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T PI E TWIG
October 9, 1931
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Official Organ of The Student Body
of Meredith College
PnuK Choatk Editor
Minwal Cates /Jiiisfant Editor
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Sallik Coiincii. Managing Editor
Douotiiy Mkrhitt Managing Editor
Mae Campiikll Managing Editor
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^ EDITORIALS j
Down- With (’liui-i;s
WclKstor siivs that tlic term
“clique” is >L’ncvalIy used in a
bad sense, so \vc hesitate in sav
ing that we have cli({ucs on our
canijjus and sav, rather, that
titere is always a natural ten
dency for |)eo|jle of conunon in
terests to form exclusive sets or
coteries and consecjuentlv miss
much real pieasui'e and benefit
that would come from a wider
circle of frientls. 'IMiis is not
meaning Hiat the many little
“crowds’’ m the camjms are un-
friendlv but. instead, that thev
evidence a narrow ranii'c of
friendship on flie part of those
concerned.
Obviously, ihere is no better |
fipportunil v offered for exploi -1
ing the intei'e-tin,i>' realms of hu-'
man per'.onalitv than while rit|
collei^'e: and those who prefer to|
go "hke fluno's swans, cou].'led;
and in>epar:ite,'’ uidess they
make otbei' frienls, will deprive]
themselves of mncb in iiieir col-j
lege careei' of broadening their
intei'ests and outlook, and t)f the
foiuulaiion of friendships that
will be so highly |)rized in the
years after college. A human
j)ersona!it is sncii an interest
ing thing, and the thi'ill one feels
after ‘'finding*' a good bo»)k is
experienced even moi'e strongly
M’ith the ”disco\’ei'y” of a new
friend.
'I’heii whv not u'iden our circle
of friends' Sitting ne.xt to us
in our classes may he girls
whom we have regarded as
“closel books." 'i’hink (»f what
we inav have been missing, and
remember that
“One can’t always tell by the
covcr
Just what is inside of the book/’
Thai' Oi.d Sociktv Simhit!
Usually when I comc up the
campus is one of the most de-
.serted |)lace.s in Raleigh and to
day—well, something extraordi
nary is going to lia[)[)on I know
i\nd old Mr. Si^ni was pcri’cct-
fy right, for this is what lie saw!
Oti the dining room ste])s a
crowd of girls were standing
aroutid the hell'. In front of
freshman dormitory another
crowd was grouped. 'I'hese were
the two societies—the Astros
and the Phis—and they were
awaitinu' the riiiffina' of the ris-
O D Cl
ing bell. It was cold and they
liad l)cen waiting a long time
but still they persevered. (Per-
iiaps they had a streak of the
determination and ])ersevcrancc
of the little nuvteh girl.)
These two groups had been .si
lently watching each otber’.s
movements for a long time and
were still glaring hopefully at
one another.
Suddenly the bell rang and
the air was filled with ungodly
sounds—
Zip! Jiocnn! Bang! And the
freshies woke up! (iirls niarched
up and down the halls yelling
aiul singing. Firecrackers were
shot and all noises “makeable”
were made. The poor little fresh
men were afraid to venture out.
They were frightened by the
howling mob, especially of the
bloodthirsty sophs. They had
heal'd many tales about the
sophs and believed them ca])able
of anything from revolution t»>
persecution. It seemed that the
former was being enacted and
it was in fear of the latter that
thev were afraid to go to
breakfast. After a while, how-
c\er, some of the l)older members
of the green horn class ventured
lorlli and when the remaining
meeker ones saw that they suf
fered no physical hurt they tim
idly followeil.
‘”A-S-'r-l{-()--As(rotekton!”
came from one end of the dining
rofim, and nt the othei' end came
the response—
••I’-II-I-I.-A. Philaretia!”
'I'lie freshies clapped and they
wei'e hap])V l>ecause liiev knew
that before the sun set again
they would have i)ledged them
selves to their faviu'ite society.
‘^Well” chuckled old Mr. Sun,
“'J'hev seem to be happy, ^^4lat
fun it must lie to be a Meredith
College girl. They really live!”
And he turned his attention to
something else l)ecause he had
liniicred too lonii'.
“Well, what’s gning on heref'”
tlioijght .Mr. Sun as he loomed
over Meredith “never have I
;een Merelith li'irls so enerii'etic.
I'ing-a-ling, ting-a-ling, ting-
a-ling.
'riio society editor of the local
dailv swirled aj’ound in her chair
and viciously eyed the cause of
intei'i'uption in her- ])oetic flight
tn the ecstasies of a spring day
W’hen all the world’s a lover
And boys are merely buzzers.
■•‘rve a notion to let you ring
until (rabriel Idows iiis born,”
she said. And eventually she did
continuing her poetic fancies
thus
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CREDITH
OUSE
A-fi-i-r-ol P-h-i-l-a! Note, if I
may, I ask you, /ir/T-'f you ever
heard those before? {Just a
rhetorical (jiu’stinn to xvhicJi I
surely shan't wait for a reply).
Itenlly, I fear this little vwtise
7i'0iild he reduced to a mere
shadoxa if she xoere compelled to
lose as much sleep all the time
(IS she has lo.st the past fezo weeks.
Being a rcell-trained sort of per
son, J ahvays retire at nine and
sleep in the mornings until 7:30.
Bat xcoe was vie! Every night
last xceek I was aimJcened from
my peaceful slumbers at exactly
ten- by the wildest, most terrify
ing shrielis ever heard. So start
ling xcere they that I dreavted.
abo/it firecrackcrs and cute (?)
l/ttle gouts the rest of the night.
{Re.st, did I say? Surely there
xcas none for yours tnilyl) And
singing! Ill dcclare unto yon, J
learned a whole line of one .song
{is there such a thing as the law
of frapiency?) It ic'cnt .some
thing nice this "Astro, Mother,
.Istro." There was another song
that I heard just as often, but
it Was too lengthy for this feeble
intellect to retain any of its im
port. Aud then, right on the
heels of this song / thought an
other 'iCar mn.st be in the process
of being heralded. SpealAug of
noises! They were awfnl to the
ears, and just xvhen I KNEW
I'd be the next victim in- this
cause for—zcell, most anything—
/ discovered, to my great relief,
that it was another xvay the Phis
had of saying, "Freshmen, 7oe
arc here!”
And Wednesday morning!
Sweet spirits of stardust! There
was such a conglomeration of
firecrackers, Billy goats, and
yells that one just couldn't be
snre 7i’ha.t it.was all about. {Tm
not the 1-aving beauty I once was,
nionsicidly speaking—loss of one
half hour of sleep!)' Anyway,
Society Day {in case some of
you have not discovered what
I've been attempting to describe)
-was a howling success! And-
how!
And ere I make my exit from
the scene I must mention an
other Society Day. It's a totally
different kind, they tell me, and
it's going to he at the Brother
Institution. Another person said-
it was Wake Forest Society
Day ind that Meredith will be a
lonesome place that certain Sat
urday. I'm all at sea! Where
is the Brother Institution? It
is in Baleigh? Oh, hitt maybe
it isn't for me to know and maybe
I'm just a
Meddling Meredith Mottse.
\\'hen ail the woi'ld’s a lover
.And boys are merely buz/.ers,
AIv soul to iieights unknown
flies
And plucks angels’ harps in the
•skies.
“U‘m, not so bad, not so bad,”
•she sighed to herself. “Such
rhythm, sucli unusual expres
sions and such a unique rhyme
scheme—whv who kno\\’s, I'm
likely to be awarded the Pulit/-ei‘
j)ri/e for my poetry, (U' probably
I’ll be made associate editor of
l*01’’,TUV instead of society ed
itor on this two by four country
newspaper where genius is not
even I’ecogni/ed much less a^)-
preciated,” she ended .sniffling
her Jiose, and casting' vicious
eyes once more around the shab
by, little olHce of TH1-: MORN-
l'X(i SUN where the baldheaded
star rej)orter sat at iiis dishev
eled desk strewing papers and
hitting typewriter keys absent-
mindedly, where tiie managing
editor sat slaying copy with a
red jjencil, where the Hie hooks
groaned under tlicir burden of
miscellany, and where the AP
lines ticked monotonously.
'ringj-a-ling, ting-a-ling, ting-
a-iing, rang out the 'j)hone moj-e
sharply.
. 'I'he society editor grabbed
pencil, and pad, rushed to the
’j)hone aiuI Jerked the receivei'
(iown all the time muttering,
"Prol)a!)ly that dame who has
called up here approximately a
half dozen times this morning to
insert names she omitted in hei-
])arty list she sent in. J*ity she
suffers .such lapses of memory.
Oh, iiello (tiiis very sweet
ly) ”
“Hullo, yourself, what’s up
this morning that you can’t an
swer this ’phone when you’re
supposed to.^”
A wry grinu\ce—the i)rinter’s
devil of all people. Well, she’d
show him who was who, the very
idea of yelling through the re
ceiver like that and insulting her
with such a remark.
“I was indulging in one of
my inspired moments and soar
ing away into poetic sublimity,
saphead.”
“Huh, poetic sub-sub-sub—
“Poetic sublimity, only, of
course, you don’t kmjw what that
means. I shall be a great poet
some day and then you’ll be sorry
that you weren’t more consider
ate of my genius. Why^ I’m go
ing to be editor of POETRY
magazine shortly.”
The ])rinter’s devil whistled
softly under hi.s breath saying,
“Ye gods, that woman and her
])oetry, which, to my notion, is
rotten. Hey (this in the receiv
er to the society editor), sna|>
out of it, and dash off a lead to
a stoi'v on the societies of Mere
dith (.'ollege. Poeti-y or no
])ooti'v, genius oi- no genius,
we’ve gf)t to have a coi’king good
lead rigbt away.”
“Since when have you given
me oi’ders.^” came the (pierulous
demand.
“I ain’t giving you orders,
young miss, I’m only I’efaying
the orders for McDougal, man
aging editor, and' you’d better
ste]) on it for he’s on the war-
]jatli,” and bang went the re
ceiver.
The society editor perched
her s])ecs more sedately on her
nose, ))atted her mouse-colored
wig and wi-inkled her ]>ug nose
))rej)aratory to extemporising,
and incidentally reminiscing,
foi' she had once been a ^reredith
girl.
“Societies at I\Iej-edith Col
lege, Rushing ])eriod, a variety
o f entertainments, o t h e r
Astro and P-H-I, P-H-I, P-H-I
vying for the new gii-ls, decision
day, yells and teais, and then
initiation, bruises and bumps,
luminous faces. ^Vliat an expe
rience for any new girl to look
forward to. 'I'lu^i-e, that’s con
cise and i)recisely to the })oint.
Uev. yai (calling to the office
boy) shoot this d(nv)i to the lino
type man.”
An intei-\al of a few miiuites,
llien the poetry and the method
ical chewing of gum resumial
theii' sway on that second floor
oflice of 'i’ll]-: .MORNIN',;
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ASTRO GOAT WINS VICTORY
DECISION DAY OVER DOG
(Continuod I'roiii page one)
we feel thy hiu’ns U}Jon us” in
stead of hands. Not only the
dog, but all j)assershy avoided
the goat until he calmed down.
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