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THE TWIG
The Twig
Member North Carolina Collegiate
Pi-ess Association. Official Organ of
the Student Body of Meredith Col-
lege.
Alice Lowe Editor
Maiiki. West Managi7ig Editor
GEHA1.1J1NK Gowicii.. .AsaignvicHl Editor
Rujjy Spaikiiour. .Circiilation Manager
PiiyUiis Mays Business Manager
Gl,vi)ys Stricklanu—
Assistant Business Manager
Joy Deamaw Exchange Editor
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EDITORIAL
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In the liist issue ofTni! Twio
lIiLTG npijoiu'c'cl ill tlie e]itorial eol-
iniiii a typogrnpliiciU error wliieli
cluuigcd llic itK'niiiiig of a scutpiici'
so that it bdPiiiiio u flat doniul of
the fact that the publiciitioiis re-
ccivod any aid from thy English
fuciilty. 'J'ho ivoi'il English was
iiisiortod by jiiistake and nUcrcd
f'oiioidcrably tlierc'by llio muaiiirii'
of the whole, it is hoped that any
niisnuderstandiiif^.^ which hiive
arisen because of the niiiitake have
already been reeti^ed.
Tlio meaning of the wliolo fidi-
torial—wJiicli seems to have been
inisund(M’stooil in varying degi'ees
was simply to imply nt least ft plea
for the feelings oT the stuffs of the
publications in answer to tlic aiji-
tativo letler received by the edi
tors. There were some rathei
sweeping statements made, wc ad
mit, but they were only refntatious
to equally sweeping ones which
were iiiferred from the Icater to
bo substantiated by llie fact tlint
they -were the consensus of opinion
auiong certain members of the fno-
ulty, namely, those -wlio do not take
TriE Twio and those subscribers
who put it in tlic waste-basket.
"We realize that we were young
and foolish to seriously consider the
letter but this realization has come
later than the seldom-afforded op
portunity to defend The Twig
agttinst its opposers. ITowever,
wg’11 all be glad when wo cnu have
the feeling of Joiinh that it came
out all viirht.
To those of the atuclent body
who have been here for more than
two years one of the things con
sidered most worthy of cou)nietit
was the very nice manner in which
every one in the diiiiug-room iu-
stinctivcly became silent when it
was time.
However, we are begiuiiing to de
plore the fashiou of the age in
which wc live to make a fad of
everything not excepting things sa
cred. For ti’uly it seems that this
was a fad and, as it usually hap-
])cns the reaction goes to the other
extreme.
Once we prided ourselves on the
fact that even when we had com
pany, the time when everything
!ih\-a.vs goes ^vi'ong, vre could be
iure of one ihing aud in that there
was consolation; namely, there
would not be the cnibarrassment of
ihu bell sounding to remiml the
more loquacious of the cusloniary
procedure in the dining-room. 13ut
alas, lliose were the “good old
days” and now wo have fiillun in
to error through our thouglitless-
ne.ss, tliorefore, it’s only through
our (houghtfuluess that wo cun re
gain our former status. Let’s
think!
•lOIX S. I>. I>. c.
Keulizing- that tJie poet who very
iiptly statel the trend of a young
man’s thoughts in (lie springtinie
was not of the fast and furious
age ill which we live, we nnder-
stond why he linrited the fashio:i
to men. It seems, however, that wiih
equal rights of wonren in otiier lines
of lliinking eonre.s u feeling of etpi;!!-
ity in this line as well—witness the
so-called crushing which takes plai-e
oil the canijnis, in the halls and in
every other available ])lace in and
around the collegc. These oxhil.i-
lious seem to be staged indiscrini-
iuutely befoi’e each and every sort
of audience, not excepting any mem
ber of the faculty who may be in
the viciuitj*. It ueod not bo said
•that the eifcct on the majority of
the student body is thnt of disgust,
which nears explosion. We are
hereby announcing ourselves as
headquarters for membership ot
the S. r. P. 0. (Society for
the Prevention of Public Crushing,)
All those desiring to bocomo mem
bers of tliis humane society will
kindly make their wants known to
the editors.
PHILARETIAN SOCIETY
HAS LITERARY PROGRAM
.\OVUIi METHOll 7f I’KESEXTlxVC
3I0DKKX NOVKLISTS ASW
>V01(KS
The Philaretian. Literary Society
lield its regular inooting on Saturday
evening at 6:46. The preliminaries
were soon completed, and the chairman
of the debating group announced a
debate for the next meeting on the
subject: "Resolved that the Old Maid
Bill should be passed In North Caro
lina.” This promises to be a very
interesting and amusing ijrogram,
The program for the evening was In
charge of the Miscellaneous Group.
Several very interesting boolc re
views of modern writers were present
ed. Clara May Jessup gave something
of the life and works of Sinclair Lew-ia
before giving a review of his boolc,
Tiabhitt. Main Street w'as ci'owned as
Lewis’ first groat success, and liahMlt
followed Immediately with equal suc
cess, It Is not a sequel to Street,
l)ut rathor a parallel with it. It Is
a satire on the life and religion of a
middle western town. To malce the
review more impressive aud interesting
Sinclair Lewis and his principle char
acter, Mr. Babhitt, were representeil
on the stago by Ivey Grace Doughtou
and Jesamine Oldham respectively.
The next, 77jo Quarc Wov7.cn by Lucy
Preeman, was reviewed by Jessie Alien,
This is a story of the early settlements
on the Kentucky niountaln.g and the
migration of six young women from
the Virginia mountains to Kentucky
to instruct the children in singing,
writing, and sewing. The love stories
of these women are interwoven into
the main plot of the story, Tliree of
these women were represented on the
stage by Mary Dnla. Sallle Wilkins,
and Annie Grace Williams. Tlie vi-
view of Lytton Strachey's Qurcu Vic-
toria -was then given by Phoebe Day.
This is a biography of the life nf
Queen Victoria, giving in review the
events which happened during her
reign. Nita Garret concluded the pro-
gvara with a review of Poor Plnni^j/. by
Marion Chapman. Here we have tli'e
story of a middle-aged small business
man, who always whistled to keep up
his courage, his favorite tune being
‘‘Onward. Christian Soldiers." It deals
with Ilfs sister Adelaide’s lively ro
mance with a book agent.
The society then adjonrned. each
member feeling that sho had been per
sonally bcnellted by a deeper Insight
Into the works of these modern au
thors, of whom so little Is gencraliv
known.
I'LAXS r(H£ HLUIi KIDGE
KAl'IDLY I’AKIAG FOlOt
(Continued from page 1)
mountains to such places cf interest
as Brown’s Pasture, Spanish Castle
and High Top, dips in the swimming
pool, thrilling and exciting games on
the tennis and basket-ball courts, al-
,so on the baseball diamond, songs
and yells in the big lining Uall las
well as good things co eat> and trips
to noted points such as Biltmore, Ashe-
vllle. Chimney Rock and Mount
Mitchell.
But that is not all—there is some
thing else harder to describe, and
experience is the only teacher. It can
not be really understood inileas one
feels It for herself. It is an iiitle-
scrlbable feeling of jtw. pearo and l,3ve
"God’s In His hoiivcji, all’s rlg)il
with the world.” There “iii tl,e fr,i-
blue hills the strong high hills of
God,” one feels her .soul liCce'l iiigiiot
and is Inspired U, a and higher
life for (here sceuis to conn; the chal
lenge; “Come up higher, come up high
er.'’
Insune man: "Bring me a piece ot
toast.”
Attendant; “What do you want with
I piecc of toast?”
Insane mnn: “rm’a poachod egg and
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^ ALUMNAE NEWS T
Dorothy Bland and Lilly May Ay-
cock were the week-end guests of
Miss Mary Jane Carroll fw the past
week. These were graduates of the
class of '20. Both have promtnont po
sitions, Dorothy Bland being Latin
teacher In the Kinston High School
and Lilly May holding the position of
County Demonstrator for Greene Coun
ty.
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