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March 19, 1954
THE TWIG
COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE “QUITE WONDERFUL”
Page three
By Bess Peeler
College students today are “quite
wonderful,” according to Miss Rosa
Paschal, who served as lady princi
pal at Meredith from 1907 until
1919. They have their own ideas
and know how to take responsi
bility. There is no reason to be
pessimistic; since people are becom
ing more humanistic, the world is
becoming a better place.
Miss Paschal and Miss Louise
Fleming, our “lady principal” now,
both agreed that looking after col
lege girls is a 24-hour job, and a
hard one at that. Both are Mere
dith graduates. Miss Paschal being a
member of the first graduating class.
She majored in mathematics , and
science, and her interest as a stu
dent was in the clubs and church
activities. Miss Fleming, a history
major, played basketball, was a
member of the YWCA Council, and
was interested in public affairs.
After teaching mathematics here.
Miss Paschal became a young dean
of students and also dean of the col
lege at the same time. Her last year
here was Miss Fleming’s freshman
year, and she complimented Miss
Fleming on being “one of the out
standing students” intellectually and
socially.
You may be wondering about
Miss Paschal’s “lady principal” title.
She had this title until one day when
she announced that she was going
to change her name, and from that
time on Meredith had a dean in
stead of a lady principal.
No matter what their title, both
have a special interest in college
students. Miss Fleming states as her
biggest problem the providing of
settings which will help students to
practice democratic living and to
learn how to make decisions and
accept the responsibility for their
consequences. She also agreed with
what Miss Paschal gave as her major
goal: to develop an adequate phi
losophy of life within the students,
which in itself takes care of the
standards.
Campbell, Maxwell,
And Jackson Tapped
Into Silver Shield
Pictured are Miss Rosa Paschal and Miss Fleming—both ainmnae—both deans.
But wherever there is a college
for young ladies, there will always
be rules! When Meredith was very
young, the college officials took it
for granted that college girls were
not capable of deciding when it was
cold, and as a result they were re
quired at stated times to wear long-
sleeved shirts and high shoes! And
just think of the inconvenience of
having to sign up for the use of
the bathtub and of having to dress
for dinner every night. However,
there have always been boys and
there have always been dates; that
is, provided it was a week-end night
and you did not leave the campus
without an adult chaperon! Juniors
and seniors were especially lucky;
they could leave the campus with a
boy and a teacher even on week
nights! One of the major pastimes
of the girls was to walk around the
block, with their boy friends either
a few steps behind or a few steps
in front of them.
I was almost on the point of de
nying that those were the “good ole
days” when Miss Paschal reassured
REPORT ON RUSSIA
(Continued from page two)
How much popular support does he
have? They said they think most
Americans oppose him. They called
him a fascist and an enemy of Rus
sia. We were asked about the rights
of Negroes in America, and why
there were no Negroes in our group.
We were asked about our political
affiliation, and to define the dif
ference between Democrats and Re
publicans. Our religion interested
Soviet students, and at Kharkov
University we were asked if we be
lieve in God. When three members
of our group said yes, the 300 Rus
sian youths remained silent. When
one said no, they applauded and
cheered.
Even more disturbing to us than
the Russians’ misconceptions about
the United States was the conform
ity of thought we found at colleges
and universities—places we think
of as centers of free discussion. We
could ask the same question at every
school—about Beria, Korea or any
thing else—and we would get the
same answer every time. A student
would answer and say he was
speaking for all students of the So
viet Union. When we asked how
he could speak for a student a thou
sand miles away, he would reply
that all students have the same
thoughts on important issues. De
spite all the talks we had with stu
dents, we never could get on suffi
ciently intimate terms with any of
them to determine if there were any
dissenters. We talked to selected
groups and individuals. But even
had we wandered completely at ran
dom, there would have been a real
reluctance on the part of Soviet citi
zens to disclose any rebellious
thoughts to foreigners — especially
Americans.
The “angels” and the “devils”
played it out on the basketball court
over at Duke, on Feb. 15. The
Meredith girls won over Duke by a
score of 38-24. Those playing were:
forwards. May, Pace, Lovell, John- at Columbia University, where she
me by saying that a typical break
fast then at Meredith was steak
and sausage. Meals were family
style three times a day, with negro
waiters serving the tables.
If the girls came in late at night
from home, they were met at the
railroad station by the nightwatch-
man and given careful escort to the
college. More time was given to stu
dent activities, especially on the
week ends,-because the lack of good
transportation facilities made it
hard for the girls to leave. One re
sult was more college spirit than we
have now. Societies were more im
portant, although, according to Miss
Fleming, rushing was “indirect and
subtle.”
Student government was intro
duced while Miss Paschal was here;
the chief problem, she reports, was
to get the students to accept the
responsibility. Each spring students
were invited to make suggestions for
changes in the regulations. Miss
Fleming, president of the S.G. her
senior year, emphasized the fact
that we are extremely lucky to have
the traditions of S.G., which mean
so much to its successful operation.
Miss Paschal retired last spring
from teaching at Anderson College
and now lives in an apartment in
Raleigh. She devotes much time to
decorating her apartment, reading,
entertaining, and learning to cook.
Miss Fleming has done graduate
work in several fields and is now
registered as a student in guidance.
son, E. Johnson, Grimes, and Guth
rie; guards, the McRackans, Bailey,
Allen, Bell and Keen. May col
lected 18 points for the winners.
On Feb. 26, the Meredith fresh
men and sophomores played St.
Mary’s in a close game that ended
in a 43-42 decision for the Mere
dith underclassmen. Those playing
were: May, Johnson, E. Johnson,
Wells, Guthrie, Keen, Pond, and
Myers. May sank 31 points.
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The Meredith basketball team,
along with the Salem and Guil
ford College teams were guests of
W. C. U. N. C. in Greensboro, for
a play day on Feb. 27. Meredith
lost to Salem by one point, and con
sequently took second place for the
day. Those making the trip were
Pace, Johnson, E. Johnson, Lovell,
Myers, Bell, Keen, Bailey, Allen,
and Wells.
is working toward her Ph.D.
few coins in the designated box in
the Beehive.
Anne^ Horn won the badminton
tournament, winning over Ruth
Champion in the singles match.
Anne teamed with Betty Vance to
win over Ruth Champion and Joyce
Burns in the doubles match.
The ping-pong tournament is now
Silver Shield, the honorary lead
ership society at Meredith, each year
recognizes from the senior and the
junior classes those girls who have
been outstanding in Christian char
acter, constructive leadership, and
scholarship. On February 25, three
seniors — Gordie Maxwell, Caro
line Jackson, and Jane Campbell—
were tapped into the society during
the chapel service.
Doris Allen, president, intro
duced the speakers by saying that
there were three marks of a college
leader—Christian character, service
to the school, and scholarship.
Speaking on these three subjects
were Anne Clark, Bonny Morgan,
and Lorette Oglesby, respectively.
Caroline Jackson, a Spanish ma
jor and member of the Phi Society,
is president of the Senior Class,
president of the Spanish Club, a
member of the Tyner Education
Club, and of the Freeman Religion
Club. She was secretary of her class,
swimming manager of the AA and
sergeant-at-arms for the Phi Society
during her junior year.
Jane Campbell has a double ma
jor in religion and education. A
member of the Astro Society, she
has been very active in BSU work,
holding the offices of 2nd vice-presi
dent and treasurer and participating
actively in Religious Focus Week.
Jane, who appears in Who’s Who in
American Colleges and Universi
ties, is a member of the May Court,
Tyner Education Club, Freeman
Religion Club, YWA, IRC, and
the College Chorus. She also teaches
a Sunday school class at Pullen Me
morial Baptist Church.
Gordie Maxwell, a religion ma
jor, has been a freshman counselor
for three years, a representative on
the Student Government Council for
one year, vice-president of the Free
man Religion Club during her
junior year, and a member of Reh-
gious Focus Week committees ev
ery year. At the present time she is
hall proctor on third Brewer, and a
member of Freeman Religion Club,
YWA, Granddaughters’ Club, Phi
Society.
S. G. MEET
“Our Calling as Christians—to be
Worthy of Friendship.”
“Begin the day with God”—Be
cause of the response it got from
the students during Religious Focus
Week, Morning Perspective is being
continued for the rest of the school
year. It is held in the Rotunda every
morning, Monday through Satur
day, from 8:10 to 8:25.
On Saturday, April 10, the BSU
is sponsoring another intercollegiate
discussion. The discussion will be
held in the Hut; the topic will be
“Our Calling as Learners.”
During the month of Febru
ary, Meredith students contributed
$30.67 to the LISTEN program. Of
the total contributions received in
the State BSU Office, $625 has been
used to purchase half a carload of
dried milk for India.
March 29-31 the State College
YMCA is sponsoring a discussion
on “Marriage and the Family,” to
which Meredith students have been
invited. Dr. Roy Dickerson, noted
author and speaker, will lead the
discussion, to be held at the State
YMCA each night beginning at 8:00
p.m. State College students will
arrange transportation to Meredith
after the meetings.
Dr. J. Leo Garrett, profes
sor from Southwestern Seminary,
spent March 16 at the college talk
ing with students who are preparing
for full-time Christian service as a
life work.
(Continued from page one)
State University, Tallahassee, on
March 19-20 as official delegates
from Meredith.
The two rising seniors left Thurs
day night by train and will return
Sunday night.
A report of the convention will
be made after the delegates return.
YWA News
March 8-12 was observed by
the YWA here as Home Missions
Week of Prayer. During the week,
Anne Tunstall, State BSU president
and a new student at Meredith,
taught the book. Wake Up or Blow
Up, by Frank Laubach, during the
regular Vesper hour. At the YWA
meeting that week, Zoe Harmon
told of her experiences working with
the Home Mission Board last sum
mer. On Friday night the Annie
Armstrong Offering for Home Mis
sions was dedicated. The offering
amounted to about $35.00. This of
fering is used for mission work in
the United States, particularly with
migrants and foreign language
speaking groups.'
under way. The Faculty is partici
pating in this tournament and the
winner of the Faculty singles will
play the winner of the students.
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ECONOMICS STUDENTS “INVEST
$1,000,000 IN SHARES OF STOCK
Faircloth dorm emerged the win
ner of the round-robin basketball
tournament. They lost only one
game, which was to Brewer.
Meredith College will be host to
the state meeting of the AFCW (ath
letic Federation of College Wom
en) next year. Jean Pace, Jody
Strickland, Ann Lovell and the Mc
Rackans attended the annual meet
ing held in Chapel Hill, Feb. 19-
20.
The AA is trying to raise enough
money to send a CARE package
consisting of athletic equipment
overseas. The minimum amount is
$3.00. You may help by dropping a
What would you do with a mil
lion dollars? A million dollars is the
total amount of money “spent” by
the two sections of Economics 22
this semester. No, this money wasn’t
spent on houses and cars, dresses
and coats; it was invested in actual
stocks of various companies in the
United States.
Each student was permitted to se
lect at least six stock issues from the
Wall Street Journal. A share of stock
is a share in the ownership of a
particular company. Everyone “pur
chased” 100 shares in each of the
six companies selected, making a to
tal of six hundred shares for each
student. The two sections together
'own” something over twenty-one
thousand shares. Each share of stock
is listed at a price which is called a
quotation; the class keeps a daily
record of the last price quoted for
the stock. Sometime in April they
will “sell” their stock and see if they
earned anything with the million-
dollar investment.
The average “purchase” for six
hundred shares for each student
amounted to thirty thousand dol
lars. Of course, in two sections there
are apt to be economically inclined
individuals, and some who have in
clinations in the opposite direc
tion. For instance, in Economics 22a
Sarah Pate “spent” only $5,996.00
for her six hundred shares, and Kay
Johnson “spent” but $7,177. In Sec-
tion-b, the lowest figure for 600
shares was $5,737; Ruby Britt is
the holder of this stock. The big
spenders were Marion Trexler, who
went through $52,000.00 and Mar
tha Ann Stockton, who blew $53,-
000.00 But Mary Lou Moss really
shot the works with a total ex
penditure of $64,950.00! The April
report will indicate how much the
classes are worth. That worried look
they have now is due to the fact
that the stock market is falling.
On April 14 the Shaw Univer
sity YWA will present the program
at the Meredith general YWA meet
ing. Dorothy Prickett is YWA presi
dent here, and Patricia Byrd is pro
gram chairman.
Any students with used Christ
mas cards are invited to leave them
in the BSU room at once. The cards
are in great demand by a mis
sionary who uses them in work with
the children in Brazil. The collec
tion will be sent on very soon.
Forecasts: The Spring BSU Plan
ning Conference will be held April
23, 24, and 25 at the Myers Park
Baptist Church, Charlotte. The top
ic for the conference is “Our Bap
tist Heritage.” Since registrations
must be in by April 1, all interested
students are urged to report to the
BSU office early.
Any student who plans to attend
Student Week at Ridgecrest, June 2-
9, is asked to pay her $2.00 regis
tration fee as early as possible. Men
and women students from colleges
and universities throughout the
Southeast will take part in this im
portant annual event.
Home Economics
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president of the state club; Lela
Melvin; Nancy McGinnis; Pat
O Quinn; and Jane Williamson
Teague.
Official Meredith delegates to the
convention are Evelyn Taylor and
Patty Melvin.