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The Twig
October 3, 1929
STUDENT OPINION
Otficial Organ of The Student Body
of Meredith Collepe
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EDITORIALS
The Twig is very proud of
its former business manager,
Pullen Belvin. Pullen was al
ways the most faithful of work
ers, and has been very much
interested in the paper. As she
goes to take up a new field of
work in the New York School
of Fine and Applied Arts we
feel sure that she will succeed.
The best wishes of The Twig
go with her.
TO LEARN IS TO LIVE
The old maxim, "To live is to
learn,” has rung often in tlie ears of
all of us. It lias sometimes been a
remark made a bit hopelessly. “Oil,
well; ‘to live Is to learn',” we say
when things have gone awry and we
have become sadder but wiser through
some experience we did not, perhaps,
enjoy.
Yet, "To live is to learn.” Errors
committed once we learn to avoid.
Plans easily arranged and fulfilled we
learn to accept. We learn new things
each day that we live. The close of
every day brings us the opportunity
to count up what we have learned.
Always we find that we have learned
something—be It great or small.
But here in our school year the old
maxim may resound In a new form.
We are at Meredith in order that we
may learn. Our books give us a great
store of knowledge: yet there is
knowledge-that we may gain without
the limits of a textbook. There is
the knowledge we may gain from
friendship with those around us from
communion with the out of doors.
There is the knowledge that we gain
from working toward our ideals. We
are here to learn—and is It not that
we may live? What good Is all the
knowledge that we gain from books
if it does not teach us how to really
truly live In the widest sense of the
word? If it gives us not a deeper
love for our fellowman, a wider ap
preciation of the possibilities life
offers us? If, In fact, it does not
teach us to live?
Cannot we here in our days at
Meredith change the old maxim, “To
live is to learn," into a new and glori
fied one—“To learn is to live.”
S. B.
do on the campus which are a part
of “college life”? This attitude is the
thing that makes us see and grasp an
opportunity or lose it.
One of our greatest opportunities
is the daily chapel service, but the
fact that attendance is compulsory
makes it seem Instead a rather irk
some duty. We often rush in at the
last minute, with a preoccupied stare
at some friends, and a stack of books
under one arm. There is often a
great temptation to do some last-min
ute studying during the talk or per
haps during the singing of a hymn.
Does the girl who goes to chapel with
the idea that she Is just trying to
live through it get as much out of the
service as the girl who welcomes it
as a chance in which to forget every
day worries for a few minutes and
rest and refresh her mind? We have
many opportunities during the year
to hear noted men speak, but how
can we get the most out of any dis
cussion, no matter how interesting, if
we have the idea that we are listen
ing just because we had to go, and
It will be over in a few minutes, any
way?
Besides thinking of It from our own
standpoint, we should also think of
the impression that many of the visi
tors and speakers, who do not know
us and appreciate (?) us, get when
they see us all file in like prisoners,
looking as though we would prefer
almost anything to listening atten
tively and becoming Interested in
what they may have to say, It is a
reflection on our Alma Mater if the
impression that we give is not a good
one, and this impression it is the re
sponsibility of every single student
here to make the very best she can.
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Society Decision Day Very Ex
citing Event
The Twig staff and, indeed,
all members of the student
body and the faculty appreciate
the daily papers which are sent
to us through the courtesy of
local merchants. Each morn
ing Boylan-Pearce sends to
every room a copy of the News
and Observer, and Ellisberg’s
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Times. We are grateful to
these merchants for their con-
. .sideration toward us.
It seems to us that there has
never been manifest a more
wholesome s^i^it of sportsman
ship than was exhibited during
i.he past week in the matter of
society decisions. Heretofore
there has been, at times, a spirit
('f hostility prevalent on the
campus during decision week.
This time, however, though
both societies worked untiring
ly and each had peppy songs
and yells by which they tried
to attract the attention of the
new girls, there was no friction,
no hard feelings, but always a
spirit of fellowship and good
will.
This good feeling culminated
in the almost equal distribution
of the new girls between the
two societies and in the joint
reception given by the Phi’s and
Astro’s on Saturday night.
Congratulations, girls! Noth
ing is more needed than a true
COURTESY, GOOD MANNERS
The current idea that a college stu
dent is a privileged character seems
sometimes very prominent on our
campus. As a whole, the student
body is thoughtful, but in a few cases
courtesy is often forgotten. Living in
daily contact with over 400 other girls
means that each girl is going to have
to sacrifice many of her own "privi
leges" and learn to respect the rights
of others. Courtesy is little more
than putting others first, after all.
Courtesy in the dining-room is a
sadly neglected quality. How often
do we see girls rush through doors
with no thought of how the girl be
hind her may feel when the door Is
.slammed shut in her face! Whether
she may be an upperclassman, a senior
perhaps, or a freshman, it doesn't seem
to matter. Then, even manners at
the table are not always what they
should be. Girls seem to forget that
the hostess is the only person who
is supposed to speak to the waiter;
and not every one remembers that
the hostess must excuse them before
they can politely leave the table.
All our lives we've heard a lot
about the courtesy and respect due
to upperclassmen. But, after all, is
It expecting too much of underclass
men to ask them to respect students
who are a bit more experienced than
they? There are many Ideal students
on the campus. Our plea is that
every student may remember to be
thoughtful and courteous to every
other student. It's a (lueation of
whether you are going to have the
true Meredith spirit of unselfishness
or not. Let’s all strive to make our
Alma Mater known for Its ideal, un
selfish students! B, E. M.
CHAPEL EXERCISES CAN BE
MADE MOST PROFITABLE
We have all heard many times that
one’s attitude toward a certain thing
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torlum, and the “Astro's” began the
exercises by marching single file to
their seats and singing the “Astro”
song as they entered. The line was
led by the president, Pauline Kitchin,
and the officers of the society. After
all the “Astro's“ had reached their
seats the "Phi” song was started, and
the girls, dressed in lavender and
white and led by their president,
Chlaris Kellum, and the officers,
marched slowly down the aisle sing
ing their song. The Phllaretian em
blem was burning on the wall, and
Josephine Lyles, dressed in a long
white robe and representing Mother
Phllaretla, took her stand beneath
the emblem. Then Margaret Trot-
man led the “Astro" call, and it rose
to the heavens with pep and strength,
After its last notes had died away,
Margaret Peele led the “Phi's” in
their call, and they matched the
“Asti'o’s” with enthusiasm.
Margaret Craig led the chapel exer
cises, after which slips were passed
out by the marshals on which the
new girls wrote their names and the
society of their choice. The societies
then marched out and formed lines
at the door. The new girls arose,
and with breathless excitement the
“Astro’s” and “Phi's” watted for
them. One by one they dropped their
slips into the boxes—a "Phi” here, an
"Astro” there. Each baby '‘Phi" and
"Astro” was greeted with a hearty
cheer, and the enthusiasm soon
spread until they were as excited as
the old girls. Then the time came
when they had all made their deci
sion, and the question of which so
ciety had the most new members
arose, At first it was reported that
both societies had the same—81 and
81—but later it was learned that the
'‘Phi’s’' had 85 and the “Astro's'’ 83.
The enthusiasm continued, for the
new girls were excited over really be
longing to a society, and though they
are only baby members now, the time
Is not far off when they will be full-
fledged “Phi’s” and “Astro’s."
Is responsible for what the thing
spirit of sportsmanship on the means to him. Do we think enough
campus.
lot this aspect of the many things we
“I didn’t raise my shades to be a
spectacle.”
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