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THE TWIQ
may 3, 1982
THE TWIG
msna^ith odl^
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27611
Editors-in-chief
Emily Craig, Linda Sellers
Senior Editor
Lori Howell
Staff ft^orfers
Chrissy Murf^rey, Shirene Hritzko,
Columnists
Felicia Stewart, Kathleen McKee!,
Lauren F. Worthington
Business Manag&-
Carolyn Dunn
Layout Editor
Kathleen McKeel
Layout Staff
'YvonneSjamaar, Faith Wells
Photographer
Leta Hubbard
Advertising Manager
Cinda Bodford
Sports
Molly McGee
Circulation Managers
Catherine McLeod,
Stephanie Prevatte
Copy Editors
Jenny Barker,
Proofreading
English 358
Faculty Advisors
Mr. Bill Norton,
Dr. Thomas Parrarmre,
Dr. Donald ^mson
The TWIG welcomes comment and vm7/ give prompt
consideration to any criticisms submitted in writing and
signed by the writer.
Who Hid the Crook?
Self-scheduled
Exams Help
Students
The end of the year is drawing near and with the end of the
semester we inevitably brace ourselves for the dreaded exam
week. The final exam period is proliably one of the most
disturbing times of the students educational career. To review a
semester's worth of wori from five or six classes in eight or nine
days can t>e extremely unnerving. Self-scheduled exams are one
that some of this pressure can tte relieved. In my opinion,
self-scheduled exams not only alleviate pressure, they also help
students develop some sense of responsibility. It is for these
reasons that self-scheduled exams should remain an option to
Meredith students.
Self-scheduled exams help relieve pressure because they allow
the student to take certain exams during another exam period
vt/hich is more convenient for her. If a student has two or three
exams scheduled close together and a self-scheduied exam, she
can count on taking a day or two before or after her other exams to
take the self-scheduled one. If a student feels too unnerved after
completing a major exam. It may be beneficial to her to ta*e a
break and relax fora while until she feels ready to begin studying
again. Also, with self-scheduled exams there is less chance that a
student will have three exams in a twenty-four hour period and
have to make arrangements to take one of them at a time
convenient for both her and the professor.
There is a certain responsibility vrfiich comes with self
scheduled exams. Students should realize this and appreciate it.
With self-scheduled exams students must be responsible for
budgeting part of their exam schedule as well as study time.
Students are also responsible for upholding the honor code and
high moral standards that the Meredith community encourages.
Sonrte people feel that self-scheduled exams make cheating
easier tDecause part of the class takes their exam before other
members of the class. However, because cheating is easier does
not necessarily mean that it will be encouraged or tolerated by
other students. Furthenmore, any students whose morals (or lack
or them) allow cheating will prot>ably find a way to do so no
nr^tter what the cin:umstances.
I believe that nrxjst Meredith students want the education they
pay for. If my belief is true, then I hope students will appreciate
some of the aid, such as self-scheduled exams, given to them by
the faculty and return the favor by being responsiblestudents and
upholding the honor code. If students remember to do this, then
hopefully self-scheduled exams will remain an option to Meredith
students.
Contributed by Pam Waters
and Kim Metts and taken from
bid editions of The TWIQ.
In 1906 Miss Caroline B.
Phelps, the teacher of
dramatics, gave the Crook to
the senior class to Increase
class spirit. Hidden by the
seniors before the opening of
school each year, the Crook
was the object of many hours
of junior searching. When the
juniors found it they were
allowed twenty-four hours in
which to re-hide the Crook,
and then the seniors began to
hunt. The class in possession
of the Crook at the end of the
school year had "won,” and
their colors were tied to the
Crook and carried on Class
Day. If the juniors were in
possession when the time
limit expired, the seniors had
to carry junior colors, which
they topped by a big black
bow of mourning.
Much originality and
ingenuity were expended In
the hiding of the Crook. It has
been tied to a water pipe In the
tunnel, suspended from
rafters, hidden in the mattress
of a faculty member. It has
been concealed on a rafter in
the (now extinct) old chapel,
on the water tower, behind a
bulletin board, behind a lab
drawer, on the ledges of
windows, and on the roofs of
buildings. Certain rules were
necessary to protect the Crook
and aid searchers. The
proposed new rules for the
Crook are as follows:
1. Some portion of the
Crook must be visible at all
times. There is, however, no
stipulation as to what position
one must be in to see the
Crook.
2. The Crook must be hidden
on Meredith's campus.
3. The Crook may not be
hidden under lock and key.
4. The Crook must be hidden
in its original form.
5. The Crook must not be
hidden after the first hiding.
6. The Crook may not be
hidden In trees or on roofs.
7. Only Meredith juniors
may hunt the Crook.
8. The Crook must be
displayed in the cafeteria one
week Ijefore the searching
t>eglns.
9. If found, the Crook must
be taken to the Junior Class
President and presented to the
Senior Class President for her
official verification before the
deadline. (If presidents cannot
be found, then the Crook
should be taken to the next
appropriate class officer.)
10. The juniors have one
week in which to find the
Crook.
11. The search t>eglns the
day the first clue Is displayed
In the cafeteria.
12. The search ends one
week later at the deadline
stated with the rules in the
cafeteria.
13. A clue must be
presented for each day, and
must not be coded,
14. If the juniors find the
Crook, it must be carried In
Class Day by the Senior Class
President with a black bow
attached.'
15. If the Crook is not found,
it will t>e carried in Class Day
by the Senior Class President
wKh a bow attached of the
class colors.
16. These rules may be
changed through time as the
tradition lives on and the need
is seen for change.
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Official Exam Schedule
The following self
scheduling examination plan
has been developed for the
Spring Semester, 1982.
I. The scheduled
examinations will be taken at
the time indicated unless a
student has two exams
scheduled at the same hour,'
or she has three exams
scheduled in a 24 hour period.
If either of these conflicts
occur, the student may
arrange with her instructor to
take the last scheduled exam
within 24 hours of its
scheduled time. Multisection
exams have priority over
single section exams. Single
section exams are listed
below the dotted lines.
II. A student may elect to
take any of her other exams
during any of the 27
examination periods.
III. Jhe last exam period for
self-scheduled exams is 3:00
p.m. on Friday, May 14th.
IV. There are no exams on
Sunday, May 9th.
V. No class may schedule an
exam on Friday, M^y 7th. This
day is- resen/ed for self-
sch^uled examinations.
VI. ALL SENIOR GRADES
ARE DUE BY NOON, MAY
11TH.
FRIDAY
Hiy 7th
SATURDAY
May 8th
MONDAY
May 10th
TUESDAY
May 11th
WEDNESDAY
May 12th
•THURSDAY
May 13th
FRIDAY
May I4th
8;00
A.M.
SBLP
SCHEDULED
EXAMS
ONLY
MAT 100
. JtW liP
BUS 221
FED 7AA
PSY^HEC 2g4
BUS 321”
BUS 490
MAT 211-2
PHY 222
Foreign Lang
102
EDU ^
PRE 306
MAT 212
PSY 201
HIS 215
PSY 206 " ”
BIO 101
BIO 102
_ HEC_124_ _
12:00
NOOK
SELF
SCHEDULED
EXAMS
ONLY
BUS 433
"raE“222” ”
ENG 3S8
HBC 418
PSY 940
REL 2BS
HIS 102
ART 744" ”
ENG 498
HEC 317
PSY 306
BUS 331-2,3
_ ind I
CSC 943
MUS 215
ALL SENIOR
GRADES DUE
BY NOON THIS
DAY! 1
GS3 204
IDS 944
FOREIGN LANC
202
MC/Ara 106
_Mfi,T_245
3:00
P.M.
SELF
SCHEDULED
EXAMS
ONLY
HEC 427
BIO 222"
MAT 211-3
MUS 722
PHY 204
BHG iP6
ENG 352 “ ”
HEC 941
MAT 211-1
MAT"’3l3
MAT 940
ENG 943
SOC 230
CHE 941
MAT 410
PSY 200
FOREIGN UNG
201
. _CP_li2_ _
BKG 111 _ _
7:00
P.M.
SELF
SCHEDULED
EXAMS
ONLY
_H£C_345
REL 100
BEL iOi
BIO 421
BUS 330
BUS 432
HIS 306
ENG 201
_C£C 101
HEC 234
MUS 314
SPA 305
. a.E£ - _
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