April 5, 1946
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request of ten per cent of the
members. This request must
state the object of the meeting.
Sec. 3. Nonresident student
meeting. There shall be a
monthly meeting of the non
resident student body.
Sec. 4. Course in freshman
training. There shall be a special
course of training in student
government for the freshmen
and transfer students during
the first few weeks of the fall
semester. Attendance at these
meetings is compulsory. An
examination will be given at the
end of the course.
Faircloth Hall Holds
Annual Open House
Sec. 5. Course in Student
Government training. There
shall be a week set aside for
student government training for
the entire student body each
year in the early fall. Attend
ance at these meetings is com
pulsory.
Sec. 6. Order of business. All
business meetings of the associa
tion shall be conducted accord
ing to parliamentary procedure.
Article XII
Quorum
Section 1. Quorum for ordi
nary business. One-third of the
members of the association shall
constitute a quorum for the
transaction of ordinary business.
Sec. 2. Quorum for constitu
tional change. Two-thirds of the
members of the association shall
constitute a quorum for any
meeting in which an amend
ment or change in the consti
tution is voted upon.
Article XIII
Amendments
An amendment may be pro
posed by the faculty, by the
Student Government Council, or
by ten per cent of the members
of the student body. The pro-
The Health Committee of the
Athletic Association sponsored
its annual contest for the best
looking room in Faircloth Hall
during open house on March 26.
Prizes were awarded for the best
room on each floor and the best
one in the hall. Winners were
Marjorie Blum and Gwendolyn
Krahnke on first floor; Jean
Griffith and Ruth Martin on sec
ond floor; and for the whole hall
Anne Beal and Helen Norville
of the third floor.
Jean Witherspoon, chairman
of the Health Committee, had
charge of the contest. Assistants
were Faircloth Hall officers:
Kitty Johnson, president; Peggy
Haywood, Jetta Funderburk, and
Gwendolyn Krahnke, vice presi
dents.
Faculty members who served
as judges were Mrs. J. E. Foster,
Dr. Quentin McAllister, and
Clayton Charles.
Following open house, there
was a tea in the social room on
the first floor.
posed amendment shall be
posted at least one week before
it is presented to the association
to be voted upon.
BY-LAWS
1. Dues. The annual dues of
the association shall be one dol
lar.
II. Handbook changes. All
recommendations for changes in
the student handbook must be
presented by the Student Gov
ernment Council to the vice
president of the association not
later than April 1.
Respectifully submitted,
Marilynn Ferrell.
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Gossip over a back fence is everybody’s business!... And,
in quite another way, your electric company, too, is
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It belongs to you—to the man next door and the woman
across the street — to the people who rub shoulders with
you in shops and trains and buses.
All types and kinds of folks are on our stockholder
list — housewives, farmers, merchants, teachers, doctors,
nurses. They’re the direct owners.
And there are countless indirect owners. Even if you
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-or savings account.
Why? Because banks and insurance companies — who
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Next to War Bonds, one of their largest investments is
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So, whether you realize it or not — your electric light
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CLASSES SEEK
HIDDEN CROOK
The time for Meredith’s tradi
tion, crooking, has approached.
Jo Hughes, president of the Sen
ior Class, has announced that the
search for the crook, which has
been hidden for quite some time,
started Tuesday night, April 2,
when the first clue was pre
sented to the Junior Class. This
year the search for the crook will
last two weeks, during which
time the freshmen, little sisters
of the juniors, are to help in the
search. There will be two clues,
written in code, presented to
the junior class, the last one
leading to the crook. If the crook
is not found it shall be taken out
of hiding by the Senior Class and
shall be presented to the rising
Senior Class at the Class Day
exercises, bearing the Senior
Class colors. If the Juniors find
the crook, however, it shall have
the senior colors above a black
bow representing mourning of
the Senior Class.
The tradition of crooking was
begun in 1906, when Miss Caro
lyn Burr Phelps gave the crook
as a present to the Senior Class.
Its purpose was to create class
spirit and was handed down
from senior class to senior class.
In 1913 such excessive class
spirit was developed that the fac
ulty decreed that crooking be
discontinued, but in 1929 once
more it was introduced on the
campus, and since that time
crooking has had an important
place on the Meredith Campus.
Becky Ballentine demonstrates the wrong way to ride, or a certain way to
fall off, as she abandons her usual correct riding technique for this picture.
EQUITATION IS A MAJOR PROBLEM—
THE "UPS" AND "DOWNS" OF RIDING
By Elaine Boggess
RESULTS FROM POLLS
(Continued from page two)
4. Do you want dancing with men
on the campus at Meredith?
Freshmen 81 15 4
Sophomores 88 6 1
Juniors 66 15 5
Seniors 50 19
No classification 20 5 15
Total 305 60 15
5. Do you want organized danc
ing on the campus at Meredith?
Freshmen 83 16 3
Sophomores 85 6 4
Juniors 69 11 3
Seniors 53 18
No classification 27 3 1
Total 311 54 13
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Horseback riding is indeed be
coming a major activity at Mere
dith College, or should we take a
“Beginners’ eye view” and say—
Horseback riding is becoming a
Major Problem at Meredith Col
lege.
First of all, there’s the Prob
lem of getting that wild beast
out of his stall with just the
right amount of finesse and
tenderness. Then there’s the
worse problem of holding him
still while one tries vainly time
and again to mount. Then, when
the trembling Beginner has final
ly attained a very unstable seat
astride the vicious creature, she
looks down amazed to see reins
and more reins—so numerous
that she can never hope to cope
with all of them. So she doesn’t.
They just “hang.”
Well, when we’ve got all of
these little matters settled and
the time has come to proceed to
the ring, our luckless Beginner,
with much coaxing, and much
more hesitation is finally pre
vailed upon to kick the horse
(which means GO in horse
language). This is a horrible mo
ment, but when it has finally
been attended to. Beginner
makes her way, cork-screw fash
ion, a la horse, to the ring.
The ring at last!
Now the Major Problem at
this point consists of getting our
animal to adhere to the rail,
walk slowly around, and be a
“nice little horsey.” This may
sound simple, but I will venture
to add that you would be amazed
at just how many things can and
do occur at this point.
Many lessons later—
Beginner, bless her little heart,
has walked, and walked, and
walked, and reversed the horse.
and walked, and walked, and re
versed, and walked, and re
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and walked, etc., etc., etc.
And Now! Finally! The day
has come to learn to TROT.
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A trot is a 4-beat gait. Man
has devised what is called Post
ing in order to combat it. In
other words, WE get “beat” 2
times instead of 4 times per 4
beats of the horse’s hoofs. To do
this we stand “UP,” and sit
“DOWN” in the saddle as the
horse goes into his gait.
Here, truly we have the “UPS”
and “DOWNS” of Equitation.
The beat should go up, down,
up, down, up, down in 4/4 time,
and the actions should be per
formed accordingly. But, are
they? Don’t be silly. Of course
not; Most of the time it goes
something like this; up, down,
down, up down, down, down,
down, up, down, down, up’s (al
most went over the front that
time), up down, up, down, down,
down, down, down, down, down,
UP—oops—this time over the
front, indeed, and down into the
dust. It’s a horrible moment. Is
she alive, or is she dead? Well,
up to now she’s always been
alive.
See, there you are. First you
go “UP,” then you go “DOWN,”
and you never can tell from one
moment to the next which one
you will be doing or when. It’s
a wonderful way to get your ex
ercise. The sport of kings, no
less! There’s nothing else quite
like it. Just ask anybody. En
joyed by the high and the
lowly, the rich and the poor,
male and female, sane and in
sane, etc. And may I add that
there’s never a dull moment
(you can quote me)!
Afterthought:
But, of course, by the time you
get to be an INTERMEDIATE
you don’t feel like that any more.
REASSURING NOTE: The
total number of “falls” in round
numbers is 15, only 3 of which
have occurred since Christmas.
We’re improving!
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