November 21, 1952
THE TWIG
Page three
NOBUKO KAWANO
Japanese Student Feels At Home,
Has Trouble With Shakespeare
By
MARJORIE BLANKENSHIP
I Meredith has made Nobuko
Kawano feel “quite at home.”
That is what our 1953 Japa
nese special student, a twenty-
two year old graduate of the
Baptist Seminary, Fukuoka, had
to say about her welcome here.
“The kind people here at
■ Meredith—the students, faculty,
and Dr. Campbell—have not
given me the slightest excuse for
being homesick,” Nobuko reas
sured us happily. She got out the
three letters he had received last
week from her brothers and sis
ters and showed us the photo
graphs of her family enclosed
within them. They ranged from
a small, barefoot boy to an adult
girl modeling a Japanese dress.
“Perhaps they, too, will some
day be able to study in Amer-
' ica,” Nobuko continued. “Many
people might think that three
years away from home is a long
time, but it doesn’t seem possi
ble that three months have
slipped by already.”
On November 26, Nobuko will
be leaving Meredith for Hender
son, N. C., where she will spend
her first Thanksgiving. She will
be visiting Dr. Norfleet Gard
ner, pastor of the First Baptist
Church in Henderson, the per
son most responsible for her vis
it to the United States. Nobuko
proudly showed us the small
orange book. Journey to Japan,
which Dr. Gardner had dedi
cated to her father, vice-presi
dent of the Baptist World
Alliance and chaplain at the Bap
tist Seminary in Fukuoka.
Originally her parents be
longed to the Shinto religion,
although she herself had al
ways belonged to the Christian
Church in Japan. “My brothers
and sisters and I were brought
up in a Christian home,” Nobu
ko explained to us. “My father
became a Christian in 1920 in
the Christian Mission school,
where he was the first graduate.
Since, then, he has visited the
United States twice, once in
1934-37 and again for three
months in 1950, when he spoke
at Ridgecrest.”
Although the Shinto religion
was denounced at the close of
the war, the Christian move
ment, compared to the Shinto
religion (worship of the Em
peror) is still small. However,
according to Nobuko, a great
movement of Christianity is
moving across Japan. The Inter-
National Christian University,
which is being partially fi
nanced by the United Christian
Youth Movement in America,
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STRICKLAND WINS FRESHMAN AWARD
Mrs. Kelman Speaks
To Science Club
The Barber Science Club
held its regular meeting Tues
day night, November 11. Shir
ley Cliatt, president, called the
meeting to order and presided
over the business. Dr. Mary Yar
brough, head of the chemistry
department, and Dr. John Yar
brough, head of the biology
department, were named offi
cial sponsors of the club.
Anne Clark, program chair
man , then introduced the speak
er, Mrs. Helen Kelman, former
biology instructor at Meredith.
Mrs. Kelman spoke on the ef
fects of X-ray on the genes. She
explained to the group how X-
rays are measured and the be
havior of the genes when a
certain number of units come in
contact with them. An account
was given of the after effects of
X-ray with regard to the person,
the organ being treated, and the
number of units administered.
There was then a group discus
sion on the subject, after which
refreshments were served.
Phis Sponsor Square
Dance to Raise Funds
has had an invaluable influence
on turning people to Christian
ity.
Although Nobuko is enjoying
her schoolwork, she still finds
that the transition of Japanese
into English is a slow tedious
process. She turned to her Japa-
nese-English dictionary and
sighed. “Oh, this Shakespeare!
It’s impossible for me to under
stand the words without a great
deal of study. However, it’s get
ting easier, for I’ve recently
found myself thinking in both
Japanese and English.”
Nobuko also finds it hard to
“catch on to the other girls”—
that is, learn the customs of an
average American girl. “The
members of my suite (Ruth
Barnes, Shirley West, and Phy-
lis Tribble) have been most
helpful,” she smiled. “We have
a good time all the time.” In
deed, it was her suite who first
noticed that many Meredith stu
dents were not calling Nobuko
by name, as it seems difficult to
pronounce (all three syllables
have the same stress.) So they
affectionately began addressing
her as “Shorty,” which Nobuko
likes very much. (In the Japa
(Continued on page 4)
Last Tuesday night the old
auditorium was the setting for
one of the most successful par
ties held to date on the Meredith
campus. The Philaretian Socie
ty, under the leadership of Con
nie Moore, sponsored a square
dance in order to raise funds
for the proposed interior deco
ration of Phi Hall. From 8:00
p.m. until 10:30, Astros and
Phis alike danced with their
dates, some of which were im
ported from Wake Forest and
State Colleges.
Highlights of the night were
the calling of figures by Mrs.
Eudelle Smith, entertainment
by the Pi Kappa Alpha frater
nity from Wake Forest, and
refreshments. Alyce Epley,
chairman of the square dance
committee, planned the enter
tainment.
AA ANNOUNCES HOCKEY STICK
WINNER, HONORARY VARSITY
CHAPEL TALKS
(Continued from page one)
see the back end of the bus going
out through the drive, when you
get to the telephone out of an
unfinished bath a half-second
after the caller hangs up, when
you are trying to comb your
hair to have your picture made
and your hair does the way that
hair does when you are going
to have your picture made
—I recommend this word for
you. Say, ‘This is interesting.’
It is so far superior to and so
much more acceptable than the
things which people customarily
say at such times.
“Its principle advantage, how
ever, is that it is true. Whatever
we run into—threatening, dis
tasteful, painful, tragic, unjust,
undeserved, hateful, and sense
less, no less than that which is
delightful and fulfilling—it is
interesting.
“I commend to you the aware
ness, a heightened awareness,
that God is operating here and
now. Let us not put off waking
out of our sleep so that we find
ourselves, cheated and regret
ful, realizing ‘Surely the Lord
is in this place, and I knew it
not.’ Let us resolve, in the words
of the Psalmist. ‘I will live
mindful of Thee now in the
land of the living’.”
Miss Maxine Garner
B.S.U. Campus Director
Meredith College
November 12, 1952
Jody Strickland was awarded
the freshman hockey stick at the
annual awards dinner on No
vember 18. This award is made
each year to the freshman who
has shown the most interest and
ability in playing hockey. This
year’s winner is from Wilson.
She has been very active in
hockey, playing in both the
game with Carolina and the one
with St. Mary’s. Also she has
shown an interest in other col
lege activities.
Members of the honorary
hockey varsity were named at
the same time. Such honorary
varsities are chosen at the end
of each sports season. This year’s
hockey team members and their
positions are: Jean Pace, left
wing; Ruth Champion, left in
ner; Ann Lovell, center; Bess
Francis, right inner; Rebecca Mc-
Rackan, right wing; Kitty Bar-
behenn, left halflaack; Joyce
Bailey, center halfback; Jane
Williamson, right halfback;
Catherine McRackan, left full
back; Ruth Jeanne Allen, right
fullback; and Shirley Cliatt,
goalee. ^
Meredith Defeats St.
Mary's, Ties Carolina
Meredith scored two points
while St. Mary’s failed to score
in the last hockey game of the
season, November 12. Both
points were scored in the first
half of the game, one by Ann
Lovell, center forward, and the
other by Joyce Bailey, center
half. Other players were Jean
Pace, Ruth Champion, Bess
Francis, Rebecca McRackan,
Catherine McRackan, Kitty Bar-
behenn, Jane Williamson, Ruth
Jeanne Allen, Shirley Cliatt, Pat
Wheeler, Jody Strickland, Bon
ny Morgan, and Betty Vance.
In the hockey game between
Meredith and Carolina at Chapel
Hill on November 5, both teams
scored one point. Both points
were scored in the last quarter
of the game. The scorer for
Meredith was center forward
Ann Lovell.
With a successful hockey sea
son completed, the AA has
turned its attention to soccer.
Regular practice began on No
vember 17 arid will contiriue
throughout the season on Mon
day, Tuesday, Thursday, and Fri
day afternoons at 4:45 p.m.
Coach Cunningham and Manager
Lyn Belton request that those *
interested come to practice regu-
lary.
James E. Thiem
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