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THE TWIG
AprU 16, 1954 i
Concerning the B. S. U. Controversy
Three Baptist leaders were recently relieved of their positions with
the Baptist State Convention because of their liberalism in the program
of the B.S.U. Meredith students as a group were opposed to this action
as was evidenced by the attendance of about forty students at the special
session of the convention at which the action was taken. Because of this
opposition, perhaps we as a group now feel “What’s the use?” There’s
some basis for such an attitude. Probably some of us who are good Bap
tists would like to become good Methodists, Episcopalians, or what have
you. We hate to think that we are associated with a group whose actions
are so contrary to our standards and ideals. In spite of such individual
opinions which no doubt exist, we have reacted well by letting the sub
ject die as quietly as possible.
Always in such situations one must ask what are the ultimate goals.
That of B.S.U. is to provide and promote Christian activities among stu
dents while training them for higher places of leadership in church work
after college. Since we can’t accomplish this good if we are at odds with
the organized group of churches, we must be at peace with them.
We can maintain our good reaction if we continue to pour the same
effort and energy into Baptist work, if we greet the next state secretary
appointed by the board with open co-operation, if we refuse to make
loud denunciations of the Baptist leaders, and if we sincerely try to forget
the whole incident.
FROM THE EDITOR
Back of the Newspaper
“Back of every successful man is a good woman.” You have often
heard this expression and probably would vouch for its truth. Perhaps you
are not quite so aware that back of every successful newspaper is a good
editor. We of the present Twig staff are conscious of the validity of this
statement. An editor is the heart of a newspaper staff. It is up to him to
see that all other parts function properly and well. If you have had ex
pcrience in leading any project, you know that this task is no easy one.
Since this is the last issue of The Twig that the present staff wilt pre
pare, we want to express to our editor, Lorette Oglesby, our appreciation
for her enthusiasm and devoted work.
We feel that The Twig has made a contribution to campus life this
year. We pay tribute to Lorette for the success achieved.
To Bess Peeler, the incoming editor, we give a hearty welcome with
the wish that her work as editor may see The Twig gain an even more
meaningful place on our campus.
LETTER TO EDITOR
Dear Editor,
I believe all of us enjoyed the
chapel program presented by the
Needham Broughton Band. The se
lection of numbers was good and
they were well played by the group.
The outstanding characteristic of
the program, though, was the en
thusiasm of the band members.
They were all amateurs of varying
degrees of proficiency and they
knew that that the music was dif
ficult, but they were neither afraid
nor ashamed to attempt it—and we
can see the excellent results they
obtained. Maybe I am simply pro
jecting my own emotions, but I be
lieve being in the band—contribut
ing to group music—plays a vital
part in the life of each of the band
members. I do not believe they re
gret their decision to play in the
band; and I feel certain that when
they graduate, they will miss the
band more than any other high
school activity.
Many of us Meredith students
played in our high school bands or
orchestras. We felt then that they
contributed much to our lives, and
we got definite satisfaction from con
tributing our small part to a much
larger group thing. But somehow we
have lost our enthusiasm and musi
cal daring since we have come to
college. We “don’t play well
enough,” or we “haven’t the time”
to play in a college band or orches
tra. (We can’t claim that we have
no instruments, because the music
department has enough for a small
orchestra.) Because we as individ-
als are uninterested or unwilhng,
attempts to form an orchestra have
been unsuccessful.
We have the instruments, the tal
ent, the conductor, and the need
for a college orchestra. Let us re
think our high school experience
and provide the spirit for one.
Anne Parr
Last year about this time I was
shakily and happily anticipating my
first issue of The Twig. Now, I’rri
somewhat melancholy as I help put
my last issue “to bed.” Indeed, mel
ancholia has so overcome me that
I’m writing this sentimental letter to
tell you how much I’ve enjoyed
working on every issue. The frantic
search for subjects for stories about
a week before deadline of a given
issue (I often get so carried away
with an idea for a story that I men
tally write the headline and the
lead paragraph in class, be it
Shakespeare, Browning, or Recent
Poetry); writing assignments with
interest on motivating the assignee;
trying mass motivation on the com
bined business and editorial staffs
at the Monday meeting which pre
cedes each deadline; and hoping
desperately that copy will come in
on Friday—all are memories of
each issue. Then comes the week
end before the issue date. “No, Jack.
I’m sorry. I won’t be able to date
that week end. I have a Twig.”
“Oh! I’d love to go, you all. I’ve
been dying to see that movie, (to
roommate and suitemates) but I
have The Twig.” And so the week
end goes, spent mostly in Room 3,
Brewer deleting such sentences as
“A lovely evening was enjoyed by
all,” and “I think everyone had a de
lightful time” from news stories.
About 2:00 or 3:00 Monday morn
ing, the light in said room goes
out, signifying that another Twig
is on the way to your door.
What a life! and I’ve lived it
for the last time. But let 'me end
this sentimental epistle.
I’ve enjoyed the job more than
I can say. "To the new editor, Bess
Peeler, I dedicate this:
Oh, to have some copy
To fill this great white space.
Oh, to have some space
To put this copy in.
Where to put this.
What to do with that.
Will it fit or not.
Cut or add some names.
(^ssodcied
EDITORIAL STAFF
Lorette Oglesby
Assistant Editor Vivian Byrd
Feature Editor .'.’.'.r.'.‘.'.V'.V‘'kirksey Sink
Managing Editors Nancy Brown, Barbe White
Art Editor Sally Drake
Music Editor Leah Scarborough
Sports Editor Nancy Hall
Photo Editors Bobbye Rice, Janis Witherington
Columnists..... Margaret Ann English, Shirley West
Nancy Reece, Nancy Drake, Mary Frances Colston, Mary Jo
Pinner, Lynette Haislip, Trudy Fitzgerald, Ann Parr, Nancy Carpenter,
Dorothy Smith, Jean Grealish, Joyce Herndon, Pat Dowell, Bess Peeler
Tj^ists—Betty Hunter, Chief; Theresa Raynor, Mary Lib Delbridge, Jane
Condrey, Annette Caudle
Faculty Sponsor Dr. Norma Rose
BUSINESS STAFF
Busmen Manager Barbara Propst
Advertising Manager pgggy Bennett
Advertising Staff Betty Smith, June Vann, Frances Moncrief, Lucy
MacDonald, Mary Louise Cornwell, Ann Jane Barbrey, Jo Ann Sellev
Sara Martin, Judy Baker, Joyce Ballard.
Circulation Managers Kitty Holt, Kay McCosley
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Copy and space coincide—
Articles fit in place—
Never! But that’s the fun.
To make them if you can.
First Date Night
At New Meredith
(Editor’s Note: This article is an
excerpt from ah issue of The Twig
dated January 26, 1926.)
If Senator Borah had been privi
leged to peep into Meredith’s halls
in the administration building last
Saturday night, even he would have
agreed without argument that “all
we want is sociability.” He (and
we) would have heartily eehoed
his recent campaign slogan, “Give
me dates or give me death.”
Into Meredith’s doors turdged the
faithful (more or less) hundred. To
the unlucky girls who wistfully
watched their room- or suitentotes
depart “to receive their callers” and
surreptitiously courted the men
from behind curtains, there seemed
to be an infinite number of male-
admirers—who came primarily to
admire the architecture they said.
But to the girls who saw their
friends for the first time at New
Meredith there was only one date
at Meredith—of which they were
conscious.
Well, it’s the spring o’ the year
again, and I, for one, am glad it
has arrived. The whole school
seems to possess a new spirit when
the days are warm and sunny. It
won’t be long now ’til June, but in
the meantime we’ll find familiar,
things, such as girls sauntering down
the drive in the twilight. . . red crea
tures who look like people from
Mars but are in reality just plain
folks trying for a suntan (hope
they succeed!) . . . sound of the
lawnmower at 7:30 in the morn
ing . . . seniors walking around look
ing—well, who knows what they
are thinking? . . . long, lazy days
when no one wants to study—that’s
spring at Meredith!
Excerpt from Mish’s ^wn Eti
quette Book concerning hints to
women: “A modest girl never pur
sues a man, but, neither does a
mousetrap pursue a man.”
Wasn’t Stunt Night fun! Con
gratulations are in order for the
seniors—you lucky people! All the
stunts were very good, and every
body seemed to have lots of en
thusiasm. Occasions like Stunt Night
help the school spirit immensely.
Did you know that for most of
us “life is an eternal struggle to
keep our earning capacity up to our
yearning capacity”?
Since May Day is rapidly ap
proaching, the Folk Dance Club has
begun practice on their dances. If
you hear music out in the court,
don’t be surprised. If their enter
tainment is as good as it was last
year, you’re in for a treat! It isn’t
long now . . . time is flying!
A youthful figure is what you
get when you ask a woman her
age!
Why Girls Marry
Nine reasons:
Fear of being an old maid.
To keep some other girl from get
ting him.
Anxiety to connect with a per
manent meal ticket.
Because she thinks he has money.
Because she hasn’t any better
sense.
Because she thinks she is in love
with him.
Because he is her last chance.
And just because.
“Our Calling As Christians—
To Dedicate Our Work Life’
Shaw University was host for a
vespers program sponsored by the
Wake County Intercollegiate Coun
cil on Thursday, April 8. Students
from State College, Wake Forest
College, Southeastern Seminary,
Meredith College, and Shaw Uni
versity participated in the program.
A fellowship hour followed the ves
pers service. June Vann represented
Meredith at the meeting.
The Intercollegiate Council also
participated in an inter-racial work-
camp on Friday and Saturday, April
9 and 10, which was sponsored by
the United Church. Frances Pick
ard and Anne Tunstall attended the
work camp from Meredith. Dr. Les
lie Syron met with the work camp
ers in a planning session Friday
evening, April 9.
The Easter Sunrise Service was
held this morning at 6:30 a.m. on
the hill in front of the arts build
ing. Shirley McLean was in charge
of planning the service.
The Shaw University Y.W.A.
presented the program at the Mere
dith Y.W.A. general meeting on
Wednesday, April 14.
Spring retreat for retiring and in
coming B.S.U. Councils will be held
at church in Charlotte, April 23-24.
After we had so ^aciously ac
cepted Dr. Brewer’s dictum that we
could not have callers until Satur
day night, when the parlors would
be properly furnished, and after we
had so gracefully, though regret
fully, asked our clamoring friends
to defer their visits from Wednes
day until Saturday night, still many
had to sit on concrete steps—with
out piUows!
We thought before we moved into
the country that our location would
be a sure test of our popularity, and
many of us were viewing the dismal
prospect with lengthy faces, but af
ter beholding the blockade in the
halls Saturday night, even the most
complacent of us were somewhat
disconcerted, and the more timid
and retiring greatly encouraged.
The early birds got the seats and
the late ones the cement. In place
of the parlors the luckiest ones man
aged to get the more comfortable
chairs in the cozy nooks and cor
ners. The next in order of luck
(or opportunity) were able to use
the porch chairs; and those who’d
lost their rabbit’s foot (or time)
were obliged to sit in the rotunda.
I take this opportunity (being an
opportunist myself) to explain that
the rotunda is the octagonal room
surrounded by doors on three sides,
flanked by concrete bleachers, that
may be discovered in the center
of the first floor of the administra
tion building. There! Take notice,
uninitiated State, Wake Forest,
Carolina, Duke, and Davidson. This
is not a hint, but an invitation.
And here’s to them good ole days
when we can have dates in glass
houses, composed half of windows
and half of French doors, and make
the men feel like rare and exotic
hot house flowers. The chief com
pensation of thus having dates in
glass houses will be our abiUty to
gaze at the moon when it chooses
to be accommodating. Let us hope
the men will share our enthusiasm
for astronomy and astrology.
Twinkle, twinkle little star
Like a diamond in the sky.
What real man would not take
Spring is here! There’s no doubt
about it. The grass is green, flow
ers are blooming, the air is balmy
—it’s a happy time in which the
world seems so fresh and so peace
ful that we are at peace and all
seems well. But all is not well
everywhere. In many parts of the
world there are neither flowers nor
green grass. In many other areas
people are too hungry, sick, and
impoverished to be at peace with
the world. Let us not forget those
in need because we are satisfied.
Continue to give through the Listen
offering to alleviate their need.
The annual North Carolina Ath
letic Federation of College Women
Sports Day for the Eastern Dis
trict was held at Wake Forest Col
lege, Saturday, April 10. Registra
tion began at 10 and play started at
11:00. Activities included softball,
tennis, badminton, and golf. The
Wake Forest College Women’s Rec
reation Association served a picnic
lunch for all Sports Day partici
pants.
Those representing Meredith
were Betty Vance, tennis; Brooksie
Stone, Susie Roberts, golf; Ruth
Champion, badminton; and Joyce
Bums, Ann Lovell, Jean Pace, Myrl
Kinkead, Linda Knight, B. A. Al
dridge, softball.
The winners of the Ping-Pong
tournament were Jo Ellen Williams ‘
and Mary Helen Cooper, doubles,
and Ruth Champion, singles.
Contest Announced
Newsweek magazine has an
nounced a contest for college edi
tors and reporters. The top three
wuiners of the contest will be car
ried to New York and given sum
mer employment on the Newsweek
editonal staff.
the hint.
So let’s cheer up, look on the
bright side (toward State) and re
member that
“Meredith College ain’t what she
use to be
Twenty-five years ago”
Thank goodness!