MERRY
CHRISTMAS
THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
HAPPY
NEW YEAR
Volume XXXVl*
MERHDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C„ DECEMBER 15, 196J
No. 5
GREALISH PRESENTS CONCERT
On December 12, Miss Jeanne
Grcalish, a 1957 graduate of Mere
dith College, gave a conccrt, spon
sored by the Concerts and Lecture
Committee. Miss Grealish, an out
standing student at Meredith,' re
ceived numerous scholarships at the
New England Conservatory of
Music. She was recognized by Pi
Kappa Lambda for her excellence
in musical performance as well as
scholarship.
In addition to other honors, she
was winner of the National Arts
Foundation Award for study of song
interpretation with Mme. Paula
Frijsh in New York; recipient of a
grant to study opera and lieder with
Mme. Lotte Lehmann at the Music
Academy of the West, Santa Bar
bara, California; and winner of the
Frank Huntington Beebe Award for
European Study.
Miss Grealish’s program included
a variety of songs ranging from ro
mantic to modern. Mr. Richard
Foster was her accompanicst for the
recital.
Annual Christmas Dinner to Be
Followed by Caroling at Ten
Miss leannc Grcalbh
Art Work Of Kay Simpson To Be
On Exhibit Beginning January 5
Kay Simpson, a senior art major,
will open her senior art exhibit on
January 5. The opening will begin
with a coffee hour from 7:00 to
8:00 p.m. in the art gallery in
Joyner Hall. Meredith Students,
faculty, and the public are invited
to attend the exhibit.
The show is the first in the series
of senior art exhibits that will be
presented this year. It will run un-
SILVER SHIELD
TAPS LINK, McGEE
On November 21 the Silver
Shield, the honorary leadership or
ganization of Meredith College,
held its fall chapel program. Nancy
Ricker, president of the organiza
tion, presided.
The speaker for the service was
Dr. Sarah Lemon, a member of the
history department. Dr. Lemon
spoke on the responsibilities of lead
ers. She emphasized the great task
of being more than just a leader in
name only.
After Dr. Lemon’s address to the
student body, two associate mem
bers from the Junior Class were
tapped into the organization. They
were Jane Link and Velma McGee.
Jane is a religion major from War-
renton. Velma is majoring in history
and comes, from Winston-Salem.
Members of the Silver Shield are
selected on the basis of Christian
character, scholarship, service to the
school, and constructive leadership.
PHIS AND ASTROS
ENTERTAIN CHILDREN
OF SPECIAL SCHOOLS
At their monthly meetings at
7:00 p.m. on December 7, the
Astrotekton and Philaretian so
cieties completed plans for their
Christmas parties. The Astros made
their traditional visit to the Raleigh
School for the Deaf and Blind on
Wednesday evening, December 13.
Buses furnished transportation to
the school where the children were
treated with gifts from the Astros.
The girls led the children from the
school in carol singing.
This week also the Phis enter
tained the children from the Wake
County Cerebral Palsy and Re
habilitation Center. Their party was
held m Society Hall. In addition to
being entertained by a Phi program,
the guests received toys from the
society members.
til January 16. Included in the ex
hibit will be various paintings,
drawings, ceramics, and objects of
sculpture that Kay has done during
her years at Meredith.
Kay came to Meredith from
Robersonville and will graduate in
January, 1962, She is minoring in
secondary education and Is pres
ently doing her student teaching at
Josephus Daniels Junior High
School under Miss Elizabeth Milli-
ken, a Meredith graduate.
In addition to her training at
Meredith, Kay during the summer
of 1957 studied life drawing under
Mr. M. Schramshcnko and com
mercial art under Mollier at the Na
tional Art Academy, an accredited
extension of George Washington
University.
After her graduation from Mere
dith in January, Kay plans to be
gin teaching art in the secondary
schools of Fairfax County, Virginia.
In June she hopes to begin working
on her M.A. at George Washington
University.
BSy Stresses
Holiday Activities
Besides sponsoring the annual
Christmas dinner with the Athletic
Association and Student Govern
ment, the Baptist Student Union at
Meredith is participating, either di
rectly or indirectly. In several other
Christmas activities.
On Monday night, December 11,
the eighteen members of the B,S,U.
Council and Mrs. Miriam Prichard,
sponsor of the B.S.U, at Meredith,
were entertained by Mr, and Mrs.
Donald R. Niswonger at iheir home
on Old Wake Forest Road. Mr. Nis
wonger is pastor - advisor of the
B.S.U. on campus.
Although it occurs in the home
churches of Meredith College Bap
tist students, the annual student
night at all Southern Baptist
churches is an activity the Mere
dith College B.S.U. is encouraging.
According to Anne White, B.S.U.
President, the B.S.U. on campus is
urging all students who have re
ceived invitations from their home
churches to participate in this pro
gram, which will be held on Sun
day night, December 31, this year.
The aim of student night is to give
college students the opportunity to
share some of their school experi
ences with members of their home
churches.
On Friday, December 16, at six
p.m., the traditional Christmas ban
quet of Meredith College, spon
sored by the Student Government
Association, the Baptist Student
Union, and the Athletic Associa
tion, will be held in the college
dining hall. Street length cocktail
dresses are to be worn.
The meal will be buffet style.
There will be five buflct tables with
two on each side of the dining hall
from which the student body will
be served and one center table
from which the special guests will
be served.
When the dinner bell is rung,
everyone will enter the dining hall
and be seated for the holiday appe
tizers which will be on the tables.
PROFESSOR HAS
BOOK PUBLISHED
Dr. Ethel Tilley, head of the de
partment of psychology and phi
losophy at Meredith since 1951, is
the author of the recently published
book. The Church — Whai it Ls
anil What it Does. The book was
After the blessing is given, the stu- hard
dents and the guests will be es
corted to the buffet tables for the
main course of the meal.
Variation Will Be Offered
At the beginning of each table
there will be an assorted arrange
ment of hors d’ oeuvres, including
caviar canapes, sauries on sesame
wafers, and other delicacies. The
menu consists of roast turkey, baked
ham, cranberry ring mold, mustard
pickle relish, shrimp mousse, potato
salad, sweet potato-orange cups,
asparagus spears and Belgian car
rots with hollandnise sauce, tomato
aspic with deviled egg, peach flow
ers in lime gelatine, assorted rel
ishes, festive fruit trays, preserved
kumquats, mandarin oranges, sug
ared dates, pineapple spears, and
petite Parker House rolls.
The dessert, plum pudding with
sauce, and coffee will be
Chorus Gives Program
Of Clirij^tmas Music
On Sunday, December 10, at
four in the afternoon, the Meredith
College Chorus, under the direction
written to be used by youth divi- Donley presented
Its annual Christmas concert
slons during their first year of study
i in the church school hour.
The book was illustrated by
Henry M. Martin, who Is originally
from Louisville, Kentucky, but
presently living in Princeton, New
Jersey. The book is considered of
ficial material to be used for Chris
tian education and is authorized by
the Curriculum Committee of the
Board of Education of the Meth
odist Church. It was published this
year by The Graded Press of Nash
ville, Tennessee.
Through serving as pianist for the
junior high department, Dr. Tilley
has become well acquainted with
that age group. She has at one time
or another taught in every depart
ment of the church school.
Dr. Tilley received her M.A. and
Ph.D. degrees from Boston Univer
sity, She is a member of Who's Who
in Education, Who’s Who in Ameri-
served at the individual tables.
Ensemble Wilt ICnIcrtain
Entertainment will be given dur
ing the banquet for the guests and
the students. The Meredith College
Ensemble will render several selec
tions; members of the modern
dance classes will present a modern
dance; and the dining hall staff
members will sing.
AA Will Sponsor Caroling
At 10:00 this evening Meredith
students will go Christmas caroling.
Buses have been charted by the
Athletic Association, and the group
will visit the governor's mansion and
the homes of Meredith College ad
ministration and faculty members.
On returning to the college, the
carolers will be served hot choco
late in the gym by Rov's Drivc-ln.
Members of the Athle'tic Associa
tion in charge of the caroling ac
tivities are Frances Gorham, Linda
Baxter, and Mabel Puckett.
m
Jones Auditorium. The program
featured three soloists: Jeanne-
Grealish, mezzo-contralto, former
Meredith graduate; Sandra Stanley,
senior at Meredith; and Isabelle
Haeseler, member of the Meredith
music faculty.
The program included: “Stitle.in specific courses, this new plan is
Nachtc! Heilege Nachte!,” F'ranz composed of guidelines which a pcr-
Gruber, arranged by Manney; son should follow. Considering the
“Voices in the Mist,” Edgar Alden, guidelines, an institution such as
sung by the Ensemble; “Make We Meredith presents its general pro-
Joy,” Harold W, Friedell; “Bring A posal which is then subject to the
Business Deportment
To Chonge Teacher
Education Program
Dr. Lois Frazier of the business
department of Meredith College
has recently announced progressing
plans for a new procedure for teach
er certification. Instead of pre
scribing a certain number of hours
Torch, Jeanette, Isabella,” Proven
cal Noel, arranged by Manney; “At
the Cradle,” Casau Franc; “As Dew
in Aprillc; This Little Babe,” Ben
jamin Britten; “Magnificat” for con
tralto solo, chorus, with flute obli
gate, B. Vaugh Williams; Cantata
— “For Us A Child Is Born” with
soprano and contralto solos, Joh
ann Sebastian Bach; “O Come, O
approval of the State Board of Edu
cation. The student following this
procedure is eligible to teach in the
public schools of North Carolina.
Dr. Q. O. McAllister of the for
eign language department is pres
ently serving on the contmittee
which is setting forth the guidelines.
Working on the committees which
make suggestions within specific
fields are Dr. John A. Yarbrouuh.
Come, Emmanuel!,” Latin Hymn,
can Women, and Who‘s Who mi adapted by Helmovc, arranged by I science; .Mrs. Lucy B. Jeffries, an',
Science. Runkel. land Dr. Frazier, business.
Home Economics Majors Display Gift Ideas
The annual Christmas display of
the home economics department
was given on December 9 and 10.
Under the direction of Miss Ellen
Brewer, sophomore and junior home
economics majors decided on the
theme “Christmas for Sharing,”
The display, which was given in
the living room of the home eco
nomic house, consisted of a real
Christmas tree decorated with three-
demensional angels made of cookie
dough with marshmellow heads,
chocolate eyes, and white icing. An
other favorite attraction was the
'‘hanging” Christmas tree. This was
a wire-based tree suspended from
the ceiling. It was hung at eye-level,
with animal cookies completely cov
ering it,
There were three tables, deco
rated festively with colored table
cloths, greenery and holly. A four
tiered fruit cake, a three-tiered
plumb pudding, cupcakes with
decorated icing of wreaths and poin-
settias, and elaborate Christmas
cookies were the attractions of these
tables. Christmas breads were also
displayed on the tables, surrounded
by the packages of foods to be sent
as presents for this "Christmas for
Sharing.”
AduUa Wiggs, Jvun Chappell, and Kulliv Siiiitli inspcct s»mc of (hvir cr«allons
for the iioiuc economics Christmas display.