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THE TWIG
October 24, 1952
Women’s Colleges Favored To Win Over
Coed Schools in Husband-Catching Race
By ANN IPOCK
Do women college graduates
turn out spinsters? Are our
chances of marriage just as good
as those of the coeducational
school graduates? Yes, these are
the all important questions
which rank right along side with
the November presidential elec
tion in our daily bull sessions.
If you are one of the girls
who believes that enrolling in an
all - girl school automatically
turns your hope chest into a
dispair barrel, you can breath
a sigh of relief, for surveys con
ducted by the Population Ref
erence Bureau show that 3 per
cent more women college gradu
ates marry than those of “coed”
schools.
Lynn White, Jr., who is Presi
dent of Mills College for Women
and author of the popular book.
Educating Our Daughters, has
written an excellent article on
the subject which was published
in the October Harper’s. Mr.
White tells us that this survey
was conducted in 1947 among
60,000 women, and it shows the
startling result that 76 per cent
of the graduates of non-Catholic
women colleges marry over 73
per cent of the coeducational
graduates. This percentage has
increased each year since the
survey. Catholic college women
graduates’ matrimonial chances
are slimmer than either of the
other systems, it was also de
termined.
In this article, “Do Women’s
Colleges Turn Out Spinsters?”
Mr. White explains why the an
swer is a definite “No!” He be
lieves that some people (parents
of eligible girls especially) look
at coeducational schools as the
modern American version of the
old-fashioned European and Ori
ental system of the marriage
broker. How did this idea grow?
Well, it appears that most of
these people assume that cam
puses where young men and
women work, play, and share
mutual interests and acquain
tances are mating paradises. This
thought also runs parallel with
the idea that to enroll a girl in
an all-girl college is like placing
her in a convent.
What are the real facts? Mr.
White explains the growing pres
tige of coeducational schools as a
result of the national growing
sense of the value of matrimony.
However, Mr. White believes
that our coeducational schools
are “socially and psychologically
designed to produce women who
are merely docile.” It is a known
fact that men of our generation
are looking for certain qualities
in a wife and do not want hei
to be helpless. This is the chiei
jump women’s colleges have
over “coed” schools in the hus
band-catching race. In an all
girl school it is the girls who
make the decisions, they are
the ones who decide how, when,
and where to do something. In
a “coed” school most of the
thinking and problem solving is
done by men. Mr. White con
tends that as far as he knows
no woman has ever been presi
dent of a four-year coeducational
campus with the exception of
one woman who is president of
a Catholic Negro College. He
also states that it is very un
usual to find a coeducational
faculty which has as high as 5
per cent women among its full
professors. It is no wonder that
the girl student in these schools
would always be wondering
“Will he approve of my de
cision?” or “What will that new
boy think if I ask this question?”
Therefore, it is natural that class
discussion is limited more in this
type of institution.
A study conducted by the stu
dents of Mills showed that the
female social life of a woman’s
college is more well-rounded and
includes more students than a
mixed college.
These per cent differences
may seem very small to us, but,
in reality, it is much larger. Lo
cation, “coed” schools’ growing
prestige, number of colleges,
number of enrolled students and
other factors all seem to be on
the side of a “coed” school. Yet,
there is a growing percentage in
our favor each year since 1947.
So, relax, girls, and stop worry
ing about the blonde “coed”
stealing your fellow. Your
chances are better than hers! ! !
Beth Ann Dixon, Joan Langley, Jane Cate, Evelyn King, and Ardine Lewis demonstrate some of their
duties in the practice house. Evelyn, as hostess for the week, is planning the menu.
Home Ec Majors Emerge From
Mere-Ello Healthier Than Ever
TRIP TO ENGLAND
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above the cliffs of Dover and is
supposed to be the oldest build
ing standing in England.
“The country around Loch
Lomond in Scotland was also
very beautiful,” she said. “The
region lives up to its claim of
beauty as ‘the bonny, bonny
braes of Loch Lomond.’ The
tiny villages of Luss and Tar-
bet with their flower-covered
cottages seemed to blend into,
rather than to clutter up, the
landscape.”
One of the highlights of the
summer for Miss Rose was the
visit to her ancestral home, Kil-
varock, in Scotland. The castle
is located near Cawdor Castle
made famous in “MacBeth.”
Another highlight of the trip to
her was the visit through
Grasmere, the lake district
of northern England, which
Wordsworth has so exemplified
in his poetry.
The party was also impressed
by the town, Haworth, as they
had imagined it from stories by
the Bronte sisters, and the town,
Haworth, which they visited.
Everywhere, according to the
faculty members, there was the
same depressing atmosphere
enhanced by the dark ceme
tery and the emptiness of the
moor.
Another point of interest was
the visit to the Hospital of Saint
Cross, which was one of the
starting points for the ancient
By PAT EBERHART
Only a few more days and the
five girls now living in Mere-
Ello Apartment will emerge
from a month of concentrated
homemaking activity weighing
more and, if they follow past
Meredith home economics ma
jors, probably feeling better
than ever.
Mere-Ello is the musical name
of the three-suites on first floor
Vann which serve under more
familiar nomenclature as the
Meredith “practice house.” The
“Mere” comes from Meredith,
the “El” from the Ellen in Miss
Brewer’s name, and the “Lo”
from Mrs. Charles E. Brewer,
wife of the former president of
the college, who donated furni-
pilgrimages to Canterbury.
Even today, the Church has re
tained its old custom of giving
bread and ale to visitors, a cus
tom that originated for travel-
weary pilgrims. Other literary
shrines included in the trip were
visits to the country churchyard
in Stoke Poges, made famous
by Gray’s “Elegy,” Milton’s cot
tage at Chalfont St. Giles, and
the homes of Keats, Johnson,
and Dickens in London.
finished touch that made a per
fect summer when the tourists
received a marconigram from
the freighter that had taken
them abroad June 5. The former
Irish crew, which had passed
them in the night, expressed the
hope that the visit had been en
joyable and that they would
meet again in future years.
Do they want to repeat the
trip? The feeling for all three
was summed up by Miss Rose
when she said, “The few dollars
I had left when I arrived in Nor
folk September 1, went imme-
into a nest egg for
SPORTS BRIEFS
In spite of a “bit of a blow,”
Irish terminology for a gale, diately
the trip back home received the another trip to the British Isles.”
NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS
It seems that the Meredith
nfirmary isn’t the only one that’s
favored with frequent visitors
early in the school year. From
Salem comes word that their in
firmary already has a flourishing
business.
“If you keep an open mind,
there’s a chance something val
uable may drop into it.”
—The Appalachian
ASTC is planning a great ex
pansion program of campus im
provements just as Meredith is.
They plan to begin construction
shortly on a new physical educa
tion plant, athletic field, elemen
tary demonstration school, and a
library addition. Campbell Col
lege also plans expansion soon.
Our N. C. colleges are really on
the move.
Cheer up freshmen! You aren’t
the only girls who suffer through
handbook tests. New and old
students at Salem are subjected
to them!
A cold is both negative and
positive; sometimes the eyes
have it, and sometimes the nose.
—The Appalachian
News from UNC is that soon
television may replace the old,
long-tested method of acquiring
much-needed knowledge. “The
most effective teaching tool ever
invented”—television—will al
low UNC students to absorb
their ABC’s the painless way.
Oh, the wonders of this modem
age!
ture and china to the house and
whose name was Love.
In this six room laboratory
for home economic seniors, the
girls plan, prepare, and clean up
after three meals a day on a
budget of sixty-five cents per
girl per day.
The house this month is oc
cupied by five girls, who have
assumed the duties of house
keeper, hostess, cook, and assist
ant cook. This week Evelyn
King, serving as hostess, planned
the meals, marketed, and kept
the budget records, spending her
allotted twenty-three dollars on
food for the week.
Ardine Lewis, as cook, also
served as host at the table, and
Jane Cate, assistant cook, pre
pared and waited on the table
Beth Ann Dixon, housekeeper,
and Joan Langley, assistant
housekeeper, were in charge of
cleaning the three bedrooms,
dining room, and kitchen.
Lights out by 10:30 p.m.
Miss Jennie Hanyen, super
visor of the practice house, who
says the girls usually gain
weight, attributes the extra
pounds more to regular hours
than abundance of food. The
girls, while in the practice house,
modify their senior privileges
and turn their lights out by
10:30 p.m. This gives them
enough rest before breakfast,
which is cooked and served by
7:30 a.m. Sunday dinner is eaten
in the dining hall.
The budget allots the hostess
$29.60 for the week. Besides food
for the girls, this includes laun
dry, advancement, entertain
ment (which is often spent on
flowers, etc.) and bus fare for
marketing.
Marketing Requirements
When marketing, the hostess
must remember to see that each
girl has the following require
ments per day: one egg, one
pint of milk, one serving of meat,
two whole grains, three servings
of vegetables, including a starch
and a leafy one, two servings of
fruit, two tablespoons of fat, one
serving of sweets, and six to
eight glasses of water. The girls
are required to taste every dish
on the table. Miss Hanyen, who
checks the foods the hostess
plans to serve, and who eats
every meal with the girls, added
By LORETTE OGLESBY
A. A. Project
A new project of the A. A. is
the secxiring of a bicycle fleet.
The first two bikes were given
us by the members of a former
class and the board hopes to
add to the fleet by saving “blue
horses.” A box has been placed
on each hall, in the Bee Hive,
and the day students’ rooms. Use
Blue Horse Paper and put all
the blue horse wrappers in one
of the boxes.
Bicycle Rules
The two new bicycles are
ready to ride. The rules concern
ing riding are posted on the bul
letin board of the A. A. room of
first Stringfield. The bikes will
be kept locked, but any member
of the board will be glad to go
down and unlock one and sign
it out for you. The list of the
board members will also be
posted in the A. A. room.
Hockey Practice
Hockey practice continues.
Competition among the fresh
men for the hockey stick is nar
rowing down to a few girls. The
team had hoped to play Saint
Mary’s team this week, but Saint
Mary’s girls were unable to
come. There are chances for a
game with Wake Forest soon.
Watch for announcements con
cerning it and be sure to come
out and cheer for the Meredith
Angels.
NANCY REECE
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Council. At graduation, she was
awarded the Danforth Award
for leadership.
The Freshmen realize they
have chosen very capable offi
cers and that with the co-opera
tion of the entire class this can
be a successful year.
that she does not “scratch out”
the dishes she doesn’t relish.
The girls in the practice house
attend classes as usual and must
be at hand for all meals in the
home-laboratory. After their
month is over they return to
their rooms in the dorms and
another group begins the prac
tical experiment at home mak
ing.