A TOAST FOR
PHILARETIA
FAIR
THE TWIG
A CHEER FOR
MOTHER
ASTRO
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXXII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C„ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1957
No. 1
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PLANS FOR NEW
SCIENCE BUILDING REVEALED
Mr. V. H. Belcher, business man
ager of the College, has announced
that plans are under way for con
struction of the new science building.
All architectural drawings should be
completed by October . 15 and bids
opened by the middle of November.
If one of these bids is accepted, the
ground may be broken by the first
of December.
This building will be the com
panion building to Joyner Hall.
Like Joyner Hall it will be named
in honor of a prominent North
Carolina Baptist. The science build
ing will lie to the north of Joyner
Hall, and the main entrance will be
in line with the dining hall.
The exterior of the science build
ing will be almost identical to that
of Joyner Hall, but the interior will
be quite different. The biology and
home economics departments will
occupy the first floor, with chemis-
try, physics, business, and mathe
matics on the second floor. There
will be no general reception room,
but a sitting room will be a part of
the home economics department.
Seven classrooms will be located
on the second floor and three on the
first floor.
The new science building will
have some exciting features. The
home economics department will
have a dining room with French
windows. The biology department
will have a greenhouse to the rear
of the science building. A dark
room for photographic work ,and
light experiments will be on the sec
ond floor. All staff members will
have individual research labora
tories. In the chemistry department
individual desks will be supplied
with compressed air, gas, and
exhaust hoods.
CORSAGE ANNOUNCES
CAST OF SILVER CORD
Miss Peg Gorsage has announced
the results of the try-outs for the
fall Playhouse production. The Silver
Cord, by Sidney Howard. Leading
the cast are Susan Moss as Mrs.
Phelps and Sue Matzner as Chris
tina. Supporting them are Margaret
Hurst as Hester and playing the
maid will be Anne Arnold. The play
will be presented November 8 and 9.
YWA TO HAVE
ENLISTMEIW WEEK
“Let your light so shine” will be
the theme when the Young Woman’s
Auxiliary observes enlistment week
Monday, October 7 through Friday,
October 11. *
The week will feature three guest
chapel speakers. Dr. John Woods, a
medical missionary leaving for Ecua
dor this year, will speak on Monday;
Miss Katy Kazaika, who is from
Greece and is now a student at
Southeastern Theological Seminary
on Wednesday; and Mrs. James
Belote, a Missionary to Hong Kong
who is now residing at Wake Forest,
on Friday.
In vespers the YWA will present
on Monday Dr. John Woods’ film
strip “Mid-Century Martyrs” on the
missionaries who lost their lives in
Ecuador. Tuesday night will bring
the new BSU choir to sing. Wednes
day night the first YWA supper
meeting of the year will be held at
the chimney or at the hut if it rains.
In vespers Thursday night there will
Social Standards
To Conduct Teas
According to Nancy Wallace
social standards chairman, the Social
Standards Committee is making
plans for several projects for the
school year.
For the inception of one of the
projects, the Sigma Alpha Iota
Music Fraternity entertained the
Meredith faculty, student body, and
staff at an informal gathering Wed
nesday, September 25, between 4:00
and 5:30 in the afternoon. Back
ground music could be heard
throughout the Blue Parlor as mem
bers of the music fraternity served
punch and cookies. Hazel Wiggins
has been appointed by' the com
mittee to organize such bi-monthly
functions, which will be sponsored
by groups and organizations on the
campus.
The Social Standards Committee
is also working on a program of edu
cation which will include several
chapel programs throughout the
year. In charge of this social educa
tion project is Virginia Jones.
Eunice Beal for the Astros and
Janet Jenkins for the Phis will be
in charge of the Student Union for
the year.
The committee has appointed
Peggy Mott and Shirley Strother to
work on the problems of procedure
in the dining hall.
be either a chalk talk or a skit. All
old and new students are urged to
participate in the activities.
Mr. Deyton Assumes Duties
Since October 1, Mr. Robert G.
Deyton has been vice-president in
Robert G. Deyton
charge of public relations at Mere
dith. Prior to this (for five years)
he was vice - president and con
troller at Wake Forest in which ca
pacity he directed the planning,
construction, and furnishing of the
new plant in Winston-Salem.
After graduation from Trinity
College (now Duke University) and
a year of advanced study at
the Harvard University Graduate
School of Administration, he be
came chief accountant to the State
Budget Bureau and was later ap
pointed assistant director of the
budget by the late Governor Hoey.
He left the State Budget Bureau in
1949 and became assistant treasurer
of the Ecusta Paper Corporation at
Brevard, where he remained untf
going to Wake Forest in 1952.
As a resident of Raleigh for
twenty-two years, Mr. Deyton was
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RUSH ENDS; DECISION
DAY ARRIVES
Since Friday, September 27, the
Phi and Astro Societies have been
Eight Added To Faculty
Meredith College welcomes sev
eral new members to its faculty this
year. Among these is Mrs. Ruth A.
Clark, who comes as the acting head
of the department of art. Mrs. Clark
received the A.B. and M.F.A.
degrees irom the Woman’s College
of the University of North Carolina,
and has done summer work at the
Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts
and at the Art Students League of
New York. Before going to Wood-
stock, N. Y. to do independent
painting, she was co-ordinator of
religious activities and part-time in
structor of art at the Woman’s Col
lege of the University of North
Carolina.
Acting as assistant professor'in
the department of art is Martyvonne
Dehoney, who received the A.B.,
B.F.A., and M.F.A. degrees from
the Woman’s College of the Uni
versity of North Carolina. Miss
Dehoney comes to Meredith from
Carthage College in Carthage, Illi
nois, where she was head of the
department of art.
Mrs. W. K. Massey, who received
the B.S. degree from W.C.U.N.C.
and the M.A. degree from Teachers
College of Columbia University,
joins the Meredith faculty as acting
head of the department of health
and physical education. Mrs. Mas
sey has taught at Georgia State
College for Women and at Duke
University.
In. the department of sociology
Dr. Ora O. Jones, who received the
Ph.D. degree from the University of
Nebraska, serves as assistant pro
fessor.
Appointed as instructor in the
department of foreign languages is
William R. Ledford, who received
the A.B. degree from Berea College
and the M.A. degree from the Uni
versity of Iowa and attended the
Middlebury Language Schools in
Vermont. Mr. Ledford has done
graduate work at U.N.C. and junior
college teaching in Roxboro.
Jean Swanson returns to the
Meredith department of music after
a year’s leave of absence. Miss
Swanson received a Daifforth grant
to do graduate work toward the
doctorate degree at the School of
Sacred Music of Union Theological
Seminary.
Mrs. Margaret C. Martin of Ra
leigh comes from Pine Crest School
in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to the
department of foreign languages to
teach Latin. Mrs. Martin, who for
merly taught at Meredith on a part-
time basis, holds the degree of
Bachelor of Arts from Meredith and
the degree of Master of Arts from
Columbia University. This year she
will teach one section of freshman
English in addition to Latin.
Isabella Haeseler, who also re
ceived a new appointment, has been
teaching at the college for the past
year in the place of Jean Swanson,
away on study leave. Miss Haeseler
who joins the music staff this year
on a permanent basis, received the
B.S. degree in music education from
Lebanon Valley College, and the
degree of Master of Sacred Music
from Union Theological Seminary.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
HANDS DOWN DECISION
In their semi-annual meeting Sep
tember 24, the Board of Trustees
voted to continue supervised dancing
on the Meredith campus through
the current year.
Dancing on campus has been a
controversial issue since the board’s
first decision last February. It has
been denounced by some Baptist
pastors and will probably be brought
before the Baptist State Convention
when it meets in Raleigh in Novem
ber. Ninety-three per cent of the
replies to a questionnaire sent to
parents of Meredith students ap
proved on-campus dancing.
At the meeting, former Congress
man C. B. Dean of Rockingham was
elected trustee president. He has
served as recording secretary of the
Baptist State Convention for several
years.
Dr. Elizabeth J. Dotterer, an
alumna of Meredith, was selectee
as vice-president. Meredith’s busi
ness manager, Mr. V. H. Belcher,
was re-elected secretary and treas
urer.
Discussed at the meeting were
the plans for the new science build-
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rushing all freshmen and transfers
during their annual Rush Week.
The new students were first enter
tained by a minstrel show at the
Astro picnic. Just as some of the
black faces were being recognized,
the guests were whisked away to the
Phi Fashion Show in the audi
torium. The ever-present problem
of “what to wear” provided the
source of many laughs as a co-ed
from Phi University made her ward
robe decisions for a big college
week end.
Monday was Astro Day with
Astros in charge of Family Altar
on the halls and serenading in the
court. Dinner that night took place
in a western saloon with such per
sonalities as Calamity Jane and
Flaming Mamie entertaining the
guests.
On Tuesday the Phis’ Supper
Club proved to be a visit to a Toy
Shop with entertainment by teddy
bears, rag dolls, clowns, and even
a Cuban dancer. Of course Milton,
the Phi bear, was the funniest toy
of all.
Wednesday was Astro Day again
with a drop-in tea on First Brewer
for the Day Students. That night
cheerleaders from State and Mere
dith’s sophomore class led a spirited
pep rally on the dining hall steps.
Special guests were the S.A.E.’s and
the Sigma Chi’s.
The Phi bonfire on Thursday was
in the form of a live T.V. program
with comedy acts, a country style
rendition of “Bye, Bye, Love,” a
special arrangement of Shangri-la
and many more features.
Friday is a silent day with a joint
Phi-Astro Day Students’ luncheon
at the Hut from 1:00 till 2:00.
Decision Day will climax the
week’s activities with a special sit-
down breakfast and chapel program.
New students will be given the op
portunity to make their decision as
they join the cheering breakfast line
of the society of their choice. The
final decision must be made at as
sembly as the students march into
the auditorium between the long
rows of either the Phi or Astro
society members.
After the count is made and the
winning society announced, the
president of each society will lead
her members out, singing the society
song.
FRESHMAN
ENROLLMENT REACHES
ALL-TIME HIGH
Mrs. Vera Tart Marsh,
Meredith College registrar, an
nounces that the fall semester
enrollment figure stands at
637. This figure includes 261
new students (freshmen and
transfers), 351 returning stu
dents and 25 specials. These
students have been classified
as follows;
Ereshmen 214
Sophomores 149
Juniors 129
Seniors 120
Total Classmen 612
Specials 25
Grand Total 637