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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXXII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C„ MAY 23, 1958
No. 10
Over 100 Seniors To Graduate June 2
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CAMPBELL, SCHERER,
AND WALSER ARE
PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS
The principal speakers for the
Meredith College baccalaureate
program are Dr. Carlyle Campbell,
Dr. Paul E. Scherer, and Mr. Rich
ard Walser.
Dr. Campbell, president of the
college, will make the baccalaureate
address on June 2. In past years
Meredith had a president’s address
in addition to the baccalaureate ad
dress. As this practice has been
discontinued, the senior class made
a special request that Dr. Camp
bell present their baccalaureate ad-
dress.
Dr. Paul E. Scherer, Brown pro
fessor of Homiletics at Union Theo
logical Seminary, will present the
baccalaureate sermon on June 1.
Dr. Scherer, an eminent preacher,
scholar, and lecturer, is the author
of the “Expositions of Ljike and
Job” in the Interpreters Bible.
Mr. Richard Walser of the Eng
lish faculty of North Carolina State
College will speak Society Night,
May 31. Mr. Walser is the com
piler of North Carolina Poetry, The
Enigma of Thomas Wolfe, and
North Carolina in the Short Story.
He is the author of the biography
of Bernice Kelly Harris, a prominent
North Carolina author and an
alumna of Meredith College.
Faculty Members
Plan European Tour
Mrs. MaBelle Smith and Miss
Vivian Farlowe will set sail on the
“Queen Mary” on July 16 for a
six-weeks tour of Europe. The tour,
which is sponsored by the Martin
Company, will include visits to
eleven European countries. One da^?
out of the busy schedule has been
reserved for a trip to the World’s
Fair in Brussels.
Next year Mrs. Smith hopes to
have a group of Meredith students
as a part of a student tour. She has,
stressed the importance of seeing
her if anyone is interested in going
because reservations must be made
by January 1, 1959. She would
also appreciate your letting her
know the countries that you would
be interested in visting on this tour.
REGISTRAR ATTENDS
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Mr. Richar Walser
Miss Lois Edinger
Mrs. Vera Tart Marsh, Meredith
College registrar, represented the in
stitution at the convention of The
American Association of Collegiate
Registrars, which met in Cincinnati
April 21-25. Mrs. Marsh, past presi
dent of the North Carolina Associa
tion of College Registrars, was ap
pointed to serve on the honorary
membership committee. The As
sociation’s general membership list
includes college registrars from the
forty-eight states and Canada, with
guests from Cuba, Egypt, Thailand,
Mexico, Philippines and the Repub
lic of Lebanon. Mrs. Marsh was
chosen as North Carolina’s official
hostess for the convention session.
AWARDS TO BE MADE
SOCIETY NIGHT
Saturday, May 31, at eight
o’clock in Jones Auditorium the two
literary societies will sponsor Society
Night.
The speaker for the occasion will
be Richard Walser, who is a mem
ber of the English Department at
North Carolina State College. Mr.
Walser is well-known in the literary
world and has had several books
published.
The highlight of the evening will
be the presentation of the various
awards. Each society, Astrotekton
and Philaretian, will present its an
nual award of ten dollars for the
best literary contribution from the
organization. This may be poetry,
short story, or any other type of
creative writing. The judges for this
contest will be two faculty mem
bers chosen by the society presi
dents.
ALUMNAE MEETING
The annual alumnae meeting will
be held May 31, the Saturday of
graduation week end. Mrs. Wil
liam M. Watts, the president, will
preside over the meeting, which will
be held in Jones Auditorium at
10:30. The program will include a
special mother-daughter feature and
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. The art, math, and edu
cation departments will also present
awards. Also there are two Sigma
Alpha Iota awards. New members
of the Silver Shield, Kappa Nu
Sigma, and those who are to be in
cluded in Who’s Who Among Stu
dents in American Colleges will
also be recognized. Two graduate
scholarships and the Helen Price
Concerts To Be Given
The commencement Concerts be
gin on Friday, May 30, with the an
nual recital by the music majors.
On Sunday, June 1, at 4:00 p.m..
Dr. Harry E. Cooper will give his
annual organ recital.
freshman scholarship will be pre
sented.
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
the presentation of love gifts to the
college by the reunion classes. The
class of 1908, this year’s Golden
Anniversary Class, will be honored.
The speaker for the meeting will be
Miss Lois Edinger of the class of
1945, a television teacher over
Chapel Hill’s WUNC. Her subject
will be: “In-School Television;
Recipe and Results.” The luncheon
at 1:00 ip the dining hall will also
be presided over by Mrs. Watts and
will honor the reunion classes. At
that time, the 1958 graduates will
be inducted into the organization.
Friday, May 30
8:00 P.M Annual Concert
Saturday, May 31
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: Lois Virginia Edinger, A.B., Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1:00 P.M Alumnae Luncheon
4:30 P.M - Class Day Exercises
8:00 P.M Society Night
Address; Richard Walser, A.M., North Carolina State College
9:30 P.M Annual Meeting of Silver Shield
Sunday, June 1
11:00 A.M - Baccalaureate Sermon
The Reverend Paul E. Scherer, D.D., Litt.D., LL.D.
Union Theological Seminary, New York, New York
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 2
10:30 A.M ...i Baccalaureate Address
Carlyle Campbell, A.M., LL.D., President, Meredith College
Conferring of Degrees
FALL CALENDAR
September 10 — Orientation Pro
gram for all new students begins.
September 13 — Registration of
freshmen and transfer students.
September 15 — Registration of all
other students.
September 16 — Classes begin
8:30 a.m.
The members of these organiza
tions are expected to return to
school on September 9:
Student Government Council
Freshman and Transfer Counselors
B.S.U. Council
A.A. Board
Class Presidents
Society Presidents
Twig Editor
Acorn Editor
Oak Leaves Editor
Playhouse President
Other returning students may oc
cupy dorms Sunday, September 14.
CLASS DAY PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
On Saturday afternoon. May 31,
at 4:30 p.m., the annual Class Day
exercises will be held in the court.
Both the big sister and little sister
classes of the present seniofs will
be on hand to participate in the
festivities. The sister classes will
honor one another with songs and
gifts. Early Saturday morning the
sophomores will pick daisies for the
daisy chain through which the
seniors will pass. The program has
been set as follows: the procession
of sophomores, carrying the daisy
chain and singing; the procession of
the seniors through the daisy chain;
welcome to all guests by Peggy
Bone, president of the senior class;
the seniors’ song to their big sis
ters, the class of ’56, and their re
sponse; the presentation of the sticks
and stones to the sophomores, a
tradition of the even classes; the
“Big Sister-Little Sister” song with
the sophomores’ response; presen
tation of the last will and testament
and the class prophecy; the presen
tation of gifts, the main one being
the gift to the school; and the re
cession to the front of Johnson Hall
where the sophomores will form the
numerals of the graduation class.
Following the program the seniors
will elect their alumnae class of
ficers.