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THE TWIG
March 14, 1958
GIRLS BOUND FOR NEW YORK
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Ready to fake the annual New York jaunt during the spring holidays are, pictured
from left to right: Helen Parker, Katie Joyce Eddins, Mrs. William Allen, Marilyn
Williams, Belinda Foy, Betsy Moore, Miss Betty Yeager, Peggy Martin, Rosemary
Edwards, Helen Booe. Carol Lynn Johnson, and Miss Peg Corsage, who are also
going, are not in the picture.
DEAN'S LIST ANNOUNCED
Mrs. Vera Tart Marsh, Registrar
at Meredith College, has released
the Dean’s List for this spring. It
will be noted that the list includes
the names of 78 students who were
registered for at least twelve semes
ter hours and who completed and
passed all courses with a number
of quality points equal to twice the
number of semester hours taken,
plus three. The students are:
Marcia Allen, Janice Barger, Pa
tricia Barnes, Tommie Bass, Martha
Bone, Peggy Bone, Marjorie Boyles,
Anne Britt, Anne Britton, Mary Ann
Brown, Barbara Browning, Nancy
Campbell, Charlotte Carroll, Doro
thy Clarke, Barbara Compton, El
len Conley, Mary Cooper, Lynn
Corbett, Mary Alice Cusack.
Emily Dean, Miriam Dempsey,
Cynthia Denny, Donna Anne El
lington, Lynda Evans, Anita Farris,
Ann Finley, Frances Fowler, Be
linda Foy, Emily Gilbert, Joy Gold
smith, Annette Gossett, Betsy
Green, Lois Haigh, Elinor Hart,
Joyce Herring, Mae Omie Hobby
Mosely, Margaret Hurst, Elizabeth
Hutchins, Penelope Hutchison.
Patricia Johnson, Lula Mae Jones,
Virginia Jones, Nancy Joyner, Peggy
Joyner, Inez Kendrick, Betsy Lane,
Eunice Leaird, Carolyn Leath,
Pat Long, Jane Maynard, Louise
Moore, Peggy Mott, Barbara Nes
bitt, Sally Newton, Margaret Paris,
Shirley Phillips, Margaret Ratley,
Kathryn Rice, Geraldine Ritter,
Margie Rogers, Maggie Rowe.
Joan Scott, Harriette Seals, Jane
Simmons, Virginia Simms, Margaret
Slate, Molly Sloan, Mary Spen
cer, Jane Stembridge, Jean Strole,
Gelynda Thomas, Nancy Wallace,
Pat Watkins, Rachel Watkins, Nancy
Whedbee, Diane Williams, Heather
Wishart, Peggy Yancey.
AA GIVES AWARDS
Monday night, March 3, the A.A.
sponsored its annual Awards Dinner
in order to recognize outstanding
participants in sports throughout the
school year. Margie Boyles, Volley
ball Manager, presented the awards
to the volleyball varsity; the girls
rewarded were: Carolyn Barring
ton, Bobbie Conley, Margaret
Creech, Carol Inscoe, Anna Fay
Jackson, Chris Livingston, and Mar
gie Boyles. Peggy Williams, Basket
ball Manager, presented the awards
to the basketball varsity; the girls
recognized were: Kay D. Arnold,
Carolyn Barrington, Mable Bas-
night, Carolyn Cooper, Margaret
Creech, and Peggy Williams. Bar
bara Browning, President of the
Monogram Club, then presented a
monogram to Margie Boyles for her
past work and stars to Margaret
Creech and Dale Swisher. Two
freshmen received recognition from
the A.A.: Mable Basnight, for col
lecting the greatest number of
points, and Kathleen Simmons, for
CONTEMPORARY
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dore, trying to make his way back
to Africa and used by everyone he
meets. . . .”
When seen in relation to his later
works the sketches show that Faulk
ner was to continue the literary
realism and focus of inner experi
ence that Eliot began. Faulkner does
not employ the “stream of conscious
ness” in tire Joyceian method; how
ever, Faulkner’s works, as Joyce’s,
are more than the description of in
ner thoughts and reactions of his
characters. The book is the charac
ters, the focus is through their eyes.
Rather than the characters’ becom
ing words and sentences, the word
and sentences become the charac
ters. (This is particularly true in
The Sound and the Fury.)
New Orleans Sketches contains
the beginning sparks of what later
have become the great literary works
of Faulkner. Again to quote from
Mr. Kazin:
“The interesting thing for us now,
who can see in this book the outline
of the writer Faulktier was to be
come, is that before he had published
his first novel he had already de
termined certain main themes in
his work, he had already worked
out his imaginative place in Ameri
can society. Even when he puffed
words like soap bubbles, it was be
cause he really loved words for
themselves, for what they are, as
only a writer can.”
SPRING HAS SPRUNG
Spring has sprung and holidays
are on the way. Everyone will be
home having loads of fun, and get
ting that badly needed rest.
“Miss Freshman, what are you
going to do while you’re on vaca
tion?”
“Me — I’m going to catch up on
all my back work and try to get
ahead on my research theme and
parallel reading.”
“What about you. Miss Sopho
more?”
“I’m going to get my homework
in the daytime, so I’ll be able to
go out every night.”
“And you. Miss Junior?”
“Well, I just can’t fight studying
all through the holidays, so I’ll just
come back a few hours early and
try to get it all.”
“Now, Miss Senior, you’re on the
top of the ladder. How do you plan
to spend your vacation?”
“Hey gal, how about coming back
some other time with the questions?
Can’t you see I’m busy packing?
I’m taking all my cuts and leaving
this place a day early. See, I’m in
a hurry to get to the beach for my
SPRING HOLIDAYS.”
What Is the AAUW?
By SUE MATZNER
The AAUW is a national organi
zation started in 1882. It was then
called the Association of Collegiate
Alumnae, but when it joined with
the Southern Association of College
Women in 1921, it came to be
known as the American Association
of University Women. Now I sup
pose you are wondering what this
has to do with you. Actually there
are three reasons why you should
be concerned with this organization.
In the first place you, as a prospec
tive Meredith graduate, are eligible
for membership in AAUW. The only
requirement for membership is that
you be a graduate from one of the
AAUW - approved colleges, and
Meredith is one of the 394 approved
colleges in the United States.
The second reason this organiza
tion should be of concern to you
is the role Meredith has played in
the North Carolina division of the
association. The division was or
ganized in 1927, but before that
Raleigh had already organized a
branch in 1909 making it the oldest
branch in the state and the third
oldest in the South. Miss Elizabeth
Avery Colton of the Meredith Eng
lish Department from 1908 to 1920
was very influencial in the organi
zation of the Raleigh branch as well
as the North Carolina division. She
was SACU secretary—1912-1913;
president — 1914-1919; and first
vice-president — 1919-1921. The
first North Carolina division presi
dent was another Meredith faculty
member. Miss Catherine Allen.
A Meredith graduate should also
know about AAUW because the or
ganization has such worthwhile pur
poses and activities. Its main pur
pose is to maintain higher standards
in women’s colleges. It accomplishes
this by requiring AAUW-approved
colleges to meet certain standards
such as a specified amount of dor
mitory and gymnasium space, and
qualified women on its administra
tion. Besides improving the colleges,
the association has many commit
tees which study the arts, educa
tion on all levels, international re
lations, legislation, social issues, sta
tus of women, and a newly
added committee which studies mass
media such as educational TV. In
other words, there is a facet in the
AAUW to satisfy the interest of
most any graduate of a liberal arts
college.
After the committees have
studied these issues they plan what
action they can take. As a result
they have art classes and groups,
support bills before the legislature,
organize kindergarten groups, and
sponsor such groups as the leader
ship training classes at Chapel Hill.
They also grant fellowships to
women who want to further their
education. You might be interested
to know that one of these fellow
ships is named for Elizabeth Avery
Colton, who has been mentioned
above.
At the present time North Caro
lina has 26 branches. Membership
into one of them or any branch is
voluntary and the only requirement
is an approved college degree. I
think we should all be proud that
Meredith is approved and of the
role it has played in the state di
vision.
FOR AN AFTERNOON WALK
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REXALL DRUGS
3025 HILLSBORO STREET
outstanding interest and participa
tion. Congratulations are certainly
due all these girls for their work
and interest in sports during the
year.
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Beauty Shop
2010 Cameron Street
Raleigh, N. C.
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Know Your S.G.
“I understand the principles and
responsibilities of self-government.”
. . . These words are the beginning
of the pledge of honor at Meredith,
and many students do understand
the principles and responsibilities of
the student government. Yet how
many know how the Student Gov
ernment Association functions? How
many know the what, who, why,
when and where, and how? Suppose
we start at the first.
What is S.G.? It is we ourselves,
ruling ourselves with what we hope
is maturity, wise judgment, and un
derstanding. Why do we have Stu
dent Government? We have it in
order that we may achieve these
principles of understanding, ma
turity, and wisdom through self-
discipline and self-obeyal. Why must
we have a Council? Sometimes there
is a minority who have not achieved
a high enough degree of self-
discipline and maturity. It is the
duties of the Council to enforce the
regulations which we have made,
the matters of college policy, and
the honor code.
The Association is composed of
the entire student body, and they
are under its jurisdiction. It is
headed by the officers, which con
sist of a president, vice-president,
chief counsellor, secretary, treas
urer, and social standards chairman.
The girls who fulfill these offices
are elected in the spring of each
year. The Student Government
Council is made up of these offi
cers, the chief counsellor, the presi
dent of each dormitory, and the
vice-presidents, who are also hall-
proctors, of each dormitory. It also
includes a president and three vice-
presidents from the day students,
two representatives from the sopho
more class, and one representative
from the freshman class. The Coun
cil meets once a week and one of
these meetings during each month
is held jointly with the Faculty Com
mittee on Student Government. At
these meetings the Council studies
recommendations for changes in the
constitution and regulations and
cases of students’ disobeying these
regulations, and settles these mat
ters. How does S.G. operate? New
regulations or changes in regulations
may arise either in the Student
Council and go to the student body
and then to the Faculty Commit
tee and the President, or such legis
lation may arise in the student body
and go to the Student Council and
then to the Faculty Committee
and the President. Regulations or
changes must be passed by all three
bodies before becoming effective.
Our Student Government is one
of our rare privileges. Perhaps by
understanding its functions better,
we can come to value it more.
OBSERVATIONS
OF A HORSE
By MARY ANN BROWN
Four days every week they de
scend on my home — short and
tall girls, fat and thin girls, girls who
inwardly tremble when they look at
me, and girls who beat me on the
nose and say “Isn’t him just the
sweetest little thing!” You see, I am
a horse, and I, too, go to Meredith
— or does Meredith come to
me? . . .
Anyway, on Monday through
Thursday mornings I stand in my
stall and wonder what the day will
bring — will I get girls I like and
will I get girls who like me? Will
we go on the trail or will I spend
hours running around in circles?
Will my rider appreciate a little
spirit or must I be extra careful
not to scare her to death?
This business of being a horse is
not nearly so easy as it looks. Nor
do we have such thick skins (or
heads for that matter) as some seem
to think., Take, for instance, when
horses are assigned at the begin
ning of each hour. Each name is
greeted by a cheerful “Oh boy,” a
horrified but happy “ME?” or a
mournful “I knew it, I just knew
it.” The first two reactions are just
fine, but have those humans ever
thought how a horse must feel when
somebody looks him straight in the
eye and says “Why did you have
to happen to me?” Sometimes I
wish I could give a big horse laugh
and say “You think you have tough
luck. I’m the one whose luck just
hit rock bottom.”
Then they drag you out into the
yard, somehow manage to get into
the saddle, and begin adjusting stir
rups. For some riders, once is
enough, but others wear out the
straps moving them up and down
and back up again. If you try to
see what’s going on, they squeal
and say “Don’t you try to bite me,
you horse, you.” All I want to do
is see what they’re doing — any
way, I’m much fonder of hay than
of humans.
When the class gets started, the
fun really begins. To be honest, most
of the girls are angels (ouch) but,
oh, those exceptions. They want you
to go fast, but if you do they lose a
stirrup and all but faU off; they try
to keep you so close to another horse
that your life is endangered; and
worst of aU they make nasty cracks
about your personality in front of
all your friends. That kind you’ve
really got to watch.
The end of each hour always
comes — often times too fast, some
times much too slow. We make our
way back to the stables, shed our
loads, and go back to our stalls —
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