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Two The Twigr February IS, 19S0 Official Orpan of The Student Body of Meredith College BDitn Buchanan Editor-in-ChieJ Salinda Perry Business Manager Roberta Royster Assistant Editor Anmb SiMus Assis^ojtt Editor Sarah Briqos Managing Editor Euzadetu B00MU0UK..Manai7{n9 Editor Blondiis Morse Managing Editor Mary BAHBER..Assist. Business Manager Evelyn McCall Art Editor Reporters: Edwina Maktin Pkub Choate JosiiiPHiNii; Lyles Lillian Aldridoe CaUISTlNG JOUNSON Mary Leb Entered as second>cIa«s natter October 11, 1923, at PostofRce at Haleigh, N. C., under Act of March S, 1879. Acceptance for tnailins at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1108, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized October 11, 1S28. Subscription Price $2.50 EDITORIALS We are glad that certain col lege papers have at last found something besides co-eds on which they may vent their dis pleasure. Notice—There will be no reg ular issue of The Twig next week. The paper will be given over entirely to the Alumnse As sociation. In the first place the library was never intended as a social club. If you must gossip with others about everything under the sun, for the peace of those whose inclinations may not fol low yours, go somewhere else. Each girl has a room of her own; there are social rooms on each hall and parlors in the ad ministration building among whose uses are social gatherings. Please use them! In the second place, no rooms were provided as seminar rooms. Therefore, if you find it neces sary to study with a group, go where you won’^t disturb every body else who is attempting to acquire some small bit of knowl edge. Neither is the library a place for the verbal recording of vari ous observations of its inhabit ants concerning things in gen eral and made to no particular person. A radio station for picking up and transmitting these various witty remarks has not yet been installed. If these cautions will only be applied in practice, perhaps even those grades which may not have been so good on the re ports which went home last week may acquire a more pleas ant appearance for all of us at their next public scrutiny. pie quite often leave the table before dessert (again without apology) and go to talk with some one in another part of the dining-room (I have not ob served that they asked permis sion of the hostess to do so), re turning when the others have al most finished the meal to delay the whole table simply because they had a few exceedingly urgent bits of knowledge to im part to a no doubt anxious friend. These things are exceedingly unpleasant to a majority, and should, I think, be avoided in so far as possible. IT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN SPIRIT OF COURTESY We were sorry not to have the Sunday afternoon concert last week. They have come to be the most enjoyable part of the week. We greatly appreciate the good ness of the music faculty in pre paring them. FIRST AID Have you seen blue skies above you? Have you felt the tangy breeze that pulls at skirts and goes through winter wraps with a force inconsistent with the in nocent look of the day? The zest with which the wind pushes one along, or back, as the case may be, renews your enthusiasm for just living? Your senses feel alive to appreciate all the details of everything around, instead of so dulled that only an explosion can make an impression through the outer layers of the mind. When your mind has been awak ened from its lethargy and is alert, life becomes not only a ne cessity, but a pleasure. Only a few of the girls seem to be get ting the full benefit of this lovely weather. Let’s get more of it! There is a spirit among the girls on the Meredith campus which we would most highly commend—that is, the spirit of courtesy to guests or visitors. A recent visitor, speaking to a member of The Twig staff, ex claimed: “Well, you can certain ly say the girls here are cour teous. I asked someone where a certain girl roomed. She replied that she was not quite sure, but she would be glad to find out for me. Not only did she find the room number of the girl, but con ducted me to her room. I think the spirit of courtesy here re markable.” Who says it doesn’t pay to be courteous? And who doesn’t get a “nice little feeling” from helping someone else? It has been rumored that the attitude of the dates in the par lors is not all that it should be. This, I think, is a little detail which should never have had to be mentioned. Girls, when they reach the age of a college fresh man, and particularly of an up perclassman, should know how to conduct themselves under almost any circumstances. To have the fact brought up that the conduct in the parlors was unbecoming to Meredith girls should be em barrassing, to say the least. This does not apply to every girl, nor does it mean that it happens every time; but it should never happen—the girls should never have to be reminded of the fact that their behavior is not all that it should be. It may be mentioned here, too, that girls who do not have dates, and not having any thing in particular to do, should refrain from promiscuous ‘check ing’ in and out of the parlors. This sometimes proves very an noying, although the ‘checker’ may not realize it. This is not a lecture, neither is it a repri mand ; but a hint to the wise is sufficient, is it not? Margraret Craigr At N. S. F. Conference ON CULTURE STUDENT OPINION INTOLERABLE CONDITION SILENCE IS REQUESTED A great deal of criticism con cerning the behavior of girls in places reserved for study has re cently been called to our atten tion, both on this campus and on others. Truly, the critics would have been justified in their scathing attacks had the object of their observation been the Meredith College Library, for in no place is it so difficult to study. At times we doubt that the meaning of this word, with all its traditional significance, has been called to the attention of some people. Therefore, we take this opportunity to explain, not so much to tell you what a library is as to point out a few of the things for which it may not be used. There is a condition concerning which I feel a hesitancy in speak ing, yet it is intolerable; and some people need to have their attention called to it. The gen eral attitude and behavior in the dining-room on the part of some few people is not to be borne any longer. I am glad to say that this state of aflfairs is most prev alent among underclassmen than among juniors and seniors. I do not refer to the fact that the hostess sometimes finds her place occupied by another when she comes late to meals; it is a breach of courtesy on her part that she isn’t there promptly, and she has no right to expect that her guests shall wait her leisure for their meals. But I do condemn the practice which some people have indulged of coming to meals five or ten minutes late and throwing themselves into a chair without so much as one word of apology. They then loud- ly exclaim over the condition of the food, which no one could ex pect to be so good as it was when the meal began. These same peo- One thing that seems rather puzzling is the fact that girls don’t take advantage of the op portunities they have of hearing good music. Most especially this year we have had various recit als and musical events that have been worth a great deal more than they have been given credit for. Constantly we hear ex pressed wishes that Meredith of fered more "cultural” courses. A lot of interest could be aroused in a “music appreciation” course, for everyone wants to be able to appreciate good music. And yet, those same students who are so interested in these so-called cul tural courses are the ones whom you never see at concerts. Every Sunday afternoon members of the faculty have been giving re citals in the auditorium. It would seem that girls would be inter ested in hearing such good music when it costs such a little bit of effort. Then there are the student re citals every Thursday afternoon. As a matter of fact, the music appreciation course is really be ing offered through the concerts that are given, and we could make ourselves a great deal more cultured by becoming familiar with good music—and there are plenty of times when we could hear it if we would. B. M. There have been numbers of letters received at the editorial office telling of the prominent part taken by Margaret Craig, president of the Student Govern ment Association, at the meeting of the National Student Federa tion of America in Palo Alto, California, during the first week in January. The following letter from Mr. Powell, regional repre sentative for the South, is pub lished verbatim: Editor The Twig, Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C. Dear Editor:—You have no doubt already heard through the other officers of the National Student Federation of America of the contributions made and the interest shown by Miss Mar garet Craig, who so capably rep resented Meredith College at the recent congress at Stanford. I want to take this additional op portunity to personally reempha size the credit which Miss Craig deserves for her participation in the various discussions, and to call to your student body’s at tention the fact that your repre sentative was particularly active in the meeting of the southern delegation, which resulted in the next congress being brought to Atlanta, Georgia. The fifth annual congress at Stanford marked the beginning of a new era of development of N. S. F. A. work and service, and it is urged that Meredith College continue to be a leader in the promulgation of this national student enterprise, and especial ly to set the pace through the next congress, which is to be held for the first time in the South. Sincerely yours, Lewis F. Powell, Regional Representative for South on Executive Committee of N.S.F.A. Noted Art Authority Speaks At Meredith (Continued from page one) be alive. It is no use. We must not be afraid to get wet with art—to soak it up through our skins, take it in through our mental gills. In other words, what we need is to become child like over art, to release our fun damental impulses for emotional enjoyment, to insist on letting folks hear about what we do like and to stop this incessant bicker ing about what we do not, as the races in Europe that have pro duced fine art in the past are doing today. “From one end of Europe to the other I have received a glim mer of an understanding of the spirit that nurtures art, a spirit that is coming to be so need^ in our own land, a spirit that we can have for the asking, if we will stop, listen, and before all else, look. “For art is not just in muse ums. All the wealth of our mil lionaires cannot give us the least profit unless we take the spirit of art into our lives. “If we want art, we must take it into our lives as unconsciously as the poor goose-sellers of Cra cow took the fact that above their very market place stood a museum of fine arts, a monu ment to the best they knew in the midst of all they had.” The month's prize for honesty goes to the autotst who admitted he was tbe cause of the accident. « ^ 3K Fine Jewelry Novelties Leather Goods Prices Are Reduced on Some Gift Lines kJCWIUtS SltVtUHflKl Expert Repair Departtnent J. C. BRANTLEY, Druygist agent for ELIZABETH ARDEN^S Toilet Preparations MEET YOUR FRIENDS AT OUR FOUNTAIN WE CATER 10 MEREDITH GIRLS West Side Soda Shop MEREDITH GIRLS this store yout meeting place when down town. Complete stock of Gifts, Kodaks. Filins, Tally and Place Cards, Greeting Cards, Macaaines. New Fiction, Stationary, Loos* Leaf Books, School Needs ALFRED WILLIAMS & CO. 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