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THE TWIG
THE TWIG
STAFF
Fbanom Tatum Editor
Maiiy Jamb Limh.ky BiisiJiess ^fniinffei'
DOROTIIV LownnKMii.K Associate Bailor
Mahv Martin zlmcla/c Eiltoy
Bprty Pmikku Uanaglna Editor
Katiii.eks MimiKi'T Managing Editor
Jessib Cuimis .1/aMaffinj; Editor
Caroly.v CitiTCiiKii /IssJsfaiit Business Slanager
Sadib Masskv Carloottlst
Dorothy Gnutsic Feature Editor
EVEt.YN LA891TKU TVPlUt
LuoY Neww.l Tvi)iat
Reporters
Marv Stewaiit Bede Dickenson Nora BrNneii
VlROINIA CtlUSCIL Caiiouv!? Andrrws Jean Liohtfoot
Who Is the College?
The college is not the board of trustees nor the adminis
trative officers, not the faculty nor the alumni nor the stu
dents. At least it is not any of these groups alone. Nor
is the college a campus, a group of buildings, a physical
plant. One who stays on the grounds is forcibly reminded
that Main Hail is just an empty shell during the summer,
when it is without the bright blood stream of students and
faculty. Equipment also is necessary for a college, and above
all the most essential equipment—the library, but the li
brary is not a genuine aspect of the real college unless there
are students, whether freshmen or full professors, using its
resources. . . .
Neither is the college a curriculum, a program of study,
nor even an educational philosophy. It is all these together,
physical, personal, and spiritual. It is an environment cre
ated by the inter-penetration of persons and functions de
voted unselfishly and with consuming faith to a unified
ideal.—From article by Thomas N. Barrows, of Lawrence
College, in School and Society,—Biblical Recorder,
Ships and Havens
One day during vacation, haply I picked up a copy of
Henry Van Dyke’s Ships and Havens. So well did this little
book express thoughts which had been uppermost in my
mind for sometime that I wish to present to you some
definite ideas obtained from reading Ships and Ha^vens and
to apply them to our present situation.
From birth to death, we, like a ship, are launching forth
in search ol' a haven. The course of our journey, the bene
fits derived from it, and the port where we finally dock are
largely our owu responsibilities. Surely, nine months spent
in a culliigo should be as important a factor in determining
our course as any period so brief. Therefor^ it is up to
us to make this school year not only aid us in making our
pi'esent course in life pleasant and profitable, but also set
our ship toward a nobler and more useful port.
Thtire are two types of havens toward which we may
strive. First, there is the haven of work. Van Dyke says
that the desire to reach this haven is brought about by a
love of weullh, a desire for fame, a love of. pleasure, or a de
sire to bo useful. For our own consideration as college stu
dents we should like to vary slightly these underlying causes
for work. Uur first cause is fear—fear of failing, fear of
the disapproval of loachers and parents, fear of some
friend doing beUer than we do. Second, we suggest love of
fame, or something akin to it—the desire to be recognized
as a scholar, to surpass fellow-students, to gain popularity
and inlluence. Third, we otl'er a more noble cause—the de
sire to improve one's self. Truly this should inspire each
of us to set our goal for the haven of work and to struggle
untiringly toward it.
This desire for fieli'-impi-ovement overlaps our second type
of haven, that of character. Surely we shall have endless
opportunities to further ourselves on the journey toward this
haven. By study and observation we should be able to build
up an ideal, to fix steadily in our mind certain principles by
which we may judge ourselves and others, and to try to ac
quire those huuiis and traits which will enable us to ap
proach nearer our ideal.
If we closely consider these facts and conscientiously try
to realize the greate.st good possible from this school year,
ours is no light responsibility for the next nine months.
While we would not take away the pleasures of college life,
we wuuld have u.s look beyond the light, frivolous joys usual
ly considered as the pleasures of the campus and see instead
the limitless pleasure to be found in enriching ourselves
mentally, socially and spiritually by honest interest in hai’d
work and in character building.
BEGINNING
Stiirting anew always instills in us new aspirations, and
new hopes and we set high goals which we may never reach.
We have many opporCunitie.s ahead of us this year and it is
up to us to use them to the best of our ability.
Don’t forget that there is sontething else to college besides
study. Although that is a prominent factor, other things
are iieeded to make well-rounded personalities. With mod
eration enter some of the extracurricular activities—sports
and clubs—take time, for you have it, to read the current
events in the newspapers and magazines, and i-ead a few
books at least. All of us complain of a shortage of time, but
We have plenty of time if we will only use it.
COOPERATE
The change in the size of The Twig is probably a surprise
to most of our readers. It is somewhat of a temporary ar
rangement, but we feel that with more space available and
with \yiyir cooperation we will be better able to serve you.
the columns of your paper as a means of expressing
your opinions.
Dr. A. C. Rcid Delivers
Opening Address, Sept. 9
(Contlnuod from page 1)
Itivol of culture vulBed; llvlog con
ditions ai-e objoctionable."
“Education may oUber be a bur
den to eocloty or a conBtructlve
forco," Dr. Raid dosod hla ad-
dross by stating the tollowlni,' ways
to develop and exhibit per.
Bonal courage: to be Intelligent,
be wisely indepon
and to be I
...
The Student Says...
Dear Editor:
One of the things which has
been worrying most of us, Is a
statement on the notice all of us
found hanging in our bathrooms
when wo returned to school this
year. The statement tells us not
to paste, wrlto, or Impair In any
way the walls In our rooras. It
also forbids us to drive tacks or
pins into the walls. We (eel sure
that the freshmen will be glad to
observe this rule, as they will not
wish to mar In any way their
clean, new-looking rooms, But we
upperclassmen could not help feel
ing Indignant when we read that
notice. After taking a look at the
dirty, paste-smeared, and tack-
scarred walls, we feel it all we
can do to endure such ugliness
for nine months, even when the
walls are partially hidden by pic
tures and pennants. To have to live
in a room in such a condition
without anything on the walls
would be horrible.
Some one will be sure to say
that had we not started driving
tacks, and pasting pictures on the
walla wlion they were In a good
condition, they would not look bad
now. To that we answer that we
have been here only three or tour
years, as the case may be, and
the walls were In bad condition
when we came. We are not re.
sponsible for the damage done by
others, and had we been warned
sooner, would not have done any
ourselves.
We do not mean to be unreason
able by demonding that we have
new wails, because we know that
everything cannot be done at one
time. We only want some one to
explain to us why we have been
given Buch a warning at this late
date,
Sincerely,
A Student,
V. V.
• • «
There are quite a few practices
and conditions around here with
which a great many of us are dls-
satisfled. Most of these, though,
we accept, graciously or otherwise,
realizing they exist because of
some underlying principle or be
cause of the schools actual Inabil
ity to alter them. However, when
a Situation prevails for no reason
at all and when everyone deplores
It, it's time tor action. Specifically,
I refer to the telephone arrange
ment in the dormitories.
The telephone condition is ter
rible! During rush hours, calls
come In so fast that no one has
time to make any and few receive
any, Reports from people in town
have it that no one hopes to reach
an individual out here between
6:30 and 7:30 or 10 and 10:30
without calling at least hall a doz
en times. Then, when calls do
icome in, either the girls on duty
happen to call on the wrong' side
of the dormitory or someone else
takes the liberty to bang up the
receiver and make her own call.
In addition to this, the yelling Is
very unpleasant and' undignified.
This Is, of course, a condition
which only we as students can Im
prove. However, In this case
there seems to be no reason why
we might not have a little help in
bettering the situation more. Pay
stations reportedly would impose
no added expense upon the school.
Certainly, If busy Meredith tele
phones testify anything, the tele
phone company would profit great
ly to Install more stations out
here. Why, then, can’t they put
telephones on each hall? Surely,
It would save a great deal of time
and trouble, and even some real
Inconvenience (or us as students.
As for the general atmosphere o(
Meredith, the elimination of the
calling outside the dorms would
add greatly to Its dignity and re
finement. In every respect, it
seems to me, that having pay sta
tions installed on each hall would
benefit, everyone concerned In any
way with the Meredith telephones.
Hopefully,
M. A, C.
Japan-Chinese Conflict Aired
by Dr. Poteat
(Continued from page 1)
liamentary debates and the elec
tions differ from those In America.
There are two main parties, they
represent the (eudal families and
capitalistic Interests and try to
keep money from the army, then
the army appeals to tlie emperor.
The business men and capitalists
do not want war with anyone,
much less China who is Japan's
beat customer. They even have
trade meetings which are attended
by the leading business men of
both countries; they discuss bow
to avoid approaching conflicts and
seek methods of bettering trade re
lations.
When Japan took over Manchu
ria In 1931, the Japanese people
were glad to get rid of the army.
The army established a totalita
rian state !n Manchuria which
cannot bo interfered with by Par
liament. Military men occupy all
the positions in Manciiurla. They
are attempting to eliminate all
Chinese of any education and abil
ity and reduce the population to a
peasant level; then It will be pos-
Bible to control the population.
Dlfflcuitles, however, are encoun.
tered by the Japanese on the bor
der. China set up tariff barriers.
Tills made it necessary for the
Japanese to coniiuer more territory
and they went over the Great Wall,
This did not solve the difficulty as
there was another border; they
needed, according to the Japanese,
to conciuer more territory.
China first showed resistance
when the Cantonese army of three
thousand men resisted the Japa
nese for fifty days In Shanghai,
This army was uot supported by
the central government; China was
not ready to fight Japan. The
Japanese navy could not control
the Chinese, and the iirmy had to
dispatch eight thousand men to
dislodge the thi'so thousand Chi
nese. This Incident Imbibed the
Chinese with a new spirit. “We
can fight, we can resist, we don't
have to surrender to Japan," The
whole psychology of the Chinese
was changed; they realized that
the Japanese army and navy was
not so Invincible as they had be
lieved, A peace was patched up,
Japan kept pushing; not paying
the tariff created an Issue, They
also tried to drug the people of
that country. The Chinese felt
they would eventually have to re
sist to keep Japan from taking the
country, hut they tried to postpone
It as they didn't want to fight.
The Japanese Insisted on having
army maneuvers on Chinese ter
ritory "to show how they could
The Japanese psychology
was that If someone was shot, his
deatii should be avenged wltli one
million others. "In the person of
the soldier is the emperor, and an
insult to a soldier is an Insult to
the emperor," was the way they
reasoned.
The Japanese naval men de
manded entrance into the Chinese
airdrome and some men were
killed. This time the story was
different. The resources of China
had been used, trained troops were
available, tliey had an air force,
the army was supported'.
What does China think? What
will Japan get out of this conflict?
What will become ol the whole
affair? The Chinese are convinced
that Japan cannot win, and they
are going to see that they don't.
The progress made in China in
tho past twenty years is extraor
dinary. The Chinese are united
psychologically and thousands and
thousands of miles o( roads make
communication easier. China will
be set back a hundred years by
this conflict said Dr. Poteat. Block
ades mean little to China because
they have little trade.
If Japan does not wake up, Dr.
Poteat said, instead of the
dream o( the emperor being
achieved It would result In Japan's
utter Isolation and an Internal
revolution, Japanese are afraid of
new Ideas, especially communism,
because of its philosophical inplica-
tlon—the overthrow of the em
peror. The common people know
little of this. In Japan telegrams
and books are censored and mail
la opened. The Japanese think the
Chinese are barbarians and it is
Japan's destiny to civilize them.
As it Is, Japan and China could be
the best of friends, and Japan could
supply China's enormous market.
The army is destroying the hope
of China and Japan,
China hos enough equipment lor
modern warfare to last one year
and then thoy will restore to
guerilla warfare. The financial re
sources are not so much, but a spirit
ol patriotism prevails among the
Chinese. In answer to a question Dr.
Poteat stated that China expected
no help from other nations but
there Is some hope that Japan will
bo involved with Kussla In Man
churia to draw the army up th^re.
The expectation and hope o( the
Chinese Is that we remain neutral,
Japan is In desperate financial
condition, jc00,000,000 a year Is
budgeted into the army. Universal
conscription Is - prevalent, . The
Japanese make a lot of their own
ammunition from tho scrap iron
which has been Imported.
When asked the plans ot the mis
sionaries, nurses, doctors and
school people. Dr, Poteat said tho
work will go on. But those in Im
mediate danger and with families
have already been removed.
DOT’S DASHES
Since I'm staying over thla year
to play football, the Editor o( tbla
paper decided to give me some
thing to do between' practlcea.
Therefore, I've dashed around to
see what 1 could find out about
the Freahmen. It so happened that
I ran into a number of upperclass
men on the way so there may be
a word "hither and yon” concern
ing them.
The Freshmen seem to know
their way around unusually well.
At first I thought there wouldn't
be anything about them' to write
but there's always a slIp-up some
where and I happened to hear the
(ollowing: One bright girl walked
up to a new (acuity member and
asked what class she was in. The
faculty member informed her that
she was teaching some this year.
The Freshman answered rather
aarcaatlcally: "Yeah, so am It"
and walked away. Imagine her
embarrassment when she walked
into that teacher's claas the next
period. Did she look RED in the
face!
Another asked if the S. O. mem
bers check on the same side of the
dormitory every night. No, some
times they check on the Insidel
Here's an . example of their
cleverness: One walked up to me
and asked what I thought of a man
who would buy a red auit. "A red
suit?" I exclaimed, "Who in the
world bought one?” Then came
the calm reply: “Santa Claus." A
soph went to the Arts Building the
other morning at eleven o’clock to
report to ancient history. She sat
there for a few minutes and no one
else came. Finally, she asked a
girl who was passing If that was
the room in which the class was
supposed to meet. "Yes," the girl
informed her, "at 8; 30 this morn
ing."
That reminds me—I heard an
other one about the absent-minded
professor. He was dreaming that
be was ^teaching his class and
when he awoke that’s exactly what
he was doing! •
Noticed on the bulletin board:
"All students desiring to sell Fresh
Religion books see so and so.” I'm
afraid mine Is stale after all theso
years.
Ridgecrest gossip: "Mirvlne, do
you know what time It is?" That
could be used as a new method of
calling light bell HERBI If you
haven't heard about how cupId
works up In them thar hills ask
Carolyn Parker or Lois Avant. Bet
they could write a book or two.
Local gossip: From all that I
hear, "a good time was had by
all" at Mars Hill this auramer,
WYATT did you say, Betty? Scot
ty and Jean Just loved the campus,
Oilve can you COOKIE? Ask
Nancy Barbee to sing "FOOTSIE-
loose and NANCY-free" for you,
FLEETWOOD became a fleettoot
and fied to Raleigh to be near
Meredith, It isn’t LINDLEY "of
our business, tho! Since Mary
Leigh Parnell drove a blue “fliv
ver" In Wake Forest you'd never
guess that her favorite color is
WHITBI Lake Lure lured her, Kat
Covington and Virginia Penney to
the western part of the state about
three weeks ago and I think they
took In a square dance or two.
Think of that—when the Big Ap
ple was all the rage everywhere
else! A certain Senior is engaged
to two boys! I'd love to be in
vited to that wedding, Hope all
three live happily everefter. Bob
by Behrman wouldn't say how
many "furriners" she has on her
string now but we know she didn't
stay In Europe two months lor
nothing. Well, thla could go on
but all good things (who said this
was good?) must come to an end
so I’ll just say "G'bye now."
Refurnished Lounge
Greets Town Girls
The Town Girls’ rooms , show
great Improvement this year due
to the efforts o£ Willa Mae Lee
and Ethel Jones, members of the
house committee. During the
summer they made new couch cov
ers and new draperies and ar
ranged for other necessary con
veniences, Including- a pencil
sharpener in each room, A color
scheme of rust and green is car*
ried out In both rooms.
Annie Lee Tippett and Rosanna
Winston have withdrawn from
school and are now attending busi
ness school.
Francos 13ennett, who was a
freshman last year, is planning to
go in training in January at Watts
Hospital in Durham.
LEE-WATKINS
Announcement Is made of the
marriage ol Mary Lee Watkins,
class' of '89 and Tlrus Lee, class
of ’S7 o( N, C, State Colloge, last
January, Mr. and Mrs. Lee are
making their home In Suon, N, 0.
A FR^HMAN’S DREAM
By SADIE Massey
Mrs, Diogenes: Her Adventure
By DoROTiix Orgene
Mrs. Diogenes dusted off Mr.
Diogenes's lantern and washed the
chimney in warm, sudsy water.
Diogenes looked up casually from
that morning's edition of The
Ifeios and Obierver and adjusted
his spectacles. Then he took them
off and polished them and booked
them over his ears. He cleared
his throat.
"My dear," said Diogenes,
"What In the world are you doing
with my lamp?"
Mrs. Diogenes screwed in a new
wick.
"You weren't using it at all,"
she said. "In lact you haven’t
looked at it since you gave up
your search (or an honest man.
Now I’m going to use It.”
"Lost something?” Diogenes
lighted a cigar and put bis feet up
on the table.
"No, Indeed, I’m going to in
vestigate Meredith."
Diogenes started slightly. "Does
Meredith need Investigating?” he
Inquired.
"It certainly does,” answered
Mrs. Diogenes putting on her hat.
"I just have to find out what it is
that's most characteristic of Mere
dith this (all. Goodbye, dear. Tho
soup’s on the back of the stove.
Add a little water i( company
comes, and wear your rubbers l(
It rains."
So Mrs, Diogenes fared forth
witli the lantern and came to
Meredith. Around and around the
courtyard ahe went, holding her
light up and peering behind every
bush, and even In the fountain.
She went all through the tunnel
and looked up tho trash shutes.
She hunted behind every book in
the library and under all the ta
bles In the dining room. She hid
on the steps of the administration
building on Saturday a(ternooa''
and watched all the girls' hop th4l^
busses (or town. She searched
every closet in the dormitories.
Then she went back home tri
umphantly.
Diogenes saw her coming up the
walk; so he shoved the shoe he
was polishing with a clean lace
towel under the sofa, and he
brushed the cigar ashes from the
mantel and wiped the dust (rom
the part ol the piano that showed.
Mrs. Diogenes said, “Hello,
dear."
Diogenes said, “Hello, darling.'’
Then nobody said anything.
Mrs. Diogenes hung up her bat
and hummed a little song and -
looked away. Diogenes waited (or
her to start the conversation, but
she just kept on humming. So
Diogenes said, "Any luck, dear?
Did you find It?”
"Yes, indeed," said Mrs. Diog
enes, looking smugger than ever.
"What is it?” asked Diogenes,
"What is _ what?”' said Mrs. .
Diogenes, pretending she didn't
know what he meant.
"What la moat characterlatic of
Meredith this fall?”
"Oh," aald Mrs. Diogenes, "why
any one_ with half an eye can see
what it’is. It’s those little suede
back-of-tiie-head caps. Nearly every
girl has one, and if she hasn’t,
sho's crazy to get one."
And she blew out tho lantern *
and put it back on the shelf.
New Students Rushed
By Phis and Astros
The societies have already start
ed rushing the new girls. Last
Sunday the Phis gave the new stu
dents corsages, as Is their usual
custom. Our compliments go to
the society and to the fiorist for
making and giving auch a beau
tiful token of "white and puiple."
Carolyn Parker, Phi preaident,
said that no other deflnite plans
had been made. 01 course, there
are other things coming up, which
will be topped with the final party.
Saturday night the Astros took
the new girts on a hike and welner
roast to Allen’s pond. All the
Aatros were also invited and we
are sure everyone had a grand
time. Alter the welner roast the
group sat around the camp
fire and sang popular songs, oldj
and new. The Astros are also plan
ning to give small favors, repre
senting their hearty welcome to
the new girls. All this will also
be ended with a party.
be
Chinese Language Most
Artistic, Highly Developed
In a short talk In assembly Sat
urday morning, September 11, Dr.
Gordon Poteat of the University
ol Shanghai, stressed the need of
an education to understand the hu
man environment and to discover
and understand others, in a world
which science has brought to
gether, the greatest need Is the
understanding ol the people, and
the greatest barrier is that ol
language. To appreciate our own
country, one should travel abroa^
and would And that America is one
of the most highly privileged coun
tries.
The greatest divergence and
greatest barrier of languages is be
tween the. Baet and the West, The
Chinese language Is the most high
ly developed and the most artistic
language In the world. Dr. Po
teat showed by illustration how
the Chinese written language Is
built on pictures.
Tennis Courts Soon
Ready for Players
The announcement that the ten
nis courts are ready (or use by
the Meredith students has been
made by Dorothy Crawford, assist
ant tennis manager elected by the
Athletic Association board to
serve as manager until the return
ol Elizabeth Le Grand.
Instruction In tennis will
given those wlio desiro it, and be
ginners especially are urged to
come out. For those who do not
possess their own, the A. A. board
has procured about eight rackets.
Students wishing to use these
must sign up lor them In order
that they will not be misplaced.
Several various types ol tourna
ments have been planned (or the
tennis season, outstanding among
which are the inter-class matches
and matches with other schools.
There will also be individual play
offs.
Points toward a Meredith letter
may be secured by attending
eighty per cent o( the class prac
tices. This is In order to pro
mote even more Interest in tennis
than was created last year.
Tryouts (or teams will be held
In ^ the near (uture. Announce
ments concerning this will be
made later. All are invited to
come out II possible.
Civic Music Association
Mrs. Barret Wilson ol the Ra
leigh Olvlo Music Association
states that a supply o( member
ship cards for college students,
teachei's, and new-comers 'to Ra
leigh are now available. A num
ber ol Meredith students signed
for tickets last spring and others
who wlah to Join will be given an
opportunity within the next few
days.
The association announces (our
programs (or the year, The Na*
tional S^iphony Orchestra, Trudl i
Sohoop and her Ballet,
Smeterlin, pianist, and Su8aDDt:,:.(%
Fisher, soprwo, ■