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THE TWIG
November 23, 1946
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Thought for the day . . .
“Ah, hut a man’s reach should exceed
his grasp,
Or what’s a heaven for?”
Browning.
^‘Come, ye thankful people..,”
(Editor’s Note: This editorial was
written hy Stella Austin, guest editor.)
Thanksgiving—the word probably has
a different connotation for each of us,
despite the tradition surrounding it.
Some of us think of the dinner especially
prepared for the day—the delicious,
golden brown pumpkin pies, the turkey
with all the “trimmings,” and every
thing else acompanying the meal. Some
of us think of childhood visits to grand
mother’s, of a holiday from school, of a
football game, or some other experience
associated with Thanksgiving Day.
However, there is something deeper
in the holiday than the dinner and ex
ternal activities, something we do not
wish to lose sight of as we celebrate it.
The word itself indicates its purpose—
the giving of thanks. It is entirely ap
propriate to have, at this, so lovely and
bountiful a season of the year, a day
set aside on which we pause in the
midst of our regular activities and lift
grateful hearts to One who has so richly
blessed us. The day should be one of
sharing and of fellowship as well as
thanksgiving. We are familiar with the
story of the beginning of Thanksgiving
when the Pilgrim Fathers, grateful for
food, homes, guidance, and protection
during a difficult year, set aside a time
for praise and thanks to God. Their sin
cerity was proven by the fact that they
invited their friends, the Indians, to
share with them the bounty they had
received, and as the invitation was ac
cepted, there was fellowship together.
Would we, who are so accustomed to
luxury, be thankful if we had only the
scanty necessities for which our fore
fathers were so thankful? How much
more, then, should we praise God—we
who have comfortable homes with
modern conveniences, who have no fear
of attacks from wild animals or from
enemies, who have excellent medical
facilities, who have modern, well-
equipped schools in which to train our
selves for service, and who have beauti
ful churches on every side in which to
comfortably worship God. How would
our forefathers have felt had they been
blessed with the things we have? Our
Pilgrim Fathers left us a truly great
heritage. Let us keep the day in the
spirit in which it was begun. May we
say with the Psalmist,
“What shall I render unto the Lord for
all his benefits toward me? . . .
I will offer to thee the sacrifice of
thanksgiving and will call upon the
name of the Lord.”
Whatever our plans are for this Thanks
giving Day, let us make it a day of
thanks giving and thanks living.
Taking Inventory Early ...
Only a few more weeks remain be
fore our Christmas holidays, and when
we return from those holidays, the new
year will have begun. In stores and
businesses, it is customary to take in
ventory immediately after Christmas.
This inventory enables the store or busi
ness management to see just how rich
or how poor the business is. But a
school calendar runs a little differently.
If we wait until the new year to take
stock, we will have waited too late. A
careful inventory right now of our work
will enable us to decide whether we
can continue in a steady pace in our
work or whether we should take a new
start and work with more vigor. Perhaps
some of us will be satisfied with our
progress but others of us may well wish
for improvement. January is too late
to look into the matter, for January
brings with it our examinations. No
vember is our inventory month. Will
you make yours today?
I Letters to the Editor I
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Dear Editor :
A few days ago I was sitting near a
group of Meredith girls, and as I was
sitting there, I unintentionally over
heard their conversation. The topic of
the discussion was a condemnation of
Meredith. A great majority of the
statements were opinions rather than
facts, and I doubt seriously if those
girls really meant the things they said.
This conversation led me to ask myself
the question, “Why are you here?” The
answer seemed obvious—I like Mere
dith. I like the girls; I don’t think a
finer group can be found in any school.
I like the friendly atmosphere found
everywhere—on the campus, in classes,
in the dormitories. Also, the new rules
this year make us all feel much more
free, and freedom is certainly what we
have wanted for the past year or so.
Too, I like Meredith because she has
so much to offer. We have varied tradi
tional activities. We find Decision Day,
Palio and Stunt, Christmas party, carol
ing, and crooking. This year there was
quite a bit of “griping” about PaUo and
Stunt and the work they required, but
all this griping was more than made
up for by the cheers and excitement of
thrilled and happy members of winning
classes.
Also, there are many other activities
offered by the B.S.U. and A.A. Some
activity is available to satisfy the par
ticular interest of each student. Taking
everything into consideration, I don’t
think we are really serious in all our
faultfinding, but it still doesn’t help the
school any.
Sincerely,
Maxine Bissette.
GIFT SUGGESTIONS
Are you racking your brain and rob
bing your bank over Christmas pres
ents? Does your roommate seem to have
everything? Well, let’s take time out to
think for a few minutes about Christ
mas gifts.
Here’s that list you started. The name
Mary heads it. Mary . . . what does she
want? Maybe she’d be thrilled with a
simple pair of washable cotton slides,
you know, something she can live in and
love. Maybe you’ll decide that Mary is
the type of person who can wear a
bright red and white wool shirt or a
black and yellow bow tie with that
white blouse of hers. The main trick to
the problem of presents is knowing the
personality of the person to whom you
are giving the gift. You have Joe next.
Hum . . . that requires thought. Ah, yes,
Joe could use that beautiful pair of fur-
lined gloves I saw downtown yesterday.
You think his sister is going to give him
gloves? Why not try knitting him some
socks? It’s simple to begin (and Dot
Howerton can turn heels) and they are
something that every boy needs and
would like to have. Can’t you just hear
him, “These are the socks Betty made
me for Christmas”? Next place is rated
by your little sister. Have you seen those
picture puzzles for children? Why not
look them over and incidentally, little
sis likes fuzzy kittens and fat stuffed
bears as much as you do. Now you have
mother and dad. Why not give them a
picture of yourself? (Your annual pic
ture was good and exactly like you!)
Well, maybe you’d rather give mother
that pair of nylons you bought last week
and for dad that blue tie and hankie
set or the brown leather traveling kit
COME CHRISTMAS
and Mary Beth Thomas will be sport
ing Jeep’s AKL pin . . . Mabel Baldwin
will be flying New Yorkward . . . we’d
like to know who-for-to-see. . . .
HO FOR CAROLINA
say Rita Paez, Joan Drake, and Nancy
Creech after week-ending for the Wake
Forest round-up . . . but they add the
HUM, too . . . needless to say, they’re
all worn out. . . .
IN DEFENSE OF
the two who got locked out . . . be
cause the car broke down . . . because
that bad old fuel pump wouldn’t work
. . . 11:30, huh? Several people want
to know the possibilities of renting that
car . . . how ’bout it E. J. Andrews and
Carolyn Knight . . . whom do they
consult? . . .
HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME
at the State Homecoming dance . . .
“Goat” Holcomb and Everette . . . Dot
Singleton and Bonny-bonny orchids . . .
Cathie Wishart, Mary Gravely, etc., and
men, men, men. . . .
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and she’s out . . . Jean Griffith, that
is, at the hockey game on Play Day . . .
understand it knocked Percy out of a
big date, too. . . .
SHE DIDN’T SAY NO
and neither did Glenda Norman to
Phil (he asked her to go strole-ing) . . .
and after Bill’s visit, the ring on Maggie
Westmoreland’s hand changed fingers.
A NEW CHAPEAU
for Mary Esther Sadler, who was rec
ognized at church in the new pink fuzzy
creation.
FOR ENDORSEMENT
By BRADLEY
ANTI-FREEZE
fur ... fur ... fur .. . as fur as I can
see . . . fur . . . and fur out in fpnt is the
Phi’s president in lovely ermine. . . .
LONG DISTANCE
for Ruth Martin . . . and we’ve an idea
its Pete calling from Chapel Hill again.
I UNDERSTAND
that the battle of the sexes will never
be won, because there’s too much frater
nizing . . . latest reports show that
ATO is in the lead at the moment . . .
with Stella Lassiter and “Chuck” . . .
Madge Futch and “Weenie” . . . and Jean
Parker and “Rad.” . . .
BLUE SKIES
for Nancy Gates and Jimmy, who
sends lovely white roses and has a new
bird-badge. . . .
I HAE ME DOOTS
that Matt’s time-honored riding ma
chine will last to take Ann Beal to
another Carolina-Wake Forest game. . . .
TRIAL AND ERROR
is the most used theory in the hand
book of the modern wolf ... or so
Lillian Gaddy told Psychology 21. . . .
THE HEART PLAYS TRICKS
says B. J. Yeager with a Sigma Chi
sigh. . . .
FOUND: WEEK-ENDS
to live for . . . when Clarence comes
down from G’boro to see Pat Abernathy
. . . when Tony comes to see Carol Martin
. . . and Cooker Morton comes back to
Raleigh ... to see Paul, of course. . . .
A SAFETY PIN
of a kind . . . it’s SPE for Helen Wil-
kerson ... all on account of Ed. . . .
Good Biscuits, Maybe?
So you want to learn how to cook—
well, just take a peek in the home
economics laboratory some Tuesday or
Thursday afternoon, and you will see
a busy group of Seniors trying to learn.
I assure you that most of the “hopeful
brides” are quite inexperienced—for
instance, consider the day Miss Brewer
announced that making biscuits was to
be the experiment for the day (and I
do mean experiment). There was a
general moan throughout the room, and
you could have heard B. J. Yeager in the
typing lab. when she said, “But I’ve
never made a biscuit in my life.” Never
theless, the industrious Seniors gathered
around the supply table to get the
“stuff” out of which biscuits are made.
Now, let’s see—you can always find
Angelea Hatch up at the supply table
with her utensils in one hand and her
cook book in the other trying so hard to
divide that recipe by four. Ah, heck!
Is this supposed to be a math class or
do you learn how to cook? After strug
gling with measuring all those in
gredients, the next worry is getting
them all together. What in the world
does this mean in the recipe . . . cut the
lard into the flour? When dp you pour
the milk in? Oh well! I don’t guess it
really matters, or does it? I am quite
busy trying to get just the right amount
of milk in the flour when Jean Parker
walks over and asks, “Does yours look
like this?” Hmm! Sort of sticky! Next
comes the rolling, that is, if you’re lucky
enough to get your dough to stick to
gether. Esther Hooker can’t, so she
finally gives up and makes spoon bis
cuits. Well! now that they are cut, that
wasn’t so bad. This is one time, Virginia
Highfill, that you can’t do much tast
ing. In the oven they go, and then
comes the long wait to see if they’ll be
good. Or is it a wait? Scarcely are the
biscuits shoved in the oven before Jean
Joyner and Betsy Dell Maxwell scram
ble to wash these sticky dishes in a
hurry, and I assure you, the others are
quick to follow suit. At last comes the
real test—they look good, but how do
they taste? From the satisfied looks on
the majority of the faces, I’d say that for
this one time at any rate those biscuits
are a success.
Mary had a little lamp.
She filled it with benzene;
Mary went to light her lamp
And hasn’t since “benzine.”
—Temple TJniv. News.
you noticed. There are just oodles of
things to choose from, that is, if your
allowance holds out—which mine won’t.
Don’t let your Christmas shopping be a
burden. Start early; use your ingenuity
and originality. Let’s make our Christ
mas shopping a part of our Christmas
Joy!
a j£.ecullen.
By LA VERNE HARRIS
This is a girl that you all should know
So a little about her is found below!
Mary Lee Rankin is—freshman class
president—five feet seven inches with
blonde hair and hazel eyes—an ardent
lover of Chinese food, swimming, and
her Eskimo spitz puppy, “Ying”—Joe’s
girl—efficient and versatile with person
ality plus!
“When it comes to talents I just haven’t
any,”
Says modest Mary who really has many!
For among other things, she was
president of her senior class at Jefferson
High School in Richmond, Virginia
honor society member—vice president
of her junior class—a senate chairman
recognized as one of the four “queens”
of the school which has an enrollment
of 1,800.
Now Mary Lee is the lovable gal
Who has made herself known as a
splendid pal;
And it has been said of her—“One of
the best known and most beloved girls
at Thomas Jefferson is the senior class
president, Mary Lee Rankin. Her quiet
friendly, charming manner has won for
her many devoted friends.”
Since she works where there is a need
In life it is sure that she will succeed '
As yet she has made no definite plans
about the toure. Having been born
in Canton, China, where she spent the
first ten years of her life, she finds that
love and interest is so deeply rooted in
that country that she is thinking serious
ly about returning there someday to do
kindergarten work.