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Page Two THE TWIG January 16,1938 THE TWIG STAFF FBANCEa Tatum Editor Mabt Jane Lindlry Bvalne»a Manager Carolyn Cbitciibu AjsfsfaiiJ Business Hanager Business Staff ViimiNiA Si-KKII Sahaii Pope Ruth McLkan Mi.nnik Awne Fobnby HKI.KN GAUVEY BVRI.Vff Levink DOBOTHY lowDKRMiLK As«oclaic BUtor Mabt Mabtin Assoclotc BiUor Bbttt Pahkeii ilanagtng Editor KATttteeN MinoCTT Managing Editor JE88IE CuBBtw Managing BUtor Same Massry Cartoonist Dobotdy Okebke - Feature Editor EvtSLJK LASeiTBU - - - - Tjipist Annib Lee Tari.tok Typist Reporters Mary Stkwaiit Carolyn Andrews Cora Bubnb VtRoiNiA CoUNCii. Nora Binder Maby Foster Iris Rose GioaoN Jban Lioiitfoot BbkestineHobooop Bbbb Dickenson Qkbaldine TurrtE Sara Hudson TnEBESAWAtl . En(«rd m Mcund-cloM moHcr Octobcr 11. H23. at l’o»l OfBcc nt R»lel«h. N. C-. ''"A«BpUnei tor^mi>Hing*iit’ »pecli»l rat« of posUigc provldeJ for In Scction 110». A«t ot October 3. 1S17. authoriied October 11. IB23. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Church-^Responsibility-- Youth A^^NewDear It seems to me that the substitution of class meetings for chapel once a month is a very good idea, and that there are several reasons for favoring it. As it was before, there was no set time for meetings. Some were before dinner, some after, and some later on .in the night. Because of this very fact many members, not hearing libout the meetings, did not attend. Then, too, the waitresses were usually unable to attend meetings afte^'din- ner for their duties in the dining hall Icept them busy until 7:30. Another reason which should have been thought of quite a while ago, is that the town grils could not attend the class meetings as previously held. The following remark from a town girl was heard in the junior meeting last Friday, “This is the first class meeting I have ever attended.” Imagine that from a third-year student. I daresay that it was the first for many of them. This definitely is a step forward. Now it is up to us to cobperate and make these meetings mean something, for through them we have much to gain, and nothing to lose.-K.M. The Centennial of College Education For Women By Miss Ellen Brewer "Dr. Alexis Carrel in his book “Man, the Unknown” pre sents in an unimpeachable fashion a serious indictment of our present day social and economic order.” He says,-“For the first time in the history of humanity, a crumbling civiliza tion is capable of deceiving the cause of its decay. Our in terest must turn aside from its present path, and take an other direction. It must leave the physical and physiological in order to follow the mental and the spiritual. It is our only hope of escaping the fate common to all great civiliza tions of the past. Our destiny is in our hands; on the new road we must now go forward.” In order to get started along this new road successfully, we must first accept the responsibility of the church by at tending religious services regularly, and incidentally making substantial offerings to defray expenses of church work, by reading religious books and papers, and visiting those in need of aid—material, mental and spiritual. Changing conditions in the world demand that changes be made in the education of our spiritual selves. Man can no longer be required to attend church. There needs to be instilled in his heart and mind the spirit of the Saviour. We need to cultivate in him the desire to live a Christian life. It must be internal not external. “Develop a man’s body alone, and you have nothing but a beast; develop his mind alone and you have a mere mental machine; but develop his soul, and you have a personality with potentialities that cannot be measured.” When our responsibility to the church is met we, the church, must accept our responsibility to youth. Is the church willing to be accountable for all of youth’s activities? It seems but a short time before the inexperienced youth is called upon to perform the various public duties. Usually in the beginning their ideals are high and they hope to ac complish big things in a world of conflicting principles. But all too soon most of them discover it is too hard to pull against the prevailing cui’rent and find it easier to be swept along in it. If the church is to perform its duty it must recognize the efforts of the few who try to stand for the right and encourage their efforts. It must set up proper stanclard.s for these young people to follow. Since a great deal of our learning is by imitation, noticeable improvements could be accomplished by setting the right examples be fore youth, Furnish them with a medium for expression of their opinions, meet them with a sympathetic attitude and divert their u.se of leisure lime. Everyone requires a certain amount of recreation for a complete life. There are amuse ments which could be sponsored by the church and made at tractive to Ihe young people. Give them material with which to .solve their problems. Throw the light of the teach ings of Christ upon the numerous problems that confront the confused world today. .# The years 1936.1937 bold a par> tlcular signlllcance tor all colleges (or women, because they mark the one liuDdi-edth anniversary ot the birth of higher education for wom en. The Journal of the American Association of Universit]/ Women calls our attention to some ot the notable events ot these years. The tirst contennlal celebration oc- ciirrcd In December, 1930, when Wesleynn College coiumemorated but that it happened at all. Tb^ ilrst - women proved that women could accomplUh In college studies what men could accomplish.” Today there are approximately 670 institutions ot learning wliera college courses are open to women, and during the past century more tban one million have received the A.B. degree. Miss McAtee, presl dent of Wellesley College, calls at tentl6n to the fact that the first women who Knocked at the door the granting of a cliorter to the ot a college sotiglit an education tirst woman's college In the United States. Tills was followed in May, 1937, by the centenary celebration of the opening of Mount Holyoke Female Semlnai'y. On October S-9, 1937, Oberliii College tuid spcclal coremonles In honor ot the “Be ginning ot College Education for Women and of Coeducation on tiio College Level,” for It was there tliat the Urst women students en tered a coeducational Institution of higher learning. They recalled to memory especially tiio names ot Mary Hostord, Elizabeth Smith Prall, and Mary Caroline Rudd, on whom the college conferred on Au gust S, 1841, the first Bachelor ot Arts degrees ever given to women. Mias Mary Sinclair ot Oberlin Col lege says, "To us, as to all women and to all • men, tite important tiling is not where this happened; equal to that of men, not as on end In Itselt—'not to do something Just to prove they could, but "to get themselves ready to do something they thought worth doing.” And she adds the suggestion (or us to day that what we need is more women who want this same priv ilege—the right to know, the right to think. In order to make saner, more reasonable, more Inter esting world." There will doubtless be celebra tions In various educational groups during the year. As we approach our own Founders' Day when we honor again the memory ot our beneCactors, may we not feel also a new sense ot gratitude to the pioneers in the field ot women's education wlio paved the way (or the establishment ot colleges like our own? “PUT IT IN THE BASKET” By Sadie Massey WHAT WILL IT BRING? ——" By DOROTHY GREENE-~"“"“ Suggesting.,. in the near future the senior class will discuss at length a suitable gift to leave to the school, as is customary. Although no one has asked my advice I think the following excerpt from a letter received by a student here offers a very good and worthwhile suggestion: "As you have no doubt figured out, we did not get to see you on our trip through Raleigh on our way up here. We tried as much as we could, in the limited time at our disposal, to locate you, but the inhabitants of Raleigh do not seem to have a uniform idea of where Meredith is. We were told that Meredith was on the otherside of town. In the heart of town we asked a policeman if we should follow U. S. High way 1 to get there and he said, “Yes.” We followed U. S. 1 for two or three miles without success. Inquiries at two fill ing stations were rewarded with the information that the college was on the other side of town on U. S. 1 and by an other that it was up the road a piece and to the left. Since we were already running behind schedule and in view of the uncertainty of our board of directors as to the location of your school, we gave it up as a bad job and resumed our journey north.” The above is one example of many which have come to my attention. I have been told that once there was a sign in front of the school which was carried away by some prac tical joking boys. But would it not be possible for us to get a sign which would be permanent and would not involve a great deal of expense? "One, Two, Tiiree, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Bight. Nine, Ten, Elev en, Twelve! boomed the big clock and Meredith College awoke trom Its short nap and heard the last swish ot 1937's coat tall as he Jumped oft the edge of the world Into the horizon. 1938 crept up from tlic otiier side. "Boo!” lie said into Meredith’s night cur, known as C dormitory. "Oh!” cried Meredith, Jumping. "Why, liollo. You certainly came In a hurry. Aren't you out ot lireuth?" “No," said 1^38. "I didn't have (iir tn come. It wus fun. I've brought more things tor tolks on earth this year. I can hardly wult to show them.” Meredith could not rest In her curiosity. "Tell me,” she coaxed. "Please do, 1 want lo know SO budly." 1938 shook his head. "Nopel You've got lo wult and see.” "Aw, shucks!" said Meredith. "I won’t tell. Honest I won't.” 193S laughed. ‘‘You know some of them. You toll me." "What do you mean?" asked Meredith, wrinkling up iier tore' head (known to you as the 11 brary). Wliat's going to happen to you Meredith sat down and crossed her driveways to think. "Bxams In January?" she asked? "Go on!" insisted 1938. “Pounder's Day In February and Dr. K, W, McGee." "And In Marcii——" "Something big?" “Well, something nice." "I can't think of anything. Toll me.” "Walt and And out!” "Spring holidays In April. May Day In May. and exams and com mencement. And June, July, and August, lots ot tun. And Septem ber. classes again, And October and Novembor——" 'Stunt Day and Thanksgiving. I knew you'd guess those; so I Just put them In." And 1033 daucod up and down, ‘‘And Decenii)or " "Christmas holidays again!" Joined in Meredith, “But goodness, 1D38, I know all that. Tell mo some ot the ottior things," 1938 laiighod. “No, sir! My 12 months will tell you In plenty ot time. Why, It wouldn't bo (air '.o lot you know now.” "All right," sighed Mei«dlth, "But tell me, 1938, you'll l’« good to me, won't you?” And 1938 laughed and teased: "Wall and see!" as lie introduced New State Park On Shores Lake Phelps Negotiations are now In prog ress between State Forester J. S. Holmes o( the forestry division, and the U. S. Farm Security Ad ministration tor the acquisition o( a new Stale Park on the shores of Lake Phelps, the remarkable lake In Washington and Tyrrell coun ties which is 16 (eet above the level ot the river into which It empties. Geologists say the lake bed was formed by a huge meteor which fell In that section of the State thousands of years ago. The land around Lake Phelps Is very fertile and betore the Civil War some ot the State's largest and most prosperous plantations were located there with huge drainage canals dug by slaves. Attor the war most ot these plan tations were abandoned. Recently the Farm Security Ad- nilniatratlon (formerly the Reset tlement Administration) has bought thousands of acres of these lands and old plantations, has i)een cleaning out the old cunals and clearing land In order to establish a group o( new farms, Dut the State owns Lake Phelps and the Department of Conserva tion and Development, which has Jurisdiction over all State lakes, wants some ot this land for a State park and has almost con vinced the Federal government that 11 should have it. The tract hopes to get tor the park is that which includes portions ot the old Pettigrew and Collins plantations on which the old mansions are still standing—also the old Col lins barn, one of the most unique buildings of its kind found any where, according to Mr, Holmes One ot the most beautiful avenues of old cypress trees to be foi _u In the State Is on one uf these plantations. while I'm here? prompted 1938. * January to Meredith. Only Twenty-five Years Ago Alexander Woollcott in a “Town Cri^R” Broadcast The yonng among you would be surprised at bow much we didn't know iwenty-flve years ago. Look back, for example, to 1913 and a young reporter on the Neio York Times In whom I feel an almost morbid interest. His name is Alex ander Woollcott; bo is 25; and we might describe him in terms o( things he doesn't know. Let’s see: He’s suffering trom an,lntorlor- li.y complex but he's never heard ot one. He's never hoard ot day light saving. Nor rayon. Nor Sot* lets. Nor Jazz, Nor insulin. Nor 0-tnen, Nor broccoli. He's never seen a one-pieco bathing suit nor road a gossip column. He's never heard o( o step-in. Nor an inhi bition. He's iiever heard a radio nor seen a/talking picture nor Ilstenod to Ae whir ot an electric ice box. He's never seen an ani mated caXoon nor a cement road nor a Nepn light. No, nor a lllling station,/Nor a wrlstwatcii. He /ives in a world quite differ ent fr|>m our America o( 1637 His vqry Ideas are dlfterent. Take two. What does he think a Job is? He thinks a job something any man ?an get who is willing to work. And a war? Why war is practice atlli carried on only by lemoto comic opera countries in Central America and the Balkans How much he bas to learn.— Reader's Digest, December, 19S7. iouses Completed at Cape Hatteras Park Yiinffs WORTH KNOWING In Our Library Indecision is akin to Idleness. • • a The past Is a poor mirror of the future. • • • The past has canceled all yes terdays, let them sleep. • • • The more we give happiness^ the more we huve left. • • • - To kilt a little time is to murder great big opportunity. « • ■ Doing what cannot be done is the real glory of living. « » « Don't stare up the stairs of success, but step up the stairs. '• • * Unless you learn to like your job. It won't treat you well. * • * One may walk over the highest mountains, one step at a time. • • • It's not length ot life that counts, it’s breadth, depth, and purpose. • • * Every man has an appointment with success; few remember to keep it. • • • Nothing can stop a man wlio has faith in the final success ot hl^ plan. I ■ • • • y It you uaii lind time to grumble it is because you aren't keeping very busy. • • • Many men owe the grandeur ot their lives to their tremendous dlfllculttes. V'our houses, ranging from two to live rooms each, have been completed at Cape Hatteras State Park, except tor the interior An ishing and plumbing Installation uccordlug lo Thomas W.. Morse supervisor o( state parks (or the forestry division ot the Depart ment of Conservation and Develop ment. A Hfth house will be started soon after Christmas and by sum mor It is hoped to bave seven housos completed tor rent to tour ists and vacationists. The smaller houses consist o( one large com bination living room, bedroom and dining room, u kitchen alcove and bath, while some have three bedrooms, living room-dlnlng room, kitchen and bath. Work has been continuing throughout the (all at Hanging Rock Slate Park in Stokes County by the more than 109 men in the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp there. The large earth dam has been completed and tlie pouring o( concrete on the large concrete dam will soon be completed. Morse said. This dam la about 209 (eel long. 40 feet high and has a 40-(oot spill way. Work on the bath houses lias also been started, as has the grad* ing ot the bathing beach. The road way across.the top of the earth dam, which is about 300 (eet long, has also been completed, Approxl mately one mile o( roadway, the The exchange of goods makes business; exchange ot good-wiil makes friends. • * • Read the life of Lincoln i( you want to And out something about determination. New Books In Library Among the new books recently added to our library you will And some of the most outstanding mod ern biographies, one of which is Marshall's Forgotten Samaritan, the story of the nationally-known and loved humanitarian and re former, Dorothea Dix. Her unhappy childhood and young womanhood are dealt with in a most sympa thetic and understanding manner. For 46 years she work^ for tbe Improvement of the conditions ot prisons and poorbouses. She is di rectly responsible for the establish ment of at least thirty hospitals for the treatment of mental diseases. He Did Not Die at Meyerling by Henry Lanier tells tbe life of Ru dolph, Crown Prince of Austria, who did not commit suicide forty years ugo at Meyerling, as the world has been led to believe, but came to America and became a prominent business man. It is pro claimed “one ot the most outstand* Ing ‘scoops' ot modern historical Journalism." Other biographies are The Brief Hour of Francois Tillon, who mourned tbe briefness of life and lived it rapidly; Of All Placeat by the Abees, Patience, Richard, and John, wlio tell abont their stay In Hollywood and making friends with Gable, Taylor. Muni, Temple, Durbin, Loy and ail the other celebrities; The Dreyfus Case by Alfred Dreyfus and his son, Pierre, Is an exciting detective story, melodrama and tragedy 'as well as a biography; Durgon’s au- tobiograpiiy. Anatote Fronee; Emil Ludwig's biography of The Nile Is engaging story of tbe river whose path crosses thousands' of miles ot Africa and thousands of years o( history; Hawaii, the Isles of Enchantment Is related by an accomplished author, Oossier, and Is boautKully Illustrated by a (a- mous illustrator; the spirits of this romantic and picturesque is land is caught in the pages of this book. Other valuable copies are Art and Boeiety by Read; The Citadel by Cronin; The Natvre of a Lib eral College by Wriston, and Books That Have Shaped ihe World by Time Is an earnest, important, vital affair. Make the most of it. Use It to advantage, • • • Bfiort, (ortllied by study, will do more to speed success than any other thing you do. Eastman, ► most difAcult In the park, has been graded.^ Good progress has also been mode in the work at Morrow Moun tain State Park in Stanly County. In addition to the grading of sev eral miles ot roads and putting erushed rock on them, several large parking areas have been graded and sand and rock as sembled for the construction o( the bath house and other buildings In the recreation area. We Appreciate Your Patronage ♦ Call on Us Again Denmark's Studio Shampoo and Finger Wave 50c Pooje’s Beauty Shoppe pstab.;lV Years Phone 8166 For PUN and . FROLIC Visit Boon-Iseley’s
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