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THE TWIG
October 26, 1956
VOTING-A MORAL
Voting used to be considered a privilege in the days when only a few
males in the human species, by virtue of their race and sex, were
qualified to vote. Consequently, most men who could, voted. Today
all people who qualify as American citizens can register to vote simply
by paying a five-minute call to their town hall several weeks in advance
of elections.' This is part of the American heritage.
However, voting is considered by many to be a moral obligation more
easily avoided than met. The moral obligations underlying our heritage
are part of the civil responsibility undertaken by free people. They
can be detested as dutiful actions or, with a change in attitude, anticipated
as acts of will. When regarded as dutiful actions, these obligations cause
complacency, a national problem which is innately alien to our heritage.
It is an attitude that can be changed by the combined efforts of optimistic
young people. Today many of our elders need youth to lead them to
register and vote as acts of will. Perhaps by establishing a new and posi
tive attitude toward voting, we can overcome this mounting apathy.
John D. Farr
Support Those Who Support Us
Support the peojJe who support Meredith! There are many pleasant
interrelationships between our student body and the people of the Raleigh
community, and one of the most important of these, especially in regard
to our publication, is the patronage of Raleigh businessmen by advertising
in our paper. Most of us tend to take the advertisers for granted and few
stop to realize that without their financial aid, Meredith would probably
have no Twig. The Raleigh merchants who buy advertising space from
us deserve our patronage in return for theirs. Before you file away each
edition of the Twig, read the advertising columns and make a mental note
of each advertiser. Then, next time you find yourself in a shopping mood,
or in need of a good dinner, or a movie, recall the men who help make our
Twig possible, and buy from our advertisers. They need us, just as we
need them.
Should Class Attendance Be Required?
Is it necessary, or even the wisest practice, for class attendance at
Meredith to be compulsory? The question has been brought up before,
with little results, but it seems worth-while to raise the query again.
Could not taking on oneself the responsibility of attending classes be an
important part of the college experience of growing up? Surely any
girl who has been in college for a year or two should be able to
recognize what is for her own best interests and to choose to do the
sensible thing. Even making a few mistakes might be an educational
experience, too. The plan of student responsibility for class attendance
has been satisfactory in many other schools. Could it not be tried here,
perhaps with seniors, even this year?
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To Make You Think of Musicians
By KAY E. JOHNSON
The man that hath no music in
himself.
Nor is not moved with concord of
sweet sounds,
Is fit for treason, strategems, and
spoils;
The notions of his Spirit are dull
as night.
And his affections dark as Erebus.
Let no such man be trusted.
Shakespeare
Merchant of
Venice
SheNANigans
Sally and I have acquired a third
roommate. He arrived in the middle
of the night last week with a slight
rattle of some cellophane. “Sally,”
says I to her, “is that you?” “No,”
says she to me. “Isn’t that you?”
Then we said in chorus. “It’s a
mouse!” A second later Sally had
gotten across the room and was
standing in the middle of my bed
without having put her feet on the
floor. Now I was above all that,
myself. I was standing on the railing
of the bed. After our first excited
yelps of greeting, we decided to wel
come him officially, but all was quiet
in the cracker box. It was obvious
that he was too rude to speak. Finally
one of us braved a peek in the box,
but our visitor was coyly hiding. We
woke up the suite next door and ex
plained, in an admirably calm way
that wd had a guest that we didn’t
know what to do with. Our noble
neighbor got up to find a trap to
serve the mouse’s supper. Some
people around here are true friends.
When we came back to the room,
we caught a glimpse of the little
thing scurrying under Sally’s bed.
That was when she put her foot
down, or rather she put them up
in a chair. “I am not going to sleep
in that bed,” she stated in rather
loud, emphatic terms. I suggested
By NANCY JOYNER
casually that she take her pillow
out in the hall, but that didn’t go
over too well.
We had a room-sisterly argument
over who was going to set the trap
and I won. Sally set it, using a piece
of cracker for bait. I carefully shoved
the thing under the bookcase, and
the next thing I knew Sally was
snuggled comfortably in my bed.
Now, I’m bigger than she is, but I
couldn’t make her budge. “Look,”
said, “You don’t think you can
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boss me around like that, do you?”
She refused to speak, so I was forced
to sleep in the dangerous side of the
room. I don’t know where the mouse
slept that night, but he didn’t get
near me.
The next morning we inspected
the trap. The cracker was gone and
so was our new friend. Ingenious
lidle rascal, isn’t he?
We set the trap two more nights,
acccomplishing nothing more than
proving to ourselves that the creature
was still enjoying our hospitality.
Who else would eat cheese out of a
mouse trap?
Finally we gave up, but I’m still
sleeping in. Sally’s bed. He doesn’t
really bother us. It’s just the prin
ciple of the thing. Which would you
rather haye as a third roommate,
a man or a mouse? Oh, never mind.
p^ssodoted Gotteffticte Pnwi
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The Green Room
By DONNIE SIMONS
A really busy group on the Mere-?^
dith campus is the Playhouse, whose
fall production is only fourteen days
from its first presentation. The play
is The Importance of Being Earn
est,” by Oscar Wilde. There is a
great cast, and all committees are
hard at work trying to make this the
best production ever seen at Mere
dith. Support your Playhouse (all
Meredith students have “season
tickets”).
From all reports, the Raleigh Lit
tle Theatre presented its first play
of the season with great success.
More excellent dramatics will be
forthcoming.
The Carolina Playmakers will be
here on December 1 with their tour
ing production, Androcles and the
Lion, by George Bernard Shaw. If
past performances are any indica
tion, this evening in the not-too-
distant future should prove to be a
real treat.
In case you aren’t yet familiar with
what magazines our library has, and,
more specifically, what dramatics
magazines, it does subscribe to The
atre Arts and other periodicals deal
ing with the theatre and related
topics. The drama section of The
New Yorker and the New York
Times (Sunday’s in particular) are
both quite good. Let’s keep up with
what is happening in the field of
dramatics.
FOUNDERS’ DAY OBSERVED
(Continued from page one)
From 4:30 until 6:00 in Johnson
Hall parlors there will be an in
formal reception ^ven by the
trustees and faculty in honor of the
new faculty and staff members.
TEST RESULTS
INDICATE NEED
FOR IMPROVEMENT
Last spring the sophomores at
Meredith College took sophomore
tests. These tests, composed of three
general categories — English, gen
eral culture, and contemporary
affairs have as their purpose to
determine how the individual stu
dents rank and how Meredith as a
college compares with other schools
in relation to these three catagories.
There were 210 participating
schools. Most of these were private,
liberal arts colleges and teachers
colleges having both men and women
enrolled. State supported schools did
not participate.
Last year in comparison with col
leges which enroll both men and
women, Meredith was in the upper
10 per cent in English and slightly
above average in general culture. In
contemporary affairs, our weakest
catagory, we were far below the
average of these 210 colleges. Con
sidering schools which enrolled only
women, our averages were higher.
The results of these tests seem to
•indicate that, while students at Mere
dith were above average in English
and general culture, there is a defi
nite need for reading which will
improve our knowledge and under
standing of contemporary affairs.
The use of the telephone was a
senior privilege at Meredith until
1919.
Meredith ran on a five-day sched
ule until 1925.
There is much to be learned of
music from the people who bring this
medium to us. David Ewen in his
Men and Women Who Make Music
gives the layman “A more intimate
understanding of the virtuoso art.”
He treats his subjects in three ways.
He gives a biographical sketch for
an understanding of the artists’s
background; he gives a personal
sketch for an insight into the per
sonalities who voice the music we
enjoy, and he does not neglect criti
cism. Pictures of the . artists are
included.
His subjects are what the layman
would call “classical performers.”
The artists are divided into five '
groups—violinists, including Fritz
Kreisler and Yehudi Menuhin;
pianists, incude Vladimer Horowitz
and Artun Rubenstien; singers,
among others Kirsten Flagstad,
Lauritz Melchoir, Marian Ander
son, Ezio Pinza, and Lawrence Tib-
bett; cellists, Gregor Piatigorsky;
conductors, Artuno Toscanni, Eu
gene Ormandy, and Leopold Sto- •
kowski as well as others.
It will be a pleasure for you to
read this interesting and informative
book.
In a lighter vein is Deems Taylor’s
Of Men and Music. This book is an
ingeneous collection of heteroge
neous material first used by Mr. Tay
lor as a series of radio talks delivered
as part of the CBS Sunday afternoon
New York Philharmonic-Symphony
Orchestra concerts in 1936-37.
These humorous essays, which Mr.
Taylor prefers to call “observations”
are as timely now as in 1937.
His purpose, which you will see
fulfilled upon reading the book, is
best stated in his own words in the
introduction of the book:
“If this book tries to say a few
definite things, they are these: that
behind every rnusician lurks a man,
who is fully as interesting as the
trade he follows; that music is writ
ten for our enjoyment, and only in
cidentally for our edification; and
that many a potential music lover
is frightened away by the solemnity
of music’s devotees. They would
make more converts if they would
rise from their knees.”
Please read this book for a new
and unconvential treatment of mu
sicians and their art. It will give you
new insights and many a chuckle.
Y.W.A. Discusses Plans
For Anniversary Year
The first general Y. W. A. meet
ing of Meredith College was held
Friday, October 12, in the Hut with
53 members present. After a spa
ghetti dinner, Barbara Sue Johnson
opened the meeting with a devotional
thought on the challenge of missions.
Special music was rendered by Betsy
Bullock. The president, Gail Ful-
bright, presented the coming events
of this 50th anniversary year. Joy
Goldsmith and Penny Hutchinson
presented a skit contrasting a girl
of 1907 with one of 1957. Hazel
Wiggins, editor of the state Y. W. A.
paper. The Window Pane, told the
importance of subscribing to the
Window. Ruth Putnam brought the
meeting to a close with a reading of
the Y. W. A. dedication.