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THE TWIG
September 26, 1930
Miss ; and when that auda
cious term is used, I just stutter
around and try to answer as in
telligently as possible under the
circumstances—but all I man
age to utter is “B—b—b—eg,
pa—don!”
What vyoiild we freshmen do
without letters from home—es
pecially the very kind ones from
our “true loves.” I, for one, was
so excited over a letter from my
“special” that I was walking
very nonchantly down the cor
ridor. Some of us have an abom
inable habit of reading aloud
when we are unusually excited.
I was so absorbed in my letter,
I did not notice anyone near me.
However, all of a sudden, I
Iieard someone say: “My dear,
wlien are you coming and pay
some attention to your big sis
ter?” Being so shocked at tlie
fact that a junior was condes
cending to speak to little me, I
could only pronounce the phrase
which I liad just read in my let
ter: “Yours as always!”
PERRY’S
TAILORS AND DRY
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RUBY LEE, Representative
Official Organ of The Student Body
of Meredith College
Blondig Morse Editor
Lots Hartness Business Manager
Elizaheth Boomhocjh Assistant Editor
Mary Lee Managing Editor
Frue Choate Managing Editor
Edwina Martin Managing Editor
Eliz,vbeth Hajirblson Asst. Bus. Mgr.
Lottie Dellb Myers Asst. Bus. Mgr.
Reporters
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Sallie Council Martha Salisbury
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^ EDITORIALS ^
This issue marks the begin
ning of a new year in the history
of our college paper, The Twig.
And we are hoping that, witli
the interest and cooperation of
the entire student body, this is
going to be one of the most suc
cessful yeurs the paper lias ever
experienced.
In this very ftrst issue we
want to express ouv apprecia
tion to the firms whose courtesy
makes the paper possible. And
we appeal to every student and
ask that she patronize our ad
vertisers. 2s^o doubt tliere are
many gii-l.«; who patronize the
firms whose ads appear in our
paper; bur unh,*ss rhey mention
tlie fiu-t t hat they are from .Mere
dith. tlu; firms may never realize
it. ^\■]l(‘n you are in stores down
town, iiM'iition the fact that you
ai'e from .^fereditIi. and that you
nolicetl tlicir ad in our j^aper.
The s(oi't‘s who give us ads are
tlie oni's t;lial: are I'eully iiiter-
(.‘.stMl in M(.‘ri;litli, and as a
stinlciit l»()(iy we want them to
kimw rliut wo aiipreciate llicir
intci-csi.
Our ideal fur TriK Twio this
y‘;ir is to uiake it more of a
wci'kly urn s papin' for tlie scliool
tiiaii it has i-vi,‘r been before.
And we want llie stiulents to
I’l-'i-] free at any time to make
siiii’^rsiions, conlril)nte iiiuteri-
jil, (ir show in any way tliat they
are iiiUM-csU'd in the papcu*.
Mo.VClUHF-iJuSTICK
Ifcv. and -Mrs. Waih) J>. l^os-
tick, •!! \Vake i'orest, and
Pochow, (liina, announce tlie
enga.g(‘ju(.‘ut of their daugiiter,
Oreon, to l{ev. Adiel Jarrett
Moncrief, Jr., of Atlanta, (ia,,
son of Dr. and Mrs. A. J. >fon-
crief, of ])ei-atur, Oa., the wed
ding to take place Octol)or 7.
KAMPUS KAT
Meow! Meow! Well, hello—
here I am—the Kampus Kat.
Y'ou may be hearing from me
every week or so. It all depends
on how much news I can get
my whiskers into. And also—
just so you don’t say “Scat” to
me. Y’ou have no idea how it
injures a feline’s dignity to have
some one shout “Scat.” Well,
catnip! It’s all in the day’s
travel.
Y^ou know, I see a lot just
snooping around here. You
needn’t think though that just
because I’m a cat I have to be
catty. Indeed, no we cats have
our standards. Biut there is one
thing I must say. What the
idea of it is I can’t quite see,
but there’s a whole crowd of
people liere tliey call “Fresh
men.” I must admit that I don’t
know wliat it is aU about. It
seems they are (luite wild and
have to be trained. Y'ou know
how it is with tlie young. I’m
sure. I have often heard slight
ing remarks on the vocal ability
of my fajjiily, but I must confess
tliat tlui way some of them
howled around made the fur
stand up on my neck. It occurs
they do have their uses, however.
They are not particularly deco
rative sojnctiines but they make
quite efficient door stops. Poor
things! I’m beginning to have
({uite a pnrry feeling for them.
1 imagine sometimes tliey feel
as I do when I’m “scatted.” I
think 1 sliall sing to them some
night. Good music is always
a comfort.
AN'ell, yours till they give me
Vani.shing Kream,
Tuk Kampu.s Kat.
REFLECTIONS OF A
FRESHMAN
“I want to be a senior
i^nd with the seniors stand,
A, fountain pen behind n\y ear,
A notebook in my hand.
I wouldn’t be a king,
I wouldn’t be a president,
I wouldn’t be an angel,
l’\)r angels have to sing.
I want to be a senior—
And never do a thing.”
“And with the seniors stand.”
W'e, the “green” freshmen ivould
make our introductory bow to
our senior classmen and faculty
by sitting do\\u when wo should
liav(! been standing, thus not
giving the propej- respect due
the faculty wlien they marched
out of the auditorium. Oh! For
a cherished place among the
seniors—so obviously at ease.
From the amused, questioning,
and squelching glances, we be
came—only too late—aware
that we were not observing and
upholding the college traditions,
which we found were the worst
things in Meredith w:e coukl
break. However, you can count
on us to do all the breaking nec
essary' !
When I first came to register,
1 felt anything but green; for,
alhough I had heard of “those
awful things” called upperclass
men, I had apparently not heard
enough. One often has a queer
hobby and—even though I knew
I was a freshman—I thought,
at least I tried to think it per
fectly reasonable and safe to use
green ink, as I have quite a lik
ing for loud things. (Yes, quite
proper that I should!) I was
signing my B. S. U. card with
as much dignity as one can
using green ink, when all of a
sudden one certain senior re
marked: “My, but that ink is
([uite appropriate, little freshie!
Gurrr! 3Iy blood boiled, and,
of course, in the wrong way; for
my face turned a bright crimson.
If I had not paid my thirty dol
lars, 1 believe I would liave
“picked up” and departed
straight for home; but even
freshmen who use green ink
can’t lose thirty dollars—so
here I am living to narrate this
wild tale.
It seems I am not the only one
who makes breaks about green;
for, when I went to see about
gym, the physical education
teacher iuforMed me we would
use green suits—this party
wonders if this was a break on
her part, or merely part of tlie
fresliman treatment.
I have beard of freshmen mis
taking seniors for freshmen, but
never have I heard of such a
thing as a freshman giving the
appearance of a faculty mejii-
ber. Nevertheless, being unusual
and plenty “freslimany” I have
been trying to avoid mistakes,
tlins making all the jnore! AVhile
[ was gaily skipping very undig-
nifyidly down the hall, I met a
most dignified young lady, and
she asked me a very legitimate
questi(m, which required an af-
tirnuitive ans^vijr, and being in a
most accommodating mood, I
answered “Yes, Mam.” Sad to
relate, I was so pleased with my
self for doing the right thing for
once. It seems all of us (even in
the best of families) have disap
pointments with greatest regu-
lai'ity and I recall that mine was
due then—the so-thought fac
ulty member was a freshman!
I’ve always been told tliat
when one goes to college she just
naturally calms down. Well, I
doubted it all the time; and now
that I’m here, I am thoroughly
convinced the old adage is mere
ly a saying. How could I be ex
pected to be serene and angelic
when I’ve had seventeen years
of experience the other way?
They even resort to calling us
Jfiss to try to improve our
dignity, but I fear they will liave
to try another method. I still
can’t get used to being called
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