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WELCOME THF TWiri HAIL TO THE VISITORS 1 1 yy ivj MAY COURT Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College Volume XXXIII MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., MAY 1, 1959 No. 8 GUESTS ARRIVE FOR WEEK END On May 2 and 3 Meredith is having its annual May Day cele bration and Hospitality Week End. About one hundred high school seniors — all of whom have made application to Meredith — are ex pected to come for this opportunity to familiarize themselves with the campus and to meet their future classmates. The visitors will begin arriving about 10:30 Saturday and, after registration and lunch, they will at tend the horse' show and later the May Day festivities in the court. A special vespers program will be held in the Prayer Garden at 6:30. At 8:30 p.m. the chorus will present a spring concert; immediately follow ing will be an open house in the blue parlor. Meredith students are acting as hostesses to these high school sen iors. In addition to the various scheduled events, the hostesses will take th^ir ^ests on a campus tour and answer questions about coUcge life at Meredith. On Sunday morn ing (hey will attend Sunday school and church. The planned events will end with Sunday dinner in the col lege dining hall. HORSE SHOW TO BE HELD One of the annual features of the Meredith May Day program will be the horse show presented by the riding classes under the instruction of Mrs. Mary Edwards. The show will be held Saturday afternoon, May 2, at the riding ring at 1:00. Five classes will be riding in the show: two beginner, two intermedi ate, and one advanced. Riders will be judged on the handling of their mounts and on their riding form. The judge is Miss Betty Lou Brun son from Shady Knolls Stables, Dur ham, riding instructor at Duke. Between classcs there will be special exhibitions of a fivc-gaited horse, a driving horse, and several colts belonging to the collcge. Special Class An added attraction to this year’s MABCIE BRILEY WILL BE MAY QUEEN MAY COURT, I«ft to right: standing, Marcic Mampton Briley, May qu«co; Bet Taylor Carey, maid of honor; sitting, Siic Worthington, Pattie McCay, Mary Ruth Gordon, Celia Daniel, Nancy Cutts, Judy ^aggs, Anne Carroll, Betsy Thomcrson. show will be a “Crazy Hat Class.” Girls participating in any regular class may also participate in this special one. As the name implies, the winner in the division will be determined by the originality of her hat. Martin Trophy The girl who walks away with the blue ribbon in the advanced class will have her name engraved on the Martin trophy. This award has been made for each of the past six years in honor of the late Mr. Zeno Martin, who was business manager of Meredith Collcge and founder of, the stables. Peninah Powell won the Martin award last year. Little Theatre Plans College Night A special feature of the Raleigh Little Theatre production of “The Diary of Anne Frank,” running from May 8 through May 17, is to be a College Night performance 'Hiesday evening, May 12, at 8:00 p.m. Tickets for this performance will be $1.00 for students and faculty; tickets for regular perform ances are $2.20 for adults and Si.50 for students. The play has been described as “the tender and tragic story of a (Continued on page three) Chorus Concert Will Be Given The sixty-five voice Mere dith College Chorus, directed by Miss Beatrice Donley and accompanied by Margaret Hurst, will present “Music in a Lighter Vein” Saturday eve ning, May 2, at 8:30 p.m. in Jones Auditorium. L Pre-Registrotion Announced Pre-registration for the fall term, 1959, js scheduled for the week May 4-8, according to an announce ment from Dean L. A. Peacock’s office. During this week rising jun iors and seniors are asked to con sult their department heads con cerning their schedules for next year. Rising sophomores will, of course, confer with their faculty ad visers. All rising juniors who have not declared their majors are asked to secure the blanks for this pur pose from the dean’s office. :• = K t.:. . . . ■ Proposed Home ManagcmcQt House—Gift of Mr. Talcott Wait Brewer Brewer Donafes Home Management House The Meredith College Board of Trustees has announced a gift to the College from Mr. Talcott W. Brewer which calls for the building and equipping of a new home man agement residence on the campus, Construction is planned for the im mediate future with Harris and Pyne of Durham, architects, in charge. Mr. Charles B. Dean, of Rockingham, president of the board, states that Mr. Brewer will give the amount necessary for com pletion of the project, estimated at $45,000. Mr. Brewer, in the agricultural implement business in Raleigh, has been indirectly associated with Meredith for niany years. His, father, the late Samuel Wait Brewer, (Continued on pngc four) Bet Carey Will Be Moid of Honor The annual May Day celebra tion at Meredith College will be held on May 2, when Marcie Hampton Briley will be crowned as Oucen of May. The day’s activities will begin with the traditional early morning serenade to the queen by the sophomore class. The sopho mores are in charge of plans and decorations for the annual May Day breakfast in the dining hall which will follow the serenade, at which time the sophomores will again sing to the May queen. The spring horse show at the rid ing ring will begin the afternoon festivities. Later in Saturday after noon the court will be the scene of the crowning of the May queen and the presentation of her attendants: Bet Taylor Carey, maid of honor; Nancy Cutts and Judy Scaggs, sen iors; Betsy Thomerson and Anne Carroll, juniors; Mary Ruth Gor don and Celia Daniel, sophomores; and Sue Worthington and Pattie Mc Cay, freshmen. Processional Festivities will begin with the processional of the May Court, led by Nan Owen, college marshal, and the society marshals: Astro, Judy Thompson (for Betsy Thomcrson), Pat Hight, Donna Taylor, and Carolyn Lay; Phi, Jane Manning, Martha Ann McKeel (for Anne Carroll), Janice Capps, and Kay Simpson. Music for the processional and recessional will be furnished by a student instrumental group under the direction of Mrs. Phyllis Gar- riss of the college music faculty. After the processional comes the sophomore’s song to the queen and the crowning of Queen Marcie by her maid of honor. Following will be a program of entertainment for the queen, her court, and her guests. “May Fair” “May Fair” is the theme of the program. Dancing will be provided by the modem and folk dance groups, and the Chorus, directed by Miss Donley, will furnish special music — a number from “County Fair,” “The Happy Wanderer,” and a medley from Rodgers and Ham- mcrstein’s “Carousel.” First will come “The Dance of the Spectators,” performed by the advanced modern dance group and choreographed by Gail Newton and Mary Carol Warwick. The modem dance group also does “Side Show,” choreographed by Mary Gee, Judy Hardee, and Belle Liles, Next is to be the “Grandstand” feature, made up of several numbers: “Irish Lilt,” folk dance group; “The Entangled,” class project of advanced modern dance students; “Western Dance,” modern dance group; “Merry-Go- Round,” folk dancers. The program is under the direc tion of Mrs. Jay D. Massey, Mrs. Mary S. McLeod, and Mrs. Helena Allen of the physical education de partment. The sophomore class is doing the decorations, and Mary Parrish heads the costume commit tee. Later in the evening will come the Chorus concert and the open house for the visitors and hostesses in Johnson Hall. Meredith College Librarv
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