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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXXIV.
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., APRIL 29, 1960
No. 10
Suzanne Hunter To Be Crowned May Queen
MEREDITH CHORUS
TO PRESENT CONCERT
As a climax for the annual May
Day celebratLon, the Meredith Col
lege chorus, under the leadership of
Miss Beatrice Donley, will present its
annual Spring Concert. The musical
program will begin at eight o’clock
ia the evening on April 29 in Jones
Auditorium. The chorus, consisting
of sixty-three voices, will present a
varied program with music to har
monize with any mood and to please
any listener.
Special Features Included
Mrs. Marilyn Greene Burris will
be guest soloist at the concert. An-,
other special feature will be a group i-.
of madrigals, sung by a selected en
semble from the chorus. Mr. James
Clyburn, of the Meredith depart
ment of music, will be accompanist.
Varied Pri^rain Planned
Included in the program will be
“Miriam’s Song of Triumph" by
Franz Schubcrt; “Seven Choruses
from the Medea of Euripides” by
Virgil Thomson; “Tece Voda, Tece”
(Waters Ripple and Flow) by
Deems Taylor; “Fog," words by
Carl Sandburg, music by Louise
Phebe Stone; “I Wonder When I
Shall Be Married,” by Marshall
Bartliolomew; and “Hop-Li, The
Rickshaw Man,” by Kathleen Lock
hart Manning.
Exams! May 21-27
MWF 3:00—Saturday 2:00 p.m
MWF 8:30—Monday 9:00 a.m.
MWF 9:30—Monday 2:00 p.m.
MWF 11:00—^Tuesday 9:00 a.m.
MWF 12:00—Tuesday 2:00 p.m.
MWF 2:00—Wednesday 9:00 a.m.
TTS 12:00—Wednesday 2:00 p.m.
TTS 2:00—Thursday 9:00 a.m.
Pictured above Is (he 1960 May Court: May Queen. Suzanne Hunter; Maid of Honor. Betsy Tliomersoii; Attendnnts. Helen
Daniel, Judy Sumnicrliii, Mclnidu Barnes, Helen Neblett, l>onnu Cowles, Ann Stallings, Sylvia iVlcLln, and Nan Owen.
TTS 8:30—^Thursday 2:00 p.m.
TVS 9:30—Friday 9:00 a.m.
TTS 11:00—Friday 2:00 p.m.
Graduating seniors will take ex
aminations at regular scheduled
hours except those exams set for
May 26 and 27, which will be taken
the preceding week.
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Mrs. Mary M. Edwards, equilatiun director, is ^owu exhibiting one of (lie McredKh
horsesi in the college riding ring.
EQUITATION STUDENTS PRESENT
ANNUAL MAY DAY HORSE SHOW
As part of the Meredith tradition
for May Day!| the amiual horse show
will be presented at' 1:30 p.m.,
April 30. Many of the school horses
will be shown by Meredith students
under the direction of Mrs. Mary M.
Edwards, equitation instructor. Any
one who has taken riding at Mere
dith this year, either first or second
semester, is eligible to ride.
There will be beginner, interme
diate, and advanced classes which
will be judged by a competent equi
tation authority. As an outstanding
feature of the show, an exhibition
class has been planned to demon
strate proper form, control, and
dressage on the walk>trot horse.
ORGAN PRESENTED TO COLLEGE BY ALUMNA
In support of the Meredith Ex
pansion Program, an anonymous
alumna from western North Caro
lina has given the college .$27,000
for the purchase of a new practice
organ.
The new instrument, which was
designed by Dr. Harry Cooper,
chairman of the music department,
i.'i to be built by the Austin Organ
Company of Hartford, Connecticut.
The instrument will be ready for use
at the opening of the 1962-63 school
session.
Present Organ Built In 1800's
The much-needcd instrument will
replace the present practice organ,
which, according to A flistory of
Meredith College by Dr. Mary
Lynch Johnson, was built some time
in the 1800’s and bought second
hand from a Presbyterian church in
Buffalo, New York, in 1906 for $4,-
700 including installation charges.
When the new auditorium was buill
in 1950, the old chapel organ was
moved into new quarters in the
“Little Auditorium.” Renovated sev
eral times in the past fifty-five years,
the old organ has withstood time
and use unbelievably well. Dr.
Cooper estimates that in one year
the organ is played as many hours
as an ordinary church organ in two
hundred and seventy years.
Oi^an Is Versatile
The tonal design of the new organ
is such. Dr. Cooper says, that it will
be suitable for the performance of
works of both the baroque and
modern schools of composition. It is
especially planned for the training
of organists who will serve as church
musicians, as well as those who will
seek careers as recitalists and as
teachers.
WVS DRIVE HELD ON
MEREDITH CAMPVS
The World University Service
Drive was held on the campus Mon
day, April 25. The purpose of the
drive was to solicit funds to aid
college-age students all over the
world in their fight against poverty,
disease, and ignorance. In past years
the success of the WUS projects has
been remarkable. This agcncy has
provided student dormitories in
Greece and Korea; sponsored stu
dent health centers in India and In
donesia; and provided flood relief
to students in India, Pakistan, and
Japan.
Major Organizations Sponsor Drive
This year at Meredith the fund
raising campaign sponsored by the
Baptist Student Union, the Athletic
Association, and the Student Gov
ernment Council began with an un
usual idea. On Friday night, April
22, named Stay-Out Night, students
were allowed to remain out until
CHEmSTRY GROUP
HEARS PAVLmG
Several chemistry scholars accom
panied by Dr. Mary Yarbrough
and Mrs. Aileen Marshall traveled
to Chapel Hill Thursday night,
April 21, to hear Dr. Linus Pauling,
Nobel prize-winning chemist. A pro
fessor at the California Institute of
Technology, Dr. Pauling was named
Nobel Laureate in chemistry in
1954 for his research into the nature
of the chemical bond. Dr, Pauling,
under the sponsorship of the Wom
en’s International League for Peace
and Freedom, challenged his audi>
encc with pertinent remarks con
cerning atomic fallout, the pres
ent world situation, and a citizen’s
responsibility for international af
fairs.
12:00 p.m. for the small price of
sixty cents. All proceeds went to the
WUS drive. A door-to-door solicita
tion in each dormitory concluded die
drive.
Betsif Thomerson Will
Be Iftaid of Honor
Dance groups, under the direction
of Mrs. Mary McLeod, and the En
semble, under the direction of Miss
Beatrice Donley, will carry out the
theme of this year’s May Day, Hues
and Moods. The colors will set the
moods for the production, which is
to be given in honor of the May
Ouecn, Suzanne Hunter, and her
court.
Sdphomiires Serenade Queen
The May Day festivities on April
30, coincide with Hospitality Week
end for all prospective Meredith stu
dents for next year. The Queen is
awakened in the morning by the
sophomores’ singing and led to a
breakfast given in honor of the May
Court and the Senior Class by the
sophomores. At this breakfast, the
seniors will be presented with flowers
from their hostesses. The next fea
ture in the day’s activities will be the
horse show, under the direction, of
Mrs. Mary M. Edwards.
May Court To Be Presented
Later in the afternoon the court
wi^l be ushered in by the college
marshal accompaincd by the Astro-
teketon and Philaretian marshals
who will announce the May Court,
consisting of seniors, Sylvia McLin
and Nan Owen; juniors, Donna
Cowles and Ann Stallings; sopho
mores, Melinda Barnes and Helen
Neblett; freshmen, Helen Daniel
and Judy Summerlin; the Maid of
Honor, Betsy Thomerson; Crown
Bearer, Ward McLeod; and Flower
Girl, Kathy Massey; and finally May
Queen, Suzanne Hunter.
Entertainment To Honor Court
The Queen will be crowned after
the song by the Sophomore Class.
The entertainment that follows will
be in the court’s honor. The produc
tion is under the guidance of Mrs.
Jay Massey, director; Mrs. Mary Mc
Leod, dance director; and Mrs.
Helena Allen, assistant director.
Society Marshals Will Participate
The Astrotekton marshals arc as
follows: chief, Barbara Canady for
Donna Cowles; senior, Donna Tay
lor; junior, Sadie Sue Worthington;
sophomore, Bccky Griffin.
The Philaretian marshals include:
chicf, Janice Capps; senior, Nancy
Campbell; junior, Polly Stroud;
sophomore, Sandra Hedgepeth.
Rice Attends Conference
Kathryn Rice, recently elected
president of the Meredith Student
Government Council, taking with
her a photographic display of Mere
dith life, attended the Southern In
tercollegiate Association of Student
Governments at Newcomb College,
New Orleans, Louisiana, April 22-
24.
The council of SIASG, keeping in
mind the needs and problems of the
students, chose as the theme of the
conference: “ResponsibUities of
New Decade Dimensions.” Dr. John
Milburn Price, Jr., dean of the
School of Religious Education of
the New Orleans Baptist Theologi
cal Seminary and professor of
psychological counseling and clinical
education, presented the keynote
address.
Through informal lectures and the
exchange of ideas in discussions and
panels, Kathryn found this gather
ing a very challenging and stimulat
ing experience.