The Twig
Member of N. C. Collegiate Press Association
Published Weekly by the Student Body
of Meredith College .
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Katiiebine Brown Editor-in-Chief
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Gkkamune Goweii Associote Editor
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Panxiu Paul Y. ir. C. A. Editor
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^ EDITORIALS ^
Girls, do you know flie jmrposo of tlie
columii in the T/u' Tw'kj ciititieil Student
Opinion? It is I'or you to oxpvcss youv
views—to say what you tliiiik silidut any-
thing that pertains to Meredith ami iis
surroundings. Don’t wait tnf u^ to eouin to
you and boii'. coax, and iiiijilorc ym to
write sonietliiiig for tlii.- eohnim. We are
ni.t I'diting tliis paper for any fun that we
li'ct nut of it—it is far too hard work for
that. We are editiiijr it for you. and thi.s
edhuiiii is essentially desi,nied as a jilaee
wlicre you can. air your views. If you arc
too shy to get up and speak in a nicetinj^' of
the Student Body, there are still hopes for
yon—you can voiee yovir ii)inionj thi'tuigli
this eohnun. Point out faults and defeats,
but be .«nre yon can siigjrc'st itnproveni(‘nts.
If you arc riglitecnisly lu'inid if .sr.uicthinii'.
say so. A litlh' praise will bel[i us all.
'Phrouf;;h the Stud(‘nt Opinion eohunn of
77/f' Twitj, and the vStuilent O])inion depart
ment in tlic Acorn you hav'e a far greater
privilege than yon arc niindfiil of. in devel-
f>piiig a larger and finer IMcrcdith Spirit.
rJlRDS, SUBJECT OF INFORMING
LECTURE GIVEN BY MR. GORST
Iram 'paoe 0
people spend much time growing them, yet
rarely does anyone stop to listen to the lovely
notes coming from the throats of the little
birds around them.
ilost people arc not willing to take IS’nture
as Xature is. One of the sweetest religions
experiences one can have is to seek for truth
outside of oneself—to be alone with Nature
in ii sublime and prayerful sileiicc. To him,
that is the greatest inspiration except real
religious activity.
Then he gave the songs and calls of many
other birds, sueh as the Song Sparrow, com
mon Water-bird and spotted Sand Piper,
He showed how they call their yottng or one
bird calls its mate. This he said was tlieir
means of communication wbetlu'r one eared
to call if language or not. He iuiitnted the
l:'lioker, eonuiionly known as the wond-pecker,
Bluejay, C'ardinal or Ued Bird and Cironse
or ]?obin Canary.
“Birds,” he said, “do not toll us what they
think for they do not think, but they do feci
and tell us how they feel—in fact they have
many strong feelings—they hate, love, fear,
get angry, feel iiappy, etc. They give expres
sion to their feelings through their songs.”
Occasionally, Jlr. Gorst said lie would
hear a new note nud would think he was
going to find a new bird. But on tracing the
sound and seareliing for tJie new bird, lie
woulil not find a new bird at all, but a famil
iar one singing a new note.
To show the economic as well as the nes-
thetie value of birds to luimanity. Mr. (uirsi
gav(‘ statistics tal(*n by tlic l)e])artnient of
Agrieulliire as to the eatehing (-f potato bu;rs 'contribution.
have k(‘ener intelligence as Wordswortii felt
toward God, when he said:
And !1 have felt a ])resenee
'.riint disturb-- me with the joy of eleva
ted thought—
A sense sublime of something far more
deeply fused,
Whoso dwelling is the light of setting
suns,
And the round ocean, and the living air.
And the blue sky, and in the mind of
man,
A motion and a spirit that impels
All thinking things, all objects of all
thought, and roll tlirongh all things.
The lecture wa.^i closed by an iinusnallj
sweet, whistling solo. iMendelsohn’s ‘‘Spring
Song.”
GIRLS ARE URGED TO TAKE
PART IN WRITING CONTEST
(.Cantii-ved /rum page I)
il'SS. shall be numbered (and shall bear no
other mark of identification), and each judge
shall, without consultation -with the others,
on the basis of thought, rhetoric and style,
grade each making no record whatever on
the iMSS. His grades shall be recorded on
a separate ])iece of.jiaper, and returned to
the General Secretary tnid the .MSS shall be
forwarded to ihe second judge, who sluill do
likewise, etc., until all three judges sliall
have passes ujion all of the contesting MSS.
2. 'riie Secretary shall tlien total the
grades aeeord‘d eaeli newspii])or !MSS. and
the one having the larg(*st total shall ho de
clared the winner. In tin* magazine n.ntest
in any of tbi' fields the winner shall be tin*
entrant receiving tli' majority vote for his
licne .Maran. a young Xegro author, has
won th(‘ aninud jirize of Gonconrt Acadcniy
for the best l^rench novel of 1021. This
author was born on the island of ilartiuique,
French West Indie.s. The novel deals with
colored litV in Central Africa and is entitlel
“Batouala.” 'I'he Goneourt prize is worth
Ti.OOO francs, and is (ini* fif the most cberised
literarv awards of France.
and insects by a few birds, especially the
Rose-breasted Grosljeak. The rate of luulti-
])lieation is so rai)id that within a shf>rt
length of time, farming would be made im-
])ossible if a storm slundd kill off all these
birds. Thus, tliey stand between us and
starvation.
As a lover of birds and nature ilr. Gc.rst
was, of course, o])posed to tlu' shooting of
bii’ds, but he also objected to the wearing t)f
pbune.* and feathers.
lie next sboweil us. with ihe aid of illus
trations, iiis metliods of writing bird songs.
'I’liis seemed V(*ry strange for doubtless most
of the audience had ncvc'r tliought of wi’iting
what tlie birds try to say,
Altlnmgb the sinig of the Mcieking Bird is
v-ry sweet, the sjieaker’s favorite was flu*
Hermit 'riirnsh. His evening hymns are
most beantifni and he could, on hearing them,
innigine himself standing in tlx? midst of
snbdued silence in a vast temple looking
through the mighty i>illars around it with the
not(‘s of some nnij(‘stie pipe organ echoing
tlirongh the arches. This music is celestial.
His study of birds has utade him feel
more about Xafnre and has caused him to
:j. 'J’he wimiei- of the uewspapi-r contest
shall receive a full write*u|» in the newspa
pers that are members of the association in
addition to the jmblication of the winning
nniterial.
4. The winner of the magazine eontcst
shall reeeiv(‘ a full write-up in the literary
nniga/Jnes that are members of the associa
tion in addition to th«‘ ])nblicntion of the
winning material.
It shall be th(‘ duty of the i'lxecutive
Committee to see that ale(|uale facts about
the winner’s life, work and ]>ersonality arc
furnished the interested publication,- .so that
they nnty proceed to give a fair and good
write-np.
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1. 'I'hei-e .shall be three judges of (he final
contest.
2. These shall be elected by the president
of the association.
'.riie cost of one United States battleship
would endow four universities like Prince
ton or build 8,(iOO homes at a cost of $5,000
each.