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CONGRATULATIONS,
WHO’S WHO
THE TWIG
GOOD LUCK
ON STUNT!
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXXI
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1956
No. 3
CLASSES WILL COMPETE TONIGHT IN STUNT
Meredith Delegates
At Student Assembly
The twentieth session of the
North Carolina State Student Legis
lature Assembly began yesterday at
the State Capitol and will continue
through Saturday. This group which
meets in Raleigh each year is com
posed of students from 23 senior
colleges in North Carolina. It acts
as a mock legislative assembly
which presents bills, holds debate,
and follows parliamentary proce
dure as does our North Carohna
State Legislature.
Representatives to the House are
chosen on the basis of the total
undergraduate enrollment of the
member schools, and each school
sends two senators. Alternates are
provided for both Houses.
The Meredith delegation and
members of the Student League of
Women Voters are serving as
hostesses for the event, and last
night they entertained members and
delegates at a dinner at the
Y.M.C.A.
This year, for the first time, an
awards committee has been set up
to present a plaque to the school
presenting the best bill, and another
to the best debater. These winners
are determined by a vote of the
members of the assembly.
Meredith’s bill this year, propos
ing to provide a uniform means of
selecting school board members
throughout the State of North Caro
lina, is expected to create much dis
cussion.
Delegates from Meredith are
Anita Farris, Ruth Haines, Pat
Hanes, Faye Kipp, Mary Lou Lee
Lois Pond and Linda Wall.
College Officials
Attend Meetings
In W inston-Salem
On Wednesday, November 7,
Mrs. Vera Tart Marsh, college regis
trar, attended the annual meeting
of the North Carolina Association
Baptists Meet
In Winston-Salem
The Baptist State Convention met
this year at the First. Church of
Winston-Salem on November 12-15
for its 126th annual meeting. Dr.
J. C. Canipe is the president of the
convention for the year.
The theme for the convention
was “Think on These Things . .
Philippians 4:8. Throughout the
convention other parts of Philip
pians 4:8 were used as session
themes. These session themes are
as follows: “Whatsoever things are
true . . .” “Whatsoever things are
honest . . .” “Whatsoever things
are just . . .” “ Whatsoever things
are pure . . .” “Whatsoever things
are lovely . . .” “Whatsoever
things are of good report . . .” “If
there be any virtue, and if there be
any praise. ...”
At this convention Baptists from
all over North Carolina gathered to
hear addresses on pertinent sub
jects, to participate in worship serv
ices, and to hear reports on plans
for the coming year.
During the final sessions, on each
day of the convention addresses
were made. The Tuesday night ad-
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SUNRISE SERVICE
The annual Thanksgiving
Sunrise Service, sponsored by
the B.S.U., will be held at
6:45 a.m. on Wednesday
morning, November 21, on
the grass bank beyond the old
Arts Building. Nancy Joyner,
a member of the B.S.U. Coun
cil, will be in charge of the
service.
of College Registrars in Winston-
Salem. Mrs. Marsh is past president
of the Association.
On Thursday morning, November
8, President Carlyle Campbell and
Dean L. A. Peacock, attended the
Couneil on Church Related Col
leges held at Salem College. The
meeting was presided over by Dr.
Peacoek, president of the council
this year.
Following this, Dr. Campbell, Dr.
Peacock, Mrs. Marsh, Dr. Lillian
Parker Wallace of the history de
partment, and Miss Louise Fleming,
dean of students, attended all ses
sions of the North Carolina College
Conference, which were held at the
Robert E. Lee Hotel in Winston-
Salem.
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Scholarship Awarded
To Barbara Johnson
The Helen Price Scholarship for
the freshman with the highest aver
age was awarded to Barbara Sue
Johnson at the Kappa Nu Sigma
chapel program on October 30.
Barbara Sue, from Danville, Vir
ginia, is a religion major. She is a
member of Sigma Pi Alpha and is
devotional chairman of the Y.W.A.
Council. She is also active at Forest
Hills Church, where she directs the
college choir, is a member of the
adult choir and teaches a Sunday
school class of fourteen year old
girls.
After long weeks of arduous practice, stunt directors Kay Marshall White, Jane
Stembridge, Joyce Hargrove, and Pat Sams sit on the steps of Jones Auditorium
awaiting the final outcome of their efforts.
SUSPENSE MOUNTS
AS FINAL MOMENT APPROACHES
The curtain will rise tonight at 8
o’clock p.m., unveiling the 43rd
annual class Stunt Night for all stu
dents, faculty members and friends
of Meredith. Stunt is a long-lasting
tradition at Meredith and involves
hard work, enthusiasm, disappoint
ments and joys for every stu
dent who participates in this all-
important event. Class spirit is at a
peak high, for the coveted Silver
Trophy awaits the class which, in
the opinion of the judges, presents
the best-all-around stunt.
The judges’ identity is kept secret
until they are introduced just be
fore Stunt begins. However it has
been a practice in the past to have
five judges — four from the faculty,
one of whom may be a new faculty
member, and the other judge chosen
from the outside. Judges base their
deeision on the appropriateness of
the stunt and the programs as well
as the originality, acting and over
all produetion.
Beginning with the seniors, each
class will give their stunt in order,
ending with the freshmen. At the
close 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 six songs.
These will be: “Autumn Leaves,”
“Alouette,” “I Could Have Danced
All Night,” “On the Street Where
You Live,” “Yours Is My Heart
Alone” and “There’s No Business
Like Show Business.”
The student directors for this
year’s stunts are: senior, Kay Mar^
shall White; junior, Jane Stem-
bridge; sophomore, Joyce Hargrove;
and freshman, Pat Sams.
Stunt Is Tradition
Of Long Standing
Seniors Elected to Who*s Who
It was on the jixth night of March
in 1915 that the A.A. initiated the
first Stunt Night. All four classes
presented an original stunt, written,
produced and directed by their own
class members in competition for the
coveted Silver Stunt Trophy. Ac
counts of unusual happenings were
read in the next day’s News and
Observer:
“The freshmen led off with a
‘glee club’ composed of tin cans,
combs and various other instru
ments of torture. The several young
things were dressed in the styles of
the ‘good old days’ and brought
forth a sigh of ‘never more’ from
the stricken youths out in front. The
sophomore class came backward,
dressed backward, and ‘turned the
world upside down.’ The juniors ap
peared in the role of legislators. . . .
The bill for consideration was ‘man
suffrage.’ . . . Each member ex
plained his vote in convincing rea
sons. . . . They feared ‘politics would
corrupt him,’ or ‘would alienate his
love of home and family’; hence he
was disallowed by a majority of
eight. The seniors concluded with
‘The Lamentable Tragedy of Julius
Caesar.’ . . . The battle of platter
and spoon furnished an uproarious
climax and finale. After that, candy
and sweetened conversation were
served as ‘delicious refreshments’.”
The die was cast and Meredith
adopted another cherished tradi
tion.
In 1935 another event was added
on the afternoon before Stunt which
has been described as “a colorful
outdoor contest between classes, a
parade . . . and much jolly non
sense.” Yes, indeed that was the
delightful Palio derived from a
medieval festival in Siena, Italy.
Adding to the spirit of competition
was the special Meredith banner on
which were placed the initials of the
winning class. However — alas —
this younger generation thought
better of the festivities and voted
to discontinue the merry-making of
Palio in 1951.
Ah, ’tis sad to reminisce, far
brighter to look forward to succeed
ing generations of Meredith angels
with new ideas and hopes and
dreams, making each Stunt Night
more dehghtful than the last.
Thus ends our story, but only for
tonight. ...
Julia Abernethy, Jeanne Grealish, Marilyn Greene, Mary Edna Grimes, Anita Hiatt, Annette Kahn, Gwen Maddrey, Jo Ann
Selley, Faye Wheeler, Nancy Young.
Julia Isadora Abernethy, Sammy
Jeanne Grealish, Marilyn Letitia
Greene, Mary Edna Grimes, Anita
Paige Hiatt, Annette Lee Kahn,
Edna Gwendolyn Maddrey, Jo Ann
Selley, Mattie Faye Wheeler and
Nancy Morgan Young have been
selected by S.G. Council and the fac
ulty 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 service to the school, and prom
ise of future usefulness to business
and society.
Julia Isadora Abernethy, a re
ligion major from Shelby, is editor
of the Twig. She has previously
served as third vice-president of the
B.S.U. Julia is a member of Silver
Shield, Kappa Nu Sigma, Sigma Pi
Alpha, German Club, and Canaday
Math Club.
Sammy Jeanne Grealish is a
voice major from Bristol, Virginia.
Jeanne is president of the Playhouse
this year, and also president of the
Chorus. A member of Sigma Alpha
Iota, Alpha Psi Omega, Silver
Shield, and Triple Trio, Jeanne was
voted “Most Versatile” in the senior
class. Previously, she has served
on S.G. Council and was vice-
president of the Playhouse.
Marilyn Letitia Greene, Phi So-
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Senior Class
Elects Superlatives
On Monday, November 5, at
10:00 p.m., the senior class met
and elected superlatives. The girls
selected are as follows: Anita
Hiatt, from Winston-Salem, Miss
Meredith; Betsy Wells, from Elm
City, Most Athletic; Mary Edna
Grimes, from Smithfield, Most At
tractive; Marilyn Greene, from Al
bemarle, Cutest; Jo EDen Williams,
from Monroe, Friendliest; Jo Ann
Selley, from Cherryville, Most In
tellectual; Liza Culberson, from Ra
leigh, Most Original; Nandy Young,
from Henderson, Most Popular;
Jeanne Grealish, from Bristol, Vir
ginia, Most Versatile; Lois Pond,
from Lynchburg, Virginia, Wittiest;
Faye Wheeler, from Raleigh, Best-
All-Round Town Student. Lucy
Meade Atkinson, from McKenney,
Virginia, College Marshal, was
elected last spring in campus-wide
elections. The person to whom this
year’s annual will be dedicated was
also elected at the class meeting on
Monday, but this is kept secret.