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May 19, 1950
THE TWIG
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A GLANCE BACK---
Seniors' Plans For
Next Year Revealed
By A Freshman
Feebly, I take my pen in hand
to attempt recording an impres
sion of my first year in college^
As I grope through the fog of
fast-piling-up memories, I see
that the year has been a series
of exciting events mingled with
streaks of homesickness and
disappointment.
It all started on a bright day
September when I wearily
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dropped my bags, boxes, trunks,
hatboxes, and other assorted
parcels on the bare bed of the
bare room I was destined to call
“Home.” Then started a period
tabled “Orientation” which I
will never forget or recover
from! I raced madly from third
floor to basement to Arts build
ing to Roy’s (for nourishment)
back to third floor, managing to
get completely lost once an hour.
How confused can one poor
freshman get?
Close on the heels of this
(with brief interludes of classes
and assignments) came Palio. Al
though a dozen people had tried
to explain fully what it was all
about, I still had no idea what
was coming off until the after
noon arrived. I’ll never forget
the feeling of joy and pride
which I experienced as 1 tooK
mv place with my classmates,
all singing lustily, “The Class
of ’53.”
Fall moved rapidly into win
ter, bringing with it basketball,
wool sweaters, and struggles to
get up into a cold room. I he
problem of chaperones on Satur
day night, however, continued.
Christmas came and went, and
we were left admiring new fur
coats and diamonds, acquired
through the generosity of Santa
or the boy friend. Then exams
were upon us, bringing that
lump in the throat commonly
known as fear, late lights, and
coffee. Fortunately, we survived.
With the new semester came
that wonderful feeling of know
ing what it was all about, the
excitement of going out \vith-
out our long associate, the chap
erone, and Spring. Brieve rne
we took advantage of that. With
the first ray of sunshine the
porches were packed with eager-
beavers for that tan. The glow
of red faces proved (or dis
proved?) the result. Certain
other unforgetable incic^nts
came with spring. May Day,
with its beauties, Student-Facui-
tv Playday, when one found out
that they really were human
and now — exams are amost
upon us again. This college
freshman sees it all as just one
vicious circle—but isn t it fun.
By A Senior
Usually the theme of a “look
ing back” article is either “What
I Would Do If I Could Live
Through That Period Again,” or
“What Such and Such a Some
thing Has Meant To Me.” I’m
not sure there’s a legitimate way
of avoiding these two themes
nor really any reason to avoid
them; but somehow in a back
ward glance at my four college
years I do not feel marked re
gret nor particular nostalgia
However, lest I sound calloused
or ungrateful, I hasten to de
scribe my sentiment at this time
as gratitute in.separable from
respect.
Naturally I have regrets and
probably later on I will beconie
aware of other choices made in
college which should not have
been. Then along this line I am
thankful for those mistakes, that
I can recognize the mistakes, not
to back-track and correct old er
rors, but to grow up from them.
Therefore, though I will doubt
less say, “I wish I had studied,
I would actually, even having
come through, study no more, or
maybe could afford to study
even less, if I should go through
college again.
But, as to my college life as a
whole, I have no regrets. I am
quite sure I should choose Mere
dith again and I should major
in English. It is impossible for
me to say exactly why this is so,
since I do not want to be as
vague or trite as to nierely re
mark “I am fitted for life.” I am
not really sure I’m fitted for life
in all the impressive connota
tions of the word, but I’m sure
that at present I’m not fitted for
anything other than life; and,
for some strange, wonderful
reason, I find myself on the eve
of leaving college, with no real
plans after June 5, but with an
insuperable curiosity and an ab
normal optimism at prospects of
the proverbial cold cruel world.
I am not sad to be graduating.
I shall miss the Meredith per
sonnel, but I realize that it would
De unwholesome to desire a per
ennial college life. College^ for
me has been sufficiently “col
legiate,” even though I haven’t
been a coed; and I feel most
grateful of all for the roundness
of my four Meredith years. I
know that wherever I had been
for the past four years, I should
now be 21, both biologically and
chronologically, but, I thank
Meredith (in every sense of the
word) for turning me out sane
and happy. —Emily Pool
-Pat Smathers
An Open Letter to the
Home Economics Club
I hope everyone of you has
seen the unique invitation to the
Tea at the Cedar Chest tomor
row afternoon. If you have not
seen it, just lay The Twig aside
and go look on the Home Ec
onomics Department bulletin
board. (It’s worth the trip.)
As she does each year. Miss
Brewer will entertain the Home
Economics students, at a tea, at
her delightful cabin, the Cedar
Chest, tomorrow afternoon
from 3:00 until 5:30. From one
who knows, these teas are the
real highlight of the year.
Following the tea, the seniors
are looking forward to the tra
ditional supper given in their
honor.
If you have heard much about
Miss Brewer’s cabin, but have
not actually seen it, don’t miss
your opportunity tomorrow aft
ernoon.
See you there—
Jane McDaniel.
Course now the big question
is—what are those mighty sen
iors going to do after tney get a
nrm hold on the sheepsxin m
June! What good has all this
book learning done ’em? And
how’s the Highland Fling going
to help contribute their dail>
bread? Four years is a long time
spent between the post office
and the library and the dormi
tory. But that honored crowd
on second Faircloth is about to
show off their laurels to the out
side world.
’Course now, the diamond ra
tion seems right high. Wonder
how much influence that course
“Marriage and the Family” has
been having. Such folks as Jed
Daughtridge, Hazel Williamson,
Gwen Wilson, Addie and “Lib”
and dozens of others are going
to be charming brides. Our re
tiring editor, Sally Lou Taylor,
plans to live near William and
Mary after her wedding and
worK in the college library.
Course now, as usual, there
are going to be right many
school-marms in the graduating
class. Dot Childress and Betsy
Mills will be tending to the
youngsters down in the grades.
Bert Wilson plans to teach up
aways in high-school and so does
her roommate, Winnie Fitzger
ald. As of next September just
refer to Martha Lou as Coach
Stephenson”; she’ll be working
on a high school physical educa
tion staff. Imogene Narron is go
ing to be handing out speed tests
instead of taking them. Won’t
those children have a hard time
calling Maggie “Miss Leather-
man.”
’Course now, everybody won’t
be getting that teaching de
gree. An energetic science
major, A. J. Tuttle hopes to en
ter the employ of the state de
partment of Hygeine here in Ra
leigh. Sunday mornings will be
pretty important to Orlena Jam-
erson if she decides to become a
church music director. Ellen
Goldston wants to enter the re
tailing field. A budding genius
seems to be Bunny Harris; she
hopes for a position on the staff
of Vogue or Seventeen. Want a
letter taken? Naomi Bennett
will be a most capable secretary.
’Course now, all the seniors
don’t plan to burn up their
books in that final bonfire. Hard
ly! Some folks still have that de
sire for knowledge gleaming in
their eyes. Futhur schooling
seems the answer for Emily Pool
and Betty Moore; but they
aren’t sure just what or where.
(Continued on page five)
BEHIND THE FOOTLIGHTS
By MICKY BOWEN
Although fall is the natural
harvest time, the artificial living
of a college community leads us
to take stock of a year’s accom
plishments (if were fortunate
enough to have our deeds fall in
that category) in the spring.
While the buds are bursting and
the rest of nature is making ap
propriate responses to the sea
son, we’re forcing ourselves to
add up the score, which is, after
all, probably a good practice. It
usually fires us with ambition
for the next try because we feel
we couldn’t do any worse. So,
we’re all for a quick backward
look, but with a definite empha
sis on the future.
The Meredith Dramatic Or
ganization, (bored with L. T.)
we hope, has broadened out
(Continued on page four)
Schedule of Summer School Courses
Offered in 1950 Session Are Listed
Registration for the 1950 sum
mer school session at Meredith
will take place on Monday, June
12, in the library at 2:U0 p.m.
Courses in the fourteen depart
ments offered in this session will
begin on Tuesday, June 13, and
continue for six weeks until ex
aminations on July 21.
During this six weeks a stu
dent may earn a maximum of
six semester hours of credit;
that is, she may carry two
courses.
In the art department, Mr.
Reynolds will teach beginners’
painting and an art education
course. The first and/or second
semester courses will be offered
in general biology, taught by
Mrs. Kelman, in the biology de
partment.
Miss Bell will teach child and
adolescent psychology and the
principles of education course in
the education department; in
English the first semester of both
freshman and sophomore Eng
lish courses are being offered,
taught by Dr. Rose. Mrs. Betty
Johnson will teach the geogra
phy of North America course
for three hours credit.
The Edwards & Broughton Co.
and Plant Personnel Say
GOOD LUCK AND BEST WISHES
to the 1S43-S0 STAFFS
SALLY TAYLOR
Editor—The Twig
JANE McDANlEL
Business Mgr.—J'he I’wig
JOSEPHINE SNOW
Editor—Oak Leaves
BETTY MOORE
Editor—The Acorn
BARBARA TODD
Business Mgr.—I’he Acorn
BETTY ANN HALL
Business Mgr.—Oak Leaves
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Dr. Wallace will teach a
course giving three hours credit
in government during the ses
sion, as well as the first semes
ter of the freshman history
course in that department.
In the mathematics depart
ment, Dr. Canaday will be
teaching college algebra and
general mathematics, and trig
onometry if there is sufficient
demand for it.
Organ, piano, and voice les
sons will be available during
summer school. Mr. Wilmot will
teach the methods course in pub
lic school music for grade teach
ers; Dr. Cooper will teach the
course in music appreciation
this summer.
Dr. Park will teach general
psychology and the psychology
of adjustment in that depart
ment; Dr. Crook will teach the
six-hour course in freshman re
ligion.
Principles of sociology will be
taught during this session by
Mrs. Betty Johnson; in the mod
ern languages department, both
freshman and sophomore courses
in Spanish will be offered by Dr.
MacAllister.