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THE TWIG
November 23, 1946
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Book Review
By Ruth Miller
Questionnaire
Perhaps you’re one of those
people who have always thought
of a hat merely as a necessary
article to be worn off campus. In
that case, you should read Lilly
Dache’s intriguing auto
biography, Talking Through my
Hats.
Lily Dache, one of the world’s
leading milliners of today, began
her hat designing at the age of
six when she cut up her mother’s
best blouse to make a hat. Since
that time, she has climbed the
ladder of success to the
esteemed position she now holds.
Some of Madame Dache’s
friends suggested that so many
of her hats had had exciting ad
ventures that she should put
them in a book—and that is ex
actly what she did. Hats, hats!!
Some of their stories are
romances; some, tragedies; some,
comedies; and one even solved
a murder mystery in New York.
Did you know a hat could re
veal your personality? Are you
aware that a hat may change
your destiny? Yes, if you want
to know the inside story of hats,
read Lilly Dache’s clever and
charming book. Talking Through
my Hats.
WHO’S WHO
(Continued from page one)
resident students, after serving
as secretary and vice president
for them. She belongs to the
Home Economics Club, the Bar
ber Science Club, and the Colton
English Club, and to Sigma Pi
Alpha.
Helen Wallis, President of the
WHAT DO YOU THINK COULD BE DONE TO IMPROVE
SCHOOL SPIRIT AT MEREDITH?
Jean Griffith
Lexington, N. C.
“School spirit is an extremely intangible
thing with a number of different defini
tions. There is a superficial spirit which
is only exhibited at public events; there
is another kind which is deeply rooted in
the students and faculty fo an institution.
This kind includes the spirit of friend
ship, the spirt of loyalty, the spirit of
love. It is the school and the school in
the student body. This spirit can be made
manifest on our campus by forgetting
self and putting more emphasis on those
with whom we associate.”
Lois Harmon
McBee, S. C.
Cindy Renner
'lenafly, N. J.
Frances Elrod
Tarboro, N. C.
Cathe Wishart
Shelburne Falls, Mass.
Jackie Knott
Clayton, N. C.
Elizabeth Jones
Washington, D. C.
“To better school spirit, there should be
responsibility distributed among more
people instead of a few.”
“I think that the social life at Meredith
is too drab, and there isn’t enough of it.
There is always more spirit where there
are Men!”
“I think there should be more participa
tion and competition in such things as
college Playdays.”
“Students on the campus think that
school spirit is based on participation in
activities planned for girls alone. I think
the spirit of everyone would be aroused
if we had planned activities with
BROTHER colleges.”
“We could have more school spirit if the
students w'ould take part in the activities.
There are too many restrictions such as
haivng to be on the Eligibility list.”
“I think there should be more parties
like the ones in the Hut on Sunday after
noons, and also, we should use such
facilities at the Hut more often.”
Professor Quiz
Hall of Knowledge
S.G.A. from Portsmouth, Vir
ginia, is also a member of the
Silver Shield. She was class
president her sophomore year
and has served as treasurer of
the S. G., typist and feature
editor of the Acorn, and as a
freshman counsellor. Helen’s
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THE SHOWPLACE OF THE CAROLINAS
major is sociology, and she be
longs to the Colton English Club,
the Sociology Club, and the
Little Theater.
Geneva Witherspoon, from
Rockingham, is the college
marshal. Her major is primary
education. She is social chair
man of the A. A. Board, a mem
ber of the Monogram (I!lub, the
Silver Shield, and Kappa Nu
Sigma. The was treasurer of her
freshman class, the junior
marshal for the Astros, and a
freshman counsellor.
(Editor’s Note: Printed be
low is a biographical sketch of
Professor Quiz, who entertained
Meredith students this week.)
Professor Quiz started his
career as a boy circus tightrope
walker. He was born Craig
Earl, in New England. Left
fatherless at the age of nine
months, his mother struggled to
care for herself and the lad.
When he was seven years of age,
Craig began to earn his own live
lihood. An uncle, who was af
filiated with a circus, took the
boy under his wing and taught
him acrobatics.
Craig walked the tightrope
and did acrobatics for four years.
A bad fall put an end to such
performances. Meanwhile, how
ever, he had mastered a routine
of magic tricks. When his health
returned young Craig did a
sleight of hand act in vaudeville.
At the age of 14, looking much
older than his years, he took his
act to Europe where he played
in variety houses.
Classical dancing, Craig ob
served, was one of the best pay
ing acts in Europe, and so, team
ing up with a woman partner.
he took ballet lessons and blos
somed out as a dancer, playing
in England, France, Germany—
in fact all over the continent.
While traveling, Craig employed
a former and impoverished
Heidelberg professor to teach
him the subjects which had been
neglected by lack of formal
schooling. Finally, Craig tired of
Europe and show business and
returned to America and to
school.
He entered medical college in
New England, and after graduat
ing practiced this profession for
a number of years before suc
cumbing again to the lure of the
open road. This time he chose
lecturing as his medium. It was
while pursuing this activity that
a CBS official in Washington in
vited him to go on the air—
and shortly thereafter the Pro
fessor Quiz radio program was
born. In 1936 it was decided to
air the program nationally—and
the tag, the “one, the only, the
original Professor Quiz,” became
a nationally known trade-mark.
In his many years on the air,
Professor Quiz has paid out bet
ter than $100,000 to better than
2,500 contestants. His staff has
culled almost two million letters
from listeners containing better
than eleven million questions for
his series. There have been
periods when his fan mail
averaged better than 100,000 let
ters a week.
Sidelights: Professor Quiz is
six feet tall, has dark wavy hair,
a little waxed mustache and
weighs 260 pounds. He still does
magic tricks as a hobby and ex
hibits his legerdemain on out of
town trips. For the past several
years he has been entertaining
troops at camps and hospitals,
with his quiz and feats of sleight
of hand.
MRS. MARSH SPEAKS
(Continued from page one)
Committee on Regional Associa
tions. During the recent busi
ness session of the state regis
trars’ meeting Mrs. Marsh was
elected Vice President of the
North Carolina Association of
Collegiate Registrars.
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