The Carolinian [December 10, 1948]

              Chancellor W. C. Jackson
Requests Appropriation
Bet i'.i-v Fht' 7Xe Qsio€vuaa
Woman's College—"Distinguished for Its Democracy"
Greater University
Council Formed
See Page Six
VOL. XXX Z 531 WOMAN'S COLLEGE OF THE IMVEKSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. GREENSBORO, N. C. DECEMIIER 10. HUH N1MBER t
Soloists for the college Christmas concert...
. . . which will be given Saturday night. December 11. at 11 P.M. in
A.vcoek Auditorium, are pictured above from left to right: first row,
Marguerite Wood, Frances Corn well, Nancy Atkins, and BUggbeth Sny-der;
second row, Carolyn Cooke. Hetty Winccoff. Catherine Cox, aiid
Eve Ann Allen. Courtrny of thr \rim Hureau
College Choir Will Present
Annual Christmas Concert
Program Includes Readings
From Biblical Story; Solos
By Students, Voice Teacher
The Christmas Concert to be pre-sented
hf the college Choir tl Ayeook
Aiiilltorlnni under Ihe diristloii of Mr.
Qeorga Thompson, of the Brhool of
.Music, Saturday, December 11, at n
P.M.. and smidn.v, December IS, ui
•"> P.It, will vary from llic annual
pro-entntlnns i.f ih,. [KiBt.
The program will Include • narrator,
Bather gamaeUoa, with tlie Biblical
story am! Scripture readings before
each number; and kOaa .lean Behneck,
contralto .III.I new asisstant voice teach,
er In the School .if Music, will partici-pate
in ihe program In addition to the
student soloists.
Assisting in the eoneerl program are
Eve Ann Alien, soprano: Carolyn Cooke,
soprano: Nancy Atkins, wprano; Betty
Winccoff. soprano; Elizabeth Sydnor,
soprano: Catherine Cox, mezzo-soprano:
Frances Cornwall, contraltoi Morgue
rite Wind, contralto, Jean Itaiaey, pi-anist:
Hetty Carr, DianM : Ann Forties,
organist: and Patricia Haines. organist.
The ciaiccrt program will begin
with "O Come, All Ye Faithful," Tra-dltlnnal.
hy the Choir with descants
composed hy damning Lefobvro; the
narator will read from Isaiah 7:18-14.
Thr Prophuii Includes recitative and
Aria. "Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive,
0 Thou That Telest flood Tidings,
from Tar Mitiiah hy Handel with
Jean Schncck as soloist. The lulrrator
will rand from Isulah 40:4..%, followed
hy the chorus with "How Shall I Fitly
Moot ThM" from the Chrittman Ora-torio
hy Kach.
Thr AnnmiHalion will follow, with
the narrator reading1 from st. Lake i:
IW-.'si. :m. 411, 47: and "The Annuncia-tion"
from The Holil S'atlriti, hy liavld
McK, Williams, with Kve Ann Allan,
the angel QablWi and Elizabeth Sjd-nor.
Mary, will he presented.
The /an at llrthrlrhem will Include
the narrator's rending from St. Luke
-:l-7, soloists and choir, with "Who
Knocks Ko Load?" from the Tyrolran
Carol, arranged by (Tnrem-e IHckin-son
with Marguerite Wood, the inn
Keeper: Carolyn Cooke. Mary: and
Frances Cornwell. Joseph.
7'flc S'aliiitji Includes the narrator,
Isaiah li:'i; re<'itatives: "There Were
Shepherds Abiding in the Field" nnd
"l^i, the Ansel of the I.ord Came t'pon
Tatar" anil "The Angel Said Into
Them" and "Suddenly There Wai Witt
the Angel": chorus: "Glory to GTKI in
the Highest," from The ilrmnah by
Handel, with Nancy Atkins, soloist,
nnd the choir.
PhO /.'' d" no r 'if \nliiint Cuoiith
will feature the narrator, Isaiah !i:ii.
and the chorus. "For I'nto I*s a Child
1- Horn" from Thr Mettlah by Handel.
Tin- cantata Will continue with the
narrator'a lending from st. Lake 2:16,
16, nMnta and choir: "Shepherda on
the Hill." from the (ir.-.l; Carol, ar-ranged
l»y Clarence Iiickinson, with
ioloiata Hetty Winccoff and Catherine
Dr. Eugene E. Pfaff
A nnounces Change
Dr. Eugene E. Pfaff, rhairman of
the Icilurc ciilcrl.iimncllt commit-l
«*. aniioiiui i .1 that Hebe, i a West,
■•■ li.'ilulcii as the fourth speaker in
the I!M8-1919 series, will not be able
In appear mi Monday. December IS,
because of an recent injury.
Students as Subgroup
Present Qualifications
For New Chancellor
Dr. Frank Graham Requests
For Sample Campus Opinion
To Be Given by Ten Students
Working as a sub-group of the facul-ty
committee In making recommenda-tions
concerning the new chancellor of
Woman's College, ten students met with
the faculty committee on Thursday,
Dii-cmber 2.
This representative student commit
tee was appointed hy the faculty com-mittee
at the suggestion of Dr. Frank
P. (irahani. President of the (ireater
I'nlverslty of North Carolina, who
desired Ihe student viewpoint on the
'nullifications deemed as imiiortnnt and
necessary in the new Chancellor who
will come to Woman's College upon the
retirement of Dr. W. 0. Jackson in
June.
The students serving on this commit-tee
are Martha Fowler Marilyn McCol-lum.
Marilyn Conn. Sarah Denny, Ilar-bara
Apostolarus, Zulena Angler. Hetty
Jane Carr, Nell Jones, Amerylis Bar-ringer,
nnd Evelyn Vannoy.
The facility eomniittee. of which the
student committee is a part. Is only one
of the three committees npiiointed by
Dr. Graham to make recommendations
to him, the other two Mug a commit-tee
of trustees ami a committee of
alumnae.
Faculty Poet Partakes
In Literary Activities
Mr. Randall Jarrell Attends
Salzburg: Seminar, Gothic
Book Mart Celebration
'Pine Needles' Desires
I 'ariety of Snapshots
Ruth Sellars, Editor of the PINE
MIDI I >. has announced that the
deadline for annual snapshot* will
be extended until December IS.
Affording to Ruth, the PINE
NEEDLE8 staff would like a great
a variety of people and shots repre-sented
aa possible. All pictures
should be sent by loral mail to
Box '.'is.
Freshmen Sing Carols,
Hang Wreaths Sunday
Mr. Randan Inrrell, member of the
English faculty here, was gWOl apeakoi
al the ITL'nd anniversary program of
| the liil Beta Kap|w Chafer at WllliHin
ami Mary college. Wiuhunaborg, Mon-day
night.
Mr. Janell read two original poaUM
«v-» »• L amn «i , '" ""' """!<■ "l-ady Hates" and
Y Members Will Participate ( Term.- Be and Dr. Uuranm n. Boy.
In Traditional Caroling dor, Dean of the i'nlverslty of Okln-
And Hanging: of Green •> ■ Graduate College, were honored
at a reception after initiation of twenty.
The freshmen members „f the tiro candidates Into the Alpha Chapter
Y.W.C.A. will parllclpate in the tradl- ,JIK, w,,.k ,|r .,„,,.„„ ]|ls<i ,„„.„,.,
ttonnl hanging of the green on Sunday ' ,„, ,„ |he s,.l7.t.,.rE Seminar ,„ Ann
night. Docamber IS. Mlmr% uUUmn. This group, eompoeed
The freshmen will carol and will , of varb us faculty Bombers, plans gen
hang Christmas wreaths which they
have made, at the home of Chancellor
and Mrs. W. C. Jackson, Dean Kather-lue
Taylor, the Infirmary, anil on the
front doors of each of the residence
halls. They will meet In the K.A.
Center to make wreaths, Saturday
afternoon December n, ami will meet
again at the center to begin rounds
Of caroling Sunday evening.
The wreath making and caroling
activities are under the direction of
Deane Iximax, Vice-president of the
Y.W.C.A. and the four freshmen club
advisers, Janet Kachimin, Mary Ann
I'reston. Anne Chlpley, and Doris
Poole.
Cox: chorus, "What Can This Mean';"
by BrondOJ Stanley In ffcs Stapherdi
llring tiift* to the Chriit Child.
Thr II'iV Van anil thr star Includes
the narrator'with St. Matthew :!; se-lected
verses, choir; "A Bright Star
Shining," by Matthews, arranged hy
lieorge M. ilioinpaon.
The Adoration of the King* with
the narrator reading from St. Matthew
8:11; eholr, "Christians, Be Joyful,"
from the Chrittman Oratorio by Bach :
1 Chrinimat Ligrml wllh the narra-tor's
reading Poem by Alfred Nafta:
choir, "The Three Shliis," bf Colin
Taylor: and In thr Silenre of the Maht
with the narrator's reading n poem by
William Dlx : solo and chorus; "O Holy
Night," by Adolphe Adam (French i
by Marguerite Wuod. soloist; choir:
"Sillle Nacht" hy Franz timber (words
from the Herman) will conclude the
prisrram.
The Saturday night concert la pre-sented
especially for the college stu-dents
and their dates, and student- arc
reminded that absolute ipiiet niii-t I--
ObatrVOd. The doors will be closed live
mlantea before the beginning of the
conceit, and no one will lie seated dar-ing
the program of the proginm in
onlir to preserve Its continuity. The
audience i- reqneated to refrain from
apphnnat.
Lighting for the eoneerl is by the
Play-IAan,
era! iiirrieuliim.
On the way to Ann Arl-ir. Mr. Jar
ri-ll Joined the retinue of contemporary
literary figures at the OothM Book -Mart
celebration for Sir Osheri and Mlith
Sitwlll. lending British writers, in New
York. Miss Sitwlll is a candidate to
succeed John Masetlcld as jas't laureate
of iheat Britain, and Sir Onberl Is
library advlsi-r to yiieen Kllzabelb
They arc members of Knglanil's leading
literary family.
Senior Class Elects Officer,
Hears Talk on Vocations
Jean Fulcher has lieen elected treas-urer
of the Senior class to replace
charlotte Wlllard. who recently re-signed
because of her appointment as
house president of Klrkland.
Nominated for the office at the Sen-ior
class meeting Boagmbat t were
Margaret Dumas, Jean Fliieher. Frieda
McDonald, Sue Hayes, and Mary Pat-rick.
At the class meeting, Mr. C. W.
Phillips, Public Kelntlons Director,
talked to the seniors about Jobs after
graduation, and the students tilled out
vocational blanks to lie filed by the
office.
Plans were discussed for the progres-sive
dinner party the class Is having
Monday night, Janunry 1(1. Chairman
of the committee working on the party
Is Ubby Sydnor.
Faculty Science Club
Hears Book Reviews
Profess, r .1. P. filvler of the Iie|mrt-meal
Of Biology and Dr. Coy PhUllne,
Public Kelntlons Director, were guest
■peahen at a meant meeting of the
Facility Science Club on Dooambaf B.
Afler an IntTOdDOtlOU bf I >r. Archie
Bhaftenbury of the Depnrtmenl of Biol-ogy,
program chairman, they pmaanted
reviews < f tun booha CMiMvmlng man
nnd nil conflict Witb nature. The-e
bookt were Oaborn'a Onr Plewgered
Plam i ami Band lo •nretoal by Vogt.
Sigma Delta Pi Enacts
Religious 'Posada'
"Pinata" Breaking: Climaxes
First Christmas Ceremony
Of the Manger Scene
The Bpnnllb dub, Sigma Delta Pi,
will celebrate Christmas in the tradi-tional
Spanish manner with a "Posa-da"
on Dis'cinber 14.
The "Posada," a religious ceremony
observed every year in many Latlu-
AmcricQn eountrh's, Is a prwesslon in
which the club meuila-rs will walk two
by two, carrying caudles and Images
of Mary and Joseph. The group will
start at the K.A.C., pausing at North
and South Hponnir to ask for room for
Mary and Joseph. The girls In the balls
will answer "no room." and the proces-sion
will move on to the Hut, where
they will at last find room.
Having c Dieted this old Spanish
Interpretation of the First Christmas,
the girls will enjoy the "naiimlento,"
the mangOf scene, In the Hut. and also
Spanish carols, games, and refresh-ments.
The climax of the evening will
be Ihe breaking of the "pinata," which
was brought from Mexico for the party
by Miss Josefena Ksvajnla, of the De-partment
of Spanish.
All Simnish majors and iiicmliers of
Sigma Delta Pi arc invited lo partici-pate
in this Christmas fiesta, beginning
In front of the lt.A.C. al 7 P_M.
Dr. Elizabeth Jastrow
Talks on Ancient Art
Classical Civilization Club
Sees Selection of Slides
On Greek, Roman Art
Dr. Elizabeth Jastrow, professor In
the Department of Art, spoke at the
monthly meeting of the Classical Club
M lay night, in Mclvcr Building.
Dr. Jastrow showed a set of slides
on (Ireek and Home which she hud
selected from the Department of Art.
As Ihe slides were presented oh the
screen, she discussed each one. giving
some of Ihe known background of the
picture, isisslble stories connected with
It, and Its artistic value.
The large selection of slides wns made
up of fragments of ancient art which
have lieen found In the form of paint-ings
on vases and on Ihe walls of the
houses. The Iioman city of Pompel
has been a great source of many of
these examples, the Homans having
lieen very decorative, nslng paintings
In adorn the walls of their homes, Dr.
Jastrow pointed out.
After Dr. Jastrow had concluded
her talk, refreshments were served to
the group hy the program committee,
Eleanor Robinson and Coan Bell.
Student Leaders Reassemble
For Check-Up Conference
Girls May Receive Pay
From Mr. C.W.Phillips
Tuesday. December It, is Ihe day
to pick up work checks for this
month.
I.in. who want their payments
before the vacation are asked to get
them then in Mr. (\ \V. Phillips'
office in the Administration Build-ing.
Church Organizations
Show Season's Spirit
Baptist Student House Gives
Christmas Program, Banquet
To Provide for Equipment
The Christmas Spirit has been ev i
dent In the student church organiza-tions
of Woman's College for the last
week by the presentation of Christmas
programs, liiinipiets, and jinrtles.
On Wislnesday afternoon, Dei-enilier
the Baptist Student House present-ed
a Christmas program at 5 P.M. dur-ing
the regular Character Study Hour.
A Christmas party was given after
rapper, Thursday. December o, to
provide equipment for the Bapllsl
Slndcnt House, such .is dishes, phono
graph records, towels. Iwsiks and maga-zines.
With "The Slar of Bethlehem" as the
theme, a bancpiet took place Ibis after
BOOH at 5:80 P.M. at the First Baptist
Church In honor of the pastors of the
girls on the Baptist Executive Council.
Entertainment in the Christmas
Spirit begins tonight at the Friday
Night SupiM-r Club at the Church of
the Covenant. Al the regular program
hour following siipiier, Christmas carola
will be sung: and a discussion will he
led by the members of Ihe club who
attended the Conference In Applied
Christianity al either Italelgh or Sails-bury
last week and.
The Bapllsl Student House will dose
on Sunday, Dccemla-r 12, until afler
the Christinas holidays because of
Student Secretary Carolyn atoaaly'i
attendance al the student Secretary
Seminar In Nashville, Tennessee, De-cember
H-17.
Students Discuss Political,
Social Plans Formulated
By Pre-School Conference
student Leaders reassembled on De-cember
7 for a Check-Up Conference to
determine how plans made during Pre-
SchiMil Conference were being carried
out.
Marilyn McColliim told of the two
amendments passed overwhelmingly by
the student body in favor of more equal
representation In Legislature and a
change ill the cmnimsltlnn of Judicial
Board, the formation of a House Presi-dents'
Organization, and Ihe addition
of a by-law to the handbook providing
for a iwrlfamentary drill course for all
major sludents officers. Marilyn added
that the system of no Legislature cute
was working well.
Elections Board reported through
Nan Kendall. Chairman, the recent
change approved by Legislature to
have one major Student Government
election Instead of two elections aa In
the past. All Student Government
officers will lie elected at the same
time except Senior bouse presidents
who are to la' selected within each
individual dorm. To be a staff candi-date,
the per-oii must lie chosen on
the first ballot. Smlety elections are to
be lUpafTiaad by an election's chair-man
in the future as are those of the
i laaaea. Secrecy regarding vote totals
will l>c continued. Nan also announced
that new ballot boxes are now being
mada to replace the old ones.
The House Presidents' Organization
consisting of n|| junior and senior house
presidents was represented by Sarah
Taylor, chairman of the group. The
parpoae Of this organization is to unite
the house presidents, bringing about
more nsiiierntlon, as they work for
Dramatic Organization Taps
New Members Into Group
On Monday November 21 the Mas-ipieraders
dramatic aoolety tapped
seven new members Into their organiza-tion
and later tapped five honorary
memliers Into the group.
The new members are Ann Edwards,
Esther Sninnelson. Beth Tanch. Caro-line
Arden. Nancy Dickey, Anne Mclver,
and Sue Mendelsohn. •
Honorary members tapped are Larry
Lambeth, BUI Ftley, Dick Pelton,
"Slats" Ralborne, and Mr. John Court-ney
of the Department of Art.
Examination Committee
Gives Petition Blanks
Petitions for proiii icui > examina-tions,
to be given at the end of
this semester, must be in the hands
of the Examination Cmiuuittee on
or before January 6-
Petition blanks may be obtained
from the department head-; or
from Dr. A. F. Thiel, rhairman of
the I'rolii-ieiM j Examination Com-mittee.
Nutrition Board Convenes
To Plan Annual Meeting
The Executive Board of Ihe Nutrition
Committee of the Piedmont itegion bad
a luncheon meeting in the Home Econ-omics
Cafeteria, Tuesday He. cml.cr 7.
The puriMise of the conference was
to plan the annual meeting of the Nutri-tion
Committee which will convene In
February or March.
The executive committee Is composed
of the following: Miss Margaret Ed-wards
Head of the Woman's College
DangI'll—II of Home Econoiuii-s. chair-man:
Miss Nell Kennelt. Home Demon-stration
Agent for Gullford County:
Mr. Mose Kaiser, manager of Gullford
Cooperative Dairy Association: Mr.
J. L. Wagoner, Gullford County Agent.
others are Miss Flora MacDonald,
Home Demonstration Agent for Moore
County: Miss Virginia Blount, State
Executive Secretary of the Nutrition
Committee | Miss Elizabeth Phillips of
Ashehoro High School: Miss Margaret
Barnett of K, J. Reynolds High School
In win -Inn Salem ; and Dr. Cora Gray
of Salisbury,
Euterpe Club Will Sponsor
'Messiah'on December 15
The nromohfiro Euterpe Club, orches-tra,
and Community Chorus will com-bine
forces again this year for the
annual presentation of Handel's Met-
Hiah In Aycis-k Auditorium, Wednes-day
December IS, at S P. M.
Soloists in tlie Christmas oratorio
an- Mrs. Thomas F. Kllkelly, soprano:
Miss Jean Schncck. contralto! bte« Da-vid
Wltberapooo, tenor; and Mr. Wal-ler
Vassar, bass.
The parfotglanoe is aponaorad by the
Butefnt Club. The orchestra will be
conducted by Dean Hugh H. Altvater,
of the Woman's C, liege School of
Mii-ic.
These i- no admission charge, and
the public is invited.
more uniform poUettl and discuss to-gether
Ihe problems of bouse presidents.
Prom time to time the counselors are
invited to attend these meetings to give
helpful advice. An acllve part has
ban taken by the group In working out
the miixlmiini-mlnlmiim penalty guide
for Hall Boards. As a guide to future
house presidents, a manual on the
duties of house presidents Is being
planned.
Martha Fowler next s|Kike for the
Judicial commlllec which drew up the
maximum-minimum hall board penalty
guide. She said that It had lieen real-ized
that this guide had Its weaknesses
and needed revision, but that It was
still tisi early to get an overall picture
of whether It was good or ineffective.
"Plain campus" has been abolished, and
the "reprimand" has been restated to
distinguish It more distinctly for dis-missal.
Martha also told of the plan
to have a Joint meeting of all Hall
Boards soon.
Susan Dawson spoke for the Social
Planning Council. This group baa been
meeting regularly every two weeks
and has carried out many of Its plans:
a campus poll taken to find out the
IHilnions of students about various
WK-Ial events, community sings before
imivies In Ayoock, redecoratlon of the
hut and project of keeping It open on
week ends as undertaken by the "Y,"
exchange of Ideas ts-tween Individual
halls concerning various social affairs,
a mock national election followed by
an elections return party In the gym,
a fashion show In Well-Wlnneld Ball-room,
a campus-wide bridge tournament,
and a sgunre dance fur this Saturday
night. The societies have taken an
active Interest In several projects this
year: Rat Day with the dinners fol-lowing,
the County Fair, selling of
sandwiches, and the presentation of a
chapel program.
The organization of a Greater Uni-versity
Council to discuss the academic,
social, and athletic relations between
Carolina, State and the Woman's Col-lege
was explained. There will be
not more than eleven memliers from
each school with the method of choice
left up to the individual si -hinds. The
re c-ialili.-hmeni of Greater I'nlverslty
Day was also discussed.
Dr. Jackson said that he considered
It an excellent Idea lo have a Check
Dp Conference and that he recognized
the work behind these roporte and felt
encouraged by the progress shown in
them.