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Two The Twig December 12,1929 Ojjicial Organ oj The Student Body of Meredith Golleae Eurni Buchanan Editor-in-Chie] Salinda Pebby Business Manager Rohkbta Roysteu Assistant Editor Anne Simms Assistant Editor Sakaii Biuoos Managing Editor Blizadeth Boounotja..Afa»apinp Editor Blondib MoBSii. Managing Editor Maky BARutnt..Assist. Business Manager Evelyn McCall Art Editor Reporters: Edwina Maktin Pkuh Choate JOSKI’HINK Lvucs LiIXIAN AI-DBIDGE CniusTiNE JOUNSON Maky Leb Entered as second-ctBss matter October 11, 1923, at Postofnce at Raleigh, N. C., under Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of P08tBi;e provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized October 11. 1923. Subscri2)tion Price f2.50 EDITORIALS From the content and tone of the Student Opinion articles pub lished in recent issues of The Twig, an outsider might judge that Meredith was little better than a state reformatory or an insane asylum. However, it must be borne in mind that the girls were seeing things only in little pieces. After all, it’s rather a nice place, and we’re glad we’re here. STUDENT OPINION If there has ever been a feel ing of class or college loyalty in your hearts, come out to the game on Saturday afternoon. Your team will greatly appreci ate your support, and the con test will be quite entertaining. In addition, may we say that there will still be plenty to see and buy in Raleigh if you defer going to town from 2 to 2:40. Let’s everybody see the first hockey game of the season, and the first game of its kind ever played at Meredith, Saturday afternoon promptly at 2 o’clock. THE MORNING NEWSPAPER Why monopolize the breakfast hour by reading the morning paper? Buried behind the paper one never sees the look of anx iety on the faces of the hostesses as the food is not passed. Gig gles are audible, as the reader proceeds. Certainly time can be found for reading without tak ing the papers to the dining room. It is not only disrespect ful, but rude to occupy one’s self by reading while others are at tempting to converse. We as college girls should be training ourselves for future life. We don’t want to cultivate bad habits. Indeed not. What do our hostesses and faculty think when they see us busied with these morning papers? I won der if we are as eager to absorb our lessons as we are the con tents of the papers. Certainly we want to be well informed and able to discuss modern news and problems, but I wonder if we can’t find some other time in which to read, How fine it would be if on walking into the dining room not a newspaper would be seen. Are you willing to do your part? Then leave your papers in your room and find pleasure in reading them at some other time. CLASSROOM COURTESY Miss Kitty Makepeace spent the past week-end at her home in Sanford. Misses Sarah Briggs and Nell Baker were her guests. NEW! The Millinery Fashions of the Moment Bright Felts at $3.95 and $4.95 ELLISBERG'S 12(f Fay&ttovillo Street Few of us realize just how provoking some of our class mannerisms appear to our pa tient instructors who daily gaze into the same blank faces, at tempt to ignore a series of habitual yawns, and yet derive inspiration enough from rows of wan, sleepy countenances to teach us. We agree that a cer tain amount of courtesy is ex pected of us as students, but we should be more careful to main tain that polite attitude which bespeaks a plastic mind, inter ested in nothing as much as the subject being absorbed at the moment, and a willingness to de vote several extra of our four- ! teen working hours per day to ! the preparation of that class, I Too often we are perfectly at ease on class; so much so, in I fact, that the “slush-slush” of ;0ur gum often attracts the i teacher’s attention. Perhaps we ^ do not realize that, since he or I she does not also have some, it is very impolite to chew before him; but if our offenses ended there, things would not be so , bad. As it is, we devote the first i forty-five minutes of the period I either to a contemplation of the , sleep we lost the night before, for academic reasons, and at tempt to yawn it off, or scribble innumerable names, dates, sketches, or what haye you, in order to divert our minds from something which we have al ready decided is not very inter esting. Rather than engage in such irritating exercises as these, why not just get comfort able and go to sleep? Certainly it would be less exasperating than the chorus of yawns which greets every remark ventured by ; the optimistic instructor. An other quaint custom practiced by some impatient students, espe cially during the last fifteen minutes of a period, is connected with watches. Significant j^lances in the direction of the aforementioned timepieces seem I to infer that the class has be- I come monotonous. To leave such an impression would be untime- I ly to say the least; but if we I really must know the hour of day, why not try the less annoy ing practice of carefully remov ing the watch crystal, in the case of a wrist watch, or the face, when the implement of time keeping be an alarm clock; or, if several attempts do not bring the desired results, gently smash the crystal on a near-by chair, meanwhile, of course, keeping our eyes intently fixed upon the professor. Having accomplished this first act, the rest is com paratively simple, for we grasp the face of the watch, locate the position of the hands, and quickly estimate the time by forming a mental image of the mechanism. If the watch seems slow, carefully take out the springs, count the screws, and jewels—if any—thereby ascer taining whether or not the watch is in good running condi tion. Remember, however, that to maintain an attitude of courteous attention is the most important factor, and anything which detracts attention from it or in some manner is disturbing to either the instructor or other students is inexcusable, E. Me. WATCH YOUR APPLAUSE Though the themes for open forum articles have been many and varied, not yet has any one touched upon a procedure that seems to us to be of vital impor tance. This subject might be termed "The Proper Time for Applause.” There does not seem to be an understanding in the student body as to exactly when applause is in order and when one may certainly appreciate a song or service—but with si lence. There seems to be no dis crimination between these two one in which applause is permis sible and the other in which ap plause is certainly merited, but where the greater tribute of ap preciative silence is deserved. Surely all of us are aware that one never applauds religious songs or speeches. In fact, nothing of a spiritual nature is ever applauded audibly. By our silence we show the genuine pleasure we have received. Quite often where one is in doubt whether to applaud or not, it might be of help to watch whether Dr. Brewer gives a sig nal to clap or not. Quite often when applause is due, he does make it known to us.' Applause is a queer thing. We must realize that we may ap plaud silently something which we like as well as audibly. After the chapel period we may ex press to the person our pleasure or approval_ of the song or speech. _ It is indeed necessary that this be called to the atten tion of the student body at once! As a final word we say, “Watch your applause!” Miss Connie Horne reports a most pleasant and profitable ex perience in attending in Spar tanburg last week the meeting of the South Atlantic Modem Language Association, which held its sessions at Converse College. Gifts Galore OF PINE JEWELRY Wiitohcs and Tjcatlici- Goods See Our Windows PERSONALS > JCWELCns SIVVI sSHiTHt ni.atwn p>»ra Miss Sarah Cullom spent the past week-end at her home in Wake Forest, Miss Bruce Gore spent the week-end at her home in Rock ingham. Miss Margaret Craig attended the Carolina-Duke game Satur day at Chapel Hill. Miss Blanche Obenshain spent the week-end in Durham. Miss Virginia Crawford spent the past week-end at her home in Goldsboro. Miss Belle Ward spent the past week-end in Raleigh. Miss Lucy Buchanan, ex-’31, spent last week-end at the col lege. Traveling Library Stops At Meredith The traveling library of the State Y. W. A. is at Meredith for the next two months. This case of books, located in the B. S. U. office, contains the newest mission books. Girls may bor row them by signing for them there. J. C. 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