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THE TWIG
March 14, 1947
Member
Plssocioted GoUe6iate Press
EDITORIAL STAFF
Martha Hamrick Editor
Barbara Shellsmith Managing Editor
Stella Lassiter Associate Editor
Ruth Hall Associate Editor
Mary Louise Milliken Associate Editor
Frances Alexander Feature Editor
Emily Hine Photo Editor
Jean Bradley Columnist
Christine Creech Music Editor
Bette Linney Sports Editor
Reporters—Ruth Miller. Edith Fleming,
Stella Austin, Jerry Winfree, Mabel
Baldwin, Ella Mae Shirley, Maxine Bis-
sett, Mary Lou Dawkins, La Verne Harris,
Dortha Hennessee.
Typists—Jerry Miller, Elizabeth Taylor,
Lillian Swinson, Elva Gresham, Doris
Concha.
work and extra-curricular activities.
How they find time, no one knows, but
they seem to do a good job of both. The
last group, where most of us fall, is
made up, sad to say, of girls who con
tribute nothing to the school. They’re
here because of chance, or parents, or
almost anything. They don’t care about
their work, complain about the organi
zations here, and refuse to help improve
them. If you are satisfied with your
status, remain there. But if you would
like to belong to another group, only
you yourself can make the change.
SalutlfUf, a jHeade^
At the Moment. . .
By LA VERNE HARRIS
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Letters to the Editor
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Christine and Adene Mitchem
Co-Circulation Managers
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Anne Boykin, Rebecca Yelverton.
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Thought for the day . . .
“When we are collecting books, we
are collecting happiness.”
Vincent Starrett.
On itelUfiott
Religious emphasis week has been
over for seven days now. The thought
iWJot encduraging about the'e’oservance
was the fact that it touched almost
every student in one way or another.
Even those girls who are not active in
the Baptist Student Union work were
intensely interested. Quite often, one
could hear a girl saying, “I love that
man.” It was indeed a trite statement,
but it was expressive of the interest and
enthusiasm aroused by the speaker. Of
course, there were various reasons for
the success of the week—careful plan
ning, thought and study on the part of
the leaders, cooperation of both students
and teachers. But most of all, the suc
cess, I think, was due to the able leader
ship of the main speaker. His excellence
was met by an appreciative assembly.
First of all, he spoke on a level that
would appeal to a college group. His
talks presented obvious facts, not
mere emotional appeals. Then too, the
speaker had extremely practical serv
ices twice each day. For the average
college student or even the average per
son, it is easy to change one’s ideas
enough to accept a real faith, but it is
difficult to know just where to begin
to make that faith work in this business
of life. Many other personal attributes
helped to make the speaker more inter
esting—his sincerity, his attractiveness,
his humor, his understanding, his ap
peal to youth, and his compelling ideas.
It is rarely possible for one man to have
so many desirable qualities. Let us be
thankful for this influence on the
campus.
Dear Editor;
Why don’t we students get wise to
ourselves? Why don’t we realize that
if we expect even to pass our work, we
can’t run out every night and after
noon? Some few members of the stu
dent body do have the perseverance
and good sense to do the necessary first,
leaving the unnecessary to be done later
or left alone. We simply must realize
that there are a certain number of
activities on campus that are required,
besides merely studies, and these must
be attended. When it’s boiled down, we
must perceive that extra extra-curricula
activities aren’t too important. Then,
too, we ought to learn that some home
work naturally is going to take longer
than some other. We ought to see that
our faculty understands our position
and knows how long it is going to take to
get the job done. Some petty excuse
such as, “I couldn’t get the book”;
“there weren’t but three in the library,
and it closed last night at six.” is inex
cusable unless the class has over, say
fifty members. Another thing is this
misunderstanding assignments; just
lately this has been the plea of at least
three classes I have been in—even go
ing so far as to have every single mem
ber of an entire class come up without
an assignment or with the wrong one!
Where do we spend our time? Let’s
wake up and live!
A Student.
Dear Editor:
Recently there have been appearing
in The Twig letters to the Editor writ
ten by students who evidently are too
cowardly to sign their names. If what
they have to say is worthy of being
published, and is their honest opinion,
why should they oppose signing their
name? Why should you, the editor, even
lack the backbone to print such anony
mous letters? We are lucky to be living
in the age of freedom of speech and
freedom of press. We have that privi
lege of freedom; why don’t we make
use of it? I think that Meredith would
be a better college if the students had
the backbone (I won’t say courage be
cause it doesn’t take courage to speak
your convictions) to say what they
think and voice their opinions publicly
instead of griping to their friends, writ
ing anonymous letters, and being wor
ried because someone might not agree
with them.
Sincerely,
Obra Fitzgerald.
we find
MADGE FUTCH becoming more and
more excited about a wedding day
that’s getting closer and closer . . .
spring holidays certainly are con
venient things. . . .
we find
comments left and right, yes and no,
prompted by the terriffic JOHN and
JENNY REMBERT exhibition of
paintings and drawings in the art
gallery. . . .
we find
students offering extra-beautiful
smiles when greeting Dr. ROSE, the
unanimously elected “Lamp-lighter
of the Grove. . . .”
we find
LETHA BULLOCK wearing the
loveliest kind of a new ring . . . the
kind that sparkles and means all those
wonderful things. . . .
we find
BETTY DAVIS whirling about from
night to night with Raleigh’s favorite
young gentleman of distinction. . . .
Parody
Don’t let the sophisticated pose fool
you, for John Drake’s sense of humor
and friendly personality have been de
scribed by many as “just wonderful!”
With her twenty-four hours a day
usually completely filled with things
that must be done, Joan has developed
an amazing capacity for directing and
working on activities in a systematic
way. And if you doubt that she is quite
a busy girl, see if you can top this—
As a senior, Joan is vice president
of the Student Government, which is
no small job; for in serving in this office,
she acts as editor of the handbook,
chairman of the Point System Commit
tee, student chairman of freshman ori
entation, and chief counsellor. After
three years of work on the Bee Hive
committee, she was elected this year as
its chairman. Joan is captain of the
basketball team, and also loves swim
ming although she confesses that she
doesn’t dive very well—“just falls in
frontwards and backwards!”
After graduating from Meredith as a
sociology major, Joan is hoping to enter
the Hartford, Connecticut, Institute of
Living, a psychiatric hospital, where
she will become a psychiatric aid. Of
course this is her main interest at pres
ent—unless “Gene” (a Phi Delt at
Carolina) whose pin she is wearing,
takes first place. Ranking high among
the things she enjoys are poetry —
especially Shakespeare, semi-classical
music, and “all kinds of Food.” She
also added, “I enjoy doing impersona
tions of people—especially Dr. Patrick!”
Rewarded for her earnestness and
hard work, Joan has been elected senior
superlative “Most Popular,” and was
chosen as one of the nine seniors to be
entered in “Who’s Who in American
Universities and Colleges.”
Meredith will miss Joan Drake, and
thinking of the short time she has here
she admitted, “I’ll be glad to have a
chance to see what I’ve learned at
school, but I’ll really miss the girls and
college life.”
we find
HARRIET NEESE and JASON still
excited after the Southern Confer
ence Basketball tournament. . . . H.
is a guard on our own varsity team,
ya’ know. . . .
we find
hang-over laughter from “the” party
of R. E. Week . . . those faculty im
personations were really rare . . .
after five minutes of close contact
with a DORSETT cigar, DOT HOW
ERTON practically acquired the
habit. . . .
we find
hidden meaning in the line, “Keep
from us the temptation of any
mortal love,” in the ASTRO play,
AZTECTA. ...
we find
DOT McWilliams traveling the
well-beaten path to the University of
Virginia . . . they say that all educa
tion is “goal-directed”. . . how ’bout
that, J. FULTON?
we find
two of our favorite tall blondes eye
ing the same tall, handsome basket
ball player on that tremendous State
team . . . still ahead, FLO’ MOORE?
we find
DOT SINGLETON wearing a brand
new PiKA pin . . . with “love, Bon
nie,” Wake Forest, and station wagon
significance. . . .
we find
KATHRYN PARKER using a good
many Junior privileges on one of the
most attractive State gentlemen
we’ve seen this year . . . AUSTIN
is the name?
we find
LIB HARDISON remembering the
State Midwinter Dances . . . under
stand that “BLACKIE” is SPE and
just her kind of man. . .
By the shores of Coca Cola
By the shining big sea. Soda,
Lived the Moxies in their wigwam.
With Sapolio, their Chieftain,
And with Pontiac their prophet.
Dark behind them rose the forest.
Rose the dark and gloomy forest.
Rose the prophylactic forest.
Which Group Is Yours?
There are many ways to group indi
viduals. There are family groups, school
groups, social groups, interest groups,
and on and on. One way to divide Mere
dith girls is found in their usefulness
to the college. In general there are four
main groups here. There are those girls
who spend their time and concentrate
all their efforts on their class work,
improving themselves, and developing
as individuals. They are quite serious
about their work, not only for the good
grades, but for the value they receive.
Then there is the group made up of girls
who try mainly to participate in student
activity — in Student Government or
club work. They are seeking to improve
various organizations by their partici
pation. A third group strikes a happy
medium, working hard at both class
In the lodge of old Sapolio,
With Unceda, old and feeble.
And Victrola, more than mother.
Lived the warmest of the maidens,
Musterole, the purkist chiclet.
“Brother Jones,” said the deacon,
“can’t you-all donate some small con
tribution to de fund for fencing in the
cullud cemetery?”
“I dunno as I can,” replied Brother
Jones. I don’t see no use in a fence
around a cemetery. You see, dem what’s
in there can’t get out, an dem what’s
out sho’ doan wanta get in.” Ex.
we find
WATHA’ LUPO still talking about
those exciting tournament games .
isn t basketball a lovely excuse for
S. P. ?
Day Student Dope
* * *
All the young men sought to woo her.
And sweet Must’role smiled upon them;
Smiled, but left them unrequited.
“How many students are there in the
university?”
“About one in every five.”—Clipped.
❖ *
Then from far Socony mountain.
From the heights of Texaco,
Came the young chief. Instant Postum.
Mightiest hunter of the forest was he;
Of a superb strength and beauty.
You’ve heard of the Suicide Blonde
who dyed by her own hand.
To the Big Rock by the river;
By the flowing Seltzer water.
But for Musterole yearned Postum;
No pyren could quench the fire
That she kindled in his bosom.
There beneath Palmolive branches.
They did pluck and eat the Grape Nuts,
There he wooed her; there he won her.
Through' the fields of ripe Wheatena,
Through the Shredded Wheat they wan
dered
Small Post Toasties came to bless them;
Gold Dust twins and Wrigley’s triplets.
These and other Indian legends
Filled the wigwams with their laughter.
The latest pastime in the Day Student
Room is bridge and rook. One may walk
m during lunch hour and see the Day
Student with food in one hand and
cards in the other.
The question of the week is; Why is
Anna Hungerford so interested in the
library and its hours at night?
Glendon Burchard is still walking on
clouds after a quick trip to Washington,
D. C. with Herbie.
^°t’s husband,
Alfred Bowman’ is having nightmares
—about bears?
Bessie Lee Humphreys, Peggy Wil
burn, Agnes and Marie Taylor Kat
Perry, and Gwen Woodard were seen
last week at a Square Dance at Pullen
Park.
T smooth” eh
Jane McDaniel and Brantley’
Rosa Deans, Bessie Lee Humphreys
and Dot Bowman were some of the
arDUZ'”
Mary Riddle changes seats ever so
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