BIRMINGHAM
CONFERENCE
THE TWIG
ASSOCIATION !
Vol. VI
Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 29, 1926
No. 3
PHI SOCIETY INSTALLS
NEW MEMBERS
INSTALLATION 4’KttEMONY
HEAUTIFUL AND IMI'IIKSSIVE
EX-FIRE CHIEF SPEAKS
ON FIRE PREVENTION
FOLLOWED WY INFORMAL UECEP.
TION FOIl NEW i»HIS
irH. BHOCKWKLL GIVES
INTEKESTING TALK IN
CHAPEL SATURDAY
Fairies—good fairies—flitted about
cxir campus Saturday, Oct. 6. There
are some tilings that can be done by
mortals; tliere are many things which
must be done by good little fairies.
As the Dew girl entered the door of
the spacious Phi Hall on Saturday
uight, all the glory and splendor of
Phllaretla arose before Jier. Was she
dreaming? Was this the fairyland the
fairies had so earnestly prepared for
her? Dazed for the moment, her mind
was unable to understand her sur
roundings. As she walked slowly the
length of the hall, the thrill of the ex
perience permeated her entire body.
A perfect bower of loveliness—roses
and ferns—formed the background of
the scene before which she halted to
take her oath. A huge violet basket
containing white American Beauties,
the gift of the society to her President,
occupied a conspicious position and
was surrounded by other flowers.
The large Philaretlan banner waved In
the air. A pale, glimmering light was
cast before the whole scene by twenty-
six candlcs. Our President stood
among all this beauty, clothed in pure
white and representing the standards
and ideals of Philaretia.
As the last white-clad I’orm had
taken the oath iinil had been received
by an old member ol' the Society the
one white candlc was lighted—and the
Philaretlan Socicty. began its twenty-
seventh year.
The installation ceremony having
been completed, the feelings of sus
pense and of unreality which would
oppre.ss the spirits of those being in
stalled were dispelled by an address of
welcome by the President, followed by
tile strong, clear words “Lead On, Oh
Philaretia Fair” in which all joined
with a “%lp." Nor was this all! Upon
the scene of action there suddenly ap
peared girls wearing white dresses
and lavender caps and aprons and
Al»rEAL MADE FOR COOPERATION
OF COLLEGE STUDENTS
STATE SOPHS PAINT
NUMERAL FOR
MEREDITH SOPHS
PAINTING ACCOMPANIED
BY SONGS AND YELLS
AKI I’ISTIC ’25) DE(;ORATES JIEKE-
DITII CAMPUS
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MRS. MADDRY’S S. S.
CLASS ORGANIZES
The Phebean Class of Pullen Memo
rial Sunday School with Mrs. Charles
Maddry as teacher met Tuesday after
noon, Oct. 5 at the home of Mrs. Mad-
dry for the purpose of organization.
The following ofllcers were elected for
the year; President, Sarah Cook; 1st
Vice President, Dorothy Turlington,
2d Vice President, Katherine Maddry:
3d Vice President, Elmer Mathews;
Secretary and Treasurer, Lillian
Wheeler: Reporter, Marlon Llske; Pep
Leader, Edith Rowe Grady.
The class decided to hold its regular
business meeting the first Tuesday in
every month.
With Mrs. Maddry as an efficient
teacher and Sarah Cook a wide-awake
President, the class feels sure of a
ccessful year of organized service.
Meredith girls welcome Are preven
tion week because It always brings an
interesting message from our fire de
partment, Mr. Brockwell, who is now
the ex-fire chief of this city, gave a
most practical lecture In chapel last
week.
He said that he was at sea to knew
how to address Meredith girls this
year because in the first place he had
intended taking up the time in pre
senting the new fire chief who was
unable to get here, and the second
place, he could not bring his nice
big lire engine out here over the de
tour in order to give the usual demon
stration. Then too, he said, that, after
all, we Meredith girls need not worry
about fii'e because we are living in one
of the most thoroughly fire proof
buildings in the State. “Yet," he
"continued,” it pays every one to know
about lire prevention and the three
main things necessary is carefulness,
cleanliness, and common serse. I
know because when I was a jy my
home was burned three times.
A clean house—one in w .ii the
Ijasenient. the altir, ami Hip nn«ot5 nvo
thoroughly devoid of rubbish—is one
of the greatest aids In fii'e prevention.
“Then too. It is very easy for Mr.
and Mrs. Mouse to play havoc with the
ciireloHSly dropped nuitches, because
In their lllght to their nest they will
strike It against the wall, and just us
you would do if you had a burning
nuitch in your mouth, they let it fall.
So 1)0 on the safe side and never leave
a match carelessly thrown about, was
Mr, Brockwell’s plea.
North Carolina Is paying too greatly
for her carelessness.
The chapel hour passed quickly and
the lecture was forcefully closed, and
our new (ire chief who had slipped in
(luring Mr. Brockwell’s speech, was
then introduced, and he too, made a
short but very interesting talk. We
enjoyed several hearty laughs during
the hour, bnt we also learned some
impressive truths about fire prevention
in N. C. Meredith would enjoy calling
on friends such as the fire department
members prove themselves to be if
it were not for their business; so we
are going to take their advice and
lever call upon them If we can pos
sibly practice "common sense, care
fulness and cleanliness” both here and
at home.
When the mournful whistle, which
is a seize of black cats, was heard at
ton o’clock on Tuesday night October
5, every one knew that the State
Sophomores had arrived. Girls came
running from all directions and soon a
crowd of Meredith Sophomores had col
lected on the Library porch to welcome
the great host of boys gathered in
front of the library. They were sup
ported by the presence of their Senior
Sisters, thrilled too at the appearance
of such a host of men, (and line ones,
too), on the strictly feminine campus.
Excitement prevailed! The Meredith
girls yelled and sang several original
songs which did credit to the ingenuity
iind spirit of the class. In fact they
used their lungs with a vim, keeping
well up to the standard of the old
SOCIETY BID DAY
EXCITING OCCASION
PHIS AND ASTRO’S “RUSH”
FOR NEW MEMBKKS
DKdSIONS MADE IN CHAPEL
REPORTERS
Florence Staites, Marion Fishe, Mar
garet Haywood, Clarissa Poteat,
Prances Scarborough. Evelyn Jolly.
Eva Carroll, Mary Burns.
Manager—The applicant claims to
have been to college. Can he back up
hia assertion?
Office Boy (returning a few minutes
later)—He says that at present be
cannot. Some girl still has his fra
ternity pin.
INITIATION EXCITING
FOR NEW ASTROS
OCCASION BIMNGS “GOAT”
TO MKREIHTII CAMPUS
classes. The boys in turn replied with
snappy and forceful yells for Meredith
iuid State College Sophs and for the
class of ’29! Our extremely capable
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NEW ARRANGEMENTS
MADE ABOUT DATES
A visitor at tlie college last Saturday
evening would have thought something
was wrong, perhaps that the larger
part of the girls were visiting "Son’s
Inllrmary” for what else, they mlglil.
have asked, could be responsible for
such a small group in the parlors?
But they would have been mistaken.
No great calamity had befallen us,
but a great boon to the Sophomore
class. Henceforth it exclusively a
Sophomore privilege to have dates on
Saturday uight. Even the Seniors are
not so honored. We feel it a great
comfort to obtain seats in the parlors,
Instead of seeking a cool and decidely
hard seat in the rotunda. Moreover,
at eight o’clock we no longer wait in
the hall of the Administration Build-
'ng; we wait in the assembly room of
flrst floor A until wo are called.
At present the Freshmen can have
dates on Monday afternoon, the Sopho
mores as before, and the Juniors and
Seniors as before, save that Saturday
Saturday night is excluded.
One who did not know what an im
portant and exciting day Wednesday,
October G, was to be for the literary
societies of Meredith College would
have thought it quite strange to see a
crowd of sleepy girls running down
the hall at 6:00 in the morning bound
for the rotunda, the set meeting place.
The reason for all this commotion,
however, would soon have been evident
to a close observer.
All sleepiness and drowsiness quick
ly disappeared from this loyal bunch
of Phi’s only to give place to real pep
and energy to boost Mother Phi.
But why had these girls chosen this
particular time and this early hour
to asseml)le? Because this was the
day for an important decision on the
part of every new girl, for then she
must trust her fate with either the
Astros or the Phis—which would it
be?
It was for the purpose of winning
many new members for Philaretia,
then, that these faithful girls had met.
First In the center of the court they
serenaded and gave yells, and then on
through every hall they marched,
singing to the new girls in the name
of Philaretia. Thus from G;30 to 7:30
these daughters of Philaretia gave her
true support.
As tlie7:30 bell rang, the Astros,
vim, began to hold up the name of
their society. Loud and clear rang the
strains of “Mother Asti-o’’ and the rahs
for "now girls,” for iifteen minutes.
Tliongh shouts and songs had to
coiiso during breakfast, their two ban
ners waving in the ilining room spoke
as well for each society.
Siiouting was renewed when, just
l)cfore chapel time, the decisive jno-
nuinL. the Astros gavo a last yell for
“Mother Astro” and “ new girls.” Im
mediately after chapel came more yells
for “new girls” from the Phis.
Later on in the day, when the final
lunt of new members was announced,
each society found Itself well rewarded
for Its efforts by a large number of
now nieinbers. Astrotekton eagerly
welcomed the many new girls who had
decided to cast their lots with the
Astros, and Philaretia gladly received
the now daughters who had come in
to help uphold her ideals.
SKW .YIEMKEKS ENTERTAINED
AFTER INITIATION
If any inmate of DIx Hill had hap
pened to stroll up our line new
driveway on Saturday night, October
eleventh, he would have, on hearing
the unearthly howls and shrieks waft
ing skyward from the stairway leading
to the Astrotekton Hall, turned and
fied in terror to the peace and quiet of
his own institution. Yea and many
of those passing up the aforementioned
stairway would gladly have fled with
him, had they been given a chance.
My surmise is that the long suffering
Astro goal would have sneaked off to
join the party also.
"Can’t I even tell mother, or my man,
or my best girl friend what they did
to me?” The answer, a stern and
emphatic "NO!” was received at iirstin
a spirit of dejection, which soon trans
formed itself into a glee at the mys
tery and the fun of having a secret
from all the world—except, of course,
the other Astros, In all the number
of girls who tremljlhigly stood by the
candle-lit talde on the first floor
and took an oath before enter
ing into the great dark spaces that
reverberated with the groans of victims
and the shouts of the tormentors, there
Wits iiui. one pour sport. Mouier Astro
is proud of her new daughters and we
hope the old Astros will be as loyal
and flne as the new ones give every
promise of being.
After the struggle, the new Astros
found out that even Sophomore Astros
can 1h‘ really kind and sympathetic.
After the above mentioned hardships,
which are really no hardships at all
for loyal Astros, the chastened meek
eyed now girls and the tired weak
eyed old girls, were rewarded by a
diilnly salad course followed by yellow
and white ice cream and cake. Of
course each plate was adorned by the
couventional Billy Goat who wore upon
iiis neck a yellow ribbon. Among the
tConlinucd on paye four)
CHEMICAL CHEMIS'IRY
Radiuni is that degree of tempera
ture known as high. If radium were
scattered around at Christmastime the
result would be a hot day in December.
"Ozone” is a high-powered “Atmos
phere.”
Aluminum Is that stuff Ma's silver is
made of.
Nickel is the singular of what ran
Silas Marner crazy.
Sodium chloride is a magic sub
stance made by alchemists for hypno
tizing and catching birds.
Magnesium is chalk which If added
to milk, forms milk of magnesia.
Humidity Is the evidence of great
modesty.
Ions are those, some people eay,
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MEREDITH STUDENTS
ATTEND CONCERT IN
CITY AUDITORIUM
THF MUSH TKNOH IS EN.IOYED
A large group of the Meredith fac
ulty and students heard Thomas Moore,
an Irish tenor, sing at the city audi
torium last Tliursday night. Although
It cannot be said that his concert was
what a McCormick or Galli-Curci con
cert would be. It can be said that those
present enjoyed tlie evening, and
found Mr. Moore most interesting.
The Irislunan, having a smooth, lyri
cal tenor, sang to the satisfaction of
his audience.
There was variety enough in the
program to suit every sort of taste
in the audience. The program opened
with Kahii'x J/arin. sung in
Latin. A group of Italian songs fol
lowed. and then a German group. Mr.
Moore’s third group was made up of
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