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CONGRATULATIONS,
NEW OFFICERS
THE TWIG
LET’S GO
TO THE PLAY
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXXII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1958
No. 7
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HUDGINS, STROLE, WILLIAMS GET KEY OFFICES
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FORTY-FOUR STUDENTS CHOSEN;
WILL ASSUME OFFICE IN MAY
Key campus offices for 1958-59
were filled when elections were held
February 27 and March 6. Presi
dents elected for Meredith’s three
major organizations were Bettie
Anne Hudgins, Student Government
Association; Jean Strole, Baptist
Student Union; and Marilyn Wil
liams, Athletic Association.
Bettie Anne is an elementary
education major from Fentress, Va.
This year she served as president
of the Junior Class and member of
the Social Standards and Nominat-
nard; vice-presidents, Helen Booe,
Peggy Williams, and Lillian Bran
don.
ing committees.
Jean, an elementary education
major from Chadbourn, N. C., was
class president during her freshman
year and this year was first vice-
president of the B.S.U. and chair
man for Religious Emphasis Week.
Marilyn, who is from Monroe,
N. C., is majoring in elementary
education. She was dance repre
sentative on the A.A. Board last
year and student director of the
Dance Recital. She has aNo served
on the Oak Leaves staff.
Other Student Government Asso
ciation officers selected were vice-
president, Anne Fuller; secretary,
Peggy Martin; treasurer, Lois Haigh;
Social Standards Chairman, Ge-
lynda Thomas; Chief Counselor,
Joyce Hargrove.
Vann dormitory president, Miriam
Hoffler; vice-presidents (hall proc
tors), Doris Dixon, Janice Morgan,
and Judy McLamb.
Stringfield president, Sylvia May-
Brewer president, Jo Anne Ken
dall; vice-presidents, Carol Inscoe,
Sylvia Beaver, and Ann Freeman.
Faircloth president, Patricia May
nard; vice-presidents, Emily Camp
bell, Belinda Foy, and Suzanne
Hunter.
Nonresident student officers are
president. Hazel Wiggins; first vice-
president, Katherine Fontaine, sec
ond vice-president, Mary Holloway;
and third vice-president, Donna El
lington.
Other B.S.U. officers selected
were first vice-president, Jo Robin
son; second vice-president, Helen
White; third vice-president, Ann
Allred; secretary, Jan Powell; treas
urer, Ann Covington.
Additional A.A. leaders elected
were vice-president, Carolyn Bar
rington; secretary, Kathleen Sim
mons; treasurer, Anna Faye Jack-
son.
Publications heads for the Oak
Leaves are Becky Sawyer, editor,
and Dolly Vernon, business man
ager. Louise White will edit the
Twig and Erlinda Hilton will serve
as business manager. Page Sink was
elected editor of the Acorn.
Society presidents elected were
Bet Taylor for the Astrotektons and
Jane Owen for the Philaretians. Sue
Matzner will serve as president of
the playhouse.
VOCATIONAL INFORMATION WEEK
IS PLANNED FOR MARCH 17-21
The week of March 17-21 will be
Vocational Information Week on
Meredith College campus. During
this week the students will have op
portunities to hear and talk with
men and women representing vari
ous vocations. On Monday Dr.
Donald Anderson, of State College,
will speak i.n chapel on the subject,
“Choosing a Vocation.” Chapel
periods for this week will be
lengthened for the special programs.
This year, as a result of last year’s
successful experiment with a similar
plan, all departments are to take
part in a co-operative program. On
Tuesday the math, chemistry, bi
ology, home economics, and busi
ness departments will present a pro
gram to the entire student body.
On Wednesday the language and
English departments and the library
will be in charge of the program;
on Thursday the history, religion,
education, sociology and psychology
departments; and on Friday the art,
music and physical education de
partments.
Students who find interest in a
general field are asked to contact a
department head for specific infor
mation. The entire faculty will be
available for conferences during
the week.
Rehearsing the play are Zelma Greene, Carl Whiddon, John Chappell,
Susan Moss, and Bette Woodbury.
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Bettie Anne Hudgins
Jean Strole
Marilyn Williams
GIFT PRESENTED
FOR NEW ORGAN
Dr. Harry E. Cooper has an
nounced that the Raleigh Music
Club has given the school a gift of
$100. This money is a starting point
for a fund anticipating a new organ
to be placed in Jones Auditorium.
A smaller gift of $10 has been do
nated by Pauline Jones of Kinston.
The total cost of the organ is esti
mated at $50,000.
Marriage Week Plans
Are Underway
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. James O.
Cansler of Chapel Hill will lead a
conference on courtship and mar
riage at Meredith on April 9, 10,
and 11, sponsored jointly by the
Baptist Student Union and the Com
mittee on Social Standards. Nancy
Wallace and Jane Maynard, presi
dents of these groups, have worked
on preliminary plans. Virginia Jones,
who is active in both organizations,
will serve as student chairman
during the meetings. “This Life We
Share” will be the theme of the
meetings.
Mr. Cansler, Baptist Student
Union director at the University,
is a native of Georgia and an
alumnus of U. N. C. and the
Duke Divinity School. Mrs. Cansler
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Meredith Is Host
to Literary Forum
On Thursday night, March 27,
8:00 p.m., the third N. C. Literary
Forum will meet in the Meredith
College auditorium.
Moderator, Sam Ragan, colum
nist for the News and Observer, will
guide the discussion on “The Writ
er’s Responsibility to His Time.”
The three speakers will be Fred
Ross of Baden, humorist, author,
and speaker; Harry Golden, editor
of the Carolina Isralite, a Charlotte
paper; and Doris Belts from San
ford, a short-story writer and novel
ist. Mr. Ross’s books are in the
light, humoristic vein of thought.
Harry Golden is a “Yankee come
south’.’ who often raises such con
troversial questions as the segrega
tion issue. Mrs. Betts works with the
Sanford newspaper; one of her
latest prize-winning books is Tall
Houses in Winter. Her first na
tionally published work was a short
story which won the Madamoiselle
short-story prize while she was a
student at W.C. in Greensboro.
The N. C. Literary Forum is the
only state-wide literary forum in
existence. It is being sponsored by
the Raleigh Woman’s Club.
Playhouse Presents ^‘Silver Cord
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“The Silver Cord,” Playhouse
Spring Production, will be presented
March 21 and 22 in Jones Audi
torium at 8:00 p.m.
Directed by Miss Peg Gorsage,
the three-act comedy by Sidney
Howard deals with the question of
how much claim a mother has on
the lives of her children. Mrs.
Phelps, a disarming, middle-aged,
over-possessive mother, tries desper
ately to keep her two sons, David
and Robert, bound to her by the
ties of filial love. The younger son,
Robert, is engaged to lovely young
Hester, and David has just returned
home after two years in Europe with
his new bride Christina. Determined
to hold on to her sons, Mrs. Phelps
battles with Hester and Christina
for the independence and lives of
Robert and David.
Members of the cast for the pro
duction are: Bette Woodbury of
Wilmington as Christina, Susan
Moss of Kings Mountain as Mrs.
Phelps, Zelma Greene of Zebulon
as Hester, Carolyn Cooper of Bethel
as Delia, John Chappell of North
Carolina State College as David,
and Carl Whiddon of Southeastern
Seminary as Robert.
The various committees for the
play have completed plans for the
production. Lela Cagle served as
chairman of the set committee.
Lighting for the play is under the
supervision of Lelia Davenport.
Juanita Swindler is in charge of
sound. Sue Matzner and her com
mittee have secured the properties.
Publicizing the play was the job of
Melba Burgess and other qualified
committee members. Fay Chandler
was chairman of the costume com
mittee, and working closely with her
was Martha McIntyre, who is in
charge of the make-up for the pro
duction. Pat Maynard supervised
programs and Belinda Foy handled
the tickets.
All Meredith students will be ad
mitted free of charge. Tickets will
be-on sale at the door both nights
of the production. Other student
tickets are $.75 and adult tickets
are $1.00.
Concert Pianist
To Give Recital
On April 14 Meredith will wel
come world - renowned musician
Thomas Richner, who will appear
as concert pianist in Jones Audi
torium at 8:00 p.m.
Mr. Richner has performed in
cities all over the world, including
London, Paris, The Hague, Amster
dam, Vienna, and New York, and
is engaged for annual concert tours
in England, France, Austria, Hol
land and the Scandinavian coun
tries. The London Daily Telegraph
proclaimed him an “American
pianist of taste.”
An established authority on Mo
zart, Mr. Richner is the author of
a book Orientation for Interpreting
Mozart’s Piano Sonatas published
by The Bureau of Publications,
Teachers College of Columbia Uni
versity (where he is a member of
the faculty). In addition to being
noted as a concert pianist and Mo
zart authoirty, he is also “organist,
musicologist, and educator” and has
received among other awards the
Naumburg, the MacDowell and the
New York State Federation awards.
A native Pennsylvanian, Mr. Rich
ner began studying piano at an early
age. He continued his studies at the
University of West Virginia and in
New York, receiving his Master’s
and Doctor’s degrees from Colum
bia University.
Dr. Theo Cieplik, distinguished
Viennese musical authority, wrote
of Thomas Richner’s concert, “. . .
the impression the artist made in
Vienna was an extraordinary one, I
can say an unusually good one, for
I think it to be the first time that
an American artist has made his
debut with Mozart and was able to
impress both the papers and the
audience; perhaps you know that
the Austrians think Mozart to be
their own domain.”
Mr. Richner’s program will be
announced at a later date.
Trustees Approve
Expansion Program
At their meeting on February 25
the Board of Trustees approved the
adoption of an expansion program
for Meredith College requiring that
$5,600,000 be secured, and at that
time, authorized the college to raise
the money necessary. The expan
sion program begins immediately
with the construction of the science
building and will continue until the
seventy-fifth anniversary celebra
tion in 1966. The construction of
many new buildings is allowed for
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