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The Twig
PuMitked At th» Offieial Organ 0/ (A Stuiint
Bcdu of Mtrcdtth Cotlcft
E ditorial Staff
Rachrl Ma>'E89 Bailor
Luor MoNebly Associate Editor
DonOTHY RoLANn MaTiaging Editor
Maby Hester PowEtx Uanaciing Editor
CoBNBLtA Herri.vq Manafflnff Editor
Mart Lois Ovebdy ilanoffing Editor
Catiifjiink Ciiipkei.le Sports Editor
Ltttoi* Tikoi.ev Oolamnist
Cathicrime Wtatt Cartoonist
Business Staff
AONU Qraham Business Manager
Marietta MoLbnnai* Business ilanager
VniBH JtiTBEYS Oircalation Manager
Jacqubuke Prevost Mary Oarvey
Jarib Parker Mabis Suoo
J*AF BeBD1N0F!BL0 BEVERLY AKS MONEY
Mary Gwim Oliver
Reporters
THE TWIG
AuoB Falls
Plo Hewitt
Sarah Jostice
Mtrtib Peterson
Elbabetb Rioob
Mart Suzadctb Pobtes
Amkie La^te Parker
Celeste Hambicx
VraOINlA OREElfE
Nina Yelvditom
Strs RODWELL
Helen Wbitsbead
Bbwtna Lawrence
Martha Ann Auen
Avis Branob
Typists
Maroaret Powlbr Rutu Green
Bluabrb Coleman .Rgoecca Bbodinqficu)
Doris Jean Leart
Eatend u i«eond-cU» mstt«r October 11, 1923, at
Pott Ollle* Rkltlth, N. C.. undr Act of March 8,
1I7».
AM«pUne« for nulllns at tpccitl rsC« of poiUo pro*
Tidtd for In SKtloo tlOS, Act of October S. 1817, »u>
IhorlMd October 11. ItiS.
SUBSCfttPTIOK PRICE .
What Now!
What is this about Sunday break
fasts? Beginning tomorrow we have
Sunday breakfasts at eight o’clock. I
know this will greatly please all those
who wish to sleep a little later on Sun
day mornings.
Because of this change in breakfast
hours, the buses will not leave for
church until nine-thirty o’clock.
Let’s see an increase in attendance
at breakfast from now on to show our
appreciation for this change.
What Is Your Worth?
What are you doing to make others
happy? Are you the person that lives
for herself and leaves the other person
to do the same? Haven’t you realized
tha’t this can’t be done? Even as far
as the United States is from Europe
we have realized that we cannot isolate
ourselves and ignore the other coun
tries. If this is true, how can you ex
pect to live with five hundred other
girls and not be cooperative? You may
not realize you are not cooperative; you
may even be considered a very sweet
girl and still you may be making others
unhappy. It may be just a thoughtless
gesture toward your roommate, or it
can go farther. Sometimes it is a bad
attitude that can affect a whole class
or school. Probably the worst injury a
person can do to her classmates is to
fail to comply with the college rules
and regulations. One has a tendency to
rationalize that she isn’t hurting any
one but herself, but this isn't true.
Every rule you break hinders the prog
ress of the school as well as yourself.
Not only are you breaking the trust
others have placed in you, but you are
preventing your cla.ssmates from c;njoy-
ing the privileges that might be th>ir.s
otherwise. Why don’t you stop a min
ute to reflect? Are you satisfying your
desires and neglecting the rights of oth
ers? Try considering others for a while,
Have you any school spirit? Try show
ing and,-proving your worth of being
called a Meredith student!
ONE MORE WORD
Flglit for (li;iiu)c;rn'y! Tlmt socms tu ni"
ft iiincli-lifani pry. Tin- spirit of (|.;mcuTiif:y
Is bOHl pi-'i'Krinlli'-cl on thiK fninipim by eacli
sludent reeocnli'.liiK tii» uIiIMiU-k and worili
of evi'ry oilinr ii'T.-dii, KucIi nnr- cif iis pur-
ticipales In Mic mniic'ni sovi'niiiifiU of ilif;
schoril Ijy voiliic for ipiir n-iirpjionlallvus niirl
IrusHiiK 111 our choln-. ir ^luv(^ any Iclwis
for IjotiprluK oui' soviTuiii' ni, «•> nmko our
8UgK^'^tU>ns for Jjy (ijrccl ormtaci
with II council ni-nil)oi- or Ijy imtiitiK mmh-
Vestions in oiir "Siiski'sIIciii liox." Kvcry [H'r-
8011 liaH a ctiaiH'f. for MrOf-r.xiin-ssIon, 'I'haf-s
tnio tloiiincracy- \V! nnw luivc a ii.-iv .iiiidcat
btillelln board so tlmt ilic linpurlaai imu’s of
Bludent b’ovci'iimpiit aiul of oacli rlnsn may
b& dourly ptwloii. \yiiy do Mi'rwiilli girls
iieod to liKln for doiiiocracy? All wo neod to
do Ih lieltor onr dcmocratfc Hplrli!
uf
Tliero may bp Hpllatcrs on tliG laddei
BurcL'sa, but you don’t notice thPin utilll you
sllilo down.
Takes and Mistakes
—+
Bu Lvtton Tlxni.KY
Let’s see . . . five weeks and ten dnys
from now—ChriBtmasI But term papers due
first! Mustn’t think of holidays! Must con-
centriite oh term papers, Mustn't think of
home! Oee. can’t wait!
"The ofd maid phoned a runaway mar
riage, but nothing came of It,”
"She’s a lemon,"
“No, she Isn't. She’s a ‘cantelope.’ "
—Parley Too.
Definition of a Meredith girl:
An appetite, loosely wrapped Id skirt and
shirt, placed in saddles, and tied on top with
a colorful ribbon.—The Aloftamlan,
ncsiimc
Razors pain you:
Rivers damp:
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well' live.
—The Carolinian.
Roses are blue
VIoletB are pink
Immediately after
Tb® thirteenth drink.
-~Parle&-vous.
Because a girl has a vacant look, it doesn't
mean she has an open mind.
The girl who speaks volumes usually ends
up on a shelf.—Sou'wester.
You can usually figure that the chip on
a guy’s shoulder came from his head.
No wonder there is a lot of knowledge in
the collegea—the freshmen always bring a
little in and the seniors never take any
away,—Specfafor.
He has a bead like a doorknob—anybody
can turn it.—Ed fVynn.
■We editors may dig and toil
Till our fingers are sore.
But some poor fish Is sure to say:
“rve heard that joke before."
—Drexard.
A word to the wise Is sufficient:
Say It with flowers.
Say it with sweets.
Say It with eats.
Say it with jewelry,
Say it with a drink,
But always be careful
Not to say It with Ink!
He: My aunt is very sick.
She: Sickness Is just a mental condition
entirely in her mind.
He: She had a relapse.
She: She just thinks she had a'' relapse.
He: Well, she's dead now and shfe’d better
not change her mind, because we buried her
yesterday.—Parlez-vons.
It this is printed
It’s a cinch
The editor needed
Another Inch.
~Furman Hornet.
DOB ON PALEONTOLOGY
(ala Ogden Nash)
I wish I were a dinosaur
I wouldn’t have to study—Or
Go to classes—For
I’d be so big
I couldn't get in the DOR.
—Alabamian, '30,
REMEMBER
There has never been an absent-minded pro
fessor who ever forgot to flunk a student.
—Meteor.
The University 'oC Wisconsin co-eds use
enough lipstick annually to paint four good-
sized barns. The average co-ed covers 9.68
8iu«re feet of lips in a year. Great paint Job,
I'd any!
The other day when a certain young Junior
was buHlly engaged In reading a bulletin hoard,
a certain young teacher walked up and said,
'“Do you think you’re trying to make people
believe you can read?" I'll leave It up to your
imuKlnation Just how much the Junior blushed!
liny: While we’re sitting In the moonlight,
I'ti like to ask you—
(jlrl; Yes, dear?
noy: Couldn't we move over? I'm sitting on
II nail.
Here
iigain Is
one of Uiosc
Irianfilos. Tho idea
la not imrtlculiirly now
but yot It Is amazing that
ii!splto Us stalenesa, lack of sex
and btimor, everyone will rnad this nil
ihf! way down to the vory. very ond
—/Udianiian.
No wonder the little duckling
Wears oil its face a frown,
For It has Just discovered
Its first pair of pants were DOWN.
—Hornet.
WKh the profs:
“Now. watch the blackboard closely while I
run throngh It oncc more,” —Hornet.
Suzzy Snoop
Says...
Well, so long, until Italy fries Turkoy In
Grecce!
Boy, are things happening
around here! I’ve been looking and
Incidentally snooping around and
do I have something to tell youl
These Meredith girls certainly do
get around,
At State Pledge Dances last
week-end I saw Jeanette McDaniel,
Faye Chandler, Oretchen Fonney,
Anne Barrow, and Lib Hostetler.
Meredith was really represented.
I can’t keep up with all the gen
tlemen hanging around to see those
cousins, Janie and Mary, but I
spied them at Pledge Dances, too,
with .those Lambda Chls. What
about all these week-ends, Mary?
Seen around the other Saturday
night—Margaret M. and Mutt.
And why Is it everytlme we see
Marietta she Is listening to WRAL7
What about this Archie who Is on
the line every night, Hannah Ruth?
Friday Is always fish day to us
but Mary Grey says every day is
•'Fish" day to her. What’s this
about Betty Baldwin singing
"Anchors Awelgh" and she tells
me that In two weeks she's going
to anchor away up in Annapolis.
Her roommate. Aggie, is all for a
Davidson Pika, How about that,
Charlie?
I hear everything was “Rosie"
In Wake Forest at the Pledge
Dances for Alice F. Although it’s
cool these days Ada Is still "Fan
nlng,” What about all this
'•Step'’-ing around Betsy Shaw Is
doing:
Esther goes In for the athletic
types—football and baseball play,
ers. You oughta get Naocy and
Margaret to tell you about these
boys who come up from Fayette
ville.
We saw Pat on her way to the
dances in Charlottesville. Va. the
other week-end and why Is Sister
Lib following the Carolina team?
Might it be Mike? And speaking
of our girls at dances In Virginia,
have you seen that frat pin Nancy
Carroll brought back from Wash
ington and Lee?
Janet likes a "Bill" and not the
kind that comes at the first of the
month, and Roommate Mary Fran
ces has a mania for "Parks.” I
wonder why?.
There seems to be a "Brick
Wall" around Frances B. and Hez-
zle has taken up baby-talk and is
saying "Wodehouse." 0. R. doesn’t
spell “or’’, to Mack, It spells Pearce.
I hear Becky doesn’t mind signing
her "John Henry.” Jac goes in for
these ‘'School-boys" from the East
ern part of the State or so I hear.
What I want to know is who is
this mystery man in Leette’s life?
Whoever he Is I think he’s a lucky
fellow. And who is this State
senior we've been hearing about,
Imogene?
Jane Allen, we’re sorry you can’t
make it to Furman and hope it
won’t be "Long" until you get
there. These BUls in Iris’ affairs
get me mixed up, What about you,
Iris?
Juanita whot's this about a ring
nnd I don't mean on a telephone?
I think the editor of this paper
bears watching. 1 hear she's going
to be a mald-of-honor soon. What
about it Rachel?
Jean likes football coaches and
Lou says she likes the players.
Everyone to her own choice. I say,
but I want you to notice that these
summer school romances do last.
Helen Best has been seen around
with Jimmy, the bursar’s son, and
they tell me Coach Walker’s son
wants a date with the home-town
Betsy,
"Dickie," how's that fellow at
Citadel? I haven't Investigated
this M, H, 12. ring Rpuenblum Is
wearing but it should make a good
story. How's that Asheville boy
we were hearing about last year,
Polly? Snoop as I may I couldn't
find out a thing about that Suitw
girl. Maybe she suspects me. We'd
all like to know why Emma Bla
lock is looking forward to summer
so. Could it he a final step?
And speaking- of final steps. I’ll
take my last one and slop and let
you talk awhile.
Your "Wlnchell"lng friend,
Suzy Snoop,
By Oatiierine Wyatt
once the psychological i'esearch
material crops up and the story
turns into a textbook. You are
made to understand what sup
pressed races feel-hatred and
frustration. You are made to see
that whites oppress Negroes and
rate politics and finance above
truth and humanltarlanism. This
Is all very well but it detracts from
the gust and life of the book. The
author does create one good Jew
and white who pant for a better
world and InterDationallsm. There
are all too few of the marvelous
passages about Digger’s home life
and his tiueer sister, Vera, The
reader will derive from his book,
pleasure, vicarious Indignation
and horror.
« «
Night In Bombay. Louis Bromfleld
This is a book Society choice,
and Bromfleld In India should give
you a good Idea of the book. You
may well expect "Maharajahs,
businessmen, harlots, mUslonarles.
saints and mastrels" to crowd this
astonishing novel, and, of course,
they do. The brilliant array would
be highly suitable for a moving
picture; certainly, It Is spectacular
enough.
The book has the usual plot of
the Indian novel with a few sur
prising twists. The characters all
have skeletons In the closets and
unexpected or should I say ex
pected, private lives. Love finds
a way in the end, but U is hardly
worth the reader’s tln;e to follow
the brilliant characters through
their gorgeous route to find just
how it does find a way.
The popular voice cries, "No one
knows his India like Louis Brom-
field; not the India of Viceroys,
nor the India of agitators, but the
India of everyday people, with Its
passionate tempo of existence, Its
fierce romance and no less fierce
vices." May I hint that perhaps
no one wants to.
Pastor Speaks
In Chapel
On November 7. 1940, Rev.
Allyn Robinson, of the United
Church in Raleigh, talked in
chapel. He said that modern
slang contains a world of mean
ing, such as: “So what,” and,
"can take It.” The theme of his
talk for the morning, however,
was summed up by saying "What's
the big idea?”
He said that many in the field
of religion are suspicious of emo
tions—a healthy fear of the irra
tional. We have reached a mood
in religion of being overwhelmed
by things that are happening In
the world. Then be quoted from
Lerner’s "Ideas Are Weapons."
which said that Hitler's hig idea
Is war. He pointed out that we
should possess Ideas instead of
letting them possess us.'
Lookins: Backward
BOOK REVIEWS
Native Son; Richard Wright
This IB a liook by a Negro au
thor wrlLtsn with dush nnd style,
hut niari'ort by gtiod Intentions. So
many pluccs tiie pnmphlnteer tri-
iimplia over the writer. Tlie book
has a HtronK theino nnd is unusu
ally Ktiui! whilii 11 la "tough," but
it slnka liiick Into the mediocre
wheu Iho olomont nl good ureepH
la. The book holds the olmi'Hi of
a (orriljlo liltlo hoy In most places,
ll alni la woll. Almost bofoi'o you
liuvQ Ilnl.shod tho Introduction, tho
Ne«ro hoy has murdered his em-
pioyor'B silly douRliter nnd burned
lior In tho kitchen stove. Thia is
liorrov and ati’ong action, but at
The history of Meredith College
is practically sufficient to prove
that history does repeat Itself.
Many of the highlights on the
campus this month are much the
same as they were seven years
ago, Incidentally. Mary Lois Park
er, sister of Janie Parker, who
was recently elected Queen of
May, was elected May Queen in
1033, Even the Little Theater felt
the same perplexity at being in
the midst of a fall production.
Also there was the study courses
led by local ministers to be taken
in, plus the reaction of having at
tended the State B.S.U, Conven
tion. One other outstanding event
showed definite similorlty in the
two years. This was the prepara
tion for a recital to be given by
a member of the faculty, Mr. Spll-
man.
Passing briefly to 1934, the talk
of the campua was "The Taming
of the Shrew,'' another Little
Theater production. Passing on,
we find in 193B some rather Inter
esting plans being made. Excite
ment was at Its peak as a cam
paign was raging to raise money
for "ye dear olo swlmmln' pool."
Of the needed amount, |2,100 had
been raised and the campaign was
still In full swing. Again the Little
Theater shared part of the spot
light with its presentation of
“Scrooge"; and, of coui'se, there
was the Press Convention. Along
with this came the landslide of
Civic Music Association members.
There were a hundred thlr?y-four
that yoar, Excitement ran high at
tho idoa uf having Maglnlnl's Sym
phony along with tour other prom-
luing programs by noted artists.
Because of the number of cele-^
Crated concorts, plays, conventions
and evades, this month might well
bu called a red letter month of
tho 1940-41 session.
SOBER SIDELINES—
Backward, turn backward
0 time in thy Uight,
And let me remember
What I studied last night.
COLLEGE RADIO
NEWS
Hot Off the Press
Before the ink has time to peel
and before the paper can turn yei
low, CBS will bring stories from
current magazines to the micro
phone in dramatizations with Hoi
lywood and Broadway stars. John
Houseman, longtime associate of
Orson Welles, and Wyllis Cooper
will adapt the stories for radio,
while Diana Bourbon will direct
the productions.
The Eagle Screams
Mr. Jack Ramshaw enjoyed his
appearance on Fred Allen’s pro
gram so much last year that he
went through fire and water to
get back to the microphone again.
Mr. Ramshaw, bald even before
hiB latest worries, was on the Vol-
eiidam when It was torpedoed,
and was found only after all hope
for his safety had been abandoned.
Mr. R. survives as one of the few
shipwrecked eagles In nautical
history.
Mr. Ramshaw, pet of Captain
C. W. R, Knight, was evacuated
from France by his owner Just be
fore the fall of Paris. Man and
bird lived pleasantly enough for
several weeks In a cosy home at
Sevenoaks, Kent, but when the
German bombers made Kent (
"Hell's Corner” and Fred Allen re
turned to the air after a summer
vacation, Mr. Ramshaw became so
nervous In England that Captain
Knight decided to bring him to
America again,
Man and bird left England on
the Volendam, Tiie boat was tor
pedoed, and Its passengers forced
to abandon ship. Captain Knight
was picked up by a British destroy
er, but had to leave all his posses
sions behind, including Mr. Ram
shaw.
But the Volendam did not sink.
She was towed to port where Cap
tain Knight, who had given up
Mr, Ramshaw tor dead, went
aboard to salvage his personal be
longings, He found his clothes and
lecture films, and a thirsty and
tired Mr, Ramshaw who rode out
the torpedoing and the towing on
the clothes pole In the stateroom
closet.
On tiio Oiift
The New York Phllharmonic-
Symphony Orchestra this year
takes its longest American tour
since 1989 , . , Ann Arbor, Co
lumbus, and Pittsburgh are some
of the university towns to be visit
ed by the orchesti-a between Its
departure November 18 and De
cember 5 when John Barbirolli
leadN his men back to Now Yoric.
. ■ . Colonel Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle,
asked where he got his middle
initial, would not bo specllio, but
did make tills statement; "Ono
very ancient theory is that when I
was born, my father looked at me
and said, ‘Let's call it quits,' there
by leaving me with the middle
name of ‘Quits.’ I do not hold with
this theory," {CBS Releass)
Vogue Holds
Prix de Paris
Annual Contest Published
in This Magazine; Winners
Offered Career With Vogue
Vogue is staging its sixth an
nual Prlx de Paris. This is a con
test which appears each year In
this magazine and which offers-
amazing opportunity to those in-
terissted in a writing career.
The contest rules are as fol
lows:
1. Each entrant must be a mem
ber of a graduating class of 1941
of a United States college or uni
versity.
3. A series of four quizzes must
be answered, and a thesis written
by those who receive passing
marks.
3. Papers will be graded on (a)
clear and vivid writing, (b) origi
nality of ideas, (c) fashion knowl
edge derived from a study of
Vogue, (d) general information.
4. The contests will be judged
by the editors of Vogue. Their de
cision will be final. The winnera
will be announced on June 1
1941.
The prizes are two careers with
Vogue, including a special Vanity
Fair award for feature writing;
cash prizes for the five best con
test theses—to be purchased for
publication in Vogue; honorabTe
mentions—opportunities for Jobs
with stores, advertising agencies
and publications.
To Vogue, the Prlx de Paris is
a means of discovering new talent
for the fashion and feature writ
ing staffs. To you, it is a chance
to launch yourself on a career
immediately after college.
In 1937 Elizabeth Winspear of
W.C.U.N.C. and Alma Ranson of
Duke won honorable mentions and
received good positions.
AROUND US
Following the Duke-Carolina
football game last Saturday, Caro
lina has decided to adopt for Its
theme song, "Happy Days Are
Here Again,” and they have
named “I’ll Never Smile Again”
as Duke’s.
A mock presidential election
was sponsored Jointly by the "Y”
and the campus political clubs at
the Woman’s College on Novem
ber 5. The ballots used were cop
ies of the straight party ballots.
Of the approximately 2,200 stu
dents on campus, 1,034 voted for
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 3G2 for
Wendell Willkie, and three for
Norman Thomas.
A new club has been formed on
State College campus, the North
Carolina State College onicers’
Club. The club, made up of ad-
vonced ROTC students, now has
276 members out of a possible
290. Several big-nanio bands are
now under consideration for the
Military Ball, which will probably
take place in February or early
Morch.
The Phi Mu Alpha National
Honorary Music Fraternity has
chartered a chapter at Davidson
College with 10 charter members.
This Is the second chapter to be
chartered In North Carollun
Plans are well under way tor
the froshman-Bophomore danoq ot
Wake Forest. Frank KIncheloe,
sophomore chairman, announced
that tho dunce would bo second
only to the MId-wlnters. The
dance will bo held In the Raleigh
Woman's Club on December 7.
Bill Vanden Dries and his orches
tra will fui'nlsh tho music. A waltz
contest with.a special award to
tho wiuners will be staged.