Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXXVI*
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., MAY 4, 1962
No. 11
MAY QUEEN GWEN COOPER TO REIGN TOMORROW
CHORUS TO GIVE
SPRING CONCERT
On May 5, the Meredith Col
lege Chorus under the direction of
Miss Beatrice Donley will present its
annual Spring .Concert on May
Day. Mary Carol Warwick will be
the accompanist assisted by Gail
Newton on Brahms’ "Liebeslieder
Waltzers.”
The program, to be held in Jones
Auditorium at 8:00 p.m., will open
with three works of Johannes
Brahms, “Song of Destiny,” “Ave
Maria,” and “Liebeslieder Waltz
ers.”
The second part of the program
will mclude “Caticle of Wisdom,”
Daniels; Bantok’s “Soul - Star”;
“What a Plague Are Women,”
Kickley, and Read’s “The Magic
Hour.” In conclusion, the chorus
will sign selections from Rogers and
Hammerstein’s "South Pacific” in
cluding “Bali Ha’i,” “A Wonderful
Guy,” “Younger than Springtime,”
“There is Nothin’ Like a Dame,”
and “Some Enchanted Evening.”
Faculty Members
Attend Meetings
o
Several Meredith faculty mem
bers attended conferences pertain
ing to their respective fields this
month.
Dr. John Yarborough was pres
ent at the meeting of the Associa
tion of Southeastern Biologists, held
at Wake Forest College April 13-
14 in Winston Hall, a new life
science building.
Dr. Norma Rose, professor of
English, and Dean L. O. Peacock
attended a meeting of honors com
mittees from various colleges held
April 13-14. The confercnce was
an informal discussion on programs
providing for outstanding students.
It was spon.sored by the Honors
Committee of Winthrop College.
Dr. Mary Yarborough and Mrs.
Helen Collins went to a meeting of
college teachcrs of chemistry and
physics, held April 5-7 at N. C.
State College. Sponsored by the Na
tional Scicnce Foundation, the con
ference featured discussion groups
and visits to various departments
and exhibits at State College.
Guest speakers were Dr.
Charles D. Corgcll, professor of
chemistry at Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, and Dr. M. D. An
derson, Deputy Associate Director,
Angonne National Laboratory.
Guests For Weekend
To Arrive Tomorrow
WURFEL TO BE
NEW HISTORY
PROFESSOR HERE
Dr. Violet Elizabeth Wurfel will
be a new addition to the history
department next year.
Mrs. Wurfel, who has her AB
from Pomona College, Claremeont,
California, her M.A. and Phd. from
the University of Virginia, did her
doctrinal dissertation on “American
Implementation of Philippine Inde
pendence 1946-1948.”
Dr. Wurfel, who has lived exten
sively in the Far East will come to
the department as an assistant pro
fessor teaching Far Eastern Politics
and Culture, Europe since 1914,
and Contemporary International Af
fairs.
At the present time, Dr. Wurfel
has been teaching night classes at
the University of North Carolina
and a few classes at North Caro
lina College, Durham, N. C.
All students who have been ac
cepted to attend Meredith next fall
as freshmen or transfers have been
invited to be guests of the college
for May Day Week-end. These stu
dents will stay in the dormitories
with resident students who will help
them get acquainted with college life.
Tours will be made by the visiting
students to acquaint them with the
campus, professors and the stu
dents.
In charge of arranging room
placements for the visitors is Mar
tha Rivers who is working in co-
RIDERS TO GIVE
ANNUAL SHOW
As is the usual custom, the an
nual horse show is being presented
on May 5 during the Hospitality
Week-end at Meredith. The show
is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m.
at the college horse ring, according
to Mrs. Mary M. Edwards, equita
tion instructor.
The judge for this show will be
Miss Leigh Johnson, a former Mere
dith town riding student who, for
the last several years has been
teaching at Hollins College, Virginia.
There will be six classes com
posed of beginning, intermediate
and advanced riders from Meredith
College who have been taking
horscback this year.
Professor To Speak
To Art Club Tonight
Mr, Claude Flynn Howell, pro
fessor of Art at Wilmington Col
lege, Wilmington, will address the
Art Club at 7:00 p.m. tonight on
the subject of “Byzantine Art in
Greece and Yugoslavia.” A gradu
ate of New Hanover High School,
Mr. Howell attended Wilmington
Museum of Art School and was
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: operation with Betty Godwin, Host
ess Chairman. Kay Burns is in
charge of making name tags and
Beverlye Huff designed the cover
of a program which will be given
to the week-end guests.
Arriving for May Day week-end
will be over one hundred visitors
who will register Saturday morning
from 9:00 until 12:00 in Johnson
Hall. Harriet Rivers, head counse
lor, is in charge of registration for
the guests. Lunch will be served in
tlic dining hall prior to the annual
horse show at the college stables.
Meredith students taking riding les
sons will participate in the show at
1:30 p.m.
The crowning of the May Queen
will highlight afternoon festivities in
the court at 4:00 p.m. Music by the
ensemble and a program by the
modern dance classes will complete
the program.
Visitors who will be day students
next fall will attend a buffet supper
at the Hut after the program. Judy
Swain is head of a committee in
charge of the buffet and also re
sponsible for day student registra
tion on Saturday morning. Those
planning to live in the dormitories
next fall will eat in the colleee din
ing hall.
The college chorus will present
a concert Saturday evening in Jones
Auditorium which will be followed
by an Open House in Johnson Hall.
Betsy York and tlie Social Stand
ards committee of the Student Gov
ernment Association is making
plans for the Open House to give
the visitors a chance to get ac
quainted.
Cecture tlare
Books is Sehedtded
May 9, 1962 at 8:00 p.m. Dr.
Thomas Simpkins of the Rare Book
Room at Duke University will be
the featured guest at a lecture on
rare books for history majors and
persons with related fields in his
tory.
MEREDITH GIRL
IS MISS RALEIGH
Berma Jean Davenport, a Mere
dith senior from Fayetteville was
chosen “Miss Raleigh” by the Jay-
cee Board of Directors after Miss
Carolyn Byrd, a Needham Brough
ton High School senior, withdrew
becausc of age qualifications.
Jaycees Confer With Family
After a four hour conference with
Berma Jean and her family in Fay-
,etteville during the spring holidays,
the Jaycees presented her with the
“Miss Raleigh” title. In accepting
this title, Berma Jean has canceled
her previously made plans for a
summer job.
In the contest, Berma Jean sang
the Puccini aria “O Mio Babbino
Caro” and “The Lusty Month of
May,” from Camelot.
Davenport Is Crowned May 1
The new “Miss Raleigh” has al
ready made several personal ap
pearances including participating as
a judge for a contest on WRAL
television. On May 1, she was of
ficially crowned at the Jaycee’s
meeting.
When asked what she would say
to anyone having the desire to be
come “Miss Raleigh,” Berma Jane
replied with these words: “I could
really answer this question better a
year from now, but after one week
of holding the title, I have only the
most favorable impressions of what
the i experience would be like. I
would urge anyone who aspires to
be “Miss Raleigh” to investigate the
responsibilities involved, to realize
the caliber of pageants today which
are no longer the sensational side
shows of previous decades. Further
more, .she should know what is ex
pected of a contestant, much less a
winner. Intelligence, poise, and tal
ent arc of Foremost importance.
Above all a contestant should realize
that to be a part of such an elabo
rately presented pageant as Raleigh’s
is rewarding and beneficial—regard
less of the outcome.”
Miss Raleigh To Participate In
N. C. Pageant
Berma Jean will participate in
the “Miss North Carolina” pageant
in July.
P Reigning as queen over the May
'Day festivities at Meredith College
will be Gwen Cooper, senior from
Nashville, North Carolina. Sandi
Stanley of High Point, also a sen
ior, has been chosen as maid of
honor to attend the queen. In
cluded in the court, composed of
two representatives from each class,
are seniors, Barbara Stewart of
Coats and Sallie Graham of Bak-
ersville; Joy Harrington of Golds
boro and Barbara Blanchard Allen
of Raleigh, juniors; sophomores,
Sara Gwynn Bryan of Roseboro and
Helen Simms of Raleigh; and fresh
men, Betty Ipock of New Bern and
Norma Baird of Lumberton.
The activities of the day begin
at 6:45 when Queen Gwen will be
waked by the traditional serenade
of the Sophomore Class. The queen,
maid of honor, and court will then
be honored at a breakfast in the
dining hall given by the class of
’64. Other guests, including college
officials and the. physical education
faculty, which conducts May Day,
will be included at the breakfast.
At 4:00 p.m. in the court, the
May Day program will begin with
: the processional of the queen and
I her court. Following the crowning
^of the queen by the maid of honor,
I the sophomore class will sing of her
i beauty and wish her a happy reign.
Providing entertainment for the
j queen and her court, the modern
dance classes, under the direction
of Mrs. James Stephens, will pre
sent a story in dance centered
on the theme of a gypsy carni
val. The chief character, Mar-
guarite, danced by Mary Lib Wil
son visits a fortune teller Betty
Laudorn to learn of her future. The
scene changes to a gypsy carnival
where Marguarite of the future, Pat
Tupper, will sec her future unfold
in several European gypsy dances.
NEW COUNSELORS
ARE ANNOUNCED
The number of freshmen and
transfer counselors for 1962-63 has
been increased because the incom
ing freshman class is the largest
that has ever entered Meredith. The
new counselors as announced by
Harriet Rivers, chief counselor, are
as follows: Carol Andrews, Mar
tha Branon, Betty Brock. Dorothy
Bullock, Kay Burns, Alice Can
non, Ann Carper, Brenda Clark,
Ann Cockerham, Nell Cox, Sandra
Craft, Jane Dilday, Donna Dull,
Marie Dunn, Jane Eaton, Jane
Edwards. Judyth Elliott, Bonnie
Fisher, Carol Galloway, Rhh Good
win, Freda Hartness. Sarah How
ard, .Martha House. Nileen Hunt,
Kitty Kelly, Margaret Kelly, Bev
erly Lipscomb, Ehune McCollum,
Priscilla Macomber. Elroy Marks.
Jan Miller, Yvonne Norris, Lura
Penney, Linda Pierce, Millie Pearce,
Penny Pittard, Kathy Ratley, Cla-
renc Roberson, Patricia Rogers,
Margaret Simmons, Kathy Smith,
Belly Spence. Joyce IHllen Stein-
back. Catherine Stovall, Margaret
Strickland. Betty Thomas, Patricia
Walker, Gail Williams, Jane Wil
lis.
The new counselors will return
to school the day before Orienta
tion Week, The ne.xt day they will
register the freshmen and take them
to their rooms. The counselors will
sponsor a “Big Wheel” party for the
purpose of acquainting the fresh
men with the main officers and lead
ing organizations of the school.
They will also conduct the fresh
men on the annual bus tour of Ra
leigh.
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