1 May 19, 1950 THE TWIG Page three 1 L ! i li ■4 K A GLANCE BACK--- Seniors' Plans For Next Year Revealed By A Freshman Feebly, I take my pen in hand to attempt recording an impres sion of my first year in college^ As I grope through the fog of fast-piling-up memories, I see that the year has been a series of exciting events mingled with streaks of homesickness and disappointment. It all started on a bright day September when I wearily ^ - -1 1_ -1 v-tlro in dropped my bags, boxes, trunks, hatboxes, and other assorted parcels on the bare bed of the bare room I was destined to call “Home.” Then started a period tabled “Orientation” which I will never forget or recover from! I raced madly from third floor to basement to Arts build ing to Roy’s (for nourishment) back to third floor, managing to get completely lost once an hour. How confused can one poor freshman get? Close on the heels of this (with brief interludes of classes and assignments) came Palio. Al though a dozen people had tried to explain fully what it was all about, I still had no idea what was coming off until the after noon arrived. I’ll never forget the feeling of joy and pride which I experienced as 1 tooK mv place with my classmates, all singing lustily, “The Class of ’53.” Fall moved rapidly into win ter, bringing with it basketball, wool sweaters, and struggles to get up into a cold room. I he problem of chaperones on Satur day night, however, continued. Christmas came and went, and we were left admiring new fur coats and diamonds, acquired through the generosity of Santa or the boy friend. Then exams were upon us, bringing that lump in the throat commonly known as fear, late lights, and coffee. Fortunately, we survived. With the new semester came that wonderful feeling of know ing what it was all about, the excitement of going out \vith- out our long associate, the chap erone, and Spring. Brieve rne we took advantage of that. With the first ray of sunshine the porches were packed with eager- beavers for that tan. The glow of red faces proved (or dis proved?) the result. Certain other unforgetable incic^nts came with spring. May Day, with its beauties, Student-Facui- tv Playday, when one found out that they really were human and now — exams are amost upon us again. This college freshman sees it all as just one vicious circle—but isn t it fun. By A Senior Usually the theme of a “look ing back” article is either “What I Would Do If I Could Live Through That Period Again,” or “What Such and Such a Some thing Has Meant To Me.” I’m not sure there’s a legitimate way of avoiding these two themes nor really any reason to avoid them; but somehow in a back ward glance at my four college years I do not feel marked re gret nor particular nostalgia However, lest I sound calloused or ungrateful, I hasten to de scribe my sentiment at this time as gratitute in.separable from respect. Naturally I have regrets and probably later on I will beconie aware of other choices made in college which should not have been. Then along this line I am thankful for those mistakes, that I can recognize the mistakes, not to back-track and correct old er rors, but to grow up from them. Therefore, though I will doubt less say, “I wish I had studied, I would actually, even having come through, study no more, or maybe could afford to study even less, if I should go through college again. But, as to my college life as a whole, I have no regrets. I am quite sure I should choose Mere dith again and I should major in English. It is impossible for me to say exactly why this is so, since I do not want to be as vague or trite as to nierely re mark “I am fitted for life.” I am not really sure I’m fitted for life in all the impressive connota tions of the word, but I’m sure that at present I’m not fitted for anything other than life; and, for some strange, wonderful reason, I find myself on the eve of leaving college, with no real plans after June 5, but with an insuperable curiosity and an ab normal optimism at prospects of the proverbial cold cruel world. I am not sad to be graduating. I shall miss the Meredith per sonnel, but I realize that it would De unwholesome to desire a per ennial college life. College^ for me has been sufficiently “col legiate,” even though I haven’t been a coed; and I feel most grateful of all for the roundness of my four Meredith years. I know that wherever I had been for the past four years, I should now be 21, both biologically and chronologically, but, I thank Meredith (in every sense of the word) for turning me out sane and happy. —Emily Pool -Pat Smathers An Open Letter to the Home Economics Club I hope everyone of you has seen the unique invitation to the Tea at the Cedar Chest tomor row afternoon. If you have not seen it, just lay The Twig aside and go look on the Home Ec onomics Department bulletin board. (It’s worth the trip.) As she does each year. Miss Brewer will entertain the Home Economics students, at a tea, at her delightful cabin, the Cedar Chest, tomorrow afternoon from 3:00 until 5:30. From one who knows, these teas are the real highlight of the year. Following the tea, the seniors are looking forward to the tra ditional supper given in their honor. If you have heard much about Miss Brewer’s cabin, but have not actually seen it, don’t miss your opportunity tomorrow aft ernoon. See you there— Jane McDaniel. Course now the big question is—what are those mighty sen iors going to do after tney get a nrm hold on the sheepsxin m June! What good has all this book learning done ’em? And how’s the Highland Fling going to help contribute their dail> bread? Four years is a long time spent between the post office and the library and the dormi tory. But that honored crowd on second Faircloth is about to show off their laurels to the out side world. ’Course now, the diamond ra tion seems right high. Wonder how much influence that course “Marriage and the Family” has been having. Such folks as Jed Daughtridge, Hazel Williamson, Gwen Wilson, Addie and “Lib” and dozens of others are going to be charming brides. Our re tiring editor, Sally Lou Taylor, plans to live near William and Mary after her wedding and worK in the college library. Course now, as usual, there are going to be right many school-marms in the graduating class. Dot Childress and Betsy Mills will be tending to the youngsters down in the grades. Bert Wilson plans to teach up aways in high-school and so does her roommate, Winnie Fitzger ald. As of next September just refer to Martha Lou as Coach Stephenson”; she’ll be working on a high school physical educa tion staff. Imogene Narron is go ing to be handing out speed tests instead of taking them. Won’t those children have a hard time calling Maggie “Miss Leather- man.” ’Course now, everybody won’t be getting that teaching de gree. An energetic science major, A. J. Tuttle hopes to en ter the employ of the state de partment of Hygeine here in Ra leigh. Sunday mornings will be pretty important to Orlena Jam- erson if she decides to become a church music director. Ellen Goldston wants to enter the re tailing field. A budding genius seems to be Bunny Harris; she hopes for a position on the staff of Vogue or Seventeen. Want a letter taken? Naomi Bennett will be a most capable secretary. ’Course now, all the seniors don’t plan to burn up their books in that final bonfire. Hard ly! Some folks still have that de sire for knowledge gleaming in their eyes. Futhur schooling seems the answer for Emily Pool and Betty Moore; but they aren’t sure just what or where. (Continued on page five) BEHIND THE FOOTLIGHTS By MICKY BOWEN Although fall is the natural harvest time, the artificial living of a college community leads us to take stock of a year’s accom plishments (if were fortunate enough to have our deeds fall in that category) in the spring. While the buds are bursting and the rest of nature is making ap propriate responses to the sea son, we’re forcing ourselves to add up the score, which is, after all, probably a good practice. It usually fires us with ambition for the next try because we feel we couldn’t do any worse. So, we’re all for a quick backward look, but with a definite empha sis on the future. The Meredith Dramatic Or ganization, (bored with L. T.) we hope, has broadened out (Continued on page four) Schedule of Summer School Courses Offered in 1950 Session Are Listed Registration for the 1950 sum mer school session at Meredith will take place on Monday, June 12, in the library at 2:U0 p.m. Courses in the fourteen depart ments offered in this session will begin on Tuesday, June 13, and continue for six weeks until ex aminations on July 21. During this six weeks a stu dent may earn a maximum of six semester hours of credit; that is, she may carry two courses. In the art department, Mr. Reynolds will teach beginners’ painting and an art education course. The first and/or second semester courses will be offered in general biology, taught by Mrs. Kelman, in the biology de partment. Miss Bell will teach child and adolescent psychology and the principles of education course in the education department; in English the first semester of both freshman and sophomore Eng lish courses are being offered, taught by Dr. Rose. Mrs. Betty Johnson will teach the geogra phy of North America course for three hours credit. The Edwards & Broughton Co. and Plant Personnel Say GOOD LUCK AND BEST WISHES to the 1S43-S0 STAFFS SALLY TAYLOR Editor—The Twig JANE McDANlEL Business Mgr.—J'he I’wig JOSEPHINE SNOW Editor—Oak Leaves BETTY MOORE Editor—The Acorn BARBARA TODD Business Mgr.—I’he Acorn BETTY ANN HALL Business Mgr.—Oak Leaves OPPOSITE MAIN ENTRANCE TO STATE COLLEGE A NEW LANDMARK . . . ... A NEW RENDEZVOUS For The Campus Croud THE (7a^ ‘■'The reslaurani ivilh a personality^'’ Dr. Wallace will teach a course giving three hours credit in government during the ses sion, as well as the first semes ter of the freshman history course in that department. In the mathematics depart ment, Dr. Canaday will be teaching college algebra and general mathematics, and trig onometry if there is sufficient demand for it. Organ, piano, and voice les sons will be available during summer school. Mr. Wilmot will teach the methods course in pub lic school music for grade teach ers; Dr. Cooper will teach the course in music appreciation this summer. Dr. Park will teach general psychology and the psychology of adjustment in that depart ment; Dr. Crook will teach the six-hour course in freshman re ligion. Principles of sociology will be taught during this session by Mrs. Betty Johnson; in the mod ern languages department, both freshman and sophomore courses in Spanish will be offered by Dr. MacAllister.