THE TWIG
Vol. VIII Published Weekly by Students of Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C., October 4, 1928 No. 3
Mysterious Notes
Contain Delightful
Invitation
MISS WELCH HOSTESS
AT BIRTHDAY PARTY
INTEHKS'I I Nfl EM'EIITAIN^IKNT
AN1> DDIJGHTKl'L EATS
When hincli time came around last
Thursday several girls fomul mystcrl-
ows notes at their places in the dining
room. On each note was a flower, but
the words inside were best o£ all, for
they were an Invitation to a birtlulay
party. Miss Welch thus announced
her intention ot being hostess to all
the girls who claim September as their
birth-month. There wasn’t an old girl
who had forgotten how much she had
enjoyed her last birthday party nor a
new girl who wasn't filled with antici
pation.
People whose birthdays fall in some
month other than September probably
wondered why the dining room was all
lighted up at ten o’clock that night.
If they had been interested enough to
investigate, they would have lound a
large group of girls at one end o£ the
dining room. The faculty membora as
well aa students enjoy having a birth
day party. Misa Welch remembered
that and so had as fiiculty guests,
IvIiSbCb II CfcT.ll r?Il'.ll I^V*D’VCr,
Anne Eliza Brewer, and Mile. Pascal.
Mias Welch seemed to think our
minds were made to use, for she of
fered a very charming little hat to
the guest asking the cleverest conun
drum. There were easy conundrums
and hard conundrums, but Miss Anne
Eliza Brewer asked the hardest one
and received the hat.
While conundrums were being asked
no one thought of sitting down, but
when we did look for chairs we found
they formed one large circle. In the
center of the circle stood a table. On
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Morning Watch!
AN INSPIRATION
FOR THE DAY
EVIOUV 310HMNG AT 7:«ft
Girls! Y. W. A. invites and urges
you to come to Morning Watch! Why
not begin the day In the right way
by assembling with the other girls in
your dormitory just before breakfast
every morning to read God’s word and
sing His praises? In every day there
come little troubles that require
strength and courage to meet, and
Morning Watch will give you just the
strength you need for the day. There
is an inspiration that you get from
this worship early In the morning that
will repay you for all the few minutes
of sleep you might lose.
There are four morning watches on
our cainpus every morning; in the
social rooms of first floor A, first floor
B, first floor D, and thli'd floor C. We
urge you to come and worship with
us every morning at 7:30.
ALICE DOWD WINS
STATE THEATRE TICKETS
Wake Forest-Carolina
Game Causes Much
Excitement
CAROLINA SNATCHES
STARTLING SCORE
jfA>v .Mi:ia:i>iTir gikls attexd
Wake Forest vs. Carolina!
Snappy News! Everybody excited
over a big game of the year. From
early morning until early afternoon
cars whizzed down the road—Chapel
Hill bound!
The game between two big colleges
of North Carolina is a game arousing
a great deal of Interest. Yet this year
It must be admitted that the interest
was greater before the game than
either during it or after it. In
spite of the fact that for the past four
years Wake Forest had snatched the
honors from Carolina, this year Caro
lina completely run over AVake Forest
niaklng up in one game the scores of
the games lost in past years.
The score could be foretold almost
from the llrat touchdown. Wake
Forest ha.s material in the nuiking but
not quite the experienced players that
could battle successfully against the
wiser Carolina team. Team play on
Carolina’s side was well timed and el'-
(icient. Touchdown followed touch
down. When the lirst team had done
Liiuir aiuiii:, secoiui leaui men were put
in and fmally a few third team men
were played. Wake Forest got some
hard knocks it seemed. One player
was knocked out. and though for the
remainder of the game he seemed a
trille dazed he has recovered now, we
have heard.
Wake Foi’est rooters seemed dis
pirited but hope was held that the ma-
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B.Y.P.U. Rally Day
Held in Grove
MANY ORIGINAL
STUNTS GIVEN
jrAHSII.VALLOlV TOAST AT (0>.
’LU.SIOX
The annual B. Y. P. U. Rally Day
program was held In the grove
Wednesday afternoon at four-thirty
o’clock. Each B. Y, P. U. gave an orig
inal stunt which consisted of songs,
one act plays and readings, Pauline
Powell was the exact Imitation of
Clara Bow in the stunt given by the
Alda Grayson. The Foy Willingham
could never have chosen one better
than Pauline Kitchin to represent Dr.
Fix-’Em-Quick, and his able nurse,
Evelyn McCall. The success of Dr.
Fix-’Em-Qulck was great until the end
when poor ‘‘Heck.” the dirty street
waif, Roberta Royster and his dog
“Speck" were' admitted. “Heck" re
mained the same but “Speck'’ was
transformed into a means of relieving
his master's hunger. Those from the
Winnie Rlckett gave a doll quartet.
As the Charles E. Brewer was the
baby union It gave a kid chorus, The
other unions sang songs, and gave
readings.
At the conclusion of the program
those gathered enjoyed a regular old
time marshmallow toasting.
IN ANTICIPATION OF
STUNT NIGHT
DATE SET FOR
NOVEMBER THE lOTH
nOOST \01J{ CLASS AMI STUXT
MGIIT!
Miriam Daughtry, president of the
W, A, A, called a meeting of the class
presidents Monday night to discuss
Stunt Night, an annual affair, partici
pated in l)y all four classes and one
of the outstanding events of the year.
Stunt night Is sponsored by the Wo*
man’s Athletic Association, and the
proceeds of the night go to that organ
ization.
Until last year Ihe Senior Class had
always had the honor of winning the
silver loving cup, given as a prize for
the best and most original stunt. Last
year the Junior Class of ’23 won the
cup with their stunt “Oh Henry!”
a farce on the private life of Henry
the Eighth. Tlie date for stunt night
this year is now set for November,
the tenth, and as there is quite a bit
of extraordinarily good talent In the
school, it should afford a most enter
taining evening'. There is a chance
for any clas.s to win the cup now,
thanks to the record breaking class of
'29.
This year no rented costumes will
1)« uht«, urigiiutliiy, wi(., and clever
ness take flr.st place in judgment of
the stunts Boost your class and Stunt
Night: Invite your hoy-fi-iendl
Initiation of Astros
OCTOBER 6
MEMORIAL DATE
S().>Ii;'J'l!ING TO LOOK rOinVAKI) 'I’O
A-S-T-R-0! Astrotekton! October G,
lfi2S is the fatal date! Fatal? Yes,
because on that day occurs the far-
famed anrl much talked of Astro ini
tiation! Who wouldn't bo excited!
All the old Astros are excited over
welcoming the now girls! All the new
girls are wondering M’hat an Astro in
itiation is similar to. Well, it won’t
be long now! Next week this time
you'll be a real Astro! 115 new girls
have said “I’ll be an Astro, too.” To
the.sc girls we say—Welcome! We
wish to include in that welcome all
the richness and purity of the dear
old white and gold! We're counting
on you to rally round the standard!
We've counting on you to help us keep
tho.se stars shining away up yonder in
the sky! Make them glitter and gleam
In all their glory.
Do we have a goat? Well, we do
have a goat! Every Astro Is familiar
with that ‘'Billy’' with the old gold
and white tied around his neck! We
have an Initiation, too. In due time
you will be notilled Just when you’re
expected to make your presence con
spicuous, It may be early—it may be
late! But early or late—be there when
that appointed moment arrives! You
really have something to look forward
to! Initiation day is a great day! Just
the word—initiation makes you kinda
tingle and say "What in the world will
happen'r' Don’t be alarmed! There’s no
need for you to sign your lust will and
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Y. W. A. Study
Course Being Given
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE
IN UNIQUE FASHION
TIMIKI'; IXTIvUKSTIXG HOOKS HY
TIIIfKi; (ArAKLi: THAniKKS
On Monday night. October 1, at din
ner in the big dining-room all girls
were asked to pause a while from eat
ing while an Important announcement
was made. Marguerite Mason, presi
dent of the Y, W, A. after cordially in
viting all the girls to attend the Y, W.
A. Study Course at (>:4r) that evening,
said she wanted to give the girls a
foretaste of what they would study
about in the Study Course, .-\ccord-
ingly. she announced the name of the
first book tn be studied, “The Jlinistry
of Women’" and introduced the teach
er. Mrs. Charles E. Maddry, Then a
few of the characters from the book
came in to gi'eet the girls; Rebecca
the charming, was represented by
Evelyn McCall, Hannah and her little
son i)y Martha Sherwood and Roberta
Roysler, and Queen Esther by Jo
sephine Lyles, The next book to be
taught was “Lottie Moon,” the latest
Mirisioniiry book on China to l)e taught
))y Mrs. L. B. Olive, a real live Mis
sionary who has spent several years
in China and is soon to return to her
work. As a forecast of this book,
Oroan Bostic, Mary Leigh, and E’lsie
Parker dressed in Chinese costume
showed some Chinese customs. The
last book was "Why and How” called
the “Readin’, ’Ritin’ and ’Rithmetic’’of
Y. W. A work, to be taught by Miss
Dorothy Kellam, the State Young Peo
ple's Leader. Miss Kellam, herself,
dressed as a typical old-maid “school-
mann” with.glasses on tho end of her
nose and switch In hand chased her
naughty students the long length of
the dining room. Several girls dressed
as little boys and girls, eating apples,
chewing gum, etc. represented the stu
dents.
Alter dinner about 150 girls gath
ered In the college auditorium for the
study course. They .sang several Y. W,
A. songs and then wont to tho various
classes. All were enthusiastic in say
ing they would bring some one else
with them the next night.
MYSTERY OF THE
MAN IN THE GREY
HAT SOLVED
NEW DEAN OF MUSIC
DEPARTMENT ARRIVES
VAI,UAI»Li: AUDITION I'O KACUI/I’Y
Readers of last week’s Issue of Tiik
T\vi(i will be Interested to learn that
the mystery of the man in the grey
hat has at last been solved. Professor
Frank Eyer arrived Monday morning
of this week to fill the place of Dr,
Dingley Brown as Director of Mflslc
for the college. We are delighted to
welcome him to Meredith as a mem
ber of our faculty.
Dr Eyer Is a native of Ohio, but
since he has a summer cottage at Mon
treal, North Carolina, we feel that our
state can almost claim him as her
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SATURDAY EVENING
ENTERTAINMENT
AGAIN ENJOYED
HISTORICAL PROB-
LEM SOLVED
KIVAL OF HOnnXI I'RESKX’I'
On Saturday evening. September 29,
the Meredith girls were highly enter
tained with the presentation of two
features, H7i// Qi/rr/i laabclla Gave
Coliivihun Her Jnrpls. and The Man of
Ml/strry.
To those who have never heard of
the discovery of America, the question
of how Columbus got the money for
his famous voyage in 1492 would be
of slight interest. To those of us v.-ho
have-gone back and labored over dates
and historical events of minor impor
tance tho above (inestion was of vital
interest. Some of us knew that Queen
Isabella of Spain gave her jewels for
this enterprise, but few have dared to
go further to find the real reason
which prompted the sacrifice. Tlie per
sonal lives nf these two characters
wore revealed to the public in a most
realistic fashion. We have heard that
behind the life of every groat man is
the inlluonce of some woman. Now,
friends, give thanks to the jewelers for
the jewels and to Venus for her fore
sight.
"The rvlmi of Ivlysiery," a traveler of
the universe, and seer into the mys
teries of the unknown, gave us a most
fascinating entertainment. With his
able assistant, Miss How-Can-She, bo
presented some works of Magic that
Houdini himself would have marveled
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Wingate Club Meets
for Organization
OLO FIMKXDSIIirS RliXKWKO
“Hail, hail, the pang's all here!”
It was: and all the Wingate Junior
College girls were happy as they got
together for the first time Sunday
evening, September 30, in response to
the invitation of Thelma Tadlock and
Martha Taylor, president of the club.
Lucile Walker was elected vice
president and Ruth Preslar secretary
for the coming year. Little Miss
Elizabeth Ann Jones, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Broadus Jones, of Wake For
est, was chosen mascot of the club.
Plans were made for regular meetings
of the club once each month.
The hostess served ice-cream and
cake. The members lived over again
in spirit the glad times of former col
lege days as they sang the Wingate
Alma Mater. There was joined in
loving loyalty the remembrance of
earlier friendships and contacts with
the present ties of Meredith.
The following arc members of the
club; Martha Taylor, Thelma Tart-
lock, Eunice Rushing, Lncile Walker,
Lillian Odom, Ruth Preslar, Alma
Medlin, Meithel Medlln, Faye Bivens,
IJessie Barker, Loretta Seawell, Zula
W’alters. Shellle Bennett, Martha Sher
wood, Alma Hocutt, Ruth Williams,
Hallie Jones, and Edna Earl Bedding-
field.
WATCH JUNIORS FRIDAY!