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FEBRUARY 24,
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MARCH 4
Newspaper of the Students oj Meredith College
Volume XXXIV
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FEBRUARY 19, 1960
No.'?
ELECTIONS TO BE HELD FEB. 24, MABCH 4
Playhouse Will Stage Ibsen’s
“Hedda Gabler” March 11 and 12
Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler has been
selected by the Meredith College
Playhouse for its spring production.
The play will be given on Friday
and Saturday, March 11 and 12,
in Jones Auditorium under the di*
rection of Miss Peg Corsage.
Cast Announced
The following cast members are
DOW rehearsing: Ann Peters, Miss
Tesman; Sarah Helms, Hedda Gab
ler; Nan^ Scott, Bertha, the maid;
Pat Wooten, Mrs. Elvsted.
Ibsen Stated Pu^se'
A three-act psychological drama,
Hedda Gabler is the powerful story
of a strong-willed woman whose at
tempt to manipulate the lives of
others brings ultimate tragedy to
herself. Ibsen, in stating bis pur
pose for this play, made the follow-
NINE NEW STUDENTS
ENTER; FIVE GRADUATE
This semester Meredith has nine
new students and transfers. They
are Virginia H. Swain, a transfer
from Florida State University; Bev
erley Jean Hensley, from Mars Hill;
Margaret Alice Young, from East
Carolina College; Kitty C. Make-
j)eace, from Peace College; and
Sallie A. Smith, a freshman from
Westhampton College in Virginia.
Also entering this semester are
Frances Barton, Mrs. Edith E. Ran
kin; Mrs. Harriet Brooks, from
UNC; and Mrs. Ronalie Scharff,
from Asbury College.
Five Graduate In January
Those students who graduated in
January are as follows: Joyce Ruth
Baker, Mrs. Margaret Morgan Bass,
Mrs. Florence Denmark, Mrs.
Alice P. Mitchell, and Mrs. Harriet
Sutton Mozingo, Mrs. Alicc Alls-
brook Auchmoody and Mrs. Sylvia
Lloyd Meade will finish their work
elsewhere, returning in June to
graduate with their class.
Missions Conference
Set At Southeastern
The third annual student mis
sions conference at Southeastern
Baptist Theological Seminary in
Wake Forest has been planned for
March 4-6. The conference is seek
ing all who arc interested in Chris
tian missions and in the needs of
various mission areas. It should also
be helpful to those who would like
personal counseling as to the pro
cedures to follow in seeking mis
sionary appointment.
Dyal Gives Key Address
The meeting, which has as its
theme “Christ, You and a World in
Need,” will feature various area
conferences apd special interest
seminars and several speakers. The
keynote address will be delivered
by Mr. William M. Dyal, Jr., mis
sionary to Costa Rica.
Rooms To Be Provided
The Seminary will provide rooms
on the campus and in the homes of
friends. Students will be expected
to provide their meals and linen.
Registration for the conference
can b^e made before February 26
through Nancy Whedbee.
ing statement which adds further
meaning to the viewing of the pro
duction. “What I princip^ly wanted
to do was to depict human beings,
human emotions, and human des
tinies, upon a groundwork of cer
tain of the social conditions and
principles of the present day.”
Students To Attend
Model UN Assembly
Six Meredith-girls will attend the
Model General Assembly to be held
in Chapel Hill, February 26-28. Stu
dents from all over the South will
convene representing member na
tions of the United Nations. A West
Point delegation will also be pres
ent. Two of the highlights of the
assembly will be the final banquet
and an outstanding dignitary’s ad
dress to the entire assemblage.
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Meredith Represents Venezuela
The Meredith delegation will rep
resent the viewpoints of Venezuela
through speeches, conversations,
and voting at the meetings. Girls
representing Meredith arc Sally
Holbrook, Gayle Kelly, Linda May,
Myra McKenney, Susan Self, and
Hilda Strayhorn.
UNC Sponsoring Meet
The assembly is being carried out
under the auspices of the United
Nations Education Committee of the
University of North Carolina, on
behalf of the North Carolina Col
legiate Council for the United Na
tions.
IRC Chooses Officers
The organization that handles
such activities on the Meredith cam
pus is the International Relations
Club, sponsored by Mrs. Lillian
Parker Wallace. Newly-elected of
ficers of the club include Jane Man-,
ning, president; Ann Peters, vice-
president; and Sally Holbrook,
secretary-treasurer.
Dance Group Presents
Recital February 26
On Friday evening, February 26,
the Meredith College Dance Group
will be presented in recital. The re
cital, open to the public, will be
held in Jones Auditorium at 8:00
p.m. No admission is to be charged.
The theme of the recital is
“Contemporary America through
Dance,” and the program is de
signed to represent the widely con
trasting faces of America. Original
dances depict America from the
plains of the far West to the streets
of New Orleans to the fishing' coast
of New England. The finale repre
sents the blending and the summa
tion of all that is America.
Prospective Teochers
To Take Exam April 9
Every senior at Meredith who
plans to teach in the public schools
this fall is urged to take the National
Teacher’s Examination on April 9
at State College. Applications for
the examination must be in to State
College by March 14.
The all-day examination is re
quired by state law of all teachers
who-expect to apply for a North
Carolina certificate. The test is part
of a research program set up by
the state legislature to study teacher
training, to determine what prospec
tive teachers know, and to ascer
tain where their deficiencies lie.
English Club Will Sponsor
Annual Book Auction March 3
The annual Book Auction spon
sored by the Colton Englisli Club is
scheduled this year for Thursday,
March 3, and club members are
now collecting books to be sold.
Dean L. A. Peacock will act as
auctioneer and the auction will be
gin at 7:00 p.m. in the hut.
Books Are Donated.
' Books sold at the auction are
donated by students, faculty, and
members of the college staff. Books
at the auction are of many' types,
offering an excellent opportunity to
purchase used textbooks as well as
novels, books of poetry, drama, phi
losophy, and religion at prices that
students can afford to pay.
Proceeds Used For Civic Project
Proceeds from the Book Auction
go each year to finance a civic proj
ect sponsored by the Colton English
Club. Last year the club purchased
with such funds books and maga
zines which were given to the Wake
County Detention Home. A similar
project will be carried out in the
spring of this year.
LIBRARY RECEIVES
U.S. STEEL GRANT
The Meredith College library has
received a grant of $400 from the
United States Steel Foundation
awarded through the American Li
brary Association. The grant is to
be used for the purchase of books
on anthropology and comparative
cultures.
There were 320 applications in
the United States from which 77
awards were made. The purpose of
the awards is to stren|gthen the re
sources of libraries of privately en
dowed institutions. This, inciden
tally, is the third year that Meredith
has received a grant.
Graduate Record
Exam To Be Given
Elections for 1960-61 officers are
scheduled for February 25 and
March 4; and the nominating com
mittee has already compiled the re-
suUs of the straw ballots and has
completed the selection of candi
dates for the first slate. First slate
prospective candidates must make
their decisions about running this
week-end, with the set slate to be
presented to the student body in
chapel on Tuesday. Voting for first-
slate officers will take place Thurs
day, February 25, between 11:00
a.m. and 5:15 p.m.
Chapel Presentation Set
The procedure for electing the
second slate of officers will be simi
lar. The candidates will be presented
in chapel on March 1 and voting
will talce place on Friday, March 4,
during the same hours as the previ
ous week. Students are reminded
that registration last week allows
them to vote in both elections.
Voting To Be In Johnson HaU
Voting will be held in the rotunda
of Johnson Hall and elections of
ficials will preside. These officials,
selected by the nominating com
mittee, are as follows: Betsy
Thomerson, chairman; Julia Forbes,
registrar; and class judges. Counting
of votes will begin as soon as the
voting closes; and as soon as the
candidates themselves have been
notified of the results, the nominat
ing committee will post the winners.
Nominating Committee Given
The nominating committee is
jmade up of the heads of campus
j organizations, one representative
Meredith students interested injfroi^ each class, and two faculty
attending graduate schools are re-! advisors. The faculty advisors are
minded that the Graduate Record Mary Yarborough and Dr,
Exam is being given only once this
spring, April 23. Applications are
due April 2. The next exam sched
uled is July 9, with applications due
before June 23.
All students considering graduate
school are urged to take the apti
tude test at least, and the subject
matter exams if possible. Examina-
tions of subject matter arc being
Sarah Lemmon; and class repre
sentatives are Suzanne Hunter,
senior; Suzanne Lcath, junior; Hilda
Maness; sophomore; and Beth
Woodall, freshman.
history, literature, mathematics, psy
chology, sociology, and Spanish.
Interested students should see
given in the following fields: bi- Peacock for bulletins and ap
ology, chemistry, education, French, i plication forms.
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ALICE’ PLAYS TO FULL HOUSE
Alice awakes (o find hcrseUF io Woaderland and to discover that she Is
quite benelf.”
Amung the characters Alice meets on her trip are those pictured above, left to
right: a page, the Queen and King of Hearts, nud the Koave of He^s.