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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXXI
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1957
No. II
MORE THAN 100 SENIORS WILL GRADUATE JUNE 3
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Alumnae Association
To Meet June 1
The annual meeting of the Mere
dith College Alumnae Association
will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Satur
day, June 1, in the college audi
torium. Following the business
meeting, with Mrs. William W.
Watts of Burlington presiding, the
annual alumnae luncheon will be
held in the college dining hall.
The business session will include
reports from various committees.
Mrs. Louis Nipper of Raleigh, chair
man of the nominating committee,
will present the slate of new officers.
The reunion classes will present
“Love Gifts” to the college.
A program following the business
session will include a mother-
daughter feature by the .Grand
daughters’ Club, of which Sara Lee
of Greenville is president. The morn
ing meeting will be concluded with
an address entitled “A Handful of
Seed” given by Mrs. Kyle E. Hasel-
den of Charleston, West Virginia,
who is an outstanding alumna of
Meredith.
At the luncheon which follows
the business session, the reunion
classes will be seated at special tables
and members of the Senior Class,
who will be special guests, will pre
sent their class doll to the Associa
tion to join the parade displayed in
the Rotunda during commencement.
Fraternity Rule
Discussed in Meeting
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A portion of the Meredith student
body met on Monday, May 13, at
5:00 in Society Hall with faculty
and administrative representatives
to discuss the fraternity house rule.
The purpose of the meeting was to
recognize the problem connected
with the present ruling on fraternity
house visitation by Meredith stu
dents and to seek a working solution.
Two problems were observed: first,
that the rule is being violated, which
is the main problem for some; and
secondly, that as the rule stands now
it is inconvenient in some respects.
The meeting was conducted by
the new student government presi
dent, Inez Kendrick, as an open dis
cussion with all sides of the issue
being presented from the floor. The
meeting was successful in that the
problem was freely discussed, but
no official action was taken.
Six Faculty Members
Attend Inauguration
When, on Wednesday, May 8,
William Clyde Friday was inaugu
rated president of the Consolidated
University of North Carolina, Mere
dith College provided several repre
sentatives at the ceremony. These
included Mrs. Phillip Garriss, who
represented Hastings College; Dr.
Ethel Tilley, Ohio-Wesleyan Uni
versity; Mrs. L. A. Peacock, Hood
College; Dr. Quentin O. McAllister,
the South Atlantic Modern Language
Association and Dr. John Yar
borough, the North , Carolina
Academy of Science. Meredith
was represented by Dr. Carlyle
Campbell.
Meredith College was represented
at the inauguration in another way.
Mrs. Friday is the former Miss Ida
Howell, a home economic major and
graduate of the Meredith College,
Class of 1941.
Awards To Be Made
Society Night
The two literary societies will
sponsor Society Night, Saturday,
June 1, at eight o’clock in Jones
Auditorium.
The' speaker for the occasion will
be Mrs. William Harold Trentman,
Ph.D., an alumna of Meredith. Mrs.
Trentman, former president of Penn
Hall, won the Philoretian literary
award when a student here.
A highlight of the evening will be
the presentation of the various
awards. Each society, Astrotekton
and Philaretion, will present its an
nual award of ten dollars for the
best literary contribution from each
organization. This may be poetry,
short story, or any other type of
creative writing. The judges for this
contest will be two faculty members
chosen by the society presidents.
As in previous years, several de
partments will make awards. The
Elizabeth Avery Colton Award for
the best work done in the Acorn
during the year, the Hubbell Award
and the independent readers award
will be presented by the English de
partment. Awards will also be pre
sented by the art department, math
department and education depart
ment. Others will be the Schwartz
freshman citizenship award and the
two Sigma Alpha Iota awards. The
members of the Silver Shield, Kappa
Nu Sigma, and those who are to be
included in Who’s Who Among
Students in American Colleges will
also be recognized. Two graduate
scholarships and the Helen Price
freshman scholarship will be pre
sented.
The recently installed society
marshals will serve as ushers. Repre
senting the Astros will be Kay Ban
ner, chief marshal; Betty Kellum,
Eleanor Cox ,and Sue Wood; the
Phis are Lu Jones, chief marshal;
Emily Gilbert, Judy Scaggs, and
Kitty Berger. Society presidents Kitty
Holt and Marilyn Greene will
preside.
CLASS DAY EXERCISES
IN SPOTLIGHT JUNE 1
For the occasion, both the big sis
ter and little sister classes of the
present senior class will be on hand
to participate in the festivities. At
this time the sister classes honor one
another witlj songs and gifts. Early
Saturday morning the sophomore
class will pick daisies for the daisy
chain through which the seniors will
pass. At present, the program has
been tentatively set as follows: the
procession of the sophomores, car
rying the daisy chain and singing;
the procession of the seniors throu^
the daisy chain; welcome to all
guests by Marcia Horrel, president
of the senior- class; the seniors’
song to their big sisters, the Class
of ’55, and their response; the pres
entation of the wishbones to the
sophomores, a tradition of the odd
class; the “Big Sister-Little Sister”
song with the sophomores’ response;
presentation of the last will and
testament and the class prophecy;
the presentation of gifts, the main
one being the gift to the school; and
recession to the front of Johnson
Hall where the sophomores form
the numerals of the graduating class.
Following the program the seniors
will elect their alumnae class officers.
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Weigle and Broach
To Deliver Addresses
DR. RICHARD WEIGLE
DR. CLAUDE BROACH
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
FRIDAY, MAY 31
8:00 p.m Annual Concert
SATURDAY, JUNE 1
9:30 a.m Annual Meeting of Kappa Nu Sigma
10:30 a.m Meeting of Alumnae Association
Sarah Elizabeth Vernon Watts, A.M., President
Address: Elizabeth Lee Haselden, A.B., Charleston, West Virginia
1:00 p.m Alumnae Luncheon
4:30 p.m Class Day Exercises
8:00 p.m Society Night
Address: Sarah B. Trentman, Ph.D., Raleigh, North Carolina
9:30 p.m Annual Meeting of Silver Sjiield
SUNDAY, JUNE 2
11:00 a.m Baccalaureate Sermon
The Reverend Claude U. Broach, Th.D.
Minister, St. John’s Baptist Church
Charlotte, North Carolina
4:30 p.m - Organ Recital
Harry E. Cooper, Mus.D., F.A.G.O.
Meredith College
8:00 p.m. - Senior Vespers
8:45 p.m ...Reception for Parents
MONDAY, JUNE 3
10:30 a.m Baccalaureate Address
Richard D. Weigle, Ph.D.
President, St. John’s College
Annapolis, Maryland
: Conferring of Degrees
Annual Dedicated
To Dr. Lemmon
On Saturday afternoon, June 1,
at 4:30 p.m., the annual Class Day
exercises will be held in the Court.
The 1957 Oak Leaves has been
dedicated to Dr. Lemmon of the
history department. The faculty
member is chosen for this honor by
the Senior Class and the Oak Leaves
staff.
Peggy Jo Williams has edited this
year’s annual. She has announced
that the yearbooks are to be ready
for distribution on Friday, May 24.
The dedication reads: “To one
who for two years was our class
sponsor; whose enthusiastic support
and helping hand have inspired us;
whose warm charm and sympathetic
understanding have made her a
friend to all of us; because we ad
mire her intellect, her sense of
humor, her dignity, we dedicate this
1957 Oak Leaves to Dr. Sarah
McCulloh Lemmon.”
Leadership Group
Meets At Park
Presidents and editors, along with
the social standards chairman and
chief counselor met together at
Umstead State Park on Wednesday,
May 8, for the annual leadership
conference to discuss plans for next
year.
Inez Kendrick, student govern
ment president, led the discussion.
Dr. Crook made a brief talk on how
to set up and meet goals. Other
faculty members attending the meet
ing were Dr. Rose, Dr. Yarborough,
Dr. Weigt, Miss Maring, and Miss
Fleming.
Dr. Cooper To Present
Annual Organ Recital
Dr. Harry E. Cooper, head of
the department of music at Mere
dith, will present his annual organ
recital in Jones Recital Hall on Sun
day, June 2, at 4:30 p.m. Selections
on Dr. Cooper’s program will be
Symphony from Cantata No. 106,
“God’s Time Is Best,” Bach; Chris-
tus Resurrexit, Ravanello; Hymnus,
Fielitz; Pastorale from First Sonata,
Guilmant; Gavotte from Twelfth
Sonata, Martini; Christmas in Sicily,
Yon; Italian Rhapsody, Yon. The
public is invited to attend.
Fall Calendar
September 12—Orientation
Program for all new students
begins
September 14—Registration
of freshmen and transfer stu
dents
September 16—Registration
of all other students
September 17—Classes be
gin 8:30 a.m.
The members of these or
ganizations are expected to
return to school on September
11:
Student Government Council
Freshman and Transfer
Counselors
B.S.U. Council
A.A. Board
Three Class Presidents
Society Presidents
Twig Editor
Acorn Editor
Oak Leaves Editor
Playhouse President
More than 100 Meredith seniors
will receive degrees at the graduation
exercises on Monday morning,
June 3, at 10:30, in Jones Audi
torium.
The principal speakers for com
mencement week end. May 31-
June 3, will be Dr. Richard D.
Weigle, president of St. John’s Col
lege, Annapolis, Maryland, who will
deliver the graduation address on
Monday and Dr. Claude U. Broach,
pastor of St. John’s Baptist Church
in Charlotte, North Carolina, who
will give the baccalaureate sermon,
Sunday morning, June 2, at 11:00.
Dr. Weigle, originally from North-
field, Minnesota, received three
degrees from Yale and had his first
teaching experience as an English
instructor at Yale Union Middle
School, Changsa, Hunan. After serv
ing as a captain in the U. S. Air
Force, Dr. Weigle entered the U. S.
State Department in 1945, working
in the Far Eastern Commission;
later he was made executive officer
in the office of Far Eastern Affairs.
At the present Dr. Weigle is chair
man of the Commission on Liberal
Education of the Association of
Apierican Colleges, vice-president
of the Anne Arundel County School
Board and a member of the Mary
land Permanent Advisory Commis
sion on Higher Education.
A native of Monroe, Georgia, Dr.
Broach received his A.B. from the
University of Georgia, and his Th.M.
and Th.D. from the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary. Dr. Broach
has been pastor of churches in Ken
tucky and Virginia and was asso
ciate secretary in the Department of
Student Work of the Southern
Baptist Convention from 1942-44.
Dr. Broach is the author of Dr.
Frank, the biography of Frank Hart
well Leavell.
Commencement week end will
begin with the Chorus Concert on
Friday night. May 31. On the fol
lowing day the many graduation
activities will include the annual
meetings of Kappa Nu Sigma, the
Silver Shield, and the Alumnae As
sociation over which president
Sarah Elizabeth Vernon Watts of
Burlington will preside. In the after
noon after the Alumnae-Senior
Luncheon, Class Day exercises will
be held in the Meredith Court. Cli
maxing the day’s activities will be
the annual Society Night address by
Dr. Sarah Trentman of Raleigh, and
the presentation of student awards at
8:00.
Sunday activities, in addition to
the baccalaurate sermon, will in
clude an organ recital by Dr.
Harry E. Cooper and senior vespers
witha reception for seniors and par
ents afterward.
Final Concert
To Be Held
Talented vocalists and pianists
will share the spotlight with the
Meredith College Chorus at the
Commencement Concert. An annual
feature of the commencement week
end exercises, the concert will be
held on Friday night. May 31, in
Jones Hall Auditorium. All soloists
this year are graduating seniors ex
cept soprano Clara Hudson, who is
a junior. Miss Hudson, who is from
Richmond, Virginia, will sing Puc
cini’s “Vissi d’Arte” from Tosca.
Jean Strole from Chadbourn will
accompany her. Pat Corbett, pianist
from Kenly, will play Schubert-
Liszt’s “Soiree de Vienne,” No. 2.
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