The Carolinian [September 24, 1921]

              For Greater North
Carolina College i
jTHE CAROLINIAN
NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
VOLUME III. Saturday, September 24, 1921 No. 2.
PRES. FQUST SPEAKS
AT FORMAL OPENING
OF 1921-22 SESSION
Rev. J. Clyde Turner of Greensboro
Welcomes Students to the City
on Behalf of Churches.
About 1100 students and faculty
of the North Carolina College for
Women met in the Auditorium Mon-day
morning at eight-thirty to wit-ness
the formal opening of the thir-tieth
session of the college. Dr. J.
I. Foust opened the exercises with
an address in which he stated that
"we are not only beginning a new
chapter in the college but we are
beginning a new volume. We have
foundations laid today and plans
made that will make a larger college
than we had here when I became
your president." The responsibil-ity
of the present members of the
college community is, he said, a
great one, for upon them rests the
future college. Dr. Foust stated
that this future college would be
determined by the adherence
of the students to two fun-damentals:
"A desire on the part of
the young women of the state for an
education and a willingness on the
part of the people of the state to fur-nish
money for the support and
maintenance of the college. He
stressed the point that the bigger
things of the college life should be
predominant in the thoughts of the
students.
Dr. J. Clyde Turner, pastor of
the first Baptist Church of Greens-boro,
conducted the devotional part
.oX. .th"—ojcifcises,.^. ilia -meseagpe to
the students was "there is nothing
impossible for the one who is will-ing
to try." Dr. Turner concluded
his talk by welcoming the students
to the city in behalf of all the chur-ches
of Greensboro.
N. C. COLLEGE WINS LOVING
CUP IN TAR BABY CONTEST
Every year the Tar Baby offers a
loving cup to the girls' college which
makes the best contribution to a
"Girls' Number" of the publication.
Heretofore the cup has always been
won by Meredith College, but in the
contest last spring it was awarded
to the North Carolina College.
This cup, which is thoroughly
gratifying as to appearance is now
in Dr. Foust's office awaiting formal
presentation, which event will prob-ably
take place some time in the
near future. TJhe forth-coming
issue of the Tar Baby will contain
the material submitted by the vari-ous
contestants. It will be on sal*
on the campus by the Junior Class
as soon as it comes from press. The
Tar Baby will hold a similar con-test
this year, and it is hoped that
as much interest may be shown this
year as last, and that the North par-olina
College may,hold the cup.
The college magazine is
not dead. It is not even
sleeping, but i£is having to
be dormant these first few
weeks while it collects ma-terial
for its debut early in
October. The magazine box
in the post office has been
found by the freshmen, but
the literature dropped
therein is too heavy for the
magazine, and must be
transferred to the mail bag.
Lers don't leave ijt com-pletely
unused—but let
everybody write anything
anytime—and after a day
of judgment, we'll have a
magazine sent to press that
you'll be proud to send fcack
home to the folks.
Marie Bonitz, of Wilmington, N.
C, President of N. C. C. W. Student
Government Association.
STUDENTS ACCEPT
NEW CONSTITUTION
AT MASS MEETING
Elect New House Presidents for
Rockingham and South Center
The new constitution as submitted
by the committee appointed last
spring, was adopted Wednesday
night at a called Mass Meeting of
the old students in the college aud-itorium.
The constitution provides for a
House of Representatives, to be
elected from the four classes.; a sen-ate,
composed of the officers of the
Student Government Association,
house presidents, chief marshal and
fire chief; and an advisory board,
consisting of representatives of the
fHr:tH^~and .aUuipnt-hady^ -
All questions to be brought before
the students must come up in the
House. Mass Meetings will be held
only four times a year, and the time
of meetings will be determined by
the senate.
The constitution was accepted
last week by the Senior, Junior, and
and Sophomore classes, individually.
Two new house presidents were
elected to succeed Margaret Mur-ray,
who is not living on the canujus
this year, and Omah Williams, ^ho
did not retjflm to the college. Flor-ine
Davenport will have Rockingham
and Awhte Bridgers, South Center.
ASSIGNMENTS FOR TABLES
CREATE MUCH EXCITEMENT
Table assignments were given out
Wednesday afternoon to all students
and places %re settled until the next
change infDecember. Seniors and
facultik wMe given tables earlier in
the wW^W
Grea^Pxciement prevailed after
it wfaflrgenerally known that the
'assignments were being put up in the
post office, and continued through-out
dinner, the first meal at new
tables. New faces were scrutinized
with unusual interest, since they
were to be looked at thrice daily for
three montiis. w
END OF HIGH HEELS MAY
BE HEAVING INTO SIGHT
Local merchants of Greensborto
have responded splendidly for "Bet-ter
shoes for college women". It is
now possible to buy in Greensboro
i the following shoes, approved by the
National education department of
the Y. W. C. A. At Dobson-Sills,
Ground grippers, Cantilivia; Brown
Belk, Dorothy Dodd; Hendricks,
Princess Pat.
MISS LAURA COIT SPEAKS
TO STUDENTS AT VESPER
At Vejtfer Service, Wednesday
night, Miss Coit spoke to the new
girls for the first time. In her talk,
she urged the girls to live up to the
motto of "Thinking, Trying, Toiling
and Trusting."
MISS M. F. DAVENPORT
DOING GOOD WORK
AS WELFARE OFFICER
She Resigns Position as Head of
Physical Department in Order
Accept New Work
In the Charlotte Observer of a re-cent
date there was an article on
the plans for the welfare of Gaston
County. The article announced that
Miss Faye Davenport the county wel-fare
officer, had received an appoint-ment
as deputy sheriff. Her duties,
however, will/not be the regular
ones but only those which are nec-essary
for the progress of her work.
Miss Davenport will be remem-bered
by all members of the faculty
and student body as the very effi-cient
head of the department of
physical education. She graduated
at the college in 1912 after which
she completed a course in physical
education at Wellesley. Since that
time, she has been at the college un-til
last spring when she resigned her
position in order to serve Gaston
County in the capacity of county
welfare officer.
During her stay at the college
Miss Davenport accomplished a great
deal toward a better department of
Physical Education and toward bet-ter
athletics. Under her leadership
and because, of her cooperation with
the student members of the Athletic
Association, -the Organization pro-gramed
trom a very«--e"*M»H -ud w*
effective one to one of the most in-fluential
of the campus.
MISS GRACE STOWELL WILL
BE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN
The library wishes to announce
the inauguration this year of a ser-vice
intended for the especial aid
and convenience of both faculty and
students in the use of the library
and its resources. A new position
has been created; that of the refer-ence
librarian. Miss Grace Stowell
has been chosen for the work, and
she will be at her desk in the refer-ence
and periodical room daily dur-ing
the morning and afternoon
hours.
The reference librarian will assist
students in finding material on any
desired subject, in the use of mag-azine
indexes and other reference
books, in the preparation of bibli-ographies:
in short she will find for
anyone the available resources of the
library on any subject asked for.
Because of the large student body
and faculty to serve, it is desirable
that requests for information or
assistance be made as long before it
is required as possible. Printed
blank forms asking the nature of the
information requested are provided
at the reference desk. If the refer-ence
librarian is not on duty, fill out
a card and leave it on her desk. It
will, however, be more satisfactory
to make requests in person.
It is the earnest desire of the en-tire
staff to be of service to the fac-ulty
and students in every way pos-sible.
The staff is especially anx-ious
to help those who are not yet
familiar with the details of the li-brary
system. Any member of it is
always available for consultation and
help.
The staff this year is as follows:
Charles B. Shaw, librarian; E. Eliz-abeth
Sampson, assistant librarian
and cataloger; Grace E. Stowell, ref-erence
librarian; Rosa M. Oliver,
assistant in charge of circulation;
Annie E. Cummings, assistant in
charge of accessioning; Marie Bon-itz,
Mildred Burch, Daisy Hunter,
Mabel Stamper and Katherine Yoder,
student assistants.
SUMMER SESSION
OF 1921 SHOWS
BIG ENROLLMENT
Many Well-Known Men and Women
on Faculty
The 1921 summer session of the
North Carolina College for Women
was from the standpoint of enroll-ment
one of the best in the history
of the college according to Professor
J. H. Cook, Director of the Summer
School. The college was exceeded
in enrollment by only one other sum-mer
school in the state. The num-ber
of students registering was sev-en
hundred and forty-one, of which
number sixty-four were college grad-uates.
The averagb scholastic at-tainment
was equivolent to one
college year. About eighteen stu-dents
were enrolled in graduate
courses. Ninety counties of the
state were represented.
Courses in nearly every depart-ment
were given. The faculty num-bered
seventy including members of
the regular college faculty and well
known men and women from other
colleges and universities. Among
these were Professor Thomas Barc-lay
of the University of Missouri
in the department of history; Miss
Edith Thomas^ of the state depart-ment
in the department of Home
Economics, Professor F. C. Lond-sittal
of the Ohio state University
giving a course in school administra-tion,
Professor Bruce Melvin of
Weslyan University in the depart-ment
of SocMogry, Mies Jwltm II uh-bard
of Scranton, Pa., in i' e spec-ial
methods, and, several others of
note.
One of the best features of the
summer school was the recreation
planned by the social bommi)ttee.
The Deborah players gave an enter-tainment
of three plays, Professor
Scott-Hunter of the college assis-ted
by William Monroe, Professor
Bates and Mrs. Caldwell, as soloists,
and Professor Givler as cellois gave
recitals. There were also lecturers
of note who came to the college.Dr.
Frank P. Groves since appointed
commissioner of education in New
York; Lee L. Driver of the Bureau
of Rural Education of Pennsylvania
and a specialist in consolidation, and
Dr. E. C. Brooks, head of the state
Department of Education. Stunt
night was an enjoyable feature, the
stunts being given by counties.
Probably the most pleasant outing
arranged for the students was the
excursion to Guilford Battle Ground
given by the Greensboro Chamber of
Commerce. Refreshments were ser-ved
and talks were made by citizens
of the city.
STUDENTS GIVE NEW
GIRLS BIG WELCOME
AT RECEPTION
Organizations Put On Feature
Stunts; Large Crowd; Lemon-ade
Served On Porch Of
Students
The annual reception for the new
girls held in the auditorium and so-ciety
halls, was given Saturday night
with stunts and dancing as the big
features.
Several of the campus organiza-tions
were represented in stunts
which were put on in the auditorium.
Rosalie Wells, Sara Harrison and
Blanche Henley were specialties
during the reception.
Marie Bonitz, President of the
Student Government Association
gave a short address of welcome to
the new girls.
"With and Without", by the Y.
W. C. A. was very attractive with a
corner of the Hut fixed up on the
stage, and several old girls lounging
comfortably around. The appear-ance
of two new girls in their midst
occasioned an explanation of the
Y. W. C. A. and the Hut, and what
they mean to the students.
The Athletic Association put on a
humorous stunt consisting of a hard
fought basket-ball game, and an
auction sale of articles very valua-ble
because of certain .sentimental
^attachments. e Cjj'^liiyan gave
a pe«>p into th. pro* which
news is gathered and gotten into the
paper, and the Dramatic Club pre-sented
a most dramatic scene of a
"Meeting at Nite".
The three Literary Societies were
represented by tableux of Adelphai,
Cornelia and Gracci, and Dike.
Seniors, again became kiddies in
the "Evolution of a Senior", begin-nig
anew as the first grader in ear-scrubbing
days, and continuing
through the early sweetheart days
and High School frivolity, to the
studiousness of college and the final
diploma.
The Juniors gave to the new girl
who came, homesick and lost, into
their midst, a testimony of their
"big-sisterliness" in some peppy
songs and an overflow of sympathy
and comfort.
DAVIDSON STUDENT BODY
ELECTS LOURY PRESIDENT
Davidson, N. C, Sept. 23, 1921—
Having been twice elected president
of his class, T. M. Loury, Jr. of Mem-phis,
Tenn.* was recently elected
president of the student body for the
coming year. He succeeds Leonard
Dick, president-elect, who was un-able
to return to college this year.
In the preliminary vote Lowry and
J. M. McFadden, president of the
Athletic Association, led the ticket
In the final vote Lowry was chosen
to lead the student body.
QUILL CLUB HAS FIRST
MEETING OF THE YEAR
The Quill Club held its first reg-ular
meeting Tuesday night. Mr.
Thornton outlined the plan and me-thod
of writing the club wishes to
pursue this year. Plans for the enter-tajwhieiit
by the Collegiate Pres»
Association were discussed, but
nothing definite was decided upon.
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MISS MACDONALD SPEAKS
AT Y CABINET MEETING
The cabinet meeting held Mon-day
night in the Hut was of great im-portance
to its members. At that
time, Miss MacDonald made her first
talk to the Cabinet as a whole. In
her address, Miss MacDonald spoke
of the responsibilities and privileges
of the cabinet members. She
praised the work they had accom-plished,
and urged them to uphold
their standard of action". The cab-inet,
with Miss MacDonald's help,
expects to make this year the best
one the Y. W. C. A. has had.
During the business session of the
meeting two changes in the cabinet
were announced. Sarah Virginia
Heilig has been elected chairman of
the Bible Study committee to take
the place of Lelia Currin, who did
not relurn to the college this fall,
and JoBcelyn McDowell, the under-graduate
field representative of the
Y. W., has been made the Y. W. rep-resentative
of ten small colleges
also. The questions of retaining the
old members of the Y. W. and of
celebrating the birthday of the Hut
were discussed by the cabinet, but no
definite decision regarding either
was reached.
To The New Constitution
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