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Two The Twigr November 28,1929 Official 0)gan of The Student Body of Mercdit?i College Edith Buchanan l^dltor-in-Chicf Salinda Peuky Business Manager Robkkta RoyS'ieu Assistant Editor Anne Siaims Assistant Editor Saha II Bkiugs Managing Editor Ei,.izAnETU BooMiiouu.J/anaj7iJi£f Editor BLONDiii Mouhk Managing Editor Maiiy BAttnicii-Assist. Business Manager lUENE Thomas,Assis(. Business Manager Evelyn McCall Art Editor Reportei's: Edwina Mautin Douotuv Lindsey Josi'^FUiNE Lyles PuueCuoate CiiKisTiNE Johnson Lillian Aldridqb Maby Lee Entered as accond-class matter Octobcr 11. 1923, at Postodlce at Raleieh, N. C., under Act of March 3, 1879. Acccptance for mailing: at special rate of postage provided for in Scction 1108, Act of October 3, 1S17, authorized October 11, 1823. Subscl'iption Price $2.50 EDITORIALS LET US GIVE THANKS STUDENT OPINION The human race, it appears, has grown more ungrateful as the centuries have passed. The ancients never failed to give thanks with offei'ings and liba tions to those deities w'hich had favored their cause. Their most beautiful ceremonials were those of Thanksgiving, and some of their most perfect monuments portray these ceremonials. But we of the twentieth century give thanks, as we do everything else, generally. And as we spend the Thanksgiving season we shall perhaps ask that Ave be made properly grateful “for all Thy blessings.” It seems to us that if we should select a definite object to be grateful for our thanks would be more acceptable. Abbie Gra ham suggests that during this season we should be thankful for people. Certainly there is no more appropriate subject for the thanks of a college. There fore let us give thanks—for those who .saw far enough to glimpse the necessity of educat ing women: for those w'ho la bored so long and faithfully to see Meredith established; for those men and women who sac- rificialiy have been giving of their means during half a cen tury : for those who are even now striving to lift our debt and give us better buildings and equipment; and particularly for all tho.so people whom we have learned to know and to appre ciate in a small way since we came t(j Meredith. For ail this host of people let us be grateful. ON THE OTHER HAND Whereas a few of our instruc tors maintain an over-empha- sized theory of the importance of scholastic activity, quite a number of our students proceed to the opposite extreme by at tempting to practically subju gate these interests altogether. Apparently oblivious to the fact that others are and they should be studying, some girls parade placidly from one hall to another, breaking “busy” signs indiscriminately to interrupt concentration with conversation. These are the students who go uptown to the movies three or four afternoons a week, and to the drug store the remaining days, then complain that they simply cannot get up their as signments, and that the courses here are too exacting. True, a student can hardly prepare an average English class in fifteen minutes, but she shouldn’t at tribute her failure to the un fairness of the assignment, in stead of her own negligence. Of course, this type is not the rule, rather the exception; but for every girl that over-studies, there are ten others that do not put enough time on their work, the more deplorable because these are quite often the stu dents with the most natural apt itude and ability. And the fact remains that scholastic pursuit is the chief, though not the only, object of a college career, in stead of the endeavor to meet as many representatives as pos sible of the opposite sex, to see who checks in the afternoon, or to witness all of the movies that come to town. render to us in our wakeful mo ments some of the program with which they disturb our nightly slumber! “Pa, the radio’s broken again.” “Darn it all. That’s a sure sign we’re going to have callers who’ll want to hear it tonight!” IT ISN’T TOO EARLY To Start Selecting Your Gifts for Christmas . JCWCLCRS 5«LVLa$MltH» Expert Repair Department “BARNYARD MELODY”? True to the instinct of most dumb animals, the Meredith barnyard holds its nightly musi- ^ cale at the considerate hour of i 10:30, terminating their delight- i ful discord somewhere around ■ 11:30. This chorus which we mention (by the way, this is not , written as a musical criticism, ' for the art of the performers j has hardly reached the stage I where one might term it the least bit soothing to a musical ear) has taken upon its willing .shoulders the pastime of lending a little country-like atmosphere to the grounds of Meredith. The rather too realistic rendition of a rooster's crow startles many a Meredith girl either into home sickness or shocked surprise. However, to the majority of Meredith’s student body who are at this time preparing for a little much-needed sleep, the perform- ,ance is neither witty nor wise. We remarked at the first of the article that the performers .were dumb animals. We were ! using such a statement only as I a figure of speech. Inside the heads of these persons there may be much dumbness, but their vocal cords, alas I become only too “tuneful” in the depths of the ; night. It is only too obvious that no one could be quite so in- ' considerate unless it were her fir.st year at Meredith—in other ; words, unless these very simple performers were Freshmen. Since the sounds come from D dormitory, we are led to believe that it is the futile attempt of Freshmen to be cute. Perhaps these willing enter tainers, these representatives of I the night life of Meredith, will COURTESY Courtesy, everyone is agreed, is one of the most essential fac tors which produce the atmos phere of a truly cultured college life. Sometimes, however, when one happens to visit the B-Hive, that place which is rivaled in popularity only by the Postoffice, at an unusually busy time, it seems to her that courtesy is sadly neglected and, in some cases, entirely forgotten. It seems rather that the governing policy of the entire crowd is “Every man for himself.” This lack of consideration on the part of some students is not only towai’d the clerks, but also toward the other girls, all of whom are equally anxious to be served, but some of whom, for tunately, do not forget their “manners” sufficiently to be rude. If George Washington could happen to be a casual observer of the conduct in the B-Hive some night between visiting bell and room bell, he would very likely be moved to write a new set of rules of etiquette, dedi cated especially to Meredith girls for use in the B-Hive. They ' might read something like this: 1. Do not push and jostle your way through the crowd in or der to be the first person waited on. Others have a right to the same privileges as you. 2. Do not shout loudly, wheth er to strengthen your vocal or gans, to express a sudden idea or inspiration to a friend across the room, or for any other seem ingly important reason. 3. Be considerate of the feel ings of the girls who are work ing. They are only human and can hardly be expected to hear half a dozen persons at once. 4. Do not sit down at a table in a remote corner of the room and wait for the clerk to come for your order. “Curb service” is all very well in its place, but as yet the B-Hive has not been able to add that feature to its service. ; 5. Do not expect the clerk to serve you before several girls who were there first, just be cause you happen to be a per sonal friend of hers. 6. Do not change your mind four or five times after you have given your order, and do not be offended if the clei'k does not know just how a particular kind of candy tastes or what it con tains. 7. Do not go behind the counter to fill your own order. You will probably save time in the long run if you wait. Perhaps Washington’s rules would have been somewhat dif ferent from these, but at any rate it would be a splendid thing if every Meredith girl would be more careful in these little things. After all, they are the things by which one’s character and culture are judged. first number of the Acorn ap peared, it was distributed late in the afternoon in the dormi tories. The day students knew nothing of it until, two or three Aveeks later, they became rather curious and inquired when the Acorn was coming out. They learned that it had been out for some time, but they had not re ceived their copies, although they had paid for them in their budget fee, but did not receive them, simply because they were not in the dormitories. Only three or four town students ever received copies. I spent much time trying to locate one, and it was only thi*ough the kind ness of the editor of The Twig, who gave me an extra copy of hers, that I ever got one. Ob viously, this neglect of the town students is not quite fair. The Twig is always given out in chapel, and no one ever misses a copy. But if it is not conven ient to use that method with the Acorn, surely copies could be put in the “Town Girls’ Room” so that they need not be left out. The town students have certain rights, as well as the boarding students. N. C. C. P. A. Meets At Lenior-Rhyne College (Continued from pasc ono) The chief speakers of the eve ning were Rev. P. E. Monroe and Miss Beatrice Cobb. After the banquet the dele gates adjourned to the Rivoli Theater, where Mr. J. F. Miller was host at a theater party. On Saturday morning, at the business session, there was a reading of the minutes, general business matters, reports of com mittees, and discussions by dele gates on various subjects con cerning college publications. Paul Porter, the field secretary of L. I. D., made an interesting talk on How to Edit a Paper. The convention accepted the invitation of High Point College to hold its spring meeting there. The delegates then adjourned to a luncheon given through the courtesy of the college. Robert Jarrett, of Davidson College, is president of the con vention. Pete Roberts, of N. C. State, was elected to take the place of Bill Dixon, who did not return this year, as first vice- president. Margaret Blanton, of Queens College, is second vice- president ; Eleanor Covington, of Meredith, secretary; and Gar land McPherson, of Carolina, is treasurer. The following colleges were represented at the convention: Carolina, Duke, E. C. T. C., Elon College, Greensboro College, Guilford College, High Point Col lege, Catawba College, Mars Hill, N. C. C. W., N. C. State, Mere- dith College, Salem, Queens Col lege, Wake Forest, Davidson, and Lenoir-Rhyne. Women’s faults are many, Men have only two: Everything they say, And everything they do. —Scribe News. 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