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PHIDO SAYINGS STAR GAZINGS
Have you heard about the
Phi b’ar races? Rooms llOV and
315F now boast of new race
courses where Sally Massey’s
shy, little, mechanical Beowulf,
who quite often stops in the
middle of the track, runs against
Dot Prickett’s Isotope. Isotope,
“bearing” off to the left and
sometimes crowding Beowulf off
his course, has been the winner
but Sally says that her “b’ar’ll
git thar yet!”
Wearing a bear costume, Lyn
Belton was the Phi representa
tive during a wet but spirited
Palio festival. The banner bore
the Phi shield which had glit
tering emblems reflecting the
light at Meredith’s first night
performance of Palio.
Last Saturday night, Novem
ber 11, the Phis gave a party
for anyone on the campus who
wished to come down to the Hut.
Responsible for arrangements
and seeing that everyone had a
good time were Sally Clark
and hostesses Barbara Pearson,
Ann McRackan, Dot Fisher,
Lynette Adcock, Virginia Jones,
Ruth Ann Simmons, and Mar
guerite Smith. Popping corn,
playing cards and ping-pong,
and eating refreshments kept
everyone busy and happy. The
hut was very attractively deco
rated with autumn leaves and
flowers. —Beth Morgan.
Maybe this column should be
called “Doings of Dan Cupid”
for this particular issue. Diane
Newton, Carol Parker, and
Mary Jane Utley have all recent
ly been serenaded in the dining
hall with the traditional “con
gratulations.” Getting pinned
seems to be quite the thing these
days. Willie Brownlow, a promi
nent member of last year’s
freshman class and representa
tive in the May Court, is the
latest bride among the Astros.
Best wishes, all!
All Astros, don’t forget to
come to the spaghetti supper
tomorrow night in the hut. This
time, the information is really
correct, too! You will have
plenty of time after the game to
come on down to the hut for an
hour or so to eat and talk before
going out for an evening of fun
with your date.
Those who. have nothing else
planned are invited to come
down after dinner to the open
house which will be given by
the Astros for all students on the
campus. If you can’t find a
chaperone, bring your date, too,
and spend the evening in the
hut instead of the parlor. Every
one is invited; don’t forget to
come.
The 1950 Palio is history now,
but it will be a long time before
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CONSIDERING “WHYS" IN STUDENT
TEACHING IS EMPHASIZED BY WRITER
By BEVERLY BATCHELOR
This semester the Meredith
student teacher is knowing, for
the first time, the thrill that
comes with facing forty or so
youngsters who respectfully ad
dress her as “Miss Whoevershe-
is” and stand ready to be guided.
The question comes to mind
“Does this student teacher fully
understand why she is there,
and does she realize how big
her responsibility is? Do any of
us, in fact, who have chosen
teaching as a profession, under
stand?”
There are some who don’t. . .
Lily Slazey crossed a knee,
snapped hard a couple of times
on a Beechnut wad, and wiggled
herself to a comfortable position
on a rather uncomfortably city
bus cushion. “Good gravy!” she
sighed, “What a day! What a
day! As if it wasn’t enough for
me to be in this fix without
getting the most stupid, the
meanest. . .”
“I beg your pardon?” Several
ladies peered at Lily.
“Oh, excuse me,” she forced a
smile. “Just talking out loud.”
“Talking out loud! I’ll say!
That’s exactly what those kids
did all day. It wasn’t fun enough
when just two of them started
a marble game in the middle of
the arithmetic lesson. Oh no! .
They had to ask me for more
marbles!
“Humph! I guess I taught
them not to put frogs in my
desk! None of them will be able
to pull up that test grade. If
Mrs. Jones throws those papers
away like she said. I’ll never
teach another lick.
“Wonder what I’ll say tomor
row? Oh well, I can just plan it
between eleven and twelve.
Joe’ll be here tonight. Hmmm . .
I wish I didn’t have to mess with
this teaching business ’till we
can get married. I just won’t
think about it. I don’t have to
go back ’till tomorrow anyway.
>>
The Lily Slazeys at Meredith,
however, (we hope), are few. In
fact, we hope they don’t exist.
The kind of student we should
see on this campus is one who
looks on her chosen profession
of teaching as an opportunity—a
rather glorious, yet frightening
one. Children will be placed
under her guidance and care to
be led in almost any direction
she chooses. The teacher’s main
responsibility, then, to herself
and her students is to under
stand her own basic assumptions
about what she thinks man, life,
God is and to be sure that these
assumptions are intellectually
respectable, and in line with
what we know the purpose of
God to be. As these ideas will be
the determining factor in all she
does with and for the student,
they are all-important.
The teacher must also be con
scious of the idea of “vocation”.
We have all heard the word and
most of us know that it is a
Christian word, coming from
the Latin “vocare,” meaning “to
call.” In its Christian context it
THE TWIG
BEE fflVE MAKES
IMPROVEMENTS
By DORIS PERRY
“May I help you?” she asks
with a you-name-it-we’ve-got-it
twinkle in her eyes. Anytime
between the hours of opening
and closing, you can hear the
same courteous voice of one of
the twelve girls who work in
the Bee Hive.
New Foods
This year the Bee Hive can
assuredly say, “You name it;
we’ve got it,” what with all its
new additions in stock. Now for
the first time the Bee Hive has
pastries (um, umm, good!)
Other new additions in the food
line are potted meats, sandwich
spreads, relish, mustard, fruit
juice, fruit cocktail, and a wider
variety of sandwiches.
In the way of notions and
toilet goods, the Bee Hive offers
a wider variety of shampoos,
plus shoepolish and shoelaces,
peroxide, mercurochrome, io
dine, and anahist. The school
supply shelves, too, boast new
additions — rulers, art gum,
colored pencils, paper clips, re
inforcements, parcel post labels,
twine, poster paper, and a better
variety of paper and notebooks.
The Bee Hive staff is always
glad to hear criticism and sug
gestions for ways of improving
stock and service. The new ad
ditions in the Bee Hive came as
a result of suggestions from
students. Right now, the Bee
Hive staff is working toward
having a better line of station
ery.
Profits
The Bee Hive is proud of the
fact that it has had more busi
ness this year than ever before.
Each year the Bee Hive has a
project to which profits go. This
year the profits will go toward
buying a short wave radio for
the Spanish department. A part
of the profits go to the B.S.U.,
and the rest is turned into buy
ing new stock.
November 17, 1930
FROM THE MUSIC WORLD
Guest Columnist: JEAN OLIVE
If you saw three seniors
walking in the middle of floating
clouds last Sunday or Monday a
week ago, no doubt they were
Jane Earl Burch, Marion Wins
ton, and Jean Olive. These three
members of MacDowell Music
Club were fortunate and just
downright lucky enough to meet
the artist of the season’s first
Civic Music concert, Leonard
Pennario, as soon as he arrived
at his hotel on Sunday afternoon
—and all because of a photo
graph for a local newspaper!
And here is a secret on that
picture: the photograph was not
taken at the hotel, as was im
plied in the story, but at the
shop of a local piano dealer,
since, it is supposed, atmosphere
is needed for such a distin
guished pianist. After he posed
for several pictures with the
girls, Mr. Pennario was put to
work at the piano by the small
group which had gathered to
welcome him to Raleigh.
Played at this “preview” con
cert were Pennario’s own com
position, “Midnight on the New
port Cliffs,” and a medley of
Strauss waltzes; both selections
later pleased the Raleigh audi
ence on Monday night. And if
you have never been invited to
the drug store by a concert
pianist, just ask the girls for an
account of that experience,
which was the greatest thrill of
the afternoon!
The big moment, however,
was too soon over and the girls
had to go back to school to await
the concert on the following
night. Since his concert, the
pianist has gained a glowing
reputation in Raleigh, and in ad
dition he is known to three girls
as a “tall, dark, and handsome
fellow with a sparkling per
sonality—just a regular guy!”
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means a “call from God,” that
is, our realization of God’s
purpose and how we can best
carry out that purpose. All of
us have the same “vocation”;
but different jobs. That a teacher
should realize her “vocation” is
especially important, because so
many young lives are in her
hand, and that is just what I
propose our student teachers
must do.
Next issue we’ll take a
personal look at some of the girls
on our campus who have chosen
this profession. What are their
problems? their experiences?
Why did they choose to teach?
What is their main goal? The
question must be answered, and
in the next issue we’ll see how
our girls do it.
Students Become
Theatre Members
As a result of recent changes
voted in its constitution by
members of the Little Theatre,
many more new members will
be admitted into the organiza
tion for work done on the play
being presented this fall. The
point system for pledges has
been changed and a new rule
made whereby work on one
major production is necessary
for membership.
Much more work by the pro
duction staff was done on the
current production, and there
fore more active participation
has been the rule for students
working toward membership.
Points earned by work are novv
counted toward Alpha Psi
Omega, honorary dramatics fra
ternity: membership is earned
through satisfactory work on a
play.
Freshmen earning member
ship in the Little Theatre by
work done as a member of the
cast of “Goodbye, My Fancy”
are Beth Morgan, Becky Buch
anan, Faye Walker, Virginia
Corbett, Jean Pace, Betty Lou
Gladstone, and Katherine Way-
nick.
Other freshmen earning mem
bership by work on the produc
tion staff include Lyn Belton,
Eleanor Averre, and Nancy
Murray. Students earning mem
bership, besides these freshmen,
by work on the staff are Lita
Mauldin, Fran Altman, Dot
Cutts, Betty Penny, Sally
Massey, Elsie Wicker, Grace
Pugh, Anne O’Quinn, Dot Fisher
and Pat Dula.
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(Continued from page three)
plaid. This is an asset to any
body’s mix and match ward
robe.
In parting: the best style of
all this week is “Goodbye, My
Fancy!”
LIBRARY BOOKS
(Continued from page three)
read it to get some good North
Carolina history.
Try out some of these books
and let the librarians know how
you like these additions; after
all, books are for the benefit of
the students!
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