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Haleigh, N. C.
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THE TWIG
April 1, 1944
Entered as second-class matter October 11. 1923, at
postofllce at Raleigh, N. C., under Act of Marcb 8,
1879.
Think First!
One of the privileges of a democraey is the right of
every citizen to hold office. Here at Meredith all of
you who have a certain scholastic standing are poten
tial office holders. At this time of the year, many of
you have been or will be nominated to fill certain posi
tions. When you are nominated you may feel honored
and accept the nomination without thinking first just
w’hat the one who fills the office will be expected to do.
You don’t seriously consider the inconvenience that
holding the office will cause you. Perhaps next Febru
ary some friend will come, but you will have some
duty to perform in connection with the office to which
you were elected this spring. Maybe you’ll think, “Oh,
well, somebody else will do it if I don’t. It’s not very
important anyway.” In doing this you will be for
getting that that “somebody else” might want to do
many things besides your duty. She may be busy and
not have time or she may not be able to do your job
as well as you can. Think about such things as this
and make up your mind that you will not let pleasure
come before duty.
At Meredith there are a large number of offices and
thus many who fill minor positions receive little recog
nition after they are elected. If you hold one of tli(!s»
offices, you might decide that it really doesn’t matter
anyway. Tour office is insignificant and nobody knows
or cares what you do or don’t do. If you think this,
you are wrong. EVery office is important or it wouldn’t
exist. What you do in a little job will show what you
can do and how dependable you are. If you do the
little tasks well, you will perhaps be given a greater
one later. Every girl who holds a big office began in
a little one.
Bon’t feel that you simply must have forty points
or you will be an utter failure. If you are offered some
job you may not be interested in that type of work,
but you think that you’d better accept because if you
don’t you might not be nominated for another position.
The chances are that you will. It’s better to wait and
work on some council or staff in which you are really
interested than to go half-heartedly into some other
work. Too, if your scholastic standing is barely enough
to make you eligible for office, it’s better not to hold
forty points. Your academic work is what you really
came to school for, and though extra-curricular activi
ties teach you much and provide a form of recrea
tion, it is more important that you make enough
quality points to graduate than that you hold offices
of many kinds and have a long list of activities under
your picture in the annual. If you have too much
outside work, you might never get your picture in the
annual.
You most likely will not be nominated unless you
are fitted to fill the position. When you are nominated,
by all means accept if you will have the time, and if
you are willing to put yourself out and really work.
It’s a lot of fun to work on some enterprise if you
feel that you are not falling down on the job.
Besolve this spring to do your best next year, and don’t
forget your resolution next spring when the task may
be *;drudgery at times. It’s up to every office holder to
see that her part of the machine is kept running. The
office is an empty honor unless you accept the responsi
bility and work which goes with it.
A/e€ul
Gordon Carver, Senior V-12 and star basketball
player, has been elected president of student govern
ment at Duke University.
Dulce Chronicle.
The Old Gold and Black will be edited by Betty
Stansbury next year. She succeeds Mai-thu-Ann Alleii,-
the first girl ever to edit the paper.
The Old Gold and Blach.
Boston University was the first college in the coun
try to build the freshman science course around avia
tion, and the army has turned over some trainer planes,
110 longer suitable for fiying, to the University for study
in the science classes. The assemblying is being done
by student volunteers from the science and mathemat
ics classes. Boston University is one of 17 colleges in
the United States that offer scholarships, donated by
United Airlines, for teachei*s of aeronautics.
Boston University News.
The If.R.O.T.C., Marines, Coast Guard, and V-12
on Duke Campus have organized a social club called
the Fleet Club. Duhe Chronicle.
State College enrollment hit a new low in enrollment-
with only 525 students registered for the spring
semester. The-Technician.
When asked to write a brief essay on the life of
Benjamin Franklin, a girl wrote this essay:
“He was^ born in Boston, traveled to Philadeiphia,
met a lady in the street, she laughed at him, he married
her, and discovered electricity.”
Laniern.
Her expression is so sour that when she puts her face
cream on it curdles. Lanieri\.
Prof,: What is the most potent poison ?
Student: An airplane. One drop and you’re dead.
Laniern.
Man (in trolley ear) : Sit down, won’t you?
Absent-minded Old Lady; Nk>, thank you. I’m in a
hurry. Tjantern.
Phyllis: What do you say to a tramp in the park ?
Mary; I never speak to the horrid things.
Lenoir Rhynean.
A hard drinking flyer
Was Cadet Benny Penny
He went up in his plane
Aund took one drop too many.
Lenoir Rhynean,
“The night school doesn’t seem to do John a bit of
good in English,” said Clara of her boy friend. “He
still ends every sentence with a proposition.”
Lenoir Rhynean.
College Student; What’s the charge, officer?
Officer: Petting in the park.
Student; There’s no law against that, is there?
Officer; Then make it “exceeding the speed limit.”
Lenoir Rhynean.
This happened in East Tennessee recently; A soldier
whose sweetheart had been worrying a lot sent her
a telegram reading; “See 1st John 4:18.” The operator
by mistake left off “1st” and the telegram as she
received it read simply; “See John 4:18,”
The telegram broke off the romance.—The Pro
gressive Farmer.
(You may look up the references in your Bible if
you want to find out what the mix-up was.)
Hiking in the woods, they suddenly realized they
had lost their way, “I wish Emily Post were here
with us,” said one. “I think we took the wrong
fork.”—Wall Street Journal.
“Some mothers have been giving Blank’s Medicine
to their children for eighty-five years,” according
to an advertising blurb heard recently over the radio,
—The Christian Reader.
“Oh, oh, how terrible 1” cried the professor, as he
finished reading the note left behind by his daughter
who had rim away to get married.
“Well, it could be worse,” comforted his wife.
“After all, Joe’s a nice boy,”
“But, ” moaned the professor, “she spelled ‘eloiped’
with two I’sl”—Friends Inielligencer.
Scotchman; “I want to rent a horse.”
Riding Master: “How long?”
Scotchman: “The longest you’ve got. There’ll be
five of us going.”
Friends Intelligencer,
wM
Hello, Folks
May I tell you my tale of woe?
I’m the most hated thing on the
Meredith campus. Nobody loves me.
I get blamed for everything. Every
time somebody makes a mistake she
says it’s my fault, when all I do is
listen to her and do what she tells me.
I’m the cause of more call downs
than the March wind blowing hats
ofi^, the spring weather making girls
forget it’s ten-thirty, and those
dreaded required meetings all rolled
into one. Who am I? Why, haven’t
you guessed? I’m your donnitory
card. Yes, I lead a hard life. I am
rudely awakened out of my peaceful
afternoon nap in the upper berth,
scratched hastily upon, jammed with
my back practically breaking into
the lower berth, and all the while I
can hardly hear myself think for
the screamings about how the bus is
about to leave. Oh my! And then at
the end of the two weeks, I get add
ed up, fussed at (spelled with a C)
by my owner, the hall vice president
and the presidents of the dorm. I get
my skin scraped off, and my face
marred by red and blue pencils. Then
after all that stress and strain I go
to rest in that final resting place
where all good little cards go, a place
as peaceful as Montlawn, Miss Bak
er’s office. That’s my life cycle, folks,
hard, but true; but after thinking
about it who else gets in on as much
dirt around this school? My, my, and
the tales I could tell you! Yes, After
considering the facts, did you know
that Rosemary M. had her dreams
come true last week-end when her
Lieut, came?
Another girl that has been going
around in a daze is Doris H., all be
cause of a little thing called a fur
lough.
Hannah H. is keeping the Bell
Telephone Co. from going broke, so
I hear. They say she got three long
distances in one night.
I thought for a while that the
ASTP departures would cramp quite
a few girls’ style, but it seems that
a few were left, and Claire and
Peggy were the benefactors.
And then of course there was the
Junior-Senior. Oh my, and what a
night—stars, soft breezes, a nice ro
mantic movie, and even pie a la mode
for dessert. And from what I hear
the jimiofs are to be congratulated
for a successful evening.
Charlotte and Virginia had dates
all the way from Louisville, Ky,, and
they had quite a time. Don’s Wil
liam was here, and of course many
others. And by the way, didn’t Dean
Davis do well as A1 Cavanaugh ?
Did you see Ann Eramer and suite,
each bedecked with gardenias. Did
their dates get together, or just
what?
May I recommend Jean Griffith’s
orchestra to you, as one strictly on
the beam, but then how could she go
wrong with a saxophonist like Etra
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And what really did my heart good
was to hear about the number of civ
ilians of eligible age still in the vicin
ity. I didn’t know there were so
many but they sure did look good.
Lib McN’eill is getting in practice.
She went to see her future in-laws on
Sunday.
And then we mustn’t forget Gene
vieve Hinton. She waited for two
years to see Hal, but the day finally
came, and we’re glad to report her
Lieut, is fine and expecting to be out
of the hospital in short order.
Well, folks, that’s all T have time
for now, but this last word of warn
ing : Treat me gently, for I may be
the difference between a big week
end, or hated campus.
Your ever present pest,
D.'o,
P, S,: I overheard a remark that
Dot Shealy is happy—you can hear
her beaming. Thurman and that fa
miliar blue convertible have been in
town on furlough.
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