Febraary 18, 1955
THE TWIG
Page three
Sociology Class Conducts
Survey; Interesting Results
The members of the family class,
Sociology 92, were asked quite a
few questions about their lives, and
these were the results of those
queries.
As for the composition of the
class, it was found to be quite
varied. There were ten majoring in
home economics, four in sociology,
nine in education, and one each in
religion, English, and business.
In regard to religious preferences
there are 18 Baptists, two Luth
erans, three Methodists, and three
Presbyterians.
Ten had grown up in the city, 81/2
in a village, and IV2 had lived on a
farm.
The status of the class ranged
from one not dating to 13 dating,
two going steady, three pinned, one
engaged to be engaged, four en
gaged, and two married.
Teaching was the personal voca
tional choice of 13 class members,
four of whom would like to teach
home economics. Other choices in
cluded two in church work, dietitian,
home demonstration, secretary, lab
technician, and homemaking.
Occupations of mothers before
marriage included two telephone
operators, four students, seven
teachers, three at home on the farm,
two registered nurses, cotton mill
worker, secretary, and six who
never worked.
Fathers’ occupations were very
varied. There were two salesmen,
six farmers, two farmer-merchants,
a teacher, manager of A.B.C. stores,
carpenter, superintendent of a rock
and sand company, pharmacist,
worker in State Highway Depart
ment, agronomist, postmaster, insur
ance executive, contractor, dentist,
lawyer, city manager, worker in a
telephone company, and a farmer-
barber-bondsman.
The education of the mothers
went something like this: Two fin
ished elementary grades; two, the
eighth grade; two, the tenth grade;
five, high school; one, a year of
college; one, high school plus busi
ness college; one, nurses’ school;
seven were college graduates; and
one, college plus nursing school.
As for the education of the
fathers, we have these results: One
attended through seventh grade;
one, boy’s school; four, the eighth
grade; one, the ninth grade; three,
the tenth grade; five, finished high
school; two had two years of col
lege; one had three years of college;
one, college graduate; one, with five
years of college; one, six years of
college (pre-dental and dental);
one had two years of military
school; one had a druggist license;
one had a Master’s degree; and one
a Ph.D.
PLAYMAKERS
(Continued from page one)
Club is sponsoring the production
on our campus.
Arsenic and Old Lace is directed
by Harry E. Davis of the Playmaker
staff. Heading the cast in the roles
of the demented old ladies in lace
are Eva MacKenzie and Marion
Fitzsimons, both of Chapel Hill.
Their equally insane nephews are
played by William Trotman,
Winston-Salem, and Baxter Sasser,
Carrboro. Len Bullock, whom most
of us know as quarterback on the
University of North Carolina’s foot
ball team, is seen in the role of the
young newspaper critic who foils
the maniacs and gets the girl after
many interrupted love scenes!
For a laugh filled evening with
some of the zaniest characters ever
written about — be sure to see the
Carolina Playmakers touring pro
duction of Arsenic and Old
Lace . . . coming to Meredith on
February 23, 1955, at 8:00. Tickets
are now on sale in Room 2 Vann
and in Johnson Hall, February
20-23, for the production. Tickets
are 75 cents for students, $1.25 for
adults. Don’t Miss It!
CHAPTERS ARE
ACTIVE
The High Point Alumnae As
sociation made $300 for the Mere
dith Expansion Program by selling
ads to local businesses for a desk
calendar to be given to various of
fices.
Two pairs of brass andirons were
bought for the Alumnae House with
money donated by the Alumnae
Chapter of Richmond, Va., and the
Classes of 1920 and 1929.
The Wake County Alumni As
sociation will meet at Meredith on
March 1.
Miss Grimmer went to Atlanta,
Ga., in January to the regional
meeting of the American Alumni
Council. There were 119 present.
One of the main topics of discussion
was the subject of alumni
magazines.
SHOULD RUSSIAN
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general belief existed that the con
gress should not oppose specific ac
tions of the U. S. government and
(2) that those who had applied
were in reality not students, as most
were about 35 years of age, and
therefore, nothing could be gained
from communication with them.
This policy, although strongly
passed at the congress last summer,
has come under fire from many
quarters recently. Finally, however,
everyone is becoming more aware
of the fact that there is little to be
lost and much to be gained in in
ternational understanding through
such an exchange.
—Rockly Mountain Collegian,
Fort Collins, Colorado.
Toward Common Understanding
In letters to the Swarthmore, Ob-
erlin, Haverford, and U. of Chicago
student papers, the Record officially
lent its support Sunday to the ef
forts initiated by them to urge Sec
retary of State Dulles to grant visas
to student newspaper editors from
the Soviet Union.
With the present world tension,
any effort we can devote to the less
ening of misunderstanding and sus
picion of each group for the other
is worthwhile.
It is most likely that Russian stu
dents will alter their views of the
U. S. after a visit here. Even if this
is not accomplished, American stu
dents will have an opportunity to
see how these misunderstandings
have arisen and to obtain a greater
insight into Russian youth.
As we understand it, the U.S.S.R.
is now granting visitor visas to
American students. Would it not be
a demonstration of good faith on
our part to reciprocate this privi
lege? .—Antioch College Record,
Yellow Springs, Ohio.
DID I GET ANY MAIL?
Yvonne Bullock, postmistress, stands behind the post office window ready to
serve the Meredith girls.
S.G.
Beginning Thursday, February
17, Becky Calloway will hold office
hours in the S.G. room, 3 Vann,
from 4 until 5 p.m. This service will
continue until the end of the year.
Becky invites the freshmen to come
soon and transfer their extra week
ends from last semester to this one.
And she would especially welcome
some sounding-off on suggestions
for next year’s handbook and this
year’s headaches. So, come see her
sometime!
BUILDING PLANS
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present at the meeting, and the
plans will be discussed. It is hoped
that construction on the new class
rooms will begin in the next few
months.
Members of the present Board of
Trustees are Carlton S. Prickett,
president; lone K. Knight, vice-
president; V. Howard Belcher,
secretary-treasurer; Annie Sarah B.
Abbott, Elizabeth City; L. N. Bag-
nal, Winston-Salem; R. T. Hower
ton, Lincolnton; William T. Joyner,
Raleigh; J. D. Wilkins, Sr., Greens
boro; Claudilene S. Bone, Nash
ville; Lloyd Griffin, Edenton;
Alva L. James, Elkin; Wm. C.
Lassiter, Raleigh; Gladys E. Mc
Neill, North Wilkesboro; H. Pat
Taylor, Wadesboro; D. J. Thurs
ton, Jr., Wilson; Maude D. Bunn,
Raleigh; C. T. Council, Sr., Dur
ham; Randolph Gregory, Wilming
ton; J. M. Kesler, Raleigh; Leroy
Martin, Raleigh; W. H. Weather-
spoon, Raleigh; Eph Whisenhunt,
Clayton; C. M. Abernathy, Lenoir;
Raymond A. Bryan, Goldsboro;
Beunah L. Clark, Asheville; Foy J.
Farmer, Raleigh; W. W. Finlator,
Elizabeth City; L. M. Massey,
Zebulon.
Members of the Executive Com
mittee are Lloyd Griffin, chairman;
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Eph Whisenhunt.
Seniors are Members
Honorary Fraternity
Three senior sociology majors,
Frances Pickard, Nina^ Ruppelt,
and June Vann, are members of the
State College Chapter of Alpha
Kappa Delta, national honorary
sociological fraternity. Invitations to
become members are issued only to
those who have a high scholastic
average on all college work as well
as a concentration of courses in the
field of sociology.
The fraternity originated at the
University of Southern California in
1920. There are now nearly seventy
chapters in a majority of states. The
University of North Carolina had
the first chapter in this state; State
College, the second; and North
Carolina College in Durham, the
third. The State College Chapter in
cludes faculty and students from
Meredith, St. Augustine’s, Shaw, and
State. Dr. Smith, Dr. Syron, and
Dr. Vaughan are the Meredith
faculty members.
In December the Meredith mem
bers were hostesses for a chapter
meeting in the Hut. Dr. Guy B.
Johnson of the University of North
Carolina reported on his survey of
racial integration as it has been tak
ing place in southern colleges and
universities.
In January Frances Pickard and
Nina Ruppelt participated in a
panel discussing legislative pro
posals to come before the General
Assembly.
At the February meeting, held at
Dr. Vaughan’s house on the campus.
Ring, Ring, Ring, goes the alarm
clock! Oh, I hate to get up this
morning. It’s too early.
Yes, the post office girls often get
to see the sun rise; for every morn
ing at 6:15 a.m. one girl begins
getting the mail stamped and ready
to leave Meredith College at 6:30.
After receiving the morning mail,
she then sorts it into three stacks,
with one stack for each section of
boxes in the post office. At 7:00
a.m., a second girl comes. With both
girls working together, they put up
the mail in time for breakfast at
7:30 a.m. After eating, one of the
girls opens the post office window
from 7:55 to 8:25 a.m. The girls
alternate on the jobs.
Yvonne Bullock, an education
major from Delco, N. C., is clerk-
in-charge of the post office. She has
had some previous experience since
her mother is post mistress in her
home town.
Girls who also work in the post
office this semester are: Donnie
Simmons, a sophomore from Har-
terrle, S. C.; Rovilla Meyers, a
junior from Thomasville; Katherine
Hudgins, a freshman day-student;
and “Mutt” Layne, a junior from
Ca-Vel, N. C.
During vacations, Katherine
Hudgins, who lives here in Raleigh,
assumes the duties of clerk-in
charge while the other workers go
home.
The girls who work in the post
office agree that the first require
ment for working there is to be a
mind reader; for numerous letters
come into the post office which
practically have to be analyzed.
That’s unmistakably true.
Work behind the post office boxes
seems to be enjoyable despite the
early hours, the exasperating times
when the mail comes in late, or the
times that mail happens to get mis
placed.
The work in the post office is re
warding; for it provides good train
ing for summer jobs, or maybe even
a full-time job later.
The girls at Meredith really ap
preciate the work done in the post
office (for more reasons than one).
Keep it up girls! We appreciate it.
Dr. Gordon Blackwell, director of
the Institute for Research in Social
Science, discussed the plans for ex
panding the work of the Institute.
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