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THE TWICi
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Publiahed Monthly as the OfflciaJ Organ
of the Student Body of Meredith
College
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S EDITORIALS^
When You Entertain Your
Dates—
In one of the editions of The
Twig last spring tliere was an
editorial on “The Senior Par
lor.” Quite unfortunately, the
printers misread the original and
printed the title as “The Lenoir
Parlor.” Now the Seniors are be
ginning to realize that it might
as well have been printed “The
Greensboro Parlor,” “The Dur
ham Parlor,” or, not urbanly
speaking, the “Junior,” “Soph
omore,” or “Freshman Parlor!”
(Don’t think wo think it is due
to the fact that the name was mis
printed in this paper that every
one has taken possession of the
parlor. Perhaps only she who
can’t make a distinction between
her Ij’s nnd S’s even noticed it).
However, getting do\m to bi’ass
tacks, several people must thin)c
that circular room in the middle
of Jones Hall is “Everybody’s
Parlor” becaiisc many undei-
clas.smon noncliahmtly bring
their dates there. Guos.s again!
The Class of ’.'31 gave, as its part-
ing gift, furnishings to bo used
in making of the Rotimda a par
lor to be used exclusively by Sen-
ioi-s. It is a fact that it is not
used exclu.sivelv by Seniors.
Juniors, Sophs, Freshmen—all
are represented in the Senior
parlor. Juniors, Sophs, Fresh
men, the Senior Parlor is not
your parlor—“yet”—so be pa
tient! You will bo Seniors some
day, in one, two, or tlu’ee years
as tlie case may be; so until that
lucky day, be content with enter
taining your dates in the rose
and blue parlors, and let the Sen
iors use the parlor that is theirs
alone.
^Peace on Earth*
Only one week and thcee days
till Christmas! How many times
we’ve heard that remark floating
about the campus—and how we
thrill to it I
And in this gay and happy
season, when Christmas is in our
bones as well as in the air, it is
fitting that our minds should
turn to that all-pervading ideal
of Christmas and the Christ child:
“Peace on earth and good will
to men.”
Heretofore, Meredith girls
have not had the opportunity to
do anything definite about Peace,
although they have been intensely
interested in it. During the war,
they gave over much of their time
to making bandages and other
little comforts to relieve the suf
fering of America’s wartime he
roes, and none hoped or prayed
more earnestly for peace than
they.
But now the chance to really
do something to help the peace
movement was presented in
Chapel last Tuesday in the shape
of the National Council for Pre
vention of War which was
brought to our attention some
time ago by Mr. Harrison. By
participating in this movement
and donating money to this wor-
tiiy cause, even we college girls
can do our bit to prevent our
brothers and sweethearts from
ever shedding their blood on some
gory battlefield. It is a priceless
opportunity we have—this of
joining the great youth move
ment of the college students of
America in “a challenge to the
whole war system.” Let’s don’t
let it go by without doing some
thing about it.
EREDITH
Christmas Holidays
Christmas Day, that “so hal
lowed and so, gracious” time of
freedom for most of us is made
more impressive year after year
by festooiis of Christmas decora
tions—cardboard golden stars
hanging in windoAvs, festoons of
holly wreaths gracefully scat
tered, glowing candles seen in
windows and on Christmas trees.
This custom of candle burning is
a pleasant and friendly one be
cause softly gleaming candles in
the Avindows bespeak warmth and
cheer within, and peace and good
will to the passers-by.
“ . . . allthroughthehouse,
not a crcature is stirring not even
a mouse.”
A passer-b}', now peacefully
lingering in the cluttered street
alone after having been jostled
with good-natured banter by the
liomcward-bound crowds with
baskets of Christmas green,
tliinks tliis wlien he passes a win
dow, a most simply decorated
one, and secs that all the little
folks have “quieted down,” the
lights have been lowered, and only
the older people are gathered
around the big fire place. This
is a most picturesque scene: that
enormous fire made up of blue
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS!
Isn’t this just the greatest
weather for ChristmasP (Notice
I’m starting with the weather so
I won’t have to resort to it at the
last), ril say it is! The days
before you leave for the holidays
are always filled with excitement
and why not? Isn’t that the
longest vacation you get during
the entire school year?
Too, lots of exciting things are
going to be happening right here.
Saturday night is the big per
formance of the Little Theatre.
“Quality Street” is the drama;
and from the calls 1:o come prac
tice to various members of the
cast that I’ve been hearing under
my window each night, I’m sure
its going to be worked up to per
fection. (Don’t you hope it will
be as long as “Her Temporary I’ll be seeing you next year!
Husband ?” Girls, here’s a lucky The Merry Meredith Mouse.
break for you to keep your men
at Meredith after ten o’clock!)
And then Sunday your choir,
all robed in white, is going to pre
sent its annual concert. Say,
doesn’t that Christmas music just
thrill you to death ?
I’ve heard rumors of a glee
c^ub concert to be given next
week. Alas! The ones responsi
ble for this concert haven’t con
fided in ye old rodent. There
fore, I can’t give you a bit of
information. However, if its go
ing to be given in costume, and
if the scenes are one-half as pretty
as that one last year with Pat
Abernethy in the gondola, then I
advise you and all your household
to hie you away to it.
After that—^well—it won’t be
long then I Here’s hoping every
one of you has the merriest of
merry Christmases—and—
December 11) 1931
years he h^ delved into th6
sources of Southern antdl>ellura
history 'and by his books has done
more than any other scholar, liv
ing or dead to illuminate that pe>
riod. His first book, “Georgia
and State Rights” (1901) won
the coveted Justin Winsor prize,
and his last, “Life and Labor in
the Old South” X19S9), the Lit
tle Brown prize. His “American
Negro Slavery” is the classic in
its field. In 19^9-30 he toured
the world under the Kahn fellow
ship penetrating equatorial
Africa on a study of present
Negro civilization in the historic
reservoir of American slave' la
bor. His observations there were
interestingly brought out in his
talk Saturday morning,, compar
ing the real Africian Negro with
the Americanized Negro. He is
now engaged in writing a three-
volume history of the South.
Professor Phillips was intro
duced by A. R. Newsome,. Ra
leigh, Secretary of the State
Literary and Historical Associ
ation who termed him non>
evangelical missionary of the
South.
and red flickering, laughing
figures and suddenly great red,
green, and yellow glows loom
from the Christmas tree in the
shabby drawing-room causing
“Oh’s” and “Ah’s” throughout
one’s whole being. This makes
the sense of Christmas still more
I'cal. It brings back all kinds of
memories and cliild-like desires
especially that desire which makes
one wish that his “stocking, too,
again could be hung in the chim
ney Avith care.” This scene has
an atmosphere all its oAvn which
some day an artist’s brush will
catch and hold.
Classical Club to Have
Meeting on Saturnalia
gambling! Candy will be used
for money and a game which is
an imitation of the Roman games
of chance will be played.
The characters in the play are:
Geta Mary Allyn Lewis
Bellus Kathleen Sears
Calpurnius Rhgba Parker
llector Inez Poe
Boadix Alyne Reich
Servants . . Carolyn Wray and
Sue Hester
Uulrich B. Phillips Makes
Talk on Antebellum South
' (Continued fFom page one)
Georgia, Columbia, Wisconsin,
Tulane, Michigan, Califoraia and
Yale universities. For thirty
A short play, “Saturnalia,” in
Latin will be one of the features
of the annual Christmas meetings
of the Helen Hull LaAv Classical
Club on December 12 at Dr.
Price’s. The Saturnalia was a
Roman holiday observed in De
cember and was the foundation, of
many of our Christmas and New
Year custortis, such as the giving
of presents, festivals, decorations,
and various forms of celebrations.
The real Christmas date being
uncertain, Avhen the early church
was deciding on a date, it se
lected the one in December in or
der to replace the old pagan holi
day. by the Christian one. The
Classical Club tliis y^ar is to imi
tate the old festival in so many
ways as possible, having games,
fortunes, Latin songs, and—
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Wake Forest-Meredith-
Wingate Social
On Saturday night, December
5, the Meredith-Wingate Club
entertained the Wingate boys of
Wake Forest in a delightful “0H7
fashioned party” in the Astro
Society Hall.
After quite a time had been
spent in talking over old times,
old friends and exchanging bits
of gossip about the absent class
mates, old-fashioned games were
enjoyed. Refreshments con
sisting of punch, cakes decorated
with the blue and gold “W” and
candies were served by Lucille
Miller, president of the club.
Members of the clubs and in
vited guests were: Lucille Miller,
Nan Haywood, Miry Elizabeth
Elani, Arie Miller,. Ilosalie Mor
row, Sledge Ricks, Helen Mid-:
dleton, Miss Nettie Herndon, Al
bert Williams, Robert-Wishai’t,
Paul Johnson, Cletus Carriker,
Ed McManus, David Pickier.
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