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THE TWIG
October 22, 1954
Hi, there! How’re you?
I would write about the hurri
cane, but I, personally, would rather
forget it, and I’m sure you would,
too. I don’t derive any enjoyment
from writing about things that cause
such great destruction.
All biology students, I’m sure, will
be grateful for the following defi
nition of a skeleton, although I has
ten to assure you, it did not come
from Dr. John’s notes! It seems that
a skeleton is just a pile of bones
with the people scraped off!
It’s Corn Huskin’ Bee time again.
Hope it’s as much fun this year as
it was last! Wow—-what a time we
had. The thing I like best is all that
“crazy” dressing for the dining hall.
And some of those costumes . . .
well!
Let’s everyone come out and sup
port the Corn Huskin’ Bee! I’m
sure you’ll enjoy it.
Becky said something the other
day in the Thursday S.G. meeting
about this! Behavior in Chapel. It
still could be improved. The speak
ers would certainly enjoy their
speaking more if their audience was
more attentive. You know, we have
some good speakers—so let’s listen.
They just might have something to
say!
Here’s one that the English De
partment won’t claim either:
“How many eggs did you have
for breakfast, Caesar?”
“Et tu, Brutus.”
Well, must “boogey off” to class.
Now if it just weren’t for classes
. . . oh, well, life can’t be perfect,
can it? Be good—I’ll be seeing you
soon!
Campus Anecdotes
Printers occasionally make mis
takes like everyone else. When the
proof sheets for the last Twig were
sent to the school, they contained
an unusual article, which said,
“Cathy Atkins, swimming manager,
announced that the swimming pool
will be open in music and belongs
to the S.A.I. music fraternity!”
CCLV\'+
ima,cjinc> Where She's been/
Salk) DfcuKe.
Cotton Candy and Teddy Bears
Hail the Return of the Fair
Many amusing comments were
heard during the hurricane last
week. From third Brewer a staff
voice was heard exclaiming, “Who
poured all this water in the hall?”
A student, walking down the hall
in the worst of the storm, folded
her arms, and asked thoughtfully,
“Where is this breeze coming from?”
Three students were discussing
their social plight. One asked
another, “How about getting your
fellow to bring me a ‘big wheel’
from State?”
The third responded quickly.
“Heck, let him keep the tractor, just
send me a man!”
S.G. and Faculty
Discuss Improvements
Under the leadership of President
Becky Calloway, a long-neglected
constitutional provision has been re
vised. Monday night, October 4, the
faculty committee, the advisory com
mittee and the student government
council assembled jointly for the
first regular monthly meeting of the
year.
These meetings are intended for
the discussion of improvement in
the general policies of our campus
government, and the group has not
been long in making significant
headway. For, last Monday, it was
decided that the short time given
the study of the honor code is not
consistent with its intended impor
tance on campus. Therefore, plans
are under way to include faculty
members and upperclassmen as
well as new students in an annual
evaluation of the honor code.
Gaily-lettered billboards and bril
liant fireworks announced this week
the return of the State Fair. It is
in full swing again, bringing its
merry whirl of people, color and
noise. In groups or with dates, Mere
dith girls have been a part of the
milling throngs along the midway,
hearing with due awe the spiel of
the sideshow barker . .«. wandering
through flower and art exhibitions
. . . feeding popcorn to a plump
white rabbit . . . watching braver
friends on Ferris wheel or merry-
go-round . . . wading through lit
tered sawdust with candy apples
and stuffed teddy bears . . . tun
neling their way between farmers,
businessmen, fair people and chil
dren. But the State Fair is not only
a source of endless amusement, it
also provides much of interest to
the modern college girl in its many
industrial and scientific exhibits—
the newest and best in all fields.
One will not want to overlook
these, amidst the glamorous excite
ment of the midway.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor;
The one problem that has come
to my attention through quite a bit
of discussion among the girls is the
noise in our library. The library
should have an atmosphere of dili
gent study where anyone is able to
concentrate without fear of inter
ruptions.
This year our library has been
unnecessarily noisy. It may be be
cause there are so many people
studying in the library that there is
the confusion. Whatever the cause,
there should be some understanding
among the girls to remedy it.
The library should not be con
sidered a meeting place to catch up
on the latest news. If all the girls
would stop to think, I am sure they
could cut out a little of the con
versation.
I am sure that everyone will co
operate to try to make the library
a quiet place of study, if you will
call this to their attention. I feel
that no one intentionally disturbs,
and when they realize this prob
lem, there will be a problem no
more.
Liz Jones.
Dear Editor:
The Astrotekton and Philaretian
Literary Societies on the Meredith
College campus perform important
functions in that they were organ
ized to bind the students closer to
gether, to promote better relations
among the students, and to teach
them to work together.
In the three years we have been
students at Meredith College, we do
not feel that either society has lived
up to the standards set up for it.
Rush Week is the most notice
able time, for it seems to be a period
of conflict instead of a week of
friendly talks, picnics and parties.
There is much tension and friction
which causes bad relations and hard
feelings. This, I feel sure, results
from a misunderstanding of the
rules set up by the societies for Rush
Week.
A slate of rules has been drawn
up for both societies to abide by,
but evidently all members are not
aware of this. This slate should be
read to the student body as a whole
so there will be a mutual under
standing of what is right and what
is wrong during this period of rush
ing the new students.
I feel sure that the following Rush
Weeks will be much more success
ful if each and every member of
both societies co-operate by abid
ing by these rules.
Anne Middleton.
Cathy Atkins.
A.A. Sponsors Good
Appearance WeeU
The A.A. sponsored the second
Annual Good Appearance Week,
October 11-14. A committee com
posed of faculty members and stu
dents judged the students on their
good posture, neatness and appro
priate dress at all times. Various
posters and the A.A. chapel pro
gram depicting the different kinds
of posture served as a constant re
minder to the students throughout
the week. Betsy Wells, college health
chairman, recognized Micky Kim-
brell, June Vann, Earline Martin,
Loree Keen, Mary Edna Grimes,
Phoebe Barnhardt, Joy Curtiss, Pam
Hartsell, Carol Bennett, and Bar
bara Snipes as the ten girls who
showed the best posture and neat-
(Continued on page four)
UNIVERSITY PLAYS IMPORTANT
ROLE IN AMERICAN LIFE
Editor’s Note: Quoted from
versities and Their Faculties.”
‘The Rights and Responsibilities of Uni-
For three hundred years higher education has played a leading role
in the advancement of American civilization. No country in history so
early perceived the importance of that role and none has derived such
widespread benefits from it. Colleges moved westward with the frontier
and carried with them the seeds of learning. When the university idea
was transplanted from Europe, it spread across the nation with extra
ordinary speed. Today our universities are the standard bearers of our
whole system of education. They are the mainstays of the professions.
They are the prime source of our competence in science and the arts.
The names of their graduates crowd the honor rolls of two world wars
and of the nation’s peacetime affairs. By every test of war and peace they
have proved themselves indispensable instruments of cultural progress
and national welfare.
In the United States there is a greater degree of equality of opportunity
in higher education than anywhere else in the world. A larger propor
tion of Americans study in universities and colleges than any other
people. These universities have shown and continue to show greater
responsiveness to the needs of our society than their European counter
parts. They have equipped our people with the varied skills and sci
ences essential to the development of a pioneer country. They have
imparted the shape and coherence of the American nation to formless
immigrant groups. American ideals have been strengthened, the great
cultural tradition of the West has been broadened and enriched by
their teaching and example.
Modern knowledge of ourselves and of our universe has been nurtured
in the universities. The scientific, technological, medical, and surgical
advances of our time were born in them. They have supplied intellectual
capital as essential to our society as financial capital is to our industrial
enterprise. They have more than justified the faith of the public in our
distinctive system of higher education. They have proved themselves
dynamic forces of American progress.
INVERSE VARIATION
From the ‘‘Daily Tar Heel,” University of North Carolina.
Descartes, Bertrand Russell, Alfred North Whitehead — all three
mathematicians turned philosophers. We claim to be neither but have
been stimulated to a bit of philosophizing by the mathematical principle
of inverse variation.
The principle (for those unprincipled in it): A is inversely propor
tionate to B if when A gets large B gets smaller. Could it be that the
University is suffering from a type of inverse variation?
That is, as the physical facilities increase, the personal facilities —
vigor, spirit, eagerness — decrease. Have we lost in spirit what we have
gained in real estate?
Our University'cannot live by building alone.
Objectivity Helps
From the moment we open our eyes in the morning until we close
them again at night, we are constantly subjected to many minor irrita
tions and faced by a large number of duties and obligations. There is
a test to study for, a meeting to attend, some extra reading to be done
in the library and a dozen other matters to be attended to. In addition,
a shoestring breaks, the expected letter doesn’t come, and the bus rolls
off without us, all accompanied by a resulting rise in blood pressure.
With this constant wearing process and this continuous pressure, tempers
grow short at times, and we feel hurried and harassed. Over an ex
tended period of time, this mental state can become almost habitual
and damage to personality and efficiency results. A certain objective
ness and detachment of mind are useful habits to encourage, under
these or any circumstances, and calmness and a sense of humor are
invaluable aids for a busy college student, a housewife, or a bank
director.
Mcnbcs
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor.i..... Peeler
Assistant Editor pgj Dowell
Managing Editor -."il’^I.'.’IlNeil Hampe
Art Editor Sally Drake
Music Editor Leah Scarborough
Sports Editor....: Mary Jon Gerald
Photo Editor Virginia Morris
Columnists Pat Allen, Margaret Ann English
Reporters — Jeanne Grealish, Joyce Herndon, Barbara Stanley, Anne
Tunstall, Janette Honeycutt, Marjorie Jackson, Deloris Blanton Julia
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Joyce Jones, Mimi Royster, Myra Bristol, Ophelia McLean
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