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THE TWIG
The Twig
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Published by the Students of Meredith College
Raleigh, N. C.
EDITORIAL STAFF
LvrroN Tinqlbv Editor
Katiiryn Sutton Managing Editor
Fannie Memory Farmer Associate Editor
Sue McNeedy Associate Editor
Betsy McMillan Aasoclate Editor
PRiscir.r.A Nance Feature Editor
Marty Jeffrvs CoJumnist
Betsy Watson Cartoonist
Betty Knowles Music Editor
Dae Sti.;ele Bullook Sports Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
Gloria Anderson Business Manager
Doris Jban Lelvkv Assistant Business Manager
Amy June Caater. .Circulation Manager
Entered as second-class matter October II. 1923, at
postoffice at Raleigh, N. C., under Act of March 3
1879.
Cosmopolites
“This is your Esso reporter, E-S-S-0, bringing
you the latest news. ...”
“Hey, kid, either cut it off or And something
better than that stuff!”
Every day we hear tliis scene repeated.
Approach various persons on the campus, and,
in casual conversation, ask them their opinion of
a certain legislative bill, or better .still, what they
think of the heroic fight of Stalingrad. Note their
dumfounded expre^ons.
The majority of us confine our interests far too
closely to local and college events. We don’t seem
to reaJize how vitally these news broadcasts affect
us. We don't seem to realize haw important to our
world and to us are the daily headines.
It’s high time for us to be waking. It’s time we
were becoming conscious of the decisive period of
which we are a part. To take our places as true and
well-informed American citizens, we should direct
our efforts toward a broader and more general under
standing of the times.
Then, too, perhaps, when our grandchildren ask
us about what seems to them the dim and far-off
World War, we’ll have a ready answer and maybe
even a romantic tale.
Letter to President
Wake County Jail
Raleigh, N. C.
Oct. 12, 1942
President Meredith College
City
Dear Sir:
The work your young people are doing at the
jails is much appreciated. Yesterday morning the
girl who taught the Church School lesson to us
captured the attention of all including two of our
roughest men. After she left, their indictments of
religion and their invectives hurled against it were
softened. They evem introduced questions after
ward which developed into long discussions of re
ligion. Just thought you would like to know.
Sincerely yours,
All Our Energies
“The challenge of the new day for American col
leges is very great. All our energies at the present
must be devoted to winning the war. Yet winning
the war will be futile if we do not throughout the
period of its winning keep our people prepared to
make a lasting and worthy poacc. This time the
peace must be global the same as the war has become
global. Around the peace table the voice of the
United States will have great weight. It is of tremen
dous importance that that voice shall represent the
aspirations of a people determined that mankind
everywhere shall go forward to its destiny. The soul
of that destiny is maximum freedom of the human
spirit.”
—President Roosevelt’s Message to the Inaugura
tion of Dr. Everett Case as Ninth President of Colgate
University.
October 31, 1942
2^ure/^ Persona/
_Tsh! Tsh! Hns Avis broken a wing, or has a
wing broken her heurt? Peggy must have her
family’s approval on that Cleni.son pin she’s sport
ing. Neil, we knew you worked in tlie lauiidry, but
what’s tliis we hear about a “baggage ear”? Did
you get by witli that Naval Pre-Flight exam,
Vivian?
Are the Yanks coming South, soutli of the Mason-
Dixon? At any rate there seems to be a lot of re-
.ioicing in a certain room in Jones. Prances Wallace
seems to be singing “I don’t Want to Walk Without
Hugh.” Anyway he’s registered at State, but he
seems to be coming to Meredith.
Say, girls, are you ready for Halloween? We
know Dot Boone is cause she’s got her Tom.
Hattie, how did you fee! coming in at two o’clock
in the morning? Incidentally, Meredith rules help
give him the old brush-off.
We sho’ do like that convertible that’s been
sporting Horty around lately. Wonder why Lois
has such a keen interest in High Poiiat? That’s
an awfully pretty class ring she’s wearing.
Would someone tell us M'hy Veronica’s face lights
up so when the Army Air Corps is mentioned?
Could it be the reflection of a “Sparkler”?
How’s chaperoning, Theda? You seem to be
mighty popular!
Well, Bobbie Dean, the home-town boy finally
came, haih ? It must have been wonderful not hav
ing a chaperone.
By the way, Mary Lib, was that trip to Goldsboro
very fruitful?
It ai^pears that Capitol Square is a good hang
out for marines. How about it ‘‘Lib” and ‘‘Trudy” ?
]t must be “Sand” that Lucile has in her eyes?
Dr. Christenberry’s little red lunch box is just
too, too! Let’s hope he has room enough for his
l)imento saaidwiches.
“Peck,” are you right sure that eider was sweet?
It’s no fun waiting for quiet-hour at Peace to
end, is it girls?
Janie are you right sure it’s a brother at Wake
Forest ?
They tell me Snow is really good at writing love
letters. Wonder where she learned?
It Began In 1651
It all began in Siena in Italy in 1651, and so in
modern times Palio combined with Stunt Night is
the unique contribution, of Meredith College to the
records of original college ideas.
In response to a request in 1935 for an event for
both students and alumnae, which would be unique
and picturesqiie and which would promote class
rivalry, Mi.ss Marion Warner, then head of the
physical education department, Miss Ida Poteat,
“Beloved Miss Ida,” and Dr. Helen Price,'present
head of the department of clas.sieal languages, all
of whom had witnessed the original Palio in Siena,
suggested something derived from it. The result
was the Meredith Palio, combined with the tradi
tional Stunt Night.
The name Palio comes from the Italian for the
banner which was awarded to the M'inning horse
and rider in a race which was the main feature
of this Italian Palio. Meredith does not absolutely
duplicate this Palio since the original is in- cele
bration of the Catholic, Feast of Assumption and
has been traditionally observed by devout Catholics.
At Meredith the girls parade just as did the in
habitants of Siena. The cla.ss groups correspond
to the groups from the city wards; and each class
has its race horse and rider as did each ward, and
they compete for the banner prize in the main event.
Each class marelies with its horee, rider, ensign
bearers, leaders and such, all costumed, just as the
people of the wards did. Of course, the mumming
is present since it was an unquestioned part of all
festivals of this nature.
The actual race course at Meredith has just as
bad curves as the original at Siena, according to Dr.
Price; and she relates also that the placing of the
spectators is much the same. Perhaps the biggest
difference is that Meredith treats with a humorous
touch what is a matter of reverence to the original
participante.
This year for the eighth annual time Palio and
Stunt Nigjit will be observed next Saturday. Big
things are to be expected if the doings of the art
department, managed chiefly by Clayton Charles,
department head, are any evidence. It has been
rumored about that the winning horse and rider will
be awarded a banner as a prize, just as the originals
were thus rewarded, instead of the usual tin cup.
This ability to change and improve year by year is
cited by Dr. Price as being Meredith’s advantage,
Next SATURDAY is the BIG DAY, and EVERY-
BODY will see EVERYBODY ELSE at PALIO
and STUNT NIGHT!
io S3\Ra!PTOj7
A. C. P.'s Correspondent Reports from Washington
Wake Forest, Oct. 30.—Pictured
above ia Beth Perry, Wake Forest
College senior from Durham, who
is the first president of the Woman’s
Division of the Wake Forest College
student body. She also has the dis
tinction of being the first co-ed to
register at Wake Forest after its
trustees voted to admit women on the
junior-senior level. She is president
of the College Little Theater, and
has been selected to appear in the
current “Who’s Who in American
Colleges and Universities.” She is
the- sister of Russell Perry, fullback
for the Wake Forest College football
team. Ed. note—Beth Perry at
tended Meredith College from
1939 to firat of 1941-42 session.
Collegiate Creams
College is ft four-year loaf baked
in your old man’s dough !!
(Sez who?)
“Love Unrequited”
Oh heart, oh me
I love he
But he loves she
And she ain’t me
So me and he
Ain’t wc!
—Pointer.
“If the children in America read
Mother Goose, what do the children
in Germany road?”
“Pnppa Gander.”
—The Log.
“Ho^\’ did the lightning bug feel
when he backed into the fan?”
“Delighted—no end!”
Blessed are the censors, for they
shall inhibit the earth!
The best place, still, to look for
sympathy is in Wehster’s.
Conversation in Italy
Optimist: “We're going to lose the
war.”
Pessimist; “Yes, but when?”
Inejficiency; Looking both ways
before crossing a one-way street.
—Orange Peel.
“I never kissed a girl in my life.”
“Well, don’t come buzzin’ around
me. I’m not running a prep school.”
—Penn Triangle.
If every boy in the United States
would read every girl’s mind, the
gas consumption would drop ofF
fifty per cent.
—Wataugan.
“What'are those cops watching?”
“That revolving door. It’s been
going around with the wrong
people.”
—Owl.
“That’s the guy I’m laying for,”
muttered the hen as the farmer
crossed the yard.
—Pointer.
Herliky: “I’m not under the alco
fluence of incihol, but thinkle peep
I am,”
Seeley; “I’m not half so thunk as
you think, but fool so feelish I don’t
know who is me.”
—Yale Record.
The wettest week in Washington
history is also a week of the greatest
historical significance to American
colleges. Strong currents also are
running through Congress and ad
ministrative offices. The bill to draft
18 and 39-year-olds is about to be
passed; the senators are wrestling
with it right now.
That bill may determine whether
.you continue your education and,
if j'ou do, what shape it may take
during the remainder of your years,
or months, in school.
By the time you read this per-
haps you may be able to prompt us
on some of the points, but here’s the
way the picture looks now;
Most teen-aged college students
won’t be called into military service
until the end of this school year.
This is particularly true of compe
tent students, especially those taking
scientific and technical courses.
After this year, when inroads on
college teen-agers are likely to be
relatively heavy, the question of who
shall remain in school will be a
stickler. The draft bill itself isn’t
likely to lay down strict stipulations
on this matter—it will be left to ad
ministrative decision.
Broadly, administrative officials
will base their decision on two major
considerations: the course a student
is taking and his scholastic record.
England’s policies are a key to
what may happen to students here.
Although there has been about a 25
per cent drop in overall enrollment
in Britain, scientific and technical
departments of the colleges are cram-
full of students. Obviously, the drop
has occurred in liberal arts courses.
And obviously, these same courses
will suffer in America. Officials in
the Oflice of Education here believe
that American arts colleges haven’t
done all they should to cope with
that inevitable situation.
These officials feel that some
educators are slow to recognize the
inevitability of the drop-off in en
rollment and, consequently, are slow
to prepare for it.
First, say the officials, these
educators should expand their cur-
rieuln, and quickly, to include ad
ditional science courses, courses in
physical education and the like. In
short, courses that tie in more closely
with prosecution of the war.
Conversion, in many cases, hasn’t
been thorough and it hasn’t been
prompt.
_ Second, arts educators should de
vise a plan right away for keeping
their best students — scholastically
speaking—in school. The need in
this war for trained, educated men
and women is as great as the need
for front line fighters. It is highly
important that the “right” students
remain to study. Recommendations
of the arts colleges will probably
determine which are the “right”
students, even though final decision
will, theoretically, be up to the
government.
y.w.A.^issroN study
COURSES TO BEGIN NOV. 10
The Y.W.A. Mission Study
Course is scheduled for November
10-13 at 6:50 each evening. Tenta
tive plans are that we shall have the
following:
Mr. Bunn Olive, of Raleigh,
teaching China. Rediscovers Her
West.
Miss Vivian N'owell, from our
own campus, teaching a book on
Africa.
Mrs. Albert Drake, of Henderson
ville, teaching a book on South
America.,
Plan to attend one of those.
The man who said one-half of the
world docs not know how tho other
lialf lives never was on a rural phone
Ime.
—Pennsylvania Guardsman,
Said a young thing to her mother:
“It isn’t fair. At night you tell
me I’m too little to stay up, and in
the morning you say I’m too big to
stay in bed.”
—The Log.