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PAGE TWO THE TWIG December 8, 1934 Published Bi-toeekly as the Official Organ of the Student Body of Meredith College Inez Poe Editor Louise Coiuieu. Associate Editor NoKMA Rose Associate Editor Sonora Bland. Business Manager Makoaket Caudle Managing Editor Pauwnb PEnnv Managing Editor KATnEniNE SiiUFORD Ma7iaging Editor IiirNE Tl'tiiilt. Assistant Business Manager Maky Foiit CAnnoLL Assistant Business Manager Ida Leane Waiuien Typist Edna Francks Dawkins Typist Dorothy Houoin Society Editor Martha Misssenoeh Exchange Editor Helbn Hiijjabd Feature Editor Maroareji- Kiu.\meb Clul) Editor Mary ELizABErru Dodson Sports Editor Nexos Editors Dobo'fiiy Dockeby Sarah Coluns Ruuv Baiujett Kate Covington Edlee Cates Maisy Johnson MacMilxan Bruoe TIU.EY Dorothy Ann Ford Entered as second-class matter October 11, 1923, at Postofllce at Raleigh, N. C., under Act of Marcli 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized October 11, 1923. Subscription Price $1.50 X. S. F. A. TO THE FHOjS’T Shuleiit Icadors tlio nation ovc-r will convene in Koston, Dcconibor 2S, for till' Tciitli Annuiil Couijrcss of the Xationiil Stuclcnf rcdoratioii of Aiiii'ricM. 'I'lie pi'ogruni is yet inuinnouneofl, but tlic qiiostions to be brnujrlif l)t‘foi‘t‘ tlio assembly have been made imblic. Those, we note with a great (k-iil of interest, are of vital importance to students everywhere ’I’licy iiielude questions dealing with tlie eonsorsliip of undergraduate puhlicafioiis, tlie place of iutra-mui'ul atlih'ties in the eollego program, and flic ninoh-talicd-of problem of military’ ti'iiitiing. A significant topic is; Shoukl students he restrained from participating in public political controversies and demonstrations as long as they keep within the public law^ Other ijueslions center in public affairs sucii as the administration of •FERA student relief funds on the college campus, the coordination of federal activities for youth into a single nnit, and the entrance of the United States into the World Court and League of i^ations. AVe await eagerly the conclusion to he n'achcd l>y the students of America on these fai'-roaching issues. Open Forum The League of NaHons and the Student Wliy shouldn’t all students every where be Interested in anytlilng that will further the causc for peace? For the last few days there has circu lated to a limited extent on our campus a paper which. It signed by one, signi- lies that the signer Is strongly in favor of the United Slates’ Joining the League of Nations. This paper will be presented with the names of thousands ot other litudonts to Mr. Roosevelt—thereby revealing the real Intei’est and concern of those ot us who in such a short while will have the responsibilities of national and International life so solely left to us. “In a world as dark us this, why blow out the only light there is?” A. T. B. B, S. U. Notes I The B.S.U. Council has sent a shower of Christmas gifts to Takonii San, Meredith's adopted daughter. We -^re proud of our little Japanese girl. Even If It is late, she will appreciate a card or letter from every Meredith girl. Why don’t you make her heart merry by writing her about your own Christ mas celebration? Here is her address: Miss Masalco Tokami San Seimam Gikwln Fukuoka, Japan 'care of Mrs. C. K. Dozier. Do You Believe in Santa Claus? | CLAS5 CUTS SW|/v| POOL^ phqaje The Night Before Christmas Holidays By KATE COVINGTON Did you miss the “Womanless Wed ding” presented by the Wake Forest boys the night of the Big Party? That was the climax of a very gala occasion! Th B.S.U is sponsoring the sale of Tuberculosis Christmas seals. There are girls on each hall of every dormi tory who are selling them. Won’t you buy? The AVoman's Club in Raleigh is giving the B.S.U. 10 per cent of what they make out of the Christmas seals. Won’t you buy yours now? Remember —just 17 more shopping days! AFTER 1934 YEAKS "I'i'itcc 1)11 I'arrli. goud-will toward men” was the message of the angels to a liarl)arfius and iiubi'lieving woj'ld. Jiauk militarism in the guise ■>f Kcjuian armies stalked tlie tbeii-kuown eai'fh. 3?i'utal Knniau emperors took pleasure in gladiatorial shows, which often enough were at the e.Kjiense (»| human lives. The weak met constant oppression from the strong and aci-e|itel it as their appointed lot. J’eace wa.s sitolTed at and world l>rnilierli()(]d unknown. During the [last yenr.s, tin' world kas experienced varying periods ol progi'ess and teeline. 'I’ke pres(‘iit age of (‘nligkt‘iun‘ut, ihe modern enthusiasi is inclined to look upon as the last word in the liistory of human [.rcigress. W(? have, to he sure, nuide vast .strides in tlio direetiou of moral ednscioiisness, hut how far have we advanced toward the Chris tian ideal ef ‘‘peace” and “good will?” Militai'ism still (knniiiates the worid-liorizon. Italy is ruled by iron- lianded militarism; with the recent regiim'utation, the youth of the land is di'awn more closely than over before into its snare.s. Germany in the hands of llitb'r is );quatly militari.slic. (ireater empha.si.s, it is true, lias Ix-eu Iail upon the value of human litV. .V., longer do we delight in gladiatorial combats. But society today fails to provid.! adequately for all of its members. Community Chest drives go nnsu|>ported; tlie needy, unclotbed; the hungry, unfed. This year in lialeigb, unless jnore libornl contributions are made to this enter prise, many families, M-ho have hitherto received governmental aid, -will go unprovided for. And so the Chri.stiati kingdom of peace and fellowship has not yet been fuliilled. If this promised kingdom i.s ever to eomo on earth, the workl must turn once more to the life and teaekings of kim \vko came that wo might have life, and have it more aliundantly. Have yon noticed certain girls m the campus looking very happy? Maybe they are the ones who went to St. Luke’s Old Ladies Home and gave a Sunshine Program a few Sundays ago. They wore so gladly received and had so nuich Cna eating stick candy with the ladies and talking that they brought back more sunshine than they cari'ied. B. S. U. FELLOWSHIP WEEK (Continued from page one) and “Palestine,” Mrs. F. C. Feexor. Those speakers all made one realize the need of world fellowship and the ways it could be accomplished. On Saturday the students presented a program about Lottie Moon, a mis sionary to China. Ann Bradsher told how she gave her life sacrilicially la spreading the gospel in China. It is in her memory that the W. M. U. estab lished the Lottie Moon Christmas Offer ing, which goes to missions all over the world. The W. M. U. of the Southern Baptist convention has as its aim $150,- 000 (one hundred and lifty thousand dollars) this year, A fitting climax for World Fellow ship Week is the pageant to be presented at Sunday Night vespers. It will bo a Christ pageant which will give the life of Christ in scripture, hymn and tab leau. The birthday oC Christ is a fitting close for this movement because He is the hope of all nations. At the close of the pageant Miss Marguerite Mason, Student Secretary of the Baptist Student Union will give a Christmas challenge. Following this there will be the procession of gifts while all girls place gifts on the altar for Christ. "Anybody can go to bed, but it takes a man to get up." and it lakes a squad ron o£ new green Meredith frosh a la raw on the night before the Christmas holidays begin to slay up. I know! The first hour or so we raced around getting everybody's address and promis ing to write, singing carols in colora- ture, delivering daintlly-and-not-so- daintily wrapped parcels, returning books and alarm clocks and brown shoe polish and slickers, looking at the grand kitchenette utensils Miss English pre sented, and sucking the peppermints the house presidents passed around. A gang assembled in our suite and everybody all at once began nuising whore she’d be, with whom, why, bow, and if so, exactly twenty-four hours later. We grew rowdy. There was a weak suggestion from the next room that iC we wanted to go caroling tho next day, it would befit us to stop—but the heed was a wild yelping bleating forth of “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing” from ns. IDxactly who started it, and exactly wliat the signilicance was is unknown. But we all have our short comings. The next few hours we resorted to an earnest attempt at packing, mingled with violent races up the corridors in liathing suits, and gallant rig-ups con sisting of sheets, old costumes, pillow cases, pine cones, and funny papers, lirobably thinking we were the cutest things that over hit Meredith. For a while after ton-thirty the noise we made soanded like one of the seven wonders of the world, Influenced main ly, J Ihink, by the realization that ordi narily at that lioiir all would bo dark (and as (|uiet as the house president, vice president, and three hall proctors could make it!) We stood n|) on our beds and tried to see who could bounce the highest: we colored the pictures in magazines; we raced to see who could scream tho loudest; we ran from imaginary sounds after hearing a half-dozen blood-curdling ghost stories; we cut out paper dolls; wo talked and sang and waxed hilarious. After midnight the gaiety began to wane a little. The laughter grew a little less loud, the carols sounded a little less llko football pep songs. The sky was black, a cool wind blew against the w'indows. Someone read Dickens’ “Christmas Carol,” and then “The Other Wise Man.” Several heads drooped to be straightened guiltily a second later. At two wo heated soup and made toast and hot coffee and couldn’t have enjoyed it more it we’d had butter for the toast, anil cream and sugar for the coffee! At three-thirty we were all ready to go. We bad donned our tanis and coats and were waiting to face the world with a song—yeah, "Hark tho Herald Angels Sing." We serenaded Dr. Brewer and the rest of the school boforo we left in the big buses standing out In front. Mr. Siielman directed the carols. We toured the city, stopping at house after house to sing the Christmas songs. It began to drizzle. TliO'Sky was dark. There was just a slight llstlessness in the singing. Everybody was sleepy. The gaiety had subsided. But a few gallant ones got off at every stop and sang bravely. They tried to scorn the sleepers into action but it was all in vain. They simply couldn’t take it. At soven-thirty the whole crew rolled up the oyster-strewn drive, tired and damp and sleepy; and in a most un graceful manner staggered into the dining room. Son Has Pleasant Memories of Meredith (Continued from page one) to a boy and he went out and nnide the boy leave.” "Didn’t she linally marry that boy?" “Yes, I believe she did.” That was a very serious offense in those days. "Well, do you romember how you used to go down the halls singing “No, Not One?” Sometimes you weren’t sure about the tune, but you knew tho words. You had juore personality than almost any person I have over known. “Son,” You were always doing some thing for somebody. Aren’t you en joying resting?” “Oh, no. I want to be doing some- thing. I want to have something to do.” And then Miss Parker and I pleaded with her to sing “No, Not One," but she was determined—"not today." Finally, reluctantly I decided that I had stayed long enough. I would have liked to have talked to “Son” much longer—but I did tho next best thing— 1 went and looked at the portrait of her In her nurse’s luilfonn which was painted by Miss Mary Tillery and which hangs In the faculty parlor—not that Meredith needs a portrait to remember Son by.
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