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Page Two THE TWIG March 11,1989 THE TWIG THE STAFF Katulbeh MuHiKrr Bditor Carolth Cbitoubb Business Manager Nahoy Bradsiieb A»»i«fan{ Business Uanager MabtdaCabtbb Business Staff Marjory Tuouas Saxah Pope Dtblth Marbiibush Assoeicte Bditor BvtLTN Levihg Managing Editor UELCif Jones - - Jfonafflnp Editor Cora Bvb^s Jlanaglng Editor Sarah Hudson JIanaging Bditor Jahb Tuompsok — Cartoonist Pbhba CULBBB80K JTeoture Bditor BvSLTN LASStTEB - - Tvpi*t Mabi MoPhail - VmsN Jefprevs —- __._rypt*t BVGLYH CUBRIH TVPiSt RoaARHE BARHEa OOBornY BsLt. Mabjobie Btmnus E)DNA Earle Coooins Edwina Lawrence Reporters Mary Foster AONGS Fbeeuan ViBontiA Grcenb Cabolyn Hendesbon Ernestine Hobqood Dorothy Roland Juanita Stainback Thebesa Wall VnoufiA Watson Entered na Kcond-«Iu maiter October 11. ISU, at Poet OfBea >t lUIelgh. H. C; «nder Act of M»rch S» 1970. AccepUnte for malUnff at spcclnl rate of poetw provided for In Soction UOB, Aet of Oelobcr 3i 1917. ftuthoHted October 11. 1923. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE - 11-50 It’s Up To Us! AJl of us in future years want to be proud to say that Meredith is our alma mater, and we want our diploma to be valuable. It is up to us to set and uphold high standards while we are here. Meredith can only be what we make it, and it is our duty to take this responsibility. If we want our school to continue having a high scholastic rating then we must all do our beat in all our work. We must eliminate all dishonesty and all the forms of cheating. Every student would like for her diploma to mean something when she goes to apply for a job or when she goes to a university to do grad uate work. Our school now rates high, scholastically, and we want to keep this rating high. Many of us think that the lit tle things are insignificant and that it doesn’t matter if we slip up, but each of us must accept our responsibility and do our part in keeping and improving the standard of Meredith. We want our college to be among the best. It’s up to us! Here’s To This Year’s Officers! As the time rolls around to choose student officers again, most of us find ourselves recalling last spring when we chose the ones who are now filling important positions on our cam pus. These girl.s have faithfully performed their duties for neai'ly a year now, yet few of us realize what a large debt of gratitude we owe to them. When they were elected con gratulations were showered on them from all sides; doesn’t it seem that prai.ses should be even more in order now that they have nearly completed their duties? Have you ever stopped to think what a large contribution these students have made to our school year? It is through their efforts that all of our tradition.s have been carried on, our school spirit molded, our social life made more attractive, and every aspect of college life improved. It is due to the time, thought and energy of the student otlicers that this year has been one of the smoothest, and best of all of Meredith's forty. So let us not forget these .students who have more than fulfilled the hopes we had for them last spring, and when the elections are over, let’s congratulate the old ofTicers as well as the new. For a splendid job. otlicers of 1938-39. “an orchid to you”! S. H. ties why we could Dot go and she said simply becauso we did not bo- Ilsve In desocratlng the one da|y out oC seven that Ood has hallowed. I am glad that those who are here to guide ua, earnestly try to create and strensthen within us that re spect and sacrednesa that we as Christian girls should haTS tor the Sabbath. I do think, however, that we as Christian students are not very consistent with their efforts. We refrain from going to the drug stores on Sunday, but we come back here aod rush to the Bee- Hive. It we are staying away trom drug stores simply tor the principle ot sot commerclallting Sunday, why won’t the same principle work on our campus that works up town? I think It would not be a very pleasing sight to the people ot Ra leigh to see all 61 us going to the drug stores on Sunday morning. It we were turned tree to do this, we would soon hoar a howl trom those who are Interested In keeping Mere dith true to Christian standards, and well we might. About the only dlSerence I see in going to the drug store and In going to the Bee- Hive is that we do one out where everybody can see.us and do the other out on our own back cam pus where no one can see us except students. I wonder It we are justified in opening the Bee-Hlve simply be cause a religious organisation on the campus sponsors It. It doesn't seem very consistent to go to an Inspiring religious service on Sun day night and go by the Bee-Hlve on the way to our rooms. I know there are very tew who agree with me, and I should like to hear what some other students think about It. —Ruth Pobvib, Between You and Me Rain! Rain. Rain. But still Mere dith girls take off tor the week-end and tor the dances, basket-ball tournament, etc. Many a Meredith Lass attended the mid-winters at the different col leges. The freshmen get around to oil the dances. Daphne Pegram, Frances Buchanan, and the Currln Bisters were over at the State dances. The upperclassmen favored hear ing Blue Barron. Tommy Herring, Margaret Jane Cheek and Eunice Brooks Quinn were some who were dating Wake Forest boys. More dances—-Ag dance over at State. Alleen Snow was one of the sponsors. Also Virginia Lancaster says she had the most fun she’s ever had. Lots ot Meredith girls were dis appointed in the outcome of the Toui-nament games. What happened to Wake Forest? Yeah, that’s what everybody wants to know. Dot Butler will take a train any time. Have you decided whether or not you're going to the Duke dances yet. Dot? I'll bet Ben won't let you travel alone any more. Helen Sams was right excited over that Taylor boy coming down Croin Davidson over the week-end. Dot Crawford certainly Is inter ested In the Coastal Plain baseball league players. Dot, Is Mulvihlll going to play tor Goldsboro this year? What's he doing In Detroit now, anyhow? Frances Batcheler, do you still think Sloppy’s all right? Some girls In Qoldsboro do, too, I’ve heard. One day Jinny Watson Is count ing the days until Easter, and Jim, and then she's trotting over to Duke for a basketball game and now she tells ua she's going to the ministerial banquet at Wake Forest. Do you still keep Jim’s picture dusted, Jinny By the way, Ella Eddins Is going to the banquet with Clarence God win. Clarence klnda gets around with Meredith girls. Jessie Currln and Jean Beddinglleld will be along, too. Nancy Brewer Is planning a little Jaunt up to Philadelphia the week end ot the Junior-Senior.-She Just can't take It. Nancy, have you had any telephone calls from there lately? Margaret Jane Childs won’t gO to see "Zaza" because she says she Is already dlalllualoned enough. What’a happened, M. J.? P.S.: Stick around until next time and we’ll have some poetry. Juat let spring come around and so does rhyme, Here and There Among the Exchanges By Evelyn Levine The following excerpt appeared in the Campus Cat, Maybe it’s not so out ot place here. •'At least you could smile when you read these Jokes. Your grand father did.” And while we're discussing Jokea, 1( you're Juat a little curious about where they come trom, here’s a life history ot a Joke. I hope It will he ii little enlightening. Life history ot a Joke— Freshman thinks It up and chuckles gleefully. Five minutes later tells it to a senior who aays. “Yea, heard It l>e- fore." Six mlnutea later senior repeats It aa original effort, One hundred years later profes- aors use it to put their classes to sleep.-—iop. One of the high school students was overheard whispering to his girl (riend on a dato: "Before I heard the tcachers toll The dangers ot a kiss, 1 had considered kissing you The nearest thing to bliss. Hui now I know Biology And sit and sigh and moan, Six million mad bacteria— And I thought wo were alone.!" that seemed to be bona rtde job offers. I guess she was too la«y to Investigate. "The Seven Points"—or, "Why I Never Joined a Sorority"; 1. I wanted to think for myself and not bo led ai-ound by a bunch of alatera, 2. I never went In tor wonien'a organlzatlona at home. , 3. I didn't want a bunch of Ira- tornlty boys calling on me at night. •1. I never danced with a man In my life and didn’t want to start. 5. I didn’t like the Idea of room ing with one girl (or a whole se mester. 6. I didn't look well in sleeveless, low-cut gowns, ' 7. I am a male. —Exchange. LET’S PLAYl By Jane Thompson how to fill out Income tax blanks. I wonder It they teach you how to get the Income. The Technique says: "It's an 111 wind that has halitosis." And It anyone should know, it's the Technique. You have probably heard ot the student who went to school sev eral years and lost so many hours by cutting classes that he came out in the hole, but here Is an authen tic case In which the collegian ac tually broke even for one semester. It seems that a Texas Techno logical College student enrolled for a total of 11 hours. Finding that his load was too heavy, he dropped one of these. When the semester was over he had flunked nine more and received ao many cuts that he lost the one he had paaaed. And ao he was back where started, even with the college!—Davidsonian. A student In a New Zealand had flunked In Latin, In the quiz the student was called upon to give a written translation ot the verae be low. There are Latin scholars read ing this who will be moved to tears: "laablll. Heres ago, Fortlbus es In aro, Noces, Marl, Thebl trux, Vatls In em pax a dux." After weeks ot effort, the student came Coi-th with the following. It la not surprising that the Instruc tor read It to the class: "I say, Blllle, here's a go, Forty buaaes In a row," "No," says Mary, "they be trucks," "What la in ’em?" "Packs o' ducks," ■—The BpriiighilUan. Did you know that thirty U. S. colleges use crlmaon as their school color? Thank goodneaa for maroon and white. Why Ring the Bell? We have had many improvements on our campus lately, but there is one thing that we have overlooked. Every time we have a speaker in chapel he is rudely interrupted by the grating sounds of the bell. After it has rung, someone goes and disconnects the bell. Don’t you think it is too late then to bother with disconnecting it? We suggest that the spej'licr be told before he begins his talk exactly how much time he Is to be allowed. We feel sure that he would finish his address in the allotted time and would much prefer to do this than to be interrupted about five min utes to eleven or eleven o’clock by the ringing of the beli. OPEN FORUM tdltur'ii Kot«: W« h&vD rvcvlvel tho /ol> luwlnv letter In rcsponau to a roo'ittt for Atudonto' oplnlonn on varloua subjects. Wc «lnc«r«ly hope for more In tho n«xt lesuo. Dear Editor: There Is one thing that goes OD over our campus about which I have hoard very little discusstoD. but In my mind there is some question as to whether we should do It or not. The thiug I am talk ing uliout is keeping the Bee-Hlve open on Sunday. I realize there are two sides to tho quQstloo, and those who think we should open It on Sunday have good reasons (or thinking so, but It Is strictly on the ground ot prin ciple and influence that I question It, We are askod not to go to the drug stores on Sunday, Last week I asked one of our collage authori- I always knew "u little knowl edge la a dungeroua thing," Do you have trouble getting up in the morning? Well, why don't you do something about it? It's be ing done every day, Juat listen to this: William Edwards and Howard Unrue ot Ohio State University have perfected a supor-gadget that npei'ates something like this; When the alarm clock winding stem turns and the alarm rings, It winds a string, which turns on tho gas and pulls a stick out of tho window, closing it, When tlie window tails It pulls a string attached to the light switch, turning on tho radio ut tho siinie time. For tui'tiior detaila, see Kay Mid- gett, site's been trying to rig up one ever since site found out about It. Tho majority of the Wellesley College freahmen have Indicated that they prefer liome-making as a career. Well, Meredith girls don’t exactly admit It, but take a look at the number of girls that are tak ing home economics ns their major or tho number ot Juniors and sen iors who took the "brlde'a course" last senieater. (OC course I took it so 1 ouuid live alone and like It.) Ml’. Owl dressed up To visit Ills love. When out he came And looked above, The rain was falling Thick and fast, too, Mr, Owl mourned, "To-w6t-to-woo." We Who Speak Latin Tliere's no sense in rattling the dry bones of a dead language. This Is an age bt progress. We went to go forward, not backward," say some of our present-day educators. Then they go Investigate the bio logical evolutlcui ot man to see why he has developed Into the being he Is, why he Jumps if you hit him, and how he has developed the mind iie has. At the same time they seemed to think that the language given them to talk and the llteraluro to read "Just growed,” like Topay. They countenance the geologist who burrows down in tho earth to nnd how centuries old the world is, the zoologist who studies prehis toric animals and concerns hlmselC with the development of the mod ern horse. They give courses In the history ot education from the earliest times that tliey might have a background from which to work. But they still think It all wrong to study classical languages, from which comes not only a large part of our vocabulary, but the vei'y fundamentals of grammar found In our own language nnd needed tor an exact uaage of It. No suppoi-ter of classical studies believes them a cure tor all evils. But he believes it foolish to neglect any pliase of the past history ot man. Without a knowledge ot aDtlqu- Ity there ia a blind spot in any one's knowledge ot literature. Lit erature Is a auccessloa of books from books end ours traces its an cestry much more clearly to the comedies ot Plautus and Aristo phanes, to the histories oC Caesar and Herodotus, and the poems ot Virgil and Horace than to Beowulf and Deor'a Lament. It Is all very well to say that thought should come spontaneous ly, tli'ot genius should bo tree and easy. Even Emerson advocated tliat, but lie did not advocate build ing a house on sand, tor he knew that thoughts could not come out ot the lilue. It this ago expects to create anything worthwhile In lit erature, It may need to do some in tellectual pump-priming, even to the extent of reading a little Cicero and Catullus, and to get some per spective on the subject. One Ger trude Stein is enough tor any gen eration. If it Is advantageous to under stand our social and political and economic heritage, why is It not to understand our linguistic and lit erary heritage? 21 hours poring over books and 21 hours In conversation. And hero’s how tbs' girls ac counted for the rest ot their time: Eighteen hours in class; 14 on dates; 5 6 sleeping; one, Just wait ing for people; 12 hours and 15 minutes eating; three at meetings sucfi as the student council and sororities; two hours and 55 min utes putting curlers In their hair before going to bod and taking Wallflowers at the University of Tenneaaee don't know whether to bo sad or happy. Dancing (aught "In 10 easy les sons" Is the latest activity ot the physical education department. BUT the Instructor has made It clear that those who "have no rhythm, no aplrlt of tho dance, and those who Juat can’t he taught to dance," aro barred fi'om entering the class. So it Bcems that it you're a Ten- noBseo student and a wallflower be- cuuao you have a hard time with your dancing, tho last place you want to go Is tho University’s danc ing class—where only those having natural grace are welcome. Tho University ot Illinois has adopted a point system tor rating its coeds. Each coed falls under the following system: "Zero tor telephone calls trom other girls. (This is Just, becauac girls aro very catty.) 2 points for a letter from the boy friend back home. 6 points for local male tele phone calls. 7 points for long dis tance male telephone calls. 8 points for week-end dates. 10 points to the girl If she attends a major dance. 15 points for a bid to a fraternity dance. 35 points tor a legitimately or illegitimately secured fraternity pin (limit, 3 per week). "If a girl averages 75 points per week she has to be In two or throe different places at the same time. If she gets a score ot 60 points you are wasting your time trying to get her. A real queen gets 45 points. 40 Is good, no use denying it. 35 points indicates possibilities. Faint hope at 30 points, but under 25 , . . maybe the girls and pro fessors will still like her." GIFTS ... Watches Diamonds Jewelry Silverware Gifts for all Occasions BOWMAN’S IB W. HArgett St. lUIelsli them out when they get up, and the rest of the time going trom one place to another, playing games and deciding which dress to wear. DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING DURHAM, N. O. The Diploma of Graduate Nurse is awarded after three years, and the Degree ot Bachelor ol Science in Nursing for two ad ditional years of approved col lege work before or after the course in Nursing. The entrance requirements are intelligence, character and graduation trom an accredited high school. After 1930 one year ot college work will be required and two years ot college work thereafter. The annual tuition ot $100 covera tho cost of uniforms, hooks, stu dent government tees, etc. Cata logues, application torms and information may he obtained from the Admission Committee. Don’t give up, girls. Oet a load ot this. Tho following ad appeared In the job wanted section ot one nf tho papers. It was sent in liy Marian Jewell, 25-year-old brunette of Edgeworth, Pa. "Job wanted by lasy girl, edu cated and good-looking." Replies Included two marriage proposals, "mash" notea and a few For tho flrst time in 42 years tho St. John’s University (Minn.) students went without potatoes tor dinner recently. What a rooordl It doos look as It they could have waited for the fiftieth anniversary, though, And Northwestern University 1s offering a special series of lectures What next, girls? tor further de tails read your bi-weekly paper. 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