Page four THE TWIG May 1, 1953 Spanish Students Exchange Language Lessons With Wife of Costa Rico State Student “How arre you? Hab a seat.” “Muy bien! gracias. Como esta Vd.? Sus . . . ah . . . ninos . . . como?” These are the sounds you might hear if you visited Mrs. Berta Dom inguez, wife of a State College student from Costa Rica, with one of *the six Meredith girls who go to see her weekly to teach her English and to learn Spanish from her. Mr. Dominguez and three of their children are learning Eng lish in school, but Mrs. Domin guez and four-year-old Bertita do not go to school, so Meredith Span ish students are trying to help them overcome the language difficulty of living in a new country. At the same time they are getting valuable, prac tical help in their Spanish. Caroline Jackson, president of the Spanish Club, Jean Morton, as sistant to the Department of Mod em Languages, and Eva Townsend, all Spanish majors, visit Mrs. Dom inguez for the exchange lessons. Jean Curry, who has a minor in Spanish, Trudy Fitzgerald, and Nan cy Drake are joining in the experi ment. Eva and Jean Morton have been teaching her tenses and use of re flexive verbs. They have discussed the Spanish and English words for various flowers and foods. Nancy Drake has been explaining the Eng lish words for colors, which in many cases are similar to the Spapish. The girls participating in the ex change lessons are enjoying it. Here is an excellent chance to get first hand practice in using their Span ish. “I’m glad to have the chance to know people from another coun try,” Nancy says. Trudy said she believes friendly relations with individuals and fam ilies from other countries are val uable and fun, too Meredith Student Body Hears Dr. Alexander retired autjiority on race relations. Dr. Alexander, as vice-president of the Julius Rosenwald Fund which awards yearly fellowships to deserv ing students, spoke in chapel April 24. “We make investments for you,” began Dr. Alexander. “In a three- year trial period inaugurating the fund, we distributed $50,000 among seventy students. Of the mixed races, 95 per cent made good. This gave us such encouragement that we awarded $125,000 per year af terwards, still maintaining the 95 per cent average. We were looking for the most intelligent students, not the worthiest or the poorest ones. “One of the chief factors deter mining our selection of these su perior students,” Dr. Alexander continued, “was the personal essay written by each applicant. We were appalled by the lack of writing skill of many of our southern applicants.” Dr. Alexander, though he was present at Meredith in an academic capacity, said his initial impression of Meredith was of its physical ap pearance. “I’m happy that my first visit to the Meredith campus came in the springtime,” Dr. Alexander re marked after chapel. “I am most im pressed by the marked beauty of the campus. “You may be interested in an other one of our accurate guesses of genius,” Dr. Alexander contin ued. “Some years ago we took a (Continued on page six) Uzzle’s Soda Shop A Good Place to Meet arid Eat Our Southern high schools and colleges should do a better job of teaching students to write. This is the opinion of William Will Alexander, a recipient of the Har mon National Award for service in American Peace relations and a Drop in or Call RAINBOW FLORIST for your FLORAL NEEDS Phone 7646 in Raleigh It’s ROY’S across from Meredith College MORRISSETTE’S ESSO SERVICE 2812 Hillsboro Street RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA PHONE 9241 “Our Care Saves Wear' BOSSE JEWELERS 333 Fayetteville Street Raleigh, North Carolina Stop in at ARNOLD’S REXALL DRUGS 3025 Hillsboro St. Sociology Students Learn By Doing Bernice Limer and Sarah Thom as are participating in a program of individual directed study in connec tion with the Sociology Department. This is a regular college course, open only to senior Sociology majors. The girls must choose a social agency with which they would like to work, get their jobs themselves, and'begin work as student trainees. Bernice chose to work with the Social Serv ice department at Dix Hill. She says she was first taken on a tour of the hospital, shown the different types of treatment the patients receive, and the recreational facilities. She has also attended major staff con ferences. The majority of her time, lowever, is spent doing office work, answering letters from other hos pitals requesting information about the patients. Sarah Thomas applied for a job at the Mental Hygiene Clinic, and began work immediately. Her work consists of interviewing and filing. The most important phase of this work is interviewing relatives of the patients to get their case history. She obtains information which might help solve the patient’s prob lem. The difficulty of her work, she says, lies in getting people to talk about their problems. Both girls agree that the experi ence they are receiving is well worth the two mornings they give up to work. They are learning to deal with all types of people. BEHIND THE CURTAIN Playhouse All of us in the Playhouse are looking forward to a successful season in the coming year. I’m sure you will agree because the follow ing girls have been elected as offi cers: Beth Morgan, president; Mary Cobb Dickens, vice-president; Ann Jane Barbrey, secretary; and Mary Jo Griffin, treasurer. The roll book shows that our membership is grow ing rapidly. You, too, can become a member by participating in one of the major productions. So, if you have a flair for the stage, a like for painting, or costuming, or a way with selling tickets, let us know. We’ll be glad to have you enter our group. Evidence of the talent and skill we have in the Playhouse surely hit the limelight last week end when Ellen Westmoreland and Fay Walk er played in Tennessee William’s Glass Menagerie. Old hands at act ing, they kept the audience spell bound with their portrayal of Mrs. Wingfield and her crippled daugh ter. Marcel Martin from State Col lege did a handsome job of inter preting the «on as Mr. Williams meant him to be, and Lenny Ru bin, a newcomer in our midst who is also from State, did a convincing part as the gentleman caller. Hats off to all four and to Mrs. da Parma, too! Ann McGugan de serves honorable mention for the scenery as does all the production staff for their fine work. Last week was a big week for the Raleigh Little Theatre, also. They had a full house every night for Mr. Roberts. Hope you got to see it. SEYMOUR TROY L.IKES THE EL.EOANOE Opr .V.WAVAV ••V.V.V.VAV, * Iviy***' • * WHITE KID TO OLjOVE your foot IN LOVELINESS SVp oa "while kids" and Bxjke on occasion of every doy. See the*©, and oil our other Troylings ...design originab, value successes. White Kid 1195 royliiigs ier Ibol* to poying more