher .of art for sev
en grades at Fuquay. There she
planned her entire program. Sal
ly’s plans for the future include
either a teaching career or
work in commercial art, in
which she is especially inter
ested.
Before coming to Meredith,
Sally studied art at Sacred
Heart Junior College in Bel
mont and the Museum of Art in
Charlotte. Here at Meredith,
SaUy has served as art editor
of the Twig and assistant art
editor of The Acom. Last sum
mer she taught Arts and Crafts
at Camp Seagull.
According to her roommate,
Sally gets her best ideas for pic
tures, when she is “mad or riled-
up about something.”
Jane Murphy, the grand
daughter of Mrs. W. F. Murphy,
also an artist, will open her art
exhibit on Friday, May 16, at
8:00 p.m. Refreshments will be
served to the guests.
Jane’s exhibit will include
oils, mostly portraits; illustra
tions for The Acom, of which
she is art editor; designs; pen
and ink and pencil drawings; ad
vertisement layouts and fash
ion designs; puppets; and a house
plan and scale-model house.
Among her portraits are one of
herself and one of Pat Murphy
her sister.
In June, Jane will give her
exhibit in the Little
Art Gallery in Asheville.
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