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Two THE TWIG December 16, 1932 7 WIGLETS I ^ Published Bi-weekly as the Officuil Organ of the Student Body of Meredith College Mae Campoell Editor Dorothy Merritt Associate Editor Salue CouNaL Associate Editor Eliza Bjuccs business Manager Ehu.y Miller Managing Editor Mary Florence Cummings Managing Editor Nahcye Viccellio Managing Editor Mary Lois Parker Asst. Bus. Mgr. Cornelia Atkins Asst. Bus. Mgr. REPORTERS Jane Parker Mary Laura Vaughan ViRciNiA Scott Elberta Foster Louise Correll Mary Allen Lewis Entered ai lecond-clatg matcer Oet«b«r 11. 1828. >t PostoSiGe ac Rsleigh, N. C.. under Act o( March 3, 1S79. Acceptance (or mailing At ipftcial rate of Mitage provided (or ia Section 1108, Act of October 9. 1917, authorized October 11, 1928. Subscription PHce $1.25 Christmas Giving This year, as has been partic ularly true for the past few years there will be many for whom Christmas will be just another daj' unless someone makes it dif ferent for them. It is only througii tiie people who have been more fortunate that these may receive the love and message of tl\at one whose birthday we celcbrato. During the Cliristuias time many gifts and mcs.sages of cheor will be sent to people in all sec tions of the country. Perhaps we shall be asked to contribute something in the carrying out of some of those projects. If so, 3'our giving will bring to you one of tiie greatest .jovs in life. In this giving one may remember the a words of Jesus ‘“Inasmuch as ye have done it untio the least of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” Tkv Baskkth.m,!, Everyone is familial- with the idea of the well rounded jjerson as developing mind, body, and spirit. When the statistics con cerning the number of people tak ing part in hockey dui-ing the past sea.son were read at the awarding of the letters it would seem that the Mcrechth students have not neglected this important .side of tlieir life. Basketball |)ractice started this week. For those wlio ha\’e not engaged in any spoi't wo would urge that you go out for ba-sket- ball. There will lie tiass teams 'N^and championship games just as those which wei-c lield in hockev. Congratulations to Juniors! Winn/ng the Hockey (Uip this year wan a i-eal lionor. As statis tics show that a hundi'ed were out during the [last season and all of th.''ni did good work on the various teams. 'I’he or ganization and U’ain woi-k which your hockey s(jUul showed has won the adnnration of the school. KRYPTIC KOMMENT In Regard to Holidays As for mo and my house, I’m glad the faculty saw what a rush and scurry two sets of holidays right crlose together can put us in. Hero from be neath my avalanche of term papers, tests, uud reports, I’ve been trying to-keep an ear open for something amusing to tell you. Eut all I’ve been able to catch are echoes from Thanks giving and plans for Christ mas. And, maybe I heard W'rong, but it “kinda*’ sounded as if the 'Christmas festivities were coming more as an anti climax to those of Thanksgiving than as something we^'e been looking forward to all fall. One big set of holidays in the fall and •another extra long set in the spring sounds good to me— gives one something big to look forward to, you know. /hid Before 'tho Holidays As I said, I haven’t heard a thing amusing fii*st hand, but the Old Dutch clock looked very wise as she told me that she heard: Miss Harris: “Put this sen- tneco into Shakespearian Eng lish— ‘Tliere comes a bow- legged man.’ ” ‘‘Poodle” Barker, very dra matically: “Behold! What is this tliat approacheth me in parentheses?” Dr. .Johnson: “And for to morrow, please memorize one of Wordsworth’s sonnets.” Mae C. to Dot M.: “Do you suppose it’ll be a very long one?” Now, don’t tell me you've lieard these before. They'i*e straight from the Old Dutch Clock. Anyway your Kryptic Konnnont Kolumnist wishes you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS. A boner—but a thoroughly logical' onc^—was committed by a freshman at Agnes Scott coi- logo in Decatur, r0orgia. In tlio cour.se of a literary conver sation, slie made some remark about “A Dissertation Upon IPoasI Pig.’’ When asked w'ho had written it, she. answered promptly, “Bacon, I think.”— Swarfhnmrc I’hoenix. The luembors of the TWIG staff nnd stiidPiit body extend sjmpathj- to Mji* CampbeU, e^I- tor of tlic nviG, on tho iea(Ji of her {frnnclinotJier. Due lo a siirpi-ising increase ill ‘tiroll]nent at Ix)uisianii T’ecli, ccrlain studont.s at tlie insi.itutioii 4u-e l)eing deprived of tlie privilege of attending asNend)ly pro‘,n-ams for tluj next flir(*‘ montim. The auditorium just won’t hold tliem all—Duke Chronicle, Speaking of Christmas and gifts, we know of one store in Ra leigh which doesn’t advertise in The Twia but has as big a trade as it can handle, including 100 per cent of Meredith, we believe. What is it.? Miss Ellen Brewer, if she will permit the publicity, calls it her 'Wed front gift shop!” Guessed it ? Woolworth’s ? Right! Count on Miss Ellen to be orig inal. And speaking of advertisers, we have one which advertises “Quick Service and Good Food” and lives up to that excellently, but they had a misleading sign up the other day, “half-fried chicken!” And now that the new year is on its way with celebration and confetti, did you hear about the Meredith senior who went to Alfred Williams’ book store in search of the confetti and asked for “spaghetti.?” One of the newest “boners” found in an exam paper is the statement that “the w'hole world is in the Temperance Zone except the United States.” I^ate one afternoon during the past week, three girls stopped outside a window in Faircloth to serenade one of the inhabitants. They sang “In the Evening by the Jloonlightand, receiving no applause, they called for Letters to Santa Claus Dear Santa Claus: We are very thoughtful little girls; so instead of your bringing us something for Christmas, we are going to give you something to give some other school. It’s a nicc, big, old chain that hangs on the gates. Maybe other schools will not want it either, and if they don’t, you can keep it to pen your reindeers up with. Sincerely, The Student Body. Dear Santa Claus: We have been very good little freshmens and we have did every- tliing tiiat the upper classmen’s have told us to. We have got up ali tile lessons that w’c have had time to, and we have not fussed about our hard assign ments. We think we are just about the “swellest” bunch that Mr. Meredith ever got to come to his school, and we know that all the students are proud to “Eleanor.” Eleanor was not home. The moon was out, but it wasn’t far enough into tho eve ning for it to be moonlight. Come back tonight and sing Christmas carols and maybe you’ll have bet ter luck. One night about 11 ;00 two '■white sheeted figures (two girls in one sheet) passed the windows on the outside of Faircloth and disappeared into the night. Two years ago we wrote a story about the real Meredith ghoist, the “lit tle lady in brown,” inviting her to call on us; but she did not ac cept the invitation. And so, the other night, we at first hoped she’d sent some friends to call— until we heard very character istic Meredith laughs. But we still wonder who they were and why. The junior class president, who is also a Chemistry lab. assistant, was in the latter capacity seeking the other assistant, and called out a nickname to a figure not clearly seen at the other end of the room. Imagine her embar rassment when Sam, the janitor, said “what was that you said to me.?” It reminds us of the dis tinction we ran across between the old fashioned and modern girl. The old fashioned girl blushed when she was ashamed. The modern girl is ashamed when she blushes. Which was the junior president? Ask her! claim us. Therefore, we think that our class should have every thing that we want for Christ mas, including three weeks holi days (that is, if we want it). With love, The Freshmens, P. S.—Santie, if you have room along with the other things, won’t you please bring us some of that “sox-appeal” that the up perclassmens have. The Freshies. Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me 400 girls that will keep their bathtubs scrubbed clean. Miss White. Dear Santa Claus: Bring some new excuses for missing classes. I am tired of hearing the old ones. Miss Grimmer. Dear Santa: If you have room, please bring all the Meredith girls some mail. It is one thing that they always enjoy and need. The Postmaster. Dear Santa Claua: Please leave a barrel of “red- ant killer” in the freshman dor mitory. That much if not more will be needed. The Occupants. Faculty Members Tell of Santa Claus Beliefs When The Twig reporter asked Dr. Brewer when he first discovered that there was no Santa Claus, he said that there still is a Santa Claus, “not the same kind we believed in as chil dren, but there is a Santa Claus.” Miss Ellen agreed with her fa ther, adding that she believed in the ciiildren’s kind of Santa Claus a disgracefully, unbelievably long time. In her characteris tically clever style, she said that if she had been given a Santa Claus intelligence test she would have rated as a moron. It was a great shock to her when she did discover that Santa Claus was Dr. and Mrs. Brewer. Mies Ithoilos agreed, also saying “Santa Claus is just as fine as he c^'er w’as, and he’ll never gi’ow old.” Miss Price and Miss Yarbor ough couldn’t remember when they ever had believed in Santa Claus. Miss Price said that she knew who he was but kept it to herself, particularly not spoiling (Please turn to page four) HOCKEY SEASON OF »33 CLOSES WITH AWARDS (ConHnued from page one) “Speck” Harris. Juniors: Katherine Davis, Martha Davis, Ruth McCourry, Vara Ijce Thornton, and Ella Lee Yates. Virginia Garnett, president of the Junior class presented the hockey stick which was given by the Junior class to the most out standing hockey player in their little sister class, Mildred Eaton. Pat Abernethy then awarded the hockey cup, which is a new addition to the athletic trophies. This was given to Katherine Davis, manager of the Junior team, which went through the season undefeated. The following is a summary of the season: Won Lost Tied Juniors . ... 4 0 0 Seniors 2 2 2 Freshmen 1 2 1 Sophomores . . . 0 3 1 The highest scorers of the sea son were Martha Davis (’84), scoring 10; Vara Lee Thornton (’34), scoring 8, and Pat Aber nethy (’33), scoring 7. The other trophies which are awarded by the Athletic Associa tion were then shown and ex plained to the student body. These trophies include the bas ketball and stunt cups, now in tho ])ossossion of the class of ’34, and the individual trophy which is awarded oacli year to “Mere dith’s Best Atlilete.” Atliletics are taking a leading place in the extra-cuiTicular life of tho campus. Over one hun dred of the students, or, in other words, nearly one-third of the student body went out for hockey!
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