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Page Two THE TWIG March 8. 1941 The Twig PnHtoA id gi.WHkly At Uu OfMal Organ «/ lh» SImimI SoJy «/ MtrtdUA MUe* Editorial Staff Raohb, MAJiEes BUtor LvoT UoNbklt AtioeUtte Bditor DOBOTBT RoLAin> Mancffinff BdUor Mabt Hibtkb Powkll Manaffinif Editor COKHKUA HiBMRo ManOffinff BSitor Mast Lois Otibbt JfanOffing Bditor Catberinb CniPFELLK Sporta EdUor Ltttoh Tuioutr _...OoJinnni»J Oathbuhc Wtatt (7ar(ooni4t Business Staff AoHH OuHAii - BMineti Manager Jaoqvkunb Pbbtost Asst. Biuiness Manager Tmn jEmsTS Oircvlation Matutger Ada Wall Mabt Oabtkt jAiru pABKBB MAsrc Sdoo JiAii BnDiRoriELD BevKBLT Ajtn MomcT Reporters CELC6TE HAUBIOK Vbobiia Qbbuib Nika Yklvebtor Sub Rodwxll Hklui Whtibhbad Bdwina Lawbbncb Mabiha Anzr allkh AuoB Falls tto Hewttt Bmias JtwnoB MmzE Pktoson BUtABKTH RiOOS ■a>t EtriABrrH Foster Aans Laubib Pabkeb Avis Branch EnUr«d M s*eondUss matter Oetobtr 11, 192S, ftt PM OSes at lUMsb. W. C-. aBd«r Act of Mitru t, t>7». AmptanM fer malllst at ip«clal riM el potUtt pro* «IM tar Id SaeUoo llOt, Act of October 3. 1911, mu tborIa*d Oetobn 11, KM. Meredith students wish to ex press their deepest sorrow at the passing of Dr. I. M. Mercer, who was a member of our faculty for so many years. Religion In a Troubled World By DR. LEMUEL E. FREEMAN Just now the whole world is a stage for one of the tragedies of the ages. Dissatisfaction, unrest, racial animosi ties, distrust, uncertainty, a feeling of insecurity, widespread strife and world wide fear prevail. The hopes of twenty years ago have evaporated into thin air; and the ideals of that time have been displaced by the horrid real ism of a generation facing a new world conflict. In this threatening situation Christians look to religion for hope, many think the only hope, for mankind. To be sure, religion itself seems, to have fallen on evil days. All is not well with it. In some countries the churches have suffered great losses. Religion has been discounted, flouted, suppressed. Even before the beginning of the pres ent war the state churches had lost pres tige and influence, notably in Russia and Germany. In other lands there are large numbers of people over whom the church has little influence. In fact many communicants are Christians only in name. Moreover, the Protestant groups are too much divided and too suspicious of each other to cooperate in fighting wrong or improving social conditions. Their beliefs differ widely, and they have no unifying principle on which they can work together. They have no program sufficiently challeng ing to arouse passionate loyalty. Re ligion, like an afflicted giant, lacks co ordination of its powers. There are vast areas of our life that religion has barely touched. Our eco nomic morality, class friction, race hat red, political corruption and interna tional rivalries are all more pagan than Christian. Religion has busied itself with ministering to sick persons, but has neglected to drain the swamps that cause disease. Even pygmy wrongs have not yet been overcome, and the real giants have scarcely been attacked. We are just beginning to see how strongly entrenched the forces of evil are, being actually a part of our semi pagan world. Atid yet, in .spite of all this, religion offers the only trust-worthy promise for the vvorUl. People in great need u.sually turn to God as did Israel of old. Multitudes of noncombatanta will find help in religion; and soldiers will continue to pray. Nations whose people believe in God cannot wage war with out feelijig that their cause is right. War and religion may be an unreason able combination, a.s the pacifists say; but men’s hearts do not always bother with logic. Individual ministers may or may not ble.ss war; but they will all gi\^e the consolations of religion to their people in wartime. We may di.sagree about Christians participating in war. But all thoughtful Christians will turn to religion to help the post-war world. Some day the war will end, through victory for one side or exhaustion for both. Then will come the long, hard process of recon.struc- tion. Economic handicap.? will have to be overcome and healing will be needed for wounded spirits. Confidence, hope, a sense of human values, belief in the worthwhileness of life and an awarene.ss of God will have lo be cultivated for the making of a new world. And this will be religion’s task. . Other agencies will help; but the churches must sup ply them with moral and social ideals. The Gospel has two objectives, individ ual and social salvation. A small but growing minority in the churches now see that religion must permeate the whole of life and that It alone can sup ply motives and impulses powerful enough to create just and humane rela tionships among men. The great un touched areas m.ust be captured for the kingdom of God. All the necessary principles are found in the Bible. We need only to becomie fully aware of and completely committed to them. We pray for the coming of God’s kingdom, that His will may be done on earth. To this end the churches must abhor the great evils of the world and teach men so. They must present the ideal of the king dom of God with such passionate love that men will hear and draw on the resources of God for its realization. After the orgy of destruction men will need the living God. Then will come the church’s opportunity, if it has moun- tain-moving faith and self-sacrificing love. Food For the Small Democracies The American people are about to sit m judgment upon some thirty million Europeans, who are facing a famine this winter against which they are helpless. Unless food is forthcoming, and soon, these people will die. It is not enough to argue whose is the moral responsibility for this condition; the in habitants of the five small democracies must and will be fed if the spectacle of needless human suffering is still re pugnant to a humanitarian nation. It is obvious that aid can be given only with the cooperation of the United States, Great Britain, and Germany. The latter nations are locked in a life and death struggle; the third is active ly supporting one of these belligerents. If, therefore, America’s feeding the small democracies will in any way affect the outcome of the struggle, it is ap parent that the nation adversely affect ed will refuse to cooperate. Can a tech nique for feeding Holland, Belgium, Norway, Finland, and Poland be worked out which will not in any way hinder Great Britain in the successful prosecu tion of the war? We think so, and we base our opinion upon the plan which has been proposed by Herbert Hoover and the Committee on Food for the Five Small Democracies. Mr. Hoover’s plan requires that Ger many shall agree: “(1) to take none of the domestic produce of these peoples; (2) to furnish an equivalent of any food already taken; (3) to permit im ports from Russia and the Balkan states; (4) to allow free passage of ships without attack; (5) to permit adequate control of distribution by the organization so as to enable it to assure that these guarantees are carried out.” Great Britain in turn will “agree that ships carrying cargoes solely of food for these people should be allowed to pass their blockade so long as the guarantees are fulfilled.” The food shall be paid for by the de facto or fugitive govern ments of the five democracies, who are able and willing'to buy food for their starving peoples. Mr. Hoover’s plan has been carefully worked out on the basis of accurate in formation on the situation abroad, full recognition of the fact that Germany and England are at war and in no mood for altruistic charity, and the experi ence of the Belgian Relief, which was administered during the First World War under similar conditions. The co operation of England and Germany is based solely on self-interest. People do not die of famine; they die of disease brought on by famine, and epidemics know no national boundaries. —FaZe News. We Want Chivalry! It all started when the Denver police condemned the practice of the young man in racing around to the right side of an automobile to help a feminine companion step out — this argument considered, of course, that the said car would be parked on the left side of the street. Discussion pro and con has re sulted, with state papers taking it up. Even Colonel Ayres, editor of the An niston Star, says that the custom is dangerous and should be stopped. Nobody seems to have heard the opin ion of an all-girl student body. And we want our men to stay as chivalrous as possible. For six days each week we haul our own books around, open every door, seat ourselves at mealtime. On the seventh day our boy friends honor us with their presence and we want something different. We want to be considered fragile creatures because as long as men still consider us the weak .•jex anyhow, we might as well get the full benefit of it. We suspect that open ing a car door for a young lady gives the average man a feeling of being he- manish, anyhow, instead of seeming a pointless nuisance. There is a practical side to this ques tion that has been overlooked. Is the purpose of the chivalrous practice mere ly to help the lady out, or Is the man supposed to look up and down the street as he comes around to see if any cars are approaching? After all, that would be a definite safety measure, because any person who steps out of a car has his or her vision obstructed in the proces.s of coming out. It is certain that any escoi-t would feel uncomfort able, to say the very least, if he let the girl step out into the path of an on coming car just because he thought it unnecessary to'help her. The charge has been made that our young men are in a stage of degeneracy. We agree in the cases of those who re fuse to be chivalrous. They are allow ing laziness to overcome their ambi tion to be protective. —The Alabamian. WHERE’S OUR STAMINA? Wbat is llte? How do I look od this thing that bangs heavily on my hands? Is life only “time"? Time for what? Love, happiness, work, unselflshnese—or a boiling cauldron of efckness, egotism, ha tred, and sorrow and self-pity. Mine seems to be the latter. I'm a fail ure Id my relations to others! Why? Is It that 1 don’t make use of my time, my life, to make my self iDdlspensable to others? Why am I bere anyway? I bad nothing to do with It. 'm bitter, I guess. But being by nature a pulslllanlraous. abomln able creature, why don’t I make use of the fact that I have no cur rency? (To put It Just lightly). The vogue is "I came from a log cabin.” Quese Lincoln, or was It Jackson, started a trend toward democracy. Well, thanks — Able Abe and Andy! For I plan to make use of the pi^cedent you Bet. As always, I say. here goes for reform. But, despicable mummy that I am, I continue being un pleasant, making enemies, being not only self-centered but also con ceited. And, above all, I’m a pro crastinator. Really, I'm not giving myself to the dogs. I'm simply using a little psychological analysis. But whether or not I reform, I'm going places. I cnn't tell you what is thrusting me on. I guess all leaders have some handicap, and money is mine. But. I'm de termined to overcome ' that fact. I'm going places, do youi hear!!!!! You can soy then—I knew her when. When she was so awful (please, forgive me but I not only no longer choose to degrade my self, but I've also run out of ad- JectiveB) but now she's changed. She’s so poised, confident, hand some. and brilliant. But hard as steel. Why? She’s fought—she’s" reached the top-^the strain has told on her emotional system. When you hear that, remember I’m still a simple girl whose de sire Is to marry, and settle down. But what is life? How? Why? Wheu? Where? Suzzy Snoop Says... Girl: Sara Prances Terrell. Boy; George Glamack. Romance: Old — Nancy and 'Tuck"; New: Ruby Lee and Sam. Visitor: Mr. Honts. Teacher: Dr. Winston. Subject: Astronomy or Wake Forest. Color: Yellow. Orchestra: Faculty's. • Event: Past—Basketball; pres ent—Crooking; Future—"Pride and Prejudice.'’ Movie: "Virginia.'’ Song: '"Even Spirlta,” Expression: Have you found It? Two-timer: "Boh." We Just must have an explana tion. Why la Wake Forest such an interesting subject? "Ro" Just sighs and says, "oh G.E.E.!" Helen Crutchlleld says that even the name of Wake Forest is romantic. Betsy finds Wake Forest basketball a very Interesting subject. I’ll agree he Is cute. Sue found it so wonder ful that she just married and stayed. "Dot," why don't you just 'Chuck” It all and go over? We all agree that football lias its cen ter of attraction, drawbacks, and fullbacks, eh. "Eddie," etc. No, 1 won't tell anymore. Now football and basketball arc not the only sports over there. Ask Margaret about track because sho has been helping Paul do n little “Early" training. Although sports are very Inter esting, they are not the only Im portant things In Wake Forest— so I have beard. What do you know? Esther, was the "Grave" subject worth $1.00 for three minutes. Have you noticed Bllen Anne "Buzzing” around lately? LOOKING BACKWARD FEBRUARY, 1D3B— Dr. E. McNeill Poteat, Jr.. led the week of Deeper Spiritual Thinking sponsored by the B. S. U. At the time be was pastos' of the Pillion Memorial Baptist Church of Raleigh. Tlie topic tor the week wus “Spiritual Interpretation of Modern Life.” MARCH, 1036— The annual glee club concert was given on March 18, Of unusual interest was a group of old Eng lish trios which were sung by three groups of trios in costumes of the period. MARCH, 1828— When the "Y’' store committee and the B. S. U. mot together for the purpose of deciding on a new RUSTLES OP SPRING By OATusunx Wtatt name for tbe “Y" store, they found themselves confronted by a mon strous task. Quite a number of girls bad contributed attractive and original names on the contest to find'a name^for the "Y” store. Finally after much deliberation, the B-Hlve was selected. This name had been entered by three people, end each was presented with a box of Hershey's chocolate bars In cbapel. Other names suggested were: The Hut, B Store, Campus Cabin, Ma roon Cove, and U Store. Some others which held a clever signifi cance were: "Eat 'em and Bust," ‘Lucky Lindy Where We Spendy." 'Pastime," “Cash Inn," and "Hun ger Heaven." MARCH. 1922— An Editorial—Justification ok Boubed Hair Much has been said against bobbed hair, very little for It But since no one Is so narrow-minded aa to say that there Is only one side to the question, we now pro pose why we think bobbed hair is perfectly Justifiable. It has been said quite frequently "bobbed hair looks messy.” But what can look more untidy than a great mass of hair, tangled to the nth degree, padded underneath with enormous puffs of false hair, and then pulled out to the four winds of the earth? Again bobbed hair is a time saver. Some girls are simply ,too lazy to arrange their hair neatly. Thus if they aren't going to use the comb, bow much better it would be If they would use the scissors. Some say bobbed hair Is a fud. Per haps It is, but the years to come will show who were the wise and who were the foolish virgins of this generation. MARCH In the Colleges By JEROME KLEIN The most important news during the month of exams was the thirty- Sfth annual report of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching on higher education iii Germany, France and England as contrasted with the United States. Germany's system is marked by 'annihilation of educational liberty and the forcible feeding and emo tional conditioning of both scholars and students In all strata of so ciety." In the universities, after the Nazis came Into power, “In tellectuals were objects of national scorn. The humanist gave way to the political soldier." In France, ‘the purpose of . . . education was' whnt It always had been, the -selec tion and training of an elite." The English democratic spirit Is shown by tbe fact that they hbve "a high ly selective educational system which reaches downward Into the mass of people to provide a dlear path from bottom to top." It la only In America that we feel the obligation “of providing an educa tion open equally to all our youth.” To preserve that educational sys tem, and to work tor its spread throughout the world, a group of American students In nearly 400 colleges and universities of the United States, through their na tional headquarters declared this month: "We are in army camps drilling ... in colleges studying . because we believe that In those ways we can help our gov ernment In Its efforts to build a more perfect union’ among na- tions. We will pick up arms when our government and the govern ments with whonii wo are allied Ideologically state as tlieir sole purpose not the crushing of peo ples and nations; not tbe dls- estabiialLmont of nationalities and their national Institutions, but rather the building'of a world fed eration of peoples living in peace with ono another: a Federal Un ion of democratic peoples," They, calling themselves Student Federal ists. seeing that all communities of man except the world community have efficient and working govern Ing bodies, are working tpr tbe eslabllshment of a governing body to make and administer interna tional law under the Federal Un- i»n system as proposed by Clar ence Strelt (author of “Union Now”). From every point educational leaders during the month of Jan uary. told the colleges ^hey bad a number of duties facing them. Dr. James B. Conant of Harvard said that the university's primary func tion was tbe guardianship of eternal values against the Inroads being made by utilitarianism. Chancellor Harry Woodburn Chase, of New York University declared that the colleges must "define de mocracy as their duty to civiliza tion.” President Mildred McAfee of Wellesley College pointed out that tho colleges should prepare women who as citizens would as sume responsibility for at least some aspects of the welfare of so^ ciety. ,But, Dr. Nelaon P. Mead, weary of occupying the prealdent’s chair at the City College of New York, retired, again, to the calm life of a_,history teacher with the Statement that he likes to read books, attend less dinners (300 in the last two years), and pursue a less hectic and more schorlarly course. HOW MANY DO YOU KNOW? 1. When was crooking begun, and by whom? 2. How many clues are given? 3. What rules govern crooking? 4. Why doesn't someone make up a story or tradition about origins of crooking? 5. What does “Log" mean to you? 6. What Is the general plan tor the “Hut"? 7. What is to be Inside the cabin? 8. What is ‘‘fllllng in" right now until the cabin can be completed? 9. When will the cabin be fin ished? 10. How many have you an swered? (Answers will be found on page 4). Debate Heard On March 3 (Cohtlnued from page 1) president of the Astro Society, aakcd that the members of ilie two souletlca decide tho winners by ap- pliiudlng. No decision was reached because the applause was no nearly equal for ouch side. Margaret Martin and Elizabeth Tucker Elected as Leaders (Continued from page 1) uated with honors from Wakolon High School in 1938. Cornelia, whose major Is history and whose minor subjects are psy chology and I.,atln. has been on the dean's Hat every year since sho has been in college. Besides that, she has taken part In quite a number of oxtra-curricular ac- tlvltlea. She is president of Alpha Pal Omega, a national hon orary di'umntic frulernity, and of tho International Relatlous Olub. Of Interest at this point would ba tho tact that foreign students at- lending noighborlng collegoa have been asked to he present at the next mooting of the International Relations Club, March 13. Cornelia's pnth to membership In the Little Tiioatar and Alpha PsI Omega has been ^ unusual )n thiil sho has worked on every dramatic production except liird'x Ohrlntmiix Carol, which has been prcsenled since she liaa l)een at Meredith Col lege, At Chrlstnma laat year she became a member of the Little Theater; In tho Bprlng. ot “Alpha Psi Omega." Cornelia is a member ot tho Classical Club pnd ot Iho Colton English Club. For two years she has served on tbe stunt committee for ber class. For the same num ber of years she has represented Meredith College as a member of the Student Legislative Assembly, serving one term os a member of the Senate and another as a mem- ber of the House of Representa tives. Last year at tbe -Faculty- Student basketball game. Cornelia was chosen to "take otT' Mr. Boom- h'our, li^ whose office she has worked for three years. When William and Mary College extended an invitation to Meredith College to take part in an essay- writing conteat on tbe subject, "Trends in Foreign Policy for the Next Decade," Cornelia, Rosanna Barnes, and Betty Lou Anderson were chosen by the history depart ment to do tbe necessary research. As a reward for their labors they hope to win the grand prize of oneN. thousand dollars, or, at tbe least,, the three-hundred-dollar district prize! For the year 1939-'40 Cornelia was typist for the Oak Leaves. As one of the managing editors of The Tioig for the year 1940-'41 she claims to have been typist, reporter, and general ‘‘ofDce boy" as well. For Its editor-ln-chlef next year The Acom will have Alice Justice of Rutherfoi'dton, North Carolina. Born in Greenville, South Carolina, on August 19, 1922, she is tbe only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Justice, now of Rutberfordton. When she was graduated from Riitherfordton - Spendall High School she was the valedictorian ot her class. .She has followed up that good scholastic record by being on the dean’s list at Mere dith College tor two years. Alice is a member of the Junior Class. Her major subjects are Latin and Mathematics; her mi nors, English and Education, Alice has found time aside from aca demic work and from working in the library to be a member of the Classical Club, the Colton English Club, and the Little Theater (to which she was admitted this year). As a sophomore she was a typist for The Acom. For the year 1940- 1941 she has been Junior Editor of The Acom. 1940-'41 has also aeen her holding two offices as. sec retary—the one, of the Junior Class; tiie other, ot YWA, Alice hopes that next year's •IcoTO will be tho “nutshell" con taining tho germ or consensus ot thoughts and opinions advanced on this campus, Mnrtlia Olive was born on April 25, 1921, tho elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs, J. L. Olivo of Wade. North Carolina. Slie is the future editor of the Oak /veuvcji and a member of tiie Junior Class. Each year at Meredith has found her quite intorosted and actlvo in a number ot campus organizations. Slie sang in the second soprano section of the ciioir tor two years. Last year she waa a member of the K. K, Club, a reporter on The 7'iwls, staff, stewardship chairman on the Y. W. A. Council, secretary of the Student League ot Women Voters, and Sophomore Editor of tho Oak Sheaves. In the fall of each of the three years of her stay at Meredith Col lege Martha has been interested In the Student Loglalatlve Assembly. Tiie lirst year saw her aented In the Senate: tiie next two, in the House of Representatives. In 1940 she waa cliuli'maii ot tho committee who waa working out the detailH of Moredltli College's participation III the aHsumbly’s program. When the House convened In 1940, Martim wu^ asked to tuko the seat il Clerk of the X-iouse. During 1940-‘41 she has l)een a member ot tho Classical Olub, pro gram chairman ot tbe Student Leaguo ot Women Votara. business nianuger ,ot the Oak Leave/, and at Chriatmaa aho iras adidltted to membership In tho Littlo Theater. Hoi' most outstanding aobi'evement has beou in conneotion witli her work as business munager ot the Oak Leaves.
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