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THE TWIG
May 18, 1940
The Twig
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E ditorial Staff
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Maby VniQiMA Oi.ESN Managing Editor
Rachel Maxkss Managing Editor
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Hhi.en Macintosh Columnist
EuzAUbTH Pruitt Cartoonist
Business Staff
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Reporters
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We Need More Huddling!
“What this campus needs is not a
good five cent cigar, but more contacts
between faculty and students.” So said
one wise student after the Student-^ac-
ulty basketball game in April, and four
of us said “Amen.” Since then it has
been mentioned by more than one stu
dent, and several plans have been sug
gested. Many have wished that the fac
ulty might eat with the students more
often, perhaps at certain meals, just as
certain meals are unassigned. Someone
else suggested that the Faculty organize
a basketball team and that the “annual”
game be made a bi-weekly affair dur
ing basketball season. One idea which is
somewhat more complicated is that hall
mothers be chosen from the faculty to
act as counselors, and to relieve signing
out congestion in the dean’s office. We
all know that the deans have to spend a
great deal too much time on details, and
that work on more far-reaching prob
lems has'to be neglected. Perhaps none
of these is the plan we need, but of one
thing we are sure: We, as students, are
missing a great deal by not knowing
our faculty better, and perhaps—well—
we won't say it. but maybe they’d en
joy knowing us better, too.
Mkiikditu :
THE STUDENT SPEAKS
IKilitcirV Null-: Tliu MIowinK Tiilumn consiata
III' contriLfuU'itirt, which weln’ntiu*, hut whfch
iifir II,It iiufi-siinlj' (hd >( staff
riivmbcr-.)
lli'Ul- .Mi.ssi's li:
VV.. hear so iinu'li uli'-ui tln' .'uiudiii'((! iiljout
II Xl(-ii‘iliiti Kill slioiiiu ui't, and yet vi*iy
Hull' Is sHiil (ibiiiii ilii' way she sIiduUI talk.
\Vr ,in- suit', lliiiimh, ili;u if ai-tions apeuk
louilcr tliiiii »-i>nls, a|i|ieuran('t'» nf lliuin speuk
louder tliiiii i'ltlii'i'. Maybo you ln walk In tUi;
dliilDK room on tlimt. bin tf your lialr Is all
HiTfiwed up III lurlei's. hikI your iiajaniu top
Is -sfrvlun ;is a liimiSK. yiiiii- |ironi[itneas doesn't
desRrvi- niurh ci'i'illi. .Miiylii; yuu do sign out
wlimi yciu jjij (o tmvii, liiil If you get there
witliiial yijiir hat ^(iJyln■ yuu (in so to
clusx with all ih>! kintwlndso if yuur aiilijecl-
miilti'v on tlie il|i of your ion«iit or (mticll,
but If you look aa l( yuu'il thrown yuur clothes
uiulor th- ht'ii, ruHrd over and ruusht tli*'iii on
Mi»' otlii'V side mill juin|n'd Into thoin, f.lip
mIkIic III yuii iiilirlit iiiiik.- your |>rorossor stop
his iiriic(liHv and h-rturu on evolution,
Sii, lii.fiire yuu I'tMid iinoilmr lino, no tu ih'
hi-iiroBt inirriii-. HU ii hack so you can S(V
from yi)iir head in your Iiih, and Jiiat saz*.
Ari- yuu oni' of iiu- ofT.'tiil.n's svhosu aiiponrsniro
diu'sn'i ini-asiiri' u|) to |i>'r adlonH? Are you
KuUiy of sirlnjry liair. run-down lieela. un-
ki'iiij)! nails and cai-.OuHrilii-sH In ofhei' di'talls
of iinuil Ki'ooinlnu? U the mirror proves you
«iilliy -sitinilt If—iiiiii Ki-i In work on youraolf.
'•The Mlssps ;\nonymou3Q8.'’
• Mmihimtii ! ...
Takes and Mistakes
▼ T'.
V
Ity Lrrro.v Tisut.Kv
One. two, iliri!!-, I'our -let me son, liow innny
more days III! Miy :50ih? Oolly—Just two
wi-i^kH boforo ir.'cnnis iwliai a thouKkt). ,\nd
lierc I »ll, Irylni; to ninkp imople giKRlo. . . .
Did you know lliui no nuiii has tlio ncrvo to
toll a woman whnt lior mirror tells liar?
UnBAMS
Somotlmoa I druam of you at niglii
Wbon Hleep has rloacd my eyes,
And all Itae silver Bturs liavo fled
AcrosB ttie ompty sklM.
With halt a liuudrod other dreaniM
To charm the night away,
Why do you trespass In the dark
Who never came by day?
And with scores of other toves,
So very odd It seems
That I should hear your laughter still
Within my smallest dreams.
When all the weary stars have fled
Across the empty skies,
I sometimes dream of you again
And, waking, wonder why.
Betty Green, "The Watchtower."
INVENTION: A good way to catch rabbits is
to hide behind a tree and make a noise like
a carrot.—"Teco Echo.” —
ODE TO THE LIBRARY
(A fine of fltty*two cents.)
Laugh and the Library laughs with you,
Oet sent out and you go alone,
—"Teco Bcho,"
FOOLOSOPHY: Anyone os big as a house
has an excuse (or getting plastered.
—‘‘Teco Echo."
Women have two lips. A Ifp Is an edge or
a boi'der. A border Is a boundary, A boundary
Is a check, and checks are legal tender in
payment of debt. Therefore, a woman is doubly
able to pay her own bills. Why can't my
girl friend see that?—“Medley.”
We sincerely hope that Germany’s plight
may be one of Ooerlng, Qoerlng, gone.
GUM-CHEWING—GLAMOUR?
The gum-chewing girl
And the cud-chewing cow
Ai-e somewhat alike
Yet different aomehow.
What Is the difference?
Oh, 1 see It now—
It's the thoughtful look
On the face ot the cow.
—"The BeUes."
Wtien Bome folks open their mouths they
show how empty their head Is.
CHEMISTRY LESSON
Element: Woman.
Symbol; Woo.
Atomic weight: Since there are so many
Isotopes ranging front SO to 600 pounds, 120
has been taken as a standard.
Occurrence: Can be found wherever man
exists.
Physical properties: All colors and sizes,
always disguised conditions. Bolls up at noth
ing. freezes anytime. However, melts when
properly treated. 'Very bitter If not «sed cor
rectly.
Chemical properties: Extremely active! Pos
sesses a great affloity for gold, silver and pre
cious stones. Hus ability to absorb all kinds
of expensive foods. Violent reaction when left
aloue. Turns green when placed alongside a
better sample.
Caution! Handle with care! Likely to be
dftugerous in Inexperienced hands.
— 'Hullabaloo.''
CONFUCIUS SAY;
Man who drink gold point (eel guilty inside.
Mau who enKinoer train has locomotive.
He who would go with uurse must first be
patient.
— ‘The Sprlnghllllan."
One of our contemporaries once said of !9um-
ner Welles that he could -speak seven languages.
Vow he says that he can keep silent Itt all
of them.—"Old Gold and Hluck,"
snood Is a bustle a woman wears un her
hrala.—"Teco Echo."
TIME
Time who separates us all by ngel
He brings the prophet's word to pass,
Hat as a thiof would liave his Riory, too;
I hate him for niy Joys that lie lias dimmed.
New sorrow with new pain he brings
While changing that which better seemed
unchanged.
Vi'i. Time liua been ordained by God,
.\«d fur the best I know that he exists,
—"Parley Voo,”
A STUDENT'S RiiFLECTIONS
(To the Professor)
I s*>(un Hi hear you speaking, Sir,
Out don't know whiit you wiy.
Vour words Just pass rjsht through my head
.\nd !utikly fly away.
You liarp on tilings I never heard
Anil me busy gui'sslnis.
I Oh, horrors now, don't call on niP.
1 hiiven't H(!cn the lesson.)
I'll ci-rtainly like to ku tu slei'p
'I'liuro'H little filse to do
Hur. sH. and wish the hell would ring
Or nod the hour through.
—Ruth Pollard, "Teco Echo,"
NOCTURNrc
iJown the Hky tim yoang moon crept,
Shedding a drowxy, guidon glow
Toward the sllunt and shadowy swaylug arms
Of o tendorly waiting tiootop row.
Into them she softly slipped,
While the night wind crooned a lullaby
.\nd the trees rockod her gontly and lucked
her In
Under a blanket of dark blue sky.
—"Parley Voo."
Well—ao long. . . .
Have A
NICKNAME...
▼
By Sticky
Nicknames! What's'In a name?
Some people have names that Just
don't suit them. To remedy the slt>
uatlon In which these unfortunate
people with the wrong names are
found, their friends attach suitable
nicknames. These nicknames are
often just a sbortening or altera
tion of the name or a name arising
from a peculiar sltuotion. Just take
a look around our campus and see
how many people have nicknames.
The nick names that are most tiu-
merous are those that are some form
of the person's own name. Dot is
a popular nickname; that is, the
shortened form of Dorothy. We see
that Misses Bell, Butler, Green,
Pender, Lane and Roland—as well
as many othei's—have Dot attached
to them (and I don't mean a pe
riod!). Now Rebecca (not by Du
Maurler] Is a well-known name
given to many girls; although I
think It is vary pretty, many peo
ple prefer to call a girl by this
name "Becky." As we .call for
"Becky," we never know whether
the right one will appear or not for
there are many-r-Becky Vaughan,
Becky Patterson, Becky Hamilton,
Becky Beddlngfield and others that
I can't remember at the present mo
ment.
The famous name "Elizabeth" has
been shortened by various ways.
One of the most common Is Lib;
another Is Beth, and still another
Is Betty or Betsy. In a recent Stu
dent Government clectlon we all de
cided to vote for Mary Lib—which
was quite original, for the candl
dates were Mary Lib Coleman and
Mary Lib Hollo^vay. Down the list
of students we find Lib Carter end
Beth Perry as well as Betty Flelsch*
mann who are called names that
ai-e abbreviations of Elizabeth.
Now I think that Friday (Frelda)
Culberson has quite an odd nick*
name; the only explanation I can
offer Is that she must like to work
on Friday, or Is there another rea
sou why you are called Friday,
Friday? And Just wliy Is Cornelia
Herring called "Corny"? It's more
than I can understand. To continue
with the various shortened forms
of names; Lucy (Lucille) Wyatt,
Cat (Catherine) Scott, Laurie (An^
nle Laurie) Overton, Eddie (Ed
wina) Lawrence, Bunnle (Elizabeth
Bunn), Dllly (Evelyn Dillon),
Jean (Eugene) BeddlngReld, Crltcb
(Carolyn Critcher), Roxie (Rosan
na) Bai'nes, Aggie (Agnes) Gra
ham, Pat (Patricia—but better
known as Betty) Vernon, Gerry
(Geraldine) Couch, Byrdle (Helen
Byrd), E Square (Edna Eai'le)
Coggins, Marsha (Mary Marsh)
Hood, Livvy (Olivia) Hood, Flit
(Ellen Ann Plytbe), Gondola
(Gwendolyn) Parker, Weelisle
(Lillie Weeks) Burns. Vicious
Vickie (Victoria) Wood—the Vi
cious wna attached because of the
rapidity with which she walks!?—
and Flyleen Snowsey (Alloen
Snow), But the queerest one of
tlil.s group Is that of Jean Freeman
—it Is Free Jeaman!
I hope I don't get my neck bro
ken for printing the next list of
nicknames, hut some have tbo best
stories back of them and some are
so appropriate that I Just can't re
sist telling you about them. At the
head of the list Is Dopey Chapman
—better known as that, hut she
signs her name Kathryn (person
ally I think Dopey is much the
better, don't you?). Next comes
Fluffy Parker—Annie Laurie, that
Is such a good name for her small
ness and dointiness; and then there
Is Dimp Marshburn, whose dimples
are so prominent that we forget
thot her real name Is Evelyn. Then
there Is Mrs, Burns' little daugh
ter, Coro, whom everyone knows
as Coco—and It's heyond me, for
I don't HOC why! As for as I know
very few people know Hebe Dicken
son by her real name—-which Is
Kathryn in case you didn't know.
One ot the cutest nicknames be
longs to Trynte Auer; it Is Cboo-
Choo because her first name sounds
like a train! And then we see Rotsy
SftvuRo with her beautiful red hair
being nailed ‘'Pinkie''! But that's
quite all right, for our own Miss
Rose Is known to her schoolmates
ns '“Little Red”—all bccause of her
rod hair. Oma Green Is known as
"Olarle" because she plays a clari
net; and they toll mo that Louise
Boone Is called Pig.—Why, Louise?
And why Is Mildred Rdwards called
MIg? I like It, but I’d Just like to
know why, Lola Mae Stroupe Is
called Babe—and as yet I haven't
found out the cause, for she Is such
Q pretty maiden. Mary Belle Bui-
luck Is called Dixie by overyoui*
and I should Judge that It's because
of iier cheery countenance, wouldn't
you?
The Pruitt twins really do have
names-their birth certificates have
Elizabeth and Amelia on thom; the
former Is known as Bep and the
latter as Fap. One day I was trying
to introduce Margaret Ward to some
friends and the only thing I could
think of was Hertford—because she
WHAT PRICE GLORY!
— By CATHERINE WYATT —
lives in Hertford—I was embar
rassed almost to tears.
Many of the girls we know by
their last names, Poe, Grayson,
Coleman, Jackson and many others.
The best revelation concerning
nicknames was In the case of Sa
die Allen; I like to call her Sladle,
but I hear that people in Cherry-
vllle think of her as "Slug."—I'll
probably get my neck broken, but
I think we should know these
things, , , , As for my nam^-I'm
known here by some as Sticky, but
at home they don't call me that or
by my drst name—you guess what
it Is!
Suzy Snoop
Says...
The flowers that bloom In the
spring, tra-la, or has It already
turned Into summer? Anyway, these
balmy days are Just the kind that
make you enjoy sitting in the sun
and baking your cares out. They
also Inspire a lot of tltlnklng, and
I just sorta like to sit under Ole
Sol and gaze out over the campus
and muse on my fellow students.
Ya know—sometimes It's quite
amusing, and exceedingly weighty
•but dellnltely!
Now I like to tblQk back on the
play the other night. I couldn't
help looking around the audience,
and I saw two very Interesting
things—Mary Ann and Roger, after
1o. these many weeks; and the
other? Wyatt was Bebe 'n’ Ed!
Geeee—And another thing that In
terested me was a remark I over
heard tifterwards—Mrs. P., "I'll de
clare, I’m 90 worried about Betli,
1 know she’ll really be Just that
way when she's married!" Well,
Beth’s mother ought to know; hope
Beth gets busy!
And about Becky. She has me
worried. Is It really the curriculum
at Carolina she wants, or the extra-
curriculum? Tiiere's a Lyda things
I don't understand about Betty—
wish she’d be a little clearer. And
speaking of Bettys, what about
Lloyd? I’m sure he speaks ot Betty
quite as often as she speaks of him.
Mnimmmm—Chris 'n' Jimmy, Jim
my ’h’ Chris—sounds nil right, eh?
And say—I wonder how Lib'd
like to ride In a covered Wagon(er).
And when I think of Lib, I natu
rally think of Nancy—do you reck
on Hessee been 'over this week?
He usually does, you know—every
week. And then there’s Addle—
Jimlny Cricket. Do I, or do I not,
catch a gleam in those eyes? Some
body told me Sofronla doesn’t mind
telling her date goodby—even be
fore time. Well, she’d better change
either her tactics nr her dates, I
guess. Wonder if Dob’s Anchor is
strong enough to hold Virginia
Anni-. It must Siinm good tu
Helen to have the Seminary out.
Helen Swain seems to like Jokes
about ‘'Ike and Mike." There must
bo some reason, Holen, Why Is
Mary Gray Pippin anxious to leavn
how to concentrate on telephone
calls? Maybe It's because she has
lo wait 80 long, Helen Isn't the
only one glad the seminary Is out,
’rause ‘’Lee" Hostetler has been
very happy of late, Foy, why do
you go to the '‘Cally" so much?
I.et’s be "Prflnk” about this. They
lull mo that Mary Lib Holloway
bad n date the other night, Who
was the lucky guy. Mary Lib? And
wlint’s this I hoar about Corlnna
ond Dan Britt? She must be
double crossing some one. Kitty
and Jimmy soem to be getting
along all right, but I would like to
hcav a little more about that hig
picture she has ot some other boy
in her room. I'm getting a little
mixed up Ihlnklng about what Miss
Poe has been doing-tlrst, she lias
a Wake Forest "Sweetheart” pin;
then she goes to a State picnic,
and now they tell me a Davidson
man came to see her this weekend.
Con you help me .straighten things
out a little, Racitel? What will
"Ernie'’ do this summer with Ella
In New York? Guess love will
make 600 miles seem shorter.
These Meredith girls who get in
the State Annual certainty must
know how to manage things. These
privileged characters are; Rachel
Lewis, Elizabeth Hostetler, Ida
Howell, E. E. Coggins, and Ella
Eddlns. Is Bill as sweet as ever,
Edwlna? Huldoh has been "Bat
ten" around lately, too. This night
life Is getting me down girls. I'm
afraid I can’t take it.
You know I hear scores ot our
friends lost out this week-end by
going home. Well—all I can say
Is it's risky business. Hope they’ll
be more careful after this. Quess
I'd better be a iittle more care^ll
myself and stop while I can still
do It gracefully and painlessly-
sooooooooo—
Tally Hoooooo.
Hat Shop Skit
In Chapel
Ida Howell, Beth Perry,
Celeste Hamrick, Louise
Dickie Help in Hat Week
Wednesday morning. May 15,
In chapel, a skit called “Let It
Go To Your Head." was presented
iu observance with ‘‘Wear Your
Hat Week." The scene of the skit
was In Ida’s Hut Shop, the pro
prietress being Ida Howell. The
customers were Celesie Hamrick,
lieth Porry, and lionise Dickie.
Each customer found the suitable
bat Cur oucli occasion — town.
State College, and on a date. The
thomu of the skit seemed to be
that there Is a hut for every occa
sion. so wear one each time you
are off the ciimpus.
In addition to this skit there
have been several posters around
on the cumiiuK emphnsliiing the
wearing ot hats. As yet, a definite
organization has not betni Identl-
lled with this movement, but it
is a concentrated effort to have
Meredith girls make u better up*
petiranue when off the Meredith
cu mpiis.
Silver Shield
Makes Survey
Questionnaires To Obtain
Student Ideas on Smoking
Answered by Students
During a recent chapel program
short questionnaires concerning
smoking were given to each stu
dent to nil out. The ((uestions
were;
1. Do you smoke at all?
2. Do you smoke at home?
a. With parents’ consent.
b. Without consent.
S. Have you ever smoked at
Meredith?
4. Do you smoke at Meredith
now?
5. Do you smoke In Raleigh?
6. Do you smoke outside ot
Raleigh while under the
Jurisdiction ot tbo college?
7. Do you smoke outside of Ra
leigh while on a week-end?
8. Do you consider it wrong to
smoke while a Meredith stu
dent?
The results tallied as follows:
SS answered yes for the first; 6S
answered yes for the second, 43
for the (a) part, and 20 for the
(b) part, while live did not an*
swer this question; 73 answered
yes to the third; nln« answered
yes to the fourth; 33 answered
yes to the fifth; 26 answered yes
to the sixth, and ono did not an
swer; CC answered yes to the sev
enth. and one did not answer;
290 answered yes to the eighth,
06 no, four undecided, and one
did not answer.
This survey was sponsored by
tho Sliver Shield,
Mrs. Brown Is
Quest Speaker
In chapel 'Phursday,' May 16,
Ml’S. Catherine Metcalf Brown
spoku to the students on the neces
sity of good health and the proserv*
lug of it, She stressed tbo Im
portance of exercise, adequate hours
of sleep, and three well-balanced
meals a day. She also emphasized
the Important role that good poa-
ture plays In good hoalth and In
attractive appeamnce. She re
marked in her talk that everything
ono does each day goes to make up
a picture nf one’s health and na
ture.
Mrs. Brown Is a very alile person
to si)eak on this subject ns she was
health queen of Mount Holyoke
College in 1937.
Sophs Give
Srs. Breakfast
Wednesday morning. May If!, the
Sopliomore Class was hostess to
tlielr "big slBters,’' the seniors, ot
a breakfast given at the chimney.
The seniors and sophomoros gath
ered at the chimney at 7:30
o’clock. Big and little sisters sat
on the grass or on benches and
tables to oat. The menu, consist
ing ot apples, cinnamon bnns. "pigs
In blankets," coffee and sweet milk,
was prepared In the college kltciien.
Six New Girls
In Dramatics
Holloway, Plythe, Fanney,
Kenan, Oliver, Scarborough.
Taken in Little Theater
Thursday night, May 9. Just be*
fore the spring production, "Skid
ding,” was presented, several girls
who have Just recently been ac
cepted in the Little Theotre were
announced. These girls have earned
their points which make them
eligible for membership iiy work
ing on committees such as light
ing, properties, staging, costuming,
and business, or by acting In a
play siwiisored by the Little
Theatre.
Tlie six girts taken In wore Mary
Ellsiaboth Holloway, liJllen Anne
Ftythe, Oretchen Fanney, Loleta
Kenan, Mary Gwln Oliver, and
Helen Scai-borough.
New CalaloKue Presents
Many Chuntfes
(Continued from Pago 1)
one course In philosophy, liaa been
added.
The religion course, The Chris
tian World View (Religion 42) has
been dropped.
The following will no longer be
offered in the Economics and Soci
ology Dopnrtment: Economics ot
Consumption 30, Laltor Problems 31,
ond Public Welfare 45, The follow
ing have boon addedf Crime 81,
Social Theory 48,
Speech 10-11 (Fundamentals ot,
Speech), Group Discussion and Por-
llomentory Procedure 38 and De
bate 84 are not reqnired for a minor
any longer. History ot the Tiieater
86 and Choral Reading 88, 89 are
new courses which have been added.
All Junior and senior courses
will be numbered 80 or above, and
underclassmen are not to take
these courses. This is to prevent
students from undertoklng too dif-
(Icult work their first two years.