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THE TWIG 3 7=11 rJL—jg[=gr==lFS3F=lC^lB l^tubcnt ©pimon j STASDAKI> OKADINC Quite a bit of agitation has been set on foot recently in regard to the distribution of grades. Tl\e general tendency, It appears, lias been to grade too low, tliough some have l)oon accused of too much leniency. Cer tain it Is that tlierc is “plenty" room for improvement in this respect and we thoroughly approve of the renic- dlary steps that are now being taken. We feel, however, that care sliould 1)6 used in taking these ste))H. U, for instance, a teacher h«s been grad ing too high, is it right to lower grades for any and every reason .simply to secure tlie desired result of having them lowered? Is it right thiit the merest exciiso shall pull off one letter from the grsidc in order that the standard sliould be rcaeliedV It is no more right than it would be to pass the “flunked" for the same reason. Does it not seem more rea sonable that the courses of instruc tion should be of such a nature that quite naturally the students should rank themselves in the riKht class, whether A or F? Should grades not depend rather on the ability of the student, as regards the course, tlian on the whim of the teacher? "There are grades that make us happy, There are grades that make us blue. Blit the grades distributed for nothing Are exceedingly rare, and mighty few! Not the grades for being little angels. But the grades for brilliant work, you know, Are the kind that fill our hearts with gladness. Are the kind thnt we want to show. UNNECKSSAllY RACKliT Ih this world we live in, there are many remarlcablo things, and there may be In it a few people who can study with a continual din going on around them, but if there bo such, they are, indeed, far and few between. It l3 easy to understand the sooth ing effect of remarks such as these upon a would-be gleaner of truths from the pages of Hayes' Uncial ujkI PoUtical History of Modem Europe, Vol. 1: "Madge, wliere’d you get that dross? Think I'll have mine made like that, with those little whlmmy- diddles down the sides, and tlie what- you callema around the neck." Or: “Did you say you paid three dollars and forty-six cents, or four dollars and thirty-six cents for your green sweater.” Or, again: "Jane, I saw your man pass this afternoon. He was wearing a red sweater with N. C. S. on it. I think he’s the cutest thing!” And In case these quieting ()l)servatious have not put the audi ence to sleep, there follows a succes sion of chemical terms, hinged with angry noises like escaping steam and hopeless ones like water running out of a bath tub. Presently, after a lull in the storm, someone sings out, “How do you spell ‘separate?’ Two p’s or just one?” After this information has been im parted, there is more escaping steam and more gurgling through which from the next room comes the faint but clearly audible information that “You've got to see mamma evei’jy night, or you can't see mamma at all." Assiduous seekers after knowledge iiro given to reading passages ol' Latin aloud, or to conjugating French vprbs to whomsoever will listen, but nut t)f sympathy they ought to refrain I'rom declaiming llioir superior knowl- I'dgo to the world, unless they are sure the world wants to listen. N. C. STATE SENIORS GUESTS AT RECEPTION .SUVEHAL 3Ii:in:;i)ITJ[ CIKLS KN. JOY llOSriTALITY 01' DU. AM) MItS. IMDDICK Dr. and Jlrs. W, C. Riddick enter- (alned for the Seniors of N. C. State College Friday evening. May 4, with a reception at their home in Hillsboro Street. The receiving line consisted of the host and liostess with several members of the Senior class. The entire lower floor was thrown open and artistically decorated with flowers of Spring. During the eve ning a delicious ice course was served. Several Meredith girls, including Misses Elizabeth Knight, Beulah Uowland, Bernice White, Foy Peele, Mary Bowers, Thomaslne Underwood, Ruby Spalnhour, Ida Lowe and Doro thy, Russell, were recipients of their hospitality. Stewed Honey; “I’d like to see you apart for a moment." Lady Clerk: “Say, kid, whadayah Ihink I am, a puzzle for the little ones?”—llcanpot. • • • •'Where is the scene of your Egyp tian novel laid?” "In the suburbs of Los Angeles.” f I College ilctosi | Helen Sentelle and Mary Biggs spent a delightful week-end In town. Marion deVlaming, Blanche Stokes and Etta Dunn spent the week-end In town with friends. Dorothy McBrayer and Elaine Goode were In Raleigh for the past week-end. Eugenia Holland and Georgy Bunn were the week-end guests of Mi's. Witiierspoon. Edna Horne and Dot Miller also spent a pleasant week-end in the city. Uuth Livormon was the guest of Mrs. 11. L. McMillan for the p;ist week-end. J51anciie Davenport, Margaret Kloiu- Ing, and Frances Cherry spent the week-end in Ualeigh. Margaret Wyatt spent the week end in this city. Geraldine Gower was at home lov the past week-eiul. K, Cooke spent the week-end away from the college. Martha LIvernion and Annabclle Abbott spent the week-end with Eiiiiu- beth Purnell in Franklin. Erma Moore and Mary Sullivan spent last week-end at Wake Forest. Annie Wood Harris spent Sunday in town, with Mrs. Thomas Harris. Thomasine Underwood and Bernics' White spent the week-end with Mrs. Wilmer Betts of this city. Ruth Shaw Britton, Elizabeth Saw yer and Nell Benthol spent Sunday in town. Lois Kendrick, Novella Kendrick and Alma Kendrick spent Saturday ind Sunday in Wendell. Edle Sawyer spent the week-eiul In Clayton with Miss Elizabeth Gordon. Dorothy Russell spent the week-end at her homo in Chapel Hill. Thelma Johnson has returned after a week's absence at Clayton and Clin ton, on account of tlie death of her uncle. Ruby Spalnhour spent Sunday in town with friends. INSPIRING DESCRIPTION OF HOUSE BEAUTIFUL KJJvA of class oi:’ ’21 IS CIlAl'KL Sl'JiAKKll FKIHAY MOUMSO On last Friday morning in the Chapel service. Miss Ella Pearc', a graduate of Mei’edii.h, who has been for the past .'.r.u years a i-Mdcnt al the Louisville Training School, brought the Meredith girls an intnv- esting and inspiring message from Louisville. The speaker gave the his tory of the development of the Train ing School from Us foundation through the Influence of four young women in 1904, its establishment as a chartered institution in 1007 by the W. M. U., under the leadership of Miss Fannie E. S. Heck, meeting at Ulchniond, Va., together with financial aid given by the Sunday School board, endowments made to It at various times, until 1917 when it was given the fit mime of "Hou.'se Beautiful.” The speaker made the statemem (hat some thought that those who went to “House Beautiful" had to put on a long face and enjoy nothing of social life. She pointed out that thf 12ij women there are as hunuin a.s any one, iind that they livu an one big I'anilly, a wonderful sisterly spirit ex- i-sting between them all. which Is greatly strengthened by ihe associa tions in prayer meetings and other religions services and by personal -•ervice dune in helping to lighten the liurdens of their slstors during exam- tuUions. when they arc ill. and at •jtlier times. Miss i'earce said that the cultural lide at the Training School was not stressed as the greatest side. How- evor, she eni])haaizel the necessity of a strong mind and l)ody as a prero- (lulsite for entering, as the work in the school with great scholar.^ as in structors is iiuite dinicult. •'North Carolina has a wurthy place in tluit school," said Miss Pearce, "l)e- causK they look largely lo Norlh Carolina, and especially lo Meredith Tor sludenls." “It Is only through that sciiool. which our mothers have given to us. (hat M-e have tlie opportunity for developing ourselves in the very like- ness of that palace.” com'luded the .speaker. Blanche Stoices (enroute to Dr. Carroll's swimming pooll: ‘'.At which end of Ihe car do we get olt'?" (’onduclor: ■'l^ithor one. Miss. They both stop." hamletIsTres ented RECENTLY li\ CHAPEI. ;i. s. n-AVi;i{.s ii{o>r si-AiH>A]ti> Ar^riT sicLviis snaMMSLXi. l-Y u!:u, On last Tuesday evoning. Mav S. the chapel was (he scene of a niore (jr less unusual occurrence. Along with the now edui'allonal theories, comes the idea of interesting high school pupils, especially In specific subjects {CovtTiiiicd on Patii'
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