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THE WOMAN^S COLLEGE OFTHEUNIVERS{T/OF NORTH CAROLINA
EBRUARY 1939
THE ALUMNAE NEWS
PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR: JULY. NOVEMBER. FEBRUARY AND APRIL. BY THE ALUMNAE AND FORMER STUDENTS ASSOCIATION OF THE WOMAN'S COLLEGE OF THE UNIVERSITl' OF NORTH CAROLINA. GREENSBORO
MEMBER OF AMERICAN ALUMNI COUNCIL
CLARA BOOTH BYRD. Editor OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS
President. VAUGHN WHITE HOLOMAN (MRS. HENRY D.)
Vice President. ANNIE L. STAFFORD GREENFIELD (MRS. KENNETH)
Honorary President. LAURA H. COIT
General Secretary. CLARA B. BYRD
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Lillie Boney Williams (Mrs. R. Murphy), Marion Stevens Hood (Mrs. Gurney P.), Carrie Tabor Stevens (Mrs. C. E.), Lillian Massey. Caroline Goforth Hogue (Mrs. Richard), Julia Montgomery Street (Mrs. C. A.). Dr. Mary Potcat, Marjorie Mcndenhall. Martha Blakeney Hodges (Mrs. Luther) , Eoline Everett May (Mrs. Gordon Hill) .
Vol. XXVIl
FEBRUARY. 1939
No. 3
CONTENTS
Page The Fifth Alumnae Seminar , 1
Shop Talk 2
Etta Rider Spier 3
Rath Fitzgerald
A College Question Bee . 4
State Service Bureau for
French Teachers 5
Notes on Faculty Publications 5
Guy R~ Lyle
Affairs of the Local Clubs
and Associations 6
Recent Gifts to Alumnae House 6
Answers to Questions 7
Accessions to Alumnae House
Library 8
Class Reunions 8
More About Books 9
News from the Alumnae , , 9
Picture Section 12-13
Married 23
Necrology 24
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The ALUMNAE NEWS
Ike fittk (jLlumnae ^emmah, Friday and Saturday, March
3-4
During the past two decades par- ticularly, Southern-born writers have been making an increasingly notable contribution to the literature of the nation. Pulitzer prizes have come tumbling below the Mason and Dixon Line. In the resurgence of the creative literary spirit in this area, our own State has had its quota of representa- tives.
Cognizant of these facts, the Alum- nae Committee on Seminars, composed of Rosa Blakeney Parker, chairman, Caroline Goforth Hogue, Virginia Batte Johnson, Louise Bell, Vaughn White Holoman, president of the Alumnae Association, ex officio, and the Alumnae Secretary, has had in mind for several years a Seminar on North Carolina Writers, with a "fac- ulty" of North Carolina writers. This year seemed the appropriate time to work out this plan. But in its matur- ing, the original idea of the com- mittee was expanded — happily, we be- lieve, to include Southern writers; at the same time, it was, from obvious necessity, restricted to the field of imaginative literature, with the his- torical background. Announcements giving details have already been mailed to the Alumnae.
In bringing together the group of distinguished authors — our own peo- ple— who will conduct the Seminar in March, both the College and the Alumnae Association feel that an ex- traordinary opportunity is being pro- vided for the alumnae. Do not miss it! Every graduate and former student is invited, regardless of whether an in- dividual program has reached you. We cannot too urgently insist that you make your reservation early — through the Alumnae Office.
To the Alumnae:
The seminar on Southern Writers prom- ises to be outstanding. The subject is a timely and interesting one. and the leaders and speakers are persons of distinction and wide reputation. It is not often that you will have an opportunity to see and hear such a group of eminent literary figures. We hope that 'a very large number of the alumnae will be with us.
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The Seminar Will Center Around Southern Writers • Southern Writers Will Give the Lectures • Alumnae Will Participate in the Discussions
Friday, March 3
4:00 p.m. Registration — Alumnae
House. 6:00 p.m. Dinner.
7:3 0 p.m. Historical Background of Contemporary Southern Literature — B. B. Kendrick. Open discussion. 9:00 p.m. Southern Literature Since the Great War — Stark Young. Open discussion.
Saturday, March 4
9:30 a.m. The Short Story in the South
— Caroline Gordon.
Open discussion. 1 1 :00 a.m. The Southern Novel —
Stark Young.
Open discussion. 1 :00 p.m. Lunch. 2:00 p.m. Southern Poets —
Allen Tate.
Open discussion. 4 :00 p.m. Tea.
8:00 p.m. The Drama in the South (with readings from his new play) —
Paul Green.
STARK YOUNG
Dramatic critic, essayist, novelist. Author of So Red the Rose (a best seller), The Three Fountains, Feliciana, Glamour (essays on the art of the theatre), etc. Ellen Glasgow regards So Red the Rose as the best and most com- pletely realized novel of the Deep South in the Civil War. In 1951, Mr. Young went to Italy to give the George Westinghouse lectures. A brilliant speaker. Native of Mississippi.
PAUL GREEN
North Carolina's gifted son. One of the fore- most American playwrights. Pulitzer prize- winner. Author of Johnny Johnson, The Lost Colony, etc. Novelist, author of The Laughing Pioneer, This Body the Earth.
CAROLINE GORDON
Short story writer and novelist. Author of Penhally, None Shall Look. Back, The Garden of Adonis, etc. In 193 2 she held a Guggen- heim fellowship for creative writing. In 1934 she received a prize in the O. Henry Short Story Memorial Award. Native of Kentucky. Member of the Department of English, Wom- an's College.
B. B. KENDRICK
Head of the Department of History, Woman's College. Author of The South Looks At Its Past (with A. M. Arnett), The United States Since IS 65 (with Louis M. Hacker). Native of Georgia.
ALLEN TATE
Poet, critic, novelist, biographer. Author of eight books, among which may be mentioned Reactionary Essays on Poetry and Ideas, Se- lected Poems, The Fathers. The New English Weekly (London) recently named Mr. Tate as one of the three leading literary critics in America. Native of Kentucky. Member of the Department of English, Woman's College.
The Alumnae News
The Legislative Situation
When tlie Budget Commission recom- mended to the General Assembly that additional tuition charges be levied upon students at the State's institu- tions of higher learning, there was im- mediate and universal disapproval — so general, in fact, that by concensus of opinion there is no chance for the recommendation to pass in its present form.
In his masterful presentation of the case before the Joint Appropriations Committee, in Ealeigh on January 2-1, President Graham pointed out that 24 states have laws which require free tui- tion, and that among those which do charge tuition, we are already high. Moreover, in our own State Constitu- tion, it is written that so far as pos- sible tuition at the State University shall be free. President Graham felt that to make wealth more and more the basis for admission, rather than merit and ability, would be to violate not only the Constitution but the spirit and tradition of our people. However cer- tain we may feel that this proposal will not pass, we must remember that its death warrant has not yet been signed, and we should be unceasingly vigilant.
To be further specific, the Budget Commission proposed to increase tuition at Woman's College a flat one hundred per cent: students who live in North Carolina would pay $100 a year instead of $50, as at present; out-of-state stu- dents would pay $200 a year instead of $100. The recommendation with ref- erence to Chapel Hill proposed an ad- vance from $75 to $125 for North Car- olina students, and from $175 to $225 for out-of-state students; at Kaleigh, from $80 to $125 for North Carolina students, from $180 to $225 for out-of- state students. By this means, estimated revenue amounting to $107,000 would be raised in the case of the Woman's College, and the State would automatic-
ally be relieved of providing that sum. An appreciable proportion of our stu- dents deliberately chose the Woman's College because they regard it as a place where superior educational ad- vantages are offered at a minimum cost. There is another large section of the student body who make ends meet at the present rate of expense, but with difficulty. They could hardly be here at aU if the cost were much increased. By actual record 770 students are do- ing some type of work on the campus or in town, or are borrowing money from college agencies, in order to re- main in school. We do not know how many are borrowing money from pri- vate sources. This entire group would be seriously affected by any increase in cost.
The Woman's College from its be- ginning has made possible a college education and an enriched and inde- pendent life for thousands of alunmae who would otherwise have been denied these privileges. Think over your own experience and that of your classmates and college friends — not willingly would we see any young woman de- prived of a similar opportunity.
The appropriation made to the Wom- an's College for 1937-38 was $333,155; for the current year, 1938-1939, $309,192. The amount which President Graham and the College authorities requested for the new biennium is: for 1939-40, $460,597; for 1940-41, $453,531— a rea- sonable increase of $127,442 for the corresponding first year of the new bi- ennium, and of $144,339 for the cor- responding second year.
The amount actually recommended by the Budget Commission to the General Assembly for the Woman's College was only $202,423 for the year 1939-40, and $198,389 for the year 194 "-41. As has been pointed out, it was the intention of the Commission to provide $107,000 by the additional tuition levy, which would bring the appropriation very nearly up to what it is for the present year, but would provide no increase at aU.
Another restatement would be that a slash of over 39 per cent was recom- mended in the amount received by this college in 1937-38 for maintenance, and of more than 35 per cent in the amount appropriated for this present year, 1938-39; and no increase at all.
We must bear in mind also ^im^ the contract for two new dormitories which will house approximately 300 additional students hao boon lot. It is unthinkable that these dormitories should remain unoccupied, because students could not afford to come here to college. And if they are occupied, this increased stu- dent load will make imperative addi- tional instructors.
In a student body of 2,083, only 305 are out-of-state students — some of them daughters of alumnae and former resi- dents of North Carolina who wish to have their daughters educated in the state they still call "home." These students make a valuable contribution to the spirit and atmosphere of the campus.
The reasonable increase requested for the next two years would restore the salaries of our faculty to the pre-de- pression level; would provide for re- placements in the faculty and necessary additions; make possible deserved pro- motions; meet other pressing needs; and safeguard the well being and Prog- ress of our College.
Let us, as alumnae of the College, and its chief beneficiaries, exert every ounce of iniiuence we possess to support th3 great effort our leaders are making to prevent the increase in tuition, cer- tainly for North CaroUna girls, and to secure the full amount requested for support and maintenance for the next two years.
RECAPITULATION
Request for Support and Maintenance:
1939-40 5460,597.00
1940-41 453.531.00
No increase recommended, but a reduction of more than 39 per cent and 35 per cent for the respective years of the new biennium, to be met by increasing tuition charges 100 per cent.
Request for Permanent Improvements: Laundry. Repair Shop and Storage Build- ing S 70.000.00
Equipment 30,000.00
5100.000.00
Library 335,000.00
Equipment 15.000.00
350.000.00
Renovation of Power Plant —
heating and water lines 200.000.00
Fireproofing and renovating
Mclver Building 290.000.00
Equipment for Mclver 5,000.00
$945,000.00 No Permanent Improvements recommended.
February, 1939
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CLASS OF 1895
By RUTH FITZGERALD
Professor of Education, Woman's College
On October 29, Etta Spier died at Wesley Long Hospital. The funeral service took place the day following at Temple Emanuel, Greensboro. Cremation was made in Durham.
On Tuesday morning, November 22, at the chapel hour, a special service in her memory was held in Aycock Auditorium. Dr. W. C. Jackson, Dean of Administration, was in charge. George M. Thompson, organist, played two of Miss Spier's favorite selections. Dean Jackson gave the historical facts of her ca- reer; Miss Fitzgerald, life-long friend and as- sociate, voiced the deep and heartfelt tribute of her many friends; Rabbi Rypins spoke the appreciation of the people of her own faith.
Etta Spier was a member of the first student body which assembled on the campus of the new school in 1892, Dr. Jackson told us; she was graduated with the Class of 1895. The year following, she took up her work as a teacher in the Goldsboro schools, where she remained for twelve years. In 1907 she was brought back to her alma mater as supervisor of first grade work in the training school, and from that date she continued in the serv- ice of the College until her death. During these thirty-one years, she was three times granted leave of absence — once to serve in the field when the Mclver Loan Fund was being raised; and twice later for additional profes- sional study at Teacher's College, Columbia University, where she received the B.S. de- gree in 1917 and the M.A. degree in 1921. From supervisor, and later instructor in rural educational problems, she was advanced to a full professorship, the highest academic rank- ing the college offers. For the past several years, her favorite courses were public education in North Carolina, kindergarten education, and children's literature. In his enumeration. Dean Jackson listed as not least of her achievements. Miss Spier's active connection with numerous organizations, all testifying to the contribu- tion she made to the religious, educational, and cultural life of the times in which she lived.
Four members of her class were present for this service: Nettie Allen Deans, Mary Ar- rington, Bessie Battle Moseley, and Daisy Bailey Waitt.
Miss Fitzgerald's tribute is published here in full.
It is eminently fitting that this col- lege should pause today to honor the memory of Miss Etta Spier. To the colleague who worked side by side with her through the years, her most
outstanding characteristic was her deep loyalty to and her sincere love for this college. To her The College was her dream, her work, her life.
It is difficult, probably impossible, for the faculty and student body of today to realize the idealism of those early years. This college was to the founders a dream come true. No less was it to this slender, starry-eyed, young Goldsboro girl who came here with bounding heart and eager alert mind, to seek the realization of her dream of a college education. From that opening day in 1892 until the day of her death, she gave to this col- lege full measure of devotion.
Service is the ideal upon which this college was founded. Service is the motto of which we sing today. No finer example of the realization of this ideal can be found than in the life of Miss Spier — service to the college, serv- ice to North Carolina, service to hu- manity. In her youth, with unbounded energy and untiring zeal she threw the force of her great enthusiasm into the teaching of children and the educa- tion of teachers. For the past 15 years, while the body gradually grew more frail, the extent and quality of the service increased rather than dimin- ished. Her work became tempered with wisdom. She learned what she could and what she could not do. She conserved her small store of strength. Service was her ideal and she served her generation mightily until her last illness.
Through the years Miss Spier evolved a satisfying philosophy of life built upon sound ethical principles. By these principles she squared her own conduct. In their light she judged the acts of others. She keenly sensed in every situation the true from
the false, the genuine from the coun- terfeit. Her own integrity was unim- peachable, and it was this same integ- rity or the lack of it which she so keenly sensed in others. When her of- fice was cleared out last week, a book was found in which the author had written Miss Spier's name with this in- scription, "To a grand person." Miss Spier was a grand person.
Great persons are not always loved, but Miss Spier was. She enjoyed many genuinely warm friendships. She drew friends to her because of her zest for social living, her spontaneous laughter, her genuine friendliness. She was known for her hospitality. Her home was open to student and faculty as well as to relative and friend. No stu- dent of her own faith ever passed through this college who did not en- joy her friendship and hospitality, yet her friendliness knew no bound of race or creed. At Easter and Christ- mas time her hospitality was extended yearly to lonely members of the fac- ulty and students to whom because of their religious convictions these sea- sons meant much. She had many friends and she was a friend to many. One of her favorite quotations is to be found in a book which she often read, entitled "The Prophet." . . .
"And a youth said, Speak to us of Friendship.
And he answered, saying:
Your friend is your needs answered.
He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.
And he is your board and your fire- side.
For you come to him with your hun- ger, and you seek him for peace.
And let your best be for your friend.
If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also.
For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill?
Seek him always with hours to live.
For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness.
And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is re- freshed.
When you part from your friend, you grieve not;
For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain."
The Alumnae News
(3 Co liece QuedicH Bee
How Much Does an Alumna Know About Her College?
(Abridged from the list prepared by
the Alumnae Founder's Day Program
Committee)
Questions (Please turn to page 7 for Answers)
I. When did the Woman's College open its doors for students?
2. How man)^ dormitories now in use on the campus, and how many counsellors?
3. What is it that goes up and down at the same time?
4. Does the Woman's College offer any graduate study?
5. What is Chanfeclair?
6. What is the approximate popula- tion of the State of North Caro- lina?
7. What Southern colleges for women have Phi Beta Kappa?
8. Is Zeke still at the College?
9. Are all alumnae of the Woman's College eligible to join the A. A. U. W.?
10. What alumnae are members of the Board of Trustees of the Consoli- dated University?
II. How large is the Nursery School, and with what department is it connected?
12. Does the College have a Kinder- garten?
13. What is the most famous song of thrift?
14. Is the one-year commercial course limited in number?
15. Who is dean of the School of Music? Who is head of the Art Department?
16. Give news of Dr. Foust.
17. Give news of Dr. Brown.
18. What is the enrollment this year?
19. What is available in the way of self-help for students?
20. Who is head of the Department of Mathematics? Of the Depart- ment of Chemistry?
21. Cleopatra was supposed to have made love to all except one of the following:
Julius Caesar, Marc Antony, Brutus. Which one did she pass by?
22. Upon what is the granting of so- cial privileges based at Woman's College?
23. Has free tuition been abolished?
24. Who is now Librarian at Woman's College? Who is head of the De- partment of Classical Civilization (Latin and Greek) ?
25. Who is principal of Curry School?
26. Who is the College Physician?
27. What is the basic cost for the year for North Carolina students who live in the dormitories?
28. With whom has Colonel Lind- bergh been associated scientifically in recent years?
29. What Southern writers are now connected with the Woman's Col- lege?
30. What is meant by the Library Recreational Reading Room?
31. Who is head of the Department of Philosophy?
32. What is the style of architecture of Alumnae House?
33. What famous example of Colonial architecture is it patterned after?
34. What student organizations have offices in Alumnae House?
3 5. Do present day biologists believe in the theory of spontaneous gen- eration?
36. Name six outstanding student or- ganizations.
37. What is done to encourage re- ligion at Woman's College?
3 8. What is the Tavern? 39. Mention some of the events held in Alumnae House.
40. Name the music organizations for students.
41. Tell something about the Wom- an's College Art Colony.
42. Tell something about the Marine Laboratory.
43. What sports may be obtained at Woman's College?
44. Name the two opposing schools of hair dressing seen on the campus.
45. Is there opportunity for study in advanced cookery at Woman's College?
46. Does the sun ever set on Woman's College alumnae?
47. What are the symbols for the four societies?
48. What National Park led in the number of visitors last year?
49. What new buildings are scheduled for erection in the near future and where are they to be located?
50. Name two American women who are listed among the ten best- dressed women of the world.
5 1 . Tell us about the new piano in Alumnae House.
52. Tell us about the college movie.
53. Are the chains still left up on Sunday?
54. Tell us about the course in photography.
5 5. How many dances are held on the campus each year and what groups do they represent?
56. What alumna of this college is a well-known air pilot?
57. Explain the amplifying system in the dormitories.
58. Is there to be a faculty apart- ment house and where will it be located?
59. What is the prevailing type of hosiery among the students?
60. What Woman's College alumna wrote the life of Marie Dressier?
61. Are there any new campus Christ- mas customs?
62. Is North Carolina in the Beauty Belt, as described by Life?
63. What alumna of Woman's Col- lege will appear on the Concert Course this year?
64. How many additional students will the two new dormitories ac- commodate?
65. What American actress is famous for her portrayal of Queen Vic- toria?
February, 1939
66. Does North Carolina have a state flower?
67. What organization on the campus wears beautiful yellow and white uniforms?
68. What quality does each of these birds represent: owl, peacock, dove?
69. Does the United States have a na- tional flower?
70. What is the Winfield Memorial?
71. What important committee does Dr. Cook head?
72. What North Carolina playwright wrote "The Lost Colony"?
73. What is the College flower?
74. How long was Dr. Mclver presi- dent of the College?
75. When was Woman's College con- solidated with the University, and who is the president of the Greater University?
Notes on Faculty Publications
By GUY R. LYLE, Librarian
State Service Bureau tor French leachers
At its November meeting held at Greensboro College, the North Caro- lina Chapter of the American Asso- ciation of Teachers of French voted to sponsor a service or information bureau for the French teachers of the state. This bureau will be located at Woman's College, University of North Carolina, under the general direction of Dr. W. S. Barney. It will be at the service of all French teachers for a small fee to cover postage, replace- riient of mimeographed material, and similar expense. Some such arrange- ment as to loans of books and other material will be made. The need of such a bureau has long been felt, and teachers may now feel free to send in their inquiries — regarding songs, maps, posters, and regalia of all sorts or to ask questions relating to their work which such a service could normally solve. With the growing use of cul- tural material in our modern language courses, we need to keep informed on the materials available. The French Service Bureau of North Carolina is the answer to this need.
Like some portentous witch's brew, Europe boils and bubbles. Guns thun- der in the Orient. Newspapers and radio headliners scream bloody murder. Since it takes small wit to prophesy another war, perhaps a conflict into which the United States may be drawn, it behooves the man or woman who still values unbiased knowledge to read widely, to weigh carefully, and to think for himself.
Not all books are models of un- biased reasoning, but Professor Ar- nett's Clande Kitchin and the Wilson War Policies (Little, 193 8) provides a starting point as well as a challenge to the reader to keep alert, to sift the true from the false, to be wary of the propaganda of the press, to dig deeper than the front page for facts which may possibly involve our own neutral- ity. The book is essentially a vindica- tion of Claude Kitchin, Congress- man from North Carolina, who op- posed Wilson's war policies and as a result was discredited and maligned by the press. Professor Arnett of the Department of History believes, as Kitchin did, that our entrance into the World War was a mistake. We have yet to find the answer, how- ever, to the question "How can we in- sure abstention from war and yet maintain national dignity."
Leading all fiction-reading records on the campus right now, of course, is Allen Tate's novel The Fathers (Putnam, 193 8.) In the first flush of enthusiasm, the writer of the pub- lisher's book jacket blurb placed the Woman's College at Chapel Hill but otherwise is decently modest. The fact is Mr. Tate's first novel deserves all the praise it is getting. Harry Hansen, popular speaker on the Woman's Col- lege Lecture Program this year, sums up the theme as follows: "Mr. Tate, first a poet, then a biographer, a Southerner allied with the point of view of the literary agrarians, is con- cerned with the conduct of various Southern men in 1860-61 and the ef- fect of the war on their fortunes. But it is not a war novel in the sense that Gotie With The Wind describes war; it describes a family conflict, when George Posey, of Alexandria, a head-
strong fellow, enters the house of the aristocratic Major Lewis Buchan, marries his enigmatic daughter, and dispenses justice like an executioner." The "subtle" critics have found an admirable grazing ground in this book. They attribute to it the esoteri- cal qualities of Mr. Tate's poetry, the discursiveness of Henry James, the morbidity of Faulkner. Blockhead that we are, we missed all the hidden mean- ings which the "subtle" critic joys to expound. We read the book for pure enjoyment and found it interesting, fluent, and brilliantly written. Allen Tate's unusual gift as a story-teller is well known on the campus, and his novel justifies the reputation. It does more than that, however. It reveals an uncanny skill and a daredevil touch with words, phrases, analogy. The story, the characters, the ante-bellum code, the problems besetting a Vir- ginian family of "union ideas and Southern emotions" may fade, but for one, we will not quickly forget the author's discriminating choice of the right word, the tone and quality of his style. Mr. Tate is a member of the Department of English.
Here are a few other faculty books, not so popular, but in their way cer- tainly as valuable.
The Liverpool Tractate, by Cath- erine Strateman. Columbia University Press, 1937. Scholarly thesis on an eighteenth century manual on the pro- cedure of the House of Commons. Miss Strateman is a member of the History Department.
Thorns Are a Style, by Ruth Han- nas. Harrison, 1930. Good deal of meditation in these poems by a mu- sician who breaks with tradition and follows the phrasing and cadences of Ravel and Debussy. Miss Hannas has travelled widely and observed care- fully.
America Through the Essay, by A. Theodore Johnson and Allen Tate. Oxford University Press, 193 8. A good book to browse in. The separate essays have a unifying thread since they all depict some phase of the American scene.
The Alumnae News
Affairs of tlie Loca
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Atlanta Alumnae Club. Sixteen Atlanta alumnae gathered for a luncheon meeting at the WinecofF Hotel on October 15. Miss Jessie Hopkins, City Librarian, spoke interestingly on her trip to Buda- pest. Mrs, J. R. Little, president of the Federation of Women's Clubs, was an- other guest and speaker. Our Club de- cided to affiliate with the City Federation. Our group is much interested in raising the Eunice Kirkpatrick Rankin Fund, in memory of a former president and enthu- siastic alumna, to be used to aid students at Woman's College, in need of financial assistance. New officers were also elected: President, Frances White Mauney: sec- retary, Evelyn McNeill Sims. Eva Sink Weir and Florence Smith Cannon are members of the Fund Committee. Eva Sink Weir, Retiring President.
Buncombe County Association. Alice Har- rold Lee, president, was hostess to the Asheville alumnae at her home on the evening of October 5, After discussion, it was decided to hold two meetings a year: one on Founder's Day for the alumnae themselves, and an open meeting in the spring to which prospective students might also be invited. A motion was car- ried that the Association undertake to establish a loan fund for worthy students at the College, with no definite amount expressed. A small membership fee in the local association was also voted. New of- ficers were elected as follows: Chairman, Lyal Male Reynolds Shumaker; vice president, Susan White; secretary-treas- urer, Dorothy Gaskins. Mrs. J. S. Wil- liams read the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians. Mrs. Lee led the College Question Bee, which proved interesting as well as instructive. At the conclusion of the business session and the program, guests were invited to the dining room for tea. Mrs. Shumaker poured. Hostesses for the occasion were Alice Harrold Lee, Ruth Fanning, Frances Michael, Mrs. Williams, and Edith Murphy Reed.
Frances Michael, Secretary.
Nashville (Tennessee) .Club. Meeting two. Lucile Sharp Hassall was our host-
ess on the evening of November 2, at her home in Nashville. Evelyn Cavileer, president, opened the meeting with the responsive reading of the Ritual, followed by the reading of the minutes of the Oc- tober meeting. A brief summary of the past year's accomplishments included the interest of the club in cleaner eating places in Nashville, our gift to Alumnae House, and our plans for organizing a state-wide Alumnae Association through- out Tennessee, to be centered in the four major cities — Knoxville, Memphis, Chat- tanooga, and Nashville. Chief among the benefits we had derived during the past year were mentioned our fellowship with one another and the contacts maintained with our College. New goals were dis- cussed for the current year. Evelyn Cavi- leer was re-elected president, and Arline Fonville was chosen as secretary-treasurer. Conversation and refreshments brought the meeting to adjournment.
Arline Fonville Irvine, Secretary.
Mecklenburg Association. Charlotte alum- nae observed Founder's Day at a lunch- eon in Thacker's restaurant. Katharine Lewis Smathers, chairman, presided, and read greetings from the College and the Alumnae Secretary, Miss Byrd. Lucille Sharpe Long and Anne Willis Jonas con- ducted a Quiz about the College, The new Alumnae House was also discussed, as well as the type of gift which would be most suitable for the Charlotte group to make to it. It was decided to have a benefit party as soon as the event could be arranged to raise funds for the gift.
Spring Hope Alumnae Club. Meeting one. Welcome to our Baby Alumnae Club — Spring Hope, North Carolina! Under the leadership of Annie Cherry, alumnae liv- ing in Spring Hope, met the latter part of November at the home of Lenore Stone Lassiter '25, elected officers, adopted a constitution, appointed committees, and otherwise got underway as the newest full-fledged Alumnae Association. Nell Jacobs Edwards was chosen president: Ruth Brantley Douglas, vice president: Ivy Lane Wilder, secretary: Lenore Stone
Lassiter, treasurer; Constance Matthews, corresponding secretary. The group planned to meet monthly, and is to be known as a "Service Club." Tea and wafers served by the hostess closed the meeting.
Meeting two. Our president, Nell Jacobs Edwards, was hostess to the Club at its December meeting, held at her home. To open the meeting the College Song was sung, and the Club Ritual read, amid a Christmas setting. Melba Speight Bar- tholomew, program chairman, directed three Christmas contests, which were won by Ada 'Valentine and Ivy Lane Wilder, and a relay group, all of whom received prizes. The refreshments further carried out the Christmas motif. . Constance Matthews,
Corresponding Secretary.
Tatlahasee (Florida) Alumnae. The latter part of October, eight Woman's College exiles — and eight is about the total — met for dinner with Annie Royal (Wilkerson) Andrews, After dinner we were in the mood for a good chatter-meeting, what with the "Question Bee" and the dinner together. The group sent a small gift of linen to Alumnae House, glad of the privilege to do our bit.
Annie Lee Yates.
RECENT GIFTS TO
ALUMNAE HOUSE
These much needed and deeply ap- preciated gifts are gratefully acknowl-
24 dozen silver spoons — gift of Mrs. M. J. Wrenn.
Linen: From Wake County Alum- nae. Alumnae at Florida State College for Women, by Mabel Boysworth Moore and Annie Lee Yates. Class of 1937, by Judy Ulrich Capps, Mary Nunn, and Jerry Spinks. Alumnae of Wilson, by Bessie Bennett Barnes.
Cash Covtribiitious: Mrs. M. J. Wrenn; Dr. J. L Foust; Mrs. J. I. Foust; Rocky Mount Alumnae Asso- ciation, by Charlotte Wilkinson Toler; High Point Alumnae Association; Washington City Alumnae Club, by Vivian Kearns Toole; Mebane Holo- man Burgwyn; Rockingham County Alumnae, by Stella Williams Ander- son; Thettis Smith Hoffner; Collec- tion by Corinne Cannady McNairy.
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Bnsiuers to Questions
(Found on page 4)
1. October 5, 1892. The Legislature of 1891 authorized its establishment.
2. Twelve dormitories; with a counsel- lor in charge of each dormitory, ex- cept Spencer which has two coun- sellors.
3. Stairway.
4. Yes. An M.A. degree may be obtained in Home Economics and in Secretarial Administration.
5. Chanteclair is a newspaper published in French by students on this cam- pus. Said to be the only French news- paper published on any college cam- pus in this country.
6. Approximately 3,300,000.
7. Agnes Scott; Florida State College for Women; Randolph - Macon; Sophie Newcomb College; The Woman's College of the University of North Carolina.
8. Yes, Zeke is still a janitor in Admin- istration Building.
9. All graduates of this college holding approved degrees are eligible for membership in A. A. U. W., except the bachelors of science in music. It is possible for some college women without degrees to be local associate members.
10. Minnie (Mclver) Brown; Lelia Styron; May (Lovelace) Tomlin- son; Laura (Weill) Cone; Annie M. Cherry.
11. The Nursery School (a part of the Home Economics Department) has six little boys and six little girls, aged three to five. About fifty children on the waiting list.
12. A kindergarten is conducted in con- nection with Curry School. It is limited to 22 children, all five years old, who pay $40.00 a year for their instruction.
13. "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes."
14. The one-year commercial course is limited to 145, all North Carolina girls.
15. Dean H. Hugh Altvater. Gregory D. Ivy.
16. Dr. Foust is living at his old home on Spring Garden Street near the college. He spent part of last winter in Florida. The Class of 1935 has
17. Dr. Brown resigned in 1937, spent last year in Europe, came to Boston for the summer, returned to Greens- boro this fall for a visit, and is now at 1207 Osceola Street, Clearwater, Florida.
18. Enrollment is 2,083.
19. 135 girls are assisted through work- ing in the dining rooms. 200 girls are aided by the Federal Government through NYA, and 100 girls are on the college budget. They do such things as assist in the offices, work in the post office, on the switchboard, serve as hostesses in dormitories. A few girls help themselves by repre- senting newspapers, cleaning com- panies, and other business concerns. About 230 are aided through the loan funds and through the escheats fund. About 770 students are re- ceiving aid of some kind.
20. Dr. Helen Barton.
21. Brutus.
22. Upon academic standing and con- duct.
23. Free tuition was abolished by the State Legislature a few years ago. Students who live in the State pay $50.00 a year. Out-of-state students pay $100.00 a year.
24. Mr. Guy R. Lyle. Dr. Charlton C. Jernigan.
25. Dr. George Anselm.
26. Dr. Ruth Collings.
27. $341.00.
28. Dr. Alexis Carrell, of New York. Nobel prize winner in science; staff member Rockefeller Institute of Re- search ; author — Man : The Un- known.
29. Allen Tate, poet, novelist, critic; and his wife, Caroline Gordon, short story writer, novelist.
30. The Library Recreational Reading Room is a lovely hall in the Library, furnished in a homelike manner, with easy chairs, sofas, tables, where all fiction and popular non-fiction is to be found. Students may go there and read at their pleasure. It is also open on Sunday afternoons.
31. Dr. Kurt Rosinger.
32. Colonial.
33. Homewood. Built about 150 years ago by Charles Carroll of Carrollton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, as a wedding gift for his only son. Considered the most perfect example of Colonial architec- ture. Now on Johns Hopkins Uni- versity campus.
34. Student Government Association;
the Carolinian — weekly newspaper; Coraddi — student magazine; Pine Needles — year book. Numerous stu- dent clubs also meet in the Assembly Room.
35. No.
3 6. Adelphian, Cornelian, Aletheian. Dikean Societies: Play-Likers; Col- lege Choir; Quill Club; Orchesis; Speakers' Club; Education Club.
37. A full-time Director of Religious Ac- tivities, a young woman, is in charge of all phases of religious life among the students. This program includes the Y. W. C. A., and the Inter-Faith Council. Moreover, the students in eight denominations are organized. Four of these denominations — Meth- odist, Presbyterian, Baptist, Episco- pal— provide secretaries to work with the students of the denominations. Four special University Sermons are also scheduled for the year.
38. The Tavern is a sort of "Sandwich Shop" located in the Assembly Room beneath South Dining Hall, under college management. Open every night in the week and on Sunday morning. Sandwiches, cold drinks, and ices may be secured there by the students and their dates.
3 9. Teas; receptions; musical and club events; literary events (for instance, Paul Green has twice read his plays as a benefit for the Alumnae House Fund. Allen Tate read his poems here for the Guilford County Alumnae Association at their October 5 meet- ing) ; academic events — such as Phi Beta Kappa initiation; all sorts of alumnae affairs; alumnae meet their friends here. In addition alumnae and student ofiices are in service every day and usually at night.
40. The College Choir; the Madrigal Club; the College Band; the String Choir; the Glee Club.
41-. Under the direction of Mr. Gregory Ivy, head of the Art Department, sixteen students went to Beaufort early in June and remained for four weeks, doing outdoor painting, in- cluding of course marine scenes along the coast. Seven students were from other colleges, including Duke, Salem, Winthrop. Classes were con- ducted in the Community Center. The fee for the course was only $15.00; living expenses around $7.00 a week. The course carries four semester hours credit. The Art Colony will be in session again next summer, and so enthusiastic were the students this year that a number of them are planning to be members of the Colony next year.
42. About ten years ago Dr. A. D. Shaftesbury of the Department of
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Biology began to take small groups of students, chiefly majors in that de- partment, to Beaufort, on the east- ern coast of North Carolina to study living marine forms found there in such abundance and variety. In the beginning they used local high school facilities. This opportunity proved to be so popular that in 1935 a labo- ratory was built at Beaufort. The land upon which it stands was given to the Woman's College by the Beau- fort City Commission. College credit.
43. Tennis Soccer Swimming Archery Basketball Baseball Hockey Volley Ball Speed Ball Badminton Horseback Riding Golf
Orchesis (creative dancing)
Dancing (social, folk. tap. clogging)
44. The Hollywood down; the Paris up.
45. An excellent course is called Meal Study, composed of lectures and labs. Also a course in Institutional Food Study is offered, to prepare dietitians, managers of tea rooms, restaurants and the like.
46. No.
47. Cornelian — goat; Adelphian — greased pole: Aletheian — donkey; Dikean — skeleton.
48. Great Smoky Mountain Park in this state.
49. A Science Building, which is now being constructed on the old hockey field, south of Mary Foust. A new Dining Hall, now under construc- tion. Two new dormitories, on the quadrangle. Mclver Building will be repaired.
50. The Duchess of Windsor. Mrs. Har- rison Williams.
51. The piano in Alumnae House is a Steinway Music Hall Grand. It is Chippendale design, antique ma- hogany finish. Built especially to har- monize with the architecture and furnishings of the House.
52. Moving picture equipment has been installed in Aycock Auditorium. A picture may be seen there by students and faculty every Saturday night when the Auditorium is not in use for a major event. Free to students. They may take their dates for a dime a head!
53. Yes.
54. A course in Photography is taught in the Physics Department. Students learn to take pictures from the stand-
point of a hobby or more profes- sional work.
55. There are 9 formal dances — 1 for each of the classes; 2 for the four societies; I for commercials; Junior- Senior Ball. There are 6 informals. Any student may go. There is in- formal dancing for a short while every evening after supper.
5 6. Mary Nicholson.
57. Amplifiers have been installed on the first floor of every dormitory. Through these a student residing on the upper floors may be called to receive a guest, answer the telephone, or for any other reason, eliminating the necessity of going upstairs in search of the student wanted.
5 8. Request has been made of the Fed- eral Government (PWA) for a Fac- ulty Apartment House. A decision has not yet been received.
59. Socks.
60. Mildred Harrington.
61. Students in the dormitories place lighted candles in their windows the week before they go home for Christmas.
62. No. However, the Beauty Belt rough- ly follows the Mason and Dixon line.
63. Marian Anderson (Mrs. Benjamin Owen) '3 2. who will play a joint re- cital with Luceille Browning, in Ay- cock Auditorium, on February 7.
64. About 300,
65. Helen Hayes.
66. North Carolina has no officially adopted state flower. It is interesting to note that the official flower of the North Carolina State Federation of Garden Clubs is the Venus Fly Trap.
67. The College Band.
68. Owl — wisdom: peacock — vanity: dove — peace.
69. The United States has no official na- tional flower. But the golden-rod has been generally favored as the national flower.
70. A copy of Sir Sidney Lee's Facsimile of the First Folio of Shakespeare's Plays. It is to be found in a suitably inscribed case in the Library, placed there by friends and alumnae, in memory of Martha E. Winfield.
7 1 . The North Carolina Teacher Retire- ment Commission.
dccessions to flluinnae
The collection of books in Alumnae House Library — those written by alumnae, members of the Faculty, North Carolinians, and those having some connection with the College — grows anon. We gratefully acknowl- edge the recent receipt of the follow- lowing titles:
Women's Life and Work in the South- ern Colonies. By Julia Cherry Spruill (Mrs. C. P.) '20, Chapel Hill. Gift of Mrs. Spruill. Beauty Plus. By Dr. Mary MacFadyen, of the Class of 192 5, New York City. Gift of Dr. MacFadyen. The Fathers, novel; Jefferson Davis, biography; Stoneu'all Jacksan, biog- raphy. All three by Allen Tate, of the Department of English, Wom- an's College. Gift of Mr. Tate. It's a Far Cry, biography; Robert E. Lee, biography. Both by Judge Rob- ert W. Winston. Gift of Judge. Winston. The Liverpool Tractate. By Dr. Cath- erine Strateman, of the Department of History, Woman's College; also Expedicio Billarum Antiquitus. Both gifts of Dr. Strateman. The Find Out Book. Vol. I; The Find Out Book. Vol. IL Both com- piled by the First Grade Teachers of Orange County, under the super- vision of Mary W. Hyman. Gift of Miss Hyman. Also —
Pine Needles — 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925. Gift of Sara Wiley Carr '25. Richard's Cyclopedia. Gift of Caroline Rankin '24.
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MORE ABOUT BOOKS
Is Reviewed by Eleanore Elliott Carroll '07
'Women's. Life and Work in the South- ern Colonies. By Julia Cherry Spruill '20, Chapel Hill; The University of North Carolina Press, 193 8. Pp. 426. $5.00.
The Institute for Research in Social Science at Chapel Hill had as one of its first research assistants Julia Cherry Spruill '20. The six years of her asso- ciation with the Institute were spent in collecting material from original sources on the social history of South- ern Colonial Women. The search car- ried her from Georgia to Massachusetts and involved an immense amount of physical and mental drudgery, but the product of those years and of three subsequent years spent in writing, issued by the University Press this past fall under the title "Women's Life and Work in the Southern Colonies," has been enthusiastically received by both scholarly and lay readers. Even the ISlew York Times, famous for the re- straint with which it greets new- comers to the book world, threw aside its inhibitions to admit that the book "is a treasure, to delve into for knowl- edge, to read for genuine enjoyment, and to keep in the family library."
Students of social history have wel- comed the book with enthusiasm be- cause it is the first effoVt to collate the abundant material on the subject in contemporary records, material that is scattered and often most inconvenient to reach or to isolate; also because of the splendidly documented and consci- entious handling of these facts, and especially because of the valuable, ex- haustive twenty-seven page bibliogra- phy of the pamphlet materials avail- able on the subject. Future students in the field will not need to repeat the work Mrs. Spruill has done, and that is the equivalent of the scholar's high- est compliment — hers is the definitive book on her subject.
The author has sought to give to her readers a comprehensive picture of the seventeenth-century Southern wom- an's life: her home, her furniture, her food, her clothes; her mental attitudes, her education and her social habits, her
occupations and her limitations. In achieving her end, her discriminating taste has led her to a choice of quaint, whimsical detail which in no way in- terferes with the scholarly value of her book and immensely adds to the charm for an ordinary reader. Small Patcy Curtis in her hoop petticoats, bib and tucker and mits; conscientious eleven- year-old Betty Pratt "striving to do her sums better every day," and going on to that "Polite Education" deemed
necessary for the young lady of the South, in "household managery," em- broidery, dancing, and French, Eliza- beth Hami, to avoid the social stigma of being an "antique virgin," marry- ing at sixteen, bearing eight children, probably earning too the proud dis- tinction of being a "pattern of in- dustry"— these are not only clear cut individuals, as delicately drawn as the Lucia Johnson sketches on the jacket — but are typical of the class they represented.
One understands much more clearly after Mrs. Spruill finishes her analysis of woman's handicaps and limitations of that period why it has been so dif- ficult for her to climb up from the legal association with children and idiots, and down from the romantic pinnacle "a little lower than the an- gels," to the status of ordinary intelli- gent human being.
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1893
Minnie (Hampton) Eliason visited the College on November 22. She re- tired last year from her long service as a member of the faculty of Mitchell College, and is spending this year in Raleigh, where she lives with her daughter, Nancy, who is a member of the Meredith College faculty.
1895
The North Carolina Association of Jewish Women has established a scholarship fund as a memorial to Etta Spier.
1896
Emily (Asbury) Yoder is celebrat- ing her twenty-fifth year as post- mistress at Linville. She calls from 5:30 in the morning to 9:3 0 in the evening a day. Perhaps that is why she finds time to serve as president of the Ladies Auxiliary of her church, teacher in the Sunday School, and pianist for Church and Sunday School. She is also a member of a quartette. Mrs. Yoder attended the last National Convention of the League of District Postmasters, held during October, and on her return trip enjoyed a visit to the Mammoth
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Cave, to Lincoln's birthplace, and to the house where Stephen Foster wrote the "Old Kentucky Home."
Mar>^ Dail Dixon's son, Fred, was married on last Alumnae Day — June 4, to a Charleston girl. This impor- tant event in her own household kept her from attending commencement, but she says we may look for her, come another Alumnae Day.
1897
Blanche K. Ferguson, head nurse at Gorgas Hospital in the Canal Zone, who was a student at this college for two years, 1893-1895, retired last Oc- tober 3 1 after thirty-five years of de- voted service. After leaving the then State Normal and Industrial School, Miss Ferguson entered the State Hos- pital in Scranton, Pennsylvania, for training as a nurse. After completing the course there she returned to North Carohna for a while, but later went back to the Scranton Hospital, where she worked for three years. She then served as nurse at Taylor Hospital (Pennsylvania) for nearly two years when she was employed by the Isth- mian Canal Commission in 1908. In addition to the retirement certificate, signed by Governor Ridley, Miss Fer- guson carried away with her a letter expressing the appreciation of the Health Department, signed by Colonel Richardson, Superintendent of Gorgas Hospital. The letter reads in part as follows:
"The Panama Canal organization is not unmindful of the handicaps under which you and your fellow nurses labored during the early construction days of the Canal, and the heroic serv- ices which you rendered to the sick, daily incurring the risk of death from the diseases then rife, in order that you might ameliorate suffering. Your serv- ice has been, throughout, faithful and meritorious, and this letter is written in behalf of the many persons you have helped, in grateful acknowledg- ment of your life devotion to the serv- ice of humanity."
Miss Ferguson resigned from Canal service after four years of service at the old Ancon Hospital. She then served six months in the Navy Nurse Corps, and two years with the United Fruit Company in Guatemala and Honduras. She was again employed by The Panama Canal in 1917, and with the exception of a few weeks in 192 5 when she left the service, has
been on the nursing staff of Gorgas Hospital since. She was made Head Nurse more than ten years ago.
1900
Mittie (Lewis) Barrier is living in Johnson City, Tennessee, but she de- clares she is nevertheless still a Tar Heel.
1902
Virginia Leggett is operating the Avalon Hotel at Virginia Beach in summer, and a twin hotel by the same name in St. Petersburg, Florida, dur- ing the winter.
1903
Carrie (Sparger) Coon is serving her third year as principal of the Mar- garet Hearne Elementary School, Wil- son. Carrie says she enjoys her work. Her daughter, Mary Moore '28, and husband, Thomas Sellman Hall, make their home with Mrs. Coon.
1905
Josephine Dameron is now in the United States on a furlough from her work as teacher of music in Ewha College, Seoul, Korea. She is much in demand as a speaker. She is spending much of her time at her home in War- renton, with her sister, Julia '98.
Lettie (S p a i n h o u r) Hamlett's daughter, Lettie, a junior at Woman's College this year, has been elected to Alpha Kappa Delta, national honorary sociology fraternity.
1909
Clora (McNeill) Foust gave a paper on Christmas at a December meeting of the Perennial Gardeners. On November 23, she honored her husband. Dr. Julius I. Foust, at a birthday party, attended by members of the faculty, representing the three administrative periods in the history of the College.
1910
Clara (Lambe) Craven's son, E. B., Jr., recently married Katherine Barden Winstead, class of 1933, daughter of Katherine Barden who graduated in 1904. They live in Roxboro. Clara's niece, Elizabeth Shaw '3 8, is a Wom- an's College Phi Beta Kappa member.
Marion (Stevens) Hood went with her husband to Hot Springs, Arkan- sas, the first part of November to at- tend a National Convention of State Bank Supervisors. Mr. Hood was elected president of the group. Both of them attended the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church held at EHzabeth City, and Mr. Hood was elected lay delegate to the Uniting Conference which will convene in Kansas City next spring. But the best piece of news is that the Hoods have recently moved into their new house in Raleigh. "There is a Kttle stream in the back yard," Marion says, "and I can hear it gurgling at night if I listen closely." One unusual feature of the house is a recreation room for the boys.
1912
Annie Cherry was one of the speak- ers on the special program centering around North Carolina at the South- ern Conference on Progressive Educa- tion held in Greensboro before Christ- mas. Her subject was; "Growth and Development of the Individual Child in Special Classes."
1913
Martha Faison is in Geneva, New York, teaching in Lockland School. For a number of years Martha taught in a private school in New York City; then came home to North Carolina to care for her invalid mother until she died. Last summer, she studied at Co- lumbia University, and is this winter back again in private school work.
lone Grogan' was hostess to Miss Alice Burrows, an editor of Vogue Magazine, when Miss Burrows came to the campus early in November to give a series of talks on "The Art of Being Well Dressed."
Katherine (Robinson) Everett is making a fine contribution as presi- dent of the Durham City Council of Parents and Teachers. Last fall, the Council entertained the teachers of the Durham city schools, all Parent- Teacher officers, and the graduate students at the University of North Carolina, Duke, and Wake Forest. There were other special guests also. It was a big party and a lot of fun. Another real achievement of the Council was the special P.-T. A. sup- plement to the Durham paper which appeared in November. Mrs. Everett also ^ives much time and thought to
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her work as member of the Welfare Board of Durham County. And this says nothing about her "first" big job, her fine son, Robinson.
1914
Ruth Gunter, Ethel McNairy '12, and Bess McNairy ex- 15 went to Bel- mar, New York, to spend Thanksgiv- ing holidays with Anne Holdford ex- 15. Ruth went abroad last summer and had a very thrilling trip.
1915
Edith Haight is this year teaching physical education in Eastern Illinois State Teachers College, Charleston, Illinois.
Gertrude Carraway is the author of an exceptionally fine article in a No- vember number of the Greensboro Daily News, entitled, "History Traced from Early Players." It is the story of North Carolina's contribution to the nation's drama, beginning as far back as 1682, with the name of An- thony Aston, and continuing to the present, with Paul Green, Sam Byrd, and an amazing array of talent in be- tween. If you missed this article, your "current history" will not be com- plete until you have read it.
1916
Rosa (Blakeney) Parker was guest speaker for the Greensboro Altrusa Club at its December meeting. She chose as her subject: "Personalities in Modern Poetry." She also talked on a discussion panel during the meeting of the Southeastern Regional meeting of the Progressive Education Association held in Greensboro early in December.
1917
Gladys (Emerson) Emerson writes from North Hollywood, California, where she has been living for several years. She is an enthusiastic gardener, and also plays bridge that is good, plus.
Margaret (Futrell) Hughes is ac- tively identified with the work of the Parent-Teacher Association. She is the efficient chairman of the Northamp- ton County Council, and also serves as vice president of the local organiza- tion in Jackson, her home. Last year she was a delegate to both the state and national Congress. Not the least of Margaret's interests is the work of the Woman's College Alumnae Asso-
ciation. Moreover, Mrs. Hughes is a gardener of real rating. She served as a judge in the Virginia Rose Show; also as judge for the show sponsored by the Federated Garden Clubs of Norfolk and vicinity held in Norfolk last May. She attended the Horticultural Insti- tute conducted in Norfolk by Mrs. Dorothy Biddle Johnson, editor of Garden, Digest. For three years, she has been chairman of the Garden Division of the Jackson Woman's Club. As if this were not enough, Mrs. Hughes draws, and last spring, her drawings were exhibited at the Museum of Art and Science in Norfolk. But this is not the whole story of this busy and useful woman. She is county secretary of the Auxiliary of North Carolina Rural Letter Carriers' Association, has represented the district at the state convention the past four years, and attended the national convention in Washington last summer. She has a daughter, Margaret Ann. And if ever you have a chance to be a guest of Margaret's in their hospitable home — accept with all the haste that is in keeping with good manners!
The Evening Star (Washington City) recently carried a picture of Caroline (Goforth) Hogue, together with several other citizens of Wash- ington, as they appeared before the Advisory Committee at the public hearing on the District of Columbia's tax program for 1939. She represented the A. A. U. W.
Louise (Howell) Snell writes from Scarsdale, New York, where her hus- band is director of short courses and Advisory Services for Town Hall. He finds this type of Adult Education very interesting.
May Meador is still enjoying her work as a social science teacher in the High Point High School. As a sort of hobby, a few years ago she completed in twelve days the course offered in typing by a local business college, but didn't continue practice long enough to work up any speed. Now she "dedi- cates" two hours every week to typing for speed. She has also added short- hand to her hobby courses, not only because she Hkes the "language," the pot hooks and circles, but because she hopes one day to be able to take notes at summer schools in shorthand.
1918
Marguerite Galloway is living now in Washington City, where she is con- nected with the Social Security Board.
1919
Ida Gordner was one of the three Goldsboro teachers who came to the College to provide a program for the Education Club at its November meeting in Curry Auditorium.
Mary Johnson spent last fall and the summer of 193 8 at Chapel Hill, completing the work for her M. A. degree in History. She has recently re- turned to Norfolk, her home, where she has taught in the high school for a number of years. Mary is active in the A. A. U. W., the Business and Professional Women's Clubs, and the Y. W. C. A.
Ruby (Sisk) Gouge was made a member of Delta Kappa Gamma last October.
Adelaide (VanNoppen) Howard writes from the Canal Zone, where her husband is Assistant Superintend- ent of Schools. Her letter is so inter- esting that the Alumnae Office is shar- ing it with all the readers of the News:
When we first arrived here we were so busy trying to see and learn everything that I put off writing Mntil we should get somewhat acclimated^ All the time, how- ever, you and our other friends at Wom- an's College have been in my mind, and I have wished over and over that we might share our interesting experiences with you.
Last winter Miss Melville Fort and Mrs. James Pou from Raleigh, spent sev- eral weeks on the Isthmus, and we en- joyed them so much. Then, a few weeks ago, Miss Mary Channing Coleman passed through on her way to Guate- mala, and we had a lovely afternoon showing her the schools and new Gymna- sium here, ■ the ruins of Old Panama (which she wanted to start right in and dig) , and hearing the latest news from the College.
There have been eight of us alumnae here on the Isthmus, and I have been hoping for a year to get us all together. As several are teachers, and on the At- lantic side, Saturday was the only time they could come over; yet Saturdays al- ways seemed impossible for the rest. Final- ly Miss Blanche Ferguson left, and Alice Cranmcr Arrington was planning to go to N. C. for nine months, so I deter- mined to assemble them before our ranks should be diminished further. According- ly last Saturday seven of us had lunch at my house and a thoroughly good time (I believe) . There were Hallie Beavers, and Mrs. Phyllis Spencer, both of whom teach in Christobal High School, Nancy John- ston Hatchett, Edith Caldwell Williams (Mrs. Ben) , Rachel Fowler Wahl (who went to the University, but attended two
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Majors in Home Economics Hostesses at tea in the sitting room of the Home Economics Bnilding. A part of their course i\
The li-aJiliuiuil C/jiistmas recital by the College Choir was given ill Aycock Aiulitoiiuin uii SunJay afternoon, December II. One of the most pleasing numbers on the program this year was ''The Star" tlDe innsic for which was written by Kathryn Tate '3S in her class in composition, taught by Dr. Ruth Hannas, wljosc poem Kathryn used. Tlje double quartette which sang "The Star" had a record made of their rendition, and sent it to Kathryn.
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The Christmas Pageant Given by the Sophomore Class every year in Aycock Auditorium on the evening before college closes for the holidays. In its symbolism, color, and beauty of execution, this pageant has come to be one of the anticipated events of the year.
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summer schools at N. C. C. W.). Alice Cranmcr Arrington. and her mother, who is visiting her. and yours truly. Bess Whitson Rayne. who lives in Christobal. could not attend. During lunch, in the airy screened dining room, we discussed our funniest college experience, college personalities who stand out most vividly in our minds, what of all our college learning we have used most. etc. It was great fun. Afterwards we trailed down- stairs to have our picture taken against the banana trees in our back yard, so you could see us in our voiles and organdies on the twelfth day of November. 1 am afraid the picture is not good, but if it is I shall enclose it. We planned to find something characteristic of Panama to put in the Alumnae Home. Wc decided not to organize an Alumnae Chapter as there are already too many organizations here for the climate, but just get together every once in a while, so as to keep in touch with each other and the college. I do wish you could have been with us. . . .
Here it is two days later than when I started this letter. I have just been to the Commissary (the only place on the Zone to buy anything) . It was filled with th» most tempting assortment of Christmas goods from all over the world. There were lovely organdies and marquisettes
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looped up with clusters of poinsettas, and bathing suits and beach umbrellas displayed against painted scenes of snow- men, Santa Claus sleighing over white roofs, and snowy villages with lighted windows. Over it all electric fans whirled continuously, and stockinglcss women in sun hats wilted in the waiting lines. It just seems too queer.
George's hobby is color photography, and we are collecting slides of the beauti- ful scenery and interesting sights down here to show when we come back next summer. It really is indescribably lovely. Bougainvillia vines in full bloom drape all the houses and hedges of red hybiscus, and rows of stately palms are beautiful against the blue Pacific. Even when it rains, which it does often during this season, the loveliness is enhanced by Na- ture's silver curtain. I will never get used to hedges of orchids, such as we saw at the Botanical Garden last week.
This is the most interesting cross sec- tion of United States life you can ima- gine. (We have always to say United States instead of American, as everybody around us are different kinds of Ameri- cans— Central, South). There are all na- tionalities, all races, and people from every state and territory, yet all bona- fide U. S. citizens working for Uncle Sam. Naturally there is a wide range of interests, with experts along many lines — photography, music, botany, stamp and gem collecting, swimming, fishing and boating, archeology, history, etc.. etc. It's very stimulating. I am trying to learn Spanish, and seem to be sailing along in reading it, but when I hear these Spanish people jabbering excitedly, and gesticulat- ing wildly, as they always do, I am com- pletely lost. I guess I can't talk about the way the Panamaians talk, however, for never yet have the Commissary clerks been able to understand what I wanted when I asked for Pears. I have to write it every time.
Dry season will soon be here, with its picnics, beach parties, trips into the interior, and the hilarious Panama Carni- val, which is much like New Orleans Mardi Gras. Then in May we shall be- gin packing up to come back to good old North Carolina for four months. How we shall ever see all the folks we want to and tell all we have to tell in that time I don't see, but it's a thrilling prospect. The Panama Railroad Steamship Line is putting on three lovely new boats in January, so we have that to look forward to. and then the World's Fair in New York when we land.
As I read this letter, I realize that it sounds like we are in Paradise, and you folks had all better come on down. The truth is, just as everywhere, there is plenty of bad mixed in with the good — and I wouldn't take anything for having raised my children in North Carolina and hope
that they will all choose that state for their homes when they get ready to estab- lish them. This is a wonderful experience: but we feel that it will always be an ex- perience— not home.
I have just received a paper from mother, telling of the death of Miss Spier. I loved and admired her as a teacher and as a friend, and I feel her passing is quite a loss to Woman's College.
Enclosed find my tardy $2.00 for Alumnae dues. I can't get along without the News.
1920
Mable (Boys-svorth) Moore is Com- missioner of the Tallahassee Girl Scout Council. She was elected to this office a little more than a year ago. Previous to that time, she had been treasurer of the Council for three and a half years, and has been a member of the Council for several years. She is always interested in the work of the Alumnae Association, and was hostess to Mr. Ivey, head of the Art Depart- ment at the College, when he was in Tallahassee some months ago.
Juha (Cherry) Spruill recently moved into a new house in Chapel Hill, and is experiencing all the joys and sorrows in which building and moving and getting settled just nat- urally abound.
Carrie (Tabor) Stevens, her hus- band and three children, spent the Thanksgiving holidays with her fam- ily in Washington City, and enjoyed the trip.
Lela (Wade) Phillips was a mem- ber of the Purchasing Committee of the Greensboro Empty Stocking Fund.
1921
Flossie Marie Foster is this year librarian at Kutztown (Pennsylvania) State Teachers College. A November issue of The Keystone, campus news- paper, carries her picture and an in- teresting story of her addition to the staff of this splendid institution. Flossie Marie is having an interesting career in the field of library work, and is fulfilling the confidence that her college friends and classmates had in her in her student days. She is the author of "Modern America: A Unit Based on the Standard Catalog for High School Libraries." Incidentally, her hobby is collecting books — ABC books in all languages, autographed copies of the Newberry Medal Books, Christmas books, and little books.
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Lula M. (Mclver) Dickinson spent several days with her mother on the campus in early December, Her hus- band, who is General Solicitor for the Pennsylvania Railroad and professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, was one of the speakers on the Duke University Symposium of Law in Modern Society, held last fall as one of the events on the Centennial pro- gram.
Katherine Millsaps is now county home demonstration agent in Ala- mance County.
1922
Grace (Forney) Mackie and her family — husband and two sons, moved recently from Jersey City to Maple- wood, New Jersey, a charming subur- ban village. Mr. Mackie commutes to and from his work, and they are all delighted with the change.
Eva (Sink) Weir is promoting a city-wide committee in Atlanta for good swimming pools and a recrea- tional director.
1923
Miriam Goodwin is this year Direc- tor of Religious Education in the Cambria Heights Community Church, St. Albans, Long Island, having as- sumed her new job on October 23. She says her job offers a great field for real service.
Mary (Herring) Locklear came to summer session at the College last summer. She has taught for a number of years at Pembroke Normal School.
Florence (Kirkman) Hickson, to- gether with her husband and two chil- dren, Jane and William Henry, Jr., was in Greensboro as guests of rela- tives in October. From Greensboro the Hickson went to Fairfax, South Caro- lina, to stay until Christmas, when they came to Greensboro for the holi- days, before returning to Washington City, their home.
1924
The yearbook of the Pedagogues Garden Club, Greensboro, is this year "affectionately dedicated to the mem- ory of the founder and first president of the Club, Mary Elizabeth Mc- Nairy."
1925
Elizabeth Duffy, professor of psy- chology at Woman's College, was the
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Mary Eliason (Ph. D. University of North Carolina, 1938) is teaching English this year in West Georgia Col- lege, at Carrollton.
Estelle (Mendenhall) LeGwin is the author of an excellent article, "What Shall I Tell My Child?" which ap- peared in the December number of North Carolina Education. Mrs. Le- Gwin teaches biology in the Greens- boro High School.
1926
Carlotta (Barnes) Jacoby '26 re- cently conducted a special music con- ference in Statesville, North Wilkes- boro, Wadesboro, and Asheboro, as a part of the series of music conferences, working in connection with Miss Hat- tie S. Parrott, of the State Depart- ment, Raleigh.
Mary Ida McLawhorn is enjoying a leave of absence from the school room this winter, staying at home, Winter- ville.
1927
Daphine Doster is this year at Berea Hospital, where she is surgical super- visor for Berea College. She went to this post from Johns Hopkins Univer-
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Lillian (Pearson) Brinton is con- nected with the Department of Public Health, division of Industrial Hy- giene, National Institute of Health, Washington, D. C. Lillian received her M.A. in Sociology from the University of North Carolina in 193 0.
Cynthia Reeves, president of the Greensboro Association of Classroom Teachers, and Margaret Moser '3 5, ar- ranged the program for the December meeting of that organization. Ruth Vick Everett '21, field worker for the N. C. E. A., was one of the speakers.
Frances White's husband, Henry Rood, Jr., is a portrait painter whose work has attracted much favorable at- tention, both in Greensboro, where they are now making their home, and in New York City. He is also the au- thor and artist of North Carolina Personalities, a series of sketches and drawings which appear in Sunday edi- tions of the Greensboro News. During October, Mr. Rood's portraits and drawings were on exhibition at the Mint Museum, Charlotte.
1928
Joyce Cooper, Durham, has recently been honored by election to Delta Kappa Gamma, national honorary so- ciety for teachers.
Charlotte Coppage is working now for Uncle Sam. The first of the year she went to Cherokee, where she is doing community teaching among the Indians on the Cherokee reservation. Last year Charlotte did social work in Craven County, under the direction of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare. Previous to that time, she taught high school work. Char- lotte was a very welcome visitor in Alumnae House on the way to take up her new duties.
Wilmer (Kuck) Borden served as chairman of the Woman's Division in the campaign for the Goldsboro Com- munity Chest last fall.
Nina (McDavid) Yost and her hus- band, Carl Yost, well-known baritone and voice teacher of New York, were guests of Nina's parents near Sanford during the Christmas holidays. Mr. Yost was the soloist at the Methodist Church in Jonesboro on Christmas evening, with Nina accompanying.
1929
Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Mc- CuUoch (Wilma Coble), a daughter, October 8, Greensboro.
Margaret (Causey) Stafford has a daughter, Emily Louise, just a little more than a year old. Margaret says she likes teaching one child as well or better than a room full!
Kathryn Freeman — one time assist- ant in the Library at Woman's Col- lege, is a junior counsellor for the North Carolina State Employment Service, Durham.
Grace (Hankins) Darsie teaches physical education in Peace Junior College, Raleigh.
Dorothy Long studied at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin last summer. She enjoyed seeing Mat-Moore Taylor, publicity director of the Madison Community Union. They did a lot of interesting things together. Dorothy's "southern accent" was a matter of in- terest to the Wisconsinians she met. She is teaching again — English and History — at Vienna High School in Forsyth County.
Edith Neal is teaching a seventh grade — home room subjects — in Fayetteville.
Betty (Steinhardt) Widmer lives in Franklin, Virginia, a busy town with a pleasant social life, of which she is a very active part.
Virginia Ward was one of the new members initiated into Delta Kappa Gamma, national honor society for women teachers, at the meeting held in Alumnae House on the 22nd of October.
1930
Martha (Broadhurst) Holderness is the new Commissioner of the Greensboro and Guilford County Girl Scout Council. She succeeds Mrs. Henry P. Foust.
Katherine (Lewis) Barrier, after taking her Master's degree in sociology and social science at Chapel Hill, has a position in the Wake County Wel- fare office and is living in Raleigh.
Beatrice Daniels is Mrs. R. S. Jor- dan, Jr. She lives in Bassett, Virginia. Previous to her marriage, Bebe did library work in Asheboro and High Point. Now she has three children and is homemaking. Her husband is in the veneer business.
Lucile (Herman) Harris lives in New London where she s.jys she is just as busy keeping house and taking care of her twenty-months old daugh-
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ter, Mary Ben, as she was when she taught science in the New London High School.
Lucy Martin has a position with the North Carohna Library Commis- sion, Raleigh, as cataloger for the North Carolina Library project.
1931
Betty (Brown) Jester, her husband and two children, had a wonderful motor trip to Virginia in early No- vember. Incidentally, Betty saw a number of her college friends and classmates. She also had a happy vaca- tion at Myrtle Beach last summer, and came back with reports of Eloise (Taylor) Robinson and her adorable little Dickie Boy; of a brief visit with Elizabeth Monty '3 1 and Virginia Clark '31. Lib's small son, Bryan, was with her; also Virginia had her chil- dren along. Martha Sparks, Betty's charming daughter, and the other children had a grand time getting ac- quainted, while their mothers remi- nisced and exchanged experiences. The husbands were along also. Lib was par- ticularly excited over her new home, which was then being built in Char- lotte. Betty says this visit to Myrtle Beach was something of a reunion by the seaside.
Madge (Cline) Young is living now at Cornelius, near Charlotte, where her husband is principal of the high school. They live in the teacher- age, and like their new home and new work very much.
Hazel (Harris) Maynard lives in Burlington, and is librarian at Hill- crest School.
Olive Newell has done a number of book reviews for the Greensboro Daily News during the last few months.
Martha (Shore) Martin is living now at the Lake o' The Woods Apart- ments, Orlando, Florida. Her husband represents Hollingsworth's candies in the state, and Martha has had numer- ous interesting trips with him.
1932
Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Single- tary (Emeve Paul), a son, William Currie, Jr., November 19, Sternberger Hospital, Greensboro.
Doris Abbott is working in the Charlotte Public Library. Part of her job is secretarial.
Evelyn (Bullock) Bullard lives in Myrtle Grove, Florida, where her hus-
band is attached to Squadron Four of the Naval Air Station located nearby at Pensacola.
Nellie-Bond Dickinson is this year studying dancing with Martha Gra- ham in New York City. On Thanks- giving Day, she gave a demonstration lesson of Modern Dance and a dem- onstration of advanced teaching of Modern Dance in connection with the festivities of the school.
Pauline Galloway, M.A. Columbia University, has been in Greensboro for several months, organizing a group of industrial workers. Pauline is asso- ciated with the Amalgamated Cloth- ing Workers of America.
Marion (Holoman) Fowler writes interestingly of life in Akron, Ohio, where, a social worker by profession, she is now the wife of a physician. She says, "It is a grand experience being a housewife instead of a working girl! And my reaction is interesting — even to me: I don't miss my old job in Cleveland. To tell the truth, I am busy. There are new friends to meet, and people here are very neighborly. My husband and I both enjoy enter- taining, and so we do quite a bit of that. I'm also learning to play golf and when not on the verge of apo- plexy because of entirely missing the little white ball, I find moments of enjoyment in the game. I guess 'it's got me' for twice I have almost given it all up after a particularly bad round, only to trudge along again the next time the gang starts for the club." Ice skating is another diversion which the colder weather brought on, and which Marion is enjoying very much. Her mother, Vaughn White Holoman, alumnae president, visited her in November.
Mary (Lewis) Yoder was in charge of the exhibit of the Woman's Col-
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1933
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Henry Leigh (Katherine Lambe) a son, Richard Henry, Jr., November 10, Watts Hospital, Durham.
Constance Lam commenced her new work last December as head of the largest refugee camp established by the Hongkong Government in China. There are three of these camps, and Constance heads the one which accommodates 2,000. Thou- sands of refugees have been sleeping in the streets of Hongkong, and it is hoped that shelter will be provided in these camps for all the street sleep- ers, beggars, and local destitutes of Hongkong. Constance said that some prejudice had to be overcome in as- signing her to this post because she is a woman, and that she is -.working doubly hard to prove the confidence which her friends expressed in her. In her letter to friends in the faculty, Constance speaks of the amazing net- work of Japanese intelligence squads stretched all over China. "We can't breathe without their knowing about it." The sudden fall of Canton was a terrible blow. Her own family lost all their property and investments. But she adds, "There are people who are worse off than we are." She had recently seen Mary Brandt, who re- mains at her post as director of physi- cal education at Yenching University.
Lib (Langford) Davenport moved last fall from Washington City to
Binghamton, New York, where her husband is associated with Agfa Ansco Corporation. "It was all rather sudden," writes Lib, "but here we are, and we love it."
Modena Lewis continues her work in the physical education department of the Woman's College of Duke Uni- versity. This year a dozen students in- terested in modern dance meet week- ly to study and practice dance forms under her direction. Modena says the group plans to present a concert pro- gram during the year. Last summer she studied at the Bennington (Ver- mont) School of the Dance.
Janie (McSwain) Robinson and her daughter, Janie Lee, were in Greens- boro for a short visit during the Thanksgiving holidays. They live in Richmond.
1934
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Hal Weir (Martha G. Gibson), a daughter, Ann Gibson Weir, October 19, Asheville.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Laur- ence Clare (Margaret Brown Spenser), a son, John Laurence, Junior, Novem- ber 2 5, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Alice Armfield is again a member of the faculty of Olivet College. She spent part of last summer travelling in Europe.
Dean Babcock is now Mrs. D. Boyd Thomas. She lives in Raleigh, and is a member of the staff of State College Library as Assistant Cataloger. A year after her graduation. Dean says she spent at home, librarian at Biltmore College in Asheville and going to night school. The next year she was again a student — in the Library School of McGill University in Mon- treal, obtaining her BLS degree in
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193 6. That fall she was married. For two years she made a home, worked with one of the WPA library projects, took care of her baby, and now that she is a full-fledged librarian, she de- clares she loves it!
Louisa Cox is supervisor of music at Central Junior High School, Greensboro.
Margaret Kernodle was honored at a surprise birthday luncheon by her mother last fall. The guests included Evelyn (Kernodle) Pratt '3 8, Anne (Cantrell) White '22, Jane Griffith '39, Susanne Ketchum '3 5, Phyllis Morrah '37, and Cassandra Kernodle '41.
Mary Elizabeth King planned the Christmas Cruise Ball which the Greensboro Junior League put on at the King Cotton Hotel early in De- cember. The Ball was a benefit for the Junior League Children's Clinic.
Barbara Lincoln is back in North Carolina, having done social work in Baltimore for some time. Now she is connected with the Burke County Board of Public Welfare, Morganton, assisting Elizabeth Sneed '2 8. Edwina McDowell '3 3 and Elizabeth Holton '37 are also members of the same staff.
Verna Noble, who received her de- gree with the Class of 1934, and is claimed by that class, says she really "grew up" with the Class of 1927, but on account of illness could not graduate with that group. Previous to graduation, she remained at home for several years, doing simple duties, and as occasion offered, travelling a bit, "seeing America first." In 193 3, Verna decided to complete the work required for graduation. And this she did by studying in summer session. She liked Durham and Duke Univer- sity so well, that she went in training there for a nurse in the fall of 1934, and although she thinks this work was about the most interesting thing she ever did, she wearied of the strenuous duties and gave up the course. Verna says her hobby is study- ing foreign languages.
1935
Susanne Ketchum went to New York in early November to join for- mer classmates at Yale University for a house party on Long Island. She also attended the Yale-Princeton game, and visited Alice Reid '33 in Balti- more on her way back to Greensboro.
Elizabeth (Leftwich) Chase spent
several days in Greensboro in October. Since her marriage last May, Eliza- beth has made her home in Chase, Alabama.
Alice Marie Squires, Port Allegany, Pennsylvania, was a delegate to the Northern Baptist Convention Youth Seminar which met in New York City the latter part of December. She was one of nine Pennsylvania delegates, and this group met together in Phila-
delphia for a day previous to going on to New York.
Alice Taylor is teaching a fifth grade for the third year in the New Bern City Schools. She is also active in civic clubs.
1936
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Durham in November, as the special guest of Eric Tipton.
Martha (Ogburn) Goodson's hus- band, Rev. W. Kenneth Goodson, was recently appointed assistant pastor of West Market Street Methodist Church, Greensboro. Mr. and Mrs. Goodson and their baby daughter, Sara Ann, moved to Greensboro early in Novem- ber from Oak Ridge, where Mr. Good- son had served as pastor of the Methodist Church.
1937
Josephine and Julia Butler, together with their mother and two sisters, are spending a second year in Paris.
We congratulate Trannie Yates Coburn! After studying at the Boston Conservatory of Music last year, she returned this year as a member of the faculty, instructor in piano. In addi- tion, she is doing post graduate study in piano.
Elizabeth Gant, secretary for the School of Music, played a part in "Susan and God," given in early De- cember in Aycock Auditorium as the second offering of the Playlikers this year.
Alethea Hough attended the Army- Navy game in Philadelphia last No- vember.
Dorothy Jones was married last Christmas to Charles Frederick Rich- ards. She resigned her teaching posi- tion at Winterville at that time, in order to move to Atlanta, where she and her husband are living.
Josephine Lucas is this year head of physical education at Virginia Inter- ment College, Bristol, Virginia.
Phyllis Morrah was honored at a birthday luncheon on October 26, when Jane Griffith entertained at the King Cotton Hotel. Guests included Susanne Ketchum '3 5, Rebecca Jeffress '3 6, Elizabeth Yates '3 6, and Mar- garet Kernodle '34. Phyllis is doing fine work on the Greensboro Daily News as a feature writer.
Irene Phrydas is spending her sec- ond year at Chapel Hill, studying in the Medical School.
Corrye Shores is teaching commer- cial subjects in the Spencer High School.
Ehzabeth Westervelt is doing physical therapy this year with a phy- sician in Richmond. Last year she taught physical education at Sophie Newcomb College, New Orleans.
1938
Flora Adams is at home, Dillon, S. C.
Mary Agnew, at home, Grosse He, Michigan.
Muriel Bailey, teaching first grade. High Point.
Sue Batte, home economics. Cannon High School, Kannapolis.
Mary Fuller Beasley is secretary to one of the chemists at Calvert Distil- lery, Baltimore.
Ina Biebigheiser, at home, Winston- Salem. Ina was a visitor on the cam- pus in November.
Catherine Blake, home economics, junior high school, Midland Park, N.J.
Selma Blake, home economics, Du- mond High School, Dumond, N. J.
Mary Lily Boney was a visitor on the campus in November. She writes: "I have twenty-one seventh-graders in the Fort Bragg Post School, who man- age to keep me pretty busy. We have a grand time together. We miss the excitement of the air manoeuvers, nevertheless life is interesting. We go to Fayetteville often, and I had dinner there with Rose Gainey ex-3 8 not long after I came."
Marguerite Brower, third grade. Laurel Hill.
Geraldine Budd is now Mrs. Charles L. Carroll, Chapel Hill. Her husband teaches mathematics at the Univer- sity.
Sarah Burdge, commercial subjects, Walnut Cove High School.
Jane Chadwick, head of hosiery de- partment in a Schenectady, N. Y., de- partment store. Jane has been lectur- ing on clothes and styles for clubs and classes, and has also been posing for General Electric advertising.
Edwina Connor, French and com- mercial subjects, Andrews High School.
Nettie Cornell, working at Ashe- ville Hosiery Company. Nettie plans to do graduate study at Western Carolina Teachers' College, CuUow- hee, next semester.
Dorothy Creech is now Mrs. Edwin Graves Holt, New York City. Doro- thy visited her family in Smithfield last fall, recuperating from a serious operation which she had in New York Hospital last summer. Mr. Holt is working with the Cone Export and Commission Company, and Dorothy says they are furnishing their own three-room apartment in Jackson Heights.
Sarah Elizabeth Crump, doing grad-
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uate work in Sociology at the Univer- sity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Fannie Daniel, at home, Wilson. This fall, Fannie had a grand trip to New York, Washington, and other places of interest.
Lena Belle Davis, fifth grade, Kan- napolis.
Slocumb Davis, commercial subjects in high school, Elizabeth City.
Isolind DeBoe, at home, Greens- boro. Isolind did secretarial work for the Greensboro Fair this fall.
Jessie Douglas, working toward her Master's degree in art at Columbia University.
Nell Dedmon, second grade. Con- cord. She is rooming with Jane Mat- thews, who is also a member of the Class of '3 8.
Edith Edmondson, public school music, seventh grade, Chocowinity.
Judith Eller, English and French in high school, Elizabethtown.
Louise Eller, at home, Charlotte.
Elizabeth Eubank, lab technician, Watts Hospital, Durham.
Bess Feimster, studying voice at the Juilliard School of Music, New York City.
Wylma Ferguson, home economics, Stoneville.
Catherine Fleet, Math, English and Science in high school. Prospect Hill. Catherine was in St. Louis, Missouri, during June.
Helen Foster is now Mrs. John H. Esburg, secretary Duke Hospital, Durham. Helen was married early last summer.
Minnie Fowler, first grade, Kan- napolis.
Virginia Fulton, physical education, Samarcand Manor, Eagle Springs.
Mary Fultz has been travelling for the Triangle Producing Company ever since graduation. She has worked in Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, and North Carolina. She puts on local talent plays.
Eileen Gamble, studying at the New York School of Social Work. Eileen shares an apartment with her sister, Gladys '37, who is working on her Master's degree in History at Colum- bia University.
Ruth Gill, graduate student in Physics at Duke University, Durham.
Virginia Harrison, commercial sub- jects in high school, Randleman.
Evelyn Hammond, commercial sub- jects in high school, Lilesville. In addi- tion to teaching, Evelyn is coaching girls basketball and sponsoring the school paper.
Selma Hart, seventh grade, Nor- folk, Virginia.
Perrine Hayes, assistant laboratory technician, Lee County Hospital, San ford.
Bernice Heffner, fifth grade. Con- cord.
Mary Heffner, secretary for Bur- lington Mills, Greensboro.
Crystal Henderson, English and History in high school, Kannapolis.
Margaret Hendrix, English and Latin, Aberdeen High School.
Hazel Herring, commercial subjects in high school, Colerain.
Virginia Hewett, second grade, Bo- livia.
Julia Highsmith, commercial sub- jects, Hope Valley School, Durham.
Martha Hodges, secretarial work, Lexington, Virginia.
Rachael Howell, commercial sub- jects in high school, Dobson.
Bettie Hunt, studying art at the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts. She is living with Virginia Jack- son and Lillian Jackson, who are also studying in New York.
Josephine James will go to Cooke County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, in January, as student dietitian.
Sarah Jarrett, first grade, Andrews. Sarah is a member of the Junior Woman's Club, and says she is enjoys it very much.
Ruth Jenkins got leave from her teaching position in the Salisbury schools, and is spending this year with her uncle in Greece.
Louise Jordan, secretary. New Jer- sey State Housing, Bergenfield, N. J. Betty Calder, Vivian Rothacher, Julia Root, Adrienne Wormser, and Louise attended the Fordham-Carolina game in November.
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Lillian Katz, secretarial work, Mor- ganton.
Katherine Landen, third grade, Woodleaf.
Selma Koehler, Punahon Academy, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Dorothy Lewis, at home, Asbury Park, N. J.
Julia Lovelace, Health Education Secretary, Y. \V. C. A., Danville, Vir- ginia. Julia was counselor of swim- ming at Camp Ruthers, Lynchburg, Virginia, last summer.
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Jane McKee is now Mrs. Paul J. Leonard, Bristol, Tennessee. She was married on October 13 in Phoenix, Arizona. Mr. Leonard is connected with American Air Lines.
Suzanne McLaurin, studying library science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is rooming with Frances Ross Mullican.
Gwen MacMullin, graduate work in Spanish and French, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Marie McNeely, home economics in high school, Fayetteville.
Mary Lou McRae, English and French in high school, Elizabeth City. Mary Lou is also coaching basketball. During the summer, she w^as counselor at Girl Scout Camp, and vacationed in the mountains and in the Shenan- doah Valley of Virginia.
Margaret Mahaffey, social science in high school, Albemarle.
Sadie Maness, home economics in Cool Springs High School, near States- ville. Sadie also does Vocational Edu- cation work in Cleveland. She was a visitor in Alumnae House early in December.
Mildred Mackie, fifth grade, Yad- kinville.
Emma Mildred Martin, at home, Gold Hill.
Mildred Mashburn, commercial sub- jects in high school, Aberdeen.
Lelah Nell Masters, teaching in Haynes High School, Winston-Salem.
Geraldine Matthews, bookkeeper, N. C. E. A., Raleigh.
Jane Matthews, English and French in high school, Concord.
Sarah Matthews, at home, Randle- man.
Martha Mauney, commercial sub- jects in high school, Waxhaw. Last summer, Martha traveled through the New England States and Canada.
Katherine Mayfield, first grade, Tar- boro. Katherine spent her vacation last summer in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Elsie Maynard, sixth grade, Kan- napolis.
Gladys Meyerowitz, at home, Bel- haven.
Mary Middleton, fourth grade, Lew- isville.
Lillyan Miller, second grade, Gas- tonia.
Margaret Mills, second grade, Mount Gilead.
Arthealia Mitchell, student dieti- tian, Duke University Hospital, Dur- ham.
Elizabeth Moore, Vocational Home I Economics, Elizabethtown. Elizabeth
says that there are only three new teachers in Elizabethtown High School, and all three are graduates of Woman's College in the class of 193 8. Adele Peele and Judith EUer are the other two.
Martha Moore, English and French in Celeste Henkel School, near States- ville.
Maureen Moore, instrumental music in junior high and elementary grades, Greensboro.
Vivian Moore, sixth grade, Winecoff School, Concord. She is the president elect of the new Brevard College Alumni Association. Congratulations, Vivian!
Rena Morgan, algebra and geome- try. Rock Ridge School, Wilson.
Frances Moseley, public school mu- sic and voice. State School for Blind, Raleigh.
Julia Moseley, laboratory tech- nician. State Laboratory, Raleigh.
Marietta Muller, freshman English in high school, Gastonia.
Frances Ross Mullican, studying library science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Marie Neikirk, working for Master's degree, Tulane School of Social Work.
Florence Lee Nelson, society editor. New Britain Tribune, New Britain, Connecticut. Florence spent the sum- mer with her parents at their sum- mer home in Westbrook, Connecticut.
Nan Norwine, at home. Flat River, Missouri.
Rachel Nye, English and Dramatics in high school, Albemarle.
Dorothy Oliver, public school mu- sic in high school; also music director and organist in the Episcopal Church, Kinston.
Virginia Olson, English in high school and head of Speech and Drama Department, Blue Island, Illinois. Vir- ginia spent most of last summer at home, but took short trips to Maine, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and St. Louis. In November, the Senior Class in Virginia's school gave its annual play, under her direction.
Mabel Ossi, adult teacher of home economics and Directress of the Woman's Division of the Draper Y. M. C. A. Mabel says she teaches adults how to be good homemakers. Her job is somewhat unique, in that there is only one other person in North Carolina who has similar duties.
Margaret Palmer, sixth grade. Paw Creek.
Grace Parker, district timekeeper for NYA, Raleigh.
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Florence Parks, Latin and English in high school, Old Fort.
Flora Pearsall, doing graduate work in mathematics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Flora spent sev- eral weeks in New York City last summer.
The annual Christmas Concert by the vested choir scored another suc- cess this year when it was rendered on Sunday afternoon, December 11, in Aycock Auditorium. Not the least pleasing number on the program was the Christmas song, "The Star," the music for which was written by Kath- erine Tate last year in her class in composition. The author of the poem is Dr. Ruth Hannas, her teacher.
It is pleasant to hear from Barbara Thomson as Mrs. E. C. Wrightson. Her wedding occurred on Saturday, June 11, after her graduation on Mon- day, the 6th. Only members of the two families and a few close friends were present. Barbara and her husband spent their honeymoon in Bermuda, and afterwards took an automobile trip through Canada. Now they are living in a seven-room house, and the bride admits that she enjoys house- keeping.
Frances Womble spent a week with her parents in Greensboro in Novem- ber. She is this year a student dietitian at Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago.
MARRIED
Virginia Vanneman ex-' 2 6 to Otho L. Johnson, October 8, Bennettsville. After leaving Woman's College, Virginia did special study in dietetics at Battle Creek (Michigan) College. Both the bride and bridegroom are connected with the Quar-
termaster's Department at Fort Bragg. At home, Fayetteville,
Margaret Bryan '30 to Dr. Hemmetter Earl Weeks, November 12, First Baptist Church, Goldsboro. The bridegroom is an alumnus of the University of Maryland, the University of Richmond and the At- lanta Southern Dental College. He is a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Psi Omega fraternities.
Mildred Weinstein '30 to Norman Gold, October 30, Lumberton. The bride- groom is a graduate of William and Mary College, and is a member of both the North Carolina and Virginia bars. At present he is practicing law in Rocky Mount. At home there.
Helen Knight com- 31 to Dr. Walter Robert Hinton. Jr., October 22, Buffalo Presbyterian Church, near Greensboro. Mildred (Knight) Kelly '3 2 was dame of honor; Margaret Knight '36 was maid of honor. Ruth (Barton) Knott '33 was one of the bridesmaids. Special interest also attaches in Helen's wedding because she is a "College granddaughter" — daughter of Nell (Hendrix) Knight, Class of 1905. At home Greensboro.
Olive Newell '31 to Robert Harold Shepherd, December 16, Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, Greensboro. The bridegroom is connected with the editorial department of the Greensboro Daily News. At home Greensboro.
Ruby Mae Byrd '32 to Walter Au- gustus Campbell, December 21, Baptist Church, Parkton. The bridegroom is an alumnus of V. P. I. and of State College, Raleigh. He is a member of the Reserve Officers Association, and has served a period of active duty with the army at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. At present, he is agent for the Durham Life Insurance Company, At home Fayetteville.
Edna Henley '3 2 to Rev. Robert Mar- tin Man, November 8, St. Joseph's Epis- copal Church, Durham. Previous to her marriage, Edna was physical therapy tech- nician at Army Medical Center, Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C. The bridegroom is an alumnus of Wheaton College. Elon College, and the Theo- logical Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia. At present, Mr. Man is rector of the Church of the Messiah, Rockingham, and All Saints Mission, Hamlet. At home Rock- ingham.
Claire Hartsook '33 to R. C. Boyce, December 25, Portsmouth. Virginia. Claire has been a member of the physical education faculty at the College this year. Mr. Boyce is engaged in the real estate business. At home Greensboro.
Mary Kathlyn Ainsley '34 to Melvin Early, December 18, Christian Church, Greenville.
Katherine Bonitz Hunken, December
34 to Walter Louis 6, Little Church
Around the Corner. New York. Previous to the wedding, the bride was guest of her sister, Marie (Bonitz) Darrin '22, in New York City. The bridegroom was educated in Massachusetts and Cleveland, Ohio, and is now located in Greensboro as District Manager for B. F. Sturdevant, manufacturing firm. At home there.
Patty Leak '34 to Dr. Macon Halli- burton Hewitt, October 22, at the home of the bride's aunt, Rockingham. Jessie- beth Whitlock '34 rendered the music. The bridegroom is an alumnus of the University of North Carolina, and a grad- uate of the Atlanta Southern Dental Col- lege. He is now practicing dentistry in Marion. At home there.
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Molly Jernigan Winborne '34 to Leighton Parks Roper, December 21. at the home of the bride's parents. Raleigh. For the past two years. Molly has been society editor of the Raleigh News and Observer. The bridegroom is an alumnus of the law school of the University of Virginia. After practicing law for two years in Norfolk, he recently accepted a position with the Smith-Douglass Fer- tilizer Company, as manager of the Wil- son Supply Company. At home Wilson.
Lorena McManus '3 5 to H. Hale Kellogg. October 29. Laurinburg. The bridegroom is a graduate of Oglethorpe University and has done graduate work at Emory University. He is now connected with the Nehi Bottling Company. Greensboro. At home there.
Helen Crutchfield '37 to Thomas Rich- ard Rudisill. Spring Memorial Presby- terian Church. Chapel Hill. December 3. Margaret Cann '38 was the bride's only attendant. The bridegroom is an alumnus of Mars Hill College and of the Univer- sity of North Carolina.
Lillian Jordan '37 to Earl Norfleet Phillips.
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Mary Hefner '3 8 to Robert Jackson Wimbish, December 9, Hamlet Methodist Church. Hamlet. Martha (Hefner) Smith '3 5 was matron of honor. Four of her bridesmaids were: Bernice Callahan '3 8, Anne Sage '39, Mary Anne Budge '39, and Mary Frances Mayo ex-39. The bridegroom is an alumnus of Duke Uni- versity and of Guilford College, and is a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He is associated in business with Ehly and Walker. At home Greensboro.
Jane Ellis '3 8 to Edward King Coch- rane. January 1. at the home of the bride's parents. Star. Geraldine Budd Car- roll '3 8 was dame-of-honor, and Julia Dameron '3 9 was one of the bridesmaids. The bridegroom is an alumnus of Presby- terian Junior College, State College. Ra- leigh, and Coyne Electrical School, Chi- cago. He is engaged in business at Star. At home there.
Elizabeth Johnson '3 8 to James P. Bingham, Jr., October 22, Hefiin, Ala- bama. The bridegroom is an alumnus of the University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, and is now a senior at Atlanta Southern Dental College. He is a mem- ber of Psi Omega fraternity.
Elizabeth Link '38 to Charles Richard Russell. Jr., October 2. Salisbury.
Margaret Mahaffey '38 to Henry Chris- tian McFadyen, December 20. at the home of the bride's uncle. Judge E. B. Cline. Hickory. The bridegroom is an alumnus of Davidson College, and is now principal of the Wicassett School. Albe- marle. At home there.
Anne Price '38 to Seymour Gray. Oc- tober 3. At home Spartanburg. S. C.
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IN MEMORIAM
1904
Anna Merritt (Mrs. W. A. Bradsher) died on December 16. 193 6. After her graduation, she taught school until 1910, when she was married to Dr. Bradsher. They had three daughters and two sons. One of the sons died, but the other is a freshman this year at Wake Forest Col- lege. The three daughters are graduates of Meredith College.
1929
Lillian Wilkins died on December 16. 1937, at Duke Hospital. For some time after graduation. Lillian did social work in Greensboro, resigning her post because of illness. To her sister. Doris '3 6. and her entire family, our deepest sympathy is extended.
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Lucy Robert Coble died in Burlington on November first, following a long illness.
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Jessie (Ferguson) Parsons, who died November 26, in lola, Kansas.
We Extend Deepest Sympathy:
To Miriam MacFadyen, supervisor of the first grade in Curry School, in the death of her brother. Dr. P. R. Mac- Fadyen, November 26, Concord.
To Lola Lasley Dameron '09 in the death of her mother. Mrs. J. W. Lasley. November 16. at her home. Burlington.
To Clarence (Winder) Haley '19 in the death of her young son, Alvin T.. Jr.. October 31, Sternberger Hospital. Greens- boro.
To Margaret (Freeland) Taylor '3 2 and Julia (Freeland) Cox com-25. in the death of their father. November 6. Watts Hospital, Durham.
To Mary Catherine (Proctor) Adder- ton '3 6. Manager of our College Book Store, in the death of her mother, No- vember 13, at Johnson Willis Hospital, following an illness of several months; and to Mrs. Proctor's sister. June (Ker- nodle) Henderson. Class of 1909.
About the Seminar
■We know that we North C-a-r-o-l-i-n- i-a-n-s have much for which to be thankful, when we listen to Governor Hoey send his polished phrases across a continent to Duke's heroes in the Pasa- dena Rose Bowl. 'We realize it again when Dr. Graham speaks so wisely, and with such forethought for higher edu- cational advantages for all peoples and races within our borders. And we are thrilled again with this thought when we catch a glimpse of administrative detail in Dr. Jackson's office, and listen to a crisp telephone message from him to the superintendent of the 'Woman's College Infirmary, ' ' See that nothing is left undone for the patient's comfort, and if an emergency arises, call me at once."
Do we realize how fortunate we really are that have the privilege of meeting March 3 and i in the free as- sembly of our Seminar with no espion- age, no blacklist of books from which we may not quote, such a list as Poems of Edna St. 'Vincent Millay, writings of Dorothy Thompson and Sinclair Lewis, Balzac, Anatole France, 'Walter Lipp- mami, Thomas Mann, and htindreds of others?
■Vaughn 'White Holoman, President of the Alumnae Association.
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