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THE TWIG
October 10, 1958
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Dining Hall Work Has Two Sides
Working as a student waitress in
the dining hall has its good points.
There is the assurance that Monday
through Friday from 5:30 until
7:00 or so, you will increase your
fortune by 75 cents per hour. Also,
you will never be without a place
to sit at dinner. Best of all, you will
not develop guilt complexes over
wasting the half-hours before and
after dinner, nor will you feel obli
gated to take chorus or any other
class which meets until 6:00.
But, there are blemishes upon the
shiny, beautiful surface presented
above. It is all well and good to
have a steady source of cash. The
trouble is that often waitress work
is too steady. At 5:30 Monday
through Friday and 12:30 on Sun
day, the waitress must be there or
send a substitute. Come dinner date,
pneumonia, or death, those tables
must be set and served. At moments
of crisis, substitutes evaporate into
thin air, or else give long, sad stories
which boil down to, “I will not work
this night.” But, suppose the wait
ress appears at 5:30, with no other
plan than to work. Things can still
happen. Unavoidable delays can
have you feverishly hauling food to
the tables while the other students I
are milling around finding their
places. Or else, in your enthusiasm,
you finish early and the food solidi
fies before even the first bell is
rung. Cold food is not well received
by the group at the table who will
give you, the well-meaning waitress,
dirty looks as the plates are passed.
The waitress has problems with her
own meal. She must eat fast, al
most to the point of bad manners
and indigestion, in order to begin
clearing the serving dishes at the
proper moment. Then comes the
problem of removing plates. Every
one has apparently finished the
meal and is ch'attering away. It
seems to be time for dessert.. So,
the cheerful student waitress begins
taking plates, only to hear an indig
nant voice wailing, “I have not
finished, yet.” Oh, well. Last, there
can even be dessert problems.
Everybody will ask you what the
dessert is. Often you will get the
right number for your tables, only
to discover that half the people have
disappeared, leaving many bowls of
ice cream to be auctioned off to
the remaining diners. But, even with
its problems, there is something to
be said for the security of dining
hall work.
Pre-School BSU
Retreat Held
CD Classes Open
Are you interested in Civil De
fense? Of course you are, but every
time you hear the CD siren don’t
you wonder if you really know the
safety rules? President Campbell
has appointed Mrs. Marsh to repre
sent Meredith College on the
Raleigh - Wake County Civil De
fense Council. Mrs. Marsh, who was
elected by the Council to serve as
its Chaplain, will be glad to talk
with you about the various classes
under Civil Defense direction which
are now open to you.
BSU DISCUSSION
SUPPERS PLANNED
“Dead Sea Scrolls,” and “Psy
chology in the Maturing Process,”
are two of the forthcoming topics to
be used in the Meredith-State Bap
tist Student Union Discussion Sup
pers presented weekly on Wednes
day nights at 6:00.
An average of 90 students each
week attend the suppers at Pullen
Memorial Baptist Church and par
ticipate in the discussions led by
leading scholars in the area.
Tickets and transportation are
provided by the B.S.U. Council
members.
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PARIS APPOINTED
‘^ACORN” EDITOR
Margaret Paris has been ap
pointed editor of The Acorn, the
Meredith College literary magazine.
October 2, the appointment by the
nominating committee was ratified
by the student body. Margaret, a
senior art major from Raleigh, has
been an active member of The
Acorn staff throughout her years
at Meredith. She has worked with
stunt each year, and participates in
the Raleigh Little Theater.
Business Club Meets
The Tomorrow’s Business Wom
en’s Club held its first meeting on
Thursday night, September 25,
when they met in First Faircloth
parlor. There was a large group of
business majors present. Jo Robin
son, who has worked in the Penta
gon, made a talk on “Fashions for
the Secretary” and then opened
the floor for discussion. After re
freshments, the meeting was ad
journed.
PHILLIP’S
BEAUTY SALON
A joint retreat for members of
the Meredith and State B.S.U.
councils was held September 7-10 at
Camp Kanada near Wake Forest.
The outing began on Sunday after
noon when the forty students met
in Raleigh to travel together to the
camp site. During the three-day
meeting, joint discussions were held
between the two groups, and plans
were made for the weekly supper
discussions and parties that will be
held during the year. The councils
also planned to hold another mid
year retreat. The Meredith council
at their round-table discussions
made detailed plans for orientation
week and also made tentative plans
for the whole year’s program. The
group discussed morning medita
tions, parties, and vespers for the
coming school year. Afternoons at
the retreat were crowded with swim
ming, soft ball, and volleyball; with
singing and square dancing in the
evening. Taps — with more singing
and a short devotional—were held
on the pier each night. Dr. John
Lewis, B.S.U. director of Meredith,
the Rev. John Rasberry, past di
rector of the State B.S.U., and Mrs.
Bob Lassater, chief cook and engi
neer for the B.S.U., accompanied
the group.
FRESHMAN CLASS
ELECTS OFFICERS
The freshman class has elected its
officers for the year. They are as
follows:
President, Jane Eagles from Lou-
isburg. North Carolina.
Vice - president, Gwen Cooper
from Nashville, North Carolina.
Secretary, Peggy Wilkins from
Durham, North Carolina.
Treasurer, Margaret Hester from
High Point, North Carolina.
Student Government Representa
tive, Nancy Mason from Beaufort,
North Carolina.
With their class organized, the
freshmen are now preparing for
the coming competition in Corn
Husking and Stunt.
SERV-SELF
FOOD MARKET
3828 Hillsboro Street
JOHNSON’S
JEWELERS
Johnson’s Jewelers—
Catering to Brides
309 Fayetteville Street
An Invitation to the Meredith Girls
from
MacJOSEPH’S
Where
College Girls Who Know All the
Fashion Answers Buy Their Clothes
RALEIGH, N. C.
Fourth Faircloth Called "Penthouse
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By JANE JOHNSON
“Where do you live?” asked one
Freshman to another.
“Fourth Faircloth,” she replied.
“What! That’s the infirmary. Are
you sick?”
“No, I’m making my home with
the bugs and pigeons under the
eaves there.”
This new place of residence on
the Meredith campus is Fourth Fair
cloth which used to be part of the
infirmary. The seven girls who live
there valiantly call it “the tower”
or with their noses a little higher
“the penthouse.”
What’s it like to live there? The
best thing — no hall proctor. The
worst thing — those steps! Did you
know there are sixty - six? The
pigeons are bad up there too. One
girl still has a black and blue elbow
acquired in a rapid retreat from a
flock of pigeons. It seems that she
had put her hand out the bath
room window early one morning to
see if it was raining and startled the
pigeons which were asleep on the
ledge below. Incidently there is no
screen on the bathroom window;
there were no screens on any of the
windows until just this week. Re
pairmen have been constant visi
tors on the hall making and paint
ing closets and putting up the
screens. Did someone mention
bugs? They are everywhere. In the
bathroom lives a family of crickets
(how did they get up so high!) and
a friendly spider who only comes
out at night. One girl awoke to find
a big green preying mantis hop
ping about on her bed.
But make no mistake, these girls
aren’t complaining. Since they have
gotten used to the unusual smells
and the odd-shaped walls they like
it there. The view from their win
dows is especially beautiful and will
be even more so as the fall colors
appear on the trees below. These
seven girls don’t wish to be looked
upon as unfortunate even though
life in the infirmary may be slightly
different from that on other halls.
The girls feel indeed fortunate when
they hear rumors that the stables
may be next in line for a certain
type of renovation.
PHI’S VICTORIOUS
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ciety cheerleaders led the evening
function, a pep rally in the gym,
and after the rally an invitation was
issued to each new student to join
the Astrotekton Society. Following
a good-night serenade the Astros
ended their rush activities by burn
ing an astro star in the court.
After a week of gay activities, of
meeting Milton, the Phi bear, and
watching the antics of a real live
Billy Astro, the new students chose
their society by walking to break
fast through either the Phi or the
For An Afternoon Walk
ARNOLD’S
REXALL DRUGS
3025 Hillsboro Street
Astro lines. In the Phi line, girls in
purple attire and in the Astro line,
girls in yellow welcomed each new
student as she appeared wearing
some colorful evidence of the choice
she had made.
The girls had one last chance to
change their minds at chapel when
the society lines again formed out
side the auditorium. After everyone
was seated, a count revealed the
Philaretian Society to be the De
cision Day winner.
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