SOCIETY
GREETINGS
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THE TWIG
WEDDINGS
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Newspaper of the Students of l\deredith College
Volume XXX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1955
No. 5
Annual Christmas Banquet
Precedes Holiday Recess
On December 16, eve of the
Christmas recess, the annual Christ
mas banquet for students and faeulty
will be held in the college dining
hall at 6:00 p.m. As always, this
will be a delightful and festive oc
casion, complete with candlelight,
soft strains of “White Christmas,”
and the inevitable turkey with all
the trimmings. This^ formal event is
sponsored jointly by the Student
Government Association, the Ath
letic Association, and the Baptist
Student Union.
On the following day the holiday
vacation begins at the end of each
student’s regularly scheduled classes.
Classes will be resumed on Mon
day, Januaty 2, 1956.
Faculty Members
Attend Meetings
Dr. Quentin McAllister attended
the meeting of foreign language
departments of Baptist Colleges,
which was held at Mars Hill College,
November 18 and 19. On Friday
evening, he gave an address on the
development of teaching methods
in the past hundred years. This sub
ject was chosen to parallel the cen
tennial celebration being held at
Mars Hill College.
Dr. McAllister also attended the
twenty-fifth annual meeting of the
•South Atlantic Modern Language
Association which was held at Day
tona Beach, Florida, November 24-
26. This association, of which he
has been secretary-treasurer for five
years, covers eight south-Atlantic
states and has a membership of
1200.
Dr. and Mrs. McAllister went to
Florida several days prior to the
opening of the convention, for Dr.
McAllister, in addition to being
secretary and treasurer of the con
vention, was in charge of all ar
rangements for this meeting, which
400 teachers of English and foreign
languages attended. During the
meeting, Dr. McAllister also gave
various reports.
The convention was distinguished
by the presence of visitors among
whom was M. Pierre Donzelot, D
rector General of the French
try of Education, who is on leave
as director of cultural activities of
the French Embassy. Dr. and Mrs.
McAllister were in the receiving line
at the reception given in M. Don-
zelot’s honor.
While in Florida, Dr. McAllister
was interviewed by press on the
subject of “The Kind of Education
Best Suited to Bring Success to
Prospective Employees in Business
and Industry.”
Also, he participated in a panel
discussion which was broadcasted
over W D O R, Daytona Beach
radio station. The topic of this
panel was “Practical Aspects of For
eign Language Studies.” Other
members participating in addition to
Dr. McAllister were Dr. Ludd
Spivey, president of Florida South
ern College; Beaumont Wicks, head
of romance languages at the Uni
versity of Alabama; Peter Nyles,
director secretary of the eonvention
bureau; and Dr. Cathyrn Parh of
Florida Southern College.
Dr. McAllister’s report on the
convention will be published in the
January issue of South Atlantic Bul
letin and in the April issue of
PMLA.
Chorus Gives Concert Sunday
The Meredith College Chorus,
under the direction of Miss Beatrice
Donley and accompanied by Nancy
Perkins, will present its' traditional
Christmas concert on Sunday, De
cember 11, at 4 p.m. in Jones Audi
torium.
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Gail Fulbright, Sylvia Schanck, Jocelyn Nelms, and Mary Virginia Newsom get
set to go caroling.
“Hark the Meredith Angels Sing”
. . . and oh how they will sing
on the night before Christmas
holidays! The students will board
chartered buses and journey through
the city caroling to members of the
faculty, administration and staff. A
spirit of joy and good cheer ae-
companies the warmly-clad girls on
their traditional round of caroling
from eleven to one o’clock.
As in previous years, the event is
being sponsored by the Athletic As
sociation with members of the Ath
letic Association Board acting as
guides for each of the buses.
Chorus members have been se
lected to direct the singing on the
buses and for the community. The
caroling is the climax of our “Mere
dith Christmas” eelebration as every
student shares together the fun and
excitement of our annual Christmas
caroling!
A poem, by Mar
garet Layne fflUBPr accepted for
publication in the Annual Anthology
of College Poetry. The Anthology
^s a compilation of the finest poetry
itten by the college men and
len of America, representing
'eVO^ section of the country. Selec-
s were made from thousands of
l^ems submitted. We heartily con
gratulate “Mutt” on this honor.
Juniors Again
Win Stunt!
The annual excitement accom
panying Meredith’s stunt night built
up to a high pitch this year with
each class working intensely to gain
the prized cup.
The seniors opened with “She-
Man-cipation;” the juniors followed
with “Colorama;” the sophomores
presented “A Fish Tale,” and the
freshmen ended the 'competition
with “The Three Cornered Tale.”
The judges. Miss Lila Bell, Miss
B. J. Yeager, Mr. Charles Turn,
Dr. Broadus E. Jones, and Dr. John
Yarborough brought in the decision,
with seniors winning sepond place
and juniors taking first. This is the
first time in several years that a
class has kept the cup.
The triple trio made the night
complete by entertaining the audi
ence with several numbers.
A. A. CHRISTMAS LIST
For your convenience the A.A.
Board each year compiles an al
phabetical list of the names of
resident and day students, faculty
and administration, with the home
address of each. These lists will
be sold on each hall by A.A. mem
bers for twenty-five cents each. It’s
a necessity for sending those
Christmas cards or notes during
the holidays and a very good thing
to take with you when you are
traveling and would like to call or
drop in on some of your friends.
ANOTHER BOY!
On November 17, 1955, a seven
pound five ounce baby boy was
born to Dr. and Mrs. Roger Crook
at Rex Hospital in Raleigh. They
have named their son William Bryan
—William for his grandfather on his
father’s side, and Bryan for his
great-grandfather on his mother’s
side—and will call him Bryan.
Dr. and Mrs. Crook have four
other sons: David, who is the
eldest and in the first grade, Joseph,
John, and James. Dr. Crook is a
member of our Meredith faculty and
teaches in the religion department.
YEAGER AND WILLIAMS
PLAN TRIP TO NEW YORK
Misses Betty Jean Yeager and
Helena Williams are planning the
annual trip to New York City during
spring vacation this year—March
28-April 3rd. The approximate
price of $140 includes train fare,
hotel, food, plays, sightseeing, etc.
They usually see several television
and radio shows. Last year, some
of the group saw the Dodgers and
the Yankees play an exhibition
baseball game. Besides the three
plays the girls saw last year, they
went to the United Nations Bldg.,
Rockefellow Center, Riverside
Drive Church, Staten Island, and
had time for some shopping.
This trip to New York would be
a wonderful graduation gift for you
seniors and an enjoyable belated
Christmas gift. If you are interested
in going, or in knowing more about
the trip, see Misses Yeager or Wil
liams. They want to know an ap
proximate number after Christmas
so they can make tentative hotel
reservations.
Katherine Bacon
Heard in Concert Here
On December 6 at 8 p.m., Kath
erine Bacon, noted English pianist,
appeared in the Meredith College
Auditorium.
A natural musician and born in
terpreter, Katherine Bacon is con
sidered one of the foremost pianists
of today. Whether as soloist with
orchestra or in recitals throughout
the country, her reputation of sen
sitivity and eharm in her fluent and
lyrical interpretations prevails.
The program will consist of three
groups, the first including “The
Angels and the Shepherds” by
Zoltan Kodaly, with words by Eliza
beth Lockwood' (an obligato for the
number being sung by members of
the Triple Trio); “How Far Is It to
Bethlehem?” by Richard Donovan,
with words bvJrances Chesterton;
“Tyrle, Tyrljjl^(J^rle, Tyrlow” by
Lambs to the
Creston, words
Ison Kemp; and
e Highest” by Kath-
erin«|^L>avis, the words being a
pmase from Luke 2:14.
he second group consists of the
traditional “Twelve Days of Christ
mas” by W. A. Goldsworthy. The
twelve soloists for this number in
clude Kay Elizabeth Johnson, Janet
Fulcher, Nancy Reece, Jo Jernigan,
Emily Dean, Joyce Skillman, Pat
Bowen, Kitty Holt, Mary Jo Pinner,
Clara Hudson, Alice Cooper, and
Margaret Sharpe.
The main feature of the program
is the Benjamin Britten “Ceremony
of Carols” to be sung in Old Eng
lish. This is the first repeat per
formance of the full work. It was
last done complete in 1951 al
though in 1953 the choruses from
the work were done. Emily Kellam
is to be the guest harpist with this
number. Soloists will be Marilyn
Green, Margaret Layne, Peggy Hol
land, and Jeanne Grealish. Marjorie
Thore and Kay McCosley will sing
the duet.
The program will be concluded
with the traditional “Stifle Nacht”
by Frank Gruber.
Nancy Young Elected
Chairman Religious
Emphasis Week
Nancy Young
Nancy Young, a junior religion
major from Henderson, has been
chosen chairman of Religious Em
phasis Week to be held February
13-17. Naney is social vice-presi
dent of the B.S.U., a member of
Freeman Religion Club and of
Y.W.A. She is an associate member
of Silver Shield.
Chairmen of the committees have
been appointed. They are Jo Ellen
Williams, Gwen Maddrey, Lois
Dobson, Betsy Greene, Jean Greal
ish, Inez Kendrick, Gail Fullbright,
Joy Curtiss, Betty Frances Smith,
Nancy Drake, Jo Ann Selley, Pat
Greene, Delores Blanton, and
Nancy Bunting.
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