Meredith College library
Baleigh, N. C.
HAPPY
HOLH)AY
THE TWIG
SEE “AS YOU
LIKE IT”
STUDENT LEGISLATURE MEETS;
NINE MEREDITH DELEGATES ATTEND
The North Carolina State Student Legislature began its seventeenth
annual meeting at the State Capitol at noon on Thursday, Nov 19. Ihis
mock legislature is the only one of its kind in the United States and is
open to all junior and senior colleges in North Carolina with 25 to 30
schools usually represented. . .
The State Student Legislature is a practical experience m democracy
and valuable training for citizenship. Each school sends three delegates
to the Senate and at last three " ~
PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS “AS YOU LIKE IT”
TONIGHT, TOMORROW; CAST IS ALL GIRLS
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delegates to the House of Repre^
sentatives, with the number of
delegates to the House increased by
one for every 400 students over
1,000 enrolled in the college. The
students elect a president of the
Senate, a speaker of the House of
Representatives, and in each house
a reading clerk, a recording clerk,
and a parliamentarian.
Meredith is represented this year
in the Senate by Becky Wicker,
Doris Knott, and Jean Journigan;
and in the House by Betty Smith,
Dot Hunt, and Alyce Epley. The
alternate delegates to either house
are Pat Bowen, Mary Jon Gerald,
and Nancy Reece. They will take
the place of the regular delegates
at one session and will take part in
the discussion.
For the first time Meredith has
two bills on the calendar to be pre
sented to the students. The first bill
which will be introduced by Dot
Hunt and Doris Knott is a bill to
place jurisdiction over children up
to 18 years of age under the Ju
venile Court. The second bill which
will be introduced by Alyce Epley
and Becky Wicker is a bill to
appoint a committee to draw up
provisions for amending the Con
stitution of North Carohna, provid
ing for a unicameral legislature.
Each bill is discussed and then
passed or defeated by a vote of the
two houses.
In addition to the presentation of
bills and the action on these bills,
the students will hear speeches by
Governot Umstead, Johathan Dan
iels, and Senator Lennon.
Pictured above are a group of cast members as they rehearsed last week for
“As You Like It.”
Calloway and Allen
Tapped for Silver Shield
MR. HOWARD BELCHER APPOINTED
COLLEGE BUSINESS MANAGER
Mr. V. Howard Belcher of Lynch
burg, Virginia has been appointed
Business Manager and Treasurer of
Meredith College to succeed the
late Zeno Martin. At the present
Mr. Belcher is Business Manager
Becky Calloway and Ruth Jeanne Allen.
Becky Calloway and Ruth
Jeanne Allen, two juniors, were
tapped into the Silver Shield Hon
orary Society on November 10 at
at a special chapel program held
by this organization.
Dr. Warren Carr, pastor of the
Watts Street Baptist Church in Dur
ham, N. C. and speaker for the
occasion, was introduced by Doris
Allen, Silver Shield president. “It is
bad, destructive, and dangerous to
trample on the ultimate values of
life,” said Dr. Carr. “When we do
so, we are living on borrowed time.”
Students often live on borrower
time by failing to recognize the
sacrifice that goes into the privileges
of studentship. To keep from liv
ing on borrowed time we must learn
to be grateful, be sure of humility,
and use the gifts that God anc
society bestow. “If we don’t use
what we’ve been given,” concludec
Dr. Carr, “we trample on the vast
resources of God and his people.
Dr. Prickett Speaks
For Founders' Day
Dr. Carlton S. Prickett was the
main speaker for the annual ob
servance of Founder’s Day on No
vember 17. He presented a pertinent
address on the preparation of young
women for service in all walks of
life. Dr. Prickett attended Mercer
University and the Southern Bap
tist Theological Seminary. He is
at present pastor of the First Bap
tist Church of Burlington, and serves
Meredith as the president of the
Board of Trustees; in addition he is
active in many local civic affairs.
The Meredith College Chorus
contributed to the occasion by smg-
ing, under the direction of Miss
Beatrice Donley, “Great Is the
Lord” by Handel, and “Heavenly
Light” by Kopylow. Nearly all the
students were present to see mem-
Andrew White
To Give Concert
Here December 8
The first in a series of required
concerts for the Meredith student
body will be given on Tuesday, De
cember 8, at 8:00 p.m. in Jones
Auditorium. The concert will be
^resented by Andrew White, a
young baritone of national acclaim.
Mr. White is a member of the
faculty of the College of Fine Arts,
Drake University, as Professor of
Voice. He received his B. M. and
M. M. degrees in voice at the Uni
versity of Arizona and later studied
in New York City with Sidney
Dietch and at Feagin School of
Dramatic Art.
Since his release from the Army
in 1946, Mr. White has presented
approximately 100 concerts. Among
these are four guest appearances
with Fred Waring on the National
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and Treasurer of Lynchburg Col
lege, a position he has held since
January, 1941.
Having a B. S. degree in business
administration from Virginia Poly
technic Institute at Blacksburg,
Virginia, he has done graduate
study in college business manage
ment at the University of Omaha,
Omaha, Nebraska and af the Uni-
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Mr. V. Howard Belcher
First Production of
Shakespearean Play
In Number of Years
On Friday and Saturday nights,
Novermber 20 and 21, the Meredith
Playhouse is presenting the Shakes
pearean comedy. As You Like It,
in Jones HaU. This is the first
Shakespearean play that has been
produced at Meredith in a number
of years and the first time that an
all-girl cast has been used in
a Meredith production during this
college generation.
The play is the story of the
troubles of Orlando, who flees from
his older brother, Oliver, who has
plotted to kill him; and Rosalind,
the banished Duke’s daughter who
disguises herself as a boy. With
them are Celia and Oliver; two
shepherds, Phebe and Selvius; and
Touchstone and Audrey, the chief
comedy characters. The tale, which
becomes quite involved, finally re
solves itself into a happy ending.
The cast includes Bennie Farqu-
harson as Orlando, Margaret
Tucker as Rosalind, Emily New
man as Celia, Jean Pace as Touch
stone, Kitty Brown as Oliver, Kitty
Waynich as Audrey, Barbara
Stanley as Silvius, Edith Johnson as
Phebe, Ann Cashwell as Jaques, a
melancholy, philosophizing courtier,
Mary Kiser as the Duke, and Pete
Hampton as Duke Frederick. In
supporting roles are Mish English,
Janette Honeycutt, Rovilla Meyers,
Peggy Smith, Jean Grealish, Dee-
Dee da Parma, Pat Eberhart, and
Cathy Atkins.
Mrs. Evelyn da Parma is direct
ing the play with Ruth Barnes as
her assistant. Beth Morgan is act
ing as general production manager,
and Betty Ball is assisting her.
Mary Jon Gerald is business mana
ger. Chairmen of committees are
Joyce Hamrick, make-up; Gennie
Keen, tickets; Pat Helmick, pro
rams; Millie Green and Shirley
Beam, costumes; Nancy Brown,
stage props; Theresa Raynor, hand
props; Betty Jean Blackman and
Lecky McWhorter, set; and Lucky
Bell and Lorette Oglesby, publicity.
Eiqht Are Chosen for Who's Who
bers of the senior class don their
caps and gowns for the first time.
It was in 1891 that the college
received its charter, and in 1899
that the school first opened its doors
to students. Since that time it has
seen a steady expansion in the curri
culum, and in the size of faculty
and student body.
In preparation for our Founder’s
Day observance, Dr. Mary Lynch
Johnson, head of the department of
English and graduate of Meredith
College, spoke before the student
body on Monday, November 16,
giving biographical sketches of Dr.
Charles Brewer and Dr. Jones who
contributed much to the life and
growth of Meredith in its early form
ative years.
Ann Chandler, Jane Campbell, Doris Allen, Ruth Barnes, Patsy Bland, Anne
Clark, Bonny Morgan, and Jane Williamson.
Allen, Barnes, Blond, Campbell,
Clark, Chandler, Morgon,
Williamson Are Chosen
Doris Allen, Ruth Bames, Patsy
Bland, Jane Campbell, Mary Ann
Chandler, Anne Clark, Bonny Mor
gan, and Jane Williamson were
chosen recently to represent Mere
dith College in Who’s Who for
1953-54. The girls were chosen by
the Student Government Council
and faculty.
Doris Allen, president of BSU,
has served in varied capacities dur
ing her college career. During her
sophomore year she was a freshman
counselor. As a junior she was third
vice-president of BSU and a mem
ber of Freeman Religion Club,
German Club, Playhouse, Educa-
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