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December 12, 1947 T H E TWIG Page Three Sports the ^ay. DEAR SANTA By B. J. JOHNSON The soccer season is well un der way with twenty-six people out for practice. There are twelve freshmen, six sopho mores, five juniors, and three seniors. The tournament will be played this week if the weather permits. Look for a list of the soccer varsity that will appear in the next issue—after Christ mas! Basketball will soon be popu lar again. Miss Phyllis Cunning ham reports that there will be practices every night at 9:30. Two nights a week practices are to be scheduled for the classes; one night is for the greshmen and juniors, and one night for the sophomores and seniors. The remaining nights will be left open so that anyone who desires can play in the hopes of getting a school varsity team to bring victory when Meredith competes with neighboring schools. Bette Linney and Martha Da vis, riding the Mighty Marvel and Tommy, two of our five gaited show horses, led the Christmas parade that started from Saint Mary’s to the Memo rial Auditorium last week. Have you been up to third floor social room in Faircloth to see any of those ping-pong ex perts in action? Go up to visit and to play, for ping-pong is a great sport! Christmas Bells and Belles By ELLA MAE SHIRLEY Here it is Christmas again. Doesn’t it seem only last week that we had last Christmas? Wonder what we will be doing for this year’s holiday? Let’s take a quick glance around and see the plans. Listen! hear those bells? they aren’t all “jingle bells” either! Jean Maddrey is listening to the wedding bells on December 20. In case you still don’t know—the lucky young man is Hugh Wil son, Jr. Then we have other stu dents not quite so lucky, but still lucky enough to be within reach of the wedding bells. Marjorie Joyner is going home to a wed ding; her sister Jean (class ’47) is to be married. And Le Grace Guyton really isn’t just “going to sit at home and corrode.” She’s going to participate in the wedding of one of her friends. Down in the Chemistry De partment several people have plans for Christmas. Miss Mary Yarbrough smiled and said she wanted to “sleep for days.” Then Harriet Neese came by and said she was going to have a “big time.” (Her definition of a “big time” is seeing Jason, having time to sleep, and having no term paper due.) Rosa Deans is planning a “big time” too, but she wouldn’t say what her defini tion of the term was. Then Cathe Wishart practically shouted — well, not really! — that she was going to spend all of Christmas “seeing Austin!” and you should have seen the glow in her eyes when she said it Martha Hooks declared that she was going home to Georgia! and that in addition to “catching up” on her sleep that she and her sister, Nancy, were going to have company for the holidays. Among their guests there is an English bride who will be cele brating her first American Christmas. It is a good thing Ann Tongue won’t be there! She might disillusion the poor girl. Ann has saM (jestingly, I think —or was it?) that she was going to tell all the little children she knew that there “ain’t” no Santa. Shame on you, Ann! You’ll never get enough sleep if '' you do a wicked thing like that. Kathleen Perry said she hadn’t planned to do anything special, but that she was going to work at Fine’s. Margaret Mor ris is eagerly looking forward to December 18; she’s got a new lit tle niece at home. Marcelene Penny has already gotten her orders—from husband James— for a 25-pound fruit cake. She’s going to make that and clean off an inch of dust on her Venetian blinds. Don’t work too hard, Marcelene. Edie Camp is plan ning to sleep, eat, and read. Doris Concha and Elva Gresh am both said “We’re going home, and we’re going to sleep late and eat.” Then Doris added that she was going to read a book “for pure unadulterated pleas ure!” Frankie Ward has a boy friend home from the army, so she’s go ing to make up for last year by seeing him frequently. Too, she’s going to play with her two dogs and her cat. Lois Simmons is planning to go to dances and to date four nights a week without a chaperone. Maxine Bissette has big plans, too—several parties, good food, sleep, and spending some time at home with her fam ily (a good idea for all of us!!) Yes, this Christmas season will probably be a wonderful one for all of us, but the best one is the “Christmas in the Heart.” It’s Christmas in the mansion, Yule-log fires and silken frocks. It’s Christmas in the cottage, Mother’s filling little socks. It’s Christmas on the highway In the thronging, busy mart; But the dearest, truest Christmas Is the Christmas in the heart. —Unknown. B.S.U. GIVES PLAN FOR STUDENT NIGHT In anticipation of the Christ mas holidays, the Baptist Stu dent Union gave in the rotunda last week a demonstration pro gram of Student Night at Christ mas. The purpose of this demon stration was to inform students of the possibilities and manner of planning student programs for their own home churches. The demonstration program opened with special music by Billie Hart and Emily Pool, fol lowed by a congregational hymn. Gloria Mayer said that the ob jectives of Student Night are to keep pastors informed, parents reassured, and high school stu dents inspired concerning the worthwhileness of college life. Following this brief explanation, Emily Stacy read the Scripture from Colossians 1:3-5; 9-18. A solo, “The Lord’s Prayer,” was rendered by Nancy Hall. The main portion of the program con sisted of echoes from B.S.U., led by Frances Alexander. Ella Adams, Elizabeth Colvard, Mar jorie Tripeer, and Louvene Jor dan revealed the work of the B.S.U. on the campus, in the church, in community service, and in the convention. “By observing Student Night at Christmas,” the group was told, “an opportunity is provided for us to give expression to the meaning of the spiritual life of our college, and the people in the home churches are given an in sight into the spiritual activities of our campus.” With this idea in mind, the B.S.U. is encourag ing unanimous participation in the programs. At the conclusion There’s something in the wind — The Christmas Spirit For the Gifts that Please Shop at HIS & HER SHOP Hillsboro Street 1 Dear Santa Claus, We are six hundred little girls from seventeen to twenty-three I years old, and we all go to a I girls’ school (!!! it) called Mere- i dith. Now, it’s almost Christmas, and we want to ask you for a few things for our Christmas stock ings. First of all, we’d like a nice new auditorium, complete with cushioned seats and sound-proof practice rooms — the latter re quested particularly by the sci entists (?) who live in the next building. Understand now, it isn’t that we don’t like and ap preciate our old auditorium, and we don’t want to be selfish, but twenty-nine years of temporary buildings gets monotonous. And, Santa Claus, we want something else pretty big. We know that up there at the North Pole you probably won’t understand why we want this, but we’d like a big new swimming pool, and that calls for something else. We don’t have anywhere to put it j except in the Rotunda or out doors, and it’s too cold for that, so we really need a new gym, but we’ll be satisfied with just the swimming pool. And now for the last thing we want. All of us would like to have a little red wagon so we can ride to classes while we are recuperating from the Christmas holidays. And, please, Santa Claus, put a doll in every little wagon, because we want to have something to do when we come back to school. We’ll have a whole month until exams with nothing to do except play dolls. Please, Santa Claus, try to bring us these things — we want them so much, and we know you can, because you can do anything. Love, The Student Body. P. S. We’ll leave you a bag lunch on top of the dining hall. Weddings Planned During Holidags The ringing of bells during the Christmas season has an added significance for three members of the Meredith family. Jean Maddrey, Eleanor Jane An drews, and Mabel Baldwin will return after the holidays with a second ring on the third finger, left hand. Mabel is the first of the three who will say the marriage vows. Tomorrow afternoon at the First Baptist Church in Raleigh, she will become Mrs. Claude Rutt- ledge. When Jean steps to the altar on December 20, she will become Mrs. Hugh Wilson. The cere mony will take place at the Bap tist Church in Seaboard. The following day, on Decem ber 21, E. J. and Gene Hewitt will become man and wife in the Pittsboro Baptist Church. of this final explanation those present joined hands while Miss Billie Ruth Currin led in a pray er of dedication. AMBASSADOR Now Playing "GREEN DOLPHIN STREET" LANA TURNER Sunday - Monday - Tuesday YVONNE DeCARLO "SLAVE GIRL" Color by Technicolor Wed., Thur., Fri., Sat. MICKEY ROONEY "KILLER McCOY" Home Ec Students Present Program The Meredith home economics students presented the program for the December meeting of the Raleigh’s Woman’s Club last Wednesday afternoon and today for the State College Woman’s Club. The same program was presented last night as an open meeting of the Meredith Home Economics Club for faculty and students, using as the subject, “Keeping Christmas — A Heart to Heart Talk with Our Kitch ens.” Mary Virginia Warren as narrator stressed the importance of avoiding the usual confusion of the season by making prepa rations far in advance, by using good tools and techniques for the work, and by encouraging participation of all members of the family in the kitchen chores. In keeping with world conditions this year, the idea of economy and of sharing food was also stressed. FtJRMAJ% CHOIR SINGS HERE On Wednesday morning, De cember 3, the Meredith College student body was favored in chapel with a selection of music by the Furman University Choir, which was then on tour. The choir, under the direction of Arnold E. Putnam, presented the following program; Glory to God Davis Ave Maria. Bach-Gounod Now Let Every Tongue Adore Bach Where ’er Your Walk Handel Spirituals I’m So Glad Troubles Don’t Last Always Oh Rise, Shine Poor Wayfaring Stranger Holy Lord God ...Noble Cain Music of Life Noble Cain JAMES WRAY SPEAKS IN CHAPEL SERVICE “Thanks Be to God for His Inexpressable Gifts” was the topic of the message of James D. Wray, who spoke to the Mere dith student body during the regular chapel period last Fri day. Mr. Wray, who is now executive secretary of N. C. stu dent work, formerly held a pas torate in Spindale. His message, which was in keeping with the Thanksgiving and Christmas season, was well received by the students. DON’T FRET Give that Friend a box of Candy chosen from any of our famous brands Pangburn Hollingsworth Whitman WILMONT PHARMACY BOSSE Jewelers Complete Watch and Jewelry Repairs Dignified Gifts 107 Fayetteville Street Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our Meredith Friends LAUNDERETTE Hope to see you after the Holidays May your Christmas he filled with enough Joy and Gladness to last on through the New Year WEATHERMAN JEWELERS 1904 HILLSBORO STREET JOIN THE MEREDITH COLLEGE BOWLING CLUB Only Ten Minutes from Meredith College— Opposite State College CLUB RATE—15c Per Line Before 6 p.m. Bowling Instruction . . . Without Cost MANMUR BOWLING CENTER Air-Conditioned 2512 HILLSBORO STREET RALEIGH, N. C.
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