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THE TWIG
October 30, 1953
THE TWIG, IVEWSPAPER OF THE
STEDEATS OF MEREDITH COLLEGE?
The title head of this paper has for years carried the phrase, “News
paper of the Students of Meredith College.” Perhaps this phrase was
formerly true of the publication. I, the present editor, question the
verity of the statement at present. At 2:00 a.m. on the morning
of the press deadline, as I work alone on the dummy and copy,
I often wonder if it’s not the paper of the staff, or rather of a
few dependable members of the staff, instead. Is it your newspaper?
Do you read it? Do you turn bits of news that are of general interest
to the student body? Do you write letters for publication stating your
opinion about situations or events on campus? Without such participation
by every girl at Meredith, the phrase mentioned cannot be aptly applied
to the paper.
We, the editors and staff members want The Twig to be the news
paper of the students of Meredith College, but to make it so is entirely
beyond our power.
At the recent ACP convention, one of the chief problems discussed
was how to edit copy turned in by the students—what to print and
what to omit. As one editor after another stood up and told of this
problem in his school, 1 had to restrain myself from rising and telling
the speaker to be thankful his students were interested enough to
write for the paper. How I envied him his problem!
If you think this accusation of lack of interest is biased and untrue
of you. The Twig will be glad to have you justify your opinion.
HIS VOICE AND HIS SMILE
On a hot August afternoon I received word that my sister had
suffered a pulmonary embolism. I was alone in my apartment, the
banks were closed. My only thought was to telephone Mr. Martin.
He was not in his office, but as soon as he received my message,
he broke up his plans for the afternoon, went to the office for cash,
and brought it directly to me. I shall never forget his kind face as he
stood there giving me hope and encouragement. In less than a month
my sister was better, and I was reading that Mr. Martin had died.
In personal need as well as in wishes for college equipment, we of
the faculty turned to Mr. Martin, for he made no distinction between
earning a good living and living a good life.
Mr. Martin was proud of draining the campus swamp that all the
experts said could not be drained. That was only one of several jobs of
reclaiming land he did here. One day in July we planned that this fall we
would take new faculty members on a tour of the campus to show them
its history and point to its future.
I saw Mr. Martin carefully examining a wound on a colt’s heel.
I saw him inspect work in our hay field and suggest an improvement.
I watched him as he dropped a word here and changed a work assign
ment there to case a fit of tension among men on our work force. I saw
him visit with the girls at lunch time, learning what they liked, answering
a question for advice, asking, “Did your daddy get out to see your
program?”
For the public we memorialize Mr. Martin’s visible achievements.
In our Meredith family we remember his voice and his smile.
E. Tilley
THIS “FRESHMAN FEELING”
There is nothing. I’m sure, quite like this “freshman feeling.” College
is. a gift of which my fumbling fingers have just untied the bow, and
the contents of which remain a mystery. Anticipation mingles with appre
hension so that neither prevails for long.
In the midst of the doubts and the mortifying sense of ignorance,
1 have managed to learn a great deal. It is not easy to face a new and
exciting situation such as orientation, to select and correlate the important
impressions, to cope with highly stimulated and sensitive emotions—
and in the end see some substantial proof of progress. Thus the dis
covery of having accomplished something gives me a feeling
of exhilaration, confidence in the immediate future, and assurance of
things to come
So long as the joyous expectancy of this “freshman feeling” is mine,
disillusionment and complacency cannot touch me.
things to come. Katherine Bright
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor Lorette Oglesby
Assistant F.ditor Vivian Byrd
Feature Editor Kirksey Sink
Managing Editors Nancy Brown, Barbe White
Art Editor - Sally Drake
Music Editor - Leah Scarborough
Sports Editor Nancy Hall
Photo Editors Bobbye Rice, Janice Withenngton
Columnists - Margaret Ann'English, Shirley West
Reporters—Nancy Reece, Nancy Drake, Mary Frances Colston, Mary Jo
Pinner, Lynette Haislip, Trudy Fitzgerald, Ann Parr, Nancy Carpenter,
Dorothy Smith, Jean Grealish, Joyce Herndon, Anna Mae Peckham,
Ann Mayo.
Typists—Betty Hunter, Chief; Therasa Raynor, Mary Lib Delbridge, Jane
Condrey, Annette Caudle, Louise Edge
Faculty Sponsor Dr. Norma Rose
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager Barbara Propst
Advertising Manager P"ggy Bennett
Advertising Staff—Betty Smith, June Vann, Frances Moncrief, Lucy
MacDonald, Mary Louise Cornwell, Ann Jane Barbrey
Circulation Manager Kay McCosley
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located in the capital city of North Carolina. It confers the Bachelor of Arts
and the Bachelor of Music degrees. The college offers majors in twenty-one
fields including music, art. business and home economics.
Since 1921 the institution has been a member of the Southern Association
of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The college holds membership in the
Association of American Colleges and the North Carolina College Conference.
Graduates of Meredith College are eligible for membership in the American
Association of University Women. The institution is a liberal arts member
of the National Association of Schools of Music.
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Some of the Meredith girl’s external enviroment is not the best.
There are rooms where plaster falls frequently; there are beds that
sink drastically in the middle; there are rooms without sufficient light
ing; there are tables and chairs that don’t match and are uncomfortable
for studying. And our classrooms! There have been steps so rotten that
one girl fell through. There are torn shades and faded drapes that
flap outside the windows; there are broken-bottom chairs and large
exposed light bulbs with long strings suspended. And there is an in
firmary on the fourth floor.
There is no denying that these conditions are bad, and could be
better. Just how influential or how detrimental to our total being here
at Meredith they are, I cannot say. Would we all make Dean’s list if we
had better classrooms to attend? Would we sleep better and live more
comfortably if we had Beauty-Rest mattresses and lounging chairs, or
would we continue to stay up until late in the night “messing” in our
rooms? However the case may be, we don’t want to spend time brooding
over our conditions, nor do we want to think of ourselves as martyrs, so
to speak, going dutifully on with our education, despite the fact that
we feel we aren’t receiving justice.
Rather, let us focus our attention on the other side of the picture.
Each of us must realize that, as a student of Meredith College, we come
by a very rich heritage. Our inheritance does not include material things
nor do we have to pay tax on it. Yet we do pay, in a sense, by making
our stay at Meredith contribute to its heritage, keeping it rich and
desirable. Sometimes we feel that our stay has meant nothing, yet we
have done very well by ourselves.if we have not weakened or helped
degrade the college community. Our heritage consists of qualities, of
standards, of a reputation, of high ideals which have been passed down
through college generations to us.
Some time ago I heard Dr. Johnson speak these words in a vespers’
talk; “— educated, Christian women.” This combination of words has
not left me. To me they seem to express a goal—a goal for all Meredith
students to strive to attain. I think the founders of Meredith College
must have had these words in mind when their first efforts were made.
“The purpose of Meredith College is to instill in its students the
Christian attitude toward the whole of life, and to prepare them for
intelligent citizenship, homemaking, graduate study, and for professions
and other fields of service. Its intention is to provide not only thorough
instruction but also culture made perfect through the religion of Jesus
Christ. These ideals of academic integrity and religious influence have
always been cherished at Meredith.”
Ours is a rich heritage. Let’s keep it that way for future college
generations.
Fall has come at last! Until this
past week I was beginning to won
der when it was going to arrive, but
I should have known that the fair
wouldn’t be the fair without either
cold or rain. I’m not complaining,
though (nothing more fun than
slashing through mud or eating
dusty food), ’cause I like to feel
that crispness in the air whieh sends
a tingle up and down my spine. I
have been told that one can study
better in a cooler atmosphere.
(There goes my last excuse for loaf
ing!) At any rate, it won’t be too
long now until Thanksgiving!
This next is a reprint from
“Bobbye’s Banter.” It is dedicated
to all freshmen taking math.
For Dr. Cannady
To and fro ’fore class he goes
You’d think a cramp was in his toes.
No wooden chair will he abuse
He never heard of said chair’s use
Except if therein student sits
And writhes and squirms with fidget
fits
Poor victim of precarious station
Now must hear interrogation
Which will no doubt induce com
plexes
She did not know her y’s and x’s.
I must admit that at first I didn’t
think too much of all this current
talk about our .evening meal. Like
many others, I was quite indifferent
to the emphasis which is being
placed on our table manners.
“Silly,” I snorted sarcastically.
However, I have since changed my
tune, and here’s why. The other
night everyone wasn’t at our table,
so we haphazardly passed (or
rather, shoved) the food around.
What a mess! To say that our par
ents would have been shocked is
putting it mildly! I’m sure I looked
just like some savage. This is civili
zation we’re living in, girls, and
there’s no excuse for bad manners.
Let’s all try to make our dining
manners the best ever!
I will close with this philosophi
cal note by Rebecca McCann:
ALUMNAE NEWS
Dr. Helen Price, former profes
sor of ancient languages at Mere
dith, was the guest speaker at the
meeting of the Wake County Chap
ter of Meredith College Alumnae
here on October 19. Dr. Price spoke
on interesting aspects of her recent
trip to Australia. The meeting was
held in the Hut with alumnae mem
bers of the staff and faculty as
hostesses.
The Greensboro chapter of Mere
dith College Alumnae met October
6. Miss Mae Grimmer, executive
secretary of the Alumnae Associa
tion, spoke on the progress being
made on the new alumnae house
and other alumnae activities at
Meredith.
Miss Mary Bland Josey, assistant
in the public relations department
at Meredith, was guest speaker at
the meeting of the Meredith Col
lege Alumnae in Winston-Salem,
N. C. on October 19. Miss Josey
graduated from Meredith in 1951
with a B.S. degree in mathematics.
She later studied philosophy at
Reading University in England un
der a Rotary Foundation Fellow
ship. The Winston-Salem chapter
met in the home of Mrs. J. M.
Kesler of Winston-Salem.
BUSINESS CLUB
SPONSOBS PBOJECT
The business club recently col
lected clothes to send to Korea
in a project, “operation Christmas.”
Suits, coats, dresses, skirts, sweaters,
and shoes were among the clothing
articles sent. Enough clothes to
fill four boxes, weighing seventy
pounds together were gathered.
Alyce Epley was in charge of the
project.
Correction
The Twig wishes to correct an
error in the last issue. Three names
were omitted from the tailoring
class. They are Emma Lou Chap
pell, Virginia Kine, and Verna
Willetts.
Certainty
Though life is most uncertain
I’m sure of this one thing—
That when I’m in the bath tub
The telephone will ring.
Dr. Mary Yarbrough "
Named Co-sponsor
of Silver Shield
Dr. Mary Yarbrough, head of the
chemistry department, was recently
elected as co-sponsor of the Silver
Shield, honorary leadership society.
She succeeds Dr. Roger Crook
whose three-year term expired this
fall.
Dr. Norma Rose of the English
department is the other Silver Shield
sponsor.
Two associate members from the
Junior Class will be tapped into
the society in a special program on
Nov. 10. Dr. Warren Carr of
Durham will be speaker for the
occasion.
Present members of the Silver
Shield are Doris Allen, Bonny Mor
gan, Ann Clark, Mary Ann Chand
ler, Lorette Oglesby, and Patsy
Bland. This organization recently
sponsored the United Fund drive on
the Meredith campus.
PABTY HONOBS
FOBEIGN STUDENTS
On Friday night, October 23, at
8 o’clock, the Spanish Club held a
party for the Meredith Spanish stu
dents and the State College Spanish
speaking students. The Hut was
decorated with a Halloween motif
and the games were planned by ’
Marjorie Stowe to carry out the Hal
loween theme. There was square
dancing in addition to the tra
ditional apple bobbing and marsh
mallow roasting. Alphia Small and.
Ann Barwick served the refresh
ments of coffee and doughnuts.
Mrs. Mary Dorsett
Dies in Siler City
Mrs. Mary Ivey Dorsett, 78, died
at her home in Siler City Monday,
October 12. Mrs. Dorsett was a na
tive of Chatham County where her
family had resided for 200 years.
She was one of the oldest members
of the First Baptist Church of Siler
City. Funeral services were held
there Wednesday, October 14, at
2 p.m. Interment was in the Oak-
wood Cemetery.
Surviving are two daughters, '
Mrs. Colin Churchill of Wilmington
and Mrs. J. A. Hunter of Siler City,
and three sons, John and V. M. '
Dorsett, both of Siler City, and
Harry K. Dorsett of Raleigh, in
structor in the education department
at Meredith College. •
DB. McAllister
ATTENDS INSTITUTE ^
OCTOBER 15-16
Dr. Q. O. McAllister attended the
College English Association Insti
tute at Corning, N. Y., October 15-
16, serving as staff member and '
advisor to the Institute. The meet
ing provides for an exchange of in
formation and views between top
industrial leaders and outstanding
representatives of the humanities.
Discussion groups and seminars em
phasize contribution which the hu
manities can make in shaping the
managerial leader.
Dr. McAllister, in addition to pre
senting the key question in the first
panel, and services forementioned,
was on hand before the conference
began to help set up the meeting.
As editor of Business Executives
and the Humanities, and as a spe
cialist in the matter of preparation
of executive leaders, he was active
in debate and in his advisory role
during the three-day period.
SOCIOLOGY CLUB
HEARS MR. WENDT
Mr R. L. Wendt spoke to the
Sociology Club at its first meeting
ot the year on October 20, 1953 in
the Hut at 7:00 p.m. He told tile ,
group of his experiences at Case
Institute of Technology in Cleve-
land, Ohio. Mr. Wendt received a
ff°wship to Case where he
brushed-up on his economics with
college professors from aU parts of
the Umted States.