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PAGE TWO THE TWIG January 18, 1936 PttbHa/ied Biweekly as the Offloial Orfjan of the Student Body of Ueredith College PAin.isB Pbrby Editor Katherine SnTrrow) Associate Eaitor Mary Port Cabrou. Business Manager Martha Messekoer Managing Editor FRAfroBa PiTTMAX Manaffinff Editor Mart Jokwson MacMillan Managing Editor ISAOKL Ross Assistant Business Manager Katk WTTT.a SuiTEn ^ Assistant Business Manager ■. Elizabette Bcllard - Typw CATitBuiNB Johnson : Heilen Hilliard Editor Reporters Kais Covinoton Cuablottb Wester Ethel Kwott Lillian Fob Adelaide Harris Mary Banes Grace Betts Ella Frakoes Ta'Tuji Mary Fay McMillan Eona Frances Dawkins DOKOTHY LOWDISRMTLK Entered as BecOiid-ciaas matter October 11, 1923, at PoBtofDce at Raleigh, N. C., under Act of March 3, 1879. . V AcceptaDce for malliDg at special rate of postage provided for iO/i Section 1103, Act ot October 3, 1917. authorized October 11. 1923. guBacripMon Price — - — ...$1.60 Open Forum Worry! Worry! Agon~ee^e^e LIVING IN 1936 The most serious ijrobleni confronting a Mereditli -girl for the year 1936 is the business of living. What this year liokls in store for each of us ia a mystery, and we must stake owr lives on it. If Upton Close Avas right in saying tlmt to Americans tliei-e is nothing in life woi-tli living for, because we feel there is nothing ia life vorth dying for, it is our own fault. We n>ust make life valuable and worth dying for by giving to it a goal and some definite end. Fov what purpose are we living.^ Do you have a purpose? Is your purpose, cause, ideal, or whatever you choose to call it, worth living and dying for? Let us ask ourselves these questions. Dr. Harrv Emerson Fosdick has said, “If we had a past and a pre.sent only, we might learn all about the past and adequateljf assay the present, and so live in ecrtainty. But our lives arc three- dimensional. They have a future tense. Life is a continuous adventure into tlie unforeseen and tiie unforeseeable. If therefore, one would get at tlie creative core of a man, one must find out, if one can, on Avliat ideas and ideals, what aims and purposes, what manner and jihilosophv of living he is hazarding his life.” You are going to live one way or another in 1936, and you are going to succeed or fail. Wliatever the consequences may be, the making of yoi/r life tltis year lies in your hands. STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES Ilecentlv two important matters have been called to the attention of the student body. ()ne matter concerns chapel behavior; the other pertains to observance of the light-holi regulations. The cry has been made time and time again that we be treated as college women, but it soniotimcs seems we do not behave as such. An alumna, who was present at a chapel period several weeks ago, was so 8uv])rised at tlie conduct that she Avas forced to admit she had never seen such disrespectful and noisy behavior exhibited among college women anywlicre. The criticism was sineei’c and was made because the alumna >vas interested in Meredith, Tl\e chapel period, wliicii is held for tlie |)urpose of devotion and praise, has come to, be a time for conversing with one’s friends, laughing, and causing general confusion. We can get no more out of a devotional period than we put into it. Disregard for other^s rights in cliapel is also indicative of the attitude some of us have taken toward the regulations concerning light-bell. Tlie rule was not made to deprive us of a few extra hours Avork or play, but was inaugurated fir the protection of others’ rights and the good of each one of us. Tlie student gov ernment is doing its best to cooperate with the student body for the good of all. Unless eacii of us cooperates and backs up the student government’s efforts, nj)thing can be achieved that is woi'thwhile. Breaking a rule is not the proper way to go about getting it changed. As long as a certain rule exists, obey it. If we M’anl to change the rule, we must prove to the authorities that we arc capable of using light extension without abusing the privilege. Dear Editor: Among tiie many things stressed by the adniinistratora when we first reg ister as freshmen, not the least Im- portaut la punctuality to classes, to meals, to bed. We have modeled our lives to bells and clocks. We have budgeted our time. Our hours aiid minutes are all accounted for. We have done our very best to conform to the hours that we are asked—nay, commanded to keep. We do not ob ject to this. We realize that such conservation of time is necessary in a full routine of curricular and extra curricular activities. But we wish to make a plea for co5peratlon. Since litGrally every minute of our time is taken up, can not the officials and professors help us by either keeping their ofllce hours, or leaving a mes sage of some sort as to when they will be available for consultation or conference? When we have only a certain »mall amount of time in which to see an official or professor, and we go to their ofRccs at the posted time and 110 one is there, we lose valuable time waiting and wondering when or If they will come. Finally we have to leave, without having done what it was necessary for us to do, or hav ing any Idea when Ave can get It done. May we make a plea for co8peration'? M. J. M. Dear Editor: A recent visitor (an alumna, by the way) made, on departing, the imcom- plimentary, but nevertheless quite true, statement to the effect that no where before had she observed such irreverent, unladylike chapel conduct. Such a thing could not pass unnoticed —It was called to the attention of the student body by a justly Irate and re proachful S. G. president. Said stu dent body was properly subdued—nay, one might say cnt.iJiert—but not for long. To the S. G. president, the exasper ating thing about the whole business must be that the student hotly cheer fully agrees that she Is right. It is disgraceful—even the worst offenders have ceased to deny tlielr guilt—they rather seem to glory in U. They ad mit that it looks terrible to visitors. Tiiey even admit (these are tlie worst offenders, you remember) that their conduct is unforgivable and should not be tolerated—and. go right on whispering, giggling, making faces, and exchanging notes. Well—then it seems that the only thing to do is to get down to Funda- .mental Causes—work, say, from,' the particular to the general—from the concrete to the abstract—or some thing. Take, for instance, S. G, chapel, because that is the only period when this siiocking behaviour is not iu evidence. Attention on those occa sions is, one may say, breathless— especially during the reading of the misdemeanors and “inisdemeanees.’' Now just why should this chapel pe riod be different from any other? The magic secret lies iu the fact that the students are interested. Then why should uot all chapel pro grams 1)6 Interesting, if that would achieve the so much to be desired re sult of breathless attention? Surely there are enough Interesting people and organizations on our campus to malcG 30 minutes a day (If vie.must 60 to chapel five tlmees a week) en tertaining. Enjoyment of Miss Allen’s recent lecture on oriental rugs was general—surely some other members of the faculty could be persuaded to talk for a few moments on their liob* bies, Many ot the faculty, as well as some of the students, are widely trav eled—wouldn't they tell us about it? And the organizationa-~'the I, R. C., the Colton English Club—nobody ‘‘cut up" at the Horace progroim put on several weeks ago by the CroasicaJ Club. And what wonderful programs the music department could give! Few of (he students tire of hearing Mr. Spelman play the organ or Miss Arm strong the violin. Why by the time these sources were exhausted It would be time to start again! Chapel conduct is bad. but all the verl)al spankings and “jacklng’s up” in the world won't do any good if the students are more interested in miabehavlng than In wliat's happen ing on the stage. K, W. S. SEVEN THOUSAND STUDENTS IN VOLUNTEER CONVENTION (Continued from page one) Dixie’s Colors to their height In'a most brilliant and Inspiring address. Other features of the Convention' included plays nt Keith’s Theatre, In ternationa] teas. New Year's Eve party, watch night service special mu-: sical programs, denominational group meetings, state meetings and banquets. SENIOR CUSS DECIDES ON SPEAKER FOR COMMENCEMENT (Continued from page one) among Avhich are The Miracle of Me and Pen Portraits of the Twelve. At the present time, Dr. Clausen is pas tor of the First Baptist Church in Pittsburgh, Dr. Poteat was on the campus last year for the woek of d.eeper spiritual thinking, and all who heard him were greatly helped. He has spoken at many nation-wide conventions, and during Christmas vacation, he was one of the most prominent speakers at the Student Volunteer Convention in Indianapolis. He, too. is author of several widely-read books— and (he Liberal Mind and Rev. Jolin Doe, p.l>, are two of tlie most pop ular. ON GOING ASTRA Y By KATE COVINGTON "Your knot," said Mary Johnson, with scorn and a mouttiful of peanut butter, "was your only virtue.’' I was crouched under the table. Not from fear, but the hairdryer simply wouldn't reach any farther. "What 1 can't understand," she continued gloomily, "is why you did it. Your knot," (as If struck by a new idea), “was your only virtue." Then she climbed off my bed where she had been lying on a hat, u term paper on the revenue situation, and Helen’s empty goldf)sh bowl, and left the room. But she returned for a parting thrust. I tiionght it was a parting thrust, hut after she had said viciously, "you dolt!”, ahe spied my rye bread and stayed to make hsraelf a sandwich. I thought that my position warrant ed a little Interest in the matter, ao I aald, “What’s a dolt?" whereupon Mary Johnson bent over and prac tically hissed, “a fool.’’ She says ahe didn’t hiss but I like to believe she did. It sounds yltaler. Then she reached down and patted the bobby pins sticking around, and aald, “Ring lets! Ringlets—as I do live and breathe!”' It was then, I think, that I burned off one of my ears. “Who wanted you to cut It?" exas- peratedly. "It was a decision of my owu," and I lowered my eyelashes. (Mary John son aays I haven’t got auy, but It's a matter of opinion;) I thought to over come her with a quiet serenity, unfal- llble by scorn and grossness ot spirit. But then suddenly her manner changed and she quoth: “I’m going to call you Rebeccah. I hope yon don’t mind.” “Reboccah? Why Rebeccah?’ I was aroused. And when I’m aroused, I am Invariably aroused. "Because I road a book once called The Shorn Lamh and the girl's name was Rebeccah," she informed me. Prom then on sbe adopted new tac tics. Slie took three fingers, placed them on my head, and wMrled it around, contemplating me, with her tongue In her cheek. Then nobly, and as if after deep thought, she said, "There’s only one way. You must turn to a spiritual realm, and there ilnd solace and peace.'' “But—1 began, but she stopped me. “By seeking truth, and being espe cially swoet and helpful you may find rodemption. Until then—," she loft oiT, unflnialied. Somebody.had yelled that tho Bee Hive was open, anyway, and Mary Jqhnson wanted a coca-cola. I could tell. Hor mood changed once again at the door, however, and she said dur ing tlie time a draft was blowing away.our furniture, "Since you lost your mind. I mean your knot, you’ve changed your whole outlook on llife. Well, goodbye, Daniel!" Later they told me she bad decided to call me Daniel Boone because he was scalped too. I maintained that I won out, but folks are beginning to look dubious when I quotli blithely that I'm—er— lettlug niy hair grow out Anyway it’s made a feature.
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