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PAGE TWO THE TWIG December 16, 1933 Published Bi-weekly as the Oficial Organ of the Student Body of Meredith College Nancyb Viccbll!o Editor Emily Miller Associate Editor Maiiy F. Cummings Associate Editor Cornelia Atkins Business Manager Louise Corhell Managing Editor Norma Rose Managing Editor Margaret Tii.onMAN Managing Editor Mary Lois Parker Assistant Business Manager Sonora Bland Assistajit Business Manager Typists Pauline Perry Genkva Bass Reporters HiaEN Dobson Elizabeth Austin Henrietta Castlebory MAnoAnsT Davis Dorothy Dockery Mauoaket Caudle Nell Choate Lillian Phillips Kate Covinoton Entered as second-class matter October 11, 1923, at Postofflce at Raleigh, N. C., under Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3. 1917, authorized October 11, 1923. Sttliscrfpfion Price $1.25 C'HIIIST.AIAS FOR CHRIST An oft repeated stfttemciit of the past week, and of everv week before C'Jiristnias, i.s the urJ^■e Christmas for Clirint. Tliis year, there are tliousands of children who will fail to know tlie joys of Christmas. (Jiving to the needy sliould he tnade one of the g'reatest joys of such a season. 'J'he ])ast week of World-Wide I'oilowslu]) lias made vivid hei-e the need of the peoples of the world today. Furthermore, the life of a ]jerson like Lottie Moon and the in fluence of a man like Mr. Gartenhaus, make thoughtful people i*ealize the i-eality of Cltrist as the source of )iower in these Chris tian lives. Thi-ou^h such cxanji)les, the reality of His hirth is strengthened. The celebration of it sliould accoi'd with the |)ur- ])ose of the celebration. FIRST STl'DEXT RECITAL The first student recital whicli was given last night by Louise "J’homas reminds us again of the splendid work offered in tiie Music flepartnient iiere. Also, these student i-ecitals from year to year inijjress us with the fact that completion of four years of work hei'e is done not without a fair degree of achievement. A MA'i’a’l-:R OF (iKXKRAL IXTKIiKSl' The National Student Federation of America which meets in AVashington should be a matter of nation wide student interest. It is a conference that is held, not for student government officials alone. l)ut also for student leaders in all ]ihases of college life. WHKRK 'rHK \1-:W Rl-’XilNS When- the Xac licybis there is always opportunity for ini- proveinent. One resolution that should not need to be su£r"-estcd ttir the New Veiir is a certain matter of eticiuette—or rather l)reach of eti(]uette. V.vei'v year, Raleigh hostesses and Mei'edith officials are embarrassed by the students “asking theiiifniroi out” in Raleigh. To take such a Hlierly and to run the risk of enil)arrassing the townpeople, to say nothing of imposing on them, is something that has been done that is not representative of the homes from which Mereditli girls cc»nie—not to mention the school standai’d that mosl: of the students oljservt-. Hut—it will continue to occur as long as the students do not ojienly })rotest against a few of their meinljers giving them all a eai'eiess I’cputation. WHA'l’ Wir.L YOl'? 'I'lii' Little 'I'lieatre has l)eeii holding tenaciously to its ideal of none but best plays for Meredith. A majority of students have been nonchalantly saying (not in worfls, but by theii- failure to attend lliese plays—especially the Rarrie play given on Decem ber 11) that—the// don't curc. There is a matter of royalty for sueli a play—$25 to lie exact —an ainonnt which the gate receipts did not ecjual. Fui-ther- more there is a matter—older than the one of money—and that is time. Six weeks of hard work on the part of the cast, of the tneml)ers of the di-aniatic club, and of the directors Dr. Hoaglanl and Dr. Johnson—none of whom have a great deal more time than ail tlie students who failed to attend the jjlav. The production was one of the l)est evei’ given here by ama teurs—according to those who dil attend. Moreover it is hai-dlv the Barrie play that is being put on te.st when students do not at tend. Nevertheless, the Little Thea tre with its limited finiincial re sources, cannot continue to give plays with royalties if the stu dents continue to fail to support them. The choice is up to tlie students. What will you? Exchanges A Colgate University scientist has discovered that the presence of calcium In the blood causes cheerfulness. Moral: Ftied professors on lime. —Old (iold and Black. The fli'st set of quadruplets ever to enter any college in this country en tered Baylor this fall. They are the Keys sisters of Hollis, Okla. —Old Oold and Black. SItudents may now get degrees by do ing extension work in evening classes at Tulane University.—Old Gold and Black. Connecticut college students are de manding royalties on their examina tion answers which are sold to humor publications by their professors. —The Thuvih Tack Tribune. Columbia University reporters, ques tioning people on the street discovered that flve out of six men think that college students are loafers. The sixth spoke only Chinese.—Florida Flam- hcaii. Hamlin University, oldest college in •Minnesota, no longer requires students to have credits for graduation. When they are able to pass a comprehensive examination they receive their di plomas.—The liolunda. President von Klelnschmid of U. S. C. says that college freshmen have only about one-half the vocabulary of the common laborer. “Swell,’' he says, is used to describe 4,972 situations. —The Intei'collefiian. Another curse of Technocracy is the new machine which marks exams, such as true and false, grades papers and ralculates the percentage of each— there’s no ai'guing with machinery! —Polytechnic Jicporler. Children's Literature Exhibit in Library For the especial benellt of the Chil dren's l.iterature Class, Miss Ethel English. Instructor In Education, has recently secured from the Library oC the University of North Carolina some literature showing the Landmarks in the Early History and Development of Books for Children. This literature is now on exhibit on one of tlie bulletin l)tiariis In the library. In the exhibit is a child’s Horn Hook, some combinations of letters and the L»rd’s prayer, mounted on a frame of wood; a Cbap Book printed in the latter part of the Eighteenth Century; a Haltlcdore: the ling- laud Primer; a copy of Mother Goone Mclndu: the Ifi.'ilory of Little Ooody 7’iro ahocx; an illustrated copy of The Olil Womuii and her Pig: one of Babcock's 7'oy Books; a Child's II- Uiuiivaled prayer Hook; and, a copy of the only True Mother Goose Melodies. All average of less than 40 per cent was made by each group In the Fresli- nmn Class of State College on the annual English Placement test given ihom on Registration Day this fall. The averages were about in line with those of last year.—From The Tech nician. Splinters from the Twig The akin you love to touch—with a slap. I’d walk a mile for a Camel—and then I'd be too tired to ride one. It floats—the fatter you are the more It will. Keep that school-girl complexion— don't use Bon Ami! Slogan for seven-year itch—hasn't scratched yet! Foil the zerodoccus—make a 100 on your next exam! Do you have pink tooth brush or do you prefer lavender? Parents in a rage are seldom mild. It speaks for itself—too many fresh men do. Have you a little smarty in your room ? Fool the all-love-goblus—he’ll get you yet but make him wait. Don’t get the Mater Raspus when we sing oiir school song. Have you seen that your loved ones will be protected when they receive your grades from school? Three on a match would be rather crowded. Three In a match makes a love tri angle. So many of the girls belong to the NBA—not rushed any. PARAGRAPHICS A man who knows that he is a fool is not a great fool.—Chuang Tzu. It is only through labor and painful elTort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.—Theodore Roosevelt. There are loyal hearts, there are spirits brave, There are souls that are piwe and true; Tliea give to the world the best yon have, And the best will come back to you. —Madeline S. Bridges, Most of our troubles are borrowed; from the past, in the shape of remorse or regret; and from the future, in the shape of apprehension.—Frank Crane. Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the lea.st of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.—Matt. 23:40. Dear Lord! Kind Lord! Gi'acious Lord, I pray Thou wilt look on all I love, Tenderly today!—Riley When we see a soul whose acts are all regal, graceful and pleasant as roses, we must thank God that such things can be and az'e.—Emerson. Dr, .lames S, Scarr (veteran Weath er Bureau forecaster, defends his fans) —"There are no foolish questions. No question seeking an answer is foollah.” Richard Welling (civic crusader, tells why political reform doesn't last) —"We always have the needy rich and the grateful poor.” Albert H. Wiggln (financier, at Sen ate banking Investigation)—"Invest ment that turns out wrong Is specu lation,” Mrs. Isabella Oreenway (Congress woman from Arizona, rents a taxicab) —“I leased one for two weeks—some thing that has been a dream of mine all my life; Just to see the meter tick ing on into eternity. You see, I want ed to prove there could be such a thing as controlled Inflation.” Msgr. Eugene TIsserant: (Vatican li brarian)—“A librarian has no time to read." Mayor John P. O’Brlon (of New York, when asked whose inlluence se lected a new appointee)—"Now, don’t let’s go Into that. Just say lie was selected on his merits.” Robert Quillen (Editor of Fanntain Inn Trihune)—“Character Is made by what you stand for; reputation by what you fall for.” Guglielmo Ferrero (Italian histori an)—“The male is the romantic, a romantic fool. An ofBcer In uniform walks around the city as if he owns it. Women know better. They are realists. They have taken care of children. They know life.” Sidney Conrad (a regular soap-box speaker in London’s Hyde Park, con fesses)—“People are amazed at my erudition, I quote freely from ancient and modern philosophy, from science and fiction, from works on political economy. Actually all I know about them Is the few sentences I quote. I don't make any pretense about it. I tell my audience frankly that I am Ignorant of my subjects—but they never believe me," Raymond B. Fosdlck (chairman of New York's NRA committee investi gating leisure, after a leisurely meet ing at whicli nothing was accom plished)—"It ought not to be assumed that a person doing nothing is wast ing his time," Nicholas Murray Butler (on our sav age customs)—"When it is clearly understood that the higher education has as Its dominant aim the training of educated gentlefolk and not mere ly the production of more or less in tellectually trained barbarians, we shall begin again to make progress.” HERE AND THERE She isn't my best girl. Just necks best.—Header's Digc.'il. He called his girl "Brown Sugar” because .she was sweet but unrefined. —Header's Digest. He: “My treasure!” She: “My treasury.” —Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. He who laughs last seldom gets the point anyway.—yfef/(/e/-’s Digest. of n Ki'fishiiuni —The lii'ackcty-Ack. The remedy for professional tardi ness at the University of Bologna in 1158 was to withhold the professor’s pay for the class at which he arrived late. The students paid the professor directly In those days and if he was late, he had to teach the class regard less, but without any remuneration for his efforts. In addition to fixing their salaries, students hired and fired pro fessors, went to classes as they pleased, and changed their professors If they tired of their original Instructors. —Syracuse Daily Orange.
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