THE TWIG
May 25, 1951
Guest Editorial
IS COLLEGE LIFE ENDED AT
GRADUATION?
As the school year comes to an end
and we step out of our roles as students
and into the various roles that we have
chosen for the summer—or for a life
time—many of us are thinking serious
ly about our qualifications to fill these
roles. How well have our days as stu
dents prepared us for living useful lives
as citizens in the world in which we
find ourselves? Sometimes we tend to
feel that life at school is entirely sep
arated from life outside the campus,
but if it is, the entire purpose of educa
tion is being defeated and we are partly
to be blamed.
As students we gain many valuable
ideas which can be carried over into
other phases of life. We should make it
our business to see that useless infor
mation at a minimum and that ideas
we can incorporate into adult lives take
the fore-front.
Not only should we be able to incor
porate the phases of our formal educa
tion into living in general, but we
should be also able to carry all phases
of student life into adult life. What
good is an honor code to an individual
if it can be cut on and off like a faucet,
cut on at the beginning of college days
and cut off at the end? Of what im
portance is the good sportsmanship
learned and practiced on the hockey-
field if we cannot carry that feeling
over into the rest of our lives?
Why should we serve as members of
the student government council, the
Twig staff, class cmmittees, or coun
selor groups if our association with the
principles followed in these groups is
terminated as soon as we see them
listed under our pictures in the annual?
Why should we work our fingers to the
bone for our class in Palio, if that spirit
of cooperation we feel during that week
dies and we never benefit from it in
later life?
We live in a very complex world to
day. If we found a haven from that
world in the vine-covered beauty of a
college campus, we would be cowards.
Our college campus is a part, a vital
part, of the complexity of our world.
We as students are citizens, not only of
of our college community but also of
the larger communities of which our
college community is a part.
As students we should be learning to
face world problems, learning through
our own experiences. The cooperation,
citizenship, and good sportsmanship
that we learn in college should help us
in solving our own personal problems
when we get out into a larger world,
and they should help us do our part to
make that larger world a better one.
Let us, especially those of us who
will never return to the official role of
student, not look upon this June as the
end of one life or as the beginning of a
new life; let us see it all as a part of the
whole. If we feel that we are stepping
out of the ease and protection of a col
lege life into the problems and com
plexities of life in the big, wide world,
we have failed in one of the most im
portant phases of our education. The
world into which we are venturing
needs us so desperately, with the ex
periences we have had as students to
help in the solution of its many com
plex problems and to play a part in its
very salvation.
—Betty Penny.
Views From
Other News
With only a few days left in this
term of school, students are rushing
around making plans for the summer,
reviewing for exams, and having loads
of fun at last minute parties and pic
nics. But let’s not limit our interests
to our own campus alone; let’s take a
look at some of our neighboring col
leges. I have been reading some of the
publications of a few of these colleges,
and here are some of the interesting
items which I found;
It seems that a new style has been
instituted at State. During the last
week of school, the seniors will shed
their long pants and shoes, in true
beach fashion.
^ooling^
Pky^lli^
Amidst the regular tests and the sp^
cial tests, I wonder how anyone finds
time to do anything. Honestly, just a
couple more weeks and the shouting
will be all over. I can hardly realize
it—and really I hate to see it end. Its
been a wonderful year, especially t iS
last part. And I’m not the only one who ,
thinks so either. Just ask anyone you
see!
c^etter^ to the Cditor
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Dear Editor,
Around this time of the year many of
us forget our worries about exams long
enough to glance over our shoulders in
retrospect of the past nine months. We
recapture the first view of the campus
as it looked when the session opened in
September. We see again the spotless
appearance of the dorms when their
doors were opened to the first eager
students; the graciousness of the guest
parlors; the shining cleanliness of the
dining hall. These, and all the other
favors that were done for us to make
Meredith a true “second home,’’ stand
out in our memories.
There is a special group here at
Meredith who can look over their re
spective shoulders and be proud of
what they see, for they are responsible
for all the pleasant memories we have
of Meredith as a physical place.
I’m speaking now of Lily, Mary,
Helen, and Lou, the maids who keep
our dorms clean and perform numer
ous other odd jobs for us, and of the
other staff members who keep the par
lors clean and inviting. I’m thinking of
Mr. Simmons and Mr. Grogan, who
are always on hand to do our repair
jobs, and of Josh and the other main
tenance men who keep our campus
green and trim.
Then there is the kitchen staff, who
are responsible for preparing our food
and for keeping the kitchen and dining
hall in their customary perfect order.
Finally, we remember Dorothy Shep
herd whose dorm and kitchen are in
the infirmary. Almost all of us are ac
quainted with Dorothy’s sunny smile
and frequent laughter, and her bright
quips and remarks have helped to make
infirmary visits more pleasant.
Although we all can’t thank each of
these people personally, I hope that this
letter, inadequate as it is, will show
them that we are grateful for all they
do to make Meredith the wonderful
school it is.
Thanks to all!
—“Bobbie’’ Addy.
Here is an interesting item from the
Queen’s Blues at Queens College. The
seniors there have started a new song:
“Freshmen making grades.
Sophomores getting pins.
Juniors getting rings.
Seniors getting married.
Alumnae getting rich’’
These are certainly timely topics!
What’s this we hear about a man
shortage? Yes, the girls will soon be
short of men. Is the following poem
your opinion?
Just give me a man
With a million or two
Or one who is handsome
Would happily do.
A dashing young fellow
Is swell :ny day.
Or one who is famous
Would suit me O.K.
But if the man shortage
Should get any worse.
Go back to the very
First line of this verse.
The Baptist Student.
The after-dinner stroll down Mere
dith lane has proved quite popular. I
heard someone suggest that the gir
ought to take books out there to study.
How silly—who could ever study in
such a place filled with so many inter
esting things? Some girls do get in that
extra practice of the newly learned
Charleston step, though. I overheard a
member of the institute across the way
say that Meredith girls never wasted a
good chance to practice. He and his
friends thought the drive would be an
idea place for a big street dance.
Some of the “angels” had rather go
flying around town — only to
grounded. I’m glad to see that those
girls are fine now. Next time, maybe
they won’t have a collision with speed
demons. Anyway, I wish them good
luck.
Classroom Boners
“Put away your books and papers,
closing time has come. Work is over,
study hours, and now we’re going
home. School’s a very fine place to be
—nothing like it for you and me, but
vacation time is rolling around and
we’re going home” is the theme for
some of the Meredith girls. I have
heard that a few have already packed
and still a few more have bought their
train tickets. Gracious! I’ll bet that in a
few weeks they’ll be ready to come
back. But enough for now—so Bye!
Collected by CELIA WELLS
The Bookworm
By BETH MORGAN
Entered ai •econd-cl*s» matter October 11. 1923,
at poatofflea at Raleigh, N. C.. under Act ot March
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oi October. November, February, March, April, Md
May: monthly during the months of September, De-
camber, end Jenuerj.
The Twig is the college newspaper of Mere-
dlth College, Raleigh. North Carolina, and as such
is one of the three major publlcaUons of the insti
tution—the other two being The Acorn, the literary
magazine, and The Oak Leaues, the college annual-
MerediUi College is an accredited senior liberal
Mrtji coWeee for women located In the capital city
^Nonh Carolina. It confers the Bachelor of ^ts
of Norin Lraroiiim. xv v.»jsss».ao —
and the Bachelor of Music degrees. The college
offers majors in twenty-one fields Including musl
art. business and home econonucs.
Since 1921 the instituUon has been a member
of the Southern Association
dary Schools. The coUege holds .nteinherahip ta
the Association of American Colleges and the
North Carolina College f^nference. Gr^^tes of
WMT^dith College are eligible for membership in
the American Aasodation of
The InstituUon U a ^ ^
NaUonal AaaociaUon of Schools of Musis.
“Glamorous and romantic, the Sa-
vanah River is the heart and pulse of
America’s Deep South.” To the read
ers who have found the light in the
Rivers of America series, this new one.
The Savannah by Thomas L. Stokes,
will present the enticing story of a
great Southern river told dramatically
and with distinction.
A trip to the catalogue room offers
an interesting preview to this and
many other new books which our li
brary has recently acquired.
An authoritative account of the re
lations between church and state in our
nation is to be found in the new three-
volume source book by Anson Phelps
Stokes entitled The Church and State.
This will probably become an invalu
able source of information to students
interested in this phase of the history
of the American church.
Next year’s freshmen will find many
new and interesting sources for their
term papers in such books as Charles
Dickens and Other Victorians by Quil-
In one of Dr. McLain’s religion class-
was in progress. Annie P. Brantley en
tered it by telling of a tapestry she had
seen on which was pictured a Hindu
handing the baby Confucius to a
Buddhist. Dr. McLain, becoming vep^
interested, wondered what great phil
osopher or religious expert could have
depicted the Buddhist beliefs so well,
and asked Annie Pearl who did the
tapestry. She only replied blithely
that “he was an excellent tapestrist.”
Charleen Swanzey actually got Mrs.
Kelman tickled during a discussion of
seeds in biology class and how they
develop into plants. Someone asked
how bananas were grown, and though
Mrs. Kelman painstakingly explained
how the seeds were obtained and plant
ed, Charleen misunderstood and in
quired “Do you plant the whole ban
ana?”
One day when Dr. Canaday was il
lustrating a problem and using miscel
laneous numbers, he made one of them
1893, saying that he was born then.
He quite shocked and embarrassed Pat
sy Bonniville and Edith Bradley, who
were busily subtracting 1893 from 1951
(on paper), when he said to the class,
“Look at those girls subtracting to see
how old I am!”
Picnics, banquets, and lots of fun
have been filling the time for the day
students. Shirley Stough and David
Knox attended the A. Z. (Alpha Zeta)
banquet at Club Carlyle Saturday
night. The Owen-Tucker dormitory
picnic was rained out for Secunda Park
er and Rooney Thomas, but the rain
didn’t stop the picnic fun for the SPE’s
Sigma Chi’s, ad the Sigma Pi’s. Nan
cy Murry, Lucy Staton, Pat Eberhart,
and their dates had a good time despite
the weather. The Ag Club picnic was
held at Colonial Pines Friday night.
Joanna Powell, Anne Beale, and Lucy
Staton seemed to have a good time.
Many plans have been made for the
summer months. Pat Eberhart will be
working at the Raleigh Times office
Becky Haynes will help out at the ag
riculture building. Jackie Norris is
working with the Baptist Sunday
School Board this summer. Barbara
Moore will be working at Bosse’s jew
elers.
ler Couch, The England of Elizabeth
by A. L. Rowse, and The English
Cathedrals by Herbert Felton and John
Harvey. This book on cathedrals con
tains not only an interesting account of
the history of English Gothic architec
ture, but also actual photographs of
the cathedrals. Much can be seen in
these views which are taken from sev
eral different angles which might be
missed when standing before their
grandeur.
There are books in a much lighter
vein such as the popular Rain on the
Wind by Walter Macken and a collec
tion of stories by William Carlos Wil
liams in his book, Make Light of It,
which will be of great interest to those
who prefer fiction.
Many other books of which our li
brary may well be proud, will be avail
able to students at the beginning of the
fall semester.
Mary Whisnant is to be congratulat
ed for winning second place in the jun
ior advanced horse show.
—“Pudgy” Parker.
But the best “boner” has been pulled
by the dignified president of the senior
class. It seems that Shirley wasn’t pay
ing too much attention to the roll call
in one of Dr. Crook’s religion classes,
and when he repeated her name again,
the inveterate bridge-player broke up
the class with an absent-minded
“Pass!”
They were sitting in a hamock in the
moonlight. For half an hour not a word
had broken the stillness of the night.
Finally, she asked, “If you had money,
what would you do?” And he replied;
“I would travel.” He felt her warm
hand slip into his . . . and then she was
gone. In his hand was a dime.