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THE TWIG
October 7, 1949
VIH Tfce cho«-ci.«o” Meiahhodu Mewi
Mnix/ manv fimpc has that sentence ef e*
How many times has that sentence
echoed through Meredith’s hall since
football season started? If half as much
spirit were exhibited over our own
school activities as is shown over Caro
lina, Duke, Wake Forest, State, and
scares of other colleges, we would really
have something Meredith desperately
needs.
If anything happens here at our own
Alma Mater that conflicts with the
activities in one of our neighboring col
leges, a howl arises that would shame
any wolfpack.
Rush Week spirit is a wonder to be
hold in face of the kind of a spirit
that prevails all the rest of the year.
Still, there is a lot of complaining on
the part of the old and new students
alike about the time that these activities
take up.
Palio and Stunt are near at hand.
Let the spirit that Rush Week aroused
linger, and show the same sort of spirit
for Meredith’s homecoming “game”
that is shown by so many of our number
for the homecomings of colleges that we
don’t attend.
“We Build Our School. . /
The stirring words of the beautiful
Dedication Hymn are as worthy of
memorization by all Meredith students
as the more frequently used Alma
Mater; a more moving expression of
faith and deep purpose cannot be found
anywhere. The opening lines of the
hymn, affirming that “We build our
school on Thee, O Lord,” should be
both an inspiration and a high chal
lenge to all who sing them.
The important fact that Meredith is
founded on Christian principles and
teaching is often overlooked and ignored
in the rush of everyday living which
crowds out the deeper meanings of life
if no aims are strived for. “The loving
heart, the helpful word, the tender
thought, the kindly deed”—all these
are an integral part of daily Christian
living without which life would be
meaningless and Meredith just another
liberal arts college.
We are reminded by the recent ob
servance of a fiftieth anniversary that
changes have taken place over the
years, but in the words of the hymn;
“We change, but Thou art still the
same.
The same good Master, Teacher,
Friend;
We change; but. Lord we bear Thy
name.
To journey with it to the end.”
Mcnbd
Ptesocicded GoDeeidte FVess
EDITORIAL STAFF
Sally Lou Taylor Editor
Nancy Walker Managing Editor
Barbara Schettler Feature Editor
Nancy Hefner Art Editor
Frances Altman Alumnae Editor
Joanne Mason Music Editor
Lois Harder Sports Editor
Shirley Bone Photo Editor
Betty Lou Rogers Fashion Editor
Carolyn Covington Columnist
Sue Page Exchange Editor
Reporters—Micky Bower, LeGrace Gupton,
Mary Jane Utley, Marie Edwards, Sarah
Jane Newbern, Patsy Spiers, Dot Haight,
Rosalind Knott, Rebecca Knott, Anne
Creech.
Typists — Anne Fouche, Carolyn Crook,
Joyce Bailey.
Member of
Intercollegiate Press
By SUE PAGE
Thanks to the Boston University
News we have a Thought for the Week;
“Many a tight nut has been loosened
by a small wench.”
Anyhow, let’s start a new list of
things we could well use. The Louis-
burg Column suggests that we could
cross kangaroos with foxes so as to
have fur coats with pockets.
In the O.B.U. Bison there is an ad
for Rice’s Pig Farm—“come down and
go hog-wild.” Maybe they make their
own footballs.
Did you hear about the new ballad
that has just come from Ireland? The
title of this harmonious little ditty is
“Get Off the Pool Table, Grandmother,
You’re Wearing Off the Green.”
And then there’s the poor boy called
“Bedspread” because he got turned
down so many times.
The Clemson Tiger tells of marriage.
“Getting married is very much like a
game of cards. It depends a good deal
on the hand you hold.”
In a very well-known restaurant in
Atlanta, I saw a revealing sign; “Al
ways be polite. This will gratify some
people and astonish the rest!”
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Student Body,
Having gone through four of the six
days of Rush Week, I can partly under
stand what it means to be president
of a Literary Society. The responsi
bility of planning and execution is
well compensated for by the splendid
cooperation which every society mem
ber is contributing.
The thing about Rush Week this year
which impresses me most is the friendly
spirit which has prevailed between the
two societies. There has been just
enough competition to make Rush Week
enjoyable and interesting. After all,
societies. Rush Week, or any activity
at Meredith involving competition has
as its ideal the building of school spirit.
Already in our few weeks of school
we have laid a good foundation, which
I hope we shall continue to build upon
throughout the year.
Sincerely,
Charlotte Bowman,
Astro President.
Dear New Students;
BUSINESS STAFF
Jane McDaniel Business Manager
Annette Miller Advertising Manager
Sue Smith Circulation Manager
Members of Business Staff—Martha Hare,
Jane Luther, Dwan Swindell.
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For it is in giving that we receive and
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Sincerely,
Maggie Leatherman.
Phi President.
Dear Suki;
These students have one desire in
common. Thousands of them want to
exchange ideas and points of view with
American students.
“It is already more than four years
since the guns were silenced,” writes
an Italian boy of twenty. “Those same
weapons that did so much damage to
friend and foe alike. I would like it
if you will find me a partner in the
ranks of youth. Maybe you will be
able to take two former enemies, both
of whom had to risk their life and
health for their respective countries,
and make them friends with each other.
This would add another little stone in
the attempt to make a better under
standing in the world.”
“Too improvement my English lan
guage knowledges I wish with an young
lady at the olds of twenty in letter
discount too step,” struggles a young
German, from his English dictionary.
“I was born in the Austrian Hungary
Monarchy,” an older law student writes.
“The place I call home was then given
to Czechoslovakia, in 1938 to Germany,
then again to Czechoslovakia in 1945.
Now you know who is there. So I
changed my citizenship four times
without leaving my house. I find it
funny to say that I survived two em
perors, one king, two presidents, one
fuehrer. There will come other sov
ereigns, for we have not decided yet
to bite the dust. Isn’t the truth amus
ing?’
American students who would like to
hear firsthand from other countries, to
exchange ideas, to trade information,
to practice languages, are urged to
write to; Letters Abroad, World Affairs
Council of Philadelphia, 1411 Walnut
Street, Philadelphia 2, Pennsylvania.
Rush Week is almost over and you,
the relatively new student, have made
your decision. I am certain that your
decision will be the right one, for you
and you alone are the best person to
judge any decision which you might
make.
We hope you have enjoyed the activi
ties that were carried out during that
time designated as Rush Week. If you
have, that is our reward, for I know
that in the mind of each Astro and Phi
was the desire to provide fun and fel
lowship for you, and to make you
realize that you are a vital and neces
sary part of Meredith. You, the future
members of the Astrotekton and Phila-
retian societies, can never be forgotten
by those of us who had the privilege
of “rushing” you. Do not think we
shall forget you, for you will discover
very soon that at Meredith we are all
one big family.
I think it would be wonderful if all
of us would seek to continue to show our
love and concern for each other not
only during Rush Week but every day.
One of the tragedies of life is to leave
unsaid a needed word, or to forget a
smile for the sad. This week would be
an excellent time for all of us to re
solve to live each day to its fullest for
others. Then will true happiness be
ours and our lives living examples of
the mottoes, “He builds too low who
builds beneath the stars,” and “Plain
living and high thinking.” Will you
not resolve with me to take your motto
as a goal and seek to include in your
life some of the kindness that was ex
pressed so well by Francis of Assisi?
C
AROLYN’S
ORNER
All over the world this is the start
of a new college year. Japanese stu
dents are flocking to university halls,
Finnish young people, uneasy with
intangible pressures and restrictions,
are getting their education while they
can; so are they in Greece. In Ger
many, veterans are catching up on
studies long ago interrupted by youth
rallies and swastikas.
Well, here we go again on another
brand new year of homework, chapel
homework, going to Roy’s, homework,
writing letters, homework, classes, and
last, but not least, homework. I can
just tell that this is going to be a good
year because of the things I’ve seen and
heard around the campus.
For instance:
More people than before are going
to breakfast this year. I’m able to
prophesy that fact because I’ve seen the
line, and believe me, I’ve heard the
bell! After listening to it ring 106
times, we either have to go to break
fast or live with our consciences all day,
and it’s hard to live with one’s con
science—especially with an empty
stomach to back it up!
For instance:
I hear that chapel attendance will im
prove tremendously. Who can resist?
Nuf sed.
For instance:
This is quite an unusual freshman
class—unusual in a good way, that is.
None has packed up and left because
of the mud or the roommate. While
we’re on the subject of the freshmen,
I’d like to ask just one question: How
could they have been so completely calm
when they had their physical exams
while a few of the seniors I know were
completely mortified over the idea of
typhoid needles? (O.K., I admit I was
shaking like a leaf too!)
For instance:
It has been rumored that this is a
good year for chaperones. Juniors and
seniors get more friend-boys that way!
If the luck continues, the upperclassmen
will be begging to chaperone instead of
vice-versa. It seems that some of the
freshmen are threatening to “frump”
their chaperones. “Frumping” is a new
word in the Meredith vocabulary. Don’t
ask us what it means! We’re not that
smart!
Tell your age and your chief inter
ests. That way a congenial friend may
be selected for you. The foreign letter
will be sent to you. Thereafter, you
can write directly to Europe or Japan
or South America, as the case may be.
The World Affairs Council will provide
translations if necessary. There is no
cost, as the service is being carried on
as a part of the Council’s work towards
a more stable peace. The only require
ment is a sincere desire to maintain
the correspondence once started, so
that you do not disappoint those from
all over the world who look to us for
friendship.
For instance:
With all this wonderful spirit of the
Astros and the Phis, I’ll be willing to
bet a five-cent bag of Fritos that we’ll
be seeing plenty of constructive activity
from each society from rush week right
on up through May 1950. I believe it
would be kinda nice to pitch in and help,
don’t you?
For instance:
The other day I was talking to our
editor and she mentioned the fact that a
clean-up campaign wouldn’t be bad at
all. If you’d have peeked in Mrs. Ream’s
Art Education classroom a week or so
ago, you’d have thought the campaign
was already in progress. Seems that
Mrs. Ream told her students to go out
side and draw something that they saw.
Results: Pictures of six trash-cans and
seven fire-hydrants!
See ya’ around!
Carolyn.
“Lord, make me an instrument of thy
peace.
Let me love rather than be loved.
Let me forgive rather than be forgiven.
Let me believe rather than doubt.”
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