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Two The Twig December 5,1929 OjPcial Organ of The Student Body of Meredith College Edith Bucii.\nan Editor-in-Ohief Salinda PunuY Business Manager RoBKiiTA Rovsteb Asslstant Editor Annb Simms Assi^tont fJriiior Sauaii Biuaos Ma^iaglngEditor Elizaub:tii BooMHOUB..il/onaj;inff Editor Blonuie Morse. Managing Editor Maiiy BARUBB-.Asaist. Business Manager iREME Thomas,Assist. Business Manager Evei-yn McCall Art Editor Reporters: Edwina Martin Douotuy Lindsey Josephine Lyles Pboe Choate CiiBiSTiNE Johnson Lillian Aldbidob Maby Lee Entered as sccond-class matter October 11, 1023, at Postoflicc at Raleigh, N. C., under Act of March 3, 1879. Acccptancc for maillne at spccial rate of postage iirovidvd for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized October 11. 1923. Subscription PHce $2.50 EDITORIALS STUDENT OPINION J I noticed some criticism in The Twig last week about the Acorn staff. I suppose then that it is permissible for me to do like wise concerning the staff of The Twig. I have been eagerly look ing for the exchange copies of the various college newspapers on the shelf in the periodical room of the library ever since school began, but with the ex ception of possibly one or two papers, I have not found any ex changes there. Heretofore some one on the staff of The Twig as well as the Acorn has always put the copies that came in weekly on the shelf and the stu dents have enjoyed reading them. We notice that the mag azine exchanges have been placed in the library regularly, and it seems that the exchange editor of The Twig could take a few minutes off each week and do that also. It appears that the I'eceipt of a letter makes any girl at Mer edith feel herself more impor tant than anybody else on the campus, and renders her privi leged beyond all other people. Though someone has made you feel exceptionally good and has raised your self-esteem by writ ing you, please do not, for this reason, believe yourself to have the right to monopolize all avail able space around the postoffice. Your letters will not disappear if you are not hovering over your box, thus blocking some one else’s sight and ability to reach her box; neither will the letter be less pleasant if you re tire to the hall to read it rather than leaning with your back against the wall and your feet extended in such a manner that all progress around the boxes is blocked. If perchance your vanity should not be rewarded by a let ter on one day, do not, for heaven’s sake, broadcast it to all listeners, willing and unwill ing. This is an acknowledg ment of a disappointed hope, a defeat, as it were. Just one more thing. Your letters are not dispatched one minute sooner if you stamp your letters at the postoffice window while your fellows impatiently wait behind you, hoping that eventually you will move and allow them to make their pur chases or call for their packages. A little attention to these things will be greatly appreci ated by all concerned. Just a little bit over two weeks before we go home for Christ mas ! Such a sentence thrills every girl’s heart who has count ed for so long even the days be fore the eventful December 19. There’ll be so many things to do at home! Old high school friends will be back for the holidays, and it will be fun seeing and talking to them again. Relatives will no doubt be there, and they, too, will help to make the Christmas holidays happy ones. But there’s one thing we might do while we are home that we could enjoy and that at the same time would be profitable in many ways to us and to our Alma Mater. There’ll be many people who’ll be asking about our Meredith, and let’s boost our Alma Mater and let people know that we think it’s the best school anywhere. Who knows but your boosting might make some moth er or father decide to send their daughter here? School spirit— we need it! But not the hip- hooray sort of spirit that mounts only in some special situation. What we need is, rather, the school spirit that means pride and appreciation for Meredith. Let’s all let the people back home and everywhere know that we’re glad we came to Meredith! sympathy in reviewing some un happy though intimate family incident does her part as well. But when there are two such occupants in the circle, who mo nopolize completely the conversa tion in talking of persons and places familiar only to them, or what they have done, are doing, or plan to do, regardless of the fact that such information can not have the slightest value to the other members of the table, one cannot possibly maintain a conversation of general interest. Some of the students seem to find the meal hour a very oppor tune time for broadcasting the contents of the morning’s letter, bemoaning an exacting assign ment, or condemning the food— all equally unforgivable chan nels of activity. Perhaps, having escaped such circumstances, one will think this complaint far fetched, but if you have evaded such a fate until now, consider yourself fortunate, but expect to face the worst. NOISE AND MORE NOISE In spite of the many articles that have appeared in the col umns of The Twig and the ad monitions heaped upon us by people of importance, there is still noise—yea, much noise! in chapel. Now the theme of “Be Quiet in Chapel” has been harped upon until one is prone to banish it to the regions of thoughts un wanted. But, if you have man aged to bear with us this far, just a little more and we will be at the end of our spiel. We wish the noise in chapel might be as easily disposed of. It is unneces sary and, to tell the truth, quite rude and very annoying. The hum which accompanies the choir to the stage might be dis pensed with, and the buzz of voices that comes as a finale might be delayed to be a little more final. This theme is becom ing hoary with age, but the noise is becoming increasingly strong. Can we not banish them both at once and forever? to give a little more time to the social side of college life and create a spirit that has hereto fore been unknown on the cam pus; for there is a great need for this neglected and undevel oped spirit in order to make Meredith an ideal college. E. M. DO OUR PRESIDENTS WRITE THEIR PAPERS? Almost every president has had his “ghost writer.” Hamil ton wrote most of Washington’s state papers; Roger B. Taney wrote Andrew Jackson’s; the historian Bancroft and the great lawyer, Jeremiah S. Black, wrote Andrew Johnson’s. That is to say, these understudies polished into brilliant language the vigor ous thought that the Presidents themselves supplied. Exceptions to this custom were made by Jefferson, Lincoln, Cleveland, Roosevelt, and Wil son, who penned their own pa pers, though they sometimes had the Secretary of State formulate some important document. Lin coln’s second inaugural address is regarded as one of the most nearly perfect literary struc tures that has come from the White House. It would be inter esting, however, to know defi nitely the author of Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation, A President’s literary style is rarely thought of apart from political and state declarations. In Calvin Coolidge’s magazine articles we have a striking ex ception, and judging from the in terest and comment on the part of readers, a pleasant one. President Hoover has devel oped a homely style that makes his addresses noteworthy. It is so foreign to the scientific mind that some are led to believe that there is a writer of unusual abil ity on the staff of our engineer President. Nothing like these papers has ever come from a President. They have the sort of charm one finds in the best of Goldsmith’s Chinese Letters.— Rotunda. Hitherto Uncollected Facts About Historical Celebrities Militant and brave Zenobia, Owing to her claustrophobia. At tinned fish made dire gri maces. She’d a fear of shut-up places. Signor Dante Alighieri Was quite eleemosynary; He expounded precepts pious To his paupers and pariahs. Temperamental Saint Cecilia Had a bower of bougainvillea. It was cool, there’s no denying, But the color was so trying! Ancient Hermes Trismegistus Contemplated distant vistas, Saying brightly, “I expect ’Twill expand my intellect.” Snaky, sneaky Maximilian Had a nature all reptilian; So he bit himself each night, Then took a drink to cure the bite. —From Saturday Evening Post. UNUSUAL CREATIONS ...in... Millinery NEWEST STYLES and COLORS We Specialize in Chic Large Head Sizes Above All.. The Right Hat Miss Mary Loomis Smith, for merly professor of English, is spending the winter at Ridge crest. Those who knew Miss Smith w'ill be glad to know that she is improving. IT ISN’T TOO EARLY To Start Selecting Your Gifts for Christmas jcwiccfts $n.vbMMitHS 0UW6NQ iiMttrs Expert Repair Department “FREE WITH EVERY MEAL” Judging from their table con versation, some of the girls dem onstrate clearly that they con sider their private affairs the only items of real interest on the campus and their personal opin ions the most valuable views to be obtained. From soup to nuts they elaborate upon the number and length of telephone calls re ceived or what Bill said in his last letter. As cream in our cof fee, a detailed account of the night-before date is rendered— ivithout variations! And for des sert one must endure while the obliging member of the table so kindly enacts the day-before drug-store episode. Such en croachments upon the rights of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” can be tolerated, of course; but after a week or so of incessant reminding one is usu ally so completely impressed with the fact that Joe considers his Adeline the most wonderful girl in the world that further impression is indeed painful. Not alone do the dears that are stricken with the opposite sex create a strained situation at meals, but the conscientious and expansive member who solicits SOCIAL LIFE? Do you ever stop to really think? Then pause for a mo ment and think of the social life at Meredith College. Not any? Yes, this is virtually true. The social life here is undeveloped. We, as students, do not enter into the social activities as we should. We are here to help build Meredith College, and the success of this institution de pends on each individual. It is the duty of each girl to do her share. Life grows almost mo notonous here. Why? Simply because there is hardly any so cial spirit or interest. Surely there must be a cause for this phase of undevelopment. If only part of the time used for intel lectual development were placed in social development, then we would see a great improvement in the situation. Why stress intellectuality and ignore socia bility? A person needs more than “book sense.” That is not the only essential thing in life, although some seem to think so. With themes to write, term pa pers eternally due, and library work to do, what time do we have to give to social activities? We don’t even have time to visit the girls on our halls, for there are certainly no extra moments here. If we happen to have a social gathering, although they are unusually rare, we really forget just how to act. We ap pear untrained and absolutely mannerless. Now, let’s resolve eohop ofOriiinolModes SHOPS. INC.~ 112 Fayetteville Street J. C. 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