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WOMAN'S COLLEGE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. GREENSBORO. N. C. SEPT. 29. 1»55 NUMBER 4
WC HONORS FOUNDERSs,a,e(arolina6an,e
Un Mass Exodus
Preyer Speaks At To Raleigh Saturday
1st Televised Service
October 5 Is Founder's Day at
Woman's College. At this time
honor will be paid to the men who
conceived, fought for. and estab-lished
the college.
The services of the day will be-gin
early in the morning with the
annual pilgrimage to the graves
of Dr. Charles Duncan Mclver
and Dr. Julius I. Foust to place
flowers of respect and gratitude
on their graves. At 9:50 a. m
classes will be dismissed In order
that students may attend the com-memorative
service at the statue
of Dr. Mclver on the grounds in
front of Mclver Building. Chancel-lor
Graham will open this exercise
by speaking briefly on the signifi-cance
of Founder's Day and the
man whom we are honoring. Repre-sentatives
of the Student Govern-ment
Association and the classes
will then place flowers at the foot
of the statue. Martha Fulchcr will
represent the Student Government
Association; Shirley Wilson, the
Senior Class; Neil McLeod. the
Junior Class; Jo Len Jamerson,
the Sophomore Class: Nell Beard;
the Freshman Class; and Nancy
Ratcllffe the Commercial Class.The
singing of the College Song, led
by Patty Vaughn, college cheer-leader,
will conclude this program..
Chancellor Graham will preside
at the Convocation in Aycock Aud-itorium
at 7.45 p. m , which will
be televised for the first time.
Louise Mordecal, president of the
Y. W. C. A. will read I Corinthians
13, Dr. Mclver's favorite passage;
after which the College Choir with
A. C. Hall will sing a Litany of
Commemoration written by Miss
Josephine Hege.
The Founder's Day address will
be delivered by Judge L. Richard-son
Preyer .resident judge of the
Eighteenth Judicial District Judge
Preyer graduated from Harvard
and Princeton Universities and
served four and a half years In
World War II as a Navy Officer
before setting up practice in New
York. In 1950 he moved to Greens-boro.
Judge Preyer is known to
many W. C. students as a connois-seur
of Dixieland music, having
given a lecture here on that sub-ject
last year.
Special guests, faculty, and alum-nae
will be invited to an Informal
reception In the Alumnae House
after the convocation.
o
Year's First Formal
Scheduled Oct. 8;
Larry Elliott Plays
(lass Chairman
Office Hours
Freshman Class
Helen Burns
Chairman: Miss
Elliott Hall will get underway In
a big way on October 8 at 8:30
p. m. when it sponsors Its firs!
formal dance of the year—the El-liott
Hall Ball. This dance is for
all students and Is expected to be
an occasion to remember. Larry
Elliott and his orchesra will pro-vide
the music. They are currently
appearing at the Plantation Supper
Club, and a few weeks ago they
played at the Coronation Ball of
the "Miss North Carolina" pageant.
Other activities have been plan-ned
for the week-end. Besides the
Elliott Hall Ball, there will be a
coffee and music hour on Satur-day
and on Sunday from 4:00 until
8:00.
More information will be given
to you by your Elliott Hall Repre-sentative
and by a larger feature
In next week's CAROLINIAN
Inter-Faith Council
Sponsors Chapels
In Lecture Hall
The Inter-Faith Council of the
Woman's College Is sponsoring a
series of Chapel programs in the
Library Lecture Hall on alternate
Tuesdays with mass meeting. This
program will extend the remain-der
of this year on a trial basis.
for It is the first time a religious
program of this kind has been tried
on campus.
The first program of the year will
be given on October 11. This one
will be presented by the Chapel
Committee, which is a sub-com-mittee
of the Inter-Faith Council
The speaker will be Mr. Andrews,
who ls-from the American Friends
Service Committee. He will speak
very Informally upon any topic
chosen extemperanloualy.
The purpose behind these Chapel
programs is to achieve a better
understanding of lnterreligious
themes and to acquaint the mem-bers
of one denomination or faith
with the services and styles of wor.
ship of another, says Betty Lee.
chairman of the committee.
Following the first program will
he a series given by various groups,
among which are the Baptist Stu-dent
Union, Canterbury Club. Wes-ley
Foundation,Inter-Varsity Chris-tian
Fellowship, Hilled. Westmin-ister
Fellowship, Christian Science
group. United Student Fellowship.
Y. W. C. A.. Friends, and the New-man
Club. The schedule of Chapel
Programs Is as follows:
Oct. 25—Baptist Student Union.
Nov. 22—Wesley Foundation.
Daily Mondays through Satur-days
9:00-12:00
Dally. Mondays through Thurs-days
2:00- 4:30
Sophomore Class Chairman: Miss
Lila Peck Walker
Dr .Chad Walsh, Author, Poet, Minisiter
Delivers Sr. University Sermon, Y Lectures
Dec. 8—Inter-Varsity Christian
Fellowship.
Mondays 2:00- 4:30
Tuesdays 9:00-10:00
3:30- 4:30
Wednesdays 11:00-12:00
Thursdays 2:00- 4:30
Fridays 9:00-10:00
Junior Class Chairman: Miss Ber-nlce
E. Draper
Mondays 10:10- 1:00
Tuesdays and
Thursdays 3:00- 4:30
Wednesdays . . 8:00-10:00
2:30- 4:30
Senior Class Chairman : Miss Elli-abeth
N. King
Mondays 3:00- 4:30
Tuesdays 9:30-12:00
3.00- 4.SO
Wednesdays 9:30-12:00
Thursdays .. 9:30-12:00
SGA Prexy Fulcher
Asks Self-Nominee
For PAC Openings
Student Government President,
Martha Fulcher, announces that
she Is receiving self-nominations
for two openings on the newly
formed Political Affairs Commit-tee.
There are two openings: one
for a freshman, and one for either
a junior or a senior. Freshmen,
juniors, and seniors interested In
Activities at the first Consoli-dated
University Day at Stale Col-lege
October 1, begin with the
State-Carolina football game al
two o'clock at the stadium in Ral-eigh.
Bands from both State Col-lege
and the University of North
Carolina will play at half time,
during a recognition ceremony In
honor of the three chancelors, Dr
Robert House of the University.
Dr. Corey H. Bostlan of State Col-lege,
and Dr. E. K. Graham of the
Woman's College. Following the
game, there will be a reception In
the Student Union Building at 4:30.
followed by a Dutch dinner In the
Cafeteria.
At 8:00 Saturday night there will
be an informal dance In the Stu-
|dent Union Building, at which time
the C. U. Queen will be crowned.
She will be selected from three
candidates from Carolina, one from
State and five from W. C. on the
basis of charm, beauty, poise and
personality
Approximately twenty five buses
will leave from W. C. shortly aft-er
twelve Saturday and will be met
by the boys from State and Caro-lina
upon their arrival In Raleigh
Preceding the game the C. U.
Council, headed by Luther Hodges,
Jr., a senior at NC, will meet for a
luncheon. The Woman's College
delegation .headed by Harrold Lee.
Includes Martha Fulcher. Fran
Turner. Gladys Oeliman, Fay
Brown. Patty Vaughn. Mary Ann A total of fifty-six Instructors,
Baum, Barbara Davis, Mary Nell I lecturers, graduate assistants, as-
Meroney, Eleanor Powell, Mary slstant professors, and professors
Chairman and committee members of the Senior University
Sermon and Chad Walsh lectures, scheduled for this weekend,
are: front row; Kate Clay, Carolyn Pittard, Mary Ann Baum,
second row: Nancy Kiser, Lou Mordecai, Joyce Long. Not
pictured is Margaret Clarke.
W. C. Increases Faculty;
Fifty-Six Teachers Added
Miles Bridges, and Judy Rosen-stock
G'boro City Council
Ok's Traffic Change
For "Corner" Safety
The Greensboro City Council
has approved the proposed traffic
i changes at the corners of Tate
being on the committee are re- street lnd Walker Avenue. Wlth-quested
to send a local to Pat-j in the next thirty days the Worn-
Hammond, Chairman, by October i *■>'■ College student and all other
7. The appointment is made by the i Pe°Pl« ""'"« this Intersection will
President and Vice-Presldent of I °* *bl* to cr0M these "treeta safe-
Student Government and the chair- M*'
man of the committee. Among the Improvements are:
This organization was created by 'he installation of two traffic Is-
Ihe student legislature last spring | lands on the west side of these
to serve as coordinator of and I streets, pedestrian crossings to be
stimulus to campus organizations marked In the north and south
Jan. 17—Hillel.
Feb.
ship.
interested In current affairs: to
encourage an awareness In the en-tire
student body of political af-
Westminister Fellow- fl1™' e»P«lalIy those pertaining
to Institutions of higher learning:
1 and to make opinions on these
Feb. 28—Christian Science.
March 13—United Student Fel-lowship.
March 27—Y. W. C A.
April 17—Newman Club.
May 1—Friends.
matters known to legislators in the
General Assembly and Congress.
"Because the committee Is new.
j It provides an open field for stu-i
dents interested in government
and political affairs." stated Pat
i Hammond, chairman of the PAC.
sides of the streets and full-time
traffic signals which can also be
operated by the pedestrians want,
lng to cross the street. These sig-nals
will operate throughout the
day with the possible exception of
after midnight when it will become
a blinking light.
Providing that there is no un-foreseen
problem In the realm of
labor or supplies, the new improve-ments
will be In operation at the
end of October.
have been added to the faculty of
Woman's College for the 1955-56
school year. After a year's absence
for study or teaching, five faculty
members have returned to the cam.
pus scene, according to the Office
of the Dean of Instruction.
A Fulbrlght scholar In Denmark
last year, William Barrhenger has
resumed his position as Instructor Woman's College.
of assistant in the Drama Depart-ment.
R. D. Hennon has also join-ed
the faculty as Instructor In
drama. Mr. Hennon received his
A. B. and his M. A. T. at Indiana
University: last year he was with
the educational TV studio KETC.
St. Louis, Missouri.
Miss Jean Mathleson, instructor
in Economics and counselor in
South Spencer boras an A. B from
Michigan State and an M A. from
WC Is Host To Greensboro Colleges
At Experimental Leadership Conference
Siring Quartet Begins
Wade R. Brown Series
The first recital of the Wade
R. Brown series will be a strlnr
trio given Sunday. October S.
at 4:30 In the Music Building
Recital Hall. Georre Dlckieson.
\iolin: Elizabeth Cowling, vlnlln-crllo;
and Phillip Morgan, piano,
will present a program of cham-ber
music including "Trio in A
Major" by Hadyn, "Three
turnes" by Block, and a "Trio
A very important phase of cam-pus
organization and the Individ-ual's
education is being highlighted
in this city October 7.8. Student
Government Association is hostess
to the five Greensboro area col-leges
for an Experimental Leader-ship
Training Conference. A key-note
speaker, well-known In Inter-national
educational circles, drills
and a motion picture presentation
of parliamentary procedure, and
group discussions on various prob-lems
common to all five campuses
are a few of the events.
Executive members of all itu-sented
at a council meeting where
final plans were negotiated. Mary
I.ou Vaughn. Regional Chairman
of NSA, officiated. It was decided
that the over-all theme would be
"Why Do We Need Leadership
Today—on Campus. In Commun-ity.
Nation, and World?" Mr. Don-ald
Shank, executive vice-president
of the Institute of International
Education, will deliver the keynote
speech Friday evening, October 7,
at 7:30 on that subject.
A main purpose of this confer-ence
Is to train campus leaders
through group practices. Problems
and situations of student govern.
dent government. Including legis- ment, publications, class councils,
lature. class officers, publications, | and departmental organizations
and departmental clubs are In. will be cited and discussed. Then
vited. These members will find ' at a final meeting solutions and
Iheir Interests discussed In com- future plans will be presented. It
as CUss Is felt that students often tend to
projec Language. Scl- overlook situations where correc-ance,
Human Relations. Religion ti,,n« are In order simply because
and Athletic ,re un,w,rc 0f gucn clrcum-
Last Friday four of imlng their par>
rather than remaining In isolation
on their own, these problems may
be brought to the surface.
To remedy the lack of knowledge
In group dynamics and parliamen-tary
procedure, the conferees will j College for Girls In Istanbul, Tur-see
a movie ahowlng Parliamentary i key, for 21 years; teaching a year
Precedure and will put to uae j at Sweetbriar, and a year at Ran-their
knowledge In a mock Legis-,dolph Macon. She holds an A. B.
In art. After a year of study at
Cornell, Miss Catherine Kehoe has
returned to Woman's College as as-sistant
professor In home econom-ics.
Miss Lenore O'Boyle is again
assistant professor in the history
department following a year of
study In Germany as a Fulbrlght
scholar. Eugene Pfaff enda his
1954-55 leave of absence to teach
In Florida a* he resumes his po-sition
as professor of history. Ben-jamin
Townsend, who was granted
a Ford Fellowship last year, has
returned to the English Depart-ment.
Miss Mary Lee Gray Is one of
Ihe many graduate assistants on
Woman's College campus this se-mester:
she holds her A. B. degree
from Mississippi State College for
Women and is assisting in the
Art Department.
In the Biology Department, Miss
Rebecca Glass, who received her
A. B. from Woman's College and
her M. S. at Yale only last year,
Is acting as teaching assistant. Miss
Anne Houser holds the same posi-tion
In the Biology Department:
she received her B. S. from the
College of William and Mary, her
M. S. from the University of Ten-nessee,
and has done graduate work
at Michigan State.
Miss Katherine Wright has re.
turned to Woman's College after
acting as the head of the depart-ment
of Chemistry In the American
lature meeting. The Issue degated
will be the 18-year-old vote This
will take place Saturday afternoon
when the meeting reconvenes at
1:30 p.m. There will be Instructions
given on the mechanics and tech-niques
of executive positions. "In.
terest groups" already mentioned
will seek working plans, resource
persons, and other information.
The conference will end with re-ports
from the commission and an
evaluation of the whole Leader-ship
Training Program.
A project of this type has never
untaken amoni:
and an M. A. from Randolph Ma-con
Woman's College. Miss Janice
Greene, who holds an A. B from
Alfred University and who spent
last year studying at Pennsylvania
State University, Is acting as as-sistant
professor In the Chemistry
Department.
Former head of the Business
Education Department of Lee-Mc-
Crea College. Miss Lenore Pierce,
has Joined the staff of the Com-mercial
Department: Miss Pierce
received her A. B from Milligan.
her M A from Peabody. where
last year she did further study.
Oliver Link, last year a sli
John Bablngton, formerly asso-ciated
with the famous Dock Street
Theater in Charleston, South Caro-lina,
holds the position of instruc-tor
In speech. He received his A.
B. from Michigan and his M. A.
from Western Reserve.
In the Geography Department
James E. Bagwell, who received his
B. S. and M. S. from the Univer-sity
of North Carolina, holds the
position of lecturer. He la a for-mer
instructor of Alabama Poly-technic
Institute.
Dr. Richard N. Current, former
professor of history at the Uni-erslty
of Illinois, has assumed the
responsibility of head of the De-partment
of History and Political
Science. Dr. Current received his
A. B. from Oberlin: his M A. from
the Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy; and his Ph.D. from
Wisconsin. Miss Marilyn Habel Is
a teaching assistant in history and
counselor In Shaw
Dr. Robert Radlow. assistant pro-lessor
of psychology, received his
B. S. from City College. New
York; his M. S. and PhD. from
Pennsylvania State University.
Robert I'cnn, who holds an A. B
and an M. A. from San Diego,
and a Ph.D. from Carnegie Instl.
tute of Technology, is assistant
professor In psychology.
George Hume Crank, a former
Author Presents Sermon
0ct.2--Lectures0ct.3-4
Dr. Chad Walsh, author of
CAMPUS GODS ON TRIAL, will
be on Ihe Woman's College Cam-pus
October 2. 3, and 4. Dr. Walsh,
professor of English, and poet in
residence, at Beloit College Wis-consin,
and Episcopal minister in
Beloit, will deliver the University
Sermon on October 2, and a series
of subsequent lectures sponsored
by the Y. W. C. A., on October 3
and 4.
A native of South Boston Vir-ginia,
Dr. Walsh graduated from
Marlon Junior College In 1936 and
received his A. B In French from
the University of Virginia, where
he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
He received his A. M. In French
in 1939, and his Ph.D. In English
In 1943 from the University of
Michigan.
While at the University of Vir-ginia.
Walsh helped Virginia Verse,
a magazine of student poetry. He
received first place In the drama
division of the Hopwood Awards
In 1939, while at the University of
Michigan.
During the war. Walsh was a re-search
analyst in the War Depart-ment.
Since 1945 he has been a
member of the faculty of Beloit
College.
ORDAINED MINISTER
In 1949, Walsh was ordained a
minister In the Episcopal Church,
and serves as associate rector at
St. Paul's Church, Beloit.
POEH AND AUTHOR
Walsh has published several vol-umes
of poetry and a number of
books concerning religion. Among
bis more recent publications are
Eden Twe Way. a book of poems:
Campos Gods on Trial; Knock and
Enter, and Early Christiana of the
21st Century. Walsh has two other
books scheduled for publication In
1956 One Is the Harper Lenton
Book for 1956, and the other Is a
children's noel, dealing with the
adventures of a little girl and her
pet bahagohunk (winged crocodile).
Walsh has published poems and
articles In many of the leading
magazines of the country, and is a
frequent reviewer for the New
York Times and the New York
Herald Tribune He was one of
the founders of The Beloit Poetry
Journal, a national literary quar-terly
sponsored by Beloit College
Fulbrlght scholar and educational and is a contributing editor of the
In C Major, Opna IS" by Brahms, student governments were repre- spectlves to other college campuses ed next year.
rlment
It wm be repeat- ,, Catawba whan it
'rnlds the position
advisor for the army In France,
holda the position of Instructor In
Romance Languages. He received
both his AB. and his MA. from
Southern Methodist; and he has
studied at Sorbonne in Paris. Miss
Scorne, a former instructor of
romance language at the University
of Illinois, received her AB. from
New Mexico and her MA from
Illinois
In the Sociology Iiepartment Is
Miss Marian McNeil Deininger.
former Instructor at Stout State
national biweekly, E p 1 a c o p a I
Churchnews.
Walsh does moat of his writing
In the summers which he spends
In Vermont. Many of the poems In
Eden Two Way were written In
1952-53, while Walsh was In Corte
Madera, California, on sabbatical
leave.
Arrangements for Dr. Walsh's
visit are being handled by the
Senior University Sermon Com-mittee
and the Y. W C. A. Joyce
College, received her AB and | Long is chairman of the Sermon
MA. from Minnesota. Dr. Benton | Committee Other members of the
Johnson, ul I his AB. committee are Mary Ann Baum,
from II Worth Curl)-, general arrangements. Margaret
Una and his MA. and Pt I> from Clarke, publicity. Kate Clay. pro-
Harvard, has Just ended several grams, and Carol Pittard, Ilo.pl-vears
In the service Richard > being
ban. a graduate of lecai, Y. W.
"I Missouri, i-eseivrd his M ">d Nancy Kiser,
■Milled N ' "res chairman.