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THE TWIG
May 24, 1957
HOW IT APPEARS TO A FROSH
By MARY ANN BROWN
After we were graduated from
high school last spring we began
looking forward with increasing im
patience to the day in September
when we would become “honest and
for real” freshmen at Meredith. We
received our room assignments, the
names of our roommate and suite-
mates, letters of welcome, and fi
nally, the last minute instructions
about getting our keys and register
ing. Th^e day was fast approaching,
and time was running out. By the
last of August we were beginning
to be a little dubious and not a little
afraid. How would be like Mere
dith . . . and how would Meredith
like us?
When we arrived at Meredith we
didn’t have too much time to worry,
because we were plunged immediate
ly into the rush of first orientation
and then registration. For a few
weeks we wandered in a daze, won
dering if we would still be alive at
Thanksgiving. “I’ll never be able to
get all my math done or those themes
written . . . why didn’t you tell me
we had to learn all the verses of the
Alma Mater ... I’m just going to
move my bed up to library!”
By the time we came back from
Thanksgiving holiday, the “fog” had
lifted and we discovered the amazinz
fact that we were still alive, ana
more amazing, that we were having
a good time. The freshmen were be
ginning to fit in, and we liked it.
When we came back from Christ
mas .vacation, we had progressed
even more and had determined to
lead “balanced lives.” We were go
ing to study; we were going to sleep
(big joke that turned out to be); and
we were going to have simply loads
of fun. Since even the best laid plans
sometimes “gang a-gley,” we could
hardly complain when our plans
were temporarily delayed by an ex
perience known as EXAMS. We
plunged back into our “Dark Age”
of the first weeks, and we wandered
around looking and acting like peo
ple who had lost their last friends.
For about two weeks we studied,
and we studied . . . and we studied.
It was agony, but we made it.
We came into second semester
with the attitude that “. . . if we can
live through first semester, we can
live through anything!” This semes
ter, with one exception, hasn’t been
bad at all. That one exception was
our encounter with the research
paper. The month when we spent the
biggest portion of our time working
on such things as Dove Cottage,
nineteenth - century London, and
Charles Lamb was an experience
which we will not soon forget.
In one more week it will all be
over, and we will no longer be
frustrated freshmen. In one more
week we will be qualified to look
back on our freshman year and
laugh at all the minor tragedies and
mistakes which seemed so un-funny
when they happened. In one more
week we can meet a new boy and
not have to cringe in anticipation of
what is sure to follow his “Hi!” No
longer will we have to hear, “So
you go to Meredith. You’re a sopho
more . . . junior . . . senior? Oh, a
freshman, ha, ha, oh, yes.”
Next year when we come back
everything will be so much simpler.
We will know what to do, where and
when. In one more week we will be
sophomores, and all our problems
will be over won’t they?
Faculty Members
Plan Tour
On June 5, two days after com
mencement, two members of the
Meredith faculty—Dr. Mary Lynch
Johnson and Dr. lone K. Knight—
will board the “Isle de France” and
set sail for Europe and six weeks
study at Oxford.
After two weeks on the continent
Dr. Johnson and Dr. Knight will
settle at Oxford, where their study
will center on the 17th Century Eng
lish literature. Dr. Knight also plans
to further her work on a medieval
sermon.
Before coming back to the United
States, they plan a short stop at the
Channel Islands not far from France.
Accompanying Dr. Knight and Dr.
Johnson will be Miss Laura Mer
chant, chairman of the Home In
dustry for the Blind.
Psychology Department
Busy With Projects
According to Dr. Ethel Tilley,
the psychology classes have been
busy with several recent projects.
Some of the psychology students
are currently co-operating with a
State College student who is making
a study of complexes in college stu
dents. The results of affectivity tests,
which are correlated with social
activities, studies, and various tastes,
are helpful in this study.
The classes also have visited the
State Bureau of Investigation, where
they learned much about its opera
tion. Part of their visit was devoted
to the demonstration of a lie-detector
machine.
During Mental Health Week
groups toured the State Hospital.
They were shown some of the pri
vate wards by an attendant.
FINAL CONCERT
(Continued from page one)
CLASS DAY CAPERS
By PAGE SINK
“Now don’t forget, girls,” said
Patty President, “six o’clock in the
morning, in front of Johnson Hall.
“Uhggg,” Suzie Sophomore turn
ed to her roommate. “Six o’clock!”
“Well,” answered her roomie.
“That’s the way the cookie crumbles.
We better have a beef-burger and a
Pepsi in the Hive and motor up to
bed.”
Meanwhile, down in the Hive, a
group of seniors were discussing
graduation. Class Day, etc.
“Hey, girls,” said Suzie, approach
ing the group. “What is this you’re
talking about?”
The group looker at her. “You
mean you haven’t heard about Class
Day?” Sonia Senior’s voice echoed
surprise. “Come here. Sophomore,
and Aunt Sonia will clue you in.
“You see, you sophomores get up
at six o’clock in the morning and go
out and pick scudallians of daisies.
Then you spend the re.'t of the morn
ing weaving them into a chain. At
4:30 the program begins. You form
an aisle with the daisy chains, and
we seniors walk in through it. After
the welcome, we sing “Dem Bones”
to the alumnae our big sisters, and
to you, since we’re an odd class.
Then we give wishbones to you.
After the singing, the senior will and
prophecy is read, and a cap and
gown is presented to next year’s
Senior Class president. Gifts are pre
sented, the Alma Mater is sung, and
we seniors march out. You will
form a 57 on the green and that is
Class Day.”
“You know, Sonia, that sounds
like fun,” said Suzie, hurrying to
ward the door. “I’ve got to go to
bed. Six o’clock A.M. Ugh!”
“Basal Met”
By SALLY NEWTON
Students! You can no longer
blame those low grades on that tired,
worn-out feeling. At one time
Katherine King and Bette Nock
probably did this same thing, but
now they have proved differently.
Katherine and Bette have done origi
nal research on basal metabolism of
Meredith College freshmen,and have
proved that there is no correlation
between low grades and a low basal
metabolism.
They have done such an excellent
piece of research that at the pres
entation of their research paper,
“Basal Metabolism Studies of Col
lege Freshmen,” they were given the
John Bevely Derieu Award. Kath
erine and Bette received this award
at the North Carolina Collegiate
Academy of Science in competition
with students from Elon College,
Atlantic Christian College, Duke
University, and Wake Forest Col
lege, the host college for the meeting.
Gwen Maddrey, soporano from Ra
leigh, accompanied by Margaret
Slate of High Point, will do a group
of three numbers: “Jerusalem” from
Mendelssohn’s St. Paul, Vivaldi’s
“Un certo non so che,” and Storace’s
“The Pretty Creature.” Ann An
thony, pianist from Gastonia, will
play Brahms’ “Intermezzo,” Op. 76,
No. 1. Diane Morris, pianist from
Creswell, will play Debussy’s “Les
Collines d’Anacapri.” Annette Lee
Kahn, pianist from Raleigh, will
play the Allegro con moto movement
of Kabalevsky’s “Sonata” No. 3,
Op. 46. Carolynne Harwell, pianist
from Kinston, will play Khacha
turian’s “Toccata.” The Chorus
under the direction of Miss Beatrice
Donley, accompanied by Nancy Per
kins of Roxboro, will perform Schu-
man’s “Prelude,” text from Look
Homeward, Angel, by Thomas
Wolfe, with soprano soloist Marilyn
Greene; Stone’s “Fog” from Carl
Sandburg; Bartok’s “Bread Baking”;
Chubert’s “Standchen,” with con
tralto soloist Jeaime Grealish. The
public is cordially invited.
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Shakespeare Honored
At Book Tea
A book tea, in honor of William
Shakespeare and sponsored by the
Colton English Club, was held in the
Hut on May 7. All guests were given
a name tag on whieh was printed the
name of a Shakespearean charaeter
whom they had to identify. Cakes
and ale were served by Mistress
Quickly and her helpers. After hear
ing recordings of some of Shakes
peare’s plays, a discussioii was led
by Edith Johnson. The topics, which
were related to Shakespeare in some
way, ranged from the current movie,
Richard HI, to Dr. Rose’s trip to
Great Britain. The tea finally ended ,
with resolutions for everyone to
read more of Shakespeare and plans
for more author-book teas in the
Burney, Scaggs, Whitney
Outstanding in Horse Show
On Friday afternoon. May 10, a
gala event took plaee on Meredith’s
west campus —the annual Horse
Show. In spite of the mud whieh was
splashed about disastrously by the
horse hoofs, there were many peo
ple elbowing for a plaee at the rail.
The eompetition was keen, and those
winning blue ribbons were Betsy
Burney, beginner class; Judy Scaggs,
intermediate; Mareie Hampton,
pleasure; and Ginger Whitley, for
the seeond conseeutive year, in the
advanced elass.
future.
the center of attention; he pranced
proudly around the ring several times
with the advaneed class, Pete,»David,
and Gene hard on his heels.
Between the elasses there was an
exhibition. Ginger Whitley driving
Honor Student; also the showing of
the foals and the naming of the eolt
took place at this time. The winning
name for the eolt, submitted by
Mary Catherine Cole, was Campus
King. The colt lived up to his name
by showing his reluetance to leave
the ring and his place of honor in
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