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COME OUT FOR READ STUDENT YOUR SPORT Hollins Student· Life FORUM VOLUME VIII HOLLINS COLLEGE, VIRGINIA, OCTOBER 9, 1935 NUMBER 2 HAPPY BIRTHDAY}- --------~----------~----------------------~------------------.-------------.------------------~ Kathryn Meisl~, Contralto, "Miss Matty's" Birthday to Present Concert Here Celebrated Here To-day • Music Board will Sponsor Honor Students for New Faculty Members Was President of Hollins for Metropolitan Star 1934-35 Announced Introduced on Campus Thirty-Two Years VARIED PROGR~M SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS HOLLINS EXTENDS WARM STUDENTS PAY TRIBUTE WELCOME TO NEW ANNOUNCED BY To-day the college celebrates the Kathryn Meisle, leading contralto of DEAN TEACHERS the Metropolitan Opera, will be presented eightieth birthday of Miss Matty Louis Cocke, President Emeritus of Hollins. at Hollins College, Thursday evening, In Convocation Wednesday night, This year we welcome nine new mem­ The Student Body will not go up to October 10, at 8:00 P. M. October 2, recognition was made of those bers to our faculty and staff. To the office "Miss Matty's" house to sing to her' as Miss Meisle is one of America's great­ girls who have maintained a high stand­ of the Dean comes Miss Leslie Blanchard, they have done heretofore. They will est vocal artists and musicians. Since her ard of scholarship both before entering a graduate of Leland Stanford University. gather, instead, at an elaborate banquet debut with the Minneapolis Symphony Hollins and during their years here. With She received her M. A. at the University which Mrs. Boozer has arranged in the her career has gone forward successfully. Dean Blanchard presiding and Dr. Ran­ of Chicago and is now writing her thesis dining room. After the banquet the Stu­ In California she has sung seven years dolph and Mr. Cocke assisting, the meet­ for her Ph. D. in the Philosophy of Edu­ dent Body will stand and sing the familiar with the San Francisco Opera Company, ing was an impressive one. The Seniors cation at Columbia University. She has and beloved song, "Our Miss Matty." and major orchestras, including the in their caps and gowns added to the for­ had interesting teaching experience at "Miss Matty" has been here since her Chicago, Cincinnati and Philadelphia mality of convocation. the University of Chicago and elsewhere, childhood days when her father, Charls Symphonies, are repeatedly presenting Miss Blanchard, in an introductory and to her duties as Dean is added an Louis Cocke, was made the first president her as soloist. address, spoke of the swift advance which Associate Professorship, since she wU1 "MISS MATTY" of Hollins. When a little girl it was her The program for Miss Meisle's con­ has been made in higher education for teach a course in the Principles of Edu­ President Emerita duty to carry candles around to the rooms cert follows: women in recent years, pointing out the cation. each evening so the girls might see to I. place Hollins holds in the history of wo­ As Associate Professor of Art we have study by at night. Later, in 1874, she The Spirit's Song . .. ... HAYDN men's education. Miss Blanchard then Mrs. Gladys Brannigan, who received Recording of Officers herself graduated from here. After the There's not a Swain on the Plain . PURCELL presented Mr. Cocke, who read the lists. both her B. A. and M. A. at George Wash­ Civil War " Miss Matty" joined her Aria: CheJaro senza Euridice of scholarship students. ington University. She also studied at the Given in Final List efforts with the rest at Hollins and aided (from" Orfeo eel Euridice") . GLUCK In the first group, those who held Corcoran Art School, National Academy in preventing the School from closing, as , scholarships awarded by alumnre, chapters of Design, and Art Students' League. Her II. The final list of people holding offices so many others were forced to do during w.t.II!IIto:Mildred Emory, New York Alum­ oils and water colors have been displayed PrOtlen~alisches Lied . .. ..... SCHDrfANN- in various organizat:;:,.'1s on campus has those hard times. "Miss Matty" first ore Club, ~nd KatherIne Edith Brandt; in important exhibitions and have takep Ich trage meine ftlinne .. ... .. STRAUSS been completed. This list is as follows: served as instructor in Mathematics. Chicago Alumnre Club. many prizes. Mrs. Brannigan will teach Schlechtes Wetter .. ..... STRAUSS Then she became secretary to her father The second group was larger, being EXECUTIVE COUNCIL : all applied art as well as theory and prin­ Sie wissens nicht . STRA USS and under his guidance she became suited those who held school scholarships. They President- Florence Shelley. ciple of design, and a semester course in Ungeduld : . .... .. ... ...... ScHUBERT to .take over the duties as president when were girls chosen by the faculty of their Vice President- Harriet Ann Jackson. the history of painting. ' Mr. Cocke died. III. respective schools on the basis of their Secretary- Mary' Morris Watt. Miss Frances Sites, the assistant " Miss Matty" carried on the dream of A ria: A hI man Fils (from cole high , school records. A third group was Treasurer- Helen Martin. dietitian, studied at Harrisonburg where her father and under her inspired leader­ Prophete") . .... ... .... MEYERBEER chas~ by the scholarship committee of Recorder-Nancy Penn. she received her B. S. Last year she was ship for over thirty years Hollins has con­ IV. Hollins. Winners of the regional scholar­ Junior Class Representative- Mar­ assistant dietitian in the Commons at the ships of $800 were Carolyn Jones, Char­ guerite Waterhouse. University of Virginia. tinued to flourish. ,Although many chan­ As Fair is She as Noonday lottesville, Va., and Francis MacDowell, Sophomore Class Representative­ Miss Mae Neff is the assistant in the ges have been made in the curricula and Light . .. .. ...... RACHMANINOFF Charleston, S. C. The regional scholar­ Nancy Peery. Infirmary. She graduated at Roanoke in social customs, the molding influence of Snowflakes . .. ... GRETCHANINOFF ships were awarded on a competitive basis. College two years ago, and has been work­ "Miss Matty's" character and high ideals Revery . .. .. ... .. ... ARENSKY HOUSE PRESIDENTS : Winners of Class scholarships for at- ing there since then. has remained constant. Floods of Spring . ..... RACHMANINOFF taining the highest average in their re­ West-Frances Willis. Mr. Spencer Edmunds, pastor of the She has always done everything with­ V. spective classes were: Harriet Ann Jack­ Main-Virginia Wellington. Second Presbyterian Church in Roanoke, in her power to make Hollins the best and East-Margaret Clark. The Cry of Rachel . MARY TURNER SALTER son, &eniors; Polly Pruter (did not return), is conducting the classes in Bible and in 1932 she turned over ' Hollins from Song 0' the Lass . .... SAMUEL R. GAINES juniors; and Elizabeth Hayes and Ade­ ASSISTANT HOUSE PRESIDENTS : Religion this year. private to Public ownership in order that laide Smith, sophomores. In the last Miss Jeanette Foster, former librar­ Five Eyes . .. .. ... ARMSTRONG GIBBS West-:-Helen Sue Trinkle, Belle it might be an accredited College. group were the old students who were ian, has returned to campus to resume her In the Luxembourg Brent Woodford and Charlotte Though "Miss Matty" is no longer presi­ awarded college scholarships. These were Gardens . ..... KATHLEEN MANNING Urner. (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) dent, her devotion and high ideals will girls who had an average of B or above Habanera (from Main- Virginia Block. forever be an inspiration to Hollins girls. " Carmen ") .. .... .. GEORGES BIZET last year. East....L... Marguerite Waterhouse. (Continued on Page 3, Column 2) • LEGISLATIVE BOARD: Collegiate Digest is Senior Representative- Berkeley Kathry~ Lavinder Leads Introduced on Campus Y. W. C. ft.. Organizes Moore. First Senior Forum Monogram Club Elects Junior Representative- Peggy Zim- Berkeley as President Committees for Year merman. A regular pictorial review of the news Sophomore Representative- Sara Rice. An event which the Seniors have of the college world will be featured each Se~eral meetings of the Y. W. C. A. anticipated eagerly since their Freshman Lelia Berkeley of Roanoke, Virginia, week in the Collegiate Digest Section of Cabinet have been held for the purpose Y.W.C.A.: year took place yesterday. This was the and a member of the Senior Class, has the STUDENT LIFE. Already three issues of organizing committees and discussing President- Elizabeth Lee. first meeting of the Senior Forum. The been elected president of the Monogram of this section have appeared. plans for the semester. The chairmen of Vice President- Catherine Wright. Seniors met in the Y. W. Room, at 4 :30, Club. This year marks the reorganization Featuring exclusive, lively features committees have been chosen from the Secretary-Sara Rice. for this first formal class meeting to dis­ of the club, which has not existed on cam­ written especially for its wide collegiate members of the cabinet, while girls in the Treasurer- Allison Smith. cuss class and campus problems. pus for 'several years. audience in addition to the regular news various class commissions form the actual Junior Representative- Charlotte Kathryn Lavinder, President of the Sen­ The main function of the club will committees.