Meredith College - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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FACULTY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Lila Bell, M.Ed. Assistayit Professor of Education Harry K. Dorsett, A.M. Associate Professor of Education David R. Reveley, Ph.D. Professor of Education Miss Bell and Kiddie Lit books . . . Dr. Reveley ' s stand against Busywork . . . vowel charts and perfection of printing . . . Mr. Dorsett ' s entrance tests to freshmen . . . butterflies of the beginning student teachers . . . one aim: to become professional teachers . . . the ordeal of the examination for an A certificate . . . relief and apprehension after finally hear- ing about a job. . . . ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Dr. Rose ' s long-remembered Christmas reading ... Dr. Johnson ' s brisk walk . . . stimu- lating ideas at book teas . . . spring term papers — and then corrections . . . Mrs. Greenwood ' s reminder that the bells don ' t ring on Monday morning ... the Canterbury pilgrims . . . recitations of memory work in class . . . Dr. Knight ' s traditional airing of the room ... I always took delight in learning, teaching, and writing. . . . Velma Mae Gorsage, A.M. Instructor in English Dorothy P. Greenwood, A.B. Instructor in English. Iary Lynch Johnson, Ph.D.. L.H.D. Professor of English Ione Kemp Knight. Ph.D. Associate Professor of English Norma Rose, Ph.D. Professor of English 22

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HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT Getting up early in the practice house . . . long hours preparing for the Christmas exhibit . . . Miss Hanyen ' s imported green, blue, and white belts . . . Miss Brewer ' s asserting, Oh, girls, that would be a happy choice! . . . the decision about making fudge or divinity . . . last minute preparations for the annual fashion show . . . Precept: Don ' t ever stitch over a pin. . . . ART DEPARTMENT Frequent visits to the Art Museum . . . ruined manicures and kerosene-stained clothes . . . afternoon labs and seminars . . . efficient Dr. Downs . . . offices wallpapered with sketches . . . patience with fresh- men and charcoal-smudged faces . . . Miss Jeffries ' prize painting, Waiting . . . bouncers lined along the hall of Second Joyner . . . four years ' work cli- maxed with a senior exhibit. . . . Ellen Dozier Brewer, A.M. Professor oj Home Economics Jennie M. Hanyen, A.M. Associate Professor of Home Economics Arthur C. Downs Assistant Professor Lucy B. Jeffries, Assistant Professor Ed.D. of Art M.F.A. of Art Edwin K. Blanchard, M.Mus.Lit. Assistant Professor of Music James L. Clyburn, M.S. Instructor in Music Phyllis W. Garriss, M.Mus. Assistant Professor of Music Isabelle Haeseler, M.S.M. Instructor in Music Harry E. Cooper, Mus.D., F.A.G.O. Professor of Music Beatrice Donley, B.M. Associate Professor of Music Stuart Pratt, Mus.M. Professor of Music Jean Swanson, M.Mus., F.A.G.O. Assistant Professor of Music 2]

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RELIGION DEPARTMENT Bernard H. Cochran, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Religion Roger H. Crook, Th.D. Professor of Religion Ralph E. McLain, Ph.D. Professor of Religion Departmental meetings in the Bee Hive . . . stimulating class discussions . . . cartoons on Dr. Cochran ' s bulletin board . . . constant contact with Dummelow ' s Commentary and The Interpreter ' s Bible . . . Dr. Crook ' s office — a toyland for boys at Christmas time . . . frequent get-togethers at the professors ' homes . . . our gallant gentlemen of the campus . . . Dr. Mac ' s concern for all. . . . LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT Vocabulary, vocabulary, and more vacabulary . . . Miss Neblett ' s scrapbook of her travels . . . Mr. Ledford — teacher and student . . . getting acquainted with our neighbors from south of the border . . . trombonist turned French professor . . . singing Christmas carols in French and German . . . pen pals in foreign lands . . . perplexing idioms . . . and then the usual request, Repita usted, por favor. . . . A ft Susanne H. Freund, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Foreign Languages William R. Ledford, A.M. Instructor in Foreign Languages Quentin Oliver McAllister, Ph.D. Professor of Foreign Languages Margaret C. Martin, A.M. Instructor in Foreign Languages Lucy Ann Neblett, A.M. Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages