March 9, 1951
THE TWIG
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Seven Optimistic Art Students Are Planning Various Careers,
After Finishing Work on Exhibits Scheduled for April and May
By LeGrace Gupton
Some seniors are going to
teach, others will get married,
and still others will be parked
behind a typewriter, but there
is one group which cherishes
plans which go further than
June — after that starvation is
contemplated. After four years
of ignoring the facts, the seven
senior art majors are faced with
the brutal truth that the field of
art, commercial and high-brow,
is overcrowded with starving
artists who clutch a paint brush
in one hand, and a stiletto in the
other. ;i
Two, B. J. Hedgepeth and Di-
Jane Newton, are entertaining
hopeful plans of storming the
Bastile, otherwise known as
New York City. Diane, a native
of that whistle-stop, wants to go
into fashion designing but will
settle for sign painting if no
thing better shows up. B. J.,
whose delicate health and weak
eyes will prevent job-hunting
for a while, plans to attend the
Art Student’s League and Co
lumbia for further study.
Donna Walston, who' evident
ly has become enamoured of
this fair city, is knocking doors
in downtown Raleigh. She will
be satisfied to print price tags
in Woolworth’s if the commer
cial art moguls can’t place her
somewhere.
Nancy Hefner and Rosalyn
Yarn are not too worried, since
they are, and wisely enough,
getting teacher’s certificates.
They wil starve only half-way.
Meredith "Museum" in
Johnson Hall Grows
Six History Students Plan Colonial House,
Ntahe Exhibit, Learn to be Junior Arehivists”
Did you know Meredith had
a museum (of a kind) in John
son Hall? No? Just take a look
at the lost-and-found case the
next time you pass the post of
fice. There is an amazing va
riety of articles: buttons, cuff
links, necklaces, scissors. The
two articles women are most
prone to lose — gloves and ear
rings — are well represented.
Miss Rhodes, who is in charge
of the lost and found says the
greatest sum of money ever
turned in was two hundred dol-
lors. The billfold which is in
the case now contains a total of
three cents! If the articles are
unclaimed by the end of the
school term, they are given to
the Foreign Relief Fund.
This career has its disadvantag
es, however, because they have
to eat school lunches; but all in
all they have it easier than most.
Anne Marie Morton, who will
also get a teacher’s certificate,
wants to do graduate work,
preferably in California, but
probably at Carolina. If either
of these two plans fail, she plans
to become a “beach bum,” for
the sake of art, of course.
My own plans as one of these
happy few, are to head for the
quietest, darkest place in North
Carolina and sleep for the rest
of my life.
But before leaving out for
destinations known and un
known, the art majors have one
feeble request to make. There
is a small matter of a senior art
exhibit, to which the public is
invited with vim and vigor, one
and all.
Beginning with three ex
hibits in April and the remain
ing four in May, the exhibits
will be held, a week apart, in
the college art gallery. Begin
ning with Anne Marie Morton’s
on April 11, these exhibits con
tinue with B. J. Hedgepeth’s on
April 19 and Donna Walston’s
on April 27.
On May 4 Diane Newton will
open her exhibit; on May 12,
Nancy Hefner; and May 18, Le
Grace Gupton; and on May 25,
Rosalyn Yarn.
CASTS, PRODUCTIONS
(Continued from page one)
Also in the cast are Alyce Ep-
ley, Kitty Waynick, and Char-
leen Swanzey. In charge of prop
erties for the freshmen are Bar
bara Austin, Sarah Pate, Ruth
Barnes, Eleanor Averre, Sara
Ann Blalock, Betty Lane, Peggy
Dalrymple, and Cherrie Bed-
dingfield. Patsy Bland, Jean
Pace, Mary Brooks Stone, and
Betty Lou Gladstone are in
charge of make-up.
Pat Bass, Faye Walker, and
Mary Ann Chandler are respon-
s i b 1 e for the freshman pro
grams; for script, Barbara Rice,
Carolyn Belton, and Carolyn
Little; and for costumes, Jane
Williamson, Mary Ruth Wilcox,
Sarah Dale and Betty Dickens.
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Students
ARNOLD'S
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DRUG
3025 Hillsboro Street
By Jean Taylor
Do you think the archives
are underground tunnels? Or,
perhaps you’ve read Roman his
tory and feel superior in your
knowledge that they are “like
the catacombs”. Maybe you’re
one of the intelligentzia who is
certain that they are small arch
es. If you’re not sure which sup
position is correct, just ask one
of the six girls who are working
there this semester. Yes, six
budding young historians from
Meredith are working diligent
ly for the title of junior archiv
ist. Lynette Adcock, Francene
King, Irma Ray, “Barney”
Schettler, Yirginia Waldrop, and
Bettie Yates have already spent
thirty hours learning about the
mysterious archives.
If you inquire of one of these
girls you’ll be overwhelmed at
the truth about the archives.
For, after all, the archives are
only the storing place for old
documents and records. If this
is too disillusioning, stop to ask
yourself why these reasonably
intelligent college girls desire to
spend 150 hours of their valu
able time learning the why’s
and wherefore’s of mildewing
papers. Perhaps you’ll be stim
ulated to find out just what they
do at the North Carolina depart
ment of archives and history.
You’ll discover that the girls
work thirty hours at the Hall of
History learning about museum
practices, thirty hours learning
about publications, and ninety
hours at the archives.
During February the girls
were busy at the Hall of History
learning photography, printing,
display techniques, and museum
policies of storing, preserving,
and cataloging articles. They
imbibed this knowledge pain
lessly, it seems. For example,
they learned to work the print-
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ing press by writing birthday
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for a bunch of dignified archiv
ists! If you wish to see a sample
of their photography, ask one of
the girls to show you her picture
of Annie Hornblow, of Edenton
tea party fame! They can even
tell you how to preserve any old
clothes, pictures, buttons or, of
all things, unused money you
might wish to keep!
AS a special project, our “lit
tle museum pieces” are making
plans for a colonial house to be
erected in the new wing of the
Hall of History when it is com
pleted. Francene and Barney are
planning the living room; Bet-
tie and Yirginia, the bedroom;
and Lynette and Irma, the kit
chen. They are planning the fur
niture arrangements, which en
tails going through the museum
files to see what articles the
Hall of History has. There seems
to be a storm brewing over
which room will have the one
pair of andirons owned by the
Hall of History!
‘Meredith’s gifts to historical
knowledge” have also prepared
the “Exhibit of the Month” at
the Hall of History concerning
the battle of Guilford court
house. In this display are bullets
found on the battleground (not
dug up by “our little geniuses,”
however), a sword, gun, and pis
tol used in the battle. Along
with these objects are a picture
of the flag carried by the colon
ists at the battle, a photostatic
copy of the topography of the
land showing the battle lines,
and several proclamations con
cerning the battle.
If you’d like to see the archiv
ists in action, just dash down to
the department of history and
archives and ask them to find
your great-great grandmother
Clarissa’s knitting needles!
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