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Page Two > 4 THE TWIG THE TWIG STAFF Frances Tatum Edilor Mabv Janb LiNotKr Business Uanager Caholyn CBiTcitEii /IssljJout Busities* Manager Business Staff VituiiNtA Si'EEB Sabah Pops Ruth McLp^n Minnik Awitb Founby Hklkn Oabvey Evklyn Leviwk Dobotuy Lowoermii.k Associate Editor Maby Martin Associate Editor Bcttt Pabkeb Managing Editor Katulef.n Minotrrr Managing Editor Jessie Cubris - Managing Editor Sadie Massey OarJoonfsJ DOBOTUY Orbkng Feature Editor Gvblyn Lassheii - - Tvpist Lucy NEwerx - Typist Reporters Mary Stkwaht Cabolyn AKOiiiiws Coua Bubns ViuciiNtA CovM'ii. Nora Bindeb Maby Fostwi Ibis Rose Gihso.n- Jean LioiiTfoor Ehhrstine Hodoood Berk DicKF.ssoK OebaloineTutti.k Saba Hudson TUF.BEBA WAUi Entered nil accund-cliiHii mattvr Oelcl>er 11. ID2K. St I'ost Ofllcc al RnleiRh, K. C., under Acl of Mnrch 3. 1879. . _ , - , . Acccplonc® for moiling «t Bpeclnl rate of pcMtngo iirovlded tor In Scetlon llO.l. Act of October 3. 1917. *uthorl»«l October 11. 192S. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Jl.BO Successful Stunt Day In the opinion of those who attended our twenty-fourth annual Stunt Day last Saturday it was one of the most suc cessful ever attempted. Only with the cooperation of the student body which was so heartily given could this be at tained. And we should not ovei'look the splended coopera tion of the alumnae and faculty which helped to make this the best “Homecoming” we have ever had. Welcome^ Delegates! The Meredith student body wishes to join with State Col lege in welcoming the delegates from North Carolina colleges to the annual Collegiate Press Convention in Raleigh. The officers of the association are to be congratulated on the splendid program which they prepared for the benefit of those attending the convention, and for making this one of the most successful meetings we have ever had. The convention serves not only as a medium of receiving helpful information and beneficial suggestions to publishers, but it serves to bring together socially various college stu dents. It presents an opportunity to meet campus leaders which one would otherwise never know. Much is gained by the contacts made in gatherings of this kind. No Bulletin Boards It seems that we have abolished the use of the bulletin boards for the purpose of making announcements, and most of them are made in the dining room during breakfast, lunch, and dinner. For a great number of us the time we have at the table for meals is the only time during the day we have to talk with our friends and discuss events with them. Just as we sit down the gong rings, and after the announcement is made, we begin to finish our conversation, only to be in terrupted with another announcement. Once there were visitors in the dining room and before they had taken their seats at the table the gong was rung three times in succession and announcements were made each time—while the visitors stood. I don’t believe that those who make them are cog nizant of the inconvenience they cause others, and that they will discontinue this practice as Soon as they seriously con sider its disadvantages. In larger schools this is an unheard-of procedure; the no tices are placed on the bulletin boards, and if you don't see them you are the loser. If we all were made to realize that we were responsibio individually for each notice posted which pertained to us. wc would be more careful about reading the bulletin board.s daily. The.se boards should be cleared each day of old notices, and only those left which have reference to the day's events. Let's make a concunlruted effort to terminate dining-room announcements except in cases of emergency. The Student Legislature Next week Raleigh will have an opportunity to witness one of the moat interesting events in the life of this college generation: the first meeting of a student legislature. This assembly seems to us to be a most significant move by the students of Nor.th Carolina, and from such a gathering we can draw several conclusions. First, students in general are becoming vitally interested in public affairs. They are no longer content to remain in the background while others control the politics and govern ment of their state. A similar expression of concern on the part of students was made in the anti-war demonstrations held all over the nation last year; but this later attempt by students to help make political history is even more impor tant since in this legislature students are seeking to get at the root of numerous problems of State-wide interest by pre senting and passing on legislative measures, the policies and statutes of the State. Second, this is to be a liberal legislature, judging by the subjects proposed for discussion. These subjects include a consideration of a child labor amendment and of labor con ditions in North Carolina. The question of a third term for President Roosevelt is to be brought up also, as is the re apportionment of legislators according to the 1930 census. Coming nearer home to students is the scheduled discussion of educational appropriations for public schools and for the State schools and the Greater University. Another note worthy subject to come up is the revision- of crime statutes in North Carolina. Third, once the students of our state become familiar with some of the problem.s confronting our regular legislature and are introduced to the procedure of such a body, then will the lawmakers have a more intelligent and more sympathetic constituency, but probably a more exacting one. So there are possibilities not only for broadening the scope of the minds of students of our State, but also for improving the legislation of our State by acquainting future legislators with political and social problems at an early date. M. M The Spirit In Which We Criticize It has been our custom from time to time to discuss criti cally various phases of our college organization. We in turn have been criticized for criticizing, and this has led us to be lieve that our intentions and aims have been misinterpreted by the campus generally. It is far from our desire to lower our school in the eyes of the students or friends of the College, and farther from our intentions to rob Meredith of one iota of the credit and glory that is rightfully hers. Certainly we do not want to arouse useless discontent among students by carelessly be littling customs and practices of the campus. What, then, can we,hope to gain by our criticisms? It is our belief that by calling attention to conditions which are undesirable and which may be bettered to the good of the College, we shall start students to thinking about such prob lems. Awareness of these problems must precede the solv ing and often leads to a quick and beneficial solution of them. Nor dMs criticism mark us as a disloyal, discontented, stu dent body; rather constructive criticisms such as we hope to offer would mark us as a group interested in the progress and advancement of our school along scholastic lines as well as social and cultural. So we beg your careful consideration of our ultimate pur poses when we present campus problems to you. We ask you to try to understand that we criticize not for any pleasure to be gained from criticizing, but in the hope of betterment of the student body and of the school itself.—M M I Love To Read, But.,. B]) Db. Mary Lynch Johnson The excellent editoi-lals which time enough, they go nnd do some- recently appeared in the Twio and the Acorn give me courage to tell you the answer frequently elven to going to the movies, and’ such are the ciiiesllon rrequontly asked In itiy clnsses. "Aside from your as signed work, what are you read ing?'' The answer runs thus; “Not anything right now." Then, seeing the dismay in my face, the student iisuuliy adds encouragingly, "I love to read, but I don't huva time." Let’s Ije perfectly honest with one another, and especially with ourselves. Such an answer really means that the person loves the idea of being a lover of rending, not the reading Itself. After we grow heyond childhood (when the inter val between Christmases Is a small eternity) we do not have time for much beyond our regular occupa tions; we have to make time, And —be we students or teachers, lawyers or doctors, baker or caudle- slick makers, we make time for the things we really want to do. The following editorial from the IVoHioa's Home Companion proves this assertion: Mot'o Tliiio I'o Itcad? ■'What do you like to do when you're not working? What would you like to have more time for? Such questions ns these were asked of about' three thousand men, women, and young people in Mis souri In a recent effort to take a sample of American taste. Eighty per cent of the replies said, "We wish we had more time to I'ead," Almost everybody we know Is In the habit of voicing this same coiiiplalut. But when they do get thing else. The Missouri survey showed that card-playing, dancing, taking up a lot o£ the time of the very people who sny they want to road, "The trouble Is that we have be come such a restlessly sociable peo ple that when we get some leisure wo turn to wlmt other people are doing, rather than to the solitary ways of reading and contemplutlon. We let ourselves bo dragged into the crowd. One event leads to an- other; new acquaintanceships grow; engagements multiply. Soon the habit becomes so fixed that If the crowd doe.sn’t come seeking us, we go seeking the crowd, or stort one of our own. And so we go rushing about, evening after eve ning. week-end after week-end, busy and gay and weary, and every now and then muttering under our shortened breath, 'I wish I had more time to read.' "For all such wistful yearners, here Is a simple suggestion; This evening when the doorbell or tele phone ]-lngs and somebody asks you to do this or that, reply firmly and courteously, 'I have another en gagement,' then pick up your magazine or book, open it, fix your eyo and thought upon the printed page, and begin to read, left to right, line after line, and keep on in spite of all interruption and en- ti'oaty. You’ll be surprised to learn how effective this technique can be in giving you time to read. After a while this too can become a habit, and there is no habit that can yield more enduring satisfaction to young or old." The Price of Books The Orecnahoro Record. Hervey Allen, author of the lengthy though popular tome,*'An- Ihoni/ Adverse," a book that retails for $3 a copy, returned recently from Europe where book prices are mnch lower than they are on this side of the Atlantic. Mr, Allen has arrived at the conclusion that writers nnd publishers must com pote with the motion pictures. "A person spends 26 cents to go 10 a picture and $3 tor a book," the famous author observes, and, "we should reach tliat 2B-cent crowd not only In what we write but also iu the prices for the books." The Montgomery Adverti.ier sug- gcais tlie trouble with the pub lishers is iliey "iiavo never leai'ned the lesson that Henry Ford taught all other business men a quarter of a century ago. That, of course, was mass, or quantity production. The newspapers learned their lesson years ago, as the AilvcrtiHnr says, Init "hook publishers have persisted In tiie belief that their wares will be purchased only by the well-to- do. That is nonsense. The rich and the poor would buy more books If the costs wore not so high." There is much of sound reason ing in what the Advertiser says, Init In view of present trends In t h e production business It Is doubted If books will show any ap preciable price declines In the very near future. SONG For Armistice Day By EDITH TATUM * Hush the bugles, silence the drums. Let marching feet.be still, (There are crosses, row beside row. Out there beyond the hill,) Make no speeches to stir the blood, And sing no martial song, (I hear choking of gus-tllled luugs, Cripples stumbling along,) Preach no sermons of bitter hate, Urge not one youth to die, (I see a Mother, bowed with grief, Weeping on Calvary!) — Good Housekeeping. New Health System To Be Started Soon (Continued from page 1) the cup will iie engraved on It from year to year. In addition to the health cup a fifteen minute open forum will be hold for those interested, the time to be announced later. An assistant nurse, Miss Myrtle Parnetto of Brevard, has been udded to the inllrmary staff. She was formerly on the staff at the Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, N, C„ and Is a graduate of Mara Hill, HATS The diiTerent shapes and styles which the designers create in hats is a revelation to us each year. What are they try ing to make us look like? Birds? Some of the hats do re semble the tuft of feathers in the head of a species of birds and some of us look very much like widows in mourning. But the styles are always donned and everyone exclaims over the extremities in fashion—but wear them just the same. And not many think about whether it suits her type --“its style" is all that matters. Big. tall, little, and in- clirforent, each tries to out do the other nnd see which can look the most like a—well, whatever it is you do look like. I saw in a paper that a man always dreaded to see his wife coming towards him with a hat because he didn’t know whether it was a new one or one be-had sat on. Dot’s Dashes By Dot Lowdermilk Have you ever boon to Beene? I mean have you ever been to Qoone—this pen Just won't write what I wont to put down. Anyway, If you haven't been you ought to go sometime 'cause Its a wonder ful place. In case you doubt the veracity of my statement see Cath erine Aldridge or Helen “Oravey" or that "Powerhouse" from Wake Forest, Just before we arrived in the city limits it rained, the wind blew and then It "snew"! Yes slree! They decorated the town all In white Just for us. KInda reminded me oC Lost Ilorlson when we kept go ing higher up the mountain In the snow, 'copt we knew whei'e we were going and in Lost Horizon they didn't. Trips wouldn't be halt as much fun If the bus didn't break down two or three times. Ours had to stop in \^inston-Saleni for halt an hour, so while It "loitered" there on the street some of us dcclded to go to a drug store. We saw one about two blocks away and set out for It. Imagine our let down feeling when wo’d walked that "fur piece" and got right In the door and dis covered that we were the wrong color! While on the bus each per son had to stand and "shine.'' Some sang while others recited poems. The rest did "et cetera." We liked Mr. L. L, Morgan's contribution, "I couldn't, could you? You can't unless you can, can you? Could you, could I, could anybody? I wouldn't if I could hut If I couldn't how could 1? can you? I can't!” "Mayeses won’t tell" Behrman came up on Saturday with about twenty W, C. U. N, C. gals, On the way back big-hearted MacDuffle "threw" apples around to. all the passengers, In fact he threw about a dozen at two or three gals to try to keep them busy eating so they wouldn't disturb his little tete-a-tete with that TV, 0. dame, Attention, Bralnstormlsts! In a certain town there is a high tower on each side of the street, In one of the towers Is a clock and six lit tle bells. In the other tower Is an Iron man sitting by a big bell. The little hells ring every hour and each time the man hears the little bells he rings the big bell, How many times will the big bell ring between the hours of one and five? Send your answer along with six- soap coupons to—aw. I’ll tel! you the answer—The big boll wouldn't ring at all ’cause the Iron man can't hear! Dashes; Minnie Anna here’s that definition of a tree that you wanted to send to your "feller’': A tree Is that which when it's not there you can't lie In the shade under . . . . Jane, I wish you’d STATE your reasons as to why those girls aron’t Interested In Wake Forest. . . The way Jocelyn House conducts herself in conducting class really Isn't con ducive to discipline .... Caesar seems to like the assistant dean, "vera marsh," (In English that means very much.) . . , , If you can’t decide whether or not the band was good Saturday, just ask some of the gals who were in It! .... Mary, who was that YOUNG man with you Stunt Night? Just another of the SMITH boys? . , . . Betty Parker can't seem to make lip her mind. First Its dls one DENNIS dat one ... , Kitty Suiter says she'll either Duster go to Chapel Hill Saturday .... Helen Hall's favorite sport Is rabbit huntin' .... If long distance calls mean anything Dot Corbeth surely Is Interested In someone at the University of Tennessee! Correct this sentence. Had I knowed It was you who was wonting by I would have loaned out the window and woven to you. Golden Bough Men Tapped Twelve Wake Forest students were tapped by tiie Golden Bough, college honoi'ary society, at a meet ing which was oddressed by Judge William A. Devin, ol Raleigh; the topic was "Service to Society.'' The new men were Rufus Crater, ot Elk in; John Ezell, Clanton, Ala.; Forrest Glass, Hopewell, Va.; Slonne Quy, Jr., Carthage; Richard T, Howerton, Durham; John Hutch ins, Spencer; J, E. Knott, Ox ford; E, P. Pearce, Jr.; Hamlet; Albert E. Simms, Raleigh; W. C. Stalnback, Jr., James Waller, Nash ville, Tenn., and Lynwood Wil liams, Kinston, Work of Modern Masters Shown (Continued from page 1) following tlie trends ot Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gaugin and Seurot, Matisse expresses his subjeytlvo reactions to the external world; the forms used to objectify the re actions are symbols with which ho "animates" a flat surface. Like Gaugin his work shows an Eastern Influence. Saint Mary’fl Music Faculty In Recital (Continued from paj/b 1) violinist, and Miss Alleen MacMil lan, acoompanlst,. The numbers were ‘'Vivace” by Bach: "Im promptu” by Goosens, and '‘Couroe'' by Stoessel, Miss MacMillan and Mr. Alden are members ot th« Mere dith Music Faculty. Father was reading hln son's school report. "What a repjrt,” he commonted. "Bottom ot the class again, I see." “That doesn't matter. Dad," re plied the hoy. "They teach the same ot both ends." On the Other Campus Jeannette RonklD, the first woman to be elected to the United States Congress, spoke to the stu dents of State College on the sul>- Ject "Can Congress Keep the U. S. Out ot War?” Miss Rankla stated In her address that "It is no longer the notional policy to go to war. There are two ways to enforce a treaty—one by force and violence— which means war—and the other by public opinion." Miss Rankin also visited Salem College where she spoke at the History Club Banquet and during the chapel exercises. Phi Beta Kappa Elections Eight members ot the senior class ot Dovldson College have been selected by the toculty to receive bids to Phi Beta Kappa, national scholarship fraternity. They are Cooper Adams, Petersburg, Tenn.; Dallas Herring, Rose Hill; Hay wood Hill, Richmond, Va.; Pete McKnIght, Shelby; James Rein hardt, LIncolnton; Watson Street, Talladega, Ala.; Dick Vowles, Davidson; ond Monroe Wicker, Charlotte. These men have the higiiest scholastic rating ot the senior class. Ruth B. Owen Visits E.C.T.C. Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde, Ameri ca's first woman diplomat, de livered an address on "This Busi ness ot Diplomacy" at E. C. T. C. While carrying on her duties tts Minister Plenipotentiary nnd En voy Extraordlnory to Denmork she married Captain Boenge Rohde; since' that time she has returned to this country on a lecture tour. Mrs. Owen also appeared at Ala bama College In Montevallo, Ala., where she ^ave three lectures, "The Scandinavian Cooperative Move ment,'' "Greenland,'' and "The Business ot Diplomacy.” Mrs. Rohde Is the author ot "Leavea from A Greenland Diary," “Den* mark Caravan," "Blemeots ot Pub lic Speaking," and numerous maga- ssine ond newspaper articles. Wagnerian Opera Group at Carolina Five ot Eprope’s leading singers ot Wognerlan opera appeared at the University in scenes given in concert from the most toroous ot the Wagner operas. The Wagnerian Festival Singers were under the direction ot Richard Hageman, composer, pianist and conductor ot the Metropolitan and Chicago operas. The ensemble Is composed ot Hilda Konetznl ot Austria, first soprano of the Vienna and Prague State Operas; Marta Krasova, con tralto, nnd prlma donna of the Na> tional Opera, Prague; Hank Noort, Holland tenor oC the Vienna State Opera; Joel Berglund, Swedish baritone ot the Vienna Opera, and Alexander Klpnls, bass, who was selected by Toscanini tor every per formance ot the "Magic Fiute” and "Fidelio” at the 1937 Salzburg Festival. Powler and Tomoi'a, a dance team which has won praise In New York during the past yeor will ap pear at the University Decomber 6. New Girls’ Dormitory A new dormitory tor girls at Mars Hill College Is 'now under construction. When completed, the building will be a modern fire proof structure of brick nnd lime stone with o capacity ot 120 per sons. Tlie new building will be named Edno Corpenlng Moore Dormitory In honor of Mrs. R. L. Moore in recognition of her forty- one years ot service at the college. Flower Prints An exhibition ot old flower prints Is now being held in the browsing room ot D. H. Hill Li brary at State College. The prints on display are the works of the mas ters of flower print making from the early I5tl» century through the first quarter ot the 19th century. The exhibition ot thirty-three prints Is circulated by the American Fed eration ot Arts, a national oi^ani- zatlon with hendquarters in Wash ington, D. C. The Measure of a Man Not— "How did lie die?" But— "How did ho live?" Not— "Wiiat did ho gain?" But— "What did he givo?" These are the units To measure tiie worth Of a man, as a man, Regardless of birth. Not— "What was his station?" But— "Hud he a heart?" And— "How did ho piay His Ood-glven port? Was ho every reody With a word ot good cheor. To bring back a smile, To banish a tear?" Not— "What was his church?" Nor— "What was his creed?” But— "Hod ho befriended Those really In need?” Not— "What did the sketch In the newspaper ssy?" But— '‘How many were sorry When he passed uway?” —Kansas Oily Times. Tho physician was giving an In formal talk on physiology. "Also," he romorked, “it has recently been found that the human body con tains sulphur.” "Sulphur!" excloimed tiie girl in tho blue-and-whlte blazer. "And how much sulphur Is there, then. In a girl's body?" "Oh, tho amount varies,” said the doctor, smiling. "Ah!" returned the girl. "And Is that why some ot us make better mutclies than others?"—Ex. Dr. Stitcher; "Ah, you are look ing very much bettor today. Mr. Wimpus." Wlmpus; "Yes, I followed the In structions on that bottio ot medi cine you gave mo." Dr. Stitcher: "Indeed. That Is tino. But let me see—what were they?" Wlmpus: "Keep tho bottle well co:'ked.''—Ex. In Our Library Three new novels which hove recently been added to the library are Tester's American Dream, Roberts’ Northwest Passage, and Tarkington’s Roaming Oallerles. American Dream Is a "story ot luinian life that is deep ond beauti ful and cruel .... a chronicle of three generations ot the Thralls and America." It Is "the story of that dream which sent Jean Francis Thrall adventuring to open up new islands In strange seas.” In Northwest Passage Roberts has taken as his central point the career ot a great but hltiierto al most unknown figure In colonial history. Major Rogers "whose In credible exploits In tlie five years ot the old French war proved him the greatest ot all Indian fighters." Tills story shows Rogers “descend ing from his glory while onother groat charocter, Lnngdono Towne, gatiiers to himself tho strength that mudo New England the speor-point of the colonics.” Roaming aallerlcs is "a lively and penetrating revelation ot peo ple and art.” This novel shows the attempts ot an "art-dealer whose ambition Is to move his galleries u|>town to Fifty-seventh Street." Mention may be mode ot tlie gi'oup ot "prints placed in the cor ridor of the library which have been given to tho college by the ort lepartment. Prints ot modern masters tronj tho Motropollton Art Museum in New York have been placed on tho walls ot the rotunda ot the library, and they will be thero on exhibition tor two weeks. Plumber: "There, I have every ono of my tools, all spread out on the floor. In spite ot all the jokes obout plumbers I haven't forgotten anytiilng. My helper is here with me and wo don't have to go back for a thing." Maid of the House: "I am sorry, sir. but you must have the wrong address. We hove notliing tor a plumber to do here."—Bx. "That's It,” exolahnod the photog* ropher onthuslastlcolly. "Just hold that pleasant, benevolent expros* Sion a moment.” “All right,” groaned his cub* tomer, "but hurry up. It's hurting my face."—Ex.
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