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PLAYHOUSE
THE TWIG
HAPPY
SPRING HOLIDAYS
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXXI
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1957
No. 8
Second Group
Of Officers Elected
The second election of officers for
1957-58 was held Thursday, March
14, with 354 of the 430 registered
voters casting ballots. These officers,
along with those elected on first
slate, take over their new positions
in May.
Winners of the major offices are
the following: social standards chair
man, Nancy Wallace, a music major
from Raleigh; vice-president of stu
dent government, Becky Murray, a
music major from Raleigh; Astro-
tekton president. Dale Caspar!, a
chemistry major from Ronkokama,
New York; and Philaretian presi
dent, Kay White, a music major from
Greensboro.
The other winners on the second
slate are; vice-president of the Ath
letic Association, Tommie Bass;
first vice-president of B.S.U., Jean
Strole; second vice-president of day
students, Edna Holoman; Playhouse
president, Katie Joyce Eddins; col
lege marshal, Martha Fasul; Brewer
president, Peggy Mott; Faircloth
president, Eunice Durant; second
vice-president, of B.S.U., Kay Cur
rier; business manager of Twig,
Barbara Hazelwood; treasurer of
S.G., Mary Alice Cusack; treasurer
of B.S.U., Penny Hutchinson; and
treasurer of A.A., Bobby Conley.
The hall proctors elected for Brewer
and Faircloth are the following;
first Brewer, Betty Forehand; second
Brewer, Virginia Stone; third Brew
er, Ann Fuller; first Faircloth, Clara
Hudson; second Faircloth, Marcie
Hampton; and third Faircloth, Betsy
Bullock.
Graduate Record
Exam To Be Given
The next opportunity for seniors
to take a graduate record examina
tion will be on April 27, 1957. At
this date the examinations will be
given at Chapel Hill, Duke, and
Shaw. These tests, of interest to
seniors who are planning to do
graduate study either next year or
sometime in the future, are required
for admission to many graduate
schools.
The examination is composed of
two separate tests. In the morning,
a two and one-half hour aptitude
test is given, covering verbal reason
ing and reading questions and vari
ous types of mathematical questions.
In the afternoon the advanced tests
are given in the various fields of
study. Subjects offered for the ad
vanced tests are biology, chemistry,
economics, education, engineering,
french, geology, government, his
tory, literature, mathematics, philos
ophy, physics, psychology, sociology,
and Spanish.
When the last graduate record
examination was given on January
19, several Meredith students took
it. Any seniors wishing to make ap
plication for the April testing should
see Dean Peacock in the near future.
Seniors Honored
At Campbell Home
A tradition which Meredith stu
dents anticipate for four years is be
ing carried out this month, as Presi
dent and Mrs. Carlyle Campbell en
tertain the seniors at their home at
buffet suppers on March 16 and 17
and March 22 and 23.^
The seniors may visit informally
with Dr. and Mrs. D. R. Reveley,
senior class sponsor; Mr. V. How
ard Belcher; Dean and Mrs. L. A.
Peacock; Mrs. Lois Renfrow; and
Miss Louise Fleming. After amusing
themselves with Dr. Campbell’s
many puzzles, they get to hear their
president play the piano, as Dean
Peacock sings!
Playhouse Presents “Cradle Song”
Tonight and Tomorrow Night
ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE: Going over their lines for the final time are
(left to right): Sue Matzner, Pat Maynard, Lela Cagle, Katie Joyce Eddins, and
Belinda Foy. See story helow.
Cradle Song, a two-act comedy
written by Gregorio and Maria Mar-
tinez-Sierra, and translated by John
Garrett Underhill, will be presented
in Jones Hall, March 22-23, as the
spring production of the Meredith
College Playhouse. Curtain time will
be at 8;00 p.m.
The fun begins when the novices
of a Spanish convent (Lela Cagle,
Jan Mercer, Belinda Foy, and Kitty
Holt), find an abandoned baby girl
on their doorstep. Most of the
sisters (Jane Reid, Bobbie Meeks,
and Pat Maynard), led by the
prioress (Katie Joyce Eddins), are
eager to keep the baby, and are en
couraged by the local doctor (Don
Harris). However, the vicaress (Sue
Matzner), believes strongly that it
is against the rules of the order. The
sisters are confronted with all the
problems of rearing a child to young
womanhood. The romance of this
young girl (Katherine Renfrew),
with the young architect Antonio
(Bob Sheridan), adds laughter, ex
citement, and a few surprises to an
already entertaining plot.
The director is Miss Peg Gorsage,
sponsor of the Playhouse, and a
member of the English faculty. In
addition to the cast, the following
people are working behind the
scenes as committee chairmen: Gin
ger Whitley, lights; Faye Chandler,
costumes; Jo Robinson, make-up;
Anne House, programs; Peanut
Swindler, sound; and Annie Ran-
sone, publicity.
Tickets will be on sale at the door
both nights; Meredith students will
be admitted free.
Alumnae Study Art
In Annual Seminar
On March 23, the 15th Annual
Alumnae Seminar will be held in
Joyner Hall. Art is the theme of this
year’s seminar, and a full day of
activities has been planned for the
alumnae. Beginning the day will be
a coffee hour at 9:30 in the recep
tion room of Joyner Hall. At this
time in the Art Gallery there will
also be an exhibit of work submitted
by the alumnae. The next hour will
feature a split program. For those
who were not art majors, a slide
lecture and discussion on art appre
ciation will be conducted by either
Mr. Reynolds or Mr. Gaboda. For
those who were art majors, there
will be a seminar on three chosen
subjects. Then from 11:30 to 12:30,
will follow demonstrations in por
trait painting in oils, commercial art,
public school art techniques, ceram
ics, and enameling. After lunch the
group will be led on a tour of the
State Art Gallery.
An added attraction to the Alum
nae Seminar this year, a special
luncheon honoring Dr. Mary Lynch
Johnson, has been planned as a
formal presentation of her book,
A History of Meredith College, to
the alumnae. A note of interest is
the offer of Dr. Johnson to auto
graph legibly on that day any num
ber of copies of the book.
DONNA ELLINGTON
RECOGNIZED
Kappa Nu Sigma wishes to an
nounce that the name of one of
the three sophomores with the
highest scholastic averages was
omitted from the recent announce
ment at the annual lecture. The
society wishes to recognize the
high academic achievement of
Donna Ellington, Class of ’59.
FACULTY MEMBERS HONORED
Dr. Lillian Parker Wallace, head
of the history department, was
elected vice-president and program
chairman of the social science teach
ers of the State’s Baptist colleges,
at their meeting at Wake Forest
College.
Miss Mae Grimmer, executive
secretary of the Alumnae Associa
tion, has been elected president of
the local chapter of the American
Association of University Women.
Dr. Johnson Honored
During This Week
NEW BOOKS ARE
NOW IN LIBRARY
The library now has a copy of the
2,000-page Concordance to The Re
vised Standard Version of the Bible,
the miraele book produced by Rem
ington Rand’s Univae Electronic
Computing System.
The huge sorting job required for
the concordanee would have taken
an estimated twenty-three years had
not an Episcopal minister, the Rev.
John W. Ellison, who was preparing
his doctor’s thesis at Harvard Divin
ity Sehool and at the same time was
working with electronic digital com
puters, realized that it could be done
in a matter of hours if the elec
tronic equipment was properly pro
grammed and magnetie tapes were
prepared. The eoncordance lists
alphabetically all but 132 common
words and cites some 350,000 Bib
lical texts.
Another important addition soon
to be made to the library is the
ight-volume Complete Organ Works
of Johann Sebastian Bach. These
volumes have prefaces by Edward
NiesrBerger and Albert Schweitzer.
Of local interest is the arrival
of Carl Goerch’s new book, Ocra-
coke, the story of fascinating islands
off the North Carolina Coast.
The appearance of Dr. Mary
Lynch Johnson’s book, A History of
Meredith College, is bringing honor
to her on the Meredith campus and
elsewhere these days.
Today in the assembly. Dr. John
son was honored as Dr. L. E. M.
F’reeman, professor emeritus of re
ligion, addressed the student body
and visitors on the campus. Fol
lowing the assembly from 11:00 to
12:45, coffee was served to mem
bers of the college eommunity and
visiting friends. In serving. Miss
Fleming and Miss Grimmer were
assisted by members of the English
Club and the Granddaughters’ Club.
At the alumnae seminar luncheon
to be held tomorrow, March 23,
Dr. Johnson will be guest of honor,
and attention will be centered on
the history.
During the past week Dr. Johnson
has appeared on both television and
radio. On Wednesday, March 20,
she was interviewed over WUNC-TV
about the book and her relationship
to Meredith. Thursday she was in
troduced to the radio audience by
Mrs. Harriet Pressly on WPTF.
Last Sunday’s News and Observer
contained a feature article on Dr.
Johnson and her book, and on Tues
day night the Colton English Club
honored her at a social hour, fol
lowing the regular meeting of the
club.
New York Trip Set
For Spring ,
Thursday night, March 28, twelve
Meredith girls. Miss Helena Wil
liams and Miss B. J. Yeager will
step on the “Silver Meteor”—des
tination New York City. These trav
elers to the metropolis are Peggy
Joyner, Louise Moore, Virginia
Stone, Virginia Byrne, Mary Whis-
nant. Fay Chandler, Anne Harrison,
Joyce Herndon, Frances Johnson,
Mary Ann Jobe, and Marjorie
Boyles.
In New York, they will stay at
the Hotel Taft for the five days they
are there. Their program includes
tours to the U.N. Building, the
Museum of Modern Art, N.B.C.
and Rockefeller Center, Wall Street,
Saint Patriek’s Cathedral, and Radio
City.
Some of the plays they will see
are Happy Hunt with Ethel Mer
man and Most Happy Fella; they
are hoping for standing room to see
either My Fair Lady or Auntie
Marne with Rosalind Russell.
The Lobster House, Leone’s
Italian Restaurant, and Peter’s Baek-
yard Steak House are a few of the
plaees at whieh they will sample the
euisine. 'And—no trip would be
eomplete without shopping on Fifth
Avenue and at Cartiers’. Bringing
back many memories of unforget
table sights and good times, they
will return Tuesday night.
Projector and Screen
Added in Joyner Hall
History of Meredith
Is Released Today
Several years ago (in 1948, to be
exact) President Campbell was
authorized by the Board of Trustees
of Meredith College to request Dr.
Mary Lyneh Johnson to write a
history of Meredith. That history
has been completed and today is
being released by the College.
Printed by Edwards and Broughton,
a Raleigh firm, the three-hundred-
page volume, A History of Meredith
College, will be on sale in the Mere
dith Supply Store and in book stores
of Raleigh.
Since Sixth Grade
For many reasons Dr. Johnson
was well qualified for her work as
historian of Meredith. She has been
affiliated with the college sinee she
was a sixth-grade student at the
Meredith Academy; Meredith was
then in its tenth year of operation.
Except for leaves for graduate study
at Columbia University and Cornell
University, she has taught English
at Meredith since 1918. In 1953
Dr. Johnson ,became head of the
department. This history is not Dr.
Johnson’s first writing about the
College. In 1936 she wrote the chap
ter about Meredith in a book
about Southern Baptist colleges. She
later expanded this chapter to three
articles which appeared in the Bib
lical Recorder. Dr. Johnson has
other published writings: Elizabeth
Avery Colton: An Educational Pio
neer and The Grotesque in Brown
ing. The latter was awarded the
Corson Browning Prize at Cornell
University.
Alumnae Receive Notice
The alumnae, all of whom re
ceived notice of the publication of
this book, seem aware not only of
the careful work that went into the
book but also-of the unforgetful per
sonality of the writer. Mrs. Minna
LeGrand Combs, Class of ’33, re
sponded to the notice by return
mail. Mrs. Combs attended Mere
dith only one year; yet, she writes
of Dr. Johnson: “She is one of the
few teachers I had while in col
lege . . . who stand out vividly in my
memories of my senior year at
Meredith. She not only is a talented,
gifted teacher but becomes the ideal
of her students even in one year.”
Another one of the alumnae replied
that she wanted a copy of the book,
whether it was legibly autographed
or not.
A new Bell and Howell projector
and a screen has been installed
in Joyner Hall. This new equipment
may prove of great service since
each department has a catalogue
of films related to its field. Stu
dents interested in learning to oper
ate the projeetor should register
with Dean Peacock, who suggests
that a knowledge of how to care
for and operate such a machine
will be especially advantageous to
those planning to teach. A schedule
of training periods is to be arranged.
English and History Major
Dr. Johnson, who majored in both
English and history in college, feels
that she has eombined both in writ
ing this book. She has a word to
English students about her work:
she says that though she tried to put
into practiee all that she teaches
about documentation, she still had
to go back and check references a
second time. After five summers of
working on this book for ten to ,
twelve hours a day. Dr. Johnson,
when asked how she felt about the
volume, said with a smile that she
would like to use the words of Mr.
Stringfield, in saying that “the work
to him was a dear delight.” These
are not mere words; they are a part
of the whole spirit of Dr. Johnson.
One can agree with Miss Mae Grim
mer, executive secretary of the
Alumnae Association, who has said:
“Mary Lynch Johnson exemplifies
in her life, no less clearly than in her
teaching and writing, the best that
the College is doing and, beyond
that, what it is trying to do. One of
Meredith’s most gifted and generous
and beloved daughters here records
our heritage.”