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THE TWIG
October 10,1942
The Twig
Published by the Students of Meredith College
Raleigh, N. C.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Lytton Tinoley Editor
Kathuyn Sutton Managing Editor
PANNtE MtsMoiiY Fabmeii AsBocIate Editor
St-E McNebly Associate Editor
Betsy McMillan Associate Editor
PRiscn-LA Nance Feature Editor
Mautv Jepfrys Columnist
Betsy Watson Cartoonist
Betty Knowles Music Editor
Dae Steele Bitllook Sports Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
Gloria Anuerson Business Manager
Amy June Cauter Circulation Manager
Entered as second-class matter October 11.1923, at
postoffice at Raleigh, N. C., under Act of March 3,
1879.
A Thought—“The basis of our government being
the opinion of the people, the verj’ first object shoi;ld
be to keep that right. Were it left to me to decide
whether we should have a government wthovit news
papers or newspapei-s without government I should
not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. ” •
Thomas Jefferson.
What is the Acorn-9 We should like to remind
all old students and inform all new students that
the Acom is something more than a “nut that falls
off an oak tree.” Also, it is something more tha,u
a magazine composed of “nutty articles that fall
as results of brainstorms of the staff.” The Acorn
is 2/ow magazine, composed of short stories, essays,
poeti'y, features, etc, written by i/ow and submitted
to the staff in the interest of publication. But the
Acorn cannot exist without the interest and en
thusiasm of the composers. I'ou can make the
Ac07'fi just what you want it to be, so come on
“Let’.s write!”
In the May 12, 1942 issue of this newspaper, The
Twio, we, the present staff, set up ouv platform “to
do all within our power to be acciwate in our reports,
fair in our judgments, constructive in our criti
cisms, and motivated by the highest and best in
terests of the student body and the college a-s a whole,
so that Tiib Twig in a very true sei^se may become
‘vox populi’.” We pledged ourselves, with the whole
hearted cooperation and sincere enthusiasm of the
entire student body, faculty, alumni, and adminis
tration, to make our school paper looked forward to.
Keeping these aims in mind we present the first
issue of the year 1942-43. The new tabloid size
enables us to give you a better print on better paper,
thus improving the general appearance of The Twig.
It enables us to give you, then, a newspaper in a
more popular and convenient form, at lower costs
than the regular news size.
We sincerely hope that you will be enthusiastic
about this change and that you will bo more ready,
by your contributions, to make The Twio the true
voice of the JJeople.
PURELY PERSONAL
Dear Cute Girls:
Just in case you haven’t heard and would like to
know, “snooping” -will be more “scooping” this year.
Just as there comea a time in the lives of all noi'innl
young ladies when they choose to change their nninca,
so it is with this little “Susie.” From now on, she’s
no snooper but “Susie Scoop.”
Speaking of changing names reminds me to tell you
to take a look at Puggy’s third finger, left hand—and
you’ll see what I mean. It’s rumored that there tire
several other girls with a sparkle on their fingers and
that gleam in their eyes. For example, Mildred Allen,
Gloria Downing, and Annie Mary Matthews. Several
others are teetering on the brink, held only by frater
nity pins. How ’bout it, Doris Jean, Mary Davis, nucl
“Pitt”?
But then there’s always the Duke-Wake game which
took the girls over to Wake to see the boys, and
brought them back talking about the games. Of course
there were other interesting topics of discussion.
Chiefiy concerning the Kappa Sig and ICA dances.
Harriett went over with Buster. By the way, Giraffe
McDaniel is a good example of summer school romances
not dying with the first cool spell of autumn.
Hertford and her loyal Astros enjoyed Saturday
from all angles. And many thanks to the State SPE’s
for the goat I
To add to their angelic appearances Avis and Dayre
are sporting wings. Think I need some purty quick
like, the silver kind so I can sing “Slie Wears a Pair.”
Get Sarah Hope to tell about her proposed trip.
Scooping about Florida, Duke has the practice house
Willie’s in more ways than one. Willa Lee, Anna
Ruth, and Ginny just have the blues to the tune of,
respectively, Oak Ridge, Ronald, and dishpan hands,
Minnie Morris is humming “Deep in the Heart of
Texas.”
Liz was in more than her customai'y dither for Ifiek
was in from Washington, N. C.
The culprits M’ho scooped the various News Bureau
prints from off the Johnson Hall bulletin boards are
so inconsiderate that even this dirt cohunn can’t stoop
that low—enough said.
COLLEGIATE CREAMS
Despite a cloudy foggy morning, about noon the
sun loomed through the dismal clouds and paved tlie
way for the blue sky which soon followed. A lovely
day it was for the Wake Forest-Duke football game.
As soon as decisions were east by the freshmen and
transfers at chapel and the Astros proclaimed their
Victory loud and long, girls began leaving the campus,
headed for THE game of the week-end. To be sure,
Wake Forest was the underdog and the Iron Dukos
certainly weren’t expected to become nisty so soon in
the season, if ever. A good crowd of Wake Forest
fans had come and the Duke side was upheld mostly
by cheering students, many of whom -«’ere freslnneu
adorned by their traditional Duke freshman caps. ..,
The game began and even before Doris Jean Leary
had lost her voice, Johnny Perry sailed around for
the first touchdown. The Meredith harem composed
of MuH, Tulbert, Sutton, MeDauiel, Hewett, Lovelace,
Cuthrell, Chandler, Jeffreys, Ward, Early, Wyche, and
McLendin cheered for the Old Gold and Black, and
only B. Watson gave her all for the glory of the mighty
Dukes. Anyliow, the game rolled o«i and Wnke Forest,
working like a well-controlled machine, wiiizzed oji to
their 20-7 victory, the first over Duke since 1926. The
town of Wake Forest was just plain roekhig after the
game and so on into the night... the only thing which
really made much sense was the tolling of the boll
and the undertones of “we beat the devil out of the
Blue Devils.” . . .
And the ASTROS'—Marguerite Ward was in lino
for all congratulations possible for she had horded
the freshmen flock into Mother Astro’s fold. The
first Astro victory in several years became a thing
of glory, although “Addie Bunk” and her Phi’s came
in for all sorts of praise. Putting all rivalry aside
though, the societies are off to a good start, each with
fine groups of freshmen and transfer students. With
the support of the entire crowd hero at Meredith, so
cieties should come up in the place they play on the
campus. . . .
One last word to the freshmen—all of us are glnd
that you’re here (that of course is a stale remark by
now) and we think that you’ro o fine group of girls.
.. . You’ve shown wisdom in choosiiig your olass officers
and by all means, you seem to have what it’ll take to
make a good first year olass. Remomber that every
body is for you and you can always find somebody
just waiting to help you. . . ,
Class Attendance Regulations
1. Students are responsible direct
ly to their teachers in the matter of
class attendance.
2. Absences will not be'reported
daily as heretofore.
3. The total number of absences
for a student in each course will be
re,ported at the end of the semester
and will appear on the student’s
semester report as usual.
4. Every teacher w^ill keep daily
an accurate record of absences. This
record should be available for com
mittee use or for the use of the dean
if and when any question arises
about a given student.
By action of the Academic Coun
cil on September 15,1942, the follow
ing attendance regulations were
adopted, effective immediately.
1. All students on the Dean’s List
are granted optional attendance, ex
cept at the last session before or the
first session after a holiday. An ab
sence on these days counts as two
absences.
2. Students must attend two-
thirds of the meetings in a course
in order to receive full credit.
3. All students are allowed, with
out question or penalty, as many
absences in each course as there are
credit houi’s for that course.
4. If the student accumulates
further absences (beyond the num
ber allowed) to the detriment of her
scholastic achievement, the teacher
of the course in question shall give
the student written notice and shall
also send written notice to the dean,
stating that the student in question
should not be absent again. The
dean also will notify the student.
If after this a student should ac
cumulate further absence without
justifiable reason or excuse, she may,
with the approval of the dean, be
dropped from the course with an F.
If this should happen in two or more
courses the student may be asked to
withdraw from, the institution.
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Raleigh, N. C.
BLACK-OUT DINNER GIVEN
IN MERE.ELLO APARTMENT
STATE
Sundoy - Monday • Tuesday
CONSTANCE BENNETT
BROD CRAWFORD
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Wednesday • Thursday
Friday - Saturdoy
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PACIFIC"
On Tuesday evening, September
29, the home economics seniors in
the Mere-Ello Apartment enter
tained at a “black-out” dinner.
Miss Willa Lee Joyner of Elm
City served a four-course dinner
for three other students aiid four
members of the Meredith faculty.
Members of the faculty present in
cluded Miss Francis Bailey, Miss
Jennie M. Hanyen, Mr. Harry
Dorsett, and Mr. John L. Bembart.
The students assisting Miss
Joyner were Miss Carolyn Duke of
Henderson, Miss Virginia Bailey of
Chadbourn, and Miss Anna Ruth
Dixon of Siler City.
Decorations consisted of a center
piece of fruit in which was con
cealed a flashlight. Placards were
illuminated by small flashlights
which were given to the guests as
favors.
Each year, four seniors, working
in a group, carry on the responsi
bilities of managing and operating
the apartment for four weeks under
the supervision of Miss Jennie M.
Hanyen. Throughout this year there
will be three diflferent groups of
home economics majors managing
the apartment.
New Regulation for Hose
The Student Government Associa
tion announced in chapel that Mere
dith students would no longer be
required to wear hose in the dining
hall, at any time except Wednesday,
Saturday, and Sunday dinners. The
regulation concerning the wearing
of stockings in Raleigh has not been
changed however.
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