May 20, 1955
THE TWIG
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CAPS AND GOWNS
OF DISTINCTION
As the tiine of graduation draws
near, it would be interesting to be
come acquainted with the academic
costumes which both our seniors
and faculty will be wearing. Since
we often wish we knew what color
or design stood for what degree,
here is a chance to get some idea of
what the different gowns and hoods
actually signify.
The Intercollegiate Bureau of
Academic Costume, which is recog
nized as the authority on all matters
pertaining to academic costume,
holds to a code, which, since 1895’
has regulated the design or pattern
of the gowns and hoods of fully 95
per cent of the colleges and uni
versities in this country.
With regard to gowns, the dis
tinctions set up by the Intercol
legiate Code are simple. Gowns for
the bachelor’s degree are made of
black worsted material and have
long, pointed sleeves. Masters may
wear either black silk or black
woolen gowns, made with a long,
closed sleeve with an arc of a circle
appearing near the bottom, and a
slit for the arm. The doctors’ gowns
are black silk with a full, round,
open sleeve. They are faced with
velvet and have three bars of velvet
on each sleeve. The color of the
velvet trim may be black or the
same color as the velvet, indicative
of the faculty, which edges the hood.
The black Oxford or mortarboard
style cap is worn for all degrees,
but only the doctor’s cap may be
made of velvet and only doctors or
presidents of institutions may wear
a gold tassel on the cap.
In America the hood is the most
outstanding feature of all academic
costume. The system established by
the Intercollegiate Commission,
when understood, enables anyone
attending an academic function in
this country to distinguish at a
glance the bachelors, masters, and
doctors, and at the same time recog
nize the university which has given
the degree. A doctor’s hood is four
feet in length, a master’s three and
a half, and a bachelor’s is three.
The colored lining of the inside of
the hood is of the official color or
colors of the institution conferring
the degree. The outside of the hood
is made of black material, bor
dered with velvet or velveteen of
' the proper width to indicate the
faculty. Following is a complete list
of the colors established by the In
tercollegiate Code to represent the
different faculties or departments of
learning: .
Agriculture Maize
Arts, Letters, Humanities White
Business Administration,
Commercial Science Drab
Dentistry Lilac
Economics v
Education
Engineering ...Orange
Fine Arts, Architecture Brown
Forestry - Russet
Humanics Dark Crimson
Laws
Library Science I^mon
Medicine
Pink
Inside, Out
It was a cold night. Cloudy. No
stars. No moon. Time: 11:13 p.m.
Place: Meredith College. The sus
pect presses against the court wall
of Vann Dormitory trying to avoid
the glaring spotlights being thrown
all over the campus from the top of
the fountain. The sirens are wailing,
and trusty S. G. Members grab their
whips and assemble for the salute
to the picture of the Gestapo be
fore combing the grounds. The sus
pect trembles as she hears the
vicious growls of the police dogs.
She knows she’ll never escape the
all-seeing eye of the S. G. I., so she
screams once futilely and flings her
self headlong onto a pile of broken
coke bottles on the breezeway. She
dies. The S. G. Gestapo celebrate
joyously by placing a black ribbon
on her Annual picture.
If you think the above is absurd
—you’re right! The story is, but
the idea behind it isn’t! What I’m
saying is that often members of the
S. G. Council are labeled “spies”
and the meetings are considered
underground activities known only
to a select few and understood by
scarcely anyone. Well, I, person
ally, want it realized that the S. G.
Council is working with the student
body for the good of that student
body of Meredith College — a stu
dent body of which they, too, are
members and by whose rules they,
too, must live. If any of you readers
want to ask questions concerning
workings of the S. G., just drop me
a card in care of The Twig with
the following address: Inside, Out.
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Music
■ Nursing .....Apricot
Oratory Silver Gray
Pharmacy
Philosophy
Public Health..... Salmon
Physical Education Sage
Science Gol^Blue
Social Service v ■
Optometry Nile Green
Theology - Scarlet
Veterinary Science Oray
National Student Congress
Will Be Held in August
The eighth National Student
Congress will be held August 21-31
at the University of Minnesota. Last
year more than 700 student leaders
from all parts of the couiitiy at
tended the congress. In addition to
the outstanding American student
leaders, there will be this year ap
proximately 35 representatives of
national student organizations
abroad, faculty and administrative
personnel, and nationally known
personalities present.
The theme of the Congress will
be “Education for Freedom.” “Free
dom in crisis demands superior
leadership from every citizen, and
the citizen-student has greater re
sponsibilities to the educational
community and society as a whole,”
explains Harry H. Lunn, Jr.,
USNSA president. “The National
Student Congress provides the op
portunity for student leaders to gain
the perspective of leaders with re
sponsibilities that extend from the
campus into the national and Ln-
ternational community.”
Registration is now being ac
cepted at USNSA’s national "office
from all member and non-member
student governments. Each member
school will send from one to seven
delegates, depending upon the size
of the school. Npn-member schools
are invited to send official observers
to the Congress. All delegates and
observers will be elected by their
student governments or student
bodies to attend the meeting.
Seniors Look Ahead
To Bon Fire
At midnight on Saturday, May
28, the seniors will take the things
they disliked the most about school
(faculty and buildings excluded!)
down behind the Hut where a huge
bonfire will be held. After the burn
ing (probably amidst cheers), light
refreshments will be served.
SIGMA PI ALPHA
HOLDS INITIATION
Initiation of new members into
Sigma Pi Alpha, national honorary
modem language fraternity, was
held in the Hut at 7:00 p.m., Tues
day, May 11.
LIBRARY BOOKS
All library books are to be re
turned by May 21, 1955 (to
morrow), in order for the librarians
to complete their records for the
year. Search your room to make
sure that you get all the books you
have checked out.
SCHOLARSHIPS TO
BE AWARDED SOON
Freshmen, sophomores, and
juniors who wish to apply for
scholarships for next year may ob
tain the forms in Dean Peacock’s
office. Selection will be based upon
general average and financial need.
Notification of awards will be sent
early in June.
Seniors who wish to apply for one
of the two graduate study scholar
ships may obtain the forms in Dean
Peacock’s office.
A THRILL OF A LIFETIME
(Continued on page four)
lent of a Master’s Degree to our
education. What a thrill! What an
Investment!
For further information on such a
trip, write to Robert S. Denny,
Chairman Youth Committee of the
Bapitst World Alliance, 161 8th
Avenue, North Nashville, Ten
nessee
Class Sponsors For
Next Year Chosen
MOBLEY'S
ART CENTER
' Salisbury Street
Happy Vacation
lemember Mobley's For Your
Art Supplies
Class sponsors for the rising
Sophomore, Junior, and Senior
classes were recently chosen. Dr.
Crook will advise the sophomores
while Dr. Lemmon will help the
juniors. The seniors have again
chosen Miss Williams as their spon
sor. With the aid of these able
faculty members, each class is look
ing forward to a prosperous year.
SILVER SHIELD
TO ADMIT JUNIORS
On Society Night of commence
ment week end, Saturday, May 28,
the Silver Shield will recognize its
new members. Chosen on the basis
of scholarship, service to the school,
and Christian character, six rising
seniors will be admitted to our
campus honorary leadership so
ciety.
Following the Society Night pro
gram, the Silver Shield will be hos
tess at a reception in the Hut honor
ing all former members and new
members. A special meeting of the
society will be held at that time.
Choreos Hold
Spring Auditions
Recently, the Choreos, the
modern dance group under the di
rection of Dr. Claire Weigt, held
auditions for new members. Since
at present the group has only nine
teen members and several of those
will be leaving, between four and
six new dancers were chosen in the
try-outs. In the fall, more auditions
will take place, during which time
those girls who did not succeed in
making the group this spring, as well
as any others interested in modem
dance, will be allowed to compete
for other available places. Marilyn
McArthur and Betsy Greene are the
dance representatives on the A. A.
Board.
ANNUAL AWARDS
(Continued from page one)
trotekton and Philaretian Societies.
Miss Susie Rucker of Shelby, presi
dent of the Astrotekton Society, will
present the welcome, after which
the president of the Philaretian So
ciety, Miss Ernestine Cottrell, will
deliver the introduction preceding
Mrs. Harris’ address.
Awards given on Society Night
are as follows: Astrotekton Literary
Award, Philaretian Literary Award,
Athletic Association Awards, Ida
Poteat Art Award, Elizabeth Avery
Colton Award, Education Depart
ment Award, English Award, Sigma
Alpha Iota Professional Music Fra
ternity Awards, Alpha Psi Omega
Dramatic Fraternity and Meredith
Little Theatre Award, Kappa Nu
Sigma Honor Society Award, Ida
Poteat Scholarship, Freshman Citi
zenship Award, and Who’s Who
Among Students in American Col
leges and Universities. The Silver
Shield Tapping Ceremony will also
be held.
The evening will be closed with
the singing of the Alma Mater and
the recessional.
PRINT and
PROPAGANDA
By ANN CASHWELL
To those whose summer occupa
tion mainly includes brown limbs
on a familiar beach, I maintain that
there exists pleasure beyond strict
osmotic communication with the
sun. Meet William Blake. He is an
excellent comrade, and has that
wondrous gift of speaking only when
looked upon. He is available in com
pact size (Songs of Innocence),
and his voice is spring incarnate.
What would he remark concerning
abject lethargy?
Folly is an endless maze.
Tangled roots perplex her
ways.
A worthy summer accomplish
ment would be to absorb Andre
Malraux’s Voices of Silence, a pro
found study of art. Is Sartre’s
existentialism the disintegrative
force that is generally assumed?
Payne in Contemporary French
Literature, reveals a penetrative in
sight into the literary movement in
France during the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries, and the influ
ence of Germans, Russians, and
Kierkegaard.
Are you sad, despondent, or in
ert? Somehow obtain Handel’s
“Concerto Grosso” in B Minor. The
lively energetic first movement and
harpsichord fling would rouse a wet
mosquito. May I recommend Carl
Orff’s “Carmina Burana,” a group
of secular songs derived from medi
eval German and Latin poetry? Orff
is a contemporary German com
poser. In spite of the fact that the
Saturday Review once called this a
“Rowdy Cantata,” many critics
think “Carmina” the greatest musi
cal accomplishment of our age.
An ovation for Nancy Doherty,
who introduced Prokofiev to her
youthful students as they created
moods with crayons. Would that
more educators follow this proced
ure. Art would no longer be so es
tranged from our society.
LEAH SCARBOROUGH
(Continued from page four)
mer she plans to attend summer
school here at Meredith and receive
her B.M. degree. Next year, while
she is at Peabody working in some
field of music, she will receive her
Master of Arts.
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Best Wishes for the Future
To the Meredith Seniors
from
MacJOSEPHS
I where
College Girls who know all the
fashion onswers buy their clothes
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
WHERE MEREDITH
AND STATE MEET
ROYS
TODAY THRU SAT
"20,000 LEAGUES
UNDER THE SEA"
In Cinemascope
with JAMES MASON
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^ THE SILVER CHALICE"
In Cinemascope
with VIRGINIA MAYO
^ PIER ANGELI ^
VARSITY
Best Wishes to the Seniors
Thank You for Your
Patronage in the Past
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