CONGRATULATIONS,
WHO’S WHO
THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1955
No. 4
Classes Compete Tonight For Stunt Cup
FOUNDERS’ DAY
IS OBSERVED
Faculty Members
Attend Meetings
On Friday, November 4, the
Meredith student body, faculty, and
friends observed the 47th annual
Founders’ Day of the school. Rev.
John Ellis, pastor of Tabernacle
Baptist church, led the opening de
votion. Dr. Carlyle Campbell, presi
dent of the college, pointed out that
all who have had a part in the pro
motion of the spirit and meaning of
a true college are in a greater sense
among its real founders. He called
attention to the alumnae who have
passed away since last Founders’
Day.
Dr. Mary Lynch Johnson, head
of the English department and
author of a forthcoming history of
the institution, presented a page
from this history. In it she described
the “hard times” which Meredith
endured during the years of the de
pression.
Dr. Harold W. Tribble, president
of Wake Forest College, was the
featured speaker at the program. In
his address, he spoke of the place of
the church-related college in rela
tion to the state-supported college.
Miss Beatrice Donley, director
led the chorus in special music anc
responses for the service. From
4:30 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. the col
lege entertained at a formal recep
tion in the Blue and Rose parlor for
faculty members and the
class.
The meeting of the North Caro
lina College Conference was held
on November 8 and 9 at the Rob
ert E. Lee Hotel in Winston-Salem.
The members of the Meredith Col
lege administration attending the
meeting were Dr. Campbell, our
president; Dean L. A. Peacock;
Louise Fleming, dean of students;
Vera T. Marsh, registrar; and Dr. 1
Lillian Parker Wallace, head of the
department of History.
On Tuesday morning, November
8, Dr. Campbell, Dean Peacock,
Miss Fleming and Dr. Wallace at
tended at Salem College the North
Carolina Council of Church Related
Colleges which was addressed by
Dr. Ernest C. Caldwell, vice-
president of Emory University. The
students will be happy to know that
our own Dean Peacock was elected
to serve as president of the Council
for this next year.
Dr. Campbell, who served on the
Executive Committee, ended his
duties on the committee at the close
of the meeting. Dr. Wallace, who
has been secretary of the Co
operative Research Committee
since its establishment in 1933, took
over her regular duties. This com
mittee studies co-operatively the
problems that confront all North
Carolina colleges in the administra
tion personnel and instruction and
senior I presents a report to the conference
I each year.
Shown above are the four class presidents admiring the Stunt cup. Standing, left
to right, are: Jean Strole, freshman president; Charlene Smith, senior president;
and Inez Kendrick, sophomore president. Seated is Faye Wheeler, junior president.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
November 18... - - - Stunt
Nov. 21 .All-Mozart Concert in Auditorium
November 23, 1:00-November 28, 8:00 a.m...Thanksgiving Recess
December 1 — - - - - Civic Music
December 3 - U. N. C. Playmakers present The Rainmaker
December 6 .Katherine Bacon
December 9 - - Chamber Music
December 11 - - Chorus Christmas Program
Deeember 16 - - Christmas Dinner
December 17,12:30 p.m.-January 2, 8:30 a.m...Christmas Holidays
Ten Seniors Elected To Who’s Who
o The curtain will rise tonight at
8 p.m., unveiling the forty-second
annual class Stunt Night for all stu
dents, faculty members, and in
terested persons. These original
stunts are written, produced and
directed by class members, and to
night they will see the reward of
their many hours of toil and labor.
The coveted Silver Stunt Trophy
awaits the class, which in the
opinion of the judges, presents the
best-all-around stunt, being judged
on originality, appropriateness and
production.
Beginning with the seniors, each
class will give their Stunt in order,
ending with the freshmen. At the
elose of the last Stunt, the judges
will retire to make their decision.
During the moments of suspense,
the audience will be entertained by
the Triple-Trio, who will render a
group of five songs. These songs
will be: “It’s a Grand Night for Sing
ing,” “Younger than Springtime,”
“You’ll Never Walk Alone,”
“Sweethearts,” and “Romany Life.”
Numerous committees have
worked for hours writing scripts,
making costumes, and programs,
painting scenery and searching for
props.
Jean Strole, president of the
Freshman Class, had the following
working with her as committee
chairmen: Marilyn Williams, cos
tumes; Nancy Cochran, program;
Glen Frances Nowell, scenery; Faye
Williams and Anne Fuller, staging;
Millie Phillips, property; and Shirley
Craft and Joanne Smart, lighting.
Assisting Inez Kendrick for the
Sophomore class were: Sharon Pat
terson, costumes; Glenda Eddins,
program; Emily Gilbert, make-up;
Nance Wallace, property; Barbara
Ellington, scenery; Betsy Greene,
lighting; Libby Hicks, dance; Peggy
Bone, music; Nancy Joyner, script;
Martha Bone, director; and Jane
Maynard, stage manager.
The Junior Class under the
leadership of Faye Wheeler has as
its committee chairmen: Jeanne
Tong, costumes; Mary Katherine
Cole, program; Julia Abernathy,
make-up; Anne House, property;
Becky Miles and Lois Pond,
seenery; B. J. Deans, lighting; Jean
Grealish and Carolynne Harwell;
Kay Marshall, dance; Barbara
Churehill, script; and Anita Hiatt,
director.
For the Senior Class, aiding
Charlene Smith, were the following:
Ro villa Myers, costumes; Micky
Kimbrell, make-up; Barbara Dick
ens, program; Rachel Turnage,
scenery; Geraldine Simmons, light
ing; and Barbara Southworth, script.
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Top, left to right, are: Kay Johnson Cone, “Mish” English, Micky Kimhrell, Mary Kiser, “Mutt” Layne. Botton:- Anne Parr, Jean Puckett, Nancy Reece, Shirley
Spoon, Betty Vance.
Kay Johnson Cone, Margaret
Anne English, Mickey Kimbrell,
Mary Kiser, “Mutt” Layne, Anne
Parr, Jean Puckett, Nancy Reece,
Shirley Spoon, and Betty Vance
have been selected by the Student
Government Council and the
faculty to be included in Who’s Who
in American Colleges and Univer
sities. These girls were chosen on
the basis of their excellence and
sincerity in scholarship, leadership
and participation in extracurricular
and academic activities, citizenship
and serviee to the school, and
promise of future usefulness to busi
ness and society.
Kay Johnson Cone, an education
major from Middlesex, is president
of the Athletic Association. She has
previously been volleyball manager
and treasurer of that organization.
A member of the Monogram Club,
Kay was on the basketball and vol
leyball varsities her junior year. An
Astro and member of the Nominat
ing Committee, she is a member
of Y.W.A., Tyner Education Club,
and was a counselor her sophomore
year.
Spoon, Betty Vance
Margaret Anne English, better
known as “Mish,” is a piano ma
jor from Cary. The editor of the
Twig, she is on the Nominating
Committee and Dean’s List. This
year she serves as vice-president of
Silver Shield, secretary-treasurer of
Kappa Nu Sigma, and accompanist
for the Triple Trio. A Phi and man
ager of the Sigmai Alpha Iota Music
Store, “Mish” has also served on
the A.A. Board, as Chorus accom
panist, and as vice-president of the
German Club. She was voted “Most
Intellectual” in senior superlative
eleetions.
Micky Kimbrell, a Math major
from Charlotte, is Social Standards
Chairman and senior Astro marshal.
She is a member of the Tyner Edu
cation Club and the Student Govern
ment Council. Mickey has served
as seeretary of the Astro Society
and as treasurer of the Junior class.
She was a counselor, a member of
the Dance Club, and took an active
part in Religious Focus Week. One
of the senior representatives in the
May Court, Micky is on Dean’s list.
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STUDENT LEGISLATURE
NOW CONVENING
The North Carolina State Student
Legislature is now meeting in the
Capitol building in Raleigh. This
body, which is composed of student
delegates from the colleges and uni
versities throughout the state, con
vened yesterday afternoon at 4:00
for its initial plenary session, at
which Secretary of State Thad Eure
delivered the introductory address.
Sessions will continue through Satur
day until 1:00 p.m. when die legis
lature for 1955-56 will adjourn.
The Student Legislature is unique
in the nation, and gives the students
in North Carolina an opportunity to
practice parliamentary law and state
government in the legislative cham
bers of the Capitol, where the actual
laws are made. Representation is
based on the total undergraduate en
rollment of each school.