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Page two THE TWIG January 22, 1944 The Twig PublUhed By the Students of Meredith College Raleiffh, N. 0. EDITORIAL STAFF Fannie Memory Parmer. Editor BBT8Y MoMru^AK ) co.'managlng Bdltora Priscilla Claikb Nahob ) Caroltn Bass Associate Editor Pkggt Haywood. Associate Editor Mart Elisabejth Johnson Feature Editor Evelyn Ray._ Columnist Mary Elizabbtth Bryant. Cartoonist Doris Genb Bowman Picture Editor Jean Davis .....; Mwalc Editor Dot Arn8ik)rpf Sports Editor BUSINESS STAFF Dobothv Siiealy Buainess Manager Gertiiudb Mills Circulation Manager Entered u Mcond-ciass matter October 11. 1928, at postofflce at Ralelgb, N. C., under Act of March I. 1879. The Value of Examinations Too often, we wlio have to take examinations see no value in them. "We think of them only as the main occurrences of several fearful days which are to he dreaded for weeks. We think of them as some form of entertainment for the teachera, as if they look forward to making out the tests and reading the numberless papers. Examinations are good for several reasons. Seeing a course as a whole is a valuable asset in learning any subject. Few of us would take the time to review the semester’s work at the end of the time unless we had to. An examination of the course gives us this chance to review and see the relationship between the various parts of the course. "WTien a six weeks’ test is over we rarely go back to this material until the time comes for the final examination. If we didn’t have them we should not retain in our memories nearly as much as we do because of this general review. We pay for the privilege of learning, but without examinations we should not get all we pay for. In studying for an exam many forgotten statements are recalled and when related to some other fact are remembered. Too, examinations give us another chance. If we have not been doing well all along, we have a new chance to prove that we can do better. If we have been doing all right and do not need another chance, we should not mind taking the examinations. All of us can do better than Ave have done and examination week gives us a chance to do our best. All of us should learn how to distinguish between important and unimportant material. We have to do this in studying for our last test on each subject. If we can’t tell what is important and what is not, we shall find ourselves in a tight place. Learning to pick out important material is certainly an advantage to be gained by studying for examinations. Before taking an exam, in studying for it, and while taking it we have to use our minds to the best of our ability. Concentration is vitally important in studying at all times, but in studying for exams and taking them, we have a limited time and have to concentrate in order to retain the material we need and to answer the questions correctly and to the point. In taking an examination we have to express our selves clearly and briefly because we have only a short time. Any chance we have to practice clear thinking should be appreciated. These are only a few of the many reasons why examinations are given for us, are advantageous to us, and are not giA'en to make us have a dreary and unhappy week. Founders’ Day On Friday, Febriiary 4, we shall obsen'e Founders’ Day. Do we really know any of the facts concerning the founding of Meredith? The North Carolina Bap tist Convention founded Meredith. A charter was granted in 1891, and students were first admitted in September, 18&9. The name was changed in 1905 from the Baptist Female University to the Baptist Uni versity for Women, and in 1909 it was changed again— to Meredith College, a name given in honor of Thomas Meredith, a distinguished Baptist leader. We are thankful to be a part of such an institution as Meredith and to observe Founders’ Day again. We ehall be looking forward to this occasion, when Gov ernor Broughton will speak to us. Why do we tear our hair and bite our nails. And give forth with such shrieks and wails ? It’s not Sinatra, the over-rated nightingale, But, rather, these exams that make us pale. All of this burning of midnight oil and cramming of last-minute details should produce some good results, if you live through it. At Wake Forest, the number of honor- students this year has nearly doubled in percentage. This year’s percentage of honor roll stu dents has increased over last year’s by almost a hun dred per cent. Old Gold and Black. Wake Forest enrollment figures for this quarter reached 356 as compared with 448 students last quarter. Old Gold and Black. At State, approximately 850 students have regis tered for the winter term, a decrease of 150. The Technician. In case you’re interested in seeing a basketball game at State, these are the games to be played in Raleigh: On Januaiy 22—N’avy Pre-flight. January 26—Carolina. February 1—^Duke. February 10—^Davidson. For the la,st two years Saint Mary’s girls have gone military with' about one hundred and thirty girls taking part in the military training. Girls chosen from each squad has been trained as company commanders, company sergeants, platoon sergeants and squad lead ers. Lt. Arthur Kaltenborn is the director of the training. The Belles of Saint Mary’s, State College has been granted a charter for the establishment of a Sigma Xi Chapter, America’s high est honor society in the general sciences. The require ments for membership are met by professors and instructors who have made noteworthy accomplish ments of original research in the general sciences. Students who have clearly demonstrated their ability to follow scientific research independently are eligible. The South has only 11 chapters, out of 88 in the nation, with three in North Carolina—at Carolina, Duke, and State. The Technician. “I didn’t raise my daughter to be fiddled with,” said the pussy cat as she rescued her offspring from the violin factory. The Ijenoir Rhynean. Mary had a little swing It isn’t hard to find. Evei‘y\\'here that Mary goes The swing is right Iwhind. The Technician. Worship The religious education class is writing a series of editorials on worship. This is the first in the series. What is worship? “Tuning in with God in tbe spirit of love, praise, and adoration.” How do you worship God? Jesns said God is a Spirit and they that worship Him should worship in Spirit and truth. Elements that come into worship which strengthen our belief in Grod and draw us into closer fellowship with Him are adoration, confession, trust, and self-dedication. Through these elements comes a sense of peace and inner adjustment that sends us out with confidence and a new sense of worth- fulness. When do you worship? Chapel is our opportunity for daily worship. To make this a truly meaningful service, we must first realize the actual purpose of this period—worship. We must enter into it in a spirit of quiet and meditation, realizing that to receive some benefit we must put something into it. We must realize that the elements of worship are found in our hymns, our prayers, our meditations, and our directed thoughts. Worship is the outreach of the soul to God. Do you truly worship? Madeline Latta. SCHEDULE OF EXAMINATIONS Fii'st Semester, January 25-29y 1944 Hour of Class Examination Day of Examination 11:00 MWF 10-12 Tuesday, Jan. 25 11:00 TThS 2- 4 Tuesday, Jan. 25 12:00 MWF 10-12 Wednesday, Jan. 26 12 :00 TThS 2- 4 Wednesday, Jan. 26 2:00 MWF 10-12 Thursday, Jan. 27 8:30 MWF 2- 4 .Thursday, Jan. 2Y 8:30 TThS 10-12 .Friday, Jan. 28 9:30 MWF 2- 4.....Friday, Jan. 28 9:30— TThS; 3:00 TTh....lO-13 Saturday, Jan. 29 3:00— MWF 5 2:00 TTh.... 2- 4......Saturday, Jan. 29 I Cartoon by Man/ EUtabtth Bryant. CONSULTING THE MVSE By Your Olympian Correspondent Your gossip columnist received a visit from Erato the other night. Erato, you know, is the muse of love poetry. She had been chatting with Dan Cupid up in the Elysium shades, and had quite a few juicy tid-bits for this column. I thought you might be interested to have these •bits of news in her own words, but I can’t promise you that I have always remembered them correctly. I have tried to fill in when memory failed, and you know poetry just ain’t my field. Apparently, Cupid wasn’t in a A-ery good mood when he was talking to Erato. It seems that—Avell, maybe I’d better quote Erato’s own words: “Dan Cupid is vexed and enraged; He thinks that a war should be waged, For it seems that he’s found, On your own college ground. One young female who isn’t en gaged !” Well, naturally I didn’t want Era to to think that we were falling down on the love angle here, so I started right in and told her about all of the girls who received diamonds dur ing the holidays — Helen Evans, Jean Brooks, Cleo Glover, Hilda Wilson, Janie Allen, Lib Carter, Lib Mclfeil, etc., etc., etc. I didn’t tell her about Miss Cam eron’s, because I don’t believe Cupid had anything to do with it. I did tell Erato about two wed dings — about how after a WOR- RELL-wind romance Carolyn Ken yon changed her name to Mrs. Lt. I added that Mrs. Warren Clifton Wallace (our own “Pitt) is now liv ing in Charlotte. Erato said, yes, she thought we were doing pretty well. Then she told me about something I had missed. I’m going to have to start going to dinner. It doesn’t pay to go by the menu—a lot of things go on in that dining hall besides eating. For instance — well, here’s what Erato told me: “There was a screaming in the din ing hall T^e girlg upstarted from their push-backed chairs Gathering as chickens at the house wife’s call They laughed, forgetful of their many cares When asked what all th’ ado was ’bout They op’ed their mouths and shout ed out: ‘Oh, Dalphne Pope is wed, wed ere her prime! Young Dalphne Pope, and hath left a friend Wlio would not wed in turn'.” And ’though Erato quotes that “Love is Blind,” I hear that Peggy Brewer still had a yen toward red hair. Another item is Claire Van Sant’s long distance proposal. Will she say “Yes” via la telephone? Erato doesn’t approve of V.P.R.’s ideas of courtship. Here’s the way she described a recent evening ren dezvous : “There they were in the midst of the wood, With the full moon silvering the ice-hung trees And shining pale on the breast of the snow; There they were, a man and a maid, And five other dames and a sled 1” By the way Erato informed me that if you walk through 3rd floor Jones and hoar sighs over BLUE RAIN it’ll probably mean that Betsy is still thinking of Ray, Don of her William, and Isabel of Peck. I heard too that the freshmen fans of the Air Corps and the Infantry on 2nd floor Stringfield^ wage a constant war fare. Erato’s all right, hut I think she’s hepped on the subject of love. The rest of the drivel she told me isn’t worth repeating. EFIRD'S DEPT. STORE 208 FAYETTEVILLE STREET ★ ^^Raieigh’s Thrift and Style Center’’
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