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The Twig
February 27, 1930
Official Organ of The Student Body
of Meredith Collepe
Edith Boouanan Editor-ln-Chiej
Salimoa Pekuy Business Manager
Rodrrta Roysteu Assistant Editor
Anne Simms Assistant Editor
Sarah Brioos Managing Editor
Blizaubi-h BooMiioUR..Ma»«if?inff Editor
6r.0NDie Mor315 Managing Editor
Mauy BAKUER-.Assisf. Business Manager
Evelyn McCall Art Editor
Reporters:
Edwina Martin Puuk Cuoate
JosEi’uiNE Lyles Lillian ALUuiDOii
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EDITORIALS
To Dr. Vann, the beloved
former president of Meredith,
and to his family we extend
our sincere sympathy. In the
death of Mrs. Vann, a noble
woman no less loved than her
husband, Meredith lost a true
friend, and the thoughts of
each member of the student
body are with the bereaved
ones.
Sometimes we sort of wonder
about this society spirit which
seems so elusive. We rarely
catch a glimpse of it save on
paper.
We are indeed glad that the
Cotton English Club has at last
come from hibernation (we sup
pose they were in that state).
Really, we had become uneasy
lest it had become extinct,
though, it must be said, we had
received no notice of a funeral.
townspeople see fit to go to the
trouble to come out for these
concerts, which they could hear
over the radio, it seems rather
strange that the student body
does not consider them worth
attending, especially since many
students are rather prone to
complain that there is very little
to do on Sunday afternoons.
Through an error the program
for last Sunday’s recital did not
get to the papers, with the re
sult that there were very few
townspeople out, as only few of
them knew of the concert, and
one had a vivid demonstration
of that lack of interest on the
part of the College students to
which I referred. This situation,
which is unfortunately not con
fined to Meredith, but is so wide
spread as to be a real educa
tional problem, is, I think, one
of the worst indictments of the
American college student, and
one from which we would like to
see Meredith entirely free. The
average student apparently is
not seeking an education quite
as much as the label of an edu
cation—“college graduate”; is
not seeking knowledge quite as
much as the tags of knowledge
passing marks in various
courses; is not seeking ability
quite as much as the semblance
of ability—fulfillment of State
requirements.
Since coming to Meredith
have heard a great deal about
the need and desire on the part
of the students for a course in
music appreciation. But here
again the thing that is wanted
is evidently only a tag. Courses
help, but like everything else the
appreciation of music is never
fully mastered, and one must al
ways experience music in the at
titude of a learner. The faculty
concei'ts are the very best kind
of training in music apprecia
tion, and I think can react fa
vorably on one's appreciation of
all the arts. Further, omitting
the organ recitals, the value of
which I must leave to others to
judge, I can say without reser
vation that the concerts have
been of the very highest calibre.
Perhaps it is time that some
should pause and check up on
STUDENT OPINION
CLASS SPIRIT
The hoarse croaking voices
that follow the games prove that
school spirit abounds on the
Meredith campus and that yells
of all degrees of loudness, vigor,
and sweetness have made the
chapel walls resound. Who said
the College spirit at Meredith
was “on the wane”? If he, or
she, has been anywhei’e within
hearing and has ears that are
anything more than ornaments,
he will surely have changed his
mind after this week.
Even though every one can’t
play, she can help her class win
by boosting the team. The cheer
ing from the side-lines at the
recent games has proven beyond
a doubt that the Meredith spirit
not only survives and flourishes,
but is ready to burst forth with
renewed vigor when opportunity
is offered.
The calm everyday life on the
campus gives little chance to
show school spirit in blazing
colors, but it smoulders under a
semblance of death, showing
every now and then in things
done and said by the girls. But,
when an opportunity is offered,
every one shows that there is
something deep down inside of
her which responds to the chal
lenge of a spirited fight.
Among those visiting in Wake
Forest last week-end were
Misses Sarah Cullom, Bruce
Gore, Mabel Bagby, Evelyn Mc
Call, Pauline Kitchin, and Dor
othy Taylor.
Miss Virginia Crawford spent
the week-end with her parents
in Goldsboro.
Misses Elizabeth and Mary
Price were in Charlotte last
week-end.
Miss Margaret Trotman vis
ited relatives in Winston-Salem.
Miss Nancy McDaniels was
the guest of her sister in Greens-
The question in our minds >=ame to college, and Smmrfpent the
day is. What is to be our opinion the true vakie? week-end in town with her par-
of the educational system of;"'^at the tiue values of the ^ g. ^
North Carolina? Are we to be-; complex things that go to| Brewer Sid
lieve that the system is so bad, Francis Pearman attended the
Home Economics convention
Home Service Band Scheduled
for Saturday Night
The Home Service Band will
meet on Saturday night, March
1, in the small Theory room at
6:30. The subject for discus
sion will be “Uncompromising
Convictions on the Campus.”
All members are urged to be
present.
Miss Madaline Elliot, student
secretary at Meredith, for the
past week, has been lending val
uable assistance in a Sunday
School Mission School put on by
the Pullen Memorial Baptist
Church.
Miss Nina Elliot, of Edenton,
was the week-end guest of Miss
Madaline Elliot. Miss Elliot took
part in the State oratorical con
test Saturday night at Meredith.
Legion Contest Won
J. S. McKinnon
By
Social News
that the leaders are forced to i college life are, and then decide
leave the State, or that its they are getting the
cellence is so great that other: out of their years at Mere-
states wish to follow, and are'^lth or are perhaps letting some
therefore taking the guide for of .the most valuable opportu-
themselves? (True, our ranking *^'ties slip by.
in the Union should curb this! t» ^
latter nation). Certainly, it has Professor of Music,
been proven that there is noth-
ing wrong with the leaders, for Meredith Sorrows In Death of
they are being demanded by all jVlrs. Vann
sections of the nation. We are’
sorry to lose them, but
are glad of their enlarged
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secretary of the student oratori
cal group, acted as assistant
chairman. Mr. Cale K. Burgess
was the presiding officer of the
evening.
During intermission the Mer
edith College Glee Club fur
nished music, and while the
judges were out, the audience,
led by the girls, sang, ‘My Coun
try, ’Tis of Thee.”
Classical Club Gives Delightful
Roman Play
(Continued from page one)
signed, and after a libation to
the gods, the company partakes
of refreshments, offers congrat
ulations, and sings the wedding
hymn, after the custom of the
betrothal.
The second scene is that of the
actual wedding ceremony. Slaves
bring to the priests a pigeon
which has been sacrificed and
a plate of meal and sacrificial
cakes. Cicero presents wine to
the priests for a libation. The
auspices are pronounced favor
able. After the groom and bride
have joined hands and walked
around the altar and partaken
of the sacrificial cakes, the bride
enters her husband’s family by
the words, “When you are
Gaius, I am Gaia.” Next fol
lows the eating of the cake pre
sented by the pontifex, suggest
ing the sacramental view of
marriage; after which the bride
and groom are seated on the
skin of a sheep sacrificed before
the ceremony. A prayer to Juno
and Jupiter closes the service
and congratulations are ex
tended.
The third scene is the proces
sion to the groom’s house. The
entire company eats the wedding
cake, and every one joins in the
wedding hymn. The groom
throws nuts to the boys in the
street as a sign of his putting
away childish things. Arriving
I at her future home, the bride
anoints the door-posts with oil
to signify health and plenty.
Upon entering, the groom pre
sents her with fire and water,
symbols of purity, and the keys
of the house. The bride lights
the altar, throwing her torch to
the guests, and oifers a prayer
to Juno for their future.
The cast of characters was as
follows:
Terentla. Cicero’s wife—Margaret
Barefoot.
Anna, a slave—Mary Hamby.
Manciper. a slave—Adele Rogers.
Philotlmus, a slave—Mary Broad-
liurst,
Marcus TuUius Cicero—Blanche
Obenshain.
Marcus. Cicero's son—Sarali Eliza
beth Jenkins.
Quintus Hortensiis—Alma Dark.
Lucius Piao Trugi—Elizabeth Ays-
cue.
Tullia. Cicero's (laughter—Oreon
I Bostick.
I Gaius Piso, the groom—Ellen Brad*
I sher,
[ Mother o£ the> groom—Lilly Varser.
Justice of the Peace—Roxle Collie.
Pontifex Maximum—Martha Vlcelllo.
Matron of honor—Verona West.
Flamen Dialis—Vida Miller.
(Flute players. Llctors, boys attend
ing groom, and guests.)
J. C. BRANTLEY, Druggist
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MEET YOUR FRIENDS AT OUR FOUNTAIN
held in Greensboro last week.
indeed
we
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opportunity.
FACULTY CONCERTS
..something of the love and sym-
; pathy of relatives and friends.
! Mrs. Vann was Miss Ella Rog
ers McVeagh and was born in
; Virginia on February 12, 1859.
To the Editor of The Twig : 'ghe graduated at Hollins Col-
A few issues back there ap-jlege. In 1885 she was married
peared in The Twig a very com- to Dr. Vann. In 1900 Dr. Vann
menclable letter by one of the
’Rah for Societies!
Much interest has been evi
dent of late in the “Phi” and|
“Astro” Society halls, due, per-i
haps, to the recently granted]
privilege of entertaining callers
there as well as in the college
parlors. The society halls seem
to have taken on a new value,
now that they can be used for
something besides formal recep
tions, society meetings and par
ties, and, in spite of the fact
that it will be quite a long time
before another “Decision Day,”
during which nothing but As-
tro-Phi spirit prevails on the
campus—students are, neverthe-
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pluco when down town.
Complece stock o( Gifts, Kodaks, PUma, Tally and Place Cards, Greetins Cards,
Maizaslneg, New Fiction, Stationery. Loose Leaf Books. School Needs
ALFRED WILLIAMS & CO.
EetaUieked iser SOCIAL ENGRAVERS HO Fayetteville Street
students calling attention to the
poor attendance on the i>art of
College people at the faculty
concerts, and quoting me to the
effect that I would like to have
more students attend the organ
recitals. As this is not exactly
what I said, and as the truth of
my statement was very vividly
shown yesterday, I think it
might not be amiss to call at
tention to it. What I did say was
that when from 200 to 400
accepted the presidency of the!less, enthusiastic about their re-
Baptist University for Women,, spective societies. It is likely
now Meredith College. It was:that new furniture and radios
during these 15 years as the|are responsible for much of the
wife of the president of Mere-'interest, but just the same we
dith that Mrs. Vann exerted such I are hoping that the present atti-
a loving influence upon so many'tude will continue.
Meredith girls. j
Besides Dr. Vann three chil- A copy of E. Stanley Jones’
dren survive: Dr. William Har
vey Vann, of Baylor College,
Texas; Dr. Elizabeth Vann, of
Washington, D. C., and Miss
Dorothy Vann, of Chapel Hill.
new book, “The Christ of Every
Road,” is in the B. S. U. office.
A chapter of the book is dis
cussed every night at 10 o’clock
at Family Altar.
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