CONGRATULATIONS
SENIORS
THE TWIG
HAPPY VACATION
TO ALL
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
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Volume XXVII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C.,ERIDAY, MAY 22, 1953
No. ^
Commencement Speakers Announced
Dr. Edward B. Willingham Will
Preach the Baccalaureate Sermon
The preacher of the baccalaure
ate sermon for Meredith’s 1953
commencement will be Dr. Ed
ward B. Willingham, minister of the
National Baptist Memorial Church
in Washington, D. C.
The subject of Dr. Willingham’s
'■), sermon, which will be preached in
the Meredith College Auditorium
on Sunday, May 31, 1953, will be
“This Is Your Life.’’ The text of
the sermon is from Galatians 2:20
, in the Revised Standard Version:
“I have been crucified with Christ;
it is not longer I who live, but Christ
who lives in me; and the life I now
live in the flesh I live by faith in
) the Son of God, who loved me and
gave himself for me.”
Dr. Willingham, who was born
in Richmond, Virginia, and is the
son of Dr. R. J. Willingham, for
mer Secretary of the Foreign Mis
sions Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention, received his B.A. from
the University of Richmond in 1921
and his D.D. from there in 1933;
he received his Th.M. from the
Southern Baptist Theological Semi
nary in 1924 and has also studied
at Union and at Washington Uni
versity of St. Louis.
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CLASS SPOIASORS FOR
I953-’54 ELECTED
The teacher-sponsors for the
classes have been elected for the
1953-1954 term. The present Jun
ior Class has chosen Dr. Sarah
Lemmon to lead their class through
its final year. She was graduated
from Madison College and has
taught in the history department
here since 1947.
Mr. Robert Wendt, a graduate of
Nebraska Weslayan University, was
selected by the Sophomore Class.
Before coming to Meredith in Sep
tember, 1952, he was the assist
ant pastor of a church in Kentucky.
Miss Helena Williams was
: elected by the Freshman Class. A
graduate of Saint Mary’s College in
Raleigh, she came to Meredith in
September of 1952, also. She had
previously taught at Agnes Scott
College.
Dr. Henderson
To Give Society
Night Address
Dr. Edward B. Willingham
Class Day Planned
For Saturday, May 30
On Saturday, May 30, at 4:00
o’clock, the seniors will hold their
Class Day exercises.
The program will consist of a wel
come by Jean Dula, the traditional
big-sister song sung to the seniors
by the sophomores, distribution of
the wishbones that are always given
to the odd-numbered classes by their
big sisters, presentation of the Sen
ior Class gift to Dr. Campbell, and
a skit given by the seniors.
The scrip for the Class Day skit
was written by Phyllis Tuck, Allen
Hart, Sally Smith, and Mary Ella
Hall. Mary Jo Issacs is production
manager for the skit.
The program will be given in the
court with the porch of the dining
hall serving as a stage for the skit.
The sophomores will begin their
preparation for the day about 5:30
o’clock Saturday morning when they
leave for the daisy field. Some girls
will stay at Meredith to gather ivy
while the others pick the daisies.
Later in the morning the ivy and
daisies will be woven into two
chains which the sophomores will
carry on their shoulders as they
march down the court and form a
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Shown above are four
They are from left to
I and Susie Rucker.
sophomores husily working on the daisy chain for Class Day.
right: Becky Bamhardt, Mary Dare Moore, Mimi Royster,
Dr. Archibald Henderson of
Chapel Hill will deliver the address
at the annual Society Night Pro
gram to be held on May 30, in the
College auditorium at 8:00 p.m.
Society Night, a special feature of
graduation, is held annually on the
Saturday night prior to the gradua
tion exercises. The event is spon
sored by the Philaretia and the As-
trotekton societies.
Following the processional of the
two societies. Miss Connie Moore,
President of the Philaretia Society,
will extend a welcome to the au
dience. The president of the Astro-
tekton Society, Miss Adele Buening
of Charlotte, will introduce the
guest speaker.
Mr. Henderson is the only au
thorized biographer of George Ber
nard Shaw, the famous British
playwright.
After the address annual awards
will be made. These awards include
the trophy for the most outstanding
athlete of the year, the trophy for
the most valuable Playhouse mem
ber, the Philaretia Scholarship for
the freshman with the highest aver
age, the Who’s Who awards, the
monogram awards, the Silver Shield
recognitions, and the recognition of
the independent readers.
Mr. Stringfellow Barr Will
Deliver Graduation Address June 1
Dr. Archibald Henderson
Summer Sehool
June 8-July 18
The summer session at Meredith
College begins with registration at
2:00 p.m., June 8, and continues
until July 18. As of May 16, sixty-
one students had registered for the
summer term.
The courses that will be offered
are: Art Appreciation, Art Educa
tion, General Biology, Child and
Adolescent Psychology, Principles
of Education, Principles of Writing,
Development of English Literature,
Principles of Human Geography,
Principles of Sociology, State and
Local Government in the United
States, History of the United States
to 1865, College Algebra, Trig-
nometry, private instruction in
organ, piano, and voice. Apprecia
tion of Music, An Introduction to
the Old Testament, An Introduction
to the New Testament, Intermediate
College Spanish.
Mr. Stringfellow Barr
Ribbons Awarded to
Horse Shotv Winners
The annual Spring Horse Show
sponsored by the Hoof Print Club
at Meredith College was held on
May 2, 1953, with Mr. Zeno Martin,
ringmaster, R. L. Wendt, master
of ceremonies; and Miss Betty Lou
Brunson of Pine Knoll stables in
Durham, judge.
Four ribbons were awarded in
each of the seven events. Winners
of first place in the pair class were:
Betty Jean Blackman on Bay King
and Lecky McWorter on Blaze; sec
ond place winners were Pat Wood-
worth on Mobile and Lucky Bell on
Velvet; in the third place were
Nancy Johnson on Beaver and
Bonny Morgan on Boots; and in
fourth place were Celia Wood on
Peavine Royal and Betty Lee
Rogers on Montgomery.
Winners in the Advanced Class
were Shirley Cliatt on Ginger, first
place; Ann Bruton on Captain
Meredith, second place; Mary Alice
Simmons on Silver Mac, third place;
and Celia Wood on Montgomery,
fourth place.
In the pleasure class, Betty Jean
Blackman on Tommy was first; Pat
Woodworth on Gwen Wilson, sec
ond; Suzanne Davis on Beaver,
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Stringfellow Barr, a person well
remembered by Meredith students,
will be the speaker at the Meredith
graduation to be held on June 1,
1953 in the auditorium. He was one
of the men who spoke so effectively
at the Raleigh Institute of Religion
during the past winter. The title of
the address will be “America and
Human Freedom.”
Mr. Barr, who was born in Suf
folk, Virginia, received both his
B.A. and his M.A. degrees from the
University of Virginia, and also won
a Rhodes Scholarship there which
took him to Europe. From Balliol
College, Oxford, he earned a B.A.
and M.A. degree in the Honours
School of Modern History. After
studying at the Sorbonne in Paris
and at the University of Ghent, he
returned to America and to the
University of Virginia, where he
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Freshmen Give
Sisters Breakfast
Following a well-established
Meredith tradition, the little sisters
of the Junior Class entertained their
big sisters at the Big Sister-Little
Sister Breakfast this morning. The
annual affair was held at the Chim
ney at 7:15. Each little sister went
by for her big sister, escorting her
to the Chimney where breakfast was
served. The menu consisted of to
mato juice, ham and eggs, hot bis
cuits with strawberry jelly, coffee,
and milk. Sue Wilson and Virginia
Williams were co-chairmen of the
food committee.
After the breakfast Nancy Reece,
freshman president, and Mary Jon
Gerald, .presented gifts to Miss Mar
garet Swartz, honor guest of the oc
casion, and Miss Doris Peterson,
freshman sponsor.
A program of music and songs
was enjoyed by all following pres
entation of the gifts. J udy Ricks and
Betty Deloach, co-chairmen of the
entertainment committee, arranged
the program. Nearly all the big sis
ters attended the breakfast given for
them.
The five freshmen above are preparing for the breakfast that their class gave its
sister class this morning. Pictured are Ann Austin, Dottie Garrett, Ruby Britt,
Barbara Kay Johnson, and Lenora Nye.
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