Best of Luck
May Court
and Dancers
THE TWIG
Welcome
High School
Seniors
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY I, 1953
May May Festivities Observed Tomorrow
Guests Arrive for Hospitality Weekend;
Pageant and Spring Concert to be Given
Today and tomorrow. May 1 and
2, approximately 100 high school
seniors are arriving at Meredith for
the annual Hospitality Weekend,
which includes the May Day fes
tivities and the spring concert of the
chorus as two of its main events.
General chairman of Hospitality
Weekend is Betty Ann Highsmith.
Guests invited are high school sen
iors who have already registered
here for next year and those who
are considering coming to Mere
dith.
The week end will begin formally
Saturday morning with registration
from 9:00 until 12:00. At 1:30
comes the annual Horse Show in
which some of Meredith’s best horse
RIDERS STAGE
HORSE SHOW
(ihnwn nhove is the Mav Queen Dot Stell and her Attendants: left to right, Lou Ann Griffin, Joyce Jones, Shirley Graham,
Shown above -yhe^Ma^y^ Dm Me^l Barnhardt, Liz Jones.
New Class Officers Elected;
Clubs Release Slates for Next Year
COLE AND COX
TO GIVE EXHIBITS
The classes and clubs recently | German Club elected Sara Lang-
elected new officers for the coming' don, president; Margaret Anne
year Heading next year’s Senior English, vice-president; and Lois
Class are president, Caroline Jack-i Sheppard, treasurer. The Sociology
son- vice-president, Bonny Morgan; | Club will be headed by Betty Louise
secretary, Lucky Bell; and treasur- i Smith, president; Lillian Wooten,
er Doris Page. The Junior Class I vice-president; and Sarah Pate, sec-
elected Becky Calloway, president; j retary-treasurer. New officers ot
Sandra Peterson, vice-president; | the Canaday Math Club are
Betty Ball, secretary; and Anne' president, Jeannette Scott; vice-
Jane Barbrey, treasurer. Next year’s 1 president, to be elected, and
sophomores will be led by presi
dent, Mary Jon Gerald; vice-presi
dent, Margeret Layne; secretary,
Mary Louise Cornwell; treasurer,
Ellen Scofield; and student govern
ment representatives, Betty Vance
and Nancy Carpenter.
The clubs have also elected new
leaders for next year. The new of
ficers of the French Club are
president, Betty Hockaday; vice-
president, Joyce Stephens; and sec
secretary-treasurer, Joyce Causey.
Heading the Barber Science Club
will be president, Theresa Raynor;
vice-president, Miriam Allen; sec
retary, Mary Jo Griffin; and treasur
er, Melba Barbour. The Home
Economics Club will be headed by
president, Martha Snow; vice-presi
dent, Shirley West; secretary, Joan
Allen; and treasurer, Lela Melvin.
(Continued on page five)
One of the biggest May Day
events will be the annual horse show
in the college riding ring at 1:30
o’clock. Miss MacKay riding in
structor, will present all her classes
in what promises to be a fine re
view of horsemanship. Besides the
beginners’ class there will be two
intermediate classes and an ad
vanced class. All of these classes
will be judged for straight equita
tion. Added attractions will be the
bareback class, the pair class—two
riders keeping their horses together
on every move—and the pleasure
riding class. All three of these
will be composed of girls
The art exhibit of Riith Jean
nette Cole, a Meredith senior from I classes - _ ^
Fayetteville, N. C., will be given Uvho are advanced riders. Of special
tonight in the Arts Building at 8:00 j,g ^ presented by
~ Jane Seate, one of Meredith’s most
Ruth, who plans to teach L^vanced riders and an officer of
following her graduation m June, is • , ,u
mainly interested in painting ab- the Hoofpnnt Club,
stractions. Her exhibit tonight, rep- Miss Betty Brunson, riding in-
resentative of her four years of structor from Duke, will be here in
college work, will feature abstract capacity of judge for the show,
and semi-abstract oil paintings. gj^g>p j^g ^f|g g^g presenting ribbons
These are notable because of their , . . . j- u ....
good composition and graceful lines. ^ the most outstanding horsewom-
A reception will follow the exhibit, cn. The special students from Ra
Another senior, Betty Lou Cox leigh who are enrolled in horseback
of Pamplico, S. C., will present an classes will not ride in this show,
art exhibit May 8 in the arts build- jhey will stage another show later
ing. Her exhibit, which is also com- ^j^g g^j.
posed of abstract oil paintings, will'
include those done in her two years
women will take part. At 4:00
comes the high-light of the day—the
crowning of Dot Stell as May Queen
and the presentation of the colorful
pageant in the court for the enter
tainment of the May Court and
guests. Besides the queen, the May
Court is composed of Alma Brig-
man, maid of honor; June Eller and
Betsy Cox, senior attendants; Lyn
Belton and Shirley Graham, junior
attendants; Lou Ann Griffin and
Phoebe Barnhardt, sophomore at
tendants; Liz and Joyce Jones, fresh
man attendants.
According to Miss Doris Peter
son, faculty director of May Day,
the theme of the program this
year is “Color Symphony,” and the
colors used will be purple, bright
blue, red, green, black and white,
pink, yellow, and light blue. The
music used will include, “Deep
Purple,” “Blue Mood,” “Red Sails
in the Sunset,” “Greensleeves,”
‘Black and White Polka,” “Blossom
Time,” “Golden Days,” and “Beau
tiful Blue Danube.” The dancers in
the pageant will be members of the
Meredith Folk Dance Group, and
the maypole dancers will be mem
bers of the class in physical educa
tion for elementary school teachers.
The script was prepared by Bet
sy Cannady, Melissa Matthews, and
Celia Wells. The script reader will
be Betsy Cannady and the color
messenger, Charleen Swanzey.
In the pageant, moods will be de
picted in color with dance, costumes,
and music. Also, the maypole colors
will correspond to the colors used in
the program, and the poles will be
wound in a plaid.
The range of dances in the pro
gram include dramatics, ballet, clas
sical, “blues,” folk dance, and com
edy types. Most of the choreography
is original. The accompaniment
will be recordings.
On Saturday night, entertainment
of the guests will continue with
the annual spring concert presented
by the College Chorus, after which
the Student Government Association
will hold Open House in the hut in
honor of the guests. 'Hospitality
Weekend will conclude its formal
program on Sunday with the various
church services in Raleigh.
retary-treasurer, I^ah Weeks. The j Hl/SfC MAJORS JPkAIV
STl/DEAT RECITALS
COUNSELORS
NAMED FOR’53-’54
Mary Ann Chandler, chief coun
selor, has released the list of Fresh
man and Transfer counselors for
1953-’54.
The duties of the counselors are
to carry op a summer correspon-
, dence with the girls in their group,
greet the girls on their arrival at
Meredith, sponsor the “Big Wheel”
party, and meet monthly with the
girls.
Counselors for the freshman
groups are Nancy Carpenter,
Betty Deloatch, Dottie Garrett, Bar
bara Ray Johnson, Mickey Kim-
Counselors for the transfer
groups are Mary Askew, Phoebe
Barnhardt, Betty Louise Smith,
Barbara Jones, Dorothy Swisher.
(Continued on page six)
The series of graduation recitals
given by students from the Meredith
College Music department will con
tinue when Joan Neighbors of Ben
son gives her piano recital on May
5. Joan will receive her B.M. in June
and plans to teach piano. A special
feature included in her program
will be an original composition.
Shelley Millican, a voice major
from Roxboro, will be heard on
at Meredith. Following her gradua
tion in June, she plans to teach in
South Carolina.
Other senior art exhibits which
have been on display this spring are
those of Kitty Barbehenn, Ann Mc-
Gugen, Apn Seagrove, and Ann
Bruton. «
Training Meetings Held
For New Officers
The first two meetings of the lead
ership training classes for the risjng
presidents of all organizations and
w.i classes on campus were held on the
May 12. Shelley plans to teach or ] afterrioons of April 20 and 27. Miss
engage in church music after re-! Fleming led the group in a study
ceiving her A.B. degree this spring.! pf the responsibilities of a president
Elsie Williams, an organ major! iu relation to the other officers and
working on her B.M. degree, will' members of the organizatioii. Regu-
AJrtxr 1 c liAtinnc rnnrprniniy pliaihilitv, the
present her reeital May 15. Elsie
expects to begin her musical career
in the field of church music. She
hails from Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Fane Slate, a Burlington girl who
will receive her B.M. degree this
(Continued on page two)
lations concerning eligibility, the
point system, required meetings, or
ganization constitutions, and meth
ods of nomination and election were
discussed.
The next two meetings will be
(Continued on page three)
Shown above are two of Meredith’s advanced riders, Nancy Johnson and Sally
Dean, who will appear in the annual Horse Show tomorrow.
Meredith College Lbraiy
Raleigh, N. C-