THE TWIG
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Alumnae i^etosi
Mils. Wii.MBii Z. Bk-H's, Editor
MEltEl»ITH ALUMNAE TEA
AT WINSTON-SALEM
To tlie former Meredith girls In at
tendance on the meeting of the Bap
tist Woman's Missionary Union, held
in Winston-Salem last week, there
was no more delightful event than the
tea given for them by the Winston-
Salem Alnnin® Chapter at the home
of Mrs. J. U. Davis, formerly Elva
Wall.
After a busy session at the church
on Thursday, we were taken in cars
five miles out on Reynolds Drive, one
of Winston-Salem's beautiful suburbs,
where Mr. and Mrs. Davis built their
lovely home some years ago. Four or
five of the Davis family have built in
sight of each other and plan to call
the section Davlsta.
With fifty or more old girls gath
ered from the mountains to the sea,
it looked like a real officers alumn®
meeting.
Mrs. W. H. Baucom (Addle Type),
who is president of the Winston-
Salem Chapter, presided, and called
on each one to stand and tell who she
was and Is and what she Is now
doing. From the witty remarks it
was quite evident that the old time
school girl fun and sparkle had not
been smothered out by household
cares, of school and business respon
sibilities.
As a representative of Meredith of
today Miss Mary Mlsenheimer of the
class of 1926, spoke most beautifully,
and was followed by Mrs. R. N.
Simms, who told the girls of the New
Meredith and mentioned ways in which
Meredith alumns could help. Two
suggestions were made; First, for the
alumnae to help furnish the bedrooms
in the new dormitories, the cost of
which would be about $150 each. The
entire cost of the furnishings of the
bedrooms will be around $50,000 and
the entire cost of all furnishings for
tile New Meredith will be somewhat
around f250,000. So some help from
the alumnfe would IjO' greatly appre
ciated. Since the meeting a sugges
tion lias come from Mrs. J. W. Bunn
that the alumnae give the swimming
pool, so that the girls may have the
immediate use of it.
Mrs. Simms also suggested that the
girls make a delinlte effort to interest
tho high school graduates of their
home towns in attending ftlorodith by
obtaining Moi-edith catalogues for
them and talking to them personally.
It was a pleasure to the girls to
have Mrs. Brewer and Miss Rhodes,
Dr. Brewer’s secretary, present, and
to have greetings from them.
Delicious refreshments were served
by a number of lovely little Meredith
granddaughters.
It was a real treat to listen again
to beautiful musical selections by
Misses Bessie Futrell and Pauline
Patton. Reminiscences began to How,
and leaving was made .difficult, every
one hoping that next year, when tho
convention meets in Raleigh, we
could all meet again, perhaps in that
beautiful grove In front of the New
Meredith, new in brick and stone and
comforts and beauty, but old in tra
ditions and ideals and In all that has
gone to make our dear old Meredith
the tower of strength that she Is.
—ViHOINIA EdjjllTON SlMMK,
3IISSI0NARIES VISlTINfi IN CITY
Rev. and Mrs. A. R. Phillips and
two children, Marjorie and Evelyn,,
of Buenos Ayres, Argentina, are the
guests of their cousins, Mr. and Mrs.
T. B. Moseley. Rev. Mr. Phillips
graduated with the class of 1913 at
College iSetus
CA1» AM) GOWN NOTICE
Commencement time is approaching,
and consequently the necessity of se
curing caps and gowns for the academic
processions. In order to get an esti
mate of the number reciuired, the
Alumnae desiring caps and gowns are
asked to write to Carmen Rogers, at
Meredith af once. Cotrell & Leonard,
from whom the costumes are rented,
wish a definite order immediately. A
cap and a gown will i-ent for $2,50;
a hood, for $2.00, making a total of
$4.50 for cap, gown and hood. No
hoods will be ordered unless so re
quested by individual Alumnae; and
only those holding a degree may use
the hoods. If any Alumna wishes a
hood, she is asked to state whether her
degree is A.B, or B.S. as the coloring
of the hood Is governed by the kind of
degree.
The committee would like, though
not absolutely necessary, to secure
chest and head measurements, length
of gown, weight, and height of each
Alumna: this will assist in obtaining
better fitting costumes.
Send a card today, reserving your
costume!
NEW UEUNION PLAN
According to the new reunion plan,
eleven classes will hold a reunion this
year. Classes '10, '15, and ’23 will hold
the fifteenth, tenth, and second year
reunions respectively. In addition,
there are two groups, Including the
fifth and twentieth year reunions.
These are classes '04, '05, ’06, ’07 and
’19, '20, '21, '22. The plan will be ex
plained with more detail in the next
Issue of The Twio. Besides these
special reunion classes, all are urged
to return. This commenceineuL is ex
pected to be a big one in the history
of Meredith and of the Alumnae Asso
ciation.
Wake Forest and Mrs. Philliijs with
the class of 1912 at Meredith College.
Mrs. Phillips was formerly Miss Ruth
Cook.
They were sent as missionaries to
Argentina four years ago by the
Haptist Foreign Mission Ijoard, and
this is their first visit home since
they were sent to tlieir station in
South America. They will leave to
day for Virginia, where they will
visit Mrs. Phillips’s lather, A. P. Cook.
—mid ObHrrvcr. April lU.
LETTERS OE FAMOUS I'EOPLE
(Continued from i>age two)
out that the coach has had all the rest
campused. They campused one for
eating an all day sucker, and a third
for saying “Uh-huli” to one of the
house-presidents. 1 haven't heard
what the rest wore for, but just on
general principles, I guess.
Do you remember Mr. Henderson
from home? He’s married a Mrs.
Waters here—a widow with six chil
dren. But the Bible says, ‘‘Many
waters cannot quench love"—and 1
sincerely hope they won't.
Brother was over from Wake Forest
last night—but he wouldn’t take me
out because I went to tho game and
yelled for State! He went to see that
girl that Dad says has permanent
blushes.
All the Seniors have special priv
ileges now. They can even take a
bath when they want to.
The basketball games are still go
ing on. I'm crazy ’bout the Juniors.
Don"t know why it is, unless it’s be
cause they beat the Sophs last year.
I love the new dress you sent me
for Easter, but when I wore it some
of the girls asked me if I didn’t have
a new room-mate.
I’h time for eight-bell, and I must
study a little bit.
Love to Sis and all the rest,
Doi.i.y.
ICEOOLLECTION
On the ocean's moon-washed beaches.
Wandering happily went we,
1 made love in pretty speeches,
And she (so she said) loved me.
Then we sat upon the sands there,
And we watched the distant ships.
And, though soft and warm her hands
were.
How more sweetly soft her lips!
How the minutes fled that June
night!
Far too short the golden hour.
As we wandered in the moonlight
By the crumbling light-house tower.
There In repetition pondere;l
Of the “wandering.” I’ll not
Mention just how far we wandered.
But we didn’t leave the spot.
—WUlrm-.
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