Page two THE TWIG February 14, 1958 L 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? MEMBER Associated Collegiate Press EDITORIAL STAFF Editor Nancy Joyner Associate Editor Nancy McGlamery Managing Editor Ann Finley Assistant Editors Marcia Allen, Lillian Brandon, Bobbie Conley, Bob Early Feature Editor Mary Ann Brown Music Editor Joyce Skillman Drama Editor Susan Moss Sports Editor Stuart James Art Editor Nancy Whedbee Photographer Nancy Craig Columnists Margaret Paris, Juanita Swindler, Louise White Reporters Lela Cagle, I^lia Davenport, Cynthia Denny, Lynda Evans, Joy Goldsmith, Sue Matzner, Janice Morgan, Sally Newton, Annabel Ray, Susan Lewis, Lorraine Storey, Ann Britt Faculty Sponsor Dr. Norma Rose BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Barbara Willis Advertising Manager Joyce Ann Foster Circulation Manager Linda Jenkins Mailing Editor Diane Stokes Chief Typist ^ Emily Gilbert Advertising Staff Alice Allsbrook, Betsy Moore, Liz Millikin, Edie Bowen, Shirla Griffin, Babs Howard, Rose Daniels, Frances Fowler Typists Harriet Hill, Teenie Huskie, Mona Fay Horton, Doris Dixon, Linda Smith Faculty Sponsor Miss Lois Frazier Entered as second-class matter October 11, 1923, at post office at Raleigh, N. C., under Act of March 8, 1879. Published semi-monthly during the months - of October, April, and May; monthly during the months of November, December, January, February, and March. The Twig is the college newspaper of Meredith College, Raleigh, North Caro lina, and as such is one of the three major publications of the institution—the other two being The Acorn, the literary magazine, and The Oak Leaves, the college annual. Meredith College is an accredited senior liberal arts college for women located in the capital city of North Carolina. It confers the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Music degrees. The college offers majors in twenty-one fields including music, art, business and home economics. Since 1921 the institution has been a member of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The college holds membership in the Associa tion of American Colleges and the North Carolina College Conference. Gradu ates of Meredith College are eligible for membership in the American Association of University Women. The institution is a liberal arts member of the National Assciation of Schools of Music. Subscription Rates: $2.95 per year The Twig is served by National Advertising Service, Inc., 420 Madison Ave., New York 17, New York. 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.

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