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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
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JUNIOR-SENIOR
Volume XXIX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1955
No. 9
Chorus Presents
Spring Concert
QUEEN PHOEBE REIGNS OVER MAY DAY
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On April 30, the chorus, under the
direction of Miss Beatrice Donley,
will present its annual spring con
cert at 8:30 p.m. in Jones Audi
torium.
Formerly, this 60 voice group was
a glee club composed of 35-40 se
lected voices, but a few years ago,
the choir and glee club were com
bined to make the chorus. The pres
ent chorus performs for many major
functions during the school year, in
cluding Founders’ Day, the Christ
mas Concert, Religious Emphasis
Week, the spring concert, and Bac
calaureate Exercises. Small groups
are often chosen to perform for
church and civic organizations and
to go on tours. An active organiza
tion, the chorus has progressed
greatly this year under the capable
direction of Miss Donley and the
officers, who are: Katie Lee Cur-
rin. President; Kay McCosley, Vice-
President; Marjorie Thore, Secre
tary; Nancy Reese, Treasurer; and
Nancy Doherty, Librarian. Mar
garet Anne English is the accom
panist.
The first group of numbers in the
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Plans Made For
Hospitality Weekend
Along with preparations for
Meredith’s May Day celebration
have come those for her annual
Hospitality Weekend, April 30-May
1, for which time high school seniors
interested in attending Meredith
next year have been invited to be
guests of the college. Most of these
girls will arrive and register Satur
day morning, and they will be en
tertained by a horse show early in
the afternoon, in which the college
equitation students will perform, fol
lowed by the traditional May Day
ceremony. The Meredith College
Chorus will present its annual spring
concert that night, after which the
Student Government is planning an
open house honoring the prospec
tive Meredith students.
The visiting girls will be accom
panied the next morning by their
hostesses for the weekend to the
churches of their choice.
Barbara Brantley has been in
charge of finding students willing to
accommodate the visiting girls and
to serve as their hostesses for the
weekend. Jo Ann Selley is respon
sible for their placement, Sally
Drake and Charleen Smith will
make the tags and arrange for the
programs, Liz Jones is head of the
invitation committee, and Mickey
Kimbrell is responsible for the open
house sponsored by the Student
Government on Saturday night.
Standing left to n^t; Phoebe Banihardt, Diana Jones, Jane Collins, June Vann, Mary Edna Grimes, Lon Ann Griffin. Sitting
left to right: Jean Pocket, Betsy Tippett, Miriam Dempsey, Martha Fasul.
i^pring Features Reeitals
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Mary Lois Cadle
Mary Lois Cadle presented her
graduation piano recital last night,
April 22, at eight o’clock in Jones
Auditorium. Mary Lois is a senior
from Apex and is a pupil of Stuart
Pratt. She is a member of Sigma
Alpha Iota and vice-president of
McDowell Music Club. She has been
a freshman counselor and a member
of the German Club and the Chorus.
Included in her program are;
“Musette en Rondeau” by Rameau;
“Sonata in Eb Major, Op. 31, No.
3” by Beethoven; “Les sons et les
parfums,” “Das pas sur la neige,”
and “La serenade interrompue” by
Debussy, and “Picture from an Ex
hibition” by Mussorgsky.
Marshals for the recital will be
Virginia Corbett, Jean Forbes, Joyce
Herndon, and Ada Lou Worth.
Jettie Rae Bradshaw
Miss Jettie Rea Bradshaw of Gas
tonia presented her graduation re
cital on Friday evening, April 15, at
eight o’clock in Jones auditorium.
The program included “Italian Con
certo,” Bach; “Papillons, op. 2.”
Schumann; “Sonata in C Major, Op.
1,” Brahms; “Les collines d’An-
acapoi” and “Les soms et les par
fums,” Debussy; and “Toccata,”
Khachatunian. She is a student of
Stuart Pratt, who is head of the
piano department at Meredith.
Jettie Rea is a member of Sigma
Alpha Iota, honorary music* fra
ternity, and of the McDowell Music
Club. She is also a member of the
JUNIORS ENTERTAIN SENIORS
AT BANQUET TONICHT
Excitement grows tonight as the
Junior-Senior approaches. Seniors
their formal dresses
and
press
wonder what the theme can possibly
be, while juniors are busy with last-
minute preparations.
Junior-Senior promises to be an
elaborate affair this year, with a
beautiful theme and a bang-up
entertainment. Some very interesting
outside talent is being brought in.
General chairman of Junior-
Senior is Charleen Smith. Other
chairmen are: decorations, Betty
Jean Blackman and Kay McCosley;
entertainment, Betty Deloatch and
Barbara Southworth; food,
Iris
Meritt and Betty Vance; programs
and invitations, Sharon Turlington,
Rachel Turnage, and Frances
Parker; and table assignments. Sue
Wilson.
Mary Jon Gerald and Linville
Roach will welcome the guests at
Junior-Senior. Barbara Brantley,
junior class president, will give the
toast to the seniors and Joyce
Causey, senior class president, will
give the response. Dr. Campbell will
give the invocation.
Pages to seat the guests will be
Barbara Jean Deans, Janet Fulcher,
Barbara Stanley, Beverly Rowan,
Lois Pond, Eileen Brown, and
Catherine MacDonald.
Sigma Pi Alpha national honorary
modern language fraternity. Jettie
Rea did her student teaching in pub
lic school music at Cary.
Marshals for the recital were
Vivian Stanley, Earline Martin,
Leah Scarborough, and Becky Jo
Sawyer.
Katie Lee Currin
Katie Lee Currin, a senior from
Roxboro, presented her graduation
recital on Friday evening, March
25, at eight o’clock in Jones audi
torium. Her program included “Ich
suf zu din,” Hess, Bach-Busoni;
“Sonata in C major, op. 53,”
Beethoven; “Faschingschwank aus
Wien, op. 26,” Schumann; “Knee
Eccssaises, op. 72,” Chopin; “Inter
mezzo, op. 119, no. 3,” Brahms;
“Rhapsody,.op. 79, no. 2,” Brahms;
“Miniatures,” Tunina; and “The
Juggler,” Loch.
Katie Lee is a student of Stuart
Pratt, head of the piano department
at Meredith. This year she is presi
dent of the chorus and vice-
president of the Baptist Student
Union. She is also a member of the
Triple-Trio and a member of the
Sigma Alpha Iota, honorary music
fraternity, and she was recently
tapped into the Silver Shield, honor
ary leadership society. Katie Lee is
director of the Junior Choir at the
First Baptist Church in Raleigh and
has completed two semesters of stu
dent teaehing in public school
music at Cary.
Marshals at her recital were Mar
garet Ingram, Velma Smith wick,
Anne Tunstall, Nancy Perkins, and
Margaret Layne.
Miss Jean Swanson
Miss Jean Swanson, assistant pro
fessor of music at Meredith Col
lege, will present an organ recital
in the college auditorium, April 25
at 8 o’clock p.m.
Her program will consist of;
“Passacaglia and Fugue in C
Minor,” by Bach; three sonatas for
the organ and strings, by Mozart;
two - chorale preludes on American
folk hymns by Donovan; “Paratum
Cor Meum” — aria from a sacred
symphony for baritone, two violins
and organ; “Vision of the Eternal
Church” by Messiaen; and “Con
certo in B flat Major” for organ,
flutes, and strings by Handel.
Assisting Miss Swanson will be
Edwin Blanchard, baritone; Phyllis
Garris, violin; Olive Miller, violin;
Christian Kutshinski, violin; Janet
Pratt, cello; Anne Parr, flute; and
Anne Tunstall, flute.
Axworthy-O’Steen
The due-piano recital of Suzanne
Axworthy and John O’Steen will be
presented on Monday, May 2, at
8 p.m. in Jones Auditorium.
Both Miss Axworthy and Mr.
O’Steen are instructors in the music
department and have presented
similar recitals together previously,
both in Raleigh and Greenville,
N. C. Miss Axworthy received both
her Bachelor of Arts and Master of
Arts degrees from the Eastman
School of Music in Rochester, N. Y.
Mr. O’Steen, who graduated from
the University of North Carolina
with a Bachelor of Music degree,
received his Master of Music degree
at Indiana University.
Their program is as follows:
“Sonata in E Flat Major” by
Bach — (This work is a transcrip
tion of the “First Organ Sonata,’*
having been transcribed for two
pianos by Victor Babin).
“Andante and Variations, opus
26” by Schumann -— (an original
number for two pianos).
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As the month of May fast ap
proaches, all minds are turning to
wards the big annual event, the
May Day Festivities. Reports are
that this is to be the best one yet as
far as entertainment and pretty
girls are concerned. Phoebe Barn-
hardt, our gracious and lovely
queen, attended by Lou Ann
Griffin and the others in the court,
will reign oyer a traditional 18th
Century English May Day. The
scene will be a country fair, and
the members of Dr. Claire Weight’s
creative dance classes will be per
forming such numbers as Pavane, a
court dance, the May Pole Dance,
Robin Hood Dance, and other Eng
lish folk dances.
Something new has been added
this year to our May Day scene.
Queen Phoebe will be crowned on
a garlanded platform in front of the
fountain instead of on the dining
hall steps as is customary.
Phoebe, an organ major from
Concord, is no stranger to May
courts. She was a freshmen attend
ant in the Salem College May Day
and was a sophomore attendant
during her first year here at Mere
dith. A dean’s list student, she is
College Marshal this year.
Lou Ann Griffin, an elementary
education major from Shawboro, is
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COTTRELL, BRUNSON
GIVE ART EXHIBITS
Ernestine Cottrell
Ernestine Cottrell, a senior from
Lenoir, North Carolina, will give
her graduating art exhibit Friday,
April 29, 7:00 p.m. Her art work
is, on the whole, realistie with a
scattering of impressionistic and
surrealistic paintings. Her exhibit
will consist mainly of oils with some
tempera, watercolor, pastel and pen
and ink drawings. She also will have
on exhibit blaek prints, papier-
mache work and linoleum cuts. Er
nestine is well-known at Meredith
for her work as Phi president.
Margaret Brunson
Margaret Brunson, from Flor
ence, S. C., is an art major with a
minor in education. She gave her
graduating art exhibit Saturday,
April 16, which consisted mainly of
semi-abstract and abstract oils.
Margaret also had on exhibit
fashion drawings, pen and ink work,
watercolors, sculpture, a puppet, a
marionette, and a few tempera
drawings
FACULTY ANU STUDENTS
TO MATCH SKILLS AT PLAY DAY
When the peal of the dining hall
bell sounds out on May 3 at two
o’clock, it will bring students and
faculty together in the 15th annual
playday!
The beginning of this well-loved
tradition goes back to May 13,
1941, and the program was essen
tially the same then as now. It pro
vided fellowship and fun between
students and faculty! However, a
few differences can be noted. TTie
noon meal was a family-style affair
and the faculty members were dis
tributed among the various tables.
On that day, as now, a Duke and
Duchess were crowned to reign over
the gala events. The only difference
was in the headgear. The Duke
wore a twenty-carrot gold crown and
the Duchess wore a heavily laden
crown of flowers — the newest in
royal styles.
Although the relays, the races,
and the afternoon games —
bicycling, ping-pong, horseshoes.
badminton, hopscotch, tennis, arch
ery, volleyball, and softball —
seemed essentially the same, the
original sonp and group cheers
seem conspicuously absent. The
highlight of their day came with the
extra-delicious picnic supper to
which we still look forward in our
exciting Playdays.
But now let’s have a sneak pre
view of the 1955 Faculty-Student
Playday! For a week ahead of the
eventful day the “challenge board”
will be up in Johnson Hall so both
faculty and students can get to name
their favorite activity. To rack up
points for her group, a girl will send
challenges to other dorms, the day
students, and the faculty. That after
noon students will find Dr. Cannady
beating every checker player on the
campus while Dr. McLain looks
after ping-pong. Dr. Crook and Mr.
Belcher will be champions at horse
shoes, and Dr. Rose, Dr. Johnson,
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