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'■) February 15, 1957
THE TWIG
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Library Receives
Many New Books
Dining Room Staff
Has Two Newcomers
By NANCY McGLAMERY
1956 was a big year for the
Meredith College Library. Because
many “little angels” turned in over
due books and paid the accumu
lated fines, dozen of fascinating
new books were able to come to
live in the stacks and elsewhere with
all the old residents of our favorite
gathering place.
I looked through the jackets of
these newcomers the other day and
nearly tore my hair out trying to
decide which ones you would like
best. Nevertheless, here are a few
of the more interesting.
In the fiction line — A Thing
of Beauty by A. J. Cronin tells the)
story of a painter whose search for
beauty led him to give up every
thing for art. Merry Christmas, Mr.
Baxter by Edward Streeter is about
a grandfather who has not yet
reached the age of discretion. He
plans to approach Christmas sen
sibly this year, but has reckoned
without his family.
Biography, light and serious, is
well represented. Inside Nantucket
by Frank B. Gilbreath, Jr., relates
more about the Gilbreaths of
Cheaper by the Dozen. Two new
Lincoln books have made their ap
pearance — Lincoln’s Sons by Ruth
Painter Randall and Lincoln and
Greeley, the story of what hap
pened when the lives of the lawyer
president and the founder and edi
tor of the New York Tribune met,
by Harlen Hoyt Horner.
Also in the history line, we have
The Borgias by J. Lucas-Dubreton
— “a magnificent combined por
trait of the ever-fascinating Borgias
against a brilliant picture of
contemporary Italy.” Pharoah to
Farouk by H. Wood Jarvis is like
a pageant with emphasis on the
more dramatic episodes of Egyptian
history. The enigmatic and complex
story of Japan’s phenomenal tran-
formation in the past one hundred
years is told in Japan’s Modern
Century by Hugh Borton.
For poetry lovers, Betty Miller
has written Robert Browning, a
Portrait, in which she casts new
light on much that has been in
explicable in the literary legend
of Browning; and Charles L. Wallis
has selected and classified 160
Poems of Edwin Markham.
For dancers and dramatists, we
now have The Dance in America
by Walter Terry and Guide to Great
Plays by Joseph T. Shipley.
For art- enthusiasts, there is a
new book called Paintings in
America, the story of four-hundred
and fifty years, by E. P. Richard
son.
In the field of religion, the big
book is The Bible as History. Ar
chaeology and science have adven
tured four thousand years into the
past for this one.
In Guides to Straight Thinking,
Stuart Chase has an entertaining,
readable and instructive book on
how to improve thinking and to
avoid being fooled by others.
Pearl Buck’s new novel. Im
perial Woman, is about the last em
press of China, “in youth a beauti
ful . concubine, in middle life a
brilliant strategist, in old age a
goddress.”
Sidewalks of America by B. A.
Botkin is full of folklore, legends,
sagas, traditions, customs, songs and
sayings of city folk.
The F. B. I. Story by Don White-
head takes you into the files to re
veal the record of America’s cru
sade against crime. ■ Breakthrough
on the Color Front by Lee Nichols
is a complete behind-the-scenes
story of the integration of the Negro
into the U. S. armed forces.
Sherman’s March Through the
Carolinas by John G. Barrett and
What Makes a College? a history
of Bryn Mawr, by Cornelia Meigs
should both be interesting to look
into, and for those few who might
be interested, there is Wedding Eti
quette Complete by Marguerite
Bently. . ' '
By NANCY McGLAMERY
“To work around here you have
to be able to do a little of every
thing,” said Mrs. Jean Baird, when
I asked about her duties as dining
room hostess. Mrs. Will Ann Wat
kins, assistant dietitian, was quick
to confirm the statement. These two
are newcomers to the Meredith staff
this year.
Mrs. Watkins, a native of Bell
Buckle, Tennessee, lives with her
army husband, who is stationed
here in Raleigh. She graduated
from the University of Tennessee
with a major in home economics.
After graduation she worked at the
university as assistant dietitian un
til she went with her husband to
Baltimore, where she assumed the
position of therapeutic dietitian in
a hospital.
Mrs. Baird, supervisor of the
thirty-six waitresses and numerous
substitutes, lives with a sister in the
duplex apartments on the back
campus. IBefore coming to Mere
dith, she served as hostess at David
son and at Alabama Polytechnical
Institute. Then she became proprie
tor of a motel at Dunn, N. C., but
missed the association with young
people so dear to her heart. (Al
ready Mrs. Baird knows the names
of half ,of the Meredith student
body.) Her son, who was brought
up id Charlotte, N. C., is now an
Episcopal minister; and her grand
son, Bobby, is her pride and joy.
She loves Meredith because it is a
college, and Raleigh because it is
a college town. “Young people keep
you young,” she claims.
Mrs. Baird’s charges are those
hurrying, scurrying girls in the white
aprons, who fulfill our every need
in the dining hall. They set our
tables completely before we get
there, eat hurriedly so that they can
bring our dessert on time, and then
clean up the dishes we leave. Their
only plea is that we be a little more
considerate of what they have to
do after we leave. After all, they’re
doing everything they can to keep
us happy at mealtime.
Program Enjoyed
By German Club
The Meredith German Club had
a variety of interesting programs
during the first semester of the col
lege year.
At the October meeting Cornelia
Bonhoeffer from Germany led a
very interesting discussion on life in
her country.
In November the program cen
tered on Mozart, the composer, and
Heine, the poet. Margaret Grimm
told about the life of Mozart, and
Jean Strole told about one of his
best loved works, Don Juan. Nancy
Joyner, a former German student,
and Mrs. Katherine Colp presented
enlightening facts about the life of
Heine. The program was climazed
by the presentation of Mozart’s
Minuet by the Meredith Dance
Club.
The highlight of fall meetings was
the annual Christmas party, which
was held at the home of the Ger
man professor, Df. Susanne Freund.
There the Yuletide season was cele
brated in true German fashion with
the eating of German “goodies” and
the singing of German Christmas
carols.
And so ended the semester, but
not the interesting programs. For
the February meeting the German
Club plans to show slides of vari
ous parts of Germany. Members are
anticipating the spring series with
as much eagerness as they have
enjoyed the fall.
BUSINESS MAJORS
ATTEND SHOW
Several of the business majors
along with Miss Lois Frazier and
Mrs. Ruth Robinson recently at-
DRAMATIC SCENE FROM MODERN DANCE RECITAL. Pictured rehearsing
for the presentation tomorrow night are, left to right: Edith Johnson, Shirley Jones,
Ann Finley, Carol Macintosh, Dottie Dover, and Martha Ann McKeel.
ART EXHIBITS
ARE DISPLAYED
By MARY JANE SUMNER
On Monday, February 25, at
7:30 p.m., the Meredith College
Art Club will present Dr. Claire
Weigt in a lecture-demonstration
of “Design and Dance.” The meet
ing will be held in the Hut; re
freshments will be served. The
club issues a cordial invitation to
all interested.
The mid-semester student art ex
hibit in the gallery during exams
presented a survey of the work done
by Meredith students last semester.
On the wall were pictures in all
mediums, following both the modern
and realistic trend. All students in
each class entered one or more
pieces of the best work, giving a
great contrast in style and subject
matter.
A focal point in the exhibit was
a table of sculpture done by the
sculpture class and by a few stu
dents in Art I. There were also
books on furniture design from the
art appreciation class. On the cen
ter table were interesting pieces of
copper jewelry and clay pottery,
produced in the ceramics class. This
class had a wide range of activity
this year and produced objects
from dainty earrings to bulky clay
jugs.
The art education class also ex
perimented with various kinds of
materials. Drawings in several
mediums were submitted from Art
I, but the creative design exhibit
probably had more variety than the
rest, the purpose of this course being
to allow the individual to create
with the greatest degree of indi
viduality possible. Filling the wall
space and lined up along the floor
were the oil paintings covering
every possible subject. The most
popular form of art work done in
the advanced drawing class was
commercial illustration. However
there were many charcoal, water
color and pen and ink drawings.
The highlight of the show was an
architectural project done in Art
91. This was a detailed house plan,
the house made from wood and
complete with furniture and plastic
windows. It was mounted on a
board and the landscape was
worked out with miniature shrubs
and a gravel driveway.
All of the work shown in the
exhibit was done under the super
vision of Mr. Douglas Reynolds and
Mr. James Gaboda of the art de
partment.
At present there is an interesting
exhibit of children’s drawings in the
gallery.
tended, at the Woman’s Club, the
North Carolina Equipment Show,
which was sponsored by the Na
tional Office Management Associa
tion.
Mildred Clayton has recently
been elected treasurer of the To
morrow’s Business Women’ Club.
Former Graduate
To Lead Seminar
By JANE STEMBRIDGE
Looking toward Religious Em
phasis Week, we bring an insight
into the work of Miss Dorothy
“Pete” Hampton, who is to be on
campus next week conducting a
seminar.
‘ Miss Hampton has an especial
interest in Meredith and is truly
qualified to work with Meredith
students, realizing, as she does, our
problems and many of our needs.
She graduated from Meredith her
self in 1954. Coming from Winston-
Salem, “Pete” enrolled here . . .
to become much more than the
average college student, for she set
an outstanding record of leadership
and service.
A history major, “Pete” was ac
tive in the Student League of
Women Voters and the International
Relations Club; she held a state
office in the latter organization. In
addition to these activities, she was
a student assistant in the history
department and an active member
of the BSU Council, the Meredith
Playhouse and the Meredith En
semble.
The summer before her gradua
tion, she traveled to Vermont as a
camp assistant, working under Rev.
James Robinson of the Church of
the Master in Harlem. Upon
graduation, “Pete” took up resi
dence in New York City, serving
as editorial secretary on the Chris
tian Scholar (edited by Raymond
McLain) until January, 1957.
Her headquarters are now in Ra
leigh, where she lives with Dr. and
Mrs. L. E. M. Freeman. Officially
“Pete” is one of the two persons
filling newly-created positions as
staff members on the Council for
Christian Social Action, a joint or
ganization of the Congregational
Christian and Evangelical and Re
formed churches.
We welcome her . . . BACK . . .
to Meredith!!
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10 NEW STUDENTS
HERE THIS TERM
Six former Meredith students
have returned this semester. A year
and a half ago, when she was a
junior here at Meredith, Caroline
Garrett married, went to Germany
and completed a semester at the
University of Heidelberg. Now she
is back as Mrs. Kelley, a second
semester senior.
Also returning are Mrs. Lorine
Smith Caveness, a senior; Mrs. Carol
Phillips Cooke, a senior; Mary
Helen Cooper, a junior; Patricia
Watkins, a junior; and Margaret
Paris, a sophomore.
Here for the first time are Mrs.
Dana Wilkins Pruette of Raleigh,
from Jones Business College in High
Point; Mrs. Mildred (Mickey) Shu-
ford, of Hickory, from Salem Col
lege; Mary Frances Warren, of
Rocky Mount, from Elon College;
and Barbara Ann Martin, of Ar
lington, Va., from American Uni
versity in Washington, D. C.
Willie A. Batts
Is Watchman Now
Very new on the Meredith staff
is Mr. Willie A. Batts, night watch
man. Mr. Batts, who has lived in
Raleigh over twenty years, has un
til now been employed in the public
utilities department of the city of
Raleigh. Due to an allergic condi
tion of his hands to the handling of
copper pipe, he had to give up
his job.
Comprising his family are his
wife and four children. They are
members of the Jenkins Memorial
Methodist Church.
Mr. K. A. Thompson, former
night watchman, resigned his job
here to work for the Wachovia
Bank and Trust Co.
Y.W.A. Fous Week
Comes to a Close
February 10-15 was Y.W.A. Fo
cus Week on the Meredith campus.
The theme was “The door to the
WORLD is your heart.”
There were special “thoughts for
the day,” vesper programs, and
Wednesday night the week was
climaxed with a supper in the
Student Union at which we heard a
young man. Tommy Rowe, tell of
his experiences as he worked in
Hawaii this past year.
Today, Friday, is commitment
day. Each student received a re
solve and a prayer this morning.
She is urged to think seriously about
the resolve, and to sign it if she
feels led to do so.
Y.W.A. House Party
To Be At Greensboro
The Y.W.A. Houseparty, the
State-wide convention, will be held
February 22-24 in Greensboro,
N. C. Delegates will hear ten foreign
missionaries and four home mis
sionaries. Students are responsible
for making their own hotel reserva
tions.
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