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The Twig Member of N. C. Collegiate Press Assoelalion Published Weekly by the Student Body of Meredith College STAFF KATiiEntNK BttowN EdUor-in-CMef EuzAUKTii Kbndiuck ... .Assistant Editor-in-Chief Claua Mak Jessup Associate Editor Ruth Fueismax Associate Editor Gkualuine Gowek Associate Editor Annie Hope Ward Associate Editor Fannie Paul Y. IF. C. A. Editor Miss Mary Vincent Long Faculty Editor Ann Eijza Biiewek Business Manager Evelyn Bailev ... .Assistant Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 r EDITORIALS When you read the newspapers, whtit do you read ^ Is it ‘'Briiigiiig ixp father”, “Mutt and Jell'”, or “Doings of the Duffs Is it the fashion sheet and society ])a.^'e or tlie sportiiig column ^ This with ii senii-aniunii •jx‘Iiiiee aftlro headtines, is about'all riie uews- jjaper reading' the averajre girl does. In all .seriousness, in this day of inonientous t|nes- tiniis of universal interest it is time we all wake up and diligently begin reading every day the lieadlines, and tlien what follows them, 'riii'ti when we find ourselvcf- in the midst of a group of intelligent ]jeople. and they start discussing Disafuiament we will not have to shuid around with our uuniths shut, wonder ing what in the world they can l)e talking about, but wo will be able to enter into the discussion ourselves. I..et’s start a crusade of daily newspaper reading. drain our pocketbooks, that we would soon be glad to improve our vocabulary so that we might express ourselves otherwise than in slang, and then we might apply ourselves conscientiously to the practice of speaking ])ure English. RED CROSS DRIVE AT MEREDITH The Red Cross drive is being carried on at Meredith and it is expected by those in charge that they will be able to report a hundred per cent niembershi)) before the expiration of the allotted time. An attractive booth has been arranged on the first floor of Main Building with appropriate posters to call our attention to the things for which the Red Cross stands and those conditions which should be of most vital interest to us. Come on girls, let us stand by the Community Service Conmiittee and be a hundred percent for the Red Cross. Miss ilinnie Hollowell entertained very charmingly at a tea on Sunday night in honor of the birthday’ of Miss Mary Tiller}’. The guest of honor, although surprised, was ^'cry gracious as she was usiiered by the hostess in the midst of the other guests. A very de lightful half hour was spent in a contest in which iliss Jladge Hedrick won the prize. Following this, refreshments which consisted of tea and sandwiches wore served by j\[isses Virginia White, Ethel Hollowell, and Mil dred Taylor. Those who enjoyed the even ing were '.Misses !Mary 'J'illery, Sarah iEoore, Helen Holmes, Evelyn Bally. Berth Carroll, Dick Felton and Madge Hedrick. COLLEGIATE PRESS Better Speeeh Week is here. It is not confined to the freshmen English classes aliHic, but i- extended throughout the entire sclionl. The seniors are just as guilty. -|)cr- ha])s even more so, of tising a sui>er-abundaiiee of not even healthy, wholesome slang, than are the freshmen. The language of the ^leredilh girl, on the halls, in her room, at social fuiK,-- tions, in fact everywhere except in the class- ro(nn, and sometimes even then, is rai>idly de teriorating into a jargon of slang. We have all been “weighed in the balance and foutid wanting” as regards perfect speecli. In one room on the campus, the occupants have de vised a scheme of fining each other icvcry time a slang expression is used. One, would be surprised at the number of slang words a girl unconsciously uses in an hour’s conversation. It woxald be an excellent plan if more of us would institute this system of fining. Perhaps our vocabulary would so DAVIDSON COLLKfiK STU1)E?T INVADES WIXSrON-SALKJI Davidson, K. C., iVov. J2, J0‘J1—Almost the entire student body of Davidson College attended the Davidson-North Carolina game in Winston-Salem today. A special train carried over one hundred and fifty, a goodly mimber went by motor car and not a few, es timates vary from fifty to one hundred, trav- eleved a la ‘*side-door ]^nllman”. The team was determined to liold North Carolina and the student body was equally determined to uphold their fighting team. After the game about one hundred Davidson men attended the Davidson-Caroliua banquet and dance at the maiiuificent new. Robert E. Leo Hotel. DAVIDSON CELKBUATES A«MISTICE DAY DdvUhon, N. C'., Nov. 12, 102].—David son College officially celebrated “Davidsoi College Day” in conjunction with Armistici Day on K’ovember 11th. Friday morning the exercises wore held in Shearer Hall. Jl'en- tion was made of the history of the past and of ])lans for the future by members of the fac ulty. Particular emphasis was laid on the exploits of Davidson men in the World Wav Dr. B. R. Lacy, D. D., remembered as tlie famous “Fighting Parson” of the 113th F. A of the 30th Division, in one of the most vital and vivid speeches heard here recently de aouneed war and the preparation for -tt’ar. In the afternoon the Infantry R. O. T. C. Bac* talion gave an exhibition drill. Rivali-y be- tw'cen the four companies was keen, to which, no doubt, was due the uniform exctl- lence of the exhibitions. The judges finally, after mitch deliberation, decided to aw.ud the Honor Flag to Company “B”, Capt. T. M. Lowry commanding. As his s)>ousor Captain Lowry selected Miss Helen Gibbs of David son. U. D. C. ENTEUTAINED AT SALEM The “spacious” halls of Salem were the scene of a lovely receiJtiou on Wednesday af ternoon, October 26, from 4:00 to 0:30, when the college, in association with the Woman’s Club, entertained in honor of the U. D. C. delegates. The guests were met at the door of Main Building, where they were intro duced to the receiving line, which was com posed of the president of the U. D. C. and Woman’s Club, and the executive boards of both organizations. From here, the guests were iishered into the library where a delici ous salad course was tendered them by the Senior Class. During the afternoon about two hundred guests called. Ureeiishoro, N. C., Kov.. 10.—Miss Helen Fraser of London, England, coalition govern ment candidate for the English House of Commons, addressed the political science stu dents of the North Carolina College for Wo men Saturday, November 5th. on the subject of the ihigli.sh Constitution and politics. A large inunber of the students attended the lec ture delivered by iliss Fraser that night at the O. Henry Hotel on English loolieies, ]wli- tics, and ])ersonalities. Fraser s|iokc under the aus|)ices of the Woman’s Club of which il'iss Harriett ICIliot. of the N. C'. C. W. Political Science 1 )epartnien)', is presi dent. (!r('.i')i.'ihoro, .V. Xor. 10.—'I'lx' Inter national Relations Club of the North Carolina College for Women had as a speaker 'I'uesday, November 8, Dr. C. H. l.,everiuore, Secretary of the New York Peace Society who is sent o\it hy the Institute of International Ivduca- tion to s|)Oak to the International Relations Clnb of various colleges. Dr. Levermore spoke to the International Relations Clnb and History Department 'I’uesday afternoon on the subject of “After War Reeonstrnotiotr', speaking again Tuesday evening on “Spirit ual Eecousti’uction”. Lenoir Colh'jjc, Xor. 1, 1U21.—Plans for a new gymnasium are beginning to materiiilize. At a meeting in Salisbury, N. C., the Board of Trustees agreed to raise and give $10,000 i^n- material and snixTvisIon of the construc tion of a building for such a iniri)0se, pr> vided that the students would give their ser vices in the work of construction. The work has already begun and the building is to be of brick and one hundred feet long, and sixty feet wide. Lenoir College will throb with a now life that she has never experienced before in her history, and she will not only be able to claim, but to take and to hold, her place with the other .Jeading .institutions in the state.
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