The Carolinian [December 3, 1948]

              'The Way of the World'
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Woman's College—"Distinguished for Its Democracy"
Open Letter lo Dean Taylor
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Vol. XXX Z 531 «OM.IX'S COLLEGE Or THE 1 MVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. I.RKKNSItOKO. N. C . DM K< MBKK 3. 1MH MMIIKK8
Country Dancing Authority
Directs Three-Day Clinic
Campus-Wide Square Dance
Features Mr. Gene Gowing,
Eminent Leader of Dancing
Mr. Gene (lowing, one of the fore-most
authorities on American and Eng
Huh country dancing nnd Niitli>nal Di-rector
of Folkirni/f, will be the guest
of the Iii'iHirtnicnt of Physical Educa-
Uon of Woman's College for a three-day
folk dance clinic on December 9,
10. and 11.
Heeause of his extensive knowledge
In this field. Mr. Gowing has been a
technical adviser to producers of mo-rion
pictures In which folk dancing
appeared. Mr. Gowing has also been
active in radio and television programs
In New York City. This year be con-ducted
the Fourth Annual Monadnock
Folkways School at the Bell Studio*
ID Peterborough, New Hampshire. Dur-ing
the winter, Mr. Cowing Is In Holly-wood.
Florida. On the way to Florida,
he tours the eastern Cnlted States,
stopping at various colleges to conduct
clinics. It Is In this way that Woman's
College Is fortunate enough to secure
bis servh-es again.
Last Year's Clinic
Mr. (iowing's clinic conducted here
last year was well attended and deemed
highly successful by the Deiuirtment
of Physical Education. Many of the
spectators tisik part in the classes
taught. Member* of the Square Ilance
Club of Appalachian State Teachers'
College as well as the Woman's College
Promcnaders and students t<sik |»irt In
the square dance called by Mr. G< wing
In the gymnasium.
This year he will again call a dance;
this time It Is to he a campuswide
affair on Saturday night. December 11.
at 8 P. If, in the gymnasium. All stu-dents,
and their dates, are urged to
attend this dam-e which will conclude
Mr. Rowing's stay at the college. Wom-an's
College Prouienaders and their
datCi will aid Mr. Gvwlng at tlie dance,
for which there is no admission charge.
Other Colleges To Attend
All sessions of the clinic are open to
all students or the college. In addition
to a large attendance by Woman's Col-lege
students, students are exjicctcd
from many of the nearby colleges. In-vitations
have lieen sent to the follow-ing
i ni's: Guilford, Carolina, Duke,
Wake Forest, State. Catawba. Lenoir
lthyne, F.lon. PfellTer. Meredith, St.
Mary's. Poiii-o. Salem. Salem Academy,
and Greensboro College. I^K*H1 public
schisil teachers, \". W. C. A.. Girl Scout,
and Itecreation leaders have also been
extended invitations.
The program gets Into full swing at
It A. M. Thursday morning in the gym-nasium.
At this time, Mr. Gowing, as-sisted
by Junior nnd senior physical
education majors, will teach three
dances: "Flnmborough Sword," "Bigs
of Marlowe" (a stick dance), and the
"Wuo-Kyed Stranger" la handkerchief
dancel. Following the morning session,
at 18:80 there will be a luncheon for
Mr. Gowing and the guests of ilia De-inrtmeul
or Physical Kducatlon. In
the afternoon front M P. If, four F.ng-llsh
country dances will lie tnught. Folk
mid s<|unre dance classes will take part
In American country dances at the 5
P.M. hour. Thursday night Mr. (low-ing
will work with the Square Dance
dob.
Chancellor Approves
Campus Radio Club
Chancellor IV. C. Jackson has
given his ofllrial endorsement to the
formation of a radio club at Wom-an's
College with Mr. Edward C.
Fllipatrirh, Jr. adviser for the
group.
A meeting for the purpose of
electing officers and appointing a
committee to draw up a constitu-tion
will take place Tuesday after-noon
at 5 P.M. in the Student's
Building. All people who arc In-terested
in radio work are invited
to attend.
Leading the Sleigh Bell Ball...
Friday Morning Program
Friday morning at 11 A.M. the Soph-omore
Physical Kducatlon Majors will
|Nirtlci|uitc in American country dances.
Mr. Gowing will give a lecture at 11
A.M. In the little gymnasium. The
subject of his talk will be the Back-ground
of American Folk Dance. The
afternoon program Is'gins at 2 P.M.
with raemlsTS of folk nnd square dance
classes taking |mrt In more American
country dances. At 7:1." P.M. Friday
night Mr. doming will condnol a
radio program over WBIO. Wlnfleld
Parlor will lie scene of a forum conduct-ed
bf the Junior physical education
majors it 8 P.M.
Saturday at 0:80 A.M. there will be
a :ne hour for requests of Mr. Gow-ing.
Concluding the three day clinic Is
the campus wide square dame at B P.M.
in the g\ innn-iuin.
Ail students of lbs Woman's College
are urged to attend si leasl on* of
Mr. (Sowing's sessions.
Rene Hardre Directs
(hrislmas Oratorio
For December 16
Cantata of Gabriel Pierne
Shows First Christinas
In French Production
"Les Enfants a Bethleem," a French
Christmas cantata, will be given by
the Woman's College Department of
French and the French club. Tan Psl
Omegn. at 8 P. M. December 1U. in the
Students' Building.
This pastorale, being presented for
the first time at the college. Is under
the direction of Professor Hene Hardre,
faculty sponsor of the club.
Written by a contemporary French
comiBiser, Gabriel Pierne. from a poem
by Gabriel Nlgond, this version of the
first Christmas will IK- presented In
oratorio form with a tableau of the
Munger Scene.
The story is In two ports. The first
takes place in the fields where several
young shepherds, originally portrayed
by children, see the Star of Bethle-hem
and are afraid. They decide to
leave for Bethlehem that very night,
bringing to the Child In his manger
their humble gifts. The second part
-ho«, Mary and the Child in the sta-ble
as the shepherds enter and praise
the Christ Child, hearing the predic-tions
of the Voice of the Star.
The rhoros of thirty voices which
furnishes the music for this program
Is conqsised of French students and
music students, and Is directed by Jean
Wheeler, president of the IIKIII ebap-ter
of Tau Psl (ImegR. Mabel Wilson
is at the piano mid Inge SCIHSTIICIIIUIIII
is tlie sjM'nker.
The cast Includes Peggy Anne G1I11-
ouiu as tlie Star of Bethlehem: Betty
Wlneooff. Louise Hirchett, and Joyce
Parker as the three young shepherds:
Eve Ann Allen as Mary; Jam' Heed
as the donkey, and Doris Tucker as
the ox. The costumes are by Mrs. An-nie
Beam Funderhurk of the Depart'
ment of French.
Faculty and students are Invited
to attend this Christmas presentation.
Legislature in Regular Session
Decides on Major Changes
. . . will la? Nell Jones, president of the Junior CIHSK, and Joyce Jeffer-son
.dunce chairman. The dance is scheduled for Saturday, December 4.
at 8 P. M. in Kosentlml (iyiniiasiiiiii.
Courti:tu of thr Xi in Bureau
Wintry Setting Will BeTheme
Of Juniors' 'Sleigh Bell Ball'
Choir Will Present
Christmas Concert
A special Christmas Concert by
the College Choir is to be given
for students and faculty Saturday.
December II. at II P.M. In Ayrork
Auditorium.
The doors will he Hosed live
minutes before the beginning of the
program, and no one will be seated
during the progress of the program.
The audience is requested to refrain
from applause.
The concert will also be present-ed
December 12, at 5 P.M., for the
general public.
Composers' Club Sponsors
Lecture on Bela Barfok
Keep the Soda Shop clean.
Mr. Elliot Welsgarber, a member of
the School of Music faculty, lectured
on the art of Bela Bartok on Thurs-day.
December 2, In the Alumnae
House.
Mr. Welsgarber Is recognized as a
competent scholar on Bartok, the
modern Hungarian composer.
This lecture, the first In a series
of lectures to be sponsored by the
Young Composers Clnh. was supple-mented
by the playing of records. Btu-ilents
from Guilford College, Elon.
Greensboro College, Salem, and Caro-lina
were present.
Faculty Attend Informal Tea
Wednesday, December 1
Faculty memliers attended nn In-formal
drop-in tea at the Alumnae
II' n~e December 1 from 4 to .V.'Ki P.M.
This year for the first time, faculty
teas have bSCOBM weekly affairs.
Each month, n member of the Fac-ulty
Social Coanalttee has charge of
lbs teas. The committee member for
Nnvcmlier was Mi — Dorothy Clement.
counselor of Hin-haw iiaii. Miss Char-lotte
Baamea <>r the Department of
Home Economic! It rasps—Ibis for the
December teas.
Sleigh and Snow Creatures
Set Theme of Class Formal;
Music Is by Jimmy Perkins
Juniors will dance ill a wintry setting
at the "Sleigh Bell Bull." Junior (lass
Foruial. DeeambSr 4. in Bostatbal Gym-nasium.
Carrying out the theme of the formal,
the figure entrance will be a sleigh, and
In the middle of the dance ficKir will
stand a giant snowman anil snow wom-an.
Dancing will lie to the music of
Jimmy Perkins' orchestra, from Bur-lington.
Joyce Jefferson. Junior dunce chair
man, and the chairman of the various
committee- that have ban working on
the dance with her will take part in
the figure, along with the Junior class
officers.
The figure includes Joyce Jefferw n
with Frank Giissolt, Charlotte; Alyce
Bruin. Invitations, with John Duncan,
Washington, D. c.; Helen Mumlicr, pro-grams,
with Tru Horwlts, St. I*uls,
Mo.; Betty Thomas, rece|itlon, with
William Itawls, Buckingham; Lynn
BrauSOIl, orchestra, with Winston
Wc mack. Heldsville: Alma Grey Lllley.
figure: with Curt Youngblood, Washing-ton,
I). C.
Others are Mary I-ela Saunders,
wraps, with Kalph Stack, Greensboro;
Rebecca llardawny, refreshments, wilh
Hurry Dalton, Charlotte; Florence Mor-rlll,
decorations, with Joe Melvin.
Greensboro; Frances Aune leathers,
little gym. with Walter Grlmsley, Troy.
8. C.; Mulvndu Anne Hiett. publicity,
with Forbis Kivett. Guilford College ;
Olivia Brown, post arrangements, with
J. W. Morel, Chapel Hill; Bae Harrl-son.
hut party, with Wiley Corbett,
Wilson: and Dorothy Cowdery, hut
party, with Wayne Wllllard, Jr., High
Point.
Also In the figure will lie the Junior
Class officers: Xell Jones, president,
with Wiley Clary, High Point; Nancy
Porter, rice-president, with escort; Bar.
Imru Fehr, secretary, with Hoy Me-
Knight, Charlotte ; Zulene Angler, treas-urer,
with Bob Bright, HIA Point:
Sura !*»u Iiehniun. cheerleader, with
Warren Kiniiey, Itoanoke, Va.; Jean
Mc.S'eely, legislature, with Sum Price,
Mooresville; Betsy Newman, legisla-ture,
with escort.
Flowers for all girls In tlie flgurt-wlll
Is? muff-effect houi|iiets of white
carnations trimmed with red ribbons.
Official chajMTones for the dance will
be Dr. and Mrs. Marc' Frledluender.
and Dr. and Mrs. Coy T. Phillips. Spon-sor
for the dance is Miss Evelyn Mar-tin,
counselor of New Guilford: Miss
Heroic e Draper Is the Junior Class
Chairman. Special guests tot the for*
null are Dr. ami Mr-. W. C. Jackson
■ad -Mr and Mrs, -i- tin C, Loekhart
Program! ire bl lag sold in nil dorms
for R-'.OO.
Chancellor Will Speak
AtW.C. Mass Meeting
Martha Fowler, Student Govern-ment
Preside HI, has announced that
a mass meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday, December 8, at 7:15
P.M. In Ayroek Auditorium.
Dr. Jackson will outline the needs
of Woman's College and the appro-priations
being requested from
legislature in the coming session.
FamousChamberGroup
Performs December 4
Budapest String: Quartet
Will Present Program
Of Varied Nature
The Builupcsl Siring Quartet wll give
a performance In the Music Building
on Saturday, Decemlier 4. at 8:30 P.M.
Having an old nnd eminent name in
European music life, the Quartet 1B com-poaed
of artists each of whom has a
musical background of greatly varied
experience. The present members are
osef Baismann, first violin; Edgar
Ortenberg, second violin; Boris Kroyt,
viola; nnd Mlscha Schneider, violon-cello.
The artists of the Quartet, which is
hulled all over the world as the super-lative
Interpreter of chamber music,
are now iicruuinently settled In Amer-ica.
Because of the limited seating capa-city
of the id. inil Hall, only a few
tickets are still available.
Freshmen Begin Project
To 'Clean Up Soda Shop'
"Clean Dp the Soda Shop," the fresh-man
class project, recently was inau-gurated
by Chairman Sonla Angstadt.
Sonla Is Isdng assisted by a repre-sentative
from each freshman dormi-tory,
each of whom has five committee
assistants'. Lavendar bands. In the class
color, distinguish these "reminders"
from the Soda Shop* "crowd."
Since the lieglnnlng of the project,
Mrs. Louise Baitey, supervisor of the
shop, commented that a noticeable im-provement
has been evidenced.
Mr. Paul Adams Will Speak
At Friday Supper Meeting
The speaker for the Friday Supper
Club at the Presbyterian church of
tlie Covenant tonight will IN- Pnnl Ad-ams,
a member of the faculty at Ben-nett
('"liege.
Mr. Adams' topto will center around
the racial situation and the lmrt Chris-tians
can piny In It.
'Tomorrow'Conducts
Short Story Contest;
Ends December 31
Undergraduates May Enter
Papers Under 5,000 Words
For Cash and Publication
A short story contest for college writ-ers
will Is? conducted this semester for
the third year by the literary magazine.
Tomorrow.
The purpose of the contest is to en-courage
new creative writing talent
and to give young writers the oppor-lunlty
of seeing their work In print.
The liest short story will win tB00 as
first prize, the next ls>st a second prize
of UK).
Prize-winning stories will Is' pub-lished
in the May and June Issues of
Tomorrow*. All entries will "is.- consid-ered
for publication at the magazine's
regular rate of ll'-Vi, thus providing
additional opportunity for the college
writer. Judges of the contest will lie
OK* editors of Vowiorroic Magazine and
the editors of Creative Age Press. Is ok
publishers.
Toiiiorroir't fiction has won Ihe |p-provnl
Of literary critics such us Her-schcl
Brlckell and Harrison Smllh of
the Sattirdaii Hi rtrir of I.iliraturr; and
for the third consecutive year Martha
Pole) has selected 1*01011sari stories
for her annual collodion of The Best
Short Storlei. The VM~ volume. Just
published. Includes twenty of the forty-three
stories published by 7'onionon
during that year .
Balsa for the eoatSM are simple. II
is open to nil officially enrolled under-gruduates
in the lulled Slates. There
Is no limit to the number of iiuiiiu-scripts
n single contestant may submit.
Manuscripts should not exceed 5,1X10
words, and the phrase "College Contest
and the writer's mime, college, and
mailing address must upiicur on butt
manuscript and envelope. All entries
must lie accompanied by a self-adilre-
sed, staui-sd envelope. Closing
date for the contest is Decemls?r 3.
IMS; and entries must be postmarked
prior to that date for consideration.
Coiiles of Tomorrow have been sent
to the college library In order that pros,
pectlve contestants may familiarize
themselves with the magazine before
competing.
Winning stories of the 1114(1 College
Contest were: "Home," by Marianne
Andrea of the College of the city of
New York, first prize; and "We Have
Returned," by Dean Cadle of Berea
College, Kentucky, second prise. In
1°47, "Exodus," by Loyse Deal of the
Cnlversity of Alabama, won first prize,
and "The Edge of Immortality," by
Hugh A. Mulligan of Marlboro College.
Vermont, second prize.
Student Government Plans
Meeting To Check Work
The Student Government Association
Is sponsoring a Cbeck-Up Conference
Tuesday, December 7, for the purpose
of determining the progress thus far In
the carrying out of plans made during
Pre-School Conference for the 1048-10
college session.
Attending this discussion will lie the
-nine faculty and student leaders who
were present nt Pre-School Conference.
(if major Importance will be reports
from the College Social Chalrmnn, the
House Presidents Organization, Legis-lature,
and Judicial Bourd.
Plan- are nl.-o being made for a
similar meeting In the spring.
Changes Made in Elections,
House Presidents, By-Laws
At Meeting Wednesday
legislature In a regular business ses-sion
Wednesday ulght approved the
apiMilntment of Charlotte Wlllard as
I house president of Klrklnnd Hall and
Joyce Jefferson as house president of
Gray Hall.
Elections Board Chairman Nan Ken-dall
recommended that there be a
change in the former elections schedule
to have only one campus-wide election
this year and to Include the President
of Student Government. Vice-President
of Student Government, Secretary of
Student Government. Treasurer of Stu-dent
Uovernment, Chief Marshal, Pres-ident
of Y. W. C. A., President of
Itecreation Association, President of
Inioi falih Council, Editor of THg CAS-ouifun.
Editor of fine Xecitlei, Editor
of CoraMi. College Social Chairman,
College Cheer Leader, and Junior Uouae
Presidents.
Election of Senior House Presidents
will take place a week later. As de-elded
by l/ogi-latiire last spring, these
officers will not be chosen through a
cainpus-wlde election, but within each
individual dormitory. The elections
schedule for 11(411 was approved by the
group.
The following addition to the by-laws
of the Student Government Asso-ciation
was adopted to provide a stu-dent
training course in parliamentary
drill for officers: "All students elected
to a major campus office shall be re-quired
to attend a four-hour course
In lairllumentnry drill. Tin- Instruc-tion
shall be given by a faculty mem-
Iwr elected by Legislature nnd upproved
by the Chuncellor. The scries Is to be
given once In the spring and once In
the fall at a time to Is? determined by
Ihe Legislature. Those officers who are
not elected at the time of the spring
session shull take It in the full. Major
olllces shall be clUBslfied us follows:
President, Vice - President, Secretary,
and Treasurer of the Student GoTern-meiit
Association; House Presidents,
Hepiesentatlves of legislature, College
Sislul Clmlrumii, V. VV. C. A. Presi-dent,
Inter Fulth Council President,
SiK'lety Presidents, Itecreation Asso-ciation
I'ri-idoni. Class Presidents,
Vice-President of the Junior Class, and
Ihe President of the Town Students'
As-cs-intloii."
iirinniu McArthur was clirted to
serve as the Junior House Presideut
Member <if Itules Committee for this
year.
Faculty Members Represent
School at Language Talks
Woman'- College was represented at
the annual meeting of the South At-lantic
Modem Language- Association
by Dr. W. S. Barney, Head of the
Woman's College Department of Rom-ance
Languages; and Mr. George P.
Wilson of the Department of English.
The eighteenth annual convention
met at the Florida state University in
Tallahassee, Florida. November 28-27.
This organization was founded in 1028
In Atlanta. Georgia. At that time
It Included only North and South Caro-lina,
Go.irgia. and Florida; but sin.*
then aeveral other states have been
admitted.
The Association Is a large factor la
sharing knowledge and promoting
friendship among teachers of Modern
Language* from many southern uni-versities.
Martha Guion Cites Dorms
For Dining Hall Records
North Spencer and Bailey Dormi-tories
licgan their dining hall work
Monday morning and will continue
through January 17.
Service League chairman, Martha
Guion. expressed thanks from the whole
student body to Woman's, Klrkland,
nnd Colt for the "excellent work they
have done for the past five weeks."
Martha also stated that she wishes to
■ ■nil attention to the "noticeable waste
of food on fbe campus." The Serrke
League requests all students to accept
only those foods which they will eat
in order to decrease this waste and to
prepare for the Food Conservation Pro-gram
which will begin in the near
future.