THE TWIG
Vol. VII
Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C., November 25, 1927
No. 11
Freshmen Class Elects Officers
THANKSGrV^ING DAY
OBSERVED AT MEREDITT
SARAH BRIGGS
OF RALEIGH
ELECTED PRESIDENT
TRIO OF VISITORS IN
CHAPEL SATURDAY
IRENK THOMAS, BKUCE 001l£»
KATHLEEN 1)URHA3I, AW)
CliAIKBELLE }IUGHES
OTHER OFEICEItS
DR. U'AY, MR. BLAKE AND PAUL
CAUDILL WELCOMED
GIRLS JJELKJHTEl) BY TWO SOLOS
l^lt03I 3Ilt. BLAKE
At ft meetiug of the Freshman
class on Thursday evening, ITo-
vembei’, 17 at 6:45, Sarah Briggs
of Baleigh waa elected claaa presi
dent. This meetiug bad been called
to elect the officers whicli ai'e to
sen'o the class throughout the year.
The following are the class officers:
President, Sarah Briggs; vice presi
dent, Irene Thomas; secretary,
Bruce Gore; treasurer,
Durham; cheer lender,
Hughes.
At the beginning of the year, the
Juniors, their “big sisters” nomi
nated and the class elected some of
ficers to serve during the first six
weeks of school. At the end of the
The Facility and Student Body
were delighted to welcome to our plat
form on Saturday morning several
men of dlBtinctlon. Dr. War
ren "Way, Uector of St. Mary’s school,
conductor the devotional exercisca,
after which he brought to us a lew
words o£ greeting from the students of
big school. Dr. Way was voted by all
a very interesting person and speaker.
R. Paul Caudill, student Wake For
est College and State Chairman of the
Kathleen I Student Union, was presented
Glairhelle (Continued on page four)
CIRCUS NIGHT AN
UNUSUAL FEATURE
AT MEREDITH
OAROI.iyA-VIHOIXIA
(i\m) AN ATTRACTION
HOLIDAY WKLC03rE1) BY «1RLS
PlcfisMiit iTioniorios, hapjiy antici
pations, foot-ball games, visits from
friends nnd relatives, tixrkeya, cran
berries, pumpkin pics and all good
Icinds of “eats”, and a wholo holi
day—nil these constitute a Thanks
giving Day at Meredith. A rough
scliodule of the day’s progi-am
would bo something to this effect:
7:00—Rising bell. Everybody
Soph Night Off!
GIRL’S ENJOY W. F.
SOCIETY DAY
SATUHDAY GREAT DAT FOR THAT
INSTITUTION
MANY PRESIDENTS MAKE AN
IXTKHESTING DAY
DINNER DOWNTOWN
AND THKATRE
PARTY AFTERWARDS
fSlM’llS SKCUKE CJfARTERED
RUSES
(Continued on pagre fovr)
TRIP TO DURHAM
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SIXTY «IRLS CO
OVER TO DURHA3I
JfEREDITH GIRLS ENJOY SESSION
OF N, C. STATE CONTENTION
(OonHnued on page four)
WAKE FOREST SERENADEh
AN OlilOlNAL AFFAIR OlYEN BY
SECOND FLOOR DORMITORY A
BIG PARADE BEGAN AT
TUESDAY P;»L
FlUST SERENADE FOR MEREDIXU
Sweet stiaiiis of music reached our
ears. Then cries of “Wake Forest
has come. The band Is here," sent us
rushing into the court, whenco that
music seemed to come. Yes, the band
was here for its first serenade for
Meredith. All the year, Meredith had
been wondering why Wake Forest did
not como to serenade. Now the rea
son was plain. When Wake Forest
serenaded it must be with the band;
it must be something fine, for 'Mere
dith has good taste in mualc. From
all section of the court, the girls
called out their favorite songs and the
only recently organized band played
old favorites and new. At last It was tight rope walkers, listen to the music
Bum! Bum! Bumgety! Bum!
Bum! Bum! Here comes Doviiiitory
A!!
A very unusual feature of the social
life here was the original circus given
by the Second Floor of Dormitory A
for the First and Third Floors.
Promptly at £>:45 Tuesday evening, the
big parade began. First came the
band, which consisted of world famed
combists, pannists and knockers, di
rected by Musette Kitchin. It was
followed by monkeys, horses, fair
ladles, Hindus, contortionists, freaks,
and Siamese twins, clowns, jockeys
and tight rope walkers.
After the parade everybody assem
bled in the social room to watch the
time to leave and the band marched
away playing “Good Night Ladies,”
wliile cries of "Come again. Wake For
est” fell upon their ears.
SENIOR RINGS
HAVE ARRIVED
Fov the three whole years
each gix’l of the class of ’28
has been looking forward to
till] time when alie would be
the pi’oud owner of a College
ring. Thia dream has at last
boon realized. On the hand of
every senior appears the ex-
i|uiaitcly engraved Meredith
ring bearing the emblems—
Twto, Acobn, nnd Oak LBiU^
Altliough some chose green,
gold while others solcctcd yel
lowy gold, each girl is equally
ploiised with her choice.
and other various attractions while
they munched peanuts and pop corn
that some of the show people distrib-
ntcd. Then the side shows!! Hinnu
the Great Hindu read your future
from the crystal ball. Shrieks, moans!
Cries! issued from the “Blind Alley”
where people were trying to find their
way from a labyrinth never found on
Meredith campus before. A picture
gallory, where such a display of mas
ter pieces attracted bo many of tlio ai't
lovers that they had to bo I'oped off.
Then a thrilling horse race followed,
in which Spark Plug won. The "Mar
velous Talking Bureau" ballled many
with its mysterious utterings. The
Fattest and Thinnest people with
their rolls and wrinkles wore gazed
upon. Dolls of all races were repre
sented In the exhibit and the menag
erie was much larger than any one
ever ciroamod of.
Alter participating in all of tho vai'>
iouB attractions, everybody joinecl in
a parade through Dormitory B, and
after much laughter and "Jabbering,"
everybody bade everybody else a
hearty good night.
Durham Bound! Convention
Bound! Leaving Meredith at 6
o’clock 'Wednesday evening via
two large Durham-Raleigh busses.
Meredith fo\ir-minute speakers and
singers, sixty strong, departed to en-
•joy one of the most wonderful and
I awe inspiring sessions of the North
Cfirolina Stat' Oonventio-n. We ar
rived at tlie First Baptiat Church
a quarter of an ho\ir before the ses-
'sion convened.
■ Dear Meredith, how we love you,
and re.ioicc witlx every fibre of our
being that we have had a part in
tliis great campaign, whieb will
lioneflt us by untold gifts. We are
glad too, that Dr. Maddry saw fit
to have us take part in the conven
tion program. Dr. Vann led the de
votional stressing and landing the
value of that famous roll call of the
fourteen men, who first made pos
sible the beginning of Baptist in
stitutions of learning in the Old
iXorth State. This was followed by
a detailed report by our own Dr.
Maddry, who not only read the re
solutions for the present campaign
for raising $1,500,000, but also
sliowed the inefficiency of tho old
resolutions, stating that they wci“o
inadequate nnd not suificicntly far-
rending. Then he introduced us to
the Convention as a group, by hav
ing us assemble on the rostrum pre
paratory to singing our Alma
Milter. The gi*eatest of all Alma
Maters! Dr. Maddry asked for all
former Meredith graduates in the
Assembly to stand and join \is in
ouf song! All over tho groat
throng could be spotted aomc twenty
or twenty-five sisters of oui*s. We
were glad of the opportunity to sing
for the “school of our choice,” but
the bnlf has not as yet been told.
"Rah! Rah! Wake Forest, Rah!
Old Alma Mater’s sona we are.
We’ll herald her story
And die for her glory.
Old “Gold and Black”
Is ever waving high.”
This was the cry that rang through
Meredith’s halls ou Saturday, No
vember 19th from early down till
twelve o’clock that night.
At one o'clock, girls with faces
aglow and iiearts beating more rapidly
than usual, crowding two huge old gold
(and black) busses set off to help
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ACCIDENT SATURDAY
AFTERNOON
GIRLS ARE INJURED ON BUS
NO SERIOUS INJURIES—OUT OF
THE HOSriTAL
(Continued on page four)
Misses Margaret Lucas, of Dnnn,
Catherine Carr, of Gastonia, and Lil
lian .Tohnson, of Mt. Airy, all mombors
of the class of ’31, were the heroines
in the accident which occurred last
Saturday afternoon. AKhougli it
might have proved fatal to many, we
are glad to report that none are ser
iously injured as a result.
The accident apparently came as a
result of the lack of brakes on one of
the two buses engaged to carry the
Meredith girls over to Wake Forest
for the Society Day exercises. The
scene of action was the point where
the Hayes Barton road meets the Wake
Forest road. There was no collision
of buses, as might seem likely, the
injuries being incurred by the above-
mentioned falling against glass when
the bus swung around a curve. The
girls were taken to Mary Elizabeth
Hospital immediately. The loss of one
tooth and possibly two others, and a
cut near the throat, made it necessary
for Margaret Lucas to spend the night
in the hospital. The other two were
pronounced out of danger and
released, with a cut chin for Catherine
and a wrenched wrist for L'Hlian. We
are glad to announce that all are out
of the hospital at this time and arc
suffering from no very serious injuries.
The writer feels it quite proper at
this juncture, in view of the fact that
girls entirely were concerned, to com
ment upon the calmnosa and self-conti'ol
exorcised by the entire bunch during,
and immediately following tho acci
dent. None of tlie proverbial feminine
screaming or fainting was In evidence.
We foel that congratulations arc in
order.
“The Sophomore class may have
one evening oif during the aeaaion.”
Tlius prosaically reads the Stu
dent's Hand Book. An ordinary
reader would got no thrill from that,
but a Sophomore! Well, uidoss you
have been one or have heard one' of
the enthusiastic “Sophs” apeak of it,
you ]U8t can not imagine what that
insignificant sentence means to a
Soi>homore.
This year tho Sophomores de-
cidel to have a dinner and theatre
party, so busses were chartered and
charming ehaperoncs secured, who
were Miss Lawrence Misa Burriss
and Miss Hoaglaud.
Tlie Sophomores met outside the
dining hall at 6 o’clock and sang and
yelled for ’2S and '30. Then a nin
through the dining room, a hearty
yell on the otherside, a scramble to
got into the busses waiting in front
of the Administration Building and
i“So]jh Xight OiT’* had begun.
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STUDENT VOLUNTEER
CONFERENCE AT
DETROIT MICHIGAN
9,500
EXI’ECTED—I’RO-IIINENT
SPEAKERS
The chief convention of college stu
dents for the year will be held in De
troit, Michigan. Dec, 28. 1927, to Jan.
2, 192S. This will be the tenth quad
rennial convention of the Student Tol-
uiiteer Movement. Problems of Chris
tianity will be tho chief topics dia-
cnaaed. These conventions play an
tmportunt part in molding student
opinions.
Some of the leading speakers for
the convention will be T. B. Koo. of
China, Donald Fraser, of Africa, and
many others. Let us hope that Mere
dith can send a representative!
BEST ARTICLE! I
The article which appeared
in last week’s Twki entitled
“Dorios Hold Important Ses
sion,” was voted the best
article in that issue. The writ
ers, however many there may
have been, received their in
spirations froni the Statc-
Duko game, and under the
spell of this wrote this really
clever article. The names of
the aspiring young journalists
were withheld upon request.