University of North Carolina Greensboro - Pine Needles Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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■ 7 V .1923 Tke Alumnae Association Clara Booth Bvrd, General Secretary Officers Laura II. Coit Honorary President Clara Booth Bvrd Betty Aiken Land Secretary- Treasurer Board of Trustees Ruth Gunter Annie S. P. Stratford Eleanor W. Andrews Marie L. Richardson Leah Boddie Laura Weil Cone Annie Beam Funderburk Lucy Crisp Jane Summerell The Alumnae Tea House As often as we have turned the brass knob on the Tea House door to welcome a returning alumna or an interested visitor, so often have we seen the same quick smile and heard the same swift exclamation, Beautiful! But, more than that, our guests have told us that there is a certain atmosphere — it might be restfulness, it might be hospitality — which fills the room with personality and with something more than beauty — charm. Certain it is, too, that many of us, as we sit at lunch or sip a cup of late afternoon tea, and look out through the row of French doors and long windows toward the sunset, and then glance around at the soft orange and blue of the draperies and hang- ings, the touch of orange and blue on the tables and chairs, the orange and blue of the lamp shades, many of us feel that something of the autumn sunset and a bit of the autumn sky have been caught up and brought into this room, and that something of the beauty and tranquillity of both have entered into our own hearts. The Tea House is the first unit, ground floor, of the building which the alumna; are erecting at the college for their own home. It was first s tarted in the spring of 1922, and completed in October, 1922. It contains a basement, kitchen, lavato- ries, dining hall, and a west porch. The basement has a well-equipped laundry, a heating plant, a store room, and servants ' quarters. The kitchen and dining room, on the first floor, are finished in ornamental plaster, putty-colored, and have composition floors. The equipment for the kitchen is the best that we could buy. The furnishings in the dining hall I have already suggested. But it is here that the labor of love was bestowed. True to form, we had put about all of our money into the building itself, and into the substantial equipment for our kitchen and basement, so that little was left for fur- nishing the dining room. And yet here, of all places, things must be attractive. Mrs. Elizabeth Mclver Weatherspoon was chairman of the committee on decorations and furnishings. She brought to her aid Miss Beatrice D. Craig, who was giving a course in fine and industrial arts at the college during the summer session of 1922, and together they worked out the problem. They decided that the draperies should be hand-block printed, after an old craft

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School of Music Wade R. Brown, Mus.D., Dean Wade R. Brown, Mus.D. George Scott-Hunter Alice E. Bivins, B.S. Alleine Minor Benjamin S. Bates Myra A. Albright Alice Vaiden Williams, B.M. Matilda Morlock Claire Henley, B.M. Mary L. Ferrell Elma Hancon Olive Chandley, B.M. School of Home Economics Blanche E. Shaffer, M.A., Dean Blanche E. Shaffer, MA. Mollie A. Peterson, M.A. Ailsie M. Stevenson, M.A. Ethel R. Gorham, B.S. Agnes Steele, B.S. Edith S. Ranney, M.A. Clare Heuser, B.S. Department of Health Anna M. Gove, M.D., Director Anna M. Gove, M.D. Lois Boyd Gaw, M.D. Eva M. Locke, M.D. Jessie McLean, R.N. Cora Beam, R.N. HYGIENE Bessie Noyes, M.A., Ph.D. Estelli; R. Jacka, A.B. Constance E. Hartt, A.B. PHYSICAL EDUCATION Mary Channing Coleman, B.S. Irene Emery (Resigned) Mildred Francis Joy N. Rogers Anne Campbell Hilda Burr Extension Work Charles B. Shaw, M.A. Minnie L. Jamison

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1923 originating in India, more perfected in Japan, and in recent years brought to America by the late Professor Arthur Wesley Dow, of Columbia University, and that the designs should be symbolic of campus life. The students in the art class entered eagerly into the plan as part of their class assignment, and went to work on their indi- vidual designs. Any number of campus symbols were patiently carved on the little blocks of wood, but the designs finally accepted were these: The girls walking across the bridge , The girls skipping across the bridge , the old-fashioned pantalette girl , Zeke ringing the college bell , The Tea House , Birds and trees . These you will find printed upon the draperies at the windows, upon the hangings at the hall door, or upon the sofa pillows. Miss Harriett Hylton, of Greensboro, is the manager of the Tea House. Three regular meals a day are served. A la carte and afternoon tea are also featured. Recently a showcase was installed, and in this is carried an assortment of candies and other things designed to tempt the hungry schoolgirl. A number of articles have been sent by various alumna: for display in the showcase — handkerchiefs, towels, bags, luncheon sets, table covers, aprons, baby garments, home-made candies, and the like, and they have found a ready sale. Such articles will be gladly received any day, and the proceeds will be added to the building fund. Naturally, time is required for establishing any business venture firmly, but we have already had much to encourage us, not the least of which is the often expressed satisfaction of our college community, and of our returning alumnas, that such a place as the Tea House is situated upon the campus. Those familiar with living conditions outside the home — and we are legion — know what a vexing problem it is to find a place where the right kind of food is served in the midst of congenial surroundings. The alumnae can truly feel that they have made a real contribution to the campus life of their Alma Mater. INTERIOR OF ALUMNAE TEA HOUSE 23