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The Twig
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Let’s Talk
What do you think? Do you like
The Twig and the way that it Is
planned? If you do or do not, why
don’t you comment on it? The college
paper isn’t just an expression of the
staff only. It is true that the staff
edits the paper, but even so, the pur
pose of The Twig is to act as an organ
for the expression of the entire student
body. We, the staff, wish to please you,
but how are we to do this if you don’t
give us some suggestions or voice your
opinions about the way things are
done?
For just this purpose, finding what
you want, we have provided a column,
“The Student Speaks.” However, you
haven’t used this column very liberally,
and we are really a little disappointed.
This space is to be used for criticisms,
good or bad, of anything on the college
campus. Why don’t you use it?
In this issue we are running two
columns that we have not used before.
One is a commentary on the current
draft situation, and we should like to
know if you like it well enough to profit
our running such an article every once
in a while. All that we can do is to
try different ideas, but if you don’t tell
us, how are we to know what to con
tinue or discontinue?
We are open for suggestions and
criticisms at all time.s. In fact, we
thrive and grow on them. We have
done our best to cooperate with you by
providing you a place to offer sugges
tions. and now we are asking for your
cooperation. S])eak up!
War Rules
Pre.sident K. C. Leebrick of Kent
State University in Kent, Ohio, has
given his stiirlents seven rules for gov
erning their thoughts and action.s dur
ing the war. They are:
1) Don’t believe everything you hear.
2) Don’t be iiuulvertently a “fifth
columnist.’’
3) Don’t be a war gossiper,
4) Be careful of your criticism.
5) Uemeniijcr that propaganda is
more efl'c’ctive at this time than at any
time in hi.story and you can l)o “taken
in” even if you are an intelligent col
lege student.
G) Think of the situation as it has
happened and not as you read it in the
papers or hear it on the radio alone.
7) Don’t be too hasty to judgu what’s
going on until you have full informa
tion. We, as a rule, are sometimes
very gullible, particularly so at the
present lime when wo are in the midst
of such a period ol' international crisis,
I'he nations of the world are all in
volved, either directly or indirectly.
Naturally many people have voiced
their opinions concerning the matter.
Some of these people are of great re
nown and famous and we think their
'•say.so" is on the “right road of think
ing. Don’t jump at conclusions or be
lieve everything you hear. Do a little
independent thinking and re.search.
Some of Mr. Leebrick’s suggestions may
apply to other phases of our life, rather
than just our present set-up. Let’s not
be dependent on others!
1 —•Thv Parley Voo.
THE STUDENT SPEAKS
A treshmnn; “I Appreciate the spirit on the
cntnpiis. I Ilko Che tradition of ‘big sisters,'
for ciiey, along with otiier students, have made
ua (eel so much at home.”
A transfer: “One ot the moat slgnlflcant
things alMut Meredith is the friendliness ot
the gli'Is and their attitude toward Meredith.”
Day students: "Thanks for malclng our room
more attractive."
Students in general: “We like: The new au
ditorium lights and steps, the boulevard, new
curtains and mirrors io the parlors, excellent
cliupel addresses—emphasis on Dr. Price’s ad
dress, the return of alumnae, new library
books—French books given by Miss Allen and
the hooka from Miss Ida Poteat’s library, and
tlie newly painted walls of our rooms.
We, the Meredith students, are proud that
we surpassed our quota (or such a wortliy
cause as tlie Community Chest.
Complaint—We don’t like the bus schedule.
Con’t something be done to Improve this?
ONE MORE WORD
Do you want to be beautiful? Do you want
to liave friends? These all important Items
often slnic into oblivion in the busy, noisy life
of Meredith. They are nevertheless, part ot
college life. Meredith has provided a time to
be used in this direction, Sunday afternoon
Quiet hour from two to tour. IC you have been
observing light bell as every good little Mere
dith girl should, you will have the necessary
beauty rest, and this time can be devoted to
good grooming. Can your hands stand close
Inspection? Can you look a magnifying glass
In the face without flinching? If not get out
ye olde hand lotion, face cream, and nail
polish.
This done succesMully you can settle down
with a sofo cushion at your back and your
stationery on your knee. Now Is the time you
must realize that with your beauty you must
have brains.^ Are your letters worth the
three cents?
If you are "a beautiful 'inough” or "a have
all your letters answered" and "a don’t need
the rest” remember some of us aren’t quite up
to par.
Now Is the time for all good Meredith girls
to come to the aid ot quiet hour.
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Takes and Mistakes
By Lttton Tikqlf.v
Why Is a fire truck red? Well, a book's red.
too. Two and two are four and four times
tliree are twelve. There are twelve inches in
a ruler. Queen Mary was a ruler. “Queen
Mary" is the name of a ship. A ship sails on
the sea. There are fish in the sea. Fish have
fins- The Pinna fought the Russians. The
Russians are red. A Are truck always Is
rushin’, so a fli'e truck la red.
"POLITICS"
Sing a song ot Hitler,
A pocket full of peace.
Four and twenty promiaes
To break when we pleaae.
It you won't believe us,
We’ll shoot you through the head;
And how can we make peace, then,
When all ot you are dead?
—Tower Times.
English Is my hobby,
I shall not want another.
It maketh me to stay up ’til midnight,
It causGth me to prepare themes and essays.
It aourelh my soul,
It leadeth me Into paths of ridicule for Us
namesake.
Yea, though I am tired and sleepy,
I must bear down upon It.
For my teacher is against me.
Her "D's and E's." they discourage me.
She maketh me to Improve my spelling and
my diction.
She annolntest my paper with red Ink,
My wastebasket runneth over.
Surely Shakespeare shitll haunt me all the
days of my life.
And it shall live In niy meiuoi'y forever.
—The Log.
.N'lUlve; What do you think of our town?
Cniicgiato Youth: Well, it-tertainly is unique.
Native; What do you mean liy unique?
CollotiiiilG Youth: Well, it comes from the
Latin word-s "uniH," moaning "one” nud
meaiUng "horso."
TtlCHNIQL'K
Studi'nt: "iJour Dud, Ini broke and I have
no fi'ienda. WImt nhall I do?"
Dud: "Make rricnitH at onci?,’’
—Colonnailc.
Siiort stiry: 'rwo old maids went tor a
tramp.
—Oolonntiilc.
A iiilUiile-uKuil w.iniiiti liad fallen from a
winiiow Inio im asli ciui.
A CliinoHt- iiasHliig i>y reiiiurkBci: “Amellcan
voily waslofui. Tiiat woman «ood for ton
.venrs iiioro."
A Cliinexu iind ii tootliHciiu and piionud a
l!Ulist tfir an uppointmont,
Two-lhiriy ail riKlit?'’ imkod the doctor.
‘'VfM." )(‘iiii(!tl tlio CiilncHo, "Tootli liurteo, all
rigiit. What lime I 'omo?"
Man Is born, grown up, kicks bucket. Is
buried, turns to dust. Grass gi'ows from
•lust, iiorsoB eat grusH, Moral: Never kick u
hor.so; you might kick a reiutlvo.
Suzzy Snoop
Says...
"When night fallB," Susie be*
gins "soapin' ” oround to watch
the ladles wash their faces and
start talking about their “heav
enly dazes.”
Although Susie hurried along,
she was a little late to see Oret-
chen put on her beauty Soap.
She had used It earlier In the
day In order to be "flxed up” for
that uniform at play practice.
Last Saturday night J. B. Barn
hill was seen coming from A dor
mitory; he said he had to drag
Rachel from her room to get her
to Stunt on time. My—what is
Meredith coming to?
Susie hears that Marie Sugg
didn’t have soap but real Mjyrtha
Parmer candy sent her from
Washington. How about It? Cath
erine Scott Is running her a close
second—receiving the delicious
stutt on Sunday morning.
A certain sophomore on first
floor A seems to be getting a tew
telephone calls after light bell.
Tell him to call back at a more
timely hour, “Bunny,”
Evelyn and Paul seem to be
getting along fine. Did he refuse
to accept farewell as an answer?
Tuck has certainly been hang
ing around this year. He’ll soon
be a permanent thing, eh, Nancy?
Dickie doesn’t have to worry
about her beauty soap because
we don't have television yet and
Charleston is many miles away.
Sarah had quite a "Ayers” wel
come when she came home Sun
day night. Does the future still
look so Grey?
One of the seniors has certain
ly forgotten the Jimmies here
lately. How about it. Sadie?
Who was the “Shorty” cuddled
up In Juanita’s evening wrap
Saturday night? Ask Betty
Pielschniaun why Wednesday Is
the biggest day in the year for
her. I bet she Just sighs and says
"Oh Lloydle.”
Another sophomore is seen run
ning around the parlors mighty
often. He tried to make sure
she enjoyed the State Fair, even
though he couldn't be there. Did
you, Iris?
A certain one of our Northei-n
freshmen seems to be making a
hit with Southern boys. They say
the boy Is really In love with a
girl If he’ll take her to church.
Do you believe that, Rosaline?
Meredith and N. C. State engi
neers seem to be on good terms.
Helen C. and Prances B. certainly
did look lovely when they left
for the banquet.
Myrtle Edna Bailey had a
mighty enjoyable trip liome. Wo
wonder It seeing her family
caused all of this unusual happi
ness.
The Johnson girts are kept
busy running up and down the
hall answering the telephone.
They must have quite a few on
their string.
Kitty Wyatt looks unusually
happy after the mall comes. Can
it be she Is getting a letter from
a soldier?
Susie was so glad to see many
of tho alumnae back for Stunt.
Ed was out again; do you wonder
why, Bebe?
Well, girls. Susie must do some
”soa|ilng'' herself now, so good
bye and watch your step—Susie
has a sharp eye!
“BELIEVE IT OR NOT”
By CATHERINE WYATT
REGISTRATION
By EiJOAii H. Henkekson
In these dynamic times every
week brings forth news ot vital
Importance to somebody. The
past week has seen several events
of tho greatest importance for
the Unltnd States. Most fateful
of all was the registration of some
seventeen million men, aged 21
to 35 years Inclusive, tor aolec-
tlve military service. Never be
fore has this nation entered upon
a peace-time conscription ot Us
men. Heretofore our men have
registered (n the hurly-burly ot a
war already upon us, and under
the stress and strain ot desper
ate days. Thus, when men ragia-
tored ou Draft Day, Juno 5, 1017.
there was a large minority of pro-
German seiulmout which sought
wlierover possible, to throw a
moukoy wrench Into tho proce
dure, E.xtreme imcilists also did
Iheir hit to hamper and hinder.
And the man who I'ogistered
iiad u grim sense that he might
be signing hla death warrant. Ho
know that there was littio time
for adequate training, and that
[lossihiy within a month attor be
ing called he would bo on his way
to tho ijattlellolds ot France to
ropiaco sonio other Amurlcaii
who had '‘gone wont.” I myself,
duriiig my own period of military
Korvlco, suw some of thoHO same
drafted mon—a wiiole regimont
of them—sent over to do pioneer
infantry sorvico in Franco in the
front-line trenches, although none
ot them had had moro than a
month’s training, and a great
number had less than two weeks.
Yes, that earlier registration
was altogether grim In Its routine
and ghastly In Its anticipations.
Vastly different was that of last
week. Whatever pro-Oerman sen
timent existed in this country was,
as polls ot public opinion showed,
microscopic o n d silent. If It
showed Its head at all. It hid be
hind programs of “appeasement”
and pacificism. Never In all their
history have the American people
been so unitedly anti-German.
While the shadow of war hung
over this recent registration, there
was the hope that this registra
tion and the defense program
which It set Into motion might yet
succeed Id keeping the reality of
war from our door. Mfen regis
tered this time in hope ot escap
ing war: In the former registra
tion the best the most of them
could hope was to escape death
or maiming.
This time, too, those who regis
tered knew the conscription law
was the considered Judgment of
the majority of the American peo
ple, rather than an emergency
measure driven through Congress
at high pressure and without care
ful consideration. Passed by a
vote ot about two to one in each
house ot Congress, it probably
represented accurately the major
ity opinion ot the American peo
ple. The result was that never
before did a similar registration
go off so smoothly and even—
shall I say, hopefully.
The chief objectors to the regis
tration wei-e two very diverse
groups. A band of Seminole In
dians hid In the depths ot the
Everglades and refused to regis
ter. Some other Indians said they
would volunteer but thought It
cowardly to be drafted. The other
group consisted of twenty stu
dents of Union Theological Semi
nary, New York City. They main
tained that they could not recog
nize the authority of the state in
this matter, and so would not
register. Dr, Henry Sloan CoQln
and others of the Seminary facul
ty reasoned with them, and final
ly all but seven withdrew from
their position. These seven re
fused to register, and were taken
Into custody, and will have their
cases settled soon, we suppose.
The unreasouableneaa of their
stand may be seen when one con
siders that the conscription law
does not require military service
ot conscientious objectors. Such
persons will still be expected to
render non-military servlco if
needed. To refuse to register at
all is thus to refuse to accept any
obligation to servo the state under
the act, and Is to deny the au
thority of the state altogether.
Now, If these young men In one
breath claim that the state shall
exercise Its authority to protect
them In their liberty ot couscleiice
and in the next breath deny the
authority ot the state altogether,
they get themselves Into a aelt-
coutradlctory and wholly unrea
sonable position. And clearly, to
deny the authority ot the state to
enforce any given one ot Its laws
Is to deny Its authority to en-
forco all of them. If I am al
lowed to choose individually what
laws I will obey, the authority
of the state is at an end, and all
Ita laws are made null and void
ut my flat. This is anarchy, and
It is not sufllclently recognized, I
bolleve, that extreme paciflsm is
Hlways essentially anarchy.
Turning now to volunteers for
military service, recent flgures
show that the South la far ahead
of the rest of the nation In such
volunteers. Editora have dis
played considerable ln«onulty iu
explaining this. Some said the
pay ot a soldier {usually about
thirty dollars a mouth) Is very
attractive to Southerners, who
are always "very poor.” It this
is true. It is strange that this
fabulous pay became attractive
only recently to Southerners, who
are now better oft economically
than they woro a year so so ago.
Some suggested that Southerners
like a flght. This, I think, is true.
Southerners are, as Plato would
have said, possessed ot the "spir
ited element.” Far from being a
vice, this appeared to Plato to be
a virtue without which no man
would ever be fit to become a
soldier and eventually a worthy
ruler. It is no credit to any one
to have lost all spirit and become
soft. The Ideal characters of
Southern history are still, I be
lieve, Lee and Jackson—both sol
diers.
But as another editor pointed
out, the real reason for Southern
volunteering Is the tact that the
Southerners are predominantly
Anglo-Saxon. Their culture, gov
ernment, language, laws, and in
stitutions are those ot Anglo-
Saxon democracy. They know tho
value ot that democracy, and bet
ter still, they know when it Is
threatened. They know that It
was Anglo-Saxon political Ideals
that were the foundations of the
original thirteen states ot the
American Union. They know that
Colonel Charles Lindbergh, him
self of Swedish ancestry, spoke In
utter ignorance of historical fact
when he declared, some time ago,
that we Americans owe nothing
to England. They know that even
the language he spoke was due
to England, and that the Institu
tion of free speech which toler
ated such Ignorant utterances on
his part was a part of an Anglo-
Saxou heritage. Southern boys
have been volunteering in large
numbers partly at least in order
to show Mr. Lindbergh and others
tliat our English heritage is worth
lighting for.
BOOK REVIEWS
I daresay there Is one shelf of
books iu tiie library that a very
small percentage of students have
ever frequented—the reutal collec
tion of new fiction. There are two
hooks there which delighted me so
that I should like to acquaint you
with them.
The first Is How Oreen IPas My
Valley, by Richard Llewellyn, a
magnincent novel of Wales, full of
the tragedy and comedy ot life It
self. It Is the story of a large
family, the Morgans, whose llvell-
iiood depended on mining in the
days about fifty years ago wiien
South Wales still prospered and
coal duet had not blackened the
greenness of the valley. It Is the
story told by Huw — one ot the
youngest ot tho children—ot ills
family, hla friends, and hla neigh
bors. It pictures hla gentle tyrant
of a father—one of the most up
right and honored ot all men In
the valley—his shrewd and impul
sive mother, his many brothers and
sisters. A highlight of Huw’s
early childhood is the marriage of
his eldest brother to the beautiful
and tender Bronwen, whom Huw
Is destined to love all his life.
In the mood of nostalgia Huw,
now a man In his sixties, remem-
iiers those lost golden days of his
youth. A great slag heap has
crept down menacingly upon his
childhood home and he is about to
leave the valley forever.
Tho second one by Jan Struthei'
is of a dlttorent nature, the story
of the simple but wise character,
Mrs. MlnSi'^' She Is British. She
Is also International. She Is the uni
versal, heart warming symbol of the
andura1)le and pleasant sides of
exlstance. Against the shadow of
the present she holds up to view
tiie everyday domesticities, the
comings and goings ot family life,
nnd finds them good,
Clifton Fadiman, of Tho New
Yorker, says this; "Mrs. Minerva
like Charles Liimli, will place a
gentle hand on your olhow and
bid you stop to observo somothlng
quite Insignllicant, and I9! it Is
not Insignillcant at all, , . . That
touch, the touch ot Lamb, even, ot
Shakespeare lu a minor mood, Is
one ot tho indellnublo things, quite
Junior Class Wins
Stunt Cup, Second
Place Won By Sophs
(Continued frompagel)
October 19, when word came that,
because ot the tact that MoIIere
had written L'Ecole du Marie, tbeir
stunt had been rejected as not be
ing original, While they were dis
cussing plans for a new stunt con
cerning crooking activities in wlilch
a real crook appears on the Mere
dith campus, some one came In to
announce that Stunt Day had been
abandoned because of an epidemic
of mumps. Other characters in the
Stunt were Mary Grey Pippin of
Zebulon, and Agnes Graham ot
Greensboro.
The class of '44 whose president
Is Charlotte Green of Danville, Va.,
presented An Insectnificant TaJe
of nine doctors who were working
on a cure for the bite of a new
kind of bug. In a laboratory on an
Island In the West Indies sometime
in "This Buzzing Age,” Page Ran
kin of Shanghai, China as Dr. E.
Gottaway, Helen Knott of Wendell
as Dr. U. R, Stupid, Virginia Ay
ers, ot Chengchow, Honan, China
as Dr. I. C. Nutten, Eleanor Ver-
i-cen ot Raleigh, as Dr. O, Miah,
Betty Miller of Irvington, N. J„
as Dr. I. Gottit, Betty Rose Pre-
vatte ot Lumberton as Dr, Bigg
Brlttches, Annie Mary Matthews of
Laurinburg as Dr. Minus Mind, and
Etta Taylor ot "Whitakers as Dr,
Don Chano tried alt their cures tor
the bite of tho bug on Natha
lie Woodward of Anderson, S, C.,
who played the part of Dr. I.
Splutter, who had been bitten by
something which he later an
nounced to have been a mosquito.
All the other eight doctors fainted.
The programs, cut out In the shape
ot ap Insect, were given out by
girls dressed in nurses' uniforms.
Before tho curtain opened. Laura
A. Brown, ot Winston-Salem in a
white uniform, rendered a pro
logue which was in part a parody
on Longfellow’s “Psalm of Life.”
Dorothy Turner of Erwin, played
the part of the Negro janitor. Re
tard.
At the close of the Freshman
stunt Juanita Stainback of Hen
derson, president of tho Athletic
Association took charge, and the
day’s prizes were awarded. Mrs.
Lillian Parker Wallace presented
the Pallo prizes the first ot which
went to the Junior class which was
dressed in white nnd carried crooks
In the afternoon exercises. The
second place went to the freshman
class which represented cheer
leaders and carried megaphones
through which the song “Rah!
Rah! Roh! It’s Meredith For Me"
was shouted. The seniors repre
sented the song "You’re the Queen
of Our Hearts, Alma Mater” and
the sopiiomores characterized the
meaning of thoir name as wise but
foolish. Judges tor the Palio were
Dr. Ellen Winston, Miss Pat Aber
nathy and Mrs. Lillian Parker
Wallace all ot Raleigh.
The horse race was won by
Genevieve Chlffelle ot Slatorsville,
R. I., who rode the freshman horse.
The Junior hoi-se ridden by Cath
erine Chiffello placed second. The
students won against the alumnae
In the sports events.
Dr. Harry E. Cooi)er onnouuced
tho winner ot the step-aiuging '
(which was held in tho auditorium'
hecauae ot tho weather). The senior
claas received tiio first prize and
tho writer ot thoir song, Dorothy
Ponder of Tarl)oro, received the
prize of IC.OO os tho writer ot the
best original song presented.
unimportant, that Englishmen and
Englishwomen are lighting and
dying tor at the moment.”
This thought of her husband Is
characterlstlo of Mrs. Minerva's
wisdom; "... Clem caught her eye
across tho table. It seemed to hor
sometimes that tho most Impoi'tant
thing about marriage was not
homo or children or a remedy
against sin, but simply there being
always an eyo to cutch,”
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