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THE TWIG
September 29, 1945
Newspaper of Students, Meredith College
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Deuteronomy 23; 23.
/I Wolvome ami a Chiillenffe...
Orientation Week
FRESHMAN QUIPS AND QUOTES
ABOUT FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Already new students and faculty
members have been extended many
greetings, but we of The Twig staff
would like to add another by welcoming
each one of them to Meredith College.
Around us we see a campus filled with
new faces, new names, and new energy
and enthusiasm. Soon, however, new
found friendships will replace un
familiar faces, and keen enthusiasm will
be manifested in many campus activi
ties. Truly we have begun this school
year successfully. We believe that those
to whom Meredith was only a name are
beginning already to sense the prevail
ing spirit of friendliness, Christian
thinking, and wholesome living that
reigns here. Not only are they becom
ing conscious of this spirit, but they are
feeling themselves a part of all that
Meredith stands for. Soon they, like
those who have already come to know
and love their college, will feel a very
real part, an active part of the Meredith
family.
Such a successful beginning should
lead to untold accomplishments as the
year progresses. As we go forward,
each student’s individual and coopera
tive contribution and participation will
determine not only her record here, but
will collectively set the record for the
school. Activities and organizations on
the campus offer opportunities for the
pursuing of special interests, for active
ly participating in extra-curricular ac
tivities, and for the developing of lead
ership.
We of The Twig staff hope that we
may be able to help new students in
becoming acquainted with all activities
on the campus and in helping them feel
the true Meredith spirit.
Florence Moore, Graham, “The sweet
ness and friendliness of the girls im
pressed me most.”
Jerry McArthur, Goldsboro, “I knew
I’d like my second home from the very
first.”
Bettie Brickhouse, Warrenton, “Mere
dith is O.K. by me.”
Elizabeth Weston, Warrenton, “From
the first I knew I’d like to stay here.”
Sara Davis, Inez, “Just give me a little
more time to make up my mind.”
Frances Moore, Raleigh, “I think I’ll
like it here.”
Ann Cowart, Birmingham, Alabama,
“Meredith girls are the friendliest peo
ple I have ever known.
Mildred Bullard, Chadbourne, “Such
an awful day to start college! But—a
bad beginning always makes a good
ending.”
Marguerite Bullard, Stedman, “This
is one visit to Meredith when I don’t
have a round trip ticket. I’m sure I
won’t be sorry.”
Eva Kitchin Edwards, Scotland Neck,
“This is the friendliest bunch of girls
I’ve ever seen.”
Grace Whitehead, Scotland Neck,
“The campus is beautiful and all the
girls are so nice.”
Eloise Thomas, Weldon, “The girls
are so friendly I won’t have a chance
to get homesick.”
Osee Mac Johnson, Enfield, “I was
scared!”
Margaret Hope Smith, New Bern,
“It’s the friendliest place I’ve ever seen.”
Lela Butts, Angler, “My first impres
sion of Meredith was the way the fac
ulty and students helped us and showed
us around.”
Mary Faye Perkins, Pikeville, “Mere
dith is wonderful.”
Phyllis Harrington, Portsmouth, Vir
ginia, “I like Meredith all right now
but I expect to like it better as I stay
longer. It is very friendly.”
Ruth Hannon, Moncure, “Meredith is
a very friendly and likable place and
the longer I stay the better I like it.”
Susan Graham, Enfield, “My first im
pression of Meredith, muddy and sloppy
though it was, was that it is one of the
most cheerful and friendly places I’ve
ever seen.”
Billie Hart, Salemburg, “The friendli
ness of the faculty and students im
pressed me most.”
Dorothy Sadler, Anderson, South
Carolina, “I think Meredith is a wonder
ful institution and I hope every moment
will be profitable.”
Frances Hallis, Laurinburg, “Mere
dith is far above my greatest expecta
tions.”
Nancy Hall, Oxford, “I love it!”
Marianna Worth, Indian Head, Mary
land, “I was just crazy about Meredith,
even though it was raining the first
day.”
Marie Badgett, Oxford, “This is a
wonderful ‘Angel Farm’.”
Helene Klingheil, Walpole, Massachu
setts, “At first the dorms looked just like
a hospital, but I just love it now.”
Aileen Belton, Winston-Salem, “The
girls here are all so nice and friendly.”
Colleen Brown, Winston-Salem, “The
vitality, personality, and school spirit
of the upperclassmen impressed me
most.”
Bettie Horton,' Ellerbe, “The friendli
ness of students and teachers was very
impressive.”
Irene Covington, Ellerbe, “I felt at
home the minute I entered and I love
it.”
Willowse Weathington, Winterville,
“I am satisfied with my choice of a col
lege.”
Martha Allen, Rockingham, “The girls
were so friendly I felt welcome and a
part of things from the first.”
Martha Hooks, Dublin, Georgia,
“Would the rain continue forever!”
Annette Miller, New Bern, “At first
I wondered if I would be able to stay
until October 13, but now I know I can.”
Louise Hunt, Oxford, “I hope there
will be more time than there is now to
get things done—Always in a hurry.”
Doris King, Raleigh, “How friendly
everyone is!” .
Harriete Littlejohn, Greer, S. C.,
“Meredith was very pretty and also very
wet.”
Julia Powers, Wallace, “Never had I
seen so many smiling girls.”
Iris Scarborough, Mt. Gilead, “How
pretty Meredith is, even in the rain.”
Dorothy Patrick, Charlotte, “Elegance
hidden behind walls of dignity.”
Edith Cooper, Falcon, “Every tree
looked beautiful in the downpour of
rain.”
Brownie Roberson, Washington,
“Meredith is one of the friendliest
places I have ever been.”
Rosemary Dean, Louisburg, “It is a
very friendly place.”
Elizabeth Colvard, Rockingham, “It
is a lovely place, filled with friendly
girls.”
Nell Parker, Enfield, “Meredith is a
friendly place, but very wet.”
Jean Fleming, Middleburg, “The place
is beautiful and the girls very friendly.”
Rachel Lynn Inscoe, Castalia, “Water,
water, everywhere!”
Betty Jean Hefner, Greer, S. C.,
“When the mist cleared it was wonder
ful.”
Jennie Lou Newbold, Elizabeth City,
“It is very pretty and the spirit of
friendliness is very welcome.”
Orientation week on the Meredith
campus this year was begun and car
ried out quite efficiently. Three stu
dent organizations, the Student Gov
ernment Association, the Baptist Stu
dent Union, and the Athletic Associa
tion, should be recognized for the large
part they played in making it a success,
Nancy Harris, Flora Ann Lee, Eliza
beth Shelton, Mary Gertrude Turner
and many other campus leaders worked
ceaselessly organizing groups, planning
training classes, providing entertain
ment, and in various other ways wel
coming the new students in a genuinely
friendly and helpful manner. These or
ganizations, these girls were admirable
representatives for Meredith, They
should be highly commended for their
part in successfully carrying out a well-
planned orientation program.
If you have read as far as the title of
this column, you may hope with a tug
on the imagination that, slow as it may
be, it isn’t quite at a stand-still yet.
What you think at the end of it is, un
fortunately, left to your own opinion.
As our speaker at the formal opening
of school said, it is a great temptation
to refrain from giving advice, and as
temptation usually wins every battle
with me, I have no choice but to suc
cumb. Forgive us, freshmen, but we
just can’t resist it. It adds years to
one’s ego, you know, sophomore, or
otherwise. Of course we don’t expect
you to listen; that’s tradition, but let us
give it for our own benefit, will you?
school or feel a part of it unless your
conscience is not bothering you. You
will also sleep better nights. (Don’t ask
me where I got my information.)
Ego setter-upper number 3.
You were known in high school for
some talent. Don’t be afraid to let
Meredith know it, because it needs you
and all you can give it. Or maybe you
have a sort of secret desire to do some
thing that no one appreciated at home.
Well, you have a whole new life await
ing you here. Nobody knows what you
were in high school, so make your per
sonality into what you have always
wanted it to be.
Ego setter-upper number 1.
The catalogue insinuates that you
have come here for an education, but
that is mighty easy to forget with all
the new, intriguing clubs and activities
you are invited to join. They are fun
all right, but they take time and work
on your part too; so if anybody would
listen. I’d say wait a little while until
you get on your feet and know how you
stand. Then go to it! Upperclassmen,
am I right?
Ego setter-upper number 2.
Obey the rules. You can’t enjoy
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Oh—phooey! I don’t care if I gain
every single bit of that weight I lost
this summer—I’m goin’ to the Bee-Hive
and get me some of that “yummy”
lookin’ chocolate ice-cream!
Hi ya, Snoopum, dip me up one of
those huge dips—say what has been
cookin’ around here lately?
Huh—what’s that you say? There
are some new girls on our campus?—
Nitwit! ! ! Those are freshmen. Boy,
they really are “getting around” in a
hurry! ! Do you know Lena Glenn High-
fill? She really does string ’em up! She
writes six letters every single night
and puts the stamp on each one of them
upside-down! ! That doesn’t even in
clude a “certain sailor” who is coming
by to see her next week-end on his way
home from over-seas!
Snoopum, did you hear all that
screaming on third floor Stringfield last
night? A State Wolf called and the
lucky gal ran down the hall screaming
—“I’ve got a date.” Madelyn Clinard is
another lucky gal but she’s havin’
trouble makin’ up her mind. One night
it’s Harold, then it’s Jack, and then it’s
Harold again! Wonder if I could be of
any help—and don’t you call me a
“Girl Sprout” either!!
I heard Robert Cooper say that he
was very favorably impressed with the
Astro’s—wonder if Jane L. had any
thing to do with That—Speakin’ of the
Coopers — the “Doc” was just the
“sweetest one” when he brought three
girls a huge cone of ice cream each, all
the way up to the sun-porch of Jones
and Faircloth on the 3rd floor!
Harriet, who makes dresses sprinkled
with funnies here and there, got two
bracelets in the mail from two different
males for no special occasion at all—
not even a birthday or anything!! That
must be love!
Speakin’ of love, have you seen these
third Angers decorated with wedding
bands among the Senior class. Jo Dor-
sett Kornegay practically has to carry
her finger in a sling! They all say—
“I love him more and more every day.”
Snoopums, let’s keep on snoopin’ till
we find us one of those—hey! all my
chocolate ice cream has melted—that’s
what I get for snoo—! ! ! !
didn’t they, and not only in the dining
hall.
Ego setter-upper number 6.
Ego setter-upper number 4.— (I’m be
ginning to sound like Ma Perkins.)
Take time out for making friends.
Friendships are what you will remem
ber when even your sheepskin becomes
a bit musty.
Ego setter-upper number 5.
Honestly try to attend as»many of the
recitals, concerts, lectures, and forums
as you can. They are worth the time
and, well I started to say money, but
most of them are free. Besides, your
folks sent you here to be broadened,
And remember that you aren’t ex
pected to be good already at everything
you attempt to do here. Too many of us
miss a lot of fun by failing to partici
pate in things we like because we are
afraid we aren’t good enough; especially
is this true in sports. Oh, I suppose, like
everyone else and including myself,
you have skinned your nose or knees
(whichever is most prominent) while
pressing against a tennis wire or leaning
on a riding ring and have made the con
ventional remark: “Now if I only could
play like that. . .” Well, that is about
the only excuse for being only a spec
tator that seems completely invalid to
me. Sure they can play better than
you, but just think how they must have
looked the first time they held a racket
or rein. No, that excuse holds about
as much water as the Sahara. Why not
say you just don’t like the game, be
cause if you did, you certainly could
play it.
And if you think somebody may
laugh, well, it isn’t everybody who can
get a laugh out of a “serious college
student.” Who knows, you may be
entering into a career at comedy and
get the last laugh after all. But the main
point is all the fun you miss spectating.
Why, you may know all the rules in a
book backwards, but if you don’t feel
the grit in your teeth and the sweat in
your hands, the game is merely a dia
gram on page 7.
I don’t mean you should play every
game, necessarily, but pick the games
in which you would most like to excel
and dig into them. It is a wonderful
thing to feel skill perfecting itself in
side you, and it won’t take long.
And let the champs have the top.
Perfection must be so dull, for what
fun do champs have anyway, with no
more workouts to conquer?
Well, I think six advices is about
six too many, especially from one who
should be on the receiving end, so good
bye for now, and thanks a lot for giv
ing my ego about a 99 per cent boost.
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