CONGRATULATIONS,
SUPERLATIVES
THE TWIG
LET’S GO
CORN-HUSKING
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXX
MEREDITH COlLeGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1955
No. 3
Dr. Tribble to Speak at
Meredith on Founders’ Day
DR. HAROLD W. TRIBBLE
Dance Team Will
Appear Here
The annual Founders’ Day serv
ice will be held in Jones Auditorium
at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, Novem
ber 4. Dr. Mary Lynch Johnson,
professor of English, will speak on
the history of the college, after
which two numbers will be sung by
the Meredith College Chorus under
the direction of Miss Beatrice Don
ley. These are; Give Ear, O Lord,
by Schiitz; and Do Good, Lord:
Psalm LI by Hasse. The main
speaker for the service will be Dr.
Harold W. Tribble, the president of
Wake Forest College. While Dr.
Tribble’s major field of study and
teaching has been theology, he is
versed in many other subjects in
cluding philosophy, psychology,
history, sociology, English literature,
the ancient languages of Hebrew,
Latin and Greek, and the modern
languages of German and French.
Quite versatile. Dr. Tribble is the
author of three books.
Classes and Faculty Compete
In Annual Corn-Husking Bee
Lucas Hoving and Lavina Niel
sen (a husband and wife team) will
present a program of modern dance
at Meredith on November 2 at
8:00 p.m, in Jones Auditorium.
Their compositions are varied and
exciting: _,Tragedy is portrayed in
their performance of “Electra” from
the play by Sophocles; drama is
realized in “Perilous Flight,” which
conveys the idea that “to some
primitive peoples the soul is a bird
that cannot be allowed to escape”;
comedy is found in “Satyros” — a
fable of a gay gambol between a
questing but weary satyr and a will
ing but coy fawn, which was de
vised by Lucas Hoving.
A native of Holland, now an
American citizen, Lucas Hoving
studied in Europe under Yvonne
Georgi and Kurt Jooss. In the
United States he has worked under
Martha Graham and Louis Horst,
and has danced in the Jooss Ballet
and the Valerie Bettis Company.
He is leading soloist with the
Jose Limon Company, winning
wide acclaim for his performances
in New York and throughout the
country. For eight, years he has
appeared on the Festival program
sponsored by Connecticut College.
Lavina Nielsen was graduated
from the University of Wisconsin.
In Europe her studies were con
tinued with outstanding teachers.
In the United States she has studied
under such eminent names as Mar
tha Graham, Louis Horst and
Doris Humphrey. She is assistant to
Miss Humphrey in a choreography
course.
Miss Nielsen has also danced in
the Jooss Ballet, appeared on
Broadway in One Touch of Venus,
On the Town, and Beggar’s Holiday.
Like her husband, she is a member
of the Jose Limon Company pd
takes an active part in Connecticut
College annual dance Festival.
The seniors, alumnae, and
friends of Meredith will be honored
at the annual reception to be held
in the Johnson Hall parlors between
4:30 and 6:00 This reception will
climax the observance of Founders’
Day, 1955.
Students Teaching
In Public Schools
This fall, many of the Meredith
College seniors have gone into class
rooms in the Raleigh and Cary
schools as student teachers. Each
student teacher must observe and
teach a minimum of 90 hours.
The elementary teachers, their
grades and schools are: Neil
Hampe, first; Betty Anne Butts,
second; Frances Parker, fourth; at
Boylan Heights; Janis Booth, sec
ond; Anne Austin, third; at Eliza
Poole; Jean Cooper, fourth; Joy
Curds, sixth; at Frances Lacy;
Yvonne B. Fowler, fourth; at Fred
Olds; Mary Lillian Calhoun, second;
Rachel Page, third; Iris Merritt,
fourth; at J. Y. Joyner; Norma
Bridges, first; Jean Hicks, second;
Charlene Smith, fifth; at Longview
Gardens; Gertrude Walker, first;
Frances Cannady, second; Roberta
Jenrette, fourth; at Myrtle Under
wood; Lenora Nye, sixth; at Thomp
son; Geraldine Simmons, sixth; at
WUey.
The secondary teachers are:
Micky Kimbrell, - mathematics;
Nancy Reese, business; Elizabeth
Jones, business; Margaret Layne,
music; at Cary; Alice Faye Frank
lin, history; at Daniels Junior High;
Eleanor Chandler, mathematics;
Mary Jo Pinner, mathematics;
Janice Dennis, English; Connie
Woodall, English; Jean Puckett,
home economics; Loree Keen, home
economics; Polly Richardson, busi
ness; Harriett Andrews, business; at
Broughton Senior High School.
Playhouse to Present “Medea”
Friday and Saturday nights, No
vember 11 and 12, the Meredith
College Playhouse will present as its
fall production the Greek play,
Medea. The time for both perform
ances is 8:00 p.m., and the cast is
as follows: Margaret Tucker as
Medea; Kay Johnson as Nurse;
Janis Earle Dennis as the Tutor;
Liza Culberson, Diana Jones, and
Pam Hartsell as the Three Women
of Corinth; Harriette Seals as the
Slave; Ted Daniels as Creon; Jim-
Osborne as Jason; and Maxwell
Warlick as Aegeus. The chairmen
of the various committees are:
Lights—Violet Overton; Costumes
Maxine McRoy; Props — Alyce
Picklesimer; Tickets — Annie Ran-
some; Publicity — Gerry Simmons
and Ray Arnold; Programs —
Jeanne Grealish; Make-up — Bar
bara Jean Deans; Sound and Music
—Pat Corbett; Set—The Art De
partment; and Social — Rovilla
Myers. The stage manager for the
production is Katie Joyce Eddins
and Mrs. deParma is directing the
play.
Members of the faculty giving their “Sing-Song” in last year’s Bee.
October 28 will bring one of the
most fun-filled nights at Meredith
College. It will all begin with the
girls in their various costumes com
ing into the dining hall. Everybody
dresses up, and this time they have
a chance to really be original. After
supper, the court is the center of at
tention. Square dancing will be held
in front of the hay-covered dining
room steps.
After the dancing, the prizes for
the most unusual costumes will be
awarded. The chicken-calling, sing
song, hog-calling, tail-tale, and
corn-husking contests will take
place.
Each class and the faculty will
have representatives competing in
these contests. There will be prizes
for the individual contests and an
over-all winner.
Following the presentation of the
prizes, there will be group singing,
so let’s all wish for a harvest moon
to shine on our Meredith Corn-
huskin’ Bee.
The first Founders’ Day was in
the spring of 1909.
PAM HARTSELL
RECEIVES AWARD
On Tuesday, October 25, the re
cipient of the Kappa Nu Sigma
scholarship was announced. This
scholarship is awarded annually to
the student maintaining the highest
average in her class during her
freshman year. In view of the fact
that the recipient announced at So
ciety Night last May did not return,
the scholarship was awarded to the
second highest in the class, Pamela
Hartsell.
The award was announced at the
Kappa Nu Sigma chapel service at
which Dr. Dorothy Kenyon, Sena
tor of the United Chapters of Phi
Beta Kappa, spoke. Miss Kenyon
was entertained at lunch by Mere
dith faculty members of Phi Beta
Kappa and Kappa Nu Sigma and at
an after-lunch coffee sponsored by
the student members of Kappa Nu
Sigma.
Reformation Sunday to
Be Observed in Churches
October 30 is Reformation Sun
day in all of the Raleigh churches.
At eight o’clock that night a city
wide church service will be held in
Memorial Auditorium at which Dr.
John Southerland Bonnell will speak
on the text, “The Rock Whence We
Are Hewed.” Dr. Bonnell, who has
served for over twenty years as
pastor of the Fifth Avenue Pres
byterian Church in New York City,
is widely known as a radio preacher
and through his numerous writings
on pastoral psychology.
A mass choir composed of mem
bers of local church and college
choirs will render three musical se
lections. The choir is under the
direction of Dr. Carl Hjortsvang, a
member of the faculty at Peace Col
lege and choir director at the First
Presbyterian Church.
This meeting is sponsored by the
Raleigh Ministerial Association and
the Raleigh Ministers’ Alliance,
and they cordially invite all to at
tend.
Seniors Pick Superlatives
Meredith’s first building was be
gun in 1895 and completed in 1899.
Its architect was the same man who
designed the Governor’s Mansion.
On Monday, October 17, at 5
p.m., the Senior Class met and
elected superlatives. The girls se
lected are as follows: Betty Vance,
from Macon, Georgia, Miss Mere
dith', Cathy Yates, from Pittsboro,
Most Athletic, Betsy Tippett, from
Anniston, Alabama, Most Attrac
tive-, Charlene Smith, from Ayden,
Cutest', Mary Kiser, from Fork,
Friendliest', Margaret Anne English,
from Cary, Most Intellectual; Mar
garet Tucker, from Cleveland,
Ohio, Most Original; Nancy Reece,
from Mt. Airy, Most Popular;
“Mutt” Layne, from Ca-Vel, Most
Versatile; Jean Cooper, from Rocky
Mount, Wittiest; and Jean Puckett,
from Raleigh, Best-All-Round
Town Student. Iris Merritt, our Col
lege Marshal, was elected last
spring in campus-wide elections.
At a later date, the person to
whom this year’s annual will be
dedicated will be elected by the
seniors, Charlene Smith, president,
has announced.
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Bottom row from left to right: Jean Puckett, “Mutt” Layne, Nancy Reece, Cathy
Yates. Middle row: Jean Cooper, Margaret Tucker, Charlene Smith, Iris Merritt,
“Mish” English. Top row: Mary Kiser, Betsy Tippett, Vance.
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