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T H E T W I G
September 28, 1946
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Ptoociated GoHe6iate Press
EDITORIAL STAFF
Martha Hamrick Editor
Barbara Shellsmith Managing Editor
Stella Lassiter Associate Editor
Ruth Hall Associate Editor
Mary Louise Milliken Associate Editor
Frances Alexander Feature Editor
Emily Hine Photo Editor
Jean Bradley Columnist
Christine Creech Music Editor
Bette Linney Sports Editor
Reporters — Ruth Miller, Edith Fleming,
Obra Fitzgerald, Stella Austin, Jerry
Winfree, Mabel Baldwin, Ella Mae Shir
ley, Maxine Bissette, Mary Lou Dawkins,
Doris Lee, Frances Ward.
Typists—Jerry Miller, Lorraine Peterson,
Nancy Dickens, Elizabeth Taylor.
BUSINESS STAFF
Margaret Moore Business Manager
Margaret Wilson Advertising Manager
Christine and
Alene Mitchem..Co-Circulation Managers
Members of Business Staff—Marie Wilson,
Rebecca Yelverton, Anne Boykin.
Entered as second-class matter October 11, 1923,
at poitofHce at Raleigh. N. C., under Act of March
I, 1879. Published Semi-monthly during the months
of October. November. February. March. April and
liay; monthly during the months of September.
December and January.
Life in Raleigh ...
Raleigh offers to students many op
portunities that colleges in other towns
do not claim. Small towns, of course,
cannot obtain concert and lecture series,
dramatic productions, and other educa
tional projects. This town, which the
Meredith girl will call home now, has
excellent library facilities in the state
library, the city library, and the various
college libraries. The public schools
here are anxious to help students inter
ested in doing supervised teaching, and
the churches include enough varied de
nominations to welcome students of
almost any faith. As a shopping center,
Raleigh boasts of good stores with fine
selections that the college girl will
love to choose from as she selects her
wardrobe. Merchants here are particu
larly glad that such a large college
population is in our city. In the enter
tainment world, the capital city offers
the old standby, movies, the seasonal
thrill, football, and then the added fun
of bowling, skating, bicycling, and hik
ing. Learn to use these facilities in our
town. When a good lecturer comes to
town, hear him. Don’t come to college
just to get a degree that you can take
home. These four years are too short
to waste. Know your new home and be
happy here.
FALL FADS
Subscription rate. $2.00 per year to students.
Alumnae membership associational fee $2.00, of
which $1.00 covers a year's subscription.
Thought for the day . . .
There is no knowledge that is not
power.—Emerson.
As Rush Weeh Regins . . .
Life at Meredith presents few chances
for bitter rivalry. The sincere friendli
ness here is part of the Meredith spirit.
Competition, though, is good for many
things. It bolsters spirits; it increases
enthusiasm; it enlivens interests. In rush
week, we find competition of the two lit
erary societies on the campus. Later on,
there will be class competition during
palio and stunts, during basketball and
soccer tournaments, during the tradi
tional search for the crook. These com
petitive campaigns should serve a pur
pose. Instead of making enemies be
tween rival factors, they should in
crease the interest and enthusiasm of the
competitors in the work they are doing.
On the whole, rush week activities and
the climax have been happy, wholesome
occasions. Each society tries hard to
dream up ingenious ideas to induce new
members to join. These ideas are the
products of creative competition and
they are good. Let us hope that these
ideas will be the beginning of a good
year for each society no matter which
one wins, for the new ideas should re
new the loyalty of the old members and
gain the interest of the new. The culmi
nation of rush week is useless unless
both old and new girls get to work. Use
this opportunity for competition.
Freshman Counsellors
Aid New Students
Freshman counsellors are students
whose job it is to lessen the bewilder
ment of the freshman and to make
her feel at home in college. Each
counsellor has a group of girls that
is her especial responsibility. Before
school begins, she writes each one of
them a letter introducing herself and
welcoming them to Meredith. It is also
her duty to be on hand during orien
tation to assist in registration and to
contact the members of her counsel
group and help them in getting ad
justed to college life. Another part of
her work is to take her group of girls
to the party held for the freshmen, the
counsellors, and their faculty adviser.
During the remainder of the year, the
counsellor meets with her group at
monthly intervals to discuss such things
as study habits, college traditions, and
other aspects of life at Meredith.
The Practical vs. the Cultural
A liberal arts school seeks to prepare
its students with both a practical educa
tion and a cultural education. Indeed,
the aim of education is to teach the indi
vidual to live more fully. Such an ob
jective obviously necessitates learning
to make a living, but it also emphasizes
the importance of being aware of a fuller
world than just the world of one’s daily
occupation. One value obtained from an
education is the development of a so
cial person — one who can talk to
almost anybody and enjoy the conversa
tion. Culture is a big term, but just a
little bit of it can make life much hap
pier. The introduction into many aca
demic fields should make the college
student more interesting to himself and
to others. It is well enough to make a
million through one special skill, but it
is more satisfying to know the skills, the
attitudes, the hopes, the plans of others.
Don’t seek culture too much; learn your
own trade. But learn, too, that there are
other worlds.
What Do You Miss
Most At Meredith?
Winnie M. Fitzgerald, Gretna, Vir
ginia; I definitely miss sleep most.
Emily Pool, Havana, Cuba; I miss
my fried bananas.
Beatriz Tinajero, Quito, Ecuador; I
miss my family first, my land, my coun
try and one of my boy friends, but not
the other.
Ruth Anne Pierce, Orlando, Florida;
I miss the good old Florida weather—
no rain!!! no drips!!!
Doris Concha, Long Island, N. Y.;
I miss getting shoved off the streets of
New York City, but I think I like walk
ing on the sidewalks for a change.
Peggy Lewis, Middlesex, N. C.; I miss
my mamma and papa.
Sue Page, Rome, Ga.; I miss dancing
but feel very much at home.
Sarah Edwards, Gadsden, Ala.; I
miss my man and driving my father’s
car, trying to dent people’s fenders.
Gwendolyn Wilson, Churchville, Vir
ginia ; I miss the hills and mountains.
Jeanne Dickens, Del Ray Beach, Fla.;
I miss boys and home cooked meals and
of course, the home folks.
Elizabeth Zulalian, Massachusetts; I
miss GOOD FOOD.
Toni Patelas, Wilmington, N. C.; I
miss the daily visits to the drug store
for chocolate nut sundaes.
Barbara Piaster, Passaic, N. J.; I miss
mostly A1 and Frank, then dancing.
Clippings
“May I kiss you? May I please kiss
you? Say are you deaf?”
“No. Are you paralyzed?”
The nurse entered the professor’s
room and said softly, “It’s a boy. Sir.”
The professor looked up from his
desk.
“Well,” he said, “what does he want?”
Wife—Darling, the maid has burned
the eggs. Would you be satisfied with a
couple of kisses for breakfast?”
Husband—“Sure, send her in.”
Sleeves have acquired new fashion in
terest this season. “The bigger, the bet
ter” seems to be the idea. Tight cuffs
which push up nearly to the elbow pro
vide the right touch for the new balloon
sleeves so popular on both blouses and
dresses, but the cap sleeves seen so
much during the summer have not lost
favor. There is nothing better than a
pair of long gloves worn with perky
short sleeves.
The experts are tryin to bring skirts
a little farther down the leg. The polo
naise drape so popular in the “gay nine
ties” has come back into favor with the
designers. Although this front fullness
which gathers up into a saucy little bus
tle in the back, is shown primarily on
evening gowns, it’s also used in a lesser
degree on street clothes and date dresses.
The pannier effect, which harks back to
the days of Martha Washington, is also
good on a formal, when it is made of
brocaded taffeta or other heavy mate
rial. Necklines have gone from the very
low to the very high. Snowy white Peter
Pan collars on plaids and prints provide
a demure “little girl” look for the class
room or the stadium. Or your best sports
dress may have a turtle neck, or just a
plain round neck, but it must be high.
And last the fashion spotlight stops on
the waistline. If you’ve got one of those
hand-span waists which is the envy of
all your friends, draw attention to its
slimness with one of these w-i-d-e belts
in black kid or in bright colors to con
trast with your outfit. And if you’re a
wee bit plumper, choose one of those
narrower models studded with gold nail-
heads.
Out of a plan-infested time, emerge
into the season. Out of the tiny small,
enter the long deep. Elasticized from
possession, come with force. Come.
Others watch. Plunge.
The shapes of autumn bend to give
entrance. Enter. Baroque palaces fling
wide gates open, flaunt banners. Bow.
Compatriots rush to greet. Be a part. Go
their way. Do this, not that. It is di
rected, all this. Receive.
Room apart. Moment alone. Redress.
Reprepare. Practice smile. What to say.
Don’t think back. Think forward only.
Dark, starred with noise. Thrust for
ward. Meet. The wise gather. And the
young. Greeting. Shaking of hands.
Thin tapers, light above laced table. Mir
rored forms. Perfumed breathing. Ice
tinkling. How do you do? Delighted.
Over and over. Whirling. Interesting.
Insensible.
Morning. Stripped of glamour. All
business. Purpose. Cause. Reason. To
learn, to know. Acute. Knowledge. The
good essentials. Book-clad, veiled. Driv
ing.
Guidance offered by strange hands.
Help introducing friends. Need holding
them. Pale fear making exciting conver
sation. The exposed becomes the way.
Capture the adapted look. Become. Feel
the ground and know the stones. Eat
the parts and drink the means.
Stand alone and know oneness. View
with satisfaction a new silhouette, elec
tric against the sky which is no limit.
FOLLOWING THE LEADERS
Where all think alike, no one thinks
very much.
That beautiful, mellow contralto voice
you have heard leading the Astro song
lately belongs to Miss Virginia Mae
“Goat” Holcomb, president of the Astro-
tekton Literary Society. “Goat” is a na
tive of Winston-Salem and is a blonde
with fascinating brown eyes. Her char
acteristics all add up to make her per
fectly suited for a society president, for
she is friendly, winsome, talented, dili
gent, and a lot of fun.
The Astro President has a sparkling
future before her with so much talent in
her first love, music (that is, first after
Astros!). She is majoring in voice and
public school music, and after graduat
ing this spring, she plans either to teach
public school music or to do graduate
work in music. Meredith College has a
treat in store when “Goat” is presented
this spring in a voice recital.
“Goat’s” activities bear out her inter
ests because most of her extra-curricular
work is connected with music. She is
president of the Meredith College Glee
Club, soloist at the First Presbyterian
Church, and a member of the Raleigh
Oratorio Society. It is not too hard to
understand from this picture what
“Goat’s” favorite pastime is; singing!
One question that has troubled a num
ber of Meredith students of late is;
“Why do we call ‘Goat,’ ‘Goat’?” Cer
tainly the Astros must be heartily in
favor of their president’s nickname since
the goat is the official animal of the
Astrotekton Society. It seems that Miss
Holcomb was destined never to be called
by her given name. In her home town
she was called for various and sundry
reasons numerous nicknames, two of
them being “Flouggie” and “Bud.” Here
at Meredith she has already been blessed
with two new ones, “Guten” (from the
German meaning “good”) and “Goat”
(from the slang meaning “you old
goat!”). It seems that “Goat” has won
over all the rest. It happened this way
according to “Goat.” When some friends
wished to call her and her roommate,
Virginia Highfill, they had to have some
way of distinguishing between the two;
consequently they devised a means of
calling Virginia Highfill by saying,
“Come on, Virginia,” and a means of
calling Virginia Holcomb by saying,
“Come on, you old goat!” Before long
the first part was disregarded, and she
became just plain “Goat.”
Goat hates above all else to get up in
the morning. Unusual child, isn’t she?
Among her other dislikes are asparagus,
squash, okra, and hill-billy music.
Turning to her likes we find mu
sic topping the list, but outside of
the music field she loves chocolate pie,
football games, dancing, and State Col
lege! I repeat, unusual child, isn’t she?
Leading one of the two literary socie
ties on our campus, “Goat” Holcomb will
become more and more recognized this
year at Meredith and the student body
will be privileged to receive many bene
fits from her talent and personality.
One of the friendliest smiles on the
Meredith campus is displayed by Miss
Nancy Grey Gates, president of the
Philaretian Literary Society. Nancy is
perhaps as much recognized for her
sweet disposition and gracious manner
as for her position as a society presi
dent. She is a little girl with a big heart
and is quite an asset to the Phis. Her
green eyes and dark brown curly hair
add to her ability to attract almost any
one with whom she comes in contact.
Nancy is majoring in primary educa
tion here at Meredith with physical edu
cation as a related field. Following grad
uation next spring she plans to teach
the second grade in her home town,
Kinston.
Besides being Phi president, Nancy is
active in several other organizations on
the campus. She is in the Folk Dance
Club, Monogram Club, Granddaughters’
Club, Education Club, and this year,
she plans to join the choir.
A glance in Nancy’s room is all the
assurance one needs that she is a loyal
Phi. Scattered around on the beds and
cedar chest are three teddy bears (in
cluding “Milton,” the well-known Phi
bear ) and another animal of uncertain
origin similar to the bear. One of the
above-mentioned utters a sound aston
ishingly like the “moo” of a cow, but
Nancy assures us that he is definitely
all bear.
When your reporter asked Nancy to
teU her something that she might not
think to ask her about, she replied with
out much effort, “I’ll be glad when
Christmas comes, ’cause Jimmy is get
ting out of the service and might come
to State!” That is something I should
not have thought to ask!
Nancy likes almost everything, it
seems. The only think she could think
of that she dislikes is okra, and she does
not seem to mind that too much. Her
roommate, who certainly must know
Nancy, could not name any dislikes
either.
Some of the particular likes of the
Phi president are fried chicken, movies,
dancing, mail, and sport clothes. Her
favorite pastimes are letter-writing and
listening to records.
It will be a good year for the Philare
tian Society with Nancy Gates leading
its activities. Her capability and charm
will make her an important leader on
the campus. Her position as Phi presi
dent is well suited for her delightful
personality.
TIPS
Men make love more intensely at
twenty; but better at thirty.
A chorus girl gets her education by
stages—a college girl by degrees.
It takes the wide-awake man to catch
a dream girl.