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THE TWIG
February 14, 1958
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THIS IS YOUR WEEK
Student committees plan, speakers give freely of time and ability,
faculty members co-operate, but Religious Emphasis Week is your week
—planned for you, carried out by you, and effective only when you
benefit.
The program of the week will be a little different from last year’s, yet
it will consume the same amount of time and be perhaps as valuable or
more so. You may not approve of the program as planned, and if so,
you are encouraged to criticize, but how can you criticize unless you
attend—unless you actively become a part of Religious Emphasis Week?
It may take a little effort to leave your bed or your bridge game or
even the library to attend services and discussions in the evening, but
the week will need you, and no matter how high your spiritual plane
may be, you wijl need the week. Though spiritual values may receive
more emphasis on our campus throughout the year than they do on the
average college campus, and though many of us consider ourselves fortu
nate indeed to attend a denominational college, it seems that the spiritual
portions of our lives are forced to take the back seat as we scurry madly
to develop ourselves mentally and socially. Perhaps this is a good time
to glance at part of the purpose of Meredith as stated in the catalogue:
“The purpose of Meredith College is to develop in its students the Chris
tian attitude toward the whole of life. ... Its intention is to provide not
only thorough instruction, but also culture made perfect through the re
ligion of Jesus Christ. . . .” Here is one week dedicated to fulfilling this
purpose. Make it your purpose.
Here’s to Outer Meredith
Even in this day and age $445,000 is no small amount of money. Yet
this is the proposed sum for Hunter Hall, the new science building. It will
not be an easy task to raise the money necessary for the undertaking. We
are all, of course, grateful for the $140,000 from the Hunter estate, but
even that generous gift is far from sufficient.
Often we here at Meredith do not stop to realize the tremendous sums
that go into our yearly budget. So we fuss about the food, the rising
tuition, the old furniture in the dorms, as well as the general appearance
of the campus. We have looked with disdain at the old wrecks of the
temporary classroom buildings and breathed a sigh of relief that we now
have a new arts building and, in the foreseeable future, a science building.
It is not in awe that we behold these additions to our campus. We accept
them calmly, as if to say, ■ “It’s about time they did something for this
dump.”
Meredith is now engaged in an extensive building program. It is an
undertaking of so ambitious a nature that it must not be taken for granted.
When it is completed the face lifting of the campus will be something
truly wonderful to behold. Our college is continuing in the tradition it
has set—^working always to improve not only its inner qualities of spirit
and academics, but also its external aspects. How can we fail to appreciate
what Dr. Campbell, Mr. Deyton, and our host of friends are doing?
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How Now, Cupid?
By PAGE SINK
Tell me, Cupid, what has become
of your red, red, rose? Your satin
heart? Your lace and bows? Your
sweet verses? What have we done
to deserve ghouls and ghosts, a hor
ror with an arrow through his heart,
to show our love to friends on Valen
tine’s Day?
Many years ago, you chose Feb
ruary 14 as your day for shooting
darts, and made lovers of enemies.
Now you’ve reversed yourself, re
deemed your darts, and on Febru
ary 14 you make enemies of lovers.
Or does a green amoeba with blue
human eyes, Marsian antennae,
mule legs and wasp arms, and with
a rose clenched in his teeth, truly
say “I love you”? Is this your way
of getting even with us for laughing
at your chubby nakedness, and
mocking your blond curls? Or are
you jealous of Mr. Piltdown and his
love potion? Or is your revenge a
result of our disbelief in you?
When Valentine’s Day was first
commemorated, you revelled in
hearts and flowers. In the begin
ning the day was celebrated as a
feast day for three different
martyrs, all named Saint Valentine.
The first was a Roman priest and
doctor, beheaded about A.D. 269;
the second was a bishop beheaded
in A.D. 273; and the third a martyr
in Africa. How you usurped the day
for your trickery no one knows; but
it is supposed that an old Roman
festival took place at this time of
the year. Some say you made Valen
tine’s Day yours because it is the
day that birds mate. Once young
men and women drew lots on this
day, to see who would be each
other’s valentine for the coming
Musical Notes
year.
At any rate, you, Cupid, made
the day your heyday, and for years
revelled in your hearts and flowers
and laces and sentimental lines. The
lovers glorified you, and you
showed your thanks with an abun
dance of arrows. How angry you
must be to see how monsters have
replaced your memories, and in
sults your compliments. Well, don’t
be angry; we still, thanks to you,
have as much love as our grand
mothers did; but just express it dif
ferently. Perhaps, Cupid, if you’d
replace your golden curls for black
snakes, your blue eyes for orange
ones, your plump little body for a
gnome-like mass, and your arrow
sheaf for a tommy gun, we’d realize
your significance on Valentine’s Day,
and honor you as a Valentine hero.
Or maybe we’ll just use Charlie
Starkeweather.
By JOYCE SKILLMAN
There seems to be a temporary
lull in the music activities on cam
pus until everyone gets settled into
the routine of the new semester.
Now I have the opportunity to men
tion some of the events of the music
world in the Raleigh area other than
those which take place here at
Meredith. The Raleigh Oratorio So
ciety will present Part I of Bach’s
“St. Matthew Passion” on Febru
ary 23 at 3:00 in Pullen Memorial
Church. Meredith students often
appear on various music programs
in the city. On February 11, the Ra
leigh Piano Ensemble was held in
Memorial Auditorium conducted by
Mr. Pratt, and Gail Newton, a fresh
man piano major, was the soloist.
Many fine recitals can be heard in
the Tuesday night Series at Chapel
Hill. One of these was held on Feb
ruary 4 and many of the Meredith
musicians journeyed over to hear
Robert Boker, organist, in a very
fine concert. A list of the concerts
is kept on the music bulletin board.
Another of the music highlights
coming soon to Raleigh will be held
in our auditorium. The National
Grass Roots Opera Company will
present Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,”
on February 25 at 8:00 p.m. This
opera will be sung in English, which
will make it enjoyable for all.
CURTAIN CALL
By SUSAN MOSS
Rehearsals have just begun for
the Playhouse spring production.
The Silver Cord by Sidney Howard,
which will be presented March 21
and 22 in Jones Auditorium. No
matter what your talent is the Play
house can use you on a committee
for the play. It’s been estimated that
it takes three people working back-
stage to put one actor onstage. With
out those essential behind-the-
scenes-workers a play could not go
on, so it’s up to each one of you to
assume the responsibility for the
success or the failure of this pro
duction. Remember, any work you
do on this play entitles you to full
membership in the Playhouse and
begins your accumulation of points
needed for Alpha Psi Omega, the
National Dramatic Fraternity.
Miss Peg Gorsage or Katie Joyce
Eddins.
If you missed the Raleigh Little
Theatre’s deUghtful production of
The Solid Gold Cadillac you de
prived yourself of a treat. Their
next play will be All My Sons by
Arthur (Mr. Marilyn Monroe) Mil
ler. The production dates are March
18 through March 23, so reserve
one night on your calendar for this
exciting drama.
Tyrone Power and Faye Emerson
will appear in person in Back To
Methuselah to be presented on the
stage of Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill,
at 8:30 p.m. on February 28 and
March 1 and Aycock Auditorium
Greensboro, on February 25.
Back To Methuselah, in a mod
ern new version by Arnold Moss
condenses Bernard Shaw’s original
Methuselah cycle of five plays into
a brilliant, humorous and provoca
tive single evening in the theatre.
Typical of Shaw’s great gift for ex
pressing serious matters in highly
entertaining form, this play asks and
answers such absorbing questions
as: Is the current span of life long
enough for man to attain full
understanding and maturity, to
achieve his highest hopes and ambi
tions? How would we live our lives
if we knew we could go far beyond
the biblical allotment of three score
years and ten? And, if we did, what
kind of world could we expect?
Shaw’s answers to these questions
are as bright, as witty and as stimu
lating a» he alone could make them.
The production is not to be a
“staged reading,” but will be a fully
acted play, complete with scenery
and effects designed by Marvin
Reiss. The play is directed by Mar
garet Webster.
Co-starring with Power and Miss
Emerson will be Arthur Treacher.
Also in the cast are Arnold Moss,
Valerie Bettis, and Rober Boxill.
All seats are reserved: $4.40,
$3.30, and $2.20. Tickets are now
on sale at the Playmakers Business
Office in Chapel Hill, or mail or
ders may be sent to The Playmak
ers, U.N.C., Box 1050, Chapel Hill,
N. C. If you are interested in going
to the Chapel Hill performance see
The world famous Dublin Players
are coming to Raleigh! February 21
they will appear at State College in
Shadow and Substance and on Feb
ruary 22 in Juno and the Paycock.
Don’t miss the opportunity to see
this famed company of players se
lected from Ireland’s world re
nowned Abbey and Gate theatres
presenting a repertoire of great Irish
drama.
Lou’s Remarks
FROM THE
Contemporary Scene
By LOUISE WHITE
An air of dedication and firm
resolution pervades the Meredith
campus. Little signs proclaiming
that time is fleeting are stuck
into the edges of mirrors and plas
tered on the sides of bookcases.
Class schedules with study hours
written in are cautiously taped in
prominent places about every room.
Also, people are talking and they
say that if they can make eligibility
by vegetating in class, goofing off
in the dorm, and cramming before
exams; surely they can make Dean’s
List by systematic study. In fact,
the whole point of the dedication
and industry is STUDY. But no
tice, it is now in wet, cold Febru
ary that the new leaf is turned. Peo
ple forget that spring comes soon,
bringing with it an utter disgust for
term papers, collateral, trig prob
lems, and stuffy labs. They forget
those lengthening days with sunshine
and flowers and the soft nights with
moonlight and scented breezes —
breezes that with their very softness
overcome the academic odor of the
library and melt scholarly concentra
tion to dreamy indolence. Except for
the few true students, Meredith Col
lege will succumb to the flirtations of
spring. Since this is the case, there
are two alternatives. One can really
exploit that first burst of ambition
and do all the semester’s hard work
before warm weather. Or, one can
shde along as usual, just keeping up
now, and then letting everything pile
up until “after Spring holidays.”
Sadly enough, the latter choice is
most often made.
A. A. reminder
Here conies just a reminder: be
fore many more days go by there
will be announcements of upcom
ing tournaments sponsored by the
A. A. They will include basketball,
ping-pong, and badminton. If you
are an enthusiast of one of these
sports, use some of your valuable
time in the next few weeks to im
prove your skill. Make a good
showing for the team you will help
represent! Remember: Tuesday and
Thursday basketball practices and
work on ping-pong or badminton
too. (Watch for tournament an
nouncements—coming soon!)
"d.
By MARGARET PARIS
With the Beat Generation still
beating away (qiore articles are
being written about this group), we
turn to look at a trend developing
in not only Hollywood but also on
Broadway; namely, the making of
books into movies and plays. My
argument against this may be with
out foundation; however, I feel that
to some extent, certainly to the ex
tent Hollylwood is going, this is a
misuse of literature. Drama is the
medium for the stage and motion
picture; literature is another me
dium, different in method if not in
purpose. What Hollywood is doing
to some excellent books is worse
than what Reader’s Digest does to
them. Perhaps Hollywood is not to
be compared with Broadway; on
Broadway, however, is now running
a play, adapted from a book: Look
Homeward, Angel by Thomas
Wolfe. From the reviews and from
the reports of those who have seen
the play, it is excellent drama, but
it is not Thomas Wolfe; it is not
Look Homeward, Angel. The same
can be said of Hollywood’s produc
tion of Hemingway’s The Sun Also
Rises and A Farewell To Arms.
These movies are not Hemingway
and miss part of Hemingway’s mes
sage and practically all of his unique
style. The difference in these two
productions and Broadway’s Look
Homeward, Angel is that the movies
are second-rate movies, while the
play, from all appearances, is a
good production. Still the fact is evi
dent: in adapting literature to
drama, much has been lost, and the
loss has mainly been on the part of
movie-goers and play-goers. This is
unfortunate; the moral of all this is
NOT: don’t patronize the movies;
avoid the plays when in New York.
The point is: Hollywood and occa
sionally Broadway can never take
the place of reading; it is false to
think seeing a movie is just like
reading the book.