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THE TWIG
OMcial Organ oj The StuAent Body of
ileredith College.
Entered as Bccond-dftss matter October 11.
1923 nt Post Ofllcc at Raloigh, N. 0., under
Act ot March 3, 1879.
Accoptniice for mailing at spocial rate o(
postage provided for iii Scction 1103 Act of
October 3, 1917, authorized Octobcr 11, 1923.
Alice Dowd Editor-in-Chief
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Have you ever dreamed that your
fairy God-mother suddenly appeared
and granted you any wish you could
name? One usually wishes for the
impossible, of course. Sometimes I
wish that I could fly, or even sing, and
I am always sorry to awake. One night
my fairy God-mother appeared quite
suddenly and said to me, “You are a
typical Meredith girl, my dear, think
of this as you make your wish tonight.”
Feeling flattered, I answered prompt
ly, “Dearest God-mother, IE I am as
you say, I wish that I might see my
self as others see me.” Ah, what a
happy dream this is going to be, I
thought conceitedly. But my fairy
looked sad.
At once I became a typical citizen
of Raleigh a lady with a young
daughter of my own, perhaps, or at
least a lady whose faith jn the present
generation has not been entirely shat
tered. I visited the college, perhaps,
with an idea of sending my daughter
there or even because I enjoy the com
pany of young ladies; indeed, I might
be a little sentimental,—yes, I am sure
that I am.
The College is a lovely place, I
decide as I enter the grounds. It ap-
AN OPTIMISTIC CREED
To be so strong that nothing
can disturb your peace of
iiiiiul.
To talk health, happiness
ami jirospcrity to ovory person
you meet.
To make all your friends
feel that there is soinothing in
them.
To think oidy of the host, to
UTjrk only for tlie best and ox-
peot C'lily t)je best.
'J'o be just as enthusiastic
about the success of otliers us
ytiii are about your own.
To forget tlie mistakes of
the ]jast and press on to the
gi'oater aehievcnicnts of the fu
ture.
'J’o give so much tinu- to the
iiiipvoveiiifnt of yourself tliat
you )i:ive no linio to criticize
others.
be more interest manifested in ten
nis, basketball, and hockey if we
had scheduled meets with these and
perhaps out of town girls also.
The Athletic meet which was held
at Greensboro several weeks ngo
shows that more interest is being
taken in sports; meetings of this
kind are fine.
But if we should have games of
this sort there are ten command
ments of sport which we should re
member.
1.. Thou shalt not quit.
'2. Thou shalt not alibi.
3. Thou shalt not gloat over win
ning.
4. Thou shalt not take unfair ad
vantages.
5. Thou shalt not be a rotten
loser.
6. Thou shalt not ask odds thou
art imwilling to give.
7. Thou shalt not underestimate
an opponent, nor overestimate thy
self.
S. Remember that the gam© is the
thing and that ho who thinketh
otherwise is a mucker, and no true
sportsman.
9. Thou shalt always be ready to
give thine opponent the shade,
10. Honor the game thou playest,
for ho ^vho playeth the game
straight .‘ind hard, wins even when
lie loses.
pears that the students are very dili
gent, as they seem to have prepared
their lessons already; it Is about five-
thirty in the afternoon, and they are
taking a walk up and down the drive
way, contemplating all the incomers
out of the corners of their eyes. Just
as I stop my car the school bus drives
up, and I notice that it is brim full
of young people who seem very much
alive. I am rather disconcerted, how
ever, for I cannot help but notice the
manner in which they get off the bus.
(Perhaps, my faith in young people
tells me there is a mouse on the bus.)
I wonder that some are not seriously
injured in the hasty escape. One would
think it was charged with electricity.
At length when some fifty girls have
pushed and shoved each other off the
bus, two spent ladies of middle age
descend from it rather hopelessly, with
an air of resignation. I am a little
more than disconcerted, but much of my
sentimentality concerning sweet young
things remains in spite of what I have
just witnessed. But I regret to say
that my lUeala are lowered.
During the rest of the evening I see
other things which would make me
weep to relate because they gradually
brought to earth my exalted opinions
of college girls, and I began to
wonder if all young girls were as these
appeared to be, I shudder yet when
I think of the chewing gum in the
library, on the bus, yes, even on the
streets of Raleigh. When I identified
several of, these gum-chewers at the
college with the loud-voiced (and loud
chewing) girls I had seen the week
before in Raleigh, (and inwardly con
demned) the last vestige of my senti
ment vanished and my ideals of these
girls lay burled In the ashes of my
former opinion.
Horror stricken, I awoke from my
dream, shocked that Robert Burns
could ever have wished that we might
see ourselves as others see us. But
some night I hope that my fairy God
mother, may come again and grant
me the same wish, and that my dream
the next time will be more pleasant.
"Where there's life there is hope.”
MISS WELCH LEAVES
The many friends of Miss Welch, the
dietician at Meredith College, will re
gret to know she has had to give up
her duties at the College on account cf
her health and leave for Hattiesburg,
Mississippi where she will receive
medical attention,
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