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THE TWIG
February 25, 1949
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Thought for the Day
If ye keep my commandments, ye
shall abide in my love; even as I have
kept my Father’s commandments, and
abide in his love. These things have I
spoken unto you, that my joy might
remain in you, and that your joy might
be full. St. John 15: 10-11
A PART OR A WHOLE?
How is your prospective? Is life from
where you’re standing viewed in rela
tion to you, to your friends, to your v^ay
of thinking? Are your thoughts and
plans tied up only with a few people
and a few places? Individualism is fine,
but in looking only at the narrow limita
tions of close associations, people often
develop mental myopia and fail to see
beyond into the vast possibility of the
fact that the actions of all men are so
interwoven that they cannot fail to
affect each other. A man starves in
Greece because another man in America
let uneaten food go to waste' and gave
no money for overseas relief; a man
murders and every member of society is
responsible; a great musician dies and
every heart has lost some music to sing.
In neglecting our opportunities to serve
as a part of the whole we fail ourselves
most of all. D.L.
LOOK INTO YOUR HEART . . .
There is a great deal of talk these
days about the problems of the world
and how peace can be restored to a war-
weary universe. How long will it be
before people realize that they are going
to have to make peace within them
selves and then with their neighbors,
and let the circle grow and grow until it
encompasses the whole world in its
expanse?
Peace cannot come to people who
continually squabble among themselves
about everything even as to how peace
is to be effected. Peace must be an in
dividual feeling. It must be brought
about in the hearts of people. If the
people of Russia, Germany, England,
and all other nations are to feel peace
in their hearts then we must first love
them and in so doing teach them to love
us. How can we prepare for war with
Russia and expect them not to prepare
to defend themselves. “But we are
defending ourselves against them,” you
say, and there you have it. A vicious
circle of who is defending and who is
aggressing, when in reality probably
neither wants to fight. Look into your
heart, if you find brotherly love for
everyone there then you can start the
world toward peace by helping someone
else to find peace in his heart. It was
once said that if America expected to
be great then “She must first look into
her own heart and then look up and
across to the rest of the world.” S.T.
USICAL
URMURINGS
By Kathy Lewis
Recital season is here again and will
continue through the month of May. All
of the senior music majors are hard at
work now putting finishing touches on
their graduating recitals. Jean Daniel
Scarborough initiated the season with
her organ recital on February 12. The
next recitals scheduled for March will
be given by Dorothy Patrick, organist,
on March 4, and Sue Jarvis, pianist, on
March 18.
For those of you who did not hear
Nancy Hall, senior voice major, over
WPTF last Saturday night, be sure to
listen in this Saturday night at 6:15.
At this time Nancy will sing her second
recital on the “Stars of Tomorrow”
contest sponsored by WPTF. She will be
accompanied at the piano by Billie Hart.
The student body should be interested
to know that the Meredith College Glee
Club, which is directed by Miss Beatrice
Donley, is planning a tour for the week
end of March 11, 12, and 13. The Glee
Club will give performances in Gold-
boro, Wilmington, New Bern, and Kins
ton. Both secular and sacred programs
will be given. The girls in the Glee
Club are very excited about the tour.
But I think the college as well as the
Glee Club will be benefited by the
trip. This is the first time in recent years
that the Glee Club has made a tour.
The “Group of Nine” has made two
important appearances during this
month. On Friday night, February 4.
they rendered a musical program at the
annual Ladies Night Banquet of the
Rotary Club. On Tuesday, February 22,
the “Group” was invited to perform at
the meeting of the Sir Walter Cabinet.
They were warmly received at both
meetings.
Building & Loan
Meredith Style
By Doris Lee
“Oooh—look! look!” I couldn’t tell
whether the girl beside me was scream
ing with ecstacy or choking on her
Fritos—“Look!” she cried again, point
ing out the window and jumping up and
down. It was too late in the season
for ants, so I decided that something
outside the window was the source of
her excitement; and so it was. A man
astride one of the orange girders of
the new auditorium was using a blow
torch, and these work-a-day fireworks
were the source of my companion’s
excitement.
Blowtorches aren’t the only attrac
tions of building. Concrete mixers and
derricks draw students and faculty
(haven’t you noticed that the far
corner of the porch between Johnson
and Jones is getting a little worn?) It
seems that a building in the process of
being built has more box office attrac
tion than a double feature with The
Wolf Man and Red Ryder’s Revenge. In
fact if collection was taken up among
onlookers, a tidy sum might be raised—
enough to buy another bucket of cement,
maybe. Interest could be heightened by
erecting a high board fence around the
construction, complete with peepholes,
of course, all of which can be rented by
the hour. However, one thing better
than a building that’s being built is a
building that’s been built, and the one
question upper-most in the minds of the
seniors is: do we get to graduate in it?
Well, we can dream—
D. S. Cap ers
By Synonomous Withmud
I wish this was a gossip column;
there are just lots of things I could write
about—like for instance the new blue
hair that has been sporting,
seems she had a run in with one of those
leaks-ink-on-anything ball point pens—
Or I could tell you that won the
title of Miss Conscientious-Objector-to-
Flatworms-in-the-Biology-Lab for 1949
—I could even give you the scoop on
who has “rings and things” on
the docket for next summer—also who
was at with and a
about o’clock—But of course I
can’t—Furthermore I could say that ....
. and were about ....
not less than a week ago—Besides
all that has been getting letters
from and so has And have
you heard that and her
and are going to see
because Isn’t that exciting? If
anybody is really interested you can
see me for the blanks—reasonable rates,
of course. Included in this nominal fee
is a clue as to which twin has the Toni.
With and ,
Synonomous Withmud.
(Editor’s note: Unfortunately we
dared to comment on Le Grace’s
column for the last issue and this is
her retaliation! Some day we’ll learn!)
PASSED ALONG . . .
Grasshoppers aren’t highly intelli
gent. They probably don’t have more
than twice as much sense as students
who have taken up the fad of swallow
ing them.
According to statistics, in the average
football game 32 passes are made on
the gridiron and 2,325 in the stands.
“I believe you missed my class yester
day.”
“Why no, I didn’t, not in the least.”
It’s Valentine’s Day, the scene is all set.
The lights are down low, it’s romantic,
you bet.
They’re sitting on the sofa, she looks
into his eyes.
He puts his arm around her, coyly she
sighs.
She snuggles a little closer, she knows
he likes her some.
And then he whispers tenderly, “Have
a piece of gum?”
Jefferson News
Post Emphasis
By Beverly Batchelor
Perhaps our title is misleading; per
haps we should have said “Post Official
Emphasis,” for the emphasis is still now,
always, not just last week. But what
is this emphasis, you ask. Is it clothes?
Is it grades? Is it popularity? Or is it
God?
Test situation:
“Guess I’d better travel on to bed,
girls. I really need sleep the way I gad
about, huh?” She chuckled boisterously,
added a gay “G’night,” and hummed her
way out of the room and down the hall.
The “girls” listened tensely for her
door to slam and then. . . “Isn’t she a
scream!” Jane giggled fiercely. “Shush!
She might hear us,” someone muttered,
almost overcome with laughter. “But
you can’t believe anything she says.
She’s nothing but a liar!” Heads nodded
agreement.
“I know,” another of the group ex
claimed. “Sue, mock her like you did
the other night. I nearly died just think
ing about it. You’re good at that.”
Sue grinned cooperatively, drew her
lips down Boyer fashion, and with half-
closed eyes, began to murmur, “And
then he took me in his arms and
whispered, ‘Betty, dearest. I love you
more than life itself’.” A “Sinatra”
swoon from Jane drove the group into
almost uncontrollable hysteria; but, as
Sue resumed the act, they listened
eagerly.
Emphasis; What would Jesus do?
then. ..
What will you do?
Remember, Religious Emphasis Week
comes fifty-two times a year!
THE LYRIC
Cup it gently in your hands.
Feel its throbbing.
Pulsating flutter;
Hold it to the light and drink
The wonder of its jewelled iridescence;
Catch your breath at its abandoned burst
Of meadow-ranking song.
But take care
Lest crude hands mar the fleet
perfection:
Dream of it in the shrouded midnight,
But at the hour you clasp it.
Let it free.
Esther C. Green
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“Roses are red.
Orchids are okay.
When I find out who sent me that comic
Valentine,
I’ll get even with them on April Fool’s
Day!”
Ah! come on roommate, let me back
in the room. It wasn’t that bad.
I hope this beautiful weather keeps
up the same pace until March 4. The
Art Club is planning a hay ride for
that Saturday.
Here is a warning that you should be
careful as to what type of lectures you
give to the opposite sex. A certain
freshman insisted to her date that he
should be more friendly to the girls
here, and she was very surprised about
the response he received when he took
her advice. No one could ever call
that sophomore anti-social.
Special academy awards should be
given to the teachers for their excellent
performances at the student-faculty
party during Religious Emphasis Week.
Speaking of the weather, maybe the
student who purchased the cod-liver oil
can throw it away now and get her
vitamins from the sun. Her suitemates
were really worried for awhile. At
least she looked as if she were living
last time I saw her.
If anyone is interested in buying five
dollars worth of photography, see B. J.
Hedgepeth. Buck up, old girl! That
prize could have been five dollars worth
of fertilizer.
Well, guess I’ll have to run along
now. I’ve got to stop and read the
bulletin board outside the art depart
ment. From the gales of laughter I’ve
heard, it must be very interesting.
See ya,
Donna
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XCERPTS
from
XCHANGES
By Shirley Bone
Did you realize that on other colleges’
calendars, too, there is one February
week marked in red and anxiously anti
cipated by students as an opportunity
to have some of their concepts clarified,
contended, or strengthened through
lectures, personal conferences, and “bull
sessions” and to be led in daily worship
of God by competent leaders? Dr.
Warner Hall, pastor of one of the
Presbyterian churches in Charlotte and
leader of Religious Emphasis week at
Salem College, said in his “Tennesseean
twang” (rather than a Georgian accent)
that he believed “both Religious
Emphasis week and examinations are a
vital part of any student’s life at
college.’’ (The Salemite)
The theme emphasized at Clemson
College during the week of February
14 was “A Faith for Today.” Besides a
lecturer from Virginia, Clemson had
fourteen other speakers to lead in the
“Theological barrack bull sessions.”
(The Tiger)
“MOONLIGHT BECOMES YOU”
to a glamorous Meredith
angel in . .