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March 14, 1958
Bone models her chemise.
The Sack Arrives
By SUE MATZNER
In “olden” times when a girl
heard the word sack, she immedi
ately thought of potatoes. Now in
these modern times a sack to every
girl (of all ages) means that mys
terious creation from Paris de
signed to conceal the up-to-now de
sirable small waist line. Whether or
not this style succeeds depends on
the number of people who are not
so furtunate as to have an hour
glass figure. Actually this style has
many desirable features. One is cer
tainly the fact that a lost waist line
is concealed. In fact it hides almost
any physical defects (as well as at
tributes) except bulky hips. The one
place it does fit is at the hips. An
ideal figure for the sack dress is
one with shoulders as wide as the
hips. What goes in between is of
no matter as long as it doesn’t ex
ceed the established line from
shoulder to hip.
Another desirable feature is the
fact that girls who wear sack dresses
can eat so much more when they go
out on a dinner date. They won’t
have to wait until they get in and
get their tight belts or skirts off to
let their dinner place itself more
proportionally in their systems.
Think of the comfort that these
girls will have at ball games and
movies while their more tightly laced
sisters sit on the edge of their seats
striving for oxygen. Imagine being
able to enjoy the plush roominess
of the Village Theater instead of
envying your date’s relaxed po
sitions.
This writer is not among the un
couth, for even she has a sack dress.
Unfortunately, however, it can’t be
worn. Because it is some four inches
too big all over, it really does look
like a sack — of potatoes.
Actually it isn’t as bad as it may
sound. If you don’t believe me, look
at the picture above.
PALIO
(Continued from page three)
proached. One graduate thought so
and expressed herself thus about
Palio in the Twig, November 30,
1950: “Why you’d think that No
vember 10 was the biggest day of
the year (maybe it is at that) if
you could hear what the class of
’50 has to say about it.”
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Hall Duty Is Perilous
By LOUISE WHITE
Everybody likes the telephone
system on Meredith halls. That is,
everybody likes it except on the
night she must serve as hall monitor.
Being monitor sounds simple. One
studies in the hall from 7:30 until
10:00. The duties are to answer the
phone, get the people who receive
calls, and keep the hall quiet. Hall
duty, however, like all simple* sound
ing tasks, usually becomes quite in
volved. First of all, a girl always
has hall duty on “one of two nights
— the night before a quiz or the
night she has a date. Because of
such conflicts, there is a mad scram
ble to find someone on the hall who
will exchange monitoring nights.
Then there is the problem of for
getting about hall duty. One either
forgets to find a substitute or for
gets to serve for the person who
substituted. Forgetting results in two
call-downs, a giant step on the road
to being on campus. But presuming
that the victim of the night remem
bers her chore, there is still a prob
lem. First, the monitor must get
settled in the hall. This necessitates
dragging a lamp, books, pencils, pa
per, and ink out to the telephone
table. On cold nights, one must also
don extra clothes because cold wind
blows freely under the doors in the
alcove. After the migration has been
accomplished, the monitor studies—
until the phone rings. It is invari
ably for someone at the far end of
the hall. The girl is in the library,
but the monitor must walk all the
way down the hall to discover
the fact. While the phone is off the
hook, and the monitor is down the
hall, the people in the last suite at
the other end of the haU open their
transom. The hall roars with sound
— the sound of Hi-Fi, running
water, and bridge game all together.
The monitor pounds down the cor
ridor, bangs up the phone, and
rushes on to the culprit suite with a
demand for silence. While the moni
tor is thus employed, the parlor
hostess calls to announce that some
one has a guest. The girl with the
guest has already gone, but poor
hall monitor does not know it. Thus
she makes another long trip down
the hall. And so the night wears on
with never a let-up. At 10:00 the
monitor is tired, cross, and unpre
pared for the next day’s classes.
The only bright spot is that for
several weeks other people will have
the hall-duty problem and tonight’s
victim will enjoy the benefits of the
system.
Meredith has indeed abandoned
one of the unique features of the
college; one which cannot be re
placed in the role it played toward
unifying the members of each class
and contributing to the school spirit.
OBSERVATIONS
(Continued from page four)
to wonder what the next bunch will
be like.
The girls have a saying about
“taking the breaks as they come.”
I guess that could apply to a horse’s
in Raleigh’s
Cameron Village
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THE TWIG
Page five
Hobby Enthusiasts, Attention!
By ANN FINLEY
Well, well, here we are at an
other meeting of the Hobby House!
This week we are going to hear
about some unusual — or shall we
say ■— rather weird hobbies. The
first letter I have here is from a
man in Saskatchewan. He says—
Dear Mr. Hobby House,
I heard your show on the radio
the other night, and I thought you
might be interested in my hobby.
I live in Canada where there is a
great deal of snow in the winter;
these blizzards make it very diffi
cult for the animals to travel around
and forage for food. The only ones
which are equipped for such travel
ing are the snowshoe rabbits. I feel
very sorry for the other little bun
nies, who are unable to get around,
but instead of scattering food for
them, I h5lp in another way. I make
snowshoes for them.
Of course, it is rather difficult to
catch the little rascals, so I have a
surplus of these snowshoes. If you
know of anyone who has some rab
bits that need snowshoes, would you
please have them contact me.
Anxiously yours,
Peter Cottontail.
Well, now, wasn’t that a fine
hobby. As a reward for his interest
ing letter we are sending Mr. Cot
tontail a pair of skis. Perhaps they
will help him catch some more rab
bits. Now I have a letter from a
lady in the midwest. She writes—
Dear Mr. Hobby House,
My husband, who is somewhat
deaf, and I listened to one of your
programs about a month ago. We
enjoyed it very much and became
very enthused over the idea of
having a hobby of our own. We dis
cussed different hobbies for a day
or so, and my husband finally de
cided upon one he liked; however,
he wouldn’t tell me what it was. He
only said that he had gotten the
idea from your program.
I had to'go to my sister’s home
for a few weeks, and when I got
back, I found my house full of
hobby horses. I’ve never been so
mad in all my life. My husband,
Rufus, and I had a horrible argu
ment, in which he told me that the
name of your program was Hobby
Horse and that was where he got
the idea. Would you please send
him a letter telling him that that is
not the name of the show. Address
it to the Maygan Jail. He was sen
tenced for stealing the horses.
Tearfully and ragingly yours,
Mrs. Rufus Colt.
Mrs. Colt, I shall send your hus
band a letter very soon and we have
for you a certificate entitling you
to a month’s lessons at your nearest
riding academy. Well, that’s all we
have time for tonight. I do hope
you’ll be listening in next week for
another session at Mr. Hobby
House’s Hobby House. Good night
and Happy Hobbies to you.
RALEIGH AFFORDS MANY CULTURAL
OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS
Raleigh affords many opportuni
ties for the Meredith student to
broaden her “cultural” horizons. For
the music lover, there are opportuni
ties to participate as well as listen.
Each year, Handel’s Messiah is pre
sented. Students can sing in or listen
to this magnificent work. The Ra
leigh Oratorio Society, a group of
interested, talented singers who sing
for their own enjoyment, present
oratorios for the interested pubUc.
In our own auditorium, the Cham
ber Music series present their pro
grams. The Civic Music program
brings famous artists in many fields.
Our own music department has
many concerts and recitals for the
benefit of those who would take ad
vantage of good music.
The Raleigh Little Theater, na
tionally known, presents good
drama. Many of the participants
life, too. Some days are good; some
days are bad — and you’ve just
got to keep going. One thing we
know before the girls even come: it
may be a good day, it may be a
bad day — but it won’t be dull!!
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in the organization have gone on
to “big time.” Ainslie Puyor is just
one of these people. Our own Play
house gives good dramatic produc
tions also.
The N. C. Museum of Art, one
of the best small museums in the
states, has an excellent collection of
art items. Many exhibits are pro
cured as well as the permanent col
lections. We should take advantage
of all these opportunities to round
out our hberal arts education.
Mary Ann Brown
BEHIND THE SCENES:
WE RECOGNIZE
MARYANN BROWN
Add several teaspoons of
SHORTning, SWEETning; flavor
with INTELLECT, and you have
our “Behind the scenes” person
ality, Mary Ann Brown.
Mary Ann, a sophomore, has
been active on the Twig staff for
two years. She is a member of the
Freeman Religion club, the Sigma
Phi Alpha honorary language fra
ternity, and has been on Dean’s list
all three of her semesters at Mere
dith. An English major, Mary Ann
still finds time for collecting records
and books, and is often seen be
hind the scenes of many of the cam
pus activities.
Her friends describe her as
friendly and talented as well as de
pendable and conscientous. Blended
together she makes a great little
mixture.
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