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Page Two The Twig Mil6^lifted A$ lk« O^eicl Orgon 0/ th4 5(ud«it( tfody of M^rtdUh CofUfft E ditorial Staff S.VIlAil Ht'tlSON mdltOT Eva Butlbii Ansociate Editor DOKOTHY Bei.i Managing Editor Mauy VmniNiA OixsN Managing Editor Raciirl Maness Managing Editor Mauy Frascbs Bkown Managing Editor Catiikhikr Ciiifveu.e Sports.^dJtor ViKGJNiA Si.uuEii Feature Editor Hki.fs MAClHToaif Columnist EiJ/AmTTii PnuiTT Cartooniit Business Staff Ada Wau, Business Manager Dai’iine Pboram Assf*fon« Business Manager Mauy EuzAUfn'U Fosteb Circulation Manager Maroahet Bunn Sakah Jacksox Mart Garvey Nak Davis AnsE8 Graham Fhaxces Grayson Reporters LiLUAN Watkins Evei.yn Holvfibld R08.VNNA Barneb Sara Justice Ewbothy Roland Edwina Lawbenoe BKBNICE BniNKlEY MAnTUAOl.IVE Raciiei. Fulton Mvutib PprpaisoN Alice Fai.i.s Corbina Shebhon Fi.o Hewitt Mabios Darbkn MabieScio Mabv Goriwn Mabv Hester Powei.i. Typists Ruth Mabtin Vivien Jeffreys RuTU McCakts Mabv Et.r/.AUKrit Fekguson Martha Stroup EnloreJ »» >econd-cUm nmtUr Octob«r II. J92S. «t Po*l Office »t Roleigh. N. C.. und«r Act of March I. '*A«c«pt»ne« tor mailing »t ep«l»l rate of PO«ti?; videil for inSection llOS, Act of October 3. 1911. au> ^^orlled October II. 1928. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE - TH[E TWIG April 1, 1940 It’s April First! Have you forgotten what day this is? In case you’re very gullible we feel that its our duty to remind you that it’s the first day in April. Please don’t faint because of the* startling news on page one. You see its slightly exaggerated and so forth, in other words, in case you haven’t guessed it, it ain’t so! However, please don't doubt pages 2, 3, and 4, for they’re strictly "on the level.” Here’s hoping we haven’t (April) fooled you too much! betrayals of the past, they are prophetic of an increasing unity among all men and women of religious good will. "The American college chapel, our own included,” he continued, "is a unique phenomenon in church history, without any considerable precedent in the pa.st and without present parallel in most other lands. "It is a meeting place for all sorts and conditions of persons more concerned for the Christian religion in its entirety than for a particular sectarian state ment of that religion, In due time some one must attempt to appraise the influ ence which it is having upon contempo rary chvtrch history. “Thousands of young people go into life from our American colleges, not merely familiar with, but believing in, the non-sectarian and inter-denorhina- tional character of the chapels which they have attended in student days. If they return to the churches from which they came, they ask of those churches something of the tolerance and catho licity which they have found in their chapels.” We Quote... “College men and women are peculiar ly sentinels on the outer walls. There was never more need for clear thinking and courageous doing by college men and women than there is today. We of the universities must more aggressively, more earnestly, more militantly combat these fallacies and heresies and expound and ‘sell’ representative democracy. It is the bastion of our liberties; and the foundation of our faith must not be un dermined.” Diplomat Joseph E. Davies (Wisconsin ’98) urges collegians to fight the fallacies of today’s world. “The time has come when we must give thought to men’s hearts and not confine our considerations so exclusively to men’s minds. We have been altogeth er too little concerned with our knowl edge of men, altogether too complacent with the development of things for men to use, and altogether too little con cerned with the spirit in which men use them.” Brown University’s Dr. James Pickwell Adams points to new fields for higher education. Here’s To This Year’s Officers Editoii'm Niitk; The tollowliig edilorlal wfls orlnted here lasi year. Iiut because of Its api'i'iprlate'isss we have tleclUcd to use it acnin. 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 im portant positions on our campus. These girls have faithfully performed their duties for nearly a year now, yet few of u.s realize what a large debt of grati tude we owe to them. When they were elected congratulations were showered on them from all sides; doesn’t it seem that praises should be even more in or der now that they have nearly com pleted their dutie.s? Have you ever stopped to think what a large contribu tion the.se students have made to our school year? It is through their efforts that all of our traditions have been carried on. our school splint molded, our social life made more attractive, and every aspect of college life im proved, It is due to the time, thought and energy of the student ofticers 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 officers as well as the new. For a splendid job, officers of 1939-40, “an orchid lo you!" Mkrbiiitii 1 Collegiate Chapels Cambridge, Mass.— (ACP) —Ameri can college chaiK-l.^ are performing vital service for the cause of religion in being “inter - denominational adventures in church unity, prophetic of an increasing unity among all men and women of re ligious good will." This is the belief of Harvard Univer sity’s Dean Willard L. Sperry, chairman of the Board of Preachers, us stated in his annual report, “Churches which are not ready to meet and match, in the conduct of their own affairs, the tolerance and sympa thy which mark the college chapels, must expect to forfeit the enthusiasm of returning graduates and to suffer ac cordingly,” he .stated. “The college chapels are not, as is so often charged, the centers of denatured religion, short of strong convictions, and reduced to some lowest common denom inator,” Dean Sperry said. “They are inter-denominational ad ventures in church unity, conducted un der the conditions natural to life of the place; and so far from being treasonable Your Interest In N. Y. A. Workers On March 4th the House Subcommit tee on Federal Security Appropriations opened a series of hearings on the ap propriations offered by President Roose velt for N. Y. A. The President’s budget offered a strange contrast to the con viction of many people that Franklin D. Roosevelt is a true friend of Youth; for in this budget there was provided a stu pendous increase in funds to be applied to building an army and navy, balanced by an even greater slash in relief and social security money of all sorts. For N. Y. A. specifically, the President sug gested a cut. What does this mean for N. Y. A. Youth? It means that 41,000 college boys and girls, 119,000 high school boys and girls, and tens of thou sands of non-school youth will be de prived of the educational and vocational advantages offered them under the Na tional Youth Administration. In North Carolina it means that about two thou sand high school and one thousand col lege students, not to mention work- project N. Y. A. Youth in large num bers, will lose their jobs to be added to the growing host of North Carolina’s unemployed youth. Some people have questioned the worth and fairness of N. Y. A.—Is it worthwhile? Is it sound in principle? Is it fairly administered? Those, how ever, who have had real contact and experience with the N. Y. A. program know that it provides real aid to thousands of young people on a basis of work through which they maintain and build their self-respect and poten tial value as citizens, and that many college heads and others have testified that it is administered in a manner far superior to that of most government agencies. Furthermore, these people have stated that through N. Y. A. it is possible to have much valuable work done that could not be accomplished otherwise. But N. Y. A. workers do not need to be shown the advantages of N. Y. A. You, as their friends, are pri marily concerned with ways and means by which we can save the N. Y, A, That is the problem we face today. It is a well-known fact that congres sional pressure is what will make the dift'erence one way or the other. We must write personal letters to our rep resentatives in Congress, we must urge our parents and friends to do the same, we must publicize our efforts and pro gram throughout the State, we must circulate petitions and resolutions gath ering thousands of names endorsing our cause, and we must send those expres sions of mass sentiment to our congres.s- men. The person to whom such com munications should be addres.sed is Rep resentative Malcolm Tarver, chairman, House Subcommittee on Federal Securi ty Appropriations, House Office Build ing, Washington, D. C, Copies should be sent to North Carolina Senators Jo- siah Bailey and Robert R. Reynolds, and to N, C. representatives. Following is a list of N. C. representatives with their districts: (1) Lindsay C. Warren; (2) John H. Kerr; (3) Graham A, Barden; (4) Harold D, Cooley; (5) Alonzo D. Folger; (6) Carl T, Durham; (7) J. B. Clark; (8) Wm. 0. Burgin; (9) Robert L. Doughton; (10) Alfred L. Bulwin- kle; (il) Zebulon Weaver, Let them hear from you! Write Representative Tarver and your congressman not to cut N, Y, A. funds and help mobilize support behind this movement to save the N. Y. A,!— (Signed) N. C. N. Y. A, Association, Box 225, Chapel Hill, N. C, "A person’s intellectual capabilities do not decline after he is 40, if he uses those capabilities. The average person may show a little decrease in speed, per haps, but in real intellectual accom plishments no substantial decline is in dicated.” University of California’s Dean Frank H. Freeman can cite many tests to prove his theory that keenness of mind does not decline in “frightening forties.”—Carolinian. Takes ana Mistakes WHAT FOOLS THESE MORTALS BE! By "BEP" PRUITT I B. S. U. Notes By Lruv McNkely By Hkc.kx MacIktosi! Oil, boy! Back to studies again and with nothing to distract our mlnda this time. Isn’t it wondertul? However, knowing that all work and uo play makes all ot us dull girls, we're enclos ing a tew attempts at humor we found from the |>ens of other scribes, Well,—all right—here we go , . , ar • » Thlii CollCBliito Wol'ld Dictionary Dope: The newest volume of the Dictionary of American English being pub lished by the University ot Chicago Is hand ing down to posterity many words and phrases dear to the hearts of slang-minded collegians. For instance, “flunk" is defliied as "com plete failure In a course, examination, or an et cetera." "Gas” Is unpretentious talk, espe cially ot a political kind, “Flumadlddle” is also included In the latest volume, which includes words from "flinty" to "gold region," It even Includes "gin pal ace," which is a "grog shop ot a pretentious or gaudy appearance.” Wonder If they've added the latest fad of the collegians, "goldiish eating"'?—Caro linian, • * • Is Tiiiit All? Giraffes grow up to be about sixteen feet tall. V « « Hiivo You Hcimi Tliuse? Confucius say: "Woman who sit on thumb tack is better off." Confucius say; “Woman who swallows chewing gum is stuck up.” And these? He haB a head like a doorknob—anyone can turn it, Unconciuerable us chewing gum, A liathiui! Kiilt Is a garment with no hooks hut plenty of eyus on it. « • • In llio l/iini;ii(i);c of Flowci'tj A yellow chrysanthemum means slighted love. A daisy means Innocence, A lily-of-the-vuUey means return of hap piness. A pansy means thoughts. A rhododendron means danger, beware, A red tulip moans a declaration of love, A tulip of mixed colors means you have beautiful ayes, A yellow tulip means hopeless love, A red rose means true love. After reading this, girls, you'll know what your buy friend wishes to nay to you when he gives you (lowera!—Tecco Echo. • K * Squirrels are bright, Though impolite. As we cultured humans view ibem; They wisely eut The nuis tliey meet, While we just listen to them, ,—Los Angeles Collegian. • » • "You hIiuuIO see those two cooks tangle! Awful feud la Che galley,” "Yeah. I know—I ate some of It.”—Crow’s Nesi. • « * This limerick was worth one pass: 1 once knew a teller named Guesser, Whose knowledge grew leaser and lensur, U at last go so small He knew nothing at all, And now he's a college professor, —Plainsman, • ■ * "I'm fed up on that," said the baby, point ing ut the high chair.—Plainsman, « • • I.u(:y: "If 1 wus your roommate, I'd put poison In your coffee.” Li*; "Yeah! If I was your roommate, I'd drink It."—Tiger Hag, RIDGECREST "Whut a world!" I said, and sniRed the sweet, fresh, mountain air, "What a place!" I said, and looked down into the valley below where rolling green hills cuddled beside a slaver lake, dotted with sails, "What an awful thing It is that we have to go home to morrow," That was four years ago, and I still remember It, as if I were' there this very moment. I only have to close my eyes and feel the bigness, the power, the beauty, and yet the simplicity of that moment, when all that whole glorious week at Ridgecrest came to a high point wlien I stood on that mountain. And they say Ridgecrest now is even bigger and better than ever. It's hard to believe It was so per fect then. As for the details: the dates are June 18-27. The cost about |20. The friends you'll make from IS states and hundreds of college cam puses. The fun — unmeasurable. For further details you may write to Manager Perry Morgan, Ridge crest, N, C.. but you hud better du It now; space on the assembly grounds is at a premium. *Tho prInclpAl aiiuakora: Dr. Adams, Chmter Scvurv. CUarlui A. Wells. Dr. Charles St. John of the Uuwar>’ Mlaafmi In New Vurk, unJ iivrhuiw Mn. Eubiink. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL CLASSES Miss KIchllne will teach Rel. at 11:00 Monday, Wednexday and Friday. This part of the course concerns Vacation Bible School methods. All who are interested aro invited to drop in at tbeir con- venlencti (o as many classes as possible. PERSONAL SERVICE Some ot the girls here at Mere dith tell me that they stay sleei>y all the time, and that It's Iho hard est thini; in the world for them to keep their eyes and minds oiicn. Well, let me tell you! Meredith Q. 5. U, Ih always wide awtike and thinking ot new ways to help pun- ple. Thu Y, W. A. has broken the record for personal service this year. So that you may understiind exactly what this orgHnisation is doing, lot me show you some of tbeir work. They helped one of our maids to get the money to buy chairs for a colored choir. One ot the groups guve llfteen Bibles to a Sunday School class ut the Prison Farm. Thoy are planning to do this again. These girls seem to 1)1! ready with something for every holiday. At Thanksgiving and Christmas some girls delivered bas kets to poor fiimlUes. while ut Val entine’s ihey sent valentines to Ihe Iirevontorlum. The next thing (hat they plan to do Is take Easter cards ti) the i)reventorlnm. The Y.W.A, has also been making truy curds for Lhe Inllrmary and have been visit ing St. Luke's Home and giving iirogranis there. Next month they plan to give u program at the conn- ly homu and lake some nranguK. An Easter egg hunt was given Monday the 18th, tor the children of our colored workers and thoy hope to give one at the detention home soon. The B, T, U, la most interested In extension work. It Is helping tbo n, T, U,'s in the Rululgb churches and helping churches outside of Raleigh in conferences. The World Fullowshli) Orouj) has been teaching Sunday School lea- 80UH in the Jails and nt the prison farm and have given programa for old people. More power to our 0. S, U, summer, along with all the good times j'ou are planning? If not. there's no better time than now to begin. For the few who wish to do fnll time work In Sunday School or G. T. U. courses utfd who are lucky enough to be accepted on the staff of workers, there will be tour weeks of directed teaching. And add to all the wonderful experiences while working, the Joys ot a week at Ridgecrest for either B. T. U. or Sunday School Conference. Mr, L, L. Morgan and Mr, Nathan C, Brooks will direct these groups as they travel. and work all over North Carolina from the mountains to the coast. MIsa Klchline can give you further information about this phase of summer service. But all of us cannot do full-time work in the summer. Fortunately, there are nuniberlesa opportunities to work at home. Even the largest and most eiflclent ot our churches will need Sunday School teachers, O. T. U, leaders and workers, und helpers tor the nilasionary organiza tions, The growth and pleasure we would gain tor ourselves would (ar ont-welgb the good we could do. and yet the i>eople at home really appreciate even the slightest ser vice. Then there are the children whom xve can get to know in story hours. Sunbeams, and Bible Schools. Pci'hu|is we are at the best age of all to help .the children and let them iielp us. In even one week of Bible School Ood can open up a whole new world to us through the children who leach us. And don't forget the personal element. Outalde the church or- gunizalions. there will be situa tions in which you cun lind ii very lm|)ortant place, If you look for it. Remember, too, that everything you do strengthens you and makes you happier. 1 dare you to set out lo Und your place und make this yonr h!ii>plesl summer! —LIB TUCKER. Suzy Snoop “I Feel So Sorry For Myself .. Have you taken time out to count your opportunities for service this Hy EnuiNs "No, thank you jiiat the same.” I hear m.vaelf backing out ot a high-pressure sales esLublishment. “Gut, we have the very latest styles. All the college girls are wearing (ho gored skirls. You will not Und another dress In Raleigh as cute as this. Besldea, green looks Just as nice on you as blue. You ought to try . . ." Yes. but I had shut the door! Where can 1 try now? These sales- glrlH are so Insistent, Trying to tell me what I want. They greet me with that stenciled amile und u “Clin I help you. mnhdame?" And do they help me? No! 1 tell them exactly w’hat I want—a dream ot a dreas, tight-littlng waist, full swing skirt, bine, . . , You /(odi! to have some little knockout num ber to date in. But Instead of help Ing me lind something, these sales gli’lH just waste my time pushing mu dress after dresx, tolling me that this little dreas is the cuteat thing 1 have over seen in my life Insisting that this Is Just what I have been looking for. , . . "No, thank you!" Thank good ness I can walk out. This little shop looks promising. . "1 fuel so sorry tor myself. . "No, thank you. , . ." I’ll bet she thanks mo. I huve brought out every di'ess In the shop. And do you think she appru elates* it? No! I'll bet she doesn't know what it is to try to please a customer—especially these snippy college girls. I have to smile when my feet feel os If someone has Jumped np und down on them and speak enthusiastically when I would Susy has really been snooping around the freshman dorm, tor she has found out that in spring a young man's fancy turifs to what some girls hove been thinking about all along. Just ask any freshman "How to win your man and hold him." and she'll answer. "Peroxide." We were talking about love and Jerry came in and shout ed: "Happy Day! I’ve been using the wrong formula!" (Couldn't have been trig, eh, Jerry?) Week- > sll is getting more Tech-minded these daj-s. Her favorite seat Is the radiator! When Susy asked Beth what to say about tier room mate. Both said. "Just suy 'Celeste' und everyone will laugh." (Do I hear any giggles. Flo?) Libby Is ' still singing, "Way Buck In 1939 A.D." Mias White certainly does like 306-300 D. especially since their mattroases have had such glorious sun baths! Everyone be sure to look in the "Howler" for Nan’s picture! Annie Mae has made Page two at last. Morris she > got love In her heart? Is Virginia Bailey learning to put on "Ayers” Just apiiearances? Theda was looking in Preston's window at a wedding gown. ! wonder Woodley like It. Wonder how Kitty F. can make David Womble Into an English theme, or did she Just Brewer him up? It’s a surprise alioui Fay Marsh—ask her about R. L.—Steve for short! It seenia as though both ot the Mary Lois’ are intcrcstud In Wake Forest!?!! Margaret certainly has got Fred cuught in her Webb—and he’s head-, sli-ong iibout hei-—or should I say 'Armstrong’’? There’s nothing like rivals as room-mates, especially when Kitty C. and Margaret are' concerned. Woke Forest — Woody be Interested In Rebecca’s coming to summer school? ? ? ? Betsy Sav age thlnka love is grand wlien it's "Dlsh"ed out to you!!! Who Is that freshman who complains that boys "Just don’t like her," but who has rated an average of one orchid a semester! ? ? ? Pansy certainly likes u variety-an aviator nt State, a military man at Citadel, and u‘ "jerker" at the University of Flor ida! (Nice going. Pansy!) Ask Winnie Davis why she gets so Fu"Teugue'’d by ull her writing, especially to the boy who was out the other Thursday! Is it true tiiat Bunny is u "one-man" girl, or is that other picture on her dresser Just "Joe"klng? Marian, are you Owen” anything these days? Ask Adelaide B. if her efforts were Futrell” for that Easter corsage. Boryle It'her life Is still "Prlvette"- ing around Charles. "Duke" about* that dross (?) material from State whoso colors belong to Carolina. lOthel Stevens about hor poetry. Flo about that nil.\-up after the names of the freshman escorts wore iH'Inted. Snzanno Bagnal how , 10 break up and nuike up within a week. But I run’t resist one crack at a sophomore. Dopey has. certulnly. gone into the niout business be- cansu she surely has learned how, to "Rutcir'er 'em! 8(1 long—and bye now—Oee! but spring holidays were short!—But- like to thi-ow coat hungers. I have to encouroge them to buy a dress which makes them look like clowns. I hate, to sell people things they don't want, but lUtle Jimmy must huve hia teeth tilled next week, and the mortgage is due. ... ^ Here comes another customer. Perhaps she will buy eometUIng.
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