May 22, 1953
THE TWIG
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PRE-ENROLLMEXT
students
nacl hied their applications for ad
mission to Meredith College for
‘ number does not in-
ciude 23 day students who have also
tiled their application. Of this en-
ire number, 19 are transfer stu
dents and 190, freshmen.
The girls are from North Caro
lina, West Virginia, Maryland, Vir
ginia, South Carolina, New Jersey,
New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
New York, Florida, and Tennes
see. That makes a total of 11 states
represented.
. All of these students, however,
■ have not been officially accepted
yet. Their records must pass Dean
Peacock’s office before they are ac
cepted as students by the college.
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WEDDING BELLS
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ington, D. C., where he will be in
the army for nine more months.
Janne has found employment in
Washington, and will work after a
two-or three-week honeymoon.
Holly Howard will marry Hal
Broadford, a high school pal, on
June 13 at Fayetteville. Hal will
graduate from the U.N.C. Law
School on June 8. This summer the
couple will live in Chapel Hill while
Hal is studying to pass the State Bar
Examination. Then Hal will go into
the army.
Dixie Foshee will wed George
Hardin on June 7 in Dunedan,
Florida. The couple, who have
known each other since the eighth
grade, will live in Gainsville, Flor
ida. George will continue his study
of pharmacy at the University of
Florida, while Dixie will teach. Bar
bara Ellis is Dixie’s maid of honor.
Mary Eva Chalk will sing.
On June 13, Estelle Waller will
marry Bobby Summerlin, a child
hood sweetheart, in their home
town, Mt. Olive. This fall the couple
will live in Chapel Hill where Bobby
will enter his third year in the
U.N.C. School of Medicine, and Es
telle will teach public school music.
Among the undergraduates who
will marry this summer are Betty
Moore and Dot Taylor. Betty, who
is planning an August wedding, wik
marry Arnold Young, a junior at
State. They have tentative plans to
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Leah Scarborough, Music Editor
MARY JON GERALD
GIVEN SCHOLARSHIP
Mary Jon Gerald, president-elect
of the Sophomore Class, was recent
ly awarded one of the Danforth
Foundation Scholarships to attend
the American Youth Foundation
Leadership Training Camp on Lake
Michigan during August.
Attending the camp will be out
standing young people from all parts
of the continent.
Mary Jon was nominated by a
Meredith faculty committee com
posed of Dr. McAllister, Miss
Fleming, and Dean Peacock.
Mary Jon, who is planning to ma
jor in business, is the daughter of
Mrs. H. C. Gerald of Wendell.
live in Raleigh following the wed
ding.
Dot Taylor, a Meredith junior,
will marry Richard Morgan in July.
Dot will return as a day student next
fall to resume her studies.
Among the many other Meredith
students planning summer weddings
are Celia Wood, who will marry
George Andrews; Betty Ann High-
smith, who will become Mrs. Archie
Meekins; and one of Meredith’s
nurses, Pat Davis, who will marry
Glenn Turner. We wish each pros
pective birde-elect the best of luck
as she begins to earn her MRS. de
gree.
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Wonder what our musical angels
have been doing lately! It’s been
very hard to refrain from laying
down our golden harps in a fit of
spring fever and enjoying the care
free pleasures of spring, but a least
a few of us have resisted the temp
tation. Joan Neighbors did a good
deal of hard work in preparation
for her Bachelor of Mu^ic recital
presented on May 20. Among the
works, she presented one of her
own compositions. We are still re
membering with pleasure and great
admiration the performance of
Alice Speas in a piano recital. Alice
is a freshman at Wake Forest and
is a student of Mr. Stuart Pratt.
So you think you’re busy! So is
the faculty. Mr. Pratt, in addition
ta the recital he gave May 11, which
included works of Bache, Beethoven,
Schumann, Bartok, and Liszt, is
planning during, the week-end of
May 16, to attend the National Guild
of Piano Teachers Auditions in
Washington, D. C. Mr. Blanchard
is busy with recital work too. On
May 4 he presented a recital for
the Raleigh Music Club with Miss
Suzanne Axworthy at the piano.
All music students at this season
seem to become peculiarly inter
ested in practicing very diligently.
From past experience I think 1 know
the reason for all this activity. When
that little notice appears on the bul
letin board saying that music stu
dents may sign for their jury exams,
it means to some that the semester
is almost over, and to others it’s a
sign of spring, but to music students
it’s a time for practice. We all en
joy this, of course, but who is that
playing Chopin’s “Funeral March”
so fervently?
MR. SAT\TFORD NtARTIA SPEAKS TO STEDENT
RORY IN CHAPEL SERVICE FRIDAY, MAY 8
The old and new B.S.U. Councils
met at the Hut on Friday, May 15,
to evaluate this year’s program and
make plans for next year. Doris Al
len called for suggestions regarding
the B.S.U. program. She also stated
that all students are invited to at
tend the council meetings, which
are held every Monday night in the
B.S.U. room.
Vespers for May 18-22 were
about valuable summer experiences.
Vespers is held at 6:45 p.m., Mon
day through Friday near the foun
tain. It will be held as usual during
exam week.
Dr. J. A. Ellis, pastor of Taber
nacle Baptist Church, has been
elected pastor-advisor of the Mere
dith College B.S.U. for next year.
On Tuesday, May 19, from 10-
11 p.m., the B.S.U. Council had its
annual “informal hour” for the Sen
ior Class. The traditional menu
was .served: ham-biscuits, whiffen-
pufts (use your imagination!),
cream cheese sandwiches, brownies,
and cokes. Jane Campbell was in
charge of plans for the party.
“There will never be a third
world war as long as the free powers
of the world stick together. Russia
wouldn’t dare.” These were the
closing remarks of Mr. Santford
Martin, who spokd in chapel on Fri
day, May 8.
Mr. Martin, brother of the college
bursar, spoke on symbols of unity
which he saw on a recent trip to
Paris, London, and other points in
Europe. In London he saw a little
lady looking up at the statue of
President Roosevelt with tears in
her eyes. When he asked her if she
was an American, she replied that
she was not. Yet she was weeping
as she looked at that remarkable
statue. “To me,” said Mr. Martin,
“this incident was a symbol of the
unity between her country and
ours.” Another symbol was an Au
stralian who had helped to support
a company of North Carolina sold
iers in the first World War. He re
membered what the governor of
North Carolina said to the governor
of South Carolina. Still another sym
bol to Mr. Martin was an old Irish
man who flew in the seat beside him
on the trip. The Irishman had been
in the United States for fifty-five
years. He had left his homeland at
the age of seventeen and was going
back now only to visit his family
and friends. Then he was going
“back home” to America. The last
symbol that Mr. Martin mentioned in
his talk was a magnificent book
which he saw open in the Cathedral
of Saint Paul. “As long as this book
stays open,” said Mr. Martin, “no
left wing party will win the English
people from the support of America
and the free powers of the world.”
Mr. Martin now edits the Sunday
issue of The Winston-Salem Journal
of which he was full-time editor
from 1916 until recently. For twen
ty-five years out of this period he
was editor of The Winston-Salem
Sentinel, also. Mainly for the liberal
political stand he has taken in his
editorials during these years, Mr.
Martin has been recognized in
Who’s Who in Amerka. At present
Mr. Martin is serving on the State
Board of Education of which he has
been a member since its organi
zation.
MR. STRINGFELLOW
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taught modern history from 1924
to 1936.
In 1937 Mr. Barr became presi
dent of St. John’s College at An
napolis, Maryland, and immediately
the college became the center of a
great controversy because he abol
ished the elective system, threw
out the textbooks, and inaugu
rated a new curriculum based on
the study of some one hundred
great books from Homer to the pres
ent. This curriculum finally has
become generally accepted by edu
cators throughout the country al
though there is still some dispute
about it.
Just as Mr. Barr believes that his
plan of studies offers boys of aver
age ability the best opportunity to
enter life with disciplined minds, so
does he believe that the reading of
the great books is a substantial basis
for adult education. Carrying out
this theory, he originated the suc
cessful radio program. Invitation to
Learning.
He has also published a number
of books, among them a biography
of Joseph Mazzini, The Pilgrimage
of Western Man, which is a history
of Western Europe, a pamphlet on
contemporary economic and social
problems called Let’s Join the Hu
man Race, and Citizens of the
World.
A delegation of Meredith students
will take part in the South-wide Stu
dent Week of the Ridgecrest Bap
tist Assembly, June 10-17. Among
the speakers will be Dr. Glenn
Blackburn and Mrs. Owen F. Her
ring of Wake Forest; Representative
Walter Judd of Minnesota; Dr.
Townlcy Lord of London, England;
Dr. Dale Moody of Louisville, Ken
tucky; and Mrs. Sybil B. Town
send ol Blue Mountain, Mississippi.
Meredith girls will spend the
week in a cabin which they share
with representatives of Wake For
est College. Mrs. Virginia Greene,
Baptist Student Secretary at Wake
Forest, will lead these two groups.
Students interested in the Student
Week are urged to pay their two
dollars registration fee to Trudy
Fitzgerald at once.
A A SPORTS BRIEFS
On May 5, Ann Lovell, Susie
Roberts, Betty Vance, Jean Pace,
Brooksie Stone and Jane William
son traveled to Chapel Hill where
they lost in both single and double
matches. Tuesday, May 12, Ann
Lovell and Jean Pace played tennis
in a Sports Day held at Wake For
est. Peggy McManus and Brooksie
Stone entered the golf tournament.
Carolina came through with the
honor for the day.
An inter-dormitory swimming
meet was held Friday afternoon.
May 15, at 4:00 p.m. Races, relays,
diving, and various exhibitions of
form were rippled off. Novelty
events such as the balloon, cracker,
and newspaper relays were enjoyed
by contestants as well as spectators.
Stringfield dorm was the winner of
the meet with a total of 58 points.
Faircloth was second with 33
points. Jones was third with 26, and
Van collected 12 points.
C.r|j Ua.ve.
CLASS DAY PLANNED
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pathway through which their big
sisters will pass.
After the program in the court
RIBBONS AWARDED
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third; and Carolyn Reid, fourth.
In the two Intermediate classes
first place was won by Norma Jean
Chambers on Bay King and Harriet
Andrews on Tommy; second place,
by Lorette Oglesby on Blaze and
Pansy Lee on Tommy; third place
by Susie Roberts on Boots and Dee
Dee da Parma on Emily; and fourth
place, by Lucky Bell on Beaver and
Claudia Elliot on Emily.
June Vann was awarded the blue
ribbon in the beginner class; Sarah
Farmer on Velvet was second; Patty
Melvin on Emily, third and Ann
Barwick on Tommy, fourth.
In the bareback class, Shirley
Cliatt was first; Bonnie Morgan,
second; Carolyn Reid, third and
Lecky McWhorter, fourth.
the sophomores will march to the
Johnson Hall steps where they will
form the class numerals of their sis
ter class.